The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-22 00:00:00

'nee ton, -"' )1,,t grit 111 IUB p use l ve s the owe 3-, or Prosser'slway ex)3edient. nnexed (and Comma:J. om the objects a the C a the Provisional Offices Cord-street ;to the Joint rman-street, and 0. r• It SHARES. and North MetroPollian cford-street, Loudo. of .o me Shares! undertake to accept tbo , n any less number tbst so to execute the 'rlisr nt when required. ...•.••• ........ .......... on or Trade of Referee" ►d SHEFFIELD vark and Sheffield 30 taking to which they IV! will be issued we.• re not scripholders tbe stponed for a fort alit, r respecting the nunicrouo who claim a prcferca, line of railway'. Secrete ' t AIL W Aders.) lace, C hairman• ,nnoe, Cornwall ,omwali r of the Proviiional C°°. pany vethow, Cornw tcra all A te Great Wes ie Sou th DeYou 1140/ of the Great Westa'i visional Com mitte e of 11'° 7 the Great Westera Provisional Committee itol and r%eter liallol istol and Exeter Fto4 Provisional Connnittee°l 'rovisionitl COninlitteg 'almonth i al a ° soon Bolivia/ CO - - ,no e, London, Direct°r Impany 4 ,110 1 stol an d Exeter v p Lall, Cornwall Devon UMW( C°:01 's -lane. Lco'd SO' istol and gxe all the South Devon 1T.'44 # visional Committee v• 1 )re, Devon ristol and Elm.. te r °1 ristol and BO- ►ydrock, CorflW mall tedruth , Cornwall „e X thi Visional Coln—wdt o f Clowance, Corn _toe Provisional Cols.' ei tef the Bristol Ind of western Railway' Cuu4 .ondon wall , Cornwall 1 wall )use, Cornwral_m,RA the South Dev'''' 3ristol and 10eterit$41 6 Proviißdlia C0n112111144 r number). ElVEl s iono KI-s c gar, Esq. Esq. :sq , F.R.B• kIY, Williams, and 'l4. , and Co. - • d co , s. ;, Enthovend co, bins, Foster, an o o L i dnir Cornwall B"' (PINY. Thitchan, London n, Falmouth Imin Wadebridge n.gwlttrd, L AO! s pith, Esq., TrW- 0 0 # 0 / e Committee of th of ece i ve d the sanctioei9 -l ou se of ConnntrY o tns3; , a line of co on T 1 determined nt or , ut their LordshiPe i aunceston, by 101:iffe h Devon schenle, u l a c l'i dion to the northt'illts d it most desirable ,p3:i4 rnwall nallWaY fl_te;4, on instructed to ormiter and to afford dire ) Devon. 06iy• l ied, will be obtOio foo and FalMounth 61,, line to Exeter.lo9 1 Exeter. F pi4i/ and by the Northo4o South Itfolton to i o f unton. the C°fllol riled between coo won, and West , t o It / hensive eystene e l .00{ 4 ti est of England, glop the principal t , on. 05 Penzance. St' 1g.M01%,;, outh, Fenrra, '",,c,re 'e, Liskeard, Dtte:,-0 0/1 nercial, trading, ~,etlisl ` , Y Drill have tbe q ii, 11 0 ' St. Ives, Pertricetoolr, 1 Mount's rat,_„--- on? Fowey, and Peioclit ght within verf ,- ,0 will ala ,4 , ay advantage in ..,- - formed or pow to DO ° l i ° ,,i Company ilope A , its associated ..„ 4001 3 an d Exeter, Prcorisil Devon, and West Rade in the earl°. t ITAL. doe I !ni en ts and e%tel'e-titio 0,0001., by thew De )sit of 2/. 1 0, . o r tiO orders in the Pr ° 9les i l them, provided App ler and I+4ol, orogla shares were ri°oloolt.li ved of by the te ens meet the reltv-v' V DSITS. t I'S of PArliarlantoorer 4 r cent., as ber e th e st 6 2/. per sharedoonoo to :‘,fore be cal li w r t e area respeetire -0 ankers' ry, on or booretitnett tate at the estileioi, in the forni b e fallinl 01 )tted to thetm. forte, win re that da3" , ribers „ opt' , r Bankers' JO' 9c, >f shares. , e entitled t ° ' t iler id on tie ant. the CO'nvon of 10 Ode ° 111 t ° Scrip Cer z ne yea), held Iv wig Petri lest that 9 03 00 0 Pf l oly roportion of Ot nake the f lirt ! tlte 're tet 7C5 an d to P 3 ' e ecit,,49" haz:es, arld tf ay ;Csitt 21bere • •• ' ip• ••• **:ln . snrnftra- • • • ...• . • Itvivess • ••• ll' re' ...... • _ sere perso ro co ol e f i lia ke Solicitors °, 3 the an ; and frog'. t:i4treet,6oo; , fig, ( Broad•str‘eive,ro ~ , yir; Liverpo ol; -,,,0011-- Ir. Dunca n, ; la, 000, 4 , ....................................._ AN PIIESTER, - 11TDLAND, and GREAr. Lie s , GRutsny .jt:NCTION RAILWAY. tlv en 2areholders are rc_speuti‘,ll !nformed that a . ttenl tor e x : 4 h the ParliainCutary Contract and Subscribers Agi Lemt he it.ice . w!ll Otid....L' e uhon by the Shareholders at the following places, on heii,2entioned days, between the hours of Ten and Five o'Clock thee', Bankers' Receipts may be exchanged for Scrip. ge rl'°°l— MelPhi Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 19th and 20th )4, 1 1 ,11 0)er. 4,, ester—Moseley Arms, Monday and Tuesday, 22d and t r, '"°. amittlbord—Mr• Mason's Office, Sharebroker, Wednesday, 24111 Leeds ii Leeds....ineld—Mr. Moore's Office, Thursday, 25th ditto. I .ond o 4° Yal Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 26th and 27th ditto. se2—Castle and Falcon, Aldersgate-street, Tuesday, 30th September, and Wednesday, Ist October. ktherh.,..• FRANCIS PARKER, Secretary. ...,..._______, Sept. 13, 1845. NOTTIGIIAIII, EREWASH VALLEY AU ER GATE, AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY. tie e• Company's Offices, Nottingham, Sept. 18th, 1845. ltl ik ~,, onimittee of Management of the Nottingham, Ere hire sv,salleY, Amber Glite and Manchester Railway Company kilw_iski&of li tot e t h Z f eriae their shareholders that an arrangement has bee litt t ,CM for the a malgamation of this Company with the No tin 4,';',.. . mpanies. elv oir, and Grantham and Nottingham, and Boston ohlt,e"got arrangements have also been entered into for the e Tir t, 4 , °N i N zottin sever ' i ghs.m and Grantham Canals, upon terms ben ti ti ~, - , Le det,4 ComPanies. ' e nl)ai " of the arrangement by which shares in the New b ,Y will be ' re wash i,.— a Ppropriated to shareholders of the Nottlng n ha , m_ ,ohan, e `,4'ey, Amber Gate, and Manchester Railway ComPa Y , t: bel, liwillildharvieehtle 4j ote,„, ; ',°,r shares now held by them, will be adjusted and comm Th a Zmiont delay tented oirectors do net d field of enterprise, in which the newly-constituted a doubt that an agreement , embracingsoex ' 4 , 4 1 o, IsTottingha , tv,,il or canal tosehjroope, a r n a d tio L n in o w f tihnsehliraned, powerfuleanddpraoieta combina —el.,lvith eem Panies, and of the railway interests in connexion ryof Derby ' Willhave the entire satisfaction of their shareholders. TAOS. BISHOP, Vico-Chairman. JNO. GOUGH, Secretary. Grantham." ton of ,that N°ITINGRAM, V ALE of BELVOIR, and GRANTHAM RAILWAY. yo Trile Connhittee Vale of Bel- Irlcierrild Con►Pany ' s Offices, Nottingham , Sept . 18, 1845. ari err Railway Company, _Management of the Notti o ng, apprise their share. Gate this cee„ gement has been co h n a c v l e uded for the amalgama- Boston Railway Co ' and ..„. Pauly with the .ottingham, Erewash Valley, Amber inpa hles. 'Ancheater, and Nottingham and A na that arran treillY will upon terms benelicisb iol e e ° f the liet„_g_erllents have also been entered into for the pur- Th,, i 7 t e a r i ld Of and Grantham Canals, 4 erthe ' s ah arrangement by which shares in the New C_Trte nowtteir, and-ToPrlated to shareholders in the Nottin e gh fo a r m, Val ,„, ela . h, tb., !Amh ara shares delay teul.„ll.bu.,,teZrad.owill Railway Company, in exchange be adjusted and withoutcommunicatedd mhrazing so ex bodylitill a lio, a utlititdoubt that an agme h m t e h n o t n e owly. constituted tree' X etZs v g L th e '' e° " e l r er e a ne o rP n r Oni in e landed proprietary of D tt'y a " - es hhe '. f t canal cen),:„hire, andi and a p f tlon of their Derby e44ll4 erevrilni ' es' 11avefe the leading r s a a l li va a e y e r f i u I n t e c e r e m s t s i n THOS. BISHOP, Vice-Chairman. 11.4 -ainnlittee THOS. JACKSON, Secretary. ki -- -----itx-, Compay's offices, The , ---' GRA.O and BOSTON RAILWAY . . Nottinghapr, Sept. a l n B, _ l 3 l o 4 s s ton ceeip`7, and Notti ar hie a3' N i _ of :Management of the Nottingha l m ers a Dal, Zhent enshl27h're to apprise their shareh t ? d that an on of this Corn elie.,ith th e i's.:7oM concluded for the amalgama I Gate and Man bgliarn, Erewash Valley, Am-- ~_ _ in , Ra i lway A nd 'ii l l " ' n g li allt, Vale of Belvoir, and Grantna ~.e _ the ~ i , aireagements have also been entered into for thehpaumr ilearieshottingharn and Grantham Canals, by the terms be- e.. , .414t0 thelr,ya:rdiGranthann Railway Companies, upon e b tt_-.e Direetoersd a- n o d 4 l iP l Y Itillttils 7theaarr an in g P e n in n e les t . by which shares in the new Cons lon Reirw aPpropriated to Bement in the Nottingham and I'Lbe ad justed C°lllPanY. in exchange for shares now held by them, communicated without delay. o' 4 and 1.4. L : not doubt that an agreement embrlac-iunoguar.tuetedx -1,1 No ha;'enthetleld of enterprise, in which the n! o w ta y y ti peratiou. of the lan.ded_Pareppon rya' nambina r of Derby tlgoi.f% ''fott litgliainZ i .. ° l ieon r ca nal companie e s , andd Lincohi l shir u e , a r n au d way powerful interests in con lioters.therewith, prill'lLnve" ti t ie he en ead e l tir g satisfaction of t heir share- JNO. RAWSON, Chairman. ISIT --- I ------- -- nt , B. BROUGH, Secretary. sad AXHOLME, GAINSBOROUGH, Gem:yr -., „., Th e v A.kILWAY, WITH EXTENSION TO SELBY. hq,„ i.ett er , ~ ( Provisionally Registered.) 1 11 -I "gted t „ '-'1 (Provisionally Registered.) been issued, the Subscribers are jtant t o `" PaY their deposits on or before SATURDAY, the 27th Üb e „,_ any of the following bankers, by whom a printed receipt 'term ,;; , .v n i . i e -' .n exchange for which scrip will be afterwards deli -elifie,,reentioned in the letters of allotment), on production of the krllS er .;,`l of execution of the Parliamentary Contract and Sub 111ektie,4%rine,e,nent, which may be signed at the times and places the letters. tom, BANKERS. ttne,ins-The London and Westminster Bank, and its Branches Ga insborough—The Lincoln and Lindsey Bank fe eds. York City and County Bank T,„_l, lessrs. Beckett and Co. iij'Z'er ool—Messrs. Moss and Co. ).%asterSir W. Cooke, Bart., and Co. ittl;i" hester----The Manchester and Salford Bank , Thy ?;"--,,,,?.fesars. Harrison, Watson, and Co. 4 as 4Dni'sional Committee beg respectively to inform the nume- Nat d '" e ants who havo not received letters of allotment, that the reg erd L-rnand for shares in this Company, and the necessity of a due bible t he claims of parties locally interested, have rendered it a r ,„"Le to claims with their applications. ""-,TT and TAROURDIN, 25, Lincoln's Inn-lleldsl Solicitors. 8. )2, . Dated A.WSoll, Epsworth, -" I %th Sept., 1845. illttliiNGHAm AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) w blpo Capital 300,00 oin 15 Shares of each. 21. 2.. p e r share, in l., accord , anc 000 201. e with the standing orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons. ill to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription. Iti c i, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, t5,,' 1, 1 Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham . I'4' Vr ederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham la&islit Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham 1 ....'0ri.". i .... 1 ks Unett Esq., The Woodlands, ';111q,,,L nett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire Smethwick, Staffordshire '' ll ,fit" • '' scot, Es t New Hall, Sutton Colfield n' , .' lrr eY Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc. ..., t _t tb _ _ I.,,, s p'l,;.,Lendon Central Terminus . Company Warwickshire, Direc iisit %.1,,,T, Esq., Bunton Hill, Erding on, Th o , way, ' , nth Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford Ch sp rf 11 , e! ,_ it, ~efi 11,,,,_ 4 4 Esq , Birmingham t ri "Wler - , I, l u , Esq .- ., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire gs 4 01 '-'sq., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park, 414 : 11 1a1 n „ ~ le le t • alit -* -,sq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and • ' 4 . IN e, St. Hele ' lace London, merchant _th e •,,,, 'u tre E n s -P , T hos „"orce st ' sq. Director of the Great Western (Irish), and L5.,,;• 4 -/avi es ~e r 'mid South Wales Railways g s Aki n , , sq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire Judie ~., ett, Esq., Merchant, Birmingham i i ~`".l . aines, E oh n , nn eek, . q., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham bit „, u ointe n en, Birmingham Thom of Fie ..s q., Birmingham • E4 le s ilonin.„' ll „ e r , Esq., M.D. Birmingham lisOrd hah o „",, ,, Pnl, Esq. Birmingham • li e ''' • Itoe re i e ; -msg., Srnethvrick Hall, Staffordshire Vmy Co e_ trector of the Great Indian Railway illiliYderebeaPqe, Esq., Hungerford Park, Wilts, Military Seeretary T • 1 1 441 ll 'llids p D,„Wrigh t, ,_ 3 : , -Sq.. Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham tail 'sq. Northampton, Director of the South Midland .arn i t w..._. oratio Ila ' ,111,11 i 4./ 4 .,1i,i, Sen tna h, rrison, Esq., lir. 'l,lalter s, EnlP-1, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways Director of the Leicester and Tam- L„Tory Ti ott Z l * , Itugeley Itail Park )2 ,.,,, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and 4.444lltr_eVonshire, EN•, R . 4 oh o twaY L'Yshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield ' 41, t St " e n Watts E • River Dale Villa, Hampton ~,n4tm, athew s, b in ~., sq.. Birmingham J.tiee,,,,',Lester R ei f". .-, , ireetor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and ~,Ilion't ' s _ '‘u , , b us llieh er w a,Y Jo At, ji,i,tc_robertenTi-Lso.,.....Edgbaston, near Birmingham °ha And s "gal, Pir G'' 4 " " Ila tirmo.iacson, tsQ., r ue:one,ouicroa rs rbti to he n uE e rtas H xtt o u us ub e di , n a ear co ß m irmi pan ng fs ham service, Willie e • Euston.. Corn ni Whit e •,,, square, London Grin tt ,i?an , Director of the Church of England Insurance h e al l'rith, E s ,, . aoh n i' o 4_ Sc ue , , ,k`cf:, Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine ic!..orrge Edws°,l2..eautein, R .. Ed e t etne, RatireausbEN., tirtai,ngh:bastOn, Birmingham I'_ 1111:111:7fr''tehe Tea uncoeks, Esq, ITlanor House, Sempsey, Gloucea- Joh n 67 " , ivrara s E tor e orge "si er t sq., Aston nry, E s ,.. ~ near Birmingham 9eo. prederv,_ n an d b e `I., ata nchester House, Atherstone, Mree ll:nes Itusse7 r g ° r`f, Esq e Val ley and South Staffordshire Railways °l nas E D ' s q•• Endw ' Se4 combe Cheshire aoh n E • avies E God e o „,_ • e ti R ussell, Es • sq., t o il et ‘O , , Handsworth, Staffordshire eate nant..c ~ /leur eld Rouse , near Birmingham Mauch olonel El °l lk Staff rdshire ti"' l legler, e„ th gon ° ant ri n n t n -t--, °cots p i e Guards Director of the aoshearDonni Ranwet, -.-41 , and Oxf us ord li J r unction; and Leeds and kei t "erten E 4 antra /L. li ar, ' Una ' s., Esq. i le. won. erhill, E sq. 11, ron•works, Smethwick, Staffordshire ,ct. th e t in ? , ESq., d irector Inghare 'orerp ooi l e t t eesler a, r of the London and Manchester Di._. , (With po li r aL es Junction, and the Leeds and ACTING EN Y C :el; TWorth E t i t ) ....._ ad E d . l J O . t js h r e a lr ud n e un: E b sci er .: ) c.E. 4 (hal lo; E JOINT SOLICITORS. 'bitka k iellard sq. 60 , Moor ate-street, London. Ford, ' l, ' ' '-' B q.., 2g, Es:ex-street, Strand, London. g14 111......t r. . n . . 0 LOCAL AGENTS. -... 'etc.% Esq., New-street ; and C. H. Jagger, .4(1.1 New -street. ~ 'WC Attvrood, S ke „ Mrs. SPOoner, AEtAN'Tus. twood, and Co., London g . ham. tb:els s h ort ..........._ 1 . 21 .... 0ner, and Co., B tsldNfcat h ilt very i k ii i d - Poin t - roPortant Line of Railway will commence at no n „ Dre ee _ on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich b,•the k:oluflelT, through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone, r_kit, len d ', and Erdington to the town of Birmingham. '.•.g t „ tit the make Li ne ' "tome e _'will be only about sixteen miles, _and_st . 1 4 ,, ir jh thi „,,t , will suffice to show the very numr - .)_u n S o ari i. ,7T ... . po is /911wa ers. The projected " South _U I__ _n w r.:'___ t . '' Ts,a, i,L_lcnester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley:nal! a! ;°et" . *or% afield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line, n est, , ° , 41 a L „and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct miw c 4 lei t - ,," el lester to London, but will leave Birmingham on the t e l be ; tic ', e ° only be reached miles, circuitous route through 4,10 reposed Rance of twenty-five i lt ki 4 11irfninghain and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex '','S''s, fr - ath Union North Staffordshire, and other prOjected sh ort eo iesseal Lichfield in ' a direct Line to. Birmingham, and thus t iseq!'t ariA„ th an nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the As t ' ne between Manchester and Birmingham yet de lta, el ° th e r `"e r t :et to I,2 tu „rs to be expeCted for the capital embarked, it is ei. ) . "al the i-nuon, that in addition to the very large income aria boteiNgrfuotaat, ese°4ol3Ptaussenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is Or Of .. agricultural supplies of Birmingham, .the ...hie) -deers (i. Midland Counties and its densely populated neigh- Nees' eri ved from the vicinities of, and must pass along this 110 sarily Passenger dir es h o Proceeddirect from Manchester to Birmingham must liThis to ka n _. „ alon g th e forth , bie ~„Z° ter to Lichfield be made. projected Railway, should either of the `, io ti,„:',' , also form the nearest route from Derby and the %re eapii7ogharn, , ach, nrope sed „a tb .A. de ,,, , obe raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of vt th e ~.e ellotn i rs't of 2! . 2s. per Share will be required to be paid lie von vany. nt, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers dud hlio ' s 4 , ll 2' ll l be rn at Tti ith ..7 Rill b e .le until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained, b t gtiln ie 7, up on t i: !II in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent. I , v i i l t ict t aeni ng of t ant t tit of each call, from the date of % hkil eg abse airlu al!t of 'and Subscribers will not be ans p w a era e l , ilti k__ _ , or transfer, rnori Zee et • i i ktain a oi. Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which 'r Ratiwa'use er a Powering the Directors to amalgamate with , Lert s -, il l " Y now formed or to be formed, to extend or make II bt e to the the de r e-. _ °(l to be e ze fe ? Nair kI Y 0 11 the d age, or dispose of the present un of the Company, as they may deem proper, say fixed for the payment of deposit, and will rs;tlticat es 6i . ~._ cuted 'when the bankers' receipts are exchanged whi e bya til e ea '__ o criP ; and the shares of any Subscribers making No taitteea ..eetiton of those deeds within the time limited, of I '3' ii 41, 1 3 11e att s notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited. hel l r efer e °I, for char tit, nee to a rea can be attended to, unless accompanied ,Pe na rs, agents I:neither the Provisional Committee, one of the , rn i ,,,__ lin e, __ , ..a , n for shares, copies of the prospectus, ..l e 'ap or k'r appu ea 7,_, Banker, ~.S C 4 I TY, 60, •,,,,,It'sY be obtained at the temorary offices of the , oh d ',gnts --""rgate-street London • from the Solicitors ' from and a teal U; ate; fr° M. Ur 11 ' ' , ‘O l ,, ...*".. "'mama, 17, Throgmorton-stree , nrett,„„: ! 1 • Collis, 104, New- street, Birmingham ; Messrs. e eds .r. ,T o f t ':?, ! _and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington, Liver- Alia 42tr, lii`olarasio7r,, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Parlay, -"3°ll,Leieest7,rans, M asora -street, Bath ; Messrs. Ellgood .„ 1/IrtMlNcin7---------___..., .0 the 1 , poax CoND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. renasto,, APPLICATION FOR MARES. -`''' '' La n inl a i l lle : y o te a n n i y rtaul . Birmi ngham and Lichfield ._ Cle n y, 'N I i'snies k e i t a th e a c c ; - 1 request you Will allot me Shares of 201. kal i... tZtillor unrotebee°rrolfanY; and I undertake to accept the same, or 41 nonik per share May be allotted to me, and to pay the de b.,_a_nu N_„a•tre thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' , le. this -'4 weatarY contract when required. °Ay of 1545. Name in NM . ...... • •• •••••• •• ••••••• Residence • ........ •• • ................ fprofession or Business • •• •••••• • • • • itarvlsnate .. •• • .... • ...... •••••• • • • • • .... .h..ce........4............. 11...A.NCHESTER Thu fAvAy, and nirTil-By DIRECT via AIACCLE. - • L.D. ;sions.lly Register, - - _ Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 28. per Share. Panvistomix. COMMITTEE. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and' Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker Sir John Pixie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com pany William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern Railway Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and West of Eng- laUd Junction William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston-square Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- Lund Railway Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex The Hon. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir John Hare, Langham-place The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centre Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office The Rev. J. Harvey Ast. worth, Ne% bury M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich James Atty, Esq., Rugby James Bancroft, Esq. ' Alderman of the Borough of Manchester Henry Barlow, Esq., Highfleld, Stockport Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Chester and Man chester Direct Railway Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittaiv , Esq., Sheffield Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester George Burnand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde Park William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bond-street, Director of the North Wales Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and West of England Railway Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zonch Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct West ern Railway George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. John's-wood Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glou cestershire W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Wor cester and Oxford Railway F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Railway Francis Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Bir mingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square G. Colqnhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Richard Dyott, Esq., Frceford John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great Western Railway J. P. Fernistone, Esq., of Highficlds, Wolverhampton George Fernistone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stourbridgo W. E. Gray, Esq,, Newbury Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryan.stone-square William Gibb, Esq., Manchester John Gould, Esq., Ardwick, Manchester Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire Samuel Haines, Esq. ' Chad House, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham, Director of the East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford shire Railways Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Railway W. H. Ilornby, Esq.,Blackburn George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield' John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester William Hill, Esq., Dillitchester John Haddou, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail way Company Joseph Haden, Esq., iron master, Dudley David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway T. Hodges, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon don Railway Company John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Hyde, Esq., Manchester William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West of England William Jenkinson, Esq., Marlborough-square, Salford George Jones, Esq. Redland, Bristol V. Clarke Kemball:Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq.. Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales Railway John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway M. W. King, Esq., Amblicote Hall, Stourbridge Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, Director of the Worcester and South Walee Railway Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Brockville, near Manchester Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock Company Captain J. H Leckie, Richmond, Surrey Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basinstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park William Mills, Esq., Newbury Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway W. Malins, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway Thomas Markland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester James Marshall, Esq., Brinnuigton Mount, Stockport Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford,Nottinghamshire U. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury Nicholas M'Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the York and Carlisle Railway Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man chester Direct R ailway P. Oldfield, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver pool Railway George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West of England Railway Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent Railway Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway James Paxton, Esq., Rugby Richard N. Philipps, Esq., Sheffield John Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company, Southampton Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the North London Junction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maids. Hill Hartley Sager, Esq.. Ball Grove, Colne, Yorkshire Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com pany Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Junction James Shaw, Esq., Salford John Sidebottom, Esq., Etheron-house, Cheshire William Sidebottom, Esq., Etherou House, Cheshire David Silzer, Esq., Rhodes, near Manchester Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hull, near Halifax, Director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct Railway W. Senhouse, Esq., Daventry T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park E. Shawcross, Esq., Manchester John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. H. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchest e r Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Huntsville, Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield Fire and Life Insurance Company George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North Kent Railway Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waverley Valley Railway Daniel Watney, Esq., distiller, Wandsworth, Surrey W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall Smith Wlllock, Esq., Birmingham W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool Edmund X. Wavell, Esq., Hallfhw 3_ Wiltlll4 UT ) tiorrat Mlli, uettr wtrkotal) THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 22, 1845. Paul Ferdinand Willert, Esq.. Alder Man of the Borough of Man chester tion Railway, the Warwick and .Cheltenham Railway, and the Lon don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway ; and at Rugby, with the London and the Midland Comities. and the projected Rugby and Ilumingdon J unction Railways. The country through which it will pass, is thickly populated, and of the richest description. It presents. no engineering difficulties, and from its population, its manufactures, and agricultural produce, it possesses sources of such abundant traffic as to render it highly re munerative to the capitalists. The object proposed is to complete the lino of railway communica tion between the Western, Midland, and Eastern portions :of the Kingdom, and a glance at the Map of England will show that this will be effected in the most direct manner by the present line ; touch ing, as it will, at one of its termini, a railway running direct from Swansea to Worcester, and at the other, the projected line from Rugby to Huntingdon—from which point a railway communication has been already provided. By means of this Railway, the manufactures of all the towns and the agricultural produce of the country contained within its range, as well as the Ports on the Eastern and North-Eastern Coast, will have opened to them a direct and unbroken communication with the. great and densely-populated mineral fields of South Wales, as well as the markets of the Northern portion of the principality. To the population along the line as well as to the Midland and Northern portions of he kingdom, this undertaking will present the most direct communication with those towns of fashionable resort — Leamington and Cheltenham. To the inhabitants of Leamington and Was wick, It will open the most direct communication with the city of Worcester and South Wales, whilst to the inhabitants of Worcester, it will open the markets of the Eastern portions of the country. .DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER RAIL- WAY COMPANY, r With Extension to Falmouth and Penzance. Through Hammersmith, Turnham-green, Brentford, Islewortk, Hounslow, Staines, Egham, Bagshot, Ascot, Bracknell, Binfield, Wokiugham, Kingsclere, Andover, and Salisbury ; Shaftesbury, Sherbounae, Yeovil, Crewkerno, Axminster, and Honiton, to Exeter. tiarles James Stanley Walker, Eq., Longford House, Stretford, Alderman of _Manchester, and Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway _ _ . Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, Southampton John Woodcock, Esq., banker, The Elms, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Bury Railway John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapson, Northamptonshire (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. The Union Bank, Manchester ENGINEER-IN-CIIIEF. ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster Brackstone Baker, Esq. SOLICITORS. John Bethell, Esq., King William-street, London. Messrs. Joseph and William Heron, and Messrs. Higson and Robins, Manchester Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, ii. 7s. 6d. per Share. With power to raise 1,000,0001. more, if necessary. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic. c. 110.) OFFICES, No. 52, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO -PLACE, _ Adjoining the County Fire Office. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Mexborough, Dover-street, Piccadilly, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Lord Henry Loftus, Bergrave-square Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, Bart., Montague-square, and Down-hill, Londonderry The Hon. Cecil J. Lawless, 7), Pall-mall, Director of the Great Man- That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is now fully admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be adopted. The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be constructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles. A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this railway to adopt nearly a straightline from Rugby to Macclesfield, an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,0001. judicially applied in the present perfected state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end a far greater real economy, both to the Company itself in the saving effected in the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance, to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from Loudon to Manchester. These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by other parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country, obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company. The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton Railwdy is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been adopted by Parliament In preference to the many competing projects, in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported in the House by very influential parties. Should it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by which additional lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon don on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for. This line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route, and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company. The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market Bosworth, Barton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek. The Company has made arrangements with the North London Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London, at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost importance to this line. Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded that a line that will attain such important results at so small an outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent investment for capital The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of the shares. The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent. interest in all calls. Application for detailed prospectus, maps, and shares, may be made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 78, King William-street, City, London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the followivg sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gt ihble, and Sutton, 22, North side Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Comhill ; Messrs. Barclay, Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Hough land and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an 1 Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., SouthamptonßM OF ; andAPPLICATION. Messrs. Flint and ootal, FO chester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Colonel Sir Frederick Hankey, G.C.M.G., Queen Ann-street, Caven dish-square, Director of the lonian and Ceylon Banks, and Bor deaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway J. R. Phillimore, Esq., LL.D., 42, Clarges-street, Chancellor of Salisbury John David Chambers, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Recorder of Salisbury Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, 19, Clifford-street, Director of the County Fire-office, and South and Midlands Railway Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, near Winchester, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway The Hon. A. Capel, Theyden House, Essex, and Park-street, Gros venor-square Charles William Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square, Director of Man chester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, Warwick and Wor cester, Shropshire Mineral, and Grand London and Dublin Ap proximation Railways William Burge, Esq., Q.C., Temple The Rev. Bourchier Wrey Savile, Oakhampton, Devon G. Thompson Jacob, Esq., Blandford, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieu tenant for Dorset Richard Francis Roberts, Esq., Burton Bradstock, near Brldport H. H. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley Park, Market Harborough, and Dover-street, Piccadilly, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Francis Dawson, Esq.. Grosvenor-street Richard Francis Power, Esq.. 73, Eccleston-square, and Long- Orchard, Tipperary Lieutenant-Colonel P. W. Pedlar, Mutley House, Devon Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood, Di rector of the Great Eastern and Western, and Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railways Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park. Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway The Hon. Henry Savile, Dover-street A. W. Hillary, Esq., GG, Cadogan-place W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the Oxford, South ampton, Gosport,?.and Portsmouth Railway George Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the London and Holyhead Railway Francis Lloyd, Esq., Temple, London, and Bingley House, Bir mingham William Thomas Davies Lhoyd, Esq., Lhoydiarth, Anglesey E. S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street John Allen, Esq., 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington William Birminham Costello, Esq., M.D., Wyke House, Breutford T. Piers Healey, Esq., Elm-court, Temple William Gunston, Esq., Piccadilly - Roxburgh, Esq., 28, Blomfield-road, Maida-hill A. Abrahams, Esq., Member of the Town Council of Southampton William Lowten Jones, Esq., Wood Hall, Hilgay, Norfolk Thomas Champion, Esq., Stoke Wood House, Dorsetshire Captain T. C. Forde, Gracefleld, Aslane, Dublin Captain Sir Andrew Pellatt - Green, R.N., K.C.H., 9, St.-James's street, St. James's-park, Director of the Australasia, British North America, and the lonian Banks, and Director of the Mutual Life Assurance Company Charles Gover, Esq., City Club J. Lane, Esq., LL.D., King's Bench-walk, Temple, and Keppel street George Waite, Esq., Old Burlington-street, Director of the Chelten ham and Brighton Railway The Sh:treholders in the several railways proposed to be joined or intersected, will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this undertaking. No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the Act is obtained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at four pounds persentum on all calls from the time of their respective payments, and to limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscription. Applications for shares in the annexed form to be made to the Provisional Committee, at the office, 5, Gresham-street, London, or to Messrs. John Shewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard; Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3, Shorter's-court, London; Mr. John Duncuft, sharebroker, Man chester ; Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. H. and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds; Messrs. Tate and Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson, sharebroker Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., sharebrokers, Bradford • Mr. William Miles, sharebrok er , Worcester ; Mr. Robert Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker, Aberdeen ; Messrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow; and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sharebrokers, Glas gow ; Messrs. Bruce and Symes, sharebrokers, Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may be had. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 20/. each in the above Railway, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may allot to me, and to pay the Deposit 02/. 2s. per Share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of Sept.. 1845. Name in full ......... ...... •••• • • • • Place of Business or Profession. • • • • • • • • • • • Residence .. ............ Business or Profession .. Signature ......... ..... .......... • . ...• • • Name, Residence, and Profession of Referee Witqess Residence.. • • • • • . • • • • • • • • ....... .; • ...... WORCESTER, WARWICK, and RUGBY RAILWAY. - Offices, 5, Gresham-street, Bank. Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Shares in this Company will be received, unless from parties locally interested, from whom applications will be entertained until Tuesday the 23d instant. By order of the Committee, - JOHN HUGHES, Secretary. TrRINIDAD RAILWAY COMPANY. (To be Established and Incorporated by an Act of the Colonial Legislature.) Capital 300,0001., in-12,000 shares of 25/. each. Deposit, 21. 10s. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Henry Darkly, Esq., M.P. William Frederick Burnley, Esq., Glasgow COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood, Direc tor of the Great Eastern and Western, and Manchester and Bir kenhead Continuation Railways George Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the London and Holyhead Railway Colonel Sir Frederick Hankey, G.C.M.G., Queen Ann-street, Caven dish-square, Director of the lonian and Ceylon Banks, and Bor deaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway T. Piers Healey, Esq., Elm-court, Temple A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place H. H. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley Park, Market Harborough, and Dover-street, Piccadilly, Director of the Leicester and Bedford James Cavan, Esq., Park-crescent John Constable, Esq., Lime-street Henry Davidson, Esq., Lime-street-square William Eccles, Esq., Glasgow John Alexander Hankey, Esq., Brook-street Thomson Hankey, jun., Esq., Mincing-lane John Irving, Esq., 11.1. - Michael M`Chlery, Esq., Finsbury-circus Alexander Macgregor, Esq., Chester-street Charles Marryat, Esq., Laurence Pountney-lane Philip William S. Miles, Esq., M.P. James Milligan, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard Railway Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, 19, Clifford-street, Director of the County Fire-office, and Director of the South and Midlands Railways - W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the Oxford, South• Andrew Ranken, Esq., Glasgow Sir John Rae Reid, Ba, M.P. Charles William Short, Esq., Laurence Pountney-lame ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Subsea-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Direct William Smith, Esq., Glasgow Thomas Wilson, Esq., Dublin (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS—Sir Charles Price, Bart., Marryat, and Price. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Tilson and Squance, Coleman-street. This Company is formed to supply the valuable island of Trinidad with the advantages of railway communication. No part of the British dominions appears to present greater natural facilities for their construction, or to afford a better prospect of return for the capital required to be invested. From the time that the island was ceded to the British Crown, at the peace of Amiens, it steadily advanced until the abolition of slavery, when it sustained a severe check, in common with the other colonies, though its production was not diminished in the same pro portion. The fertility of its soil, and the high wages of labour, have since that period attracted emigrants from all parts, and especially from the other West India Islands—so that cultivation has been gradually restored, as will be seen by the official statement of exports. And, according to the census lately taken, the population appears to have increased in the same period Jiffy per cent. As the arrangements now made for encouraging Immigration pro mise to bring a large accession of labour into the colony, so there is every probability that its production will be progressively aug mented. It may be doubled without any addition to the existing establishments: and it is capable Of indefinite extension, there being still in the possession of the Crown upwards of a million of acres of the finest virgin land within the tropics. With the increase of popu lation, and the prosperity of agriculture, there would of course be a corresponding increase of traffic. In forming a system of railway communications which will suit the present condition of Trinidad, and which will yield an immediate re turn, it is, therefore, desirable to contemplate their gradual extension with the advancement of the colony. An outline of such a plan has been submitted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies ; and, although no conclusive arrangement can be made without the assent of the Legislative Council of the island, Lord Stanley has intimated that "he is willing to give every en couragement he can to the proposed undertaking, consistently with his duty of watching over the interests of the colony, and that ho will recommend the subject' to the favourable consideration of the Local Government." Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Charles William Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, Warwick and Worcester, Shropshire Mineral, and Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railways (With limited power to add to their number). Railway Company, vii Macclesfield. - I request you will allot to me shares of 20/. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same, or any less number and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per Share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required ENGINEER. —John Braithwaite, Esq., C.E., 4, Trafalgar-square. BANYEE/I—Messrs. Curries and Co., 29, Cornhill ; London and West Dated the 1845. day of Name •.•• • • • Address. ...... Profession ... . Reference . ..... • ... minter Bank, St. James's-square. SOLICITOR—D. E. Colombine, Esq., 8, Carlton Chambers, t Regen-street : _ _ _ . Prospectuses, and plans of the line, with forms of Applications for Shares, may be had at the offices of the Company as above, and of the following Stock and Share-brokers, viz. : Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange; Messrs. Taunton and Bush, Austin Friars, London. Also, Exeter—Henry Vatcher ; John Langworthy ; Wilkinson and Sons Bath —J. B. Munday Leeds—Potter and Co. ; Kirk and Co. ; Ridsdale and Co. Huddersfield—William Moore and Co. Derby—Eyre and Shaw Hull—Sibary and Simpson ; Samuel Phillip York—Grayston and Earle Wakefield—Henry Dillingham Plymouth—Hopwood and Palmer Cheltenham—Hall Brothers and Co. Newcastle-on-Tyne—W. W. Dickinson ; R. F. Bell and Co. Birmingham—W. li. Collis Taunton—Richard Bali Shaftesbury—Raymond and Son Manchester—Myers and Birbeck ; Wm. Marshall ; Cardwell' & Sons Norwich—John R. Mann and Son Edinburgh—Mutird and Co; A. W. Moffatt Bristol—Luke Arnold Coventry—John Thomas Holland Gloucester—J. M. Balms Glasgow—Messrs. H. and W. A. Tassle ; James Watson; Thomas Gray Leicester—Williams and Sunderland Nottingham—ltoworth and Shepperly Liverpool—Messrs. Smllow, Brothers B li r al a i d f f a o x r — d o ll ier C. ks h Sp ir e e n — se N r V. Mason ; James Clayton Vi ANC HE sTE R and RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and have sotistled the Committee that the country is perfectly practi cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus putting the matter of time and money beyond a doubt. Under this recommendation it is expected that a great part of the land, as well as all the timber, which may be required for the con struction of the railways, and the works connected therewith, will be obtained gratuitously from the Crown ; and it is also confidently be lieved that individual proprietors will in like manner grant the land for the lines that may intersect their estates. The precise course of these lines will depend, in some degree, upon this encouragement. It is further anticipated that liberal grants of Crown lands, contiguous to the railways, will be made in connexion with their progressive extension. These concessions, while justly made in consideration of important public advantages, will be of great value to the Company, both im mediately and prospectively. As the Company will be able to conduct the transport of produce, and the conveyance of passengers, at one-third, or even one-fourth, of the present expense (which appears "to be from three to four shillings per ton per mile), with the additional advantage of cer tainty at all seasons, and protection from waste and plunder, there can be no doubt that their railways will command the whole of the existing traffic in the districts which they are to traverse, as well as any increase which may arise. It appears that a single line, with passing places, sufficient to ac commodate four-fifths of the cultivated parts of the colony, may be constructed for the amount of capital now proposed ; and upon a careful examination of the probable revenue, the Provisional Com mittee are satisfied that it will yield a large return. It is proposed that the Engineer -of the Company shall proceed forthwith to Trinidad, accompanied by an adequate number of Sur veyors, for the purpose of surveying the intended lines ; and that no plan shall be finally adopted until he makes a detailed report. He will be put in communication with an influential and intelligent Committee in the colony, who will afford the most cordial co-opera. tion and support. Provision will be made in the Act constituting the Company for limiting the responsibility of the Shareholders to the amount of their respective subscriptions. Applications for shares, in the form annexed, and for copies of the prospectus and relative map, to be addressed to the Provisional Com mittee, at the West India Chambers, Old Jewry, on or before Monday, the 6th of October. Copies of the prospectus may also be obtained from Mr. Matthew WothersPoon, in Liverpool ; and Messrs. Dennistoun and Jardine, in Glasgow. West India Committee -Rooms, London, 17th Sept., 1845. Reading—B. Cowderoy Settle—Joseph Nelson The following gentlemen are among those appointed as Local Agents in furtherance of the interests of the Company, from whom Prospectuses and applications for Shares may also be obtained : Egham—Thomas Harvey, Esq. Bagshot—John Mears, Esq. Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq. Wokingham—Francis Soames, Esq. Salisbury—Henry Cooper, Esq. ; Messrs. Foot and Radcliffe Shaftesbury—Messrs. Wills and Burridgo Sherborne—George Hancock, Esq. ; Samuel Foot, Esq. Bruton—Messrs. Dyne and Son. Yeovil—George Hancock, Esq. Crewkerne—Robert Lowman, Esq. Axminster—Walter Hancock, Esq. Blandford—George Moore, Esq. Dorchester —George Cull, jun., Esq. Bridport—S. 11. Gurumer, Esq. ; Henry B. Fox, Esq. Honiton—lsaac I. Cox, Esq. Lynn—George Platten, Esq. Lyme Regis—N. F. Waring, Esq. GENERAL ESTIMATE OF EEVENUE. TONS. 25,000 Hogsheads of Sugar, being the exports of the present year, equal to ....... Deduct one-fifth •••••• • • • • • • • .. 21,250 4,250 Conveyed on an average 8 miles at Is. per ton per mile • • Molasses and Ruin equal to one-half of the Sugar ....... ' n * Three millions of lbs. of Cocoa equal to ••••• • • • • • 10) •"" Conveyed 10 miles at Is. per ton per mile • • • • • • • • • • • • • Coffee • • ..... . ..... .............. ..... Coals, 5,000 tons conveyed 8 miles at 9d. per ton per mile. • Other supplies for estates equal (with the Coals) to the weight of the Sugar .... .... Conveyed 8 miles at le. per ton per mile • • • • • • • • • • • • ' • Dry goodi and other supplies for general consumption. ..... Amount of existing traffic irrespective of increase £20,790 PASSENGERS. The population being 60,000, it is estimated that at present passengers equal to one-third of that number make five journeys or ten trips per annum over fifteen miles :- 20,000 M 10 N 15— 3,000,000 at 2d. per 25,000 mile . And supposing this traffic to increase 50 per • 12,500 —37,500 °eat • • • . .. 58,290 Lees 40 per eent. for working Menses 23,316 £34,974 Or 11% per cent. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Trinidad Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of £25 each in the above Company ; and I hereby engage to accept such shares, or any smaller number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of £ 2 10 s. for each share, and all further calls which shall be made thereon; and also to sign an agreement to con form to such regulations as shall be established by the colonial Act or charter for the incorporation of the Company. ame in full • . • • • . • • ... • . • . • Residence ................ Profession or Trade LONDON, HOUNSLOW, and WESTERN en Saturday, the 20th September, RAILWAY COMPANY. At a numerous and influential MEETING of the INHABITANTS of Hounslow and the adjacent towns and villages, held at the convened G by eo p rg u e bn l e nn ad , Hounslow, t, The Hon. F. H. F. BERKELEY, M.P. , in the chair, The following resolutions were proposed, and carried : Moved by EDWIN FAGG, Esq., of Bedfont ; seconded by JonN PEISLEY, Esq., of Hounslow : 1. That the condition of Hounslow, the neighbouring towns a nd villages, imperatively c alls u p on the residents therein and the vicinit y to adopt such measures as will remove the existin g evil arising from communication.—Carried un an i mous l y, . . the want of railway Esq. of Moved by FRANCIS GRAHAM, r Cranford; seconded by EDWIN Foca, Esq., of Bedfont : 2. That this meeting is of opinion that the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company, by providing a communication with the centre of the Metropolis, will be highly beneficial to this locality, To this resolution the following amendment was moved by Dr. COSTELLOr and seconded by Mr. HIIMBY : That the inhabitants of Hounslow abstain from giving any parti cular road a preference un til an opportunity shall have been afforded of discussing the merits of the Direct London and Exeter Railway, or and carefully considered the pro any other proposed line. This amendment was first put and negatived, only seven hands being held up in its favour, and the original resolution was then carried by acclamation. Moved by RALpu ALLEN FEWLET, Esq., of Hounslow ; seconded by Mr. FRIBURG, of Hounslow: 'Coaftmepranly'a,valinigd having heard the statement of the Hon. spe 3 c . tu ßes o o f l t siT e d F. H. F. Berkeley, the Chairman, and Captain Moorsom, the Engineer and seconded by Captain Musa : of the Company, and the Deputation from London, that the London, do form a Local Committee for Hounslow, and Western Railway is entitled to the consideration of all persons having an interest in Hounslow and its vicinity, and this meeting pledges itself to support the views of this Company in their Esq., and John Peisly, endeavours to carry out their project.—Carried unanimously. Moved e T d h b a y t DtheeNftEllLowilVf gEevn,tiEemsqe.n, the purpose of assisting and forwarding the objects of this Company, xvinza.n:—imloVu.slEy.dward Aslett, Esq.---Carried Moved by R. A. FEWLEY , Esq., and carried unanimously .5. That this meeting begs to Offer its cordial thanks to the Chatirman for the ability and courtesy with which he has conducted the proceedings of this day. F. H. F. BERKELEY, Chairman. i -.--------- L IVERPOOL AN D BURY RA ILW AY. thefl CONTR ACT FOR SLEEPERS. Company's Macneill Oftl a ces nd , 3J3LDaIe-street, Liverpool; or at es Thompson, 9, Whitehall ihe DIRECTORS are READY to RECEIVE TENDERS for the SUPPLY of RAILWAY S LEEPERS, conformable to Specifications to be o seen coo a f t the Sir slh C o om n Whitehall place, London. . . Offers to be forwarded to the Secretary, up to the let Novem ber nett. Ily oiler. JOHN S. HERON, &Cretan'. ' ITtrpool Ind Bury Rallwilq ODIN , 33, DAIO-111feety LiYerpe9; Cal OePTEOCT. 11140. WORCESTER, WARWICK, and RUGBY RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share, Offices, No. 5, Gresham-street, Bank. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Abraham Alexander, Esq„ Lullington-house, Leamington A. H. Baker, Esq., Cheltenham George Brown, Esq.. Twyning-park, Worcestershire Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Hyde-hall, Cheshire, and Clarendon don-square, Leamington Priors, Director of the Direct London and Holyhead and Port Dynllaen and the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway Companies Joseph Dawson, Esq., Princes Wharf, Commercial-road, Lambeth Charles Hastings, M.D , Alderman of Worcester John Wadley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester Edward Kendall, Esq., Gloucester John Peart, Esq., Cheltenham Charles William Reynolds, Esq.. Leamington and Maidstone Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Sir William Smith, Bart., Eardiston House, Worcester George Allies, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Cwm Celyn Ironworks Richard Ashton, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill William Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place, London Robert Bestow, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the Great Eastern and Western Railway James Barker, Esq., Severn's Stoke, Worcester Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coulsden Court, Surrey John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Walter Chamberlain, Esq„ Worcester Royal Porcelain Manufactory, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Mr. Jeremiah Clarke, of Macclesfield, Merchant, Director of the Lon don and Manchester Direct Railway Mr. William Clay Mr. James Coucher, wool merchant, Worcester Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, and Old Palace. Richmond, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Mr. George Cox, Glove Manufacturer, Worcester Edward Henry Cole, Esq„ Monasterwin, Kildare Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlbro'-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton Winchilsea, Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com pany Francis Davis, Pershore Thomas Davies, Esq., Powick, Worcester George Ellins, Esq., salt manufacturer, Droitwich George English, Esq., needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch John English, Esq , needle manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditch George Farley, Esq., Henwick House, and Crowle, Worcestershire, banker, Worcester it(r. J. Firkins, of the firm of Firkins and Co., glove maanfacturers ,end hop merchants Henry Grasett, Esq., Chesham-street, Belgrave-Square John Matthew Gutch, Esq., banker, Worcester Mr. Edwin Gardener, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester Richard Hadley, Esq., corn-factor and miller, Leigh, Powick and Langhern, Worcester Mr John Hughes, wool merchant, Clop-gate, Worcester Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester John Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Worcester Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester Henry Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester Mr. George Hill, o rmPwllddw f the fi of Messrs. Hill and Turley, Worcester J. C. 11111, Esq., Blaenavon James James, Esq., Swansea Mr. William Jones, sen., glove manufacturer William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London and Man chester Direct Railway William Lionel Lampet, Esq., The Highlands, Oxfordshire, Deputy- Lieutenant of that county, and Warwick-place, Leamington join) Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Severn Navigation Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Com pany, and a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porcelain Manufactory Edward Lloyd, Esq., Sheriff of Worcester Mr. Thomas Lucy, Albion Steam Flour Mills, Worcester James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Raiway Company Amos Middleton, Esq., M.D., Leamington William Middleton, Esq., Lansdowne-place, Leamington Henry Moss, Esq., Severn Bank, Worcester William Moore, Esq., Elm Bank, Powick, Worcester John Morton, Esq., Wick, Worcester J. B. Morgan, Esq., The Terrace, Powick, Worcester C. B. Morgan, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Russell-square, London Robert Nuttall, Esq., Kempsey House, Worcester J. C. Nott, Esq., Hallow, Worcester • Mr. F. H. Needham, merchant, Worcester Richard Pope, Esq., Camberwell Ur. Powell, wine merchant, Worcester John Pumphrey, Esq., Droitwich Mr. James Rea, of the Arm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, Masten( ' Worcester Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Son, Maltsters, Wor cester James Reeves, Esq. Cheapside, and Leyton, Director of the Direct London and Manchester and Great Manchester and Rugby and Southampton Railway Companies Messrs. James Smith and Sons, Needle Manufacturers, Astwood Bank, Redditch James Robertson, Esq., Worcester Joseph Rasher, Esq., Glyn Leiros, Neath Messrs. Smith, hmes, and Co., Iron Foundry, Leamington T. G. Smith, Esq., Mayor of Droitwich B. J. Spedding, Esq., Mines Royal Copper Company, London and Neath Captain Stewart, R.N., Bertre-terrace, Leamington Timothy Steward, Esq., Higham Lodge, Norwich Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, Carnarvonehire Mr. John Stone, Worcester S. H. Steele, Esq., Abergavenny Thomas Thould,i Esq., Impney Lodge, Droitwich Magistrates of DrOltWich Thomas Tompkins, Esq., Droitwich William Trentham, Esq., Leamington John Twamley, Esq., Warwick George S. Trower, Esq., St. Mary-at-Hill, and St. James's-place, St. James's John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Magistrate of Droitwich Samuel Tombs, jun., Esq., Town Clerk of Droitwich James Upfill, Esq., The reen, Bromyard, a Director of the Stafford' shire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways Mr. Wells, Hop Merchant, Worcester John Hunt Wilson, Esq., Pershore Mr. Woodward, Hop Merchant, Worcester John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester Mr. John Webb, Worcester John Webb, Esq., Needle A E lan sq. u , fa 3 c 7 t , u7 , , ro F gra eck: o h n a: t , r :e t, dd an it d ch ßertn. Thomas Webb, Esq., Needle Manufacturer, Feckenham, Redditth With power to add to their number. CISIEF ENGINEER. Benjamin stonesu B. William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. e, W 2o ll n ia d ni on s, ASSISTANT ENGINEER. S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E SOLICITORS. London. sci an:l W P o re r s c t es on te , r 4 . 7, Moorgate-street, BANKERS. n v d an on k an of d L l o V n eas o tm n. inster Bank, Lothbury. TheLondon—The ee s o nn r dsr e C :y e n s o . l inh e y r s m e Ci l ILE e sea L o ndon LOCAL AGENTS. Worcester —Me ssrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co. 9. Rugby—W. F. Wratislaw , Esq . W Dr a o rw itwl ie c k h a — nd Mr e s a r. m s i C ng u to rtl n e_r a A n . d s H . F ol i y el o d a , k E e &mammy—John Hughes, Esq. This Line, which, subject to the decision of the Gauge Commis sioners, will be constructed on the Broad Gauge principle, will com mence at the Worcester Station of the Great Eastern and Western Railway, and, proceeding by Redditch and Henley-in-Arden, will touch Warwick and Leamington, and end at Rugby, the terminus of the Midland Counties Railway and of the proposed Ruigby and Hunt ingdon Junction Railway. It will cominuniCate with Droitwich, Studien Alcester, and Stratford-onp.Avon• At Warrot) Will runty Iv* WI Innuinatiull 14 Id 00;41 RELATIVE CLC • RAIL WA 17,000 FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of Management of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each in the above railway, and I hereby undertake to accept the same or such less nnmber you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, also to sign the necessary legal docu ments, and to pay, when required, the deposit thereof of 11. 78. 6d. per share. Name in Hill Profession (if any) and Professional Residence. in full. Reference and Residence in full .. Date.. Signature of Applicant...... • • • • .! • • • • DIRECT LONDON and EXETER RAIL WAY COMPANY (with Extension to FALMOUTH and PENZANCE.) Notice is hereby given, that no ihrther Applications for Shares in this undertaking will be received after the 30th inst. By order of the Committee, D. E. COLO3LBINE, Solicitor. 52, Regent -street, Sept. 20, 1846. G REAT WESTERN AND FALMOUTH JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 1,500,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. per Share. This Railway is projected to supply the only link remaining :to complete a communication by Railway from London to Falmouth on the broad gauge. Already open to Exeter, the Great Western Rail way is now being extended to Creditors, and from thence the North Devon Company intend to construct a main line to join their North and South Devon Line in the neighbourhood of Matherleigh, 30 miles directly west from Exeter ; thence the intended line will proceed by Launceston, Bodmin, and Truro, to Falmouth, a distance of about 70 miles, which may thus be brought within eight hours of London. A branch from the main line near Bodmin will join the South Devon and Tavistock line near Plymouth. Cornwall, now divided into two great parties, will by this scheme be united into one common effort to carry out the best practicable lines on the broad gauge. The survey is in progress ; and a further prospectus, with the names of a powerful committee, will shortly be published. In the interim applieations for shares may [be made, and communications addressed to Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, Lime-street, Lon don ; and to Mr. John Stogden, solicitor, Exeter. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. GRAND JUNCTION, GREAT WESTERN, ._ and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY JUNCTION COM- PANY. 6,800 3,400 675 200 1,500 4,800 3,415 PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. In a few days a full prospectus will be issued, showing the import ance of connecting the above great trunk lines. 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Green to aershicegawdialltbaenthetrlLieArstTime NlGHTthau u A s s(, tia , l E , N vi T z o ., f half-pastAEsoigNht, and the . c -I T L a ° u O ne ORO. Tuesday yo si i gar display of Fireworks eyes witnessed. Admission, Ono ; =PM, liatitic6. °C the nßßpOßuElb'v: SING PRICES OF SC SHARES THE PRINCIPAL CITIES AN SCOTLAND, AND IRE. IWNS IN ENGLAND PI .3 0 Pi ,Sept. Clord,Sept. Sept. I 20. 119. 20. -16966 d - b 3 4 ,-4 0 NAMES or RAILWAYS. 0. a I Sept. Sept. l elost i 20. 20. I 4% Aberdeen . Airdrie and Coatbridge • • Arbroath and Forfar .... Ditto Half Shares • • • • Armagh, Colr., &Portrush Bandon and Bantry .• • • - Belfast and Ballymena .. - Belfast and County Down - Birknhd•Lan.&Ches.Jnc. - Birmingham and Glo'ster 130 Do. New (iss .at 7% dis.) - Ditto Half Shares .... Birminghm & Oxfrd.Junc. Blckburn, and Preston.. - - Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn 11% Bolton, Wigan, & Liverpl. - 42% Boston, Stamfrd and Birm 1 y 2% Brighton, Lewes, & Bast. - - Bristol and Exeter.... • • 90 - Ditto New .. ••• • • • .. 11 - Bristol and Gloucester .. - - Bristol and S. Wales June. - - British and Irish Union.. -79 s Caledon. and Ayrsh. Junc - - Caledon. & Dumbar. June - - Caledonian .• •••••• • • . •• 12% 12% Ditto Extension ••• • .. 4 4 Cambridge and Lincoln.• 4% 4 Chester and Birkenhead.. - 59% Ditto New Shares . • - - Ditto Half Shares -• • • - - Chester and Holyhead • • 20% 20 Cheltenham and Oxford - - Chichester and Brighton - - Churnet Valley .•••• • • • • - Clitheroe Junction .•• • • • - Clydesdale Junction ... • • - Cork, Blackrck & Passage - Cork and Bandon .• .• • • - Cork and Killarney • . - Cork and Waterford • • - Cork and Youghal • • • • - Canterbury and Dover Coventry and Leicester Cornwall . ...... ••• • • • Derby and Crewe . . • • • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr - Diss, Beccles, & Yarmoth - - Direct Man. (Remington's ) b% 4%1 -- Direct Northern • • •• .• 3 3 Direct Norwich .. - • Dublin and Belfast June. - Dublin, Belfast, & Celree - Dublin and Drogheda - Dublin and Galway - Dundalk and Enniskillen - Dundee and Arbroath - Dundee and Per.h •• • • - Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) Eastern Counties ..• .. • • 20% 20 Do. New 7 p 11 Do. Perp.s pr Ct., No. . 1 - p - Do. do. No. 2 % p - East Dereham & Norwich - - East Uni0n.............- Ditto Extension • . 5 Edinbgh, Glas., and Dum. - Edinburgh and Glasgow.. Do. Quarter Shares • • . Do. New Quarter Shares Edinb. Leith, and Granton • Do. Pref. 5 per Cent.. - Edinburgh and Northern - Edinburgh and Peebles.. Edinburgh and Perth.. Ely and Huntingdon .... Enniskillen and Sligo •• • • - Exeter, Yeovil, & Drellstr 3% Fltwood, Prstn, &W. Bid. - Garnkirk and Glasgow • • - Glasgow and Ayr .••.. •• - Do. Quarter Shares.... - Glasgow and Greenock • • - Ditto New .• .. • - Ditto Preference •• - Glasgw, Dmfries, and Car. - Glsgw, Kilmarnek, & Ard. - Glasgow and Belfast Un. - Goole and Doncaster •• • • 5.! Grand Junction ..... • • .. - Ditto Half Shares • • • • - Ditto Quarter Shares • • - Ditto New Quarters • • • - Ditto Eighths •••• • • • • - - Grand Union . .......... 4 4 Great Eastern & Western 3% 743 I - Gt Grimsby &Dk Extens. - Gt Grimsby and Sheffield - Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (hind) - 6UI - 2%1 - - 3h 3% b% - 11 341 - 5 - %11:: 7y. - - i - - I ii - .- I 24 3%1 - - 3141 - 3141 ---- 2)41 - -5 %1 -6%1 21%1 - - • • Ditto Extension .. •• • • Great Munster.. •• • ..... Cat Northern of Scotland 4M Grt Northern of England Do. New 401. Shares .• Do. New 301. Shares .. Great Western ...... • • • • 163 Ditto Half Shares •• • • 93 Ditto Fifths • • 37% Farehm, & Ports. 4 Marovich ......• .... Hudrsfid &Man. R. & Canl Huddersfield and Shenteld Hull and Gainsborough • • Hull and Selby .. • . Ditto Quarter Shares.. Ditto Half Shares . • • . Inverness and Elgin • ... Isle of Jersey ••• • • • • • Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray .... Killarney Junctions ..... Lancaster and Carlisle .. Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford .... Ditto Extension •••••• Leeds and Dewsbury • ... Leeds and Thirsk —— • ... \ Leeds &W. Riding June. I4X Leicester & Birmingham I X p 3% Leicester and Bedford ... 3% p 4% Limerick and Waterford Limrck, Ennis, & Kil. Jnc. Lincoln, York, and Leeds Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester Ditto Half Shares •• • • Ditto Quarter Shares.. Liverpl, Ormskrk, & Prstn London and Birmingham 222 Ditto Thirds.... . ..... Ditto Quarters .. •• •• • • 27 London and Blackwell Lndn. Oxfd. & Clinnham. London and Brighton •. • . , 75% Ditto Consolid. Eighths London and Croydon •... 25% Ditto New. ••••• • . • • Do. Guarant. 5 per Cut London and Greenwich • . 10% ' Do. Pref. or Privilege .. London and South Westrn 80 80% Do. New Cons. Eighths Do. New, 501. Shares.. 15% Do. New, 401. Shares.. London and York .••• • • • 7% 6% Ditto (Bawtry) .••.. • • 6 London and Windsor. •• • —1% Londn, Salsbury, & Yeovl 4% Londonderry & Coleraine Londonderry & Enulakilln Lynn and Ely • • ........ Lynn and Dereham ..... , ii Manchester and Leeds • • Ditto Half Shares .• • • Ditto Quarter Shares.. 41 Ditto Sixteenths ••• • • • Manchstr and Birkenhead _ Manchester 8c Birminghrn 89 86 Ditto Quarter Shares.• 16% Ditto New Quarters .•• 14% 14% Do. Coa.& Welsh June. 3% 3% Manehestr, Boltn, & Bury Mnchstr, Buxtn, & Matlk 97 p 10% Man. Shef. and Mid. June. Manchestr & Southamptn Midland ....... ......... 168% Ditto Fifths •• • • ...... Ditto New .•• • • • ..... 25% -- Do. Con.Birm.& Derby 130 Midlnd Gt Westrn (Irish) 4 5% Do. Extension to Sligo Newcstl & Daringtn June . 57 De. New (Brandling) • • 47 Newcastle and Berwick.. 16 Newcastle and Carlisle.. Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny 3 Newry and Enniskillen. • 2% 3% . Newark and Sheffield .• • SN, North British •• • ...... • 26% Ditto New Shares • • • • Northern and Eastern • • Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dia.) Do. Quarter Shares . • North Devon .• • North Kent • • • • • • ...... North Staffordshire —. • North Eastern .. .. North Union (A) Ditto (B) ...... .. North Wales Mineral.... Ditto New Shares • • • • North Western • ...... • North Wales ••••• • • • • • Norwich and Brandon • • Ditto New • • • Not., Belvoir, & Granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester • Oxford and Cambridge • Perth and Inverness • • • Portsmouth Direct • • . • • Preston and Wyre . • • • • Ditto Half Shares •• • 2%1 - 4% - 4% 8 -• 5 - 225 6% - - 1 - 4%1- 54 1 -6 4%1 4%1 - -5% - 13% 13% - - I - 1 - 6% % 1-- - - - 43% - Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. I:, div. Preston & Wyre Extern!. Richmond & W. End June Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring Scottish Central ••..• • • • I B , x, Scottish Midland.. ••• • .• 3% Sheffield and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares •. Ditto ditto (No. 2) Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • Sheffield and Lincoln • . • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. —7% Shrewsb., Wor., & Crowe —4% Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,&Bir 814 9 shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Us. 3 4% ^ Shrws, Herefd,& N. Wales 3% Slamannan . • • .. ..... • • • South Devon. . • • • • • . • • • South Midland• South Eastern and Dover Do. New (iss. 321.) No. 1 Do. (i55.331.65.8d.) „ 2 143 Do. (iss. 301.) „3 9 g I Staines and Richmond .• • 3 !,i Staffordshire & Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wales Tean and Dove Valley Trent Valley .• • .. • • • • • • • Do. and Holyhead June. Vale of Neath • • ••• • • • • West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford and Carlow • • • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilk& Dub kenny Watrfd.Wsfd,Wic Wakefield and Bradford • • IVakfld, Pontefre, & Gool Wakefield and Harrogate Warwick and London . • West Lancashire • • • • • • . • Worcester and Tring • . • • Whitehaven and Furness Do. New Half Shares • • Welsh Midland . • West Cornwall . • • • • • • • • • West Yorkshire • • . • .. • • `,Vilsontwn, M. & Coltneso Wilts, Somrst, & Weynitb Yarmouth and Norwich . . Ditto New . .......... York and Carlisle ...... York and North Midland 114 Ditto Half Shares .... 58 Ditto Scarbro' Branch 59 Ditto Selby Ditto Extension ........ Yorkshire & Glasgow Ern, 3% . - - 1 - —.— [3 Is6IA— 7%1 - 3l 3 20 3S . 3U = 24x1 -' 2!.1 414 , 14 - - 1 , - 1 - - 5161: - 525 I - 460 I - EXETER, SErr. 20. STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Exeter and Crediton, 7--Exeter, Yet)Til ) and Dorchester, 1 p.--Exeter, Topsham, and 'Exmouth (Daws' line), % p.—Ditto (Head's), % p. —North Devon, 2 p.—Bristol, Thirds, UN—Eastern Coun ties Extension Stock, No. 2 , 3 / 4 41,x' SHEFFIELD, SErr. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Hull and Selby, Half Shares, 21%—ErewashValley, 6—Grand Union (Notting ham to Lynn), 4—London and Windsor, I%—London and York, 6%—Direct Northern, 3—Leeds and Bradford, 60— Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby, 5% —Manches ter, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland, 10%---Sheffield and Lincolnshire, B—South Midland, 8 1 4—York and Carlisle, 6%. HUDDERSFIELD, &Fr. 20. STOCK ExausGa.—The sales are—Grand Union, 31. 19s. —Huddersfield and Sheffield Junetion,32% e. n.—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 4%—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 514—North Western, £ 3 4—Wakefield and Bradford, 4%—West Yorkshire, 15%. HULL, SEPT. 20. STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—North British, 88 cum all—Ditto, Carlisle, 5L 16s. 3d.—Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, 13—Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, —Axholm, 30s.—Bandon and Bantry, 2—Chelmsford and Bury, 325. 6d.—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 4—Derby and Gainsborough, 595. p.—Direct Northern, 3—East Lincoln shire, s%—East- Coast, 3L 1 ls.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West Riding, 434—G001e, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., Grand Union, 4—Guildford, Fareham, &c., 3/. 18s. 6&— Leicester and Birmingham, 3—London and Manchester (Rem.), 4 3 / 4 Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England, 67/. 6s.—Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 5% —Nottingham, Erewa - 41, &c., s%—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 5% —Nottingham and, Boston, 41/9—Not tingham and Mansfield, 4%—Rugby and Huntingdon, —Team and Dove Valley, 3%—Wakefield and Bradford, 6)6 —Wakefield and Ha rroga t e , 6%—Welsh Midland, 4 3 / 4 6) o —Wakefield and Glasgow Union, 4%. — YORK, gEii. 20. STocx EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Union Ex tension, s —Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New (Brandling), 45—North British, Carlisles, s%—York and North Midland Extension, 30% 31—Caledonian Extension, 4 1 4—Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 4—East Lincolnshire, 61. 18s. 6d.—Grand Union, 4—Leeds and York, 6%. Leicester and Bedford, 4%—London and York, 7—Newcastle and Berwick, 16 1 Newcastle Durham, and Lancashire, s%—Nottingham, Erewash, and Ambergate, s%—North Western, 6%—Welsh Midland, 4% —Yo:k and Carlisle, 634—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 47/. EDINBURGH, SEPT. 19. STOCK EXCIIANGE.-The sales are-Aberdeen, U.-Aber deen, Banff. and Elgin, 21.105. 6d.-Airdrie and Bathgate, 31,115.-Arbroath and Forfar, 251.-Ditto, Half Shares, 151. Armagh and Portrush, 2/. 10a.-Banffshire, 2/. 25.-British and Irish Union, 3/. 155.-Belfast and County Down, V.-- Cambridge and Lincoln, 41.-Caledonian, la-Caledonian Extension, 4L-Caledonian and Dumbarton, 51. 2s. 6d.- Clydesdale Junction, 161.-Direct Northern, 21. 155.- Dundee and Arbroath, 37/. 55.-Ditto, New, 181.-Dundee and Perth, 71. 10s.-East of Fife, 3/. 35.-Edinburgh and Bathgate, 21. lls. 6d.-Edinburgh and Glasgow, 901.-Ditto, Quarters, 211.155.-Ditto, New, 151.-Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Dumbarton, 1/. 12s. 6d.-Edinburgh, Leith, and Gran ton, 241. 10s.-Ditto, Preference, 201.-Edinburgh and Nor thern, 3/. 13s. 6d.-Ditto, New, IL 18s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Peebles, 31. 7s. 6d.-Edinburgh and Perth, 31. 43. 6d.- Glasgow and Ayrshire, 731.-Ditto, New Stock, 211. 12s. 6d. -Glasgow Belfast Union, 81. 155.-Glasgow and Garnkhirk, 45L-Glasgow, Dumfries, and Carlisle, 1/. 145.-Glasgow and Greenock, 22/. 2s. 6d.-Ditto, New Stock, 10/. 155.- Ditto, Preference, 2/. 55.-Great North of Scotland, 3/. 16s. -Inverness and Elgin, 1/. 135.-Kilmarnock and Ardros san, 6/. 16s. 6d.-London and York, 6L 155.-Monkland and Kirkintilloch, 331.-North British, ex new, 271. 17s. 641.- Ditto, Halves, ex new, 6/. 155.-Ditto, Fifths, 71. 53.- Ditto, Carlisles, 61.-N orth Wales Mineral, New, 6/. 55.- Perth and Inverness, 2/ 155.-Scottish Central, BL-Scot tish Midland, 3/. 10s. 6d.-Scottish Western, 2/. 158.- Shrewsbury, Osweatry, and Chester, 5/. 7s. 6d.-South Mid land, 81.-Shrewsbury and Hereford, 2/. Bs.-Stirling and Dunfermline, 2/. Bs.-Tean and Dove Valley, 3/. 155.-Wa terford, Wicklow, and Dublin, 11. 165.-Wishaw and Colt ness, 531.-Chelmsford and Bury, 2/. 7s. 6d.-London and Hounslow, 2/ ss. 6d.-London and Windsor, U. IN.-- Newry and Londonderry, 31. 2s. 6d.-Slamannan, 19/. TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY. MANCHESTER, SATuRDAY.—The first meeting of this Company was held to-day at the Townhall. The meeting was made special, to consider the expediency of empowering the Directors to apply to Par liament in the ensuing session to make arrangements with the North Staffordshire Company, also to enable them to make extension lines, &c. Shortly after ten o'clock Mr. EDWARD TooTAE, Vice-President of the Board of Directors, took the chair, and expressed the satisfaction it afforded him at being able to congratulate the shareholders on the satisfactory and prosperous state of affairs, and of the prospect before them, amounting to a certainty, of completing a project which would result, not only in large benefit to the shareholders, but prove most advantageous to the public. Captain Cx.EATuEa, the Secretary, then read the report of the Directors, which stated that the measures by which the powers and privileges of the Company were conferred, received the royal assent in July last ; that the Directors since then had been engaged in com pleting the arrangements for the formal constitution of the Com pany, and an active prosecution of the works upon the line. That a contract had been entered into with Messrs. Brassey, IWKenzie, and Stephenson, for the formation and completion of the entire line of railway, for public use, for the sum of 611,6191., the Company pro viding rails and chairs, and the contractors being paid extra for such stations and sidings as may hereafter be found necessary. That the Directors had reason to be satisfied as well with the terms of the contract as with the position and character of the parties contract ing. That it was also gratifying to have had, in this important step, the sanction and concurrence of the London and Birmingham Company, which, under existing circumstances, was mainly affected. That the Directors had been in negotiation with the North Staffordshire Company, with a view to a limited parti cipation by the Trent Company in that undertaking, and that the outline of an arrangement had some time since been agreed to, whereby this Company became entitled to a share interest to the extent of 300,0001. in the North Staffordshire Company. That the precise mode of effecting this arrangement had not been determined. but that the Directors would ask of this meeting for powers to adjust it in the way which should eventually appear most beneficial. That the Directors had alsO considered the expediency of making a line eastward, but so many competing interests were at present in the field, that they had as yet been unable to determine whether • the interests of this Company would be best served by under taking any such extension, or by leaving the ground to be occupied by other, though, of course, not hostile parties. That the Directors would continue to give their best attention to this subject ; seeking from the Proprietors now a discre tionary power of action, when all the plans affecting the district should be fully before them. That the shareholders should bear in mind that in proportion to the vigour of action by the con tractors for the work, would be the necessity for early and regular calls for capital ; that it was therefore intended to make a first call of 31. per share on an early day, and to require its payment not later than the Ist of November next : the other calls would follow, the re spective dates and amount of which would be regulated by the neces sities of the company on the one hand, and on the other by the con venience of the shareholders. That under the combined arrrange ment, settled by the deed of arrangement with the London and Bir mingham Company, the Grand Junction, and the Manchester and Birmingham Company, and which was embodied in the act of . incor poration, the present Board of Directors retired, and the shareholders should elect nine others, who were to continue in office six months. The SECRETARY next read the engineers' report, which stated in effect that the works were in rapid progress, and that he looked for ward to the speedy completion of the line, ke. The statement of the receipts and disbursments followed, which showed a large balance lii hand to the credit of the Company. The reports having been adopted by the meeting, Messrs William Birkett and John Ridgway were appointed auditors, and Mr. Blake treasurer, and 5001. voted to Mr. Wheeler, their late secretary, as remuneration for his services. Messrs. Edward Feel, Henry New bury, and Edward Tootal were elected Directors. The meeting was then made special, and resolutions were adopted empowering the Directors to enter into arrangements with the North Staffordshire, and advance 300,0001. capital, and to apply for any ex tensions of the Trent Valley. Thanks, on the motion of the Hon. Colonel Anson, seconded by Captain CARNEGIE, were given to the Chairman and Directors Ibr their services. A public dinner was given in the evening' to Mr. Edward Toots!. at which he was: presented with a service of silver plate , as sub stantial testimony from the shareholders of the Trent Valley Company of the estimation in which they held his services in pro-, moting the scheme, and bringing it to a successful issue. The enter tainment took place in the assembly room of the Albion Hotel. and was attended by about 200 gentlemen, amongst whom were Lord Viscount Duncannon, Hon. Col. ADSOR, M.P. ; Hon. Captain Carnegie, M.P., Staffordshire; the Mayor of Manchester, the May o r of Salford, J. P. Westhead, Esq., &c. The banquet was in every respect a splendid one, Mr. Westhead taking the chair. Mr. TooTAE, in acknowledging the tribute paid him, spoke of the strenuous opposition that the Trent Valley project met at every step. from the outset to the last moment, despite all which it had at length arrived at a successful issue. The toasts which followed were—" The Mayor and Corporation Of Manchester, who had contributed 34,0001. towards public improve ments ; " The Mayor of Salford;" " The Earl of Winchilsea, and the landowners along the line." To which the Hon. Colonel ANSON responded. " The Army and Navy ;" which was acknowledged by the Hon. Captain Gamete, who spoke in glowing terms of the value that railways had proved in the facilities they afforded for the speedy transit of troops to all parts of the country. THE INCOME-TAX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Knowing that your columns are always open to the cries of the oppressed, and that you are always ready and willing to render your assistance and to give your advice to such as are sufferers by the conduct of others, I venture to bring before your notice a case of as great hardship and punishment as can well be accom plished under the Income-tax Act, except the one of Messrs. Fielding, of Todmorden. I have been a small manufacturer of hats in this place for nt.-arly thirty years ; I have always fulfilled my en gagements during that period with punctuality. None of my creditors have been paid less than twenty shillings to the pound value, as my receipts will prove. I have, with great care, industry, and frugality, raised a small family, and also saved a little against old age. Never did an execution from any of the courts of law enter my house until the Bth instant, when the collector of income tax, with a police• officer, entered my warehouse, seized and carried away five pieces of silk plush, of the value of 401 and upwards, and in five days after they sold, by public auction, so much of the silk plush as satisfied their demands for a presumed income-tax upon my trade for the year 1844, ending 1845—not upon a real income, but upon their presumption of my income for that year. Now, Sir, I did not receive the income. The Commis sioners have taxed me for that year ; consequently I re sisted the payment. If I had received the income, I would have paid it on demand. I gave the Commissioner an exact account in figures (as near as I could come) but my income for that year, and as no person n eive l a n g g r -b eat myself knows what my income is, hardship has been dealt out to goods seized, car mmledion c surcharging me above my statement; andnbaviengony y b men that ought tied away, and sold by p u b li c au . ti to protect me by securing to me just laws, administered by just men, is, I conceive,case allor s v gr t e h a y t aan place in oppression y ar an y man can suff er. If you consider t his our valuable publication, you are at full liberty to make use of all or any part of the same, as I trust my name and address is a sufficient guarantee of its correctness. Springfield, near Manchester, Sept. 15. (Here follows the name of the writer, with his address.) SERIOUS ACCIDENT FROM READING IN BED.—One of those accidents which we hare so often to record occurred yester day morning, shortly after one o'clock, to Mrs. Elizabeth Vernon, a lady of independent fortune residing i n Ch ar l o tt e - s t ree t, Fitzroy square. For some considerable time past this lady has been labour ing under an attack of rheumatism, for which she was in the habit of taking opiates to alleviate the pain, and was accustomed, upon re tiring to rest at night, to read in bed. About the hour stated the female domestic, who slept in an adjoining room, was awakened by strong smell of fire, and on proceeding to her mistress's chamber, found the hangings of the bed enveloped in flames, and the unfortu nate lady in a state of insensibility. Assistance was promptly pro cured, and the fire extinguished ; but we are sorry to add, that not before Mrs. Vernon, who is an aged lady, was severely, though not dangerously burnt. THE WILL FORGERS.—A letter has been lately received from Barber, in which he states that his health is bad, and that his rations and labour are bad and wretched. He devotes his time to gathering geographical and historical information of the island, and is writing the biography of extraordinary criminals, al though his leisure time is small, as he has to get up to work every morning at four o'clock. He is employed giving instruction to the sons of a clergyman, and is also engaged to conduct the defence of some prisoners who attempted to escape from the boats of the ship Agincourt, by suddenly seizing the guards and throwing them over board. Speoking of his fellow convict Fletcher, he says :—" He is execrated by all, save the few extreme wretches who welcome all as friends who are like themselves. There is not one of the free inha bitants by whom be is not regarded with abhorrence." Barber still perseveres ha hie declaration of ineomme, and has gala fOrwarcisd • memorial Mr a remission of pluilahment. 3% 3% 2 I:4s6d —60 s Bs6d LB%l - -3% I 35s I —75 s 3- ii PI 13186d1 N