The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-20 00:00:00

N 0.16,981. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING

SALES BY AUCTION.

SALES OF LANDED PROPERTY, OF FREEHOLD AND
LEASEHOLD HOUSES, RENT-CHARGES, REVERSIONS

POLICIES, &c.
MR. EDMUND ROBINS (Successor to the
late Mr. GEORGE ROBINS, and whom he has assisted
many years in the conduct of his business) announces most
respectfully to the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public generally, that
the BUSINESS WILL NOW BE CONTINUED ltY HIM in the
department of SALES by AUCTION, or PRIVATE TREATY, of
LANDED PROPERTY, of FREEHOLD and LEASEHOLD
ROUSES, RENT-CHARGES, REVERSIONS, POLICIES, &c., as
well as SURVEYS and VALUATIONS; and he most respectfully
urges that the long experience he possesses, under the able conduct
of his lamented relative and predecessor. entitles him to solicit a
portion of that support so many years enjoyed by the old-estab ished
concern in Covent-garden, whilst he ventures to assure his
patrons that a strict attention will not only be paid to the interests
of those who may entrust the disposal of their property to his con-
duct, but a scrupulous desire to render the charges for commission,
&c., as moderate as he consistently can to accomplish that success
which it will ever be his primary object to achieve.
Covent-garden, Feb. 20,1847.

TO EMIGRANTS AND SPECULATORS.
IMPORTANT SALE of LANDS in TEXAS, under the DOMI-
NION of AMERICA, calculated for AGRICULTURAL PUR-
POSES, and near several thriving Towns.
MR. ROBINS is instructed to SUBMIT
to PUBLIC SALE. at the Auction Mart, on TIIURSDAY,
March 4, at Twelve, in various Lots,
SINGULARLY ATTRACTIVE ESTATES for the EMIGRANT
or SPECULATOR, comprising,
10,643 ACRES of FREEHOLD LOCATED LANDS in TEXAS,
under the Dominion, and in the Southern part of the United
States of America, and new denominated the Land of Promise.
The limits of an advertisement preclude the possibility of
entering into general detail of the flourishing condition of
this country, its genial climate, superiority of soil, proximity
to important water communication, all of which will be
fully described in the prospectus, with a description of each tract of
laid, and the boundary as set forth in the title ; it will now be set-
Cient to state that the Lands comprise
NINE ORIGINAL TITLES, or SEPARATE ESTATES,
in the counties of Harris Liberty, Galveston, and Bexar, the smallest
Lot of which will be 320 Acres, and
THE LARGEST 4,605 ACRES,
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surroanded by thriving farms, and not far distant from the populous
towns of Houston, Harrisburg, Montgomery, Trinity, and St.
Antonio de Bexa", all excellent markets, with important navigable
resources. Also
6,080 ACRES OF FREEHOLD LAND,
is eleven original unconditional certificates issued from the Govern-
ment, for 320 and 6411 acres each, which give the right to the pur-
chaser to select the land at any period and in any part of the
dominion of Texas then not allocated, and without the payment of
taxes till the land is located. A more favourable opportunity for the
emigrant has never offered, the large sum now demanded for land in
America having turned the stream towards their new state of Texas,
where, in a very few years, the same large prices will be obtained,
and the located lands Included in this sale are all ready for the pur-
poses of agriculture.
Full prospectuses, affording much useful information, may be had
at the Crown Hotel, Princes-strest, Edinburgk ; Tontine, Glas-
gow ; Gresham's Hotel, Dublin ; Imperial Hotel,Water-
loo Had, Liverpool ; Royal Hotel, Manchester ; Albion Hotel,
Leeds ; White Lion, Bristol ; Norfolk Hotel, Norwich ; of Messrs.
Bush and Mullins, solicitors, St. Mildred's-court, Poultry; at the
Mart, and at Mr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden.

IN KENT.
FREEHOLD RENT-CHARGE IN LIEU OF GREAT TITHE,
ARISING FROM A MOIETY OF THE PARISH OF WESTER-
HAM, PRODUCING NEAR FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS
A YEAR.
MR. ROBINS begs to announce for SALE
by AUCTION, at the Mart, on THURSDAY, March 25,
at Twelve o'clock, in One Lot,
A PERPETUAL RENT-CHARGE, in lieu of Great Tithe, secured
upon a Moiety of
THE PARISH OF WESTERHAM, IN KENT,
which, under the Commutation Act, was settled at 380/. 175. 2d. a
year, but which has varied during the last few years below and
ABOVE FOUR HUNDRED POUNDS PER ANNUM.
This charge becomes the first upon the land, and is now in the cha-
racter of a freehold ground rent, being In perpetuity ; it is secured
upon
SEVERAL WELL-CULTIVATED FARMS OF 3,220 ACRES,
besides smaller tenants, altogether thirty-six in number.
The outgoings for rates are about 601. a year; also one of the best
pews in the parish church. Property of this description is now rendered
as secure as any other freehold property that can be offered for sale ;
and from the impossibility of any diminution or loss arising from non-
payment, it becomes the most eligible far safe and permanent invest-
ment; indeed a more certain or safe income cannot be secured by a
purchaser.
Particulars will be ready twenty-one days prior to the sale, at the
King's Head, Westerham; Crown, Seven Oaks; of John Bethell,
Esq., solicitor, 8, Parliament-street ;J. H. Badworth, Esq., solicitor.
Westerham ; at the Mart; and at Mr. Robins's offices, Covent-garden.

A most extensive and beautiful IMPORTATION of ITALIAN
SCULPTURE, in great variety and unusual novelty, for unre-
served Sale.
MR. EDMUND ROBINS is instructed by the
Importer to SELL by AUCTION, at the Mart, opposite the
Bank, On WEDNESDAY and TutrasnitY NEXT, at Twelve,
An unusually extensive and truly-varied Collection of
TASTEFUL MODERN ITALIAN SCULPTURE,
embracing many objects of an entirely novel description, among
which are numberless exquisite specimens of the sculptor's art, many
of them original, and others copied from the most celebrated models
in the Lanzi and Vatican, as well as the Borghese and other private
galleries in Rome and Florence, all executed with consummate
talent by carefully--selected modern artists. The assemblage includes
finely-executed statuettes of Milton and Shakspeare, with groups and
figures after Benvenuto Celilni, Bolognia, Michael Angelo, Canova,
Thorwaldsen, Bartolinl, and Pampaloni, beautiful vases, tazzas, and
ewers of the Medici, Etruscan, Adrian, Roman, and Warwick forms,
noble cisterns and splendid ornaments in various beautiful marbles,
AN ELEnIANTINE PAIR OF VASES,

copied from the pair lately sculptured for •
THE HEREDITARY GRAND DUKE or RUSSIA.

Also highly ornamented Florentine MosaiCnfitbledejeune tables,
and an endless variety of beautiful objects, suitable for drawing-
rooms, boudoirs, dining-parlours, halls, and conservatories.
The collection will be on view on Tuesday next and mornings of
sale; and catalogues can now be obtained at the Auction Mart,
City, and Mr. E. Robins's offices, Covent-garden.

CORNWALL RAILWAY.
FIRST CALL of 21. 10s. per share, per bOl. share, and
11.55. Der Half or 5/. Share.
Notice is hereby given, that the Directors have made a CALL of
2/ 106. per 101. Share, and of 11. ss. per Halt or 251. share, payable
on or before MONDAY, the First day of March next. The Share-
holders are required to pay such Call accordingly to any of the
undermentioned Bankers, namely :
Truro,
Falmouth, i-Messss. TWEEDY, WILLIAMS, and Co.
Redruth,
Messrs. GLYN, HALLIFAX, and Co.
London, Messrs. PRAED, FANE, and Co.
Interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be charged on
the above Call after the First day of March next, until such Call be
paid. By order of the Directors,
J. T. TREFFRY, Chairman.

Dated Truro, 2d Feb., 1847.
Interest will be allowed at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum on
he whole amount paid up, from the date of payment. Share-
holder is entitled to transfer his shares until he shall have paid the
Call.

CALLAO AND LIMA RAILWAY
COMPANY.
The Shareholders are respectfully informed, that should the Direc-
tors not receive the concession from the Peruvian Gdvernment by
the next June packet, when a reply to the last instructions sent to
their Agent at Lima will be due, the Company will be DISSOLVED
and the Deposits returned.
By order,

G. UPTON, Secretary.
5, Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, IGth Feb., 1847.

E2CA2 5, Barge-yard, Bucalersoury, LULU £ eu., .o=,.
k 1 Premium.
a I Banns "i. eil SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE-
RIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY.
Bonus in ''` og
Assured
:I Added* cash P-.`,=.0 may The Committee of Management request that all parties holding
4 t
e. c 1837 t 217 15 1 • cg 0e e sorrow. Scrip, or Banker's Receipts, or having any claim against the
....--...--_____. !11 . Com-
pany, will forward the same to the Secretary, at the Company's
$
4 11839 165 1
I —
4100 011;X1G 0 4 4445 0 0
31
lii()), 874 11
94! 103 21 395346 121
31
1848 116 7 6 84 0 113 718 10 296 13 4 Office, in order that a farther Dividend may be declared forthwith.
11
Leek, 15th Feb., 1847. R. Y. CLARKE, Secretary.
11 10% 1838 1228 y order,
........:11 111 6 8 49 10 0: 710 4 247 4 5 10 ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—
10 ASTERN
TOrK EXTENSION SHARES.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.-
YORK EXTENSION SHARES.
_Notlee is hereby given that the Directors have made a CALL of
21. 10e. per Share upon the B Quarters of these Shares, which will be
payable in Two Instalments of 11.55. each. 'lke first o►► the 18th of
March, and the second on the 18th of May next.
Interest at the rate of 3 per cent, per annum will be charged upon
all arrears

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in
"eeesaber of the present year.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

OF LONDON LIFE
Pon SOCIETY,
ACCUMIILATUVE AND GENERAL ASSURANCES.
This SocietNo-2, ROYAL EXCHANGE-BUILDINGS.
Y embraces every known Advantage or Convenience
It offered by any existing Life Oce.
combines THREE DISTINCT yet NCO-OPERATING SYSTEMS,
at the CHOICE of the ASSURED.
Thus,—Policies may be effected on
86curin THE MUTUAL SYSTEM,
AN g all its ges, without its or ilities,
IMpOßTANTadvanta CONSIDERATIONrisks liab
TO ASSURERS.
THE PROPRIETARY SYSTEM,
With the full benefits of its acknowledged SECURITY, SIM-
PLICITY, and ECONOMY. And
TIM ACCUMULATIVE, or DEPOSIT SYSTEM, INTRODUCED
Which BY THIS SOCIETY,
Perfects the principle of Life Assurance, the full amount of
the Deposit-Premiums
BEING AT ALL TIMES AVAILABLE TO-THE ASSURED.

GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman,

By Order,
C. P. RONEY, Secretary.
ate Station 12th Feb. 1847.

Bishoj

lETHERIAL INHALER, as constructed by
Dr. BOOT and Mr. ROBINSON.
Mr, HOOPER has the greatest satisfaction in stating that at each
of the Metropolitan nod Provincial Institutions at which this appa-
ratus has been used, it has succeeded ; Messrs. Lawrence, Ferguson,
Guthrie, Aston Key, Morgan, Thomson, M`Murdo, and many other
eminent Surgeons, have operated on patients whilst under the in-
fluence of :Ether, by means of this instrument, with the most com-
plete success, to whom Mr. Iloeper begs to retcr, and to the reports
in the recent Medical Journals. The success attending this Inhaler
is in great measure owing to the construction of the valves.
Orders addressed to Mr. Hooper will be executed on the day they
are received.

nALF-CREDIT -PREMIUMS ALSO,
FOR STIPULATED PERIODS,

A peculiarly advantageous arrangement for
YOUNG LIVES, and for all Persons WITU ADVANCING MEANS
OR INCOMES.

And Tables expressly calculated FOR NAVAL AND MILITARY
RISKS, in all Quarters of the World, on the Most Moderate
Terms

Together with all the Divisional Rates and Accommodations of the
best Offices.

EDW. FRED. LEEKS, Secretary,

GENERAL STEAM NAVIGATION COM-
PANY.
(Incorporated by Act of Parliament).
69, Lombard-street, London.
Notice is hereby given, that the HALF-YEARLY GENERAL
MEETING of the ProprietOrs, of this Company will be hold at the
Company's Office, 69, Lombard-street, on TUESDAY, the 23d inst.,
at Two o'clock precisely, pursuant to the Act of Parliament, to
transact the asual business, and to declare the Dividend for the Half-
year ending the 31st of December, 1846.
JOHN. WILSON, Secretary.

London, February I, 1847.

LONDON NEW STOCK AND SHARE
EXCHANGE, OLD BROAD-STREET.
The peculiar feature of this Establishment is, that its members
are not required (like in the London Stock Exchange) to be EX-
CLUSIVELY Stock and Share Dealers, but merchants, professional
Men, or tradesmen, can be admitted by conforming to its regulations.
Particulars may be known, by application, to Mr. Meredith,
Roncrary Secretary, at the Exchange.

CI-HIBBS' LOCKS, FIRE-PROOF SAFES AND CASH BOXES.
CHUBBS' NEW PATENT DETECTOR
LOCKS give perfect security from False Keys and Picklocks,
and also detect any attempt to open them. They are made of all
sizes, and for every purpose to which Locks are applied, and are
°""8, secure, simple, and durable.
CHUBBS' PATENT COMBINATION LATCH, for Front Doors,
Counting House Doors, &c., are simple in construction, low in price,
laid quite secure ; the Keys are particularly neat and portable.
CHI/IMS' PATENT FIRE-PROOF SAFES, BOOK-CASES,
e
ilaTS.&o., made entirely of strong wrought Iron, so as effectually
111,, are
the falling of brick work, timbers, &c., in case of fire,
m' e also perfectly secure from the attacks of the most skilful
b
lirglars.
Cfmn
TOE n—S' CASH and DEED BOXES, fitted with the DETEC-
Loc Ks
C. CHUBB .and SON, 57, St. Paul's Churchyard, London; and C.
—_ Chubb and Co., agents, 28, Lord-street, Liverpool.

N ORTON'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 four moderate•
Sized t,, Puts, They arc mild in eperation, and have proved wonder-
,
'"•,9 successful in removing every sympton of indigestion, sick head-
.ehe, loss of appetite, giddiness, heartburn, costiveness, eruptions of
'Pe skin, and all complaints arising from a disordered state of the
nlgestive organs ; they require no alteration of diet, and their opera-
2;ITU will be found so beneficial In giving tone to the stomach, regu-
t_ing the bowels, and in promoting a healthy habit, as fully to con-
ace all who take them of their great utility. Penons who have
Steered from indigestion for several years, have, by their use, in a
W Weeks perfectly recovered, which is a convincing proof that in
i.,ftetismallest compass is contained the largest quantity of the tonic
tf,i_ 011ie of so peculiar a nature as to pervade the whole system,
dogeld In ugh which it diffuses health and strength.
the bottles at ls. d., 2.5.9 d., and Ils. each, in every town in
ungdom.
C'kUT/Otr.
gtm„,,
!& 69 las WWl= ~_ —Be sure to ask for " liortou'a rub," gad be net per.
--7" P14C41
_

52, Fleet-street,
A NEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH.

MR.s2,,Fsclitelt;
HoWARD, Surgeon Dentist,
Street, has introduced an ENTIRELY NEW D
TION of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or
ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be
distinguished from the originals 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 roots, or any painful operation, and will support and preserve
teeth that are loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and
mastication ; and, that Mr. Howard's improvement may be within
reach of the most economical, he ,ias fixed his charges at the lowest
scale possible. Decayed teeth rendered sound and useful in mastica-
ion.-52, Fleet-street. At Home from Ten till Five.

F RAAIPTON'S PILL
efficacy for
This excellent Family Pill is a medicine of long-triedthe common
correcting all disorders of the Stomach and Bowels, L TH.
Loss of
symptoms of which arc Costiveness Flatulency,ofll Spasms,El
S
Appetite, Sick Head-ache, Giddiness, Sense of Fulnesstanftmearcmheaanlsd,
Dizziness of the Eyes, Drowsiness and Pains in the
Bowels ; Indigestion, producing a Torpid state of the Liver,
consequent Inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization
every function of the frame, will, in this most excellent preparation,
by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or three doies
will eonvittee the afilicted.of its salutary effects. The stomach will
speedily regain its strength ; a healthy action of the liver, bowels,
and kidneys will rapidly take place; and instead of listlessness, heat,
pain, and jaundiced appearance, strength, activity, and renewed and
ofa
health will be the quick result of taking this medicine, according to
the directions accompanying each box.
These Pills are particularly efficacious for Stomach Coughs, Colds,
Agues, Shortness of Breath, and all Obstructions of the Urinary
Passages ; and, if taken after too free an indulgence at table, they
quickly restore the system to its natural state of repose.
Persons of a Full Habit, who are subject to Head-ache, Giddiness,
Drowsiness, and Singing.4whe Ears, arising from too great a flow of
mood to the Head, shouldllever he without them, as many dan-
gerous symptoms will be entirely carried off by their immediate use.
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,
Blotches, Pimples, and Sallowness of the akin, and give a healthy
and juvenile bloom to the complexion.
To Mothers they arc confidently recommended as the best medi-
cine that can be taken during pregnancy ; and for children of all
ages they are unequalled.
As a pleasant, safe, and easy Aperient, they unite the recom-
mendation of a mild operationr em
cnwniatnhtheen most
dosutringsucctehsesizfulnaeeff,ecut,yarend_
require no restraint of diet, or
gulating the dose, according to the age and strength of the paiwnmeitbhaerfostenaxa, tthnabtecathnebienorest
comfortable-
tient,
re-
quired ; and for Elderly
Strand, London. Price Is. I lAcl. and 2s. 9d,
Peveoeprylecasthee'y
they become suitable for
Sold by T. Prout, 229,
Vendors of Medicine generally throughout
and also by the
per box ;
medicine hiterto prepared.
the kingdom.
229, Strand, London," on the
ofThomas Front,
name and address "
GoAsyekrumforiutFslttan2A3ll)7o2s'S PILL OF HEALTH, and observe the

PUBLICATIONS.

In Preparation,
WILLIAM HOWITT andi the PEOPLE'S
JOURNAL : An Appeal to the Press and the People, by
JOIIN SAUNDERS, to appear (free) with the March Part of the
People's Journal. &ice Sevenpence.
Advertisements cannot be received later than the 22d.
People's .Journal Office, 69, Fleet-street.

Ready,
HOW TO RE-CONSTRUCT THE INDUS-
TRIAL CONDITION OF IRELAND.
A LETTER TO LORD J. RUSSELL.
Ity JAMES WARD, Esq., Author of " Railways for the Many and
not for the Few."
(Vide " Times"' City Article, Feb. 18.)
Smith, Alder, and Co.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
CHEMICAL LECTURES by Dr. RYAN, with brilliantiand
varied Experiments, daily, and on the Evenings of Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays during Lent, Dr. BACHIIOFFNER
will deliver a Series of Lectures on ASTRONOMY, exhi-
biting the latest discoveries, on the Mornings and Evenings of
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, with new and appropriate
Music, by Dr. Wallis. On the alternate Mornings and Evenings he
will Lecture on the EL ECTRO-MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH, including
the recent Patent of Messrs. Nott sad Gamble. The Models and
other Works in the Useful Arts are daily described. The beautiful
Optical Effects include the NEW DISSOLVING VIEWS. Experi-
ments by the DIVER and DIVING-BELL, &c.
Admission Is. Schools, half-price.

THE JESUITS IN ENGLAND.
Now ready, in I vol. post Bvo., price 7s. 6d cloth, with Portrait and
Memoir of the Author, the Seoond Edition, with Additions, of
r riHE NOVITIATE ; or, THE JESUIT IN
11 TRAINING ;
Being a Tear's Residence among the English Jesuits.
A PERSONAL NARRATIVE.
By ANDREW STEINMETZ.
Also, in 1 vol. post Bvo., price 9s. cloth,
THE JESUIT IN THE FAMILY. A TALE.
By ANDREW STEINMITZ.
London : Smith, Elder, and Co., 65, Cornhill.

LONDON, BRICHTON, AND SOUTH

TREATISE on DIET and REGIMEN.
Fourth Edition, much enlarged and re-written, embracing
the more Recent Views, Facts, and Discoveries of Chemistry and
Statistics. By WILLIAM HENRY ROBERTSON, M.D., Physician
to the Buxton Bath Charity. In flue Quarterly Parts, at 2e. each.
Part 1., on the Ist of MARCH.
London : John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

OUR PRESENT STOCIt OF FOOD.
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZE IsTE and
GARDENERS' CHRONICLE of THIS DAT, contains an
elaborate Table of " Our Present Stock of Food, compared with that
of Average Years at this Season." This Table has been drawn up
from the returns furnished by about 150 known correspondents. The
" Gardeners' Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette" may be ordered of
any news-agent, or a single copy may be had by enclosing six postage
stamps to the publisher, at the Office, 5, Upper Wellington-street,
Strand, London.

DR. CIILVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and
LONG LIFE.
Is pocket volumes Is. each, by post (in stamps), Is. 6d. each.
W T 0 BE HAPPY.
H 0
" Jucunde Tivere."—Cie.
2.
WHAT to EAT, DRINK, and AVOID.
(With Diet-tables for all Complaints )
a.
MARRIAGE and its MYSTERIES.
" T. be, or not to be, that is the question.'!—Shakspeare.
4.
The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL.
" Curs at valet's."
These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are
adapted to the intelligence of the times.
To be had of sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Mann, 39, Corn-
hill ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from
the Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta-
tion, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine,
at 10, Argyle-place, Regent-street.

PEARL CANDLE LAME-NO FICTION! I
—The Lamps hitherto used have created ♦ast inconvenience,
and it is high time they were annihilated—thanks to the gigantic
improvements of our age, the time is at hand. To offer a Lamp—
perfection—ls, we deem, rendering a public service ; for what are we
without light ? The Pearl is so simple, it cannot be mismanaged.
No cleaning required. To sell the ordinary Candle Lamps is now
impossible ; the public have long enough been pestered with such
rubbish. The Pearl Candle Lamp is the perfection of candle lights.
The public will have none other. Designs to suit every taste.
Burning continually at CLARK'S, the Immense:Lamp Depot, 447,
West Strand, Ten doors trom the Lowther•arcade. Please write
down address.

COAST RAILWAY.
The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the proprietors in this
company was held yesterday in the Board Room, London-
bridge, for the consideration of general business. Charles
Pascoe Grenfell, Esq., occupied the chair.
The advertisement calling the meeting having been read
by Mr. Buckhorn, the following report (which embodies the
subject-matter of the proceedings of the meeting) was sub-
mitted to the shareholders :
" The present is the second ordinary'mecting of the London
and Brighton Railway Company, since its late amalgamation
with the London and Croydon Railway Company has united
their interests together.
" It was to be expected, that the advantages to be derived
from this fusion of interests, in the reduced expenditure of
working the traffic, could not yet be proved ; and more
especially under the circumstances, that the development of
the atmospheric principle may be considered as having been
incomplete, rendering necessary on the Croydon line the double
expense of locomotive and atmospheric means for the purpose
of accommodating one traffic. Your directors have had their
especial attention directed to the atmospheric portion of this
expenditure; and, from a desire-`to determine its amount,
and at the same time with a view 43f testing practically the
value of the system, they propoditd, and have, in fact, en-
tered into an arrangement with gr.Samuda, for working the
atmospheric mode of traction upotia contract for a fixed sum, .
and a certain period, which will*Trfor the-future, with
the necessity of a double expe re tor carrying out the
same object. ' 417` )
" Your directors further call. Itt,,httention to the fact,
that, in the course of the last sax.. -maths, you have nearly
doubled the extent of your line. - -increased expense was
necessary to meet this new traffic 4 iit' as the develepmeht
of traffic is gradual, gorily it has not ne been concurrent
with the expenditure ; and, therefore,.your general working
n**
outlay has swelled to an amount whilsb, -after the whole line
is completed, will bear with less bidde
re-
ceipts. It may be satisfactory here 'id' stmt, Your gross POli
hat a contract
has been entered into for maintaining,thefpe anent way on
the main line, on terms which will insure a very tifnsiderable
reduction in the expenditure under that head:
The gross revenue for the six months ending
31st December, including the reserve of ' -
1,3481. 9s. 3d., was £228,059 17 2
Working and other expenses --v..9o,afr - 6 9
Leaving a'disposablelialance of £137,223 10 5
Which enables your directors to, recommend a dividend of 3i
per cent. for the half-year, upon the consolidated stock of
the company, and of 28s. upon the Fifth Shares, whereon
401. had been paid up to the 31st December.
" In reference to the lines in progress, the contractor for
the Epsom Branch is under penalty to complete the same
for opening by the 31st March next. The Portsmouth Ex-
tension, by the report of our engineer, will be opened from
Chichester to Havant on the Ist March, to Cosham the Ist
April, and finally to Portsmouth in May next. It may be
right here to remark, that by an agreement entered into with
the South-Western Company, the stations and line from Cosham
to Portsmouth, are to be constructed at the joint expense of
the two companies. A Bill to legalise this arrangement is
before Parliament in the present session.
" The Horsham, Keymer, and Newhaven lines, are ex-
pected to be completed in the course of the summer. Your
directors look forward with much confidence to the increased
traffic which the two latter branches, in connexion with the
Steam Packet Company, will bring upon our main line.
" Your directors have been compelled to enter into a large
expenditure during the past half year, for the improvement
and extension of your works at Brighton ; and, further, in
the increase of the working stock. This was rendered
necessary in consequence of the great addition to the mileage;
and while it is the desire of the directors to limit, as far as
possible, all additions of this kind, it is indispensable to your
interests, and that of the public, that nothing should be
spared to give full efficiency to this branch of their duties.
" With respect to the Kentish lines, your directors believe
that they have a case for Parliament far superior to that of
their opponents; and although they thought it right to make
all necessary preparations, they did not finally commit them-
selves to the present course, without having first tried every
means in their power to effect such an arrangement with the
South-Eastern Company as would combine the
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of the consolidated capital of the company, amounting to
307,5251.
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inserted in one of the Bills now before Parliament, for re-
ducing the numbers of the board.
" Four of the directors, Charles S. Crowley, Leo. Schuster,
Joseph Thompson, and Edward Watson, Esqs., retire, pur-
suant to the Act of Parliament, but are eligible for re-
election, and offer themselves accordingly."
The statement of accounts (of which the following is a
summary) to 31st Dec., 1846, was then read to the meeting.
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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
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QELFTPRESERVATION: A Medical Treatise
on the secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy.
Physiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
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By SAMUEL LA'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorar)
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
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CONTENTS OF THE TREATISE.

CHAPTER I. OR the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
CHAPTIM 2. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Generativt
Organs, their ffinctions, structures, and secretions, proving that great
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
--Cturres 3. Os Solitary Habits; their various effects on tht
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function,
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of thc
Mental Faculties. Cuarres 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youth
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and. Premature Decay.—Cnerreas 5 and 6. On
the Disorder? arising from indiscnminate Excess, Gonaoritcea
Gleet, Strictures, and other Diseases of the Urethra.
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