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

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TUESDAY
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SEPTEMBER
14 1852.
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THE UPPER INDIA RAIL WAY
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 Shareholders to the amount of their Shares.
Capital 1,000,000/., in 50,000 shares of 201. each, with power of
increase.
Deposit, Two Shillings per Share.
CHAIRMAN.

Sir John Campbell, K.C.H.' H.E.1.C.5., 10, Harley-ztrect, Cave
dish-square.
DIRECTORS.

W. P. Andrew, Esq., H.E.1.C.5., llogarth House, Chiswick.
George Lathom Browne, Esq , Torrington-square.
Major Glasfur,i, Bengal Engineers, late • Executive Engineer, Fur-
ruckabad and Berielly Division.
Captain the Hon. G. F. llotharn, R.N., Director of the Brighton
Railway Company.
William Lowndes, Esq., Lowndes-square and the Bury, Chesham,
Wadham Locke Sutton, Esq., Hamilton-terrace, St. John's-wood.
Thomas Williams. Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway.
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGING DIRECTOR.
W. P. Andrew, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
Messrs. Bouverie, Murdoch, and Co.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Hodgson, Concanen, and Noyes, No. 5, Lincoln's Inn-fields.
Messrs. Sutton, Oinmanney, and Prudence, Basinghall-street.
BROKERS.
Messrs. R. 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 Junma, will
terminate at Cawnpore. The future Sections will carry on the Line
to Agra, Delhi, Lahore, and the Indus.
Allahabad is an ancient and populous city, of great fame and im-
portance in the East. Crowds of Pilgrims resiiirt to its sacred
shrines and temples—it is the entrepot for the traffic by the Steamers
and the larger Country Craft—and is one of the principal Civil and
Military Stations. Cawnpore is the largest Military Station in India.
There is, both by Steamers and Country Craft, a continuous per-
manent water communication between Calcutta and Allahabad.
The yearly tonnage of the Lower Ganges is 1,500,000, 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 tli real diffttliltr:and expense of transit begin, ' The sand-
banks of the Upper Ganges, and the sharp ledges of rock of the
Jumna; rendering 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 difficulty 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 Allababad, notwithstanding the defective 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 hours, 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 navigab:e 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-
tion from Calcutta through the fertile and populous Dooab in the
North-West Provinces, " occupying the great line of Indian traffic
with Central and Upper Asia." 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 far 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 for 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 whcle 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.
sessiug 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 raised 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 front 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 the 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 par Share, being after the rate of Ten Shillings per cent.,
the amount prescribed by the Act 7 and 8 Viet., 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 made 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. R. and J. Sutton, Stockbrokers,
Royal Exchange, in the form annexed, on or before the 16th ins•.
_ .

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

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the Upper India Railway Company.

I request you will allot to me Shares in the capital of the
above-named 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.
Name (in full)
Occupation • • • .....
Address• • • • . ...... .......

SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY.
At the THIRTY-SECOND HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING, and at the SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING, of the
SOUTH-EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, 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 read 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. 63. 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 and 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 forfeiture by the several resolutions of
the Board of Directors of the 22d day of Awn last, so far as any
such forfeiture, or any such declations thereof, relates to the follow-
ing7l,l7B to 71,182
70,685,7738 to 73,762, 78,709 to 78,728,
shares thereby declared to be forfeited, or any of them, -77,5.1,0tht0e
,982,18,42518tt00
9821:525624,,
9861:945533 :0. 81,467,
96,958
shares numbered 5,732 to 5,733, 21.518 to 21,520, 56,297, 57,674 to
101,685, 101,823
57,678, 59,834 to 59,836, 67,248 to 67,264, 68,813 to 68,827, 69,777
86,755 to 86,789, 91,340 to
tt
00 69,786,
71,61, 7701, "78518,
t700,6771,178t7°
86,752,
81,716 to 81,730, 82,606 to 82,615, 84,448
8791:417363
t 0
00
81,478,79145 V.:678785,t0918,08,9789,9
,619021,6t706 1005,694,
to 84,452, 85,404 to 85,408,
91,349, 91,391 to 91,493,
105,889 to
t907,416031,8t402,971,04477,7,3798t,105610t40,74938;161205,
105,891, 105,912 to 105,919, 107,112 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
10 110,628, 114,456 to 114,490, 116,380 to 116,384, 116,495 to 11,6497,
116,796 to 116,799, 117,162 to 117,171, 117,681 to 117,685, 118,376
to 118,385, 118,535 to 118,612, 118,783 to 118,790, 119,566 to
119,574, 120,025 to 120,029, 120,040 to 120,044, 120,648 to 120,659,
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 121,342, 124,855 to 124,856, 125,216 to
125,240, 125,482 to 125,491, 126,715, 131,561 to 131,575, 132,331 to
135,343, 133,680 to 133,682, 136,118 to 136,122, 136,817 to 136,841,
136,972 to 136,991, 137,576 to 137,585, 139,376 to 139,387, 141,035 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, 151,085 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 153,585, 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 reign of his late Majesty King
William the Fourth, intltuled "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-
pressed in their letter to Lord Sondes of the 2d of September instant
with regard 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 exceeding 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.
eGneolpersoprairitheto,rEssignqtßhe.
9. That the Directors be authorised to negotiate terms with the
South-astern 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, wEhos:
Steamboat Company, be associated with the Directors to consider
and report on the terms that may be so proposed.
10. That the following proprietors do constitute such committee :
—Coles Child, Esq., James Ivyleafe,
A. Gray, Esq., R. S. Wilkinson, Esq.
11. That Thomas Browne, Esq., who vacated his office of Auditor
of this Company by becoming disqualified (but is now again qualified
for the office) be re-elected an Auditor of the Company.:
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 the chair.
14. That the best 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.

CHIRIQUI 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.—A 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 tile carriage was fitted
w,th the PATENT NOISELESS HEELS. These facts can be
attested, and testimonials, from noblemen and gentlemen, of their
economy, luxury, and saving in horses'
otnoe, 63, Diortirau-stroet, Caveudital-aquare.
labour, may in Rea at the

THE ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, and AUSTRA-
LIAN CHARTERED BANK.
To be Incorporated by Royal Charter, with limited liability.
Capital 500,0001. sterling, in 25,000 Shares of 201. each, with power
to increase to I,coomool. Deposit Al. per Share.
John
. '
o°)tr'ads.Rna fidnao ls'elkar tohn.a:rdnLaeeknrnoeskwnor.dfi Sanderson, Fry, DIRECTORS.
WBma.nOrmsby Gore, Esq.,
James Alexander, Esq., (firm of Redfern and Alexander,
N erchants)
Philip P. Blyth, Req. (firm of Blyth Brothers, and Co.)
Andrew Caldecott, Esq. (firm of Caldecott, Sons, and Willeocks)
Charles Johnston, Esq., Chairman of the East London Water Works
Company T
ofhi
opr eilsc,soat.noTr,
recently
.e.
)sti
ihieyEdl
nfl London JointA ustrSalt Stock
Thos. Wm. Laroche. Esq. (fir
has
Australian Merchants)
Ambrose Moore, Esq., Director of the London Joint Stoa00):,
Co.,
John Sanderson Rigge, Esq. (firm
Merchants).
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
Messrs. Masterman, Peters, and Co. 3
3aannak Laroche,
The LonKdoeanr:
BANKERS IN SCOTLAND.
The British Linen Company.
•
Messrs. Hunter,
Hughes,Eac Blair,l: 3 /10En. I:Aw.1,111)1ec
• OFFICIAL AUDITOR.
,
, J. E. Coleman, Esq.
nuottzs.S.
Messrs. Joshua Hutchinson and Son, London.
Messrs. Sheppard and Sons, London.
Messrs. Allan and Dunlop; Edinburgh.
John Wilson Pillars, Esq,
lanTdhaenvdasStcOitdleanodf emigration
the Australian colonies, ollirgb.
indi-
viduals possessing in the aggregate a large amouneotmopfed
oelefprdoltalmof E;ntlige
recent discoveries of their great mineral wealth, and the increase of
their agricultural and commercial resources
sound Banking Establishments, under canto'
sub-
ject of the greatest importance to the future Welfare of those valuable
and rising colonies.
Chartered Bank has
formed for the purpose of establishing banks of issue and deposit in
the principal towns of Austral', • :.!
..Nuct. a n a e Q_pera-
The English, Scottish, and Australian
• • . " ii . 7V, tor un-
doubted • '" :: • .--.,, ,4 . _ " 0
doubted seetiriti;: i .. • • •:tern of credit upon the different
establishments of the company, and for the
usual banking business in the colonies. cautions
senindeaiir thea extension of
tran:neptaionn
ano f
secured the el-operation of several influential parties in Scotland,.
with a view to place the business of the camp
announcing thatgem telniety, ahaebasTihs.e Directors have the satisfaction of
It is intended that the management of the company's
be vested In a London Board, and that the Branch Establishments
in the colonies shall be conducted by properly qualified managers,
assisted by Local Boards. The selection of a Colonial Inspector will
receive the most careful attention of the Directors.
affairsextendedaii othersbeael shall
be '
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 rate 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 au ample return upon the
Local Establishments.
various branches of business to be carried on by the Company at its

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.
The 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 rate 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 5,000/. to defray the cost of freight and insurance on the ship-
Passed 2,495/. 14s. sd.
andd the balance of pre-
have carried the
whole
ivo
he
the
ofoa of the
goimn apfarrteoasmte i
no:,
i, noaginflactenhdfau; r
nreservedecyc i
ohauaanvdte,;
liminary expenses. to profit and loss account; and, after all these
ama h2e3lod,
in
the
e
colonies
ap-
propriations, it appears from the report that the sum of 1,738/. Is. 7d.
increase of their capital. They
recommend the creation of
2
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
trhineaestwi
their
shares,ethire sst colony,iosetotefro2fo. coinaac h,
(notwithstanding they
th
the
great extension of
their exchange business, involving a considerable accumulation of
4701. 12s. 6d.,
of New South Wales and Victoria. The Directors state ire the report
that having in view the great change in their financial affairs then
ofttohtehwe lhaorlgee sum a
no
tf
in progress, and the duty it appeared to impose upon them of bring-
be fundsing morein E n
thanglan done-fourth) ,
amounted
bring-
ing all the resources of the Bank within their immediate control,
they had ordered the shipment to Sydney of upwa„i, of a quarter of
a million sterling from this country.
Application has been made for a Royal Charter of Inborporation
to limit the liability of the Shareholders in the English,Sbottish, and
Australian Chartered Bank, and the operations of the Company
will be commenced immediately on the charter being obtained. If
the charter be not granted, the deposits will be returned to the sub-
scribers 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 1,000,000/. ; and, if the capital be increased, the new
shares to be created will be offered, in the first instal ice, 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 commence 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 2/, 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, Threadneedle-street, London;
or to Messrs. Allan and Dunlop, St. Andrew-square, Edinburgh.

FORM OF APPLICATION" FOR BILLREg.

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

Bank.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of !20/. 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,
Address
Reference

J. W. PILLANS
ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, and AUSTRALIAN
CHARTERED BANK.
No Applications for Shares in this Company can be received after
SATURDAY next, the Mt instant.
By oraer of the Board,
4, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, ,
Sept. 13. 1852. secretary (pro tem.)

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament In 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
EIONORART PRESIDENTS.
Viscount Falkland
Lord Elpbinstone
William Campbell,
TilliCßOWan•
BOARD.
-I‘l' Chairman.
Deputy Chairman:
J. G. Henriques, Esq•
F. C. Maitland, Egl•
William Balton, Egq"
P. H. Thomson. VA'
Thomas MOTU, EEL'
Lord Belhaven and St ntont,se
Ism Dices. orncras.
PrITSICIAN.—Arthur H. Hassall, Eq. , ALD , 8, Bennett
St. James's:
SORGEON.—F. H. Thomson, Esq., 48, B ners-street.
er the 31st
The bonus added to policies
from March, 1834, to •
Deeemer, 1847, is as follows :—..olroot,

Earl of Courtown
Earl Leven and Melville
Earl of Norbury
Eari of Stair
Earl Somers

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

Sum addedto Sum addedto Sum
Time Assured.
Sum payable
tssured.l PolieyinlB4l PolieyinlB4B at I ieath.
£5OOO 113 years 10 mths £638 6 3 --------
Z 787 10 0 £6470 16 8
*lOOO 7 years
157 10 0 1157 10 0
500 1 year 511 5 0
• • .. 11 5 0

* EXAMPLE.—At the commencement of the year 1841 a Per-
ion aged
thirty took out a Policy for 1,0001., the Bd. , but
Is 241. Is. Bd.; in 1847 he had paid in Premiums 1681. 1 18'
„..d (which
Annual PaYment
the profits being 2 per cent. per annum on the sum fue‘""
-AA Ad to the
is 221. 10s. per annum for each 1,0001.), he had 1571. IMP...
Policy, almost as much as the Premiums paid. and
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on themostmoderate scale,
when the In-
only one-half need be paid for the first five ea"
y
surance is for Life. Resident
the Every information will be afforded On application to
Director. for v.rhich

____...
N- A TIONAL ASSURANCJ AND
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION,
The 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London, .
._
was
investment of money with this Association, wn.,,
established
the provi en
Joshed In May, 1844, on a plan peculiar to itself, secures equal
vi gs of the industrial classes of the community,
saviors
to the surplus capital of the aliment, and
epPorstunity for realising the highest rate of interest yielded by
classecurities, in which alone the money is emPleYed' t, are
exem Moneys
deposited with the Association, for Investmei:re..
as
~ Pt from liabilities on account of life contingencies. as
The, ua
rt.
rnmeenexPenses of management, which are borne by the Life tp t
to it by inves e
t t, in consideration of the business brought fi Imeldned
transaction; therefore, Depositors enjoy the entire pro tsdvyamt
y their capital free from deduction of anY kind
holds forth,ag°
hol or
which no other Institution, eitherpublic or 101"'
can afford, to its members. January
and affords an
d Jul
Interest or Dividend, is payable half-yearlY, in
Y.
Capital Stock LlOO,OOO.
The Capital Stock It constitutes,
Depositors'
Stock in the Investment pep
aronent.
the engagements of the
with the Premium Fund, a guarantee for
to render the security of
Association, and has been provided in order
the
Assured complete.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
This Depart wive and well-regulated
ment embraces a comprehe
Full information and prospectuses maybe and important in -
3Ystem valuable of Life Assurance, with many
provements. is altogether 'distinct and separate from the
the respective Agents,
at the Bead Office of the Association, or to -
throughout the United Kingdom. ...,,, managing Director.
PETER MORRInvIN,
n2ade to the Managing
N.B. obtained, on application
Applications for Agencies may be -
Director.

Connaught-terrace.
PE
No. .2, Lombard-stCreOeMt aPnAcrii,
INDISPUTABLE LIFE POLICY
x I

Richard Malins, EsEsq" M.P.
-
TRusTEss.
Richard Spooner
and NEGOTIABLE DOCU-
3. Campbell Renton, un37l:3ladox, Esq.
I Imam Til,lberfo,rce, Req.
ci Q.C. in terms of the Deed of
The POLICIES are" INDISPUTABLE,
Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are thus rendered
CERTAIN
MENTS OF SECURITY.
PROVISIONS,
SECURITY.
This Companymore peculiarly applicable to the
has introduced, as
Middle and Industrious Classes, a plan of SELF-PROTECTING IN-
SURANCE, whereby in one Policy for one rate of Premium, are
combined an Insurance of a Sum Payable either at death or en at-
taining a specified age, and a pension or annuity after that age ; and
giving the full benefit of all Premiums that have been paid, although
the payments should at any time be discontinued.
jstnEesse.i,
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

The Premiums aNreo. pl
AIETROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.
Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall
due on the sth of October next, that the same must be PAID
within Thirty days from that date.
sth of 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 °f its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
for the whole term of life as Members of the Society.
For the 1853, an abatement of 51 per
year endin the sth of April,
cent, has been de g Premiums of all Members of Five
Years' stay...-. dared on the
----...-ug and upwards.
RicuARD HEATHFLELD, Superintendent.
rdUCefilltreet, Bank, Oept. 4, 1862'
aid Yearly,
Bank.

GRAVESEND, STAR PACKETS.
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Fore Cabin. Saloon.
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2d.
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Between Gravesend and Inter 'mediate Piers.. 6d. .• • • Os. Bd'
No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Parfleet nen,
The Packets call at the Pier sas underlined (weather permitting)..
FROM TERRA( rE PIER, GRAVESEND.

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BOAT TICKETS.—TaveI' re Months, 5/.os. ; Mix Months, Et.
Three Months, 21. Os.: to ie had of the Collectors on boars
packets; or Mr. Monk, Ten ace Pier, Gravesend.
July 8, 1852.

the

LATE FATAL .EIAILWAY ACCIDENT.
The coroner's inques f concerning the frightful acci-
dent on the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire
Railway, terminated It tt e on Saturday night, at which
time the cause of the c. ttamity remained as great a mys-
tery as at the comment toment of the inquiry. The lead-
ing facts may be briefly recapitulated. Last Wednesday
evening the Great Nort 1 tern passenger train which leaves
Sheffield at 9.10 P.M. re a i off the line, at a place which is
three-quarters of a mil a short of Woodhouse junction,
and better than four tt tiles from Sheffield. The line
carves at that point, an d is upon a steep embankment
upwards of thirty feet b igh. 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 embank anent on the opposite side. The
rest of the train (two pat isonger carriages, two goods vans,
and a break) fell down the other embankment with a
fearful crash. The pas rengers escaped unhurt, but the
guard (Charles Tuckwc tod) was killed on the spot, and
the engine driver (Sam :el Wright) died on the following
-
day, after suffering the most frightful torture, his legs
having been almost ta rasted off by the engine fire, the
engine having fallen up on him.
The coroner's inques t was opened on Friday, and was
of more than ordinary interest, inasmuch as the cause
of the accident was alt ,gether unaccounted for. It was
reported that the lint was out of guage, 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 i ight 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 tid, was very bad to travel over
between Sheffield and Retford, so bad that it made the
engine shake about tel ribly. The other evidence taken
on Friday did not bea r upon the cause of the accident.
On Saturday the act &lent was resumed.
Thomas Spriggs, a an 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 ',he 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
line) in good order : at; all events not so good as the
Great Northern line. The trains were accustomed to
shake. A few hours befc,re the accident, when accom-
panying the up-express train, his van shook, and on
looking out of the window e saw that the inner reit
was crooked. On being (Liked by the doroner why he
did not report the circumstance, he said it did not strike
him as sufficiently important.
Mr. G. Tuckwood, brother of the deceased, repeated
the statement which he nude on Friday, to the effect
that he had heard Kemp ascribe the accident to the line
being out of gauge.
Richard Hesketh, an engine-driver, in the employ
of the Manchester, Sheffield, 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 Lynn, 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 in 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,
after stating that he 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 laftd 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
trading-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 head, 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 or forty miles
an hour.

Mr. Sturrock, locomotive engineer of the Great Nor-
thern, said—l cannot satisfy myself as to the cause of
the accident; but I very muoh agree with Mr. Peacock,
as far as I can form an opinion.
After some unimportant evidence,
The CORONER summed up, and the jury consulted
with closed doors about twenty minutes.
The Foreman then delivered the following verdict:—
" We are unanimously of opinion that the deceased, Sa-
muel Wright and Charles Tuckwood, have come by
their deaths in consequence 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 been given to the jury."
The inquest ended about eight o'clock P.M.

TILE NEW CRYSTAL PALACE.
. T., 'ae work of reconstructing the Great Exhibition
etnelie g at Sydenbam is now being pushed forward
with great vigour, and that spectacle of well-ap-
quell. 6ed admiration
plie(l labour which in Hyde-park excited such un-
is about to be successfully
repe7i4.ed. Already the site has been cleared, the
fours dations to a great extent prepared, a vast mess
of ii taterials collected On the ground, and even the
plan of the surrounding gardens and their embl-
.6 lish. vents roughly struck out. Great as was the
•.1. spef ki with which the old building was reared, there
_ is every reason to believe that in this respect the
new. -w ill rival, if it does not eclipse it. The credit
of f ;I:.e nation for punctuality no longer acts as a sti-
mulus on the contr.ctors, but they will, no doubt,
stew themselves men their word, and they have
ant •only the experience of the previous undertaking
to :aid them, but they work to a great extent
wi'al the same hands, the same materials, and tae
sae ne proportions. The very bell that summoned
th a labourers to their work—the crane that
lif tad tae heavier castings, and the hydraulic press
that tested the girders in Hyde-park, are again at
noir former uses. Huge piles of materials, arranged
so as to be most available, are stacked in order along
the ground There are long rows of *strat
sotumns, reviving, by the paint upon them, recollee-
, ;ions of Owen Jones's colouring. The doors through
aevrheidchepossoitveadstio a heap a tide of
onehu manity. swept last summer
e the other, ready for
fresh service. One sees mountains of sasbbars,
bracinga, girders
window-frames, panelling,
Paxton gutters, railings,
about them the traces of
little deteriorated and other materials, all bearing
_n
condition
life use, and apparently
ondition thereby. There is
also an immense l
accumulationforth of glass, stowed
e
away in a shed erected
percentage of that brittle
ispurpose, and the
materialsaid to
destroyed in the
transfer from Hyde- park
ns the permanent
to be remarkably
small. In laying the foundatio
character of the new structure is shown by the
_
increased size of them, but the old proportions
Whimultiplech
the details of construction in such undertakrienders
simple and economical, and which now, fully ;log sso
cog-
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 practicable. 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 completion.
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, with 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 obstruction, as tar as its powers can
reach ; but no conception 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-
sifying its enormous dimensions. The monotonous
effect of 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,
from their great height and the effect of shadow, be
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 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 engaged 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 special
object of Sir Joseph Paxton's solicitude, who will, no
last doubt, do everything that a knight can to bring
down into the 19th century, and within
accession
li
few
minutes drive of London, the fabled gardens
w
of the
Hesperides, without the dragon. The
made to the company's staff, and perhaps the
valuable for them, as a commercial body
. most
Belshaw, that most successful, active,' ls Mr'
and obliging
superintendent of the working details of
since their commencement in this country. He
will fill his old position in the Newls
and exhibitors occupying there Crystal Palace,
_er
apace
his special care. The applications of
will be
_. find__
already coming in fast, thougha
rentof
will this kind are
and it is expected that thiswilla
eventually be
tarnb charge
out
a considerable source
.__ a
of revenue. Viewed a'
whole, the undertaking of the Crystal ?niece Com-
panyre is one which manifestly deserves to be
and
ceived by the public with the greatest favour,
o arse
which e
which every philanthropic mind must wish their
successful. Yet, at this critical
stage in
operations, the directors should bearoe
of the Great
mind certain points which the e osPr_
x -eienaot held stead-
Exhibition suggests, and which:
and _
d nobly-intended
fastly in view, may cover sl good
Their' subscribed capital is
enterprise with disaster.
si contemplate an
500,0001.—their plans already
t, and probably not much
expen-
diture far beyond that
.aiTg.
They will find that before
under 1,000,0001. 1
steerid on this amount a large annual
any dividend can be p
required for the expenses of maintenance.
sum will be
othe commercial value of their under -
Their, reliance on
based upon the patronage of the in-
dustrioustaking is rightly
classes.
To have that patronage the charge
for admission must be easily within the means of those
classes. Now, if the preliminary outlay is not very
carefully g,
uarded this will be impossible. The
humbler class
es paid their shillings to see the Ex-
hibition, but that was once in a way, and 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 gym,
pathy which was felt for a common effort, in which
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 by volun-
t&ry effort, and the whole world agog about the splen-
dour of the spectacle, the surplus is only 150,000/.
English companies engaged in new undertakings