The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

N 0.16,743. LONDON, TUESDAY

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TRAFAL-
GAR-SQVARE.
'I he EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock till Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, 11. A., Sec.

ROYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.
The FIRST EXHIBITION, this Season, will be held in the
Gardens of the Society in the Regent's Park, and partly in the New
Conservatory, OR WEDNESDAY Next, May 20.
Tickets may be obtained at the Gardens by presenting an order
from a Fellow or Member, price ss. each, except on the days of ex-
hibition, when they will be 7s. 6d.
Carriages to set down either at the Front Gate, or at the New
North Gate, which is connected with the Conservatory.

Novelties of extrem' interest and informßtion at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
Scenes in the OREGON TERRITORY form. a part of en en-
tirely NEW SERIES of DISSOLVING VIEWS. PORTRAITS of
the most Distinguished Men in the SIKII GOVERNMENT and
ARMY of LAIIORE, magnified by the OPAQUE MICROSCOPE ;
also, Portraits oitil3ir 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 PAIENT 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 Nino
Years' Resident, presented to the Visitors.

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MESSRS. WICKHAM and CO.'s PUBLIC
SALES of RAILWAY SHARES, &c., are held at the Hall
of Commerce. Threadneedle-street, EVERY MONDAY and
THURSDA.IS, at One o'clock.
Orders received until Four o'clock of the day previous to each sale.
London, 1846.

TO GENTLEMEN VISITING LONDON.
Ft JUTISH AND FOREIGN READING
Nfi ROOMS, 67, STRAND. At the above Rooms all the most
important English, French, Italian, Spanish, Belgian, and German
newvapers can he perused daily, and arc regularly filed. Terms of
satiieription--Each sitting, 2.1'; by the week; Is: 6(1. ;• month, 54. ;
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 Adelpht Theatre.

THE LEEDS AND THIRSK RAILWAY
COMPANY BRANCHES AND EXTENSIONS.
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Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of the Resolutions and
Standing Orders of Parliament, a Meeting of the Holders of Scrip
or of Bankers' Receipts ter scrip of the Company, for the Shares
issued for the Branches and Extensions, will he 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 Bills, at present before Parliament, the preambles of
which have been declared proved, that is to say :
lst. A Bill to enable the Leeds and Tkirsk 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 Kidd at Knaresborough, and for
other purposes. _

3rd: A Bill for making a branch or extension railway from the
Leeds and Thirsk Raihray, 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 1 r, 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, fri 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, seeds.

13. OSTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMINGp-
-111_1) HAM RAILWAY • (STAMFORD to WISBEACII).

At a Special General Meeting of the Shareholders 01 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 Commons, at
which Thomas Macaulay, Esq , Deputy-Chairman, presided ;

It was unanimously resolved,

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 tke Houses of Lords and Commons, having
had submitted to them a copy of the Bill now befog 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,w.l4,g,l44o,forms of Parliajnentinay require.
3rd. That the thanks of the Shareholders are due to the Chairman
and Committee of Management of this undertaking, for the zeal, abi-
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lity, honesty, integrity, and perseverance with which they have pro-
secuted it, and which promise to realise its early and complete
success.

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

By order,

S. S. BAXTER, Solicitor.
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.

LONDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

In pursuance of the sessional orders of the two Houses of Parlia-
ment, a spetial General Meeting of the Holders of Scrip and of
Bankers' Receipts for Scrip of this Company will be held at the
London Tavern, in Bishopsgate-street, London, nn SATURDAY, the
30th of May instant, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, when copies
of the following Bills, new before Parliament, will be submitted to
the consideration of the meeting :
A Bill for making a railway from the London and South-Western
Railway, near Basingstoke, by Salisbury, to Sutton Bingham, in the
county of Somerset, with a branch to the town of Yeovil, to be called
the " London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction Railway."
A Bill for making a railway from Salisbury to Sutton Bingham, in
the county of Somerset, with a branch to the town of Yeovil, to be
called the " London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction Railway."
And notice is hereby given, that all persons attending such meeting
will be required to give their names and addresses, with the names
and addresses of the owners of the scrip or bankers' receipts which
may be produced by them at such meeting, and to permit the numbers
and details thereof to be taken down in writing before the votes can
be received.

A form of voting paper may be had on application to the secretary,
at the offices of the Company, as below.—Dated this 16th May, 1846.
By order of the Committee, _ .

L. CR6MBIE, Secretary.

4, Old Palace-yard, We=tminster.

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW-
CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-
PANY.

Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Holders of Scrip, or
Bankers' Receipts for Scrip, or deposits paid in respect of shares in the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway
Company, will be held at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, on
THURSDAY, the 21st instant, at twelve o'clock at noon precisely, at
which meeting a Bill, now before Parliament, and which has received
the sanction of the Committee of the House of Commons, for making
a railway from the extension of the Leeds and Bradford Railway
to the Richmond branch of the Great North of England Railway,
with a branch from Aysgarth to Hawes by this Company, in con-
junction with the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Com-
pany, will be submitted to the consideration and approval of the
holders of such Scrip or Bankers' Receipts.
All holders of Scrip, or Bankers' Receipts, as aforesaid, are earnestly
requested to attend the meeting, when they will be required to ex-
hibit their Scrip, or Bankers' Receipts, attached together ; and in order
to facilitate the business of the meeting, and for the purpose of
having their votes correctly recorded, they must likewise forward
to the Secretary, with as little delay as possible, their names and ad-
dresses, with the denoting numbers and amount of their Scrip or
Bankers' Receipts, according to a form which may be obtained at the
Company's offices
Those holders of Scrip, or Bankers' Receipts, who cannot attend the
meeting, but who wish to record their votes in favour of the under-
taking, may effect that object by forwarding their Scrip, er Bankers'
Receipts, three days previous to the meeting, addressed to the Secre-
tary, at 22, Parliament-street, Westminster, who will return the
same, after the meeting, in such manner as they may direct.
CHRISTIAN ALEHUSEN, Chairman.
W. H. INGRAM, Secretary.
22, Parliament-street, Westminster, May 12, 1846.