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Itit/(;IITO P ROSPECT US II7E O S F THE TUNBRIDGE hh,„ WELLS GRAVESEND, and EASTERN COUNTIES ""`•TON Cbithr RAILWAY, with a branch from or near Wrotham to Capit 1,000,000/, in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. i n Prori s . Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and S Vic., c. 110.) la J ohn PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. , l i d ta e i r i naz y , Director of the Exeter, Dorehes ,:edh rsxf aTirostu,gh, 1 40 . h t ; r us ana : n \ e N g Y :e o Y l3 , m , a :o E t u . .t q h A . Mayor of Gravesend Councillor 'n t , r , t E on sg ,.E , sq., Alderman of Gravesend jhn _aa Rosher, Esq., Alderman of Gravesend nor of Gravesend Rosherville, near Gravesend ethaaielE-q., Herne Bay Cumberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director I: i _ t a he Leeds and Huddersfield Railway ei el Ba e wd v aa. e ypy a ° r f t 1:: !Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of /44 !,fo r held and Nottingham Railway Company Joh n t u rt m , er, Esq., Peppingford Park, Maresfield Lo ndoManchester, Director of the 1 11 t c a n C C a la n ae r i : tb l v i el Ma r w t H e ° r u ear g n a n h t. s a e : k 111,harle1,9°°thy in, Esq., Battersea or , Gloucester-place, Portman.square, Direct l'cirk and Lancaster Railway Company E-o 1 • Abbey, Greenhithe, Kent 1,7'" per, 'T": nje' Gran d Ju nction, Great test a ' Director of the ad i c tli• and South Western Railway ai ern p , Eq, Director of the Blythe and Churnet -Valley, 4114 acclesfleld and Lichfield Rail Ways e"ch ner•E • lane "rard 6 9•, Middle Temple-lane " ce Y, Esq., St. Paul's-churchyard, and Gravesend 4.0 Leah Ift,(l do, .. ' • k re T avistoc -squa h kina q., St. James's-square, Director of the Direct Bir °'• T ar ? and Brighton, and Gieat Welsh Junction Railway .; I ,tieliZ"' Eq., 12, Upper Montague.street, Director of the rn m a n ) ) Oxford d Brighton Railway "'heel ' an - of the Se. ey Lea, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman tais itMission Y ork a Captain DouglasKinnaird Pultency, Chairman •f the Itai„d A La ne uter Railway Gravesend t j b u tieti t Z le . b il i Esq., Director of the Leeds, York, and Midl an d si tiz •aailw ao Esq., Gloucester Lodge, Croydon 4 , (L Esq. Fitzroy s q uare, Di rec t or o f the Lond on an d ,b,‘," Railway' Esq., Milton-street, Dorset-square (With power to add to their number). Si r j OMMITTE OF MANAGEMENT. l 'hek bh a n ICeY,cllart. E Wm. Kuper, Esq. 301,4 Rro Yor of Grav esen d J o h n K ersc h ner, E sq. u gh, • Clerk I S. H. Powell, Esq. t irY, Lsq. W. White, E5q.14 44. k ONith power to add to their number). 'Nets, olairia and , RANKERS. Co Clement's-lane ; Messrs. Cocks, G, A Biddulph, and Cs., Charing-cross. "e li—Messrs Afolyneux, Whitfield and e. ENUI NERS—S . Ir John Macneil and James Thom. son, Esq. tN crazga.-Wm. Laxton, Esq., C.E. Lo suoN—G'corae Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Coombe and Sharland, Town-hall, Gravesend s,e 1, i 2 4 . J. and E. 131 k Lewes . or this land t a k e in r' is to pen a direct line of rail ';4lt4,'a'eet the North r er a n E g astern, and South Essex Railways. ' t a steam ferry &Om Tilbury Fort to Gravesend, with I t • le w • ea ht 'Us, Lewes, and Brighton. at or "iPlated to proceed from the Eastern Counties R.all - ; tear; fe ar Harlow station to Tilbury, crossing the river • fl at • r icl ße mg•bridge to Gravesend, passing by Wrotham to 1 4,; la 'PaS:• then " by the South-Eastern Railway to Tun bridge -4^lt Cektield to Lewes, and thence joining the Brighton, AA • " Hastin ki te ' l lSi keti Z 5 Railway to Brighton. this °°. o r the map will clearly show the great import. of r ai lway , wh e th er cons id ere d i n a l oca l or national bi,:ation'7 , ' fo rming as it will a m os t u seful chain of local cona -ar the fertil e an d popu l ous t rac t s th roug h w hi c h it I l , 111, 1 b Alt a , tie the N orthern and Eastern Counties, the mouth of 11 1 i:1% ad North Kent, into direct communication, by 'on ~,7,l`cat, with Dieppe and Havre, and thus form, in con. 4 ~,„u the r a i lways new in progress on the Continent, the ;/5)7:8.th1e route to Paris and the Mediterranean. bio,,6 ll , l waY the large population of the North Eastern C,eun- N:‘tOii,:,'' a ll nearly two millions, will have a direct and easy ioes Of oq With the whole of the populous and important q`xent and S ussex, without going round to London, and t , the inconvenience arising from the unconnected :,,`4l,tiii"tgit south ef the metropolis. , t pe ef this line to the naval and military service, both i n . " a nd war, for the conveyance of troops and stores, is Wi th s the , aLta,,x, loins railways, and them now in progress in Kent be iSt: 4 „,a, ..st complete system of local communication wil l t. I ktlisl ier , a s such, the projeet has been received with th . e m . es l "iaPProbation and pledges of support from the principa ii,eri ' th , a . ."e the line, and the Corporation of Gravesend have ent ire sanction to, and !VI cordially support it. ]~ C ollie s has been carefully aurveyed, and found to present t° the formation of a good working line. y t 0 Ing local traffic has been ascertained to be amply suf. tifta Ulf il the requirements of the undertaking; but a large a i Ned (4 'rluable fte fail to be the result of the 4443/4dert:ke°,°-iroodotion thus afford:ed to the public, and rendering 1 )1 ' 1 44°4 one of the most important as well as productive c„,,,,, a . y in that part of the country. IV iat: U tee reserve power to themselves t• form a branch liah i rn to Chatham. 5ti 4 ,,, 441 1t ltY „ of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of •-• ' n o amount of their subscriptions, and power wilt be l 'f i L l4 the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per ann l um e 4 04 1 eati . „ th g Passing of the Act until the opening of the in . d_ kis k :l: ll4 : 4 S for prospectuses, and also for shares, may be a oar f ur)ri annexed to George Smith, Esq., Solicitor, 24, Messrs. Coombe and Sharland, Town-hall, Graves J• and E. Blaker, Lewes ; and also to the following Field, Son, and Bayley, Warnford.court, 44 ' t oti .i. ' t reet London ; Messrs. Harris and Sons, Change- SO a r it ' 441 . hr : M. L. Pritchard, Liverpool ; Messrs. e Manchester • Mr. Isaac Iron side, `'iti P t, 4 , l l . er 1 . 1 1, 4 i ' v "• a ' nt a l ni ßrooke,Leeds • Messrs. Hopwood ' 4lo Utti ; Mr. J. B. Mundy, Bath ; Mr. A. Moffatt, .ia Or yCommittee ‘ 1 of the Brighton, Lewes, Tunbridge Zithtan' ' es p t tfia: set i a asancl Eastern Counties Junction Railway. n etio p 'QW es 7°4 will allot roe shares in the proposed ' T unbridge Wells Grave.end, and Eastern Counties 17, 7 'ar a tttati . . agree to take all such shares, or so many as 4 41 , 4t aetit r ° r ne, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute S- to a: . 7 Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re. Name Description Residence Date Reference to " e at r LONDON and HAS I'INGS e Wells RA.RBOUR, PIER, and DOCK COMPANY, to aYS to the town and purt of Rye, and from Tun- Ci! aPh a i ,Frovisionally Registered.) ' , 0u 3 ,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. 4, 4, 410 London. - "*" — lCew Apelphi Chambers, John-street, Adelphi, 41V t 4 t' tt Esq . P ROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. 11,7; 444 Z ir Otall, near Leeds, director of the Isle of Ely, ip 54 4 IN „,. s tall, Junction 1 1) 1 , 4 eae0: Walsoken, near Wislieach, director of the Isle of 11,44t 5 ',,, 4 4/1 , ' Lincolnshire Junction sot, Wi t " tai, ) 'sq• Wisboach, director of the Huntingdon and mh eat oro ,P Railway E N• ,(German Wlseatcroft and Sous), Belper -xt Non Gainsborough, director of the Cambridge and " 4 '"t t , r of , N . Ir tly . etton, Durham, Director of the Direct Western 04,1 , 11 I,ps, ;,"11'wa.y Company Es q J Left. Knaresborough w„ • Salford, Manchester, director of the Direct Chester ~,Npikuniteril Railways T io t i ti , rra tia 11 Hobson, Esq. Sherburn Grange, Durham ( ! t teri es b earden, Es. Rochdale, director of the Stafford alt„ s P. 1, 4 4 , 14 41 Liverpo o l Railway Company : 1 1‘, 4 "d Ardwick, Manchester, director of the Man „,;'4l/IPton Railway Company NS , 'ter ' 4 „" - Isq• J.P. Manchester, director of the Rugby and 0. 44 Direct Chester and Manchester Railway Com '`44et 1 , 4 ) t s „ 11 1. 4tri ir eet IV; ' 4 .1). Salford, director of the York and Man- Net idon }eeri e S trit Railway Companies is 'l4 Ran: York-place, Manchester, director of the Man- Ita oq, Jlnd Southport Railway Company L q ' l ll, E Cheetham-hill, Manchester 4 ‘ 1 01 5 Ns R usholme-hlll, Manchester, director of Reining c.,tlisiqiirld M anchester Railway O r a \. enq , r h ' Esq. Rusholme-hall, Manchester, director of 4.15,,„,01nw0rth Railway i s q I , l t ha Manchester Clairville Manor Manchester; director ofDirect 41 4 1 t 8,. , slit,ll,B,aneshester Railway Manor, Manchester; 110,„, q• Chester -terrace, Regent's-park, sad Levant psi:to73l, s " 6- Place c t . (- Urges-street, Piccadilly, and Frederick-place, "et,/ b 14 '1 4kr "%;,7 1 * Mi ncing -lane, London 411 pb„aArwerlinide, Falmouth j 4 : 1 41 1% ;, 4 re sN3, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park ' C ter Rate, Esq. Gresham-street, director of the Oxford I te t Wen Esxtension wa Quo /Pu hlanaging director of the British and Foreign ny r,,,,,7 1 4 tc,, eq• director of the. South and Midlands Junction er kk alo es k_1( 1 , Arnold , E , do44hgria gv „ act. Sergeants' Inn, Fleet-street 4,1 , ' 3 ' t Thurloe-square, Brompton Irlock ftd, Esq. director of the South Midlands 144, Wan ha te,k4 4 l tr o ne k t e , Esq. director of South Midlands e s,Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Hyde-park 4 ,41 110 1 n,, iety sq. Cricklewod, Middlesex, director of the Gua ,tkl,ea ands k%/"qtr i rplpa r , 3 , B % (I., rector of the Birmingham and London Ex -144, Jun h t hN b a,r ,h A.ddington-row, Camberwell, director of the Prod 41'5'441' Pitz, ,tion Railway 1/, 4 ,R 4,9 , Pall-mall, and Valentia, Ireland, director of tl 4 Stk w 11 ,48 ergate, and Great London and Du!olin Approxi ),l'lL4 "f i t t l, l44 e L ive well, Esq. Boundary-house, St. John's-wood, 4,ktr, act ml Orrnskirk and Preston Railway t s 43 ' P 41 ' Es 1 4 fd' h 1 42 q• 1. Rutland-gate, Kensington Tyy k s . to r t,"uerchant and shipowner, Great Winchester- Es q I ;l sll arrisley and Goole Railway eat rd-place, Rus sell-squara (041 a. Por tman-square, director of the Thames Ern g.- Ilsa nY , p,mt; 11- - ,, ortii . o — ardes, Surrey, and Mincing-lane, City, di , 4. s. N er Ili and Southern, and the Grand Trunk Rail qlors, sq. L ou c , Orchard, and Eccleston•square 4 11 ` l *(4 ' 4ll rlor, , high sheriff of Roscommon, director of 4 , 1% erl ok, t , and Dublin Approximation Railway ''' s q• director of the Manchester and Southampton E„,„ .1 1 114 4 • ts Ilyde-house, Battersea th (1 . Ham/ or! riga, director of Direct Western Railway .111, s q ,,ey, E , N" 1 l 'orbi g .' )4, 1 1 , 1, k,, 4 4 , 3niTareennltlos: director of Direct London and Holy- NO IP% an soya, E sq "` . . i w e, a ,e y i , and Slate Quarries, Ffestiniog . rector of Thames Ern- N ' s ci bb ri tv t TArl, Swanse a a nc lLM: di Doctors'_ I C..en,, , T sg ar . e x gborou g h or Pi t , 11 P-town, Brighton. 1i a 1 4 40, c lgerfti c t ---. . me CF MANAGEMENT. tj en t ., James Troup, Esq. let Fag I El. 11)3. E • Warren Storms Hale, Esq. bet s E. sq. I William Stark, Esq. ( WWI ~s „ 'q• I William Pritchard, Esq. c 1 .41 to add to their number.) ttc COusu LrING ENGINEER. 4 t W. Rider, Es q .; Mr. George Smith. Potter a SOLICIORS. a e sB43. p Collingridge, Basinghall-street. setder A o ß a n i . a , t d dE NTARY AGENTS. r,Nfor hi4 lj Ax itETA ß ,"__" Th ila oni t 'arliaine!it-street tl,o"4l)ll of thioodon an ‘ d Westminster Ket tl 4l ll/ 1 ,:; loaw, s i _ompally has originated with gentlemen e ,u zests, for the purpose of effecting direct rqii i s rrgat},~n 4t,seen London and Hastings, using a por q,ttzz,4.,:e/iitt, _ztonetingtorzzplete the most direct . trunk t hi t r i e t , k tl a titk:ltactortWaltdbe,„ the 03 ; 1 ; d a irTt u rne od u a n ti d o e n r lo li cal h m e an sou age. vt , t ‘. rui t y r ), with ..ltaStings." The line will be constructed LA, Prov e rf_ositeric powor or locomotive steam /oot to t o '''Zglaid ") he Most advantageous previous to the 1 ,31171 l' a2 S W te g ri ,- 1 1 re a line of railway from Tunbridge , oc o t tqlorth . . , °D eo Vd, by a junction with the coast line at 113-4e r c rit a nd ti r of communication with the populous e, 4 _ter oplat e Southern coast '4 34 1 44 4 tir st e lts _ont ec t , t t tl3 33 e,_"tahlis , b a branch to the town and it , lid! o r w. t. .e , t Hastings line with the Hastings "K‘i , •an - Divas obtained last Ali liatistone, Rochester, :ring of th nitre& will ,te are el: be give n ' xecut i o n of within the ted• map o f the ;a ry, at the >n, o: ttouz flint will be f the 170,1- on rAY. :ern Valley shares rtPke to ac: it 01 e depo§, !ntary Con .... . V. ,plicati o t 23d Jowl , 3,WAI. the Great .1, and 5 rtit i*:isncolush RaiMAY ~.. gia con' aircon 01 lb° -yeto.L s od osPll"''' kshire oil :Obi wade. ' OA and stio"°' s oriC;' ton, )roug 4 r, 0 0 6° Fq°are' don I , ° ° q ua. , on,,d C nd ca re, Cre' 0 1 111 )1 0 f tbe 006 Inc 3f' dll' eln /1, bridge , / 1,40 . estersloll c the or d the 100' forl rr i e ter' 3 „ t o 4 s stya.Lictite at! - e rn „f the aotin 04 Fe rang ° e 111 or oi ti' • a cjlllo E' il O : 1 ; 54 Lives, fvci. 1 011, 4 . 10, ;‘ , lic it°r• tES• D ir Lin e° 0 0 s il ec ff s to B - 07 to tO )tlg e) csi ere oal t Lgf c ' tS3c • 846. •I •I • •I 1 t jjL ; ;1 Chatham, Sheerness, Gravesend, &c., it will afford direct and speedy access to Hastings, Brighton, Eastbourne, Wortaing, and the neigh bouring seaports, as well as the eastern and western parts of Sussex. To the inhabi ants of Hastings and St. Leonard's, the advantages to be derived from the formation of this line will be evident. Bringing the metropolis within a two hours' journey, it must of ne cessity greatly increase the already well-established reputation of those justly celebrated watering-places, and bring to them an in creased number of visitors, who are now deterred from residing there by reason of the absence of railway accommodation. To the inhabitants of Lewes and Brighton, the advantages are pro portionately great. Passing as the proposed line will do through a great agricultural district, it will give increased facilities for the transport of the produce of those districts. In 1806, that eminent engineer, the late Mr. John Bennie, _pro jected a harbour and dock at Hastings; and, subsequently Mr. Cubitt, C.E., and Mr. Brooks, C.E., surveyed the coast, and projected harbours In the same situation ; there can be no doubt a considerable portion of continental traffic must pass from Hastings to the opposite ports on the French coast, the direct line between London and Paris being through Hastings. The exisdng trade and fishery of Hastings is ample to pay five per cent. on the coast of the harbour, pier, and dock, and the natural result of such accommodation opposite so many ports on the French coast, must be that of threefold increase. Strict attention to economy will be given in the expenditure of the Capital, thereby guaranteeing to the public low charges for the con veya 1( eof pas: enters and goods ; and there can be no reasonable doul:t, that when the traffic is fairly developed, the full rate of ten r cent. will be paid, and a surplus left for branch lines, or a reduc tion of fares. 1 I UNTINGDUN, ISBECH, and ST. IVES UNION RAILWAY. _ T HE NOTTINGHAM, \o Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after 12 o'clock at noon on SATURDAY, the 18th instant. The Letters of Al lotment will be posted as early as possible. Those applicants who do not receive lctters of allotment, must at tribute it to the vast number of applications, anti the limited number of shares. GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY. Capital 1,200,000/., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21.25. per Share. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., Cap. 110.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combennere The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beaucleric, Chesham-place, Belgravc- WILLIAM WILDE, Secretary. 26, Gresham-street, 15th 41A., 1845. square The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton U'lle Right Hon. Lord E Chichester The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester The Right Hon. George R. Dawson Richard Spooner, Esq., 31. P., Birmingham The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave - Square The Hon. Cecil Lawless Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey Sir William Lowthorp, Hull William R. Collett, Esq., M.P. Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P. George Frederick Muutz, Esq., M.P. W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street John Aston, Esq , Birmingham Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull • F;ederlck Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick John Bloore, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe-hall, Notts William Broaks, Esq., Cork•street, Burlington-gardens Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc f RAND TRUNK RAIL WAY, forming a connecting line between the Grand Junction, and Trent Valley - and Midland Counties Railways. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 1,000,0001., in 500,000 Shares of 201. each Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir JOHN E. DE BEAT/VOIR, Bart. • DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM SIMPSON POTTER, Esq. BANKERS—The Union Bank of London. ENGINEER , --JOhll Urpetk Rastrick, Esq. 'ACTING ENGINEER—Robert Nicholson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely place, Holborn. This line of railway commences at Ashfordby, on the Syston and Peterborough Railway, and pr•ceeds to Loughborough, on the Mid land Counties Railway, and thence through the Vale of Sheepshcad to Peg's Green Colliery, near to the terminus of the Leicester and Swannington Railway,' and thence through the coal-fields of Swannington and Cole Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will then proceed across to Moira coal field, and through the rich agricultural districts of Seal, Clifton, Campville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby Railway and thence proceed to jein the Trent Valley Railway, thus completing the route to Stafford. At Alrewas it forms a junction with the South Staffordshire line, by that means reaching Lichfield. By the junction with the Trent Valley, and by means of the North Staffordshire line, it will afford a direct communication with the Potteries, Newcastle-urder-Lyre, Leek, and Macclesfield. This railway will supply the link in the great chain of central com munication, east and west, and has met with great local support. By order, J. STANIVAY, 3, Adelaide-place. The surveys, &c., will be completed to enable the Company to pro ceed to Parliament in the ensuing session. In drawing attention to the merits orthis undertaking, it should be observed, that the formation of a trunk line between the metropolis and Hastings, one' of the most hea'thy and fashionable watering placea in the kingdom, which is increasing in estimation the more its valuable resources are developed, in addition to the formation of a harbour, pier, and dock—the great improvement in steam naviga tion—the establishment of railways between Paris and the ports on the French coast opposite Hastings, "render this one of the most important, as well as direct lines of communication, between London and Paris," es reference to the map will clearly point out. There are no engineering difficulties ; and the lines are under survey, for the purpose of depositing plans, &c., previous to the en suing session of Parliament. The liability of the shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions, and in allotment of shares a preference will be given to landowners on the respective Plies ; and power will be se cured in the Act to allow four per cent. on paid-up capital previouS to opening the lines. Prospectuses and plans of the line, with forms of applications for shares, may be had at the solicitors, at the temporary Offices of the Company, and at the following Sharebrokers : London—J. Bates and Co., Founders'-hall tion Railway George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgrave- square Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors%commc+ns Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, Berwickshire Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambiran and Grand Junction Railway Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London Dock Company Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmoor•diouse, Stafford Charles James Heath, Esq., London Frazer B. Henshaw, Esq., Director of the Great ➢ianchester and G RAND TRUNK RAILWAY. forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction Railways. Notice is hereby given, that the Letters of Allotment are posted, and the Committee of Management beg to state that they have been compelled, in consequence of the Immense number of applicants, to limit the Allotments in all cases, and entirely to pass over many ap plications which they would otherwise have been pleased to attend to. By order, Southampton Railway Samuel Kenrick, Esq., Handsworth-hall, Staffordshire James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director Liverpool—T.Coglan and Sons Hull—Flint and Tootal ; E. Brady and Co. _ . of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston and Corbyns-hall Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South- Exeter—Thomas SandfOrd Plymouth—Hayward and Palmer Birmingham—John Wright ; J. Collis Glasgow—Buchanan and Aitkin Edinburgh—Robertson and Co. ; wcautun and Co. SAMUEL STANWAY, Secretary. ampton Railway William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Norwich—Charles S. Gilman Huddersfield— Wilson and Hel'swell ; John Gatliff and Co. QOUTI - I WALES RAILWAY, Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST ORDINARY MEET ING of the Proprietors of the South Wales Railway Company will be held at the Great Western Railway Station, Paddington, on FRIDAY, the 31st day of October instant, at One o'clock in the after noon, for the purposes of business required by Acts of Parliament to be transacted at a General Meeting of the Company, and also for the purpose of giving authority to the Directors, with respect to any agreements with other Companies, and applications to Parliament, which they may think it expedient to make in the ensuing session, and generally fur other matters. Railway P. H. 31untz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford, Worcester—Thomas Henry Wheeler Bristol—Wreforti, Nicholls, and Co. Halifax—James Hervey Bradford, Yorkshire—Knowles, Cooke, and Smith; Thomas Haigh . . Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway John Brearlay Pavn, Esq., Birmingham William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square,Brompton, Director of and Co. Barnsley—John Tee, jun, York—William Sotheran the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway Jahn Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham Theophilus Richards, Esq., Birmingham Frederick Ricketts, Esq., I dreetor of the Great Western Railway John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire Henry Symonds, Esq., I) rector of the Great Western Railway Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Augustus i'ulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Hants Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Sheffield—Garton and Wright Leeds—Smith, Knowles, and Cooke; C. Bell, Beverley, and Co.; _ _ Bead, Broadbent, and Co.; John Goodman Manchester—William Jenkinson ; Cardwell and Sons; Peter Leicester. C. RUSSELL, Chairman. • N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary. South Wales Railway-office, 449, West Strand, London, Oct. 14, 1845. L YONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY, with a Branch to Grenoble. (COMPAGNIE ODIOT.) Capital 4,400,0001., in 220,000 Shares of 201. each. - The half of which is subscribed for in France. Deposit, 21. per Share, to provide the usual caut;en money required by the French Government, beyond which no fbrther call will be made, unless this Company should obtain the concession, in de -31. Odiot, Paris, Goldsmith to the King of the French, and Director fault of which the 21. will be returned without deduction. DIRECTORS IN FRANCE. of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) Baron DOVRILX du Cher, Paris, Maitre des Requetes au Conseil d'Etat, and Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) M. Dollfus, Paris, Manufacturer a Mulhouse, Haut Rhone 31. Guerin, Paris, Administrateur de Messageries, and Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) M. G. Halph'n, Paris, Negotiant M. Pilet, Paris, N6goclant, Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce, and Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) M. Robillard, Entrepreneur de Roulage, and Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) M. Tallandier, Banquier, Paris IN ENGLAND. Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P. The Hon. Captain Carnegie, R.N., M.P. William Corry, Esq., Director of the London and County Joint-Stock Bank James Gerard, Esq., London William Hawes, Esq., Chairman of the LondOn and County Joint- Stock Bank Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. John Richards, Esq., 5, Devonshire-square, Loudon John Stewart, Esq., M.P. • Southampton Railway Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall, Suffolk, and 32 Grosvenor-place (With power to add to their number). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De- Ithay-street, Westminster ; and Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.K.S. ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Purdon, Esq. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London; and The Birmingham Banking Company. LOCAL AGENTS. Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq. Burton-upon• Tren— t. SECRETAR T —Edward Hart Hart, Esq. OFFICES—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London; and 36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham. It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull, at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica tion will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite. Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29 miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid land Counties Railway The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by the Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament. From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the- Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between Birmingham and Hull. By this project the advantages will result to the public of a Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham, Birmingham to Gainsborough, and from Birmingham to Hull; and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a direct line from Wolverhampton to Nottingham, and the other towns already enu merated. The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the line, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in Parliament. As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already made, or in progress, the thne required for the completion of this great national undertaking will be materially shortened. Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected. The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir mingham to Hull, the port at which the exports are shipped to Ham burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and froln the conveyance of merchandise, agricultnral produce, and cattle from the Southern, western, and midland counties. A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking. No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the line. No applications will be attended to without a reference to a member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi cates, of which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will befor fel ted • Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers, viz. :—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ; Mr. 11. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitching and Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son, 2, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester; Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs. Davies and Son, Liverpool - ;3lessrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds; andO A u P ui P i L R I ai CA Iw T a I y ON. Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby; Messrs. Putt and Levick, Notting ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; Mr. Collis. and Mr. James Robinson Lane, Birmingham. To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, FOß company . I request you will allot me tal of the above-named Railway ; r share, and any less number, and pay the the deposit of 2/. 29. Pe sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of Name in full •••• • • " • ''''' ession •• • .. • • Place of Business or Prof and I same,the ca p o i; Residence • • '''''''''' •• • • ''''' • Trade or Profession • • • • • • • • Signature .• • • • • • " ''''' Name, Residence, and Professionl ••••• • • • • • ••• • • • of Referee ..• • •••''••• • • • • • • • • BANKERS. London—The London and County Joint-Stock Bank, 21, Lombard- street Liverpool—Messrs. Leyland and Bulbs, CONSEIL JUDICIARE—AIphonse Pluede, Avocet a la Cour Royale de Paris, SoLICITORS—Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street. This railroad forms the completion of the great trunk line through France, uniting the British Channel with the Mediterranean Sea, the line from Avignon to Marseilles, being in the course of construction by the French Government. Applications for shares to be made at the Office of the Company, No. 13, Old Jewry Chambers ; at the solicitors, Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street ; Messrs. W. and H. P. Cox, sharebrokers, 16, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Taunton and Bush, sharebrokers, Austin-friars ; Messrs. Duncuft, sharebrokers, Manchester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, sharebrokers, Liver pool; Mr. T. Buchanan, sharebroker, Glasgow. CALAIS, DUNKIRK, and BRUGES JUNC -11.).15 RAILWAY, connecting the lines already in operation between Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Malines, and Antwerp. Capital 18,750,000 francs, or 750,000/. sterling, in 37,500 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 21. per share. _ DIRECTORS. FRENCH AND BELGIAN. M. le Comte Friant, General et Aide-de-Camp du Rol M. le Baron de Clarac, Proprietaire, Ancicn Officier Superieur de Cavalerie, Secretaire et Administrateur du Chemin de Fer de Tours a Nantes M. Cordier, Depute. Inspecteur Divisionnaire des Ponts et Chaus sees, President du Consell d'Administration du Chemin de Fer de Cherbourg M. Antonio de Serradilla, Colonel d'Etat-Major 31. N. T. Micard, Administrateur du Chemin de Fer de Strasbourg M. Collin Lefebre, Ingeneur Civil, Entrepeneur des Ponts et Chaus- sees du Gouvernement M. P. J. Wayez, Governeur de la Province de Hainault, Brussels M. Fmnmerman, Brussels M. J. B. Tifton, Brussels. ENGLISII. Major-General Brooks Farbley, C. 8., 18, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park William Ormsby Gore, M.P., Chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wol verhampton, Dudley, and Birmingham Railway, 66, Portland place, and Portlington-ball, Oswestry, Salop William Bradley, Esq., Director of the Sheffield, Ashton- under-Lyne and Manchester Railway William Hushes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S , &c., Alderman of London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead, and London and Greenwich Railways, Brunswick-square Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, and Sheriff of London . . and Middlesex, Leyton, Essex Captain Thornhill Warrington, 66, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman- square James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex, Director of the London and Man chester Railway William Petrie, Esq , King-street, Portman-square John Inglis Jerdien, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway, No. 2, Adams-court, Broad-street Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and London Rail way, 1, Princes-street, Bank (With power to add to their number). BANKERS IN FRANCE. BANKERS IN BELGIUM—Messrs. Prosper et Rene Spitaels et Co. BANKERS IN ENGLAND--The London Joint Stock Bank. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Macneil, LL.D. and F.R.S. ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basinghall-street. SECRETARY —Philip N. Scanlan, Esq. COMPANY'S OFFICES-37, Moorgate-street (East Side). This Company has been farmed for the purpose of opening a line of railway communication between Calais and Bruges, passing through important districts of France and Belgium containing a population of above 600,000 inhabitants, and forming a junction with the State Railway at Bruges, which has now become the most direct route to the interior of Belgium, Germany, Prussia, and the countries east of the French frontier. In laying before the public the prospectus of this proposed line, it may be mentioned as one of its principal advantages, • that it will reduce the passage from London to Brussels, now occupying twenty-four or twenty-six hours, under the most favourable circum stances, and often thirty or forty, to twelve hours, rendering it prac ticable to make the journey with ease in one day, and at two•thirds of the present expense. The long, tedious, and uncertain sea voyage will also be avoided from Dover to Ostend, which, to travellers gene rally, and particularly to ladies and invalids, is exceedingly dis agreeable, and often attended with serious consequences. It can hardly admit of a question, that the principal part of the passenger traffic between the two capitals, London cud Brussels, to gether with the passenger traffic of the populous cities of Antwerp, and Ghent, the latter being the Manchester of Belgium, and the im portant towns of St. Nicholar and Tierlmond, will be, under these circumstances, drawn into this channel ; and another important ad vantage t• the public, and source of revenue to the Company, will be found in the transmission of the Belgian, German, and Prussian mails, which are now conveyed by steamers from Dover to Ostend, at a very considerable expense, and with much less certainty and ex pedition than if transmitted to Calais, a sea passage of only 24 miles, and usually made in two hours. The traffic and expenditure may be fairly estimated as follows : ' From 50,000 passengers, who, according to the recent re turns from Ostend and Antwerp, annually visit the Conti nent and return by this route, say, from each, on an ave rage, 10s. each way • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • £50,000 For the transport of mails from the respective Governments 10,n00 Local traffic in goods and passengers ..... ............ 50,000 1845. ITbe HE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTIN GHAM, GAINSBOROUGII, AND HULL R AILWAY. No Application for Shares in this Company can received after MONDAY, the 20th instant. Moorgate-street AWARDS, M . 4 q ON, and EDWARDS, 8, OTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birnahlt‘hal m Oct. 10, 1845. -- , ___.-------. • PROSPECTUS OF THE BOSTON, GRANTHAM, L EICESTER, and MIDLAND COUNTIES JITNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Offices-5, Guildhall Chambers, Baslughall (P rov i s i ona lly Registered.) Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each. -street. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. FBOYISIONAL COMMITTEE. Wm. Corbett Smith, Esq., Bitteswell-hall, Ri g h Sheriff of Leices- tershire John Sumnierscales, Esq., Sheriff of Lincoln • Sir Wm. Wynn, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth RailwaDirector of y 3lajor-Gen. Sir Love Parry, Mstdryn, Carnarvonshire, the North Wales Railway Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Sharavogue, Roscrea H onoura ble Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, London, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway Rear-Admiral Ayscongh, Southampton, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Lieutenant -Colonel Elrington, Scotch Fusilier Guards, 12, Wynd ham-place, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Railway Lieutenant-Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South and Midland Railway Adamthwaite, John, Esq., Oakhill, Teen, Staffordshire Allen, George Charles, Esq., East Shilton, Leicestershire, Director of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway Atkinson, J. 8., Req., Elmwood H ous e, Leeds, Director of the Lei cester and Bedford Railway Bell, Robert, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of the Direct East and West Junction Railway Bland, William, Esq., 11, Park-terrace , Brixton-road, Director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and gentle Staffordshire, and the North Wales Railways Betts, William, Esq„ Bevois Mount, Southampton Browne, Joseph, Esq., Bedford, Director of the East and West of England Junction Railway Bard, John, Esq., Alderman, Manchester Caldecott, William Lloyd, Esq., Laura-place, Bath Carver, Edward Turet, Esq., Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill, Director of the North Wales, and the Namur and Liege Railways Cooke, T. F., Esq., Leicester Collett, Benjamin , E sq ., Manor House, Bromsgrove Croft, Major J. T. , Re g ent -street, Piccadilly, Deputy-Chairm an of the Chester and Manchester Railway C u mberlege, Nathaniel, Esq., Director of the Dire c t E as t an d W est Junction Railway the Leeds, Huddersfield, Dalby, John, Esq., Ash b ou rne, Director of Esq.. N i ne ing-lane, London, Director of the Direct Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway Eales, Western, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways conduit -street, Hanover - square, ig i condui er-squar e , Galion, J., Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Galway and EnnlS Railway Gillham, Joseph, Esq , Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction R a il way Graves, Captain Twisleton, Director of the Leicester, Tean and Dove Valley Raffia Ili Hazelrigg, Grey, Fog., Carlton -hall, Leicester Heneage, Charles, Esq., cadeby-house, Lincolnshire Esq. erP E L sq lN : , ® D i n g l iey-park, Market Harboro ug h llelmes, Isaac, Htiagerfofd, IL IL , Kebbel, W. 11., Esq., Glebe -house, Kilby, Leicester Knight, Joseph, Esq„ Le i ce ster, Director of the Midla n d C oun ti es , Leicester, and Bedford Railways Lambert, Richard , Esq., Lyston-hall Sudbury, Director of the D er byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Laurie, George, Esq. , M acm oran, M a nchester Di., E s q., es, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director of the Direct East and West Junction R a il way Mann, A., Esq., Denver -hall, Norfolk, Director of the Liverpool, M an chester, an Liverpool, Director of the Rugby and d Ne Junction Railwa y Man- Maunder, Joseph, Esq.,W ea (tester Direct Railway , 8.C.L., London, Director of Reming- Meteyard, Horace Win. Esq Mailfslcite.steLer i ß ce ai s l te way , ton's London a nd Director of the Direct /Mr- Miller, Thoma s, jun., , , mingham and Leicester Railway , Lincolnshire R., Esq., Princes - s treet, Great George-street Esq ., K e ythorpe Hall Backe, C. Hussey' Parker, Franc i s , Esq., Northampton, Director of th e S ou th Midl a nd Railway w Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director Parkinson, John , .- , sq of the Sou th Midland Ra i l wa y Payne, Benjamin, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birming ham and Leicester Railway Ramsey, J., Esq., Bushey House, Herta Leicester, Director of the Direct Birmingham Raworth, J., Esq. and Leicester Railway Shaw, Joseph, Esq ., York-place, Huddersfield, Director of the and West of England Junction Railway Shaw, George, E E sq s4 * : otrf Leicesterthe Derbyshire, Staff or dshire, an.l Skiers, E. 1., WOlCeltellati ARC= EOM, £llO,OOO Deduct the expenses of working the line, calculated at .... 30,000 £BO,OOO Thus leaving a profit of 1034 per cent. to the shareholders, with every prospect of a considerable increase annually in the traffic, as has been by experience proved to be the result on all the other lines in operation in Belgium, as well as other sountries. The projected railroad would pass through a perfectly level tract of country rich in agricultural productions, presenting no natural impediments to its construction, and would require neither tunnels nor viaducts ; and the only bridges necessary would be the spanning of a few dykes. Thus the construction would be unattended with heavy expense, and its working, when completed, of the same eco nomical character; for, as experience has shown, the most consider able item is working a railway is the supply of coal for the locomo tives ; the proximity to the port of Dunkirk, and the easy access to the Belgian coal fields, obviate this difficulty. This line, which has been already examined by an eminent engi neer, will be about sixty miles in extent from one extremity to the other ; will connect in its route the towns of Calais, Gravelincs, and Dunkirk, in France, with Furness, Nieuport, and Bruges, in Bel gium ; thus securing a very important local traffic in goods and pas sengers, independent of the foreign traffic before alluded to, placing the possibility of its paying beyond all doubt. Arrangements are in progress and strongly supported by persons of the highest influence both in Belgium and France for obtaining the consent of the Belgian and French Governments to the above line ; and as it is so obviously advantageous to the former Government to encourage the formation of a line, bringing two such important capitals as Brussels and London within ten hours distance of each other, and the intention of the latter to encourage the formation of a continuous line of railway round the coast, little doubt is entertained by the Directors in Belgium, France, and England, of such applications proving successful. In the event of the applications proving unsuccessful, the deposits will be returned, with the exception of a charge on each share, not exceeding five shillings. Application for prospectuses and forms of application may be made at the Company's offices; and the offices of the solicitors, 5, Basing hall-street; and to the following brokers: — London—Messrs. Peppercorne, Broad-street Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; and Messrs. Green and Lockwood Liverpool—Messrs. T. Ceglan and Sons Bristol—Messrs. Edwarßs and Co. Leeds—Thomas M. Lee, Esq., v Harvey Mirlin, Esq., and Moore, Bell and Ledger Hull--Messrs. Flint and Tootal Exeter—Thomas Sandford, Esq. Plymouth—Messrs. Hayward and Palmer. FORM APPLICATION POI stlAttEA. To the Directors of the Calais, Dunkirk, and Bruges Junction Gentlemen —I request you w it 'i a i i i iw alllt . me Shares of 20.. each in this (jompany, and less number. that may h i undertake to accept the same or any • .'e allotted me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and I undo rtake also to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, or any other does ment tly A t may b e necessary, when required. I aril, Gentlemen, Date • • • ..... Christian and Surname. Profession or Calling ... • . • . • Mace of Residence .. Deference •• • . ........ Usual 5ignature.................. -To save trouble, no application will be attended to unless ,putiled with areference to one of the directov, a banker, Stock her, or mercantile house of known respectability. s._ CCM.? hro' • I CALAIS, DUNKIRK, AND BRUGES JUNCTION RAILWAY. 4 • Notice N 4ft / . 0 is hereby given, that no fur ther a pp lications for shares will ,„ ~.. _' h o • .re,.. - dved in this Compary after TnUaSDAT, the 16th instant. order • - • .. ..1.4. I PHII:IP .1•T. scmAr, Seeretary . i . .. '- street, Oct. 18,180, ~, •Doorigitti, THE SU Ni, o T ITR SDA V EVEN ING OCTOBER 16, 1845. Stone, Nathaniel C., Esq., Rawley-fields, near Leicester, Director of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway Sager, Hartley, Esq., Ball's Grove, Coble, Director of the Leeds and Carl.s!e, and fir.) Manchester and Rugby Direct Railways Threlfall, Edward, Esq., Regent Road Mills, Manchester, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Tebbutt, Thomas,- Rusholni, Manchester, Director of the Rugby mid Manchester, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways Williams, B. 8., Esq., 70, Portland-place, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool, Leicester and Tamworth Railways. COMMITTEE Or Sir George Win. Prescott Sir George Rich Sir William Wynn Lieut.-Colonel Ellington Lieut.-Colonel Fitch E. T. Carver, Esq. . 11. Collett, Esq. Major Croft Nathaniel Cumberlege, Esq. J. Dolby, Esq. Charles Heneage, Esq. Joseph Knight, Esq. MANAGEMENT. Richard Lambert, EFq. 1. M. Macmoran, Esq. florae° Wm. Metcyard, Esq. It. Mosse, Esq. John Parkinson, Esq. S. Parsonsf Esq: J. Ramsay, Esq. J. Raworth, Esq. Major Waller Thos. Mortimer Cleobury, Esq. Robert Bell, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Rotors, Olding, and Co. ' Clement's-lane, London Messrs. Garfit, Claposi, and Co., Boston Messrs. Kewney and King, Grantham Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester and Melton Mowbray. ENGINEER—C. Nixon, Esq, SOLICITOR—J. A. J. Macgregor, Esq., 26; Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, London. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Manners and Son, Grantham Messrs. Millington and Kenrick, Boston. SECRETARY—George Farrer, Esq. The object of this line of railway - is to connect, by a direct route, the important town and seaport of Bostox with the centre of Eng land, by way of Grantham and Melton Mowbray, where it will join the Syston and Peterborough branch of the Midland Counties Railway. It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the advantages which will arise from this railway, which passes through one of the richest and most fertile parts of England. The population is dense, and a glance at the map will show that this line is well laid out, net only for the direct traffic from Leicester and the intermediate places to Boston, but also for the general traffic which will De brought to this line by the several railways which will be connected with it. By this railway, which will be about forty-four miles in length, and laid through a country nearly level, it is Intended to pass by or near Swineshead, Donington, Folkingham, Grantham, Stoke, Rock ford, and Melton 3lowbray. It is evident that this line will be of great convenience and utility - , by affording to a part of the country at present deprived of it the advantage of railway communication with the counties of Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, Northampton shire, Warwickshire, &T., and thus connecting the agricultural districts of Lincolnshire with the manufacturing parts of England, affording to the latter an easy and accessible means of export for their manufactures. In the allotment of shares, holders in the Midland Counties Rail way will receive a preference, and reservation will be made for the landed interests along the line, whose concurrence and assistance is fully relied on by the promoters, by whom most of the influential landholders have been canvassed ; and, in order to prevent unnes sary trouble, no other applications will be received except those Wherein reference is made to a member of the Provisional Commit tee, to the Solicitors or Bankers, or the following Sharebrokers, from whom prospectuses and plans may be obtained:— Messrs Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury, London Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool Mr. Keel, 20, Atherton-buod'ngs, Liverpool Messrs. Welibeloved and Oastler, Leeds Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull Mr. Geo. Clark, BradtOrd Mr. Wm. Cronhelm, Halifax Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby Messrs. Grayston and Erie, York Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield Messrs. Tate and Nash Bristol Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield Mr. W. 11. Collis, Birmingham Mr. L. Wetherburn, jun., Huddersfield Mr. R. Rczzell, Leicester Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester Mr. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street, Edinburgh Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Boston, Grantham, Leicester, and Midland Counties Junction Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 20/. each in the above proposed railway ; and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21 2s. per share thereon, or any less number you may ap propriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Par liamentary Contract when required. Dated this day of 1845. Name ••.. • ...... ...... ..... .. Residence .. Trade or Profession .. •.. Reference• • • • • • .. • • • . PANT. OSTON, GRANTIIAM,LEICESTER, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY COM- (Provisionally Registered.) Ofllces-5, Guildliall-ehambersZßasinghall-street. Capital, 800,089/., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. In consequence of the numerous Applications for Shares in the above railway, no further application can be received after WEDNES DAY, the 224 of October instant, when the lists will be finally closed for allotment. Dated the 14th October, 1845. J. A. J. MACGREGOR, Solicitor to the Company. 5, Gulldbail-chambers, Ilasinv,hall-street. THE IIUDDERSFIELD AND EAST AND WEST COASTS DIRECT RAIL'WAY. NOTlCE.—Appll;ations for Shares in this Company continning to be made, notwithstanding the previous notice that the time for re ceiving the same would expire on the 9th instant ; the public Is respecttlilly informed, that such subsequent applications cannot be entertained. In the allotment of the shares, the 'landowners on the line, and parties locally interested, will have the preference, and great care will be taken to distribute the remainder to persons most likely to benefit the undertaking. The Committee will allot the shares with all practicable dispatch, but from the very great number of applications (exceeding twenty thbes the required amount), the requisite inquiries will necessarily cause a short delay. 13y order, J. S. DOBSON, Secretary pro tem Huddersfield, October 13, 1845. IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. DUBLIN TO GALWAY. Branch to Tuam, Castlebar, and Westport. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 660,000/., in 33,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 2/. per Share. *,, t 5 No Subscriber to be liable beyond his Shares. MANAGING COMMITTEE. Fitzstephen French, Esq. M.P. Sir John Burke, Marble-hill Dennis Kirwan, Esq. Castle-Hackett, Tuam Daniel H. Farrell, Esq. Beechwood, Roscommon Directors of the Henry Maunsell, Esq. Landsend, County Dublin Richard Burton, Esq. Dublin and Gal- James Apjohn, Esq. M.D. Professor in the Engi— I way Rail-ts-ay neering School, T.C.D. Morgan Delwin Nugent, Esq. 4, Grove-hill, Cam• benvell, London, John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.S. 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park Wm. Lechmere Whitmore, the Grove, Stanmore, Middlesex Patrick Alexander Reynolds, Esq. 23, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and 16, Cornhill Sir Joseph Burke, Glinsk, Bart. Sir Samuel O'Malley, Kilboyne-house, Bart. D.L. Martin S. Kirwan, Esq. Blindwell, Tuam, D L. Charles Henry Cromie, Esq. Annefield, HOUVIIIOIIIII. PROVISIONAL SECRETARY—TIIOM/IS KirWAII, Esq. LONDON AGENT—James Bryden, Esq. 19, 3loorgate-street. BANKERS. The Royal Bank The London and Dublin Bank The National Bank of Ireland, and Branches - Messrs. Glynn and Company, London The Royal Bank of Scotland. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Barrington. Son, and Co., 10, Ely-place, Dublin Messrs. E. and P. Nolan, No. 3, Inn's-quay, Dublin. ENGINEER. Sir John Macneill, No. 27, Rutland-square North, Dublin. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. W. Dryden, Esq. No. 4, New Palace-yard, Westminster. Office of the Company, No. 48, Dame-street, Dublin. This lire is undertaken by the promoters of the Irish Great Western Railway, in consequence of the very generally-expressed wish of the nobility, gentry, and Inhabitants of the county of Mayo, at• d of the northern division of the county of Galway, districts as yet untouched by railway projects. It is proposed that it shall leave the trunk line at Loughrea, a point which will facilitate communica tion equally from the North of Connaught to the port of Galway, on the west; and to Ballinasloe, Athlone ' and Dublin, on the cast. From Loughrea the line will be carried by Tuam to Castlebar and 'Westport, and will afford accommodation to the towns of Athenry, Monivea, Castle-Blakeney, Mount Bellew, Moylough, Dunmore, Tuam, Hollymount, Ballinrobe, Claremorris, the assize town of Castlebar, and Weitport. The two counties, Mayo and Galway, more immediately interested in the formation of this railway, contain a population, amounting (according to the census of 1841) to 811,810 persons. The counties comprise a district, with respect to which Sir John Burgoyne, the Chief Commissioner of Public Works in Ireland, on his examination before a Committee of the House of Commons, stated it as his opinion that he " did not know any county where traffic would be snore likely to be created." This coast is pro vided with convenient harbours, and abounds with the most valu able Rsh. It is intended next year to take steps to extend this line to Ballina and Sligo. With respect to the construction of the line, the engineer, Sir John Macneill, thus mites : " TUAIIf AND CASTLEBAR - RAILWAY, WITH :A BRANCH TO WESTPORT. " This line leaves the Irish Great Western Railway near Loughrea, at a distance of 112 miles from Dublin, and 20 from Galway - . It runs thence in a north-westerly direction, passing at the Bth mile, near Athenry, and at the 12th, near Monivea, and at the 24th mile, it arrives at the town of Tuam. It reaches Hollymonnt at the dis tance of 39 miles from Loughrea, and passing Ballyglass, accom plishes the distance to Castlebar by a line of 5G miles in length. From near this town it is proposed to carry a branch 10 miles long, to the rising town of Westport, situated on Crew Bay, which contains a series of most excellent harbours. " This line will pass through a country which presents no engi neering difficulties, and where the levels are most favourable, and by means of the Irish Great Western Railway, and the Great Southern and Western Railway and its Branches, will afford a direct communication from the east, south, and south-cast of Ireland, to the north-west. "JOHN MACNEILL." A separate Bill will, of course, be sought for this branch; but the Provisional Management will be placed in the hands of a section of the Provisional Committee of the Irish Great Western Company, with the addition of some gentlemen of local influence and station, whereby the expense Kill be considerably reduced, and unity of action secured in the conduct of the two undertakings. The capital required will be 660,0007., to be divided into 33,000 shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. per share. A portion of these have already been placed at the disposal of the shareholders in the Irish Great Western Railway ; and applications for the re mainder, made according to the subjoined form, will be received until the 25th of October instant. Applications for shares to be made to the Solicitor, Secretary, or to James Baydcn, Esq., 19, Moorgate-street, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Irish Great Western Railway, Branch to Tuam, Castlebar, and Westport. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares, at 201. each, in the Branch to Tuam, Castlebar, and Westport ; and I under tyke to ac,o,A the same, or any lesser number you may allot me, pay the deposit thereon, and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name and Surname in full Residence in full .. •• ••.. • ...... Occupation ..... ............. ..... Name, Residence, and Profession of a Referee Date . • ...... ..................... ~w~a,.+ NOTICE. MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAIL WAY COMPANY. Applications for Shares will not be received after TUESDAY next, the 21st instant. _ _ By order, NICHOLAS J. KEMPE, Secretary. Palace Chambers, St. James's, Oct. 14, 1845. THE EXETER, DORCHESTER, and WEY MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY. The Committee of Management inform the Applicants for Shares in this line that the letters of allotment have been issued, and that the number of applicants has been go great as to prevent their complying with the wishes of many most respectable parties. The Committee, therefore, trust that this will be deemed a sufficient excuse to all applicants who have not received allotments. ROBERT ANDREW RIDDELL, Chairman. By order of the Board, FRANCIS CREW, Secretary. Company s Offices, 62, Moorgatc-street, Oct. 10, 1845. EXETER, DORCHESTER, AND WEY MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement will be ready for signature on and after FRIDAY, the 17th instant, at the Company's Offices, 62, Moorgate-street ; and that Scrip Certificates will be granted at the same time in ex changefo: tn.; I.3.inkers' receipts. By order of the Board, Oct. FRANCIS CREW. Secretary. E XETER, DORCHESTER, and WEYMOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have much pleasure in apprising the shareholders that the surveys, which are in very active progress, will soon be completed, and that every other necessary step is being taken to ensure the application to Parliament for a Bill in the ensuing session ROBERT ANDREW RIDDELL, Chairman FRANCIS CREW, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 62, Aloorgate-street, 15th Oct., 1845. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. A THLONE AND SLIGO JUNCTION RAILWAY (Being tz.n Extension of the Dublin and Galway Railway). Flits'' , DIVISION—ATHLONE TO ROSCO3IIION. Capital i'oo,ooo/., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. No shareholder to be beyond the amount of his Shares. MANAGING COMMITTEE. Fitzstephen French, Esq. M.P., Chairman Right llon. Lord De Freyne William Ormsby Gore, Esq. M.P. The Dean of Elphin Hugh Barten, Esq. Straiten, county Kildare Sir Joseph Burke, Bart. Fairfield John Vance, Esq. Merrion-square, Dublin R t ;bert Henry French, Esq. Rutland-square, Dublin Ham;lton Gorges, Esq. Leeson-street Kaunsell, Esq. Landsend, county Dublin c e o o r u e n: E y s :ub th li e n Grove, Stanmore, Middlesex John Parkinson, . ilHvt Henry n h I L I - , e l e Bur, ner Esq. F.R.S. 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park Esq. 23, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Patrick Alexander Rey;:oldst and 16, Comilla John Campbell, Esq. Danest;,: ,l d, county Dublin L Directors of the Irish Great Daniel H. Ferrall, Esq. Beeckwood t Western, Dublin to Galway H. Pennefather Lloyd, Esq. Her- j be rt-place, Dublin, ENGINEER-Sir John Macneill, T.L.D. F.R.S. BANKERS. The London Joint Stock Bank, Princess-street, London Messrs. Barred and Co. Liverpool The Bank of Ireland, and the National Bank of Ireland, and their Branches. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Barrington, Son and Co., 10, Ely-place, Dublin Mr. Peter M'Keogh, 5, Belvidere-place, Dublin Messrs. •Fladgate, Young, and Jackson 12, Essex-street, Strand, London. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. William Bryden, Esq. 4, New Palace-yard, Westminster. SECRETARY—Robert Plunkett, 48, Dame-street, imblin. ,oignoN AGENT—James Bryden, Esq. 19, Moorgate-street, London The many and important commercial advantages presented by a junction line of railway between the north and south of Ireland, give the promoters of the projected line from Athlone to Sligo, with a branch to Ballina, the most unqualified confidence in its success. The proposed line, as regards both public interest and private speculation, will very much surp a s s a n y other that has been pro jected from Sligo to Dublin—first uniting with the Dublin and Galway at Athlone, it will pass in a direct line to Sligo, having a branch to Belittle, thereby affording railway communication to the great fair and market towns in the counties of Roscomfiion, Mayo, and Sligo,afid ter minating at the important seaport and garrison town of Sligo, where it will also unite with the line to Enniskillen, and thus form a junc tion between the northern, southern, and western lines, opening a continuous and the most direct railway communication between the great commercial and manufacturing towns of the pro vince of Ulster, and the cities of Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Kilkenny, and with Galway, and the other large towns and seaports In the south-east and west of Ireland, and also giving to the coun ties of Sligo, Mayo, and Roscommon, a line of railway to the me t:opolis. The Athlone and Sligo Junction will receive the full support of the Directors of the Great Southern and Western, and the Dublin and Galway Railway Companies. Forty miles of the Gr.mt Southern and Western Railway from Dublin to Portarlington axe nearly com pleted, and will be opened to the public in June next. At this advanced period of the year the difficulty of complying strictly with the standing orders of Parliament renders it advisable to undertake, in the first instance, but one division of the line, viz., that from Athlone to Roscommon, being a distance of twenty English miles; for which purpose a capital of no more than 200,000/. will be required. The line from Athlone to Sligo is but seventytwo miles in length. It will pass through or near the towns of Knockcroghery (at which the second largest sheep fair in Ireland is held), Atlileague, Mount Talbot, Rathgar, Roscommon (one of the largest inland markets in Ireland), Lanesborough, Elphin, Croghan (celebrated fair town), Frenchpark, Boyle. Castlerea, 13allaghtulereen, Ballymote, Tubber cony, Colooney, Ballisodare, to Sligo. The preliminary surveys have been made, and the engineer, Sir John Macneill, reports very fa vourably upon the gradients and facilities of construction. Advantages so important as those referred to cannot fail of giving the greatest encouragement to a line of railway which must, from passenger-traffic alone, return an ample per centage on the outlay of capital. It should also be borne in mind that the proposed junction line will not only give to the north of Ireland direct and immediate rail way communication with the south, east, and west, but will like wise open to the great manufacturing towns of Scotland similar ac commodation. ...... Railways having the advantage of foreign traffic as an auxiliary, are always the most profitable—no projected line could be snore op portunely circumstanced in that respect than the proposed Grand Junction, forming, as it will, a link between the northern and southern railways, it must, independently of local resources, have a constant stream of passenger-traffic from the parent lines at either end, and eventually be found one of the most profitable, as well as the most useful, undertakings in Ireland. Few lines of railway are possessed of greater local advantages. Sligo, a considerable, and rising seaport town on the N. W. coast at the one extreme, supplies the whole of the interior, as far as Athlone, with the _ products of the Western World. Its fisheries and that of the neighbouring coast are among the best in Ireland. The salmon fishery at Ballina, and the deep sea-fishing of Sligo and Inver Bays would alone yield considerable revenue. Athlone, at the other terminus, is a garrison-town of the greatest import ance, in the very centre of Ireland, from whence it must be an ob ject to have railway communication with the garrisons of Boyle and Sligo ; there cannot therefore be a doubt of the line obtaining the entire support of the Government. Roscommon is one of the most fertile counties in Ireland ; it abounds in agricultural and mineral produce, and has a'population of 253,591 inhabitants, Its great fairs are well known—their staple, the finest horses, horned cattle, sheep, and pigs, in the United King dom, will be conveyed by this line to the Dublin and E , glish markets ; and while the farmer will thus have a ready and cheap means of transport for his stock to the best markets, he will, in like manner, be enabled to supply himself with young stock from the lairs of the south, east, and west. Large quantities of bacon are cured annually in the towns of Roscommon, Castlerea, Boyle, &c., and it only requires the advantage of railway communication to develop the many industrial resources of the county. Application for shares to be made .to the secretary, 48, Dame street, Dublin ; and Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove and Pearce, Auction Mart, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ATHLONE AND SLIGO JUNCTION RAILWAY. First Division—Athlone to Roscommon. Capital, 200,0001., in Shares of 201. each. First Deposit, 2/. per Share. No shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his shares. in this G en tl e men,—l request you will allot to me shares undertaking ; and I agree to take the same, or such of them as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. per sare thereon, and sign the P ar li a mentary Contract a nd Subscribersh' Agreement when required. Dated this day of Name ..... •. • Residence • ..... • . Profession or 0ccupati0n............. (Name • • • • • • ...... • Reference Ludiess 1845. To Ca Pror:sicnal Coi=itto, 45, Dame-street, Dublin. T HE BELGIAN GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Capital, 1,750,0001., in 87,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. DIRECTORS. Sir John Nicoll Robert Campbell, K.C.H. Deputy-Chairman of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, Chairman Henry Bainbridge, Esq. banker. Frederick Francois Clossmann, Esq. Chairman of the Great Luxem bourg Railway Company Sheltbrd Fitzwilliam, Esq. Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway Company John Rowell, Esq. Director of the Liverpool, Orrnskirk, and Preston Railway Company BANKERS, In London—Messrs. Puget, Bainbriclg,es and Co., St. Paul's Church yard. In Liverpool—The Commercial Bank of Liverpool. In Brussels—The Societe Generale. SoLtcroas—Messrs. Lawrence and Plews, Bucklersbury. ENGINEERS—Sir John Macniell, L.L.D. F.R.S. and James Thompson Esq. F.R.S.E. M.R.I.A. BELGIAN ENGINEER—Mons. Desire Joseph Marchal. SECRETARY—H. C. Hastings, Esq. The Directors have for some time past been in direct communica tion with the Belgian Government, and they have entered into a preliminary arrangement, under date of the 27th of September, 1845, with the Minister of public Works, by which the Minister grants to them the preference for the concession of a railway, to be called the "Grand Junction," and engages to conclude with the Directors a provisional contract, previously to submitting the " Projet de loi " for royal approbation, and also to apply for the sanction of the Legis- lature. The valuable and important ironworks of Convin will also, under the same agreement, he ceded to the Company. The Belgian Grand Junction Railway will directly connect the provinces of Brabant, Itainault, Liege, Limbonrg, and Namur, with each other, and with the Government lines of railway, as also with the several lines of Liege and Namur. Landau and Hassell., Louvain and Jemeppe, Sambre and Meuse, and the Great Luxembourg Mons. Marchal, the eminent Belgian engineer, has carefally sur vived the line, and has deposited the necessary plans, sections, and esthatates with the Belgian Government. Mr. James Thomson, one of the Company's engineers, has also gone o'er the line, and reports most favourably upon the peculiar facilities for the construction of the railway, and the entire absence of all engineering difficulties. The Chairma.'l and two of the Directors have carefully traversed the whole of the line, and have received the most positive assur ances of support frosn the local authorities and landed proprietors. The provinces whie2 l the railway will unite were found by the census of 1844 to comprise a population of 2,188.551, and the dis tricts which it will traveese are situated in the heart of Belgium, and comprise an area of 165 square miles. The entire length of the Belgian Grand Junction Rallw - ity will be 102 English miles. This portion of the country is emphatically termed the Granary of Belgium, and, in addition to its Vast agricultural produce, is rich in ironstone, lead, marble, stone, and slate quarries. It has also nume rous distilleries, extensive breweries, ironworks, and large manufac tories of porcelain, glass, paper, Beetroot; sugar, gunpowder, &c. The great coal-fields of Charleroi and Liege, which are the most ex tensive in Belgium, will, by means of tkis line, be enabled to supply all parts of the kingdom at a very reduced rate. The Government lines already completed, as well as the several privete lines now in course of construction, will necessarily be the feeders to the Grand Junction line, as it will unite with the whole of them, and will traverse a district destitute of all water communica tion, and very imperfectly supplied with roads ; whilst the invariable rule of the Belgian Government not to permit any competing lines, must necessarily ensure to this Company the entire traffic of the country through which this line will pass. Tables, calculatc 9 with reference to the present amount eftraffic, have been carefully and accurately prepared ; and, upon the improbable as sumption that there will be no increase when the Grand Junction Railway is constructed, the shareholders would even then receive a large interest on their capital. But, as in all cases, and more parti cularly in Belgium, increased facilities of communication have been accompanied by a great increase of traffic, there can be no doubt that the Grand Junction Railway Company will pay a considerable dividend to the shareholders. • The expense of construction, and the subsequent expenses of work , ing the line, are very much less than in English railways ; and itl . ! an important feature that the enormous outla y incident to a Perila limitary contest in England is avoided. A considerable saving will also be effected in the cost of iron, and wilther l be m anu fac- the of the locomotive engines and tra ffic material, whit lured at the Cousin works; and tbe c o mpany h l ave, efore, from any other peculiar advantage of being independent of a s upp 3h, ettzter, and free from the delay and disappointment consequent upon the present increased demand. The griset will be for ninety years, and the Act will provide that be exempt from all rates and the railway : . hall, for the ssaiole term, charges whetherwhatsoever,:,l cal or national. this Company will be constituted a By the law of Belgium,_ Societe Anonyms, and the liability of each shareholder will be limited to the amount of his resctive shares. A second payme nt of 2/. per share will be required one month after ticiiierCmouncenestscion shall have been ratified by the Directors, and the ails wil l l be made at such periods as the Directors may determine. An acco un t a ble receipt will be given to each subscriber on payment 'of his deposit, which receipt must be exchanged for certificates for shares, at the office of the Company, within twenty-one days after the first appearance of an advertisement requiring such exchange ; such advertisement to be inserted once in the London Gazette, and three. times in each of two daily Morning London newspapers. The non-compliance with this condition will entail on the subscriber the forfeiture of his deposits. Notice of calls will be given by advertisement in the London Ga zette, and two daily Morning London newspapers ; and if any call on any share shall remain unpaid for twenty-one days after the day named, the share shall becomeabsolutely forfeited. Interest at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum will be paid upon the amount of capital paid up, such interest to b calculated from the time of obtaining the Act of the Legislature until this opening of the line. All points of detail will, under the terms of the Convention and Act, be settled between the Belgian Government and t ‘ h „ j e ll D ,, l e re a c p to po rs r_ ; and it is one of the conditions on w-hicli n the ,, s an Government with tinned and accepted, that the subscribers coonflidgi to tire Directors Intl power to make such arrangement with th ns respect to any alterations or m odifi .i e lt at e lo x f the the furtherance terms of the grant, as they may thi pedolernithfeorline, Rnd o of the interests of tile Company. lthe subjoined form, to be made to the Applications for sharee, -n, _ ffices . No. 64, Old Broad-street ; to Secretary, at the Company s it rs Bucklersbury ; and to the Carden and Whitehead, Thread- Messrs. La ' wrance and Plows, So e , following Sharebrokers :-3lessrs. Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs, needle-street, London; Messrs Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Man chester ; Messrs. Messrs. Chantrell and Boyce, Bristol ; Wreford, Nicholls, ate Co., , vess „ Wilkinson and Earle, Hun ; Messrs. Buchanan Leeds ; , Meesrs. Oswald, George, and Co., Aberdeen ; and Aitken, Glasgow Messrs. Labortouche and Stafford, Dublin; and Messrs. Dowl i ng and Bowden, Edinburgh. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Belgian Grand Junction Railway. Gentlemen, —I request that you will allot use shares of 20/ e ach in the Belgian Grand Junction Railway Company ; and I agree to accept such shares, or any smaller number you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit thereon; and to execute the deed of settlement, and all other =Weary deeds, when required. Dated the day of 1845. Signature, with Christian Name, at, ful length • •• • • • • • •• • Residence. "... ...... ........ • • • Profession, Trade, or other Description... UfereliCe, with Christian and Surname. OaAaron ....... . ..... G." FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Landon and Hastings Railway, Harbour, Pier, and Dock Company. Gentlemen,--I request that you will allot me shares of 20/. each in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted me, and to pay the deposit thereon ; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in full •. • • • • • Profession or Business (if any),l and Address of the same Residence in full • • • • fu11........................ Referee... ... • • • .. • • Address of Referee •••• • • • • ••••• . • • • • Date... . .• Signature of Applicant.. • • • ...... • • • • • .• PONTEFRACT, WORKSOP, and MANS FIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after SATURDAY, the 18th inst., and that no attention can be paid to any which are not accompanied by a reference to Bankers, members of the Committee, or the Solicitors to the undertaking 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, Oct. 13 J. N. SPELLEN, Hon. Sec. PONTEFRACT, DONCASTER, WORKSOP, aud MANSFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY. TO SURVEYORS. A liberal remuneration will be given to competent Surveyors will ing to be employed on the survey now proceeding onthis line. Imme diate application to be made to the Secretary, at the offices, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; the :Engineers, Sir J. Macneill and Thompson, Whitehall-place; or of Messrs. Unwin and Bickley, Soli citors, Sheffield. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT, MIDL AND JUNCTION RAILWAY, From Nottingham to Syston. (Provisionally Registered.) A prospectus, Nsitli the names of a most influential Committee, and other details, will appear in a few days. The line will connect the Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction with the South Midland Railway. • SOLICITORS. William Unwin, Esq. Sheffield. William Bickley, Esq. LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane. GREAT WELSH CENTRAL RAILWAY. Applicants for Shares are requested to take notice, that all the Letters of Allotment will be transmitted by post on to-morrow (Tnuasnay, October 16th, 1845), andithat TUESDAY, the 21st instant, will be the last day for receiving deposits. H. HERBERT DOWNMAN, Secretary. 9, Clement's-lane, Oct. 15, 1845. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) PROSPECTUS OF THE KENT and ESSEX UNION RAILWAY, connecting the Southern Coast of Essex with Dover and the Continent, via Sheerness, Faversham, and Canterbury, with a June tion Line to Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and Deal. Capital 550,0001., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. • PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT. • With power to add to their number. John Brough, Esq., Herne Bay George Burge, Esq., Herne Bay John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the London and Manchester Railway Thomas Camplin, Esq., Herne Bay, and Alderman of Bristol Edward B. Davis, Esq., Rochester Lewis Levy, Esq., Tavistock-square John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn Commission The Hon. Capt. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway 11ev. D. Robinson, Brompton Edward Sherman, Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand. ENGINEER--William Tierney Clark, Esq., M.I.C.E. and F.R.S. SIIEVEYOR—J. M. Davey, Esq. Mutants—Union Dank of London, Princes-street and Pall-mall East. SOLICITORS. George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden -square William Rogers, Esq., 1, Moorgate, London James White. Esq., Canterbury. Temporary Offices of the Compatiy, 34, Coleman street. This railway will commence at Sheerness in conjunction with a short steam-ferry communication from a point at or near to South. end, on the opposite Essex coast, and will proceed from Sheerness by Queenborough to Faversham, where it will form a junction with one of the proposed lines from London by that town to Canterbury and Dover. The integral line will be continued from Faversham to or near to Herne Bay, and from thence to the South-Eastern Extension Railway (now being made), at a point near Sarr, and will then pro. teed on that line direct to Ramsgate eastwards, and direct to Deal south-eastwards. From a point between Herne Bay and Sarr the line will also be carried by a short extension to Margate. By this project Marga'e will be placed within 75 miles of the me tropolis, instead of more than 100, as at present, and the, too, by a direct line through Faversham, at which place it will meet the Lon don lines. The important town of Ramsgate, now so extensively connected with continental communication, will also be thus afforded a much nearer overland route to London ; and Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, Herne Bay, Sheerness, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Woolwich, Greenwich, and London, will all be placed in immediate or easy con nexion upon one continuous line of railway. By means also of this undertaking in conjunctian with the exist ing and projected railways proceeding tc the south coast of Essex, the whole of the passengers and traffic from Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Hun, York, and the Northern, the Midland, and the ' Eastern Counties, will be conveyed to Dover and the Conti nent via Sheerness, in preference to a lengthened and cir cuitous route through the !metropolis, whereby the journey will be shortened more than 50 miles, travelling expenses will be curtailed, and the serious inconvenience and delay of transhipment and con veyance from one part of London to another wholly avoided. A glance at the map also will show the immense advantage which the metropolis itself will enjoy by its being thus afforded other routes to the coast of Kent. The millions who annually seek pleasure in excursions to Gravesend, Sheerness, Southend, Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, Deal, and Dover, will have a choice of different routes. They may proceed by railway, on the Essex side of the Thames, to the Thames Haven, Tilbury Fort, or Southend—pass over to Sheer ness by water, and thence proceed direct by this railway—or they may reach Sheerness wholly by water, and then avoid the sea —or, may pass at once from London, on the Surrey side of the Thames, to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, by railway in a direct line, consuming only about two hours in the journey, and may vary their pleasure by going in one direction and returning by another. • Independently of the vast multitudes who will thus seek health and recreation, the importance, as a national object, of connecting all the above-mentioned towns, ;and giving a direct line from Sheerness to Dover, together with the immense existing traffic in the direction of the undertaking, and the great increase which the improved and enlarged modes of communication throughout Kent will occasion, must be too apparent to need further observation ; and the Commit tee, from careful inquiry, feel confidence in stating that no scheme of railway has yet been offered to public attention combining greater public and private advantages. About thirty-six miles of new railway only will embrace all the above Important objects—viz., from Sheerness to Faversham •••• • • • • 12 miles. Faversham to Herne Bay ••••• • • • • • ....... ••• .. 10 Thence to Sarr •• • • • ..... ••• • • •••• • • • • • • •••• • .a The extension to Margate •• • • •• • • ••••• • • • . • • • • 9 The country has already been preliminary surveyed, and found to be exceedingly favourable. Indeed, it is almost a dead flat from Faversham to Margate. . _ _ The landed proprietors are not only willing but desirous that the undertaking should be accomplished, and it is at the request of many of them that the promoters have determined on prosecuting it. The Committee reserve the power of making branches to Canter bury and to Deal, if circumstances shoul t hereafter render It ad visable. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be applied for in the Bill to allow interest, at 4 per cent. per annum on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to the solicitors or secretary, at the temporary offices, 34, Coleman street, or at No. 2, Hercules-passage, City ; and the following share, brokers : Mr. Miles, Worcester Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler, Worcester Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool Messrs. Cameron and Co. Liverpool Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn Mr. George Clark, Bradford Mr. Wm. Mason, Bradford Mr. Win. Cronhelm, Halifax • Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham Mr. L. Weal herburn, jun., Huddersfield Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh. Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin Mr. James Ross, Perth. To the Provisional Committee of the Kent and Essex Union Railway. I request you will allot me shares in the proposed Kent and Essex Union Railway, and I agree to take all such shares, or so many as may be alloted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the rarliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required so to do. Name Description Residence— Date Reference to KENTi and ESSEX UNION RAIL WAIr No further Applications for Shares will be received t . FRIDAY NZXT, tire 17th of October instant. C. W. WL.LIACE, Secretary pro *ti, 34, co lemma-greet, London, Oct. 5,1845. miMM o lMit,,isms D UTCH HANOVE RIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. Capital 1,1 - 00,000/., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each, or francs 500, or florins p. b. 240. (By Rayal Concession, dated 15th August, 1845. A portion cf the Shares will be reserved for distribution abroad.) DIRECTORS. The Right Hon. the Earl of Essex William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct Western Railway Company, director of the Sheffield, Manchester, York, and Lancashire, &c. &c. Joseph Bishop, of the Minories, London, merchant, director of the London and Blackwell Railway, Direct Western Railway, Somer setshire and North Devon, &c. &c. Charles Collins, Esq. Caldwell Castle, Worcestershire, director of the London and Dublin, Direct London and Gravesend, &c. &c. Thomas Edwards, Esq. of Bethel-place, Camberwell, director of the London and Dublin Direct Railway, London and Gravesend, &c. &c. Frederick William Hamilton, 50, Gloucester-place, Porttnan-squms, Es'', director of the York and Lancaster, Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct, &c. &c. George Lee, Crutched-friars, London, merchant, director of the London and Blackwell Railway, Bridgwater and North Devon, &c. &e. Nathaniel Ogle, Esq. of Heath-lane-lodge, Twickenham, director of the York and Lancaster, Sheffield, Nottingham, and London, Bir mingliam, Manchester Direct, &c. &c. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co. Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street Messrs. Ransom :aid Co. Pall-mall. SOLICITORS. IL Richards, E sq . 7, Chandos-street, Cavendish-square, Solicitor for the Founders and Foreign Directors. F. T. Gell, Esq. Carlton Chambers, 8, Regent-street, Solicitor for the Company. This Company will be established for the construction of the rail way and canals specified in tile concession from Zwoll, the capital of the province of Overyssell, as far as Gronengue, crossing the province of Drenthe, from Gronengue. There will be one branch, in the di reAfon of the Ems, to the port of Delizyl, and another to the fron tiers of Hanover. The whole of the line will be completed in two years, and the cost will not exceed 6,0001. per mile. Applications for shares to be made to the solicitors ; to J. H. Ellis, stockbroker, 17, Throgmorton- street ; or at the Offices, G, King Wil liam-street, City. SARACEN'S HEAD TAVERN AND HOTEL, SNOW- HILL, LONDON, JOSEPH NEEDHAM, late of Teigh Rutland, begs to inform Families, Commercial Gentlemen, and others visiting town, that he has taken and entered upon the above Old-Es tablished Hotel and Tavern, late in the occupation of Mrs. Caroline mayo. In soliciting the patronage of his friends and the public generally, J. N. assures them that no attention shall be wanting on his part to render the house worthy the high character it has always sustained for choice Wines and Spirits of the first quality. Particular care will be taken as to the cleanliness and comfort of the Bed-rooms, which have undergone a thorough repair; and J. N. feels assured that one trial only will be sufficientto afford satisfaction and ensure support. TO SADDLE AND HARNESS MAKERS. AYOUNG MAN, who has served his appren ticeship to the above business, and who can command 500/., wishes to enter a respectable house as junior partner or foreman. The advertiser is willing to undertake an active part in the business, having worked several years at it since the expiration of his ap prenticeship. Respectable references will be given and required. For further particulars, apply to E. Barron, Esq., Solicitor, Bloomsbury - square. FFICE OF THE GAS LIG EIT AND COKE COMPANY, New Bridge-street, Blztelariars, London, Oct . 11, 1845. Notice is hereby given, that a HALF-YEARLY GENERAL COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held on TVESOAT, the 4th day of Xnvomber next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, in the county of Middlesex ; and that for seven days previously the Half-yearly Accounts of the Company will be open to the inspection of the Pro prietors, on an order signed by three of the Directors. Notice is hereby also given, that at the same meeting the annual elect!on of auditors will take place, and should a ballot be required, it will continuo open for four hours from its commencement. Ry order, CHARLES BURLS, Secretary. N.B. The Chair will he taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, and none but Proprietors admitted. CLARK'S ' ROYAL WAX CANDLES. IMMENSE SALE. Only One Shilling per Pound ! Yes ; Royal Candles, and their po sitive superiority is;estabililied. Thousands consult - 1e tLs:n, and not a dissenting voice ! They snuff themselves, are hard as alabaster, pure as wax, and cheap as common - tallow - candles, is their true cha racter. " Their equal is unknown." " Their superiors will never come." Composite, and all such inferior candles, are defied. None but PalacelWax bear a semblance of equality. To prevent imposition, C. and Co. attach a Gold Label to every packet, without which none are genuine, at Clark's General Oil and Candle Lamp Depot, 447, West Strand. Please write down address. The new light always burning for inspection. Licenses granted to Country Agents. PUBLICATIONS. RAILWAY ADVERTISEMENTS for the RAILWAY MAIL, OF FRIDAY NEXT, should be sent immediately to the Office, 27, Coleman-street, or to Kennedy, Royal Exchange. Order the "Railway Mail" of your news-agent, in any part of the kingdom. THE STEAM TIMES AND RAILWAY GLOBE, price 6d. stamped (size of the Double " Times") is published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at six o'clock in the morning, in time for the early mails. In addition to very valuable and exclusive channels of railway information, it will contain the closing prices of the previous days share-market in all the great commercial towns of England, with copious and authentic reports of railway meetings, &c. &c. No. I. will be published on SAruanAX next, Oct. 18, with a Supplement. Advertisement and Publishing Offices, 282, Strand r HE RAILWAY PRICE SIXPENCE EXPRESS. • Published every FRIDAY Morning, in time far transmission by the early mails. The RAILWAY EXPRESS, which is the sixth in seniority of all the railway publications, has again been enlarged in size. Its original Paris correspondence affords a correct view of the railway transactions on the Paris Bourse. 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Now ready, cloth lettered, price ss. 6d., D RYBUR GH ABBE Y; AND OTHER POEMS. By the Rev. THOMAS AGAR HOLLAND, M.A., Rector of Greatham, Hants. A New Edition. " These poems are tender and exquisite in feeling, and relined In morality; they steal over us like a charm, and work that influence which is the true power applied to the true office of poetry. In calling public attention to the Rev. Mr. Holland as a poet, we have done our part. if our readers do theirs, his name will soon be ex tensively known, and his genius as widely acknowledged."—Metro politan. Saunders and Otley, Publishers, Conduit-street. THE SLAVE MARKET. The profane eye of the Frank is not held worthy of a sight of the sacred place ; but the Bakschich unprofanes us, and whilst the negotiation still pends, a Jew advances, and places his hand upon his forehead with a peculiar movement, and seems to say, " I lay my forehead humbly in the dust of your feet ; and then he offers his services in his case ; if not for slaves, then for shawls, if not for shawls, still for tobacco ; strictly faithful to the officious, trafficing spirit of his nation. Franks, however, may not purchase slaves • it is a privilege that belongs to the Turks exclusively. Now we enter eagerly ; filled with curiosity and expectation, a paradise of houris. The place itself is not very inviting, an irregular space sur rounded by damp galleries. In these galleries sit the salesmen with coffee and chibouque, the overseers, the purchasers, and the simply curious ; and in the narrow, dark, low chambers, which have a door and grated win dow opening to the galleries, are kept the noble wares. One group is placed in the middle of the court for inspection, or rather, seated, for they are squatted upon mats as usual. Let us contemplate them. Oh horror I dreadful revolting sight!! Summon your whole faculty of imagination ! Picture to yourself II rasters; and you still fail to conceive such objects as yon negresses, from whom your outraged eye recoils with loathing. But the Georgians, the Circassians the love liest woman in the world—where they are? Not there. No; dearest brother, the white slaves are kept separate in Tophana; thence they are conducted to the harem for inspection, and only by greatest favour, and under espe cial escort, can you be admitted to a view of them. Here are only blacks, and with the monstrous spectacle you must fain content yourself. There they sit. A coarse gray garment envelopes the figure, coloured glass rings encir cle the wrists, coloured glass beads the neck; the hair is cut short. You are struck first with the depressed fore head squeezed over the eyebrows, as in the Cretians; then with the large, rolling, inexpressive eye; then, with the nose, innocent of a bridge, a great misshapen mass; then, with the mouth, and the frightful animal formation of projecting jawbone, and gapillg, black lips (red lips on the Moor is an European fancy which reality does not sanction); then, with the long figured, apelike hands, and hideous colourless nails; then with the meagre spin. dle-shanks and projecting heel; then the most of all with the incredible animalism of the whole thing, form an ex pression combined. The colour varies. Here it is bright black, there somewhat brown ; and here, again, greyish. They give out no sign of life ; they stare at us with the same unconscious gaze that thy fix upon each other. A purchaser approaches. examines them, women-buyers make their remarks upon them. They are indifferent to all. They are measured in their length and breadth, like a bale of goods ' • scanned, tried in their h ands, hi p s, feet, teeth, like a horse ; they submit to everything without dislike, without anger, without sorrow. It is much that the exhibition proceeds with decency, that is r , e w c h e t . . 11 o c h y r ; the eae h c f r r e o a m t u t r h e e s n d e o ck n odt ownlay a to si s d a e y t , h t e h i e r so- r c rn a l e l e n d t s to the calf of the leg. Now they are selected, bid far, cheapened ; do buyer and seller agree, the slave departs with her master and mistress ; do they not, she seats her self again upon the mat, unconcerned about her fate. Say, brother, how do you like it ? I honestly confess thin the whole proc eedin g , nothin g so shocked me as the creaat'tures' hideousness ; and that the majestic king vul ture at Schonbrunn inspired me with more compassion for his captivity than I feel for the slavery of these my fellow-mortals. I ask myself internally, "Is it possiblo that a Sappho, an Aspasia, a Mary Stuart, and other miracles of mind and beauty, pan be made of the same sex as these ?" And, with - great confidence, I answer " No." For a woman without intelligence is no longer a woman, but, alas ! I have no more appropriate word —a mate, and this contains too much of tenderness and caressing for my meaning ; she becomes' simply unc fonelle. Place in your mind such a negress by the side of an Aspasia, and you may perceive, as intensely as it is possible for you to perceivs it, how far asunder lie the human families, how wide The gulf which separates two such beings. We are all of dust, and to dust we shall return ; but, for the few years which I hue to live, I am truly grateful to my Creator that it has pleased him :o vouchsafe me a dusty integument that is t it least white :—.Letters from the Orient. ARTIFICIAL STONE.—At Augsburgb, an architect Herr Alois Steiermann, has invented an artificial stone, which, for solidity, is said to surpass the best free-stone, ie., one-third its cost, and to which any form can be given in the manufacture. It is composed of river-sand, clay, and f. cement whose composition is the author's secret. It has limn submitted to the proof of air, pressure, and fire, and resists them all. The King of Bavaria ika -given his gold medal of civil merit to Herr Steiermann, for qis useful in , vention, . eJa~. _ _~... -~_~ _ i Y:4~ ~~ 1,1