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London, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

40NDON, WORCESTER, and SOUTH
gTAIFFORDSUIRE RAILWAY.
Called on scrip the London and Worcester, and Rugby and Oxford

Railway, with extension to Dudley and Wolverhampton.)
The shareholders in this Company are informed that in conse•
quence of the arrangements made with the intended Buckingham-
shire Railway Company, an option is given to the holders of London,
Worcester, and South Staffordshire shares of exchanging them for
shares in the Buckinghamshire Railway, in the proportion of two
Buckinghamshire Railway shares for every three London, Worcester,
and South Staffordshire shares.

The guarantee to be given by the London and Birmingham Rail-
way Company to the Buckinghamshire Railway Company will be
four per cent. per annum, on the cost of construction, with half the
surplus profits.

All parties taking shares in the Buckinghamshire Railway Com-
pany must pay the full deposit thereon ; and the holders of London,
Worcester, and South Staffordshire Company's shares will receive
back at an early date, of which notice will be given, the residue of
the deposit on such shares after payment of the Parliamentary
expenses.

Where the number of London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire
shares (being one or two) will not admit of the allotment of Buck-
inghamshire shares in the proportions stated, a single share will be
allotted for two London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire shares,
and the deposit will be returned, subject to deduction for expenses, as
aforesaid.

Parties applying for Buckinghamshire shares In respect of shares
in the London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Company, of
which they are not the original holders, will not be entitled to an
allotment until they shall have furnished such references to their re-
sponsibility as shall be satisfactory to the Provisional Committee of
the Buckinghamshire Railway.
Pursuant to this notice, holders of scrip in the London, Worcester,
and South Staffordshire Company are requested to send the same
to this office for registration on or before the Bth day of September
neat, with their names (written at full length) and their address
and professions.

HENRY MORGAN,
Secretary pro tem. of the London, Worcester, and South
Staffordshire Railway.
28, Waterloo-street, Birmingham.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
1, the undersigned,

Address ...
Profession .... • • • • • • • •
desire to receive Buckingham Railway Company's shares
i❑ exchange for my London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire
shares (the certificates of which I enclose), in the proportions, and
subject to the provisions of the notice of the Buckinghamshire Pro-
visional Committee of the 25th August.
Note.—Specify the number of shares sent.
Signature• • • • ..... • .• • • • • • .
Reference

SELLING OFF CARPETS.
LUCK, KENT, and CUAIMING het to inform
the Nobility and Gentry, as well as their friends and the pub-
lic, that they have REMOVED their busioesi front CARPE:, TERS'
HALL, LONDON WALL, to their long-established warehouse, 4,
REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, opposite Howell and
James's, and to 99, HATTON-GARDEN, HOLBORN, where they trust
that patronage will be continued which they have enjoyed for up-
wards of a century. A considerable portion of their large Stock of
Brussels, Kidderminster, and other Carpeting, to be sold at a great
reduction. In addition to Carpeting. they have, at their West-End
Establishment, a large stock of Chintzes, Damasks, Tabornets,
&c., &c., well worthy of attention.
The extensive warehouse of Carpenters' Hall, with a capital
Dwelling House, to be Let, with immediate possession. For par-
ticulars, apply to Mr. Jones, house agent, 139 a, Cheapside.

CIRCULAR NOTES AND LETTERS OF CREDIT.
1111 E LONDON and WESTMINSTER BANK
ISSUES CIRCULAR NOTES, for the use of Travellers and
Residents n the Continent. These Notes are payable at every
Important place in Europe, and thus enable a traveller to vary his
route without inconvenience ; no expense is incurred except the price
of the stamp, and when cashed no charge is made for commission.
Fur the convenience of the public, these notes may be obtained
ether at the Head Office of the London and Westminster Bank, In
Lothbury, or at the Branches of the Bank, viz.:-
1, St. James's-square I 4, Stratford-place, Oxford-street
213, high Holborn I 3, Wellington-street, Borough
87, High-street, Whitechapel
By order of the Board,
JAMES WILLIAN

GILBART, General Manager.

VESTIGES OF THE NATURAL HISTORY OF CREATION.
On SATURDAY NEXT, the 30th instant,
THE ATLAS NEWSPAPER will be accom-
panied by a GRATUITOUS SUPPLEMENT of TWELVE
COLUMNS, containing an Expository Outline of the above popular
Work, with a comprehensive and critical analysis of the arguments
by which the extraordinary' hypotheses of the Author are supported
and impugned, with their bearing upon the religious and moral inte-
rests of the community.
Orders received by all booksellers and newsmen, and advertise-
ments intended for the publication must be forwarded on or before
Wednesday the 27th, to insure insertion.
Office, 6, Southampton-street, Strand, August 21, 1845.

THE LANCET, AUGUST 23, contains :-1. A
Lecture by Liebig, on the highly remarkable Metamorphoses
of Uric Acid, and the corrections which should be made in Dr.
Front's Doctrines-2. A Lecture, by Professor Taylor (University
Hospital), on Sub-Acute Rheumatism-3. An account of the late
singular Puerperal Fever at the Paris Hospitals-4. The. Mania for
Physic-taking-5. A rare Uterine Displacement-6. Oxalic Acid after
Suicide-7. Peculiar Blindness ttom a Tumour in the Brain—B. Valu-
able Cure for Cataract, new to British Surgeons-9. Nervousness
:mei Health-10. A new folvent for Caoutchouc-11. Careless Post-
Mortems-12. Legal Warnings to Keepers of single Lunaties-13.
The Great Question in Parliament-14. Instructive Cases at the Lon-
don Hospitals-15. Effective Remedy for Sleeplessness-16. Pure
Surgeons unknown in the Country.

Order the Lancet of any bookseller or newsvender• Price Cd,
in be received by post, price 7d.

THE LATE MR. E. B. CLIVE, M.P.—The will of
the late Mr. Edward Bolton Clive, of Whitfield, in the county
of Hereford, has been proved by his son, the Rev. Archer
Clive, clerk, the sole executor. He bequeaths to his son, Mr.
George Clive, 20,9001., in addition to any sum that may be
payable to him out of his estates ; bequeaths to his daughter,
Mrs. Wetherell, an annuity of 600/. a year, to be paid oat of
his estates in England; leaves liberal legacies to his servants;
and bequeaths all the residue of his real and personal estates to
his eldest surviving son, the Rev. Archer Clive. He desired
by his will that he might be buried in the family vault at
\t'ormbridge without parade, and like any private gentleman.
The a ill is dated the 24th of April, 1845, and his death oc-
curred on the 221 of July.
In E ACQUITTED FOREIGNERS.—Sebastian de
Santos, Emanuel Antonio, and Jose Antonio, the three fo-
reigners acquitted on the charges of piracy and murder at the
recent Devon assizes, were removed from the county gaol and
left Exeter on Friday last ; Santos for Liverpool, which he
reached on Saturday, and will thence be conveyed to the
Brazils ; and the two Antonios for London, from whence they
will be sent to Oporto, by the Consul. —Devonport Indepen-
dent.