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CHESTER and HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
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RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

RE AT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN (IRELAND.)

Tho half-yearly meeting of this company was held on
Tuesday, at the offices, in Dublin; Mr. E. M'Donnell in
the chair.
The SECRETARY read the report, which states that
the balance of the account for the half-year shows a
profit of 34,4331. 4s. Id. The construction of the line
from Thurles towards Cork has been proceeded with as
expeditiously as a prudent consideration for the state of
the money market and other circumstances would admit
of. About twenty miles to the junction with the Water-
ford and Limerick Railway, near Tipperary, was opened
on the 3d of July last, with a single line of rails for
passengers, and the second line has since been added.
The directors have every assurance, both from their
engineer, and Mr. Dargan, their contractor, that
a further portion of about twenty miles to Charle-
vide, will be ready for public traffic by the middle
of November, and to Buttevant, a town in a district
of great importance, within about thirty miles of
the city of Cork, by Christmas next. The report
from Sir John Macneill shows the great progress
already made in the works beyond Buttevant, and
his confident expectation of being able to open the line
to MalloN by the Ist of March next, and to Blackpool or
Kilbarry, within the suburbs of Cork, by the Ist of July.
The traffic shows an increase from the previous half-
year of 6,6561. Os. 6d.; and, since the opening to Li-
merick, there has been a further improvement, raising
the average weekly receipts to 3,3321., being at the rate
of 251. per mile per week, as compared with 21/. per
mile, as stated in the last half-yearly report; and it af-
fords the directors much pleasure to be able to add that
this increased revenue has been obtained at a very small
additional cost of working, so that they have every
reason to hope that the next half-yearly statement of
traffic will show such a net profit as will be adequate to
cover the interest on the cost of the 130 miles now in
operation; a position which they have every reason to
believe was never before attained by any railway com-
pany which had yet sixty miles of its line to make be-
fore reaching one of its principal termini. The utmost
care has been paid to limiting the expenditure of the
company, and the arrears of calls have been reduced to
17,0001., in addition to 235 shares forfeited to the com-
pany. The Irish South-Eastern Company's line from
Carlow to Kilkenny has been opened as far as Bagnals-
town, a distance of 101 miles, and it is expected the
remaining portion to Kilkenny, about 10 miles, will
shortly be completed. This company has under-
taken to furnish the carriage and moving power for
working that traffic on terms mutually agreed on. The
directors have also made arrangements with the Water-
ford and Limerick Company for an interchange of car-
riages and traffic between their two lines. The state-
ment of accounts attached to the report shows that the
total amount received on capital account up to the 30th
June last wa52,846,897L, and the expenditure 2,803,871/.,
leaving a balance in favour of the company of 36,8264
On the revenue account the receipts for the half-year
were 65,3194 2s. 5d., and the expenditure 30,8851. Bs. 4d.,
showing a balance in favour of the company of
34,433/. 14s. Id. After a short conversation the report
was adopted—the retiring directors re-elected, and
thanks voted to the chairman. The meeting then
separate d.

CELIBACY.—Singleness is not always the con-
sequence of disinclination, disappointed affection, or a diffi-
culty in meeting with a fit helpmate. Thousands of the unmarried
would with joy embrace the sacred conditions of Matrimony, did
they feel themselves equal to its obligations; and the chequered
page of life reveals innumerable instances where, under that
blighting consciousness, man has permitted the most ardent affec-
tion to consume hint to the grave, rather than consign its object to
that life of unmitigable anguish and fettered solitariness into which
Ws affianced would he plunged if he married. Some are, however,
wilful enough to gain the affections of the other sex under these
circumstances; and, though not so villanous as to proceed to the
altar, will make such excuses for procrastination as contribute to his
selfish desire of exclusively enjoying her society, by precluding her
fr an accepting other offers. There is scarcely a street where this
history is not enacted ; and yet with the exercise of common
foresight, its frequency might ho so lessened as to ren-
der an instance rare throughout the entire kingdom. The
disqUaliflcations for Marriage have more than one primary source ;
the chief of which is Impuissance, arising from four causes :—namely,
Natural Deficiency ; the Prostration produced by Early Habits ; the
Weakening effects of Later Excesses ; and Nervousness of Tempera-
ment ; the next sources of importance are hereditary and acquired
disease ; and, lastly, men arc prevented from marrying by the effects
of disease—which, when 111-cured, leaves traces that forbid all iin-
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MIDLAND GREAT WESTERN OF IRELAND-

EXTENSION TO MULLINGAR.
Thn Midland Great Western Railway extension, from
the Kinnegad station to Mullingar, was inspected on
Wednesday by Captain Wynne, Royal Engineers, pre-
vious to its opening for public traffic on the Ist October.
The inspection was very satisfactory, Captain Wynne
having expressed himself in very favourable terms as to
the stability and safety of the line. The opening will
take place on the above-named day.

BANQUET TO THE -SOUTH-EASTERN RAIL
WAY DIRECTORS.
BOULOGNE, WEDNESDAY.—A good deal of interes
has been telt here in the banquet given on Monday
evening by the directors of the Boulogne and Amiens
Railway to the directors of the South-Eastern Railway.
The banquet was given at the Hotel du Nord, and
was of the most sumptuous description. The company
sat down to table at seven o'clock, but were assembled
sjohrotterehstoeuetfs discusshportehvieooureslype,hiee, a
ndi nege
nine
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forth some
mode of concentrating the traffic between London and
Paris on their lines.
The following gentlemen were present :—Messrs.
Charles Lafitte (president), H. Blount, Alexander Adam,
St. Paul, L. Fontaine, fils, J. Baxendale, and Captain
Tyndal, directors of the Boulogne and Amiens Rail-
way ; Mr. Smale, Captain Warren, and Mr. Thompson,
directors of the South-Eastern Company; Messrs. War-
ren, Wright, and Parker, prominent shareholders in the
two lines ' • Mr. Whitehead, London secretary to the
Boulogne Railway ; M. Auguste Seguier, secretary in
Paris to the same company ; and MM. Ther, Ibry, Love,
and Desgranges, of the Boulogne Company.
Mr. Macgregor, the chairman of the South-Eastern
Company, was prevented by illness from attending, and
Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Brown, and the Hon. Mr. Byng, the
other directors, were unable to attend, in consequence of
the meeting of the South-Eastern Steam Navigation
Company in Landon the next day.
The PRESIDENT, in proposing the first toast, "Union
between the South-Eastern Company and the Boulogne
and Amiens Company," expressed his great regret at
the mistake committed on the occasion of the opening of
the railway to Boulogne with regard to the non-admission
of the South-Eastern Company. He then, in excellent
English, expatiated on the benefits and advantages to be
derived from the present entente cordiale, and from the
mutual co-operation of the two companies, not only to
the proprietors, but to the public generally. He had
felt an anxious desire to have met the chairman of the
South-Eastern Company that day, and to have tendered
the hand of friendship to him, and said that he knew he
was only speaking the sentiments of all parties in ex-
h for the prompt and complete re-
pressing a fervent wish
establishment of his health.
Mr. &Lux, on the part of the South-Eastern and
Steam-boat Company, acknowledged the toast, and fully
coincided in all that had fallen from the President in his
regret at the illness of their Chairman, and his convic-
tion of the beneficial results to be expected from the cor-
dial re union. He said that when the South-Eastern
Company was in its infancy, he had been one of its first
supporters. At that time lines had been projected to
the bleak north, the watery west, the chilling east, but
strange to say, the warm, the fertile south, the line of all
others the most to be desired, that which led to La Belle
France—that which conducted directly to the whole con-
tinent of Europe, had been omitted and neglected. The
company was at length, however, projected, and carried
out through evil report and good report : it had to
struggle with difficulties to an extent beyond belief,
partly from the blindness of the Legislature of his coun-
try, which at one time appeared to throw every impedi-
ment possible in the way of works which have now
proved themselves to be absolutely essential and benefi-
cial to the nation at large, and partly from the cu-
pidity of the soi-disant country gentlemen, whose
exactions, almost uncontrolled as to compensation
and change of route, had swamped many good de-
signs, and deeply and for ever injured others, which,
however, still survived, and as in their own case
would ultimately, as be verily believed, spite of all, prove
as remunerating as any kind of property in the kingdom.
He could not avoid these observations, when he con-
trasted the conduct and policy of the Government of
France on these points with the course pursued by the
British Government and Legislature. He could not sit
down without—at the same time that he noticed the
splendid hospitality of the entertainment—assuring the
directors that the spirit in which it was conceived, and
the language in which the Invitation was conveyed by
the letter of the honourable gentleman, M. Adam, to
which he did himself the honour to reply on the part of
his board, gave them the highest satisfaction; and he
gave with the sincerest cordiality, " The health of the
Directors of the Boulogne and Amiens Railway, and con-
tinued prosperity to the line."
M. "owes health waa afterwards drunk, and he, in

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zed broken health, a'o the great hindrances to domestic happiness
end social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
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In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes er
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OVE is the leading feeling of the human
breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above
every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo-
ple
ace, sacred consummation
however, this passion,
philo-
sophy and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
of marriage.this
power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
wwihthentimuen,iounntildoitsrenceo
itvetsakteb
fervour, this golden tido of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a
life-
time spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con-
tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind')
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
•
instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of
mt subsequently
s such a being a
be
i beyond measure deplorable l Loving and beloved, he entails the
most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the
fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled
SELF-PRESERVATION,
illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology,
and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical observa-
tions on the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from
solitary habits, excesses, or infection.
By SAMUEL LVMERT, M.D.,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary
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This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and
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ment of these diseases.

REVIEW Or TIM WORE.
La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are
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laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.
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LONDON, FRIDAY s's NING

returning thanks, entered, in the French language, fully
into the general merits of the undertaking, with great
perspicuity and effect.
Mr. BLOUNT, in a warm and energetic speech, pro-
posed a toast to the union of France and England, which
met with a most cordial reception, and the party sepa-
rated, highly delighted with their entertainment.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERFOOL, Sam. 21.
STOCK EXCIIANOR.--The sales are-Birkenhead, Lanca-
shire, and Cheshire Junction, 31/ Shares, 9% dis -
Caledonian, Preference, 94 dis. -Great Western, Fifths, 171 A
-Glasgow, Paisley, and Greenock, Preference, 7-Lancashire
and Yorkshire, Fifths, 3% dis.-Ditto, 31. Shares, 101/2
dis.-London and North- Western, 110 c.-Ditto, New
Quarters, 3/4 dis.- Manchester Sheffield, and Lincolnshire,
Preference, 93/4 -.Midland Stock, Btl/2-Ditto, New Halves,
97/8 dis.- Ditto (Birmingham and Derby), 59-North
Union (B), 1381/2-South-Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 11 dis.
Ditto, No. 4, Thirds, 6/. 183. 9d.-York, Newcastle, and Ber-
wick (Extension, Nv. 1), 1 dis.-Ditto (G. N. E. Purchase),
% dis.
MANCHESTER, Sari. 21.
STocK EICHANGE.-The sales are-Sheffield, Preference,
93/4-North Union (B), 138-South-Eastern and Dover,
No. 4, 6 15-16-Huddersfield, 281. paid, 8% dis. -Leeds,
Preference, 1-16 p.
BIRMINGHAM, SEPT. 21.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The market was animated to-day,
and prices were considerably better. The sales are-
London and North-Western, 110-North Staffordshire,
5/. 35.9 d. dis.-Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), 61. 135.9 d.
dis.-Ditto (B), 83s. 9d. dis.-Shropshire Union, 61s. 3d. dis.
LEEDS, SEPT 20.
STOCK ExcHANGE.--The sales are-Caledonian, Prefer-
ence, 7s. 6d. dis.--North British, Thirds, 23/4 dis.-North
Staffordshire' 51/2 dis.--North-Western, 81/S dis.-South-
Eastern and Dover, No. 2, 111/2 dis.
YORK, SEPT. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The business transacted to-day was
as follows : -York, Newcastle, and Berwick (Extension),
No. 1, 14 t/ Ditto, No. 2 (late NO! ttpasticks), 14114-Ditto
(G-.'N. E. Ptirchase), 7%.
NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, SErr. 21.
STOCK giCHANGZ.-The sales are-North British,
Halves, 545. dis.-Ditto, Quarters, 414.
GLASGOW, SEPT. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, Prefer-
ence, 435.-Glasgow, Kilmarnock, and Ayr, Halves, No. 1,
5/. 6s. 6d.--Ditto, Valves, No. 2,5/. 75.-Great Northern,
51. 19s. Gd.-North British, Thirds, 51. 125.-Ditto, New
Quarters (scrip), 3s. 3d. -York, Newcastle, and Berwick
(G. N. E. Purchase), 7%.
EDINBURGH, SEPT. 20.
STOCK EXCHANGE.-The sales are-Caledonian, 9/. 15s.
Ditto, Preference, 2/. Is. 6d.-Edinburgh and Northern
(Newport), 5/. 195.-Great Northern, 5/. 195.-North Bri-
tish, Quarters, 41. 3s. 6d.-Ditto, Thirds, 5/. 12s.

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