The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-22 00:00:00

'Application, by lettor, to Mrs, Giles, No. 2, as above.

TO PAPER-STAINER,
WANTED, in the Country,- a, PAPER-
STAINER. One who thoroughly understands his business In
all its branches, and of strictly temperate habits, will meet with con-
stant employment.
Letters (post paid) stating terms, &c., addressed A. 8., Post-office.
Carlisle, Cumberland, will be attended to.

PATRON—IIIs Royal Mghtiefits puma A.Li3Eitt.
• PRESIDENT—The Right Ilon. the EARL of DEVON.
BRITISH AND FOREIGN INSTITUTE.
The Second Tear of the Institute will commence on the Ist of
JUNE NETT, when the Terms of Membership will be as follows :
Town Members Entrance, £lO 10 .• . • AnnuaL• •.. .45 5
Country do. Entrance, 5 5 Annual,. •• • 2 2
The Election of Eight new Members of Committee Will take place
at the Institute on TavitiDAit, the 30th lint., front Titre() td rive
o'clock.

The GENERAL MEETING Will he held, pro forma, on riIIDAY,
the 31st., at Two b'Clodk, fbk the purpose of being adjoUrned to the
fellowing Friday, to admit of the attendance of those Who Will be Mit
of TOWn In the Whitson Week. At the adiMirtied Meeting the Right
Hon. the President will take the Chair, when a full Report of the
Progress and State ii the Institute, and a Balance-sheet of its Fl-
nancee, *lll be submitted to the Members.
JAMES S. BUCKINGHAM, Resident Director.
13, George-street, Hanover-square.
The new arranements for the Lectures, ConVersasidni, House
Dinners, and Soirees, may be learnt at the Institute, -where Prospeo-
tucks and Cards of admission for Candidates of the second year now
about to commence, may also be procured of the Secrete...ff.

THE ONLY GREAT CFIORAL MEETING
for thie Btmon of the UPPER SINGING SCHOOLS, in-
structed on the method of Wilhem, as published under the sanction
of the Committee of Privy Council on Education, will be held at
EXETER-HALL; TO-MORROW (THUISDAT), May 23, 1844, at Eight
o'clock, under the direction of

Mr. JOIThi
The -St MitetTOMPS twit iItrICIMiED 'VOICES,
and the CHORUS of 014tE fiIOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED VOICES.
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Ticluta, fak the Reserved Seats on Platform, price 10g. 6d. ; Re-
Served Seats on Upper Platform, 7s. ; Reserved Seats, Western Gal-
lery, ss. ; Area, 3s. ; to be had only of Mr. Parker, publisher, 445,
West Strand, between the hours of Eleven and Five, daily.

MUSIC OF FRANCE.
Without Extra Charge to the Public, at the
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The Directors have engaged Mr. C. E. HORN, to deliver
A SERIES of LECTURES on the MUSIC of EIGHT different
NATIONS. The MUSIC of FRANCE commences on the 20th
instant, and will bo continued during the week, on Monday, Wednes-
day, and Friday Evenings, at Eight o'cleek ; and on Tuesday, Thurs-
day, and Saturday, at Three o'clock, with VOCAL and INSTRU-
MENTAL ILLUSTRATIONS. All the other LECTURES and
EXHIBITIONS as usual. LONGBOTTOM'S PHYSIOSCO?E and
OPAQUE MICROSCOPE. NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS, ARM-
STRONG'S HYDRO-ELECTRIC MACHINE, &e., &c.
Admission, Is.; Schools, Half-price.

GENERAL TOM THUMB (for a few days
longer), the American Dwarf, under the especial patronage
of her Majesty and the Royal Family, exhibiting every Day and
Evening, previous to visiting Paris, in CATLIN'S spacious INDIAN
GALLERY, EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from Eleven to One,
'half--past Two to Five, and from Seven to Nine o'clock, giving
illustrations of Napoleon, the Grecian Statues, Singing, Dancing, See.
This wonderful man in miniature weighs only FIFTEEN POUNDS,
and is smaller than any infant that ever walked alone. The elegant
presents from her Majesty and the Queen Dowager may be also seen.
The General wears his Court Dress daily at Half-past Twelve.
The General continues to wait on the Nobility and Gentry on due
notice.

Admission One Shilling.
The General has never appeared on the stage of the Haymarket
Theatre as has been represented.