The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-08 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING

No. 16,734.

CHISWICK FETE-SATURDAY, MAY 9,
1846.—The IRON STEAM-PACKET COMPANY'S BOATS
leave Cadogan Pier, Chelsea, for Chiswick, every Hour and Half-
hour—Fare, Fourpenee.
And from all the Company's Stations below Westminster-bridge
to Chelsea, every Quarter of an Hour—Fare, the whole way,
Sixpence.

CATTERNS and FRY, Secretaries, 62, Mark-lane,

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, on WEDNESDAYS, May
20th, June 3, and July 1.
Tickets may 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.

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.

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 Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCORE 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.

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

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL
GAR-SQUARE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Sec.

kIT IL SON'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 blaw—Last May a braw Wooer—Auld Robin Gray—
Duncan Gray came here to woo—John Anderson my jo—Jenny's
Bawbee.
Part ll.—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, 11.

lACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-
HALL.

On FRIDAY, MAT 15th, 1x46, 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 ; Reserved seats, in the Gallery, ss. ; la the
Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Musicsellers ; of
Mr. Bowleg, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand ; or of Mr.
Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross.

THOS. BREWER, Hon. Sec

MESSRS. WICKHAM and CO:a PUBLIC
SALES of RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held at the Hall
of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, EVERY MONDAY and
THURSDAYS, at One o'clock.

Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each sale.
London, 1846.

GREAT WE STERN RAILWAY.
The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are ready to.recelve
TENDERS for LOANS of MONEY, in sums of not less than 1,0001.
for a period of Ave or seven years, on the security of mortgage de-
bentures, bearing interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum,
payable half yearly.
Applications may be made to the undersigned, at the Railway
Office, Paddington station.
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is herby given that, in compliance with the sessional
orders of the Houses of Parliament, a SPECIAL MEETING of
HOLDERS of SCRIP and BANKERS' RECEIPTS in this under-
taking, will be held at the Palatine Hotel, in Alanchester, on Si-
TIIRDAY, the 16th instant, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely,
and that at suchrneeting a copy of the Bill now pending
in Parlia-
ment, to empower the Company to construct their proposed railway,
will be submitted for consideration.
I
Parties attending this meeting will be required to produce their
scrip or bankers' receipt, and to furnish the Secretary with a memo-
randum of their name and address, denoting the numbers of the scrip
produced. In order to facilitate the business of the meeting, the.
Secretary will be in attendance at the Palatine Hotel two hours pre-
vious to the meeting, to receive the scrip and take the denoting num-
bers thereof.

THOMAS BIRKBECK, Chairman.
EDMUND SHARPE, Secretary.
COmpaars Offices, 107, Jerm)h-atreet, London.
May 6th, 1846.

NORFO LK RAILWAY EXTENSIONS.
Notice Is hereby given that a special meeting of the holders
of scrip or of bankers' receipts for scrip in respect of the undertakings
proposed to be carried into effect under 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 make 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 Railway 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, Chairman of the Board of Directors.
By order, RICHARD TILL, Secretary.

W lIITEHAVEN AND FLTRNESS JUNC-
TILIN-1141wAy.
In pursuance of the SeesiovaOrtiers of troth Houses of Parliament,
Notice is hereby given, that a Special. General. Meeting of the Share
holders in this Company will be held at the Contimay's Offices, 1, Guild-
hall Chambers, B asinghall- street, London, on THURSDAY, the 21st day of
May instant, at Twelve for One o'clock precisely, when there will he
submitted to the consideration of the Shareholders, for their approval,
or otherwise, a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, entituled,
"A Bill to enable the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway
Company to make a railway in deviation from their line of Railway,
and to construct an extension thereof, to a point of junction with the
Whitehaven Junction Railway."

By Order, LONSDALE, Chairman,
JOHN MEYER, S.cretarv.
1, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, May 1, 1846.