The Sun.
London, England, 1853-01-24 00:00:00

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN' R&ILWAY.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,
That the next HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING
of the proprietors of the LONDON and SOUTH WESTERN RAIL-
WAY COMPANY will be held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 16th day of February, 1853,
at Twelve o'clock precisely, when the directors will submit a report
on the affairs of the company during the preceding half-year, a divi-
dend wl,ll bo declared, and the general business of the company tran-
sacted. _ _

And Notice is hereby farther Given, that at this meeting an elec-
tion of directors will take place, and that there are four vacancies in
the direction occaslemed by the resignation or the Right Hon. the
Earl of Morley, and of Thomas Smith, Esq , and by the retirement,
under the provisions of the " London and South-Western Railway
Amendment Act, 1847," of John Lewis Count Eye and Matthew
• Esq.
The two retiring directors,. John Lewis Count Eyre and Matthew
• Esq., are re-eligible, and offer themselves for re-election ac-
cordingly; and George Best, Esq., Charles Castleman, Esq., Thomas
Williams Helps, Esq.. Sir Raymond Jarvis, Capt. Jas. Gilbert Johnson
(late of Madras Engineers), Alexander Kay. Esq., and William
Philip Snell, Esq., have also severally declared their intention, accord-
ing to the provisions of the Acts of Parliament regulating the com-
pany, lo become candidates for election.
And Notice is hereby further Given, that so soon as the business
of the Half-yearly Meeting is concluded, a SPECIAL GENER IL
MEETING of the Proprietors will be held, to con-ider the propriety
of resuming the suspended Works on the Basingstoke and Salisbury
line, between Andover and Salisbury, and of applying to Parliament
in the present session for an Act to sanction the completion by this
Company of the entire line, as authorized by the Act of 1846.
The books of the company for the transfer of shares will be closed
"Wednesday, the 2d day of February, and remain closed until
Wednesday. the 16th day of February, 1853, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board of Director.,
A. BIIIKELEY, Sec.

York-road Offices, 21st January, 1853.

W S. WOODIN'S SOIREES
• COMIQUES, or CARPET BA/ and SKETCH-BOOK.

CROWDED HOUSES AND TRIUMPHANT SUCCESS 1
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, at the THEATRE ROYAL,
Being an entirely
ADELAIDE-STREET WEST, STRAND.
Novel and Original Vocal and Visual Instructo, Gro-
tesqnol,
oComico. Pictorio, Musico, Eccentrissimo, Characteristic.,
Leetui,

IN TWO COMIC SECTIONS.
A PART FIRST COMPRISES
*Vocal Illustration, " Beginnings."—Full-length Portrait, Martha
...Mivills.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Half-length Portrait, Major
luster.—Vocal Illustration, "A Visit to the Great Metropolis.'
.;-..ru11-length Portrait, Sir Benjamin Bungle.—llalf-length Portrait
""1, r• Sampson Rusty.—Full-lenglit Portrait, Mr. Oliver Oldstyle
with a Vocal Illustration of " Bygone Days ").—Evil-length Por-
trait, Ben Binnacle —Minitture Portrait, Mrs. Muddles (trom
Manchester.)

PAST SECOND.
Fuld-length Portrait, Sandie M‘Whittle.—Full-length Portrait, A
Wen-known Personage.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Felt-length
Portrait, A Yankee Clipper.—Vocal Illustration, " Metropolitan
Melodies."—Full-length Portrait, Mr. Cal:l.—illustration, Carpet
llag.--Full.length Portraits, Mr. and Mrs. Lapsus Linger.—Vocal
Illustration, " Pleasures of a Pic-nic Party."—lllustration, Sketch-
book (Daylight and Moonlight).—Finale, " The Lions of London."
boot. several Pictorial Illustrations, furnished by " The Sketch-
"
In the course of the Evening Mr. C. Cormis will perform a variety
of grand Piano Solos.
Admission, is.; Reserved Seats, 25.; Dress Stalls, 35.; Private Hosea
One Guinea.

THE HOOD MEMORIAL.
CLOSE Or THE SUBSCRIPTION.

AT a GENERAL MEETING of the SUB-
SCRIBERS to the Fund for Erecting a Monument above
ton
Grave of THOMAS HOOD in Kensal-green Cemetery, held Dec.
at the Whittington Club, it wai resolved that the Sabseription
'.at be CLOSED on the let of February, 1853, and
Miss ELIZA. COOK,

MURDO YOUNG, and
Ms. JOHN WATKINS,
►ere appointed Trustees to the Fund.

The amounts subscribed are deposited at Interest in the London,
and Commercial Bank.
~Contribations are received by Mr. William Strudwicke, at the
whittington Club, Strand by Miss Eliza Cook, Treasurer, 54,
goat Ormonde-str, et, Bloomsbury ; and by Mr. John Watkins,
On. Sec., 34, Parliament-street.

Among the subscribers are the following
Grace the Duke of Devonshire, K.G.........£25 0 •
Toe Right Hon. Lord John Russell, M.P. ...... 5 0 0
The Right Hon. B. Disraeli, M.P •• 5 0 0
The Right Hon. T. B. Macaolay, 5 0 0
Rir Wilbam Frazer, 8art.......... ...... 4 0 0
James Harmer, Esq... ....•• •• • • ..... • ... s'o 0
John Macgregor. R. 1.. M.P...• •• ...... 0 o
Arip c ocers, •Esq. ..... • .• •••• • • . • 5 5 0
Mrs. Robert Elliot
•.......... ..... 5 0 0
'Richard Dawson, Esq., MAI

Georgefeabody

~ ..._
E.g.

'••• •• ------ •••... s o o

• • • •• • • 5 5
Edward Moorman, Esq • . 5 0 0
David salomons, Esq.. ......... • ... • • .... a a o
Messrs. Spalding and Hodge. •••• • • •• 5 5 0
Miss Eliza Cook. . .•
5 0 0
Miss Cushman.... • • ••• • . . • ... •• •• • • 5 0 0
Proceeds of an "Evening vrith Hood ' at the
Whittington Club... 8 8 0
Murdo Young, Esq., and family 4 4 0
Samuel Rogers, E5q.........,
C. W. Dilke, Esq... ..... 3 3 0
Charles Lushington, E5q...... .
Elias Davis, Esq.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Ellesmere ... ..... 2 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord John Manners, M.P.." .. 2 0 0
Sir James Duke, Bart., M.P..... . 2 2 0
R. Monckton Milnes, Esq., 2 0 0
B. W. Procter, Esq., (Barry Cornwall) ........ 2 2 0
Douglas Jerrold, Esq....
T. K. Hervey, Esq. •••••••••• • • • • •• • ....... •• 2 2 0
Rowland Hill, Esq., General Post-offics 2 2 0
C. Mackay, Esq., LL.D. .... •• • • •..... „ 2 2 0
C. W. Dllke, jun., Esq.. •• •• •• ••
Edward Moxon, E5q........ •• ••• • •• 2 2 0
James Coppock, Esq.•• •• ••
Rev. Thos. Wilkinson, Durham ........ . 2 2 0
Collected by M. J. O'Conner, Esq , Morpeth,
Northumberland .. •• •• •• •• •• •••• • • " " 2 9
Jas. Wyld, Esq., and family.... •.. 2 0 0
Mrs. Theodore Martin (Miss Helen Faudt) .... 2 2 0
A few Young Men at Simpkin and Marshall's— 1 5 6
Nine half crowns from Manchester-- 1 2 6
The Right Hon. the Earl of Carlisle.-- „ „ 1 1 0
The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans...—. 1 1 0
The Right Hon. Lord 8r0ugham......... 1 0 0
The Right Hon. Lord Dudley Stuart, M.P. ~ 1 1.0
The Hon. and Rev. S. G. 05b0rne.............. 1 0 0
Alfred Tennyson, Esq. (Poet Laureate).... ..... 1 1 0
Lady 5andy5.................... ...... • . 1 1 0
W. M. Thackeray, Esq... „ 10 0
Charles Swain, Esq, . ..... •••• 1 0 0
W. C. Macready, E.q... .......• 1 1 0
J Westland Marston, Esq
Ifrs• C. Hall ••••••• 1 1 0
Albert Smith, Esq. •• •• •• •• •• •••••• •• '• 11 0
Lady Morgan .......... •• . ........ .......,... 1 1 0
W. C. M. Kent, Esq. •.•••••••• • • • • . • .. • •. . 1 1 0
Alfred Crowuill E
William Jerdan, Esq.... •• •• ..... ....... „••
...,..11ePworth Dixon, Esq 1 1 0
w. H. Gore Langton, Esq., °' Baring Wall, Esq. M.P. ••• •• •• •• ••• 11 0
Charles Gavan Duffy' 1 1 0
, Esq M P •
IL Swift, Er M.P

~ Esq., ........ • • ... • .... I 1 0
James Macgregor, Esq., M.P.... . ....
. ........ 1 0 0
B. Oliveira,
.Esq., ••• • • • .... 1 1 0
W. J. Fox, Ely M.P

Sir John Kerte Haberfleld, Knt., Bristol 1 1 0
krs Milner Gibson • •• ••••••"••• • • • • • • • 1 0 0 Thomas Creswick, Esq. R.A..........• ••.••• • • 1 1 0
J. 13. Buckstone, Esq..• ••• •• •••••••• • • • • • •• 1 1 0
Sirs. Fitzwilliar

.4M .. • • ...... •.••• • • ••
Rev. Felix Palmer, Frierning .... ••• • • • •• • 1 1 0
Maraca Mayhew, Esti

Sydney Yeridys &bell, Esq. ..
C. Cowden Clarke, Es

urae
J. E. Carpenter, Esq. .•• •••••••• • • • • • • • • ..... 1 1 0
Dr. Robert Elliot, fitratrord -

Elocution Class, Walworth Literary Institution.. I I 0
Eight half crowns from Preston.. ••
In pence from Bideford •• .. ..
• • ... • • 018 8
In Half-crowns, from Bristol.

-• • . • • ......
In Half-crowns and Shillings......••
....
• 1 ... •. 011 6
0
To pence from Bristol.
• •• •• •• • • 012 6
Miss Martineau .....•••• ••••.• • • •
Miss Mltfo'd

.. . ... • .........
Geo. Dawson, Esq., MA. ....• •••• .. • • •.•.•... 010 0
10 6
X. L. Blanchard, Esq. ..........• ••••..• • • • • • 010 6
W. C. Bennett Esq. ..........
few poor Needlawmen ..... ..
1.11 other Sams ••••••••••••• .. • • • • • • • • • • • 228 0 1

£416 3 i
I..tery subscriber's name will appear in Eliza Cook's Jonrital,
JOHN WATKINS, Hon. Sec.

CIILVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
147,, To he had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row, Carvalho,
Aost,?Bee6td-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
co__ " Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
eftrsioNnTENTs :—Early Rising Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
Forests
3 about the Envirors of London—The Parks Lanes, Hills,
Tri , Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places - Country
kuPs;eitritt Rambles—The Sea -London at Ilight—Evenings at Home
Rost The Drarna—On &
Eatlng Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Oecapati n &
o , c., c.

IL PRACIBSENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Tole.
'SIT To THE LAKES; IiTIVETI6II OF EDINBURGH, &c.
TIIE Vol.
—"-r-B OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.

WIIAT TO EAT, DitINIC. AND AVOID,
"That three scorael
A popular review of Years and ten our course raay run
f (cause and cure) of ner-
Vously-debilitatcd houlthniannsd enfeebled Ind constitution that harasses
the Young. besets the man of pinageeb e b bless or study, and ein•
bitters old age ; with tables and reulesurfeo'r thus diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.

TV.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what Improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
Stniztex :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
Vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
tives and remedlative
eflicentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra-
. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.
TIIE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that's the question."
itoes.Aststx : —Laws and obligations of nature, society, and r
tion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, tong both slides, as to age temperament complezion, and
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility audits conversion.
taules, &c.
(1 824) Ily It. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), 31.R.C.5. (1627), L.S.A.
Matter , Tvrenty-flve years Medical and Forensic Referee In these s.

Price Is. each; by post, Is. Gd.
_To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147,
Ileet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwed, M.D..
10, Argyll-place. Regentstreet, who may be consulted daily from
Ten till Five, ang iikrVOLI till Nine.