The Sun.
London, England, 1845-05-21 00:00:00

1.e..462 LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING SUN9 MAY 21, 1845.

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SHREWSBURY and BIRMINGHAM RAIL-
WAY' COMPANY.

SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER
COLOURS.
The FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL EXHIBITION is NOW OPEN, at
their Gallery, 5, PALL-MALL EAST, each day, from Nine till Dusk.
Admittance One Shilling. Catalogue, Sixpence.
W. WRIGHT, Secretary.

An advertisement having appeared offering the Scrip-holders in
this Company an opportunity of exchanging such scrip for scrip in
a Company proposed to he amalgamated with the Grand Junction
Company, I am directed by the Committee of the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham Company to caution the Shareholders on the subject, as
no such amalgamation has taken place, or is in contemplation with
the sanction of the Provisional Committee.

ITORTICULTURAL SOCIETY of LONDON
EXHIBITIONS at the GARDEN.
The First Meeting will take place en SATURDAY, the 24th of May;
subjects for Exhibition must be at this office on Friday, the 23d;
or at the Garden before half-past eight o'clock, A.M., on the day of
Exhibition.
The gates will be open to visitors at One, P.M. Tickets are issued
to Fellows at this office, price ss. each; or at the Garden,
in the afternoon of the days of Exhibition, at is. 6d. each ; but then
only to orders from Fellows of the Society.
N.B. No Tickets will be issued in Regent-street on the day of
Exhibition.
21, Regent-street.

TUESDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, ST. JAMES'S PALACE,
MAY 20, 1845.
Notice is hereby given, that the carriages coming to
her Majesty's Drawing Room, on Tuesday, the 27th of
May, are to fall into line at the top of St. James's-street,
come down the left hand side, and enter at the iron gate
nearest to the Palace, set down at the Arcade, return by the
iron gate nearest to Marlborough House, and pass through
Pall-mall into St. James's-square,by George-street. 'When
called, they are to pass from St. James's-square, by Charles-
street into Regent-street, Jermyn -street, comedown St. James's
street as before, take up, and go away through Pall-mall.
No hackney carriages will be permitted to come within the
gates. For all persons having the privilege of the entrée,
tickets will be delivered at the Board of Green Cloth, on
Friday next, between the hours of eleven and three o'clock ;
.
their carriages are to enter the gate at Constitution-hill,
proceed down St. James's Park, through Stable-yard, into
the Ambassadors'-court, set down, and go out into
Cleveland-row. The carriages of the Ambassadors, Foreign
Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and Great Officers of State,
may afterwards wait in the Ambassador's 'court, and those of
all other persons having the entrée may wait in Stable-yard
or St. James's-park till called ; they are then to take up in the
same order as they had set down, and pass away up the left
hand side of St. James's-street. No carriage will be ad-
mitted with company a second time with the same ticket, to
prevent which, it must be produced at Constitution-hill-
gate, and Stable-yard-gate also, where a corner of it will be torn
off by the Marshalmen in attendance ; and no person can be
allowed the privilege of the entrée by any other approach to
the Palace than the gates last mentioned.

THE COLOSSEUM, Regent's Park, is NOW
OPEN, under the patronage of her Most Gracious Majesty and
his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
The chief points of attraction at this gigantic establishment consist
of the Glyptotheca, or Museum of Sculpture, designed and erected
by Mr. William Bradwell, expressly for the exhibition of the finest
works of Modern Sculptors, for which purpose no other building,
with similar advantage, exists at present in London.
The Classic Ruins and exterior Promenades, presenting models of
the Temples of Theseus, Vesta, the Arch of Titus, &c.—Mont Blanc,
the Mer de Glace, and Alpine Torrent, forming a hitherto unat-
tempted representation of the Monarch of blountaius, and its adja-
cent scenery, painted by Mr. Hanson.
The Conservatories entirely redecorated in the Arabesque style,
refurnished with the choicest natural and exotio plants, and in which"
has been erected a gorgeous Gothic Aviary.
The Stalactite Caverns at Adelsberg.—" The most magnificent of
all the Temples which Nature has built for herself in the regions of
night."

By order, GEORGE KNOX, Secretary.
Offices of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway,

3, Moorgate-street, May 20, 1845.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, exhibited by a work-
ing Model, having a power to carry visitors. A Curious
MECHANICAL HAND on a person who has lost his
natural hand. Dr. Ryan's LECTURES on the Chemis-
try of Domestic Life daily at a Quarter past Three, and on
Wednesday and Friday Evenings, at a Quarter to Nine. Professor
Bachhoffner's varied Lectures with brilliant experiments. Lectures
on Character, with Musical Illustrations, by Mr. J. Russell, ac-
companied by Dr. Wallis on the Piano-forte, on the Evenings of
Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, at Eight o'clock. New and beau-
tiful Objects in the CHROMATROPE, PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOS-
COPE, &c. New DISSOLVING VIEWS. Submarine Experiments
by the DIVER and DIVING BELL. Working Models de.
scribed daily.

In addition to these extraordinary and splendid novelties, the cele-
brated Panorama of London has been almost entirely re-painted by
the original artist, Mr. E. T. Parris.
The Ascending Room has been newly decoratnd in a most costly
style of the period of La Renaissance, the whole Exhibition designed
and re-modelled by Mr. W. Bradwell.
Admittance, Three Shillings ; Children under Twelve, half-price.
Admittance to the Stalactite Caverns, One Shilling extra.
A splendid additional entrance in Albany-street.

LIVERPOOL, Lord Steward.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 13, 1845.
The Queen has been pleased, on the nomination of Lord
Forester, to appoint Peter Ralph Shield, Esq., as one of her
Majesty's Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, vice
Ellis, who retires.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, MAY 20.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. John King,
as Consul at the Cape of Good Hope for his Majesty the
King of Prussia.

The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Charles
Maynard, as Consul at Graham's Town, Cape of Good Hope,
for his Majesty the King of the Belgians.
The Queen has also been pleased to approved of Mr. Saul
Salomon, as Consul at St. Helena for the Free Hanseatic
City of Hamburgh.
The Queen has also been pleased to approve of M. de Van •
bicourt, as Consul at Dublin for his Majesty the King of the
French.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, MAY 16.
Royal Regiment of Artillery—First Lieut. D. W. Paynter
to be Second Captain, vice Lvelegh, retired on half-pay ;
Second Lieut. H. S. Eliot to be First Lieut., vice Paynter,
May 9.