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London, England, 1846-05-11 00:00:00

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No. 16,736.

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

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T it IS EVENING, MAY 11, at Eight o'clock.
Mr. WILSON will give his THIRD ENTERTAINMENT on tho
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Pianoforte —Mr. LAND.
Part I.—Ye Banks and Braes o' bonny Doon—Of a' the Airts the
Win' can blaw—Last May a brave Wooer—Auld Robin Gray—
Duncan Gray came here to woo--John Anderson my jo—Jenny's
Bawbee.
Part Jl.—Thou art gane awa frae me, Mary—John o' Badenyon—
Jock o' Hateldean—The Birks of Aberfeldy—My jo Janet—Wha
wadna fecht for Charlie?
Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. Cd. Private Boxes for Six, 155.;
for Eight, I!.

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QACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-
HALL.
On FRIDAY, MAY 15th, 1846, will be repeated Haydn's Oratorio,
THE CREATION.
Principal Vocal Performers, Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. Hobbs, and
Mr. Phillips.
The Band and Chorus will consist of above Five Hundred Per-
formers.
Tickets 3s. each ; Ressrved Seats, in the Gallery, ss. ; in the
Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be Vbtained of the principal Musicsellers ; of
Mr. Howley, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand ; or of Mr.
3litcholl, 39, Charing-cross.

THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec.

pEARD'S IMPROVED. PHOTOGRAPHIC
PORTRAITS, so highly eulogised by all the leading journals,
are TAKEN DAILY, from Nine to Six, at 34, Parliament-street,
Westminster; 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.

Novelties of extreme interest and information at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form a part of an 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 Hardiuge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCOPE and CHROMAWRDPE, „with 'new and beautiful
variations. The most interesting of the Novelties at wak 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.

GENERAL TOM THUMB'S FAREWELL
LEVEES AT THE EGYPTIAN HALL.
On account of the unprecedented success and crowded state of the
room at each Levee, the little General begs respectfully to inform
the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that he will continne to appear every
Day and Evening. in all the costumes and per ormances in which
he had the honour of appearing three times before her Majesty, and
at all the principal Courts of Europe.
Hours from Half-past Twelve to Two ; Half-past Three to Five ;
and Half-past Seven to Nine o'clock. Admission, I s.; Children,
under ten years of age, Half-price.
All Tickets that have been issued wlll be admitted, notwithstand-
ing their dates.
After Nine o'clock each Evening, the General appears intis New
Play at the City of London Theatre, Bishopsgate-street.

I'VICOLL'S PALETOT of LLAMA CLOTH
registered 6 and 7 Vic., cap. 65. Patronised by the Prince
Consort, Prince George of Cambridge, &c.
This overcoat recommends itself to the Public generally by its
peculiar elasticity and lightness, moderate price, and able defence
against the almost constant humidity of the climate of Great Britain.
To be had ha London only of the Patentees, II C Regent-street.

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, Southampton-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, &ND COMPANY,
King's-road, Gray's Inn.

LEEDS, YORK, and MIDLAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of the
House of Commons of the 23€1 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 TIIESD 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 6,184 G.

EDINBURG'', LEITH, AND GRANTON
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the resolutions or
orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the EDINBURGH, LEITH,
and GRANTON RAILWAY COMPANY, and of the HOLDERS
of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP, in the pro-
posed Extension and Branches, to Trinity Chain-pier, South Leith,
and Bonnington, WILL be YIELD within the office of the Company,
No 8, Abereromby-place, Edinburgh, on MONDAY, the 18th day of
May next, at Two o'clock, afternoon, when copies of the following
Bills, now before Parliament will be submitted to the consideration
of the Meeting, and a vote taken on the said Bills, as required by
the said resolutions or orders ; viz. :-
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
Company 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.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
• YORK EXTENSION.
Those Scripholders who purpose attending the Meeting on THURS-
DAY, the 14th inst., are requested to forward their Scrip to this office,
when a receipt, specifying the number of shares held by each person,
will be delivered in exchange for the same.
It will be necessary to produce the receipt previous to obtaining
admission to the Meeting. The adoption of this course will save
the delay to which persons who only present their Scrip at the Lon-
don Tavern, on the 14th inst., will be subjected, as in every case the
amount of Scrip must be verified and the numbers taken before the
holder can be present or vote at the Meeting. -
Such persons as cannot attend can have their votes recorded upon
forwarding their shares to this office, with a letter stating whether
they approve or disapprove of the Bills.
By order of the Board,
Offices, Shoreditch, Gth May, 184 G. C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
EASTERN

COUNTIES RAILWAY.-

YORK EXTENSION,

In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, Copies of the four
following Bills, that is to say—
A Bill for making a railway from Cambridge to Lincoln,
A Bill for making a railway from Lincoln to South Milford,
A Bill for making a railway from March to Lincoln,
A Bill foi making a railway from Tottenham to Farringdon-street,
Will be submitted to the consideration of the holders of the scrip and
bankers' receipts for Eastern Counties (York Extension) shares at a
meeting to be held, and which is hereby called for that purpose, at
the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, London, on THURSDAY, the
14th day of May next, at One o'clock precisely.
All holders of the scrip are earnestly requested to attend the
meeting, and to exhibit their scrip shares or banker's receipts thereat,
and to send to the secretary, previously, written memoranda, with
their names and addresses, and the numbers and amount of their
scrip.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, of the
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, Company.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Shoreditch Station, 29th April, 1846.

F.AASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a General Meeting of the Eastern
Counties Registered Proprietors will be held on THUB,SDAY, the 14th
of May next, at One o'clock, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, London, for the purpose of giving their sanction or otherwise
to the farther proceedings with
A Bill for making a Railway from Hertford to Huntingdon, with
a Branch to Bedford ; and _ _ _

A Bill for making a Railway from Tottenham to Barnet.
A Bill for enlarging the London and Stratford stations of the
Eastern Counties Railway and for other purposes.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, 1 of the
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy Chairman S Company.
By order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
Shoreditch Station, April 29, 1846.

ORTH GRAVESEND RAILWAY.
1 In pursuance of the new orders of Parliament, a Meeting of
the Scripholders of the Company will be held at the London Station
of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, on THURSDAY, the

14th of May, at Half-past Eleven o'clock -precisely, for the purpose
of giving their sanction, or otherwise, to the further proceeding with
the Bill now before Parliament in relation to this undertaking.

' I of the Eastern
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman Counties Railway
DAVID WADDINGTON, Deputy-Chairman, Company.
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.

By order,

MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given that, in compliance 'with the 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 Statdeld and Lossiemouth Harbour to Elgin,
Rothes, and Charleston 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.

DUNDEE and ARBROATH RAILWAY
COMPANY.

In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of
Parliament, and of a Requisition addressed to us by certain of the Share-
holders of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, a SPECIAL
or EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-

HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY "Will be held
within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on the 18th day of May
next, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a Bill, now
pending before Parliament, entitled " A Bill to enable the Dundee
and Arbroath Railway Company to make a Railway from their Line
at Rroughty to Broughty Ferry Castle, and another Railway from
their Line at Geordie's Burn to the Arbroath and Forfar Railway at
Almeriecloss," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meet-
ing, and a vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the
said Resolutions or Orders.

By order of the Directors,
SHIELL and SMALL, Secretaries

1 UNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
In compliance with the Revolutions or Order. of the Houses of Par-
liament, a SPECIAL or EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will
be held within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on TUESDAY, the
19th day of May, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a
Rill now pending before Parliament entituled "A Bill to enable the
Dundee and Perth Railway Company to alter their Line at Inchyra
and Lairwell, and to extend the same towards the Penitentiary at
Perth," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a
vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the said Re-
solutions or Orders.

By order of the Directors,
SMELL and SMALL, Secretaries.

EAST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAIL-
WAY BILL. '
Notice is hereby given, that a MEETIN of the SCRIPHOLDERS
in the above Company will be held pursuant to the Resolutions of
Parliament, at the Company's Offices, Mitchell's-court, Norwich, on
SATURDAY, the 23d day of May instant, at Ten o'clock in the Fore-
noon precisely, for the purpose of expressing their approval or nen-
approval of the Bill.

EDWARD WILLETT,
Chairman of the Committees of Management.
Norwich, May 7, 1846

THE LEEDS •AND THIRSK RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Resolutions and
Stinding Orders of Parliament, an extraordinary Special General
Meeting of the Proprietors of this Company, will be held at the
Court House in Leeds, in the county of York, on Tumisnev, the 28th
day of May next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of taking
into consideration, and of submitting to the Proprietors for approval,
the drafts of the following Bills, for which the Directors are now
applying to Parliament, that is to say :-
Ist. A Bill for enabling the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company
to make certain deviations in the line of the Saint Helen's branch of
the said Railway.
2nd. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to
extend their railway over the river Nidd at Knaresborough, and for
other purposes.
3rd. A Bill for making a branch or extension railway from the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway, near Wath in the county of York, to or
to communicate with Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, with
branches therefrom.

By order,
SAMUEL SMILES, Secretary.

Leeds, A

)61 20, 1846.

Li

Rt'ooL 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 eleven 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 Manchesteir, 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
North Meols," for their consideration and approval.
• •thonsand, eight hundred and
H. BYNG HALL, Secretary.

MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, and GREAT
GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of recent resolutions of
both Houses of Parliament, a meeting of the
hßoaildiewrsayolcosincrippari, oyr,
banker's receipts, entitling the parties to claim scrip of the Man-
chester, Midland, and Great Grimsby Junction
will be held at the company's offices, in Rotherham, in the West
Riding of the county of York, on FRIDAY, the 15th day of May inst.,
at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the purpose of giving their
sanction, or otherwise, to the Bill now before Parliament, for
making a Railway from the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Man-
chester Railway at Wortley, to join the G eat Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway near to Bole, with branches therefrom.
The votes will be taken at the meeting according to the amount of
scrip held by each person present, who will be required to exhibit
the same, and to furnish the Secretary with a written memorandum
of his or her name and address, and the denoting numbers of the
scrip produced, these particulars being required to be stated in the
certificate, which must be lodged with Parliament before the third
reading of the Bill.
Note.—All persons predating scrip at the above meeting will be
ntitled to vote in respect thereof, if issued prior to the 31st of
March last ; but no vote can be accepted in respect of any scrip not
actually 'produced, except iu cases where the deposit on shares
allotted has been paid prior to the 31st of March last, but the scrip
for such shares has not been issued, in which case the production of
the banker's receipts for the deposit will be accepted in lieu of scrip.
To facilitate the arrangements of the meeting, the Secretary will
attend at the offices of the company, in High-street, Rotherham,
every day previous to the meeting, from ten to three o'clock, to re-
ceive and arrange the scrip, and those shareholders who cannot con-
veniently attend the meeting, are particularly requested to transmit
their scrip certificates, or banker's receipts, with their name and
address to the Secretary, at the offices, without delay; and the Chair-
man will vote for them in such manner as they may request.
The receipt of scrip certificates or banker's receipts will be ac-
knowledged by return of post, and returned to the owners immedi-
ately after the meeting.

JNO. ALDRED, Chairman.
PEAS. PARKER, Secretary.

Rotherham, May 7, 1846.

L"AST 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, Silver-street, Bury, in the county of Lancaster, on WED-
NESDAY, the 3rd day of June 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 East Lancashire 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 Liverpool 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 Bury Canal Navigation and Railway, with
the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company.
Dated the Twenty-ninth day of April, 1846. •
JAMES SMITHELLS.