The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT RAILWAY. By a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford. Distance, 120 miles. -• Capital 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. Pu rsuant to th e S tan di ng Orders of the House of Commons. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Th Right Honourable Lord Dunboyne The Lord Stephen Chichester, Ormeau, Belfast, and Army and 11.4 rY Club, Lo n d on Sir Robert Alexander, Bart., Charles-street, Manchester-square Sir William Twisden, Bart., Dorset street, Portman.square, Di. re ctor of th e Ch epstow, Forest of Dean. and Gloucester Junction and Erewash Valley Extension Railways Sir WilLam Bacon Johnston Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and of the South and Midland Junction and West Midland Railways Sir Sir Joh n Osborn , hsrt , Earl's-court, Brompton , Key Bart , King's Arms Yard, Alderman of London, Director of the. Direct Alanchcster and London, and of the Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway. %tail) Frederick Polhill, M. P. for Bedford, Rir Hebert Barton, K. C. H , Director of the York and Ma Lancaster 11..ilway jo r /, • 'eneral Thomas Morgan, Singleton.house, Torquay -‘aJnr-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Port. fis h square Ackroyil, Westbourne Lodge, Otley, Director of the Eait and West i ork, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Leeds Thand Carlisle Railways ..2r nas rent Alexander F ,sq Director of the Italian and Austrian, and 't a ate ley Contt,inu E ation It.olways 14)C , sq., Nottingham, Director of the Amber of.t Nottingham, Shoes Alliotttiogham, an d B oston, ar:d Eastern J unction, and one ne R horn, h P itailw a rov Committeenal Commie of the Nottingham and Gains. y Companies Henr y Am , Ambler Esq., worsted spinner and manufac urer, Watkin s"-hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway, and Liverp oo l arid Leeds Direct Railway H A nderson Esq. Upper Clapton, Director of the South Mid. land Railway. ll oas Geo,ta A - "ell, Esq.. M.D., Mile-End-road Air Ashlin, E sq ., Di rector of the Liverpool and Newcastle n•lYne R a il way ard Arrnitaee Esq Huddersfie'd and Great Grimsby, Di ictor of the '' fariche " ,ter and Great Grimsby, and Keighley, The a , li fax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways jc::,ttrttoevr .ofCharles Edward Armstrong, M.A., Hemsworth 10 Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Di the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway NN,a4l" Ilaulforki, jun , E‘q , Director of the Hull and Barnsley ,t,'d Leeds and Carlisle . Railways 'ham Bard.ett K, Broad-t, i r.!.,c,,tor of the Italian sq' and Austrian, and Winchester-house the Derby, str Utt ee oxet D er, kill a Stafford /railways n' t Honey-lane-market, Director of the Man. ,j, t h h i ,"•er and Rugby Direct Railway, via Macclesfield t s . , ay Es s q , Stockwell, Surrey toratt Pechne) Black, Esq., Wiltoriodace, Be! rave square, I se• t°l* r'f the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland 6 i • th e V , ceett Burgess, Esq.. Temple's -park, Hampstead, Di re ct o r CharlesSali heffield, Buxt on, L ee k , P otter i es, and Crewe ltai:way s bury urroges; Butler, Eso.. the Lode, pper Clapton Eoi Castle , _house, G g ome U rsall, near Leeds Leeds Burnley, Esq,, Gomersall, near Leeds, Director of the 0 a Le t 'd We s t Ri ding Junction Railway, and of t h e Liverpool s,-- eds Direct Railway tileeirltateman Esq., Croft-house, near Bradford, Director of the Henry Mei and L eeds Direct Railway h,liwSinth Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby hri aY gstoek ce,ter D erby, Director of the Rugby, Derby and Man- J 1,4 8 nailw a Jar% .„rnwoe, Esq., Bedford Leid'rand, Es q . , 9, Ncw Broad-street, Director of the Cam 'lobe g and Lincoln, and Great Luxembourg Railway th or e. e 1 ) Tutbury. Director of the Teat and Dove Valley, ` r oY and Gainsborough, the Shropshire Mineral Rail. 4 Ys let„ ~tll t - sulli r E , q., East Retford kber t " . 1 ' 44 1 Esq., Sand acre, Derbyshire ataej Hontton, merchant, 'Woodville, Notts t he o„ ut l in, Rol., bank er, West-field House, Rugby, Dire c t or o f te e r .,. - guY and H untingdon, and one of the Provisional Commit- Ilich ar - ,' the Oxford and Birmingham Junction Railway Companies Esq , merchant, Nottingham i „tiri r m . • '▪ In, Esq., merchant, Nutting ram Bradley. 'hor n ~ingham Bishop, Esq., merchant, Nottingham Ili-• al 'AM E q. m sq e . :chant, Nottingham Grantham, Director of the Ambergate, Wid?atttgharn and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway bir(T t lirai t'eY, Esq., Manor Oaks, Stretlield, Chairman of the hai, West ern, and Isle of Eiy an d Li nco l ns hi re J unction Jeb a i ways t;),Wler B urbid : :,e, Esq., May of , of the J Itirrilwargate, Not 5, tingt or am, and Bo,ton, Grantham and Eastern Director Junction "%th an Y y. Bite- Bur ton, Esq., merchant, Carrington, Nottit.ghamshir e, Lia,,,et3r of the Nottingham merchant, and Gainsborough Railway 13lidwin Carrick, E iq ., M ag i s t ra t e , H u ll , Di rector o f the T6kWarwick, and Leamington, and of the Liverpool an d thoyik„Dtreet Railways Jahe ' h ailis Alderman of London Thomaa 'Atter ''sq" k q "°"lngleY for the borough of r arter, Es q•, Tanshelf, Magistrate tha el te 'act kql.,e3,„charnock, Eol Ho:mfield_house, near Ferry-bridge j ti o . ,, Lsy ent ey, E sq Es q ., of the South arid Midland un ei' a 4d hame Extension Railways 'ein ßarm an- Director of the Wester') Jae, cent s, Esq. Lowndes-square, 4 74), Rail %ay Gainsborough, Director of the Manchester,! , aim and Great Grimsby, Gainsboroug , h, Goole, and Isle of J jla4ii;es,..a.nd the Wisseach, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire Cott j.n eu tt ,: - E ( l , , East Retford 4 c hit, E :ri , •, Litt 'e Bard ° Id hall near Braintree, Essex i f e th - e Paris ) and Strasburg, South a,tPt°4qhtrecatonrd Oxford, and the Manchester, Rugby. Macclesfield Railways ts :ti e ti i .: °" . Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham Ex. . 4b et l j ,rn YeSoihner,arci C oleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street c 'ka, N,`' E N., Nottin g h am Lit,,,..Lark Carter, Esq., Woodgreaves House, near Wakefield, n f the Aancheiter, Huddersfield, arid Great Grimsby C err t : e ' Railw ay • 144k1i,84,,'tus Hamilton Chichester, Esq , Oakfield, Donegal, "ale,','"etham 1 Bel rave.square, Director of the Grand e q ,,, ''l4 sia - ( ‘ o ( a r ' t tai, and r a ll e ndon g and Exeter Direct Railways 17%7,!!Ce , rn i' m cm, Esq., Worksop ;'. 'hut cran, Esq., %Vellum' Villa, near East Rctford ,: t har i co eethion, Esq., merchant, Nottingham D: c h ,, er, E sq, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire tee 'e. E. Stratford, Essex _ J itailway Esq., Di rector o f t h e Rh on dd a an d Ely Vali i" a! s;a rth w 'n e t ' Itibston-hall, etherby, Magistrate for the A. st e ßiding o f Y orkshire J` ZT: IhNl.,4intiort, Director of tha Oxford and Worcester : i' and Woretster Junction Railways Joh Nl Nlo:, ve oport, E sq , D er b y , Di rec t or o f t h e R ug b y, D er b y, I n Alt ,I"ter Railway 13i xlan' Esq., Burnley, near Leeds, Director of the 1 141, 4 - A it bra, -reds Direct R ailway su eld Eso D ilton, Huddersfield, Director of the Y ' berb ".' beet, a Y and Manchester, of the Liverpool and Leeds Fd ßar ! ~ aye 4 ' l of the Keighley, Halifax and Huddersfield Junction , wick.a-UOUtdeday, Eti ' t th Wore .! F.L.S., Director of the Rugby, War' W4li 5 D oi ester s ßailway xt Esq., Pontefract qe Esci Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough, -4 ' o . Ly n ' 4 ,h, ' e . aud and Boston, and ii akefield Railways "tt b icker, Esq , New.hall, by Heston, Director of the lieary i „ t y r tan wa ;:' ol Yhead, and the Birmingham, Oxford, and Read. D u Itr del6 ele nt l` Noi Wakefi e ld, Di rec t or o f th e M anc h es t er , H u d. L h, cis Eu',,:rnct Gr eat Grimsby R a il wa y i.l, a7 t) uth p,„ t s t ' srt• Director of the Exeter, Dorchester and Wey. John u Leu t 'nanee 4, T ownhcad-house, Rochdale t- -11 4 D• 4°n el Fitch, 36 , Y or k -terrace, Regent ' s P ar k , M an . t erie r4 nlu s Irtetor of the as York and Lancaster Railway E - 41 1 R a i ; t(l., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Ex. • pc lea) , ) 41 1144 fiela ter' Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham, 1 'rid Mi dland Junction Railway I,4, 4 4 ,, ffivi c t r lt h 4 7.. .. Esq.. Ma ns fi e l d, Di rector o f t h e E rewas h and c 1 . 3, Wi, 4 rrry a ;nth ' E sq-, Austin-friars, Chairman of the Lon. J' 4 F ishe d n d Coleraine, arid Leeds and Carlisle Railways 4 1 Ic`'/ t'oth er er .' sq.. A meotts-house, near East Retford ,Pti Av . N.. mer c h ant, Nott i ngham n_Piirk. „''tZPatrick, barrister-at.law, Gloucester-road, Hyde. W~ll Glibert,,,,'.4q.. Pontefract p: it a Gin, on n ' r 4.11., alderman, and magistrate for Hertford th4, l E N-, Glasgow X. ‘i i G ok ; Dir ector of the C oven t r y an d N unea t on R a il wa y a 4 41 11 GarTitthi Esq. , F riday-street, Cheapside Re tr ` t tted,r' Es q, F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool 4%, swan Grrrect RailwaY • " Esq., Ely Bank-lodge, Halifax Willi oily, Ackworth r, e , j oa th , , Park, Ackworth Wi ll . tan Camberwell, Director of the South Metro. oi:-I•oe,tery Company i hh • earti s i EN*, Richmond, Yorkshire, Director of the Leeds h - f e.:,and Nor thumberland and Lancashire Railways jti ttie Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, Director Ilicr; 4 tct on, an'ttdoc„rgate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern a a 4 Job t , ,-,l\l°re ttingliatn and Gainsborough Beltway Companies ~,I ` l ll ll Esq , Mayor of Bedford. ai" and Car narvon.hall. Stratford, Director of the Strat h. e • Liao ,uames -tunction, and North Woolwich Barway H o : Wiseton, near Bawtry Exieq,.'F'S.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Erewash llat pio, .( 8 ),, and West Midland Railways Rob:es a id sh ' en c,l , Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing hal*. reld arid Macclesfield Railways J ' 4 ' l I 1 M No rwich 4 atur no , •, Norwich VA -N rge ' 4 l- L s No ! et, --at ornack E. . taro — Potit ari eed Director of the Direct Western and I-tet,ssort unetion Railways "khr, fu r th e w Esq., Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieutenant and ,4p. has,, e I Riding of Yorkshire 4h,eat itidinroi_vorth, EJen-place, Ackworth, J.P. for the licp,4thr Y?rkshire Incl:sti llogerthope•hall, Badsworth ,l'hireDeelis }(I., Skipton.castle, Skipton Director of the J, } ,_ as ,_ od North Yorkshire Lan shire ' and Yorkshire, the Liverpool and c L a eeds Direct Railway th atm ',eed 17 .(i.., 3 / 4 4 Eas t I t t ord 41 c bire et . 1 ' s treet, Leeds, Director of the Liverpool "'wog. way ''gri c hest s Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, Jah r, Royal Foundr Bedford gat e lar lY Waketie'd, I,ayte igbe of Wakefield bank - • nsh atni , er, Grantham, Director of the . Amber. 8 art a . s, E N , fol nuston and Eastern Junction Railway /11,Igems, se;:orTafield.house, near Bedford E sy i , a tl f. , t. Cuthbert's, Bedford flZ rt tigt, 4"1(1 Waite Bedford .tog, T3,:by:dr,fl-olruddson. Rectory, Saundby, near Gain.- -a ka 1„ ae ilnrst, Wil ire eto r lat tett har o tnl n f i4 th e steLitfrafrojrdEondon and Middlesex, and fi e °, of /, Jall and Railway Ristr ar, "e York . ' Hol derness-house, near Hull, Di "nd Hull Railway a e r t e for the Hol derness.house near:Hull, Ma ora of the.t:,ati.t Riding of York and borough of Hull, and 1 0t 4, 43. "verPool and Leeds, and Hull and Barnsley oi 0 , 4 stiittt, L''_e:ss Honey-lan k_ . or. h a i . " l. : on, E s q., sl.e..e-rnarket Ihtlways on a t ; "nt Staffordshire, Director of the d Lir,corrpdool and Manchester Direct slo.__ l at - `lll o nes J o h and nS nrl, Bee Siay or tte • ire c't Ita'i • Hull, anti Director of the Liverpool 4, 4 1, 3 a R em : ~waYll ithr:i44.4,tlejt/a Eti o,4dr.sli Directoroftit Blythe and Churnet Lichfield Nejr I lUdd e n Railways• and Great Grimsby, Director of uela ju..nd. Great Grimsby and K • ~Cdhyrßailways Y' ESSlClRgetillfeoYrid Halifax, and N. C rdsa:l 7' exit, rontefract 11 St, g ;;fle- • ....cell atioa 1,0,. at a Pa l " t o f the tochlo ss I,y VC j ec,, l rid 'e t P r°C. the'Tt'abr" .ES. brig ° and 1" the c tO adensPll, the ' op of; the Pet ".... .( * if 30) 9 " NO 31 " anf co pe : Nll-01° all" A IV i,10"- • tthe )it re s° )); 914' • th e t io ive.r o P in ad' s ! code d of or t iel 4 iog cc:c o tooirif 00:10, Pa t ,c aa' tdna vac , f s ac ' 01 , o,bl o°. I co l,-14 'e t t•f' Vt /I°l mi Dl5 lesO n— e Intr 0, 0 0 .01 0 0 r t 1 1 $ l/ .aOP el m g o c0 0 : 00 *O D o pfe, be ",nir ,4 1 41 11 i 001 Of ft e - r 4 511f;' . 0 . 0 0 IV to „ I to ge . O ff 001: Here 10 , , 1 0 r 5. 1: 0 [rl.-- „u6 th . „ fitr ib e,D o' 1 ? c uelt 0 4 ,00 1 ' lv. Este ,, )0 • AO. re-• tbit i0;011 low THE SITN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 6, 1 George Lawton, Esq Ditchleys, Essex, Director of the Chepstnw Forest of Dcan, and Gloucester Junction Railway Moses E award Legg, Esq., Watling-street, London Captain Henry Leech, B dford Charles Denton Leech, Esq., Busy St. Edmund's William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of tho. Reaping and Reigate Railway L. Stephens Lyne, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Western Jamaica Railway P. Bennett Lucas, Esq , Director of the Sligo and Shannon, the Ipswith and Southampton, and the Cork Passage and Kinsale Railways James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park.square, Director of the Scot. tish Western and the Direct Western Railways. Joh i Lart, Esq., Wood-street, Cheapside James Leeming, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Keightey, Halifax, and Huddersfield June. tion Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Merchant, Bedford Capt. J. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Director of the Leeds, Fleet wood, and Liverpool, and Isle of Man Railways John B. Mann, Esq., Leeds Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Newark-upon-Trent, and Bedford • square, Hyde-park Thomas M`Turk, Esq , Hull William Mee, Esq., East Retferd W. R. Mesham, Esq 51. D , Bedford Robert Mellington, Esq., Ordsall-house, near East Retford, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway LWilliarn poorhouse, Esq., Marine Villa, Knottingley, a Provisional Director of the Sheffield, Barnsley, and Wakefield Railway Peter Morrison, l'sq., Director of South and Midlands Junction, and London and Birmingham Extension Railways James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract, Magistrate for the Borough, a Provisional Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester Junction Railway George Mackintosh, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square John Manwaring, Esq , Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Lord Massey, Esq., Hawks-house, Burnley, Director of the Liver. Fool and Leeds Direct, the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Keightey, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways Thomas Micklethwaite, Esq., Wakefield Charles Middleton, Esq., hottingham-park Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Southampton, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways William Joseph Nash, Esq., Bedford John Norton, Esq., 1, St. George's-square, Westminster, and Moat. house, Brentwood, Director of the Great Western Direct Railway, &e. Robert Newland, Esq., Kempston-house, Bedfordshire Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq , Director of the Trent Valley Continu ation and Holyhead Junction, and West Midland and South Midland and Oxford Extension Railways John Ostler, Esq., Director of the Hull and Barnsley, and Leeds add Carlisle Railways Robert Oxley, Esq., M.D , Pontefract George Osgood, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn Charles Fri de'ick Palgrave, Esq., Bedford Bennett Pell, Esq., 12, Finsbury-place, North William Perfect, Esq., Monkhill, near Pontefract John Philips, Esq , Mayor of Pontefract George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-house, Russell.square William Patterson, Esq., Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire Robert Power, Esq., Director of the Great Britain Life Assurance Society Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Birstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bir- ' mingham Direct, Leicester, Iron and Dove Valley Railways Edward Rawlins, Esq., Bedford Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah-house, Enfield, Managing Dirictor of the York and Lancaster Railway James Robson, Esq., Tanshelf, Megistrate for the borough of Pontefract Frederick Redden, Esq., Bedford Robert Andrew Ridded, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction, the 'Piing, Reading, and Basings toke and the Direct Western Railways George Robinson, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways John Richardson, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate, the East and West Yorkshire, and the Midland and Thirsk Junction Railways Thomas Routlidge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract Jam .s Russell, Esq , Gloucester. place, Portman-square, Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby. and Southampton, of the Tting Reading, and Basingstoke Ra lways Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury Henry Savage, Esq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing.. stoke Railway; Benjamin Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the C'ournet and Blythe Valleys Railways J, E. Sidle], Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole.street, Cavendish-square, Direr tor of the South Midland Junction Railway, &c &c. George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbiary-hall, Sheffield, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., 30, North-street, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Railways Joseph Smithson, Esq Kirklees-mill, near Halifax John Sanders, Esq., Bedford J.,W. Striven, Esq.. Throstlenest, near Otley, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway Richard Shaw, Esq., Tulledge. near Durnley, Director of the Keightey, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway Jamee Henry Simpson, Esq., M. 8., Pontefract Joshua Annable Skidmore, Esq , St. John's-place, Wakefield William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield, and the Leeds and York Railways William Stewart, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield George Eaton Stanger, Esq., Nottingham. Samuel Herrick Surplice, Esq., Beeston Notts John Streets, Esq., Merchant, Spring Field House, Sandiacre, Derbyshire William Surplice, Esq., Nottingham Samuel James Sykes, Esq., Hull James Templer Esq , Brixton Rise, Director of the Derby, Uttox eter, and Stafford Railway Thomas S. Trapp, Esq , Banker, Bedford John Best Trapp, Esq. Bedford Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, Hull, Director of the Derby and Stafford Railway Thomas Turney, Esq., Park-lodge, near Halifax William Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Corbels. Hull Joseph Francs Tempest, Esq., F.S. A., the Mount, Ackworth Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract, Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway William Watson, Esq., Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, Director of Ambergate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Samuel Warburton, Esq., Hunsist, Leeds, Director of the Wake field and Harrogate Railway The Rev. R c and \Vhitelock, M.A., Saddleworth, Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire and County Palatine of Durham Joseph Whitaker, Esq Itamsda!e, Nottinghamshire William White, Esq., Bedford Jahn Williams, Esq., M.D., Magistrate for Yorkshire, Director of the York, Hull, and East and West Riding Junction Railway Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale, F.11.C.5. Joseph Wyles, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Derbyshire, Director, of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railways William Williams, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden-house, Middlesex John NVheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Willett, Esq., Bradford The Rev. H. Burdett Worthington, Bedford G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed y Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lon,. dale-square, London, Director of the Thames Valley Railway George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax (With power to add to their number). CONSULTING ENGINEER —Sir John Macneill, L.LD, and F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Muilingar Higgins, Esq., C.E. LONDON SOLICITOR& J. R. Gi.bson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court Dwell Gray, Esq., and J. B. Illidge, Esq., 25, Great Tower-street, LOCAL SOLICITORS. Leeds—Charles Naylor, Esq, Pontefract—Henry John Coleman, Esq. Rotherham—John Oxley, E,q., and John Wright Potter, Esq. East Rctford—Messrs. Mee, Rigsby. and Mee. Nottingham—Messrs. Fox and Butlin Oakham—Henry Hough, Esq. Kettering—Thomas Marshall, Esq. Bedford—Ezra Eagles, aq. Live , pool—Messrs. Joseph King and Son. Fl:nt and Toatal. Manchester—Mesars. Cardwell and Sons. Bradford—Mr. Josiah Seholefield. Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's square. THE DIRECT WEST• END AND CROYDON RNILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 800,000/., in 40,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. pca* Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir James Anderson, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director of the Hereford and Merthr Tydvil Railway Lieut.-General Sir It 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 Teen and Dove Valley. and West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways Charles It. Bigge, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square; Director of the Great Grimsby, nth, Horncastle, Linea', and Midland Junction Railway William Bland, Esq., Brixton; Director of the •North Wales, and Richmond and West-end Junction Railways William Biauchard, 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 Rilway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Direc tor of the Grand Trunk 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 Caldwell, Esq., Ince H-all, near Wigan, Lancashire ; Direc tor of tile Manchester, Derby, and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver pool Direct Railways John CastenOieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kent John Chaeittlee, Esq., Friday-steet, London; Director of the Chelmsford ;Ina 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., Santlerstead, near Croydon Benjamin-Collett, Esq., Manor House, Broms,grove, Worcestershire; Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, anti Kiddermin ster; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street ; Director of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London Direct Railways , Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brixton Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson, Curzon-street, May- fair ; Direc tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street ; Director of 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 • Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple ; Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey mouth Railway • Thomas Farneomb, 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 Aidam Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, and Nottingham Robert Fisher, Esq., Ilighbury 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 Henry Glynn, Esq , Temple F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di rector of the York and Lancaster Railway C. J. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Mont agu-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 heals, Esq., Gray's . Inn-square; Director of the Chelmsford and Bury Railway Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Yew Tree, LiverpoOl A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place; Director of the Direct Eye. 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 Bulkelcy Hughes, Esq., M.P., 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., Re., Alderman or London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and London and Greenwich Railways John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Herbert Ingram, Esq., 128, Strand, and Swineshead Abbey, Lincoln shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottifigham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Siegerich 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 William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the London and Man chester and Direct Western Railways William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House, Wootton under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley. Extension Railway William Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Direct Western Railway Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Director of the Blackburn, Charley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways James Morrison, Esq. Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway Horatio Nelson, i , .sq , Ditector 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 Railways Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, and York and Lancaster Railway George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk 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, Bryanston-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 Corapaey A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London ; Director of the Great Western Extension Atmospheric Railway Richard Rowe, Esq., Beanfoy-terrace, Maida Vale H. Savaee, 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 'Timothy Steward, Esq., Helgham Lodge, near Norwich Edward H. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plym mth; 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 Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways Robert Watkins, Esq., 45, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square ; Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool mil Derby Railways Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 103, .Pall-mall, London ; Director of the York and Lancaster, and Direct Western Railways Sir Thomas Woollaston White, Bart., Walling WellS, Nottingham Thomas Williams, Esq., Belgrave-street, Belgrave-square Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, and &Mak-place, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways James M Miller, Esq., Southampton Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A. Montagu-square, Director of the South ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton and Chel tenhant Direct Railways James Mealmni, Esq., Grove-hill, Camberwell John Byng Binks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Director of the Great Leeds and London Di: eat Railway • Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction, and Leicester and anmworth Railways W. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich, Director of the Leeds aud Carlisle, and Maryeort and Carlisle Railways William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and Gaiusborough Railway Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborongh, Director of the Nottinghaln and Gainsborough Railway Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway John Jameson, Esq., St. George'eiroad, Brixton, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the e Cumberland Union Railways (With power to add to their number.) 13ANKEas.—The Commercial Bank of Loudon. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Sir John Macnell, L.L.D., F.R.S., M.1.C.E., ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. R. and T. Hopkitis,MJ.C.E.; Messrs. Cough and Roamieu, C.E. StlEVEToßs.—Messrs. Shutticworth and Sons. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Chandler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square. SECRETARY—J. L. Cotton, Em. The principal objects of the scheme are—let. To remedy the evils of delay and inconvenience to Which parties are, at the present time, necessarily subjected hi proceeding :rom the west end of the metro polis to Croydon, or the most distant places on the South-Eastern and London and Brighton Railways, as well as the several sea ports and packet-stations on the coasts of Kent and Sussex; and 2d. To supply to the numerous and wealthy inhabitants of the district through which the intended line will pass (at present wholly with out railway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in terchange of communication with the metropolis, and with each other. Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail way, at Ilungerford or Waterloo-bridge, the line will take the most practicable 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, Pulse-hill, Streatham, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect ing a janction at Croydon with the several 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 neinhbourhoods, the advantages of a direct railway communication with the metropolis. A great portion of the traffic in passengers and goods upon the Brighton and Dover lines is supplied , - t - orn the west-end of London and the Birmingham and Great Western Railways. The necessity of proceeding to the station at London-bridge, and by the present circuitous route to (hoyden, 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 promot rs of the pre sent undertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay ing this scheme before 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 Hite may ultimately be connected. A glance at the inap will show, that as a branch or arm of the London and Brighton Railway, this undertaking completes a straight line of coMmanication 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 easily accessible from that part of the metropolis. The great amount of traffle.at the present time upon the roads be tween Croydon, Mitcham, Tooting, Le., and Leaden. proves at once that the existing railway facilities do not at all meet the exigencies of the mass of population to whom thit line will be available. The population who reside upon or in the immediate neighbour hood of the proposed line, independent of the metropolis, and between the intended. termini, exceeds 100,000, whose wants are almost wholly supplied from the London maritets, &e., and who have, at the present time, no mode of conveyance but upon the turnpik e 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 ci the local necessity of this railway when it is known that the number ofpassengers who avail themselves of the accommodation afforded by lie several omnibuses and other public vehicles, running upon the turnpike•roed, have been ascer tained to exceed 2,600 daily. An equal number (at least) proceed by private and other conveyances. Of foot passengers, although Ito accurate estimate cal he formed of them, it is considered that they at least immberainr 11111C8 that of passengers who travel by con veyance. The tornage of goods It IS calculated will be in full pro portion to the receipt from passengers. Experience has fa'dy proved, that on however liberal a scale the probablity of future traffic in the transit of goods and passengers has been judged, alin-ast every line of railway has, upon its completion, vastly exceeded - the calculated, amount. There are, however, in this instance, reason is for supposing that the extended facilities of com munication wilt cause more than an ordinary increase in the con veyance of passengers. The country whiCh the Hoe of railway veil open is singai arty picturesque and beautiful, and in addition to the admired dist , .icts of 13•ixton and Streatham, the long-favoured and much-thqus Anted Beulah and Norwood will be placed within easy access, tine. became more than ever, ()ejects of interest and delight to the visi for and resident of the metropolis. 'ere t• an there , "ore be ii.tle donut but that th 3 present title must become 'a :ma eligible scheme for the investment of capital. The i ,romoters of this in , dertaking have pleasure in announcing that it is approved of, an I will lie generally supported by local in fillenet They have causal a partial survey to be made, which will be con ipleted shortly, and they have the fiSSUrallee of their engineers that t here are not more than ord'nary thine:Dies to contend with. The ' lability of tile shareholders will he restricted, by Act of Pm lia men 1, to the amount ei'their subscriptions; and power will be applied for !In the Bill to allow iMerest at 41. per cent. per annum on all calls fro' a the passing of the Act until the opening the line. Applications for further information, prospectuses, and shares (in the tiirm annexed), may be addressed to the Solicitors; to the Secre tary at the offices of the Company, No. 34, Gracechurch-street ; or to flit' following Brokers : —viz., Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Princes street Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Greystone and Ei k r:le, York; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell I nd Co., c2d Mr. Henry Benton, Manchester ; Mr. James Pearson, Mei.ar6. Watson and Co., 44ecda ; tessrt, Frady and Stainforth, Dull ; ➢lr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sand ford, Exeter; Mr. James Pringle, Edlnhurgh. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct West-End and Croydon Gentlemen,—l request you will act me Shares of 201. each In the above railway, upon which or upon any less number that may be allotted to ire. I hereby agree to pay the deposit, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required to do so. Name...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Residence • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Profession or Trade (if any) ••• • • • Place of Business (if any) •••• • • • • Reference.. ••• • • • ••. • • • • LANCASHIRE and YORKSHIRE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. EXTENSION TO YORK. The Provisional Directors of this undertaking beg to inform their shareholders that, in order to carry out the original scheme, they have resolved upon extending the line to York, there to join the York and Ilull and East and West Yorkshire Railway, and the other railways which centre in that .its. The additional capital of 2r , 0,0001. will be raised by the creation of Ten Thousand New Shares of 25/. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 10s. per share will become payable on the 2Sth day of October instant. The shares thus placed at the disposal of the Directors will be dis tributed, rateably, amongst those persons who shall be the holders of Scrip Certificates in this Company on the 18th day of October instant, and who shall apply for the same in the farm and manner, and within the time specified below, reserving only so many as may be required tbr lan , owner s and other parties locally interested. The Directors have also to inform the shareholders that, in ac cordance with their arrangements with the "Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Company," a portion of the shares of that Com pany has been placed at the disposal of the Directors of this Com pany, and will be distributed amongst the shareholders, rateably; the further particulars of which will be gi:•en in the course of the ensuing week. Tlo Directors have also to state, that they have entered Into satisfactory arran ements with the " Leeds and York," and " York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire," and other Companies, whereby an uninterrupted communication will be secured between the ports on the cast and west coasts. The Provisional Directors have also to a td, that in order to enable them to comply with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, they have resolved to call for a further deposit of 11. 2s. 6d. per share on each of the shares already issued, which further deposit the shareholders are hereby- required to pay in o the hands of the Com pany's bankers on or before the 28th day of October instant. And for the purpose of carrying out these arrangements, the share holders are request e d t o d epos i t the i r scr i p certif i cates w i t h th e secretary of the C ompany, at the Company's offices, 31, Princess s:reet, Manchester, o n or b e f ore the 1 8th day of O cto b er i nst. Th e requisite authority to th e b an k ers o f t h e C ompany to rece i ve th e M crelsed deposit, and a letter of allotment of new shares, will be issued to the original holders of shares upon such shares as they may hold, within one week after the scrip is registered ; and in the case ofpa r ties who shall not have been original holders, so soon as the eligibility and responsibility of the par les have been ascertained; but those psrties who shall not he ortinal shareholders will be subject to approval in the same manner as when the shares were first allotted; and If ally s' ould not be approved, they will be repaid the amount of the deposi s. No application .Nlll be attended to, except the dame ))e accom panied by the scrip certift:.ates ; and all shares not applied for in the form and mature- and within the time prescribed, will 1-e otherwise allotted. Original shares, on which the midi tonal deposit shall no' be -paid at the time prescribed, w;11 be liable to forfeiture. LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY. To the Provisional Directors Gentlemen,—Herewith I transmit to you for • shares in this undertaking, numbered Scrip Certificates of which shares I am the bona P.de owner, and I request that you will allot me additional shares; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number, and to make the additional payment of 225. Gd. per share on the first-mentioned shares, and to pay the deposit of 21.105. per share on the additional shares on or before the 28th day of October Instant, and to execute such deeds as may be required, I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, same in full ...... Address . ..... •••••••••• Reference.. •• • • ..... ........... Date ..... ..... By order, ANDREW PATON, Secretary Manchester, Oct. 3, 1845, N.B. Scrip Certificate are transmittet.l and returned at the ri'k o. the owner, and the holders thereof arc therefyre recommended to register the letter containing them. 'Printed forms may be obtained at the Company's Offices. GRE NT NORTH of ENGLAND and YORK SHIRE and GLASGOW UNION JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Regittered.) Capital 150,000/., in 6,000 Shaires of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCE MEN T. This railway is Intended to commence at or near to the Alne sta tion on the Great North of England Railway, to proceed by way of Aldboreugh, Boroughbridge, and Dishforth, and to terminate at the Leeds and Thirsk Railway near to Watt), at ajunction with, and so as to form an eastern continuation ot; the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway. The length of the line will be about thirteen tulles, and in forming it three objects are in view:- Ist.' To accommodate Boroughbridge, and a great extent of highly fertile and productive country hitherto entirely devoid of railway accommodation. 2el. To form a connecting link between the Great North of Eng land Railway, and the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway, and thereby connect with this project part of the trunk lines from Hull, Selby, York, Beverley, Marketweigliton, Poeklington, Scarborough, Whitby, Pickering, Mahon, 84c., and the eastern districts to Carlisle and the west of Scotland by the Yorkshire an i d u G w l e a s s , go K w ir L k 7 n by ir s ci e v p lLi e c n h ,i e ltU b lc u t r io b As itu k- i ri tl gg' with the Lancaster and Carlin A pas pp s l e e s b3 t , b , ro a ti n g d h B ro e r d in a i l n e s , L Railway near Penrith. 3d. To supply the d'strict in question with coal from the pits in the neighbourhood of Leeds, and from those of Durham by means of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway and its extension. To afford accom modation to the town of Boroughbridge and its locality by connect ing it with Carlisle., Durham, Hull, Ripon, York, Scarborough, &c., which this project will do to a much greater extent than would have been afforded by the Pill-moor Branch of last session from the Great North of England Rahway to Boroughbridge, inasmuch as this It to will give an outlet in both a northern and eastern direction, whilst that of last session would hare afforded merely a northern one. The coup ry is level, requiring no tunnel, and very little cutting or embanking, and the line will consequently be of easy construc tion. The cost will be comparatively light, and all residential an noyance or injury to property will be avoided. The saving of distance by this scheme will, on reference to the Map, be seen to be very considerable, especially with regard to rail way communication between the cities of Ripon and York, Wath being only four miles north-east of Ripon; and this line, in con nexion will' the Leeds and Thirsk Railway (which runs through that city), forming a continuous, as well as the shortest and best line of railway between Ripon and York. In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to landowners and others locally interested on the line. The names of the Provisional Committee and other particulars will be published in the course of next week. In the meantime, applica tions for shares, in the annexed form, may be made to Wm. Middle ton, Solicitor, 34. Commercial-street, Leeds ; or to Messrs. Sudlow, Sorts, and Torr (the London Agents), 20, Chancery-lane, London. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Great North of England and Yorkshire and Glasgow union Junction Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 251. each in the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or such less number as you may appropriate to me, and I agree to pay the deposit thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. Name (In full) •• • . Profession or Trade • • Residence in full Reference • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • • WOLVERHAMP lON, CHESTER, AND yEßelzilEs t A er D ed, J r U ur N su C a T n l t O t N o I t t l ye g i l Vie ic Y toriCa,Oce.llPl,olN.) Y. (Provisionally Capital, 1 ,000,0001. in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. The great principle on which the projectors of this important scheme have a ted, is the establishment of a direct line of communi cation between B rtninyham and Birkenhead, by the nearest possible route, and at the ertiaileet possible outlay. To effect this object, it is proposed to make use either of the Grand Junction, or the Birming ham, Dudley, And Wolverhampton Railway, as for as Wolverhamp ton, and thence to throw out a new line in as straight a direction as possible to Chester, where a junction will be formed with the railway already existing between that city and Birkenhead. A most impor tant saving of distance will thus be effected. It is obvious that such a scheme is fraught with consequences of the highest possible import to the commercial interests of the respec tive districts. The growing prosperity of Birkenhead even now demands a more direct communication with the Midland, Southern, Western, and Eastern Counties; and when her magnificent docks shall he completed, and the town itself shall have arrived at its des tin: greatness, this line will take a prominent position among the most lucrative of these undertakings. The Directors, therefore, conscious of the great traffic which will flow from the densely p opu l ate d term i n i, propose to construct this line in as straight a dir ect i on as possi bl e , a nd th e reby secure the im mense through traffic which will r e sort to this railway for shortness and expedition, from the teat manufacturing and agricu ltural dis e tricts of South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Watavickshire, Worces tershire, llerefordshire, M onmou th s hi r e, Leicestershire, Nottingham shire,g Northamptonshire, and in fact the whole of the Eastern Counties, as well as fl'omLondon and the important distrietkto the South, East, and West of the Metropolis. Irrespective of the immense population of the termini, it is evident that this projected line commends itself to the entire inhabitants of the counties already referred to. The scheme also possesses this further and great advantage—that it will, in reality, form a shorter and more direct line to the neighbourhood of Liverpool and the dis trict adjacent, than any which has hitherto been projected ; and by means of the contemplated line from Chester to Holyhe ad, it will open the shortest possible route from London to Ireland, and thereby avoid the delay and inconvenience of a protracted sea voyage. A cursory inspection of the map of England and a reference to the plan of this line will also show that the Trent Valley, London and Birmingham, Birmingham and Gloucester, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, as w 11 as the projected Staffordshire and Shrop shire Railways, will necessarily be valuable tributaries to this Im portant line of railway. The line to be constructed by this Company will commence at Wolverhampton, and proceed through an agricultural district, by way of Market Drayton to Chester, and although in Its direct course it may not pass through many towns of importance, the engineering difficulties of every other route wilt be avoided, and powerful local in fluence brought into co-operation with this Company. In the formation ofthis hie the extensive iron district of Lilies hall has her!) especially regarded ; and by means of the facilities of Ir. .. Verily, solicit or, 18, John FSmith or Mr. transit afforded by this Company, the iron-masters of South Stafford shire will be enataed to compete leo me Scotch market, which they have hitherto been unable to do in consequence of the heave; charges f a' freight. The Provisional and Managing Committee are in the cours e o f se lection, and will be published in a few days , with ct herparticulars. , A is p b p u l r i c y a - t p i l o a i c i , fo F r i l s i: u r r e ) s .!s o q b u e n r made Le d e London; 0 .1 n; 1 r. 0 7 3 . S C J. Noble, solicitors, Birmingham. feceiving daily applications closed That the list was finally RUGI3Y, WARWICK,3 and WORCESTER RAILWAY. on Saturday - last, and that no farther applications can bs entertained. By order, OEO. 11. WELLER,' Secretary. fornsfheaDreisreicntoas icnocmonpsaexcancneutticheei September 26th, 1845, , and WOR . e the numerous applications on the subject, beg to inform the public that the shares in this Company of allotment, that they.. the Directors, intend tsrs of the requisite examination R has taken place into the application for shares. are s R s iin:eogUwpt tine Directors course e i l n V r A p allotmentlßy\VtolCaonsAc score a s By order, GEE). It. WELLER, Secretary. September 27,80. UGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER R RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 900,D0001., i t n 45,000 p S Shares o e. f 201. each. eposi 2/. 2s. er har At a meeting of the Provisional Committee, numerously attended, convened by circular, and held at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Guildhall-chambers , Basing's:di-strut, London, the 30th Septemb er , 1845, W. 11. HUGHES, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., in the Ch a i r, The following rasolutions were adopted : Resolvcd,—That the Prospectus issued as that of the Provisional Committee be now approved and adopted. Resolved,—That the following gentlemen do constitute the Com mittee of Management: — William Frederick Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq. Cornelius Nicholson, Esq Peter Colston, jun., Esq. B enjamin Payne, Esq. • Edward Do:tbleday, Esq. Robert Rising, Esq. John Freeman, Esq. Thomas Sharp, Esq. Alexander Greig, E. Joseph Satehell, Esq. Mr. Alderman H ug h e s Hughes John Wh ee lt on, E sq. Thomas Bagger, Esq. Edward Waddelovc, Esq. John Haddon, Esd• Edward Welch, Esq. Richard Parry Jones, r , s 4 l. John Woolston, jun., Esq. E. W. Morris, Esq. Resolved,—That th 3 following be appointed the Bankers of the Company:— The London and Westminster Bank In Loudon. The London and County Banking Company,l The Northamptonshire Banking Company, at Northanipton. Messrs. Butlin and Son, ,at Rugby. The Leamington Priers and Warwickshire Banking Company, at Leamin,gton, Warwick, and Southaw. Messrs. Berwick and Co., at Worcester. The Committee have great pleasure in informing the public of the extraordinary support this Company has received, and they regret that, in consequence of the number of applicants for slum s in this undertaking, many hi g hly respectable and influential claims must unavoidably be unsatisfied. 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Mead, kill merchant, Liverpool, Oct. 28, at eleven, at the Liverpool District , Court—F.Lorraine,bookseller,Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Oet.'24 at eleven, at the Newcastle-upon-Tyne District Court —J. V. Barber and W. Marshall, bankers, Walsall, Oct. 25, at half-past ten, at. the Birmingham District Court—J. V. Barber, banker, Walsall, Oct. 25, at half-past ten, at the Birmingham District Court—J. Danks, whartinger, Birming ham, Oct. 30, at twelve,"at the Birmingham District Court. CERTIFICATES to be granted, unless cause be shown to the contrary, on the day herein - mentioned. W. Wilson and J. Holmes, tea dealers, Maidstone, Oct. 28 —H. Samuel, cigar manufacturer, Leadenhall-street, Oct. 28—A. Wyatt, licensed victualler, Highworth, Wiltshire, Oct. 25—W. kirk, pianoforte manufacturer, Leeds, Oct. 27—1. Driver, licensed victualler, Slawstone, Leicestershire, Oct. 28 —E. Thomas, wine merc h an t, B r i s t o l, Oct. 24—H. Weod, general agent, Abchurch-lane, Oct. 24—C. H. Greenhorn, shipbroker, North Shields, Oct. 24—J. Spencer, jun., builder, Liverpool, Oct. 24—W. Robson, grocer, Chipping Barnet, Oct. 24—J. Simons, sen. ' coal merchant, Camden-wharf, Camden-town, Oct. 24—G. Lawrie, chemist Fleetwood- upon- Wyre, Oct. 24—M. Allen, b u t c h er , St. Helens, Lancashire, Oct. 24—J. M. Nelson, general broker, Liverpool, Oct. 24 J. Lawrence, tub Acconist, Northampton, Oct. 24—H. J. Wit chell, bookseller, Carnarvon, Oct. 24—C. Sandal?, corn mer chant, Derby, Oct. 24—W. C. Monkhouse, wine merchant, Aberystwith, Oct. 24—T. Lovell, dealer, Henstridge-marsh, Somersetshire, Oct. 24—J. and F. E. Kingsford, wine mer chants, Dover, Oct. 24. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. S. Bennett and W. H. Hearfield, stockbrokers, Hull—S. Rogers and G. Dew, vinegar makers Bristol—T. Pierrepont and J. Marsden, watch jewe ll ers , Liverpool —E. Greenhow, E. H. Greenhow, and W. B. Clarke, medical practitioners, North Shields—E. Salmon and C. Thorn, provision dealers, Lower East Smithfield—G. and S. Strickland, millers, Bexley heath, Kent—H. C. Blake and H. Smith, sharebrokers, Leeds —W. H. Metcalfe and E. Edden, wholesale druggists, Upper Thames-street—W. Cursham and H. B. Campbell, attorneys, Nottingham—W. Chapman and F. Elliott, sharebrokers, Nottingham—S. B. Snowden and S. Blakelock, sharebrokers, Leeds—E. Stokes, G. St o k es , 11. St o k es , C. Stokes, avid 0. B. Stokes, joiners, Staleybridge—A. and W. Cockrell, tea dealers, Warminster—A. Parker, I Lowthian, and W. Parker, cotton spinners, Carlisle (so far as regards A. Parker)—B. Harding, J. Batchelor, and W. Harding, coach-lace manu facturers, Long-acre so far as regards J. Batchelor)—W. B. Limb and W. R. Milner, surgeons, Rochdale—A. Harper, T. Brown, and W. Brown, saddlers' ironmongers, Bristol—D. Cawthorn and It. Bramham, rope makers, Knottingley, York shire—J. Clark, W. %Veils, and J. Claxton, jun., coal mer chants, Victoria-wharf, Southwark—J. Snowdon, jun., and W. May, linendrapers, South Shields—H. Wilson and It. W. Noar, linen -yarn merchants, Manchester—T. Aldwinckle and R. Fryer, linendrapers, lligh-street, Islington—W. T. Chris topher and J. Mackinlay, wine merchants, Great Coram street, Brunswick-square—W. Batley and J. Carr, joiners, Leeds—W. B. Worthington, W. Worthington, and J. Judd, calico printers, Manchester (so far as regards J. Judd)—J. and T. Homer, flour factors, Manchester—T. Bolton and S. Buckley, merchants, Birmingham—J. Colyer and W. S. Willson, coopers, Leman-street, Goodman's-fields—E. Cock shutt and W. Lowe, ironfounders, Preston—J. and S.. Har borne, ironmongers, Down-street, Piccadilly—C. Platt, W. K. Gourlay, and T. Platt, wine merchants, Liverpool (so far as regards T. Platt)—T. N. B a rd w ell, T. N. Bardwell, jun., and F. Bardwell,. auctioneers, Sheffield. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATION. William Morrison, builder, Dmitri:me, Oct. 9 and 30, at twelve, at the Chambers of Mr. Kerr, Dundee. PROGRESS OF THE GERMAN REFORMATION. FRANKFORT-ON THE-MAINE, SEPT. 14.—Rouge en tered our city to day on his way to Stuttgardt, in a car riage garlanded with flowers, and followed by a train of from sixteen to twenty travelling carriages. Thousands upon thousands of people awaited his arrival before the gates of the city, and accompanied him aith a ceaseless succession of viva: to the posthouse, where he alighted. The rejoicing, shouts, and hurrahs of the multitude be came there to deafening, that Ronge at length appeared at a window of a second story of an atij 'fining house, whence he gave a short address to the waiting mass of human beings, expressive of his heartfelt gratitude for the extraordinary reception he had met with ; his regret that his necessarily short stay precluded his replying to it as he wished ; and his intention of soon returning to Frankfort fur a longer period. Soon after eleven o'clock A.M., he drove off towards Stuttgardt, but such was the pressure of the crowd, as to compel passing through the streets at a funeral pace, and it was not without difficulty that numbers were prevented actually stopping the car risge for the purpose of touching the retormer's person ! THE GERMAN CATHOLIC SYNOD IN STUTTGARDT.— The Wirtemberg Government having refused the German Catholics the use of a church to hold their conference in (though such had been granted them by theeeclesiastical authorities), on the ground that a public celebration of Divine worship in a building belonging to the Esta blished Church would be tantamount to a recognition of thein as a religious body, for whicli indeed they have ap plied, but have not yet obtained, they have been directed to hold their proposed meetings either in a private build ing, or, as hitherto, in one of the churches belonging to the reformed (or Genovese) congregation. " Hitherto," says the Allgemeiqe Zeiteng, in reference to this " the interest felt by the lay public in the new sect was comparatively trifling, but now, all at once, an eager desire seems to have arisen, and petitions in favour or their toleration come in from all quarters, a fact which very evidently proves that a religious move ment can by no system of resistance be so effectually rendered harmless as by leaving it a free and unhindered course •, for so soon as either, with or without founda tion, the idea of arbitrary suppression is spread abroad, the German phlegm gives place to eager sympathy, and the almost expiring !amp of public interest is instantly re-fanned into a flame. A petition, to which 2,000 sig natures are already rippende4, has been presented by Lutheran citizens of Stuttgardt, praying that one of their churches may be granted to the use of their German Catholic brethren." STuTTGARDT, SEPT. 13. considerable number of deputies to the German Catholic Synod were present to day at Divine service, at which Kirbler presided, in the reformed church, which was festively hung with flowers, and, although cards of admission alone pro cured entrance, filled to overflowing. The communion plate, presented- to the new congregation by some Lutheran well-wisher in this city, was used for the first time on this occasion. The meetings on the morning and afternoon of the 14th, as well as this morn ing's meeting, were private, at which, among other pre liminary business, presaes and secretaries for the ensuing council were elected; but the meeting of this afternoon. which assembled at three o'clock in the hall of the Sil berburg, kindly granted by the Directors of the Museum Society, was public, and numerously attended by per sons of both sexes and all confessions. Twenty-four delegates, many of whom act as proxies for several congregations, were present, as well as deputies from London and Rotterdam, who, of course, were more in the character of listeners than actual members of this Rhenise plod. The next meeting is appointed to take place in Frankfort, where many points respecting church government and a more ex tended organisation, which were on this occasion brought under consideration, will he more definitively settled. THEINER AND THE SILESIAN REFORM.—The long expected work by which this celebrated theologian was to avow and tlef"..nd his adhesion to the German Catholics has at last begun to be laid before the public, and con tains a justification of the reform movement by a con nected authentifieation of the incurable abuses which have taken root in he Roman Catholic Church, and the hopelessness of obtaining from the Pope or Roman priesthood, as now constituted, any concession of a more rational church service. Theiner, as is well known, has laid down hi s office in the Roman Ca tholic Church, and addresses this work (the first part of which is now before us) to his former parishioners, under the title of "Efforts at Reform in the Catholic Church '—a circular letter, addressed first to the congre gaCons of Polsnitz, Grussen, and Hundefeld, and next to all Uetholic Christians who regard the revelation of .Jesus Christ as eternal and saving truth. Without any unnecessary parade of learning, Theiner details the abuses and ur.christian system which have obtained in the Church be has left. We hear, too, that he ' had early withdrawn everything like polemics from his rapit and private instruction, seeking by a simple exhibition of purer doctrinei. to stimulate and satisfy the sp:ritual wants of his flock, and uniting in these .. efforts with a small but zealous p o r tion of the Si lesian clergy, until the pertinacious refusal of his cede tiastieal superiors to listen to any proposal for a purification of eitlur ritual or doctrine compelled bun to relinquish office in a church where he was called on to preach and tcaeli observances and dogmas which neither his reason nor his conscience approved. The abuses so often alluded to are stated bytlfheiner in much the usual manner, yet with edilstant refe rence to the previous struggles of enlightened priests and princes for reform in the Roman Ca tholic Church. lie is more clause in stating his views in regard to the position occupied, whether by the priesthood or by orthodox Catholics at large, in re gatd tq the oAt?, 4$ well 01 on the euttliet of mixed marriages. Ire displays simply, but effectively, the con tradictions which Rome has constantly submitted to, and cannot avoid by her laws against heretics, and adduces many terrific examples of the means employed by " the Church," to obtain an accession of di ciples. BRESLAW, SEPT. 12.—The people in Uper Silesia are, by ceaseless excitement, stirred up to such a degree of fanaticism, that it is much to be feared very energetic measures will speedily be called for. Under such cir cumstances alone is it comprehensible, that those lawless disturbers of the peace at Tarnowitz who are now under confinement and examination for tumultuous proceedings should be termed by the Silesian (Roman Catholic) Church Journal, the "firm principled citizens," or that the same paper should sound its paeans over the infamous attack on Rouge's life. But what then shall we say to attempts being made not only to obtain from the King the liberati on w i t h out trial of these turbulent spirits, but to actual subscriptions being now raised to meet tha fines which, it is anticipated, may pro bably be levied upon them as the due reward of their delinquency. It is, however, to be hoped that, as is credibly report e d, measures are i n preparation which will prove the time is not yet come in Prussia when the open avowal of religious conviction involves danger of one's life ; and even the above-named journal may perhaps learn that an open defence of illegal pro cedings is not admissible in our days ; and, conse quently, repent having so prematurely shown its colours. Meanwhile, the Dissenters from Rome are increasing, not only in Breslaw, where one-fourth of the Catholic population (reckoned at about 30,000) has joined the sect., but throughout the whole province. Congregations have lately established at Sprottau and Auras, and seve ral other places, such as Sagan, Frankenstein, and even Patchkan, are expected speedily to follow the example. TSERLOHN, SEPT. 10.— The late Roman Catholic priest, Briedenbach, of Strutt, a man of distinguished oratorical powers, and possessed not only of the love of his parishioners, but of the respect and esteem of his ghostly superiors, having very recently forsaken the Roman for the German Catholic Church, has accepted a call to preside over that branch of it which exists here, and - was received to-day in a really magnificent manner. The discharge of nearly thirty pieces of ordnance, and a cot It.fye of above ten thousand persons, whose vials rent the air, hailed his approach to the city. The German Catholic cause has obtained by the ac quisition of Breidenbach a powerful support, not merely in Iserholm, but through the surrounding district, where many congregations exist, and more are in contempla tion. A new one was definitively organised on the 7th instant, in our neighbouring town, Ilagen.—Elberfeld Zeit tiny. MAYENCE, SEPT. 6.—Our Bishop has deemed it his duty to announce to his clergy the apostasy of one of their brethren, the late Dean Winter, in Alzei, from the Roman Catholic Church. Tile exhortations and admo nitions with which' the notification is accompanied are singularly' mild, and whilst they are exhorted to pray for the restoration of their erring brother to the bus )in of tee true Church, the new Catholic sect to which he has joined himself is adverted to in much more moderate terms than in the ban lately published by the Bishop of Fulda. EICHSTADT (BAVARIA), SEPT. 12.—The establishment of this bishopric, which has now existed 1,100 years, was celebrated here on the 7th inst. The whole city, but more particularly the cathedral, was festively adorned, the choir being entirely covered with a new carpet 286 feet square, embroidered by the ladies of Eichstadt and other places throughout the bishopric. The solemn procession of the reliques of St. Willibach and St Walbu:ga was joined by the Archbishop of Mun chen Freising, the Bishops of Augsburgh, Spiers, ‘Vurz burg, Regensburg, and Eichstadt, and an immense num ber from this city and neighbourhood. BOHEMIAN FKONTIERS, SEPT. 10.—Some time since a society was formed in the Leitmeritz diocese, under the immediate patronage of its bishop, in honour of "the immaculate heart of the Virgin Mary," to which the in ferior clergy as a body, and their most zealous adherents, have given their support. But Bishop Dille has recently come forward with a new evidence of his zeal, by com manding the introduction of so-called "spiritual exer cises," in which a majority of the clergy and consider able numbers of the more devout among the laity take part. The members of this godly society were convened in Leitmeritz the beginning of this month, for the pur pose of spending eight days consecutively in the said spiritual exercises, among which, and cer tainly not the least remarkable, is the subjecting themselves voluntarily to a severe mutual scourging! Total silence is imposed on them during the whole period of their being together ; and strict fasting, except a light soup for supper, as well as every species of bodily convenience or recreation are forbidden. HALBERSTADT, SEPT. 8 —The day before yesterday, Pastor Willig, lately Catholic priest in Hamburgh, arrived here by invitation of the Roman dissidents of this place, and celebrated Divine service in the Holy Ghost Church, at which, besides the members of the new com munity, very many Roman Catholics and from 600 to 800 Protestants were present. The German Catholics have, it seems, given a regular call to Willig to remain as their pastor, which, however, he has not definitively accepted, but promised to return after his visit to Berlin and Leipzic, and spend some months here. BERLIN, SEPT. 14,—Some journals lately circulated the highly-improbable intelligence that the question of religious differences was to acme before the Diet ; we believe ourselves warranted in giving the following as a better founded statement :—ln consequence of arrange ments made by Prussia, the Courts of Berlin, Wirtem berg, Saxony,' and Hanover have agreed to set on foot conferences, in which the religious movements of the day, and more especially those of the " Friends of Light," shall be discussed. Ihe basis to be adopted in these conferences will be a strict separa tion of the political from the religious element in the movement ; to restra'n the former with a very tight rein, while to the latter will be conceded a freer and larger arena. The question of Church Go vernment in particular to be left open, but dcctrinal points not to be allowed too wide an extent. In oppo sition to the foregoing, the Weser Zeitung quotes, on the other hand, a communication from Frankfort, in which it is roundly asserted that the religious movement in Germany has been already subject of discussion in the Diet, whose sittings ceased on the 11th September. to be resumed on the Bth of January, 1846. The Jesuit question, it is understood, did not come under considera tion, as the political and not the dogmatical aspect of the movement attracted attention, and the deliberations of the Diet were limited to the concoctions of mea sures to- secure the existing order of political affair.; against being affected by the religious ferment. " Who," asks the Frankfort correspondent, " who that has ob served the simultaneous and almost identical measures adopted in regard of the German Catholics by various German states, can doubt that such unusual union of ac- Lion is the result of previous union of counsel ?" lIANAn, SEPT. 13.—Our Government has proved its determination to carry out to the letter its announced course regarding the German Catholics, by prohibiting Ronge t 9 stop even one night in this city, or to preside over any meeting for Divine worship. DRESDEN, SEPT. 6.—The refusal of Ole Wirtemberg Government to grant the use of one of the churches in Stuttgardt to the German Catholics is but a counterpart of the decision of our Ministry, by whom a similar re fusal has just been given. The disappointment is the greater here, as the ecclesiastical and town authorities were unanimous in according them the accommodation. STUTTGARDT, SEPT. 171 - -The German Catholic Church Assembly completed its sittings this day. The solemnities were terminated by Divine service, under the guidance of Ronge and Dowrat. The last business meeting took place yesterday, in which, however, co questions were discussed ; but the time was chiefly occupied with a statement of the nature and importance of German Catholicism,' and a reply to the often-put question, " What do the German Catholics aim at?" SEPT. 19.—Yesterday Ronge and his friends received many testimonials of afThction from his adherents in Stuttgardt. Poems, garlands, and still more valuable pro •fs of attachment were handed to him in various com panies to which he had been invited, and this morning. at ten o'clock, he left for Ulm. A great concourse of people had assembltd in the Dorothea-square, who greeted Ronge and his companions as they issued from their dwelling (which was nearly covered with garlands) with a joyful viva ! A garlanded carriage received the so highly prized reformers, and drove off, escorted by some members of the German Catholic committee on horseback, and followed by several other carriages. Ut.m.—At a dinner party given by the inhabitants of this town to M. Rongc, and at a hich more than seventy of its distinguished citizens, and several dele gates from the neighbouring places, were present, 1)r. Gramm, the public physician of the district , made a speech, from which we extract the following : "Dear Brethren, much esteemed Friends,—lt is known to you all that we German Catholics have separated ourselves from the Pope, from our •Rorcitin Catholic Bishop, and from his chapter. Now, it would be supposed that we are like sheep without a shepherd, and unable to defend• ourselves against our numerous enemies ; but this is not our case. For, in union with our Protestant brethren, we have our bishop in the person of our just and courageous Ring, who will acknowledge us as his faithful subjects, since we com bat all foreign influence, which is injurious to the free development of spiritual liberty, whether such an in flu= nce proceeds from this side or from the other side of the mountains." The assembly-room was magnificently decorated, and in one transparency, in large character, was read "Johannes Runge, the Champion of Light and Truth. STUTTGARDT, SI: PT. 25.—M. Itonge returned here last evening from Ulm. The report which h l a a s s c t i fi r here that he had been eswsinated, or at in the latter town, proves to have been e least groundless.'rted D a f t : 3, but is believed Runge if,ls out this morning on a . • to be buck in a fortni4ht, d u ro j ig: u ly r e ti n l i , ;:; . h time it is the inhabitant: ex pected that the renewed petition made d o f o ur town to the Alinicst„rtf.,ionemOt:rder to have a church um munity, will have granted to the Gerni n a f n ke,, this is hoped to arrive as pros ed suceessf. scion as our king returns, a hick return is daily looked fur. The cause of tl e German Catholic Church is gaining much ground here, in spite of all the endeavours to the oo ntrary made by the Romanists of our place ; and all their insinuations cannot binder both C at h o li cs and 1 ro., testants from joining the new Church, which counts now amongst its members several persons of the nobility. It is reported that a community of German Catholics is about to be formed at Heilbronn, and M. Rouge's pro ceeding, there relates to this latter formation, which he will endeavour both to call into life and to organise. From thence M. Rouge will go to Heidelberg and to Manheim. Of his further movements nothing has as 3et transpired,- but it is supposed that he and his com pniors will meet Professor Konuer, from Uhn, at Eiberfeld. MANHEIM, SEPT. 29.—Messrs. Rouge and Donran, and thtir travellinn companions have just arrived here. They were met by a- joyous crowd at the railway station, who accompanied them into the town. The an thOritieF, however, WQl,lld TrA permit hf. Runge and his partisans to enter the church. The police also refused permission fur M. Ron.e to hold an assembly of the German Catholics at the theatre. In consequence of this refusal the proprietor of the theatre invited the tra vellers to his own house. A h-tter from Heidelberg states that while Ronge was in that city, the chiefs of the German Catholic c mmu• nity were cited before the municipal authorities, who signified to them that unless they would guarantee the observance of the decrees issued relative to M. Ronge, he would be ordered to quit the town. STRAND THEATRE. M. Philippe, the neatest, the cleverest, the most gen tlemanly of necromancers, has taken this delightful little snuggery, and fitted it up as a Temple of Magic, and during the whole of this week he has been surprising crowded audiences by his delightful and really wonder. ful performances. All our readers have doubtles read of the delightful doings at the Carnival at Naples, and have longed to enjoy the luxury of being pelted with delicious bonbons, let them go to the Strand Theatre ; it is every night acarnival there ; you have Music and lights, and wit (Mr. rhilippe is a most gentlemanly and witty actor, as well as a great mcgician) and wine (hit Liqueristo furnishes the most delicious wines and liqucrs) and best of all showers of the most delicious bonbons, which could not but be honoured with the high approval of even her sweet-loving Majesty of Spain herself. M. Philippe is seen to even greater advantage at the Strand than he was at the St. James's.. The theatre is not so deep or so narrow—the audience i 3 nearer the stage, and they are able to observe more narrowly, and to watch every step in the progress of a trick, and thus the talent of the necromancer is more thoroughly appre ciated. The performances, too, are over at a reasonable hour (half-past ten), a most desirable thing where chil dren are part of the audience; and at the present moment there is not an amusement in Londcn to which it is a greater treat to take children than to M. Philippe's Soirees Mysterieusses. Take it for all in all the Strand Theatre is now one of the plesantest evening lounges in the metropolis. A SEASONABLE WORD ON R AI LW AYS. By Mr. Punch. At a dinner given by the Directors of the Diddlesex Junction Railway to one another out of the funds of the Company,—Fitz James de la nacho, Esq , chairman, — Punch, Esq., vice-chairmsn,—the latter gentleman deli vered the following speech, in reply to a complimentary oration from the distinguished Pcesident : " Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen,—The manner in which you have drank my health i s mos t grat if y i ng to me. I won't say that tears choke my utterance,' as O'Connell did, upon a solemn occasion, the other day. Humbug and hypocrisy will not pass for honest emotion in England, and never can be welcome to honest men. Gentlemen, I drink all your good healths in return. — (Cheers.) "There was a talk last week of an Order in Council to prohibit the further issue of railroad prospectuses, on the plea tha: there were too many now on hand, and that it was impassible for Parliament to discuss those schemes already extant in the course of next session. " Mr. Punch is inclined to be of the opinion of the Order in Council, for various cogent rt asons. " In the first place—do we wish to be the death of the House of Commons? If we work them with bills as we did last session, every one, except a few of the tough ones, will expire. Fancy a House composed of Home and Peel, for instance, whom nothing can kill—old Joe, with his stupid figures of Arithmetic, and Bob, with his incomparably stupider figures of speech. (Sensation dans Caucbtotre.) " Secondly,—and this is even a more important rea son than the former—although some of you, my dear brethren, don't care a jot whether the House of Com mons is dead or alive, yet your own interests will pro bably affect you sincerely. Men and shareholders, you have already signed your deeds, pocketed your premiums, and the scheme being agreed to by Parliament, com mitted yourselves to the finishing of your respective un dertakings within a certain space of say three years. Look, my dears, at the number of schemes now on the list ! I can't stop to count them—l can't tell the number of deeds I myself have signed—(the number of applications I my self have made—(Great applause)— but oh, my dear brother-shareholders, which among you will not agree with me, that there is as much money to pay as this great country can conveniently fork out; that there is as much to do as our labourers possibly can do: and that it will be well to get that done before we engage ourselves farther? "Parliament binds you to execute your contracts in a certain short period of years, or months almost. You must have the iron in that time, and do you think the ironmasters will spare you ? You must have the labour performed, and where are the hands to do it ? Work men will be in such request fur the next three years, that the best profession for younger sons will be the pickaxe and shovel. Navies may dictate their own terms—at least until the Companies are bankrupt, when there will be no labour, nor wages, nor railroads at all. It will be a sad day when capitalists, and ironmasters, `and workmen, sit looking at each other, after the general smash that our haste for speculation has occasioned.— (Profound attention ) "Therefore, dearly beloved, I shall in my place in Parliament, or if called to attend the council-board of my Sovereign, approve of a mild check upon railroad spe culation. We have enough on hand at present, for any prudent men to perform. Next year, my dear brother capitalists, se shall be having our calls to pay, which I am sure you will all discharge with cheerful punctuality' (Cries of " Hear, hear," " 011, yes, of course I' " Wish you may get it.") lam not a cruker by nature, and only prophesy on rare occasions ; but upon my honour and conscience, it seems to me to be touch-and• go with the prosperity of this great country at this very moment When I am drinking your healtbs.—(Cheers.) You have the start of all Europe, as you have always had ; and the railroad system suc cessfully carried out will make such vast changes, and work such prodigious benefits, as I believe a man has scarcely an idea of . now. —(Sneers.) But (without re buking the sneer of my worthy friend, Mr. Cold shoulder, for I must speak a volume to set him right, and then he would'nt understand me) it depends on you now whether the pre-eminence which you have earned shall remain with you, or the ruin which all the world is longing to see accomplished shall fall upon you. (Thril ling sensation.) "If I were an enemy of my country—if I were an aristocrat bent upon the maintenance of my order, and dimly seeing that, with the triumph of the railroad system my coronets, and my lordships, and my stars and garters, must infallibly disappear into Hades —I would, far from discouraging the present rail road mania, exaggerate it in every way. I would rejoice to see the capital of the country engaging itself beyond its means—plunging into speculations which must end hopelessly—and then the ruined land would come under my sway again, and the whole system be paramount once more. But us hope better things of the national prudence, and that our own greediness and lust of gain is not to be the cause of our ruin. If we are but prudent, Gentlemen, there is no end to the anni versaries which we may be called upon to celebrate here; to the dividends which we may announce to happy shareholders in our line; to the branch lines which may spring from it ; and to the premiums which we, as directors, may pocket.—(lmmense cheering.) I will conclude, Gentlemen, by giving you—' The Railroad market, and may we know when we have got enough.' " After this and other eloquent speeches, Mr. Punch went home ; but, in spite of his own injunctions to caution, and gloomy predictions regarding over-rpecula tion, the infatuated gentleman wrote twenty-two fresh applications fur shares before he went to bed that night. ,EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF PLATE IN THE UNIVEIt- SITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—A large quantity of valuable plate was found missing yesterday morning in the plate-room of Sc; Peter's College, Cambridge. The butler had locked the : door, it appears, s hortly before midnight, and saw that all was safe in the butteries, and the robberies must have taken place after that hour. The article; stolen consist of large tankards, pint stoops, goblets , dishes , c o vers, waiters, bread baskets, all silver, with the names of the donors on them; besides several dozen of silver forks and spoons of all tines, soup-ladles, fish-knives, &c. All had the cross-keys and the arms of the College on them. It is suspected that the rob bery has been committed by a gang composed of London thieves and some notoriously bad characters in the neigh bourhood of Barnwell ; but up to a late hour last night no real clue had been hit upon by the police, although mes sengers were sent to London, Norwich, Yarmouth, Burr, and in other dir..ctions. About two years ago a similar robbery was committed in the butteries of Jesus College of plate to the amount of about 7001. The value of the plate stolen on Monday night from St. Pet er's is upwards of 1,0001. It is a singular coincidence with regard to both these rob beries, that the thieves did not take anything like the whole of the plate on both Occasions. In the robbery at Jesus College, especially, they leti by far the most valuable portion e behind. Hopes are entertained that should the thieve s be discovered in the recent case, a clue will b e bite' estab l ished b fo l rmer whereby to detect at length those conc e rne d gang com one, as it is generally thought that the s ame locks or bars mitted both robberies. In neither broken. It is now upwards of fift3' bery of College• plate was commit t ed obbed in one night, and it 3wineearcersaisiiiibiereidages.imithlarl rooiba-t lin the l r in e t re or a found sweep, e o e n p t occasion several colleges The plate was then recove re d wil mhbourhood of the Midsummer one of the thieves, in the I was some time before thosescene_acecrknileyd common• railroadfrom Cambridge to London, A good deal has been said about the want of the electric telegraph on-the bywhich plunderers, they gone on the line mea ns the had in the early tr ain with their booty, as it is not improbable they d id, w ould not fail of being taken. DFPARTURE OF EAST AND WEST INDIA MAILS.- Sou-riwarroN, OCT. 3.-The Tagus, Captain Brookes, be longing to the Oriental Company, left the dock at three o'clock' this day, with the East India and China mails, which will be re-shipped at Malta, on board the Company's steamer Iberia, and proceed onwards to Alexandria. The Tagus wilt then make voyage for Constantinople, with a full and vale atle cargo of bale goods, and 62 passengers. The West India royal mail packet the Tay, Captain Sharp, left, the ricer yea terday, at four r.m., with the South Americau awl West India mails, in charge of Lieutenant James, the Admiralty agent. The Tay has 107 passengers and a general cargo of goods, including a large quantity of potatoes for the West India markets; also 550 bottles of quiektilver, and 1501. in money. The homeward bound mails are daily expected from the West Indies. 'I'IIE POLITICAL MARTYRS' MOisumEN't —On Fri diy last the monument erected in the Old Calton Church yard, to perpetuate the memory of Muir, Palmer, Gerald, Skirving, and Margarot, the political martyrs of 1793-4, was completed. A flag was hoisted in honour of the event, and several gentlemen interested in th undertaking ascended the structure to witness the Ise. ing 4 , f the cope-atone. The monument was desigded by Mr. HamiltLn, architect, after the model of Cleo palra's needle. It is ninety feet high, and, from its com manding position, may be seen from all the prominent par of the city. The total cost of the erection will be about 900!. There is to be an inscription upon a stone at the base, the exact terms of which have not yet been fixed. We under stand that r.:n entertainment is to take place some time during the present month, to celebrate the completion of the monument, and it is expected that Mr. Jezeph llume, M.P., will belresent at it, to he was on the °coition of hayiPg the foundation stone.—Scobniun. BANKER. London—Messrs. Bogus, Olding and Co. Leedi—Messrs. Beckett and Company Doncaster and Pontefract—The Yorkshire Banking Company. The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course, the important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds with the metropolis, the want of which has long been felt, and is too universally ackm,wledgod to need any comment, and it is under this conviction that this important undertaking, after several minute examinations of the country through which it will pass, has been brought forward. The proposed line will commence at the junction of the Man. chester and Leeds, and York and North Midland Railways, near Wakefield, and will terminate by means of a junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford (to which place it is the in. tention of that Company to extend their line in the ensuing session of Parliament), and by thus availing itself, as far as possible, of the existing railways, will complete the most direct and least ex. pensive trunk line, from London to Leeds, York, a,.d Hull. It will pass in its routll within an available distance of Wakefield, Pontefract, Doncaster, Rotherham, East Redford, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Melton Mowbray, o..kham, and Staintbrd. The importance of such a line is obvious both from the nature of its course (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within its limits) as also from the absence of any direct communi cation for the conveyance of passengers and merchandise. By the construction of this railway, railway communication to London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester (by means of the Syston and Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham (by the Nottingham and Lincoln line). and to Sheffield and Gains borough (by the Sheffield and Gainstorough line), by a much shorter route than by any existing railways. Independently of the advantages offered to the towns in the several counties through which this line will pass, the line in itself considered as a direct trunk line between London and Leeds is sufficient to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic between these two places would produce such a return on the capital required, as to admit of a dividend, equal to that of any railway in operation; but when it is borne in mind that a company is being formed for the purpose of connecting Glasgow with Leeds by means of a junction with the York and Carlisle Railway, no better line can be presented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct communication from Glasgow and the western parts of Scotland to London, but would also connect Edinburgh and the eastern parts of Scotland as well as Durham and Newcastle (by the York and North Midland, and Great North of England Railways) with the metropolis, which would be con siderably shorter than the accommodation offered by any other company, and when to t of construction Is considered, there cannot be a doubt but that preference would be given to the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway The fact of the Eastern Counties Railway being connected by a branch live with the East and West India Ducks on the River Thames, and the Railway Company having recently leased for 990 years the extensive p riper warehouses belonging to those Docks, which arccapable of receiving 12,000 tons of goods, together with wharfs adjoining, where the shipment and trans.shipment of goods from all parts of the world can take place, is a most important fea turo in favour of the direct communication from the manufacturing towns of Glasgow and Leeds offered by the Great Leeds and Lon don Direct Railway, and, by branch railways to the main trunk line, through which Al goods nom the whole of the manufacturing districts could be conveyed at once to these warehouses for ship ment, thereby avoiding the present delay and expense of cartage, and in reality establishing an almost direct rnd an invaluable con nexion between the rivers Clyde and Thames. It has been ascertained that there areno engineering difficulties, that the works will be easy, and the gradients remarkably good, and that it will not materially interfere with any ornamental pro. perty. The subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first deposits, until! an Act of Parliament Is obtained, and afterwards only to the amount of their subscription. It is proposed to take power in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. par an n um on all calls until the opening of the line, and also. to exrend the line to Hertford on the Eastern Counties line, in t/ j 4 event of that Company not prosecuting their line to Bedford. BROKERS. lonion —Messrs. Marten and HeseHine, 9, Finch.lant, Lettils —Meow. Hopp and co. _ _ _ -r. .) C. .E. trcet. Wells. 7,jo' • cst' - 71