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London, England, 1838-04-28 00:00:00

CONTRACT 2, B,

The Excavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con-
straetio:: of all Bridges, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the
entire c mnpletion (excepting the Materials for, and the Forming
the permanent Way) of that portion of the Railway extending
from tht end of Contract 1, B, to the Boundary-Fence, between
Nos. 4f and 4', in the parish of Burnham, a jistanee of abont
miles and 7 chains.

CONTRACT 3, B.
The Excavation and Formation of the Earthwork, and the Con-
stniction of an Bridge,, Culverts, and other Masonry, and the
vc,mpletitni (exrepting the 'Materials for, and tho forming
the p•+'man:ent way) 'of that portion of the Railway extending
from the end of Conthot 2, B, to the Boundary-fence between
:?1 and 21, in the parish of Bridgwater, a distance of about
63 miles.
l';l,Earthwerk in Contracts 1, B, and 2, B, consists principally

of the rorniation of a Causeway of from 1 to 4 feet in height, the
FAV, rials being atainctl..E•orn the side ditches ; and, in Contract. 3,
'B. of the cane description with the exception a short
xutt;ng at Puritan, of a16.-mt 150,000 cube yards.
Drawn.,,s and Specifications of the above Works will be exhi-
titeJ at the Engineer's Office, Coronation-road, Bristol, and at the
Cl'arene Hotel, Bridgewater, on and after Monday, the 14th of
Ala; next.
}'ratted Forms of Tender may be had et the saute places, and
at th. cmopany's Offices, Brad-street,
The ')irectors will n A co rider themselves lymnd to accept the
lo%vost Tender, and they expect the sev,ral parties to attend at thy,
Office, in Broad-street, Bristol, at Twelve o'Clock on the said 29th
etc v of May'. J. B. BADHAM,
pih.tal and Exeter Railway Office, Secretary.
-Broad-street, April 17, 18.38.

-A-r---4.7TONAL COGNAC BRANDY DIS
TILLERY COMPANY.

To be ....TecorpGrate,l by Act of Parliament.
250,1,001. it. 10,009 Shares of Tfl. each.—Deposit 5/.
The ol.ject of this Cei.'pany is to rnataufacture BRANDY equal
to Cognac, by a newly invented and ingenious apparatus, the secret
of the working and proct,et of which has been purchased by, and is
exelusively secured to the Dn','ctors of this Company.
The Brandy produced by the ,•;Jinve means is unilittinguishable,
fr, -et Cognac !:randy, and not only flocs it possess its flavour but
also the same beneficial qualities, for which Foreign Brandy is so
in criabty lecomrnencted by the Faculty.
Directors are so confident of the succe.s of this great un-
;king, and the benefit that will arise to the public by the sale
of very superior Brandy, that tit- y fully anticipate being able
to corn). ete with their Continental neighbours—so as to render the
portatu in of Foreign Brandy unnecessary.
The Directors beg to announce to the Public, that from the
ecntidence pla:'ed in them by the Shareholders in the promptitude
with which the LZeposits have been paid, they are enabled to oorn-
rcence business, aria to receive orders to any extent.
This Brandy will be
,:upplied e.t 18s. per Gallon, in quanti-
ties of not less Two Gallons.
A liberal discount ;!owed to the Trade.
sToKEs, 'Manager.
18, King-street, Snow-hill.

I: TE A M CARRIAGEan:I WAGGON
Lai COMPANY,
For tise Conveyance ef Goods and Passengers throughout England
DISICTORSI.
Henry S; cart, Esq., M. P. Sir James Anderson, Bart.
Henry Brcadwood, Esq., M.P. I N. 1). Bold, Esq.
Thomas Hawker, aglsq., it P. Jasper Rogers, Esq.
Captain Bolder°, M.P. William Holmes, Esq.
E. F. Dayrell, Esq. I Daniel Blyth, Esq.
With power to add to their numbers.
J. B. Jones, Esq., Masicisa; DittacToa.
SOLICITOL—H. W. Ravenscroi.S. Esq.
SECILIZTALT—W. Shaw, Esq.
Ba :traits—Mews. Coatis and Co., London ; Ceminercial Bank-
ing Company, Liverpool; Messrs. Daintry, Bvle, and Co., Mans
coaster ; Birmingham and Midland Bank, Birmingham ; Masers.
Baillie, Ames, and Co., Bristol • Messrs. J. and R. Merell, Ox-
ford; County of Gloucester Bank, Gloucester ; Messrs. Sanders,
Sons, and Co. , Exeter ; Messrs. Swan' Clough, and Co., York ;
National Provincial Bank of England, Bath ; Halifax Banking
Company, Halifax; Messrs. Gurney and Co., Norwich;
Messrs. Leas ham and Co., Wakefield ; Messrs. Mortlock and
Co., Cambridge; Messrs. Beckett, Blaydes and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. Pease awl Liddles, Hull; Messrs. Maddison and Co.,
Southampton ; Sleasrs. Hall, West, and Co., Brighton.
The prastisability of running steam-carriages upon summon
roads with a degree of rapidity far beyond the utmost speed of
horses in draught, and at from one half to a third lass cost, has
long since been proved by the Report of a Committee of the House
.f Commons, after a most minute and searching inquiry. This
opinion has since beet, confirmed by some of our most talented
engineers, amongst whose names will be found that of the late Mr.
Telford. Those who are acquainted with the history of the steam-
engine, from its earliest infancy down to the period when Messrs.
:Bolton and Watt effected their invaluable improvements, those
•who in later times have seen the obstacles which impeded steam
navigation, and are acquainted with the degree of perfection to
which it has ,aosv been brought, will not readily fall into the error
of concluding ,'.hat because the attempts to run steam-carriages
upon common i nada have hitherto been ansuesossful, that that
object is unattainaiste.
Mechanical men have long agreed that the paramount means of
onsering success was the constructing a boiler having such a dispo-
sition of its parts as would rapidly produce the most dense steam,
combined with such strength as permanently to resist the utmost
internal pressure, and all possible external collision, whilst the ma-
chinery should be se arranged as that the concussioiss and agita-
tions of the common roads should not operate upon it ps-ejudicially.
Sa• James C. Anderson, Bart., after many years of .study and
persevering applieation, has succeeded in perfecting a baiior pos-
sessing ;Sieve invaluable properties ; and has also devised a simple
anti effesaivs• arrangement of the machinery for applying its power
to the propulsion of carriages.
Feeling contident that the difficulties which prevented the adop-
tion of this mosa important improvement in our internal sommuni- —al
cation have at leaagth been overcome, the Directors of the Steam RYSTAL SPECTACLES.
Carriage Company have made arrangements by which the Corn- ‘....) The superiority of THOMAS HARRIS and SON'S
pany will possess the exclusive rt'aZht of using Sir James C. Ander- CRYSTAL SPECTACLES for preserving the Sight, over those
son's Patent Steam Carriage upon eommon roads, as also the boiler wade of other substances, is now universally admitted by scientific
for all losomotive purposes in England, naen, and by all who have used them, at the following low prices :
A carriage is nearly sonapleted, and will be speedily submitted to For Ladies. For Gentlemen.
such proof as the Directors may require, and will be kept in repair Cry' sal Spectee44, best gold £2 8 0 £2 15 0
for twelve months free of expense to the Company. Ditto Silver
The boilers of all the carriages will Ise maintained in good repair ,Ditto Elastic Steel
for the first twelve months at the sole cost of tiss Patentees, who Harris and Son, Opticians, 52, Great Russell-street, opposite
seek no payment or remuneration until the first carriage shall have the British ,Museum.—Established 60 Years. No other connection.
ben proved to the full satisfaction of the Directors. The Patentees
will keep in repair, at a certain mileage, any number of carriages THE BRANDY QUESTION EXAMINED
waiea may bas required by the Company ; thus determining the AND EXPLAINED.
amount of expeoditure, and reducing the profit. to a certainty. The terms cunnings: sr made use of in the Advertisements and Cir-
No capital nee, lbe sunk beyond the cost of each steam-drag and .culars which have lately appeared on this subject, are calculated
carriage, as they salay be required ; and as each gets into work, an ;greatly to mislead and bewilder the Public, as to the real state of
immediate return w:11 be made upon the capital invested. -the question. This circumatasie has forced upon J. T. Betts and
As a profitable ins'estment for capital there is not the slightest Co. the determination to show the facts of the ease ; and to exo-
doubt that this undertaking offers much greater advantages than any zierate themselves from all risk of being identified with those who,
that has been brought beK,re the public for many years. jealous of the high and established character of their Patent Brand
So far as regards the probability of this mode of conveyance ob- thus labour to induce a belief that they are enabled to offer an artT-'
taini'ng the patronage of the public, it should be ob.lerved that the de eapable of sustaining a competition with it.
followsng causes will operate to bring it into use.
l'he fact has never been disputed, that previously to the intro-
The preference now given to canals and waggons for the trans-
aagsaan of Bett's Patent Brandy, that whichwumoaffneunfasicyteurteoddine
port of hoods shows the appreciation by the commercial world of England was a vile and noxious composition, alike
cheapness in comparison with speed, bit by this mode of conveyance palate and injurious to health. It is not less certain that all such
cheapness :and speed will be united. composition: s, even those of modern production, have been of a
Passenge rs or goods destined for the cswns established on the character in no one instance
wouldinsta ncehacall.ceulbaeteedn
etaornobositl nttayn theput
forward in
turnpike mash' will derive considerable advantage from the steam- men of science. which
sarriages pasailag through them, thereby, so far as regards those their support, had such evidence of their value existed. But, in
roads which com ein competition with lines of railways, eorapen- lieu of Testimoniab of the most distinguished Chemists, by whom
sating for the diffea *anise of speed by avoiding the inconvenience of the Patent Brandy has been analysed ; and the recommendation of
getting from the stat.lons on the railways to the places of destination. the first Physicians, resting on their avowed conviction, that it is
It is very probable a hat railways will be limited to a sertain num- not only equal, but absolutely and decidedly preferable, to that ma-
ter of grand linos, the vast east of laying down railroads rendering nufactured in France, for medical purposes, the Public are treated,
a profitable return doubtasl except in eases where the tratlc is very on one side, with an article holiarsausly designated " Improved
great Brandy," by a person who is not, nor ever was, a Distiller ; and
Supposing that railroads should be laid down upon all the main on the other, by parties (from whot i. eoesidering their station in
lines, and found to answer the object intended, the steam-carriages life, any attempt at deception was leant to be eapeeted,) offering
will be invaluable adjuncts, as suia.olying the place of railroads from an imitation Brandy, which they impudently hawk the uederstaud-
sthe places lying between the maws) s, this forming tributary streams ing of the Public by denominating " Cognac I3raady,."
cafpassengers and goods to the grit.'4 lines. It is to place these delusive representations in their true light
Peasengers and goods can be conveyed by thee., carriages at double ' Ifeat J. T. Betts and Co. thus advert to them ; and they again beg
theaaverage speed of horses, and at hill the expense, and at the same to press upon the attention of their Friends and the Public, the
time realise a very large profit to the Company, following very simple and intelligible facts, as a guide for ate &VOA..
Deel'OlSO of expense will, therefore, it may be fairly presumed, ante of the disappointments to which such delusions, where sue-
'wooly materially increase traffic, but ensure the patronage of the cessful, mast inevitably lead. None other but theirs is preected
Public. :by a Patent Right—none other has the advantage of high chemical
Local arectora will be aproinf ed at the following places as soon te,thuony in its favour—nor is any of them supported by corre-
as the allotment of Shares shall have been made, and of which due sptuding aecommeadations of the medical profession. These short
Jarancliester, Birmingham, York, points being borne in mind, and the constantly increasing growth
notice will be given : Liverpool, . such other places as of their trade, for a succession of years, compared with that of the
, ephemeral eatablishanents forced into existence by jealousy of their
Bristol, Gloucester, Oxford, Exeter, and in
may hereafter be deemed eligible.
St/. in Shares of 10/. , siicFess,l Betts and Cu. conc-eive they need only add, that
namcazirtketis,thweheDre tole
Patentbe Brandy may be had,
each. No party to hotel lass than five 'ls 1/. on every is 'Eery, No. 7, Smithfield Bars
five Shares, saares. I.;..nmsit,
athdjeol.non7thEe"Cablat'tistie
Further iatoriaation ma.
s be obtained of the Secr,StarYt at theeither -vile or-coloured, sent fre • I t of expense to any part of the
Temporary Office of the Company, 18 al t
, . oorgate-stree . London ; Town, in quantities not less than Two Gallons, at Eighteen Stal-
e per Imperial Gallon, of the highest legal strength, for Cash
sao whom applications for Shares must be addressed before the 2-4. ling' -
on delivery.
0, %ray next, if by letter, post paid. a
WILLIAM SHAW, Secretary. '

FORM OF APPLICATION.
Be pleased to appropriate to me Shares in the South
British Cotton Manufacturing Company, on terms of your Pros-
pectus. I am, your obedient Servant,
Christian and Surname, Date, and Place of Residence.

A NEW PENHOLDER.
SAIORDAN and CO.'S Self-adjusting PEN-
• HOLDER is the most moderate in price, as well as the
most simple and complete, as it accommodates itself to every de-
scription of pen. Also, a very neat, cheap, and secure Travelling
or Desk Ink Glass, with rotary top in bronze or white metal.
Both these article, are in great demand, and highly approved of by
the first establishrrwts in London.
MANUFACTORY, 22, CASTLE-STREET, FINSBURY.

* * A liberal Discount to the Trade.