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London, England, 1852-09-14 00:00:00

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PUBLICATIONS.

WITH A MEMOIR BY THE HON. SIR T. N. TALFOURD.
Now tendy, in. 3 vols.,
ANNETTE; A TALE.
By W. F. DEACON.
With a Memoir of the Author,
BY Tit,: HON. SIR T. N. TALFOURD, D.C.L .
Colburn and Co., Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street.
.To be had at all the Libraries.

PROF' I: AND DISCOUNT TABLES,
In one Vo' tune, the 2d Edition, bound in Roan,

Price 3/. 6d., or 43 free by I'ost.
Showing the Prices at which Articles must be sold, to obtain
Profit at a certain Per Centage upon their Invoiced Cost. And
also, the Net Cost of Artie es. when Discoult3 are allowed on the
Invoiced Prints. Adapted kir the assistance of Traders in their
Purcha3es, Sales, and taking Stock. The calculations ars upon
prices from One Penny to Twen y Shillings, and at the rates from
One-and-a-Half per Cent. to Seventy-five per Cent.
To which is adeed Tables of • Foreign Weights, Measures, and
Monies, with their comparative va'ue in British Standard.
By CHARLEi 01)Y ROOK 4, Accourvant.
London : William Tegg and Co , 85, Queen-street, Cheapside.

TRADESMAN'S CALCULATOR.
In 1 vol., square, bound in cloth, Is. 6d.; free by post, 2a.,
CIHOWELL'S TItADESMAN'S CALCU-
LATOR, particularly adapted for Butchers, Grocers, and
other Provision Dealers, exhibiting at one view the prices of
Butchers' Meat, calculated by the stone of Blbs., and of any com-
modity from Ilb. to 9501b5. at prices ranging from One Penny to
Eleveupenco Three-farthings. Calculated by H. BRAGG.
A New Edition, re-edited and enlarged by C. 0. ROOK, Ac-
countant, Author of the Profit and Discount Tables.
London : William Tegg and Co., 85, Queen-street, Cheapside.

ICREMORNE GARDENS.
VV On the Banks of the Thames, King's-road, Chelsea.
Waterside Entrance close to Battersea-bridge Pier.
Fare by Steam-boat from London-bridle or any of the interme-
diate Bridges or Wharf Piers, 3d. Strangers should request to be
landed at Battersea bridge frr Cremorne. Fare by Omnibus from
Charing-cross, 3d.; from the City and remotest parts of the East-
end, 6d.
Proprietor, Mr. T. B. SIMPSON.
The Pyrotechnic Displays by the Chevalier Mortram.
The Last Week of Louis Soullier's Cirque Oriental.
A new Grand Spanish Comic Ballet, entitled Le Barbier de Cadiz,
every Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock.
Saturday, Grand Globe and Wheel Ascents, by Herr Franz de Bach,
on a Narrow Platform, 160 feet long.
THIS DAY, repetition of the Gala for the Benefit of Mr. R. Par-
tridge, Treasurer, on which day, on account of the bad weather on
the 7th, all the Tickets bearing that date will be admitted.
THIS DAY, Signor Devani, the celebrated Ouraug-Outang Con-
tortionist.
An uninterrupted succession of Entertainments from Three o'clock
until near Midnight, including
Every evening, at a Quarter to Nine o'clock, in the newly-decorated
Pavilion, in addition to the following attractions, Louis Soullier's
Cirque Oriental, and the best Equestrians of the age. For particu-
lars, see Special Bills.
Principal Artistes:—Messrs. M'Cullom, Albert de Bach, Franz de
Bach, Jean de Bach, Devani, Mackney, Victor Soullier, Kemp, Leon
Soullier. Signor Vilderini ; Ma,dlles. Clementine and Olga Soullier.
Admission to the Circus from the Gardens :—Promenade, Pit, and
Boxes, is.; Amphitheatre, 6d.
Open at Three o'clock.
Admission, Is. ; Children, Half-price.
On Sundays, after Four o'clock, by Refreshment Card, price 6d.
Table d'Hote at Six o'clock., 2s. 6d.
Private Room for Dinners and Coffee.
On Thursday, Sopt. 23 (instead of his annual dinner) a Grand
Bal masque, for the Benefit of Mr. T. B. Simpson.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION TO THE WEST OF ENGLAND.
On 1110 N DAY, 20th September, au Excursion Train will leave
Paddington at 8.15 A.M. for Plymouth, calling at Weston-super-
Mare, gridgewater, Taunton, Tiverton Road, Exeter, Starcross,
Dawlish, Teignmouth, Torquay, Totnes, and Plymouth, and will
return from Plymouth at 8.15 J.M. on Saturday, 25th September,
calling at the same stations.
Fares there and back :
First Class. Closed Carriages.
Weston-super• Mare or Bridgeivater .. 255. • • 133.
Taunton or Tiverton Road .. .. 28s. .• 15s.
Exeter .. 16s.
Starcross, Dawlish, or Teignmouth .. 325. • • 17s.
Torquay orTotness • • .. .. 335. •• 18s.
Plymouth .. 20s.
The Excursion Tickets are not transferable, and are only available
for the Excursion Trains. Tickets may be obtained previously at
37, King-street, Chcapside ; 269, Strand ; and at the Paddington
Station.
N.B. The times of stopping at the different stations. and other
particulars, will be given in handbills, which may be had at the
above-named places, or at any of the offices of the Company.

IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES OFFERED
TO ALL CLASSES.—LIFE ASSURANCE.
At the present time, when so many newly-created Insurance
Offices are advertising peculiar advantages, the importance of
assuring in an office well established must be obvious ; and the
Directors of the PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION feel con-
fidence in calling the attention of the public to their Institution,
which was formed in 1840, under the patronage of the Bank of
England and the principal merchants and bankers of London and
the provinces. and which offers the following peculiar advantages :-
1. Being enrolled UNDER THE FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' ACTS, the
sum assured can be secured to the WIDOW, WIDOWER, Or CHILDREN
without payment of PROBATE and LEGACY DUTY, or the risk of loss
by unfortunate circumstances, or the reverses of trade.
2. The mutual principle of assurance and division of profits every
five years, assurers of three years partici; ating.
3. An invested capital and a large annual income, offering a perfect
guarantee.
4. Claims paid immediately under discount, and all policies indis-
putable, except in case of ab,o ute fraud.
5. Loans on the security of tolicies of assurance.

6. Policies can be assigned, and the assignments registered.
To Clerks in particular this Assoc'ation, from its Benevolent Fund
attached. with an invested capital, offers 1:a milts combined with
Life Assurance which no other office in the kingdom Cali present, as
will be seen on reference to the prospectuses, which can tie obtained
at the office in Lorin:in, or trom the numerous agents in the
provinces.

Y BYRNE, Secretary.
By orderp oHLthlpe Bllozarsdh
42, Moorgate-street, Aug. 4, 1852.

H I V A
Y.
C " The sge of Chivalry is gon', and that of Economists and
Caiculators has succeeded." The glory of the age ot chivalry con-
sisted in the attire ot the knight being suitable for his sporting or
military avocations ; the age ot chive, y is therefore restored by the
designs in costume, introduced and perfected by E. MOSES and
SON. htylish fit, comfort in wear, novelty in materials, and splen-
deur in finish are some of the features of E. MOSES and SON'S
Sporting Dress.
As Economists, they have reduced the price to the most reasonable
scale, and as Calculators, have attained the most desirable elevation
from which they supply magnificent Dress to Ladies, Gentlemen, or
Mechanics. Coats, light and waterproof, gems of modern art, useful
but not cumbersome, agreeable wear in shower or sunshine, these
Coats are enclosed in a neat case, or may be put into the pocket of
an ordinary Dress Coat ; these are introductory to hundreds of new
styles to be presented by E. MOSES and SON for Autumn
WHO SHOULD EMIGRATE, AND WHO SHOULD OUTFIT?
The capitalist, the industrious, the agriculturalist, the mechanic,
in fact every man who deserves to participate in wealth and possess
property, but labour must premed enjoyment, the journey must go
before the possession, and such articles as are needed for both are
called an Outfit. E. MOSES and SON name a few of their qualifi-
cations, and let the Emigrant judge "who should Outfit."
They have an immense wholesale department, where capitalists
may make the most eligible investments, and where Goods suitable
for Australia, or any other country may be procured at such prices
as will afford the amplest profit on every purchase. From this de-
partment families emigrating will derive the highest advantages.
They keep a stock ot Hosiery, Boots, and shoes, &c., for the
" Diggings," and Dress of every description expressly prepared
with the most accurate acquaintance with any voyage or climate,
on this the Emigrant may implicitly depend.
Many years experience in Outfitting on the lirgest scale has put
them in possession of an exclusive power in procuring, manatee_
facturing, and arranging Outfits, to which they appropriate a sepa-
rate department in their gigantic establishment, where every Emi-
grant at once sees the purposes they are intending to serve. " Who
then can Outfit" like E. MOSES and SON.
Full Lists of Outfits, and all information relative to sailing of
vessels and cost of psssage may be had on application, or post free
to any part of the kingdom.
SPECIAL NOTICE, the Establishments will be closed on TUES-
DAY and WEDNESDAY next, September 14 and 15, resuming
business on THURSDAY morning, September 16, at Seven o'clock.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of " Being conne,ted 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 have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City .r.:ataolistiment, 154, 155, 156, anu tsi, alanories, 83,
44, 85, and 86, Aldgato, opposite the Church, all communicating
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 50a, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19, Bridge-street.

Sheffield Branch, 86, Fargate.
Merchant Tailors Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Farriers, Boot
and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to magi on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till Twelve o'clock.
A new Book, entitled " Che Library of Elegance," containing a
foil list of prices, and directions for self-measurement, can be had,
gratis, on application, or forwarded, post-free, to any part of the
aingdom.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis,
on application.

Ic il'on pule Francais. 1 Qui si parla Italian°.
Hier spricht man Deutsch. 1 Aqua se Babia Espanol.

ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
WITH FIFTY COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.

In French, English, German, Dntch, Spanish, and Italian, in a
Sealed Envelope, 2s. 6d., or post-free, for Forty-two Stamps,

SELF-PRESERVATION; an
Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions of
Marriage, in all the bearings in which that important subject affects
followed by prac-
tical the health and hapPlne.s of Man, with its Disqualifications and Impe-
diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary habits,
youthful excess, tropical etimates, or close study ;
remarks, founded on twenty years' experi-nce in the treatment
of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, permatorrho3a,
Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il-
lustrated by 50 coloured Encravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro-
ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'MEItT, M.D.,
V, 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, &c., &e.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful
consequences resulting from irregularities
de and excesses, wh
Mich
have produced more misery in Youth, gradation in an-
hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhaps, any
other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The treatment
adopted is founded on experience gained in the most celebrated
schools of medicine both in this country and in continental Europe.
The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condensed under
the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few
legally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un-
divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short,
every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental
to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and
ultimate cure are described in . detail. The professional reputation
of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical
and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself a sufficient
will, in every instance., meet may place
themselves
guarantee that those who
delicate
consiunderconsideration
hisuo n
care
and
inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these
cases. .

Published by the Author, and may be had of J. Gilbert, 49, Pater-
nester-row ; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; Starie, Titchborne-street,
Haymarket ; Mann, 23, Cornhill ; or free by post for forty-two
stamps, from the author, who may be consulted personally, or by
lotto; daily, 119 m Ten till Two. an trout Biz till Eight.

THE UPPER INDIA RAILWAY
COMPANY.
TEMPORARY OFFICES, 6, ADAMS-COURT, OLD BROAD-
, STREET.
(Provisionally Registered.)

To be Incorporated by Royal Charter or Act of Parliament, limiting
' the liability of the t,hareholuers to the amount of their Shares,

Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 shares of 20/. each, with power o 1
increase.
Deposit, Two Sh,llings per Share.
CHAIRMAN.

Sir John Campbell, K.C.H., H.E.i.c.S., 10, Harley street, Cavan.
dish-square.
DIRECTORS.

W. P. Andrew, Esq., H.E.T.C.S., Hogarth House, Chiswick.
George Lathom Browne, Esq , Torrington-, quaro.
Major Griasfur, Bengal Engineers, late Ekccutivo Engineer, Fur.
ruckabad and Betielly
Captain the Hon. G.,F. Hotham, 11. N., Director of the Brightor
Railway Company.
Will:am Lowndes, Esq., Lowndes•square and the Bury, Chesham,
Wadham Locke Sutton, Esq., Hamilton•terrace, St. John's. wood.
Thomas Williams, EF.q., Director of the Great Western R:tilway.
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGING DIRECTOR.
W. P. Andrew, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
Messrs. Bouverle, Murdoch, and CO.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Hodgson,'Concanen, and Noyes, No. 5, Lincoln's Inn-fields,
Messrs. Sutton, Ommanney, and Prudence, Basinghall-street.

BROKERS.
Messrs. It. and J. Sutton, Royal Exchange.
This Company is established to introduce Railways into Upper
India. The First Section, abOut 130 miles in length, commencing
at Allahabad, at the confluence of the Ganges and Jamna, will
terminate at Cawnpore. The future Sections will carry on the Line
to Agra, Delhi, Lahore, and the Indus.

Allahabad is an ancient and Rdpulous city, of great fame and im-
portance in the East. Crowds of Pilgrims resort to its sacred
shrines and temples—it is thd entrepOt frit the traffic by the Steamers
and the larger Country Craft—and is one' of the principal Civil and
Military Stations. Cawnpoi* is the largest Military Station in India.
There is, both by Steamere.ani Country Craft, a continuous per-
ma.nent water communication between Calcutta and Allahabad.
The yearly tonnage of the Lower Ganges is 1,500,060, by the Country
Craft alone. The number of Passengers is also very great. Deep
water ceases at Allahabad, and, consequently, it is at this important
city that the real difficulty and expense of transit begin. The sand-
banks of the Upper Ganges, and the sharp ledges of rock of the
Jumna, rc ndering the navigation by even the smaller Country Craft
slow and precarious.
The insurance of merchandise and property from Agra to Allaha-
bad by the river route, in consequence of the danger and dint:Lilly of
the navigation, is as high as from Calcutta to England, the distance
in the one case being 300, in the latter 15,000 miles.
Above Allahabad, notwithstanding the detective river navigation,
and the -rude and expensive laud carriage, which costs from 4d. to
Bd, per ton per mile, moving at the slow rate of ten miles in twenty-
four ~ours, there is an officially ascertained traffic of above 1;000,000
tons, and a land passenger traffic by various conveyances exceeding
100,000 per annum, besides passengers by boats, and about 300,000
travellers on foot.

Having a great and navigaVe river connecting Calcutta and Alla-
habad, a Railroad would, by beginning at the latter city, and pro-
ceeding by Agra and Delhi to Lahore, establish a steam communica.
ton from Calcutta through the fertile and populous Dooab in the
North-West Provinces, " oecupying the great line of Indian traffic
with Central and Upper As.a." This is the great line of Military as
well as Commercial intercourse, more than three-fourths of the
Bengal Army being cantoned above Allahabad, and almost all emer-
gent movements of troops and stores taking place to the north-west,
or in advance of that town.
One of the Directors of this Company, so fax back as 1846, in a
work of his on Indian Railways,* stated that he had seen " no large
portion of territory present the like facilities for the introduction of a
Railway, as from Allahabad to Delhi."
" This line would have no rival, for the river Steamers, instead of
competing with it, would form a powerful basis, and keep up a con-
tinuous communication between the Railway and Calcutta, and
our great Military Stations and Magazines at Allahabad, Cawn-
pore, Agra, and Delhi, would all be in close communication with
each other, and, by means of the steamers, have a free and rapid
access to Calcutta."
Subsequently, the Indian Railway Commission confirmed, from
actual survey, the accuracy of this opinion ; and still more recently,
Major J. P. Kennedy, late Director of the Railway Department to
the Government of India, in his report to the Marquis of Dalhousie,
Governor-General, expressed himself as follows :—" Between Alla-
habad and Delhi there is no engineering question of difficulty what-
ever, as the beautiful fiat bed (extending ter several hundred miles in
the direction of the Line, in the Dooab between the rivers Ganges
and Jumna), with its numerous commercial towns, offers, perhaps,
the most singularly inviting district for laying down a railway that
can be found in the world; free as it is from inundation, from hills,
from river-crossings, and road-crossings, in short, from any impedi-
ment, and almost every ordinary source of expenditure in railway
construction." Slight as the whole amount of labour is that would be
required to carry a single line of railroad from Allahabad to Lahore
and the Indus, it is the intention of this Company to proceed in a gra-
dual manner, opening short sections, having an important town at
either terminus.
The route consists of component parts, each complete in itself, pos-
sessing a local as well as a thorough traffic.
The present capital of the Company has been fixed at a sum which
will leave a sufficient margin for future contingencies, and the capi-
tal for future sections will be rained from time to time as may be
necessary.
From the paramount importance of this Railway to the good
government and prosperity of India, the Directors have every hope
of obtaining from the Hon. East India Company the same terms and
conditions as have been already accorded to similar undertakings,
the existing traffic securing a return on the capital invested far be-
yond tile amount of any guarantee that could be required.
The Directors are hereby empowered to treat for and make such
arrangements with the Court of Directors and the Board of Control
as to them may seem beneficial to the Company, as well for securing
a guaranteed dividend from the East India Company, as in regard to
territorial concessions.

The Deposit to be paid on the allotment of Shares will be Two
Shillings per Share, being after the rate of Ten Shillings per cent.,
the amount prescribed by the Act 7 and 8 Yid., c. 110.
. _ _

A Deed embodying the Provisions required by that Act, and such
as the Directors may consider proper for the regulation of the Com-
pany, and for carrying out the objects in view, will be prepared ;
and if any Shareholder should fail to execute the same for One
Month after the publication of a notice in the " Times" newspaper,
calling on the Proprietors so to do, his Shares, with the Deposits
paid thereon, will become forfeited to the use of the Compnny.
Application will be mace for a Charter of Incorporation or an Act
of Parliament, limiting the liability of the Shareholders to the
amount of their Subscriptions.
Applications for Pro pectuses and Shares may be made to the
Brokers of the Company, Messrs. It. and J. Sutton, Stockbrokers,
Royal Exchange, in the form annexed, on or before the 16th ins .

* "Indian Hallways." By an Old Indian Postmaster.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Upper India Railway Company.
I request you *ill allot to me Shares in the capital of the
above-m.med Company, and I hereby engage to accept the same, or
Any less number, on the terms of the prospectus, and to pay the
amount thereof, and sign the Deed of Incorporation as and when
required by the Directors, and subject to their rules and regulations.
Neme (in full)
Occupation • . •
.......
Address •• •• .
Referee. .. •

SOUTII-EASTERN RAILWAY
At the THIRTY-SECOND HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
DIEizTING, and at the SPECIAL GENERAL vsEETING, of the
SOI7IH-EaST.ERN RAILWAY COMP ANY, held at the Bridge
House Hotel, London•bridge, on Thursday, the 9th day of Septem-
ber, 1852,
JAMES MACGREGOR, Esq., M.P. Chairman, in the Chair,
The advertisements convening the meetings were read, and the
following resolutions were passed .-
1. That the Report of the Directors, and statement of accounts, as
now real at this meeting, be received and adopted,
2. That a dividend (less income-tax) for the half-year ending on
the 31st of July last at the rate of 7s. 6,1. per 301. stock, be now
declared on the Consolidated Stock of this Company, and be made
payable on the 13th inst.
3. That, with the view of determining the amount at which the
capital expenditure will cease, the directors be requested to submit
to the proprietors, at their next half-yearly meeting, a detailed esti-
mate of the amount required to complete the lines arid works of the
South-Eastern Railway Company ; also a statement of the entire
debts and liabilities of the Company, and of its property and assets
with the half-yearly accounts.
4. That the declarations of forfeiture2ltB btoy t12t1:525e0v,e5r6a,12r9e7,8:175u171601:04s
ttooof
:53-toTiB2l4t6h7e,
the Board of Directors of the 22d day of Aptil last, so far as any
such forfeiture, or any such declattolon6s72h6e4r,eo6fBiBrell3att:s.
6t08,t8h2e7,f06119:77-
, 91,340 to
73,073881;3078,726,620,
67:30,78029.6t105,
nsBh7g,a6re7ehBBa,
numbered
therebyB3 toss,declared
to, forfeited,
657,772343b78,e0,68815,25, 871 t orlBBla, n2t6y040,:18:11h,84e
78,728,
tt o. 69,786,
71,519, 7701,
,478518,
t700,67711,78t70
87947383
to 81,478,
87947485,,
8801:878785,to818,07,17699t,
84,448
92,841 to 92,852, 96,953 to 96,958
91,38449,4,5921,,38951,4t0049r,4,835,,4,018,8,
88,6,752, 86,755 to 86,789
97,463 to 97,477, 98,156 to 98,162, 101,676 to 101,685, 101,823
to 101,842, 104,737 to 104,743, 105,592 to 105,594, 105,889 to
105,891, 105,912 to 105,919, 107,111 to 107,126, 107,547 to 107,576,
107,782 to 107,831, 109,327 to 109,336, 110,177 to 110,240, 110.624
to 110,628, 114,156 to 114,490, 116,380 to 116,384, 116,495 to 11.6497,
116,796 to 116,7149, 117,162 to 117,171, 117,681 to 117,685, 118,376
to 118,385, 118,535 to 118,612, 118,786 to 118,790, 119,566 to
119,574, 120,025 to 120,029, 120,040 to 120,044, 120,648 to 120,,,69,
121,586 to 121,600, 122,570, 122 962 to 122,964, 123,114 to 123,116,
123,268 to 123,277, 124,325 to 124,342, 124,855 to 124,856, 125,216 to
125,24 , 125,489 to 125,491, 126,715, 131,561 to 131,575, 132,331 to
13;343, 133,680 to 133,682, 136,118 to 136,122, 136,817 to 136,841,
136,972 to 116,991, 137,576 to 137,585, 139.376 10 139,387, 141,033 to
141,043, 141,149 to 141,166, 141,192 to 141.203, 142,013 to 142,017,
144,766 to 144,774, 147,132 to 147.256, 150,741 to 150,817, 151,b85 to
157,087, 151,779 to 151,781, 151,838 to 151.842, 152,172 to 152,177,
153,326 to 153,327, 153,575 to 153,588, 154,814 to 154,818, 154,975 to
154,984, 157,133 to 157,138, 157,251, 157,282 to 157,297, 157,362 to
157,363, 157,367 to 157,370-be, and the same are hereby respec-
tively confirmed.
5. That the Directors be, and they are hereby ordered and di-
rected to dispose of all the shares declared to be forfeited, and as to
which the declarations of forfeiture have been confirmed at and by
this meeting in manner directed by the Act of Parliament, made
and passed in the sixth year of the re'gn of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for making a Railway from
the London and Croydon Railway to Dover, to be called the South-
Eastern Railway." .
6. That this meeting, approves the views of the Directors as ex-
preved in their letter to Lord Sondes of the 2d of September instant
with retard to a proposed extension of the North Kent Railway
from Strood to Chilham, and that the Directors be instructed to take
such future steps in relation to that extension as they may deem
Most conducive to the best interests of the Company.
7. That the Directors be, and they are hereby authorized to bor-
row• at interest, on mortgage of this undertaking, any further sum
of money not•exceediug 180,0001.
8. That the Directors be instructed to give notice to the Canter-
bury and Whitstable Railway Company, of the South-Eastern Com-
pany's intention to exercise the option given to them to purchase
the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway Harbour and Works on the
terms agreed on between the two companies.
9. That the Directors be authorised to negotiate terms with the
South-Lastern and Continental Steam Packet Company for the
purchase of that company's steamboats ; such terms to be submitted
to a future meeting of this Company for their consideration ; and
that a committee of five proprietors, who are not proprietors in the
Geor
Steamboat Company, be associated with the Directors to consider
and report on the terms that may be sopropoeed.
10. That the following proprietors do constitute such committee
-Coles Child, Esq., James Ivyleafe, Esq., ge Smith, Esq., R.
A. Gray, Esq , R. S. Wilkinson. Esq.
11. That Thomas Browne, Esq., who vacated his ogles of Auditor
for the office) be re-elected an Auditor 01 the Company.,
of this Company by becoming disqualified (but is now again qualified
12. That the consideration of the question of converting the mort-
gage debts of the Company into preferential stock be adjourned.
JAMES MACGREGOR, Chairman.
The Chairman having left the chair, it was resolved :
13. That the best thanks of the meeting be presented to him for
his conduct in ,he chair.
14. That the beat thanks of this meeting be and are hereby given
to the Secretary and other officers of this Company for their zeal,
attention, and efficiency in the discharge of the duties of their re-
spective offices. G. S. HERBERT, Secretary.

CCHIRI QU I ROAD COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, (in pursuance of the statute passed
in the first year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria,
intituled " An Act for better enabling her Majesty to confer certain
powers and immunities on trading and other companies") that AP-
PLICATION has been made to her Majesty in Council, to grant
a Charter of Incorporation for incorporating the above Company
under the name of " THE CHIRIQUI-ROAD COMPANY," for the
purpose of constructing a Plank Road across the Province of Chi-
riqui, situated in Terra Firma Proper, in the Republic of New
Granada, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and to carry
on the business and matters connected therewith: and that such
application has been referred by her Majesty to the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations.

Dated this 14th day of September, 1852.
JOHN OWENS, Solicitor,
4, Princes-street, Bank, London.

CURIOUS, but TRUE.—AL gentleman was
recently thrown from his carriage and run over, but not at
all hurt; a dog fell from a phaeton, the wheels went over his
head, but he was uninjured. In each case the carriage was fitted
with the PATENT NOISELESS wIIE,ELS. These facts can be
attested, and testimonials, from noblemen and gentlemen, of their
and saving in horses' labour, 'nay ba seen at: the
Cavendish-Kure.
esocmoncoe,
m6y3;ls7ay,
m er-street,

THE ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, and AUSTRA-
LIAN CHARTERED BANK.
To he Inedrporated'by Rdyal Charter with limited liability.
Capital 500,0001. sterling, in 25,000 Shares of 201. each, with power
to increase to 1,C00,000/. Deposit 41. per Share.
DIRECTORS.
Wm. Ormsby Gore, Esq., M.P., Director of the London Joint Stock
Bank. •
James Alexitnder, Esq., (firm of Redfern and Alexander, Australian
Merchantif)
Philip F. Blsvth, Esq. (firm of ]llyth Brothers, and Co.)
Andrew Oaldecott, Esq. (firm of Caldecott, Sons, and Willcocks)
Charles Johnston, Esq., Chairman of the East London Water Works
Company
Thos. Wm. Laroche, Esq. (firm of Ralph Fenwick, Son, and Laroche,
Australian Merchants)
John Mastermanjun., Esq., London, Ranker
Ambrose Moore, Est., Director of the London Joint Stnk Bank
John Sanderson Rigge, Esq. (firm of Sanderson, Fry, Fox, and Co.,
Merchants).

With power to add to their number.
Messrs. Mastermati, 13,tere
BANKERS IN LONDON.
, and Co.
The London Joint Stock • ank.
BANKERS IN SCOTLAND.
The British Linen Company.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hughes, Kearsey, and Co., London.
Messrs. Hunter, Blair. and Cowan, w.s
•, Edinburgh.
OFFICIAL AUDITOR,
J: Coleman, Esq.
• • BROKERS,
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, London.
Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, London.
Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, Edinburgh.
SECRETARY (Pao TRW.)
„John -Wilaoa Pillans, Esq.
The vast tide of emigration which has recently flowed from Eng-
land and Scotland into the Australian colonies, composed of indi-
viduals possessing in the aggregate a large amount of capital ; the
recent discoveries of their great mineral wealth, and the increase of
their agricultural and commercial resources, render the extension of
sound Banking Establishments, wider cautious management, a sub-
ject of the greatest importance to ffieftiture welfare of those valuable
and rising colonies.
The English, Scottish, and Jarman Chartered Bank has been
formed for the purpose of establishing banks of sand deposit in
the principal towns of Australia; for conducting exchange opera-
tions ; for making advances upon bullion, gold dust, and other un-
doubted. securities ; for granting letters of credit upon the different
establishments of the company, and for the transaction of all other
usual banking business in the colonies.
The Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that they have
secured the es-operation of several influential parties in Scotland,
with a view to place the business of the company upon an extended
basis.
It is intended that the management of the company's affairs shall
be vested in a London Board, and. that the Branch Establishments
in h
qualified managers,
byproperly
of
a Colonial Inspector will
assisted e coloniesb y
Local shallß Boards..
s. conductedhe
selection
receive the most 'careful attention of the Directors.
The Intercourse between Great Britain and Australia has now be-
come certain and regular, by the establishment of direct steam com-
munication with that country, and the Directors in London will thus
be enabled to exercise an efficient control over the local managers of
the branches to be established in Australia.
The high ra:e of interest obtainable in Australia for advances on
good security, promises a profitable employment for the capital of
the Company whilst the impulse given to commercial undertakings
by the recent gold discoveries, will secure an ample return upon the
various branches of business to be carried on by the Company at its
Local Establishments.
• The great field open for this Company's operations may be under-
stood from the fact, that there are only two establishments in
England at present employed in conducting banking affairs with
the important colonies of Victoria and New South Wales, and these
are eminently successful, and are realising large profits for the share-
holders.
It appears from the last printed half-yearly report of the Bank of
' New South Wales, dated 21st April, 1852, that the following results
have been realised by that well-conducted establishment.
Ihe Directors state that the profit and loss account will enable
them to declare, not only the usual dividend, at the rate of 10 per
cent, per annum, but an extra dividend, at the rats of 10 per cent.
for the half year, to be applied in aid of the extension of the capital.
In addition to the above the Directors state that they have set
apart 5,0001. to defray the cost of freight and insurance on the ship-
ment of coin from England; that they have Passel 2,4951. 14s. sd.
to the augmentation of the reserved fund; and have carried the
whole of the present office furniture account, and the balance of pre-
liminary expenses to profit and loss aceount ; and, after all these ap-
propriations, it appears from the report that the sum of 1,7381.75. 7d.
remained to be carried forward to a new account for equalising fu-
ture dividends.
The Directors allude to the unparalleled circumstances in which
the Branch Bank, at Melbourne, has been placed by the gold dis-
coveries in the sister colony, and they recommend the creation of
2,500 new shares, of 201. each, for the increase of their capital. They
add that their stock of coin (notwithstanding the great extension of
their exchange business, involving a consider.-.ble accumulation of
funds in England), amounted to the large sum of 230,470/. 12s. 6d.,
being more than one-fourth of the whole amount held in the colonies
of New South Wales and Victoria. The Directors state in the report
that having in view the great change in their financial affairs then
in pro ress, and the duty it appeared to impose upon them of bring-
ing all the resources of the Bank within their immediate control,
they had ordered the shipment to Sydney of upwards of a quarter of
a million staling from this country.
Application has been made for a Royal Charter of Incorporation
to limit the liability of the Shareholders in the English, Scottish, and
Australian Chartered Bank, and the operations of the Company
will be commenced immediately on the charter being obtained. If
the charter he not granted, the deposits will be returned to the sub-
scrihers in full.
Power will be taken by the deed of settlement to be executed in
compliance with the terms of the charter to increase the capital of
the Company to 1,000.0001. ; and, it the capital he increased, the new
shares to b created will be offered, in the first instance, to the
existing Shareholders, and to such Influential parties in the colonies
as may be likely to extend the business of the Bank.
It is considered that the deposit of 41 per share will enable the
Directors to cofnmence operations in an efficient manner, and on a
scale commensurate with the importance of the undertaking. An
interval of at least three months will intervene between all future
calls, none of which, it is expected, will exceed 21. per share.
Application for Shares may be made, in the form annexed, to the
Secretary (pro tern.), at No. 4, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street,
London; to Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 39, Lothbury ;
to Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, No. 28, Threadqeedle-strect, Louden;_
or to Messrs. Allan and Dingo!), SCandrew-square, Edinburgh. -

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Directors of the English, Scottish, and Australian Chartered

Bank.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each
in the above undertaking, the whole of which, or any less number
that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to accept, and when re-
quired, to pay the deposit of 41. per share, and execute the Deed of
Settlement of the Company.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

Name
Address
Reference ...

ENGLISH, SCOTTISH,
CHARTERED BANK.
No Applications for Shares M this Company can be received after
SATURDAY neat, the 18th instant.
By order of the Board,
J. w• PILLA.NS, Secretary (Pro tem.)
4, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street,
Sept. 13, 1852. and AUSTRALIAN

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSUItANCE
Established
wblisateherdioboy-pAClacOctello:PpPAaauNr.lYmiant.mie,nttoinn 1834.
dO.
HONORAILY PaESIDENTS.
V,actaint Falkland
Lard Elvinstone
Lori
Tldlchevran• SE
enqt
.70 f
wiliiaßmelhcaavmeri atpbel

Earl of Cenrtown
Earl Leven and Melville
Earl of Norbury
Earl of Stair
Earl Somers

LONDON
CHARLES GRAHA
CHARLES DOWNES, ]
EL Blair Avarne, Esq.
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident
Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq.
William Fairlie, Esq.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq.

BOARD.
M, Esq., Chairman•
Esq., Deputy Chairman'
J. G. Henriques, Esq•
P. C. Maitland, ESQ
Thomson, Esq., Thomas ThorbY,
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
IrW.llElli.amThßomaisitn.'EEX.
St. James's.
PIITSICIAN.—Arthur H. Hassan, Esq., 8, Bennett-street,
sq.
The bonus
December, 1847, is as follows:
o7u3sE°axd.d—edF.toil.pTholi 1834, to the 31st
34, 4aBr,chß,erners-street.

Bum
PolieyinlB4l Polleyin
lsSsuared. 1848 at Death.
Sum addedto Sum addedto sum Payable
„ 0470 16 8
£5OOO 13 years 10 mths 4638 6 g £787 10
1157 10 0
Time Assured.
*lOOO 7 years •. •• 157 10 511 5 0
500 1 year 5
11 0

* ExAzipLE.—At the commencement
of the year f c which
thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Annual P.
tyment o
is 24/. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid i P 168/. lls. Bd. ; but
11 Pre insured (which
tasur
the profits being 2M per cent. per annum on the sum
added to the
is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0000, he tuvi 1571. 10s.
Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. le and
oderate sea ,
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on most In
the
h n the In-
only one-half need be paid for the first five years w e
1841 a person aged
durance is for Life.
the
Every Information will be afforded on application to
Director. Resident

N
ATIONAL ASSURANCE AND
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION,
7, St. London.
Th,. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square. ,
The investment of money wits this Association, equal
established in May, 1844, on a plan peculiar to itself, secures t
advantages and the providen
savants to the surplus capital of the affluent,
of the industrial classes of the community, and affords an
wh,ch was
deposited with the Association,
opportunityassse for realising the highest rate of interest yielded by first-
el
moneemities, in which alone the money is employed.
InnteerceastplotraiDsivtiodeent Dividend them pt 4as well
P from liabilities on account of life con
ny their capital free from deduction of any
the tingenc.es. as
the Life Depart-
ment, of management, which are borne by
t, in consideration of the business brought to it by investment
tr
. ansactious ; therefore, Depositors enjoy the entireprofitots yielded
for Investment, are
which no other Institution, either Private' holds forth, or
Can affo
_ rd, to its members. kind a dvantage
at the in January and July.
Capital Stock, £lOO,OOO.
and separate from the
Depositors' Stock in the Ingvestment Department. It constitutes,
_with the Premium Fund, a guarantee for the engagements of the
Association, and has been provided in order to render the security of
}Tead Departmentoaic
the Assured complete. -
i altop ayeatbhleerldailsrti-YuecatrlY'
Fall information and prospectuses In
LIFE DEPARTMENT'
This
System of Life Assurance, eh cable and important iro-
urance, with many va
provements,
ay be obtained, on application
r
to the respective Agents,
throughout eofemthberaAcesssocatactioomnp, roerhensive and well-regulated
ulthollt the United Kingdom.
PETER MORRIS
trade
Managing Director.
IT A
---* ..PPUnations for Agencies maY be made to the Managing
Director.

Richard Malin% Est;
• Campbell Renton Es
THE INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
COMPANY.
and NEGOTIABLE DOCU-
No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terraea.
SURA TRUSTEES.
X• C Richard Spootits• E*' M.P.
Middle and Industrious Classes.
_ The POLICIES are. INDISPUTABLE, in terms of the Deed of
a pIV of SELF-PRO TEC TING IN-
, Qq.c.,.m,p. I .Twaillinti3asmFusylliierbeMrfaordeoex,,
ET::
Bettlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered
CERTAIN
payable either at death or on at-
km FAMILY PROVISIONS.
NTS OF SECURITY.
This Company has introduced, as more peculiarly applicable to the
NCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium, are
combined an Insurance of a Sum
at-
taining
-i ,_ - a specified age, and a pension or annuity atter that age ; and
sZiug the lull benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, although
the payments should at any time be discontinued.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

31ETROP0LITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
No. 3, Princes street, Bank.
_ TT hh ee
due on the sth of October next, that the same must be PAID
Dpirreerßet:hrms heereerbey
pgievide nyoetiecrelyte, Members whose Premium.' fall
within Thirty days from that date
the sth et January sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the
Year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So.
ciety as members on the sth of October next, should appear or lodge
their proposals at the office on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the
whole of its Profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
or the whole term of life as Members of the Society.
cent.
For
I, the Year ending the sth of April, 1853, an abatement of 51 per
—as been declared on the PrOniums of all Members of Five
and
Years' standingupwards.
RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendent.
rrinos-street, Bank, Sept. 4, 1852,

GRAVESEND STAR PACKETS.
Fore Cabin. Saloon.
To or from Gravesend and L0nd0n.......... 10d. . Is. 2d.
„ Gravesend and Blackwall and Woolwich Bd. .... Os. 10d.
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. Os, Bd.
Na other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Partied Piers.
The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting).
FROM TERRACE PIER. GRAVESEND.

WEEK DAYS.
41.71,1DATe
I . i
r lit e. 5. ca Time. t •i :;.• k
ii, 1• ; :B.f; :
-g .: '....., 5 .4 f;
4- 42. 4 -5 t i
f 2, 4, . -.- li '-:, "8" .
3 ::. . a
-
x 1 0 • f,
.....___ ___,_ _ ______. ___!
..._
ti .7 7 I
____
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.8 8 ,34• i —_
_
.
11.4 '— 3
I%——— 5
354 —.— 6%
B—l I _

Direct Trains from the Boats marked t
Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all louts or ).ossdor
every quarter of an hoar.
FROM BIiONSWICIL WIIARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival tf
the following Trains from the Fenchurch•street rltatton.

WEEK DAYS. SUND A Y 8 .
Tlme . i' S 1 E it:
Time. o.-
z 8 S 8 1 -. ;,' 8 8 -g,
0 ' 8 04 8 g
____. - - ..... ....... ....... •IMIMMMO.,, •••,.... ...... .........,.,......
...........,
9 _
—— _ -
94 „--„,,,
109%
2%
44
4,5 w —6%
6% —'

bassages marxed • are run direct.

BOAT TICKETB.—Twelve Months, 51.08. ; 81x Months, 8..
Vireo Months, 21. Os.: to be had of the Collectors on boar,
packets; or Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
July 8, 1852.

OE .j
NI the

LATE FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.
The coroner's inquest concerning the frightful acci-
Jent on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Railway, terminated late on Saturday night, at which
time the cause of the calamity remained as great a mys-
tery as at the commencement of the inquiry. The lead-
ing facts may be briefly recapitulated. Last Wednesday
~.eening the Great Northern passenger train which leaves
Sheffield at 9.10 P.M. ran off the line, at a place which is
three-quarters of a mile short of Woodhouse junction,
and better than four miles from Sheffield. The line
curves at that point, and is upon a steep embankment
upwards of thirty feet high. When running at about
thirty miles an hour the train suddenly ran off the rails,
and the engine, rushing across the down rails, sped vio-
lently down the embankment on the opposite aide. The
rest of the train (two passenger carriages, two goods vans,
and a break) fell down the other embankment with a
fearful crash. The passengers escaped unhurt, but the
guard (Charles Tuckwood) was killed on the spot, and
the engine-driver (Samuel Wright) died on the following
day, after suffering the most frightful torture, his legs
having been almost roasted off by the engine fire, the
engine having fallen upon him.
The coroner's inquest was opened on Friday, and was
of more than ordinary interest, inasmuch as the cause
of the accident was altogether unaccounted for. It was
reported that the line was out of gusge, but the evi-
dence given below sets that question at rest. The most
important witness was William Leah, the stoker, who
said that all went on right till he observed some sparks
from the hindermost wheel on the right-hand side of
the engine. The next moment the train was off the
line. The road, he said, was very bad to travel over
between Sheffield and Retford, so bad that it made the
engine shake about terribly. The other evidence taken
on Friday did nut bear upon the cause of the accident.
On Saturday the accident was resumed.
Thomas Spriggs, a man who assisted after the acci-
dent, proved that the deceased engine driver told him
he was quite unable to account for the accident.
Alfred Wheeler and Mark Briggs, two miners who
live on the margin of the line, concurred in stating that
the train in question travelled on the night of the acci-
dent much faster than they had ever seen it.
The next point of the inquiry was as to the state of
the line and the engine before the accident.
Edward Kemp, a Great Northern guard, accustomed
to travel on this portion of the line, said he did not
consider the line between Sheffield•and Retford (a por-
tion of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
live) in good order : at all events not so good as the
Great Northern line. The trains were 'accustomed to
shake. A few hours before the accident, when accom-
panying the up-express train, his van sho k, and on
looking out of the window he saw that the inner rail
was crooked. On being asked by the coroner why he
did not report the circuenstance, he said it did not strike
him as sufficiently important.
Mr. G. Tuckwood, brother of the deceased, repeated
the ataannent which he made on Friday, t the effect
that he had heard Kemp ascribe the accident to the line
being out of gauge.
Richard ilesketh, an engine-driver, in the employ
of the Manchester, Stit'ffield, and Lincolnshire Railway,
stated that he drove over the line two hours before the
accident, and did not notice anything amiss with the
rails or anything else.
John Lytle, a plate-layer, said he examined that part
of the line in question twice on Wednesday (the day of
the accident), as usual, and found it iu good running
order.

Mr. G. Banick, superintendent of the permanent way,
saw on Tuekday that at that particular place the line was
all right. After the accident he found that eighty yards
of the up-rails had been torn up, and thirty yards of the
down line.

Mr. Richard Peacock, locomotive superintendent on
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway,
atter stating that be made an inspection in order to find
out the cause of the accident, said—There is nothing in
the evidence I have heard and the examination I have
made, to induce me to suppose that the accident was
caused by any improper condition of the line. If the
rails had been bent, as stated by Kemp, it would not have
caused the engine to run off the line; but I have no
reason to suppose that the engine did run off from any
defect in the road. From the appearance of the engine,
wheels, I think the hind pair of wheels got off the line
first, but I don't know the cause. I think the axle of the
tradiug-wheels of the engine (the hindermost wheels) was
strained slightly, and that that caused the accident. The
sparks spoken of by Leah might have been caused by
the springing of the frame of the engine in passing
round the curve, and thus bringing the wheels in con-
tact with a bolt bead, which he perceived projecting
from the side of the tank of the engine. It is not dan-
gerous to travel along that curve at thirty cr forty miles
an hour.

Mr. Sturrook, locomotive engineer of the Great Nor-
thern, said—l cannot satisfy myself as to the cause of
the accident; but I very much agree with Mr. Peacock,
as far as I can form an opinion.
After some unimportant evidence,
Tne CORONER summed up, and the jury consulted
with clotf.d doors about twenty minutes.
The Foreman then delivered the following verdict:—
" We are unanim,aply of opinion that the &ceased, Sa-
muel Wright and Charles Tuckwood, hove come by
their d• stilts in consequsnos of No. 12 Great Northern
train, with engine No. 29, running off the rails near
Woodhouse Junction, on the night of the Bth inst.; but
as to what caused the train to run off the rails no satis-
factory evidence has bi.en given to the jury."
The inquest ended about tight o'clock P.M.

[PRICE SD.

THE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE.

IToe work of reconstructing the Great Exhibition
1 building at Sydenham is now being pushed forward
1 with great vigour, and that spectacle of well-ape
plied labour which in Hyde park excited such un-
quslifl,d admiration is about to be successfully
rep,, , _ .ate. Already the rite has been cleared, the
d
foundations to a great e-xtent prepared, a vast mass
of materials colleted on the ground, end even the
plan of the sari, u,idizat gardens mod their Nobel-
li hments rcughly s'ru k out. Great li6 was the
speed with which the chi huihiirq was relreri, there
is every reason to believe that in this respect Lim
new will rival,
if it ti,,ps not eclip-f- i,. The credit
of OA. urvioti for punc udity no lw ,g,:qr af!ts as a eti.
.-
muftis on the contracfors, hut they Aid, no doubt,
show tharnsehres men of &eq. 'wort, and they have
not only the experience of the plrflriolle undertaking
to aid them, but they work to a great extt or
with the same hands, the same m*Nrials-, and t:,f,
same proportions. Tne very hell that summoned
the labourers to their work—the crane that '
lifted the heavi-r mail g,,, and the hydraulic press
that rested the girders in Hyde-park, are again at
their former uses. Huge piles of materials, arranged
so as to be moat available, are stacked in order alooK
the ,ground. There are long
w columns, reviving, by the paint upon them, recolh,c-
tions of Owen Jones's colouring. The doors through
which so vast a tide of humanity swept last summer
are deposited in a heap one above h
fresh service. One sees mountains of'Ega:oars,
window-framees panelling, Paxton gutters, railings,
bracings, girders, and other materials,
all bearing
the other, of
reedy pros
l"for
t e
about them the traces of their late use, and apparently
little deteriorated in condition thereby.
glass, There is
also an immense accumulation of gla stowed
away in a shed erected for the purpose, and the
percentage of that brittle material destroyed in the
transfer from Hyde-park is said to be remarkably
small. In laying the foundations the permanent
character of the new structure is shown by the
iucreased Size of them, but the old proportions
and the rule of having everything a multiple of
24 are preserved. It is this principle which renders
the details of construction in such undertakings so
simple and economical, and which now, fully recog-
nized as it is, promises to yield the grandest results
to the science of architecture. While the actual site

of the palace has thus been cleared and prepared for
the superstructure, and while vast accumulations of
materials have been made, the working drawings have
also been completed, or nearly so, and a few days
more will show the whole design growing to reality,
with a speed and certainty which the mechanical re-
sources of this country alone render prat icable. It
is a gratifying feature of the new undertaking that the
more immediate direction of the work is confided to
Mr. Henderson, whose ill health was so severely felt
by the firm of which he is a member during the
struggle to be ready for the opening of the Exhibi-
tion. Mr. Henderson's great energy and practical
skill admirably qualify him for the task on which
he has entered, and he has in Mr. Cochrane,
who occupied the same position in Hyde-park,
a most effective foreman. Of the building which
they are about to raise, the main features are
sufficiently well known to justify a natural anxiety
in the public mind for its successful compietion.
There cannot be a doubt that the new Crystal Palace
will be a far more splendid edifice than the old,
though the wonder which the novelty of the latter
inspired may somewhat blunt our appreciation. The
site is magnificent, and commands a glorious pro-
spect, in which London, wiih her far extending
suburbs and her population of 2,000,000, forms but a
section of the view. Looking south-east even now,
the eye is carried over a smiling and variegated land-
scape without obstructien, as tar as its powers can
reach; but no concep ion can at present be formed of
the circuit visible from an additional elevation of 200
feet, and embracing within its ample verge, not only
the panorama of the metropolis, and the course of our
greatest river to the sea, but the Surrey hills, abound-
ing in natural beauty, and the rich lands of Kent, the
garden of England. Then it must be remembered
that the Palace itself will be not the least remark-
able feature of the scene, shining on its elevated
site, and made resplendent by having the sky as its
background, Crowning the ridge, it will be
conspicuous for many a mile, its towers, arched
transepts, and nave, finely breaking up and diver-
sirying its enormous dimensions. The monotonous
effect ot the old building will be completely re-
moved, and it will rise into the air a noble temple,
dedicated to the innocent recreation of the people.
The grounds of Penge-park, which it immediately
overlooks, are nicely undulated, and the frontage,
which has a south-eastern exposure from the way in
which the land drops, will be elevated and command
ing. An open colonnade on this side will run along
the whole length of the !structure, and the arches of
the three transepts, recessed to a depth of 24 feet, will,
horn their great height and the effect ot shadow. he
singularly imposing. That in the centre will be 200
feet high, and it has just been proposed by Mr. Barry
to surmount the whole with three vast domes, the
loftiest rising 400 feet from the base. The work of
decoration has been commenced externally, the main
avenue, the spaces for some of the fountains, and the
line of terraces being roughly indicated. The
genius of Paxton will soon bring this part of the
undertaking into shape and consistency. Penge-
park is remarkably well adapted for the operations
contemplated, and there are some fine specimens
of timber already on the ground, which will
no doubt be turned to good and telling account.
Among the more striking features of this portion of
the works is a lofty tower with a tank at the top 50
feet square, which it is proposed to construct for the
supply of the fountains, and which is to be so ar-
ranged that it can itself be converted into an immense
cascade. Of the internal decorations and other points
comprised in the company's scheme it would be pre-
mature yet to say much, for, though the plans con-
nected with them have been so far matured, they will
probably undergo extensive modifications, as circum-
stances may dictate. Each department has been en-
trusted to the ablest men that could be found to take
charge of it, and they are all now busily ergeged in
forming their several collections. Owen Jones and
Digby Wyatt are scouring the continent for the
materials of artistic embellishment and decoration ;
Professor Ansted is getting together a great series
of geological illustrations ; the section of natural
history is intrusted to the joint care of Professor
Edward Forbes, Mr. Waterhouse, and Mr. Gould,
assisted by Mr. Thompson, of King's College. Dr.
Latham has undertaken the ethnological department,
and the winter garden is, of course, the ap..-vial
object of Sir Joseph Paxton's solicitude, who will,
doubt, do everything that a knight can tono
bringe
within down into the 19th century, and
a few
minutes' drive of London, the tabled
Hesperides, without the dragon. Th!ardens of the
Hesperides,l
made to the company's staff', and
Belshaw, that most successful, activae,
valuable for them, as a cominerei I
perhaps
the m oat
batoiddy,obialigMinrg.
since their commencement in superintendent of the working
will Sll his old position in thne Ntheiaw Crystal details of exhibithinit:
country.
F.
and exhibitors occupying apace there will be under
his special care. The applicationsthis kind are
already coming in fast, tlou arentofwili
bts charged,
and it is expected that thisgwill eventually turn out
Palace,
a considerable so viewed 88 a
source of revenue. Coin-
whole, the undertaking of the Crystal Palo°
pany ,
.5 one which manifestly deserves to be re:
avonr, and
ceived by the public with the greatest f
wish to see
which every philanthropic mind slrestat ge in their
successful. Yet, at this critics
carefully in
operations, the directors should
perience of the Great
mind certain points which thebieeh: if not held stead-
Exhibition suggests, and
awgood and nobly. intended
featly in view, rosy corver
Their subscribed capital is
enterprise with
dirsetse already contemplate an ex pen-
-500,000 L—their
thatplans
amount, and probably not much
dilute far beyond
rling. They will find that before
under 1,000,0001. ste.
large annual
dca be aid on this amount a
any dividen lured for the expenses of maintenance.
sum will be req
on the commercial value of their under-
Their reliance
•rightly based upon the patronage of the in-
taking is ri
dustrious classes. To have that patronage the charge
for adroirsi.in must be easily within the means of those
classes. Now, it the preliminary outlay is not very
carefully guarded, this will be impossible. The
humbler classes paid their shillings to see the Ex-
hibition, but that was once in a way, ar'd because
the glories of the spectacle were fleeting. The
bare knowledge that a sight can be seen at any
time tends greatly to disarm curiosity ; and the
strict commercial character of the new undertaking
dissolves a considerable amount of that popular eyin.
pathy which was felt for a common efforts in ' -wh •
ich
all made sacrifices to do homage to the dignity of
labour. The Great Exhibition was self-supporting'
but it was also, while it lasted, a great freewill offer-
ing. Some were paid, and rightly so, for what they
did ; but the majority contributed their time,
their skill, and their property gratuitously. Had it
taken place under the Mundy contract one may
fairly question whether the success achieved would
have been nearly so brilliant, and, even as matters
stand, with the great body of the work done byvolun-
tary effort, and the whole world agog about the splen-
dour of the spectacle, the surplus is only 150,0001.
English companies engaged in new undertakings