The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

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[OllO 6 -el 10 4° stone, ,e &grac e. ide thell re .street i i:e ivrigie , c - a igton -terra° rim:irate° lreet ore an3eS -street , R eg ent'S'O r% npton, 311J414'° el ire iCater*.v. e, Kent bee' Lain 4. E sq. ard, Esq. on e etiowei THE SUN LONDON SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 18,45. ,ectoolliKl terinA, g, UPPIn R ON, LINCOLN, and HULL AlLi v r _ t commencing at Northampton, and proceeding glum; Oakham, Grantham, and Lincoln, Ca (Provisioally Registered.) Cs! 2,00 0,000/., in 100,00 ' J Shares of 201. er c`i.. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. kral Ayseo PROvisioNAL coscurrr.E. 'llla tt ugh, Southampton Ron rf ~. au, ' • -.. Esq.,, M.P. for Northampton _ Bed ford Railway Itteranirm, Elmwood -house, Leeds, Director of the Lel -44eA1l Company tici s min 'k ea dn tt, merchant, Northampton Nis J. A _ Aill° tt, Esn., Nottingham RAb bey '. , vold, 4..... , ~,, ~ .‘f Revising Barrister for the City of London k ett k . 0 i,...,,.q• urang„,., Wellingborough, Northampton "It St. n' at uaPel Broke, Bart., Oakley-hall, near Kettering 1 41 4 Roik . i .r , Esq., banker, Strand :IVEY hli, ' ll, Es reebrid g e, Esti, Atherstone-hall, 'Warwickshire kleti ards l l* , -, anor.hou.se, Chisuick urbaige, Esq.', Surbiton-hill, Surrey t //r iglitm an i k e l i c:ena an -, Esq.' Regency-square, Brighton hek E Brooks, Manchester t e • il l i ti o x l t t 133, Fenchurc -s ree , 4tlnn ' L ' art ki o ' merchant,h t t London Notti n ,.., , Esq.' Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union Bracebridge, t, t ate r ei ra and Gainsborough Railway Companies or Brownlow, Esq., merchant, Hull Esq. Atherstone-hall, Warwickshire 41 ` 41 E °n ' Esq. , N o rthampton,Director of the Northampton b a sk ~ ,11 4rry ' 4 E0 1 .4 sq., London and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours, . La bri44'"ailwaY Company , 4 t tram n a i l Esq., Northampton 4,, ta , 11, 3 ,- t .eaM Nottingham , i til, st ,',,. - sq., the Park, Nottingham '.:', bas,, fo ;, N. merchant, Northampton 'Lexatit c' , 7'merchant, Hall y ei l i t ' -a rKe, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln Ihi e. jy, Esq Upper -Pew --'' Gower-street a a ,s, Co Th „ r ',Fsq., Lonsdale-square, London t:A- Co ' ..s q., Goldhaiager, Essex ITheri,„,,"T'Cleoby, Esq., Acton, Middlesex k,waree,,,l-q., York-terrace, Regent's-park ~ t tle 1 ,'" 011 , merchant, Northampton L'sulat"o-osT, Leamington t." Nit, I; Au, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, near Welford ,44,„,;(1., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire it 4krt bi•s h "l. Merchant, Northampton 1k,,, Illo s ‘ 3 ,' , Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire i• 'ran t ; .eorge Lionel Dawson Darner, 31. P., 6, Tilney lk "b aw 'aue fsoil Da rner' Parkstone.lodge, Poole at4 4 3:rell, a , Esq., Lillingstone Dayrell, High Sheriff of Bucks Nkk, g., Es q. Great Sutrey-street, London •. , k 1 , N ot s`l., Welford and Salford-hall, Wanvick.shlre 414 14 4 1 )4', Esq. Boultham-hall, Lincolnshire 4 ,ta* 4, 4 o ; 4 tFre , ke, 3, Belgrave-square : 1 42 aaa ley, Esq., Taim . vorth, Director of ,t,,,,,, N I, , ieltenham Railway Company ,and f,,",_ 1 1'; ' ,. 4 , , k t ,Lsq-, Director of the Northampton. ~, ' , IN t tll,,!ailway Company 4,4, , ,i,,-.„q..Linc oln '',,,, „qh''• t]sq. Lincoln s k o,, ° rtil,-t i sq. Little Bowden, near Market Barborough, • ,, ,r 7, es.,_3/4,-cester, and Bedford, and Rugby, and Huntingdon ~:. ~,,..zolzranies 4;'k4 " er go ' Esq., Seacombe-park, Hertfordshire • '.l ;, M.P., Wilton-crescent i:ii ': ) c•t o, r ul'ustreet, Northampton Von, i'" , Esq., banker, Kettering • i Cr ek , „ ( 1., Conduit-street, Bond-street ‘ti, t 'll'ilp"' 'sq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-srfnare, London 26 a ut Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill, London • ' - " e Edward II mer Rector of Loddhagton and Over hors an ' nu am k ! ao ' n " Hamilton, Esq. Gloucester-place, London 'lk , r - .„' P -sq., Pytchley, Nor , hamptonshire T len o 4 ., sq., Moss-fields, Salop g ke ." Esq Nottingham •• •-er, Li g :' Northampton. le 511 ' 1 Chelf, ooki, enham Railway Company tithia,, ",,Esl., Nottingham VtiZt it' '-sq., Metkuen-villa, Leamington tielbert, Esq., -p London 1i 5 ' n ,,,, a . . 4 Higgins, merchant , Northampton -''*', Esq., Irthlingborough-grange, NOrthampton ,, " 110 1, 1 . 1I sads, Northampton 11d ' l ' ', E sq., Upper Clapton, London, Director of the Direct 'r am Lanchester Railway Company ttrryt r eiugham , , eorr ir n e,e-s, Esq., Whiteharch, Salop ,tiz , '"' '-'sq- Sheffield, Director of the Nottingham and 1 ‘,..Y A: ; and drand Union Railway Companies .`,Woe L',, e 'irm, Recorder of Doncaster , tOrtlap' e - L -,• Esq., Chester-terraae, Regent s-park, London, Crtlo,„ - ,'-usrn, Cooties Railway Company Zseei s ' - ',, c ,'rell, Esq., Great Billing, Northamptonshire '' , trai i , sq., the Park, Nottingham 1. sla,ktercer, C. 8., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-Square , sqk '"haln, Esq. Northampton qT, enzie Es Liverpool ' and Paris , Director of the Or .ifsl',sll,„d 'nor'(' , k•.„' 'sq., St. Mar' -at-hill, London •,_ rills , D I, Godalming, Surrey . Iti, - k•11,.,, - M., Grovehurst, Pembury, Kent 3 14 tra" / ,! , Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square o:sta l ,' lTL 'sq., Chichester 'ND l'roa' Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, LondOn ,AiOci a i„tt, Bart., Theobalds, Herta kk'sali v- I,' 4 'sq., banker, Northampton ii,oie tter, Northampton If lit , , as Price Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire ' ‘‘'k'cl N• S ' t \:;s4 er p o ', Ywell-hall, Northamptonshire I , 4rik e lercorrie, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex , 'h ill i p e 4 ,t' 'sq., Nether Stowey, Somersetalure k fa, t s q., Northampton kl, n P,0., Northampton , i , 14, 84,' E RI., Leicester 1,, t k ~"re, the Dell, Windsor :okin.s, Merchant, Nottingham s L kaii' h t 'eas Sutton, Rector of Weekly, Northamptonshire 'I'D, I , ' Esq., Fro , mall-hall. Hampstead A' arl,M., Northa ' mpton, Director of the Northampton, , t&eNe,dieltenham Railway Companies ts„ 4l 'LEsq., St. James's-square ' 1 44 -I •;flarbury-hall, Sheffield ~ Spins h ( I., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London 'grf,..„gt,,, „ Esq banker, Northampton og „-- .tewar; Es ~ Grantley Castle 4 4 ta lli'" -- 4: 3 l.N s Northampton . Req., banker, 4 tehall London k l 'itat V :‘,Vs . r, S i ...lstm an es ? s r -!str ' eet ' lk_ woopams, Northampton k t !ttiZtersr t, n ,?use, manufacturer, Nottingham hire Director of Iha rn .sq., Buckland-hollow, Derbys any , A1N,71, t _all4 Gainsborough Railway Comp N,5. , : t k:, , % q , Hungerford, ea Becks Ph m Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of ',a 11 ,5 4i r and Bedford Railway ompany Y l ' . ) l b ' W arde, Esq., Clopton- house, Stratford-on-Avon, and k•lst,i,-..etfordshire .' '4 'NZsei g W atkins, Vicar of Brexworth, Northamptonshire '' ll 4 ll- 3i t t °ll , merchant, Wellinborough 1, t i v„ e „s, Merchant, Northampton ...,,Nclii: W etherell, merchant, Northampton '" N t.c i , `„ Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and ,i/,,. ,olootaffordsire P, AIN,IeI non. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brooks's Club y,'` l tai - " o k o ••;, Bart., Pall-mall, London ~,,"k, Ita°11„11g, Esq.. Orlingbury, Northamptonshire '' '' C'ltlii:' .m-h Surrey , ' 'et -11 E 8 Montague-square, Chairman of the Rich , Th e 4 3 , , q., Th I, , I, 'ls, .., 1, _ ~,,..' 1t,q14 , i ; - -sq., banker, Hull yk, pct ? " - stl., banker, Hull c t i, ( ,° l ln, Esq., Hull 4%, Ran" N., merchant, Hull ''' agar" N., ~Jun., Esq., merchant, Hull •",' l lSa, ;,'-'sq., merchant, Hull •"t••,,.; 1 14 , ~ ( , --- . 8 q., merchant, Hull : , , , , toi ro lrles, Esq., merchant, Hull ; ' •, 11, „ 1 1 1 1 , 4 1 1 es; lisq ' m , e m re er a ch ' nt u ~'''", t ,a- " 'ss DeNito . ri, Esq., merchant, Hull , ~ 14, Merchant, Hull 4 ,Zrze‘ , r3 i! Esq., merchant, Hull lob m. 0 . Z B l., merchant, Hull Es. q merchant, Hull i41,„ 11 111 6 - f.. Iner .i chant Hull '44 14 -111 Bunt Esq., ' merchant, Hull "ktr' r ilo M ' N:merchant Hull tt4lll4,4irtas, Esq., merchant, ' Hull St , ,i t ZY, t e f„ESq., merchant, Hull V ol A ti : ( l., Northampton 0 g,kive, er ten, merchant, Northampton yi o 'sga r -- ., , Esq., M.P., 5, Whitehall-yard \ '' ', 4, ol; t il '' ,..-nr ton, Esq., Daventry, Northamptonshire 44:Qo ' Vveol merchant, Spratton, Northamptonshire N 144, , Er,' ue .,,rr4 Dover .1 / 4 Ao A tari 'rears Ashby, Northamptonshire, Director of the st , \* * „, , ls t t. . i kon Bank "N" h 41 140.• Frieston-house, Claythorpe, near Grantham ''.r k( t , ,,Dtor isi n ,' Clayton, Rector of Cottingham-cum-Middleton, • '•: „ 4 4, 411 , c aba 5 ,., e ‘`, ' o ok, Rector of Grafton Underwood, Stanior, and . , ortha Ntt,:too ntone - are i , 11,7, M anufacturer, Northampton \ltOt a nt e, Esq., Park-place, St. James's-street, Deputy • r 1 V" Just'of the Peace, and High Sheriff of the i ~,, kk , lee k g c e,' N t h. 1 1 Plz, e t , lli nson, Weston-house, Worcester " 'Lai , sq. Cadeby-honse, Lincolnshire • ti, j st to_ It4rf u i.. 1., e 1,,,, rd: Esq., Dingley-park, Northamptonshire, Di ,Nlt'c4 4 ;"eester and Bedford Railway Company . Tl N t i cii }',.., Manufacturer, Leicester Itt as' '' . l., Reton, \ 4 i sh Northamptonshire qti l, /11, a m , Lamport, Northamptonshire 't i t*, .0,14,0, Northampton ~11 sit, p ii L , -e 3 , worth Esq., Lincoln •P. - 4- , Toweest , rthatonshire +t ~t . thas ri, „_ er, No t l ' t lle 4 051.,' - ' l., Cottesbroo ehall, . k Northamptonshire 't tt t , Na t emery, Rector of Holcot, Northamptonshire ANi f ,,,: v kl 1 . 11,.." ( 1., Moulton-grange, Northamptonshire A11 0 j' 4 ,1: 4 ,74 , Woodlands, Isle of Wight &44,,')1i ,_ -er, manufacturer, Northampton ''N ' 4 ll L ' . . ,,, P 'Northampton ,k, % ‘, 4 :11 - 1,, ' tsq I.)"sq . ' ''' Northamptonshire ~ it vi rtry t : 3 l_ allington-hall, '9\ I 'o..cara ~"e9 Y , Rector of Arthingworth, Northamptonshire t t * IN, - •-• sq., Lincoln k,'lVk i l, i Esq., Lincoln ..tltkitwattbsq., Arthingworth-hall, Northa.mptonshire '% i ?,l l 'tell i EN, Northampton Nlik, e 'llaph r e ung, Northamptonshire „''1t,,,. - ,tlor ~,eY Waldo Sibthorpe, Washingborough, near Lin -444, t the London and York Railway Company „..). g oo •, Oakham Rutland k.,, t . 'll l b • i )4. cir il „. ' , jun., merchant, Gainsborough ) 1 .4144) ~sthor7, Sanders, Vicar of Moulton, Northamptonshire 4e qo a ' Es , ' Lincoln, Director of the London and York _..t,,,, •, k3c. Aq' Stir ‘ '''?lliti'lcss aDnel Warren, Rector of Ancaster, near Grantham. Pt„ . (:‘,_Aaa 's'l., Lenten -firs, Nottinghamshire ;I'qt l. ": l ,. 4 1 ; 1 sq., Shellingthorpe-hall, near Lincoln t , t t, 4, t r ew, Esq., Brixworth, Northamptonshire • I', i4,4 4 _ 4 4 C:1 1 ., Nottingham i4ti:lb, t,,,..th, Nottingham `N o ckgi, '",„-, Belton -hall, Rutlandshire oth k i 4 ds, i . '„.ectory, Belton, Rutlandshiro 4 S, 1. t,:,, „',.. (1, EYe-hills, Northamptonshire , t ti N ki lsr, R e f Leigh -house Lower Tooting, Surrey INtmvf ~ , 074 - Nottingham' i• s' ` 41 (1• director of the Direct London and Manchester NlOil ks lstk i) t ., 4 3' tsl'a t'skY It -41 Graves, director of the Leioester and Team and k ki ., :lii,pitzi ali way t, , .: 11 1, 4 1 1 tel 41 ,1. ,' , 1 .!' Esq. Turvey-horse , Bedfordshire , t.,,h e , ''‘i• Nottingham srol,,,,_ser i .. 4.1 4 4,ren, •-' , gson, Esq. Birmingham E tr '3 ' , E Sq. M.D. Nottingham ,4 ), ' ilo,„'' k'skham ' ni'k. ii i stbp ar rer, director of the Direct London and Manchester N lN tb4l 4 4 44 6fa so 1 3; k to l a , Eq . s i n. e merchant, Northampton l i t o k 1 .4,,,.? , t sq. ‘ l 7 l e v l T-hlll, Northamptonshire 17:ta$ 11 r * o a Y e & c , e ; Esq. d ' i n r ' eto u r ti o ar f i fhe greet London and Manchea lit:ll.4llll4lkt P ;1 1 13' i, 1.,e - Ii ' 5 Park Nottingham 's "lb, E "ngh ' 1 l 'lroi N. fa r sq. Grantham I, t , t on Li t, E 3 Witham 1,: ) 14; . 4 114%, 3 ', ts„ (l. , ll arPOle, Northamptonshire `,.'' 'istlatl;'&l, T sf ord - hall, Nottinghamshire ‘ l4 zi tti .tt & , ' , el, a „,.-, r a rliament-street, director of theßrighton and i, 'll7l' and Itanchester and Rugby Railroads 4 lit'' , lis l' merchant, Gainsborough ~, ,, OV. , nr, L s - i n • , ,,i'he Grange, Oakhfun 'kZ% '4. le ~ i ranthain ?N, N t , 44 4 27, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens, 1 / 2 ,‘ 4 , " 4, Es, /i t "ell ''' 'ulby-hall, and Pitsford-house, Northampton- I tti '44 I: tk l• N ~,.. 0. _ 11, syw orthampton 011N,.?'er ri , , e ,well, Northamptonshire Nz invrrl,,trZzeorabe, Esq. Grantham • k, ', ~ z 4, 4 lirri 4, EN.',.. s F o rTingliam i. , tl t ,(4 4l 4C t h e t N u %, Northa m ? , h'q It„ 41 11r 1 , IS, L 'e'„,.'q- Helesthorpe, Leicestershire di R. ,, t*,. , ta g. ji An uster-hall, Northamptonshire 4NDiIeZ, Esq.' e e Sh rubbery Worcester 4,1, ity , a,„_ auldon-place, Staffordshire Potteries kti,fo4orni.,,t-'-.Sq., Director of the Direct London and Manchester o.t t N - 17 Shaw u y, 0,4-i. ar k „ 4 Red proprietor, 1 ;• ‘',101., 1 4, 1 : . f:sq. R ed ..._, e _ r, Northampton II i i ? ., r - it Zia4:r. a. t ..7 a uu r l nih O a l in d and Broughton, Northampton Ifklii,,Whi'fllo,4%. ..,!..D. Grantham s r h i , ll.4y e e, E s ' - ' 4 q., Cross, Oswestry ~ q, o t ,„ 4." Dire '' , ),.a, , ia, pa,_ Dire Cross, of the Direct London and Manchester 1 1,N NQ zany i', I v -,,,, ---er Northampton ~,,,. A 4.0„ t, t.... , it t 'll ii"... Vilqt o ;' , ,,_ , Leawood near Mattock :1 41 01 Watircl. banke'r, Grantham dl 44 1 v., Ese LS 'tear ' ~...1 1, 1t in ~ 11 of Brtxworth Northamptonshire t1. 41 1 1 t,,,: aa4North a g m ;m to ne. near Northampton i k l 't t ,z l ,'l P let° r r °I Will tithen li, , e ar ty eitai tio , ,made to the above list, unless any ' l s tr hlajres th : 4 l ill 1, Ln neighbourhood of the line, or other k • the•Lto ' , 4,-?. 1,., c „, (1( ', 81 ru115. either on his own account, or in ' , eli t e i c,,i,"tY in which he resides, of having his ltktl7l,to ors. -onai commit t..:‘, and intimate the same to Da t , y 11-.,, rb t ,I;;„... e t wo... .. BANKERS. tk ~,,,, ~,,,,,.x.,..tioteli and Sons 34 and " il ank, and the Northamptonshire Banking -,!),h ' tato t @; „ Paldßlg, and Boston Banking Company 41 . litu d , (I ..Cazdey gt, TY 4ingtoni auclAird7 incoln, Gainsberctigh, Market Raisen, Brigg, Caistor, and Grimsby —Messrs Smith, Ellison, and Co. Hull —Messrs. Raikes and Co. ENGINEER—Joseph Urpeth Rastrick, Esq. JOINT SOLICITORS. London—Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square Kettering— Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship Northampton and Welford—George Pell, jun. Esq. ; 6ECULTARY—Thomas James Searle, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Uppingham—W. Gilson, Esq. Oakham—Messrs. Ades and Adam --Grantham—Fred. Malim, Esq. Lincoln —Richard Carline, Esq. Nottingham—A rthur Wells, Esq. Hull—Messrs. England and Shackells Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgatc-street. PROSPECTUS. The objects intended to be accomplished by this undertaking are 1. The formation of a direct line of railway between Hull and the metropolis. 2. The supply of local railway accommodation to the important districts embraced by the line. 3. The benefit of railway communication with the metropolis ex- , tended to a district of country, west of Grantham, upwards of 50 miles In length at present unprovided with that accommodation. 4. The completion of the chain of railway communication between Bristol, Gloucester, the river Severn, and the southern and western counties, and the north-eastern districts of the kingdom and the river Humber, and its ports, including that of Hull. 5. The connecting Ofthe two important ports of Hull and South ampton by one continuous chain of railways. Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the London and Birmingham, the• Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten ham, and the other lines of railway proposed to converge at that town from the west, from Worcester and from Warwick, the line will proceed in a direct course to the market town of Kettering, by which place all the companies competing for the line of railway between London and Manchester propOse to pass. It will then pro ceed, also, in a direct course by the market towns of Uppingham, Oakham, and Grantham, to Lincoln. The country lying between the towns of Northampton and Gran tham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo dation, not only to the south, but also to the north. From Lincoln the line will proceed bylthe shortest and best practi cable course to Hull. The sources of traffic whi2ll this line will secure are various and very considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated. They are, — Starting from Hull the line will appropriate to itself the whole of the traffic thence to the Metropolis, Bristol, Southampton, Glouces ter, Oxford, Cheltenham, and the whole of the Souther n and Western districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it will secure the very im portant and increasing local traffic between Hull and Lincoln and the intermediate towns. In the, event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not obtaining then Act of Parliament, then the traffic from the before mentioned places and Lincoln to the south and west, also to the me tropolis, will pass along this line of railway ; the former the whole distance, and the latter in any event to Grantham, a distance of about twenty-five miles ; and should the London and York Company not succeed, such traffic will proceed further toKettering or Northampton. The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of more than forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakham and Uppingham, is without railway or water-carriage accommoda tion, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over this line of railway, which will be in the direct course not only to the west but also to London. At Kettering this line will unite with that ene of the now com peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to London which shall be successffil before Parliament. From the singularly important advantages which this undertaking presents to the capitalist, as well as to the public at large, the Pro visional Directors do not think it necessary, with reference Ito the supposed traffic or otherwise, to say more than that they fully be lieve that the return will be, upon the capital required, highly re munerative. The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the very favourable gradients of by far the greater portion of the line ; indeed,. for many miles the line will run upon a water level. The lire will not interfere with any ornamental property. The promoters have made every necessary arrangement for the active prosecution of the undertaking, and for applying to Parlia ment in the ensuing session. No call will be made, with the exception of the deposit, till the Act is obtained, and power will be applied for in the Act of Parliament, to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum on all calls from the date of their payment, and to limit the liability of each share holder to the amount of his subscription. The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking. The promoters reserve power to alter and vary the route, to ex tend the proposed line of railway to Great Girimsby or elsewhere, and to increase the amount of capital, as may be necessary or ad visable. Prospectuses and Plans may be obtained on application to any of the several Solicitors or Local Agents, the Secretary, or to the fol lowing Brokers, viz. :—Messrs. reppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; or Messrs. Edward Ellis and Co. 33, Threadneedle-street, London; Messrs, Freeman and Son, or Mr. Cornfield, Northampton ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Messrs. Tarbottom and Whiting, or Mr. Simpson, Hull ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York; Mr. John Watson or Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs Tempest and Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, or Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. John Duncuft, or Mr. Joseph Fernykough, Manchester ; Mr. James Scott, Birmingham ; Messrs. Tassie and Co., Glasgow; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edin burgh ; Messrs. Thomas Atkinson and Co., Newcastle ; Mr. John Cragg, Skipton ; Mr. Bamforth, Rotherham ; Mr. William Fawcett, Salts bury ; or Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, Lord-street, Birkenhead ; to any of wnom applications fur Shares in the under-mentioned form may be addressed. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. on each allotted share, and to sign the necessary deeds when required. Dated this day of 1845. Usual Signature • . .......... Name in fell Residence .... Business or Profession : Place of Business .. ........... ••• • .. Name, Residence, and Business or Profession (if any) of Referee • • .3 • • • Offices of the Company, 34, Meorgate-street. NORTHAML"ION, LINCOLN, and H ULL RAILWAY. No Applications for Shares in this Company can be received after TtrEsDAT, 28th instant. By order, THOMAS JAMES SERLE, Secretary. 34, Moorgate-street, Oct. 17, 1845. G REAT PARIS AND STRASBURG RAILWAY. (Union Company.) Passing through Meaux, Chateau-Therry,Tpernay, Chalons, Vitry, Bar le Due, Toul, Nancy, Luneville, Saverne, with branches to Rheims, Metz, and Saarbruck, on the Prussian frontier. A Company has been formed for this line by an Act passed before Mr. Halphen, notary, at 'Paris. Capital, 125,000,000 francs, in 250,000 Shares of 500 francs each. (5,000,0001., in Shares of 201. each.) One-half the Capital, 125,000 shares, to be raised lu England, and th&other half in France. Deposit 2i. 10s. per Share. Ta provide the usual caution-money, or deposit, required by the Front% Government, by .the law which has passed the French Chambers, and which will be returned, without deduction, but with out interest, thirty days after the adjudication, upon ' production of the Banker's receipt, if the Company shall not become the lessees of the railway. FRENCH ADMINISTRATION. MM. Odiot, Orfevre du Rol, Administrateur du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Comp. Rosantel), et Administrateur de la Companie du Sud-Est, Chemin de Fer de Paris a Lyon Baron de Vaux du Cher, Maitre des Requetes au Conseil d'Etat, Adruinistrateur du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Comp. Rosamel), Admiuistrateur de la Compagnie du Sud-Est, Chemin de Fer de Paris a Lyon Guerrin, Administrateur des Messageries, Member du Tribunal de Commerce d'Amiens, Administrateur du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Comp. Rosamel), et Administrateur de la Compagnie du Sud-Est, Chemin de Fer de Paris a Lyon Fillet, aixe, Negotiant, ander Membre du Tribunal de Commerce de Paris, Administrateur du Chemin de For du Nord (Comp. Rosamel), et Administrateur de la Compagnie duSud-Est, Chemin de Fer de Paris a Lyon Robilliard, Commissionaire de Roulage, Maire-adjoint du sixieme Arrondissement de Parts, Administrateur du Chemin de Fer du Nord (Comp. Rosamel), Administrateur de la Compagnie du Sud-Est, Chemin de Fer de Paris a Lyon Dollfus, Manufacturier a Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin Halphen, (Germain.) Negotiant, Membre du Tribunal de Com• merce de Paris Tallansier, Banquier a Paris. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir Arthur De Capel Broke, Bart , Oakey -park, Northampton shire, Director of the South Union, or Manchester and Pot- ] teries Railway George Dodd, Esq., M.P. J. G. Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londenderry and Coleraine Railway I".Lainie Murray,Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the London and York Rail way, and the South Wales Railway • George Pollard, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Leeds Railway John Rawson, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland, of the Korthumberlsuid and Lancashire Junction Railway, of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, and Chairman of the Midland and Thirsk Junction Railway D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Director at the London and Manekester Direct Railway, and of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Foster Reynolds, Esq., Director of the Lynn and lily, and Na mur and Liege Railways Robert C. Sharpe, Esq., Chairman of the Churnet Valley Rail way Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the Union Bank of London, George Armstrong, Esq., merchant, Liverpool Wm. Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway R. M. Bates, Esq., banker, Strand (Strahau, Paul's, and CO ) F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the Gosport, Southampton, and Manchester Railway, and of the Great Luxem bourg Railway James Cordy, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Brighton and Chichester Railway Thomas Critchley, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Railway Alderman Farncomb, Director of the London and Westminster Bank, and of the Namur and Liege Railway William Henry Gregory, Esq., M.P. Sir William B. Johnstone, Bart, Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway, and of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Valentine Lee, Esq., Director of the Eastern Counties Railway John Bramley Moore, Esq., Chairman of the Liverpool Dock Com mittee. William Mountford Nurse, Esq., Director of the Union Bank of London Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Director or Inc Liverpool and Manchester, Newcastle and Leeds, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway George Augustus F. Bentinck, Esq., Charles-street, Berkeley-square Captain Erasmus Ommaney, Director of the Northumberland and Lancashire Railway G. R. Peppercorne, Esq., Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway W. S. Potter, Esq., Hyde-park John Taylor, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of Landon Charles Turner, Esq., merchant, Liverpool (Messrs. Sands, Turner, and Co.) Captain Heaviside, Director of the Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction Railway. - '6, V, a = 3 1 - ... c. ) o -^7, HANKERS IN LONDON. London and Westminster Bat.k. Union Bank of London. Commercial Bank of London. Messrs. Stralian, Paul, Bates, and Co. Liverpool Bank, Liverpool. ExoLisa ENGINEERS—Sir John Bennie; Captain W. S. Mb;:rsora. Soucrrou—Joseph Carey, Esq. JOINT-SECRETARIES TO THE ENGLISH PROVISIONAL OOMMITTEE. Eugene L. Deprez, Esq. ; Thomas Morton, Esq. The above French and English Committees, having formed a Company to compete for the adjudication of this line, are for the most part composed of the active promoters of the Great Northern of France Railway (Rosamel Company). A preference will, in con sequence, be given in the allotment of shares (in proportion to the number held in the Rosamel Company) to parties presenting the certificates of that Company, and upon signing the proper form of application, on or before the 18th of October instant. It is expected that this railway will be soon put up for adjudication, whtch renders it necessary to close almost immediately the list of ap plications. Applications for shares at the disposal of the English Provisional Committee, in the usual form, will be received, with a reference to a respectable banker or broker, for the remainder of the shares, ad dressed to the Secretaries, 63, Moorgate-street ; Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Johnson, Longden, and Co., Tokenhouse-yard ; G. Peppercorns, Esq., 2, Old Broad street ; John Metcalfe, Esq., Change-alley, Cornhill, ondon ; Messrs. William Reynolds and Son, Morris Reynolds, Esq., and Highfield and Withers, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, and John Duncuft, Manchester ; H. and C. Bradshaw Leeds ; James Hervey, Halifax; Andrew Brand, Glasgow ; Tate and Nash, Bristol. Office, 63, Moorgate- street. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. • - - To the Provisional Committee of the Great Paris and Strasburg Railway Gentlemen,—l hereby subscribe for shares of 201. each in the capital stock of this railway, and I undertake to accept that, or any less number of shares that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit and future calls when requested, and to conform to the statutes, rules, and regulations of the Company, as duly authorised by the laws of France, upon such conditions as the Directors shall accept of the French Government. _ _ Dated this 1845. day of Christian and Surname in full ...... Profession or Calling— • Place of Residence and Address Name and Address of Reference .... • Cl REAT PARIS AND STRASBOURG RATINA.Y (UNION COMPANY). Notice is hereby given, that no further Application's for Shares will be received after the 22d instant, nor can any be attended to unac companied by a reference to a banker, or to one of the Provisional Committee, or some persons well known to them. Z. L. DE PAEZ. 7 rvistit of, HEAT PARIS AND STRASBOURG LA RAILWAY (UNIO.N . COMPANY). 63, Moorgatc-strcet, Loudon. Not'ec is hereby given, that on and after the 18th Applications from the holders of the Great Northern Frame Shares (Rosarnel's Com pany) will not be entitled to a preference in the allotment. By order of the Committee, E. L. DE PREZ, } Joint Secretaries. THOMAS MORTON, October 15, 1845. Messrs. Alston and Cage, - Rumford-place, Liverpool; Mr. IL W, Lucas, 5, Sweeting-street, Liverpool; Mr. William Pearson, Wigan. Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; Messrs. Grierson, Swift, and CompanY, Glasgow ; Mr. E. Wilson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds ; Messrs. Welibeloved, Barwick, and Company, Leeds ; Messrs. Wake, Stainforth, and Company. Hull; Mr. Samuel Collinson, Nottingham; Messrs Dailey and Hodgson, Burton-on- Trent; Messrs. Earpe and Son, Derby; Mr. Wren, rlshergate. Proton. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the North Union, Trent Valley, and Midland Counties Junction, and Macclesfield, Waningt", and Liverpool Direct Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me' shares of 201. each, in the above proposed railway; and I agree to accept the same, or any lers number; and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share on the same, and to sign the Parliamentary Con tract and the Subscribers' Agreement, and all usual and necessary deeds, when required. Dated this day of ' 1845. Name in full •• •••••• • • •• • • Residence •••••••• • • • • • • " Trade or Profession .. Place of Business .. • • • • • • • • Usual Signature.. • • • • • • • • • • NORTH UNION, TRENT VALLEY, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION, AND MACCLES FIELD, WARRINGTON, AND LIVERPOOL , DIRECT ;RAIL WAY COMPANY. At a meeting, afield at the Spread Eagle Hotel, Hanging Ditch , Manchester, on the 14th day of October, 1845, It was resolved — That it is the opinion of this meeting, at which there are resi dents of Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, Wigan, Chorley, and various parts of Lancashire and Cheshire, that the railway an nounced as " The North Union, Trent Valley, and the Midland Coun ties Junction, and Macclesfield, Warrington, and Liverpool Direct Railway, is an excellent line, and one strongly to be recommended, and highly beneficial as a necessary connecting link between the northern and southern, and: midland counties of this kingdom ; and that this meeting pledges itself to use every exertion to carry the same forward, so as to go before Parliament in the ensuing session. WILLIAM BYROM, Chairman. W. F. WESTALL, Secretary. rlll -1E OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY, via ABLNGDON, WANTAGE, MINGERFORD, and LUDGERSHALL. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,008 Shares of 261. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington The Right lion. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park, Oxen The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, North Ws.lsham The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley The Hon. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., 13, Conduit-street, Di rector of the East and West Junction Railway The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerninghana, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart. Sir John Key, Bart., King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London. Railway Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pyrui, United Service Club E. F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Buckingham shire, Chairman of the Mint:head and Bridgewater Railway Lieut.-Colonel Elringkon, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director of the Great Western Extension Atmospheric Railway James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director of the Dover and Bristol Railway Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenhami Direct Railway Major Graham, late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Manchester Railway The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester square, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully Castle Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the D•ver and Bristol Railway . Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D.,Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., arlborough-Place, St. John's-wood Directors of the E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Direct Lon- W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex don and Exe- G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's-park ter Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, John Allen, Esq. 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington Francis loose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montagne-square Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equity and Law Life Assurance Company, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway • William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Harts Benjamin Swan, Esq., Jermyn-street. St. James's Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough, Director of the London and South Wales Direct Railway Robert Cook, Esq., Gain.sborough F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley James Paxton, Esq.. M.D., Director of the Rugby and Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac-cottage, Birstal, near Leeds, Di rector of the Great Leeds, and London, Midland, and Thirsk, and other Railways Major Henry Lyster, 9, Spring-terrace, Wandsworth-road, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway J. Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman -square William Doe Belcher, Esq., Mayor of Abingdon John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alderman of Abingdon John Tomkins, Esq. John Harris, Esq. Members of the Town Council, Abing- Thomas Copeland, Esq. den Edwin James Trendcll, Esq , John King, Esq., Abingdon George Cox, Esq., Abingdon George Jackson, Esq., Abingdon John Knight, Esq., Abingdon Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon John Aldworth, Esq., Frilford, Barks William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon John Towle, Esq. Charles Hickman, Esq. Members of the City Council, Oxford `, John Weaving, Esq., R. C. Godfrey, Esq., James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford, Director of the London and Cheltenham Direct Railway Captain H. Strong, Oxford, Director ef the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford William Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon Charles Shillingford, Esq., Soreer Town, Oxon Adin Williams, Esq., SomerTown, Oxen Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford Mr. Win. Thompson, Oxford James Wickens, E.g., Oxford John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the Hounslow Railway David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Eastern and Midland Counties Railway Capt. James Edward Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portm an -square, and Bower-hall, Inverness, Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway Charles Liddiard, Esq., W an t age Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage Thomas Brown, Esq. West Loeldnge, Barks William Stone, Esq. Charlton, Berks Richard Barnard, Esq. Charlton, Berks Henry Hayward, Esq. Stirlings, Wantage J ames Staley, Esq. Wantage Thomas Brown, Esq. Wantage Mr. Charles Hart, foundry, Wantage Mr. William Beesley, W 4. L Wantage Regis, John William Berta; Mr. J. Pottinger Palmer, Letcombe Regis, Berks John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Docks William Bestow, Es-9 S urrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the Commercial and General Life Assurance Association Robert Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the Somer setshire Midland Railway Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North wales, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary-churchyard, Director of the Direct I n dependent Lonon and Manchester Railway John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railway T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Directs" of the Bir kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot teries Railways Charles - Johnston, Esq., Aldersgate-atreot, Director of the Lynn, Thetford, and Ipswich Railway Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Frederick Chamfer, Esq., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby and Warwick Railway Thomas Salkeld, d Director ef the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, an d Huddersfield and Liverpool Direct Railway Charles Finch, Esq., Flsherton, Salisbury Director James Scott, M.D., Grove End-lodge, St. John's -Wood, Bath, and Poole of the Bud and Holyhead, and of the Bristol, Railways General Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-square (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. William Bastow, Esq. Robert Bell, Esq. William Doe Belcher, Esq. W. L. Pope, Esq. E. S. Blundell, Esq. M.D. Brigadier-General Sir Henry Thomas Dowglasse; Esq. Pynn Francis Ewart, Esq. Francis noose, Esc'. Charles Liddiard, Esq: Walter Shairp, Esq. James Macmillan, Esq. Henry Stock, Esq. (With limited power to add to their number.) ExotwEnn-us-Catia—Samuel Charles Brees, Esq. SocrroaM s—essrs. Elamite and Preston, 47 , London. Moorgate-streot, m PAISLIAMENTM AGENT--Cadwallador F. Faddy, BY!' BANKERS. London—The London and Westminster Bank, and the Com mercial Bank of London Oxford—The London and County Bank Salisbury — The Wilts and Dorset County Bank Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. ; and the County Bank Wantage7—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. NewourY— . .Ene Du.sk Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney. _John lc omb, Esq. Local. AGENTS. Oxford—John Francis Wilde, Esq. S a li s b ury —Stephen Hill, Esq. Abingdon—bl essr s. Graham and Sou u l , E Ha N. Wantage--Williarn Ormond, Esq. 'lunged°i s •d E i c ri ß l T M An a T rl_hozr.oultbersty f The irek.ortanee of connec ting remote parts of England by rail ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermedi etowns and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the line which is now proposed to form a shor t a n d direct channel of inter course between Oxfor d and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury at the south of the intended railroad, the central points from which various radii wilr diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of g to that city the the former, and to the south and west of the latter • and the proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, contienin course of railway il'ont the north-eastern parts of the island, requires the appliance now suggested to effect a complete Means of transit to the western and south-western counties. The Oxford and FalisburY Direct Railway, i n a ddi t i on to the benefits which will be conferred upon the natio' at large, by perfecting a direct line of communication be tween the north-eastern and western and south-western parts of England, will afford to the borough, of Abingdon, the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis bury into immediate connexion with the Cit y and University of Oxford, combining Also the advantage of a direct communication with the sister Universiq 'Of - Cambridge ; thus strengthening the ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be essentially enhanced. The want of railway acco mmodation has long been felt to press unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of Abingdon. Their means and o p portunities of competin g with t he more f o rtunate traders of tho se towns which are already provided with di rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. Tho same remark applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits, and advantages produced by railway traffic. it has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place; and a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced, through the towns which have been named, Hungerford ports udgers hall, to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western and dis tricts. The survey is in a state of great forwardness, and will be com pleted in sufficient time to enable the :ornpany to apply to Parlia ment in the next session ; and the promoters having received general and most satisfactory assurances of support from the local gentry, landowners. traders,' and influential inhabitants. have reasonable gronnd to anticipate the s unobstructed passing of the necessary Act for the formation of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway during the ensuing session.. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs. Mingle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ; to the Secretaty, at the offices of the Cempanr, 37, Gresham-street ; and to the following ArgYere:—Nesers. repprcorne, 2, Old Brett-street, Messrs. W ' Ithei D. Zwitrt, 13, 11101 - 14 1 1 0 1 tOld MUM nem Eyaas, - - • Lothbury, London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Mr. John Duncuft, and Mr. John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. Bradshaw, and Messrs. Wellbeloved and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Bradford ; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Easty and Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. Black and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, OUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, AND k_ - Y BRISTOL, BATH, AND DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY. 70, King William-street, City (Entrance in Clement's-lane). C a pital, 1,500,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposi) 21. 12s. 63. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. Sir RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.8., Chairman. W. M. HUGHES HUGHES, Esq., Alderman, Deputy Chairman. R. Hopkins Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Frederick Hewitt, Esq. Geo. Augustus Brown, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq. James Cliff, Esq. Colonel Nichols. Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq. Thomas S. Richards, Esq. George llarrison, Esq. Notice is hereby given, that the Share List of this Company closed this day. The Committee have great satisfaction in stating that Sir Richard Jenkins, Director of the East India Co m p an y, an d Willi a m Bradley, Esq., Of Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct Western Railway Company, Scc., have joined the Direction, and that the Report received from their Engineers and Surveyors satisfies them beyond a doubt that they will be in every respect prepared to go to Parliament in the ensuing session. By order of the Directors, R. H. GADESDEN, Secretary. Thursday, Oct. 16, 1845. OLVERHAMPTON, BRIDGNORTH, AND LIITLOW RAILWAY, Connecting the Agricultural Districts of Herefordshire, Shropshire, North and South Wales, with the whole of the Midland Counties, Liverpool, Manchester, and the North. Provisionaally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110. Capital7oo,oool., in 3.3,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. G. F. llamilton, Burwarton-hall, Salop Sir William Edward Rouse Boughton, Bart. Downton-hail, Ludlow Thomas Murray Gladstone, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, pro visional director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway John Dixon, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Thomas Clark, Esq. the Oaks, Wolverl'ampton, provisional director of the Shrewsbury, 'Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc tion Railway Willis= Bailey, Esq. Wolverhampton, provisional director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway Samuel Walker, Esq. Wolverhampton, provisional director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway John Hartley, Esq. iromnaster, Wolverhampton, provisional director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junc tion Railway John Parsons Firmstone, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton, director of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire June- Ben Railway Joshua Farmer, Esq. iron merchant, Wolverhampton J. B. Payne, Esq. Edgbaston, director of the Leicester and Birming ham, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways Edward Terry, Esq. Mayor of Dudley, director of the Oxford, Wor cester and Wolverhampton Railway James Whitney, Esq. Shrewsbury, provincial director of the Shrews bury, Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire Junction Railway C. D. Archibald, Esq. F.R.S., F.S.A., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Thomas Whitmore Wyld Browne, Esq. Woodlands, near Bridgnorth, magistrate of the county of Salop, and borough of Bridgnorth Thomas Pardoe Purton, Esq Bridgnorth, magistrate for the county of Salop, and borough of Bridgnoi th Thomas North, Esq. mayor of Bridgnorth John Baker, Esq. Dolforwyn-hall, Montgomeryshire, and Bridgnorth, magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth Henry Slater Richards, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth William 31'311chael, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnorth Edward Ridley, Esq. magistrate of the borough of Bridgnortit John Jacob Smith, Esq. town clerk, Bridgnorth Joseph Hall, Esq. Bridgnorth James Milman Coley, Esq. M.D. Bridgnorth Joins Green, Esq. Badger Heath, near Bridgnorth Thomas Grierson, Esq. carpet manufacturer, Bridgnorth Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer, Richard Boycoth, Esq. banker, Bridgnorth William Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth, carpet manufacturer John Hincksman, Esq. Charlcott, Bridgnorth - John Phillips, Esq. Bridgnorth John Daliewy, Esq. Bridgnorth Thomas Deighton, Esq Bridgnorth William Wiley, Esq. Vineyard, near Wellington John Stevens, Esq. Albyns, magistrate of the borough of Brldgrtorth Charles Powell, Esq. Sutton, Ludlow, magistrate of the county of Salop James Davies, Esq. Elm Lofte, Ludlow, magistrate of the Minty of Salop Henry Whittall, Esq. Mayor of Ludlow Benjamin Urwiek, Esq. magistrate of the borougk of Ludlow Robert Thomas, Esq. Ashford Bowdler, Ludlow, Magistrate of the borough of Ludlow John Thomas, Esq. Dinham-house, Ludlow, Magistrate of the borough of Ludlow William Edwards, Esq. Magistrate of the borough of Ludlow. John Tench, Esq. Ludlow Edward Heming Owen, Esq. the Moor, Ludlow Humphrey Smith, Esq. Overton, Ludlow, Magistrate of the borough of Ludlow Frederick Ricketts, Esq. deputy-chairman of the Bristo anld . Exeter Railway John Masterman, jun. ' Esq., banker, London James Whiskin, Esq. London, director of the London and Croydon Railway William Morley, Esq. Blackheath W. T. Andrew, Esq. Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square George Emery, Esq. London, director of the Waterford and Kilkenny Railway W. G. Allen, Esq. Leadenhall-street William Watson, Esq. Bristol, director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway H. Ridout Downman, Esq. London, provisional director of the Cam brian and Grand Junction Railway A. F. Paull, Esq. director of the South Wales Railway William Morgan, Esq. Bristol, director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway William Watson Prole, Esq, London, director of the Isle of Jersey Line Robert Bramwell, Esq. Brymbo Ironworks, North Wales, and 57, Cannon-street, London ames Renshaw, Esq. merchant, Crosby-square, London Abram Garfish - le, Esq. Liverpool Emanuel Zewilcherbart, Esq. provisional director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway Robert Chapman, Esq. London, provisional director of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway James Bramwell, Esq. Dyers-hall-wharf, Upper Thames-street, London Joseph Jones, Esq. Mayor of Hull Charles Lloyd Browning, Esq. Wolverhampton Francis Manna Adams, Esq. Ross, Herefordshire. BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co. London Messrs. Pritchard and Boy'ott, Bridgnorth and Broseley Messrs. Cooper, Purton, and Cooper, Bridgnorth and Wenlock The Ludlow and Tenbury Bank The Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Banking Company, Wolver hampton. ENGINEER—John R. M'Lean, M.I.C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, Moorgate-street, Lon don, and Delahay-street, Westminster M. Haywood Williams, Esq. Bridgnortk Charles Corser, Esq. Wolverhampton Messrs. Williams and Urwick, Ludlow. SECRETARY—John Trevor, Esq. This railway will commence at the Important town of Wolver hampton, proceeding through or mar to Seisdon, Trysull, and Cla verly, to the manufacturing town of Bridgnorth : from thence it will continue through a rich agricultural and populous district to Lud low, and there fall into other projected lines to all parts of England, North and South Wales, and Ireland, a distance of about thirty-two miles. . . . It will afford direct communiestioa between Ludlow, Bridgnorth, and Wolverhampton, Dudley, &c. ; and, by the South Staffordshire Junction Railway give to those towns and districts the most direct route for passengers and goods to and from the Central, /Corti• Eastern, and Eastern parts of the Kingdom, and from which those towns have hitherto been excluded by every project of the day. It will convey to the agricultural districts of Herefordshire and South Shropshire, and also to the towns of Bridgnorth and Ludlow, coals and the mineral productions of Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and the Clee-hills, at nearly one-half the present cost of those neces sary articles, and be the means of conveyance for corn, cattle, sheep, cider, wool, hops, and other agricultural productions, as also timber from the before-mentioned agricultural counties, to the heart of the mining and manufacturing districts, which cannot fail to produce an immense traffic. To the towns embraced in this l!ne, the value of obtaining thereby, at the cheapest rate, coal and the necessaries of life, will be of the utmost importance. One principal feature in this projection is, that as either Ludlow or Bridgnorth will lie in the direct route of one of the projects to be pro posed to Parliament in the next session, for the most direct commu nication between Ireland and the Metropolis, this line will thereby afford to passengers the easist:communication to and from the central parts of the kingdom. It is satisfactory to the promoters to state, that they have the sanction of the Grand Junction Company, and the co-operation of the Shrewsburyf Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction, and the South Staffordshire Junction Companies, and that no project has been announced in competition with its acknowledged claim on public euoport. The whole line is free from engineering difficulties, and oan be con structed at a moderate cost, and has obtained the approval of the landed interest, whose ornamental properties have been strictly protected. Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of the Company will be under the direction and control of the Committee of Management, who are hereby empowered to enter into such ar rangements as shall best serve the interests •f this Company and the public, with existing or projected companies, and also to nominate the first directors of the Company. Power will be taken under the Act to limit the responsibility of Shareholders to the amount of their subscription, and to allow four per cent, interest on the calls. Preference to the allotment of shares will be given to those locally interested, and to the shareholders of lines in connexion with this. No applications for shares can in any ease be attended to, unless reference be made to one of the Provisional Committee, the Solicitors, Bankers, or Brokers of the Company. _ . Applications the following brokers : London—Messrs. Wells, Prinseps, and Westropp, 76,01 d Bread-street Mr. T. C. Munday, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings Wolverhampton—Mr. Payne Liverpool—Messrs. Lloyd and Price Kidderminster—Mr. C. H. Saunders. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provlslonal e Committee of the Wolverhampton, Bridgnorth, and Ludlow Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the Wol verhampton, Bridgnorth, and Ludlow Railway ; and I undertake to pay the deposite of 21. 25., and all further calls upon the same, or such lesser number as you may allot to me, and to execute the sub scribers' agreement and the parliamentary contract when called upon to do so. vao.,,x 11= aay ur ap.o• I am, gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, Christian and Surnames, in full .• ... • ....... Profession • • • • ........ ••• • • • .... • • Residence.. ...... •• •• •....... ........ Reference• • • • ...... Res idence of Referee WOLVERHAMPTON, BRIDGENORTH, and Lt7DLOW RAILWAY. The Provisional Conunittee hereby give notice, that no farther Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after MoN. DAY, the 20th inst. By order, JOHN TREVOR, Secretary to the Company. LYO.I%,TS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY, with a Branch to Grenoble. (COMPAGNIE ODIOT.) Capital 4,400,0001., in 220,000 Shares of 201. each. The half of which is subscribed for in Prance. Deposit, 21. per Share, to provido the usual caution money required by the French Government, beyond which no further call will be made, unless this Company should obtain the concession, in de- M. Odlot, Paris, Goldsmith to the King of the French, and Director fault of which the 21. will be returned without deduction. DIRECTORS IN FRANCE. of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) Baron Devaux du Cher, Paris, Maitre des Requites an Conseil d'Etat, and Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) M. Dolifus, Paris, Manufacturer I Mulhouse, Haut Rhone M. Guerin, Paris, Administrateur de Messageries, and Director of the Northern Railroad (ltosamcl) M. G. lialphm, Paris, Negotiant M. Pilet, Paris, Negotiant, Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce. and Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) M. Robißard, Entrepreneur de It oulage, and DiFOCtOT of . the Northern Railroad (Rosamel) M. Tallandier, Banquier, Paris IN ENOtAND. Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P. The Hon. Captain Carnegie, R.N. M.P. William Corry, Esq., Direct or of tlie London and County Joint-Stock Bank James Gerard, Esq., London William Hawes, Esq., Chairman of the London and County Joint- Stock Bank Fre d er i c k Hodgson, Esq., M.P. John Richards, Esq., 5, I?evons hire-square, Loudon J o hn Stewart, Esq., 31.1. BANKERS. London —The Loudon and County Joint-Stock Bank, 21, Lombard street Liverpool—Messrs. Leyland and Bullins. CONSEU. JUDICIARE—AIphonse Par s. de, Avocat A la Cotu Royale de SOLICITORS—Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, MoOrgate-street. This railroad forms the completion of the great trunk line through France, uniting the British CAtunnel with the Mediterranean Sea, the line from Avignon to Marseilles, being in the course of construction by the French Government. Applications for shares to be made at the Offlce of the Company, No. 13, Old Jewry Chambers; at the solicitors, Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street ; Messrs. W. and 11. P. Co; sharebrokers, 16, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Taunton and Bush, sharebrokers, Austin-friars ; Messrs. Dunenft, sharebrokers, Mauchester ; Messrs. Townley and 'Whitehead, sharebrOkers, Liver pool; Mr, T, Buchanan, iharebrolser, Cilaagow. NORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY. "Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Shares cait be received after THIMSDAY, the 2311 instant, in order to enable the Company to be fully prepared to proceed with their Bill in Par liament at the next Session. RAIL WAY ONDON CENTRAL TERMINUS COMPANY PROVISIONAL COMSIITTEI The Earl of Kilmorey - William Bland, Esq. J. B. Boothby J. B. Byron, Esq. Edward Crawley, Esq. William Chadwick, Esq. Edward Chapman, Esq. William Chaplin, Esq. The Count Eyre Charles Finch, Esq. Rowland Hill, Esq. Colonel Henderson J. D. Lowden, Esq. Apsley Pillatt, Esq. H. L. Smale, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. William shadbolt, Esq. T. B. Simpson, Esq. C. F. Whiting, Esq., John Addis, Esq. J. D. Brown, Esq. Thomas Farncomb, Esq. J. G. Hudson„ Esq. A. Inderwick, Esq. George Miller, Esq. Captain M•Kinnon W. L. Whitmore, Esq. The Committee of the London Central Railway Terminus Com pany hereby beg to Inform the public that, in consequence of the extraordinary proceedings of the Proprietors of the Charing-cross Bridge Company, in reference to the proposed purchase of that struc ture by this Company, they decided on availing themselves of another means of communication with the Middlesex shore, they are happy to state that their overtures for that purpose have been most favour ably received, and every facility promised ; indeed, the Committee en tertain no doubt that such an arrangement will very shortly be effected as will promote the interest of all concerned, and take this opportunity of stating also that the Allotment of Shares will take place forthwith. By order of the Oommittee, JOHN F. NE ALE, Secretary. 28, Moorgate-street, Oct. 10, 1845. ONDON CENTRAL RAILWAY TERMINUS COMPANY. The Committee of the London Central Railway Company hereby give notice to those Proprietors of the Charing• cross Bridge Com pany who were desirous of confirming the arrangement which had baen entered into by the Directors, and subsequently confirmed at a General Meeting of the Proprietors, that the Committee have unanimonsly resolved to give such Proprietors the privilege of taking Shares in the London Central Railway Terminus Company, in proportion to the number of Bridge Shares held by them, provided application is made for the same on or before WEDNESDAY NEXT. By erder, JOHN F. NEALE, Secretary. 28, Moorgate-street, Oct. 16, 1845. ORTH UNION, TRENT VALLEY, AND MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION, AND MACCLES FIELD, WARRINGTON, AND LIVERPOOL DIRECT RAIL WAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. James Lawrence, Esq. mayor of Liverpool, and director of the Liver pool, Warrington, Stockport, and Manchester Direct Charles Mann, Esq. Manchester, and Laurel Villa, Leamington, director of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction, the East and West of England, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct, and pro prietor of the Victoria Basin, Manchester John Holford, Esq. Rusholme-hall, Manchester Edward Morris, Esq. West-cottage, Chorley, director of the Black burn, Chorley, and Liverpool, the LiVerpool and Leeds Direct, the Great Western, Southern, and Eastern, or Ipswich and Southamp ton, and the Keighley, Halifax, and Hudderstleldl Jasper Fletcher, Esq. Manchester Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan, director of the London and Liverpool Direct, the Staffordshire Potteries, the York and Lancaster, the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and other railways Gervase Cressy Hall, Esq. Alfreton, Derbyshire William Byron, Esq. Oldham, a director of the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union, the Dover and Bristol, and the London and Liverpool. Direct William Walker, Esq. Lea Wood. Derbyshire, director of the Liver pool and Derby, and the Northampton, Lincolnshire, and Hull Railways Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan, director of the York and Lancaster, the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction, and the London and Liverpool Direct Railway William Caldwell, Esq. Ince, alderman of the borough of Wigan, and director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railway James Bliddicton, Esq. merchant, Everton, Liverpool Arthur Henderson, Esq. merchant, member of the select vestry, Liverpool William Alexander Dow, Esq. Inner Temple, London, member of the Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, London John Bridge Aspinall, Esq. barrister-at-law, London and Liverpool, director of the Huddersfield, Manchester, and Great Grimsby, and the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway William Dossa 'Whitehead, Esq. merchant, Cheetwood, Manchester, director of the Hull, Great Grimsby, and Southampton, and the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway's Joseph Lockett, Esq. Marlborough Villa, Higher Broughton, Man- chester Robert Ryder, Esq. Ardwick-place, MancheSter John Formby, Esq. J.P. Liverpool and Cheshire, directorof the Holy head Junction Railway Peter Marrow, Esq. corn merchant, Liverpool John Rawlins Postlethwaite, Esq. cotton spinner, Ribblesdale-place, Preston Proctor Walker, Esq. Moor-park, Preston, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways Henry Edwards, Esq. Audley Villa, Everton, Liverpool Samuel Routledge, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the 'East and West Coast Railway, the Manchester and Great Grimsby Direct, and other railways Thomas Robson, Esq. Darlington Cottage, Pendleton, Manchester William Melville Lomas, Esq. merchant, Liverpool, director of the London and Holyhead, the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Junction, the North Western Trunk, the Midland Grand Junction, :aid several other railways William Atkinson Gardiner, Esq. Cecil-street, London, vice-chair man of the Midland Union, director of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham, the Oxford, Newbury, and Andover, the Manchester and Southampton, and the Direct Liverpool and London Railways Edward Ward Jackson, Esq. Clare-terrace, Edge-bill, Liverpool, director of the London and Edinburgh Direct, the Staffordshire Potteries, and Manchester and Liverpool Direct, the Direct Shef field and Macclesfield, and several other railways W. W. Prole, Esq. Thurloe-square, London, director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway John Webster, Esq. director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway, 35, 3fecklenburgh-square, London Richard Chapman, Esq. Park-place, Regent's-park, London, director of the Great Manchester and Southampton Railways John I5O;;;;;, Esq. 6, Bedford-place, Rusiell-square, London M. H. Willi:urn, aq. Bridgnorth Jas. I'card Ley, Esq. Seyton Ironworks, Whitehaven, and Reform Club, London, director of the Notthigham, Birmingham, Gains borough, and Hull Railway David Montague, Esq. Paddington, London, director of the Ports• mouth and Chatham Railway _ . . Cornelius Nicholson, Esq. the Grange, Kendal, director of the Cale donian, Kendal, and Windermere, and the Lancaster and Carlisle Railways Edward Robinson, Esq. Hull, director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways John Dewhurst, Esq. Preston, director of the North Union Junction Railway George Carry, Esq. merchant, Penwortham House, near Preston, director of the Fleetwood and West hiding Railway George Smith, Esq. cotton spinner, Beech Grove, Moor Park, Preston John Lord, Esq. Standish Hall, director upon the Dover and Bristol, the Eastern and. Western, the Southern, or Ipswich and Southamp ton, and the Staffordshire Potteries Joseph Phnlott Oates, Esq. Sutton-Coldfleld, director of the Leicester and Birmingham Direct, Midland and South Junction, and several other railways William Jones, Esq. Liverpool. Reddish, Esq. Sharston, near Warrington William Cantrell, Esq. Wirksworth, Derbyshire, director of the Am bergate and Nottingham, the London and Nottingham, Liverpool and Derby Direct, and the Staffordshire and North Midland Junc tion Railways Jonathan Dunn, Esq. merchant, Liverpool, director of the Lancaster and Preston, Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester, and other Railways Thomas Bailey, Esq. merchant, Aigburth Old Hall, Liverpool John Grant Morris, Esq. coal merchant, Liverpool, director of the Liverpool and Bolton Direct Railway Thomas Ward, Esq. Macclesfield, provisional director of the Man chester, Ashton-under-Lyne, gtalybridge, and North Derbyshire Railway John Cooke, Esq. Macclesfield, provisional director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Macclesfield, provisional director of the London and Manchester Direct (Remington's) John Massey, Esq. merchant, Manchester (With power to add to their number). ACTING COMMITTEE. James Lawrence, Esq. Mayor of Liverpool Charles Mann, Esq. Manchester and Leamington W. A. Dow, Esq. Inner Temple, London Edward Morris, Esq. Chorley Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan Joseph Lockett, Esq. Manchester John Lord, Esq. Standish Hall hi. Edwards, Esq. Everton, Liverpool Samuel Routledge, Esq. Huddersfield Proctor Walker, Esq. Preston William Byrom, Esq. Oldham William Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool William Jones, Esq. Liverpool (With power to add to their number). ACTING ENGINEER—Henry Turbevilla Edwards, Etc. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths. Manchester Liver pool Macclesfield The Manchester and Liverpool District Warrinton Banking Company Wigan Preston, Leeds—The Yorkshire Banking Company Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company SOLICITORS TO TUE COMPANY—J. and W. Andrew, Manchester LOCAL SOLICITORS, Liverpool—Messrs Avison and l'ritt ; and John Greatly, Esq. Macclesfield—Richard Wormald, Esq. rreston--Oeorge rrona, mroi. Wigan— Henry Gaskell, Esq. SECRETARY—Mr. W. F. Westall The great objects of this company are twofold. The first Is to esta blish the most direct line of railway communication between all th midland And southern and northern counties of 'England ; and also with Scotland, by a short junction line of about 22 miles in length from the North Union Railway, at or near Parkside, to apoint on the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, at or near Prestbury, and thence to Macclesfield, there uniting with some one or more of such of the undermentioned proposed lines, to or near that place, as may be sanctioned by Parliament; effact a junction with the Trent Val ley, London and Birmingham, and Midland Counties Railways Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railway Churnet and Blyth, or Macclesfield and Lichfield Junction Railway Tean and Dove Valley North Staffordshire • London and Manchester Direct (Remington's and Rastrick's Amalgamated) North Cheshire South Union Rugby, Derby, and Manchester • Manchester and Rugby Direct Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield. A continuous line of railway communication will thus be formed from Lmdon, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the Potteries, with Wigan, Preston, the ports of Fleetwood and Lancaster, and with Carlisle; and from that place, by the Caledonian Railway, to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and all the important cities and towns in Scotland, thus establishing the most important and uninter rupted, and at the same time the shortest and most expeditious line of communication between the metropolis of England and that of Scotland, and all the intermediate places. In conjunction with the proposed line from Sheffield to Macclesfield, the most direct Commu nication between a Liverpool and Sheffield will he effected. The second object of this Company is bytheproposed branch to Warrington, there uniting with the contemplated line of the Grind Junction Railway Company from that place to the Liverpool and and Manchester Railway, at Iluyton, to effect the shortest and most convenient line of communication between Macclesfield, Warrington, and Liverpool. When it is considered that Macclesfield and its environs, with a population of 50,000, must become so important a centre of railway communication from the midland, western, and southern counties of England, and that there is not at present any direct railway from thence, connecting it with all the important manufacturing, coal, and other mineral districts, in the direct line to Scotland, and that this line would meet the existing deficiency, and form the most di rect route, by effecting a saving of sixteen miles in the distance from Macclesfield to Parkside and also to Warrington, over any esta blished or proposed line in a northern direction—the desireableness of this project, in a na Tonal point of view, must, it is presumed, be ad mitted ; and that it will form an important trunk line of communi cation, over which a larger amount of passenger traffic, agricultural, mineral, and the manufacturing produce would pass, than any other line of the same length in the kingdom. The advantage which this project offers to the puislic will be sufficiently apparent, without fur ther comment. The liability of each shareholder will be restricted to the amount of the shares taken; and power will be applied for in the Bill to allow interest, at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum, on all calls mode from the time of payment to the opening of the line. The survey of the line is now in progress, and, with other neecs earY arrangements, will be completed without delay, in order to'go to Parliament in. the ensuing session. • Plans of the line, and copies of the prospectus, and forms of ap plication for shares, may be had from the Company's solicitors ; or from the following sharebrokers :—Mr. T. C. Munday, 17, Royal &ai,gbange, London ; Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Princep, 75, Old Drood-street, London ; Mr. David Kinnear, 46, Hanover-street, Zenbaill Ablifir6-.llQullliAndand; l / 9 0601 xiakatrett. I,dsvack l ter FORM OF APPLICATION. To the ProTisional Committee of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me, and also to pay the de posits thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, Parlia mentary Contract, and all other necessary instruments, when re quired so to do. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Name in full .... Residence • • • • • • • • Occupation Reference •.... • • • ...... •••• • • • • Usual Signature • • • • • • • • • • Elmslie and Preston 47, Moorgate-street, London. KENT and ESSEX UNION RAILWAY. The Public are respectfully informed that the Last Day for Applications for Shares was Yesterday, the 17th instant. The Com mittee will immediately proceed to the final examination of the list, and will issue the Letters of Allotment at the earliest moment, but from the immense number of applicants, the scrutiny will unavoid ably occupy a few days. By order, C. W. WALLACE, Secretary pro tern. 34, Coleman-street, London, Oct. 14, 1845. T HE DEAL AND DOVER. JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) The Prospectus of this Company will be issued in a few days, and In the meantime application for shares to be made to the Secretary, at the temporary Offices, 26, Bucklersbury, Mansion-house, London. By order of the Provisional Committee, October 15, 1845. HIPPISLEY JUSTINS, Secretary. CALAIS, DUNKIRK, and BRUGES JUNO TION RAILWAY, connecting the lines already in operation between Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Malines, and Antwerp. Capital 18,750,000 francs, or 750,0001. sterling, in 37,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. per sharo. DIBECTORS. FEENCII AND BELGIAN. M. le Comte Friant, General et Aide-de-Camp du Rol M. le Baron de Clarac, Proprietaire, Ancien Oflicier Superienr de Cavalerie, Setretalre et Adinluistrateur du Chemin de Fer de Tours Nantes N. Cordier, Depute. Inspecteur Divisionnaire des routs et Chaus sees, President du Conseil d'Administration to Chemin de Fer de Cherbourg M. Antonio de Serradilla, Colonel d'Etat-Major M. N. T. Micard, Administrateur du Chemin de Fer de Strasbourg M. Collin Lefebre, Ingeneur Civil, Eutrepeneur des Fonts et sees du Gouvemement M. P. J. Wayez, Govemeur de la Province de Hainuult, Brussels M. Femmerman, Brussels M. J. B. Thibon, Brussels. ENGLISII. Major-General Brooks Parbley, C. 8., 18, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park William Ormsby Gore, 3f.P., Chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wol verhampton, Dudley, and Birmingham Railway, 66, Portland place, and Portlington-hall, Oswcstry, Salop William Bradley, Esq., Director of the Sheffield, Ashton- under-Lyre, and Manchester Railway William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S , &c., Alderman of London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead, and London and Greenwich Railways, Brunswick-square Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, and Sheriff of London and Middlesei, Leyton, Essex Captain Thornhill Warrington, 66, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman- square James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex, Director of the London and Man- chester Rail Way ' William Petrie, Esq., King-street, Portman-square John Inglis Jerdien, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway, No. 2, Mains-court, Broad-street Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and London Rail way, 1, Princes-street, Bank (With power to add to their number). BANKERS IN FRANCE. BANKERS IN BELGIUM—Messrs. Prosper et Rene Spitaels et CO. BANKERS IN ENGLAND—The London Joint Stock Bank. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Macneil, LL.D. and F.R S. ENGINEER—WiIIiam 3lullingar Higgins, Esq. Somcrroas—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basinghall-street. SECRETARY—PhiIip N. Scanlan, Esq. COMPANY'S OFFICES-37, Moorgate-street (East Side). This Company has been formed for the purpose of opening a line of railway communicatioe between Calais and Bruges, passing through important districts of France and Belgium containing a population of above 600,000 inhabitants, and forming a junction with the State Railway at Bruges, which has now become the most direct route to the interior of Belgium, Germany, Prussia, and the countries east of the French frontier. _ . In laying before the public the prospectus of this proposed line, it may be mentioned as one of its principal advantages, that it will reduce the passage from London to Brussels, now occupying twenty-four or twenty-six hours, under the most favourable circum stances, and often thirty or forty, to twelve hours, rendering it prac ticable to make the journey with ease in one day, and at two-thirds of the present expense. The long, tedious, and uncertain sea voyage will also be avoided from Dover to Ostend, which, to travellers gene rally, and particularly to ladies and invalids, is exceedingly dis agreeable, and often attended with serious cmsequences. it can hardly admit of a question, that the principal part of the passenger traffic between the two capitals, London and Brussels, to gether with the passenger traffic of the populous cities of Antwerp, and Ghent, the latter being the Manchester of Belgium, and the im portant towns of St. Nicholar and Tierimond, will be, under these circumstances, drawn into this channel ; and another important ad vantage to the public, and source of revenue to the Company, will be found in the transmission of the Belgian, German, and Prussian mails, which are now conveyed by steamers from Dover to Ostend, at a very considerable expense, and with much less certainty and ex pedition than if transmitted to Calais, a sea passage of only 24 miles, and usually made in two hours. The traffic and expenditure may be fairly estimated as follows : From 50,000 passengers, who, according to the recent re turns from Ostend and Antwerp, annually visit the Conti nent and return by this route, say, from each, on an ave rage, 10s. each way .... • . . For the transport of mails from the respective Governments 10,000 Local traffic in goods and passengers ............. ..... 50,000 £llO,OOO Deduct the expenses of working the line, calculated at •• •. 30,000 £BO,OOO Thus leaving a profit of 10% per cent. to the shareholders, with every prospect of a considerable increase annually in the traffic, as has been by experience proved to be the result on all the other lines in operation in Belgium, as well as other countries. The projected railroad would pass through a perfectly level tract of country rich in agricultural productions, presenting no natural impediments to its construction, and would require neither tunnels nor viaducts ; and the only bridges necessary would be the spanning of a few dykes. Thus the construction would be unattended with heavy expense, and its working, when completed, of the same eco nomical character; for, as experience has shown, the most consider able item iu working a railway Is the supply of coal for the locomo tives ; the proximity to the port of Dunkirk, and the easy access to the Belgian coal fields, obviate this difficulty. This line, which has been already examined by an eminent engi neer, will be absut sixty miles in extent from one extremity to the other; will connect in its route the towns of Calais, Gravelines, and Dunkirk, in France, with Furness, Nieuport, and Bruges, in Bel gium ; thus securing a very important local traffic in goods and pas sengers, indepesdent of the foreign traffic before alluded to, placing tile possibility of its paying beyond all doubt. Arrangements are in progress and strongly supported by persons of the highest influence both in Belgium and France for obtaining the consent of the Belgian and French Governments to the above line ; and as it is so obviously advantageous to the former Government to encourage the formation of a line, bringing two such important capitals as Brussels and London within ten hours distance of each other, and the intention of the latter to encourage the formation of a continuous line of railway round the coast, little doubt is entertained by the Directors in Belgium, France, and England, of such applications proving successful. In the event of the applications proving unsuccessful, the deposits will be returned, with the exception of a charge on each share, not exceeding five shillings. • - Application for prospectuses and forms of application may be made at the Company's offices, and the offices of the solicitors, 5, Basing hall-street; and to the following brokers: — London-Messrs. Peppercorn, Broad-street Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons; and Messrs. Green and Lockwood Liverpool—Messrs. T. Ceglan and Sons Bristol—Messrs. Edwards and Co. Leeds—Thomas M. Lee, Esq., Harvey Miran, Esq., and Messrs. Bell and Ledger Hull•—Messrs. Flint and Tootal Exeter—Thomas Sandford, Esq. Plymouth—Messrs. Hayward and Palmer. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the Calais, Dunkirk, and Bruges Junction • Railway. Gentlemen—l request you will allot me Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same or any less number that may be allotted me, and to pay the deposit thereof, and I undertake also to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, or any other document that may be necessary, when required. I am, Gentlemen, • • • Christian and Surname • • • • Profession or Calling • • ••• • • • • • • Rlace of Residence Reference • • . Usual Signature. •.. •• : .• • ...... N.B.—To save trouble, no applicatien will be attended to unless accompanied with areference to one of tile director;, a banker, Stock broker, or mercantile hous9 of known respectability. CALAIS, DUNKIRK, AND BRUGES JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further applications for shares will be received in this Company after THURSDAY, the 16th instant. By order, PHILIP N. SCANLAN, Secretary 37 3 Toorgate-street, Oct. 13,1845. LEICESTER, TEAN AND DOVE VALLEY, AND STAFFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. CHARLES ROBERT COLVILE, Esq. M.P. Lullington, Derbyshire, Chairman. JOHN BULLER YARDE BULLER, Esq., Holne-park, Devon, IToput, chairman. The Right Hon. the Earl of Uxbridge The Right Hon. Lord Montagu William Graham The Right Hon. Lord Alfred Paget, M.P. The Right lion. Lord George Paget Sir Richard Dobson, F.R.S. 47, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, London The Hon. Francis Curzon, Barrow-hall, Derby The Hon. Frederick Byron, 21, Eatou-place,London Edward Buller, Esq. M.P, Dilhorn-hall, etaffordshire The Right Hon. Colonel George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P. 6, Pall-mall, London ma T i ll o n r e ß y e - re str s e ro e rd t, , L m on .r do . n 77, George Dodd, Esq. M.P. Grosvenor-place, London William Henry Gregory, Esq. M.P. 5, Cork-street, London William John Blake, Esq. 62, Portland-place, London The Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourn Rectory John Bott, Esq. Cotton-hall, Staffordshire Henry Barton, Esq. Rangemoor-house, Burton-on-Trent Captain C. Twisleton Graves, Army and Navy Club, London William Coare Brocklehurst, Esq. Hurdsfield-house, Macclesfield Richard Dyott, Esq. Freeford-hall, Lichfield Charles Dick , on Archibald, Esq. F.R.S. F.A.S. York-terrace. Regent's-park, and Rusland-hall, Lancashire Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. 55, Chester-square, London Joseph Hoare, Esq. banker, Hampstead, London William J. Dennie, Esq. 6, Lowerßerkeley-street, Portman-square, London John Dixon, Esq. Macclesfield Edward Thomas Coke, Esq. Mansfield Wood-house Thomas Landor, Esq. the Manor-house, Burton-on-Trent William Sharp, Esq. Linden-hall, Lancaster Thomas Webb, Esq. Tutbury, Staffordshire Samuel Walker Cox, Esq. Breadsall-lodge, near Derby Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq.. Hyde-hall, Stockport Henry Meakin, Esq. Burton-en-Trent Moses Cartwright, Esq. Stanton-house, Derbyshire John T. Raworth, Esq. Leicester George Boden, Esq. St. George's-terrace, Kensington Charles Berners Plestow, Esq. Watlington-hall, Lynn Regis, and Princes-street, Cavendish -square, London James Valiance, Esq. 25, Cavendish square, Lyndon, and Sitting bourne, Kent Colonel Cheney, Gaddesby, Leicester Thomas Bladon, Esq. Dove-bank, Uttoxeter Henry Boden, Esq. the Field, Derby Henry John Pye, Esq. Clifton, Staffordshire Charles Edward Eugene Mousley, Esq. Haunton, Staffordshire The Rev. Theodore Echalaz, vicar of Lullington Hampden Clements, Esq. Snareston-lodge, Leicestershire Captain Wilmot Horton, R.N. Catton-hall, Derbyshire Francis Willington, Esq. Tamworth Edward William Smith, Esq. Routh, near Beverley, Yorkshire (With power to add to their number). ENGINEERS. J. F. Bateman, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. J. and J. Richardson, Burton-on-Trent G. H. R. Cox, Esq. Derby. The Provisional Committee beg to announce that it is their inten tion to extend their line to Alrewas, where its ill unite with a pro• jected branch of the front Valley Rallwan , other advantages, form a direct line from Leicester to Stafford. • Mal of the Company will be To effect this important object, the cap increased to 500,0001., to be divided into 25,000 shares of 201. each. may desire to withdraw their appli- Such applicants for shares as in addon to Its cations are at liberty to do so. No furthe r a pp lications can be re ceived. Joseph Cubitt, Esq. JOSEPH RICHARDSON, Secretary offices of the Company, Sigh-street, Burton-on-Trent, 14th Oct., 180. By order of the Committee, H. B. FARNALL, Secretary. Office, 8, Finsbury-place South. THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, and HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, From Tunbridge Wells direct to Hastings, with a Branch Line from the same place to join the Brighton Line at Lewes, (Blunt's Line.) (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 750,0001., In 30,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. A. F. Berkeley, Berkeley-house, Spring-gardens Major James Oliver Lindam, K.H., New-street, Dorset-square, Chairman of the Gloucester and Aherystwith and Central Wales Railway, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Cory, Esq., Commercial.road, Lambeth, Direotor of the London and County Joint-Stock Bank The Mayor of Hastings Francis Smith, Esq., banker, Hastings Henry Weston, Esq., Newick, Sussex Lieutenant. Colonel Coffin, Landford, Wilts P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square, Director of the Leeds and London Direct, and Ipswich and ;-.outliampton Railways Frederick Harrison, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale, Director of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Assurance Company Joseph Barker, Esq., Macclesfield, Cheshire Alexander Prince, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Samuel Griffith,, EN., Wolverhampton, Director of the Shrop. shire Mineral, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways William Case, Esq. , Brook-street, Grosvenor-square W. Bulkeley Wasse, Esq., 10, New• square, Lincoln's Inn, and South-crescent, Bedford-square The Rev Lewis Evans, Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford, and Southwood-terrace, Highgate Stephen Plutchison, Esq., Bromley, Kent, sole Proprietor of the Bromley Gas Works The Rev. George Kenrick, Battle, Sussex, and Regent's-square, London ,Captain George Lind, Waterloo-place, Brighton R. Ladell, Esq., Director of the Chelmsford and Bury Railway Henry Wardle, Esq., London and Macclesfield, Director of Re mington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Director of the Direct Western, and the Leeds and Carlisle Direct Railways, Waterloo Villa, Clifton, Bristol, and 6, Hyde Park.place, West, London George Clement, Esq., Hastings. Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Union-court, Broad-street, and Maccles field, Cheshire, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Thonias Robinson Williams, Esq., Director of the Patent Woollen Cloth Company Reginald Read, Esq., M.D., St. John's-square, London The Rev. Samuel Andrew, Lincoln College, Ozford, and Highgate John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple Augustus L. inhsAm, Esti; Brook.street, Grosvenor aqua e, and Sidmouth, Devon William Eccles, Esq., Old Broad-street, London Lewis flame, Esq., Bury St. Edmund's, Sufolk William Downing Bruce, Esq., 18, Charlet-street, St. James's. square, Director of the Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool, and Direct Western Railways Abraham Betteridge, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Camden-villas, Director of the Great Grimsby, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway Edward Whitfield, Esq., M.D., Marine-parade, Brighton George Simpson, Esq., Bedford-street, Bedford-square, Director et the Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction Railway Captain C. H. Whitfield, Arundel-street, London, Director of the South London Suburban Railway James Renshaw, Esq., Erith, Kent, Merchant, 3, White Hart court, Lombard-street, Director of the South Stafford Railway John Britten, Esq., Basinghall-street, Member of the Corporation of London Dr. William Wilson, 3, Devonpert-street, Sussex-square Rees Price, Esq., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex, Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Robert Hancorne, Esq., 4, Euston-square, Director of the Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil Railway. Henry Kirk, Esq , Gloucester-place, Dorset-square. Henry James Meller, Esq., Clifford's Inn. James Cockell, Esq., Bernard.street, Russell-square. Aldboreugh Henniker, Esq., Gray's Inn and Copthorne Bank, Sussex Willoughby Marshall Smithson, Esq., Canterbury, Director of the Dover and Canterbury, and Bristol and Dover Railways Edward Wootton, Esq., Magistrate of the City of Canterbury Nathaniel Jonas Maynard, Esq., Magistrate of the City of Canter- bury John Pont, Esq., Canterbury, Director of the Bristol and Dover _ . Railway David Wheatcroft, Esq., Rockland-hollow, Derbyshire Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsdon-court, Surrey Quintin Burns Esq., Tunbridge Wells Andrew Clark, Esq., Southwark Captain Charles M. M. Wright, R.N. Edward Holttum, magistrate of the City of Canterbury Dr. William Birmingham Costello A. A. Fry, Esq., Temple, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Edward Horatio Day, Esq., Brixton.bill COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT. CHAIRMAN—Thomas Carlisle, Esq. DErtrre-Ciwastax—Frederick Harrison, Esq. A. Betteridge, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq. William Case, Esq. Alexander Prince, Esq. Stephen Hutchinson, Esq. Reginald Read, Esq. R. Ladell, Esq. Francis Smith, Esq. Major James 0. Lindham, K.H. Henry Wardle, Esq. ENGINELR—CharIes Blunt, Esq.. C.E. STANDING COUNSEL—John WOubrey, Esq. SOLICITOR—G. J. Lloyd, Esq., 49, Doughty-street, Bedford.row, London. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Scrivens and Young, Hastings Messrs. Martin and Sons, Battle Messrs. Barclay and King, Mayfield W. D. Cooper, Esq., Lewes Robert Walker, Esq., Canterbury Messrs. Carnell and Gorham, Tonbridge. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Jones mid Walmeloy. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Henry L. Freund, E. BANKERS IN LONDON. The London and County Joint-Stock Bonk Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., and Co. DISTRICT RANKERS. The Branches of the London and County Joint-Stock Bank at Tunbridge, Tunbridge NVells, Lewes, and Brighton. At Halting—Messrs. Smith, Hilder, ant Co. The object of this company is to effect a direct communication, by railway, between Tunbridge Wells and Hastings, and also between Tunbridge Wells and Brighton. The Hastings line (about twenty-two miles in length) will com. mence at Tunhridge Wells, and run near Frant, Wadhurst, Lamberhurat, Etchingham, Hurst Green, Robcrtsbridge. Whatling ton, and Battle, having its terminus at the extremity of Hastings. The Brighton line (about twenty-two miles in length) will com mence at Tunbridge Wells, and take a direct course to Brighton, passing near Mayfield, Rotherfield, Uckfield, Little Horsted, and Lewes, where it will form a junction with the line, which is nearly completed, between Lewes and Brighton. The numerous visitors and inhabitants of the fashionable watering-places of Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, and Hastings, will thus not merely enjoy the means of rapid communication with each other by railway —an advantage which ought to have beets supplied to them before this—but will also have, respectively, when the proposed line from London to Tunbridge is formed, as continued and direct railway to the metropolis. The area embraced within these lines of railway is justly re markable for the variety and value of its agricultural produce, ; being one of the most extensive bop-districts in England, and not' inferior in general fertility to any part of the kingdom ; and when it is considered that the metropolis is the principal, indeed, it may almost be said, the exclusive market for its productions, the' profits arising from the conveyance of those productions alone must form (independent of passenger traffic) a very large source of revenue to the shareholders. Even from the already developed resources of the extensive.- wealthy, and populous districts through which the Company's line ~.% will run, the most encouraging estimate of results may be j u g] entertained; and when the Hastings Dock and Harbour Compan , (which has already been provisionally registered) shall have cam( into effect the proposed improvements, the line from that town I Tunbridge Wells must become one of the most profitable in Eng land, as it will then be the great highway of continental tourist The route from London to Paris, by Hastings and Dieppe, is di cidedly the most direct, as well as the most interesting, which glance at the map of Europe will satisfactorily show. To the town of Hastings and St. Leonard's, the greatest advac ( tages must accrue from the establishment of a railway, bringin ft them within two hours of the metropolis, and , throu g h it, b y ti. i great line of which it is the locus, connecting them with ever r portion of the country. An immense Increase in the number i 1 their opulent :visitors must necessarily be the consequence, ti c , sid eclimatered equally that c t o h a e s t m o o f s t S f u a s y s o e x u , b e d e i n p g 7t. o f n e, y o n e . o) , . salubrious part o f th a e s The Company have in contemplation the formation of a brand from the most convenient point on their Hastings line, to Wi chelsea and the town and port of Rye, or to connect that line wit the Hastings and Ashford Coast line; either of which objet can be carried out at a very moderate expense, and must con, derably Increase the value of the principal project. To the inhabitants of Lewes and Brighton, the advantages tot , . derived from the Hastings line must be great. It will give I creased facilities for the transport of the produce of the distrit ~ ca th t r i o o u n a b h e w tw h e ic e h n i c t a p n as te s r e b s u , rayn,dl%wiaiildl cstootnnep,letcehatthheamra,ilnwoacyhec,otmertnian, o p t o h r e t r sm t o o u w t n h s , in sou th t h e a m co p u t n o t n y , a o n f dKent, other a n i m d Brighton, portant tow n C s h i c i ll ' n est; western parts of the country. The existing traffic in passengers and goods (which must I materially increased by the establishment of railways) are too wi • known to require a detailed statement in this prospectus, a cannot fail to secure to the shareholders a large interest on It I capital invested. A preliminary survey of the country has been made, and 1. • part of it has heed found to offer engineering difficulties of int li than ordinary character. The liability of the shareholders will be limited to the amot, of their subscriptions, and, in the allotment of shares, a prat ence will be given to landowners on the respective lines, and otl • parties locally interested. Power will be taken in the Act to allow interest at 41. per ccr per annum on all calls, previous to the opening of the lines. The provisional Committee reserve to themselves the power ma king alterations in the line or branches, and of ado p tin g t . atmospheric Pr i nc iple, if advisable. They are also determin ; on giving strict attention to economy in the expenditure of ti • capital, and will the reb y be enabled to guarantee low charge s t tilee° conveyance doubt, ctof passengers and goods, and there can be reasonable that when the traffic is fairly developed, the 1 rate of HI. per cent. will be paid, and a surplus left for brats lines, or a reduction of tolls. The strong feelings in favour of a direct line, evinced on t . part of the public in Hastings and surrounding neighbourhoL the support of the landowners and agriculturists, with the num ous and strong assurances received in favour of au independ, Company, leave no doubt of the successful issue of an applicats to Parliament for an Act next Session. In order that every attention may be secured to local intere: arrangements arc now being made to add the names of gentlen of influence and property in the counties of Kent and Sussex the Provisional Committee. Application for shares, with a reference, may be made, in t form annexed, to the Solicitor, or to the Secretary, pro tern, at 1 temporary Offices of the Company, No. 76, Basinghali.stri London ; and to the following Sharebrokers :—ln London, Mes ft: l et " ! 1 v e a r n p d o o , M essrs, h . R. A p at e o ra n be ar on Sc . o la tt, g. J. and T. Moxon, Broad-street; William E. Robson, Esq. T rn h o l'e rto ad n n -s eed tre l e e tl 32 2th Th er ' t ' buildings; in Manchester, Messrs. M`Lean and Dino 2......, Bristol, Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Co-; in joydaZ ''' ',TAX,' t Whalley and Thompson, Bank-street ;in Gloucestor f y filt -' -i..K, . Esq.; in Cheltenham, Joseph J. Baker, Esq.; its . .--;-- , , , 1, 211 Z Thomas, Esq.; in Huddersfield, .1. Moore, Esq. '': - "V' ' To the Provisional Committee of the Tunbridge IlM'''. i t —Bright ' • '` 7 • and Hastings Junction Railway Compliers; , - -; 7 ‘,.- l - '..,- ......'"' Gentlemen,— I hereby request you to allot me 7, - *" . . : 5harei... 4 4, 3 , .T,.,%": the above Company, and I hereby undertake to acelll3C*he sat '' - .;4 '... ,. :if,Y or any less number that may be allotted to me, as Co pay t deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share thereon, and to execute theme's , deedswhen required. Name •• Address Profession or Business (If any) .. Reference 41 1 1 1 _~ :~ sMil