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N°. 18,379 LONDON. TUESDAY
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RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
1, Princes-street, Bank, London.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 4th Viet., cap. 9.
DIRECTORS.
CHAIM' IN—Colonel ROBERT ALEXANDER, glad:heath Park,
Kent.
William Bardgett, Esq., 149, Fenchurch-street.
G,org, Bev ngton, Esq., Neckinger Mils, Bermondsey.
F. P. CoAerill, Esq , Shadwell, and Twickenham.
George Co en, Esq., Shackieivell-lane.
Miles Coventry. Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street.
John Drewe Esq ,4, Princes-street, Bank.
Erasmus Robert Foster, Esq., Cold Harbour-lane, Camberwell.
T. S. Gir iler, Esq., 7, Tokenhouse-yard
11. L. Smale, Esq., Doctors'-commons.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Drewett, Fowler, and e'owler, 4, Prince:-street, Bank.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. M'Leod and Stebning, Lon don-street, Fenchurch-street.
ADVANTAGES OF THIS INSTITUTION.
Halt Credit Rates of Premium.
Persons assured according to these rates are allowed credit (with-
out security) for half the amount of the first seven annual premiums,
paying interest thereon at the rate of five per cent. per annum, with
the option of paying oil' the arrears of premiums, at any time, or
having the amount deducted from the sum assured should the policy
become a claim.

For Securing Loans and Debts.
A Table adapted especially for the securing of Loans and Debts, by
which the fullest security is obtained on very low but gradually in-
crea.ing premiums.

Policies revved, without the exaction of a fine, at any time within
twelve months, if health remain unimpaired.
A B( and of Directors in attendance daily at Two o'clock.
Age of the Assu-ed in every case admitted in the Policy.
Medical atten tants remunerated in all cases for their reports.
Extract from the Half Credit Rates of Premium.

annual Pr-e-m-1-u-roT- required fi;17.a..x.--it";cUrance of 1001. for the whole

Term of Life.

Age. Half Premium for
Seven Years.

Whole Premium after
Seven Years.

4 s. d.
1 1 9
1 9 2
2 2 6
3 6 8

£ s. d.
2 3 6
2 18 4
4 5 0
6 13 4

PREMIUM TO ASST-RE .0100,

Age. I I/1. 1 ear. •even 1 ears.

20 £0 17 8 ZO 19 1
30 1 1 8 1 2 7
40 1 5 0 1 6 9
50 1 14 1 1 19 10
60 3 2 4 3 17 0

WHOLE TERM,

Witii Profits.

£1 15 10
2 5 b
3 0 7
4 6 8
6 12 9

Without Profits.

£1 11 10
2 0 7
2 14 10
4 0 11
0 0 10

One-half of the " Whole Term" Premium may remain on credit
Cu* seven years, or one-third of the Premium may remain for life as a
ebt upon the policy at 5 per cent., or may be paid off at any time
without notice.
Claims paid in one month after proofs have been approved.
Loans upon approved security.
The medical officers attend every day at Throgmorton-street at a
'tuarter before two o'clock.

E. BATES, Resident Director.

POLICIES ONCE ISSUED ARE INDISPUTABLE.
ENGLISH AND CAMBRIAN LIFE ASSU-
RANCE SOCIETY,
9, BRIDGE-STREET, Blackfriars, London.
TRUSTEES.

G. M. Murray, Esq. I Isaac liaise, Esq.
W. White'ock, Esq. Daniel Ware, M.D.
"Declined" Lives assured at equitable rates.
Loans granted on undoubted security of every description.
Annuities and Endowments on most advantageous terms.
1) vi-ion of P,oflts—Four-flfths to the Policyh ,Iders, and one-fifth
to the Shareholders.
Credit riven for half the premium for the first seven years.
Medical practitioners liberally remunerated for their reports.
Liberal Commission to Solicitors and others on introduction of
business.
Prompt payment of all claims.
Prospectuses, with the report, can he obtained from
CHARLES W. BEVAN. R.ssident Manager and Actuary.

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY.
No. 72, Lombard-street and 24, Connaught-terrace.
TRUSTEES.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
r. Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I James Fuller Bfadox, Esq.
Richard Malins, Esq., Q.C. William Wilberforce, Esq.
The POLICIES are INDIiPUTARLE, in terms of the Deed of
Settlement of the Company, duly registered, and are not, therefore,
dependent for their validity on the construction to be put upon pre-
vious statements or the official papers which preceded them, or upon
reports, prospectues, or other varying documents. They are thus
rendered CERTAIN FAMILY PROVISIONS, AND NEGOTIABLE
DOCUMENTS OF SECURITY.
Owing to this important improvement in the practice of life
assurance, the progress of this company has been rapid from the
commencement of its business, and is steadily advancing.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P.,
Chairman.
HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.

THE TRAVELLER'S LIERARY.

On Monday, Septe;ilWl, will be published, complete in Two Parts,
16,n0, price Is. each,
NR S. T NG'S JOURNAL of a RESI-
ENCE InaLU NORWAY. A New Edition (IS51). Forming
the Sixth and Seventh Parts of TIIE Tit kVELLER'S LIBRARY.
To be conttnned Monthly, price One Shilling each Part.
Part 1 contains WARREN lIA;TINGS. By C. B. Macaulay.
Part 2 contains LORD CLIVE. By T. B. Macaulay.
Part 3, LO DON in 1850-1851. liy J. R. M`Culloch, Esq.
Part 4, SIR ROGER DE COVERLET. From the Spectator.
with Notes and Illustrations, by 4'. 11. Wills.
Part 5, WILLIAM PITT, EARL of CLIATIIAM, By T. B. Ma-

caulay.
I'art 8, on October 1 , will contain Mr. Macaulay's Two Essays on
Ranke's History of the Popes, and on Gladstone on Chureh and State.
London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.

NEW WORK. ON STMCTURF, AND SPERNIATORRIPEA.
Just published, Bvo., in cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post (free), 45.,
TREATISE on the CURE of STRICTURE
71.1. of the URETHRA ; containing the True Reasons why that
Discos., so often assumes such an intractable character; with Rules
and Instructions for the successful Treatment a every Form of
Urethral Costractlon, based on the results of extensive and pro
longed experience. To which is added, Practical Observations on
the Treatment of Spennatorrhcea by Cauterization.
By F. B. COLTRTENAY,
"Those who complain most loudly are those only who know not
how to use the common instrumento. . The prac-

tice of surgeons has been marked with all kinds of violence, and in-
difference about the simple cure of diseases, and a passion for
operations, and all the excesses and horror of surgery."—John 8011.
11. RaiMere, 219, Regent-street, London.

HYAM and CO.'S SUMMER CLOTHING.
The difficulty of securing an exact fit from a stock of ready-
made clothing is often a cause of complaint with the public, arising
from the want of a sufficient variety of sizes. Every obstacle,
however, In this respect, is entirely removed by HYAM and CO.,
whose Stock of Clothing for immediate wear is so varied in size and
make, as to ensure a perfect adaptation to personal peculiarities.
It is not the practice of HYAM arid CO. to retain the stale stock of
past seasons (as is often the case), a practice which is rendered im-
possible, from the circumstance of the enormous sales which the
articles of lIYAM and CO. continually command. The best, the
most extensive, and the cheapest assortment of Gentlemen's
and Youth's Dress is, beyond question, that of HYAM and CO.
Where a person, through limited means, was obliged to confine him-
self to one suit, he can now assume two suits a season ; and if any
doubt of this assertion ba at all entertainei, an inspection and com-
parison of prices will at once remove it. For extent, variety, no-
velty, quality, and cheapness, the Sale Department of lIYAM and
CO. is pre-eminently superior to any and every other establishment
In the trade.

Observe ! HYAM and Co., Tailors, Clothiers, and Manufacturers.
West-end Establishment, London ........86, Oxford-street.
City Establishment, London .. .... 36, Gracechurch-street.
Provincial Establishments.

fanehester —26, Market-street,
:Manchester-63, King-street.
Liverpool-63 & 65, Lord-street.
Birmingham-23, New-street.

L eeds —4 2, Briggate.
Observe.—No business transacte,

turclay. until the Evening.

Hull-17, Market-place.
Bristol-42, Wine-street.
Glasgow-48, Argyll-street.
Dublln-30, Dame-street.

at these Establishments on Sa-

BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
The following testimonial is another proof of the great efll.
cacy of this medicine :
" 157, New Bond-street, London, Octo',er 12, 1850.

" Sir,—ln acquainting you with the great benefit which I have ex-
perienced by taking BLAIR'S G,-)LIT and RIIEUNIATIC PILLS,
I feel that I am but performing a duty to that portion of the public
who may be similarly affected.
" About twenty years since I was first attacked by rheumatic gout
in my hands and feet. I had previously been subjected to every va-
riety of climate; having served in Canada in the 19:h Dragoons, and
in Spain, under Sir John Moore, in the 18th Hussars. I always pro-
cured toe best medical aid, without obtaining any essential relief,
and my sufferings can be appreciated only by th se who know some-
thins; of this disease.

" It was during one of thcre paroxysm}, between twelve and thir-
teen years ago, that I was recommended to try BLAIR'S PILLS. I
log no tine i i procuring a box, and before I had taken that quantity
the pain had entirely ceased, and in a few days I was in perfect
beali h.
" From that moment, whenever I feel any symptoins of the dis-
ea,e approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to
me is so valuable, tha' were it not that the days of manic have
ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause.
Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suf-
fered, bat on the contrary I believe the tendency of BLAIR S PILLS
Is towards its improvement.
" I have recommended the Pills to many friends, and the result
has always been of the most gratifying character.
" I am, Sir, yours respectfully,
"GARRET FOSTER GILL.

" To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand."
For every description of Gout and Rheumatism, Sciatica, Tic-dolo-
reux, &c., &c , BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS are a
sovereign remedy, contain neither mercury, opium, or any other
dangerous drug, require no care whatever in their use, and tar ra-
pidity of cure and complete safety have not their equal in the world.
Sold by Thfunas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and all respectable
Medicine Vendors. Price 2s. 9d. per box.
Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe
that •' Thomas trout, 229, Strand, London," is Impressed upon the
Government gtamp.

IN SIX LAN GUAG ES - FORTIETII EDITION

O'_dTAfl I i(3 THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF

DISEASE.

,ustrated by One Hundred anatomical Coloured Engraving,o on

;Jtoe.i.

"it PHYSICAL DISQUALTFIdaTIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
is New and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 28. 6d.
by po,t, direct trom the Establishment. 3s. 6d. in postage•stamps,
Comrnanications being strictly confidential, the Authors have
discontinued the publishing of Cases.
SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced 1:1
sx /29"..:Ve indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of
reroury, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,
c',l.lovve4 by observations en the Married State, and the disqualifica-
tions which prevent it. Illustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By
it. and L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon-
don. Published by the Authors ; and sold by Strange, 21, Pater-
noster-row ; Hannay, 53, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; and Gor-
don, 146, Leadonhall-street, London.
year I. treats or the anatomy and physiology of tho re-productive
rgAns, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings.
i'LaT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in.
fulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing
atental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanatory Engravings.
PLIIT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
he primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
:toir treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engi av-

rigs.
PART IT. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a
iimple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
This important part of the Work should not escape the reader's
PART T.lB devoted to the eonsideration of marriage, and its du-
ties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the
ghole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
THE CORDIAL BALI'S OF SYRIACUM is exclusively employed in
treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., 11s. and 335.
per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
remedy, for purifying the blood in oases of infection, secondary
symptoms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 11 s. and 335. per
bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9d-, 4s. 6d., and I Is.
eer box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, gleet, stricture, and
chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
1:. A minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi-
tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Este-
bitslunent only, by which the foe, N., is saved. Messrs. Perry,
are In attendanee daily at 19, Berners-strast, Oxford-street, Lon-
don, from Eleven till Two. and Five to IC1)12t ; on Sunday. from
niovon to time

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, Auo. 18.
STOCK ExCHANGE.—The share market was extremely
dull to-day, and prices have declined considerably. The
transactions were as follow :—Great Western, Original Shares,
Sty ex div.—Midland Stock, BP4—South-Eastern and
Dover, 21%.

LIVERPOOL, AuG. 18.
STOCK EXCHA7.4fGE.—The market continues in a depressed
state, with little business doing, and prices tending down-
wards. The transactions were as follow : East Lancashire,
134,—Lancashire and Yorkshire, 47% - Ditto, Fifths, 9 die
Leeds and Thirsk, 10—Liverpool, Crosby, and Southport,
di.—London and North-Western 119—Ditto, New
Quarters, 2 LA? p.—:Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire, 264
Midland, 31—Ditto, Haves, 2114 dis. - South-Eastern and
Dover, 21—Great Southern and Western (Ireland), 33%.
MANCHESTER. AUG. 18.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The market to-day was exceedingly
weak in price, and the amount of business very limited. The
transactions were as follow :—Caledonian, --Clydesdale
Junction, Preference, 634—Eastern Counties, 5 15-16—East
Lancashire, Quarters, 131,E Great Northern, 16—Lancashire
and Yorkshire, 4754,—M.anchester, Sheffield,, and Lincoln-
shire, 2614—Midland Consols, 38%—South-Eastern and
Dover, 21 3-16.
BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 18.
STOCK EXCFIANGE.— The value of railway stock continues
to decline in the share market, and the transactions on
'Change are few in number and unimportant as regards
amount. To-day the market was extremely quiet, and the
brokers had little or nothing to do. London and North-
Western Stock, which has been going down ever since the
half-yearly meeting, was quoted at from 117% to 119 per
share.

[ A DVERTISEMENT] .—THE GREAT E
A valuable, newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat
pocket glass, only the size of a walnut, to discern minute ob-
jects at a distance of from four to five miles, which is found to
be invaluable at the Exhibition, and to Sportsmen, Gentlemen,
and Gamekeepers. To be had at 39, Albemarle-street,
Piccadilly, opposite the York-hotel. Opera and Race-course
glasses with wonderful powers—a small object can be clearly
seen from ten to twelve miles distant. Telescopes—a new and
most important invention in Telescopes, possessing such extra-
ordinary powers, that some, 3i inches, with an extra eye piece,
will show distinctly, Jupiter's Moons, Saturn's Ring, and the
Double Stars. They supersede every other kind, and are of
all sizes, for the waistcoat pocket, shooting, military, and sea
purposes. Messrs. S. and B. Sotozzows, Opticians, have
invented invaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses Immediately
they are placed before imperfect vision, every object appears
clear and distinct, the most aged defective sight becomes bright
and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, natural and original
state; The Invisible Organic Vibrator, and all kinds of acoustic
instruments for relief of extreme deafness. 39, Albemarle-
street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel.
[ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's Ointment and
Pills for the Cure of Scrofula, Cancerous Wounds, and old
Sores. - Asa Avory, a youth, the son of Mr. James Avory, of
Ramsey, was severely afflicted with scrofulous wounds for three
or four years, and during that period many remedies were tried,
but without the least benefit whatever being derived from them.
In this deplorable state Mr. Joseph Sergeant, chemist, of
old
curingboy
of
effectually complaint Druggist verybrief
legs, sores, gout,
shocking
Solclbyal
and at Professor
Holloway's Establishment, 244, Strand
London.

TRADE WITH ABIERICA.—On Saturday a Parlia-
mentary paper was issued, showing the trade of the United
Kingdom with the United States of America in the last four
years. In 1,47 the declared value of British and Irish pro-
duce and manufacture exported to the United States of
America was 10,974,161/. ; in 1848, 9,564,9091.; in 1849,
11,971,0281 ; and in 1850, 14,891,961/. The imports from
the United States have increase 1. In the three years (last
tear's account not being made up) the official value of the
imports was respectively, 20,349,8824 23,916,8444 and
26,554,9411.
M. Gr• orge Clermont, of Verviers, the author of
several political-economical pamphlets, and a member of the
Peace Congress, is engaged in collecting materials for a work
on the present condition of the manufactures and trade of
England, particularly as affected by our recent commercial
legislation, with a view of enforcing on his own countrymen
he advantages of following our example. He is only one
co
ifr
emu amnsyt•
ainn
et
eesl
haevn
et
induced gentlemen,
to visit
whomEtnhge
Iparneds,e natri fda vwohuor a
abrl
ee
profiting by their presence here to acquire an extensive
knowledge of England, and spread her well-deserved repu-
II talon on the Continent.—. Economist.

RAILWAY-INTELLIGENCE.

YOR

ANA -NO;TH MIDLAND.

The directors of this company have just issued their
half-yearly report to be submitted to the proprietors
on Tuesday, the 26th inst. It states that 3,004,821/.
had been received to the 30th of June on consolidated
stock, 613,233/. on preference shares, and 1,523,5231.
on debentures, making the total capital entitled to
dividend or interest, in addition to rent and interest of
bonds of .Hull and Selby Railway, 5,141,5771. The
expenditure on capital account during the half-year
has been 96,303/., namely-39,5621. in discharge of
arrears, 32,708/. on works in progress when the pre-
sent directors took office, and 13,1001. on works un-
dertaken by the present board. In addition
to the above patents, 4,2471. is charged for new
waggons, 3,480/. for new carriages, and 3,204/. for
increased weight of materials used in relaying por-
tions of the Leeds and Selby and York and Norman-
ton lines. 'Tie most expensive works undertaken by
the present boatd have been at Marsh-lane, Leeds;
the amount expended in previous half-years having
been 4,3311. •and the estimate for their completion
about 8,000/., the whole expenditure will probably
reach 11,1001. The proprietors may rest assured that
the directors will'iecommend no fresh expenditure
without a Itkorpugli conviction on their part that a
large interest Wit .E 1 obtained on the outlay. The
receipts ft `refl, e. in half-year ending
the 30th o(June last Irlge been 178,8 i 6/., thus showing
an increase of 4,088/. over the corresponding six
months in 1850. There are good reasons for believing
that this increase would have been greater had not the
attraction of the Crystal Palace produced such an
universal.desire to visit the metropolis, that Scarbo-
rough, Harrogate, and the other watering places of
the district, have been comparatively neglected ; and
the low rate of the excursion fares to London has
rendered it nearly impracticable to get up excursion
trips in any other direction, while as the London traf-
fic passes over so short a proportion of the lines of this
company it by no means compensates for that which
it has taken away. This view is corroborated by the
fact that the net receipts from excursion trips from
June the 21 to August the 11th, 1850, were 4,214/.,
while those between June the Ist and August the

10th, 1851, amounted only to 2,3171.; and that the
receipts from passenger traffic during the first four
months of 1851 showed an increase of 2,4561. above
the same months of 1850, while those during June
and July last were 2,488/, less than in the June and
July, 1850. The disposable balance, after payment
of 46,385/ for rent of the Hull and Selby Railway
and interest on the preference shares, amounts to
15,511/., out of which the directors recommend that
,1 dividend be declared after the rate of 11. per cent.
per annum (deducting income-tax) on the consoli-
dated stock of the company ; after payment of which
balance of 3971. will remain to be carried to the
credit of the current half-year. The directors,
after giving their best attention to the Rolling
Stock Renewal Fund, have unanimously agreed to
recommend to the proprietors that the plan tempo.
rarity adored, of setting aside annually a sum for
the renewal of rolling stock shall no longer be con-
tinued, but that every description of this stock shall
in future be maintained out of the current revenue in
a state of complete efficiency. After paying for four
new engines and tenders, and some other articles re-
fitted, there will still remain a small balance to the
credit of this fund, and this balance it is proposed to
retain to the credit of rolling stock, and to increase
it by the proceeds of 17 old engines, whenever they
can be disposed of on reasonable terms. Those en-
gines form part of the 27 which the Committee of
Investigation recommended should be parted with,
and the proceeds appropriated to the purchase of new
engines. Some of these have been sold, and the re-
mainder have appeared in the regular return of the
company's working stock. It is now proposed that
they shall be held to the credit of the renewal fund,
which will reduce the number of engines appearing
In the return to 110, and of the tenders to 100; it
being thought desirable that no stock should be in-
cluded in the half-yearly statements which is not in a
serviceable state. The East and West Yorkshire line
has been worked by this company since the Ist of
July last. The advantages of-possessing this line, in
a defensive point of view, are very evident, and the
traffic on it is increasing; but no estimate can be
fortned,ot its capabilities until a communication has
been opened with the Leeds and Thirak Railway at
Starbeck, respecting which terms have been arranged
and will be immediately brought into operation.
The capital account shows that 5,141,5771. had been
received to the 30th of June, and 5,106,1621. ex-
pended, leaving a balance of 35,4151. The York and
North Midland mortgage debt account shows a total
of 1,523,5231., of which 468,928/. was borrowed at 5
per cent.; 615;605/. at 4f per cent., 278,1001. at 4-1,1
oer cent., and 161,430/. at 4 per cent. The Hull and
' Selby mortgage debt shows a total of 167,881/., of
which 65,6411. was borrowed at 5 per cent., 46,1001.
at 4,-It per cent., 30,0001. at 41 per cent., 18,0501. at 4
per cent., and 8,000/. at 3:11 per cent.
The stock and share account shows that the com-
pany is authorised to raise 6,295,0001., viz., 4 721,2501.
on shares, and 1,573,750/. on loan.

The revenue account for the half-year ending June
30 states that 191,0931. was received, including 5,1941.
from the last account ; and 86,548/. expended, in-
cluding 5,6721. for rates and taxes and 2,710/. for Go-
vernment duty, leaving a balance, out of which is
deducted 39,142/. for interest on mortgage bonds and
49,8901. interest and dividend on preference shares,
leaving a disposable balance of 15,5111. The re-
newal of permanent way fund shows a total of 38,612/.,
of which 12,8421. was expended during the half-year,
leaving a balance of 25,7701. The renewal of rolling
stock fund shows a total of 11,0331., of which 10,3811.
was expended during the half-year, leaving a balance
of 6521.

LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND SOUTHPORT.
The half-yearly report states that nine months
have elapsed since the completion of the railway from
Southport to Kirkdale. The traffic has, to a certain
extent, in common with other lines similarly situated,
oeen affected by the extraordinary influx of visitors
attracted this year to the metropolis. The terminus
of the line has been since the last meeting extended
to Chapel-street, Southport, by which the advantages
of a central and convenient station tre secured. The
works are sufficiently advanced to allow of the station
being used for traffic, but are not entirely completed.
The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company
work the traffic by agreement over the Southport
Railway, retaining as their proportion, in respect of
their mileage between Liverpool and Kirkdale, one-
half of all fares for a less distance than six miles on
the Southport line, and a sum equal to a six miles'
toll on their own line on all traffic carried beyond
that distance. The balance to the credit of revenue
amounts to 3,9181., out of which the directors recom-
mend the payment of a dividend, clear of income-tax,
at the rate of 2 per cent. for the half-year on the
paid-up capital. The directors consider the working
agreement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Com-
pany renders a reserve fund unnecessary.

immediately. The directors have made compro-
mises with various parties in arrear of calls, by
discharging them of their obligations on giving
up the shares, and receiving payment of various
sums as penalties. By this means, as well as
by forfeiture, the company have got possession of
shares to the amount of 72,5821., on which they have
received payments to the amount of 15,631/. The
directors recommend that these shares he cancelled,
thereby reducing the capital by the above amount of
72,582/. With the exception of the works autho-
rized by the new Bill, there is now very little to be
done on the line. The engineer reports that all the
works contracted for are nearly completed, and that
the whole of them are in a very satisfactory state.
The contractors' claims have been nearly all adjusted;
there being now only seven to be settled. The capi-
tal account shows the total receipts up to the 31st of
July to amount to 4,386,3881., including 2,573,333/.
received on ordinary stock, 599,090/. on preference
stock, 856,8631. on loans, and 336,131/. obtained
from bankers and others on various securities. The
expenditure amounted to 4,274,766/. ; and there still
remain arrears of calls, 101,468/. ; and balance of
bond on Halbeath Railway, 10,153/. The revenue
account states that the receipts during the past half-
year amounted to 93,271/., and the expenditure, in-
cluding interest on loans, to 73,415/., leaving a ba-
lance of 19,856/. The length of the line now open
is 149 miles. The passenger traffic for the half-year
produced 40,842/. as against 39,304/., and the goods
traffic 43,252/. as against 43,189/. in the correspond-
ing period of 1850.

[PRICE SD.

THE RELIGION OF MONEY.
(Translated from the French of Napoleon Roussel.)
A rich Scotchman, weary of the cloudy and cold
climate of the North, bad come to sojourn in one of
the smiling villages on the banks of the Loire.
There he dwelt happily in the bosom of a large
family, finding his satisfaction in promoting the com-
fort of the poor around him, as far as his ample for-
tune would permit.

The country folks were, of
u n
praise, and often observed that this heretic, as the
curate called him, gave more in charity than the
r sse , p
u loud
t together. in
amount of all the parish collections
The curate was afraid that this generous conduct
would win the hearts of the people towards this
Protestant, and by degrees alienate them from the
Holy Catholic Church. He undertook, therefore,
to prove from the pulpit that all the heretics, Cal-
vanists, and Lutherans are condemned to everlast-
ing flames. But he well knew that none of his ar-
guments would he so powerful with his parishioners
as the liberality of the foreigner; he determined,
therefore, to change his course, and root out the
evil at once. In order to fulfil his purpose, he de-
termined to convert the Scotchman to the Mother
Church. lie sought, therefore, opportunities of in-
tercourse, and did not hesitate to warn him of his
danger, and earnestly besought him to enter that
Church, out of which there is said to be no salvation.
The foreigner, from one cause or another, was a long
time before he took up the subject. At last, as they
were walking one day in his garden, by the side of
the river, our cure resumed the usual topic, and was
agreeably surprised to hear him, on this occasion,
answer, with a friendlly smile—
" Very well, my clear friend, let me hear then, a
little about your religion, that I may rightly under-
stand it. Stay ; let us sit down here," added he,
pointing to a beautiful green bank, " and talk to-
gether. It is still early ; the sun is rising ; all is
peaceful ; we have nothing to fear from interruption.
Tell me, then, according to the Roman Catholic and
Apostolic Church, what must I do to be ssved ?"
The Cure—First of all, you must be baptized.
Milord—And how much will it cost to be bap-
tized ?

The Cure—lt depends upon the generosity of the
godfather. The fixed price, however, is 45 sous.
Milord—Very well. But once baptized, what
must be done then ?
The Cure—As soon as the child attains the
proper age he must be admitted to the first com-
munion.

Alilord—And how much does it cost to make the
first communion ?

The Cure—lt will depend on your generosity ; and—
Milord—lt is, of course, nothing to me ; but I
merely ask, what is the sum usually paid by your
young villagers ?
The Cure—Alas! sometimes only a wax candle,
scarcely three francs and ten sous.
Milord—Very well : forty-five sous to be bap-
tizA, three franca and ten sous for the first commu-
nion. Go on. What must be done next, in order to
be saved ?

The Cure—You must fast during the vigils in
Etub:r weeks; take no meat on Fridays and Satur-
days, and during L?nt.
Milord—But I must tell you that we English are
great eaters, especially of animal food; so that it
would be to me a very painful matter to fast and live
upon broth. And my health—
The Cure—Oh! sooner than your health should
suffer, we can dispense with fasts, &c. I can give
you the recent example of the Pope, who, to reward
a faithful Catholic who had given him a tiara worth
6,000 francs, accorded to him on parchment, grants
signed, sealed, and delivered, exempting him and his
descendants from fasts so long as the world lasts.
LTlilord—l do not question it ; but I have no tiara
to bestow. I ask you, then, what is ordinarily given
to procure exemption during Lent ?

The Cure—A crown of slic francs.
Milord—And, for the fifty-two Fridays and Satur-
days, at the same rate ?
The Cure—Of course.

Milord—lt amounts, then, to about fifteen francs
per annum, besides the six francafor Lent : amounting
altogether to twenty-one francs.
The Cure—You forget the fasts.
Milord—You are right. We must add ten francs
more to be excused from the fas:s, an,l Lent ; that
makes thirty-one francs. Let -a:- see : forty-five sous
for the baptism, three francs ten sous for communion.
Thirty-one francs for fasts, maigre, Stc.! Proceed.
What more does your Church require ?
The Cure—To attend mass every Sunday.
Milford—And what does it cost to be properly ac-
commodated at the mass ?
The Cure—You can hire a comfortable seat in the
choir for fifteen francs, or the verger can give you a
chair every Sunday morning for one sous, except on
the principal feast days, and then she would expect
two or three sous.
Milord—That is fair. On these days the people
are more eager to be at church ; it is, therefore, right
to facilitate their admission by raising the price of
the seats. Therefore we will say one sous each Sun-
day, which is fifty-two by the year. I reckon ten
sous for chairs at the special feasts ; this amounts to
three francs two sous yearly. What more is wanted ?
The Cure—You must confess once a year at least.
I will give you absolution for your sins, and you
will only have to make up the penance imposed ; for
instance, to repeat fifty Paternosters and fifty Ave
Mari as.

Milord—But if, by chance, I forgot to repeat my
Ave Marias and Paternosters, and, after a number
of these admissions, it became impossible to fetch up
the arrears, then I could not expect to be saved?
The Cure —Ah ! but you would have recourse to
the indulgence box to do away with such sins.
Milord—And what is put into the box for indul
genres ?
The Cure—Money.
Milord—But how much ?

The Cure—We do not know what is given by
each worshipper, but we find there some gold, some
silver, many pence, and more farthings.
Milord—Very well. I should adopt the middle
course ; and so I will set down twelve francs for my
fines. But as it regards these boxes, I have observed
several in your church ; and I should like to under-
stand what is put into them ?

The Cure—Money.
Milord—What is the purpose of the one against
the first pillar to the left ?
The Cure—Money for the repairs of the church.
Milord—And the box to the right ?
The Cure—Money for permission to have butter
and milk during Lent.
Milord—And what have you in the box facing the
pulpit ?
The Cure—Money for the small seminary.
.Milord—And what in the other ?
The Cure—Money for the Holy Chapel of the
Virgin.
Milord—And in the other ?
The Cure—Money for public worship,
Milord—lt is very well explained. But, to pro-
ceed : what else must be done ?

The Cure—On the bed of death a good Catholic
must receive extreme unction.
Milord—And what is the fee for that ?
The Cure—Nothing.

Milord—How, notling! Hardly possible ?
The Cure—Why, you see, when a man receives
extreme unction be is not far from death, and then
comes the interment.

,_,....„...,_
Milord—Ah ! I understand. It is all paid together,
How much, then, does the whole funeral cost ?

The Cure—Oh! it is impossible to give you a
precise answer. It depends on the number of priests
who are wanted. These are twenty francs each.
Then, if the large cross is borne at the head of the
procession, it is fifteen francs more. If the one in
gold is required, it is fifty. With the Swiss, twenty-
five more. ' We have also funeral palls, coarser or
finer, more or less rich, and therefore more or less
expensive. You may also have the old people from
the almshouses, and the young girls from the orphan
asylum ; the order of white or black penitents,
whichever you please. You may estimate burial
costs from fifteen francs to a thousand crowns.
I.filord—l thank you for all your information, but
I merely want to know the ordinary expense.
The Cure—Very well. You could not do without
one priest, two ecclesiaetics, and one cross. Accord-
ing 4
to this arrangement you may be burled for 2
francs.
Milord—And, with all these costs, I should be
sure of Paradise ?
The Cure—No; but in all probability you will go
to purgatory.
Milord—To purgatory ! But, if so, you have not
saved me, for you cannot come to deliver me from
thence.
The Cure—In that you are mistaken. You have
by your will that masses shall be
only to leave orders
repeated for you, so that you may be taken from pur-
gatory to Paradise.
Milord—I understand. And how much does a
mass for the dead cost ?
The Cure—Thirty sous.
Milord—And how many masses will be wanted ?
The Cure—l cannot exactly tell , but the more
masses you appoint the grcater chance there is of a
speedy deliverance from this place of torment.
Milord—l see. As the money for the masses is