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QEE THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1
Daily News Office, Whitefriars.

SALES BY AUCTION:

FREEHOLD ESTATES AND OTHER PROPERTY TO BE SOLD.
TO BE SOLD in LOTS, pursuant to an ORDER
of the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY made in a certain
cause of HAMILTON against Viscount LISMORE, with the appro-
bation of SAMUEL DUCKWORTH, Esq., one of the Masters of the
said Court, at the Gray's Inn Coffee House, Holborn, in the month of
June next.
A FREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of 27 acres of Building
Ground, known as the GOSPEL-OAK FIELD and FIVE-ACRE
FIELD. situate between Kentish Town and Hampstead, and adjoin-
ing the land of the Earl of Mansfield and the land recently sold by
Lord Southampton.
Also, a RENT CHARGE in perpetuity of 1001. per annum, from
the CHAPEL and BURIAL GROUND of the parish of ST. JAMES,
WESTMINSTER, situate in the Hampstead-road.
Also, a PLOT of GROUND in the HAMPSTEAD ROAD, con-
taining the Reservoir and Premises of the New River Company, and
now on lease to the said Company, for an unexpired term of 946
years, at a clear rent of 2001, per annum.
Particulars and conditions of sale may shortly be had at the said
Master's Chambers, SouthampUn-buildings, Chancery-lane ; of
Messrs. Walker, Grant, and Co., solicitors, 13, King's road, Gray's
Inn; and Messrs. Lightfoot, Robson, and Lightfoot, solicitors, 26,
Castle-street, Leicester-square.
WALKER, GRANT, AND COMPANY,
King's-road, Gray's Inn.

ST. LEONARD'S, IN WINDSOR PARK.
The SPLENDID SEAT of the late WILLIAM DAWSON, Esq., for
the last three years occupied by LORD 11ADDO, delightfully
situated adjoining St. Leonard's Hill (the noble seat of Colonel
Harcourt), amidst the most romantic and elevated portions of the
Royal Park, with a magnificent view of the Castle, the Thames,
and rich surrounding country; also a former portion of the Forest
adjoining, studded with venerable Timber, offering a choice site

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for Building.
MESSRS, DANIEL SMITH and SON have
the honour to announce to the Nobility, and others seeking a
capital and beautifully situated residence, that they are instructed to
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, in JUNE next (unless an acceptable
offer shall be previously made by private contract), in Two Lots.
The above most justly admired and elegant noble MANSION, ad-
mitted to stand unrivalled (except, perhaps, byits princely neighbour,
St. Leonard's-hill) in the whole circle of the Court. The Mansion is
modern, and of an elegant and chaste style of architecture, placed on
the verge of a romantic and finely-wooded eminence, perfectly se-
cluded, overlooking a lovely vale and a great breadth of the Royal
Park, with the ;magnificent Castle towering in the back ground, 'lila'
the rich banks Jf the Thames, Eton College, and other intererrting ob-
jects. The House contains a splendid suite of rooms with east and
south aspects, a beautiful conservatory, paved terrace, &c., sur-
rounded by a rich small Park of nearly 100 acres, adorned with
handsome timber, noble avenue of limes, a sheet of water, with ex-
tensive terrace and other walks. About 20 acres adjoining will be
offered in a separate lot, extending from St. Leonard's-hill to the
Winkfleld-road, opposite Forest-hill, presenting a fine and romantic
building site, bounded on one side by Lot 1, and on the other by some
of the private drives and plantations of• the Royal Park, through
which, and the beautiful grounds of Col. Harcourt, are the approaches
to this delightful domain.

The estate can be-viewed only with cards, which may be had at
Messrs. Smith's offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and Windsor;
or of Thomas' Webster, Esq., solicitor, Qaeen-street, Cheapside.

MAER-HALL, in STAFFORDSHIRE, BORDERING on
CHESHIRE and SHROPSHIRE, near NEWCASTLE-UNDER-
LYNE, many years the residence and property of the late JOSIAH
WEDGWOOD, Esq., with its splendid Lake or Mere, surrounded
by rich park-like pastures, and a bold broken chain of wooded
hills, intersected by romantic drives and walks, of several miles in
extent, forming one of the most beautiful and desirable domains of
its size (about 1,100 acres) in the country ; the soil being re-
markably sound and healthy, the lands nearly tithe-free, and the
farm homesteads of a very superior description ; also the Advow-
son and Manor of Maer, and a romantic residence, known as
Camp-hill, adjoining; midway between Birmingham, Manchester,
and Liverpool, with a first-class station within a mile of the estate,
bringing it within about seven hours' journey of London, and two
and a half from those important towns.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
directed by the Executors of the late Josiah Wedgwood,
Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of Eng-
land, on TUESDAY, the 23d of June, at Twelve o'clock, in Three Lots
(unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private
contract.
The above important and singularly beautiful FREEHOLD PRO-
PERTY, delightfully situated in a remarkably healthy and pictur-
esque part of the country, between the towns of Newcastle- under-
Lyne, Stafford, Drayton, an Eccieshall, on the Shrewsbury-road.
It comprises the Mansion of Maer Hall, possessing tvery comfort for
a moderate establishment, capital newly-built stabling, gardens, and
park-like pastures, refreshed by a lake of nearly 23 acres, stored
fish, amidst remarkably thriving plantations, chiefly of larch and
oaks, clothing and crowning the brows and wooded hills of this
highly picturesque Domain, commanding very extensive and ro-
mantic scenery, and forming excellent preserves for game. The
farms are let to respectable yearly tenants at low rents, and the two
principal farmhouses and homesteads have been entirely newly
built in the most substantial manner, and of a superior character.
The Manor and the Advowson of the living (a perpetual curacy),
with its Par onage, Glebe, &c., appertain to the estate, as also the
small old-established inn, the Swan with two Necks, and several cot-
tages. Carnphill is a modern compact residence, with twenty-seven
acres of romantic wooded grounds on the northward side of the pro-
perty, about one mile from the railway station.
The estates may be viewed by parties sending their address. De-
scriptive particulars, with lithographic plans, may be had after the
21st of May, on the premises ; at the chief Hotels at Birmingham,
Liverpool, Manchester, Stafford, `Bcc. ; of Messrs. Beery and Shep-
pard, solicitors, Stoke-upon-Trent ; at the Auction Mart, London ;
and of Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, in Waterloo•place,
Pall-mall, to whom only applications to treat are to be made.

CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION.
BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL-MALL.
The GALLERY, for the EXHIBITION and SALE of the
WORKS of BRITISH ARTISTS, is OPEN DAILY from Ten till
Five, and will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, May 16.
Admission, Is. Catalogue, Is.
WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper.
N.B. The Gallery will be RE-OPENED in JUNE, with Portraits
of Illustrious Personages.

t*ITILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS. Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square.
On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 11, at Eight, o'clock.
Mr. WILSON will give his THIRD ENTERTAINMENT on the
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Pianoforte—Mr. LAND.
Part I.—Ye Banks and Braes o' bonny Doon—Of a' the Airts the
Win' can flaw—Last May a braw Wooer—Auld Robin Gray—
Duncan Gray came here to woo—John Anderson my jo—Jenny's
Bawbee.
Part IL—Thou art gane awa frae me, Mary—John o' Badenyon—
Jock o' Hazeldean—The Birks of Aberfeldy—My jo Janet—Wha
wadna fecht for Charlie?
Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, N.

4ACREI.) HARMONIQ SOUETY, EXETER-
,. 7 HALL. 7
On FRIDAY, MAY 15th, 1846, will be repeated Haydn's Oratorio,
THE CREATION. ,
Principal Vocal PerfomiOfs,. Sunderland, Mr. Hobbs, and
Mr. Phillips.
The Band and Chorus will c.). of above Five Hunched Per-
formers.
At
Tickets 3s. each ; Reserved beats, in the Gallery, ss. ;
Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Musicsellers ;
Mr. Bowleg, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Ries, .102, Strand ; or of Mr
Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross.

THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec.

ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL
GARDENS.
In consequence of the necessity of a General Rehearsal of the
stupendous effects introduced in the Eruption of Vesuvius, the
GARDENS will be CLOSED on SATURDAY, the 9th instant.
On Monday, the 11th, the ffrst representation will take place.
S. FOSTER, Secretary.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.
The EXHIBITIONS of PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUIT,
in the Gardens of the Society, Inner Circle, Regent's Park, will be
held this season, in the New Conservatory, OR WrimEsnAxs, May
20th, June 3.. and July 1.
Tickets rpay be obtained at the Gardens by' presenting an order
from a Fellow or Member, price 4s. each, until May 9.
Fellows' privileged tickets will cease to be Issued also on May 9.

Novelties of extreme interest and information at the

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of art en-
tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of
the most Distinguished Men in the SIKH GOVERNMENT and
ARMY of LAHORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
also, Portraits of Sir Henry,Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMATROPE,- with new and beautiful
variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at work are
MACINTOSH'S ROTARY ENGINE, COLEMAN'S PATENT
LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE for ascending and descending Inclined
Planes, FARRELL'S ARCHIMEDIAN RAILWAY, an ENVE-
LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM-
ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
Experiments with the DIVING BELL and DIVER. Lectures on
CHEMISTRY and NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, with brilliant ex-
periments.

Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

A brief Description of the Oregon Territory, from Notes by a Nine
Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors.

BEARD'S IMPROVED PHOTOGRAPHIC
PORTRAITS, so highly eulogised by all the leading journals,
are TAKEN DAILY, from Nine to Six, at 34, Parliament-street,
IVestminster ; 85, King William-street, City; and, the Royal Poly-
technic Institution, Regent-street.
" The brilliancy and warmth of tone gained by the Patentee's
new method of colouring, add materially to the excellency of the
portrait."
" The portrait stands out in bold relief, clear, round, and life-like."

Licenses to practice the invention in London, or the Provinces,
granted by Mr. Beard (sole patentee of the Daguerreotype), 85, King
William-street, City.

ST. JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY.
The Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of
the St. John Del Rey Mining Company, will be held at the Com-
pany's Office, No. 8, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, on Fitinsir, the
29th instant, ar Two o'clock precisely.
At this Meeting, two Directors, viz., John Routh, Esq. and Stuart
Donaldson, Esq., will go out by rotation, but are eligible to be re-
elected.

GEORGE D. KEOGH, Secretary.
8, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, May 7, 1846.

MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY:
Notice is hereby given that, in compliance with tho Reso-
lutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the
HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP,
in the MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held within
the Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May
next, at Twelve o'clock noon, when a copy of a Bill now before Par-
liament, for incorporating the said Company, intituled " A Bill for
making a railway from Statfleld and Lossiemouth Harbour to Elgin,
Rothes, and C_barleston of Aberlour, to be called `the Morayshire
Railway, " will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting,
and a vote taken on the said Bill in the manner required by the said
Resolutions or Orders.
Elgin, April 30, 1846.

JAMES GRANT, Secretary,

LEEDS, YORK, and MIDLAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
otice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of the
House of Commons of the 231 ultimo, a copy of " a Bill for making
and maintaining a railway from Leeds to the York and North Mid-
land Railway, in the township of Colton, all in the county of York,"
will be submitted for the consideration of the holders of scrip and of
banker's receipts for scrip in the above Company, at a MEETING to
be held at the Court-house in Leeds, in the said county, on TUESD AY,
the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely.
The scrip, or banker's receipts, must be produced, to entitle a
party to vote in respect thereof, at the said Meeting.
JOSEPH GILL, Chairman.
H. J. MORTON, Secretary.
Offices, 7, Albion-street, Leeds, May 6, 1846.

EED S, WAKEFIELD, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
SCRIP and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP of the LEEDS,
WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-
PANY, will be held on TUESDAY, the 12th day of May next, at the
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Sessions-house in Wakefield, in the county of York, at One o'clock in
the afternoon, When a copy of the Bill for making the said railway
will' be submitted to the consideration of the meeting pursuant to
the resolutions of both Houses of Parliament.
And notice is hereby further given that no person can vote at the
said meeting unless lie produces his scrip or bankers' receipts.
Dated this 25th day of April, 1846.
EDWARD TEW, Chairman of the Provisional Directors.
HENRY BERNERS, Sdcretary.

LIVERPOOL and PRESTON and MAN-
CHESTER and SOUTHPORT RAILWAYS.
Notice IS hereby given that, pursuant to the resolutions of the two
Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or
of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, of the LIVERPOOL and
PRESTON, MANCHESTER and SOUTHPORT RAILWAYS
COMPANY will be hold at the Palatine Hotel, Hunt's Bank, in
Manchester, on SATURDAY, the sixteenth day of May instant,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, specially for the purpose
of having submitted, and at which Meeting there will be
submitted to them a copy of the Bill for making the said
Railways, now pending in the Honourable the House of Com-
mons, intituled, " A Bill for making a Railway from the Liverpool
and Bury Railway to the North Union Railway, and from Southport
to the North Union Railway, and from the North Union Railway to
the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury Railway, with certain branches,
to be called The Liverpool and Preston and Manchester and South-
port,Railways,' and also for constructing a Pier and other works at
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North Meols," for their consideration and approval.
Dated this first day of May, one thousand eight hundred and
forty:six. By order,

11. BYNG HALL, Secretary.
DINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON
RAILWAY.
Noti ' hereby given, that in compliance with the resolutions or
orders oft louses of Parliament, a MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS o TOCKHOLDERS of the EDINBURGH, LEITH,
and GRANTO.. AILWAY COMPANY, and of the HOLDERS
of SCRIP, or of B ERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the pro-
posed Extension and ches, to Trinity Chain-pier, South Leith,
and Bonnington, WILL ELD within the office of the Company,
No. 8, Abercrombyplece,.E gh, on IioNDAT, the 18th day of
May next, at Two o'clock, afterno , when copies of the following
Bills, now before Parliament will be satepttted to fin consideration
of the Meeting, and a vote taken on thi`gaid Bills, as required by
the said resolutions or orders; :
1. A Bill to amend and enlarge the poWers of the Acts relating to
the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway.
2. A Bill to enable the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway
Comrany to extend the said railway to Trinity Chain-pier, and to
make branch railways to Tolbooth Wynd, and Bonnington.
ALLEN GEORGE FIELD, Secretary.
8, Abercromby-place, Edinburgh, April 30,1846.

THE YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM,
WESTMORELAND, and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COM-
PANY.

Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL MEETING a. the
HOLDERS of SCRIP, and of BANKERS' RECEIPTS fer SCRIP,
in the YORK and CARLISLE, DURHAM, WESTMORELAND,
and LANCASHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held on Trim-
DAY, the 19th May instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon,
,at the Town-
Hall, in Kendal, in the county of Westmoreland, when a copy of
the Rill now in Parliament for this railway will be laid before the
meeting, for their approval er non-approval thereof.
The votes will be recorded bnly in respect of Scrip or Bankers' Re-
ceipts issued before the 31st March last, and produced at the meeting.
To facilitate the voting, each person is requested to fill up a form,
which he can obtain at the Offices of the Company, in Kendal, or at
No. 1, Derby-street, Parliament-street, stating the name and address
of the person producing the Scrip or Bankers' Receipts, together with
the, denoting number of the Scrip.

Datgd the 6th day of May, 1846,
WILLIAM CRACKANTHORPE, chairman.
JOHN WHITWELL, Honorary Secretary.

NORFOLK RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.
Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the holders
of scrip or of bankers' receipts for skrip in respect of the undertakings
proposed to be carried into effect u der the Bills below mentioned,
will be held at the Norfolk Railway Company's Office, at Guildhall-
buildings, in the City of London, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of
May, 1846, at half-past Two o'clock, for the purpose of submitting to
their approval copies of the following Bills :
A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to snake a rail-
way communication between the Dereham branch of the Norfolk
Railway and the towns of Wells and Blakeney in the county of
Norfolk.
A Bill to empower the Norfolk Rail Way Company to make a rail-
way from the Ipswich and Bury St. Edmund's Railway at Stow-
market, to the Norfolk Railway at Attleborough and Wymondham.
A Bill to empower the Norfolk Railway Company to make a rail-
way from the Norfolk Railway at Thetford, to the Lowestoft Railway
at Reedham.
The chair will be taken at half-past Two o'clock precisely.
N. B. It will be necessary for each person who attends to produce
the scrip or banker's receipt for scrip in respect of which he claims to
attend and take part in the proceedings.
Dated this 30th day of April, 1846.
ADAM DUFF, Chairfnan of the Board of Directors.
By order, RICHARD TILL, Secretary.

VAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.
In compliance with the Standing Orders and Sessional
Orders of Parliament.
Notice is hereby given, that an Extraordinary General Meeting of
the East Lancashire Railway Company will be held at the Eagle and
Child Inn, Sliver-street, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, on WED-
NESDAY, the 3rd day of Julie now next ensuing, at Twelve o'clock
at Noon ; when the Drafts of the undermentioned Bills, introduced
into Parliament in the present session, will be submitted to the
shareholders for their approval, namely :
A Bill to enable the East Lancashire Railway Company to alter
the line and levels of such railway, and to make branches there-
from, and for other purposes relating thereto.
A Bill for making a railway from the,East Lancashire Railway, at
Accrington, in the county 'Palatine of Lancaster, to Long Preston
and Settle, in Yorkshire, with branches therefrom.
A Bill to unite and consolidate the Blackburn and Preston Rail-
way Company with the EastiancaShire Railway Company.
A Bill for making certain branches from the line of the Blackburn
and Preston Railway, in the county of Lancaster ; and for amending
the Acts relating thereto. ' •

A Bill for making a railway from the Ltverpoor and Bury Railway
to Preston, and to the Blackburn and Preston and North Union
Railways, with branches therefrom, to be called "The Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston Railway."
A (proposed) Bill to incorporate the Company of Proprietors of the
Manchester, Bolton. and nary Canal Navigation and Railway, with
the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
Dated the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1846.
JAMES SMITIIELLS.