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EAST INDIA. HOUSE, 20th October, 1852.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the. EAST
INDIA. COMPANY 1)0 HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That a
St•ECTAL GENERAL COUR r of the said CO M P.INY will be held
at their House in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 27th
instant, at 11 o'clock in the Forenoon, for the purpose of laying
before the Proprietors for their concurrence the Lllowing Resolution
et the Court of Directors, viz. :
" That, as a testimonial of the gratitude with which the East
India Company must ever remember that the glorious eat eer of the
Duke of Wellington commenced in India, and that the consolidation
of the British power there wcs greatly promoted by his brilliant
achievements, a Marble Statue of that illustrious Commander be
placed in the General Court Room."

A copy of the said Resolution, dated this day, is open for perusal
by the Proprietors at this House.

JAMES C. MELVILL. Secretary,

GREAT WESTERN 'lnd CITY JUNCIIO.N
RAILWAY CO ISPANT.
Provisionally Registered. Capital, 301,G00/.. in 15,000 Shares, of 201.

each. Deposit, 2/. per Share.

This Railway is intended to commence at a point adjoining* the
station of the Great Western Raliwsy Terminus at Paddington, and
passing thence under the Grand Juliet]. ,n Canal through certain
fields in the line, will croe the F,l •ware road upon an arch near the

,le line, will cross the Eu,;,._
Kilburn
Turnpike-gate, then over the London and North-Western
Line near the Kilburn New Station, and proceed northward until It
forms. a junction with the projected line of the North and South-
W stern. Ham,stead, and City Junction Railway, and thence by it
and the East and West India Dock Railway to the City, affording to
the traffic on the Great Western Lino direct communication with
the City by :Railway.
The proposed line will afford railway accommodation to the entire
/ergo and populous district lying to the went 4.f the Regent s-park,
includiu
g Dayswater, raddin,gton, Malda-hill, St. John's-wood, and
Kilburn.
The survey of the ground has shown the line to be free from en-
gineering difficulties, and can ba constructed at a very moderate
cost.
Application will be made to rarilament In the ensuing session for
an Act to authorize the construction of the line.
Detailed prospectuses of the u derta ing, with the names of the
Directors, are in course of preparation, and will be ready in a few
days. In the meantime, applications may be made to the Solicitors.
Messrs. Davies, Son, Campbell, and Hand, 17, Warwick-street,
Regent-street.
25th October, 1852.

TO ARTISTS, INVENTORS, eze,,
The Directors of the

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION,
PATRON—H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT,
respectfully give notice that Deposits of General Interest are received
and ably described tc the public, free of expense.
The Exhibition, and all the popular Lectures as usual; including
a Lecture by Mr. Crispe on Ballooning and the Prospects of Aerial
Navigation, illustrated by a beautiful Model of Poietviu's Parachute,
Green's Guide Rope,. Diagrams, gm
Last Week of Mr. 13uckland's Lecture on Music, in which he will
sing the National Song on the Death of Wellington.
Admission, la. ; Schools and Children under Ten years of age,
Half-price.

THE INDISirp,IT'"kBLE LIFE POLICY
No. 72, Lombard-street-11,
arnAdN2Y4,'connaught-terra.4.-

Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. I TRUSTEES
Richard Malin.. Esq., Q.C., M.P.
J. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Maddox, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.,
The POLICIES are IND LSPUTABLE, iri Terms of the Deed of
Settlement of the Company, duly registcre:,. and are thus rendered
CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, and NEGOTIABLE DOCU-
MENTS of SECURITY.
This Company has introduce(l, as more peculiarly applicable to
the Middle and Industrious C;asses, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING
INSURANCE, whereby tit one Policy for one rate of Premium are
combined an Insurar,ee of a Sum payable either at death or on
attaining A, specifita age, and a pension or annuity after that age ;
and giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid,
althon„th the payments should at any time be discontinued.
ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager,

HE DEPOSIT and GENELLAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.
Chief Office, 22, Moorgate-street, London.
The new and peculiar feature of this Co mpany is the Deposit Sys-
t_epl of Assurance, combining the advantages of a Savings' Bank
with a Life Assurance Company. By this plan a person may invest
4,13' sum, from 1/. upwards, and, without any further payment, at
once secure a Policy for a certain amount commensurate with the
age of the party and the amount de sited. He may also increase
lais pa
drawiYment, and thereby increase his assurance, decrease it by with-
the aIY sum at anytime, or he may draw sot all he has paid in.
Or elaniPle :—A person, aged T wenty-five, depositing 101. with
panly will at once secure a Policy for 261. 123. 3d., payable
Te ath, whenever it should happen, with fall power to increase,
~riur.!,t'Sel or draw out the 10/. he has,deposited. The humblest indi-
Ase,`,.' may, therefore, reap many of the advantages of ordinary Life iitzetecaaniincods,napt_t he sf:,me time, possess all the facilities of a bank-
n'antagea .4tuses, in illustration of the peculiar features and
. the Deposit System, with Tables by F. G. P. Nelson,
'nee+ be obtained on application to any of the Company's
or to

C. W. BEVAN, Actuary and Secretary.
N.B. Agents required in all parts of the Kingdom.

RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.

Established August 1, 1837.
CRALraPoWered by Special Act of Parliament, 4 Viet., cap. 9.
'4.'4/Ali—Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, Blackheath Park.

ADTANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
INCREASING RATES OF PREMIUM.
A Tabl
to an e especially adapted to the securing of Loans or Debts, and
ur_other cases where a Policy may be required for a temporary
thePuse °CY', but which may be kept up, if in cessary, throughout
Whole term of life.
Credit HALF-CREDIT RATES OF PREMIUM.
rnit,_ even for half the amount of the first seven Annual Pre-
taini
boat ws, the amount of the unpaid Half-Premiums being deducted
the sum assured when the Policy becomes a claim.
The SUM ASSURED PAYABLE DURING LIFE.
at
alDOtlllt payable at the death of the &wired, if he die before
that ng the age of sixty but to the assured himself, if he attains
Uponaufg%.tntts combining ; provision for old age 4ith an assurance

StabiishaA arents
ORPHANp'S ENDOWMENT BRANCH.
for the pure of affordin to p and the
%mea" °'• having children educated started and started in life, by securing
child ties, to commence at the parents' death, and to be paid until a
Year' if a son shall attain his 21st year, or, if a daughter, her 25th
" age
a re,, annuities are at any time commutable for their full value, if
teitrq niarley capital is required for a marriage portion, or on en-
g inta business or a profession.

BRITANNIA MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION.
1, Princes-ltroet, Bank, London.
.4„ tmpowered profits—appliedher asty's Royal Letters Patent.
hrual division of in reduction of the current
7 a premium.
Of evileY holders entitled to participate in the profits after payment
lecteeit.or seven annual premiums according to the table of rates se-
asllareif
Breal„
is usras charged for every three months' difference of age—not,
the ease, for every whole year only.
t policies granted on terms unusually favourable to the
bein,sll, the amount of half premiums for which credit is given,
At tbqUid a ted out of the profits.
or 30 Annual General Meeting on the 27th April last, a reduction
of tiv4eor:nt• Was made in the present ) ear's premium on all policies
. Beard 'even Years' standing.
AA
ge of the assured en
years'
in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
in every case admitted in the policy.
-‘4,val attendants remunerated in all cases for
_their reports.

__________ --
Extract from the Hale
(PROPRIETARY.) I (MUTUAL.)
Credit Rat Yearly
es of in Profits, after seven
Premium Extract from Table with Participation
Paymente
........____ .

Half whole
,z; P,,remlurn'(Annual) Half Quar-
t+, during Premium Age. Annual Yearly terly
ml First for lie-Pre-
premium Pre-pvell mainder mium. mitun.
......... ears. of Life.
----_—______
25 f B d' £ S. d. Years. Months £ s. d. X s. d. £ s. d.
a, . 19
25 4
11 2 9 10 1 3
19 2 30 0 2 7 3 1 4 2 012 3
1 6
3 2 7 6 1 4 4 0 12 4
40 ; 1 g 2 9
22 18 4 6 2 710 1 4 6 012 5
45 . 9
28214 8 0 12 6
1 14 in
22" i 34 : 40 0 3110112 3 0 16 5
2 12
6',; g 6 6 6
--_____L.6....2L6 13 4 963 333 344
761 111 111223 1601 000 111666
1972

E. R. FOSTER, Resident Director.
ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary.

°IT Tiffp
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRNIIrIES'OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
y IVITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
French, English, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Italian, in a
Shealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, far Forty-two Stamps,
ELF-PRESERVATION; an
kar_ Anaytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of
teC ,L_iage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects
.7neat% and happines of Man, with its Disqualifications and Imp e-
ents, tracing their origin to the effects ofjuvenlie solitary habits,
excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by prac-
of'.",.lrernarks, founded on twenty years' expertenco in the treatment
1;;;,-"TPuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhaea,
hgruills. and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. ll-
du_ atecl by 10 coloured Erurravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro-
utive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.

by SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.
in 14, hEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
',Peter of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
bur
ti_g_ll,.l:onorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
„„..latl te of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &e.
.s,s_ari__e
uessential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful
;7111sect ences resulting from irregularities and excesses, which
have Produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man-
hood, aclundsporermaisatiarse.
tdneocawynatot
maloiset other
stages of
than, perhaps, any
pathologists. The treatment
+adopted is founded on experiencegained in the most celebrated
schools of medicine both inththisuscouungtrily, and in continental Europe.
The results of the knowledge arhienisheerier coonnedenofsedtheunicrwr
the personal supervision of Dr. Lal'ilife:td
legally qualified physicians who have de 'oted their whole and un-
divide peculiarity this important branch of morti:cal science n short.,
every relating to the treatment
se
" ill
elt de
relief natl. VI
Co the generative system, and the means of immediateedi
ultimate cure are described in detail. The professions) 'maim,
of Dr. La :'Bert, who has taken the most distinguiXerde
and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a stii7fill3ediciecanti
Ruarantee that those who may place themselves under
will, in every instance, meet with that delicate consideration caare
Inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of th0n,,,,,d
cues.
Published by the Author, and may be had of ,T. Gilbert, 0, Pat-
Xtoster-row ; Hannay, t 3, Oxford-street ; Stale, Titchborne-streeert,
11,Wrearket ; Mann, 23, Cornhill : or ire by pest for forty.,tv.
tanllos, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by
lateti.. daily. from Tan till Two. land from Rix till Site,*

IMPORTANT MEDICAL ANDgeSURGICAL
-
tPhil: hed, by U. BalMere, 219, Ret street London.
n, WORKS,
Ut
No I.
Second Edition, with Additions,
Bvo., in cloth, price 155.,
ERMA
TORRHCEA ;
ON TRUE & FALSE SP
by post free, ss. 6d.,
la relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from With the View to the Correction of wide-spreadiutyEon'ef
trio,
klenerative System, or Sexual Ilypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.
"Dr. Plekfor,l is known to English readots by
is the first
cal contributions to German medical literature. This,,
time, he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the no
if he shall
his frequent practi-
cal
eal reader. We trust this may not be the last, -
be in. his
fieteet any other equally flagrant evil which it may
~ a .
l'ower to correct.”—London Medical Gazette, May 30, t.',".
" The dlst editor has conferred a great boon on the sufferers from tans
theressing malady by translating this little book, and by laying bar°
e scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to
a diseas,) of which they know nothing, with no other object
than to
.„_, fin their own purses. The difference between true Sperms-
'_uncea and the various forms of diseae which resemble it are
accurately described, and thus a safe guide is offered for the
'..._re.atinent of the malady "—Medical Circular, May e, 1852'
02 We have delayed so long upon the contents of the preliminary
4n Ater, that we have scarcely left ourselves space for any notice of
',2Feenbject specially treated of by Dr. Pickford ; but the moderate
,e'ar at which the ' brochure' is sold, places it within the reach of IKLYBV2a.e interested in the mattor."—Dubiln Medical Press, April

No. IT.
rgvo., in cloth, price Is. 6d., by post free,
TUE CITRE OF STRICTURE OF TRE URETHRA, so rnrci
Dies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even Its most Inveterate
and
aPDarently intractable Forms. To which is added, PRACTICAL
.„."'„,„StRVATIONS ON THE TREATMENT OF SPERMATOR it-
,,,sui. BY CAUTERIZATION; its Inefficiency and Danger.
BY F. B. COURTENAY,
•~
Member of the Royal corie,- 01 surgeons of England.
how- Those who complain most loudly are Close only who know not
to use the common instruments• .... The practice of sur-
s has been marled with all kinds of violence, an indifference
about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations
all the excesses and horrors of' surgery"—John liell's Surgical
Observations.—.. In proaf of his views he (Mr. Conrtenay) has
and
glVen the history' of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
as any Which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated.
Such are cases Ix., xi., iiand xviii. No, ix. had resisted, for a
period of twelve years, the and
by dilitation, and was 1ina1,,17,
raelMoved in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xis. appear, b°"l
darnel, seventy, and complic4tion of symptoms, of a more' ag.
graVated chtraeter than any detailed by M
mine
Tand yet, the
treattnent adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved e successful."
—AVM*. LUAU by tho Troatmeastg f fitricture.