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SEE TILE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1.
Daily News Mee,

EAST INDIA HOUSE, MAY 13. 1846.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE,
That a SPECIAL GENERAL COURT of the said Company will
be held at their House in LeadenhaE-street, on FRIDAY, the 15th
instant, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of sub-
mitting to the Proprietors of East India Stock for confirmation, a
resolution passed unanimously by the General Court this day, approv-
ing the unanimous resolution of the Court of Directors of the 29th
April, 1846, granting to Lieutenant-General the Right Honourable
Viscount Hardinge, G.C.8., Governor-General of India, an annuity of
Five Thousand Pounds (5,0001) upon the grounds therein stated ; also,
for the purpose of submitting for confirmation a further resolution like-
wise passed unanimously by the General Court this day, approving
the unanimous resolution of the Court of Directors of the 29th April,
1846, granting to General Lord Gough, G.C.8., Commander-in-Chief
of the Forces in the East Indies, an annuity of Two Thousand Pounds
(2,0001.) upon the grounds therein stated.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

DRAWING UALLERY, 18}, MADDOX-
STREET.—To Professional Ladies.—On Mondays, Wednes-
days, and likridays, Mr. LEIGH gives courses of instruction in Ana-
tomy, Drawing, and Oil Painting, from Five till Half-past Six in the
Evening.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS. Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square.
On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 18, at Eight o'clock.
Mr. WILSON will give an ENTERTAISMENT, in which he
will sing a variety of the
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Pianoforte—Mr. LAND.
PART 1.-0 reel may the Boatie row—Of a' the airts the wind can
blaw—Wha'll buy Caller Herring?—flame cam our gudeman at e'en
—Ower the Water to Charlie—Bonnie Bessie Lee—The Married
Man's Lament Pibroch o' Donald Dhu.
PART ll.—The Flowers o' the Forest—The Auld School—Woo'd
an' married an' a'—Auld Joe Nicolson's Bonny Nannie—Get up and
bar the Door.
Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, lbs.,
for Eight, 1/.

Novelties of extreme interest and inform9tion at the

OPAL 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 Maury 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 CYTTING 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.

OLD GEORGE INN, YORK.

r o BE LET, with immediate Possession, that
old-established and well-frequented Commercial Hotel, the
OLD GEORGE INN, Pavement, the present occupier, Mr. William
Hill, being about to leave York.
The incoming Tenant will have the advantage of the valuable
STOCK of OLD WINES, and will be required to take the Furniture,
Fixtures, &c., at a valuation.
For particulars, apply to Mr. Hill, on the premises.

rllO be DISPOSED OF, a highly respectable
JL COF FEE and CHOP BUSINESS, Established Seven Years,
situated at the West-end. Returns Eleven Pounds per Week, ready
money. Full prices. A respectable couple can insure an excellent
livelihood, and save money. Coming in, for fixtures, utensils for
trade, including a capital library, about 1401. only. Parties not ac-
quainted with the line will be instructed how to carry on this de-
sirable concern.
Apply or address to A. 8., Mr. Coles, News Agent, 39, Kingsgate-
street, Holborn. No agent need apply.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUK•
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, COENHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution otfers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both td Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT
The success and increasing prosperity of Via Society has enabled
he Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from SO to 75 ;per cont, on the premiums paid on
oath Policy effected on the Prolt scale.
EXAMPLES.

ve„o 1
cid premium :I Bonus Banns in
; • added. Cash. Th.p, p l
Rs t'w 6,
P. g.
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A 1837 £l9l 13 5 £B7 13 5 41317 1 439511 1
4 1838, 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 23
Mum 74 3 4 i 1839, 138 13 6 61 14 31 9 210 296 13 4
JlB4O 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 45

The di-vision of profits is annual, and the next will be made In De-
,ember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. See.

r r HE NEW ASYLUM for INFANT OR-
A_ PIIANS, STAMFORD-HILL. For Orphans under Eight Years
of Age, without distinction of sex, place, or religious connexion.
The SECOND ANNIVERSARY DINNER of this Charity will be
held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on WEDNESDAY, the
27th of May.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount MORPETH, M.P., in the Chair.

IUDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and
IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY, with EXTENSION to
SHREWSBURY.

This Company being now fully amalgamated with the Shrewsbury
and Birmingham Railway Company, the Business relating to the
Dudley and Madeley line will in future be curried on at the Offices of
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company, 3, Moorgate-street,
London.

By order, IV. S. DARKIN, Secretary,
3, Moorgate-street, London, May 8, 1846.

S HEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK POT-
TERIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the Sessional Orders
of the two Houses of Parliament, a SPECIAL MEETING of
Holders of Scrip, or of Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, in the SHEF-
FIELD, BUXTON, LEEK POTTERIES, and CREWE RAILWAY
COMPANY will be held at the Albion Hotel, in Manchester, in the
county of Lancaster, on FRIDAY, the 22d day of May instant, at
Twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose of submitting a copy of the
Bill now before Parliament, relating to the said Railway, for their
consideration.

And Notice is hereby further given, that all holders of Scrip or
Bankers' Receipts for Scrip attending the said Meeting will be re-
quired to give their names and addresses, to produce their Scrip or
Bankers' Receipts, and permit the denoting numbers thereof to be
correctly taken before the votes can be received.
The term of voting paper may be had on application to the
Secretary, at the Company's Offices in Leek. A statement of the
proceedings and prospects of 111 Q undertaking will be submitted to
the Meeting.

THOMAS CARR, Chairman.
R. Y. CLARKE. Secretary.

Leek, 7th May, 1846,

THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY
COMPANY BRANCHES AND EXTENSIONS.

Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Resolutions and
St inding Orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Holders of Scrip
or of Bankers' Receipts for scrip of the Company, for the Shares
issued for the Branches and Extensions, will be held at the
Court House in Leeds, in the county of York, on THURSDAY, the 28th
day of May instant, at One o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose
of giving or withholding their sanction to the further proceeding with
the following Bit's, at present before Parliament, the preambles of
which have been declared proved, that is to say :-
Ist. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company
to make certain deviations in the line of the Saint Helen's branch of
the said Railway.

2n4. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Company to
extend their railway over the river Nidd •at Knaresborongh, 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, May 11, 1846.
N.B. The holders of Scrip or Bankers' Receipts for Scrip must
produce those documents at the Meeting ; and it is requested that
each Proprietor will, at the same time, hand in a statement of the
numbers and amount of his Scrip or Receipts, with his name and
address in full written on such statement, in order to facilitate the
taking of the votes, and to save the time of the Meeting. Forms
for this purpose may be had on application at the Offices of the Com-
pany, 5, South Parade, Leeds.

QOUTH UNION, or MANCLIESTERi
POT-
TERIES,
and LONDON RAILWAY COMPANY.

The Committee of Management regret to be under the necessity
of informing the Scripholders that they are obliged to POSTPONE
the PAYMENTS on account of their respective Deposits, pursuant
to their advertisement of the 16th day of April, in consequence of
their Solicitors not having passed the Order of the Court of Chancery
through the several offices prior to their closing for the Whitsuntide
vacation. The Committee are assured that the Deposit will be ob-
tained immediately on the opening of the offices on the 21st instant;
and so soon as the same shall have been paid to them they will forth-
with give the Scripholders due notice to attend, and receive their
several proportions as advertised.
By order, W. WILSON, Secretary.
17, Fludyer•street, Westminster, May 13, 1846.

PERTH AND INVERNESS RAILWAY.
In consequence of the decision of the Committee of the
House of Commons, finding the preamble of the Bill not proved,
notice is hereby given, that the MEETING of SCRIPHOLDERS,
advertised for Monday the 18th current, WILL NOT TAKE
PLACE.

A General Meeting will be advertised as soon as the necessary ar-
rangements can be made.

By order of the Committee of Management,
PETER ANDERSON, Secretary.

INVERNESS and ELGIN JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

In consequence of the decision of the Committee of the House of
Commons finding the preamble of the Bill not proved,—
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Notice is hereby given, that a Meeting of gcripholders advertised
for Friday, the 22d mrrent, will not take place. A General Meeting
will be advertised as soon as the necessary arrangements can be
made.