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London, England, 1853-07-19 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1853.

GREAT MILITARY CAMP at CHOBHAM,
SOUTH-WESTERN' RAILWAY.

In order to give opportunities for witnessing this grand military
display, TRAINS will run, on and after MONDAY, 4th July,
from WATERLOO to CHF.RTSL'Y, STAINES, and WOKING, the
nearest Stations to the Camp, at convenient intervals, from 7 a.m.,
returning in the Afternoon.
Horses and carriages should be at Waterloo Station by 6.30 a.m.,
and will be forwarded by Trains at 7 and 7.20 a.m.
Chcrtsey Station is within four miles of the Camp, and omnibuses
will be continually running at moderate fares.
Superior private conveyances can also be obtained at Chertsey,
at fixed fares, on application to Mr. Rowland, Swan Hotel.
Arrangements have been made at Chertsey Station for the accom-
modation and refreshment of passengers by these trains.
The Camp is within five miles of Woking, and of Staines Station
four, from whence conveyances can be obtained. The route from
Staines is via Virginia Water.
By Order,

ARCIID. SCOTT, Traffic Manager.

Waterloo Station, July, 1853.

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.

CONTRACT FOR WAGGON MATERIALS.

The Directors aro desirous of receiving TENDERS for the follow-
ing MATERIALS for the CONSTRUCTION of 500 COVERED
GOODS WAGGONS:—

Staffordshire Iron—bar and sheet • •
Axle-Box and other Castings.....•
Wheels and Axles 5OO "
Bearing Springs
Patent Waggon Locks • ... .......... 500 "
screws
White Lead .. • •
Tarred Fe1t....... •• • • ...... 900 yards.

630 tons.
GI I,

Parties desirous of tendering may obtain the specification and
form of tender on application at this office, and any further informa-
tion may be procured from Mr. Henson. of Camden, and Mr. Owens,
of the waggon works, Newton, Lancashire.
Tenders, addressed to the undersigned, should be sent 10 on or
before the 30th Inst.

CHAS. E. STEWART, Secy.
Secretary's (Mee, Easton Station, July 16, 1853.

RAILWAYS IN BENGAL.
By W. P. ANDREW, Esq.,
Author of " Indian Railways." By an Old Indian Postmaster,
&c., &c., &c.
W. IL Allen and Co., 7, Leadenhail-street, 1853.
" The line (in Bengal) seems to have been adopted which was
or:ginally recommended by Mr. W. P. Andrew."—Times.
" We see with some satisfaction that the views propounded as to
forming railways in India, by Mr. W. P. Andrew, under the cogno-
men of an ' Old Indian Postmaster,' and which were long ago recom-
mended in our journal, find favour in India, and are likely to be
adopted."—Ecouomist.

MlDDLESEX.—Metropolitan Buildings Act,
7 and 8 Viet., cap. 84 —Notice is hereby given, that a
vacancy having occurred in the District Surveyorship of the parish
of St. Luke, Old-street, and the liberty of Glasshouse-yard, by the
appointment of Mr. Carpenter, the late surveyor of that district to
another district, the Court of General Sessions of the Peace for this
county will proceed, on Thursday, the 25th day of August next, to
the ELECTION of a SURVEYOR for the first-mentioned district,
and that such election will be subject to the standing orders of
Court as to districts and district surveyors ; and that no person
will be admitted a candidate unless drily qualified under the act
and such standing orders; and every candidate must, on or before
Saturday, the 13th day of August next, address to me, in writing,
a statement of his name, residence, age, and qualification, and
must also personally appear before the Committee fur General Pur-
poses appointed by the Court, at two o'clock in the afternoon pre-
cisely on Monday, the 15th day of August next, at the Sessions
House, Clerkenwell-green, and produce to their satisfaction evidence
that he is of the full age of 30 years, and a certificate from the
Board of Examiners appointed under the act of their approval, and
also such other testimonials of character and qualification as he may
deem expedient or the Committee may require ; and if approved by
the Committee, he st ill then be sanctioned by them to be a candi-
date. C.' HEATON ELLIS, Clerk of the Peace.

Sessions House, Clerkenwell, July 15, 1853,

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
• COMPANY.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1834.
8, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.
HONORARY PRESIDENTS.
Lord Elphinstone
Lord Belhaven and Stenton
William Campbell, Esq., of
Tilllchewam.

Earl of Ceurtown
Earl Lovett and Melville
Earl of Norbury
Viscount Falkland

LONDON BOARD.
CHARLES GRAHAM, Esq., F.S.A., Chairman.
CHARLES DOWNES, Esq., Deputy Chairman.
H. Blair Avarne, Esq. J. G. Henriques, Esq:
E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., Resident F. C. Maitland, Esq.
Charles Berwick Curtis, Esq. William Itailton, Esq.
William Fairlie, Evil. Thomas Thorby, Esq„ F.S.A.
D. Q. Henriques, Esq.

MEDICAL

Arthur 11. HassAll, Esq., M.D.,

OFFICER.
8, Bennett-street, St. James's.
'rem March, 1834, to the 31st

Tho bonus added to policies
Decemher, 1847, is as follows :

H POSTMASTER-GENE-
RRAL
will receive MAJESTY'SsEA
LED TENDERS for suprly lag the
HER
General Post-office with FIRE WOOD for one ye,- r.
Information as regards the description and quantity of 111.4 wood
required, can be obtained on application to Btr. FORTUNE. Clerk of
the Works at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand,
The Tenders are to be addressed to her Majesty's Postmaster-
General, and must be delivered not later than 12 o'clock noon, on
MONDAY, the let AUGUST next, endorsed "Tenders for the supply
of Fire Wood."
General Post-office, July, 1853.

INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL AND SAVINGS.
PARTIES desirous of INVESTING Money are
requested to examine the plan of the MITRE ASSURANCE
and INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION, by which a high rate of In-
erest may be obtahrd, combined with perfect security.
Prospectuses and full iniormation may be had at the office, or sent,
pest tree, "on application.

23, Pall-mall.

W. BRIDGES, Sec.

MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC
every evening, at $ o'clock, except Saturday. Stalls, 35.,
which can be secured at the Box.office every day from I I to 4.
Area, 25.; gallery, Is. A Morning Performance every Tuesday and
Saturday, at 3 o'clock.—Egyptian-hall, Piccadilly.

S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
(Lessee,Aß ES E. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fulham-
E ping. The Orchestra will perform, during
h "Thistle," "Shamrock," " Amino," and
jo,e,dw.A)l.elß,cn,ETENThvceeiri;
oseL7
"Rigoletto" Waltzes, by H. Laurent; ihe " RN:lllpda" and
"Nymph," by D'Albert ; the "England," "New Topsy," and "Lago
Maggoire" Quadrilles ; the " Gold Hawk" and " Juno" Polkas.—
Admission, Is. Doors open at Half•past Eight o'clock; to com-
mence at Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven.

lIOYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
The PATENT NEEDLE SEWING MACHINE exhibited in Use
and explained Daily, at a Quarter to Three, in addition to the varied
SCIENTIFIC LECTUREs and -EXHIBITIONS. On TUESDAYS
and FRIDAYS, at Four o'clock, and Every Evening (except Satur-
day) at Nine, the FIRST PART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE
on " THE THAMES," from its Source to ftsEsteary, by GEORGE.
BUCKLAND,--Esq., assisted by ytiss BlancheYounge, with appro-
priate Songs and Dissolving Scenery.

Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and
Children under Ten years of age Half-price.

BRIGHTON SELTZER WATER, 4s. a dozen.
Mr. HOOFER his REDUCED his PRICE for Brighton
Seltzer and Fachingen from 6s. to 4s. per dozen. Also other mrated
waters In proportion, and which are unsurpassed, if not unequalled.
Six-dozen hampers carriage tree. Balls and fetes supplied in such
quantities only as may be required. Delivery twice daily. A pro-
spectus with list of prices can be had on application.—HOOFEß, 7,
Pall-mall East; and 55, Orosvenor-street, Boad-street.

NO. 4, LEADENHALL-STREET, near the
India House, London.
M ost people complain that shaving's a bore;
B ach day's painful scrape only chafes an old sore :
C hoose the cutler who stands at the head of the trade ;
H alf the battle depends on a well-tempered blade.
I n the front of these lines his name is displayed.
MECIIPS RAZORS, STROPS, and MAGIC PASTE are renowned
throughout the civilised world. He exhibits also the most recherche
Stock of Papier IVlaclui articles, Dressing Cases, Work Boxes, Tea
Trays, Writing Desks, &c., in London. Everything for the Toilet
and Work Table. Mechi's famous Bagatelle Tables, affording a
charming amusement on a wet day.

PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES.

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WEST-END AND CRYSTAL PALACE.
Yesterday the committee of the House of Lords ap-
pointed to inquire into the merits of this undertakinc,
met for the first time in one of the Committee-rooms. The
Lords were—Lord Ormonde, Lord Southampton, Vis-
count Hutchinson, the Earl of Romney, and the Earl of
Harewood.
Mr. Alexander, Q.C. (with whom was Sir T. Phillips),
explained to their lordships the object of the measure.
The proposed line would commence from the London and
South-Western Railway at its junction with the Windsor,
Staines, and Richmond Railway at Battersea, and termi-
nate in the Crystal Palace Park, with a branch line to
the London, Brighton, and South Coast at the Norwood
station of that line, and another branch to connect it
with the river at the south end of the Chelsea Suspen-
sion-bridge now constructing, where it was proposed to
establish a landing-place and pier. The measure was op-
posed by the South-Western Railway Company, and by
two owners of property, Messrs. Chadwick and Wicks,
out of about 300 others. The South-Western opposition
arose upon the ground that the proposed line, from its
running a portion of the way parallel with their own,
would prevent their conveniently enlarging the breadth
of their line, and that the Wimbledon and Croydon line,
sanctioned this session, in conjunction with the existing
means of communication by the Brighton line to Syden-
ham, rendered the Crystal Palace line superfluous.
Mr. Geach, M.P., one of the directors of the line, was
the first witness examined. Was of opinion that so large
a number of people would be attracted to the new
Crystal Palace that it would be difficult to find for them
either conveyance or accommodation. The directors had
proposed to make an arrangment for the purpose with
the London and Brighton Company by means of their line
to Sydenham and Norwood, but the utmost number of
persons that company could take per day was 30,000 and
he (Mr. Geach) calculated that on the fete days provision
would have to be made for the accommodation and con-
veyance of something like 100,000 persons. It was this
that led to the projection of the Crystal Palace Railway,
as an adequate means of communication, and also as a
west-end means of transit to and fro. They had the cor-
dial co-operation of the Brighton Railway. By means
of the pier at Battersea they would be able to take pas-
sengers from the steam-boats on to the Crystal Palace
Railway. The proposed line would greatly relieve the
city from the well-known blockade of vehicles that filled
it at certain periods of the day, and which delayed rail-
way and other passengers so much.
The committee, on the question being formally raised,
decided that the South-Western Railway Company be
heard against the measure. __ _

Mr. -0-each, cross-examined by Mr. Burke for the
South-Western Railway.—The subscription list having
failed so far as the public were concerned, the directors
made up the required sum, 360,0001., among themselves.
It would occupy the people of Belgravia in their car-
riages three-quarters of an hour to go the Crystal Palace.
This would involve the necessity for horse and carriage
accommodation while they remained.
Sir Joseph Paxton then explained to the committee
his plans for constructing the Crystal Palace, and stated
that in his opinion the proposed line would be indispens-
able to accommodate the visi tors. The waterworks
would be five times the extent of those at Versailles.
The principal fountain would have 1,000 jets, there being
besides two jets-d'eau, throwing the water 230 feet high,
or several feet higher than the monument. If intrusted
to his hands, he would undertake to get the railway
palace and all complete by next May.
Mr. Bidder, the engineer of the line, described its en-
gineering peculiarities. It would pass at 125 feet below
the Crystal Palace to its junction with the Brighton.
Quarter-hour trains might be run with great convenience,
or at the rate of nearly 200 trains a-day, if required.
Mr. Laing, M.P., chairman of the Brighton Railway,
gave evidence in favour of the scheme, and stated that
some other access to the Crystal Palace beyond that
afforded by the Brighton line was indispensable. He
had no doubt the Crystal Palace in itself would answer.
He thought the line would be best worked by the South-
Western Railway.
Mr. Quilter, Mr. Sotheby, Mr. Sutherland, and Mr.
Lee were also examined in favour of the line. From
the evidence of Mr. Lee, surveyor, it appeared that in
consequence of the proposed Crystal Palace and its rail-
way, land, heretofore worth only 1001. per-acre, had been
resold at from 4001. to 8001. per acre, and that at Bat-
tersea had sold at eight guineas per foot.