The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-20 00:00:00

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THE NEW NOVEL,

OMAN'S DEVOTION,
V Is Now Ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols.
" A story cleverly conceived and point ng an excellent moral is
worked out with exquisite taste in this singtila•ly well-iditten novel
Characters the most varied are introduced intathe,plo,, and greati,
add to Lhe general effect by the life like naturalnese wth which they
are portrayed. Whoever the author may be, a more felicitous debut
never was made in the field of novel literature."—John Bull.
Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

NEW AND REVISED EDITION.
Now Ready, in 3 v 013.,

'IIHE ROMANCE .of the, ARISTOCRACY;
or, Anecdotical Records of Distinguished

By Sir BERNARD hURKE,

" A book that should we read, as communicating facts which de-
serve to form part of the hi,rory of the country."
Hurst and Biackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn.

This day is published, price 65., Vol. T. of
NOCTES AMBROSIANIE.
By PROFES.,OIt %VIL:,-;01sT.

To be completed in 4 Volumes.
William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London.

PARIS EXHIF ITION.
Jost publtshPd. price Half-a-crown,

STANFORD'S NEW GUIDE to PARIS and
the P %RIS EXHIBITIONI,containin Instructions b fore Start
ing, ..outes, hotels, ,estaurateurs, PublicConve.yances, lleg.ula-
ti..ns, • abler of French oney and Aeasures, a short History of Paris,
i,s Government, Public Buildings, Ecclesiastical Edifices, Curiosities.
Places or Pubis Amusement, Knvirons of Paris, &c., &c., with Two
Maps, and a View of the Exhib•tion sind Champs lvsees.
Lon •on : Edward -Lanford. 6, Charing-cross. Eclinbur h: A. and
C. Black. Paris : Longuet, 8, Rue de la ; ant all booksellers.

£he Third eldition.—J ust published, price 55., by post, tree, Lis. oc
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORItH(EA,
mitt: the Vies of distiligutshing the Imaginary from flu
,ufferers under this diseas.. and Girrecting of wide-spread
Plrrors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Fruro hernial
.. With an introduction by the Editor, containitn;
t complete exposure of the system of terrorism and extortion pursued
y the advertising quacks of he metropolis towards those who ale
credulous enough to seek their aid.
.` 1-icktori. a known to English readers by his frequent pct.,
iontributioni to German medical literature. This is the nr,
• he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-meth •
' •eagter. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall etect any
-net equally flagrant ev,l which it may he in his •iiwer to eor-
:ct." —London Mellen] Gazette. " The tribe of ' Quiet Sympathisers,'
nil ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and it this boo),
.:.uld find its way into ,he hands of thosg who stand' from the corn-
.Aint of which it treats, we arc satisfied that many hundreds woulo
.=awed much needless suffering of body and mind, and what Is of
'514 'mportance. though it is that which the quacks most prize-
money......This volume is well qualified to put an end to th,
°i lea! system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat-
imon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore
y I o'do much zooid."
London: H. Ralllere, 219. Regent-street.

RUSSELS and FU R,NES JUNCTION
IP. RAILWAY.
Forming a Junction with the West Flanders an Ghent and Brus-
;els 1.1ne4 and the Sea Coat, at a short instance from Furne.
Leneth 223 q En.dish miles. Conees.ion 90 years.
Capital 200,0001., in shares of 51. each Deposit 21. -er share.
160.000. of which is guaranteed a minimum interc,t of 5 per cent.
iy he 13,1gian Government for 50 year..: ilia rem lining 40,0'
foes not ~),jcy any guarantee of in'erest from Government, and is
aken by the contractor in pa, meat for works.
Societe Anonyme, with liability limD ed to amount of subscription.
DIRECTORS.
R. Hartley Kennedy, Alderman, Loudon.
Philip P. Blyth, Merchant, L-radon.
lArdliani Nicol, Esq., London (firm, Nicol, Duckworth, and Co ,
Liverpool).
Ch +rlea Morris, Esq., London, Bank of Australasia.
DIRECTOR GEBANT IN PRIIsSELS—John Piddington, Esq., Govern-
ment Mail Agent.

RANKERS—RoyaI British Bank,
_London ; Banque Nationale,

Brusels.
CONSULTING ENGINEER Charles Vignoles, Esq., F R.S.

BROKERS Waiter , reene Taunton, Esq., 26. (Urchin lane; James
Sheph• rd, Esq., 4, 11,rtholomew-lane.

LONDON AGENCY

18, Cannon-street.

A concession has be n grained by the Be gian Gove-nment
,for a
railway. com, encing by a junction with the West Flanders line,
Mout midway he' ween Courtray and Bruges. It p*sses trough a
-ich agricultural c entry, through or close to the town f Dixo.ud,

tiiFtrnes, a town situate about three mQ s from th, coast, at a vil-
lage called La Panne.
A glance a• the map, which accnmpani, s the prospectu=, wm show
the im• ortanCe of the communication winch lr is I,lten ed to es a

t4ish by ~,ean. of this railway ; thi. importance will be better under-
;food when it is stat d tint the Bvigian Government contemn ates
making at La Pay ne a harbour, hick can be d.me at small ,-xpen.e
The roadst, ad at ,a anne is p. culiariy adapted for the forma ion

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of the harbour, which the Helziaii Government cont.Cihplates making
is soon as this line of rail•vay is sufficien:ly advarwed. in ord,r that
La Panne may become the port whence the tnai• between this country
and ,elgium c.,n be despatched. It is naturally pr,dect.ll a 2 al, st
he north and nor h-easterly winds ; is accessible at all se isons
and, during the lowest tide., has a depth of water var.% ing from 20
to 24 feet. It has this advantage over Ostend, that it can alwa.% sbe
'paw .shed ; in addition to wh chit is twenty mile; nearer to Dover
—the passage from the latter port being shorte.ied by upwards of two
hours.

A careful analysis has been ma le of th- present traffi principal,rom (locum nts e anatin, from the Governme ,t. and the resu t is,
that aft, r alowing sn'per c nt. for working expenses a very large
percentage far Belgium sufficient would be e rued in pay adi idend
of 7 er cent. on the entire apical of 203,000/ This is who ly irre-
-pective of the large additional traffic wh,ch mu t come too thi'
inc when the intentions t,f the Belgian Government are ea fled out
Ths• Concess;onnaire has also obtained the refusal of the concession
form king • line from Fu• nes if, the itelgimi frontier. near Untikirk,
and which, when the line is completed from Calais to the latter, port,
011 he a source of additional trail, to this railway
The Bele''an Gov. rnment has ised the subscription of a capi-
tal of 200 0001., upon which it guarantees a minimum interest of
8,000% Th,. contras ors. who have great confidence in the retorns
which the traffic will produce, have t onse ted to take 4 ',OM/ to
shares, which t e nit to p.trticlpate in the guarantee of the govern-
ment, and which w 11 he only entitled to receive interest after the
balwice 0 1.60,0,10,'. shall have been paid 5 per cent ; this arrange-
ment ens les, the dire tors to t row .the guarantee of the Govein
ment of 8,090/ pod annum on that portion of the eatiital now off. re !
to the public, and which, the.'etore, will enjoy a pt,sitive guaranteL
of 5 pe • c• t,t. from the B,leian Government.
The preliminary surveys hay., been made, and a contract has been
entered into wit highly respecta'le arid responsiole r.arties, Messrs.
Riche Peres, to Ake the line a cording to the Cahir des Charges,
and to the satisfaction of the Government ; to provide the rolling
stock ; pay interest durin • construction, at the rate of 5 per cent. pe:
,nnum, and all other expanses of admi. istration for the amount of
the caoital . and to complete and open the line for traffic within
eighteen months from the date of the approval f the definitive titans
b. ,he Go ernme t, and e h'ch th< c,ntractor. have agreed to make
at th, it own cost, but subject to the approval of the Company 9 En
irineer.
The con'ractors have deposited vAli.l and satisfaCtor securities
for the due per fo mance of their contract.

Applications for shares to be made in the usual form to the brokers
t e Company—W. G Taunton, Esq., and James shepherd, Esq. ;
r to the office of the London agency.

CREMORNE.— Admission, Is.—The coming
week will l e naugurated by a repetition of the GRA!‘ 1)
Nlll.l, ARY SPECTAeLE w.dch took place In the Asliburnhom
Groun is, and which excit d such Intense interest and received 'twit
hi. h uMounded patronage on Monday evening I,•t, and which his
determined the Proprietor to place it before the general public with
all its brilliant, varied. and effective features, on Mon my, edne,-
day, and Fri.lay, on which day., as well as the Intermediate one ,
every succe.sive hour from 3 till 12 will be marked by those art.stic
exhibitions and al ,resco pleasures which have secured this property
th, desimation of the Paradise of Cheapness" and the "Girdens
of the World." Open free on Sundays by refreshment card, 6d.
Table d'hote at 6,2 s. 6d. [launch of venison at 6.