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REA, T WESTERN RAILWAY. NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That, on 001:1D FRIDAY the Trains Will ran as on Sundays, with t:De addition of the Day Mail, from Paddingto n to Bristol, at 10.15 a,./n., ; and froth Bristol to Pad -4lngton. at 8.35 a.m., calling at the ilsual stations. Return Ticke ;ts issued. on ThursCiay. the 24th March, and on Good Friday, will bI3 aysilahle for tte return journey on either of those days, or on the 26th, 27th, or 28th inst. For further partic ' , Jars see handbills, which may be obtained at the stations, or at ar cy of the offices of the Company. Paddington Station, 1616. March, 1853. CIONTRAC' r for TELEGRAPHIC INSTRU MENTS.-13 RITISEI ELECTRIC TELEGRAPHCOMPANY. -- -The Directors oe the above Company are prepared to receive TENDERS for thr 3 MANUFACTURE of INSTRUMENTS under the Patents of the Company, in Sets of not less than Fifty Insuli n:lents. Specifications - may be seen (and copied at the expense pf the par ties tendering), and pattern instruments may be inspected on appli cation at Ur.: Central Offices of the Company, Ro> al Exchange, London, bet,va m the hours of. 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily. By Order. GEORGE SAWARD, Secretary, Central Mt lon, 29f, Royal Exchange, Lon don, March, 1853. QIJI3IVIARINE AND EUROPEAN TELF, GR Et 7211 COMPANIES — INSTAN TA Nl• OUS COMM ILT NICATIOS with PLRIS.—REDUCTION of TARIFF. _ 1 1 / 4 OTICF IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the wire s of these tlornpanfee have been connected with the Telegraph of the French Govereni,, ,nt ; and on and after this date, MESSAGES will be transmit ,I.ed instantaneously between London and Paris, thus avoid ing the delays that have hitherto occurred at Calais. Notic e is aso given, that a REDUCTION has been made in the Rat e of CHARGES between London and the Continent, particu lars of • which can be obtained on application at the offices. No lk le.ssage that is unintelligible can be transmitted t. the Con- Ihient im consequence of the regulations of the French G o v ernment. s All 'lb: patches containing snore than one Message will be charged as if sent separately. These Companies reserve to themselves the right of r efusing all those Dispatches which, in their opinion, are "inking ible or contain more than one Message. • By order of the Directors, - G. L. PARROTT, Secretary. 80, ( !ornhlll, London, March 14, 1853: THIE FEATHER RIVER LAND and GOLD XINING COMP ANY, Nevada District, California. Established in France as a Societe en Commandite, by which the responsibility of Shareholders is expressly limited to the amount of theit subscriptions. For th e purchase of a valuable freehold auriferous landed estate, 21,600 at Its in extent. Capital, 300.,0001., in 150,000 Shares of 21. each. To be ncreased to 5 , 00,0001. so soon as dividends to the amount of r ifenty P sr cent. have been paid on the present capital, which is an elPated from the first twelve months' actual operations. fievent ,_five thousand of the skive shares will be issued at once, of Which talent five thousand have been subscribed for in New York ; and the remainder are reserved to be issued when the property has been inspected and reported upon by a surveyor, and approved of by the n"Lacif Supervision. or sooner, sligirta getieral meeting of the ihareholdei is so determine—no payment beyond a depssit of five per sent. upon the first moiety of the purchase money to be made to the Vendors tin til the property be thus approved. BOARD OF SUPERVISION. 111 Paris--; Monsieur Drouillard, Hanker and Director of the Lyons and Mediterranean Railway. Monsieur Monteraault, Director of the Paris and Orleans Railway Company. In London—John Bagst , aw. Esq. R. Hartley Kennedy, Esq. R. W. Schneider, Esq. 111 John Stewart, Esq. Charles Trueman, Esq. Cspt. Leicester Vernon, R.F. GI ANT iN ream Mons. Ennemond Bagary. BROKERS. Messrs. G. Rumaud & Co., Cornhill. Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, Old Broad-street. BANKERS IN LONDON. Messrs. Heywood, Kennards, and Co. The London and Westminster Bank. BANE= IN PAsts.—Messrs. P. Gil and Co. - SOLICITORS. Messrs. Yenning, Naylor, and Robins, Tokenhouse-yard. SECRETARY.—Mr. William Bray. Offices.—ln London :-64, Old Broad-street ; in Paris, 79, Rue • Richelieu. • This Company has been enabled to secure, in the celebrated Ne 'viola District, California, the right to purchase the large property of 'Thos. 0. Larkin, E sq ., reported upon, as after mentioned, to contain 21,600 acres in extent, and to possess extensive gold-bearing quartz 'veins and auriferous deposits, and gold washings, and to be well -adapted for agricultural purposes. The property is described as being situated on the west bank of ,the Feather ldiver, which is a tributary of the Great Sacramento /fiver, and to be at a distance of about 195 miles by water communi !adore from San Francisco. The Sacramento is at all times itaviga h!et for steamers ; and it is stated that, during a greater portion of lee year, yes eels can navigate the Feather River up to the property. The estate is. freehold, and the vendors guarantee an indisputable title, free from incumbrances. The mineral importance and value of the property will be best ltldged of by the following extract from the report of the Surveyor, Slcholas Gray, Esq.., who, in September, 1852, surveyed it as an officer Ander orders from the "United States Government. . fter giving a detailed description of each lot, he sums up his report as follows : " I class the whole estate, containing 21,656 70-100 acres, as mi neral land. Gold is found from the bottom of the smallest gully to the summit of the highest mountain on the land, in the soil as in the quartz rock. Some indications of iron are to be observed at the South-west corner of•the Table Mountain. Quicksilver has bean dis eovered in the same vicinity, and I have been informed by men of veracity that a few diamonds have also been dug from the slope of The Berne mountain.' The whole front of the estate on Feather River is about 24. miles, taking its meanders, and I believe the gold bearing quarts re ich is to be found all along the bank of that stream, and extending br ask generally two or three miles. By reference to to the map you. have all the principal points laid down of quartz rock, rich diggln.gs, Ste." - Further imp(' Ttlnt details will be found in the accompanying document and n sap of the property; and other particulars of an in teresting natter , respecting this extensive territory may be inspected at the office of I the Company. Mr. Gray sta tea in his Reports that specimens of the quartz veins trere taken by .him from the estate. These Mr. Larkin forwarded to London for an ,ab sire and the result of that analysis, as given in the appendix, shows that with careful management a large return for the capital inveslred may be reasonably expected from the Company's oper ations. The working capital of 100,000/., leaving the remainder fcr pur chase mono y, will, it is anticipated, be amply sufficient to . conduct all the operations of the Company; .nd it is intended to expend the Paine chiefly in erecting extensive central Mills for grinding the a uriferoua qi tartz on the property, and for reducing and extracting gold fro, n its matrices, whether sands, earths, or quartz, in the meet complete , n perfect, and economical manner; and' also in en rounag.,3nfararrners to settle upon the property, whose rents would be way nuirt,r.eale with its value and location, and who would In no The Yell ley the extraction of its mineral riches. which is inci Ze d ve tn ag,y e d to sell the property at a price one-half of is i c n a r d. e t a a s l. ec nd o I,h s e oo rg o m op, a a i r n dn in dt g ow h ht ; n l e f to, be pad when t h e she 57g . dfride.s& to the amount of 20 per cent. have been Shareholders as before mentioned. The entire price to be thus paid in monies is probably not one-hundredth part cd the mere - value of the gold to be extracted from the lands, independently of - their fitness sal eligibility for cultivaloa ; and the company have • been fret with the greatest fairness by the vendors, who do not seek to be paid for the estate, except a deposit of 5 per cent on one moiety of the purchase money, until an English sat veyor, nominated by the Board of Supervision, shall have examined the estate, reported upon its and declared it to be in a. cordance with the prospectus. The Price per acre on the portion of purchase-money payable out of the Present capital is less than 0/. The Company may find it desirable that a town shall be erected , Mar the junction of the Feather River with the north fork of that river; and as great facilities and advantages will be offered to resi dents, the particular lands to be set apart for this city, looking at the Well known rapidity with which American cities are created an.l Peopled, may pro.bably, in a few years, realise prices sufficient to re- Anstoreto ars Sterreholdere the entire purchase money. organised system of granting leases of mines on the estate Is also in contemplation, which will yield large returns to this Com 14°Y; and the Board of Supervision desire to call, the attention of other individuals and companies contemplating the purchase of fermi Ing lands, alluvial diggings, cr quartz misting lations, to their vas traces of territory. The Board will be prepared to make sales and • leant leases of portions of the Feather River Estate. The Board of supervision believe that they indulge i n no exagge ration when expressing their conviction that the estate fairly put to Veil to its full capabilities will, for many years, annually yield as dividend—what may reasonably be expected from all succes ful gold ,companies —at least r 0 per cent. on the entire ca p ital besides °onuses. The investment in the shares must, therefore, be equal to that offered by any other company, either in Australia or California. The Board of Supervision will have the power of carrying out the Contract with the vendors. and of settling the statutes of the corn 113', under which all its affairs will be regulated. The deposit will be 21. per share, thus paying up the shares in full at the time of allot- Ment, and all deposits applicable to the purchase money received *Gm sharer sold will beheld in like manner as the shares would have been if not sold—viz., until the surveyor's report has been received, . quiet possession given, and a good title exhibited, and a proper con e Yance executed. Applications for shares to be addressed to the Secretary, and to the Brokers of the Company; and no application can receive atten tion unless references be given to Bankers or Stockbrokers. APENDIX. EXTRACT OP A LETTER FROM N I CHOLAS GRAY. U.S., Surveyor to the Hon. T. 0. LARKIN. Dated Hamilton, June 11 th, 1852. " With this you will receive a small box of specimens of gold bearing quartz. The specimens here sent are not selected specimens, because I wished to inform you corrretly, or within the truth, so as to tear future examination. I saw much richer specimens. " This was dug out of a hole about 1% miles from Pocenix Mill known as the Bloomingdale ledge Or lead." It is stated by Mr. Larkin's agent in this country that the box wm sent unopened from San Francisco to London, and assayed by John sob and Matthey, and that in the specimens no gold was visible to the naked eye. The report of Messrs. Johnson and Matthey is as follows : " Assay-office, 79, Hatton-garden, London, August 25, 1852. "The box of gold quartz had half of each piece taken off, and the Whole crushed together very fine, giving grains of gold, which would not pass through the sieve, equal to Soz. 10 dwt. of fine gold to the toff of 20 cwt. The fine powder produced, by assay, gold equal to 1 10 z. 10 dwta. of fine gold to the ton of 20 cwt. dwt. "JOHNSON and Marrnai." 8 10, 11 10 20 oat the present price of fine gold—viz., 84s. 7Ud. per ez.— Rives a value of about 841. to the tou of 20 cwt. It is intended that the machinery to be erected by the Feather River Company shall be capable of crushing and reducing the same quantity at least of gold ore per annum as is minded and crushed by the celebrated St. Juan del Rey Company of Brazil. viz., about 60,000 tons •per annum. The average produce of gold per ton, ob , tained by that company• as per their published reports, gives a value of 1/. lis. per ton, of ore only as contrasted with the above extraor dinary produce of 841. per ton. An average produce per ton of ore of one-tenth only of this Sum—say 8/. per ton—must yield profits much larger than the 20 per c ent. dividend anticipated by the direc • 4 rt. R A A'. other Packets VESEND STAR PACKETS, call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purfleet Piers. 1 at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting) NI TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. The Packets cal FRO: WEEK Terrace) Pier. `_o Time. Its % 4 19u 11% I% 3% b SIINDAYS 11% .- 1% -- 3% - Direct Trains from the Boats marked 1' O nmibuses from Fenehtirch-street Station to all parts of London igrY quarter of an hour. • 'IIIiSWICK WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol- lowing Trains fiom the FenehurCh-street Station, WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. 4 .... '. Time. tg t i . ftif i' , i 4 0_ . 0 . Time 0 .... , OS Z 8 = r) a ig 8 5 Z a f . ) 4 II _ 124 _ .... 11 214 — *54 Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. .To o r from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. .. Is. 2d. Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. Os. 10d. etween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. bd. I,II3QAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, ss. Os.; Six Months, 34 Os. ; I... r ee Months, 2/. Monk, • to be had of the Collectors on board the *ckets ; or of Mr. Terrace Pier, Gravesend. any and Commodious Packets to Let for Excursions. For Terms, Ini n wPi L t °, l Yr ! W. Morgan, Agent, Star Office, Fenchurch-street Ter ii,2mackwall Railway. 'or lath, isbA NEW EDITION, with numerous ADDITIONS and ORIGINAL LETTERS, Now first published. and a COPIOUS INDEX. " This excellent edition of Evelyn is now completed. The volumes before us contan all the old letters, with an addition of sone hun dred and twenty-five new ones. min g the Pew letters are four and-twenty written by Evelyn from London, to his father-in-law in Paris, during the months immediately precedini and folloWing the death of Charles I. We repeat of this edition of 'Evelyn's Diary and Correspondence,' that it is one of the most valuable and lute resiing books in the !mintage. It is now deservedly regarded as an English cla•sie "—Examiner. Published for Henry Colburn, by his successors, Hurst and 131acketi 13, Great Idarlborou;h-street. • AT a numerous and highly respectable MEET. ING of MERCEIA NTS and TRADERS of the eiTY of J.ONDON, he'd at the London Tavern, on Monday, the 14thMareh, 1853, t. . , ,- , -, , 1. ‘ No. 18,872.] LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1853. PROFESSIONAL LIFE ASSURANCE COM PANY, admitting, on equal terms, persons of every class and degree to all its advantages. Offices, 76, Cheapside, London. Notice is Hereby Given, that the Sixth Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors of this Corporation will be holden at the Offices of the Company, 76, I Iteapside, on Wednesday, the 2±d day of March instant, at 12 for 1 o'clock precisely, fur the reception of the Annual Report of the Directors of the said Company; for the declaration of a Dividend ; the ele tion and re election of Directors and Aud , tc,s of the said Company; and fur any other general business usually tran sacted at an Annual General Meeting of the said Company. EDWARD BAYLI S, March 11th, 1853. Resident Manager and Actuary. All Policies I.sued by this Company are indisputable. No charge made for Policy Stamps to the assured. Capital, £250,000, guaran teed by nearly 1,400 Shareholders. THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY . COMPANY, • 72, LOMBARD-STREET, and 24, CONNAUGIIT-TERRACE, LONDON. TRUSTEES. Richard Malin., Esq., Q.C., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I J. Campbell Renton, Esq. James Fuller Maddox, Esq. William Wilberforce, Esq. DIRECTORS. . - William Adams, Esq. J. Atkins, Esq. J. Hamilton, Esq. John Matthews, Esq. C, Octavius Parnell, Esq, W. Williams, Esq. H. Augustus Bevan, Esq. John D .ngerfleid, Esq. R. Henry Forman, Esq. BANKERS—The London and County Bank. The POLICIES of this Company being INDISPUTABLE. in terms of the Deed of Constitu ion dub , registered, are TRANS FERABLE SECURITIES,—and used as . FAMILY PROVISIONS, they relieve the Assu ed from alt doubt and anxiety as to the future, and their validity not being dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of passed, and perhaps forgotten, circum stances, and Office documents.. -.., ' - 'Agents haVelieeeappolfitid in most of the towns in England and Scotland, from whom, or the Manager, all information, Forms of Proposal, &c., may be obtained. ALEX. ROBERTSON. Manager. L LIFE ASSOCIATION. Instituted 1806. Office, 81, KING WILLIAM-STREET. " ' .ritIESIDENT-CHARLES FRANKS, Esq. VIMPREsinssx—JOHN BENJAMIN HEATH, Esq. This Society' is essentially one of Mutual Assurance, in which the Premiums of its Members - are reduced after seven years. ' The rate of reduction of the Premiums for the l as t y ear was 70 per sent., leaving less than ene-third of the original Premium to be paid. The Society also undertakes other descriptions of Assurance, in which the Assured do not become Members, and hhving ceatied to allow any commission to Agents, tile Society has been enabled to reduce the Premiums for this class of Assurances to the following very low rates : Annual Premiums for the Assurance of XlOO. BANK OF ENGLAND, March 17, 1853. THE GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ive notice, That the GENERAL COURT ENGLAND heId a t the Bank this dap is AD JOURNED till TUESDAY next, - the 221 inst , at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of taking the determination by vote in print or writing, of the question in tho following resolution proposed at the Court for a dividend, &c.: That a dividend be matte of 4/. per cent. interest and profits for the halt•year ending the 28 th!February last, without wy deduction on account of the income tax. - The voting willcomnience at Eleven'n'clock, and terminate-at Four. JOLIN BENTLEY, Secretary. THE CEYLON LAND AND MINING OA •Y. ,NOTICE IS HER EBY GIVEN C , That no further APPLICATIONS' for SIIARES in this Company will bo received after TuEsnar, 'the 22d day of March insane, except in oountry cases, which will be received inc usive of WEDNEDAY, the 23d inst. Dated this lath day of March, 1853. BY order. W. OALIIRAITII, Secretary. I _kW LIFE ASS URANCE OFFICE, ILA Fleet-street, near St. Dunstan's Church. —London. March 11, 1853.—NOTICE I 8 IlErtatrr Givnx, That the nobics for Vransferring :qires in this Society wi'l be CLOSED on Tnuasnar, the 24th Inst., anti will he re-opened cn Wednesday, the 13th day of April next. Ihe Dividends for the 3 - ear 1852 will be payable on Monday, the ilth day of Apr" next, and oa any subsequent day (Tuesdays excepted), between the hours of Ten and Three o clock. By order of the Directors, WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. 20 6 I s i 7 A 3 g s e d 2 76 . A 6 g o e s 4i d. 2 25 117 0' 40 -2 15 5 55 5 1 0 30 2 1 5 45 3 6 0 60 6 5 10 The Court of Directors are authorised by the Deed of Settlement o advance money on the security of Policies in this Association. EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary. G ENERAL SCREW STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY. .NOTICE 19 HEREBY GIVEN, That this Company's Iron Screw Steam- Ship AROO, 1,800 tons, Georg Hyd e , George Commander, will leave South ampton for PORT rimiip and SYDNEY on A EDNESDAY, the 4th of May next. 'I he accommodation is of a superior description, and the cabins are fully furnished. The rates of passage money—After Cabin, first class, 801.; Fore Cabin, second clois, 501. These rates are exclusive 01 wines, beer, and spiritous liquors Which, however, may be bad on board at moderata-pakes— Trelabip win carry an experienced surgeon. Applications for passage to be made at the Company's Offices, 2, Royal Exchange-buildings; and for f, eight and parcels, to Messrs.', Balfour, Laming, and Owen, 16, St. Mary-axe. NOTICE. TO INVENTORS, ARTISTS, AND OTHERS. rrHE ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTiTU- A. TION is now CLOSED until, EASTER MONDAY, for the purpose of ERECTING spacious NEW ROOMS for a PHOTO GRAPHIC SCHOOL, &e., &e. I.4ODELS of MA.IHINERY, which will be described to the Visi. tors, WORKS of ARI, &c., are RECEIVED lor EXHIBITION, free of expense to the Depositors. ADIES of delicate complexion, who miller from illexposure to cold winds and damp atmosphere, will find imme diate and soothing relief in the application of ROWLANDS' K9,LY DOR.. It allays all irritation and tenderness of the skin, and renders it soft, smooth, and pleasant; removes cutaneous disfigurements, fleckles, and tan, and imparts a healthy and blooming appearance. Gentlemen, after shaving, will find it allay the irritability and sniai l ing pain, and render the skin smooth and pleasant. Its purifying and refreshing properties have obtained its selection by Royalty and the several Courts throughout Europe, together with the elite of the aristocracy. Price 4s. 6d. and Bs. 6d. per bottle. AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.- LI Lessee, CHARLES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fuinam road. Open Every Evening. The Orchestra will perform, during tin week, "The " Sha'nroci," "Those," and "Amine Waltzes, the "Napoleon" Galop, "Le Cirque" Quadrille; "La Valerie," "Jam)," and "Steeplechase" Polkas._ Admission, ls. Doors open at Heir-past Eight; to commence at Nine o'clock, and terminate at Ralf-past Eleven. Just published, in two large charts, price 2s. 6d., by poS t 3 5., ,A VIEW of the RESOURCES of NATIONS, exhibiting at a glance the Fortiori, Commercir., Financial. and fdllitary Statistic• of the Principal Countries in the World at the Present Time, with other Valuable Infolinatien, collected from the best authorities by H. FRASER, Esq. London : W. Smith, 172, Strand ; Wyld, Charing•cross ; Sheiwood, riper, and Co., Paternoster-row; and all Booksellers. ", MASSACRE OF THE OFFICERS OF THE _ENG LISH SHIP BERENICE, AND BURNING OF THE VESSEL. A most painful event was made known at Lloyd's on Tuesday, as having unhappily befallen the master, his lady, and officers of the English ship Berenice, in the Straits of Gasper, while on a voyage to 'Sydney, who were horribly murdered on board, and their ship after wards destroyed by fire. A previous mail had given rise to some fears of a vessel having been burnt in the straits, and an impression was entertained that the ill-fated ship was the Berenice, which was missing, and the fact of some of the fragments of the wreck having been picked Up bearing the Berenice's initials, little doubt was felt in the matter. Much anxiety then arose as to the fate of these on board, who comprised Captain Candy, his wife, first and second mate, a Frenchman (a passenger for Aus tralia), two servants of Mrs. Candy, and about thirty five hands ; with the exception of the officers, there were but few Europeans among the crew, who for the most were Java and Manilla men. The ship sailed on the 6th of June from Singapore for Shahghai, and then from that port to Sidney, on the 4th of November, with the intention of calling at Java. Several of the crew evinced a strong desire to leave the vessel on her reach ing that island, but the captain holding out an increase of wages and additional rations to take the ship on to Sidney, they were induced to remain, and the vessel proceeded. Nothing was heard of her until, about the lath of December, when a report reached Marabaya (the residency of Tagel) of the remains of a burned wreck having been discovered in the Straits. A day or so 'previously a boat, containg 15 persons, arrived at Marabaya, who on landing dispersed themselves in land before the authorities had time to institute inquiries' about them, and on the clay following another boat came in with a similar number and character of men, a mixture ofJava and Manilla men. When interrogated, they stated that they were the crew of a prahu belonging to Rio, laden • with gambrie, which they represented had capsized, and that a boy had been drowned. The whole of them ad hering to that one statement, they were believed, their story at the time being thought to be true. The police, however, had their suspicion aroused by the conduct of some of the men, as they displayed much anxiety to - part from each other's company, and to leave the place, and it was not until they had been subjected to a most search ing inquiry that the truth was revealed. Some of them at length confessed to having belonged to the Berenice, and to the horrible fate which the captain and his officers met with. According to their representations, it seems that on the 2d of Dec. a mutiny broke out amongst several of the Manillamen, on account as alleged of the master not hav ing allowed them the additional rations which he had previously promised. About midnight they got Mr. Candy on the quarter-deck, where they horribly mur dered him. His wife, hearing his cries, rushed on deck with two of the officers, when they almost immediately fell a sacrifice. The third mate and the French pas senger, who witnessed the tragedy, leaped overboard to escape the vengeance of the wretches, and perished. Mrs. Candy's servants shared a similar fate as their unhappy mistress. The whole of the bodies, with weights attached to them, were hurled into the sea. The ringleaders then took to plunder the ship of every thing that was portable, and after some two or three. days' luxurious living on board, they commenced.de• stroying her. Having lowered the boats, they kindled a fire in several parts of her, and when she had got com pletely alight, they abandoned her. By the last ac counts the authorities were using every effort to bring the principal actors in the barbarous acts of murder and piracy to justice, and as many as nine had been lodged in the gaol of Tagel. The Berenice was freighted with a valuable cargo of tea, and her loss is therefore con siderable. ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL ie a delightfully fragrant and transparent preparation for the Hair, and as an invigorator and purifier beyond all precedent. Weakness, premature greyness, and tendency to fall off, are entirely prevented by its regular application. ROWLAND'S ODONTO, or PEARL DENTIFRIFICE, preset res and b2autilles the Teeth, stren7thens the Gums, and renders the Brt.ath sweet and pure. Sold by A. Rowland and Son, 20, Hatton-gardens, Londoi ; and by Chemists and Perfumers. . FFAIRS OF BUSINESS.—In every affair o f „CIL trade, buying or selling, equality and prices, are the condi tions of satisfactory contract. The superior quality of all goods offered to public inspec ion, or made to order. by E. MOSES and SON, is so well known, and has been so long , tried, that very little need be said on that subject ; but the anity of low prices, and the very best qualities, is a system of business which E. MOSES and SON w 4 re the first to introduce, and have been the most successful in carrying out. This they have made applicable to every branch of their gigantic business, and have adhered to it during all changes in the seasons or the markets. They have never hesitated to pay the best prices for the most artistic and accomplished workmaaship -- hut they will by no means inflict higher charges on any of the:r pa trons. The LADIES are furnished with HABITS tlfe most graceful in style, and from the finest and most fashionable materials, cor with HOSIERY, the neatest, most novel, and useful. GENT LE MEN are provided with the best materials and workmanship , in every description of ATTIRE which their professions, engagements, or the'season may render necessary. All goods or orders are charged much lower prices at E. MOSES and SON'S, than at any other house 'in th- world. G OLD FRO Ai AUSTRALI A.-=The last arrival =fount ed to upwards of one and a half millions sterling —a large prir lion of which was for business transactions in Australia, by p. MOSES and SON, their CLOTHING having sold for a vast amount or " Golden Treasure," and the satisfaction it is giving, warrants Ve.tments to any extent. .11 EMIGRANTS, MERCHANTS, or SNIr- PERS, may avail themselves of tlis most SALEABLE, because the BEST and most SUITABLE GOODS, at E. MOSES and SON'S, the prices being considerably lower than at any other house—the same advantages arc offered to Emigrants of every Class, their Outfits or any portion of them, being charged wholesale prices A depart ment kept for Outfitting, and full List of Outfits and shipaailinE in formation may be had on application, or post free to any part of the kingdom. CAUTION—E. MOSES and SON regret haying to guard the public against Imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons, they beg to state that they hay* NO CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON, except their own Establishments, as follows : London City Establishment, 154, 155, 15e, and 157, Minorles, 83, 84,85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating. London West•end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, l, 2, 3, Hart-street, all communicating. Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 nd 20, Bridge-street. Sheffield Branch, 36, Far.ntte. _ _ Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and Alice Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladles and Gentlemen. ' IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not glyesaTl;fac;;;;:liTrill b . exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest price, from which no abatement can be made. The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset oil Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock. ♦ new 'Book, entitled " The IVorld'S Pharos," containing the Emigrant's Assistant, full list of prices, and directions tor self•mea aurement, may be had on application, or post free, to any part of the kingdom. A handsome Almanac for t7le year ending 1653 can be had gratis, on application. Ici I'on parle Franc&s. Qui si parla liter turicht man Deutsch. - Aqua ae habla Espanol MEDICAL ADY[CE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Metric elated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medic I Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Elan, London, &c., &c. VI AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, or 1. the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregu'arities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and firma: ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dish cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience la the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various Corms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfrultfill Marri ages, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removel, and how the evil and its con-equences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged in an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints; and is the only legally qualified Fhysician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society Is tree. In selecting this department •f practice, he has been amply rem arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent no-trums, have inflicted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for conemitation daily, from Eleven till Two, and from Six till Eight. All letters mast contain the fee of 11., and advice and Medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT should first obtain a copy of his work on SELF-PRESERVATION. A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage, and Nervous and Generative Debility, Illustrated by fifty coloured engravings, and des cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and ex cesses. The perusal of this tr eat is e will assist za in es th sno e . co i r , r ip e e c r t descr iption of their cases, and may be . had, price 2s 6d, in English, French,Bmthers Sanpadncisob: 2l3:uptcahte,mlotsatelianr.r.owor; German, of Hannay,63, Oxford-street ; m a nn, 39, Cornhill ; Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or tree ny post for fOrty-twO stamps, to any address from the Author's resi dence, 37, BEDFORD.SQUARE, LONDON. SUSPECTED MURDER IN THE CANONGATE, EDINBURGII. On Sunday morning, between four and five o'clock, a labourer, named John Davidson, was found dead, under circumstances that afford some suspicion of his having been murdered. The deceased resided in Hume's-close, Canongate, in one of those overcrowded haunts of po verty and vice which abound in this locality. He was, it is said, given to drinking, which propensity his wire unfortunately shared in. The latter, who is named Sarah Brannan or Davidson, had formerly led an abandoned life, and quarrels arising from the jealousy of the hus band are said to have been of frequent occurrence. They were both between 30 and 40 years of age, and had lived together for some time. - The deceased was last seen alive, except by his wife, about 11 o'clock on Saturday night. Early on Sunday morning high words and a scuffle in the room which they occupied were overheard by some of the neighbours, but the noise suddenly subsided. After a brief silence, the woman came into an adjoining apartment, and told the inmates that her husband had fainted. On en tering the room they found the unfortunate man stabbed to the heart, and quite dead, though still retaining heat. The instrument of death was a shoemaker's knife, which had been worn by use to a very sharp point. There was little blood to be seen, and to all appearance the man's death had been instantaneous. ' Both parties had on their clothes, and had not apparently gone to bed, having in all probability spent the night in dissipation. The attendance of a sergeant of police was then obtained, who took the woman into custody. I.IR. CU LVERWELL' S NEW WORKS. To be lead. of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row Carvalho Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One each; b; post, Is 61. 147. Flect-street , ENJOYMENT OF LIFE. „Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time." pleasant tEvenings places Country at Home CONTENTS: —Early. R i s i ng —Spring and Summer Mornings......E,„ minims about the E nvirons of London—The Parks, Lanes, HillsTForirpesst:n,dFßaielmdsb,tesll_ighTh-reoast L - an o d n otherdon a t Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, bleeping, Bathing, Ai r , Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c, ke• 11. FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Tole. Vol. I. VISIT 10 THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH. Ecc. Vol. 11. THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY REMINISCENCES OF DUBLIN, So. 111. WHAT TO tAT, DRINK, AND AVOID, " That three score years and ten oar course may run." A popular review of almost every form (cause a nd cure) of ner vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses the young, besets th e man of pleasure, business o r stud y , and em bitters old age ; with tables and ntlesfor the diet and physical regu ation 01 every-day life. THE PASSIONS. " What passions hurt the body—what improve, Truths as refined as Athens ever heard." SUBJECT:—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad vent of the nassions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties oflicentiousnoss and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages. On Monday the prisoner was brought before the sitting magistrate and remitted for examination. Her declaration was then taken by Mr. Dymock, the Procurator-Fiscal for the city, and it will be followed up, we believe, by the precognition. of witnesses. It is not, of course, yet known whether there is sufficient evidence to commit the woman for trial ; and from the privacy with which it is customary here to. conduct all judicial examinations, it is impossible to arrive at the exact truth of the case, more especially as the statements afloat are very conflicting. It appears, however, that the prisoner attributes her husband's death to suicide, and it is stated that the direction of the in strument was such that the blow might have been struck by the deceased himself. On the one hand, it is said the woman was heard in the course of the night to threaten to stab her husband : while, on the Other the man is stated to have, not long ago, spoken of committing suicide, in consequence of alleged provoca tions to jealousy. Some time ago, it iesaid, the prisoner stabbed the deceased on the brow ; but the affair being slight, the matter did not come under the notice of the police. The body of the unfortunate man was on Monday examined by medical men. The wound was found to have been in the heart, and to have caused almost in stant death. It seemed to have been inflicted in an up right position. V. THE MARRIAGE STATE. To be or not to be, that's the question." • Pi O i 3 RAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them. Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion. Cases, &c. By li.J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.E.C.B. (1827), L.S.A. (1824), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there matters. FARRINGDON - STREET IMPROVEMENT. - Yesterday Messrs. Pullen and Son commenced the sale, by auction, of several houses which are to be cleared away for the purpose of forming the new street leading from Farring don-street to Coppice-row, Clerkenwell. The buildings are situated in Sharpe's-alley, Ray-street, and Coppice row, adjoining Clerkenwell workhouse. There are now but few premises to be removed to complete the new line of street, which, when finished, will form a direct tho roughfare from Blackfriars-bridge to Clerkenwell and Islington. Price Is. each; by post, Is. 6d. To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Comhill; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D.. 10, Argyll-place. Regent•street, who may be consulted daily from - t Total Et% andSevou tUI Nin% RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE. „... .. 4.44,,.. ~ ~, ,-,, .. ~ , i ..,(---- /7 -9 ' . i 4 : - • - S 47 I . c li alli s 170 ,1 04, . , . • ' l l. . trw : , •..'' f 1 ri s c ' ~ , 'Y ') :W\‘'S s ” .t ..- .( _ : ,',...-‘,"..reit " , S• a II r •')... ( ,-- 4)r• - _ ' -' 1 L cl, ~PPJ* 4 . ._--- , ~ ~ , , •-•7 4,l a rl_k__ _- -na , ~,,j. , . . ,- .... - . , ‘..0 r. , . .sex. 4 •, 45 . 0 `i , :: , l7pg , .0 , <-.151v• -.--, \'''. \ - '1 , ..-.-- ,- -- • . t '''•- • r , " t c l- %, • 70---__+ ' .-- ily - Til-F. _ ~...:-: .:"-'''' ,1 ~ . 1 M . 41,. 1 . 4 i , li` 1 It , , f ----' , ''' _ . -- ---- - '. ' " • .7,., I: 1 . V , " ° '' ' , : '41 ., DIE t;s' '...... Z', / 't 47 . ,_t , • /1- 9 t o 1 4 •' 1 •' 1 „ i) , 9 " NV; ' - . ' ' /I ef'r I'l,V l' 4, 7;!-;,,.:,./1.•''' i t 0I I' ...' - / - - [PRICE SD. l/ v ~--~-= Z. trolling further outlay, the ..directors, before incurring any further liabilities, obtain the approval of a general meeting, or a special general meeting, of the proprietors. (Hear, hear.) The closing of the capital account would enforce economy, create confidence in the financial posi tion of the company, and enhance the value of its pro perty. He did not object to the five new schemes, be cause he thought them wise and prudent measures, but before incurring any new liabilities, he thought th e di - rectors ought to follow the course he had pointed out. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WLAREN seconded the motion, which was car . ried unanimously. A. resolution declaring a dividend of Us. per 301. stock was then declared. The meeting then proceeded to the election of three directors in the places of Mr. John Brads6.w, the Honourable James Byng, and Mr. John Charles Jack, who retired by rotation, the two last-named gentlemen offering themselves for re-election. Mr. W. Itzu) proposed Mr. Coles Child, whose no mination was seconded by Mr. JOSIAH WILSON. Mr. Alderman ThoursoN, M.P., proposed Captain Warren, whose nomination was seconded by Mr. LEVY. Mr. J. WILSON, seconded by Mr. G. SMITH, proposed the Hon. Mr. Byng. , ,, , . Mr. TIAY E S proposed Mr. 'John Charles Jack. The nomination having been seconded by a Proprietor, Mr. JAMES WI:LAYMAN, M.P., whose name had been mentioned as a candidate, said h e did not wish to he proposed in o pp os i t i on to Mr. Warren. Mr. HAYES d eman d e d a poll on behalf of Mr. Jack, but did not persist in his intention, Mr. Jack expressing himself willing to abide by the decision of the ine4ing. A discussion arose as to the appointment of an audi tor in the room of Mr. Coles Child, and it was ultimately agreed that the consideration of the question should be postponed until the next meeting, the directors being requested to frame a by-law, providing that due notice be given in future of the names of the candidates to be proposed for the offices which may become vacant, A resolution was then passed authorising the for feiture of the shares in arrear ; and a committee of five proprietors was appointed to confer with , the directors on any new measures that may be proposed, the,com mittee consisting of Mr. John M organ,. Mr. Isyleaf, Mr. George Smith, Mr. Gray, and Mr. Wilkinson: The usual vote of thanks having been given to the c6liman, the meeting separated. , Maidstone line is estimated, with a new station at Strood - -much wanted there-t o cos t 50 ,0001. The directors - - SOUTH-EASTERN. - consider this line to be one which should not longer be The half-ye ar ly genera l meet i ng of the proprietor's of postponed making. In th e mon th o f O cto b er last no less this company was held yesterday at the Bridge-house than 13 separate railways, some with extensive ramifica- Hotel, London-brid ge on the gene ra l b us i ness o f the i tions, were projected in th e sou th- eastern districts, and company, and for the election of three dir ec t ors an d an affecting our interests, and we sa w th e necess i ty of! lay auditor, in the place of th ose ret i r i ng b y rotation. Mr. i n g b efore you measures which we th oug ht m i g h t , under ,James Macgregor, M.P., th e c h a i rman of the company, the circumstan ces , b e d eman d e d f or t h e protection and presided.' - advancement of the company's interests, and among them The rePort, which has already appeared in The Sun, was the project f or ex t en di ng t h e line from Lewish am t o having been t a k en as rea d , BrOmley and Croydon, which we proposed should be in The CHAIRMAN said- The statement of accounts which joint account with the Brighton Company. The directors has been submitted with the half-yearly report shows of the Brighton Company gave theirea,ssent, but subse that the gros s revenue o f t h e company has exceeded that quentlY, without noti ce or commun i cat i on to this company, of the half-y ear en di ng on t h e 31st of January, 1852, by negotiated w ith th e S out h- Western Company for amalga the sum of 18,839/. 7 s . ld ., t h e earnings last half-year illation with th em , an d on the last day for the purpose being 424,5471. Bs. 9d., against 405,708/. Is. Bd. in the of Parliamentary notices, ehere appeared the nutice of the corresponding half of last year. The sum of 18,8391. Brighton and South-Western Companies bill to amalga 7s. ld. c ons i s t s o f an i ncrease i n the receipts for the car- mate. Much correspon d ence ,necessarily took place. riage of goods of 12,0471. 16s. 7d. ; of passengers, We objected to that ainalganiatiou, thinking that the 3,6431. 156.9 d. ;of dues received at the harbours belong- naeural alliance of the Brighten Company to make was ing to the company, 1,1631. 12s. 5d ; of earnings of the with ourselves, the South-Eastern Couipeny-not with electric telegraph, 1,2601. 15s. 11. ; of additional rent, the. South-Western Company.' The Brighton and South -4221. 12s. 9d. ; and of fees on th e t rans f er o f stock, 3001. W es t ern C ompan i es s i nce have determined to withdraw 13s. Bd. In th charges on the debit side of the account the amalgamation bill, and the present state of affairs is there is an increase of working expenses, as compared that' the Brighton Company propose now the withdrawal with , the corresponding half of last year, to the amount of the Lewisham, Bromley, and Croydon bill also. It of 13,770/., and a decreaSe 'of 3,1011. 3s. 7d. in rates, will be for you, gentlemen, to consider whether this is taxes, - tolls, and GovernMent duty. The locomotive the wisest step to take under the circumstances, or working exhibits an increased expenditure of 2,5581.12 x. whether further attempts should • not be made to settle being 58,7711, 155., against 56,2131. 35., consequent on now, 'either with the Brighton Company, or on our ac -87,825 more miles having been run by. engines the latter count, the question of communication between the me half-year. In the rates, taxes, and tolls, there is a tropolis and Bromley, which, while unsettled, may ever diminution in the amount paid during the half-year of be a source_ of contest. The es ti ma t e f or t hi s l i ne i s 2,3411. 18 s . 4d., the. charge last half-year being 15798-0 T: - 24,0001. - It - iii right I should state that no bills contain 16s. 2d., against 18,322/. 145., 6d. It will not be out of ing powers for a combination of interest between railway place for me here to remind the proprietors that the Lord companies can be read a second time this session till Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench stated from the Bench after the 11th of April, or until after the report of the that legislation on the subject of railway rating is indis- committee of the House of Commons now sitting on rail pensable, but yet no -steps have been taken to accom- way amalgamation and future railway legislation shall plish it ; and meanwhile railway companies are obliged have been made. I earnestly trust that railway pro to submit to the grossest extortion, and to keep up for perty will be benefited by the inquiry which is taking their defence against injustice a costly and wearying sys- taking place before the distinguished persons constituting tern of appeal, not always ending satisfactorily, in con- that committee, convinced as lam that the interests and Sequence partly of, the tribunal before which they are safety of the public. never can be promoted by a reckless brought. The issue of the 44 per cent. guaranteed stock competition in the construction and working of railways. increased the comparative charge against revenue by the I have the honour to move that the report of the direc sum 'of .3,3181. ss. 11d. The result of the working tors and statement of accounts, as now read at this meet expense of the half-year is, that of the,18,839/. 7s. ld. of ing, be received and adopted. surplus profits.earneel,lo,66Bl.- 16s. sd. has been absorbed Mr. Jour/ HAMILTON, after complaining that the corn by charges additional to those which occurred in the pany had not yet - got a tenant for the Lord Warden half Hotel at Do ver , an d th at t h e d i rectors were going to an f-y ear ending .on th e 31 st of January, 1852, and 8,170/. 10s. Bd, thereof represents the additional net unnecessary expense in the erection of some ornamental profit in worki ng th e ra il way for the• half-year ; and the iron railing at th e h o t e l at F olkestone, proceeded to profit and loss account shows, therefore, that there is, censure the general system of management, which he after deducting additi ona l c h arges for rent and interest contended was not su c h as t o d eve l op the traffic of the on the guaranteed s t oc k, a sum o f 5,442/. 45. 7d. avail- line in a prop er manner. H aving censured the conduct able for dividend over and ab ove th e sum wh i ch was of the chairman w ith respect to some transactions in ' shares, he addres se d hi mse lf to another matter, and ob available at the termitiation of the co rres p on di ng h a l f of last year, - the sum nowedivisible being 136,4641. Oa 5d., served that out of 288 miles of railway belonging to the , . against 131,0211. 15 s . 10d. on t h e 3 1st of January, 1852 company, not l e s s th an 165 m i les consisted of branches. Those branch li nes h a d cost 4 ,078,0001.; and 118 miles and this will admit o f a di v id en d o f 11 s : per share,- and 'eye. a sniall surplus of 1,5201. 12se ld., against 10s. 6d. of those branch lines, which had cost 2,809,0001., did per share last ye ar , an d it app li es to an i ncreased expen-- not pay the exp enses o f wor ki ng. =The 28 miles between Tunbridg h e-wells and H as ti ngs ,. w hi c h h a d cost 724,000/., diture of 369,2561. 19 s . 54. , As: the propri e t ors will . obser4e; du r i ng th e l ast h a lf- year 199,066/, was spent on were in t e same positi on , an d th e passenger traffic on capital account, during the preceding half-year 170,190/. that portion of the line for six months was something Ss. sd. The m or t gage d e b t of the company is now under 6,000/. Th e c ompan y therefore had 146 miles of railway whi c h did not pay the expenses of working. 1,932,5751. or 72,6001; more than it was on th e 31 s t The total cost of th a t quant i ty of mileage, including July, 'and 64,4851. less th an it was on t h e 31st Janu ary, 1852, the rate of charge per annum being 300,0001. for locomotion, was 3,833,0001. The only 88 4.10481., or 0.2710 p er cent. l ess than last year. The miles which paid a di v id en d were constructed before the increase in the h ome t ra ffi c o f t h e li ne i s certainly satin- present c h a i rman came i nto office. 'All the branch lines, factory, and the directors trust and believe that it is an with the exception of the Maidstone branch, 10 miles, increase whi c h will continue and progre ss , an d w h en t h e and the . Cant er b ury b ranc h , 14 miles, had been made long-anticipated opening of the. French lines of rail- since the present chairman came to the board. Such no doubt tend t o way to the sou th t a k es p l ace, i t w i management as th a t accounte d for the Shares being at ll develop the continental traffic, a large increase of which only 481. He trusted he had-Stated sufficient to show might be recei ve d on th e S ou th-E astern Railway, without that the co ns t ruc ti on o f branch lines should n o t b e l e ft any additi on t o it s working expenses. Th e t o t a l num - to the board, an d move d t h at a committee of ten gentle ber of pass engers t rave lli ng b etw e en England and France men should be name d b y t h e b ody of proprietors to con last year was 172,600 , an d ' of these 106,844 passed fer with the b oar d on t h e subject of branch lines, and to through Dover an d F o lk estone. The total traffic gives report thereo n t o a spec i al meetifig, y turiffoß, an average of 473 persons per diem tr ave lli ng b etween In answer t o a quest i on b a Pli England and:Fr ance , or 236 persons each way. Of these The CH AIRMAN sa id that, at the last meeting, a cor there travel by night between Paris and London 71 per- respondence was submitted to the proprietors, between sons each night=namely, to Paris from London, 39 per- Lord Sondes, Mr. Lushington, and the directors, with sons,. and from • Paris to London 32 persons. It thus regard to the Chilham line, and the directors distinctly appears that .10,210 persons came through from Paris to' intimated that, on looking at what had occurred in pre- Londoii during the year in the night. I may remind vious years, and considering the 'expectations held out you how anxiously we pressed op the Government from that the North Kent line would be continued, time to time the propriety of giving the same facilities they did not recommend the proprietors to offer en-this side of the water to continental travellers coming any opposition to that line, provided, the points to London, as that which is given in France to those of junction and the plans and sections were approved who go from hence to Paris, as the French authorities of. But it had been found necessary to oppose the have .long allowed the baggage to go through unex- bill on the standing ordets, because it contained clauses amined to Paris, which is a great facility to persons seeking powers to run over the South-Estern of so making an express journey ; and lam glad to be able to unsuitable a character that the directors considered they inform you that the Government have at length granted should have been guilty of a gross dereliction of duty if this request, and that the travellers by the night mail they had consented to the granting, such powers. The from Paris to London will henceforth have the facility objections of the bill were unanswerable ; but the com of having their baggage examined at Dover, when they mittee resolved to allow the promoters of the bill to pro arrive in time to do so before the train leaves for town, ceed, on depositing a fresh plan and amending their or in London when time does not permit it being done errors. The bill had been read a second time, and there at Dover, to allow them to avail of the first train for the matter now stood. He would now state the objec- London. I hope that this is only an instalment on the tion to the line itself. There was a line called the part of the Government, and that hereafter we shall re- Chatham and Canterbury line. The line of Lord Sondes ceive a like permission for all travellers who travel by formed a junction with the South-Eastern line at Strood, the express tidal trains from Paris to London. It is a crossed the Med way, and formed a junction at Chilham. step in the right direction, and we may trust that whilst To that the South-Eastern Company offered no objec great interests press for improved Custom-house regula- tien, but they differed as to the way of forming the tions, further facilities will be extended to the important junction at Chilham, because the gradients were bad, traffic between England and France, which passes over and it set out a fork of six miles running parallel with the South-Eastern Railway. We state in. the report the South-Eastern line to Canterbury. With regard to that permission to bring up bonded goods to London for the other bill, he did not think there was the least pro transhipment has been - refused us, and chiefly because spect.of its passing. It was intended to come up from we made the demand, and not the merchants of the city the South-Eastern Company's station at Chilham, and of London • but I hope tho se gen tl emen w ill make their stop at Chatham without crossing the Medway. He sentiments ' known to the Government on the subject, did not think the Legislature wquld pass any line except The report shows the amount received for periodical on the principle of its being a continuation of the North tickets during the half years ending on the 31st of Kent line from Strood downwards. Now, with respect January, 1851, to have been 9,3041. 3s. ; 1852, 10,8121. to the accusation made against him, of having con 14s. Bd.; 1853, 13,3171. 15s. 3d.; but it may be well for structed all the branch lines of the company. On the me to state also that the recepts for those three years for day when, contrary to his will and wish, he was placed periodical tickets were, in 1851, 12,2241. 14s. 2d. ; in in the direction, he found projects in existence for the 1852, 14,4591. 10s. 4d. ; and in 1853, 18,751/. 17s. 10d., extension of the South-Eastern line much more expen sheaving an increase of receipts from this source in two sive than those which had been constructed ; and the years of 50 per cent. As an instance of the progress first measure against which he set his face was a propo which is making in local traffic on the line, I will take sitiou which was absolutely carried by the directors, that the case -of Abbeywood station, on the North Kent if the South-Eastern Company constructed the North line, which is familiarly known to many gentlemen in Kent line, it should pay to the Croydon Company for that district as the Deputy Chairman's etation. The its assent a perpetual toll, collected at the rate of five number of travellers to and from that station for the miles of running over the North Kent Railway. With first year of its opening was 22,996, and the earnings respect to the other charge made by the honourable 7981. 10s. 10d. During the last half year the number proprietor, he positively denied the statement that he of persons travelling to and from the Abbeywood station had, either alone as an individual or in conjunction with was 60,203, and the earnings 2,9781. 9s. 3d., showing any body of men, ever done any act to enable any man, an increase in two years of 37,307 persons and 1,2791. or any company, to sell shares for the purpose of realis 19s. 3d. in money. I may mention that there is at this ing high prices, to the prejudice of the affairs of the station a fine estate belonging to the governors of company. Christ's Hospital, which is now being divided into allot- Mr. HAMILTON asked if the chairman would deny that meats for building ground ; that a large number of villas he had been a jobber in shares. (Oh, oh ?) are being erected there, and that there is every prospect The CHAIRMAN said he would give the honourable the traffic will continue to increase. Towards closing proprietor a fiat denial face to face, and tell him that he the capital account, a necessary step is the sale of the had asserted an untruth, and that he had no foundation shares forfeited, and to be forfeited at this meeting, to in fact for his assertion. (Cheers.) So far from admit accomplish which a further resolution of the proprietors ting that there was the shadow of a shade for such a is needed. The proprietors will • observe that 29,9771. charge, he could produce evidence to show that in no 13s. 4d. of calls in arrear has been paid during the case whatever had his hands been soiled by any transac half year, and that the account now to be reovered tion, and that he had never done anything inconsistent from shares forfeited and to be forfeited is 58,7941. with the interest of the company-that he had never lls. Bd. The outlay of capital for works has increased availed himself of his position to accept any shares, and beyond the estimates of former years • and this has that he was now th e h o ld er o f a ll t h e s h ares he had ever become apparent on th e final settlements taking held, with the exception of some which had been sold 1 place with the contractors. There is only one ac- under pressure, and which he had not the means of re count for works which affects former estimates remaining taining. (Cheers.) He was no jobber in shares, and unclosed about which any difficulty or doubt exists, and enjoyed what he esteemed more than wealth-a character that account has been referred to arbitration, the party unblemished for integrity. With respect to the Dover claiming 20,000/., which the directors entirely dispute. Hotel, contracts had been entered into for its occupation The expenditure of capital to Jan. 31 is 10,553,253/. 3s. -and as to the ornamental rails at Folkestone, they sd, ; deducting from this sum 371,495/. 13e, 10d., which would be erected at a small cost, and the work had been was written off on. the consolidation of. the shares into undertaken in justice and out of compliment to Mr. stock, and which was something less than the interest Breach, who had paid a rental of 2,2401., and had e-- which has been paid back out of capital to the holders pended a great sum of money on the establishment. of No. 3 and No. 4 shares, the amount of outlay is re- (Hear, hear.) duced to 10,181,7571. 9e. 7d. The value a surplus pro- Mr. JosIAH WILSON accused the chairman of dealing perty in former estimates was taken at 312,0001. Ac- in shares and rigging the market, and after reading a cording to the last report on the subject from the sur- letter written by Mr. M`Gregor, and dated December veyor employed ,by the company, the sum shown to be 2, 1847, referring to some private matters, said if the the available value of surplus property is 280,076, and chairman would grant him a committee of two or three the amount that would remain as . capital spent, if that gentlemen, he would show such a statement of trans surplus property' be deducted, is 9,901,68 V. 9s. 7d. Thi s actions in s h ares as would make the boldest man's hair result, after allowing for certain. other sums which have stand on end. (Great confusion.) been applied in reduction of capital expenditUre, already ' The C HAIRMAN sa id the letter produced by Mr. exceeds theaum at whi c h th e capital of the company was Wilson referred to matters which were inquired formerly estimated by 283,0001., or thereabouts, and the into and fully, disposed of in' 1849, and he held contents of the' repOrt show that 70,000/. must be further in, his hand . the report of a committee of five gen spent, and that 230,0001. beyond that shOuld be spent in tlemen appointed by the proprietors to , examine the next three years in increasing the rolling stock of into the subjects then in disput e . Wi t h respect to the company, in warehouses, and other conveniences. It hi s (th e chairman's) conduct, they said :-." They feel has become necessary to consider, daring the present bound to state their conviction that, notwithstanding year, the most important of the measures alluded to i n errors o f j u d gmen t an d an un d ue assumption of indivi our letter, viz., the extension of the Greenwich R a il way di na l respons ibili ty, hi s conduct has been honourable through Greenwich-park to Woolwich, the Ast ronomer th roug h out, an d mar k e d b y a sincere, unflinching, an d Royal not having completed the experiments orde re d by exce pti ng i n hi s c h aracter of a very large "proprietor the Lords of the Admiralty in sufficient ti me f or th e pre - di s i nt e reste d d evot i on to the interests of the South a sent session of Parliament. The measure is one of great Eastern Company. (Cheers.) consequence, and the directors belie ve th a t it will b e . ,Mre WILSON said the committee wouldu not • more lucrative than any in which the company ha s y e t l e tt er s whi c h h e h e ld i n his hand, look at embarked, especially connected with the extension which fidence in the b oar d o f di rectors of which e had M no con the directors still Prelxise "for the consideration of th e was the aut ocra t , and with whom i I. * "N - L'Gregor proprietors from their Charlton station to the point im- liked. (Oh, o h, an d laughter.) he coul ll d do as he mediately opposite the East and West India Docks, an d Mr. JAMES RENSHAW (the deputy chairman) said the the point of conveyance of the northern lines of railway ; assertion. made by Mr. Wilson, thantotthe directors were l. any other gentlemen and further, as effecting the means of carrying passen- wholly led 'by the chairman, gers from London-bridge and the other stations on the They were as independent as was en Lh c e o ers ul . d ) s istened to their opinions, line, to join the steam-boats at BlaCkwall-point for be, and the chairman alway Gravesend and other places on the river, and forming and at times was guided by their advi ce. with the steam ferry at Blackwall, a direct communica. Mr. HENRY LEWIS 'imALE (a director) expressed his tion with Camden - town and the London and North- concurrence in the remarks which had fallen from the' Western Railway. I may also mention that there are deputy-chairnian, parties who contemplate the construction of docks in the The CHAIRMAN then put the question that the repoi , y . Greenwich marshes adjoining the extension, which docks be adopted. The motion was agreed to, there bein g would be a great advantage to this company, The cost onmlyro.nce dissentient. of the extension from Charlton to Blackwell-point, in- OLES C eluding the construction of a wharf and landing -place, posedthe bill, determining and of a steam ferry, and the other works included in the am as a resolution that, with a view 0 r e should cease, HILD said that atahe last meeting he pro and at which " bill, viz., carrying a dangerous footpath, now crossin the directorsshouldebcearpeitaquleexstreclto the railway on level at Redhill, in a tunnel under the list ° complete the works line ; and substituting a level crossing on the Bricklayers' Imate of the amount required hat nditu submit a detailed v. T estimate had been Arms branch for a bridge, is estimated at 50,000/. I and lines of the need say little about the project for effecting a juncti 1 given, and he moved cu m th p a a t the expenditure on account of the station of the Reading, Guildford, and R i 011 , ceived and adopted, andestimate of 70,0001. be re capital be closed at 10,623,2531. 3s 5d., e gate i of the original branch, and the Great Western station* at Read' when expedient of the surplus pro- outlay would be 10 0001 - The' ~, .ing, the 1 subject to realisation and that, with the view of con ) , Strood and perty a the comPanYy, a that nt-b e -, JOHN MASTERMAN, Esq., M.P., in the Chair, It was proposed by J. Horsley Palmer, Esq. ; seconded by am ui Gregson, Esq , M.P., That in the opinion of this Meeting the present duty of 2s. 21 4 d. per lb. on tea, or from 200 to 250 per cent., is a most oppressive tax upon an article of universal consumption, which enhances the price so considerably as seriously to limit the demand, and that $ll h is directly opposed to the established commercial policy of this coun try. That the effect of this duty upon our cemmeteial relations witk China is prejudicial in the highest degree, inasmuch as the trade being principally one of barter, our exports of British nutnu fw.tures are dependent upon the extent of our imports from that country —it may, therefore, be fairly expected that our trade would be materially increased, were there a considerable augmentation of the returns at present received from China. That a large reduction of duty is important, inasmuch as tea is a favourite article of coa.surnp tion with the great mass of the people, whose comforts and social habits would be promoted by placing within their reach an accept. able and wholesome beverage at a reasonable price. And fctrther, that as a Parliamentary Committee, in July, 1847, after a length ened inquiry, recommended to the House of Commons a considerable reduction of the duty on tea it is highly expedient at this time to urge the Chancellor of the Exchequer to re-consider the Report of the Committee, with a view of submitting to the house a prop al for carrying their recommendation into effect. was proposed by W. Crawford, Esq. ; seconded by Hugh iM. Matheson, Esq., That inasmuch as protracted discussions upon alterations Oi duty detrimentally affect the interests of all parties both here and atroad, promote undue speculation, and tend to d iminish the amo tof duties received for the revenue, it is highly desirable that any teduc lion proposed as regards the tea duties should take effect with the least possible delay I • was proposed by G. T. Brain, Esq. ; seconded by Lewis Huth, Esq. . That as regards the extent of reduction, ibis meeting is fully im pressed with the importance of its b ein g of such a magnitude as 'Would secure to the people a difference in price sufficiently important ken sure such Increased consumption as would, promptly restore any temporary deficiency in the revenue. It was proposed by Richard Twining, Esq., jun. ; seconded by John Entwistle, Esq., That the following Memorial be signed, fer presentation to the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, conveying to him the views of this Meeting on the subject, and that the same be handed to him by John Masterman, Esq. M.P., and Samuel Gregson, Esq.. M.P. It was pro posed by J. Ingram Travers , Esq. ; s e conded by Jas.lLay- ton, Esq„ ; That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be given to John Master man, Esq., M.P., for his conduct in the chair this day, and for his ready attention at all times to the wishes of his constituents. - - To THE RIGHT • HON. WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, M.P., CHAN CELLOR OF HER MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER, &C. The Memorial of the undersigned Merchants and Traders of the City of London. Showeth,—That your Memorialists are deeply interested in the trade with China, or engaged in the sale of tea. That your Memorialists consider the present duty charged upon tea to be exorbitant and oppressive, and most inconsistent with the avowed commercial policy of the nation, of securing to the mass of the people all necessary articles of consumption at the cheapest pos sible rate. That this excessive duty interferes most seriously with the ton- gumption of tea. That the natural development of the China trade (in most. in stances one of barter) is greatly impeded by the imposition of a high duty upon one of the principal articles of import, as the extent Of British manufactures to be introduced into that country must be regulated by the retains of China products which we are enabled to consume That your Memorialists consider that could returns be taken fl'om China in sufficient quantity, the exportation of British manufactures would be increased to an enormous extent, China being not only the most popu:ous country in the world, but its inhabitants are probably the most dress-loving people and the most prone to the indulgence of cheap laxuries of any nation with which we are acquainted. That your Memorialists are convinced that the reduction pf the duty on tea will ensure a largely increased consumption of that article. That the loss of revenue occasioned by a reduction of duty would be speedily repaired by such increased consumption, provided the reduction were sufficiently important to cause a sensible diminution in the price, and one which would be felt by the mass of the people, whose purchases, though made in very small quaritities, are enor mous in the aggregate. That the duties imposed by the Chinese tariff on British goods varies from 5 to 7 per cent., while the duty on tea, their staple export to Great Britain varies from 200 to 250 per cent.—a fact which should induce the Government of this country to take the earliest opportunity of lessening the excessive duty now charged thereon. That independently of commercial views, the extended consump tion of tea in this country may be deemed a moral and social qv ac tion of great importance. Tea yields a wholesome and agreeable beverage to every class of the population, one that is increasingly desired' as a subs itute for intoxicating liquors, and is peculiarly valued by the humbler classes, whose comforts would be increased, and whose social habits would be improved were the cost of so important an article of consumption materially reduced. That in reference to navigation, a large reduction is important. Tea is a light and bulky article, requiring considerable tonnage in proportion to its value; the continued emigration to Australia will direct a large amount of sh pping to the southern hemisphere, a part of which, proceeding to China, would find profitable employment, were a large additional quantity of tea required in this coantry. ' • Th .t your Memorialists would further mention that during the past six years, while the shipments of tea from China to Great Uri.: Min have only increased from 57,600.0 0 lbs.• to 65,000,0001b1., the ek parts of tea to the United States. where no duty is impost d, have in creased from 18,000,0001b5. to 34.3 . )0,000'b5., —a striking illustration of the expansive power of the tea trade if relieved from burthensome and oppressive duties. _ _ _ That ai our colonies and dependencies where tea is free or lightly taxed. the consumption is, in proportion to the population, in some cases two, in o. hers three to one more than in this country, a tact which further strongly illustrates the capability o' greatly Increased consumption. In conclusion, your Memorialists will only refer to the elaborate investigation into the working of the China trade by a Committee of the House of Commons in 1847. The Report of that Committee, which entered most fully and ably into all questions arising out of this important branch of our commerce, contained the fol:owing re commendation to the house:— Your Committee think themselves warranted in recommending to the house a considerable reduction in the duty on tea at the earliest period which in it, wisdom it may see At, as most desirable in itself, with a view to the comforts and the social habits of the people, as involving but a temporary loss to the Revenue, and as essential to the extension of our trade with China, nay. even to its maintenance at the point which it has already reached." Urrier these circumstances, your Memorialists pray far a liberal and pr.,mpt revision of the Tea Duties. London, 14th March, 1853. Baring Brothers and Co. Matheson and Co. Falmers, Mackillop, Dent, & Co. Fred. Huth and Co. Gregson and Co. Forbes, Forbes, and Co. Rawson, Norton, and Co. Peter Dickson and Co. Sanderson, Frys, Fox, and Co. T. A. 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UNSTAMPED PUBLICATIONS. I Yesterday at the Bow-street Police -court Mr. Edward Truelove, of 240, Strand, appeared before Mr. Henry, upon, on information, laid at the instance of the Commis sioners of Inland Revenue, under the 6th and 7th of William IV. chap. 76, charging him with having know ingly and .wilfully sold a certain newspaper, printed on paper not duly stamped according to law, and ealled The Potteries Free Press, and Weekly Narrative of Cur rent Events. From the copies of the periodical exhibited in court, it appeared that four numbers had been published, at ld. each. They were printed at Stoke-upon-Trent, " for the proprietor, Collet Dobson Collet," the 'Secretary of the Society for the Abolition of Taxes on Knowledge, and avowedly (as inserted at the head of the paper) " in conformity with the practice of the Stamp-office, which permits records of current events, and comments thereon, to be published, without a stamp, in the Athenciuni, Builder, Punch, Racing Times, &c." The defendant is one of the London agents for the sale of the paper, the leading articles of which invite a Government prosecu tion of the journal, "in order that a jury of Englishmen might determine what description of news is to be en titled to exemption from the penny stamp." Mr. Phinn, M.P., the Standing -Counsel for the In land Revenue, appeared in sUpport of the information ; and Mr. Humphries Parry represented the defendant. Mr. Wood, Chairman of the Inland Revenue, Mr. Scholefield, M.P., and Mr. Ricardo, M.P., were present during the investigation. Mr. Phinn, in opening the case, drew attention to the 17th section of the act, which enacted that any person who shall "sell, utter, or expose for sale " an unstamped newspaper, shall forfeit a sum of 201. The object of the act was to amend the laws relating to. the -duties on newspapers, and in schedule A definitions were given of the kind of papers liable to the stamp. The first, clause of the schedule defined it to be " any paper containing public news, intelligence, or occurrences printed in any part of the United Kingdom, to be dispersed and made public." The third clause of the'schedule added, "and also any paper containing any public news, intelligence, or occurrences, or any remarks or observations thereon, printed in any part of the United Kingdom for sale, and published periodically, or in parts or numbers, at inter vals not exceeding 26 days between the publication. of any two such parts or numbers." Now he r. Phinn) presumed that no person who looked at 'fie paper in question could have any doubt that ,it came within the class here described, for it contained all the information of an ordinary newspaper. It was true that a recent • decision in the Court of Exchequer, limited the definition of a newspaper to certain conditions relative to size, in terval, and price. Mr. Henry—Do you think the decision went so far as that I Mr. Phim—That was the construction which had been put upon it, and he was willing to give it ittocitlest interpretation for his present purpose, although he Might state that the Government and the Stamp-office had always contested that decision, and that application of it ; and that Baron Parke dissented from the judg ment of the other judges. He did not consider, how ever, that the question could arise hi the .present in stance, from the obvious difference in the character of the two papers. James Maddett, a messenger attached to the Inland Revenue, proved the purchase of a copy of the Pateries Free Press, of the 23d of February, at the shop of the defendant. He obtained it from a woman in the clop, but on previous occasions he had purchased numbers of Mr. Truelove himself. Mr. Parry —On what number of the paper is this pro ceeding founded ? • 11.r. - Phinn—The one published Feb. 23. Witness cross -examined—I do not know anything of - a paper called the Atltenceum. I never saw it, or beard of it. (A laugh.) I know nothing of the Builder either. Mr. Parry—Nor any other newspaper, I suppose ? • Witness--I don't know. The copies produced having been handed up to his worship,, Mr. Phinn stated that this was the case for the Crown. . , Mr. Parry took a preliminary objection to the suru mons, on the ground that the act required proof of the actual and manual sale of the publication, whereas it had been shown that the purchase was made of a woman in the shop. Mr. Henry did not allow the objection, as it was proved that other numbers of the same work had been obtained from the defendant. Mr. Parry wished it to be understood that he had taken this objection upon his own responsibility. His client had no desire to get rid of the case by a quibble, but he (Mr. Parry) had suggested the point, because it would certainly be raised hereafter, as the question would not be finally disposed of here. ' The learned counsel then addressed the courtat great length in condemnation of the conduct of the Inland Revenue in selecting a penny paper of the description produced for prosecution, while suffering such periodicals as the Athenteum, the Builder, and Racing Times to escape their notice. The real difficulty of his client had been to ascertain what constituted a newspaper ; and, in order to try the ques tion, he had taken upon himself the responsibility of the present publication. When he spoke of his client, he wished it to be understood that the pro prietor of the paper (Mr. Collet) was the real defendant in this matter, and that he had published this paper on his own account, and not in connection with the society with which he was associated. When he re solved upon its publication, he made the officers of the revenue fully acquainted with his intention, and duly transmitted copies of the paper for their inspection, and the assessment,of the advertisements. Then, why was he not at once informed that his paper would be pro hibited ? No proceedings were taken, and several num hers were permitted to be issued. By the 24th section discussionof the . ques of the act, all persons having printing presses were coni haensde it co w n a d s iti n oi o i t s uhnadtilbronw ctohniatplpierdo:teitdliinb.gys pelled to give returns of the purposes to which they were against him the; b u a n t the a l pur suedapplied. iiwrre Collet,taken would 'r notaga they had tion before a jury. He had never been ap p • illegality of his paper, although it was duly -rised " the and meanwhile other journals unquestio registered ; information of occurrences, were proc (U na' Y bl containing The learned counsel then read severalee ng unmolested. Athenteum and Builder, which extracts from the formation relative to the he contained weekly in veries, &c.—information he arts, scientific disco deference to the Legislature would say, with great .public importance than th ,of far more interest and Athenceunt also contained e debates in Parliament. The particulars of news, such as the oppression exercised towards the English reporters for the press on the of a man in __ Continent, and the recent apprehension _aria for laughing at an ly portrait of Louis Napoleon windws of Paris. These pap ers in one of the shop the consideration had constantl ybeen brought under consideration of the Inland Revenue, but they had de clined, from fear or otherwise to take notice'of them, and had capriciously selected the defendant's paper. • At the close of his address Mr. Parry called Mr. Joseph Timm, solicitor to the Inlandßevenue i to pro ve th at i ntimation had b een duly given r t o s them o f the int en ti on to p u blish the Potteries o Free Press, ; es.that ' and copies of which 'were duly transmitted th e o no prosecutions had ever be en t instituted against the such papers. Mr. bers's Journal, or Athenceum, awn Collett had written to request Timm stated that Mr. ht be directed against himself, but that he had declin e that the prosecution mig h t adopting this course, consider ing that the evidence ag ainst him would be insufficient. ByThrule of the Inland Revenue has Mr. Phi" — been t o allow papers which relate to a special or class s ubject to be exempt from the tax, although a paragraph of information mi g ht be occasionally inserted. Mr. Collett was ca • lied to prove that he bad publi s h e d t h e paper av owedly to test the question, and that he was prepared to discontinue it if a jury should decide again s t him. After a words in reply l t )y Mr. Phinn, who relied upon the internal evidence presented by the paper itseli, as to its true character, differing widely front the other journals cited, Mr. Henry announced his intention to reserve his de cision upon.the case, with a view of taking tune to look through the papers produced. The summons was then adjourned until his worship sits again. THE LATE DUEL AT CHERTSZT.—Yesterday afternoon the four Frenchmen, Barrinet, Allain, Bartlemy, and Momet were removed from liorsemonger-lane to King. ston, previous to taking their trial at the assizes. 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