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FRAMPTON'S PILL of HEALTH.
Price Is. I%ci. per box.
This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-tried efficacy for
correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, the common
symptoms of which are Costiveness, Flatulency, Spasms, Loss of
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Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness and Pains in the Stomach and
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consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of
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- Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Head-ache, Giddiness,
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For Females, these Pills are most truly excellent, removing all
obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very prevalent with the
sex; Depression of Spirits, Dulness of Sight, Nervous Affections,
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and juvenile bloom to the complexion.
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require no restraint of diet, or confinement during their use. By re-
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they become suitable for every case, in either sex, that can be re-
quired; and for Elderly People they will be found to be the most
comfortable medicine hitherto prepared.
Sold by T. Prout, 229, strand, London. Price Is. 13f d. and 2s. 9d.
per box ; and also by the Vendors of Medicine generally throughout
the kingdom.

Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the
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Government Stamp.

DREDGE'S HEAL-ALL, or celebrated EM-
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England, as the most efficacious Remedy for Rheumatism, Lumbago,
Pains in the Limbs and Numbness, Sciatic and Paralytic Affections,
Face-ach, Sprains and Bruises, Burns and Scalds, Spasms and
Cramp, Stiffness of the Joints or Neck, Frozen Limbs, Chilblains be-
fore they are broken. It is likewise an infallible Cure for that dangerous
disorder the Quinsey or Sore Throat, in which it was never known to
fail after a few hours' application.
Observe—That none can be genuine unless the Stamp affixed to
each bottle contains the name and address of Barclay and Sons, No.
95, Farringdon-street, who have purchased the property in this
valuable article from the executors of the inventor, William Dredge,
late of Wlshford, Wilts, retail price, Is. 114 d. and 2s. 9d. per bottle ;
and sold retail. by all respectable Medicine Venders in town and
oun try.

NORTON'S TRULY VALUABLE CAMO-
MILE PILLS, FOR INDIGESTION, &c.
These Pills are a pure extract of camomile flowers, prepared by a
peculiar process, by which all the medicinal properties of rather more than one ounce of the flowers are concentrated into tour moderate. sized pills, They are mild in operation, and have proved wonder-
fully successful in removing eve:y sympton of indigestion, sick head-
ache, loss of appetite, giddiness, heartburn, costiveness, eruptions of
the skin, and all complaints arising from a disordered state of the
digestive organs ; they require no alteration of diet, and their opera-
tions will be found so beneficial in giving tone to the stomach, regu-
lating the bowels, and in promoting a healthy habit, as fully to con-
vince all who take them of their great utility. Persons who have
suffered from indigestion for several years, have, by their use, in a
few weeks perfectly recovered, which is a COIIN *owing proof that in
the smallest compass is contained the largest quantity of the tonic
principle of so peculiar a nature as to pervade the whole system,
through which it diffuses health and strength.
held in botties at la. 134 d., 25.9 d., and I Is. each, in every town in
the kingdom.
CAUTION.—Be sure to ask for " Norton's rills," and be not per-
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ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
2s• or post paid, tamps
to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage t
6d.,
direct from the Author's residence.
SELF- PRESERVATION' A Medical Treatize
on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
Illustrated with Tweaty-flue Coloured Plates on the Anatomy.
Physiology, and Diseases of the 'Jr-Mary and Reproductive Organs,
the injuries that are produced in them, by solitary habits,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
txe,eseee. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional %Veaknees, other diseases of
eaknees, and
the Urethra.
By SAMUEL LA'3IERT, CONSIYLTLNG SURGEOaNnd,
9, iledford-street, Bedford square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honoorthare:
Member of the London ospital Medical Society,
Apothecaries' Hall, London,c. itc.
rations, and on Infelicitous and 1-iiit Licentiate
CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.
Cusrran I. On the Philosophy of M ag
and 0 bli
rw,,idtaheittsiveHuinadrieanasc.l
CHAPTxx 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology
Mental and Physical Power are dependa upons;hPeri°Thi
Organs, their (Unctions, structures and anteon of the Generativ4
proving that greaa
—CHAPTER 3. On Solitary Habits; their various sheets etionetittohe
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and genera the fecft
the
-
Mental Faculties. Cmarrza 4. On and general
weakness Disorders Youth
Mental Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and LocarN;eak:)icsuths,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Cnarrxas 15 and 6. On
the Disorders arising from indiscnininate Excess, Gonaorhosa
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of .he Urethra.
REVIEWS OF THE WORK.
"The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quail-
fled:m.3ll cal man, who has evidently had considerable experience of
the trr ltment of the various disorders arising from the follies mil
frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad-
dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, which must
act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its perusal
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit f no ap.
peal, even to the most confidential friend."--Era.
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BRISTOL, FEBRUARY 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Bristol and Exeter, 75—Ditto,
New, 12—Bristol and South Wales Junction, % —Caledonian, New,
21% —Great Western, Halves, 73—Ditto, Quarters, 7% —Ditto, New,
9 %—Manehester and Leeds, Extension, 3/. 75.--Manchester and
Southampton, % dis.—Midland, 12351 —Ditto, New, 3535 —Ditto,
New, 5% —North British, Thirds, 2% p.—Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham (A), 1 p.—York and Newcastle, New, 123.
LIVERPOOL, FEBRUARY 5.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are —Anabcrgate, Nottingham,
Boston, and Eastern Junction, ls. 3d. dis.—Birmingham and Ox•
ford, 9% p.—Chester and Birkenhead, 201. Shares, % dis.—East Lan-
cashire (late Blackburn and Preston), 9% p.—Ditto, 1% p.—Ditto,
New Scrip, 265. 3d. p.—Edinburgh and Glasgow, Halves, 101,E p.—
Ditto, Quarters, 191,4 —Huddersfield and Manchester, 2%t p.—Lan-
caster, and Preston, Quarters, 151,E —Leeds and Dewsbury, Halves,
4% p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport, 234 p.—Ditto, New, 2%
p.—London► and North-Western, 190—Manchester and Leeds, Ex-
tensions,l% p.—Manchester. Sheffield, end Lincolnshire Quarters, No.
1,3% p.—Manchester ((late Great Grimsby and Sheffield), 41% dis.
—Midland Stack, 124%—Newcastle and Carlisle, 1 12% —Northern
Counties Union, 1% dis.—Preston and Wyre, 32—Ditto, Half Shares
(A), 3 p.—Ditto, ditto (B), r 4 p.—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (B),
% p.—Shropshire Union Railway and Canal, dis. ex int.—Dublin
and Wexford, 1 dis.—Newry and Warrenpoint, 1 p.—Dutch Rhenish,
dis.

MANCHESTER, FEBRUARY 5.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, par—Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire, 5-16 p.--Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction, 9 p.—Blackburn, Clitheroe, &c., % din.—Buckinghamshire, p. —East Lancashire, 2% p. —Ditto, New
(scrip), 114 p.—East Lincolnshire, 2 p.—Fleetwood, Preston, and
West Riding, 5-16 dis.--Huddersfleld and Manchester Railway and
Canal, Thirds, 1% c. p.—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport (West
Lancahire), 2 3-16 P.—Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland.
p.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 1 3-16 p.—Manchester,
Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, Quarters, No. 2, 2234—Ditto, Eighths,
dls.—North British Extension, p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.
North-Western, % p.—Oldham Alliance, % p.—Preston and Wyre,
Halves (A), 2% p.—Ditto, (B), p.— Scottish Central, 7% p.—
Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 1 p. —South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, % p. —West Riding Union, 1 11-16 p.
•
LEEDS, FEBRUARY 5.
STocx Exctuator.—The sales are—Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 38. dig. —Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, 15s. p.--Buck-
inghamshire, 6s. p.—East Lancashire, New, 2/. 3s. 9d. p.—Ditto,
New Scrip, 255. p.—East and West Yorkshire, ss. 6d. dia.—Leeds
and Dewsbury, Brytches, Scrip (blue), 334 p.—Leeds and Thirsk,
2% dis.—Ditto, New, 12s. 6d. dis.—Ditto, Preference, 245. p.—Lel-
center and Bedford, 2s. 6d. dis.—Manchester and Leeds, Extensions,
225. 6d.p.—Nortb British, Thirds, 525. p.—Ditto, Extension (scrip),
14s. 6d. p.—North Staffordshire, 3% p.—North-Western, Os. 6d. p.
—Sheffield, Rotherham, and Goolo, ss. p.—West Riding Union,
3/. 16s. 6d.

lIULL, FEBRUARY 5.

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STOCK EXCHAKOZ.--The sales are—North British, Halves, 16%
—Ditto, Extension (scrip), 14s. 3d. p.—Ambergate, Nottingham,
Boston, &c., par—Northern Counties Union, 265. 6d.

SHEFFIELD, FEBRUARY 5.

&rocs ExcmAxot.—The sales are—Ambcrgate, Nottingham, and
Boston, 14 c. dis.— Leeds and Thirsk, 2IA dis.—Manchester and Lin-
coln Union, ISs. 61. dis.-31anchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Mid-
land, % p.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire (Grimsby and
Sheffield), 265. dis.—llitto (Sheffield and Lincoln), 1 dis.—Skefficld,
Rotherham, and Goole, ss. 6d. p.—South Yorkshire, Doncaster, and
Goole, 23. dis.

GLASGOW, FEBRIMAT 4.
STOCK Excnswas. —The sales are—Airdric and Bathgate, 81s.—
Caledonian, New, 455. 6d.—Caledonian and Dumbartonshire, 48s.
—Direct Northern (scrip), 525. 6d.—Dundee and Perth, 271.—Ditto,
New, 1314—East of Fife, 50s. 6d.—East Indian, Bs. Lothian
Central, 435.—Edinburgh and Pe*th, 51s.—Glasgow, Kilmarnock,
and Ayr, Halves, No. 2, 9 1-3—Ditto, Quarters (5 per cent. guar.),
1614—Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 6 LA—Glasgow and Greenock,
181.—Ditto, Preference, 81.— Glasgow Harbour Mineral, 375. 6d.—
Great Southorn of Madras, 4s.—Manchester and Southampton, 325.
—Midland, Halves, 6—North British, Thirds, 73s.—Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 275. 6d.— Scottish Central, 221.—Scottish Grand
Junction, 235. 6d.—Stirling and Dunfermline, 73s.—Wilsontown,
Morningside, and Coltnese, 531.

INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGI

NEERS.

On Wednesday the first meeting was held in the new
theatre, which is a fine room of good proportions, of a
simple but bold style of architectural decoration, ex•
tremely well lighted, but above all well warmed and
ventilated, and which as a whole may be said to be per-
haps the best room in the metropolis for the meetings
of a scientific body. Sir John Rennie, president in the
chair.

The paper read was by Mr. E. Newton. It gave a
description of the method employed by Mr. Heron for
the construction of the permanent way of the Philadel-
phia and Reading, and other railways in the United
States. The method was a deviation both from the sys-
tems of the longitudinal and the transverse sleepers. It
consisted of two series of diagonal sleepers crossing each
other, and spiked together at the intersections with
wooden trenails or iron pins, according to circumstances,
forming an extended platform, upon which their longi-
tudinal bearers were laid, suporting bridge-shaped rails,
with wrought iron chairs. The paper entered minutely
into the modes of construction, the dimensions of the
various parts, and the expense of laying the road with
the ballasting. It then gave an account of several de-
viations from the general system, such as making the
trellis work of iron laid in bitumen, &c., and also a de-
tail of the amount of the traffic conveyed along the rail-
way, whence it appeared that within one year and five
days from its being opened for general use, 1,400,000
tons of goods had been conveyed along it, without any
prejudicial effect ; and, in fact, with less wear and tear
than was usual upon railways in the States. The cost
of a single line was about 8501. per mile.
From the discussion that ensued it appeared to be the
opinion that although the system might succeed in a
country where timber abounded, it was inapplicable for
English railroads, and exceptions were taken to the
eedcoonnsltyru4c4tilobna. forpar high speedd—ifas
could not resist the impact of the
single bridge form
wheels :t great
would become loosened, and there
generalth the rai
diago-
nally
laid sleepers
s,w features
hieh weighed
gt
hh
velocities, the junctions of the
These objections were strongly.e it was admitted that it was
as valid, but at the same time
ra e the communication of
would be too much deflection betuar'egeend,thaendbewaerriengrepcoeiinretsd.
extremely desirable to encourage
for the statements he
voted to Mr. Newton
meeting were
that he would communicate
accounts of foreign
had given, with a request
scientific brethren
Mr. Heron this feeling of his English
engineering `works ;the thanks of the
of the profession of civil engineering.
The following paper was announced to be read at the
next meeting, on Tuesday, February 9 :
No. 750. Description of the Great North Holland Canal,
by G. B. W. Jackson, Assoc. Inst. C.E,

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HOSPITAL FOR CONSUMPTION. - Yesterday a
meeting of the governors was held at the Institution, Bromp-
ton, when it was stated that his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge had kindly con:.ented to preside at the anniver-
sary festival to be held on the 9th of June next. It was
also announced that the late Miss Churchill, of Chelsea,
had bequeathed the sum of 2004 to the funds of the in-
stitution,