The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-18 00:00:00

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No. 16,742, LONDON, MONDAY
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to, ILSO_, SCOTTISH ENTERTAIN-
Yr WENT* Music Hall, Store-street, Bedford-square.
THIS EVENING, MAY 18, at Eight o'clock.
Mr. WILSVN;WiII give an ENTERTAINMENT, in wkich he
• # .; • . will sing a variety of the •
' SONGS OF SCOTLAND.
Pianofjrte— Mr. LAMS.
PAt-i, 1.-0 weel may the Bottle row—Of a' the airts the wind can
blays —Whall buy Caller Herrin„; ?—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.
Ticket* 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 153.,
for Eight, li.

BEA:uys imPAi:OVED 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 Ins- itution, 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. heard Bole patentee of the Daguerreotype), 85, King
William-street, City.

fIOYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
of ENGLAND.—The GENERAL MEETING will be held at
thesociety's House In Hanover-square, on FRIDAY, the 22nd instant,
at One o'clock precisely.
_ _

• By the Council,
London, May 6, 1846. order of
JAMES HUDSON, Secretary:

ROYAL BOT.(VNIC SOCIETY.
The FIRST EXHIBITION, this Season, will he held in the
Gardens of the gociety in the Regent's Park, and partly iu the New
Conservatory, on WEDNESDAY Next, May 20.
Tickets may be obtained at the Gardens by presenting an ordor
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, %, hich is connected with the Conservatory.

Novelties of extremo-Interest and informqtioreat the
I Os!
nAes.l4. n
oPeOO
OREGON
(: TERRITORYHIsi ie SlaTpf.u.liTTotlnOn Nen-
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, Sit Robert and Lady Sale. The
PHYSIOSCOPE• and CHRO.MATROPE, 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, FARREI4I4'. ARCHIMEDLAN .RAILWAY, an ENVE-
LOPE CUTTING MACHINE, WOOD'S NEW PATENT STEAM-
ENGINE GOVERNOR, and the ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.
Experiments with the DIVING FELL 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.

POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK BUT FOUR of
O..ENERAL TOM THUMB'S LEVEES al
TILE EGYPTIAN HALL,
Previous to his final departure to America.
All Tickets that have been issued will be received, notwithstand,
ing their dates.'

_ .
The little General tivill appear eVery Day fin,d Evening in all the
costumes and per orrnances ,in virli.cti be had ..the honour of appear-
ing three times before )ter Majesty, i.nd at all the principal Courts
of Europe.

Hours of ExhibitloN f:r•n linirtst-Tivelve• to Two • Half-past
Three to Fives,3l67,llalf4lst
iii'Cltildren, under ten years of age, [ialf. puce.
After Nine o'clock each Evening, the General appears in his New
Play at the City of London Theatre, Bishopsgate-street.

INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management regret to inform the Shareholders
of the luveruess and Elgin Junction Railway. Company, that the
Committee of the itouse of Cominons has refused to sanction the
tnhhing of the railway prdpc• by tins Ce.-,rpoiny. -
The Committee of Management propose winding up the concern,
should the Shareholders give their sanction, at a meeting which will
be shortly summoned, immediately after the passing of• the Railway
'Conipanies Dissolution Act.
The Committee cannot at present form a correct estimate of the
expences incurred. The Shareholders may, however, rest assured
that all accounts will be strictly scrutinized.
Lyorder of the Committee,
C. STEWART, Joint Secretary.
Colonnade Hotel, Haymarket, London, May, 1846.

EAST DEREHAM AND NORWICH RAIL-
WAY BILL.
Notice is hereby given, that a MEETING ofthe 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,
Norwich,May 7,
Chairman of the Comudtteee of Management.
1846.

SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND
ANA.L M'PANY.
Notice is hereby givenC CO
, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
of the HOLDERS of SCRIP, or .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 Lion
Hotel,
Eleven Shrewsbury,
the on FRIDAY, the 22d day of May, 1846, at
o'clock, for
copies of the following 8i115,,. v zurpos. e of submitting to their approval
A Bill for making a railway from Shrewsbury-to Stafford, with a
branch to Stone, and for other purposes.
VA Bill for making a railway from the Chester and Crewe branch of
tile Grand Junction
ec ted therewith. at Calvaley, to Wolverhampton, and for
A Bill for making a' railway from Newtown, In the county of
Montgomery, to Crewe, in the county of Chester,with branches, and
for other purposes connected therewith.

The Chair will be taken by the Earl of POWIS, K.G., at Eim,,en
o'clock.

N.B. Each Shareholder attending at the meeting will be required
to produce his or her Scrip or Bankers' Receipt for Scrip; and for the
purpose of duly recording the rotes, forms will be prepared, in which
each party will be required to enter his er her name and address, the
number of. Scrip, tmd-, e dviguating .nturthera to which
forms ilie-Se"Pliiniiist be appended.
The requisite form of voting-paper may be had on application at
the Company's Offices, 9, Great George-street, Westminster.
WILLIAM COWAN, Secretary.
London, May 1, 1846.