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THE GRANT) LONDON AND DUBLIN APPROXIMATION RAILWAY. Itastrick's Line. Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 th a nd 6th Victoria, esp. 110, sec. 4.) Designed to avoid the present circuitous route, and so effect a very considerable saving, both of time and distance, between the two capitals of England and Ireland, running in a direct line from Len don to Bangor and Holyhead, through Shrewsbury, and touching or accommodating in its route the following towns and places, namelY, Rickmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Aylesbury, Bleeder, Dod dington, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Aron, Warwick, Alcoa ter, Bromsgrove, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth , Wenlec k ... Broseley, Coalbrookdate, hrewsbury, Llan-y- my= ech. Weichnew, Oswestry, Llangollen, Llanrahaladr, Mochnant, Gorwea. ?entre veslas, Capel Cerrig, Bangor, and Holyhead. Capital 6,000,0001., in 120.000 Shares of 101. each. Deposit 51. ss. per Share. Temporary offices ef the Company, 4, Great Wester street, Landon. PIOTISIONAL CO The Right lion. Lord Viscount Comberreere, Q.C.8.. 1 5. 1 1. 11 . Lord Viscount Mandeville Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. Hon, Captain Fenton Evan Freke, Belgrare-equars, Dirostor of the Bandon and Bantry Railway lion. Geoffrey Browne , C astle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardis) , Bury, Herta, Director of the Oxford and Cambridge Railway Sir Henry Winston Barron, Esq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Mentagne-street, Bryan ston-square Col. Sir Duncan If`Dougal, K.C.8., Eaton-square Rear-Admiral Sir Sainsbury Davenport, C. 8., K.C.PL, Braanall-hall, Cheshire, and Weedon-hall, Bucks Sir J. Gaspard Le Merchant, K.C.H., Cork Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarron, Director of the North Wales Railway Col. Sir F. liankey, G.C.M.G., Director of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Sir George Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Clifford-street, Director of the fond= and Exeter Railwiy Sir James Pitcairn, Cork Sir James Eyre, Lower Brook-street Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., Mount Wise, Davenport Thomas Whitmore, Esq., .pley Park, Deputy - County Lieutenant of the of Salop John Meredith, Esq., Hasbora Park, Magistrate for the Counties of Worcester and Salop Major-General Henry Rowdier, Sidney-terrace, Cork Captain Robert Peel Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, aid Castle dawson, Ireland George Henry Dashwood, Esq., M.P., West Wycomb-park, Bucks B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bt7auston - squ are Jeremiah Filcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway The O'Gorman Mahon, Mahonberg, County of Clare, Ireland Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., 11. P., Bovine, King's County, Ireland, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway The O'Moore, Choghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County of Roe common Robert Hart, Esq., Dripshill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury, and the Great North and Solt* Wales Railways W. Hutchins, Esq., Llsaintfried-court, Monmouthshire Charles William Spicer, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Ar magh, Coleraine, and Portrnsh, Dublin and Armagh Inland, Shropshire Mineral, and Direct London and Exeter Railways The Rey. C. Leicester, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of Salop, Vice-Chairman of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Charles Fox, Esq., D.L., Rutland-square, Dublin, Director of the Dublin and Arinagh Island Railway William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple Thomas Meyer Carvick, Esq., Highwood, Director of the Dublin and Armagh Railway - - - - William Lechmere Whitmire, Esq., Director of the Dublin aid Gal• way Railway, &c. - George A. Brown, Esq:; Direetor of the Callao and Lima Bail Way William Seymour, Esq, Montague-place, Russell-square William John Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Bi:istolßailiify Rev. Pooley Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissioner of tho National Board of Education and,Charitable Bequests, Ireland Christopher Wallis Pophain, Esq., Trevarno, Cornwall, Director of the Strabane Ship (a Company. itebert John Lattay, req., Claremont-place, Grove End-road, St. John's Wood. William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Down, Middlesex Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, and Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railways Colonel Edward Nichols, R.M., Shooter's-hill and Coleraine, Diract tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo, and Shan. non Railways • Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Direc tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Shan non Railways Captain James Wood, R.M. Woolwich William Justin O'Driscoll, Esq., banker, Dublin Richard Edward Arden, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the Dub- . .. lin - and Armagh Inland Railway Captain Rodgers, Clo'renedon-house, Longhall, Ire%awl John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Marine In. Burance (Mice Joseph Crag:, Esq., Queen -square, Bloomsbury John Anderson, Esq., Director of the south Midland Junction Nail• way, &c. J. Freeme, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury G. Hazlerand Esq., West Carlton-h, L e icestershire, Director of the Rugby Huntingdon Railway. S all ze. J. M.sllllan, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick Railway Esq., M.D., Cambridge-square, London J. Bright, Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Ceram-street 'W. Clement, Esq., Shrewsbury Ilichard Harris lum% Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of Ely, and Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railways. Ittlbert Remmett, Esq., Victoria-square, Grosvenor-place, Director of the Sovereign Insurance Office, Sec. Thotnas Gresham, Esq., Raheny Park, Dublin, Director of the Dun dalk and Enniskillen, and Irish North Midland Railways F. W. Heath, Esq., Armagh Y. F. role, Esq., St. John's Grove-house, County Cork George Stevens, Esq., Oak Lodge, High Beach, Essex Edmund Mathew, Esq., Somerset-street, Portman-square 7homas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, Ct. John's Weed, Di rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway M a jor David Fitzgerald, Valencia, Ireland Wm. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's Thomas Gulliver, Esq., Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxon, Director of the Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways Gulliver, Esq., Swallcliff, near Banbury, Oxon Captain Julius Newell, R.N., United Service Club Captain Bradshaw, R.N., Hatherley-place, Cheltenham J. Brooks, Esq., Magistrate, Wenlock Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire Wm. H. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square George Beanclerc, Esq., Grosvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place Robert A. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director of the Great Deeds and London Railway J. A. Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the oxford and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways Major Humphreys, Miltown-house, Strabane, Ireland ca l a. no.. P. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lugwar dine, Herefordshire,: Director of the Isle of Man, and Irish West Coast Railways The Mayor of Bridgnorth Benjamin' Watts, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnerth Thomas Glase, Esq. t Members of the Corporation of Bridg - J os iah Minten Glase, Esq. north Edward Richard Pratt, Esq. Samuel Ridley , Esq., Bridgnorth Edinund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth Henry - Cane Leahy, St. James's- square, Director of the Sheffield, Buxton, Derby, and Manchester Railway S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc tor of the London and Exeter Railway Richard Fisher, Esq., Alcester Lodge, Warwick, Director of the War wickshire and London Extension and Worcester Junction Railway. Jame, Whitehouse, Esq., Ipsley Court, Warwick James P.eadieg, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire, manufacturer George Hollyoake, Esq., Redslitch, Worcestershire Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire John Onions, Esq., Broseley, ironmaster, kc., Director of the Stour ilige,Madeley, Ironbridge, and Breseley. aid the Grand June i (sand Cambrian Railways nThorn, Esq., Whitehall, Broseley, Director of the Stenrbridge, Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and Cambrian Railways Ale.xarider John Got don, Esq., Linley Hall near Bromley Thom as Deletion, Esq., Britletorth Joseph S°ut hwell ' Es q* 1 Brlageorth, Manufeetureas S o uthwell, Esq. William Cele, Esq., Bleester Edward Deaking, Esq.. Rieeiler liorace Townsend, Eel., Deputy-Lieut.:a/tat Woodside, County Cork E. D. Freem an, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork St. John Jeffrey, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, County Cork Tierce Purcell, Esq., Altemirs, County Cork James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork Edward Dean Frseinaa, Esq.. Sandfleid, county Cork J. H. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow St. John Galway, M.D., Mallow George Washington Brazier Creagh, Esq., J.?, Creagh-eastle John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-honse, Cork, Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Bandon and Bantry Railways , P. Bennett Lucas , Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square Director of the Ipswich sad Southampton, and Sligo and Shannon Railways • O'Driscell, Esq., Clifton, near Bristol The Rev . William Wilma, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington, Oxon • Charles Faulkner, Esq., F.G.S., Deddineon, Oxfordshire Lieutenant -Colonel Cruttenden. Coppiager, Esq., Barry's-eG , TI W.• Reeves, Esq., J.P., Tramore, Cork William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, W.trwickshire, Director of the Waxvrickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction Railways Esq., Alcester, Warwickshire George Wyman , William H e nry Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan Junction Company Edwar d Power, Esq., Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of the Ipswich and Southampton Railway Col Oriel Henry Duadas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant of the Comity of Ha n t s, Direc t or o f the Direct al'ete arn Railway Ems"., Esq. High Sheriff of the City of Limerick Henry Wa!S on, Robert Baug h Blaken% ore, Esq., Shr e wsbury, Director of theShrews way, bury, Wolverhampton , and South Staffordshire Rail 'Fleury Keats, Esq., Shrewsbury / Directors of the Birmingham and Br i g hton Railway Isaa c Taylor, Esq. , d itto," Major-General Turner, Commanderk of the Cork Distr ict W e stroPP, J.P.. Cor Major North L udlow Beamish, F.R.S., B a llincurrig, Near Duties , Cork Joseph Leycester, Esq., Cork Matthew Pierrpoint, Esq., Crow's Nest, Deputy-Lieutenant Of the cou nty of Worcester , an d Director of the Rugby, Derby, Man chester, and Welsh Midiana Railways John Rowlands, Esq., 'fallyllin, Merioneth, Lirector of the Great North and South Wales Railway Geor ge Paul, Esq., bankerß, 217, Strand Morgan Cuihane, Esq., M.D., Worthing, Sussex Charles Thelluson, Esq., Summer-lodge, Worthing, Sussex James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 25, Gloucester-read, Hyde Park - gardens Hales Owen, magistrate for the eounty of Jo h n Green, Esq., Worcester George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical Invalid Insurance Office J . ;I. M a thew, Esq., Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, Wor cester, and Stafford, and Direct Western Railway Joseph FarinerlEsq., Mayor of Bewdley J o hn Beam., Esq., Merchant, Bewdley .lanies F. Slignie, Esq., merchant, Cork Wm. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square John Mathew, Esq.. Gray's Inn-square, London Colonel G. Fitch, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the Tork and Lancaster Railways AV. Wyse, Esy.q., The Manor, Waterford K, Rodgers, Esq., late High Sherif of the eovaty:of Cork, and Di rector of the Cork and Plumage Railway Pierce Nagle, Esq., Anakissy, Doneraile, London George Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth John Phillips, Esq., l3ridgnorth William Lumley Perrier, "Esq., Bellaire, Cork Joel Smith, Esq., —, Weisel, Staffordshire Edward Canning, EM., Stratford-on-Avon Th o mas Ashrnead Perry. Esq.. Stratford-on-Avon Samuel Hayward, Esq., New Town Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon (With power to add to their number). COUNSEL IN ENGLAND. NT. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Inn ; Walter llTlrlgor, Esq., Lin coln's-Inn. Conlon IN InreateD--Joseph Napier, req., Q.C. ENGINEER IN Rastriek, Bea. ACTING ENGINEERS. Vi. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E.; J. W. Bazalgette, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. In London—Messrs. Ogle and Tounghusband, 4, Great Winchester street, London In Ireland—John Curambig, Esq., 31, North Great George - street , Dublin. SANEEIS. Messrs. Mastermaa, ?eters, and Co. ; the _Loudon and Westminster Bank. Szcaztsatzs IN 7.2401.k2415 H. Newell, Esq., and Henry Cowper, E q. Steam azr tat law-aro—Frederick Francis Pole, Esq., 11, North Great George-street, Dublin. PAILLIAMAINTART A6ENII. - • Thigh Inns Cameron and George 11ain,Esq rs., 16, Parlisuaanl street, London. J. it, L. Walmaley, Esq., North-street, Westminster. PROSPECTUS. a social, commercial, or political yfo,—rma pi on i n b e i , e oft t : h il e:a ( p ;r itai an s The imperative necessity, alike in point of view, for drawing as clogely together as Of England ' and Ireland, has suggested the London and 'Dublin Approximation Railwa yhead. It Which it is difficillt to over estimate, since it will b• take foand ° t: aiu o f a nearly direct course " from the -English metropolis to Hoi will pass through or near the populous and notolo county town of Shropshire (as yet unprovided with railway communication), and w ill traverse along its whole, extent districts second in wealth, re sources, trade, and commerce,-to. none in the empire ; bringing them more nearly and litmediatefi-in contact with London and Dublin, than Ms hitherto been. thought lossibie. This project Is wholly in dependent of any other line -already before the public, and as it possesses national advantages which none can surpass, raust, when carried out, become, without eXception, the most important railway la Greatisritign. THE SUN, LOIN - DON, 4 SATURDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 11, 1845. One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtain a most central and accessible terminus in London, and Farringdon-street has been fixed ripen for that purpose: It is proposed Us mate a tunnel from that Point to the Great Western station, from w hence the line will be continued in as direct a course as poss.ble to Holyhead In its progress it wil l pass through or near to the following towns —Rickmansworth, Che,sham, Wendover, and Aylesbury ; it will then proceed to within a short distance of Bicester Kine and ton o Deddingtogtown, n, and fr o m thencato Banbury ; it will touch upon r Kin t h en ce proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a short distance of Warwick, •• Alcester, and Worcester, where it will cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Rromsgrove, and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, and Wenleck, near to Broseley and Cosdbrookdale, will enter the Vale of th Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence con e tinue its routs up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale of the River Vyrawy, will proceed te Llan-y-mynech, Llanrhaladr, and Mochnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen. At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by Corwen into the Vale of the River Alwen, from whence it will run nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre 'melee to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Yale of /•;ant Francon to Bangor and Holyhead. This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most consi sidersble railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham the South Staffordshire Railway. As this last line will connect Dudley, Elision, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would be superfluos to exatiate on the advantages of bring ing all those u important p centres of the coal and iron trade and other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire into close intercourse and thus establishing the cheapest and quickest means of transit between th e minerals of Shropshir e and the furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a mineraly the elsvious fact that it will not only bring the richest and manufacturing portions of England much nearer te the two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will give to London aid the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire distance in ten hours. It will also ensure tyre mail deliveries in the day. Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line will be resumed to Bango, where that already in ction will be adopted for the rest o r fthe route to Holyhead construction or, found de sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent line by Beaumaris to Holyhead. After a careful investigation of the traffic arising hem passengers, the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct transmission of the mails, the Directors feel warranted in anticipating a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested. A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run powerful steamers between the harbours if Holyhead and Kingston on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may be booked throughout from Lohdon to Dublin, incladieg all the inter mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The railways now in active progress in Ireland, running from Dublin north and.south throughout the heart of the island, render it self evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of the Directors, and every advancement in science will be made available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ; while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both passengers and traffic, and the pnblic will find in the improvement of the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts fir those of the first class, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise as national in its character. Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per annum on the amount of the subscriptions paid Hp ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit natil the Act be obtained, and then not beyond the &meant of his subscription. Applications for Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Messrs. Cameron and Bains, Is, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer, Throgmorton-street, London ; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton buildings, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, ; vLierpool Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield ; Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-uPon-Tyne ; Mr. Hervey, Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ; Messrs. Graystone and Earl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter; Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh ; Charles Coupor, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-burgh ; James Jardine, Esq., Glasgow ; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth ; and Messrs. Labertoucho and Stafford, Dublin. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Previsional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot nio shares of 50/. each the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. same in full Residen , e-- Profession or Business - - Reference (two or more) Witness And his Address PROSPECTUS OF THE R HONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE. (Provisionally Registered.) Promoted withal* sanction and support of the Right Hos. the Earl of Dunriven. Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 211. each. Deposit, 21. 2a. per share. • PIOYISIONAL COMMITTEE. lisceunt Adare, M.P., Dunrayen Castle, Glamorgan rawsbaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Fox ley, Kerefordshire Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds aid London Direct Railway Sir ',`lm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director or the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway Sir irm. Twysslen, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square Ri.-hard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire Sir William Wynn, Maes Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales Railway fames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Ilerefordshiro 11. iiry ♦. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn souse, Cardiff' William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Ghefield, Director of the Me- :,' -id and Manchester Railway Clia.les Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square JoUit Castendick, Esq.; I,ewisham, Kent '1! ',alas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby alai Weroester 11lway Ti. Rev. James Cozens, Tnys Plwm, Glamorganshire Eg ward Cotton, Esq., 20, Keppel-street, Russell-square, Director of the Cemmereial Bank N 'ol Came, Esq., D.C.L.,land's-house, Cowbridge, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway • C.tptain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Direater of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire Thomas H. Elain t Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and Ice. 7, Manchester. square Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton-square and Court Herbert, near Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glamorganshire Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire Jahn J. Barris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire John Hopkins, Esq., Maly, Glamorganshire William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester , Rugby, and S;uthampton Raiiway Fero Clark* Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York aid Lancaster Railway Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Raglan Hall, Glamorganshire William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the National Troyindal Bank of England James Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Club James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glansorgansialro Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S. ' Bath, and No. 55, Liacela's Inn fields, Director of the Rennet and A.ven Canal William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex -gardens, Hydo Park Gelrge B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshiro James Brown, Req., ef Ten Ddu, near Bridgend Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshlre J am es Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff Edward Scarf], Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Nall. Glamor- Edward Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Middlesex, aad Bread-street hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanflhangel, Denbighshire Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Di rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. (With power to add to their number). MANAGING tOMMITTES. VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman. gir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N. William Bradley, Est. Crawahay Bailey, Esq. G John Randall, Esq. itilthl. K le e w ily el7n Esq , .Esq. The Rev. Thomas Gronow . Richard James Morrison, Esq. The Rev. 11. R. Fowler William Simpson Potter, Esq. Samuel R. Pratt, Esq. Nichol Carne, D.C.L. Richard Lewis Reece, Eeq, Henry James, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple, S.oLiciTOIL—W. B. James, Esq., 6, Basinghall-street, Londe'. IBANKEIII. Commercial Bank of Loadon National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff. Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff. ENGTNEEI--Charles Edward Bernard, Esq, SzcitsTaar--John Petherick, Esq., pro tern. This RellwitY is Projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few mil es dis tance from the Port O f Cardiff; and to open a new mineral distil t its Wales, c ' 'Which is at AMA fir i mmense and valuable ti i e n l do f oprnesseooftthweithrolcohtethstsanmdea%sotfirntrpOrtant in products. i r th ea t t he co Co al al - Glatnorganshire, where iron-stone also abound s h w e g, nearly flat, and, Im mense quantities, and laying, geologically obtainable, for the most part, by proper lev sPe els a • a making, as is proved at to its being of excellent quality for area kin Tho coal in addition it I Mer thyr and Aberdare, is else, like that of those ehatriets, Of the very best description for steam purposes, being nearly OMAkelead, a, DPUF I inflamraable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiaritY Of a* UP scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other, that the demand for it far exceeds the supply, big to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super sede all others for purposes of stoma navigatioll, This source of and promises, accord traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the 04p4,14 invested, as kas been demonstrated In every instance where even train-404AP CT canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other less promising Tallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which its is cele brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining pro ductions. An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other line. This lint will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great market town sad port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may be said to be almost excluded. It is intended that the lino shall commence at illaen Rhondda, the head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance Airtight miles, where it will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a farther distance of six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lentrissent, and there join the South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the moat advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the porta in the Bristol channel. A preliminary survey has already been ma de b y competent par ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favourable gradients. so much so that it is confidently anticited that ths works will be executed very considerably under the a dvertised ca pital. The landowners along the line are favourable to this midertaking, and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on tke PrOVISIOnat Committee. No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. Until an Ast of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds of:Title Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma , and in the preparation of the plans aid sections to be submitted to Parliament. Power will he applied for in the Aet (and in the meantime is hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nonti sate the first Directors of the Corapany. . In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to landowners on the line and other parties locally interested. PrOSpeallSea And m a p. may be had of and applications for Shares may be addressed in the form annexed to, W. B. James, Esq., Solicitor, 19, Northumberland-street, Strand; to W. Morgan, Esq., Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attent'on of the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers : London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard. " Messrs. J. Peppercorns and Co., 2, Old Broad-street. Liverpool—Messrs. Beultt and Co. Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Lees. Leeds—Messrs. John Young and Co. Bristol Luke /mold, Esq. ; Messrs. Tate aid Nash Birmingham—Mr. Collis Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the PrOlll3lollll Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Comm it t ee of Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 20/. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, aud to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to mg ; and I also urdertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name Residence • • • • • • Trade or Profession • • • • ....... Reference with . ddress •• • . •• Date of Applicaben ••• •••• RHONDDA AND ELY VALLEY S JUNCTION RAILWAY. No farther applications for shares in this Company can be resolved after FRIDAY, the 10th instant. By order, JOHN PETHERICK, Secretary. 19, Northumberland -street. Strand, October 3, 1845. THE DIRECT WEST-END AND CROYDON RAILWAY. (Proyisionally Registered.) Capital, 800,0001., is 4 0 ,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir James Andersen, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director of the Hereford and Merthr Tydvil Railway John Byng Banks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Direetor of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway James Bailey, Fsq., Highbury-Park, Director of the Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction, and of the Scar borough, Whitby, Stockton-on-Tees, and Newcastle and York Junction Railways William Banks, Esq., 4, Honey lane, Director of the Manchester and Rugby, and great Leeds , and London Railways Lieut.-General Sir R. Barton, K.C.8., 2 Montagu-Place, Montagu square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Director of the Tean and Dove Valley. and West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways Charles R. Bigge, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square; Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Herncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway William Bland, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the North Wales, and Richmond and West-end Junction Railways William Blanchard, Esq., York; Chairman of the Liberty of Ripon Quarter Sessions, and Director of the York. Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; Chairman of the Isle of Ely Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway William Broackes, Esq., M.D., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens, Director of the Direct London and Liverpool, and Bristol and Dover Railways Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper 3fontagu-street, Montagu-square Direc tor of the Grand Trunk Railway Isaac Baker Brown, Esq., Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Director of the Bristol and Dover Direct Junction Railway Thomas Byrom, Esq.. Wigan; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne House, Sheffield, Director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway William Cdwell, E, Ince H, near Wigan, Lancashire Direc tor of the al Manches s te q. r, Derby, all and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver pool Direct Railways William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park John Carter. Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway E. Turst Carver, Esq., Forest Lodge. Tulse-hill, Director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kent John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-steet, London ; Director of the Chelmsford and Bury, and York and Lancaster Railways Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Clark, Esq., Farnham, Hants George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead, near Creydon,.Director of the Chel tenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway Benjamin Collett, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire; Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddermin ster; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway 3111115 Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street ; Director of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London Direct Railways Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson,Curzon-street, May-fair; Direc tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great Welsh Central Railway, of the Bath, Bristol, and Dover Railway, of the Hull and Holyhead Railway, &c. Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street ; Director if the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, United Service Club; Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Daniel Ebbetts, Esq., Mincing-lane ; Director of the Direct Western Railway Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple; Director if the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey mouth Railways Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London ; Director of the London and Westminster Bank, and Director of the London Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway Edmund Aldam Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, and Nottingham Robert Fisher, Esq., Highbury Park, Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Manchester-square ; Director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Henry Glynn, Esq , Garden-court, Temple F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di rector of the York and Lancaster Railway C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square ; Director of the Grand Trunk Railway George R. Harrison, Esq., Harlingford-place, Kennington ; Director of the Grand Trunk Railway William Hay, Esq., 19, Clifford-street, Bond-street. Josiah Beale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Chelmsford and Bury Railway Lawrence Hayworth, Esq., Tew Tree, Liverpool A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place ; Director of the Direct Exe- ter Railway John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester ; Director of the York and Lancaster Railway John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street ; Director of the York and Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., MX., Chairman of the Welsh Mid land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway W. Hughes Hughes, Esq. F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London, Chairman of the Manc hester and Birkenhead Continuation, and London and Greenwich Railways Stephen Hutchinson, Esq., London Gas-works, Vauxhall, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of Linden ; Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand. and Swineshead Abbey, Lincoln shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway John Jameson, Esq. ' St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Cumberland Union Railways Slegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Richard Kelly. Esq., 6, Cleveland-row; Chairman of the New ROSS, Carlow, and Kilkenny, and Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railways Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Direct Western. Dendre Valley, and Grand Trunk Railway William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the Loadon and Man chester and Direct Western Railways William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House, Wootton under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman of London, Chairman of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction, n e ri ; i D to i n rector of the Direct and Director of the Leicester aid Tamworth Railwa y s .7.3 Wi ll iamtee3i Mathew,ar g e ts o E n s q , E1q4.,, Gray'sSt Streatham-hill, n t hlam.hllu' Inn-square; n..og i Western Railway James 3rMiller, Esq., Southampton James Meaburn, Esq. ' Grove-hill, Camberwell Thomas Morris, Esq.. Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Director of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways James Morrison, Esq. Director'of the Chepstow aid Forest of Dean and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway Horatio. Nelson, Rsq.. Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey mouth Railway G. Parbury, Esq., Russell-square; Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens ; Director of the Grand Trunk, the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and Reigate Junction aPy.sorrf the Kennet sq K E enn . e . FR t and Avon Bath, and oncan Canal Company , Lincoln's-inn-fields andyorkand Samuel Rai l ways Samuel p. pr a tt, Esq., P. 8.5., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-Inn-fields; Di r e c tor l w Lancaster Railway George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-square, Director of the South ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton andChel tenham Direct Railways Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square ; Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction Company. and of the London, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ; Director of the York and Lancaster Railway R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryansten-street, Portman-square ; Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester Extension Railways James Reid, Esq. Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction Cempacy A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, Loadon ; Director of the 'treat Western Extension Atmospheric Railway Richard Rowe, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale H. Savag,e, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway William Stud ey, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railways Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Western, and Grand Trunk Railways Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich Edward H. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plymouth; Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Henry Taylor. Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Railways James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Great Leeds and London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways Joseph Underwood. Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of the DirectLonden and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby Railways Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the ; : . :o sm r . k als‘ a ,li ii iv id oiln i l , i,a a Eni n s c sci a ,. s ,E t N e ,g r o ,. ; a wi n E d echl D 7 irect Western Railways l a N it i o a r ni t ar w id y C n a n r . llBl 3 e ra ßall e4y Sir Thomas Woollasten White, Bart., Walling Well., Nottingham D av ir e e - c s t t o re r et c:f ß th e e lg L ra e v ed e -square and Sir n w e a w " add, and Suffolk-place, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways (With power to add to their number.) DINIEU.—The Commercial Bank of Lonion. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Sir John liftmen, L.L.D., F.R.S., ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins,M.l.C.E.; Messrs.Gough and Ronmlen,C.E SURVETORII.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons. SOLICITORS. eisrg. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square. sguarrAßT—J. L. Cotton, Esq. from the west end m itt — ee l e st r . e, T e o t rtohsceoeri:dryeeteheet time,evils cial inconvenience of the seheme p a a The psi polls to Croydon, or the most distant places on the Sou nofacdagela4yrnany d sub jeetedinproc t e o ed lt tthh-eEmetro astern and London and Brighton Ballivays, as well as the several sea an d packet-stations on t he coasts of Kent and Sussex; and2d por T t o s supply towealth in the numerous and, y habitants of the district willpass(at through which the intended line out fajlway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in terchange i,f coin nunicatbow with the metropolis, and with each other. Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail way, at Hungerford or Waterloo -bridge, the line will take the most praeticablc route to Kennington, from thence it will follow as near as possible the old turnpike road, passing through or near to the wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton, Tulle-hill, Streatilatn, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect ing a junction at Croydon with the s everal existing or projected lines from that place. It is also proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, the advantages of a direct railway oommunication with the metropolis. A great portion of the Waffle In passengers and goods upon the Brighton and Dover lines Is supplied from the west-end of London and the Birmingham and Great Western R ft ilways. The necessity of proceeding to the station at London-bridge, and by the present circuitous route to Cmydon, is a serious and unnecessary Inconveni ence, entailing additional expense and delay. The removal of this long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre ; sent xndertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay ing this scheme befbre the public, that they have no desire to inter fere with existing railway interests, further than is absolutely indis pensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield assistance to,.and in return endeavour to secure it, from each com pany with Which this line may ultimately be connected. A glance at the map will show, that as a branch or arm of the London and Brighton Railway, this undertaking completes a straight line of communication, from the west end of London to Croydon, Reigate, and Brighton, and renders the ports of Dover and Folke stone, as well as the several places on the South-Eastern line, more I easily accessible from that part of the metropolis. ,at autetmt of tialie at the present time upon the roads be- tweet', Croydon, Mitcham, Tooting, Sec., and London, proves at once that the existing railway facilities do not at all meet the exigencies of the mass of population to whom this line will be available. The population who reside upon or in the immediate neighbour hood of the proposed line, independent of the metropolis, and be.ween the intended termini, exceeds 100,000, whose wants are almost wholly supplied from the London markets, &c., and who have, at the present time, no mode of conveyance but upon the turnpike road. In the transit of building materials, corn, coal, lime, and other heavy goods, from the warehouses and wharfs on the banks of the Thames, and for marketable produce in each direction, this line must become to them particularly useful and convenient. Some idea may be formed of the local necessity of this railway, when it is known that the number ofpassengers who avail themselves of the accommodation afforded by the several omnibuses and other publie vehicles, running upon the turnpike-road, have been ascer tained to exceed 2,600 daily. An equal number (at least) proceed by private and other conveyances. Of foot passengers, although no accurate estimate Gan be formed of them, it is considered: that they at least number four times that of passengers who travel by con veyance. The tonnage of goods it is calculated will be in full pro portion to the receipt from p ass engers , Exp ju e drigeedn of almost every proved, that en ho wever lib era l a sca l e th e et traffic in the transit of good s and p assengers h as every line of railway h as , u p on it s com pl e ti on , probability been c vastly exceeded the calculated amount. There are, however, In this instance, reasons for supposing that the extended facilities of com munication will cause more than an ordinary increase in the con veyance of passengers. The country which the line of railway will open is s i ngu l a rly picturesque and beautiful, and in addition to the admired districts of Brixton and Streatham, the long-favoured and much-frequented Beulah and Norwood will be placed within easy access, and become more than ever, objects of interest and delight to the visitor and resident of the metropolis. There can therefore be little doubt but that the present line must become a profitable and eligible scheme for the investment of capital. The promoters of this undertaking have pleasure in announcing that it is approved of, and will be generally supported by local in fluence. They have caused a partial survey to be made, which will be completed shortly, and they have the assurance of their engineers that there are not more than ordinary difficulties to contend with. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted, by Act of Parlia ment, to the amount of their subscriptions; and power will be applied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4/. per cen t. p er annum on all calls fronithe pas sing of the Act until the opening of the line. Applications for further information, prospectuses, and shares (in he form annexed), may he addressed to the Solicitors; to the Secre tary, at the offices of the Company, No. 34, Gracechnrch-street ; or to the following Brokers :—viz., Messrs. li. and M. B' yd, Princes street ; Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Greystone and Earle, York ; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., and Mr. He nr y Benton, M anchester ; Mr. James Pearson, Bi rm i n gham ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. lir tidy and ;r Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Rowl . James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. J. W. Carr, Col chesterfStaird n.ftorxteht„erH;tdml FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct West-End and Croydon Railway. fientlemen,-1 request yon will allot me Shares of 201. each in the above railway, upon which or noon any less number that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to pay the deposit, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required to do so. Residence .• ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . Profession or Trade (if any) ....... Place of Business (if any) ........ Reference •. - . WORCESTER, WARWICK, AND RUGBY RAILWAY COMPANY . . . (Provisionally Registered.) Offices, 5, Gresham-street, Bank. London, October 8, 1845. The Allotment of Shares in the Stock of this Company has been completed, and the Letters of Allotment have been posted this day. The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will lie for execution at the Offices of the Company, between the hours of 1 o'clock, ♦.m., and 4 o'clock, P.M. JOHN HUGHES, Secretary. B RIGHTON, LEWES, AND TONBRIDGE WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY. (HALLETT'S LINE.) Capital, 350,0001., in 17,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. ( Provisionally Registered.) (Shareholders not to be liable beyond the amount of their Shares.) rsovisioNAi COMMITTEE. The Most Hon. the lila - rq - uIs — OTI - 3 - ristol, Ickworth-hall, Suffolk. and Brighton, Sussex Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P. for Brighton, Sussex Frederick Seymour, Esq., Kernpt Town, Brighton Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P. for Lewes Cir George Prescott, Hart., Theobalds, Merts Sir William Magnay, Bart., London Mr. Alderman Farncomb, London Edwin James, Esq., The Nunnery, Itirsham, Sussex George Rennie, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank, London Valentine Lee, Esq.. Director of the Eastern Counties Railway Richard Wellesley Rothman, Esq., Albany, London Bunford Samuel, Esq., Poultry Chambers Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey Robert Mutrie, Esq., Watling-street, London Richard Dutton, Esq., Herne Hill, Surrey • John James, Esq., Secondary of Loudon , 34, Brauswlck-square Benjamin Webster, Esq., Old Bromptost W. H. Covey, Esq., Charing-cross James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, rlyde Park Stephen Liwdell, Esq., Lewes John Langford, Esq., LENTS Charles Henry Chitty, Esq., Lewes. Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Seyniour Conway, Esq., Kennington, Currey G. W. Wright, Esq., oeel Celyn, Denbighshire PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF GENTLEMEN LOCALLY INTERESTED TN THE LINE ft OVER and BRISTOL RAILWAY, in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway, from Reigate to Bristol. Upon the Narrow Gauge. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,500,0001 . , in 75,000 Shares, of 201. Gash. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PEOVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Deli, Windsor the Right Non. Lord Charles Beauclerc, Chesham-place, Belgrave • square The Right. Hon. Lord Sussex Lennox, Piccadilly ord Alfred Paget, M.P., Uxbridge House Count Bathyany, Audley-square The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstone Lodge, Poole, Direetor of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningham, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Director of the East and West Junction Railway, and of the Brighton and Cheltenham Di rect Railway Sir William B. Johnston, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and south and Midland Railway Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Director of the York aid Lancaster Railway William Collins, Esq., M.P., Warwick Colonel Edward Stopford, 9, Manchester-square A. K. Baker, Esq., Longford-house, Cheltenham Directors of the John W. Hughes, Esq., Gloucester Bristol and Bir- George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, mloghtun Railway The Worshipful the Mayor of Dover The Worshipful the Mayor of Bath Henry Butcher, Esq., the Mayor of Der 1:46 Daniel Nazar, Esq. Edward Poole, Esq. Town Councillors of Dover William Henry Payn, Esq. Edward Seward, Esq., The Rev. Just Henry Alt, Enford, Wilts, Director of the Manchss- ter, Southampton, and Poole Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., Rusland-hall, Lancashire, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, and North Eastern Railways George Addison, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway John Anderson, Esq., London, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Joseph Acton, Esq., J.P., Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan Railway William Ascroft, Esq.. the Willows, Bury, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Austin, Esq., Reddingley-hill, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway William Ackroyd, Esq., Westbourne Lodge, Ottley, Yorkshire, Di rector of the East and West Yorkshire, the Midlands and Thirsk Junction, and Leeds and York and Midland Junction James Beech, Esq., Grosvenor-place, and Brandon, Warwickshire, Director of Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Cecil Brook Boothby, Esq., Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the South Union William Gabbett Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Connaught-square, . Director of the Worcester, Chrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lich- .Iteld, and Manchester Railway Thomas Byrom, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Brown, Esq., Twining-park, Worcestershire Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool aid Leeds Direct Railway Robert Bell, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of the Groat Eastern and Western Juiction, and London and Nottingham Railways Robert S. Butterfield, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Luke Butler, Esq., Alderman, Dublin, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny, and. Cork and Waterford Railways William Clode Braddon, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton Christopher Bentham, Esq , Birkenhead, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and of the North and South Wales Bank William Byrom, Esq. - , Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction, and the Birken head and Holyhead Junction Rairways Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, Director of the Central Kent Railway Joseph Charles Cohen, Esq., merchant, Birmingham John James Conway, Esq., Liverpool John Carmichael, Esq., Cork, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway William Henry Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Thomas Cocksey, Esq., Atherton and Bolton, Director of the Man chester and Wigan Railway William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, War wick, and Leamington Railway William Clifford, Esq Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway ' William Caldwell, Esq., Alderman, Ince-hall, Wigan, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex, Director of the Man chester, Oxford, and Southampton Junction Railway John Townshend Compton, Esq., Wedhampton, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway Captain F. Chamier, Malkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the • Fampoux and Hazebrouck Railway Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse Bradford, Magistrate for Wilts and Somerset - John Campbell Dickers, Esq., New Hall, Neston, Cheshire, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railways Seignley Thomas Cuthbert, Esq. Clifton Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austin% Handsworth, Staffordshire, Di rector of the Birmingham; Lichtield, and Manchester Railway W. T. S. Daniel, Esq., Recorder of Ipswich Miles Dormer, Esq., London, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, John Villiers Shelley, Esq.,Maresfleld Park Alexander Donavan, Esq., Frampfleld Park, Sussex Alexander Donavan, jun., Esq., Frampfleld Park, Sussex George Donovan, Esq., Buckham-hill. George Molyneui, Esq., Banker, Lewes John Baker Stapeley, Esq., llamsell-placo, Rotherfield Robert Fry, Esq., Welches, Rotherileld Thomas Radford, Esq., Uckfleld John Kenward, Esq., Uckfleld Nelson Kenward, Esq., Uckfleld William Kenward, Esq., Uckfleld Russell Gray, Esq., Barcomb ' John Hillman, Esq., Lewes William Cole, Esq., Newhaven • Thomas Wisden, Esq., Brighton Edward Churchill, Esq., Tonbridge Walls Alexander Wright, Esq., 'Worthing, Sussex E. W. Morris, Esq., Pembury, near Tonbridge Wells George Robert Paul, Esq., Worthing, Sussex William 11. Lidbetter, Esq., Tonbridge Wells John Smith, Esq., Frampfleld, Sussex. Charles Thellusson, Esq., Sunmer-lodge, Worthing J, Hunter, Esq., Montagte-house, Tonbridge-wells Edward H. Baldock, Esq., 5, Hyde Park-place. William Edwin Baxter, Esq., Lewes Edward Beard, Esq., Lewes John Taylor Hallett, Fsq., Uckfleld COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT. CHAIRMAN.—Lord Alfred Harvey, M.P. Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P. John Kenward, Esq. John Villiers Shelley, Esq. Thomas Wisden, Esq. Sir George Prescott, Bart. Edward Churchill, Esq. Edwin James, Esq. William Hallett, Esq. Valentine Lee, Esq. Alexander Wright, Esq. George Rennie, Esq. Stephen Lowdell, Esq. W. S. Potter Esq. Edward Beard, Esq. James Reeves, Esq. John James, Esq. George Molyneux, Esq. 17.Ela—William Esq., Hallett,s, Richard Dutton, Esq. Frederick Seymour, Esq. Bas inEgsq hall., _C.E.it g•utree. William H. Lidbetter, Esq, E NGIN EER—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., & c ., & c . SEcarrattY—F. H. Nald er, E sq. BANKERS. ACTING e,TOI Nw9 and Weymouth Coast Railway John Doughill, Esq., Lockwood, Huddersfield Joseph Dowson, Esq., merchant, Lambeth Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor of Carnarvon Henry 1). Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director of th e Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway William Edwards, Esq., Aston Furnaces, Eirminglirm, Director of Commercial Bank, Lothbury. Messrs. MolyneUL and Co., Lewes and Tonbridge Wells. LOCAL AGENTS. William Polhill Kell, Esq., L ewes Robert Foreman, Esq., Solicitor, Tonbridge Wells Benjamin Hall, Esq., Buxted Lodge, near Ucktield. h by ton the an y d ail L e ewes Railway at the town of of the Ouse, pass by Uckfield This railway is projected to form a direct communication between y Brighton and Tonbridge Wells. It will commence at a point of junction Lewes, and with theproceeding and Rotherfielii, thence following the valley to G room b r id ge , procee d to Tonbridge Wells , an d there form a junction with the Tonbridge Wells branch of the South-Eastern Railway. The length of the line will be about twenty-two miles. The neces sity and advantages o f this line of rai lway are sell-evident—it will connect Brighton immediately with the populous and fashionable neighbonrhood of Tonbridge Wells, and more iriediately it will con nect Southampton, Portsmouth. Chichester, and the ports of the western coast of Sussex, with the important towns of Maidstone, Chatham, Rochester, Canterbury, and Dover; thus effecting the greatly desired object of the shortest and most rapid communication between Dover and Southampton. The internal commuidcation between Kent and Sussex will be thus rendered complete. The following towns and populous villages are in constant trading communication with Lewes and Brighton, and will be accommodated by this line :—Barcombe, Ringmer, Isfield, Little Horsted, Ucktield Marestield, Frampfleid, East Hoathly, Mayfield, Withyham,Wadhurst, Newhaven, and Harbour, Waldron, Fletching, Buxt&i, Rotherfleld, Lamberhurst, Front, Ticehurst, Groombridge, Hartlield, Ashurst. The existing local traffic will thus be alone sufficient to prove highly remunerative. exclusive of the great passenger and goods traffic that must of necessity flow into this course as soon as the ne cessary accommodation is afforded. Detailed traffic tables are in course of preparation. The preliminary surveys have been com pleted, and no difficulties, engineering or otherwise, present them selyes, but, on the contrary, this railway will he of facile construc tion, and easy gradients The landowners generally are favourable to this line, to which they have pledged their support. The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent. on all paid-up calls from the passing of the Act until the completion of the line, and the liabi , ity of the shareholders will be limited to the amount of the subscription. Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this Company will be under the control of the Committee of Management for the time being, to whom power is given to allot the shares, and to apply the hinds of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in Its formation, find in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted to Parliament. Power will he applied for in the Act, and in the meantime Is hereby given to the Committee of Management, as above, to raise any ad ditional capital, to abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, or enter into any arrangements with any other company or companies, and also to norniaate the first Directors of he Company. Applications for copies of the prospectus and shares, in the usual form, may be made to the promoter, William Hallett, Esq., Brighton; to W. B. James, Esq., London ; to W. P. Kell, Esq.. Lewes ; to Robert Foreman. Esq., Tonbridge Wells; and to F. H. balder, Esq., Secretary, 83, Basinghall-street ; and to the following Stockbrokers : Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., Old Broad-street; Messrs. Hill, Faw cett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street; John Wil iman, Esq., Capei court ; and to the Bankers of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. _ _ To the Provisional Committee of tho Brighton, Lewes, and Tunbridge Wells Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l hereby request yoa to allot me shares in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, er any less number that may he allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds whet required. :fame .• •• ••.. • ... . Profession or Business (if any) Reference.... ........... ....... ECT I.IkNILII?TATTONBRIDGE EBRIGHTOWNLLLSEIrE . (HALLETT'S LINE.) At a very large meeting of the owners of property and inhale tants of the town of Uckfield and its vicinity, held at the Maiden's Head Hotel, on Friday, the 3d October, 1345, the following resolutions were moved and seconded, and with one dissentient only. Present, the Rev. EDWARD TURNER, Rector of Maresfleld, in the chair ; Rev. John Underwood Rev. Henry Hoare R. C. Streatfield, Esq. Wm. Morgan, Esq. W. H. Lidbetter, Esq. John Smith, Esq. Mr. A. Cheale Robert Frey, Esq. Humphrey Noble, Esq. Edward Olive, Esq. Holman, Esq. Rev. J. Simpson Charles Prince, Esq. Dr. Vincent John Newnham, Esq. W. BAlduck, Esq. J. Radford, Esq. A. Donavan, Esq. Mr. T. Wallis Wickens, Esq. J. Markwick, Esq. E. Kinnard, Esq. Captain Murder, R.N. - 0. 8. Benham, Esq. I Proposed by THOMAS RADFORD, Esq. ; and seconded by the Rev. JOHN UNDERWOOD- - Resolved—That it is highly desirable that railway commusication be established between Brighton, Lewes, and Tonbridge Wells ; that it should be as direct as the nature of the country will admit of; and that Uckfield should bo placed on such trunk line. Proposed by HENRY LIDBETTER, Esq.; and seconded by Mr. NEWNHAM— Resolved—That, having heard a statement from Mr. Hallett of the course that his projected line will take, this meetin g is of opinion that such line is well calculated to accommodate the town of Uckfleld and its vicinity, and pledge themselves to affor d their assis tance to ensure its completion. Proposed by Mr. WALLIS, and Resolved—That pfroormliamtheent in landownere and inhabitant s of supportsecondedby3forf each line, . and the County Members be requested to advocate it. (Signed) EDWARD TURNER, Chairman. Moved by GEORGE SPENCER BENHAM, Esq. • and seconded by BEN- W. Law, Esq. peddington, Esq. Mr. Colgate A. Kinward, Esq. Mr. Richardson Mr. 0. Tanner Mr. Sage Mr. C. Prince, Jun. Mr. Foster Mr. Green Mr. Turner Mr. Reed Mr. Cameron Mr. Bost Mr. Monk Mr. Bourner Mr. R. Markwick Mr. Coke Captain Mackay Mr. Glasier Mr. Rake Hart, Esq. Mr. Mortimer. JAMIN HALL, Esq.— That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Rev. E. Turner for his impartial conduct in the chair. B RIGHTON, LEWES, ASD TONBRIDGE WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY. (HALLETT'S LINE.) No further applications for shares in this Company can be re ceived after Friday the 10th instant . By order, 6, Basingliall4treet. Oct. 4, 1845. liALDEß,Secrettu7. the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and Lon don Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Rail ways Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N., Headly-grove, Reigate John Finals, Esq., merchant, Dover Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., Charles-street, St. James's, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Webster Flockton, Esq., Weybridge, Surrey Bell Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway 'Thomas Folliott Powell, Esq., Esq., 16th Lancers, Lucan-house, Ripon, Yorkshire Benjamin Franklin, Esq., 5, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, Di rector •f the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway William Tulioh Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Dorking, Brighton, and Arundel Railway Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., Brickwall, Northiam, Sussex William Fitzgibbon, Esq., 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square, Director of the Cork and Passage and Cork and Bandon Railways Major Grubbe, Eastwell-house, magistrate fir Wilts William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Alerts Captain Gould, Charles-street, St. James's George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction, the Derby and Crewe, the Macclesfield and Lich field, and the Leicester and Tamworth Railways John Griffith Frith, Esq., merchant, Austin-friars, Chairman of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street, Direetor of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, Manchester, Oxford, and South ampton, and Cheltenham and Brighton Railways William, Gatliff, Esq., merchant, Leeds, Director of the West York shire Railway Joseph Gill, Esq , Potter Newton Mount, Leeds,Director of the Leeds and York and Midland Junction Railway John Hall, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and York Railway William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston. Director of the Leicester aid Tamworth Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth and South Staffordshire Junction Railways William Wilkes Hill, Esq., Beeston Hall, Leeds Lewis Hoffman, Esq., Temple, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire Railway James Inglis, Esq., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and the London, Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railways John Johnson, Esq., R.N., Birmingham Kersington Lewis, Esq., Worcester-park, Surrey, Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford and Brighton Junction, and the Lynn, Wis beach, and Peterborough and Midland Counties' Railways John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk Crescent, Hyde-park William Phillips Lamb, Esq., Ockham House, Sussex Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Dernton Lllf ton, Esq , Potter Newton Ilall, Mayer of Leeds, Direc tor of the Leeds and York, and Wakefield and Bradford Railways Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., , Hull, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, Lancashire, Director of tke Black burn, Chorley, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway, and of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Manchester and Liverpool Direct Railway James Lamb, Esq., 35, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-squat 0, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Railways Thomas Gibbon Moneypenny, Esq., Hole-park, Rolvenden, Kent Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and Chel tenham Direct Railway James Joseph 11`Swiney, Esq., Sandal View, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway J. Mee Mathew, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of Ike Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire Railway Captain Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Read ing, Guildford, and Reigate Railway John George Norbury, Esq., Itanetter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways Joseph Norton, E'q., Clayton West, Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway, and the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway Captain Thomas Ross, 58, Porchester-terrace, Director of the Di- Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square, Director of tke Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the West Midland Railway Withers Rallies, Esq., Temple, Director of the London and Notting- Alexander Prince, Esq., London, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox ford, and Brighton Railway hare Railway George Ewing Scott, Esq., Stoke Bishop, sear Bristol Thomas Stocker, Esq., St. Ives, Director of the Wisbeach, St. Dres, and Cambridge Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-terrace, Director of the Lynn, Wisheach, Peterborough, &c., Railway William Spooner, Esq., London, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Ilenry Scott, Esq., 17, Pall-mail S. E. Sichell, Esq., merchant, Bradford, Direeter of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway George Turner, Esq., Minton Hill, Erdington, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Henry Taylor, Esq. Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Turton, Esq., Bagden Lodge, Clayton West, Hudiersfield William Tinker, Esq., Conock, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway George Thomas Thompson, Esq., Dover, Coroner for the Cinque Ports ohn Thompson, Esq. ' Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Birkhen head and Holyhead Railway, of the Manchester and Wigan Rail way, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway John Taylor, Esq., Bull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway James Upfill, Esq., The Green, Herefordshire, Director of the Staf fordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Direc tor of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway, and the Lynn, Wisboach, and Peterborough Railway Thomas Bolman Upfill, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birming ham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Major White, Fall-mall, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Maidstone, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railways William Boyden Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railway Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire Railway Smith Whileck, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Robert William Watson, Esq., Dover John Wheolton, Esq., Meopham Bank, near Tonbridi e, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Sir William White. Director of the Stafford, Uttoxeter, and Derby Railway. . J. W. Yerbury, Esq., Beleombe-house, Wilts, Capt. 3d. Light Dra goons,Director of the Direct Western Railway. Lodge Morris Murray Prior, Esq., 19th Lancers, Coventry, Director of the Dublin, Tullamore, and Parsonstown Railway Edward Knight, Esq., - M.D. Stafford, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands' Union Ra ilway William Henry Skelton, Esq., Shadwell, near Leeds Charles William Reynolds, Esq., Captain 16th Lancers, Maidstone, Director of the Worcester, Witrwlek and Rugby Railway Thomas Bramall, Esq., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy Chaiman of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Hughes, Esq., Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Wenman Newman, Esq., Thorntury-perk, near Bristol, Re puty-Lientenant of Gloucestersshire, and migistrate of Olcueester shire and Bristol. J. Davis, Esq., Loxley, Warw'ckshire John Kerli Ilaterfield. Esq., Clifton, late Mayor of Bristol Charles Eales, Esq., Richmond-court, Clifton David Bryan, rig. Northampton, Director o! e Liver )cg 1, Man ellister, And W:irrington, and . , he Worcester and la, minter Railway Major Moore, Queen Director of the I oadoa and Not'!" ItAilWaY ----__ a •••••••••, Benjamin Swan, Esq., Weymouth and Jermyn-street Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of GREAT WESTERN, SOUTII d EVAI A Ii a f• EASTERN COUNTIES ; or IPSWICH an Bucks, and Director of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway 1.7 S RAILWAY. Robert Bell, Esq., Norris Castle, Isle of Wight. John Granville Dewes, Esq., Loaley, Warwickshire CONSULTING ENGINEER — Ammo Exairiwes—Edward James Maude, Esq., C.B. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.; the Union Bank Brlstel—Stuckey's Yanking Company Bradford and Trowbridge—The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company Dover—Mews. Latham and Co. JOINT SOLICITORS. Edwin iimith, Esq., and Messrs. Lewis and Ford, London ; Edwar Burgas, Esq., Bristol. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,800,0001., in 90,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman' CIiSIVA° William Fechney Black, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Sir John Edmond de Beauvoir, Samuel Haines, Esq. Bart. Roger Holineworth, Sgt. Sir John Hare, F.S.A. George Lawton. Esq. The Rev. George Newenham John Mollady, Esq Wright, M.J. T. S. Richards, Esq. John Burgess, Esq. Thomas ,1 Shaw, ESQ. _. Richard Carpenter, Esq. Joseph TllOlllOOll, t.S John Grant, Esq. Robert Watkins, Est• John Weehlton, Esq. BA BYERS. the Cp; London—Barnett, Mares, and Co., 62, Lombard -street , not , mercial Bank of London, 6, LothburY ; and ths Until' London Rochdale—Messrs. Clement Royds, and Son Manchester—The Union Bank of Manchester. Liverpool—The North and South Wales Bank. , ) a . Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Comp an Y• n " A i t s brall , " Northampton—The Northampton Banking Comp an y a CONSULTING ENGINEERS. Sir John M'Neil, LL.D , F.R.S., James Thomson, Esq., V.R.S.E., 31.11•LA ENGINEERS. William B. Prichard, Esq., C.B. William Thomson, Esq., C.E. JOINT SOLICITORS. John Bethel], Esq., 7s, King William-street, City, London . , v oloh Peter A. Burrell, Esq., 1, White-hart-court, Lombard-street, SECRETARY—WiIIiam Archer Graham, DK' to 0 Pa T d h ia e m C e o n m tary mitt s e u e rv o e f y D g ir a e r c e tl i o n n a ha cti v v e e tphreogsraetsissf,aacntaioltaot arras std ibe eeno t4 , have been concluded for securing appli ca tion for an act In suing Session of Parliament. in ._. „ l ! i t Applications for plans , prospectuses, and shares, s t Vono , to the Company's Solicitors, Local Agents, and e nter, P, ai d 0, p l . ing Share-brokers :—Messrs. Barclay, Alls o P, change-buildings, London ; Messrs. Houghlaad and { orris street, and Messrs. Marshall and Co., Manchester; hforr l ,r, 'Of!: Esq., Barnard-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Hicks and ( 2, yek.,' street, and Messrs. Welibeoved, Barwick, and Co., Le m; o' pad '' Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; J. R. Lane,lii nniPg O f W. Powell, Esq., 2, Wellington-street, Leamington. we n 0 N.ll. All persons not affixing their place of anod e ' trill ti° place of business if any, to their applications for shares, attended to, the Act of Parliament requiring both add res,4 ' FORM OF APDLICITION. g o athen'' °I T. the Provisional Committee of the Great Western, auw o, ~, Eastern Counties, or Ipswich and Southampton li ,_. t he sh.',, , I request that you will allot to me shat, ; 0 orsp` o ' t proposed Railway, and I will accept the same, er "Y CO ° and pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliament:., and .Subscribers' Agreement when required so to do. Dated this day 1845. „ ,•.• •",„ Christian and 9 Surname la tan : ~..., ~ Profession or Business •••' •• I( OP ~ Address and Place of Business .(it ...., 0,, Usual Signature • • • • • • • • • • • ' :: ~ • "•‘,• Reference.. ••••• • • • • • **** • ' •• ''' •. •• Address of neferee ••• • " ' _,...-;- - i i Offices, 5, Gresham-street, Guildhall. ____-----".„ A ND i's REAT WESTERN, SOUTHEID, 5,900" TD ‘,../r EASTERN . COUNTIES, OR IPSWICH oin AM PTON RAILWAY. chs for • joi , Notice is hereby given, that no further .Applicatin ns , lith this undertaking will be received after TUESDAY RRt .r , t'l er earP By order, W. A. GRALIAo• '••• 5, Gresham-street, Guildhall, Oct. 8, 1845. ------- TiR P /1114 WORCESTER AND MERTHY— JUNCTION RAILWAY. 110 (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and Viet.,,esP: Capital, 800,000/., in 40,000 Shares of 201. e4e.' Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. 4 01 PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. ,„ili Sir William Wynn, Maeeynewydd , Chairman of the •L''' b Railway orf William Chadwick, Esq., Montagu-square, Director of the, - so uth Wales Railway, and Chairman of the Worcester s'''' So Wales Junction ac t ro' tos ''' Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer-lodge, Avenue : 11 0P $ gent's-park, Director of the Manchester and Se' 'a Railway _te, Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London .., wwee' John Krill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of we, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway ~..„t pa. ',,°, William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 19, Janics-st , ` - ' ' 4. ham-gate 44 1°' 3 Henry Plumtre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Dryo%looP Director of the Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction "- 5 5 ajor,General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate tot Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London , pl at 1 Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland-lodge, of of 5 , of the North Wales Railway, and Deputy-Cha ff ' 1 Worcester and South Wales Junction John Purchas, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross 13 ' John Tanner, Esq., M.D., Ledbury s tet. t wildam Barnes, Esq., Foregate-street, Worcester woo George, Alfred Ellis Wall, Esq., Cross-house, nea r and Worthy park. Hampshire John Hemming, Esq., North-bank, Regent's-Pak* John Crawford, Esq., lalackbrook, Abergavenny Philip Matthews, Esq., Burton Court, near Roes ,0: 01 Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow Court, Worcesterehlrei,norte' t l ' , re cto William Nichoslson. Esq., Manchester, Director of t he - Rugby Railway tor 'f William Bland, Esq., 11, Park-terrace, Brixton-ro stl ' ee l° North Wales Railway and ;- Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven Railway 310 James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street, Directo r of the shire Railway „ Itf`'' ' Thomas Baylis, Esq., F.S.A., Pryors-bank, Fullunn r of t" - Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse-hlll, Brixton, mouthshire Railway Joseph Gillman Barrett, Esq., Ross _,..• ...t e hire James Uptill, Esq., The Green, Bromyaii, Hereo n William Candler, Esq., Newland Com t, near Worces ter ~troof'r j t v : James Chamberlain, Esq., Green-hill, Worcester wee ~ 0 o' Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde - pa r- s nd l''' of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, Liverpool Direct Railways of °I Charles Grant, Esq., Fitzroy-square s . pir oWr John Jennings, Esq. Elm-grove, Hammeremitu , Southampton, Mane t hester, and Oxford Railways Paul Prosser, Esq., Galway, Herefordshire, ROs s William Dew, Esq. Soutkwell Court, Ross ThomasWathen, Esq., Trevose, Ross i et. o William Cary Cox, Esq., Ross i , s lf°rw D. A. R Saunders, Esq., HILI.-house, Ledburf —d fordehire Directo an d gat?' Matthew Stephens White, Esq., Trepenkennett , Rel o ter a Ellis Lee Sanders, Esq., Ross, Director of the We"' , roe ° .„ lie Wales Junction Railway J T o h at o ,fli m idH a s s aolu N l V .thE ood ..wq a .al, ll l° , ;o 7 .ll s um q n . e° , ret ß ioh o nan lli ßa r t e : li n lv e wo a ar r , Ross, Director of '''.- -AO % for'' of t be y cester, of Lawson Thomas C NN a ' p h e it , t E le sq sey ., I lP r ur .D c . h , " Dr . o E o sq k-Ir ß ee os t, s and South Wales Junction Railway „usret P t irect e. : the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railws• , ,,,,a-P.;,, , 0 / Lieut.-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.8., 2, 31en .r„ Iht i ,;;" anstone-square, Director of the York and Lances is 01' James Vickers, Esq., Mark-lane, Director of the l ° and Armagh, Coleraine, and Kilrush Railways William Farmer, Esq., Worcester IS Ili c George Williams, Esq., Longdon, near Tewkesbulliregrarj go Samuel Homfray, Esq., Bedwelty-house, Tro le g ar rarecte rr. ~ t , 4 11 William Thomas, Esq., Court, Merthyr Tydvil, "" ofig ' of Neath Railway of the' HanDoirveeetr.or. .i, te Thomas Evans, Esq., Dowlals Ironworks, DlreeWr Railway , ,_, • ,,,, , 0r1t O Ott Thomas Brown, Esq., Ebbw Vale and Sirhowlm"" Trona e o f ' David William James, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil 3f ,at• Benjamin Martin, Esq., ren-y-Darren iron works _±,, pi Morgan Morgan, Esq., Bodweigad, Merthyr TYtivl" Vale of Neath Railway William Meyrick, jun., Esq., Merthyr Tydvil Edward Porches, Esq., Yuls-y-gored, Aberdar e * g.1t,,,- - . .5,.. 4 i 1.11.'‘.4' CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Vignolles, E,_,s c l.„_'' 3(..tv - Eiseirsiszas--ll,lessrs. S. and T. IlopLe.' - ' BANKERS. Xrc ° The London and Westminster Bank, LothburY,„„arinif Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Biddulph, and Co., ." Messrs. Webb and Co., Ledbury Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins. and Co., Ross Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere, and Co., Worceste r The National Provincial Bank, Gloucester rgicreardleorni re Messrs. Baileys, Gratex, and Williams, •O„ Monmouth and Glamorgan Banklug Com Pan." ' deli Messrs. Wilkins and Co., Merthyr Tydvil- one 1 , SO Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, LICITORS. and Gutteres, rbilpol. Charles G. Jones, Esq., 11, Grays's Inn-square mu ff, Messrs. J. and F. Higins and Chamberlain, L e "' Messrs. myt t e o s ca a t rid a T o 3 E , La bs s. , es te Wore Messrs. Edwards, Ross e all* steßzo M naT e A s c s ze re sy . Gabb and Seeretan, A be3 t v e 0 l ati o ( f p t ro he t e em om .)-- pa l4l , lll 7 7 w ,B e ei c b 7. o oi. ,0000 0 3 ,. , r ,r i This railway will commence at the station of t b t l:, atrir 11 ` 4 0 1. Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Ju n de coid„, 1• 1 °,41# ceeding through a rich agricultural district, now oe - di e ' citr th e wi gs t vi e accommodation. to Abergavenny, and front ay ° .0. Nant-y-Glo, Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Retinue'' , B _, - „ psil” 'O r Tydvll, at which place it will join the Taff Tv , ' m coo) ris tante will not exceed 40 miles. inlet ' - t tiAroe i t t i ' P in d 4 ' ir On reference to the map it will be seen that wales S SO $ tion with the proposed Worcester and South_iiii„uou tester, Ledbury, Malvern, and Ross, will perfecta , c e ", Gle n ~t r il communication from Merthyr Tydvil to Lon. „,,,,i oD: it mingham, South Staffordshire, and the north. ~„, irlin'asfe'; e r, The population of Merthyr, and the surrotino,;ire'-e co , ,' or ces' oi tt; exceeds 120,000, and this line will place it I n r d, and t $ 6 1,8 4 1 .4 the agricultural counties of Monmouth, Herefo c gre ates ii le o t ~ The line will be laid down so as to render t il i ,,, t threlao l or dation to the principal ironworks in the alatr . other hos will pass, and a saving of ten miles over any ot her P 1 01 l effected between Merthyr and Worcester, an , uth Do' n a c' of and east of that city. ..„. reeste r ° lag ° of Arrangements are in progress with the ,* e ~, advs ore Junction Railway Company, for the m utium . 0 ale of t o re Companies. _.„ , ~,i ie ~.n „.. to0”.1 to v .. e re ,- ,A Applicants for shares who are persontov -I to refer re $ 'pot ] tile Provisional Committee, are request.- required to s*, t ,, ,Any ~ .1 . Committee ; all other applicants will be requ - „,tabili , it.' , to some hanker, or other person of known reap e e^: .cec o o o o o 4. or the town from which the application is Inn e b wale. J th i e C P ' to; Holders of scrip is the Worcester and Str ha res in., 0 trlovh ,- way will be entitled to an equal number of s a w ithi, o rs ~ l r upon making application in the usual form, an to ofh e ' oo of , r 5 re' hereafter specified; subject, however, the shares were not originally allotted , visional Committee, and all such persons mu , O re sndde rence according to the form below. Act te 41 1: 14 ur i l l ii' Or The usual power will be taken by the , do n ~t o , E , 4 per cent, per annum on the amount a subficriL o lotw en d IP .0 Subscriber will be answerable for more than tit' not D.Y g al /7 0 ,1 posit until the Act is obtained, and then the " scription. the ''' s S$ , agents, and of the fallowing sharebrolte.-s.dord, cei ve )! , ' ,4, , Prospectuses and plans may be obtained 0 ..1 : _.3fs p 4., o ,C_-,,,, in the ec7.-..ti,t,ororrefbaott,... 0,40 f:, Scott, Throgmorton-street, London; Joh n sess o ' °Oh s 0 , 1.,,t, Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Leetrece o od lenie l L e , 3 14 P nove, and Taunton. Liverpooel ; Mes,rs' n iter 3tj I-n dr' cheater ; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, 14 ter ; 31c ' jest Birmingham; Mr. William Miles, Wore ° , „0. 4 11 Glasgow; and Mr. Balms, Gloucester. ~„R sflAryertlV ~,g, FORM OF APPLICATION WorcesterFOß and of L. To the Provisional Committee of the Junction Railway. tanc'"" der 3 each in the proposed Worcester and Gentlemen,—l request you will allot 1 1 ;e byr Tye lvi a l; l it sl- 1 1.1 0 :1 ; ;;;!:: wthaeyre m a i n , d or l up u on nd a e n r y tak le e sse to r n a u c m ee be ll payment to be made within the time Mull! . n d Da , ' tract when required. and I undertake to execute the Agreente n ' •-• l''' ° ' dal et .., t r tth3lbeeet m s :_a n i e h ee ' es , :l / I , ° r . t e ,i t s:c d el citpel eterf ilC" Dated this ____---______.-- - ....„ ,,,i" Name Residence -------------- ir ip Referenc n a tu re _.,, uettelsigL__-----'‘..,, li yft TI V 0 0 , A ER.J. ve° WORCESTER AND At; t ,r4s . • the t` e o° At a Public Meeting of g l A t n ii i l i at o 11° `.. fe b e ie l lr ne. fe e nkl ue° - t! 'ili g neighbourhood of Merthyr, held ors ul L4,s, s?„,,, eo y nt a i se j l e , Castle Hotel, this 3d day a October, .'. Junction ; 0 011 c ,alf ) DAVID W. JAMES, Esq., having u"' te for r P a chair , magistra L .,,,, 0 ,11' from the Worcester and South Wales .,,ii „ la x tee co ev a r" - -,4 of Glamorgan, and seconded , dr ucti",th o , or It was moved by WILLIAMTIIOb)iyATS:O2.."S EVI SI4 ' -.. Of ll .-esi` ironworks— meethig , the ,s e i ° , l , l . - o,na c r o f the t iali .li f " That from,n the opinion of this/ - w o re, p et A esBe o p the F r f a s iletile teu Mi': 1 0 . ' cester and Merthyr Tydfil Juncti, e _t a en d ne 02, 0 W t O . .e'" i iff . 1. 1, it .. j w u a n y , io n 1 t 11 :‘ l i l e w r t a l 'i v y a r - t T R y e d e e t l I , i t i : s j e o t in ocon _ e t : h :T way, 7 . ouriiite 0 i o:r to promote the prosperity of this t.,7,..i.,„ r aow n :l? an d 7; 0 is re ' r ei si as It will perfect a main trunK Itu° e a advantageous outlet for the miner als counties ? _ir such A sirk the agricultural productions oftsMeetin: wi ld * n - f mingham, London, and the n o i r e t ti l: noas o noof : i n i ,: l i d : is : t yr r o lc oN t : , n o : o t e4 l l l lo. , , Y o arts i O4: anti Worcester ; therefore thi its strenuous support. arriet t E of lo ots, P 01. 0 1 CO It I w ro aS nw m o o r y s el , b y androse: too a r! Wil l od e ef t e n to e 1, 0 oafs t o' Baran Ironworks — reefing . bo giv , rog , I _ o f 4 ,? j "That the thanks of this 3 r , p utation ' d for t", t das t:orl` this asec *, e.tin, , loy. mittee, far their attendance ° at ed to the ,',„ c e uon g al Pi information they have aff rd _Tydfil d 1w- m ade / Esq., and the Gentlemen of the ....e t i n g an laa' ~,, aec - is Chair , an d for l ' unanimously. vacated the - r sq . , a 0 . The Chairman having _ ~..e so rr, .., 4 0,,,,dera _gjo posed Worcester and Merthyr -Ty It was moved by Trlostss 1- 1 •2"i 0 , 4 ,, of !re; C.;"" e clsit' f, WILLIAM DAv l ,7 , „„ given to ..a by vp.- cl4oAnsdednrywßl4.--, N,Amix rot able and impartial conduct ................. 13Ti ly 1 cso s te i AND M t) AY. lIPP ° a°- " That the thanks of thisingthee:cntair.”—Carn 11, - 1( W ORCESTER , ja voir he n o 1 t it juN cTia-- ace t- Tn eo 4 ' oat T ee til e AO The Provis'.onal Cam ni . e receive d mr. 0 0 Share.' in this Company err b o y o rders„ „ lipoSv"" no 0e:to:ler. • 7, Walbrook, Ceteber, 1845, DOVER AND BRISTOL RAILWAY. No Applications for Shares can be received after MONDAY, the 13th day of October, instant, except from parties resident in the coutdry or locally interested, by whom applications may be made until Wednesday, the 15th instant. By order, CHARLES MARTIN, Secretary. 12, Gray's Inn-place, 7 Oct., 1845. WEAR VALLEY RAILWAY CONTRACT FOR THE EXECUTION OF WORKS. The Directors are desirous of Letting by Tender the Making and Completing the entire Works of the above Railway, with the exce Lion of finding Rails and Chairs for the Permanent Way. Length line about twelve miles. The plans and specifications may be seen at the office of Mr. John Dixon, Civil Engineer, Darlington, on and after Monday, the 20th day of Oetober next ; and Tenders must be sent into Mr. Thomas M`Nay, the Secretary, at the Company's office in Darlington, on or before Monday, the 3d of November. GEORGE 11. WILKINSON, Ckairman. Wear Valley Railway 7 office, Darlington, Sept. 22, 1844. LONDON EXCHANGE OF SCRIP. AND NORWICH DIRECT RAI LW AY, .• With WEST ESSEX, LYNN, and YARMOUTH EXTENSION, through DUNMOW and BURY ST. EDMUNDS, with a BRANCH to NEWMARKET. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Lard Alfl - ed Hervey, M.P. for Brighton, Ickworth-park Captain the Hon. E. T. Wodehouse, R.N., Witten Sir H. E. Banbury, Bart., Great Barton Hail Sir W. Foster, Bart.. Mayor of Norwich W. H Windham, Esq., Fellbrigg Hall, Crome: James Banbury Blake, Esq., Thurston Lodge 6. Y. Benyon, Esq., Denton-park G. W. Gent, Esq., Moyen's-park T. Neville Abdy, Esq., Albyn's Charles Raikes, Esq., Walthamstow W. Whitaker Maitland, Esq., Loughton Hall. The holders of the Old Scrip Certificates of the London and Nor wich Direct Railway may exchange them for New Scrip Certificates in the above Company, by delivering up such Old Certificates to Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhlll, the bankers of the Company, or to tile bankers in Bury St. Edmunds, and paying to them , the additional 5 per cent., or 11. per Share, required by the recent standing order of Parliament; upon which receipts will be given for such Certificates delivered up and money paid, to be exchanged for new Scrip Certificates (in which the sum' of 21. on account of each Share will be acknowledged to have been re ceived) after execution of the Subscribers' Agreement and Parlia mentary Contract by the person named in each receipt, as intending to execute those Deeds. For the convenience of Scripholders living at a distance, or who may, front other causes, be unable to attend in London, the Old Scrip may be delivered up, and tile money paid by agents, although the Deeds must afterwards be executed by the persons named in the receipts, as proposing to sign. Due notice will be given of the time for (dosing this offer, which will be as soon as a fair degree of publicity can have been given to it. Applications for shares, in the usual form, may be forwarded to m e, at Bury St. Edmund's, or to Messrs. Wade and Pennington, Frederick's-place,* Old Jewry; T. Bisgood, Esq., 36, Carey-street, Lincoln's Ina-fields; W. T. Wade. Esq., Great Dunmow ; H. Sams, Esq., Clare ; H. W. Jackson, Esq., Haverhill ; I. 11. Holmes, Esq., Bury St. Edmund's ; and C. S. Gilman, Esq., Norwich. F. K. EAGLE, Secretary. :FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. I request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the West Essex and Yarmouth and Lynn Extensions of the London and Norwich Direct Railway Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to tie, to pay the deposit of V. per share thereon, and to execute the Subscri bers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract. Name • • ...... . • • •• • • .. • Residence • ....... .............. Addition or Occupation .... Reference .......... • • • ..... *** The Company reserve the right of carrying the lines entirely through upon the aticosheric principle, if found expedient. SHREWSBURY AND TRENT VALLEY UNION RAILWAY. Company's Offices, 6R, George•street, Manchester, October 3d, 1845. The Committee of Management of the Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Railway Corripany having this day unanimously re solved, that it is expedient that this undertaking should be combined with the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, and that for this purpose the Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company should be dissolved and its affairs wound up;— Notice is hereby given, that scrip holders must forward their scrip to these offices on or before the 31st October instant, and signify in the annexed form, their election either to receive back their deposit, which, in that event, will bo returned to them without deduction for past expenses, cr to take in exchange for the scrip of the Shrews bury and Trent Valley Union Company, a corresponding number of Shares in the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company. Parties who shall so elect may receive back their deposits forthwith, on depositing their scrip. Parties who elect to take shares in the Shropshire Union Railway and Canal Company, may, in like manner, on depositing their scrip, obtain a letter of allotment for a coresponding number of shares in the new Company, which allotment will be forwarded to original aliottees immediately after the scrip shall have been deposited, and in Cher cases so soon as the Threctors shall bo satisfied of the suffi ciency .f the depositors. Parties who shall fail to send in their scrip and notify their wishes on or before th• 31st October, will be considered as having elected to receive back their deposits. The Parliamentary Contract and subscribers' Agreement of the New Company, together with a Deed of Release, will lie for signa ture on and after Monday, the 13th October instant;—in Manches ter, at No. 58, George-street, and in London, at a place to be here. alter named ; and the scrip of the New Company will be issuable immediately after the deeds shall have been executed. HENRY TOOTAL, Deputy Chairman, R. FOSS, Secretary. q IIEA 4 11 0 1, 4 re in t u t ; th ti tu , et lir l e c ialPan Men, Pit al, 12 the LOCAL SOLICITORS, G. F. Thompson, Esq., Dever ; Hoary Gilbert, Esq., Devizes; W. it. Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Timbrell and Meyrlck, Bradford and Trowbridge; Messrs. Taylor, Kemp, and Kingston, Bath; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke Messrs. Timbrell and Merrick, Bradford and Trowbridge Messrs. Taylor, Kemp, and Kingston, Bath. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddy, ESQ. SECRETARY—CharIes Martin, Esq. This Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate, whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the several ports and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Bristol ; and, by means of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and the north of England. From its proilmity to the Continent, the port of Dover will always be the most accessible point of the English coast; an expeditious communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours, and inland,towns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily be regarded as a great national advantage. . .. ... . . Dover is at present the chief port of embarkation for Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and the vast numbers already resorting there both on business and pleasure, will be im measurably increased when the railways of France, Belgium, llol land, and Germany are fully brought into operation. In addition to which, the Government Commissioners having selected Dover as a Harbour of Bernice, and recommended the entlay tier" • of 1,500,0001., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the coun try, and perhaps the most important town on the southern coast. In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, or for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more conve nient, and accelerated intercourse between this great port and all parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the pro moters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed railway, which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing tae chain of railway communication upon the narrow gauge between the south-eastern coast, and Bristol and the western, northern, and mid land counties. The lino will commence at the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Godahning, Farnham, and Odiham to the Basingstoke station, en the South-Western Rail way. it will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trow bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course through the Somersetshire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards Radstock into the heart of the collieries, terminate in ajtuaction with the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol. _ _ By its course throng; Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and 0,11- ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by those towns, and connect the rich and fertile hop districts of Surrey, Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means of conveyance of their produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill. By its junction with the contemplated " Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway," it will afford to the inhabitants of Reading, Oxford, and to the midland counties generally, the best and shortest route to the Continent, as well as to Worthing, Hastings, Brighton, and the other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which will be accomplished by this and the proposed railway from heading. By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke, and of the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway further west, the present line will connect Dover towards the south, with Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.), Gosport, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, also with Shrewsbury, Chester, and Holyhead, and in fact with the whole of North and South Wales. _ _ _ At Basingstoke, also, this line will join the proposed London, Salle bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dever and the south eastern counties the populous and wealthy cities of Salisbury and Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, the p,,rts of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and the mineral regions of Cornwall. To Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns In the vicinity of its course, the benefit which this line will confer cannot be too highly estimated; to the coal districts of Somerset shire it will open large and constant markets both in Bristol and to the south and east, while to the inhabitants of Bristol especially, con necting its channel with the Straits of Dover and the Downs, pro viding a perfect line for telegraphic communication, and securing to them the whole of the trade between the south-east of England and the west and south of Ireland, it seems difficult, considering the enor mous traffic which must necessarily flow to that city, to conceive a project more deserving of their cordial support. In the memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two great rival companies, the Legislature. for the first time admitted that prineip'e of competition with existing interests which was claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for the protection and benefit of the public ; and it is with no fear of the resu't that the promoters of the present undertaking invite attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be established between Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the narrow gauge than by the devious course of the Great Western, inde pendently of all the advantages of the proposed central station at Hungerford-bridge, and the convenient access to the Thames both there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and inconvenient station of the Great Western at Paddington. In length the proposed line will be nearly 110 miles (assuming this Company to have the construction of that portion between Reigate and Dorking, for which plans have been deposited by the South- Eastern Company)—the country through which it passes does not present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any resi dential or ornamental property be interfered with except under an imperative necessity. A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and the Committee also retain to themselves the power to vary the course of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests and projected lines that may be considered advantageous to the shareholders. The capital proposed to be raised is 1,500,0001., in 75,000 shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. 2s. per share, to be paid on allotment. Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest, at 41. per cent. per annum, upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of the line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act has been obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contrast will he ready for execution, and the scrip issued immediately upon pay ment of the deposits. Applications for shares must be addressed to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No. 12, Gray's Inn-place, only ; but nu appli cation will be attended to unless accompanied by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the solicitors to the Company, or a banker. Copies of the prospectus and form of application for shares may be obtained at the offices of the Company, or of Messrs. Peppercorne, Old Broad-street ; Mr. Sym, 9, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. B. Wll - Throgmorton-street, stock and sharebrokers, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Bristol Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 26/. each in this Company, and I agree to accept the same, or may smaller number which may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreemer when required. Dated this 1845. day of Name in full ............ Occupation or Profession. ....... ..... Residence.. • • • • ..... ...... .......... FORM OF APPLICATION, To the Provisional Committee of the Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company. Gentlemen,—herewith are Scrip for shares iu the Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Union Railway, in respect of which I request you* to cause to be allotted to me a corresponding number of shares in the Shropshire Uniou Railway and Canal Company, and I agree to pay such deposit, and execute such deeds and agreements as may be required lu respect of such new allotment Description ...... • Address in full.. • • •• .• . .... .... This form must be tilled up in the handwriting of the applicant. * Parties declining to take shares in the new Company, can substi tute the following for the remainder of the form of appileation--" return we the Amount of the deposit therm." dj 15 tt 4 ""4