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London, England, 1839-04-11 00:00:00

PATRON

The Most Noble the MARQUIS of WESTMINSTER.

Prospectuses may be had, and application for Shares made,
by applying to the London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury,
and Waterloo-place, and at all its Branches : and to Messrs.
Roy, Blunt, Duncan, and Johnston, 42, Lothbury; and Messrs.
G. and C. Kempson, Solictors, 31, Abingdon-street, West-
minster.

FRANCIS EWART, Secretary.

IRISH and ENGLISH AGENCY
OFFICES, Established in 1825.
5, D'Olier-street, Dublin ; 42, South Mall; Cork, and Kanturk,
Under the management of William Smith, for the Collec-
tion of Rents, Debts, Annuities, Interests, &c., who is at pre-
sent in London, and will take charge of answers to Bills in
Chancery, and attest the Execution of Deeds, Leases, anti
other Legal Documents for Registration in the Irish Courts,
and tramact all branches of London and General Agency
business.

Commands sent to No. 18, Arunskl-street, Strand, on or
before Saturday, the 13th of April, will be strictly attended to.

OFFICE of the GAS-LIGHT and COKE
CONIPANY,

NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS.
London, April 10,_1519.

Notice is hereby given, that a Half-yearly GENERAL
COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this Company, will be
held on SATURDAY, the 4th day of May next, at Eleven
o'clock in the Forenoon, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern,
in the Strand, in. the county of Middlesex; and that for seven
days previously the Half-yearly Accounts of the Company will
be open to the inspection of the Proprietors, on an order signed
by three of the Directors.
Notice is hereby also given, that at the same Meeting the
Election of an Auditor to supply the vacant Auditonhip, occa-
sioned by the election of William Allen, Esq., as a Director,
will take place ; and that should a ballet be required it will
continue open for four hours from its commencement.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
N B. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, and
none but Proprietors admitted.

ASTENNE BITUMEN COMPANY.-
1= The increased application of Bitumen in various parts
of the country, is evidence of its advantages for flooring, side-
paving, covering arches of bridges, railway sections, and numerous
other purposes; and the price, compared with that of the best
description of stone, being considerably lower, entitles it to a
decided preference on the score of economy—the large York-
shire paving stone costing 4s. 6d. per foot, whereas the Bitu-
men, an slaLs of any requiretsize, ranges from Bd. to Is. per
foot. It is a non-conductor pf heat, and has been used to great
advantage in covering steam-boilers. &c. From the expe-
rience of the Directors in the works hitherto executed, they
will guarantee the works of the Company for rny reasonable
period.
Specimens 'nay be se..en at the Office of Or.lamental Pave-
ment for halls, conservatories, &c., and a new imitation of
gravel, combin-ng the advantages of the dryness and durability
of the Bitumen with the appearance of the most beautiful
gravel walk, and requiring no trollle or repair.
Orders'received for the Mastic ready for use, or the pure
Mineral Tar, at the Office of the Company, V.B, Moorgate-
street,

ROBERT FOULERTON, Secretary.

140NDON and nIRMINGHAIVI RAIL-
WAY and PICKFORD and CO.
In consequence of various unfounded reports having been in-
dustriously circulated, relative to their arrangements with the
London and Birmingham Railway Company, Pickford and Co.
consider it advisable to m'ke the following statement:—
In the early part of 1836 they deemed it. necessary to provide
a conveyance in lieu of that by boat, which they had every rea-
son to expect would be greatly interrupted, if not entirely
stopped, before many months had elapsed, through want of
water in the summit of the Grand Junction Canal.

They applied to the Railway Company for permission to come
upon the line at Wolverton, to which point there was every
probability the Railway from London would be completed be-
fore the anticipated interruption took place; the application was
granted on condition that they should provide the requisite es-
tablishments, as the Company would not have any prepared.
By taking these precautionary measures they gave the Public
a certain and regular conveyance at a time when the usual
course of transit could not be depended upon ; and it was not till
the Public were reaping the ber.efits of Pickford and Co.'s early
adaptation of the Railway conveyance, that the cry of mono-
poly was raised against them, because the Company did not
grant to other parties, that which the state of their means
obliged them for the present to confine to the original appli-
can . _ .

At the commencement of the present year, having made an
arrangement for the conveyance of Goods on the Grand
Junction Railway (which was at that time opened to Carriers),
they were enabled to forwat d by Railway to London, such of
their Goods as had passed over the Grand Junction Railway,
but no others.
Moreover these arrangements were temporary and never in-
tended to last beyond the time when the Railway Company's
own establishments (then in progress) should be ready, and
they had a competent supply of Waggons and Locomotive
Power, when as was stated by their Circular to Carriers, early
in January, it was—" Their intention to afford the utmost ac-
commodation in their power to every class of Carriers without
preference or exclusive privilege to any one."
It will be seen, therefore, that the alleged " monopoly" of
Pickford and Co. amounts to this: that anticipating inter-
ruptions to the Carriage of Goods by Canal, they entered into
arrangements with the Railway Company at very considerable
expence to themselves, to prevent any inconvenience being felt
by the public.
Pickford and Co. beg also the Public will inform themselves
of the result of the recent Petition to Parliament • if they :re
rightly informed it will be found that the only alteration has
been to compel such an advance upon the Tonnages to be charged
by the Railway Company as must necessarily keep many goods
fibm the line, which, were the prices suffered to continue as
originally intended. would have been conveyed that way.
London, April, 1539.

PERSONAL ADVANTAGES.—The pos-
session of Nature's best passport to favourable reception,
a Clear Skin and Bright Complexion, is obtained and preserved
with pleasing facility by the use of GOWL AND'S LOTION,
a remedy especially recommended to those who are subj.& to
Cutaneous Irritability at the return of Spring, by a successful
experience of Eighty Years. For Toilet purposes, the Lotion
presents, together with a very desirable elegance of preparation,
sustaining and refreshing properties of the most effective kind,
attended, in all cases, by improvement and, generally, satisfac-
tory results.—" ROBERT SHAW, 33, Queen-street, Cheap-
side," is Engraved on the Stamp, and The Theory of Beauty"
is enclosed. Prices, 2s. 9d„ ss. 6d. ; Quarts, Bs. 6d.

39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY.
SIGHT and HEARING. TESTIMO-
NIALS on the Messrs. S. and B. SOLONIONS' newly
invented SPECTACLE LENSES an,d VOICE CONDUCTOR for
Deaf Persons.
From James Blundell, Esq, M.D.:—
" I have now tried for some time the Messrs. Solomens' newly
invented Spectacle Lenses, and have experience I much benefit ,• they
are far preferable to my vision than any other Lens; the relief is
v. ry great, in particular by candle light, and in course of use for a
length of time the clearness 01 the transparency brings every object
vory distinct; they can Le fully appreciated only by those who, like
myself, may stand in need of them.
" JAMES BLUNDELL, M.D.
"No. 1, Great George-street, Westminster."
" We, the undersigned, have been fur some time making use of
Messrs. Solomon,' newly invented Spectacle Lenses; the astonishing
relief they afford to impel feet vision gives them the decided prefer.
ence to every ether kind of Len'—the clearness at the transparency
bangs every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view the
most minute pirti,le with perfect accurary. They are particularly
pleas mt by candle light, as they appear cooling to the sight, and
soften br ght and brilliant light.—Gcorge G. Sigmond, Esq., 51.1)., 24,
Dover-street; J. Itittisbetham, F.sq., M.D., Broad-st eet-buildings;
F. H. Itainsbothare, Esq, M.D., New Broad-street; 11. Coluouru,
Esq.. 141 1)., 2", Harleytord-plsce, Kennington ' • G. Charles, Esq..
M.D., Putney ;T. J. Pettigrew, EN., F.R.S , Saville-row ;J.
Elliotson, F.R S. Conduit-greet ; D. Shillito, Esq , M.D. Put.
ney ;S. 1). Robinson, M.D., ( belten ham ; E.H. A Iltiatt, Esq.,
M. U., Wallingford ; J. C. Hall, Esq., LS. M. A.S , Surgeon, Ken-
sington ;F. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, New Broad-street; Me ors
Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, :1, Leadenhall-street ; C. Higham,
Esq., Surgeon, •Irl, Davies-street, Berkeley-square; A. White, Esq ,
Surgeon, 3, : aroament-street ; W. Day, Esq.. Surgeon. Isleworth ;
John Hooper, Esq., Surgeon, 9, Newington-place, Kennington ;E.
Stoddart, Eq., Surgeon, 32, Golden-square; R. Ingham, Esq Sur_
geon, 2711, Regent-street; C Tonally, Esq, Surgeon, Camden Town;
John Comely, Esq., 45, Great Alie-street ; R. J. Poll ck, Esq , Sur.
geon, Kensington ; 0. Griffiths Esq Surgeon, Hammersmith• ' R.
NGb:e, Esq., Surgeon, 36, Albemarle-street ; W. Jones, Esq., Sur-
geon, 15, Lower Broo%-street, Grosvenor-square; W. Engfith, Egiq ,
Surgeon, Denmark-hill, &c. &c.
In placing the above Testimonials before the Public, the Messrs. So-
' lemons, Opticians and Aiinsts, state that their Invisible Operative
Vence Conductor, by which thousands of Deaf Persons have been
greatly benefite ~ is the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when
tined into the cavity of the ear is soft and east, and not more per-
ceptible than having a piece of wool in its place, by which the faintest
whisper at a public assemnly is heard with distinctness.
These important new inventions are patronised by their Majesties
the King and Queen of Hanover, and their Royal Highnesses the
Princesses Augusta and &aphis, her Serene Highness the Princess
Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa, and his Grace the Duke of
Manchester, &e. &•.c
39, Albemarle-street.
In consequence of the gross imposition in the Country it is neces-
sary to state that no Travellers are employed by the above Estab-
lishment.