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

SALES BY AUCTION• /

FREE 'TOLD ESTATES AND OTHER PROPERTY TO BE SOLD.
TO BE SOLD in LOTS, pursuant to an ORDER
of the NIGH COURT of CHANCERY made in a certain
cause of HAMILTON against Viscount LISMORE, with the appro-
bation of SAMUEL DLTCKWORTH, Esq., one of the Masters of the
said Court, at the Gray's Inn Coffee House, Holborn, in the mouth of
June next.
A FREEHOLD ESTATE, consisting of 27 acres of Building
Ground, known as the GOSPEL•OAK FIELD and FIVE-ACRE
FIELD, situate between Kentish Town and llampstead, and adjoin-
ing the land of the Earl of Mansfield and the land recently sold by
Lord Southampton.
Also, a RENT CHARGE in perpetuity of 1001. per annum, from
the CHAPEL, and BURIAL GROUND of the parish of ST. JAMES,
WESTMINSTER, situate in the Hampstead-road.
Also, a PLOT of GROUND in the HAMPSTEAD ROAD, con-
taining the Reservoir and Premises of the New River Company, and
now on lease to the said Company, for an unexpired terns of 946
years, at a clear rent of 2001, per annum." •
Particulars and conditions at sale may shortly be had at the said
Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane ; of
Messrs. Walker, Grant, and Co., solicitors, 13, King's-road, Gray's
Inn; and Messrs. Lightfoot, Robson, and Lightfoot, solicitors, 26,
Castle-street, Leicester-square. •

WALKER, GRANT, tiND COIIPANY,
King's-road, Gray's Inn.

ST. LEONARD'S, IN WINDSOR PARK.
The SPLENDID SEAT of the late WILLIAM DAWSON, Esq., for
the last three years occupied by LORD HADDO, delightfully
situated adjoining St. Leonard's Hill (the noble seat of Colonel
Harcourt), amidst the most romantic and elevated portions of the
Royal Park, with a magnificent view of the Castle, the Thames,
and rich surrounding country; also a former portion of the Forest
adjoining, studded with venerable Timber, offering a choice site
for Building,
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON have
the honour to announce to the Nobility, and others seeking a
capital and beautifully situated residence, that they are instructed to
SUBMIT to PUBLIC SALE, in JUNE next (unless an acceptable
offer shall be previously made by private contract), in Two Lots.
The above most justly admired and elegant noble MANSION, ad-
mitted to stand unrivalled (except, perhaps, byits princely neighbour,
St. Leonard's-11011 in dheminle Amin of the court_ The Mansion is

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the verge of a roulantic. and finely-wooded eminence, perfectly se-
cludbd, overlodking a lovely vale and a great breadth of the Royal
Park, with the magnificent Castle towering in the back ground, with
the rich banks of the Thames, Eton College, and other interesting ob-
jects. The House contains a splendid suite of rooms with east and
south aspects, a beautiful conservatory, paved terrace, &c., sur-
rounded by a rich small Park of nearly 100 acres, adorned with
handsome timber, noble avenue of limes, a sheet of water, with ex-
tensive terrace and other walks. About 20 acres adjoining will be
offered in a separate lot, extending from St. Leonard's-hill to the
Winkfleld-road, opposite Forest-hill, presenting a fine and romantic
building site, bounded on one side by Lot 1, and on the other by some
of the private drives and plantations of the' Royal Park, through
which, and the beautiful grounds of Coldiarcotirt, are the approaches
to this delightful domain.

The estate can beviewed only with cards, which may be had at
Messrs. Smith's offices, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and Windsor;
or of Thomas Webster, Esq., solicitor, Queen-street, Cheapside.

MAER-HALL, in STAFFORDSHIRE, BORDERING on
CHESHIRE and SHROPSHIRE, near NEWCASTLE-UNDER-
LYNE, many years the residence and property of the late JOSIAH
WEDGWOOD, Esq., with its splendid Lake or Mere, surrounded
by rich park-like pastures, and a bold broken chain of wooded
hills, intersected by romantic drives and walks, of several miles in
extent, forming one of the most beautiful and desirable domains of
its size (about 1,100 acres) in the country; the soil being re-
markably sound and healthy, the lands nearly tithe-free, and the
farm homesteads of a very superior description ; also the Advow-
son and Manor of Macr, and a romantic residence, known as
Camp-hill, adjoining; midway between Birmingham, alanchester,
and Liverpool, with a first-class statien within a mile of the estate,
bringing it within about seven hours' journey of London, and two
and a half from those important towns.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
directed by the Executors of the late Josiah Wedgwood,
Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, near the Bank of Eng-
land, on TUESDAY, the 23d of June, at Twelve o'clock, in Three Lots
(unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private
contract.
The above important and singularly beautiful FREEHOLD PRO-
PERTY, delightfully situated in a remarkably healthy and pictur-
esque part of the country, between the towns of Newcastle- under-
Lyne, Stafford, Drayton, an Eccleshall, on the Shrewsbury-road.
It comprises the Mansion of Maer Hall, possessing every comfort for
a moderate establishment, capital newly-built stabling, gardens, and
park-like pastures, refreshed by a lake of nearly 23 acres, stored
fish, amidst remarkably thriving plantations, chiefly of larch and
oaks, clothing and crowning the brows and wooded hills of this
highly picturesque Domain, commanding very extensive and ro-
mantic scenery, and forming excellent preserves for game. The
farms are let to respectable yearly tenants at low rents, and the two
principal farmhouses and homesteads have been entirely newly
built in the mast substantial manner, and of a superior character.
The Manor and the Advowson of the living (a perpetual curacy),
with its ParFonage, Glebe, &c., appertain to the estate, as also the
small old-established inn, the Swan with two Necks, and several cot-
tages. Camphill is a modern compact residence, with twenty-seven
acres of romantic wooded grounds on the northward side of the pro-
perty, about one mile from the railway station.
The estates may be viewed by parties sending their address. De-
scriptive particulars, with lithographic plans, may be had after the
21st of May, on the premises ; at the chief Hotels at Birmingham,
Liverpool, Manchester, Stafford, :&c. ; of Messrs. Keary and Shep-
pard, solicitors, Stoke-upon-Trent ; at the Auction Mart, London;
and of Daniel Smith and Son, Land Agents, in Waterloo place,
Pall-mall, to whom only applications to treat are to be made.

STANMORE HALL, MIDDLESEX, about Two-and-a-Half Miles
from the Harrow Station, on the Birmingham Railway, and one
of the most healthy and select neighbourhoods within the same
easy reach of the Metropolis.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON re-
spectfully apprise the public; that unless an acceptable offer
should be previously made by private treaty, the above beautifully
situated FREEHOLD PROPERTY, on which many thousand pounds
have been recently expended, will be submitted for PUBLIC SALE,
at the Auction Mart, in the spring.
It comprises a singularly handsome and admirably-constructed
mansion, in the early Tudor style of architecture, with a beautiful
tower and oratory. It is most substantially built, and faced with the
grey Kentish rag and fine Caen stone, on bricked arches, presenting
an imposing elevation upon a broad bold terrace, with south-east
aspect, leading to finely timbered and varied pleasure-grounds, open-
ing on three sides to very rich end extensive scenery. It has a
capital walled garden, a greenhouse, &c. The mansion is not com-
pleted, but the original house, not having been removed, may be used
as a convenient residence during the completion of the new edifice.
Particulars, with plans, will be ready when the day of sale is
fixed, and may then be had in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall ; at the
Auction Mart ; of Messrs. Nelson and Wynn, solicitors, Gresham-
place, Lombard-street; and in the interim the estate may be viewed
with cards, and Messrs. Smith are fully authorised to dispose of the
property.

DESIRABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE, with a very superior FARM
RESIDENCE, known as STARK CASTLE, bounded by a bold
reach of the River Medway, only three miles from the City of
Rochester, and about seven from Maidstone, amidst grand and
beautiful scenery.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON' will
OFFER FOR SALE by AUCTION, in JUNE (unless an
acceptable offer shall be previously made by Private Contract),
The above very compact and valuable FREEHOLD PROPERTY,
comprising a superior Farm Residence, embracing a portion of the
old Castle, with its fine Gothic windows, capital buildings of the
most substantial description, and above 290 acres of arable, pasture,
hop, and marsh land, in a ring fence, and in a high state of cultiva-
tion, being on lease to Mr. John Pearce, a highly respectable tenant,
for an unexpired term of five years, at a low rent, offering a safe and
superior investment for capital, as also a desirable property for future
occupation, being in a beautiful part of the country.
The estate may be viewed by application to the tenant, and par-
ticulars, with plans, may be had on the premises ; at the chief inns at
Rochester, Maidstone, Canterbury, &c., when the day of sale is
fixed ; at the Auction Mart ; and of Daniel Smith and Son, Land
Agents, in Wateiloo-place, Pall-mall.

PEGWELL BAY, RAMSGATE.
BEAUTIFUL FREEHOLD MARINE VILLA, with very valuable
land, &c., attached, formerly the favourite retreat of the late Sir
William Garrew, but which has been greatly improved by the
present possessor.
andof
ed SON beg
by Private3l_EtSoSanßlSUnee that,A. unless previously SMITH
disposed
Contract,
The above delightful MARINE RESIDENCE will be offered for
PUBLIC SALE, early in the spring. For situation, aspect, and
tasteful arrangement, it is perhaps unrivalled on the coast. It is
perfectly secluded, but commands, with a full south aspect, all the
grandeur and advantages of the magnificent bay. The grounds, ele-
gant conservatories, baths, and other appendages, are of a superior
character. There are also some neat cottages, walled gardens, and
other very valuable lands attached to the property ; and the whole
is in complete order, and the purchaser may have the modern and
appropriate furniture at a fair valuation.
It can only be viewed with cards, which may be had by principals
at their offices in Waterloo-place.

IMPORTANT FREEHOLD LANDED INVESTMENT, in a fine
healthy picturesque part of HAMPSHIRE, with beautiful and
remarkably thriving woodlands, with some fins sites for the
erection of a mansion.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
commissioned to offer for SALE by AUCTION in lots, by
direction of the Trustees under the will of the late Francis Bally,
Esq., V.P.R.S., some time in June next,
Several capital FREEHOLD FARMS, with suitable homesteads,
with some remarkably line woods, thickly stored with the most
thlfty oak, and intersected by a good trout stream, on which are two
valuable corn-mills, situated between Winchester, Stockbridge, Rom-
sty, and Salisbury, within an easy distance of Southampton and
Portsmouth, with a railway through the parish. The manor is at-
tached to the property, and the whole estate comprises about 1,500
acres, but will be divided into eligible lots for investments of various
amounts unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made for the
whole.

Particulars and plans may be seen at their offices in Waterloo-
place, Pall-mall ; or at Mr. Bally's, solicitor, 37, Threadneedie-street,
London ; and when the day of sale is fixed, may be had at all the
neighbouring towns.

FREEHOLD RESIDENCE and VALUABLE LITTLE FARM
_ In WINDSOR PARK,

MEbtyAu§ctiiioni:TearHly
inanjudneS
(OunNlesswpriell-
EOSFSFRERS.forDSAALIti,
viously disposed of by Private Contract),
The compact FREEHOLD ESTATE of BARTON LODGE, within
a few miles of Windsor, adjoining the Great Park ; comprising a
desirable gentleman's residence, on a moderate scale, with pleasure
grounds, good gardens, and a valuable farm of nearly eighty acres,
amidst the grand scenery of Windsor Park, a favourite neighbour-
hood, and in the centre of the royal hunts.
A plan may be seen, and the estate may be viewed, by application
at their offices in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and at Windsor.

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The SEDGEHILL ESTATE and FARM, in WILTS, on the BOR-
DERS of DORSETSHIRE, altogether about 310 Acres, in the rich
Vale between Shaftesbury and Foothill, in a famous sporting
country.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON are
directed to offer for PUBLIC SALE at the end of JUNE
next, (unless an acceptable offer shall be previously made by private
contract), in Two lots,
A very desirable FREEHOLD GENTLEMAN'S RESIDENCE,
ON A MODERATE•SCALE, though capable of accommodating a
good establishment. It is a modem house of a handsome uniform
elevation, with all suitable offices, stabling, walled garden, farm
buildings, lodge, Bre., surrounded by a very rich little park, studded
with line oak and other timber, commanding some highly picturesque
scenery, embracing the finely varied range of hills and domain of
Pitt House, the seat of John Benett, Esq., and portions of the Font-
hill estate,
buildin buildings, labourers'
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&bele. farm adjoining, with all requi-
site
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aboutso (in a separate lot) a highly-conditioned and compact farm of
letgr great part phaigrhtlypasretsupreeo,
ouneat farm-house and homestead, all recently put into sub-
ttanblethteenpaaarti.sh of Sedgehill,
descriptive may be viewed by application on the premises, and
particulars with plans
is fixed, a the inn may be had, when the day of sale
Esq.,
soileitor,
yeoysii at Shaftesbury, Salisbury, &c., of J. Batten,
Waterloo-place P ' and of Daniel Smith and Son, land agents, in
i ____ , all-mall, London.

WIMBLEDON AND WESTHILL PARKS, SURREY, late the
Si' KN
properties of the DUKE of SUTHERLAND and EARL
CER.
MESSRS. DANIEL SMITH and SON
respectfully announce that the sub-division of the several
beautiful and choice portions of these
SPLEIOMA.
about to be appropriated for ND
the DERECINS lON of detached MAN-
SIONS and VILLAS, is now arranged, and that the plans of the
different sites may be inspected at their offices, in 'Waterloo-place;
and Mr. Hendry, at Tibbett's Lodge (one of the entrances of the park
from Putney-heath), will show the various lots to any one wishing
to select his own site on the spot. Messrs. S. confidently urge a visit
to this
SINGULARLY ATTRACTIVE and UNRIVALLED SPOT (only
five miles from Hyde-park-corner), as it indisputably opens to the
public the most
BEAUTIFUL and ELIGIBLE SITES
for building that can be found within any moderate distance of the
metropolis, especially with regard to the bold undulations and
scenery
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V%T. 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 gave awa frae me, Mary—John o' Badenyon—
Jock o' Hazeldean—The Birks of Aberfeldy—My jo Janet—Wha
wadi= fecht for Charlie ?
Tickets, 2s. Reserved Seats, 2s. 6d. Private Boxes for Six, 153. ;
for Eight, 11.

ACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER.
HALL.

On FRIDAY, MAY 15th, 1646, 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 38. each; Reserved Seats, in the Gallery, ss. ; in the
Area, 10s. 6d. ; may be obtained of the principal Musicsellers ; of
Mr. Rowley, 53, Charing-cross ; Mr. Ries, 102, Strand ; or of Mr,
Mitchell, 39, Charing-cross.

T 1165. BREWER, Hon. Sec.

ROYAL SURREY Z'OO'LOGICAL
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.

OYAL BOTANIC SOCIETY.
Ilia EXHIBITIONS of PLANTS, FLOWERS, and FRUIT,

)ry, OR WEDI

dis, May

11113 15C.11[711,
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.

Novelties of extrema interest and information at the

ROYAL PO INSTITUTION.LITEeIiNTO
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
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 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.

BEARD'S IMPROVED 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 Institution, Regent-street.
" The brilliancy and warmth of tone gained by the Tatenteo's
new method of colouring, add materially to the excellency of the
portrait."

" The portrait stands out in bold relief, elear,/round, and life-like."

Licenses to practice the Invention in London, or the Provinces,
granted by Mr. Beard (sole patentee of the Daguerreotype), 85, King
William-street, City.

ST. JOHN DEL REY MINING COMPANY.
The Sixteenth Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of
the St. John Del Rey Mining Company, will be held at the Com-
pany's Office, No. 8, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, on 'FRIDAY, the
29th instant, ar Two o'clock precisely.
At this Meeting, two Directors, viz., John Routh, Esq. and Stuart
Donaldson, Esq., will go out by rotation, but are eligible to be re-
elected.

GEORGE D. KEOGH, Secretary.
8, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothlntry, May 7, 1846.

MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY:
Notice is hereby given that, in compliance with the Reso-
lutions or Orders of the Houses of Parliament, a MEETING of the
HOLDERS of SCRIP, or of BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP,
in the MORAYSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY, will be held within
the Gordon Arms Hotel, Elgin, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th day of May
next, at Twelve o'clock noon, when a copy of a Bill now before Par-
liament, for incorporating the said Company, intituled "A Bill for
making a railway from Statfield and Lossiemouth Harbour to Elgin,
Rothes, and Charleston of Aberlour, to be called 'the Morayshire
Railway,' " will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting,
and a vote taken on the said Bill in the manner required by the said
Resolutions or Orders.
Elgin, April 30, 1846

JAMES GRANT, Secretary.

LEEDS, YORK, and MIDLAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of the resolutions of the
House of Commons of the 23c1 ultimo, a copy of " a Bill for making
and maintaining a railway from Leeds to the York and North Mid-
land Railway, in the township of Colton, all in the county of York,"
will be submitted for the consideration of the holders of scrip and of
banker's receipts for scrip in the above Company, at a MEETING to
be held at the Court-house in Leeds, in the said county, on Tuzsn AT,
the 19th instant, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely.
Tye scrip, or banker's receipts, must be produced, to entitle a
party to vote in respect thereof, at the said Meeting.

JOSEPH GILL, Chairman.
H. J. MORTON. Secretary.
Offices, 7, Albion-street, Leeds, May 6, 1846.

DUNDEE and ARBROATH RAILWAY
COMPANY.
In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of
Parliament, and of a Requisition addressed to us by certain of the Share-
holders of the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, a SPECIAL
or EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of the SHARE-
HOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will be held
within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on the 18th day of May
next, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a Bill, now
pending before Parliament, entitled " A Bill to enable the Dundee
and Arbroath Railway Company to make a Railway from their Line
at Broughty to Broughty Ferry Castle, and another Railway from
their Line at Geordie's Burn to the Arbroath and Forfar Railway at
Almeriecloss," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meet-
ing, and a vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the
said Resolutions or Orders.

By order of the Directors,
SHIELL and SMALL, Secretaries.

DUNDEE AND PERTH RAILWAY COM-
PANY.

In compliance with the Resolutions or Orders of the Houses of Par-
liament, a SPECIAL or EXTRAORDINARY MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS or STOCKHOLDERS of the COMPANY will
be held within the ROYAL HOTEL, in DUNDEE, on TUESDAY, the
19th day of May, 1846, at One o'clock afternoon, when a Copy of a
Bill now pending before Parliament entituled " A Bill to enable the
Dundee and Perth Railway Company to alter their Line at Inchyra
and Lairwell, and to extend the same towards the Penitentiary at
Perth," will be submitted to the consideration of the Meeting, and a
vote taken on the said Bill, in the manner required by the said Re-
solutions or Orders.

By order of the Directors,
SHIELL and SMALL, Secretaries.

W HITE HAVEN AND FURNESS JUN C
TION RAILWAY.

In pursuance of the Sessional Orders of both Houses of Parliament,
Notice Is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting of the Share
holders in this Company will be held at the Company's Offices, 1, Guild
hall Chambers, Basinghall- street, London, on THURSDAY, the 21stday 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:cretary.
1, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, May 1, 1846.

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 Manchester, on SA-
TURDAY, the 16th instant, at one o'clock in the afternoon precisely,
and that at such meeting a copy of the Bill now pending in Parlia-
ment, to empower the Company to construct their proposed railway,
will be submitted for consideration.
Parties attending the meeting will be required to produce their
scrip ; and for the purpose of correctly recording the votes, the name
and address of each voter, the number of scrip produced ; and the
denoting numbers thereof must be entered by each party in a form
to be provided for that purpose, to which form the scrip: must be
appended.
The form of voting paper may be obtained on and after the 9th
instant, on application to the Secretary, at No. 107, Jermyn-street,
Saint James's, London.
London, May 16, 1846. EDMUND SHARPE, Secretary. •

BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BIRMING-
HAM RAILWAY (STAMFORD TO WISBECI!) BILL.
The promoters of the above undertaking, in compliance with the
sessional orders of both Houses of Parliament, do hereby give notice,
that a SPECIAL MEETING of HOLDERS of SCRIP and of
BANKER'S RECEIPTS in this undertaking, will be held at the
Offices of the Company, 16, Abingdon-street, Westminster, on
SATURDAY, the 16th day of May, 1846, at Two o'clock in the
afternoon, precisely, for the purpose of submitting to the Meeting,
under such sessional orders, the draft of a " Bill for making a Rail-
way from the line of the Syston and Peterborough Railway, in the
parish of Helpstone, near to the town of Stamford, to the line of
the Wisbech Branch of the Lynn and Ely Railway, at or near to
the town of Wisbech, in the Isle of Ely and theeounty of Cambridge,
to be called the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham Railway (Stam-
ford and Wisbech line)."
It being requisite to the due constitution of the Meeting that not
less than one-third of the capital intended to be raised by the Bill,
should be represented at such Meeting, it is requested that the
holders of Scrip and Bankers' Receipt will attend personally, or in
the meantime forward their Scrip or Bankers' 'Receipts to the Soli-
citor, or Secretary of the Company, addressed to the Company's
Offices, 18, Abingdon-street, Westminster ; in order that the votes
may be recorded in favour of proceeding with the measure.
No proxies are required. The necessary forms, and all other in-
formation respecting the present position and prospects of the Com-
pany may be obtained at the offices.
An early transmission of the Scrip or Bankers' Receipts is re-
quested. A receipt, acknowledging the same, will be sent by return
of post.
The Scrip
pOr Bankers' Receipts will be returned immediately after
the Meeting.

RICH. SPOONER, M.P., Chairman.
THOS. MA.CAULAY, Vice-Chairman.
By order,
S. S. BAXTER, Solicitor.
EDW. DANIEL, Secretary.
Company's Office, IS, Abingdon-street, Westminster,
May 6, 1846.

AYRSHIRE and GALLOWAY RAILWAY.
A SPECIAL MEETING of the HOLDERS of Sciip or of
BANKERS' RECEIPTS for SCRIP in the AYRSHIRE and GAL-
LOWAY RAILWAY COMPANY will be held at Gibb's/Royal Hotel,
'Edinburgh, en SATURDAY, the 16th of May, 1846, at Twe o'clock,
P.M., whereat a copy of the fill will be submitted for the approval
of the Shareholders, in compliance with the resolutions of the House
of Commons there anent.
It is requested that such person producing scrip will present at the
same time (in the form subjoined) a note of the number of each cer-
tificate produced and the numbers denoting the shares represented
thereby, with the name and address of the person producing the same,
or in the case of bankers' receipts the names of the persons from
whom the deposit is therein stated to be received.
In order to accommodate such of the Shareholders as may not
find it convenient to attend the meeting, the secretary has been au-
thorised to acknowledge the receipt of each scrip or bankers' receipt
for scrip as may be transmitted to him (at 127, Princes-street,
Edinburgh), and to vote for the parties sending the same accord-
ing to their instructions communicated therewith, and to retransmit
the said scrip to the same parties after the meeting.
RICHARD HODGSON, Chairman.
Namtdreesosf.l.) ROBERT MACKAY, Secretary.
Union Hotel, Cockspnr- street, London, April 29, 1846.
Form of note to be presented with the scrip at the meeting, or
transmitted together with scrip to the Secretary :
Name y.r.od..u.e.i3nigerocrhtarnatn,slm4i,tptirng i
Princes-street, e. Ecii.n.b.uAr;Bh
Total•
amount of scrip produced or transmitted ...
. . • 10
No, of certificate. Denoting number of shares.
20 96 to 100
221 to 225 •
8,141 t 9 110341

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