The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-10 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the next HALF-YEARLY GE-
NERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held,
in London, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, at the Paddington
Station, on THURSDAY, the 15th of February next, at Twelve for One
o'clock precisely, for the Election of Three Directors, in the place of
the same number who will retire by rotation, and for other purposes
Of business. The Chair to be taken at One o'clock precisely.
CHARLES RUSSELL, chairman.
BARRINGTON, Deputy-Chairman.
The Directors retiring are re-eligible under the provisions of the
Act.
The Transfer-hooks will be CLOSED on and from MoNnAT, the sth
of February, and will not be RE-OPENED until after the said Half-
yearly General Meeting on the 15th of February, and the Dividend
for the Half-year ending the 31st December last, will be paid to the
Proprietors who may ba registered on the Company's books when
closed.

By order,
CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

11th January, 1849.

AIrIDL AND RAILWAY.
li TENDERS FOR SLEEPERS.
The Directors of the Midland Railway Company are prepared to
receive Tenders for the supply of 40,000 SLEEPERS. Specifications
may be seen, and particulars obtained at the Office of the Company's
Engineer, at Derby.
Tenders enclosed in sealed covers, marked " Tender for Sleepers,"
and addressed to the Secretary, are to be delivered at the Company's
Office, Derby, on or before the 20th day of February.
By order,
Derby, Feb. 5, 1819. J. F. BELL, Secretary.

A ft K I A G E.
3/1 One half the world are desolately single, and the other
amposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
,ease et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
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end social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
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Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in postage stamps,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
JL the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
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with remarks on. Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By R. and
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Pa= I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
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Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
l'AaT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
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PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
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