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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1852.

TYNEMOUTH DOCKS, AND MORPETH
AND SHIELDS DIRECT RAILWAY. - (RAILWAY from
TYNEMOUTII to MOUPETII with BRANCHES—DOCKS at
TYNEMOUTH— PO W ERS to USE ADJOINING UNDER-
TAKINGS—and AMENDMENT of ACTS.)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that Application is intended to
be made to Parliament in next Session, for leave to bring in a Bill to
incorporate a company, with powers to make and maintain the fol-
lowing works, or some of them, or some part or parts thereof, that
is to say—
Fir tly—A Railway and all proper Works and Conveniences in
connection therewith, commencing at a point in the Township of
Tynemouth, in the Parish of Tynemouth, near to the Master Mari-
ners' Asylum, and terminating at a point in the Township of Mor-
peth Castle, Stobhill, Catchburn, and Parkhouses, in the parish of
Morpeth, at or near to the Morpeth Station, on the York, New-
castle, and Berwick Railway, which proposed Railway and Works,
connected therewith, will be situate iu the following Parishes,
Townships, aed Places, or some of them, viz., the Parishes of Tyne-
mouth, Earsdon, Bedlington, Woodhorn, Bothal, and Morpeth, and
the Parochial Chapelry of Horton, in the Parish of Woodhorn, and
the Townships of Tynemouth, Preston, Whitley, Monkseaton, ri oly-
well, Hartley, Seaton Delaval, Newshant and South Myth, Cowpen,
Horton, Bebside, Bedlington, Netherton, West Sleekburn, East
Sleekburn, Choppington, Hcpscott, Morpeth Castle, Stobhill, Catch-
burn, and Parkhou-es, Ashington and Sheep-wash, and Bothal
Demesne; all in the County of Northumberland.

Secondly—A connecting Branch Railway, and all proper Works
and Conveniences in connection therewith, commencing by a Junc-
tion with the said proposed Railway firstly above mentioned, at a
point at or near to the commencement thereof, near to the Master Ma-
riners' Asylum aforesaid, and terminating by a Junction with the York,
Newcastle and Berwick Railway, at a point at or near to the Tyne-
mouth Station of the Branch of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick
Railway, leading from Newcastle-upon-Tyne to Tynemouth, which
proposed Connecting Branch Railway, lastly
connected therewith, will be woolly situate in the Township of
Tynemouth in the Parisk of Tynemouth, in the County of North-
umberland. mentioned, and Works

Thirdly—A connecting Branch Railway, and all proper works and
conveniences in connection therewith, commencing by a junction
with the said proposed Railway, firstly above mentioned, at a point
in the townships of Hartley and Seaton Delaval, or one of them, in
the Parish of Earsdon, near to a certain house or building, cal ed the
Dairy House, and terminating by a junction with a Railway belong-
ing to the owners or lessees of Hartley Colliery, at a point near to
the Dairy House aforesaid, which proposed connecting Branch Rail-
way lastly mentioned, and works connected therewith, will be
wholly situate in the townships of Hartley and Seaton Delaval, or
one of them, in the parish of Earsdon, in the county of Northumber-
land.

Fourthly—A connecting Branch Railway, and all proper works
and conveniences in connection therewith, commencing by a junc-
tion with the said proposed Railway firstly above mentioned, at a
point at or near to the Newsham Station of the Blyth and Tyne Rail-
way, and terminating by a junction with the said Blyth and Tyne
Railway, at a point at or near the Newsham Station aforesaid, which
proposed connecting Branch Railway lastly mentioned, and works
connected therewith, will be wholly situate in the township of
Newsham and South Blyth, in the parish of Earsdon, in the county
of Northumberland.
Fifthly—A connecting Branch Railway, and all proper works and
conveniences in connection therewith, commencing by a junction
with the said proposed Railway firstly above mentioned, at a point
at or near to the junction of the Blyth and Tyne Railway with the
Bedlington Coal Company's Railway, at Newsham aforesaid, and
terminating by a junction with the Bedlington Coal Company's Rail-
way, at a point at or near the said junction of the Blyth and Tyne
Railway with the Bedlington Coal Company's Railway, which pro-
posed connecting Branch Railway lastly mentioned, and works con-
nected therewith, will be wholly situate in the township of News-
ham and South Blyth, in the parish of Earsdon, in the county of
Northumberland.
Sixthly—A connecting Branch Railway, end all proper works
and conveniences in connection therewith, commencing by a Junc-
tion with the said proposed Railway firstly above mentioned, at a
point at or near to the Bedlington Station o 7 the Bedlington Coal
Company's Railway, and terminating by a Junction with the Bed-
lington Coal Company's Railway, at a point at or near to the said
Bedlington Station, which proposed connecting Branch Railway
lastly mentioned, and works connected theewith, will be wholly
situate in the townships of Bedlington, and Vest Sleekburn, or one
of them, in the parish of Bedlington, in tit( County of Northum-
berland.
Seventhly —A connecting Branch Railway and all proper works
and conveniences in connection therewith, commencing by a Junc-
tion with the said proposed Railway firstly above mentioned, at a
point at or near the termination thereof, near the Morpeth Station
of the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, and terminating by a
Junction with the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway, at a point
at or near to the Morpeth Station aforesaid, which proposed con-
necting Branch Railway lastly mentioned, and works connected
therewith, will be wholly situate in the townthip of Morpeth Castle,
iSntothhellcioll,,,ntCyatoctliNbuorrnth,umanbderPiaanrdk. Houses, aid parish of alorpeth,
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the said proposed Railway firstly above mentioned, at a point in the
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township of West Sleekburn, in the parish of Bedlington, at or near
to the Bedlington station of the Bedlington Coal Company's Rail-
way, and terminating by a Junction with the Railway belonging to
the owners of Ashington Colliery, (leading from the Bentinck Pit, at
Ashington Colliery, to the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway,)
at a point in the township of Bothal Demesne, in the parish of
Botha!, near to the Terminus of the said Ralway belonging to the
owners of Ashington Colliery, near to the said Bentinck Pit, which
•
proposed Branch Railway lastly mentioned,
and works connected
therewith, will be situate in the townships of West Sleekburn, East
Sleekburn, and Choppington, or some or one of them, in the parish of
Bedlinton, and the townships of Ashington and Sheepwash, and
Bothal g
Demesne, or some or one of them, in the parish of Bothal, all
in the County of Northumberland.
Ninthly—A Railway, with all proper works and conveniences
connected therewith, commencing by a Junction with the said pro-
posed Railway firstly above mentioned, at a point near to the Dol-
phin Inn, in the township and parish of Tynemouth, and terminating
at a point adjoining to the River Tyne, and near to the east end of
the New Qaay, North Shields: And abet all such connecting rails,
piers, quays, wharfs, shipping and landing places, staiths, and other
works, as may be necessary or convenient for the purpose of ship-
ping and unshipping goods, minerals, and other commodities there-
from, into and on board of Ind from ships and vessels in the River Tyne,
which proposed Railway lastly mentioned, and works connected there-
with, will be situate in the following parishes, townships, and places,
or some of them, viz. :—The parish of St. Nicholas, la the county of
the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, the parish of Tynemouth, in the
county of Northumberland, and the townships of North Shields and
Tynemouth, or some or one of such parishes and townships respec-
tively.
Tenthly—A Branch Railway and all proper works and conveni-
ences in connection therewith commencing by a Junction with the
said proposed Railway, lastly above mentioned, at a point at or near
to certain dwelling-houses or cottages in the occupation of Christiana
Ridley, Alexander Morin, and Nicholas Todd, situated near to the
Low Lights, in the township of Tynemouth, in the parish of Tyne-
mouth, and terminating at the proposed docks hereinafter mentioned,
at a point in the township of Tynemouth, in the parish of Tyne-
mouth, adjoinng to and to the south of Percy-terrace, in or near
Percy-square, which proposed Branch Railway lastly mentioned,
and works connected therewith, will be situate in the parishes and
townships following, or some or one of them, viz , the township of
Tyncinouth, in the parish of Tynemouth, in the county of Northum-
berland, and the perish of St. Nicholas, in the county of the town
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Lastly—A Dock or Docks; its, upon, and adjoining to the bank, bed,
nearoce tso,
buildings,
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approaches, the B litckm itdhdee
same,
aam,
and soil of the River Tyne, on the north side and near to the mouth
of the said river, between a point near to Clifford's Fort, and a point
befterr ynwtocarenksds_
properand conveniences, wa ls,ba s ,
uponl locks, ts
or,
within gates, piers,he
depots, warehouses, sheds, shipping and landing place*, staiths,
connectingew rails,th
banks,quaYs wharfs,b
bed, a edutss bridges,l
of tb
River Tyne, and the lands adjoining
eery or convenient in connection with the said proposed Docks, or
for shipping or unshipping goods, minerals, and other commodities
thereat, or at the said river, or for facilita •
ling the conveyance of such
goods, minerals, and other commodities, between
Docks and the said proposed Railways, whsieen the said proposed
works connected therewith will be sitwhich proposed Docks and
trite in the following parishes
and townships, or some or one of them, ids the townships of Tyne-
mouth and North Shields, In the parish of
of Northumberland, and the parish of Davit Tynemouth, in the county
icholae, in the county
of the town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

And it is further intended by the said Bill, to enable the said in-
tended Company to deviate in the construction of the said several
works from thelines and levels delineated upon the plans and sections
to be deposited as hereinafter mentioned, to such an extent as shall
be defined on the said plans and sections, or provided by the said
Bill. And also to cross, alter, divert, or stop up, temporarily or per-
manently, all turnpike and other roads, streets, highways, paths,
railways, tramways, rivers, streams, brooks, sewers, waters, and
waters. urses, within the aforesaid parishes, townships, and places,
which it may be necessary or expedient, to cross, alter. divert, or
stop up, for the purpose of making, maintaining, or using the
said several works or any of
them, and also to divert
water from the River Tyne into the said proposed docks,
and works connected therewith. And it is further intend-
ed by the said Bill, to apply for compulsory and other
powers for the purchase or lease by the said intended Com-
pany, of lands, houses, and other property and rights therein, for
the purposes of the said intended Railways, Docks, and other works,
and to vary or extinguish all existing rights and privileges con-
nected with such lands, houses and other property, and with the
said river Tyne, or the bed and soil thereof, or the lands immediately
abutting thereon, within the aforesaid Parishes and townships, or
which would in any manner impede or interfere with the construc-
tion, main' enance, or use, of the said intended Railways, chipping
places, quays, docks, and other works, or with the powers to be
conferred by the said intended Bill; and also to enable the said in-
tended Company to raise money for the several purposes aforesaid,
by the issue of shares, and by borrowing upon mortgage or
bond, and to levy tolls, rates, and duties, for, and in respect of, the
use of the said several Railways, quays, shipping places, docks, and
other works, intended to be constructed and used by the said in-
tended Company as aforesaid and altermentione, and of the con-
ve3 ance of traffic thereon, and to confer exemptions from the
-rpay-
, -
ment of such tolls, rates, and duties And - uid it is further intended by
the said Bill, to empower the said Intended Company, and any other
ys
parties who may use the said intended Rellwa__,
or any of them, to
run over, and use with engines, carriages and waggons, the several
existing Railways before specified, with which the said intended
Railways are proposed to be connected as aforesaid, or some of the
said existing Railways, or some Parts thereof, and the stations,
sidings, and ether works, connected therewith, and also the quay,
and other works, authorised to be constructed under the powers of
the North Shields Quay Act, 1851, all upon such terms and condi •
tions as shall be prescribed by the said Bill, or fixed by agreeement,
and to alter the several toll,, rates, and duties, leviable for the use
of the said existing Railways, and authorised quay, and other
works connected therewith respectively, or some of such tolls, rates,
and duties, and to confer ...Lain exemptions from the pay-
ment of such several tolls, rates, and duties, or some of them.
And it is further intended by the said no
tolls, rates, and duties leviable by the at -..,1, to alter the several
aYor, Aldermen, and Bur-
gesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, or by the Tyne Improvement Com-
missioners, in respect of Vessels which ,nay nse the said Docks,
minerals,audio places, or other works and in respect of the goods,
ther commodities, w I:a3'• be shipped or unshipped
thereat, or some of such t, lls, rates, anu duff
es, and to confer certain
exemptions from the payment of such several tolls, rates, and duties,
or some of them.
intended by the said Bill toobtain to re-
And it is further powers
free
move a.ll obstructions to the Navigation of the River Tyne, in
front of, and along the said
proposedthereto Shipping places, Quays, D .cks,
and works, and the approaches or
co
trespectively, and to Impose
penalties upon all persons placing
te said obstructions in the
said River, in front of, and along proposed Shipping places,
Quays, Docks, and works, and to obtain
Powers to take chalk,
the
gravel, sand, or other ballast from bed of the said River, and
or riding therein
from ships or vessels lying , and to enclose or build
the said 1
upon part of the bed and soil of -liver, and vary or satin-
therein, which
gulch all rights and privileges .
out may in any manner
are mg of the
interfere with or impede the e )powers of the said
intended Bill. the said Bill
And it is further intended by t to make provision for
the execution by the Tyne improvement Commissioners of such por-
tion of the said intended works in, upon, and adjoining to the River
Tyne, and the bank. bed, and soil thereof, as shall be available
for the purposes authorized by the River
_Tyne Improvement Act,
1850, and the Tyne Improvement Act. 1852, or for the payment,
out of the Tyne Improvement Fund, of the expense of such portion
of the said works, in such manner, an to such extent, as shall be
fixed by the said Bill, or by agreement.
And it is further intended by the said Bill to enable the York
Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company, the Blyth and Tyne
Railway Company, the,Owners of Hartley Colliery, the Bedlington
Coal Company, the Owners of Ashingt2.ll Colliery, the Mayor, Alder-
men, and Burgesses of the borough of I Ynemouth, as Commissioners
under the North Shields Qtay Act, 1851, the Mayor, Aldermet., and
Burgesses of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and the Tyne Improvement
Commissioners, or some of them, respectively, and the said intended
Company, to enter into cezreements with each other in relation to
the several matters aforesaid, in which they are respectively
Interested.
And it is further intended by the said Bill to confer powers upon
the said intended Company for maintaining and regulating the police
of the said Docks, Quays, Shipping-Piaces, and works connected
therewith, as well as of the said Railways and other works, and for
preventing all damage to such several works, or obstruction to the
execution and maintenance or use thereof.
And, it is further intended by the said Bill to vary or extinguish
all existing rights and privileges which would interfere with any of
the objects aforesaid, and to confer all rights and privileges which
may be necessary or expedient for, or in relation to such objects.
And, it is further intended by the said Bill to extend to the said
intended Company and to the several works intended to be con-
structed and used by them as aforesaid, such of the powers and pro-
visions of the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845; the Lands
Clauses Consolidation Act, 1843 ; the Railways Clauses Consolidation
Act, 1845 ; and the Harbours, Docks, and Piers Clauses Act, 1847 ;
as are applicable to the said
• intended Company and works respec-
tively, or some of the said powers and provisions.
And for these and other purposes it is further intended by the said
Kau+ tv mewl or repeal some of We Wier! and proybloo; of the
. _

severs Acts fallowing ; that is to say, an Act passed in the twenty-
first year of he reign of his late M.•jesty King Henry the Eighth,
intituled "An Act ior the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, concern-
ing the shipping of merchandise and unshipping thereof, within the
liberties of the said Town." An Act passed in the forty-first year
of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An
Act for extending and enlarging the powers, and increasing the
Rates an 4 Duties of, the Corporation of the Trinity House of New-
castle-upon-Tyne, and for better regulating the port of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne." An Act passed in the first year of the reign of her
present Majesty Queen Victoria, intituled " An Act for regulating
and improving the Borough of Neweaste-upon-Tyne." An Act
passed in the fourth and fifth years of the reign of her present Ma-
jesty Queen Victrtrio, intituled "An Act to alter and extend an Act
passed in the first year of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, in-
tituled " An Act for regulating and improving the Borough of New-
castle. upon-Tyne." " The Newcasttle-upon-Tyne Port Act, 1845."
"The River Tyne Improvement Act, 1850." "The Tyne Improve-
ment Act. 1832." " The North Shields Quay Act, 1851." " The
Blyth and Tyne Railway Act, 1852," and all other Acts relating to
the River Tyne, An Act passed in the sixth year of the reign of his
late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act for
making and maintaining a Railway from the Town of Newcastle-
upon-Tyne in the County of the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne to
North Shields, in the County of Northumberland, with a Branch
thereout, in the County of Northumberland." In Act passed
in the third year of the reign of her present Majesty Queen
Victoria, instituted " An Act to amend the Act relating
to the Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields Railway,
and to raise a further sum of money for the purposes of the said
undertaking." " The Newcastle-upon-Tyne and North Shields
Railway Act, (Tynemouth Extension, &c.,) one thousand eight
hundred and forty-five," and the several Acts relating to the York,
Newcastle, and Berwlck Railway Company (lately called the York
and Newcastle Railway Company, and originally the Newcastle and
Darlington Junction Railway Company), passed respectively in the
3rd, sth, 6th,7th, Bth, 9th, 10th, Ilth. 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, and
16th years of the reign of Her present Majesty, Queen Victoria, and
also two several Ads, relating to the lately dissolved Company,
called the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, passed re-
spectively in the 9th and 10th years of the reign of Her present Ma-
jesty, Queen Victoria, and all other Acts relating to the said New-
castle and North Shields Railway Company, Newcastle and Berwick
Railway Company, and York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway
Company, respectively, and their several undertakings: And Notice
is also given, that duplicate plans and sections, describing the lines,
situations, and levels, of the said intended Railways, Docks, and
other works, and the lands, houses, and property, through which the
same are intended to be made, or which may be taken under the
powers of deviation before mentioned, together with books of refer-
ence to the said plans, containing the names of the owners, or
reputed owners, lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers of such
lands, houses, and other property, as also a published map to a scale
of not less than half an inch to a mile, with the lines of the said in-
tended Railways delineated thereon, so as to show their general
course and direction, and a copy 01 this notice, as published in the
" London Gazette," will be deposited for public inspection, on or
before the 30th day of November instant, with the clerk of the peace
for the county of Northumberland, at his office, at Newcastle-upon •
Tyne; and with the clerk of the peace for the county of the town
of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, at his office, at Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and
that a copy of so much of the said plans, sections, and books of
reference, as relates to each of the several parishes before mentioned
with a copy of this notice, as published inithe " London Gazette," will
be deposited on or before the said 30th day'ofNovember instant, with
the respective parish clerks of the said parishes respectively,
at
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or
before the 31st day of December next, in the Private Bill-office
of the House of Comments.

LIETCH & KEWNEY,
North Shields;
GRAHAME, WEEMS, & GRAHAME,
Westminster.

N•vember 1,1852.

LEICESTER-SQUARE IMPROVEMENT.
OWNERSHIP OF SQUARE Ott GARDEN.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that APPLICATION is intended
to be made to rARLIAMENT, in the present session, for an ACT to
put an end to all disputes as to the enclosed square or garden in
Leicester-square, in the city of Westminster, whereon a building
now used as a public exhibition is erected, and more effectually to
vest the same, and the fee-simple and inheritance thereof, in James
Wy:d, Esq., the present owner of the said building, and of the said
square or garden, and to extinguish all rights of entry into the said
square in respect of property adjacent thereto, and all charge upon
such property in respect of such entry, and to take powers for the com-
pulsory purchase of any right. property, or privilege belonging to
the owners of land or houses, in relation to the said square or
garden.
Dated this thirteenth day of November, 1852.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE ASSOClA-
TlON.—(lncorporation of Company for the purchase of the
Lease of Her Majesty's Theatre, and for carrying on the business of
the same.)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV EN, That immediate APPLICATION
is intended to be male to PARLIAMENT in the present Session for
leave to bring in a BILL to establish and incorporate, with limited
liability, a Company to be called " Her Majesty's Theatre Associa-
tion," and to authorise the assignment to, and purchase by, the said
Company of the Lease of Her Majesty's Theatre, in the Haymarket,
In the County of Middlesex, and the Concert-room adjoining thereto,
at d the Properties of the said Theatre, and to empower the said
Company to sue and be sued in the name of the Corporation, to carry
on tile business of the said Theatre, as it has been heretofore carried
on, and to hold Concerts either in the said Theatre or In the said
Concert-room, and to establish and carry on Schools of Dramatic
Music in connection with the said Theatre.
And it is further intended by the said Bill to incorporate therewith
the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, or some part thereof.
And it is further intended that the said Bill shall contain all such
other power- and provisions as may be thought necessary for effecting
any of the purposes thereof.

And notice is anther given, that copies of the said Bill, as proposed
to be introduced into Parliament, wilt be deposited In the Private
Bill Office of the House of Commons on or before the thirty •ftrst day
of December next.
Dated this 13th day of November, 1852.
HUGHES, KEARSEY, and MASTERMAN. Solicitors,
17, Bucklersbury.

SCOTTISH WIDOWS' FUND LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
that the SEPTENNIAL INVESTIGATION into the Affairs
of this Society falls to be made as at the close of the current year.
All parties, therefore, who may desire to rank in the allocation of
Profits to be then made, are requested to lodge their proposals with-
out delay.
The books will finally close on the 31st December, after which
proposals cannot be received for entry in the present Septennial
period. _ _ _

By Order,
JOHN MACKENZIE, Manager,
WM. LINDESAY, Secretary.

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November, 1852.

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curious and wonderful than any creation of the fancy."—Globe, Bth
November, 1852.
" Te any one who has not seen the book it must be vain to de-
scribe this prodigy of industry."—Standard, sth November, 1852.
" One of the marvels of the age, and a public hand-book the
utility of which it would be difficult to measure."—Shipping and
Mercantile Gazette, Nov. 10, 1652.
"Itis On truth an unexampled volume."—Sim,'. 4th November,
aton
1852.
" This monster directory, which includes in itself all the minor
Ilrectories."—Examiner, 6th November, 1852.
"This gigantic index to the streerotswtohf tohfe
inhabitants, which grows with the tmheatgrmratlisß anbdylo,itsis
its astounding completeness and
once more lying before us in all
accuracy of information."—John Bull, 6th November,
the Duke of Wellington s death,
" All the changes consequent upon ber, 1852. ,
and some others to a later date, are included."—Spectator, 6th No.
vember, 1852.
It is certainly a boon to all classes of mon, official and nensoftl.
cial."—Weekly Dispatch, Nov. 14, 1852.
H
A volume which has deservedly obtained the designation of the
to the commerce of the first commercial city in the
world.' "—Sunday Times, 7th November, 1852.
has yet been attempted in the way of
'
classification and arrangement. Bells Weekly —monger, 6th
Exceeds anything which
November, 1852.
marvel of editorship and printing. While con-
ducted it can have no rival ."—At las, 6th November,
"The
as booklt is
now a is ,
1852.
`• The map of the metropolis and its vicinity prefixed to this
work is executed with a degree of accuracy and—what is unfortunately
very rare in maps in London—clearness, which surpasses what has
been heretofore achieved in any other metropolitan map of equal
7iderence of continued industry in the compilers, as well
the utmost extent."—llera-
Noilm.epmrboevrem7,enlBtas2o.
November, 6, 1652.
siz,e,;—eaOrsbsee
pa sa
"—Hera-
path's zest'
o Its classification for facility of reference, it would almost ap-
sifs.
jorisaffayec
jtiongurnal,
pow, can no farther go."—lllustrated London News, November 6,
1852.
This edition more than supports the fame of Its predecessori."A'
Mining Journal, November 6, 1852.
„With the exception perhaps of the daily issue of ' The Mee'
newspaper. there is no published index of the national greatnall
equal to this volume."—Literary Gazette, Nov. 13, 1852.
" As remarkable for its accuracy as for the excellent and buil.
floss-like arrangement of its contents."—Court Journal, Nev. 13,
1852.
To the professional and business man, a work of value far be-
yond its cost price."—Nonconformist, Nov. 17, 1852.
& CO., rubli,dito, 19 And 20, OM Doswcu-court, Ten3l,lo-kitrf