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NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
AYCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital X 400,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The steady success and increasing prosperity of the Society has
enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a
second Bonus, averaging 0 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.

EXAMPLES.

, 5 ••••
i,ls 2.“ ROSHERVILLE GARDENS.—These novel
t: 3j
Premium. '''' Bonus Bonus in gag :,t, _
o>.-z, and interesting Grounds (which now present all their attrac-
P ' a i g •
added. Cash. ;7o 5' = o cll 3 tions) far surpass in brilliancy of effect any other in the United King-
-1 •
a" ' ..`-<' g g
• .rs dom. Their beauties are daily appreciated by hosts of fashionable
, 1 4 1"' visitors, who hero enjoy all the delights of retirement with the corn-
bined advantage
of the amusements of Archery, Rifle Shooting, and
—I—X £ s. d. —,
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ S. ds the Maze, which of itself forms a fund of great amusement. As usual,
1 1837 170 9 3 77 5 1 12 3 9 346 2 3 a grand Fete and Gala, Mondays and Wednesdays, accompanied by a
60,1000 74 8 4 1838 144 2 2 64 8 6 916 4 296 13 4 splendid display of Fireworks. Baron Nathan, M.C. The steam-
, 1839 116 16 0 51 511 711 9 247 4 5 boats are both cheat, and expeditious, calling at the Rosherville Pier
revery half hour. Admission to the Gardens, 6d. each.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
cember of the present year.
This Institution offers many important and substantial advan-
tages with respect botk to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured kas, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. .Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

CANDLES SUPERIOR IN THEIR BURN-
ING QUALITIES TO THE FINEST WAX are now retailed
throughout the Country at One Shilling per lb.
Parties who are In the habit of burning two tallow moulds of four
to the lb , are respectfUlly requested to make the experiment
whether a single " PRICE'S PATENT CANDLE" of six to the lb.
will not give more light ; and whether, therefore, these Candles do
not afford a cheaper source of light than the commonest tallow
ones, notwithstamding the difference In price per lb.
Care must he taken to ask for them in the shops under the name
given above, as there are some imitations sold under the name" Com-
posite," by which Price's Patent Candles were originally made
public.
The trade may obtain them wholesale from EDWARD PRICE
and CO., Belmont, Vauxhall ; or from PALMER and CO., Sutton-
street, Clerkenwell.

THE STANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
Constituted by Act of Parliament.
Capital 500,0001.
EDINBURGH-3, George-street,
LONDON-82, King William-street.
GOVERNtiIt.
His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUGH and QUEENSBERRY.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.
The Right Hon. the Earl of ELGIN and KINCARDINE.
DIRECTORS,
IN EDINBURGH.

Alex. Clapperton, Esq. James Robertson, Esq.
George Patton, Esq. James Hay, Esq.
Chas. Pearson, Esq. George Moir, Esq.
Thomas Trines, Esq. J. M. Melville, Esq.
Eagle Henderson, Esq. Humphrey Graham, Esq.
David Smith, Esq. John Sligo, Esq.
Adam Paterson, Esq. Alex. James Russell, Esq.
William WOod, Esq,
IN LONDON.
Right Hon. Lord E. Bruce, M.P. James Gadesden, Esq.
Sir James Eyre, M.D. William Haigh, Esq.
Matthew Forster, Esq., M.P, Edward Thomas Whitaker, Esq.
George Frederick Young, Esq.
MANAGER.—WiIIiam Thomas Thomson, Esq.
This Company is constituted by Act of Parliament 11. Gul. IV.,
cap. 81, and in accordance with that Act its whole affairs are con.
ducted. It was established in 1825, and the success which has
attended its business places it among the first Institutions in the
kingdom for the Assurance of Lives. The Assurances effected
during the year 1843 alone exceed one-third of a million sterling.

SHEFFIELD PL ATE.

MESSRS. HORTON and CO., Silversmiths and
Jewellers, 36, Ludgate-ttreet, St. Paul's, opposite Messrs.
Hverington's, offer to their Friends and the Public, at considerably
reduced prices, their STOCK of GENUINE PLATED GOODS,
which they warrant to be the manufacture of the first Sheffield
Houses, and are of the most tasteful and modern designs, comprising
Dish Covers, Corner Dishes, Waiters, Ice Pails, Cake Baskets, Coffee
and Tea Sets, Candlesticks, and every other article useful and orna-
mental. No common Birmingham ware kept.
A large Stock of Jewellery and Watches, Fancy Silver and other
articles, at prices well worthy the notice of Visitors to, as well as
ltesidents of London.

TO BE PEREMPTORILY SOLD, pursuant to
TWO DECREES of the lIIGII COURT of CHANCERY,
made in Two Causes of KYNASTON ♦. JONES, and KYNASTON
T. JONES, with the approbation of Sir GIFFIN WILSON, one of the
Masters of the Court, at the Lion Inn, in Shrewsbury, on WEDNES-
DAY, the 4th of September, 1844, at Two o'clock in the after-
noon, in Fifteen Lots, the following Freehold and Copyhold Estates
of the late Mr. William Jones, of Shrewsbury, banker, deceased
Lot 1. A Freehold Messnage or Dwelling-house and Shop, with the
Warehouses, Yard, and other Appurtenances, situate in Mardol, in
the town of Shrewsbury, lately in the occupation •f Mr. Orlando Pid-
geon, and the late Arm of Jones and Pidgeon, and now of Messrs.
Bell and Co., tobacconists, as yearly tenants, at a rent of 871.
Lot 2. A Freehold Piece of Garden-ground situate at Kingsland, in
the parish of Meole Brace, otherwise Brace Meole, near the town of
Shrewsbury, containing by estimation one rood, be the same more
or less.

Lot 3. A Freehold Piece of Garden-ground, situate at Kingsland
aforesaid, containing by estimation one rood, be the same more or less.
Lot 4. A Freehold Piece of garden-ground, situate at King,sland
aforesaid, containing, by estimation, one rood, be the same more
or lees.

Lot 5. A Freehold Piece of Garden-ground, situate at Kingsland
aforesaid, containing by estimation thirty perches and three-quarters,
be the same more or less.

Lot 6. A Freehold Piece of Garden-ground, situate at Kingsland
aforesaid, containing, by estimation one road, be the same more
or less.

Lot 7. A Freehold Malthouse, situate in Bowling Green-lane, in
Welsh Pool, lately occupied by John Newell, now deceased, at the
yearly rent of 221. 103., but now unoccupied.
Lot 8. A Freehold Messuage or Dwelling-house in Mount-street, in
Welsh Pool, now or late in the occupation of James Powell, at the
yearly rent of 31. 18s.

Lot 9. A Freehold Messuage or Dwelling-house arid Garden, in
Mount-street, Welsh Pool aforesaid, now or late in the occupation of •
Edward Davies, at a yearly rent of 51.
Lot 10. A Freehold Messuage or Dwelling-house and Garden, in
Mount-street, Welsh Pool aforesaid, now or late in the occupation of
Thomas James, at a yearly rent of 4/.
Lot 11. A Freehold Piece of Land, situate at Varchoel in the parish
of Guildstleld, in the county of Montgomery, containing, by estima-
tion, three acres, one rood, thirty-six. perches, be the same more or
lees, now in the occupation of Mary Williams, as yearly tenant,' at
the rent of 2/. 10s.
Lot 12. A Freehold Cottage, Garden, and Land, situate on Pontes-
ford Hill, in the county of Salop, containing, by estimation, one acre
and one rood, be the same more or less, and being the Allotment No.
8, in the award for inclosing the common and waste lands in the town.
skip of Pontesford aforesaid. Two Freehold Cottages or Tenements,
Gardens, and Land, situate on Pontesford Hill aforesaid, containing
together, by estimation, one rood and two perches, be the same more
or less, and being the Allotment No. 9 in the said award. And a Free-
hold Piece of Land, situate on Pontesford Hill aforesaid, containing,
by estimation, one acre and thirty-five perches, be the same snore or
has, and being No. 7 in the said award.
Lot 13. Two Freehold Farms, called respectively New House Farm
(formerly known by the name of The Lawn), and Sunny Bank, situ-
ate in the parish of Bettws, and county of Salop, consisting of Two
Farm-houses, with Farm-buildings, and Inclosed arable, meadow, and
pasture lands, computed to contain altogether seventy-four acres, one
rood, thirty-one perches, he the same snore or less, and now in the
occupation of Richard Owen, as yearly tenant, with the rights of
common on Clun Forest attached to the above farms or allotments,
made, or to be made, on inclosing the said forest, in respect of such
r:ghts.
Lot 14. Five Freehold Pieces of Land, computed to contain together
one hundred and thirty-one acres twenty7three perches, be the same
snore or less, on Rhos Goch and the Ale Oak Bank, in the township of
Kevencalonog, in the parish of Bettws, in the county of Salop, which
five pieces have been lately Inclosed.
Let 15. A Copyhold Dwelling-house and Garden, at Ford, in the
county of Salop, held of the Manor of Ford, otherwise Fordshorno, in
the said county, let to the Rev. L. Burdon, as yearly tenant, at a
rent of 51., and now used as a school.
Particulars and conditions of sale may be had (gratis), at the
Chambers of the said Master, in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-
lane, London ; of Messrs. Weymouth and Green, solicitors, Angel-
court, Throgmorton-street, London ; of Mr. Robert Wilson, solicitor,
No. 1, Copthall-buildings, Throgmorton-street, London ; of Mr. C. B.
Teece, Mr. William Cooper, and Mr. Thomas Salt, solicitors, Shrews-
bury ; of Messrs. Longueville and Williams, and Mr. Richard Jones
Croton, solicitors, Oswestry ; of Mr. Joseph Crane Griffiths, solici-
tor, Welsh Pool ; Mr. Thomas Jones Griffiths, land-agent, Bishop's
Castle ; and at the Lion, Shrewsbury ; and Buffalo's Head Inn, Clun.

To be completed In Twenty Numbers, price One Penny each, on the
31st August, witk the Magazines, Part 1., price Sixpence, and No.
1., price One Penny, with a splendid Portrait of the Author,
THE FEMALE BLUEBEARD.
By EUGENE SUE.
Author of the " Mysteries of Paris," the " Wandering Jew," &e.
Each number will contain Two splendid Illustrations, by eminent
artists.
London : W. Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; and all Booksellers in
England, Ireland, and Scotland.

31editnn octavo, in arabesque binding, price 10s. 6d.
IVALKS ABOUT THE CITY AND ENVI-
RONS OF JERUSALEM. By W. H. BARTLETT. Il-
lustrated by Nine Engravings so Steel, by Cousen, Bentley, and
Brandard ; a Map; and nearly Forty superior Woodcuts.
The object of this Work is to give a correct idea of the Present
State of this memorable city, from personal observation. The
" Walks " embrace the principal objects'of interest, many of which
have not been drawn or described in any previous publication.

EXTRACTS TAKEN FROM ♦ FEW OF THE PERIODICALS:--

" Our impression is that Jerusalem was never before so success-
fully delineated."—Evangelical Magazine.
" The views are well chosen, are not made up, and arc most feel-
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is a picture."—The Spectator.
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praise."—Literary Gazette.
" We have at length in this attractive volume what approaches to
the desideratim of a complete picturesque guide to the topography of
Jerusalem."—Patriot.

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THE PHYSIOLOGY OF THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body, what improve ;
Truths as refined as Athens even heard."
The Fiftieth Thousand. Forty Engravings, price Is. by post, Is. 6d.,
ON CHASTITY—its Abuses and niseases—On
Matrimonial Eligibility and Unfitness—On Infelicitous and
Unproductive Unions—Curiosities of Medical Experience—Law of
Divorce, &c.
By It. J. CULVERWELL, M.D., Mi• •t C S
_ . •

Licentiate of the Hall, and twenty-three year; Resident Practitioner

in London.
" Of griefs conceard, and disappointments keen,
Which young and gentle—the matured and sage—
The lonely and the mated—all sustain
In kindly spirit herein counsel's given,
How health, how hope, how happiness to gain."
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till Nine.

LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
He who in pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or youthfUlcharms,
A hero lives, and justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man I"
Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price 2s. 6d.,
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QELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
L/ those concealed disorders, originating in youthful excesses,
and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, and all those Sinking., Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical
Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plan Directions for
their perfect Restoration.
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon,
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospita 1 Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecary's Hall, London,&c.
The various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in-
herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented
through the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such,
among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many
questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even
to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette.
"The design of this work will be tolerably obvious from its title,
and we cordially recommend the author and his book to all who are
suffering from nervous debility and general weakness."—Wakefield
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THE NON-IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT.
The passing of such a remarkable Bill
Has furnished a subject for many a quill
Some regard such an Act as a national boon,
Which is certain to bring about good, very soon;
And others are quite disappointed to learn,
1 hat"the statute for debtors has taken this turn.
With regard to ourselves, we shall never 'egret,
For, to tell you the truth, we are deeply in debt;
Tes, yes, an amount most enormous we owe
And, tut for this Act, we to prison must go.
In fact, we can scarcely tell what would be done
'With mighty insolvents like MOSES and SON.
The re,der, no doubt, w• 11 be struck when he hears
That MOSES and S* ,h 1 are so much in arrears.
But let us explain. The amount that we owe
Flas nothing to de with our capital no.
'Tis " gratitude's debt" which we thus have contracted,
Through the liberal manner the public have acted.
A vast " debt of thanks" is the " debt" that we owe,
For favours is hich millions of patrons bestow.
And this is a " debt" which we never can pay—
But mark ! We will do all we can to defr ,y.
And if this is effected, Witt more can be done,
By honest insolvents like MOSES and SON?
For the convenience of parties residing from town, on application,
directions for self.measurement will be forwarded post free.
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Summer vests 3a. to fil 6
Cashmere and Persian ditto, in every variety
Black satin vests
Ditto, cloth ditto
Cloth trousers •-• ..... 011 0
Single milled doe
A great variety of summer ditto .
Dress Coat, edged"
Frock ditto, .......
MADE TO MEASURE.
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Velveteen
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approved
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tweed coats. trimmed with silk ; 3 0
Cashmere. tine Saxony
Cashmarette. New and improved article, warranted water-
-1 13 0
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Quilting vests, 7s. each, or three for
Cashmere vests, in choice patterns
Trousers, adapted for the season
Milled Victoria, and plain doe . ........ II 17 0
Best quality West of England 1 3
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Mountlug to any extent can be had at five minutes' notice, at the
following prices :
Men's Suits, dress coat, vest and trousers. from 1 16 0
Boys' ditto, jacket, vest, and trousers . from 0 113 0
IMPORTANT.— Any article purchased or ordered, If not approved
of ,exchanged, or the money returned.
Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Retail
Woolen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Wareh ousemen, 154, Mi-
nories. and 86, Aldgate,City, opposite the Church.
Cairns:v.—E. Moses and Son are obliged to guard th 'public
against imposition, having learned that the untradesmanlike
falsehood of being connected with them, or it's the same concern,
has peen resorted to in many instances, and for obvious reasons.
They have no connexion whatever with any other establishment,
and those who desire genuine Cheap Clothing should (to prevent
disappointment, &c.) call or send to, 154, Minories, or 86, Aldgate,
opsite the Church.
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'clock.
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at twelve, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin-
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2 and Oct. 2, at twelve, at Kirkland's Hotel, Kinross.
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King's Arms Inn, Hamilton.
JAMES WALLACE, grocer, Kilmarnock, Sept. 3
and 24, at one, at the Angel Inn, Kilmarnock.
E. and J. TAYLOR, drysalters, Glasgow, Aug. 30
and Sept. 20, at twelve, -at the chambers of J. G. Hous-
toun, Glasgow.

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning Noon, and Night, thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.

give some interesting particulars on this point; and,
if they had a particle of decent shame about them,
they would be the very last to have this question
brought before the public eye. But suppose we
grant that the county rate is a. " special burden" on
the land, and how far is it repaid by the corn-law ?
The county rate of 1842 amounted to 4d. per
acre in England and Wales. , To compensate the
landowners for this grievous burden, how much
should the corn-law give them in return ? The
tax of 40. per acre surely cannot require a pro-
tecting duty of 20s. per quarter on the importa-
tion of foreign wheat, nor yet of a fixed duty of Bi.
as proposed by the late Government in 1841, nor
even a " moderate fixed- duty" of any amount
above 11d. per quarter, supposing each acre to pro.
duce equal to three quarters of grain. Let it be
remembered how small the whole sum of this
" burden" is—that it is paid on buildings and ma-
nufactories as well as on land—that it is levied by
the county magistrates, generally proprietors of
land, and that it is expended entirely by them—
that it is applied chiefly to the maintenance of
roads and bridges, without which land would be
almost valueless, and to the prosecution and
punishment of offenders against the laws made for the
security of property, and largely on account of of-
fences against the game laws made by landowners to
provide amusement for landowners—that it only
amounts to 4d. per acre throughout England and
Wales ;—let all this be remembered, and then imagine
the amount of credulity the man must be blessed
with, who believes this " burden" to require a
corn-law to compensate for it ; or the as-
surance or ignorance of a statesman who can
bring forward this " burden" as a ground for the
continuance of a tax upon the chief article of
human subsistence. It is indeed amazing with how
much coolness these pretences are put forward, as
if the owners of land were the only men who
became acquainted with tax-gatherers. The 700,0001.
collected in county rate is about as much as the
tax levied on cotton, the raw material of our most
important manufacture. For the county rate the
landowner gets roads, bridges, security for property,
value to land ; for the cotton-tax, what do those en-
gaged in the cotton-trade receive ? They have this
tax laid upon them, not to provide roads, and bridges,
and markets, but to go to the general taxation of
the country, and to hang upon them as a dead weight
in the fierce competition they meet with in every
market in the world. To what a wretched condition
are our landed proprietors reduced when they can
stoop so low as to ask for the perpetuation of a bread-
tax on grounds so contemptible as this.
Of the malt duty we have little to say, except
that we deem it in itself an unwise impost, inter-
fering with the carrying on of an extensive depart-
ment of trade, and we would willingly see it abo-
lished. But as a ground for maintaining a tax on
bread, it is not less foolish than that based on the
payment of county-rates. The landowners have
made a law to tax malt, by which beer is made
dearer to the consumer; .the demand for barley is
thus, to some extent, lessened, and in this way the
tax is injurious to the landowners l • but as respects
price, it is only injurious to the beer-drinker. The
landowner has no pity for the consumer; it is not for
him he wishes the tax repealed ; but he has great
compassion for his own class • he proposes, therefore,
to tax the beer-drinker's bread to repay himself for the
injury he suffers from having taxed the beer-drinker's
beer. If the landowners don't like the malt-tax, let
them abolish it; but in the name of all that is just,
don't ask the people to give up the consumption of
bread because they have already been put upon short
allowance of beer. _

From our hearts we pity any man of ordinary in-
telligence who steps forward to defend the corn-law.
The fraud is so glaring and so wicked that no man
can stand in its defence without damage to his cha-
racter and his influence; and that Lord John Russell
should volunteer as its champion is a wonderful and
a sorrowful passage in the history of one of the
most distinguished families in the ranks of the Bri-
tish peerage.

BOULOGNE AND AMIENS RAIL-
ROAD.

Many persons have applied to us for information
relative to the railroad from hence to Amiens, what
our opinion of it is, as a source of speculation, or a
sure mode of investment, and particularly what inte-
rest it is likely to give. These are questions which,
at the present time, in the present unsettled state of
the differences between the two countries, every wise
man would approach with great diffidence. Every-
thing in France is conducted also on principles s:)
different to what we see and are accustomed to in
England ; the people themselves are such a living ex-
ample of their own Champagne, pop to-day, when some
unprincipled journalist touches them on the raw of
their honour and military renown, flat to-morrow
when the effervescence of the moment is gone off, that
no certainty is to be placed in the future, unless,
indeed, the railway companies would combine to
buy up all the war organs, or break the necks of
their editors the first time they travel by them.
Peace might then continue, for it is necessary, in
order that every railroad should pay, particularly
French railroads. Every person, then, thinking of
an investment in foreign railroads,C should calculate
upon the probability of peace, if the interest of the
money invested be necessary for his support, unless
he intends to remain in the country where the in-
vestment is made, be there peace, or be there war.
Should peace continue between the two countries,
in our opinion, there is no question as to the
Boulogne and Amiens Railroad returning a good in-
terest. In our numbers of November and December
1842 and 1843, we entered largely upon the question,
giving the returns of what might be expected. Since
then, certainly, circumstances have somewhat changed.
The company will not be aided by Government one
sous ; it was then thought it would make all embank-
ments, bridges, &c., in fine, prepare everything for
laying down the rails, and thus save a company nearly
three-fifths of the ordinary expenses. This is not now
the case. The company must do all; but then, instead
of a lease of 30 years, the, will have one of upwards of
90, but not exceeding 99. This is a material difference in
every point of view. It changes of course the calcula-
tions, but he who examines well the data upon which
our calculations were made, for we took great pains on
the subject, and entered largely into the minutte, will
see at once, though there will not be annually the
same amount of interest realised, there will he a com-
pensation afforded by the tripling of the period during
which it will be received. All this, of course, must
greatly depend upon the friendly relations of the two
countries ; let that continue, the lines from Mar-
seilles to Paris, and from Bordeaux to Orleans be
completed, and such will be the traffic from Amiens
to Boulogne, that none will be dissatisfied with the
result. But add to this the possibility of French
statesmen considering the true interests of the coun
try, legislating for the good of the nation, and not to
enrich individuals, and imagine a rational treaty of
commerce passed, by which the produce of England
and France would reciprocally pass, at reasonable
duties, from one to the other, then, indeed, would the
Boulogne Railroad, fed by the united streams of all
the railroads of France, pour such a quantity of goods
to the coast, that interest, to content even a miser,
would be realised by all who embarked in it. This,
however, must not be expected so long as needy men
are seeking for places, that the country is sacritied to
selfish opposition, and an unprincipled press leads the
mind of the country astray from its true interests to
be revenged on perfidious England, that onlylaughs_hh
companyaotraetr
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