The Sun.
London, England, 1847-06-18 00:00:00

LON DON, FRIDAY SCORNING SUN,

SALES BY AUCTION.

SOMERSETsIIIRE.
ASTON. COTTAGE, near the Picturesque Village of WIXSCuMBE
and the town of AXB!tIDGE, conint,nding delightful Views of the
Bristol Channel, and a spot altogether, froia its splendid cheerful

scenery and desirable hcalthly neighbourhood, of unusual attrac-

MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON will
SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, on TUESDAY, July 6, at
Twelve, (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made),
The above beautifully situate FREEHOLD COTTAGE RESI-
DENCE, very su'istantially built of stone, with new slated roofs,
every part in the most perfect order, fit for instant pos-
session, and so planned as to be capable of being casil3 enlarged
at a very moderate ortlay. It is delightfully placed amidst the
rich and grand scenery- of Winscombe, upon a pisturesque gentle
eminence, opening to a magnificent vale, boldly diversified with
numerous grand objects, particularly Glastonbury and Banwell hills
and towers, and a portion of the Mendip Downs, and the bold woods
and hills round Weston and Clevedon, between which the Bristol
Channel aprears like a magnificent lake, backed by the Wclih
mountains, rendering the atmosphere peculiarly light and healthy.
T',,t house is approached by a carriage drive through pleasure-
grounds, will rich orchards and thriving plantations, forming a

little, compact, and highly ornamental property of 14 acres. It is
within four miles and a half of the Banwell station, and seven of the
Clevedon•road station, with a mach passing daily near the entrance
gate. It is only 15 miles from Clifton and Bridgwater, and 10 from
Wells.

It may be viewed, and particulars had in due time at the neigh-
bouring inns; the Libraries of Bath, Bristol, air' Exeter : at the
Auction Mart ; and at Messrs. Smith's offices,,Waterloo-place,
Pall-
mall.

LIST NIGHT BUT ONE.
VVILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTER-
YAINMENTS.

MUSIC-HALL, STORE-STREET.

On MONDAY EVEN IN G, June 21, at Eight o'clock, Mr. WILSON
will give his last entertainment but one of the
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.

PART Frasr.Lie Banks and Braes o' bonny Doon —Lizzie Lindsay
—Win;ll buy Caller Herring ?—The Laird o' Cockpen—John Ander-
son my jo—An thou wert my ain thing—Get up and bar the door.
PART SEcoND.—Ower the Water to Charlie—Flora M'Donald's
Lament —Wha wadna fecht for Charlie ? —Hanle cam our Gudeman
at E'en—Tt e Stuarts of Appin—Tak yer auld Cloak aboot ye.
Tickets, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. ; Private Boxes for Six Per-
sons, 15s. ; for Eight, 11.

IVEW SMITHFIELD ; or, GREAT METRO-
POLITAN CATTLE MARKET, AND ABATTOIR COM-

PA Y.

The evidence given before the Select Committee of the House of
Commons, on Smithfield Market, now sitting, developer the sound-
ness f the views of this Company, whose plans and designs for
their proposed new Market and Suburban Abattoirs, have been pre
pared in (.rder to furnish as effectual and permanent a remedy and
substitute for the present system, as engineering and mechanical
skill can devise.

It Is particularly requested that any further communication tend-
ing to assist the effort to abolish the existing nuisance may be for-
warded without delay.

WILLIAM LANE, Manager.

Offices, 36 Coleman-street.

•
EAST INDIA HOUSE, 16th JUNE, 1847.
THE COURT of DIRECTOAS of the EAST
INDIA COMPA NY do hereby give Notice,
That a GENERAL COURT of the said COMPANY will be held
at their House in Leadenliall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th Inst.,
from Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six in the Evening, for the
ELECTION of a DIRECTOR of the said Company, in the room of
Major General Archibald Robertson, deceased.
The Form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for ena-
bling the Proprietors of East India Stock to Vote by Proxy on this
occasion may be obtained, upon application at the Treasury, in this
House.

JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

TO THE PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,
THE 30th instant having been fixed for the
Election of a Director for the vacancy occasioned by the
death of General Robertson, I have the honour to intimate to you,
that proxy papers will, in the coarse of a few days, be forwarded for
the signature of such of my supporters as may prefer that mode of
recording their votes in my favour, and request that such as may be
absent, or about to leave their residence, will kindly favour me with
their address, in order to ensure the early return of those necessary
documents. I have the honour to avail myself of the present oppor-
tunity to return my cordial thanks for the services already rendered
to me, and to entreat my supporters and friends to add to the obli-
gation I already owe them, by a continuance of their valuable aid,
for which favour I shall ever retain a lively and grateful recollection.
I have the honour to remain,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your obedient and faithful servant,
J. CAULFEILD.
London Tavern, June 16, 1847.