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THE NEWSPAPER. 



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SATURDAY, JUXE 8, 1844. 



ICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.— 



Trustees. 

 Sir Jas. Duke, Aid., M.P., Chairman. 

 Benjamin Hawes, Esq., Deputy Chairman. 

 . - narnard Esq. I Charles Baldwin, Esq. 



^SaV advanuge^ Ire offered hy this Company Thus-, 

 ^ties airing the lives of others may make their policies 

 Pa Withstanding the life assured may go out of the 



^£'T££™"*&* the nece - sSa , ry P ermi8sion o£ the 



r\ >ifn?s having been previously obtained. 



D rred° of hai" the premiums for the first five years allowed on 



•JiS* effected for the whole term of life. 



^On El cies of five years' standing, half the amount paid, after 



the m5 Tear's premium, may be borrowed thereon by the 



Advances made to assurers on real or undoubted personal 

 ■ecurity. for terms of years, re-payable by instalments. 



Attention is particularly requested to the detailed prospectuses 

 oHhe Company, which may be obtained at the Office, 18 King 

 Wimam street, City, or by letter, addressed to the Secretary. 

 ™ miam ' William Ratray, Actuary and Secretary. 



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PROVIDENT LIFE OFFICE, 50, Rbgent Street, Feb. 15, 1844. 



BONUSES DECLARED, 529,306/. I7«. 7d. 



TOTICE is hereby given, that all Persons who hold 



-^N policies in this Office may receive the present value of 

 the Bonuses which have been added to their Policies, upon ap- 

 plication at the Head Office, or to the Agents through whom 

 Se Policies were issued. GEORGE BEAUMONT, Actuary. 



Twenty-four Quarto Pages, price Sixpence, free by post. 



mt suiltoag ei)xomt\t 



Of Saturoav last, Jcne 1, contains articles on 



THE MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE LONDON 

 AND BIRMINGHAM AND THE GRAND JUNCTION 

 — THE HOUSE OF LORDS AGAIN — INTRUSION 

 OF CANAL CARRIERS ON RAILWAYS-AMALGAMA- 

 TION Greenwich and South Eastern— RAILWAY SCHOOLS 

 AND CHURCHES-THE STANDING ORDERS AS PRO- 

 POSED TO BE ALTERED-LOCAL RATING— RAILWAY 

 EXCURSIONS— M. LAFITTE. 



REPORTS OF RAILWAY MEETINGS— Paris and Rouen (con- 

 cluded)— London and Dover, with statement of accounts — 

 Edinburgh and Glasgow— Whitby and Pickering. 



NEW RAILWAYS -Garnkirk, Glasgow, and Coatbridge Exten- 

 sion Line— Pontop and South Shields— South Eastern, Folke- 

 stone Extension— Yarmouth and Norwich. 



PROJECTED LINES — Bedford, London, and Manchester — 

 Bedford, London, and Birmingham — Belfast and Ballymena 

 — Birmingham and Worcester— Glastonbury and Exeter — 

 Great Western and Salisbury— Southampton and Dorchester 

 —Worcester and Cardiff— Sambre and Meuse, and other 

 New French Lines. 



RAILWAY OPENINGS -Dublin and Drogheda— Bristol and 

 Gloucester. 



THE ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY— Professor Barlow's Reply 

 to Mr. Bergin— Conclusion of the Evidence on the Croydon 

 and Epsom Line. 



CORRESPONDENCE — Government Interference — Railway 

 Stock— On Loans— New Lines grafted on Old Ones— Carriers. 



PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. 



VALUE OF SHARES-Returns from London, Liverpool, Man- 

 chester, Leeds, York, Hull, Glasgow, and Paris, with com- 

 ments on the respective Markets. 



NEW SKETCHES OF OLD RAILWAYS— The Great Western. 



MECHANICAL IMPROVEMENTS— ECONOMY OF WORK- 

 ING Variable Expansive Gear (with Jive Engravings) — 

 BUCHANAN'S PATENT RAILWAY-CARRIAGE SPRINGS 

 {mth three Engravings). 



RAILWAY LITERATURE— Twenty Reasons for Railway Com- 

 panies being Carriers, by B. Poole. 



MISCELLANEA— Wrought Iron Lattice Bridge— Albano's New 



Composition, " Carnabic "— Tetley's Plan of Economising 

 Fuel. 



CONTRACTS, PATENTS, IRON TRADE, TRAFFIC TABLES, 



&c &c. 



Order The Railway Chronicle o f any Newsvender. 

 QONTENTS of the NUMBER for SATURDAY last, 



^ JUNE 1, of 



THE ATHENjEUM, 



JOURNAL OF ENGLISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE, 



SCIENCE, AND ART. 



Twenty-four Large Quarto Pages, Price Fourpence, 



Or Stamped, to go free by pott, bd. 



REVIEWS op, with Extracts from— 



Correspondenceof the Duchess 



of Orleans Briefe, &c ) 

 Lord Mahon's History of Eng- 



I a H d ' Volumethc Fourth ° g 



I 



Western Barbary and its Wild 

 Tribes, by Mr. Drummond 

 Hay 



Lieut. Barr's Journal of a march 

 from Delhi to Peshawur and 



Cabal. 



Dr. SmiW H Hif» 0RTE ^ N0TlCfi s of the following : 



T to S^sftss The Doctrine of changes 



Address o? . . . to his Work- 

 Dr °S y f ' Youn * Children 



'ic Medicine 



Self-sacrifice 



Short Lectures on Scripture 



Doctrines 

 Health of the Skin, by W. C. 



Dendy 



Horse- shoe Nails. 



a new Photographic pro- 



ORIGINAL Pappr« ^ 



Gallery D urrhl 05>SIP -~ Tne Kin S of Saxony— The National 

 Corres P onden?r S 'r i French Public Record Sale— The Hume 

 Hu ggins» BatH f Edinour & h Scott Monument— Mr. 

 right— Dr Wnifp Camperdown —International Copy- 



telnau's ExopUv Arnval at Mesched— The Comte de Cas- 

 Performance of tS n mto tne Interior of South America- 

 Gossip, & c tne Antigone at tue Odeon, Paris— Musical 

 SOCIETIES — Gfo 



Cape Bretonl\ir°i ICAL (Mr - Brown on the Geology of 

 ChtuetUJ — i VS t on Anthracite Formation of Massa- 



Ainsley on Loral F TE op British Arcuitkcts (Mr. 

 x «mical (Mr r Antl ^ uiti «s of Etruria Proper)— Astro- 



nomical (Mr r " ll H«ities oi fctruna Proper)— astro- 

 croscop, Ca . * crow e on the Observatory of Alten)— Mi- 



th e Pictures)— «?\ Ac f demy (Sculpture, and conclusion of 

 MTJgi th the P ri ces. ° Mr ' Harma,1 's collection of Pictures. 



*»C AND DRATtr* 



D ,! r «ction-Phnj „ . Ancient Concert, Prince Albert's 



h »ght* 8 Dream WiTu mc (Dr ' Mendlessohn's Midsummer 

 MTc7,? a<ller, s Weikfv J 01 ? s Concert— Her Majesty's Theatre 

 Ml \CE LLANE ^e^ s (Macbeth, with Mrs. Warner i Mr. Phelps). 



«ew Apparatus f a r S c Acad * m r °f Sciences (M. Laignel'- 



WOniihii-- S IOf bounding at Seal — Fossil Remains i 



PIANOFORTES. 



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 street, Bloomsbury. The cheapest house in London for a 

 first-rate warranted Pianoforte.— Free use of case, and exchange 

 allowed.— Luff and Co, 103, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury. 



ORTICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT.— 



As Spring approaches the larvae of destructive insects are 

 propagated in infinite multitudes, to the great injury of the 

 young shoots of choicest trees and plants, particularly in 

 Forcing-houses, and, indeed, every species of vegetation put in 

 motion and growth by the genial influence of the season. 



J. READ begs to inform Ladies, Amateur and Practical 

 Gardeners, that he has made considerable improvements 

 in his MACHINES and SYRINGES for the purpose of 

 subduing these destructive insects which make such deadly 

 havoc on all choice trees and plants at this season of the year, 

 as they will live in any degree of heat, but perish by moisture. 

 These machines, for power and portability, surpass anything of 

 the kind ever offered to the public, which the Patentee, (from 

 thirty-one years' practice in the science of Horticulture, and 

 twenty-four years' in manufacturing and improving Instru- 

 ments) can safely warrant. May be seen and proved at 35, 

 Regent-circus, Piccadilly, London. 



N.B. — None are genuine except stamped with the royal arms 

 and the words •• Read's Patent." 



BERDOE'S SUPERIOR REALLY WATER- 

 PROOF FROCKS, for the present season. An extensive 

 variety of the above, in new and gfeatly improved materials 

 (in lieu of the unsightly rubbish made by slopscllers), now 

 ready, guaranteed to exclude any rain whatever ; and confi- 

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FIRST-RATE CLOTHING of every description, upon the 

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NrhJS of tljg Egtafe. 



The arrival of the Emperor of Russia in this couutry 

 on a visit to the Queen, is the great topic of the day, 

 not only in home circles, but on the Continent. His 

 Majesty's visit was at once sudden and unexpected ; and 

 his appearance amongst us at a moment when the 

 French papers are discovering fresh schemes on the part 

 of Russia for the immediate overthrow of our Indian 

 Empire, is not the least curious of the many considera- 

 tions suggested by his visit. In France, the appearance 

 of the Czar at the Court of England is considered too 

 important an event to be unconnected with matters of 

 European policy, and the strangest speculations are 

 put forth by the Paris papers on its probable issue. At 

 home, too, the Emperor's visit has caused some embar- 

 rassment in regard to the Polish Refugees in London, 

 and still more so in regard to the Polish Ball, which has 

 been for some time appointed to take place on Monday 

 next. Some of the supporters of the Ball were anxious 

 to defer it, as a mark of courtesy to his Majesty ; while 

 others, and as it appeared the majority, considered that 

 such a step would be a compromise of principle, as little 

 complimentary to the Emperor as to the supporters of 

 the Charity, and the Ball will consequently take place 

 on the day originally appointed — the day, however, on 

 which his Majesty will take his departure from England. 

 The King of Saxony is also in London on a visit to the 

 Queen ; and the Crown Prince of Denmark is in Scotland. 

 The object of their visits is understood to be connected 

 with scientific pursuits, and although their movements 

 have less political consequence than those of our Imperial 

 guest, they are sure to command respect from all 

 who know the active interest taken by these Royal 

 visitors in the sciences of Geology and Botany. 

 la Parliament during the week several important 

 measures have been under discussion. In the Lords 

 on Monday, the Factories Bill was read a third time 

 and passed without a division, the 32d clause, limiting 

 the period of labour to 12 hours, having been affirmed at 

 a previous sitting by a majority of 21 to 48. The 

 Customs Duties Bill was also passed on the same night, 

 after a protest from the Duke of Richmond against the 

 abolition of the duty on foreign wool. On Thursday, the 

 House threw out, by a majority of 31 to 20, Sir Thomas 

 Wilson's Bill for disposing of Hampstead Heath for 

 building purposes. This measure had for some time 

 caused alarm to the inhabitants of London, to whom that 

 delightful spot has so long afforded the means of healthy 

 recreation, and the rejection of the Bill will doubtless be 

 received with satisfaction by the whole metropolis. In 

 the Commons on Monday, the Government resolutions 

 with respect to the Sugar Duties, were passed by a 

 majority of 69 ; on Tuesday Lord H. Vane's motion for 

 an immediate repeal of the duty on coal was negatived 

 by a majority of 36 ; and on Thursday, the second 

 reading of the Dissenters' Chapel Bill was carried by a 

 majority of 190. On Wednesday, Lord Worsley brought 

 forward his Commons Inclosure Bill, And on his sugges- 

 tion it was committed profor?na, with a view to improve- 

 ment and subsequent alterations by the Government. 



From France we have the important announcement 

 that a war is on the point of breaking out between the 

 French forces in Algeria and the Emperor of Morocco. 

 At the date of the last advices the armies of the two 

 powers were in si-ht of each other, and the troops of 

 Morocco were commanded by Abd-el-Kader, the old 

 enemy of France. These preparations have caused much 



collision will have taken place, and the foundation be 

 thereby laid for the ultimate annexation of Morocco to 

 the French colony of Algiers. — The India Mail has ar- 

 rived this week, but the only important news is the mur- 

 der of Soochet Singh by his unc'.e, Heerah Singh, who 

 had invited him to Lahore, and treacherously murdered 

 him as he was entering that city. 



excitement in Paris, and before the European Powers a 



can effect a mediation, it is more than probable that a and after shaking hands verj 



Court. — Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accompanied 

 by the King of Saxony, left Buckingham Palace on 

 Monday for Windsor Castle. The Emperor of Russia 

 arrived at the Castle in the afternoon of the same day. 

 The Queen, accompanied by her Royal visitors, was 

 present at the Review in Windsor Park on Tuesday ; and 

 on Thursday Her Majesty was present at Ascot Races. 

 The other movements of the Court are described in the 

 following account of the Emperor's visit. Her Majesty 

 and the Prince came to town yesterday, and will honour 

 the Opera with their presence this evening, accompanied 

 by the Emperor of Russia, the King of Saxony, and a 

 numerous 6uite. The Countess of Gainsborough has 

 succeeded Viscountess Canning as the Lady in Waiting on 

 the Queen, and Viscount Sydney has succeeded Lord Byron 

 as the Lord in Waiting.— The Queen Dowager left town 

 on Monday, by the South Eastern and Dover Railway, for 

 the Continent. Her Majesty landed at Calais on the after- 

 noon of the same day, and was received with the usual 

 honours by the French authorities. — The Duchess of 

 Kent arrived at Strasburg from Basle on the 51st ult., 

 on her way to Germany. Her Royal Highness will pro- 

 bably return to England about the 20th or 21st inst., ar- 

 riving in this country some days previously to the ac- 

 couchement of her Majesty, which is expected to take 

 place early in July. — In reference to the statements 

 lately current respecting certain retrenchments in the 

 Royal Household, the Timet states that " they are all, 

 without exception, destitute of any foundation. Amongst 

 the number of attendants that it has been found neces- 

 sary to place upon the retired list, there are some whose 

 conduct, so far from entitling them to complain of the 

 amount of pension awarded to them, has not entitled 

 them to any retiring allowance. There are others still 

 retained in the Royal service whose conduct has not been 

 satisfactory, and from those sources may be traced those 

 misrepresentations which have been forced into public 



notice." 



Visit of the Emperor of Russia.. — His Imperial 



Majesty, Nicholas, Emperor of all the Russias, attended 

 by General Count Orloff, and a numerous suite, left 

 Rotterdam on Friday afternoon, for England, in the 

 Dutch Government steamer Cyclops, Captain Balken, 

 and arrived off the royal dockyard at 10 minutes to 

 10 o'clock on Saturday evening. His Majesty's intention 

 to visit this country was only known on the previous 

 day. His Majesty was received by the authorities of the 

 dockyard, by Baron Brunnow, the Russian Minister, the 

 Russian Consul General, &c, and immediately proceeded 

 to London. The Emperor having expressed a wish, 

 through Baron Brunnow, that his arrival at Woolwich 

 should take place as privately as possible, no royal salute 

 was fired when his Majesty landed, nor was there any 

 guard of honour in attendance. The Emperor took np 

 his residence at Ashburnham House, the seat of the 

 Embassy, where he slept that night. On Sunday morn- 

 ing his Imperial Majesty rose early, breakfasted before 

 9, and walked in the gardens of the Embassy. At half- 

 past 9 Prince Albert arrived on a visit to the Emperor. 

 His Imperial Majesty was in the act of descending to 

 receive his Royal Highness, when they both met on the 

 grand staircase. Their meeting was of the most cordial 

 character. The Emperor threw his arms round the 

 neck of the Prince, and embraced him fervently, Prince 

 Albert returning his salute with great apparent feeling. 

 The Emperor then led the Prince into the drawing-room, 

 where they remained in conversation for a considerable 

 period. The Emperor inquired affectionately after the 

 Queen, and expressed his hope that his sudden arrival 

 in England would not be allowed to inconvenience her 

 Majesty and the Prince in any way-adding that he pur- 

 posed to remain at any rate for a short period I in the house 

 of the Embassy. The Prince upon this intimated that 

 no inconvenience could possibly result by the Emperor s 

 nediate removal to the palace. Apartments had al- 

 lca dy been prepared, and it was Her Majesty s earnest 

 desire that the Emperor should at once remove thither 

 with the whole of his suite. At 10 o'clock the Prince 

 took his departure, promising to return at half-past 1 

 for the purpose of escorting the Emperor to Buckingham 

 Palace on a visit to Her Majesty. Shortly before eleven, 

 the Emperor, accompanied by General Count Orloff, 

 Baron Brunnow, and other members of his suite, left 

 Ashburnham House, to attend divine service at the 

 chapel of the Russian Embassy, in Welbeck-street. At 

 half -past one o'clock, Prince Albeit returned to the Em- 

 bassy, and escorted the Emperor to Buckingham Palace. 

 On arriving at the Palace the Emperor was presented to 

 Her Majesty by Prince Albert. His Imperial Majesty 

 subsequently partook of a dejeuner to which the Queen 

 invited him, and afterwards paid a visit to the King 01 

 Saxony, in his apartments at the Palace. The Emperor, 

 accompanied by Prince Albert, then paid visits to f 

 Queen Dowager, the Duke and Duchess %*»£$ n 9 m 

 the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Duke of \> e< s 

 The Duke descended to the hall ^ receive his ^ 

 Majesty and the Prince, himself ^Z^.\y* 

 splendid saloon on t he first floor o the Duk 



5KE ffKSS. : ^f^^y with S him, entered 



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