The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-21 00:00:00

No. 16,745. LONDON, THURSIJAY MORNING,

QEE. THE DAILY NEWS of JUNE 1
• Daily News Oftlec, Whitefrlars.

WILSON'S SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
MENTS. Music Hall, Store-street, Dddford-square.
On MONDAY EVENING, MAY 25, at Eight o'clock. •
Mr. WILSON will sing the following
SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Pianoforte—Mr. LAND. .
Pa' I.—Happy friendship—An thou wert my aln thing—Up In
the morning early—Last May a braw woer—Scots, wha has
Walia,!e bled—The land o' the heal— The reel o' Tullochgorum.
PART IL—The spinning-wheel—The maid I daurna name—Saw ye
my. wee thing—The ewle wi' the crookit horn—Come under my
plAidle—Muirland Willie.
.Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 15s. 9
for Eight, 11. •

E :g ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-
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I. 7 HALL.
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'On FRIDAY, MAT ,2d, 1846, will be again repeated Haydn's
Oratorio, THE CREATION. . .
Principal Vocal Performers, Mrs. Sunderland, Mr. Hobbs, and
Mr. Phillips.

The pand and Chorus will consist of aboVe Five Hundred Per.
formers.

Tickets 3s. each; Reserved Seats, in the Gallery, ss. • In the
Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Musieseders ; of
Mr. Rowley, 53, Charing-cross; Mr. Mies, 102, Strand ; or of Mr,
3iitchell, 39, Charing-cross.

TIIOS. BREWER, Hon. sec.

7 , Novelties of extreme interest and information at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION
Scenes in the OREGON. TERRITORY form a pant of all 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 ;
alai, Portraits of Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCOPE and CIIROMATROPE, 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 GOyERNQR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
Experimeuts 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.

THE MYSTERIOUS LADY.

FGYPTIAIst- HALL, PICCADILLY.—For a
short lime, previous to her final return to America, this
talented lady, whose performances are beyond comprehension, and
unexampled in the history of the human mind, may be seen as above.
Hours of performance—Eleven in the morning ; two till three,
four to six, and eight in the evcning.—Admission Is.—Children
under ten years of age half-price.—N.B. Private parties attended at
their own residences, without previous preparation.

BENIOWSKI'S NEW PHRENOTYPIC
CLASS for WORKING MEN, on Wednesday Evenings, at
Half-past Eight, will COMMENCE May 27. 10s. the Course (Six
Les sons).
Hand-book of the Principles, and their Applications. 2s. 6d. Pro-
spectus gratis.—Bow-street.

INCOME, FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS PER
ANNUM.--: This will be guaranteed, with or without co-part-
nership, to a Gentleman of respectability, competent to conduct the
Cash and Correspondence of a valuable Colliery, and able to invest
1,5001. to 2,0001., as a Floating Capital to meet increasing sales. The
Colliery itself will require no working capital for twenty years to
come. The Property is situated in a very delightful country, having
many genteel residences, and abounding with game. To any gen-
tleman having money to invest, and open to a lucrative pursuit,
this is a favourble opportunity.
Address, Mr. Hudson, No, 16, Holborn-hill, I.ondon.

THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN PAPERS.
At the CABINET DE LECTURE, 67, STRAND, all the
most important French, German, Italian, Spanish, Belgian, and
English papers are filed for perusal. Terms of subscription—
. Each sitting, 2d. ; by the week, Is. 6d. ; month, Is. ; quarter, 13s. ;
year, 425.
Further information can be obtained on application, or by address-
ing, prepaid, to the Manager of the Cabinet de Lecture, 67, Strand,
opposite the Adelphi Theatre.

INVERNESS AND ELGIN • JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management regret to inform the Shareholders
of the Inverness and Elgin Junction Railway Company, that the
Committee of .the }louse of Commons has refused to sanction the
making of the railway proposed by this Company."
The Committee of Management.propose winding up,the concern,
should the Shareholders give their sanction, at a meeting which will
be shortly summoned, immediately alter the passing of !the Railway
Companies Dissolution Act. . • ~
The Conunittcie cannot at present form a correct estimate of —the
expensei,hictirred, §lll4Teliolders may, however, rest assured
that all accounts will he strictiy
• liy order of the COrnlllittee,
, C. STEWART, Joint Secretary.
• Colonnade Hotel, Ili-market, London, May; 1846.

INVERNESS AND '•
ELGIN JUNCTION
-. RAILWAY.
All persons having, claims against the Inverness and Elgh Junction
Railway Company are requested .to 414 Cleul On or before the.3lst
current, to C, STEWART, Joint Secretary:
Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket, London, May 1(1, 180.

A SHBURTON, NEW.TON, • AND SOUTH
DE VON RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is herebY given that a SPECIAL AIEETING of the Holders
of Scrip, or of Banker's receipts for Scrip, of this Company will be
held, in compliance with the iessional orders of both Houses of Par-
liament, at the Golden Lion Inn, in A.siihwton, on MONDAY, the
eighth day of June next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, wl:en popy of
the Bill for making' the said railway will be submitted for the consi-
deration and approval of such meeting. •
Ashburton; May 16; 1846; 'ROBERT TUCKER 1 Solicitors of the
GEORGE CAUNTER,6 Company.

BOSTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMING-
HAM RAILWAY (STAMFORD to WISBEACII).

At a Special General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company,
held at the Offices of the Company, No. 18, Abingdon-street, West-
minster, on Saturday, the 16th day of May, At Two o'clock precisely,
convened pursuant to the resolutions of the House of CommoisS, at
which Thomas Macaulay, Esq , Deputy-Chairman, presided;
It was unanimously resolved,
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Ist. That this Meeting of Holders of Scrip, and Bankers' Receipts
representing Scrip, in the proposed Boston, Stamford, and Birming-
ham Railway Company, convened and constituted conformably to
the Sessional Orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons, having
had submitted to them a copy of the Bill now before Parliament, for
incorporating the said Company, do approve thereof, and do autho-
rise the Directors to prosecute the same in the present session of Par-
liament.

2nd. That the Chairman of this Meeting and the Solicitor of the
Company be authorised and requested to affix their respective sig-
natures to the said Bill, and to any certificate of the holding of this
Meeting which the forms of Parliament may require.
3rd. That the thanks of the Shareholders are due to the Chairman
and Committee of Mar.agement of this undertaking, for the zeal, abi-
lity, honesty, integrity, and perseverance with which they have pro-
secuted it, and which promise to realise its early and complete
snccess.

THOMAS MACAULAY, Chairman.
Also proposed and carried unanimously,
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to the Chairman for his
services to-day.
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By order,

S. S. BAXTER, Selicitor.
EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary.
Any information the Shareholders may desire respecting the pre-
sent position and prospect of the Company, may be obtained upon
application to the Solicitor or the Secretary, at the Offices of the
Company.
18, Abingdon-street, Westminster, May 18, 1846.

NEW WORK BY SIR MUTTS LINDSAY, BART.
This day is published, in fop. Bvo., 4s, cloth,
EDWARD the BLACK PRINCE; a Tragedy.
By Sir MUTTS LINDSAY, Bart.
By the same Author, fcp Svo., 4s.
ALFRED ; a Drama.
London ; Longman, Brown, Greon; and Longmans.

JAY'S FAMILY PRAYERS.
Printed in S large type, price 7s. 6d., post Bvo, cloth, being volume
10 of a Nov and Collected Edition of the Author's Works, revised

by himself,
r [WE DOMESTIC MINISTER'S ASSISTANT;
Or, Prayers for the use of Families for Six Weeks, Morning
and Evening. • • . •

By the Rev, WILLIAM JAY.
Contents —Prayers for Morning •and Evening for Six Weeks—
Prayers for Select Occasions —Short Devotions—Pious Addresses for
Particular Seasons—Thanksgivings for Particular Events—Acts of
Devotion for the TO*. .