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London, England, 1853-06-16 00:00:00

UCCA AND PISTOJA RAILWAY

COMPANY.
, (THIRD NOTICE.)
011, the Rereby Given that the THIRD CALL of 1/. per share
the 18tfreference Shares in this Company will fall due on SATURDAY,
/a,saiegin dt,ay of June instant, and that the same is to be paid at the
l'ankerg,uouse of Messrs. Strahan, Pauls, and Co., 217 Strand. The
.Maceds alle,ceil)lB, together with the Share Certificates, must be
-Jam, left at the offices of the Company, 25, Tokenhouse-
may Ce°6''ilitlrY. to order that the receiptendersed fat the Ger tificates
IN& igned by the agent of the Ccmpany.
ppoti est at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum on the amount paid
We shares will be payable on the 31st July nest.
25. Tokenhouse-yardK, K. MACKENZIE, Agent to the Company.
June 15. 1853.
- d•ays---alnz case of non-payment of the call on any of the shares for
01 the co alter the 18th Instant, such shares will, by the constitution
become forfeited.

ittAis.NWELL LUNATIC ASYLUM.
-4nd elloll3Milling to TENDER for SUPPLYING the above-
abontl,4 rustitution with COALS (the quantity usually required being
LitlY n tolls) during Twelve Calendar Months, from the let
ar° requested to send sealed tenders addressed "To the
:Ono,
.'a of Visitors," at the Asylum, at Hanwell, before Twelve
at that—L_Thursday the 23rd June, and to attend there personally
iniretift. 'we, with the names and addresses of two responsible
ama forms The in which the Tenders must be made may be obtained,
rII "io at thi°llll, of Contract may be seen, either by application to
Place, or to the Storekeeper, at the Asylum.
WY (Arrinfittee will not bind themselves to accept the lowest or
DatalLot. the Tenders
- llth of June, 1853.
CHARLES WRIGHT, Clerk to the Tisitors.
4ssionvu.
ho e, Clerkenwell.

11.-M-INAEIA.ND INSURANCE OFFICE,
No. 1, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London.
Established in 1696.
DIRECTORS.
The aoa• William Ashley. John Gurney Hoare, Esq.
Art, hat Li' Sir Edward Cast.
4,144644 ha iscitdsocanitesligsloq. Esq. E. Fuller Maitland, Esq.
William Scott, Esq.
John Sperling, Esq.
Farquhar, Henry Wilson, Esq.
• Esq. W. Esdaile Winter, Esq.
This 0 LIFE DEPARTMENT.
"IA titr.,e, offers a low scale of premiums to Non-members, with-
al antp.e.Pation in profits; or a Member's scale of premiums, with
kitssi al Participation in the whole of the profits after five full
In telltaents.
~.settli,jears ISt?, 1850, 1851, 1852, and 1853, the premiums of all
-"l,ttra 0„,,,°1c1e.s were abated 52‘ per cent.; that is to say, a pre-
, tess„'"vi• was reduced to 471. I Os.
Year ces effected before the 24th June next will participate one
"ler than if effected after that date.
12441.84,m, FIRE DEPARTMENT.
-441 rates are effected on every description of property at the

RICHARD RAY, Secretary.

TT, NEW FEATURE IN LIFE ASSURANCE.
DEPOSIT and GENERAL LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
18, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, London.
CAPITAL—ONE 11UNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS.
NI TRUSTEES.
CoCu rn gilt honourable the Lord Viscount Drumianrig, M.P„ P.C.,
Kroner of her Majesty's Household.
I.le4t..4rics Price, hart., 3, King William-street, London.
BOneral Sir W. R. Clayton. Bart, Gloncester-place,Portman-
"" ea and Marden-park, Surrey.
Cal
DIRECTORS.
eOZI all-" The Right Hon. the Viscount Dramlanrig, M.P., P.C.,
11.1. Atrog
er of her Majesty's Tlousehold.
:IN.4,,.'"fer Barnes Esq , 11, City-road, Finsbury.
"nn Clarke Es q late 17th Lancers, Junior United Service Club.
li '°°4le Ego Portland-terrace, Wandsworth, and Belvoir, St.
ttphl"'s, Jersey.'Crm Esq., 1, St. John's-gardens, Notting-hill, and 11
w.,r;;-Nbare.
M.D , Davies-street, Berkeley-square, and Lutterworth,
'efirr;stershlre.
Lod- 4nes'
Ai Esq., 15, Connaught-square, Hyde-park, and Ter
Re st
afiordsb ire.
v. It '"cr Maclean Es Harrow-on-the-Hill.
or,„ a clo •
d Esq., Berkeley, Gloucestershire.
NVoo e p
,„".,aio.,,ffrojc, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square.
dace "..seP, Esq., 147, Leadenliall-street, and 8, Hyde-park.
n art _ est-

andmw P,iddell, Esq., Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law.
slater Zniaii, 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square.
Petting, 14 St. James's-square.
f• J. AUDITORS,
.EBq,. 126, Strand, Actuary and Secretary to the Medical,
114 ' and General Life Office.
,
pc, iones " Esq Accountant, 3, Guildhall-chambers.
ut)ltien, J:' „Lei 13 A Actuary to the Engineers and Masonic Life
345, Strand.
"tt "idan, Esq., Manager of Times Assurance Company, Lud-
si
1, C...., BANKERS.
mielk;ues Price Marryat, and Co., 3, Ring William-street, London.
lioPkinso'n and Co., 3, Regent-street.
I) PHYSICIANS.
•• rinsbury-place.
n. 21, Upper Seymour-street West, Connaught-square.
11.
4114 Chaim, Es SURGEONS.
1T —an, q., 16, Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square.
oevan, Esq., 44, Gloucester-place, Hyde-park-garden.s.
CONSULTING ACTUARY.
Francis G. P. Nelson, Esq., F.L.S.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. TIM and Mathews St. Mary-axe.
RESIDENT SECRETARY.
4111'
' , Charles W. Bevan, Esq.
Ivkah S. e 18 respectfully invited to examine the principles of the
'stem of Assurance. which is based upon tables calculated
linder the immediate supervision of, Francis G. P. Nelson,
enlpa„—';f! the Consultig Actuary to the CompanY.
„-:4Nre Tables toll assure 500/ on death, by a Person aged
birth,lay, on the ORDINARY and on the DEPOSIT system
_

SOUTH WALES RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is Hereby Given, that an EXTRAORDINARY MEET-
ING of the Proprietors of the South Wales Railway w4II be held at
the Paddington Station of the Great Western Railway, on FRIDAY,
the Ist day of July next, at One o'clock, for the purpose of consider-
ing, and, if thought fit, of approving the Provisions of the following
Bills, now pending in Parliament (that is to say) :

Orto,, I
"(ler thresparisan
IPS advae-_11"01 system of Deposer assurance can secure the follow-
,- ef these two tables it will be seen that a ?Tel
lae„--,. "%es, via., Ist. For a less sum, paid annually, he can a Oly,y‘ stun in case of death than under the ordinary system.
1,,,P thhneeth,,e event of a desire to surrender his Polic he can receive
all ages,
-tiase tt '"PanY, by the above example, which applies
to
othe event
t,f loat„Tes as much as on the ordinary system.
of th, fi Y or omission to pay, his policy remains3rdstirl.hlisn pro erty,
enetsts
tor ~,..!anle value as it was, though he cease his current Paymp
liothhi' enniher of years • whereas on the ordinary syste
~in.,, aunt
~!,piay. Should' he require to increase or decrease gthe
rue' ivirac "" Policy, he can do so at pleasure. Ho can at any time,
, - a fortuisiht's notice, withdraw any part from 11 up to the
lel% wierTrlmantt of his previous 'payments and with interest. Alter he
1...;11 or ,rii;ltiinplanraftone year
,raisey a syinglea
qt lenru_ ler amount ;
andrwbayrdts sy
stem hp:can at all times regulate
his policy to gpraeateer or even
I);adrigainnuol,”vines by his annual expenditure, with the fateileitsyaimnethaes
re a batik savings
a fund to fly to in case of necessity, h
;,3t f r ~,' "Ith this palpable advantage, however, that he gets lute-
sac." acluo-,,,,encY, and in case of death his family receive more than
h thh-4.•.10.t hts savings. In ordinary Life Offices
theeanedmosiniot
Neneaer, 'Am t'sci pay Tise DcZiricreYnatt ante
premiums,
and,oris
tenasrgaelel cancelled
of thebavmln a
any
the
0ci.3:10 for aid, all his 111 i-earned savings become forfeited toi
mere co• end his misfortunes serve to benefit the pockets of h
g eli 'lnnate eo-assurers.
tearldne,paossiv_%tern is too equitable and too striking to be
tonvenrleoonkende
eiivi ersah;
rare ranee is the only
o sclyswtehmencfthaessl;iannecipelews acre imapar-
eonever:Tivuse°,annr iltsaiglpadablpetbeenefits become widely diffused. It
~t)f leter4te:ner advantages than a bank because it allows a fair rate
-.ands in ease of withdrawal, and gives twice the amounttin the
ea4ie 0f°,,,a1 OeMPany to the representatives of the Depositor in
jotrvaasz . thug
the
T4GEB OF combining
A BANK WITH THE BENEFITS OF
In cage AN ASSURANCE COMPANY.
sYto, af endowment Assurances the advantages
kbv"Acirs,atill More striking of the DEPOSI
'sUES OF THIS COMPANY UNDER THE ORDINARY
To th, LIFE ASSURANCE BRANCH.
0,040/.
rs`',” Nho prefer this branch Policies are granted from 201. to
r444'1:83* other Offices,
/4,,,s`l'Le°erY known principle thereof.
reioo._ ... all but the worst stages of disease and such as have been
r Leans from are taken at rates 'equivalent to the parti-
em or
1,,r45n601. and upwards granted on every kind of security,
Annuities al. on the most equitable terms to the borrower
110..,_.e.0f
eraevey description granted on very favourable terms.
Preall„;_!1 aura
Paark:,'",, the Doirvecetaornsevvill eitner purchase ihe Policy at a fair
re,, -.value, or
"°i'resPendi • w one in lieu thereof, less 5 per cent., into-
irlttoh ,__ e ng in amount to the whole of the previous payments
tattoo .-
betail4ev been
made.
the
and any further infer
Posit Int, Prospectuses with tables in further illustration of the De-
rymeatiT may be obtained on appli-
'l the Agents in the Count
CHARLES W. BElrr t . Resident Secretary.
N1...e ---.
- - -
----49-4tl"-fant" ill all Part 4 Of the World.

" A Bill for authorising the South Wales Ra"way Company to
construct new Railways b Pontypool and in the Forest of Dean, and
for granting further powers with reference to their Monmouth
Branch, and for other purposes."
" A Bill to enable the South Wales Railway Company to extend
the Pembroke line of their Railway to Penner Mouth, and to make
a deviation in their said Pembroke line and new branches, and for
ether purposes."
" A Bill for granting further powers in reference to the leasing
and wiling the undertaking of the South Wales Railway Company to
the Great Western Railway Company, and authorising working ar-
rangements between the said Companies, and for other purptiset"
" A Buret extending the-pet iods for -the purc.haso.of lands and
completion of works on tke Swansea Valey Railway, for conferring
further powers on ihe Swansea Va'ley Railway Company, and also
on the South Wales Railway Company with reference to that under-
taking, and for other purposes."
" A Bill for constructing and maintaining Docks and other works
at or near to Milford Haven, and for other purposes."
And Notice is Hereby also (liven, That at the same Meeting, reso-
lutions will be submitted to the Proprietors with reference to the
creation of guaranteed shares or stock, unaer the powers and provi-
sions of the South Wales Railway Capital Act 1850, and of the South
Wales Railway Act 1852, and for authoi:sing the creation and issue
of such guaranteed shares or stock to such extent and under such
terms and conditions as may be approved by such Meeting.
By Order,
FRED. G. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
10, Eastbourne-terrace, Paddington, June 15, 103.

• 52, Fleet-street.
ANEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH.-
Mr. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-street, has intro-
duced au entirely NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICAL
fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resem-
ble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by
the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will
be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method
does not require the extraction of rot►ts, or any painful operation,
and will give support and preserve teeth that are loose, and are
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr.
Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical,
he has fixed his charges at the loweA scale possible. Decayed teeth
rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At
home from ten till five.

ON THE ORDINARY SYSTEM. home from ten till five.
The sum the ordinary I, it. CIILVERWELL'S NEW' WORKS.
The sum the Life Offices would give
ordinary Life him if he were unable .., To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho,
Offices would to pay, or if he omitted 47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each ;by
A At the His give him for to pay his current is 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
'tie al, e_lll of ' policy the surrender annual premium of
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
, 'ant_ t rty at that or sale 81.65. 3d. after he has
.1: '0 su3sui.",3•earswhen age, of his policy, paid into their coffers CONTENTS :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—FA-
-6 600/.° the Party In case after thirty ;2491.73.6d., and which millions about the Environs pf London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills
1:4 is 'My of years payments they have had the us Forests, Fields, High-roads. And other pleasant places-Country
4 years o
._ Id, death amounting to of at compound e Trips and Rambles—The Sea 'London at Night—Evenings at Home
14 "Mill have will be 2491. 78. 6d. interest, or in music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, Sec., &e.
1 paid into worth whichtheyhave the event of his death
the office. had the benefit one hour after such H
lof at compound omission or inability FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols.
-.............
Vol. I.
interest. to Pay
20 t). -------..-_. VISIT TO THE LAKES!; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c.
I 1 64 ad ~, little more Vol. 11.
• ..491
----.................. .78.6 d. 500/. than 801. NOTHING. TILE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
perhaps 901. DUBLIN, ste.
e.-----...„..........________
ON THE DEPOSIT SYSTEM. WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may run."
If nnableto pay,or not A' popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
desirous of paying or eously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses
omitting toPay,thePo- the young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and ern-
Hey would still remain bitters old age • with tables and rulesfor the diet and physical rage-
of its FULL value, baton of every-day life.,„.
5221.2e.7d.ti1l death, if IV.
20 years after, no fur- THE PASSIONS.
ther payment beingre- " What passions hurt the body—what improve,
quired. Ifhowever the Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
party, from any cause,
St:imer :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
wished to cancel the
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
Policy, he could not
oflic.entiousn,ess and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, tiara-
-20 70 onlydraw out all hehas
five, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.
415 ad _ pat in, viz., 2251., but
'425/. 522/.257d 2871. 2s. 9d. a certain bonus of 621. V.
25.9 d, in the bargain, THE MARRIAGE STATE.
which is more
than one-fourth of the To be or not to be, that is the question."
whole ofhis payments, Faopassfissx : —Laws and obligations of nature, society, and roll-
orhe could either draw glen regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
out a part, 201. or 501.. choice, on both sides, as to age temperament, complexion, and
diminishing the Policy figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
only by the assured Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion,
value of the sum se Cases, Sm.
drawn out at the ago By R. J. CO'LVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
\ when withdrawn. See
pagess and7in detailed matters. 2 Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there
pamphlet, by Price la. each; by post, Is. 6d.
4. C)ri '...F. (I. P. Nelson, Esq.
_To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row • Carvalho, 147,

Price ls. each; by post, Is. 6d.
To be bad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvaiho, 147,
Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D.,
10, Argyll-pLace, Regent-street, who may be consulted daily from
Ten till Five and seven till Nine.

MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.
DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University 01
Edinburgh. Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical
Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Ball. London, &c., &c.
AI AY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
V j_ the various disorders uP the nervous and generative system,
resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis-
eases known tonxodern pathologists. Long and practical experience
in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist.
once secret Causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in
existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous
DebafitY, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri-
, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of scien aacannot apply a cure.
DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in an extensive practice in the treatment- of these delicate corn.:
plaints, and s the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of thehypocritical and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
free. In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply
rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
Six till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and
medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address.
It 13 desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEET
should first obtain a copy of his work on
SELF-PRESERVATION.
A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and
Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des-
cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and
excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct
description of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English,
French, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper
Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street;
Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; or free
by post for forty-two stamps, to any address Prom the Auprea reg.
(lanes DusoaDliv WI Lowy.

L.l HAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
A? The following testimonia, is another proof of the great efficacy
of this medicine :

Winclunore Hill, Middlesex, April 16, 1851.
Sir,—ln consideration of the great benefit I have derived from
taking Frampton's Pill of Health, I feel it a duty that I owe to you
and the public to send you the following statement. For upwards of
nine'years f ha•Peexperienced the eflicadrof this Maeittllrfnedleine.
I had long previously been attlicted with headache and indigestion,
but a friend having induced me to make a trial of Frampton's Pills,
I now inform you that a few doses gave me groat relict; and during
this long period of time I have taken them in preference to any other
medicine ; and I have the happiness of saying that I never had a
better state of health, which I attribute to Frampton's Pills. I beg
further to add, that this medicine is in general use by my family, and
we know of nothing to equal it.
" I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
THOMAS PROVINCE.

" To Mr. T. Front, 229, Strand, London.
This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the stomach and bowels, and is a
pleasant, safe, easy aperient ; they unite the recommendation of a
mild operation with the most successful effect, and require no re-
straint of diet or confinement during their use.
Ask for FICA.MPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
name and address of " Thomas Front, 229, Strand, London," on the
Government Stamp.
Price Is. 114 d. and 2s. 9d. per box.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORKS,
Just published, by IL Baithere, 219, Regent-street, London
No I.
vo., in cloth. price sa. by post free, ss. 6d.,
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA,
with the Viow to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
!n relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the
Generative System, or Sexual Dypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD
"Dr. Pickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
c a contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
tine, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nos-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall
detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his
mower to eorrect."—Lontion Medical Gazette. May 30, 1851.
"We promised in a former number that we should recur to this
waft, in order to exhibitits aim more clearly. The author lashes
with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying
on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet symathisers,'
and ' Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book
could find Its way into the bands of those who stiffer from th com-
plaint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many h indreds would
be saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of
less Importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize—
much money—. —This volume is well qualified to put an cud to the
empirical system of treating Spermatorrhom, and to place the treat-
mutt upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore,
likely to do much good."—Medical Circular, Juno 16, 1852.

No. 11.
Svo.. In cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45.,
THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Pend-
pies at once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even its most Inveterate
and apparently Intractable Forms.
BY F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"In proot of his views he (Mr. Courtenay) has given
the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
as any which Mr. Syme adduced, and on which he had operated.
e.uch are cases ix., xi., xii., and xviii. No. ix. had malted, for a
period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally
removed in as many weeks. But cases xviii. and xix. appear, both
in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag-
gravated character than any detailed by Mr. Syme, and yet the
treatment adopted by Mr. Courtenay proved eminently successfld."
—Professor Livers on the Treatment of Stricture.

have no claim to escape a double duty, but the
better the article we can produce for 5d., the better
must it obviously be for all the interestconcerned.

(From the Morning Herald.)
The question of stamp duties upon newspapers
has just re-appeared, the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer having laid on the table of the House of Com-
mons his maturely-considered plan in the following
terms :
That from and after the sth day of July, 1853, in lieu
of tho stamp duties now payable on newspapers, the fol-
lowing stamp duties shall be payable thereon (that is to

say,
From every sheet or piece of paper whereon any
newspaper shall be printed, containing on ono
side thereof a superficies not exceeding 1,630
inches, a duty of £0 0 1
For one supplement to such newspaper, and
printed as such, containing on one side a su-
perficiea not exceeding, 765 inches
Provided always, that it shall be lawful to print
any such newspaper and supplement in sizes
different from those hereinbefore apportioned
or in a single sheet, provided that such two
sheets or such single sheet shall not contain
in the aggregate a greater superficies than
2295 inches.
For any further additional supplement, and
printed as such, containing a superficies not
exceeding 1,148 inches, a duty of 0 0 0
Provided also, that any two such additional
supplements, which shall contain in the ag-
gregate a superficies not exceeding 2,295
inches, shall, notwithstanding that one of
them may exceed a superficies of 1,148 inches,
be chargeable each with a duty of 0 0 0
And for any other sheet or piece of paper on
which any newspaper or supplement shall be
printed other than in manner aforesaid, a
duty of

Free.

0 0 1

newspaper to contain intelligence. When Mr.
Gladstone first proposed to abolish the stamp
on supplements, the boon was accompanied with
the condition that the supplements to bemade
thus free of the stamp should not contain a single
line of intelligence, but should consist exclusively
of advertisements. It was felt by every news-
paper in the country, save one, that this would de-
stroy the value of the contemplated favour to news-
paper proprietors, because, in the existing state of
newspaper property, whether in the metropolis or
in the provinces, the condition with which it was
clogged would put it out of the power of newspaper
proprietors to avail themselves of it.
- The - provincial journalists, therefore, lost no
time in pointing 'out to the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, both in personal interviews and by means
of written representations, the manner in which his
proposed plan, so far as regarded supplements,
,would operate on newspaper property. , To
the ' representations, and remonstrances thus ad-
dressed to him, both orally and in writing,- the
right honourable gentleman not only. gave
all due attention -at the time, but the result of
hosta
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weighing carefully all that had been submitted to
him, and of his more mature consideration of the
matter in all its aspects, has been, that he has de-
termined to depart from his original intention 'of
abolishing the stamp duty only on such supplements
as consist exclusively of advertisements. News-,
paper proprietors will be, under the right lion.
gentleman's " amended " resolutions, at liberty to
i publish supplements, if they shall feel so dispOsed,
without a single advertisement, and yet be. exempt
from a stamp duty.
.
Thus far the Chancellor -of the' -Exchequer has
done well. The alteration from his original plan
will give unmixed satisfaction to newspaper Jiro-.
prietors,—since he had determined on meddling.
with the stamp duties at all. Our opinions on
this point are well known. We have always
maintained that, as the right hon. gentleman
was subject to no pressure from without in con-
nection with this matter, it would have been
much better not to disturb existing arrangements.
We adopted this view, in a great measure, because,
owing to circumstances, we felt that a great levi-
athan establishment would almost alone profit by
the alteration. Now, however, that Mr. Gladstone
is not to prohibit the insertion of any amount of
intelligence we may think fit to give in our -un-
stamped supplements, and seeing that on double
supplements a duty will still be imposed, we have
not the same objections to the measure which we
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cupidity, the insatiable avarice of our contemporary.
It will not satisfy him that he may, if he thinks
fit, publish a single supplement every day in the
year without paying one farthing in the shape of
stamp duty ; he is sulky and savage because he
will not be permitted to escape scot free with his
huge, double supplements also. On that lie confi-
dently calculated. He never seems to have ima-
gined the possibility of his being interfered with
by the authorities at Somerset House, however
colossal might be the dimensions of his supplemen-
tary sheets. No wonder, then, that he should so
fiercely. assail the Chancellor of the Exchequer as
he did in his impression of yesterday.
that the readers of the Morning Advertiser may
rely on receiving the full benefit of the concession
With regard to ourselves, we shall simply saY,
which the right lion. gentleman has thought proper
to make. We shall be in a position, ere long, to
give a practical proof to the public of our apprecia-
tion of that brilliant patronage which they have
accorded to us since the enlargement of our paper,
and which is increasing in so marked a manner
with every succeeding day.
There is only one drawback in &inflection with the
abolition of the stamp duty on newspaper supple-
ments. We allude to the intention of the right hon.
gentleman, as far as is yet known, to persist in
the retention of a sixpence duty on advertisements.
We do hope Mr. Gladstone will be induced to re- 1
linquish the advertisement duty altogether. All
tniuhre
boof g
ritrui
the revenue that lie can derive from the exaction
of a sixpence duty, cannot be a matter of import-
ance to him. It is almost undignified on the part
of a great country, with a revenue exceeding
53,000,0001. per annum, to insist on the retention
of a sixpence duty on notifications which, in a very
large proportion, are made by servants out of
place, and other parties, who can ill afford even to
pay the amount which goes into the pockets of the
newspaper proprietors.
It will, besides, add very greatly to the boon of
the remission of the stamp duty on the supplement,
if Mr. Gladstone will repeal the duty on advertise-
ments entirely—because in that way he will give, a
great stimulus to the practice of advertising, and
thereby assist in rendering the supplement commer-
cially advantageous to the proprietors. It would
be much to be regretted, for the right hon. gentle-
man's own sake, as well as for the sake of the com-
mercial interests affected, were he, .by persisting in
the duty of sixpence on advertisements, to neutra-
lise to a great extent the bon which he intends
alike' for them and the public, by the remission of
the tax on supplements; . .
.
, •

BAILW.4Y INTELLIGENCE.

The adjourned half-yearly meeting-of this company
was held yesterday at the London Tavern ; Mr. G.
Thompson in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN exp'ained, that it would be neces-
sary to adjourn, the meeting to another day, in con-
sequence of the judges of the Court of Exchequer
having appointed the 6th of July to deliver their
judgment on the validity of the company's agree-
ment with the Great Northern Company. It was
proposed to adjourn the meeting to the 19th of July,
to be held at the same place, and he hoped they would
then be in a position to declare their usual dividend,
which would of course depend upon the decision of the
judges. He concluded by moving a resolution to the
died, that the meeting be adjourned to the, 19th of
July, which was seconded and carried unanimously.
Tho meeting then adjourned.

yester-
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day at the offices Guildhall-chambers, to consider a bill
now before Parliament ; the Earl of Lonsdale in tha
chair., I T
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The solicitor read flip heads of the bill, the object of
which was•to enable the company to construct branch
railways.at Whitehaven and Ravenglass. estimated
cost of the works was 3,3001.
The CHAIRMAN, in moving- a-resolution approving of
stated that the .meeting had been-convened in
compliance - with the standing orders- of the House of
Lords, and the object of the bill was to facilitate the
conveyance of traffic, to and from the railway and the
harbours of Whitehaven and Itavenglass.
The 'resolution was carried unanimously, and the
meeting separated.

REPORTS OF SELECT COMMITTEES ON EAIL-

WAY BILLS.• - -
CHATHAM AND CANTERBURY LOCAL.

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objects of the bill ate—to 'enable the company to r~R
Additional capital to empower thein to convert their de-
benture debt into an irredeemable preference stock, and
to construct additional sidings and other works necessary
for providing due accommodation for the largely increas-
ing traffic pa-ssing over .their railway. The additional
' capital proposed to be raised by the company for the
purpose of the bill is, 250,000/., and the amount of loan
33,0001. . Mr. H.: D. Martin was.the engineer examined
in sppport of the bill. The committee were satisfied of
the fitness, in an engineering point, of view, of the pro:.
posed new works. The committee bad amended the
.preamble of the bill by striking out that part of it which
referred to the siding communicating with the cattle-
Market, it not bavinir been proved to the satisfaction of
the committee that the proposed plan for such siding was
'blasted to carry out the object intended in the best
manner for the supply of the market and the require-
nients of the public ; and by reciting that it was expe-
dient to change the name of the company, in order to
make the clauses contained in the bill consistent with
the preamble, and had found the same as amended to
be true.

LONDON AND MID-WESTERN.
Mr. T. EGERTON reported from the committee that in
the case of this bill they had examined the allegations
contained in the preamble of the bill; but the same had
not been proved to their satisfaction.
SOUTH-EASTERN (CANTERBURY AND WHITSTABLE Ptits
CHASE ARRANGEMENT). • • •
Lord HOTHAM reported from the committee on this
bill that the additional amount authorised to be raised
for the objects of the bill, and the general purposes of
the South-Eastern Railway Company, by the creation of
new shares or by borrowing, or partly by bc,th of those
means, is 500,0001., subject to a provision that the com-
pany shall not borrow more than one-third of their
capital. The objects of the bill are to dissolve the Can-
terbury and Whitstable Railway Company, and to vest
in the South-Eastern Railway Company the under-
taking of the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-
packet Company, and also to enable the South-Eastern
Railway Company to establish steam communication
between the ports of Folkestone or Dover, and Calais
or Boulogne. The committee, having fully considered
the question of the expediency of permitting the
South-Eastern Railway Company to acquire and use
steam-vessels, and having heard counsel on both sides,
are of opinion that the convenience and advantage of the
public will be better secured by the concession of such
powers to the extent limited by the bill. In pursuance
of the instruction of the House of the 13th of May, the
committee have thought fit to insert-in the'bill the pro-
visions with respect to giving notices by candidates for
the,office of director or auditor, which were annexed to
he petition for additional provisions in the bill.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION, BIRMINGHAM,
WOLVERHAMPTON, AND DUDLEY, AND GREAT WESTERN
RAILWAYS.
Sir F. BARING reported from the committee that the
principal objects of the bill, as amended by them, are
to enable the Great Western Company to purchase
lands at Birmingham for the purpose of providing addi-
tional station accommodation there in connection with
the Birmi,nghain and Oxford Junction Railway, to em-
power the Great Western Railway Company, and the
holders of securities in the Birmingham and Oxford and
Birmingham and Dudley Railways, to make arrange-
ments for an extension of time for the payment to such
persons of the moneys due in respect of their securities ;
to make further provision with respect to the construc-
tion, maintenance, and use of the joint station at Wol-
verhampton, authorised by "the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway Deviation Act, 1848," and to
authorise the Great Western Company to use certain
portions of the Oxford and Wolverhampton Railway.
OXFORD, WORCESTER, AND WOLVERHAMPTON.
Sir F. BARING reported from the committee that the
objects of this bill, as submitted to the committee, were
to extend the time limited for. the completion of the
Wolverhampton station, to he jointly construeSed by the
Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, the Great
Western, and Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway
Companies, and also the time limited for the compulsory
purchase of land required for such station. The com-
mittee had amended the preamble'by altering the para-
graph relating to the management of the joint station,
which they struck out of the and had found the same
as amended to be true.
NORTH AND. SOUTH-WESTERN, HAMYSTEA.D, AND CITY
JUNCTION. .
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LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST.
A special meeting of this company was held yesterday
at the Bridge-house Hotel, London-bridge, to consider
a bill now before Parliament to enable the company to
enlarge their station at London-bridge and their goods
station at Brighton ; and to make a branch railway to
the Crystal Palace ; and for converting the debenture
debt of the company into stock or shares; Mr. S. Laing,
M.P., in the chair.
The solicitor read the heads of the bill, in the pream-
ble of Which all the former acts relating to the company
were recited. Power is given in the bill to enable the
company to collect in one sum the fare by the railway
and the admission to the Crystal Palace. The works
authorised by the bill are to be completed in four years
from the passing of the act. Power is given to convert
the debenture debt of the company into a preference
stock, entitled to a dividend not exceeding 31 per cent.
per annum, or to grant perpetual annuities in lieu of the
mortgage debt.
The CHAIRMAN said he believed it was hardly neces-
sary to detain them one minute with any observations on
the bill, as the whole matter had been fully discussed at
former meetings. In compliance with the resolutions
of Mr. Cardwell's committee, all the clauses relating
to leases and other arrangements with branch lines
were withdrawn from the bill. In doing so the di-
rectors had no wish to prejudice the claims of persons
relying on those leases and agreements being carried
out. The clauses were postponed for the present,
in compliance with Mr. Cardwell's resolutions, but
not from any change in respect of them by the board.
The directors now held the same opinion respecting
the leases, &c., as they did when they first submitted
them to the proprieters. He had no doubt that those
claims would be brought forward again and submit-
ted to Parliament, and that the latter would then, pro-
bably, be prepared to entertain the question. The
principal matters in the bill he had to submit for their
approval were arrangements with the trustees of St.
Thomas's Hospital and the Commissioners of Streets,
by which certain pieces of land were taken from the
hospital for additions to the station, and other pieces of
land given by the company to the hospital in lieu
thereof, which could not be done without the permission
of Parliament. They had also power to construct cer-
tain works and to convert the debenture debt into 31
per cent. stock. But this could not be done g the
present moment, as the state of the money-market was
not favourable, but these powers would enable the com-
pany at a future period to avail itself of a favourable
state of the market for raising money at a low rate of
interest. He concluded by moving a resolution ap-
proving of the bill.
Mr. SCHUSTER seconded the motion.
A Proprietor suggested that it would be better to
convert the mortgage debt of the company into ordinary
stock than to create preference shares.
The CHAIRMAN said, the existing acts of the company
would enable them to do so if the proprietors thought
it advisable, but he thought they had better have the
alternative of creating a debenture stock at a low rate
of interest, should it be deemed more advantageous for
the company. At all events nothino. could be done in
that way without consulting the shareholders.
Mr. HEM APATH thought it would not be objectionable
to do as suggested, if they could not borrow money
at less than 41' per cent., but, as it was probable that
they would be able to borrow money at some future time
at 31 per cent., or less, it was necessary they should
have the power to do so, should the opportunity occur
of reducing the amount paid in interest on the debenture
debt. It was by reducing the rate of interest on bor-
rowed money that the London and North-Western and
other companies were
shares. enabled to increase the dividend
on the ordinary The lower the rate at which
the company could borrow money, the better it would
be for the original shareholders. (Hear, bear.) He
wished to know whether any alteration had been made
in the arrangement with the Crystal Palace Company
since it had been approved of by the proprietors.
The CHAIRMAN said, the only alteration in the original
agreement was, that in place of guaranteeing a certain re-
turn on 75,0001., they had enlarged their operations,
and extended the amount to 150,0001. The plans
relating to the Crystal Palace had gradually become

Mr. MARSHALL reported from the committee on this
bill that the proposedcapital of the company is 250,0001.
and the amount of loan 83,3331. The length of the
main line is 6 miles 16 chains, and that of the branch
is 4 furlongs 7 chains. There is ,one tunnel proposed,
of which the length is 1,220 yards, the breadth 23
feet 6 inches, and the height 25 feet. The steepest
gradient is 1 in 100, and the smallest radius of a
curve 15 chains. It is intended to cross one road on a
level, The estimated cost of the railway is 250,000/., and
the quantity of land required is 72 acres. Mr. Stephen.
son and Mr. Berkeley were the engineers examined in
support of the bill, and no engineer was examined
in opposition to it. 16 petitions from various persons
were presented against the bill, but on 13 of them no
appearances were entered.. The majority of the petitions
alleged that the land of the petitioners was intended to
be laid out for building, and the property would be in-
jured by the railway passing through it. The committee
were satisfied of the fitness, in an engineering point of
view,' of the proposed railway, and had inserted in the
bill provisions for securing its completion.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN (ST. ALBAN'S, &C.).
Mr. EGERTON reported from the committee that the
proposed line is to be executed out of funds which the
company is at present authorised to raise. The length
of the line is 7 miles 3 furlongs, the steepest gradient
being 1 in 76, and the smallest radius of a curve 4 fur-
longs. It is intended to cross on the level five public
roads. The estimated cost of the railway is 70,0001., and
the quantity of land required is 85,1- acres. Mr. 11. Wood-
house and Mr. W. Baker were the engineers examined
in support of the bill ; and Mr. Adie, Mr. Hughes, and
Mr. Gregory in opposition to the Amersham branch
contemplated by the bill, but afterwards struck out by
the committee. The committee were satisfied of the
fitness in an engineering point of view of the proposed
railway.
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN (SHREWSBURY AND
NEWTOWN).
Colonel BOLDERO reported from the committee that
they had examined the allegations contained in the
preamble of the bill, but the same had not been proved
to their satisfaction.
YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK, YORK AND NORTH
MIDLAND AND LEEDS NORTHERN (AMALGAMATION).
Mr. BAILLIE reported from the committee that the
bill, as passed by them, was confined to the re-issue by
the York and North Midland Railway Company of the
1 Hull and Selby purchase shares, and provisions conse-
Tient thereupon.