The Sun.
London, England, 1852-02-24 00:00:00

MIADICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH. AND MATURITY.
With 'Plain Directions for their Prevention stnd Cure.
FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.

Just publiWaed Ereneh,, English, .Gennan, Dutch,..Spanish, and
Italian, in a Sealed Envelopes 2s. 6d., or post-free item the Author
tor Forty-tvin Stamps,.
t SERV A 141.0 N• a'
MediCal Treatise on the Physiology of Marriage, and on the
Secret Infirmities and Disdrders of Youth and' Maturity, usually ac-
quired at an early period • of life, which destroy the physical and
mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural fnalißgs; aral,er-
T.r.or:t the vital energies of Manhood;, with Practical Ohsrrya,teDs.on
certtin Prevention and cueemsthl Trectment of N'envois Debi-
lity, Lord and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis. Stricture,'sna
Di7ea,iss and,dczangetaents resulting from Indiscretion, as adopted
by Eallemaud. Ricord, and other eminent members of the faculty, or
Prance... With :Fifty eoloured Engravings, illustrating the Anatomy,
Physiology, and Diseases: of the Reproductive Organs,•viplaintng
their structures, uses, and: functions, and the various injuries, that
are pioduced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and-infection.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D.,
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Member of the Hunteriaa
Medical Society of Edinburgh, &c., &c.
This work contains a plain and complete description of the ana-
tomy and physiology of the reproductive organs. and of their relative
conditions in health and disease. Dr. La'Mert. who has taken the
highest medical honours, as evidenced by the diplomas and testimo-
nials inserted in the work, is the only legally qualified medical than.
who has exclusively, and for many years, devoted his studies to the
treatanent of these complaints. He may be consulted With advan-
tage by all those whose constitutions may have become debilitated
through ig h
years, re sectu !rreabcyt itche se
pacquireds ionf yl
ifoeu tahr,e rarbrye'dt,hteh
ee xo cbej
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marriage, frustrated, and existence itself rendered a term Of 'incestng misery and regret. •
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, .FATAL ACCIDENT TO THOMAS BATH, Dig .1 Or,
NoRTIIOV-RE.—lt is with very deep regret we have to ate-
flounce the death ;of Thomas Bath, Esq., of Northover, Sd-
snerset, a highly-respectable country gentleman, and brother
o'clock
et
to Mrs. Phippen, wife of our respected . fellow-citiaen, R.
Phippee, t sq. It. would appear that on Tuesday thejle-
filorannidnaeyo
ceased left his house in his usual health, a little after seveil
somos
whichh ee sheep
runsn d other stock
wstorekruine,a uHaseturbeandomt faareoL aZi.
throught.trmorning,chok.wßith th.elintentiont,ll(.)dt. lao‘mokeinogf
erel Not returning with a gent. eman of en. , .
g at that hour, . messengers Were dis-
patched after him,,
and his body was found in the river; he
was immediately taken.
but without avaiht 'rt, and medical assistance sent for-4
pofe that the deitli ,Fli e was no reason whatever to sup-
was otherwise 1
, .40,a,pprejy aocidentftl.o
The same evepinga coroner's ' '
of Mr. JaCobsp'NOrthover, before E. st.was,helii at the house
and a highly-respectable jury wh 4i111041,, tsq„ ,coroneri
deration of the evidence a verdict of ,n 4
Found
a careful con At-,
returned. The sad accident has causedund D'wllo'-;*or the de ' .eg '
and gloom in theneighbourhood, where mt. enest et
highly esteemed Mr his kind and luirrourable.lle alilctlii,et
where the family have lived and been u • •el-h1"-.11,--"-
niversally'respficted,
for a very long period.—Bristol Mirror.
......,
•
SUDDEN JUEATIT or A' UVERaYSIAN.— On gund y
Morning the ReV. ''J. Radcliffe, M.A., Chaplain of Merttil
college), Vicar; 'of Braniham, Yorkshire, and incumbent of
Radley, Berks, who resides in Holywell-street, Oxford, after
breakfast, sent his servant on an errand ; on her return she
was herrer-strieken at finding her master dead on the floor.
The inquest has not yet been held, but it is supposed the
reverend gentlemen, died .of apoplexy, lie,was upwards of
r e and lied heen indisposed
60 years C'" ag. ! .•-•, '• - .„,,,_20,R1.?:, few 4.Y9
previonely." -,
It is understood to be definitively settled that Mi.
Pease, of Darlington, will for some time send " Tees Ade-
laide" coal to London by the York, Newcastle and Berwick,
and Great Northern lines, at the*ate of one thoueindtonS per
week, and a similar contract with the Earl of Durham is also
being negotiated.—Newcastle Journal.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.
, • ~..> ' GREAT' NORTHERN.
eleTvektenthfclhloawiti.n3gefiilythe)adinttry
general
held on Pricqiy nexk;—.- ,
In submitting to the prOprietors the accounts which
—.4*.bpiort of the directors to the
fleeontpany ttii report fbr the half-year ended 31st De.
eember, 1851, the direllterithave the pleasure of calling blt-
tenticka to the encouraging extent to which the traffic over
the Great Northern Railway has already increased. Itdo-
meet.ing, to be
pendent of the extra receipt during the season of the
Great Exhibition down to October last,
.and with only
about five milei of additional line oven, the income from
the ordinary sources of regular traffic hai f6r finite time
past,exceeded, by above 3,000/. per week, the amount of
the,. corresponding, period .of 1851. At the presCnt,'
usually the dullest season for railway traffic, the increase
hrsteadily maintained, the aggregate amount' of receipts'
during ' the first six week's . itt the current year being
62,448/. ap against 44,4251 in the same time laitt year.
• ;" The coal' traffic, is, maw yielding a =gross revenue
exceeding 2,0001.'a week. unit
- Would .have been plumb
monreerperohdauveeti7en,otbutt3etebn able .
at, tahbeSo South .Yo hire coed-•
ow
to furnish , the, sup-
plies necessary to meet the great and constantly in-
creasing demand. They aro, however, .engaged in
sttenuous. efforts to exoenct the 'supply, by which which they
hope, within, a reasonable 'UM% to be able:tip-itusish
any quantityithat nay be requited.
The directors have
been led recently to make arrangements for bringing
coal also from the Durham field, and as' far as this eltpli,
sriment has been tried, it appears likely to be remunera
ive--
t but, the extent to.,whibh Ilais can fie'carried muat,
,
of course, depend upon the price at which the owners
will deliver their coal.
statement
penditure of capital to 31st December, 1851, with abstracts
f receipts and ex-
°f
a
and net
appended, giving details; and
follow: . .
„., i :and
they exhibit results as,
rev"eTnuhee,
Gross amount of revenue
_••• ....C315,650 5 '3
awcicothu,ndtsoectioninesnistts
Working and other expenses chargeable
in explanation; and of statements f
upon revenue' ---

• . 157,044, .9., 4

to the :asterre, Counties Raile
oraredtuhceinF.g'sthe'.
Leaving of net disposable revenue
and Witham
al d8,805' 15 il
From this amount of disposable revenue ttre dediteeq' As
per ' net revenue statement. guaranteed rents, prettie
enee dividends, an award
1'68,605/.
Way Company, and the difference between the 'elms
paidd the
ed
Louththe
nayi receiptgatiatfsr.
155.. Ild. - to 93,5711 e 188. 4d. Out . of . this' reduced
amount the sum of 27,324/. se. ed, hay
,been , paid
(being one-half the interest for the half-year ,which
became due 15th January, 1851, on the company's
mortgage debt, the ether half of such interest being
charged to capital), and "the further sum
* 2,5001.0,` is
set apart to meet the-dividend and interest'e'd calls
paid in advance of the, 5 per cent. Redeemable
121. 10s. Preference shares in scrip, with calls
'thereon yet to be paid, and the result is
6- balance available for dividend of 63,7477,, lee.
This will afford, and the directors accordingly 'recom-
mend that there be declared, a dividend on tills' original
stock of the company after the rate of 2i per' cent.
per
after the 15th
1 annum, payable, on and March next,
to the proprietors registered on the 27th February,
-which will leave a surplus of 3,6441. 163. 9d.
to be' carried to the next half-year's account.
°a the .. Redeemable 121. 10s. Five pet Cent.
Preference.: &rip shares, dividend isdue- only on the
first ball at 31. lOs. from:September, and upon thoseccrnd
call of 31. for a few days, to 31st of December last; sad
the amount being under Is. per share; the directors pro-
pose to postpone the payment of such dividend, as $4Ol
as . the interest on calls paid in advance, till after' the
next half-yearly meeting; prior to which the remaining
two calls of 3/, each will have been paid, .and.the scrip
sent in for registration. ,
" In their relations with other companies, the direc-
tors 'have to report that some progress has been made.
towards more satisfactory arrangements. With. the
Eastern Counties ,Company they have settled the basis
of an
,agreement for a term of fourteen years under
provisions which they trust will prove mutually
satisfactory: It includes the transfer of the Royston'
and Ilitchin end Shepreth • Extension Line to i the
.Eastern Counties, te sbe worked by that oompank.be-
!lveen Cambridge and Ilitchin, in connexion with Great'
Northern trains, the guaranteed rent to which t the
Great Northern CoMpany is liable, and, interest, tOge-
i. thei' 6,800/. a year, being paid by the Eastern Counties
Compaey. The Great Northern are to pay over
to tlia. Eastern Counties 60 per cent. of
any - earnings' from traffic passing over the Great
Northern line between London and Ilitchin, to and
from Cambridge and stations east of Ashwell on the,
Royston
and Ritchie _Railway ; and_teleo. twenty per
(sent. of the earnings from the Eastern - Counties
traffic sent from Peterborough to Newark, Lincoln,
and Hull, and certain h ot er places north of
these towns. Each companyengages to abstain
from interference in the - • •
district of the other
company, and to interohilege traffic) in the fullest
manner for mutual benefit. The will be
agreement
laid before the meeting he d •
Owl, and the direo rs
.pre-
, sent if as, in their opinion,
East adjustine‘ all questiona be-
eAweell the two °ls-nits ,up a ;With
regard to the Anglia- on
a 'aitable °rail: iica at
the last half-yearly meeting,arrangement; &ions,
b ye. to
your directors . *
report to the East Anglia pressure of circumstances 4 ' 'og from the
board, declining , .
test e with the Eastern ,_to - continue he '
14galicei°te%
Counties Com
.from the Great Northern Company riPanY''rwtt-of the,
eeteesh which was listened
t. a .moeificet oot.a
.ons
which ensued, the Easter' 0. during the twig t 11
it 4 offer, to the East An II Company 'made
Counties
received With favour hy the lan
Compinye Whielll'w4"
request from the East A shareholaterS, analed ' .fz! A:
"lan board that thefOreet-
Noetheee. would abandon 6 tits',betweee,
the two companies. To ai
arrangemeets',betweee,
directors
aecetleds . and the .matter this request rtir ,
Great Northern comp was finally clefied ; by the
the East Anglian any balance agreeing to hand, over to
,themselves all outlay. Under of receipts; after repaying
with the Eastern Counties er the recent arrangement:
the. Geetete Northern ceinCompany,:abova;deseribed,
PellY have ceased' to
their , trains between Peterborough
arbitration, undertaken h and Wiibeche ,The.
`E:*eGieldateee'• between, diet.'" Right Honourable Wm.
este orth-Western and Midland
and the 1-:onden
yet concluded. Mr. .01,1dsruland .CoMpanies; N ;not
itted. his opinion of wheelie, in August' last, treas.!
qi. traffic: betweeu jeoed-'t ought to be the ,ffiViiion
in the reference—Yorb," and the ' towns ' named
Leeds, Wakefield, .Sheffield,
Doncaster,, end Lincoln;
petition wns , renewedsubsequently, however, • eome
NOrthsWes'tern and . mid', bY . the, •.
'London aud:
ands, and - a system ei.
re-booking adopted, which
directors, would have.: in the opinio of- your
award., The subject was
practically destroYed- the,
Gladstone 's attention, end again brought- before Mr,.
sented to enlarge his polve.the; companies having- con-
competition aod re-bookicr, so as to prevent iurthert
ineeueistent with, the, award' °l' any: other practicet
kindly eensteetee eo continue ; and Mr.-Gladstone hae,d
'to be,referred. -.to ,-froee
..time bis - good ofiktes;lso ;far as,
te,i.a io, boo 4 tick ..dhered, ,to ' to time, toefee4hat the
ust thet BB K 80 Much . 04; Your directors therefore,
was included ia this roteeene,, the , debateable :ground 11,1
.. . , .
lished for ehe neT.t four ,
yes, a peaces has .'been esteh-
eion of a-0.4w ocitir lir. G-1,,11-9",,, u 11,06 the balia..kof . diet.
EiOta. rd . -, - ' '
'. ..,•54. .to :liWri,to'ry oiii ,ii, , ' ''''' ' . q
i,- ehe et9iot: Of scor dire„, "itsitig-iii; doulite. it reel
' t'ae ejestecl,siies,, ef tee,,,e; requts. whaat ±elisy ' tisa.;:nta;il
calf ivat 0 io evey etacticeble eeN,,Qttberti'.,C-°_,TePai'34"m'
ing with ethers, In- leeeeniner.-Y e geo&unuersteeds
last the board received
a notice from the. Manchester,
shire Company, that the gees't Sheffield and'-Lincoins
be stopped at. Grimsby, and Northern trains. would
to New Holland, on the way not allowed ,to proceed
watt depressed by YOur directors, so 11:111' This course
agecernent between the two companies,, contravening, the
convenient to the publiC ;
the tei4, and as most
Paey,howeeer, persisting in their throatauelleeer Cam-
were:compelled to resort to the co, your direator
and obtained an injunction enforcing of Chancery,
of the agreement., ..Four directors regi the observance
that Lancashire end Yeikahimet having:Soudi
in January last , me' notice ef• ,bCtiTnParter' 1140
to stop, the trains oE the Great /40tihirr-iintentiOn.
from working over, the. Lancashire; ue -yee' Ivie e°°, mPeeegt4!
nerth.of itakerne, unless- they would ,en—„:3ii -am"
maximum Parliamentary,eolls, uponehe 71'34 lb' PitY'
Agreement Pf May, 1847, had not observed
:that an
Great Northern. .These lines. as theeh •by this
aware, form, the approach to York,teereliolders -are
eld; the 'directors' were CemPelled, ia,thi 8,14nd. Wakee
apPly. tp the Court ot Chancery for prote Vase also, to,
Lancashire and, -Korkshire .porapanY, mot hee (we' ttud,,th e,
to argue the cue before - the court, were el;lMPrePareti.'
terms by that court to abstain final intevt?"4: uticler
the' Great' Northern trainey end to aelhexe rrottes *ith
Ment between the companies ontil the emir the Agree-,
" -‘1 Tut; agree eat, however, b mo) be fully
negee, pi, Olng,uno4 h
of the two competiies, end diavieg been t' t e seals
aeted-u 0
the lest,feer years, your directors have,e,,,e4
_e PeJI fur
in
~the
,otirtenforninc,,,ita ,provisions, The'"'"e
wnci Wi tit the. S,opt4 Yorkshire Cornpa-n,„___. .ftriAtigv-
J *5- e4Pl6ineiri
tit prcyinus inectingt.,,,Fe now proceeding , ~.-.
t .tooll
iutreducct fir garryi%ttrea into effect y,..wbe 1 .1
before _the ProPrietore_
nt an extreordinaryi Wilit;ral to. 41'
iiii,,;(l.6 f).•?, It.OlCl tor thb plirpesr, according. to seotiete : "I''
itninicilaseiy after the termination Of the peesen,
e,.gen,
''ti'' t it will be 80 .ti,' IPe"ng'
ley the engineer's repor seen sseatethe per
matieute way is inTgpod (wrier, that the toevne-eine
‘,_re
ere, approaching completioli, and that thin ieniaik;il;:in''''
po. etien,.of, the Great Northern system
, will he 0021
foe pebble ;raffle in the course 4-4 .42,i4 Ppriege.nnii the 3
tbp:Aisllg!ecres3,Fitation: :will .be' 'raadY ,for. occupation
during the summer. ' . ' • ' ' ' • :. l
• ..i .
, • es
l'elnspressed with the importance of the „ e 1 eottee telee
graph for railway purls:elm, th,e, ettrectors some time
'Wee, agreed with the Electric /elegraph Company to
adopt that
_company's system- The telegraph, now in
operation, between Loudon and Peterborough, i. iii,
couree of being Pxteuded over all other parts of the line.
" The graut for the moral and religions instruction'43 f
the laree employed bodies of workmen l -;
th
at
- , _Peveerks of
-Coliitinctidii being almost eiliausted, and persuaded that
great good has resulted, the directors are induced to
suggest that the further sum of 1001. be voted for this
purpose. With the view to promote good habits, and
for the benefit of the numerous body of m now en '
em-
ployed in the company's service, in the shape of provi-
sites in sickness and in old age, or when past work, and

after death for their wives and families, the directors
have encouraged the formation :of a Great Northern.
Railway Provident Society and Benevolent Fund,' which
is now in course of being established, 'and they are of
,opiliou that it will be good policy, as w;e11 as an act of
justice and kindness on the part of the prc,prietors,
which will be' apTereciated by their servants, to make an
annual 'contribution from' the funds of 'the company to
.rthat society; and the directors, therefore, adviie a vote
ituthorising them at their discretion;to subscribe not ex-
,ceeding 1,0004 per year. •
" One of the auditors is required at this period to re-
tireLL:Mr. C4apnian is in turn to do so; but, being eligi-
bld for re-election, is ready' again to undertake the
ofilae. In November last, Captain Laws resigned his
.eoat as a director of this company. . There arer there-
fore, 130 W sixteen directors. The fourth of that numbn.
now to .retire in rotation are—Mr. Barff, Mr. Pyna, Mr.
AStell, Mr. Dehison. They are elig►ble, and offer them-
selves for're-election."

. .. ~, - , , SOUTH-EASTERN. •
The directors of this company have just issued their
'report, to be-submitted to the proprietors at the half-
'yearly meeting on the 4th'of March.
-Thereport states that the receipts for the half-year
ending the 31st of January, 1852, amounted to 405,7084,
and_the working expenses and renewals to 137,4321. The
aura of 6,083/. has been laid aside for the future renewal
'''of-th'e permanent way. The rates, taxes, and tolls
amount to 18,322/4 the Government duty to 13,93114
the'rents of the Greenwich, Canterbury, and Whitstable,
and Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railways, to.
43,3861.; which sums, in addition to the interest on the
mortgage debt and guaranteed stock of
.the company,
52,4481., make a total deduction from the gross earn-
ings of 271,603/. ; leaving a balance available
fOr tlividend of 131,0211. A comparative ' statement
of.-passenger traffic on different portions of the
railway for the. half-years ending on the 31st of
January, 1851, and the 31st of January, 1852, shows
the' following results:—On the main line and 'branches
for the half-year ending January, 1852. the receipts
amounted to 208,0651; and for the same period ending
January; 1851, to 170,0704, showing an increase of
37,994/ ; on the North Kent line the receipts ending
January, 1852, amounted to 64,6141, and ending Jan.,
185,1, to 59,3394, showing an increase of 5,274/.; on-the
Greenwich branch the receipts ending January, 1852,
amounted to 4,035 t., and ending January, 1851, to
29,1321 ; showing an increase of 1,9034; on the Reading,
Guildford, and Reigate the receipts ending January,
1852, amounted to 10,991/., and ending January, 1851,
to 9,3381•, increase 1,6531. A similar statement of the
goods- traffic for the Same periods shows the following
results:'— Main line and branches 56,1467. -against
48,290/., increase 7,855/4 North Kent -5,494/. against
3,657/, increase 1,8371.; Reading and Reigate 4,8711.
against 3,4494, increase 1,4221.; total increase in
paredwittohtal ncthieerenuo rrnspfnonrditnhge
Igpaeoarotido
had a
ietfnriffiienacgr„,
jlaalan,
ul 11;1151. The
30,
1851, amounted to 56,793/.
The through traffic to and from London and
Folkestone, and Dover and Ramsgato and
andFolkestone.Margate,forandendingDoverlBs2,against
n
61,3511.---increase, 23,0121.; to and from Ramsgate and
Margate,
te, einnd
nrin
eags January 18,8211.,m31a,klin8g52,8t0tali
asar againsteasa o f
18,793
through traffic of 23,040/. The whole increase of re-
ceipts last half-year, compared with the, corresponding
'which
period
" Jan.
:47121.116.: a s from 3i
IpBasssle,ngaemreturanffiten, amounted tl,
o15181,5117:8t4r,0nao f
goods traffic, and 2371. rents and sundries. The directors
look with confidence to a continuing increase in the
company's receipts; they believe. that the teaffic over
the South-Eastern line consequent an the extension of
communication by railway to Lyons and Marseilles, and
over the continent generally, and the natural-develop-
ment of traffic in its own district, will eventually pro-
duce a return which will satisfy the expectations
of_ the proprietors. The cost of coke manufac-
tured by the - company at • Folkestone . daring
the last half-year was I7s. 1014. per ton; that sup-
plied by contract from the Whitstable and Strood ovens
was at. the price, of 20s. 3d. per too. , This contract ex-
pired on the 31st Of January, and has been renewed for
the iensuing
,year.at 17s. lid. per ton. There is a pro-
kini4lity, of, iron screw,:steamers being employed to bring
coal from the north to the company's ovens, in which
case a diminution in the' freight 'would, of course, affect
the cost of, the coke. and benefit would ensue to the coal
trade on the line. It will be observed that the quantity
of coke consumed per mile last half-year was 24•42561 b.
per mile run against 29•14571 b. per mile run in the cor-
responding half of the preceding year; the saving is to
be attributed partly to the superior construction of the
new engines purchased, and partly to the improvements
which - -have been -adopted in renewing- the old
stock. The whole result is that 168,300 additional
miles have been run last half-year as compared
with the corresponding half-year, and 650 tons less
coke has been consumed. The total cost per mile
run of the locomotive department has been 8•2262 d.
per mile. In the carriage department there is a
charge against revenue of 3,222/. 15s. 2d., which repre-
sents the cost of 6 new open third-class carriages, with
roofs, 2 new horse-boxes,
all, 47 new vehicles, built at the 'cornpany'a workshops
tim9benre,wandcar2riaegatertiteru_vciskgsg,
02n5srw
coal-trucks, 1 coke, 2 in
during the half-year to replace stock 'worn out. 'A more
iunii
logotdi;ei,ret
ly.ttScrutinyirie,tnh.,ewha
idtiohn,
tot.
f;axr
any
yteeer
is
dcaiotn satisfactionl Indrsetita xOl3 e tV
Which
a: eThiethfteihsaret:t
.drhieise
,hisotrgns mate=nsci;
o:ug
rially reduced the 'expenditure under' that heed. There
warfare going on in regard to these'nharges, to" pi4vent
:their increase, which is perpetually attempted, and in
:Many cases 'freni
.the large Onyortinn borne by the
'company. of the whole takation.Of a pails!) it is carried
on' at the 'company's expense: On 'both sides. There
seensitia-be•ne prospect.of a termination of these sent,
or of an- equitable adjustment of the claims; without
sortie action on -the part of the Legislaitire; No step
has yet been taken by the Greet Western Company to
filial italiledge to Parliament to lay dOwn narrow gauge
lines between Oxford,Reading;atid'Basingetolre; Oa the
• passineef ' the Bill for merging the 'undertaking of the
, Reading, Guildford; and Reigate - Company in that of
the South-Eastern Company, the lifter will be relieved
of a charge of'3ool. per annum,-liinv'enntributed toward
the management of the company to' be dissolved. ' The
opening of the Tunbridge-wells line to'Hastings, which
•tookplace on the Ist of February, insures, during, the
existence of the contract with the Brightone'orepany, an
equal division 'of the London and Hastings' traffic be-
Damen' the two companies. 25,4807.' has been' received
during the half-year on outstanding calls: • The preiens
..mortgage-detit'of the company is raised'at an average
charge of 4.375 per cent. per annum; this average will
ibenredneed as the money raised at higher rates is paid
of. - The directors will hereafter recommend the pro-
paietnislo capitalize the mortgage debt,' by_ converting
it into preferential stock, 'guaranteed 81 per cent. per
-annum: -The directors recommend that a dividend be
1
ateelaredaf the rate of 3, per cant. per ainnuin, or
tOs, 6d. per 30/,- share. This will leave -a balance in
hand of 4,269/. At the ensuing meeting 'the tel•tai in
- :office of three of the directors will eXpire—nausely, Mr.
M'Gregor, Mr. Rceshaw, and Captain. Warren. . The
directors proposo that on the present and fetnN cces-
sloes iiine retiring-director should not offer hirr,ulf for
ro ,lection. _

(116 • Wditi. C.Chill, 1.
Morgan, at d`T:llrt,',.mit.,-,A6Oe, that ibt; ammitts -
!chtreet, tr hri tha,“lleirstudit hi s barn e.titl6iii)Os; '
stock account .sbows.thaa 7;483,7001.
is entitled
~to dividend as . ordinary stock, and
oi t,31901. account
had tob
eeJna n u
received,
e;
v3eld, 'lB
ands 2
410,870/. as 'giniranteed 41 per cent. stock' , in. per-
sproulwisty:-. thartr4el:;al2Pa
10,19,9961. expended, leaving a balance against
the company of 63,6051. The expenditure on the
train line and Bricklayers' Arms EXtensinn amounted to
3;570;2791.; on the North Kent, Greenwich, and Lon-
don station, 2,746,9654; Folkestone Harbour and branch,
205,6721,; .locomotives, 651,3391.; Maidstone branch,
190;1631,; Ashford to Canterbury, itarnsgatc, Whit-
stailltl; :and Deal, 876,520/ ; Ashford station, 244,253/.;
Tunbridge Wells branch, 292,'901.; Ashford, Rye; and
Hastings, 767;9264 and the Tunbrige Wells and Mist-
.ings; '•633,085/.. The debenture account shows that
.1,997;060/. bad been received, of which 237,8501. was
berroviett:'at': 5i per cent. 8211;1501. at VI pbr cent ;
`42-3,5301 vi 4,4 per cent.; 502,380/. at 4 per cent.; and
-41:50.44. 'l4. per . cent. The return of working stoc4
shows thailiere grant) passenger and 39 goods engines,
T.4,Roysl Carriage-Saloons, 263 first-olass and composit,
horseboxes, 75 carriage trucks,
,124 Nsagondi.class,,4 third-olass, '6l le-,iigage vacs,- 62
waggons 100 cattle-vans, 920 timber, coal, vYag-
sgons;ari 15 breaks. ' • ' '
--.Thelerenne .aceount -for ' theltiff-yeitr,' ending. Jan.
31, 1852, shows that 405,7081. had been received, and
175,7691. expended, leaving a balance of 229,938/. The
1 POSt.offiee, • 481 goods-
number of miles run *as 1,227;730 the receipts per
:etikto 34'291b. per mile.
mile,,7o#3othomdthe expenses 34-36 d,, leaving the profit
4,4J95(1.7pqr, mile run by the trains. 'rhe balance to the
aresiit of the reserve fend 4or,i:
ysPetrl n:glintswtraayilainsci23:ll42s
iisalounts t011,57:7L' The number of miles run by the
paasienger trains was 993,488, and the consumption of
(141:0 per inile.:l2•l3lb,; 'and
the
halkyettrwas '1,339,296. T.' 'Thane, the engineer,
states in his report that the total expens.e of maintain-
illiThlrT-totaV''llPldnutiniibeceilr,ofsinurestir°un.n"hfy the engines during
Fig the 212 miles of road duang the half-year has becJi
6,034/.t0r,30/ per utile. and the coat-bf rilaintainit%,, those
I'Prtioa4 ibe inain,lisie laid with the patent east-iron
qce4pers,..amountingLto nine miles of double road, bay
hep per;mtle.

cc'
14llE'sttwItNinGgroitlisSlcioTa7pEa.ny was held on
Eu,stou-Nur:re, Sir
at_
e radvaeytarsyt,atiroelia'd the report, which
SiTtuhlyll:eirf-:1:.1.'„ in the chair.
harry
;taMterd. traAtrtheiNexthpeensdeci;;lre of the company having been
closed at the amount of the share capital stated in the
of. tho .line to the . London- and North-Western
be.o3,p--ary, who, having undertaken by deed to defray
any further outlay, the functions of the board have in a
great measure ceased, and it becomes unnecessary to
lay before the proprietors any further details of expen-
d The directors ha v e h
receivedtefirst'
rs
tit-
from the London
and North-Western
u Companynder the lease, which has beenhadYuclayr'ps rentaidto
payablee