The Sun.
London, England, 1845-04-21 00:00:00

THURSDAY, APRIL 24.

Glasgow Harbour Union Railway.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2).
FRIDAY, APRIL 25.
London and Brighton Railway (Dorking Branch).
Harwich and Eastern Counties Railway (No. 2).
NOTICES GIVEN AT THE PRI VATE BILL OFFICE,

- FRIDAY,
F APRIL 18.
Caledonian Railway,—Committee on Bill, Monday, April
28. at twelve.
Clydesdale Junction Railway,—Committee on Bill, Mon-
day, April 28, at twelve.
Scottish Central Railways,—C.-immittee on Bill, Monday,
April 28, at twelve.
Cambridge and Lincoln Railway,—Committee on Bill,
Monday, April 28, at twelve.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. I),—Committee on
petition, adjourned till Monday. April 28.
Great Western (Ire:and) Railway (Dublin to Mullingar
and Athlone),—Committee on petition, adjourned till Wed-
nesday, April 23.
Sheffield and Bother= Railway,—Committee on Bill,
April 28, at twelve.
Newcastle and Darlington (Brandling Junction) Railway,
—Committee on Bill, Tuesday, April 29, at twelve.
Newcastle and Berwick iiailway,—Committee on Bill,
Tuesday, April 29, at twelve.
Grand Junction Railway,—Committee on Bill, Tuesday,
April 29, at twelve.
Preston and Wyre Railway Branches,—Second reading.
Tuesday, April 22.
Exeter and Crediton Railway,—Second reading, Tuesday,
April 22.
Bristol and Gloucester Railway (No. 2)—Committee on
petition postponed from Tuesday, April 22, till Thursday,
April 24.
Eastern Union and Ilarwich Railway and Pier (No. 2),—
Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, April 21,
till Friday, April 25.
Bridgwater Navigation and Railway,—Report, Monday,
April 21.
Harwich and Eastern Counties Junction Railway (No. 2),
—Committee on petition, postponed from Monday, April 21,
till Friday, April 25.
Monmouth and Hereford Railway,—Second reading, Tues-
day, April 22.
Brighton and Chichester (Portsmouth Extension) Rail-
wan—Sectind reading, Ttlefi lay, April 22.
Scottish Midland Junction Raiiway,—.Second reading,
Tuesday, April 22.

MR. WILSON AND THE SONGS OF SCOTLAND.—Frid Ir
evening, at the Duchess of Kent's grand soirée, Mr. Wilson had
the honour of giving a selection of his most admired songs. The
Queen and Prince Albert were present, the Grand Dachess
Stephanie, all the Foreign Ambassadors, the Duke of Wellington,
Sir Robert Peel, and a large assemblage of the Nobility. Her
Majesty was pleased to express to Mr. Wilson the gratification she
had received by his unique performance of the songs of his countr y
THE LONDON OR PH AN ASYLUM.—TaIe thirtieth
anniversary festival of the London Orphan Asylum was held
on Thursday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street.
About 200 gentlemen sat down to dinner, amongst whom we
noticed Colonel Thomas Wood, M.P., Joseph Smiles, Esq„
M.P., Hon. Col. Howard, Robert Hanbitry, Esq., and several
of the principal bankers arid' merchants in the City. The
Right Hon. Lord Robert Grosvenor, M.P., presided. The
Noble Chairman, after the usual, formalities, gave " Psos-
' perity and success to the London Orphan Asylum," and di-
lated at length upon the benefits conferred .by this excellent
institution. The number of children is now 392 (120 girls
and 272 boys), making the number who have received the
support of the charity from its commencement 1,485. The
Noble Chairman then passed in review the vicissitudes at-
tending the affairs of the charity during the past year ; the
most marked of which was the resignation of their old and
valued secretary, the Rev. Dr. Reid, who, for a period of 31
Years displayed unbounded devotion to its interests, together
With the retirement of a large body of nonconformists from
their disapprobation of exclusive religious formularies. The
legacies during the year amounted to about 2,000/. The
honorary secretary, the Rev. J. C. Abdv, another old and
valued friend of the institution, died that morning. The
Noble Chairman eulogised the domestic management, and
pointed to the children in the room, indicating by their
happy countenances that their physical comforts were not
neglected. The toast was drunk with all the honours. The
health of th members 'for the county (seknowiedgedby Col.
T. Wood) NIl s then drunk, and the Rev. 31r. Jackson and i
the clergy w 0 had preached for the charity, aid the secre-
taries (acknowledged by the Rev. Mr. Charnpnevs), with
other toasts were then drunk with due honour. The dinner
and wines as usual did credit to the establishment. The
total subscriptions announced during the evening amounted
to nearly 2,0001.
LLYNVI IRON CO.MPANY, PORTHCAWL.— We are
informed that this company have commenced building a new
furnace, forge, and revolving mills, at their works. The
number of men lately engaged at these works is large, whose
wages were on the Ist of last month advanced 5 per cent.,
and a further advance of 711 per cent. takeiplace from the
sth of April.-.-Swansea Journal.