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ROYAL. SWEDISH RAILWAY CONIPANY.
K0P1.40 to HURT, forming the First Section of a Trunk
Lillie from Stockholm to Gottenburg.
Established pursuant to Royal Charter of Sweden, with the State
Guarantee of 5 per cent.
Capital, 5,000,010 rix dol. bane, (416,6701.), in 83,334 shares of 60
dollars each, or 51. sterling.
Daposit 21. per share, on payment of which certificates will be issued
to bearer.
The shareholders' liability Is, by the taw of Sweden, limited to their
amount of shares.

PATRON—His Royal Iliglinesa the Crown Prince of Sweden and
Norway.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

Anders Magnus Brink, Esq., merchant, M.F. for Stockholm,

Robert Gillman, Esq., Ducklersbury
P. M. Loven, Esq., merchant, Stockholm

John Malterman, jun., Esq., Nicholas-lane
James Rhodes, Esq., banker, Lombard-street
Count Adolphe Eugene Von Rosen, Lieutenant-Colonel K.R.0.5.,

Stockholm
John Sadleir, Esq., m.r:, Chairman of the London and County Bank,

Lombard-street
Charles Frederick Warn, Esq., merchant, M.P. for Gottenburg.

BANKERS,

Stockholm—Bank of Sweden.
Gottenburg—Join-Stock Bank of Gottenburg.
Orebro—Joint-Stock Bank of Orebro.
Paris—Messrs. Fould, Fould, Oppenheim, and Co.
London—Messrs. Masterman and Co., London and County Batik.
Brokers—Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22, Royal Exchan-e.
Engineer-in-Chief—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
Resident Engineer--Carl 'Dottie, Esq.
Some!Ton—Charles Henry Edmonds, Esq., Eldon-chambers,
Devereux-court, Temple.
Offices, 28, Poultry.
The extension of the railway system on the continent, its int-roduc-
lion into Denmark, Norway, and Russia, countries immediately
surrounding Sweden, has rendered it indispensable, in a national
point of view, that the latter should no longer be isolated from the
grand chain of European communication.
To meet this necessity the Government of Sweden has granted a
concession for the construction of a series of trunk and branch lines,
adequate to the internal necessities of the kingdom, and to its foreign
traffic.
The construction of a Grand Trunk Line between Stockholm and
Gottenburg has been, in the first instance, determin id en, compris-
ing an extent of 350 miles, by which means the great design of
uniting the Baltic and the North Seas will be accomplished, and, -ift
connexion with the line about to be established across Denmark, the
journey from St. Petersburgh to London will be accomplished in half
the time occupied, at present ; the navigation of the Sound will
be avoided ; and consequently the payment of Sound dues,
together with a saving of freight, insurance, and the delay of a long
voyage up the Baltic. The port of Gottenburg, on the North Sea,
being accessible during a greater portion of the year than the Baltic
ports, the navigation to the north of Europe will be continued until a
much later period in the year than at present ; the Russian traffic
from Western Europe and America would, in summer from choice,
and in winter from necessity, add largely to the traffic of this Line.
The object of the present Company, is the construction of the first
section of this Grand Trunk line, to the extent of about 88 English
miles, between Roping and Hult, which will connect the two prin-
cipal lakes of Sweden, Wenern, and Modern ; the remainder of the
route, between Stockholm aid Gottenburg, will be accomplished for
the present by the steam-boats through the lakes.
The concession for the first section has been obtained from the
Government of Sweden, for a term of 40 years, with a guarantee of
5 per cent., on a capital of 416,679/., thus offering to the capitalist
a highly profitable investment secured on the faith of one of the
most responsible Governments in Europe, without any public debt
whatever, and with an annual surplus revenue.
From the annual sum of 20,8331. thus guaranteed by the Go-
vernment, 4 per cent. per annum will be paid tothe shareholders,
and the remainder will be applied to create a sinking fund to re-
deem the entire capital ot the expiration of forty years.
It is important to observe that the shareholders will be entitled to
the entre profits of the railway, which, it is confidently expected,
`will realize from 8 to 10 per cent. per annum.
Contracts have been entered into with a responsible English con-
tra,,tor, from whom security has been taken for the exe.cuatin of the
entire- works of the line, and to provide all the rolling stock, plant,
and workshops necessary for the efficient working of the railway, on
such terns as will secure the execution of the whole, the payment
of all preliminary expenses, cost of management until the opening
of the line, and 4 per cent. interest to the shareholders during the
period of con•struction, for the amount of the capital of 416,6701.
Full powers are granted to the Company of estatlishin,g au electric
telegraph, with the usual privileges attached thereto
Four per cent. Interest will ba allowed bs the Shareholders on
their calls, from the day of payment, during the period of con-
struction.
The payment of interest and dividend will take place at Stockholm,
Gottenburg, Paris, and London, at a fixed ra.e of exchange of twelve
rix-dol• ars banco to the 1/. sterling.
Applications for shares, i i tha acc^mpanying form, to he made
to Messrs. R. and J. Sutton, 22. Royal Exchange, London.

Form of A pplicatlon for Shares.
To the Directors of the Royal Swedish Railway Company.
Gentlemen,-4 request you will a lot to me shares of 5/. each
in the above undertaking ; the whole of which, or any less number
that may be allotted to me, I agr. eto accept and pay the sum of
21. per share thereon when request; d so to do, and to abide by the
statutes of the Compan'y.
I a 213, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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Reference..

THE DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY. 1
Chief Office, 22, Moorgate-street, London.
The new and peculiar feature of this Company is the Deposit Sys-
tem of Assurance, combining nu) advantages of a Savings'
with a Life Assurance Company. By this plan a person may invest
any sum, from 11. upwards, and, without any further payment, at
once secure a Policy for a cert ain amount commensurate with the
age of the party and the amount deposited. He may also increase
his payment, and thereby incre:tse his assurance, decrease it by with-
drawing any sum at any time, o r he may draw eut all he has paid in.
For example :—A person, aged Twenty-five, depositing 10/. with
the Company, will at once secure a Policy for 261. 12s. 3d., payable
at death, whenever it should happen, with full power to increase,
decrease, or draw oui the 10/. 11,3 has deposited. The humblest indi-
vidual may, therefore, reap really of the advantages of or dinary Life
Assurance, and, at the same tin te, possess all the facilities of a bank-
ing account.
Detalle“rosnectuses, in ills tstration of the peculiar features and
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advanta el' the Deposit-ry.,......., —lot 71/4tuies by y. 0. P. Ncisen,
Esq., be obtained on ai Vication to any of the Companrs
Agents ; rto

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

NOTICE.
SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND
AND LIFE AS SURANCE SOCIETY.
The Directors of the Society give notice. that at a Special General
Court, held on the 14th insta at, power was given to them, under
certain conditions, to grant c ertificates rendering the Policies un-
challengeable on any ground ta.cept that of failure in due paymen.
of the premium.
Notice is also given, that the Investigation into the Affairs ofthe
Society takes place Ist
as at the 3 December next, and as all artici-
pating Policits issued prior to that date, and which remain ipn
force
for a period of five years therettfter, or upwards, are entitled to rank
for a share of the profits to be .t 1 ten allocated, those persons who are
desirous of becoming Members ktre recommended to lodge their pro-
posals without delay.

JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager.
\TM. LINDESAY, Secretary.
5, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh, Sept. 18, 1852.
LONDON OFFICE, 4, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGtS.
HUGH M`K.EAN, Agen.

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 est ablished must be obvious ; and the
Directors of the PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION feel con-
fidence in calling the attention of the public to their
the Bank of
Institution,
which was formed in 1840, wider the patronage 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 stasurance and division of profits every
five years, assurers of three years participating.
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 eases of ab 5o lute fraud.
5. Loans on the security of policies of assurance.
6. Policies can be assigned, and the assignment Brgister nt Fund
ed.
To Clerks in particular this Association, from itsenevole
attached, with an invested capital, offers benefits combined
seen wion
th
Life Assurance which no other dice can present, a will e
reference to the prospectuses, which ran be obtained at the office
in Lonion, or from the num Brous agents in the provinces.
By order of the Board,
P. tAILIr HENRY BYRNE, Secretary.
42, bloorgate-street, Ang. 4, 1852.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
LEA and PERRI NS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the i nost exquisite relish to Steaks, Chopalad
s
and all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup,
Curries, and S,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily ase of this aromatic andl3l cious Sauce
is the best safe-
guard to health.
Sold b the roprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Penchurch-
street, London, p and 68, Bro ad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs.
Barclay and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwe principal other Oilmen
and Merchants, London ; and: enerally by the dealers in
sauce.
N.B. To guard against imitattlons, see that the names of " LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the label and paten t cap of the bottle.

VERY PARTI.AL STATEMENT of the
real fact it would be, were we to mention as many new styles
of dress as would fill an ordinary advertisement, the majority would
then be omitted. E. MOSES and SON'S new inventions for the
Autumnal Season are beyond description, and their universal appli-
cation to every kind of dress re riders them successive series of no-
velties, to particularize which is impossible ; but it is the plainest
statement they can make, and the most likely to be fully proved—
that their dress for Youths and Children
i lis
ne . wholly Their Ov
partment presents an array of new styles, securing comfort, gentility
and economy. Dress Suits in magnificent materials all new, and
cut and finished in the highest style. Sporting Dress has received a
complete reformation in Cut, Make, and Materials. The Cut se-
cures comfort, the Make exhibits the most accomplished workman..
ship, and the Materials are novel, waterproof, and elegant, at prices
much below any other Establishment.
PAROCHIAL AND UNITED EMIGRATION.
These arrangements are likely to prove beneficial in many re-
spects ; should they fail in any, it will be expenses incurred by pur-
chasing unsuitable outfits. It is not at all probable that Gentlemen
of business habits will recklessly expend the resources of Parochial
or other Institutions on improper and high charged Outfits
they cannot be expected to possess a thorough acquaintance with
the Goods which should be comprised in suitable Outfits. To such,
E. MOSES and SON respectfully offer the advantages of their longer
practical experience in this branch of trade, and will at any time be
happy to exhibit their unequalled Outfits, and gratuitously supply all
needful information to Societies, or to private individuals. The ad-
vantages E. MOSES and SON can confer in Outfitting are of the
most important character—extent of Stock in every kind of Goods,
the most suitable articles, and the best quality. A separate depart-
ment for the convenience of Emigrants and their friends selecting
Outfits ; and what is an important consideration with everyone, the
prices are lower at E. MOSES and SON'S than at any other House in
the world
Fall Lists of Outfits, and all information relative to sailing of
vessels, &c. &c., may be had on application, or post free, to any
part of the kingdom.
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Merchant T4ilora, Clothiers, Hatters HoslerS Ezlrriers, Boot
and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters 'for Ladics and Genticasn.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Priday to masa; on
Saturdays, when 'vastness is resumed till Twelve o'clock.
A new !Book, entitled " The World's Pharos," containing the
Emigrant's Assistant, f 111Ist of prices, and directions for self-mea-
surement, may be had on application, or post-free, to any part
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A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1852 can be had, gratis,
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ROUSE'S COPYHOLD ENFRANCHISE-
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The COPYITOLD ACT, 1852, with copious Ndes, upwards of
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" THE FIRST OF MAY, 1851." The Pietre represents an inci-
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Majesty from the Opening of the Great Exhibtion, and contains the
last Portraits of her Majesty, H.R.H. Prince Abut, 11.R.11. Prince
Arthur, and the Duke of Wellington.

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rL: e WORKS,
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No I.
Second Edition, with Aoditions,
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRHCEA ;
with the View to the Correcticn of wide-spread Errors
n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sulerers from Debility of the
Generative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD.
"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
cal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
time, he informs us, that be has addressed himself to the non-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not to the last, if he shall
detect any other equally flagrant evil Which it may be In his
tower to correct."—London Medical oazette, May 30, 1851.
—" The editor tta:, conferred a great boon on the sufferers from this
distre,sing malady by translating this litth book, and by laying bare
Gee scandalous practices of unqualified adventurers, who profess to
cure a disease of which they know nothing, with no other object
than to fill their own purses. The differeece between true Sperma-
torrhcca and the various forms of disease Which resemble it are
accurately described, and
—,,thus a safe guide is offered for the
eat
upon the contents of the preliminary
left ourselv space for any notice of
the ha
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Y3s Medical Circular, May 5, 1852.
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interested in the matter."—Dullin Medical Press, April
18,1852.

No. 11.
((Ivo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 4s.
THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Prlncl.
pies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate
end apparently Intractable Forms., To which is added, PRACTICAL
OBSERVATIONS ON THE TRLATMEYT OF SPERMATORR-
IREA BY CAUTERIZATION; its Inefficiency and Danger.
BY F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not
how to use the common instruments
geons has been mar ced with all kinds of violence, an indifference
about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for operations and
all the excesses and horrors of surgery."—John Bell's Surgical
Observations.—" In proof of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has
given 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., sit., and xviii. No. ix. had resisted, for a
period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both
in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag-
gravated character than any detailed by ',NU. Syme, and yet the
treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently fiaccessful."
—.Protessix Lizars on the Treatment of Stricture.

EXTENSIVE SLIP ON THE GREAT
NORTHERN RAILWAY.

On Wednesday morning the traffic on the main line
of the Great Northern Railway was suddenly intuvrupted
by an extensive " slip" of earth in the Spittal-gate cut-
tings about a mile south of Grantham. It appears that
the stratum through which the cutting is formed consists
of marl and clay
-and 31ostAb to
heavy rains having penetrat.ed into tne, crams
fissures at the cutting and expanded the soil at the
bottom, the west side suddenly gave way about 'four
o'clock on Wednesday morning, under the vibration of
a heavy goods train which was proceeding northwards.
Some thousands of tons of earth fell upon both lines of
rail, burying the engine and foremost trucks of the
train, which of course was brought to a standstill. The
engine-driver and stoker both escaped unhurt, and they
at once proceeded to the Grantham station to give the
alarm. On examination it was found that the down
rails had been completely forced from their bed, and
with the engine and tender deposited on the other line
of rails. The slip extended 100 yards, and it is not the
first that has occurred here. The obstruction was so
groat that it was feared some days at least must elapse
before the traffic could bo resumed. Mr. Denison, the
chairman of the Great Northern Company, visited the
scene of the accident in the course of the morning, and
a large force of men were employed to clear the line.
The through-passeser trains were forwarded from
dint
Peterborough to Redford By by way of the loop.
of extraordinary exertions, day and nit, the up-he
line
was cleared yesterday morning in time togh allowed of the
morning express which conveyed the Duchess of Kent
and her suite.

OPENING of the KING'S CROSS TERMINCIS.
.Yesterday the splendid terminus of the Great Northern
Railway at Ring's-cross was opened for public traffic,
and the event, throughout the entire day, attracted
hundreds of persons to the vicinity of the station.. Cap-
tain L.atian, the Government Inspector, accorap_anted
by
Mr. Seymour Clarke, the general manager. M.r. Lis
. e
Cubitt, the architect, with Mr. Brassey, the engineer,
and other gentlemen connected with the railway, went
over the line and the tunnel under the Regent's Canal,
near the Imperial Gas-works, on Wednesday,, and the
gallant officer having given the necessary certificate as
to the soundness of the lines of rail, the first train started
for York yesterday morning from the new terminus at
seven o'clock, in the presence of a very large number of
persons, notwithstanding the earliness of the hour, the
.:rain being drawn by one of Cranapton's engines. No
ceremony took place, but in consequence of the large
number of persons assembled on the platforms through-
out the day and in the vicinity of the station, it was
deem. d necessary, in addition to an enlarged number of
the railway police, under the orders of Mr. Superinten-
dent Williams, also to have a detachment of the S divi-
sion
cf metropolitan police on duty, under the direction
of Inspector Chainpneys. Notwithstinding the incom-
plete state of the general building, the waiting-rooms are
elegantly fitted up, and furnished wi:h a due regard to
the comfort and convenience of the passengers, The
entire station was lighted up on Wednesday evening,
and from its vast magnitude, and the immense number 'of
lights the appearance was that of a grand illumination.
All the trains departed and arrived throughout the day
(yesterday) without the slightest accident.

THE MURDER IN SHEPIIERD-STREET.
Mr. Longhorn, the deputy-coroner for Westminster,
held the inquest yesterday, at the Duke of York public-
house, Shepherd•street, Oxlord-street, on the body of
Ann Matthews, alias Brown, aged 51, who was mur-
dered by her nephew, James Phillips, who resided with
her at No. 11 in the same street. The evidence was
substantially the same as that which had been already
given before the magistrates on Mcnday last, with the
exception of the post mortem examination, which was
made on Tuesday by Mr. Francis Clarke, surgeon, of
No. 14, Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square, who was
called into the house at the time of the occurrence, on
Saturday night. Mr. Clarke stated that on examining
the body he found numerous bruises of long standing, and
an abrasion and blow of recent date on the left hip, as if
caused by a boot; the flesh was of a black and dark
green colour, extending reread to the loins. On
removing the scull-cap and dura matea, the surface and
vessels of the brain were loaded with venous coagulated
blood, and there were patches about the size of a five-
shilling piece on each side of the head, but considerably
larger on the left side than the right. The rest of the
body was remarkably healthy. He attributed the cause
of death to concussion of the brain, and he believed the
blows on the temple had caused the concussion, as the
internal appearances corresponded with the marks out-
side. Either of the blows was quite sufficient to produce
death, especially that on the left side, which was enough
to crush an .ox. lie laid no stress on the stamping on
the stomach of the deceased by Phillips, as he found no
marks to correspond to that startement. This being the
whole of the evidence, the coroner summed up, when the
jury returned a verdict :of " Wilful murder" against
James Phillips; and the proceedings terminated.

SOCIETY FOR RELIV,F OF WIDOWS AND ORPHANS
Or MEDICAL MEN IN LONDON AND ITS VICINITY.--A half-
yearly general court of the members was held on Wednesday
evening, at the society's new rooms, in the house of the
Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society, Berners-street, Sir
Charles Mansfield Clarke, Bart., the president, in the chair.
After the reading of the minutes the court sanctioned
court and
confirmed a donation of ten guineas paid by of
directors to the son of a widow, although above 14 years of
age, to aid him in emigrating to Australia. A ballot then
took place for officers and directors for ti
e n
e the place of nsuing year. Mr.
r.
Travers was elected a vice-presidnt, i
Vincent, deceased; Drs. Dew and Burrows, Messrs. Ware,
jun., Paget, Cathron, and Peter Hood, were elected directors,
in place of the six senior directors who retire in rotation.
All the other members of the court were re. elected, and
thanks were voted to the preeidat,

THE QUEEN'S RETURN FROM

SCOTLAND.
The Britannia tubular bridge was yesterday the
object of a special visit, and a minute inspection by
her Majesty and the Royal Family., Mr. Robert
Stephenson, the engineer, and the Che Aer and Holy-
head Railway Company, the props tietors of the
gigantic structure, may well feel prou d of the com-
pliment paid to them. In the case of Mr. Stephen-
son it marks with the highest sanct ion the genius
which enabled him to conceive and the executive
ability which he displayed in completing a work
so stupendous. The railway company may also
congratulate themselves on an event i.vhich worthily
signalizes their enterprise as a col nmercial body,
and at the same time calls attention to one of the
grandest manifestations of our industrial energy as a
people.
There must surely be same mystical influence about
that little island of Anglesea, that the desire to bind
it to Great Britain has called forth the two most
wonderful engineering triumphs of the century.
One would fancy that alarm had h(!en felt lest it

should, some dial stormy night, drift away down
the Channel, or perhaps goat over, w ith an easterly
gale, to Ireland; or coalesce with the Isle of Man,
and make that ancient kingdom once more formid-
able. It certainly is a remarkable testimony to the
indomitable spirit of this country that, to compre-
hend a little island in our general cyst em of uninter-
rupted land traffic, we should thus 'bridge over an

arm of the sea, and, at an enormous cost, construct

works to which the greatest architec:tura.l achieve-
ments of ancient times are mere child's play. The
truth _reap, to bp, that as in agriculimre a wealthy
territorial aristocracy has placed at the command of
practical men the experimental resats of amateur

farming, as in our marine we have yachting, and for
the improvement of our horstileeb racing and

hunting, so, though in a larger and. grander sense,
the mechanical genius of this country has a
fancy development and a favourite arena for
display. What Lord's grounds are to the cricketer
or Woolwich marshes to the artilleryman,
or the floor of the House to the statesman, or what
the boards of old Drury once were to the great tra-
gedian, such is the Menai Strait to the civil engineer.
The extraordinary beauty of the scenery enhances
the splendour of his achievements, and blue hills and
rushing water, the variegated banks oL' the Strait, the
broken outlines of the mountainous h orizon softened
by distance, mansions and humbler dv vellings gleam-
ing in the sunshine, and ships gliding along with the
current, all shed their influences on his triumphs.
For the last generation Telford hung his graceful iron
web across the Strait, and it remains an enduring
monument of his genius; but those we re days of ordi-
nary roads and slow locomotion, and it was reserved
for Robert Stephenson, the son of the man who more
than any other founded our iron highways and put
steam power into hareess, to show witat in our times
engineers cin do in carrying out thee vast railway
system with which their professional fame is now so
indissolubly associated.
The way in which the Britannia tubul.tr bridge
was first suggested to Mr. Stephenson' B mind forms a
most instructive portion of its history, and may fairly
claim a space in this narrative. Whela the Chester
and Holyhead Railway was first 1' pruned. the plan
contemplated for crossing the Strait was a splendid
iron bridge on two arches, the propc,rtions of which
may be conceived when it is stated that, whereas the
span of the central arch of the Southwark-bridge, the
largest of the kind in the world, :tis 240 feet, Ms.
Stephenson proposed that the span of 'each arch in this
instance should be 450 feet. The cost was to be
200,0001,, and in consideration for so large an outlay
—at such a point the Government of Sir R. Peel
consented, by an act unprecedented be the history of
English railways, to pay 20,0001. a ye' sr, during seven
years, for the transmission of th, 3 mails. This
arrangement still holds, but, un fortunately for
the company, the Admiralty obj ected to the
bridge, as likely to obstruct the navigation of the
Strait, and the consequence was that (his bridge plan
being condemned) Mr. Stephenson, as engineer,
found himself in what the Yankees sesll a " regular
fix." The idea of an iron tube then occurred to him,
but the expense of constructing it es 'as so enormous
that, it is said, could he have been isermitted to fill
up the Strait with a solid embankn tent of masonry
1,850 feet long, 160 feet high, and ( :ontaining about
5,000,000 cubic yards of material, he would have
found it cheaper and far easier to do so. This will
give some idea of the strong necessi .ty under which
..asaaasa_hasaissasseo reajeasa,a, c-a'ttlis magnitude
of an undertaking which left such a preferable alter-
native, and of the difficulties which :Englishmen will
surmount in the prosecution of ente rpriges to which
they have once committed themselve s. The Chester
and Holyhead Company constructed this great tube
at a cost of 700,000 i., and they recei' ve from Govern-
ment the annuity of 20,0001. for seven years, granted
to them in consideration of a design involving only
a 200,0001. outlay. The original a hareholders have
never had a penny of dividend upon their shares,
and the packet-service to Dublin, which they formed
in connexion with their line, after having been
brought by them to the highest porfection, is still
entirely dependent for its support on the passenger
traffic across the Channel. The mail, contract, having
heen exposed by the Government to. public competi-
tion, was given (perhaps rightly in principle) to the
Dublin Steam-packet Company, wiithout any refer-
ence to the enormous cost of the great tube. Will
that cost be eventually covered, andl this marvellous
enterprise, in the long run, comyensate those en-
gaged in it ? Let us hope it may. Paxton has been
laying out a park close to the bridge, which looks as
if a new town where intended to be formed there—a
sort of Brighton for the busy toilw urn population of
Lancashire. That will help somewhat; and, should
Ireland ever prosper, the compan:y must share her
'mproving fortunes

The Royal party left the Penryn Arms at half-
past nine o'clock, in carriages, and proceeded by the
turnpike road to the suspension-bridge. Standing
at the north end of the Britannia tube, and looking
along the Strait towards Telford's great work, for
some minutes nothing could be seen of the illustrious
travellers ; and the salutes fired from different
points on either shore, the echoes of which were pro-
longed among the hills, alone indicated that they
were coming. It was a magnificent October morn-
inn., the night-mist being lifted up like a veil from
the face of the landscape, and the mountains, with
Snowdon chief among them, being clear and well de-
fined on the horizon to their remotest summits. The
tide was flowing high through the Strait, covering
everything that it was desirable to conceal, and even
threatening two or three little houses perched upon
islet rocks in the channel. The faint sound of a
cheer reaching the tube indicated that the Queen
was crossing the suspension-bridge, which is about a
mile off, as the crow flies. Strainiog the eye-
sight at that distance, the Royal carriages could
just be seen, four in number, and diminished to a
size appropriate to Queen Mab's rather than Queen
Victoria's stable. A louder cheer welcomed the ar-
rival of her Majesty in Anglesea ; then, after a few
minutes waiting, the scarlet-coated outriders were
qbserved heading the cortege, which received, as it
passed along, the greetings of the peasantry pic-
turesquely grouped at different points. It went on to
Llanfair station, which is about three-quarters of a
mile from the north entrance of the tube, and there,
on alighting and entering the train, the Royal party
were received by a guard of honour belonging to the
Welch Fusileers, the regiment which very appro-
priately at Bangor and other points in the Princi-
pality has performed the military duties attendant on
their
bead, Queen's visit. The Fusileers exhibit at
bead, with characteristic Cambrian pride,
arearYo fine
by
white goat, presented to them some
years
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this afforded for seeing what is, per-
the travellers, and it is a pity that t ey ost the op-
portunity which
hap% the most wonderful sight connected with this
marvellous work. Looking through the tube, which t-,
1,850 feet long, you see the firebox of the engine gleam-,
ing as it advances from the other extremity. You hear
the throb of the locomotive, and the reverberation of
the iron ; the shriek of the steam-whistle startles you
with its almost demoniacal expression ; and, as you
listen and gaze, a mass of sound, gradually accumu-
lating to a perfect hurricane, swells upon the ear,
while the brightening glow of the furnace and the
majestic progress of the engine fill the eye and im-
press the imagination. It is a fine and an imposing
sight to see an express train sweep by, but the effect
is increased a hundredfold in the Britannia-bridge,
and should be tested by all who visit it. While the
1 Queen passed slowly through the tube to the Car-

narvonshire end, the Prince, accompanied by Mr.
Stephenson, traversed the roof in the same direction.
It is slightly curved to allow the water to run off,
and reminds us very much of the deck of a vessel or
the top of some gigantic omnibus without a
" knifeboard." The view from it is magnificent,
and no description can do it justice. Arrived
at the south, or near end of the bridge, the
Royal party descendrid to the water's edge, and sur-
veyed from beneath the gigantic proportions of the
whole structure. This gives by far the best and most
imposing conception of its true magnitude ; for, like
St. Peter's, at Rome, and other masterpieces of archi-
tecture, so just are the relations of each part to the
other, and so severe and simple the style in which the
whole has been designed, that at a distance the stu-
pendous dimensions are not appreciated, and except

from beneath there is no way of inspecting it as
whole close at hand. There you can look up and see
what it is. To attempt any description of it now
would be useless; for as far as it can be described it

already has been, and those who have not visited it
are sufficiently familiar with its form through the me-
dium of illustrations ; but there are some striking facts
with regard to it that may be mentioned, and that will
help to give an idea of what a personal inspection can
alone enable one fully to appreciate. When the best
method of raising the tubes was first discussed some
thought that it should be done as speedily as possible—
that the hydraulic presses should be set in action without
any attempt to support by packing underneath the
lift, which they accomplished, and that any risk
from the failure of tackle in having each tube sus-
pended without support should be encountered. In
this way the lifting might have been done in twenty-
lour hours, whereas it took three weeks. Mr. Ste-
phenson, after due consideration, adopted the safe
course. He made the six foot lift of the press occupy
a period of three hours, and the raising and packing
underneath were carried on so simultaneously that the
tubes were never for a moment left without support.

The bursting of the press, a few days after operations
were commenced, proved the wisdom and necessity of
his caution. Had he not exercised it the Britannia.

bridge would never have been completed, and it was
no doubt with feelings of justifiable pride that he yes-
terday showed to her Majesty and the Prince the frac-
tured cylinder, which has been placed on a pedestal near
the bridge—a monument of the prudent skill which
watched over its construction. Another illustration
of what this work is may be drawn from the fact

that the chains used to raise the tubes were ten inches
square each, or about the thickness of a man's body,
and that, notwithstanding that enormous strength,
in the process of lifting they stretched en inch and
a half, returning to their old dimensions when the
pressure was withdrawn. The elasticity of iron was
known previously, but had never been tested on so
grand a scale before, and it certainly does give a
tremendous impression of this bridge to know that
the most massive wrought iron tackle " gave" in the
progress of it almost like Indiarubber. Not only
did the chains yield, but through the iron wall of
the cylinder, ten inches thick, the water oozed like
perspiration wrought out from its pores by the
enormous power exerted. Ot the strength of the
tube Mr. Stephenson gives the following satisfactory
assurances :—He states that a line-of-battle ship might
be suspended from the central point between either
pair of towers, withcut injury to the structure ; that
it would bear at those points a pressure of 5,000 tons ;
and that, although sawn completely through, a rail-
way train could still be run across with perfect safety.
He maintains that it is more rigid than the ordinary
permanent way of earthwork, and further, that it is
stronger for the work it has to do than the rails in
use on the different lines throughout the country. Mr.
Stephenson explains with great clearness how this
wonderful strength of the Britannia-bridge, which is
double that of the Conway, arises ; but the account
of it would involve mechanical details more intricate
than seems appropriate in such a narrative as this, and
the bare statement is therefore given. On leaving to
resume their seats in the train the Royal children took
with them several bits of stone and brick as memen-
toes of their visit, and Prince Albert, turning to Mr.
Stephenson, said to him, "It is a stupendous work,
and an honour both to you and to the company." In
his recent work "on metalwork and its artistic de-
sign," Mr. Digby Wyatt alludes to the Britannia-
bridge as possessing the highest merits for the severe
grandeur and noble simplicity of its style. An in-
spection of it more than confirms the justice of his
encomiums. The vastness of its proportions, the
absence of all attempts at frivolous ornamentation,
the grave character of the outiinm:fortus, --dud tt-
gigantic scale of the dimensions, uninvaded by Burt
extravagance, all lead the mind of the spectator back
to the sombre and stately relics of Egyptian architec-
ture. The huge lions that guard the entrances are
in harmony with such associations, and if on closer
inspection the mysterious sphinx-like air of repose is
found wanting, perhaps a wakeful-looking animal
best befits our times, when everybody is compelled to
keep his eyes as wide open as possible, and when even
the Pyramids would not be tolerated, unless they
could be put to better service than the safe custody
of mummies.

From the Britannia Strait the royal train sped its
way, at eleven o'clock, with all possible dispatch
southward, its occupants receiving at every available
point in their progress the hearty tributes of a loyal
people. In their rapid drive they passed over the
lines of no less than six railway companies, the ma-
nagement of each assuming the responsibility of so
precious a freight in turn, and all discharging their
duties with the most praiseworthy punctuality, and
without the slightest contre temps. As far as the
Saitney Junction, on the Chester and Holyhead
line, Mr. Trevithick and Mr. Binger, of the London
and North-Western Company, who work the line,
had the charge. Then the care of the train passed
to the Shrewsbury and Chester Company's officials,
who brought it to Shrewsbury through fine ro-
mantic scenery, and glimpses of beautiful valleys
like that of Llangollen, at about two o'clock. Here
the royal party received a very warmhearted welcome
from the inhabitants, collected in great numbers in
and arousal tie stat :on , which was most tastefully fitted
up for the occasion. A loyal address was presented
to her Majesty, who was received by the Earl of
Powia and the Yeomanry Cavalry of the county.
After a short delay for luncheon, the train proceeded
along the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line to Wok
verhamptou, which it reached at about 20 minutes
past three. There, again, the station wee crammed
full of loyal subjects, and nicely decorated. The
Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Wrottesley, Lord
Lewisham, and Mr. Thornely, M.P., were on the
platform to receive her Majesty, and the inhabitants,
by their chief magistrate, presented a dutiful address,
from which the following is an extract
Your Majesty will not fail to perceive, in this im-
mediate neighbourhood, the signs of an industry which,
although not improving its appearance, yet adds essen-
tially to the wealth of the country.
" Wolverhampton i, the centre and metropolis of a
district in which more than n third of a million of your
Majesty's subjects are employed in various occupations
connected with the manufacture of iron and hardware.
" We are happy to inform your Majesty that this
very
large population is now fully employed, and in the
enjoyment of ample supplies of the necessaries and coin-
forts of life."
Between Wolverhampton and Birmingham the
view from the train presented a striking contrast
to all that had preceded. Nature has not
been kind to the surface of the " Black Country,"
but for external beauty has supplied mineral
wealth and an immense and industrious popu-
lation, living and prospering in an atmosphere
and on a soil which suggests, even in the daytime, vi-
sions of Pandemonium. They cheered their Sove-
reign most lustily, and showed the greatest anxiety
to obtain even a glimpse of her as she passed. Cap-
tain Huish, Mr. Norris, and the other officers of the
North-Western Company, having brought the train
in safety to the break which leads to the broad gauge
and the newly-opened Birmingham and Oxford line,
the Royal party were at once transferred to the care
of the Great Western directors and their chief
officers, who were in attendance. Mr. Brunel him-
self took charge of the engine, and, having traversed
at a rapid rate and without the slightest casualty the
remainder of the journey, her Majesty and the Royal
Family reached Windsor in perfect safety at a quarter
before seven o'clock.

THE LATE COLLISION ON THEN ORTH BRITISH
RAILWAY.—We understand that a judicialinvestigation
into the cause of the fatal collision which took place on this
railway on Friday evening has
.been going on during Mon-
day and yesterday. The investigation is conducted by Mr.
Sheriff Gordon and Mr.
.Lothian, procurator fiscal: but
from the difficulty of procuring accurate information, it is
impossible as yet to say what the result of the investigationmay be. The engineman and stoker of the mail train,
were so far recovered as to be able to attend the judicial
examination on Monday. The other passengers who were
injured by the collision are also progressing favourably.—
Scotsman.

The issue of the 5 per cent. preference shares of
the Norwegian Railway took place yesterday, and, although
they had been previously quoted 2 to % premium, the price
was now discount to par. An evidence is thus afforded
that the number. of new schemes daily brought out is greater
than the public are prepared to accept; and, however strange
the fall may appear in an instance like this, it is not unsatis-
factory thatit should have occurred, since it will show that
there is a limit that must be observed in the production of
foreign undertakin4s, however intrinsically sound. There was
a serious decline this afternoon in almost all the now stocks
and shares, which will probably give a wholesome check to
a multitude of projects in. preparation.