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In the Country. James Reece, of Axmiuste...
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The Grbat Eukoi'ean Railways' Company. — Among the numerous, indeed almost unlimited
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_' _%££ _* ' & _%£ _^ _pular medicine
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OS DEBILITY AND DISEASE . Price 2 s . 6 a ., in an envelope , or forwarded to any address free , on receipt of a post-office order fo i 3 s . 6 d ., THE MENTOR OP HEALTH , a Medical "Work on Nervous Debility , aud tlie Causes of Premature Decay in Man , resulting from Excess , Infection , or Imprudence . Also , OBSERVATIONS ON MARRIAGE , and certaiu disqualifications , together with treatment for diseases of the Generative Organs , by J . S . Tissot and Co ., Consulting Surgeons , C , Caroliue-streer , Bedfordsquare . "The Mentor of Health , by Dr . Tissot , is one of the most valuable and instructivelittle works on thc subject of disease resulting from early indiscretion , & c , ever perused . It contains plain and simple descriptions of the anatomy and physiology of the organs liable to be affected by such diseases , and every information to guide the unwary and inexperienced from the temptations to which they are exposed . To those requiring a « Mentor , * we most strongly recommend the work , and it is well worth the perusal of those who are so fortunate as not to need its advice . "— -London Mercantile Journal .
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WR AY'S specific mixture for Gonorrhoea , warranted tOiemoveTJrea _ rall > _ischaiEesin forty-ei ght lours : in the majority of cases twenty-four , if arising from local causes . Sold ( in bottles , 4 s . fid . and Us . each , duty included ) at IIS , HoIborn-lnU , and 334 , Strand , London . Sold also _ly Sanger , 130 , Oxford-street ; Johnston , CS , CornhiU ; _Barclay and Sons , 95 , Parriugdon-street ; Butler , 4 , Cheapside ; Edwards , 67 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard ; and by all medicine vendors in town and country . Adrice given gratuitously to persons calling between
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_CAUTIOMI-Onp rineipted individuals . _psspare the most „ _nrio » _s comPo «« ds under th _« _-saanenames ; they _copv the labels , hills , advertisements , and . testimonials of the original Thomas's-Succedaneum . Itis , therefore , highly necessary to-see that the words " Thomas and Howard " , are 0 R * lie wrapper of each article . All others are fraudulent imitations . FOR _STOPPIWGJPEOAIED / _T-EiETBj } P * ice 2 s . fid .
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Just published , Sixteenth Edition , illustrated with cases , and full-length engravings , price 2 s . Gd ., in a sealed envelope , and sent free to any part of the _kingdom , on tlie reeeipt Of _ajwst-ojlce order for 3 s , 6 d .
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" ilA ' H _^ ON spinal disease . m THIS day _js . p \ iMU * cd , price Is . 6 d ., CASES nnd 0 _BSERVAHiSNS _illustnrfive of the beneficial-results w <__ ieh may he-obtained by close attention and _. _pewerorauoe in some * of the most chronic and unpromising' instances of spinal dvfonpity- ; " wi ; h ' eighteen engra _> % _-s on wood . % * SAMO £ _iTHi'iB ) 'M ; R ; O . S . '¦¦;" j _london-: John-Churchill , Princc « - » fa _* eet 5 _^* nd « ay . 'be had of aU booksellers .
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_CAsOiTiON , —All Persons advertising _Suceedaneura for stopping decayed teeth , fraudulently attempt to imitate MR . CLAKKE'S _ORIGINAL SUCCEDAHSUM . and if . any Succedaneum than Mr . Clarke ' sbe purchased , it will 'be discovered useless . Mr . Clarke can flay , without the-slightest exnggerati » n , that he has sold 8 . 000 bottles of Succedaneum within IG months : and -2 , _SO 0 individuals have been able te use it successfully . . and most of the other . purchasers have been to Mr . Clarko , at his residence , 61 , Lower Grosvenor Street , London , to have their _rteeth stopped , without any further charge than . Unoriginal cost ofthe Succedaneum , _prioc-Ss . Sold wholesale to all the chemists in towu aud country : andnone is genuine unless had through Messrs . Barclay and Sons , wholesale Medicine "Warehouse , 95 , Farringdon Street ; Edwards and Son , 67 , St . Paul ' s Church Yard : ; Jlanney and Co ., 63 , Oxford Street ; Colleck and Mosel y _, 139 , Upper Thames Street , London ; and other respectable wholesale Medicino Warehouses ; ot * Mr . Clarke can send Jt by post to any part of tbe United Jv ' mgdon , on . receiving _alPost-office order .
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Just Published , A new and important Edition of the Silent Friend on Human Frailty . Price 2 s . 6 d ., and sent free to any part of the United Kingdom on the receipt of a Post _Office Order for 3 s . 6 d . A MEDICAL " WORK on the INFIRMITIES of tllD GENERATIVE SYSTEM , in both sexes ; being an enquiry into the concealed cause that destroys physical energy , and the ability of manhood , ere vigour has _established hev empire * . —with Observations on the baneful effects of SOLITARY INDULGENCE and INFECTION ; local and constitutional WEAKNESS , NERVOUS IRRITATION , CONSUMPTION , and on the partial or total
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" ' « t .,-i- « s _^ _^„ _w _., _«_ , _„ . — _... r .. _™ _miBER ROYAL PATRONAGE .
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TO MR . PROUT , 229 , STRAND , LONDON . Doncaster , September 2 fitb , 1 S _44 . SIR , —The following particulars have been handed to us with a request thatthey might be forwarded to you , with permission for their publication , if you . should deem them worthy of such . J . BROOKE and Co ., Doncaster . " Elizabeth Brearley _, residing in Duke-street , Doncaster , aged between forty and fifty , was severely afllicted with rheumatism , and confined to her bed for a period of nearl two months , with scarcely tho power to lift her arm ; she was signally benefited after taking two doses of BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS , and after finishing two boxes was quite recovered . " The above recent testimonial is a further proof of the great efficacy Of this valuable medicine , which is the most effective remedy for gout , rheumatism , sciatica , lumbago , tic doloreux , pains in the head and face , often mistaken for tooth-ache , and for all gouty and rheumatic tendencies .
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ALL MAY BE CURED !! BY _HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . FIFTY ULCERS CURED IN SIX WEEKS . EXTRACT of a Letter from John Martin , Esq ., Chronicle Office , Tobago , West Indies : — February 4 th , 1815 . To _Trofcssor nolloway . Sir , —I beg to inform you that the inhabitants of this island , especially those who caunot afford to employ medical gentlemen , arc very anxious of having your astonishing medicines within their reach , from the immense benefits some of them have derived from their use , as they have been found here , in several cases , to cure sores and ulcers of the most malignant and desperate kind . One gentleman in this island , who had , I believe , about fifty running ulcers about his legs , arms , and body , who had tried all othe r medicines before the arrival of yours , but all of which did him no good ; butyours cured him in about six weeks , and he is now , by their means alone , quite restored to health and vigour . ( Signed ) John Mabtin ,
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ii ¦¦' _ .. __ - . ____ . : » . _- __ . ' . ¦ _Canarsdl & _fefjt . —Ji _Wonderful'Oireumslawt . _CoE 7 ef B _-Letfesr horn Richard Bui ., bootmaker , _Tasfxm , & e & _¥ _SoutfKunpton-: — February 9 th . I _* M 5 .
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VALUABLE MEDICINE . HUNT'S APERIENT FAMILY PILLS ; a mosi excellent Medicine for Bilious Complaint ? , Disorders of thu Stomach and llowels , Habitual Costiveness _, Indigestion , Heartburn , Pains and Giddiness of the Head , Influenza , Worms , Spasms , Nervous and Dropsical Complaints . For upwards of forty years have these Pills obtained the unqualified approbation of the public in general , among whom may be included families of distinction and medical men . Their composition is so truly excellent , and their beneficial effects have been so widely experienced , that the proprietors feel the greatest confidence in recommending tliem as one of ihe MILDEST and
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BANKRUPTS . ] ( From ' 1 _ucsday's _Gasetle , October 21 , 1 S 15 , / j John Joseph I'rigwell , of the Harrow-road , beer shopkeeper—William Haiinis Taylor , late ult the Square Shot Tower , Commercial-road , Lambeth , but now of 180 , Piccadilly , stave manufacturer—William Guy Boucher , late of Sydney , New South Wales , but now of IS , Stepney-green , merchant—Edward William Wyon , of 48 , GoWOI _' . _Stl'OQt , _Budfoi'd-Squ & ve , _brorose _manufacturer—Ctilll'lCS Hawkins , of Brick-lane , _Spitalfields , grocer—William Senior , of Sheffield , hosier—John Breakcnridge , of Liverpool , tailor —Henry liluiit , of Woolton _, Lancashire , licensed victualler —John llawsthornc , of . Manchester , general agent—David Smith , late of _Lantwit-juxta-Neatli , Glamorganshire , but now of King ' s _Sivinfoi'd , Staffordshire , iron master—William Partit , of Bristol , engineer .
DIVIDENDS DECLAUED . John Hilton Bazley , of Manchester , cotton manufacturer , second dividend of 2 _$ d . in the pound , and a first anil second dividend of 2 s . _figd . in the pound , on new proofs , payable at 35 , Oeorge . street , Manchester , any Xucsduy . Elizabeth Clegg , of _Waithland , Lancashire , flannel manufacturer , second dividend of 4 § d . iu the pound , and a first and second dividend of 5 s . -lfd in tlie poilllll , Oil new proofs , payable at 33 , _George-strcet / Manchestcr , any Tuesday . Itoberf Kipling and William Atkinson , of _Wood-street , Cheapside , warehousemen , second dividend of ls . in the pound , payable at 7 , _Fi-cderick ' s-place , Old Jewry , any Saturday . Hubert Kipling , of Wood-street , Cheapside , warehouseman , final dividend of 15 s . in tbe pound , and 2 os . in the pound , on new proofs , payable at 7 , Frcderick _' s-placc , Old Jewry , any Saturday . Thomas Jeeves , of Ilitchin , Hertfordshire , bricklayer , first dividend of 2 s , _4 d , in the pound , payable at ? , i . vederlcU ' s-plaoe _, old Jewry , any Saturday .
Joseph Phillips and l'homas Pearson , of Finsbury-house , South-place , Ftnsbu . iy _, silk dressers , first dividend of 12 s . in the pound , payable at 7 , Frcderick ' s-placc , Old Jewry , any Saturday . Charles John Hunt , of 21 , _Cork-Strcct , Burlington-gardens , fit , St . James ' s-street , aud 107 , Quadrant , Hcgentstveet , billiard table maker , first dividend of 9 s . in tho pound , payable at 7 , 1 ? redericU _' s place , Old Jewry , any Saturday . Samuel Libbis , of Stratton St . Mary , Norfolk , first dividend of 2 s . Id . in the pound , payable at 7 , Frederick _' splace , Old Jewry , any Saturday . Thomas Humphrey , seu ., anil Thomas Humphrey , jun ., of _Kingston-upon-HuU , shipwrights , first dividend of 8 s . ui tlio pound upon the separate estate of Thomas Humphrey , sen ., also a first dividend of Ios . in tho pound upon the separate estate of Thomas Humphrey , jun ., payable at 43 , Mill-hill , Leeds , on aud any day after October 22 .
Henry Joseph Edward Saffratl , of Huddersfieid , Yorkshire , cloth merchant , first dividend of Is . 8 d . in the pound , payable at 43 , Mill-hill , Leeds , on and anv dav after October 22 . John Thackrey , of Leeds , dyer , first dividend of 8 s . in the pound , payable at 43 , Mill-hill , Leeds , on and anY dilV after _October'JU , ** J Lazlnby Pearsom _, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , leather cutter , first dividend of ls . Cd . in the pound , payable at 57 , Grey-street , _Newcastle-upon-Tyne , any Saturday . James Coekburn , of New Broad-street , City , merchant , fifth dividend of Is . in the pound , payable at 13 , Old Jewry , City , on October 22 , and two following Wednesdays , William Britton , of Borrowby , Yorkshire , manufacturer ol lmen cloth , first dividend of l _^ d . in the pound , payable at 43 , Mill-hill , Leeds , on and any day alter October 22 . J ° ' f _J"re Pearson , of Sheffield , wine merchant , second ami filial dtvidend of Is . in the pound , payable at 7 Com mercial-buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . '
John Atkinson Hick , of Leeds , carver and gilder first and final dividend of 4 s . 3 d . in the pound , payable at 7 , _Coinmercial-uuildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . William Harrison , of Woodhouso Can * , Yorkshire pattern dyer , first dividend of 3 s . Gd . ill tho pound , payable at 7 , Commercial-buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . Henry JSicholl of Greetland , Yorkshire , worsted spinner , final dividend ot Is . Od . in the pound , payable at 7 . Com . mercial-buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday . ' J . _IinB-nvick _, of \ Vu \ _dwv \ tt , Yorkshire , worsted stufi ? _M _^ » * first - , ividend of -2 s . Id . in the pound , pay able at 7 , Commercial-buildings , Leeds , any Tuesday
DIVIDENDS TO BE DEC __ AI _ £ _> . At ( he Court Of Bankruptcy , London . Charles Colls , Charles Thompson , and Richard Peckover Harris , jun ., ot 72 , Lombard-street , City , bill , brokers , No . vember 11 , at twelve—Thomas Clarkson , jun ., of 10 A Charles-street , Middlesex-hospital , upholsterers' ware houseman , November 11 , at eleven-Rowland Evans , ol Barge-yard , Bucklersbury , City , East India merchant November 11 , at twelve-George _Gi-eenwell _, John Benin _, mm , David _Deavbuvg , and William Whitehall of Fore street , City , and Coventry , silk manufacturers , November 11 , at halt-past eleven—Ling _llobiuson , of _Ballinjrdon Essex millwright , November 13 , at twelve _ HeiSuall Denby Coggan , ot 39 , _Priday-street , City , warehouseman November 12 , at two-Thomas Keuipster of Blackman street , Southwark , and late of _Fcnchurch-buildings _, City builder , November II , at two-James Watson Carter , o 120 , Long-acre , coach plater , November II . at twelve ber 12 , at eleven-James Hodson , of Readinc Bp _rksW _™ druggist , November 18 , at _half-pust dW _« _-tt _£ _&
01 _nigniore-stieet , w . _reiidis . i . squarc _, coachmakei * lR vember 11 at eleven-John Mohon _an / _SSS _tS % S _^ t _h & ****** MM **«
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In the Country . James Reece , of Axmiuster , ironmonger , November ., at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , _Emey-Henn- llaj „' waring , of Manchester , draper , November 14 . at ' tiv _^ _, . ™' < at the Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester—lien _V _,- .,. _]^' of _norest-in-Saddleworth , Yorkshire , woollen cloth m * . ' . nufacturer , November 11 , at twelve , at the Court of i 5 ail _J * ruptcy , s Manchester—Charles William Kesselmever 0 _» Manchester merchant , November 12 . at twelve , at « , ' Court of Bankruptcy , _Manchester—Eduafd L ; . wtoU _- ttJ Thomas Kay , of Rochdale , iron founders , Sfovcmberli _, twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , _Manchestcr-j _^ Braithwaite . of Morpeth , -Northuinbcrlaiid , iiinl _.,.,.,,,.. , Tn the . _nmintr ,,:
November li . at twelve , at the Court , of Bankruptcy , _>; eiT ' castle-upon-Tyiie—Charles _. Mnrtyn , of Durham , l iueiiil " tier , November 13 , at eleven , ut tlio Court of _iiuuki-uj , _^/ Newcastle-upon-Tyne—William Dees -and James Bees , of Newcastle-upon-Tyno , and of Durham , builders , X WW 1 U ber 11 , a ; , haif-pust eleven , at the Court of _IJfiiiki uiftev " _Newcastle-upou Tyuc—John Herring and William \\ _£ ring , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , merchants , _Aovcinhcrd . at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , _NcwvusUe . u |> i _. n _ Tv —George Elwell Jackson , of Bh-uunglKun _, dealer in \{ _- N . ivember 12 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , _Uij . * mingham—William Shaw , of Stafford , siuhlUr , _Kovi-mbev i 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Birmiugliaiu . '
CEUTiriCiTES to be granted , unless cause be shown to t | ie contrary on the day of meeting . Henry llohnc , of Lawrence _Pountuey-lane , City , am ] 8 , Dorchester-place , New North-road , wholesale stay _wr . _nufuctuvev , Nov . 11—Charles George Webb , of tteniiuuij . sey , Surrey , woolstliplcr , Nov . 11—William Greenw « ll _, of 8 k , _liedcross-strect , Southwark , _wheelwright , Nov . 13 _ George Salmon , of City-road-basin , timber merchant Nov . 11—W " . Best and J . _Siiowdeu _, of Southampton , _pi-in . ' tcrs Nov . 11—Thomas Duusliery , of New Paringiion . street , City , and late » f Brook-street , Ilulbuni , hoot fac . _t-n- _, i . ov . IS—John Shorlantl _, of Bristol , grow , _N ' _. iv . 12—John Law , of Itamsden Wood , LailCilSllU'C , cotton spin _, ner Nov . 12—John Marlttnd , juu ., of rodmonlcn , Lancashire , roller maker . Nov . 12 ,
_Cehtiwcates to be granted by the Court of Review , unksi cause be shown to the contrary , on or before XoYembwl ] _, James Warren , of Bristol , merchant—John Caun , oi Woolwich , Kent , bricklayer—Simon South , of Spittl _e-ate Liiicolnsliirc , coal dealer—Henry Prior , of Sise-Iaiie , city * stationer—William Perkins , of Portsca , upholsterer — Joseph Haycock , jun ., of Wells , Norfolk , com factor-John Woollams , late of 15 , Charles-street , Manchester . square , builder .
PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Thomas Sibary and Edmund Simpson , of Kingstonupon-IIull _, stockbrokers—Johu Simon Smith and John Henry llutciiins , of _Trinity-square , Tower-hill , City , surgeons— Dliyjd _Rollcj _' . JtlUUiS l [< l <; l « ., « . ud-Juuu _ s < _ioih-. __ r <_ , of Sheffield , typefounders (" so funis regards David Rolieyj —John Garton aud Edward Hall , oi Taxall , Cheshire , bleachers—Matthew Morton and J . Bruce , of _Ileckiiioiid-H'iko , Yorkshire , confectioners—Samuel Walton and William Bott— Robert _Urittniii and William Walker Brittain , of Chester , woollen drapers—William North and William Johnson—Thomas Toms and James Pulling , of G , Bra . _denell-place * Mew Novth-road , crape collar makers—Henry Tilbury , Robert Tilbury , and William _Tilbiu-y , of Cleveland-street , St . _Pancvas _, V _> va 3 s manufacturers - — Thomas Tinslcy and Theopliilus Tinsloy , jun ., of Sedglcy ,
_Stuffordsliirc , nail ironmongers—Edward llindlc and James Greenwood , of New Accringron , L . inciibhire . cot . ton spinners—Adam Gregory , Henry Jenkins , and Jolm Nelson Wood , of Liverpool , slate merchants ( so far as regards Adam Gregory)— John Booth and William Ii , Mo . von , Of KillgStOll . upou-Ilull , woollen drapers—George Northen and Henry Hall Burling , of Kingston-upon-HuU , painter !*—John _Dutilop and Alf . Bridgett , of Manchester , commission agents—Henry Moore and George House , of 18 , Great Titchfield-street , Marylebone , linen _ilrapars—James Edge Partington , jun ., _Ulld _Churlcs _Alui'sl _. Wil . Hams , of __ Manchester , stockbrokers—John Blake and John Atkinson , of Salford , _Lancashire , vinegar makers — Thomas Voile , James Voile , and George Sale Wardley , of Lutterworth , Leicestershire , linen drapers — Richard White and James Ashbee , of Deptford _, Kent , general agents _.
The Grbat Eukoi'ean Railways' Company. — Among The Numerous, Indeed Almost Unlimited
The Grbat _Eukoi'ean Railways' Company . — Among the numerous , indeed almost unlimited
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number or projects tor new hues ol railway which are now before the public , and other proposals for the judicious and profitable investment of capital , the above company comes forward with a most comprehensive scheme for undertaking the completion and working of all the proposed continental lines , as also a full and elaborate establishment of railways in onr colonial possessions . It is proposed that whenever a grunt for a railway has been secured by the _successful negotiation of this company , such grant shall be constituted a separate and distinct company ; the holders of shares in the original company to bc entitled to a pro rata proportion of the shares in
_ttvevy wsw company i ' onned by the obtainment-of further concessions . A body of directors is to bc chosen , not only well-known for their individual wealth and standing in society , but as men of sound practically scientilic views . A portion of such directors , accompanied by a well-appointed and efficient eilgillCiTi'lgStluT _, will visit the various localities where railways arc required , report on the nature ofthe soil , population , the requirement of means ol ' traffic , and every circumstance oonuueted with the full development of the subject . Daily , as proposals for the iiivt'Stllit'Mt of capit . il arc being made in railways in the United Kingdom , tlicy are not sufliciciit to meet the enormous hoard of wealth which still remains to bc poured i _.-to the hip of speculation :
and a company such as this , formed from among the most wealthy and extensively connected of our merchant princes , our fundholdcrs , and large land _propi'ictoi's _, will have resources at hand which will enable tlicm to undertake the most gigantic projects in the shape ol * railway communication , aud secure to the shareholders a " large return for tlio capital invested . At present only a preliminary announcement has appeared ; but , wc understand , a prospectus will shortly be issued , with a powerful list of directors , a complete detail of thc bankers , solicitors , _cnginm's , & c , _v . _hicli will bc _rotpiiivd to carry out so extensive a scheme , when we shall devote some considerable attention and space in our columns for the dull consideration of this highly important subject . —The Mining Journal .
Il . u __ w . ws is 'Losdos . —A great scheme is on foot to build in Farringdon-street a central terminus for railways , uniting Liverpool , Manchester , Iliriuingliaiu , and other places with thc metropolis . The man of business will be able to step out ofhis ofliee , and , without any _pacl'ing up—without so much as buttoning his coat , or doing inore than pocketing his papers—be set down in Manchester or Liverpool . The project has , in a preliminary stage , received the sanction of the City Parliament—the Court of Common Council—who have referred to a committee the petitions from companies to purchase the necessary ground . The site of the Fleet Prison , ercwhilc the cage of the miserable insolvent debtor , will hereafter be thronged by people passing and repassing from all
parts ol the world , en . er ministers of the industry and prosperity of the country . No contrast could exceed that of the past a . ul future use of the site . There is a talk of some great central terminus for all railways . It does not , However , need any YilSt L'll ' uifc of imagination to look beyond even that scheme , to thc day when the metropolis will bc converted into one immense terminus , by means of a special system of metropolitan railways , traversing the whole space ; so that the Birmingham traveller may take to tlic rail at _Ncwlngton butts , the Brighton traveller at Paddington , the Bristol traveller at Whiteehapel * , dispensing with the preliminary obstruction of cab or omnibus . It has boen well remarked , that the resident at Kensington or Bayswatcr will not long
consent to remain , in point of time , at a greater distance from the heart of the metropolis than the resident at Harrow or Maidenhead . You may find it take you as long to go from Kensington to the Loudon-bridge terminus of the Brighton Railway , as from Londonbridge to Brighton . Nay , of two friends taking leave at London-bridge , one for Brighton by vail , and one for Kensington by omnibus , the traveller to Brighton might reach his destination first . London will speedily find the means of balancing these disparities ; and when that has been done by an internal system of railways , thc long-Vincd railways will obtain the means of using the internal system as an extension ol their own . Some object , that the introcluctionof railways ; into the metropolis will obstruct trade , andinjurc
the citizens ; but how facility of transit can obstruct trade is the _pwwta . Railways do not obstruct trade anywhere else ; not over the country , nor within lac , tories , where thc tram-rails from tlio coal-house to the engine-house , the moving stages ascending and descending from floor to floor , are all of the railway genus * . and a great town may be considered to _st'iM between the wide space ofa country at large ami the narrowed crowded space of a factory . The railway conveyance for passengers is the cheapest in the world , upon the whole the safest , and sell-evidently the most facile . The railway carriage is virtually a moving room , and without mvtch d _ . iu . ulty it might be made completely so ; a luxury which the Americans luvc almost effected in their " ears" Time
isprecious to tradesmen ; though some citizens , it seems , have still to learn the tact . An hour lost mtraversing London to get at the railway may cause him who has just learned some important intelli genceto miss the packet for America , or lose the sale _oir foods mado up on a hasty order . An hour or two to e wasted in tho omnibus may decide that you will not go or send at all about some business that might have proved worth the trouble : whereas railways m London would convert the whole metropolis into one vast office . Eventually , the citizen ' s private _couutmg-liouae and country-house may be one , with a back railway connecting it to . his city counting-house . But to have an internal system of railways you cannot do without termini in London itself—not one , but many . And greatly must such . an , innovation contluee to the improvement of London . It will relieve fic
the principal streets from huge masses of heavy traf —exchange for the ponderous and obstructive waggon the flying island or subterranean magic car ofthe railway train ; saving hindrance , noise , and mechanical troubles innumerable . It will introduce handsome edifices . It will break up bad neig hbourhoods-as thisjery terminus . at Farringdon-street promUcs . _W do , and give opportunity for remodelling whole districts without special cost ; the oue operation ot improvement becoming a mere incident in the other operation of making the railways . It will shake 1 up the _ill-contrived framework of the British capital , suggesting and facilitating other improvements _, until railway-traversed Loudon will look hack » 'iui smiling pity on those days when citizens survived who dreaded lest railway termini should obstruct tradc . —i _& ectator _.
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 25, 1845, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_25101845/page/2/
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