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THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, and BRISTOL, BATH, and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,500,000 1 , in 60,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. PROVISIONAL iONIAIITTRE. The Right Mon. the Earl of Uxbridge Viscount Mandeville Lord Dunboyne Lord Albert Denison Conyagham, K.C.H., Director of the Gal _ way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen.square The Hon. PerCy Evans Freke, 3, Be►grave-square, Director of the Direct Western Railway, &c. The Hon. Geoffrey Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and Catle M`Garrett, Mayo, Director of the Irish West Coast Railway Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., East India House, Director of the East India Company, and Dendre Valley Railway Sir John Hare, FS. A., 11, Langhasn.place, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, of the Manchester and Rugby Ditect Railways, &c. Sir Ger. Rich, Lowndes-square, Belgrave.square, Director of the Reading, Guildford and Reigate, and the Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Railways Sir Win. 'I wysden, Dorset-street, Portman-square Sir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the Portsmouth Direct Railway General Bacon, Rushavo-house, Egham, Director of the Royal Por tuguese Railways Company Lieut.-General Lomax, Bristol The O'Moore, Cloghren Castle, Banagher, Deputy. Lieutenant and High Sheriff' of the county of Roscommon Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S. A. F.L S., &c, Alderman of Lon. don, Chairman if the Leek and Mansfield, of the Erewash Valley, of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern, and of the Birken head, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways The Boroughreeve of Manchester, John Burgess, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct and Independent Railway The Mayor of Wbitchurch, Hants Shadbolt. Esq., Croom's.hill, Greenwich, Chairman of the London and Greenwich, and Director of the Deadre Valley Railways Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-woad, Di rector of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railways F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester.street, Manchester-square, Director of the Leeds and London Direct, tke Sligo and Shannon, the Ipswich and Southampton, and the Cork, Passage, and Kin. sale Railways John Mee Mathew, Esq., Mecklenburgh.square, Director of the East and West Junction, the Derby, Sheffield and Worcester, the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways, Sc. `William J. M Guire, Esq., Hampton-court, Director of the Direct Western, and of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railways Thomas Kidley, Esq., M.D., Sheffielsi, Director of the Direct Dir. mingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway, &c. Thomas Shaw, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Mid. land, and the great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties Railways Joseph Shaw, Esq., York-place, Hudderseeld, Director of thQ Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and the Keiglalay, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways Charles Henry Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montague.street, Montague square, Director of the Grand Trunk, and the Direct \Vest-End and Croydon Railways Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Director of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and the Dendre Valley Railways Geo. Harrison, Esq., Director of the Grand Truck, and of the Hull and Holyhead Railways C. Preston, Esq., Hereford road, Bayswater, and Blackmore, Essex Col. Nicolls, Shooter's.hill, Director of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and the Sligo and Shannon Railways Griffin Curtis Gait, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Di rector of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and the Sligo and Shannon Railways Edwin Cadman, Esq., merchant, Sheffield, Director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway George Maberly, Esq., Welbeck.street, Cavendish-square John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Lancashire, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly, Director of the Great Mum hester, Rugby, and Southampton, and the West Midland, Manchester and Southampton Railways Lieut.-Col. Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the York and Lancaster, and of the Oxford, Worcester, and Chester Junction Railways James Clift, Esq., 30, Bloomsbury-square, Director of the Paris and Strasburg, the Metropolitan Railways Junction, the South ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railways, &c. George Lawton, Esq., Ditchley's_hall, Brentwood, Essex, Director of the South Midland, and of the Great Western, Southern, and Eastern Counties Railways Wrn. Birmingham Costello, Esq., M.D., Wyke-house, Brentford, Director of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Alford Brodie, Esq., Director of the Grand Trunk and Direct West. end and Crcydon Railways Richard H. A Ilnatt, Esq., M.D., F. S.A., Parliament-street, Whitehall Edward Waley, Esq., Portland.place Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland, Director of the Shef field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Francis Newbery, Esq., Kingston Villa, Clifton Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Director of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway George Augustus Brown, Esq., 29, Gower-street, Bedford.square, Director of the Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Railway Knowlton Wilson, Esq., M.D., Sheffield Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Northern and Southern Connecting, of Remington's Lon don and Manchester, of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction, of the Holyhead Direct, and of the Leeds and Carlisle Railways Hugh John Smerdon, Esq., Christow, Devonshire, Director of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway William Eccles, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junction Railway Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., North-terrace, Brampton, Middle sex, Director of the Thames Valley and Hounslow Railway, &c. Horace William Meteyard, Esq., Director of the Northern and Southern Connecting, of Remington's London and Manchester, the Chester and Manchester Direct, and the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's Wood, Chairman of the Cork and Fermoy Direct, and Deputy-Chairman of the Leeds and Hdddersfield Railways, &c. Major Adair, Pall.mall, Director of the Central Sardinian, and the Northern and Southern Connecting Railways Lieut.-Col. Cruttenden, R. A., Director of the Gloucester, Aberyst with and Central Wales Railway Geo. Jones, Esq., M.R.3., F.S.V., 13, George-street, Hanover square, Director of the London and Windsor Railway Abraham Bettridge, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln and Midland Junc tion, and the Metropolitan Railways Junction, &c. Fred. Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Trafford, Manchester, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, the Lon don and Holyhead Direct, and the Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways, &c. James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Manchester and Chester Direct Railway James Atkinson West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham, Director of the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire; the Manchester, Liver pool, and Great North of England; the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries and Crewe ; and the Wear Dock Railways, &c. Samuel Giles, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the Man chester and Rugby Direct, and Sheffield and Macclesfield Direct Railways, &c. Robert Passenger, Esq., Union-street, Borough, Director of the Callao, Lima, and Pacific Coast Railway, and the Royal Mines of Cobra Association Cannel Campbell Dalrymple, George-street, Westminster, Direc tor of the City and West-end Railway Wm. Kirg, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct Line (Remington's) John Miller, Esq., St. John's-wood-grove Robt. Fynn, Esq., Temple, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox. ford, and Brighton Junction Railway, &c. Stephen Henry Lee, Esq , Dalston, Director of the City of London Life Assurance Society, &c. John King, Esq., Grove-road, St. John's Wood, Director of the Soinersetshire Midland Railway, ktc. Captain Trophimu s Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, &c. John E,nroet, Esq., Ovenden Grange, Halifax, Director of the Halifax Fire and Life Insurance Company John Hodson, Esq., Sunderland.house, Halifax, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction Railway Joseph Gillhirre Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the S,,affercishire Potteries, the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Manchester and Southampton Railways Wm. Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Sam Douglass, Esq.. Doctor's-commons, Director of the Grand Junction, Great Western. and South-Western Railways Charles Roger Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great Welsh Central Railway William Shaw, Director of the Royal Farmers' Insurance Company, and the Warwick and Worcester Railway Richard Geddes, Esq., Newcastle.upon-Tyne Captain John Harrison Bowker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Ambrose Moore, Esq., Milk-street, Cheapside Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Director of the Erewash Valley Extension of the Leek and Mansfield, and of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways labauter.ant.Colonel Macalister, K.H., Loppe Cottage, Axminster, Magistrate of the County, and Director of the Yeovil, Exeter, and Dorchester, and of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railways Thomas S. Richards, Esq , Baker-street, Portanan.square, Director of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and the Leek and Mansfield Railways, &c. John Kemp Devonshire, Esq., Riverdale Villa, Hampton, Director of the London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct Railway Robert Chapin .a, Esq., Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the Great Manchester and Southampton Railway Henry Parkes, Esq., Ferriby, near Hull N. M'Cann, Esq., Parliament-street, Director of the Liverpool and Derby, the Direct Manchester and Rugby, the Sheffield and Nottingham, the Brighton and Cheltenham, and the Burton-on. Trent Railways James Oliff Griffits, Esq., Temple and Aylesbury Martin St uteiy, Esq, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the arect Western and Grand Trunk Railways John Levitt, Esq., Hull Geo. Robinson, Esq., Hull Robt. Middleton, Esq, Manchester Wm. Middleton, Esq., Manchester henry Smyth, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union Railway MM. Cavan, Esq., Liverpool Fdmund Gwyer, F.sq., Bristol Richard Dransfield, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Direetor of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, the Great Northern and Southern Direct, the Keighly, Halifax, and Iludrierstield Railways Jere Key, E-q., Iludderstleld, Director ef the Great Northern and Southern Direct and the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways Joseph Brooke, jun., Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Great Northern and Southern Direct Rail wa y G. Hazlerieg, Esq , West Carlton Hall, Leicestershire Henry Newcombe, Esq., Hardingston , Northampton John Grant, Esq., Northampton G. Holm es , Esq Hull ' Swynferi Jervis, Esq., Whitehall.place George Laishley, Esq., Southam pton Charles Sh a w, Esq., Birmingh am, Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester, and Director of the Bristol and Bir. mingham Railways George Simpson, Esq., Bedford.square, Director of the Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone, and B el f ast Junction, and Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railways and a John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Dir ec t or of the Northern Southern Connecting, and the South Midland Birmin g ham Lichfield Railways Jeremiah Clat kc, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Northern and Southern Connecting, of Remington's Landon and Manchester, and the Derbyshire, Saffordshire, and Worcester Railways Id ward Searel, Esq., Kew, Magistrate of Middlesex, and Director of the Northern and Southern Connecting Railway Captain M. Gambier, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square Jobn P. Shettleworth, Esq., Harley-place, Harley-street Rs P TAIT SUN LONDON OCTOWER_I6, 1845. will be entirely obviated, and manufacturers and merchants in most ' parts of the country, west and north, or south, will be thus en abled to forward and receive goods direct frum and to Dever and Folketone, avoiding the present inconvenient mode and expense of transference from railway to railway across London. Any attempt to distinguish the number of passengers proceed ing to or from London, or the provinces and the eontinent by the South Eastern and Dover Railway, would be abortive; but the published statements of that Company show that the traffic ex. ceeds 8,0001. weekly, and the accounts of arrivals at, and departures from Calais, Boulogne, and Ostend, exhibit an astonishing number of persons as passengers to and from England weekly, by Dover and Folkenstone, throughout the whole of the year. Yielding to the metropolis one.balf of the number as a large proportion, the remAining half will belong to the provinces and Ireland, who will probably prefer to be conveyed from or to their localities without the annoyance of being compelled to pass through London, es pecially as the swing of distance alone will considerably diminish expenses. The construction of this line of railway can hardly fail to meet the full approvol of the Government; as, besides its great com mercial utility, the convenience it will afford for the speedy tran. sport of troops from Ireland, or the north, south, or west of Eng land to Dover, in a direct manner, Avoiding the present necessity of marching them across London or ether towns, after they are once placed in railway earriagCs, must be greatly appreciated ; and where it is expedient that expedition and secrecy should be observed in the removal of troops, the means offered by this Company will greatly assist the authorities in facilitating their objects. The railways already constructed or projected with which this line of railway will effect a union or communication, and recipro cate, advantage exceed fifty in number (as will be seen by examin ing any railway map), and all of them must be in direct commu nication with, and will feed, or be fed by The Southern Counties Union, and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Direct Railway ; the most important junctions being those leading to this line from the north and the manufacturing districts by Oxford to Dovor and Brighton, those from Ireland, North Wales by Cheltenham or Oxford and this railway to Dover or Brighton, and those from the south and west of England by Salisbury to Dover; thus effecting a con tinuance and direct intercourse with nearly every part of Eng land, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the continent. The census returns show that this railway will pass through a country containing a population of upwards of one million, and this number, though large, may be fairly multiplied several times, if all the other parts of the kingdom which will benefit by it be con sidered. With these facts before them, the promoters have not deemed it necessary to put forth estimates of traffic; the soundness of the project being guaranteed by the truths already given in this brief exposition, and the great objects intended to be compassed by this Company. - . LOCAL AGENTS. Basingstoke and Odiham—Messrs. Cele, Lamb, and Brooks Bath—Messrs. Mant and Harvey Bristol—Matthew Perkins, Esq. Devizes—John Raikes Bayly, Esq. Farnham—B. Nichols, Esq. Hawkhurst— Messrs. Beecham and Upperten Hungerford and Marlborough—John Haleomb, Esq. Melksham—Messrs. Motile and Gore Newbury—Robert Baker, Esq. and Messrs sunny and Sea Reading—Rupert Clarke, Esq. Reigate—William Burt, Esq. Trowbridge—John Brent, Esq. Whitchurch, Hants—Thomas Pain, Esq. Applications for shares (which must be necessarily restricted in consequence of the immense number that have already been applied for under guarantee of persons of the highest respectability) with prospectuses and plans, to be made to the secretary, at the offices of the Company, 70, King William-street, City; to J. D. Wells, Esq., 13, George-street, Mansion-house, and to the following sharebrokers :—London, S. H. Ellis, Esq., 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Price and Brown, Change alley; L. H. Hazlewood, Esq., Angel-court, Throgmor ton-street ; and T. C. Mundey, Esq., 17, Royal Exchange, Bath, R. P. Lemon, Esq., Thomas Evans, Esq., and J. B. Mundy, Esq. ; Birmingham, J. R. Lane, Esq., W. H. Collis, Esq. ; Blackburn, Thomas Boardman, Esq., James Senior, Esq ; Bridge water, Edward Lilly, Esq. ; Bristol, Messrs. Tat, and Nash, Messrs. George Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq. ; Burton-on- Trent, W. Wisby, Esq. ; Cheltenham,' Messrs. Hall Brothers, and Co. Coventry, Messrs. Browne and Clarke, and John T. Holland, Esq.; Dewsbury, John Brooke, Esq. ; Dublin, Messrs. Bruce and Symes ; Edinburgh, Charles Couper, Esq. ; Exeter, Messrs. H. Beaumont and Co. ; Halifax, F. C. Spencer, Esq , and James Hurry, Esq. ; Huddersfield, Messrs. John Gatliff and Co., and John Butchart, Esq. ; Hull, Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Messrs. Charles Wikinson and Earle; Leamington, 'l'. W. Powell, Esq. ; Leeds, Chantrell and Boyes ; Messrs. Wellbeloved, Barwick and Co., Messrs. J. and G. Rhodes, Messrs. Read, Broadbent and Co., and James Jamieson, Esq.; Leicester, Messrs. Payne and Freer ; Liver. pool, Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Messrs. Davies and Co., H. W. Lucas, Esq., and John Wills, Esq ; Manchester, Messrs. Hough. land and Leese, Messrs. Lynil and Berlyn, Messrs. Johnson, Brad. ley, and Walker, Messrs. O'Neil and Nesworthy, Messrs. Ner, Gardiner, and Heap, John Dunmit, Esq. ; Newcastle.upon-Tyne, Messrs. Kimpster ; Plymouth, Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer; Sheffield, Messrs. Garton and*Wright ; Southampton, Joseph Clarke, jun., Esq. ; Stratford-on-Avon, W. Bolton, Esq. ; Taunton, Richard Ball, Esq. ; Worcester, William Miles, Esq. ; York, Messrs. Gray. stop and Earle. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Counties Union and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Direct Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 251. each, in this Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit of 21. 12s. 6d. per Share, and all future calls thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when equired. Dated this day of , 1845. I am Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Usual mode of Signature Name in full Profession, Trade, or Occupation Residence and Place of Business Name and Address of Referee in full 'LINCOLN AN!) NORTHAMPTON RAIL 'J WAY (originally registered as the Hull, Great Grimsby and Southampton Railway, connecting Great Grimsby with the South Midland Railway), forming a direct communication between the ports of Hull and Southampton. Capital 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. ' Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. _ _ _ (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110 PROVISIONAL commtirTstu. —,Esq. M.D., Hull lexander, Abraham, Esq. Lullington-house, Leamington Acton, Joseph, Esq. Wigan Addison, George Wilson, Esq. Hall.field, Bradford, director of the West Yorkshire Railway Company, &c. Ackroyd, —, Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway, &c. Asphitel, William Hurst, Esq. No. 11, Clement's.lane, Lombard street, magistrate for the county of Middlesex Bradley, William, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Rail- way Companies Brittain, Samuel Swan, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the East and West of England, and the Ely and Wisbeach Railway Companies Burgess, John, Esq. boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the . . _ London and Manchester Direct Railway Company, &c. Betteridge, Abraham, Esq. London, director of the Metropolitan Junction Railway Company, &c. Bicknell, J. A., Esq. Bristol, director of the Stafford and Shrews- bury Railway Company Byrom, William, Esq. Oldham, director of the York and Lancaster Railway Company, &c. Byrom, Thomas, Esq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Chelten ham, Oxford, and London Railway Company Brown, Joseph, Esq. Bedford Burrows, Josiah, Esq. Castle House, Gomersal, Leeds Bullivant, Jab, Esq. East Retford, director of the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company Bateman, Samuel Esq., Croft house, near Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c. Bramall, Thomas, Esq. Tamworth Butterfield, John, Esq. Keighley Brook, Joseph, jun., Esq., Greenhead, near Huddersfield Bryan, David, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield and Nottingham Railway Company, &c. Beverley, William, Esq. Potter Newton, near Leeds, director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company, &c. Beioley, Joseph, Esq. 14, Stanhope-street, Regent's -park Bewick, E. R. , Esq. Barsham-house, near Beccles, director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company, &c. Betts, William, Esq. Bevis Mount, Southampton Bentley, Nathan, Esq. Horton, near Leeds, director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway Burgiss, John, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester Barnsby, Thomas, Esq., Gomersal Borton, William, Esq. Northampton, Member of the Town Council, and director of the Eastern and Midland Railway Cadman, Edwin, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield, director of the Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Railway Company Cameron, J., Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Caldwell, William, Esq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c. &c. ('rowdson, William, E , q. Wigan Clark, Jeremiah, Esq. 11l J , Union.court, Broad-street, London, director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Corgpany Coventry, Millis, Esq. White Hart-court, Lombard-street, London, director of the Britannia Life Assurance Company Cook, —, Esq. Gainsborough Carlisle, Thomas, Esq. Clifton, Bristol; 6, Hyde Park-place West, chairman of the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings Railway Company Chapman, E., Esq. Gibson-square, director of the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction Coupland, Edward, Esq. Boston Collinson, William, Esq. Hull Chapman. R. Esq. director of the Manchester, Rugby, and South.. ampton Railway Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Peasling-hall and Leicester I)arlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire, director and treasurer of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company, &c. Duffield, Francis, Esq. Bolton-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Scarrot.lodge, Leeds, director of the Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railway Company Daykene, the Rev, J. 0., Lincoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c &c., magistrate of the county Douglas, Samuel, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction Downes, C. Esq. Warwick -street, Golden-square, London, director of the South Midland and Northampton and Banbury Rail. way Company Dixon, John Alcock, Esq. Burnley, South Lancashire Assurance Company Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse.hill, director of the Grand Trunk Railway Company, &c. Driffield, William, Esq. Bondbud-house, Knar es b oroug h E cc les, William, Esq., 50, Ohl Broad-street, London, director of the Great Grimsby anti Midlands Railway Company, &c. Eaton, El s worth ja , m E e . s' E C sq le . c S k a h n e d a f t o ° r n ihc Yo u rk se, Kirkst a ll , near Leeds Edens, Joel, Esq Northampton r a e g g l e e n y , p u a s e r , k W director k e fid Fitch, e l of the York Etheredge, F. NV. Esq. Park-street, director of the Li verpool and Derby Railway Company , &c. i Farrar, Timothy, an d Manchester Railway Gordon, -- Esq. 11.1. D. Hull Green, George, Esq. Pontefract , director o f the Great Leeds and tch, Colonel, R h London Direct Railway Company Gol.lsinith, Charles, Esq. Friday-street, London, director of the Manchester and Rugby Railway Company Gait'', F. B. Esq. Chepstow-place, Camberwell, director of th e Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company 4 Greaves, A. G. Esq. Derby Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham Grave', Henry Swan, Esq. Exley Bank Lodge, Hal i f ax, director of the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c , Hattersley, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire Heeles, Thomas, Esq. Skipton Castle, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c. Hillyard, Clark, Esq. Thorpelands, near Northampton, president of the Northamptonshire Farming Society Hewlett, I'. V. Esq. Northampton Holmes, Isaac, Esq Liverpool Hare, Sir John, 11, Langham-place, London, director of the Liver• panics pool and Leeds Railway Company Halford, John, Esq. Rusholm•house, near Manchester Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the Manchester, Hud • dersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway Company Haigh, Thomas, Esq. Newlay, near Leeds, director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway Company Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke-street, St. James's, director of Mid. land Counties and Birmingham Railway Companies Heygate, R. 8., Esq. Market Harborough Ho llin i z 7iorth, James, Esq. London-terrace, Derby ISaaes o s, Rev. Stephen, Berners.street, Director of the Chelten tarn, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c. Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's place, Brixton, director of the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, Johnson, Samuel, Esq. Halifax, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Ross and Kilkenny Company, &c. Kidley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield Kuper, William, Esq. Camberwell, director of the London and Windsor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies Lowtkrop, Sir William, Hull, Chairman of the Hull and Barnsley, and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Corn- Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan Morton, F. Esq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Morton, H. J. Esq. C. E. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Hull, Mahon, and Northern Union Railway NrCrea, H. 0. Esq. The Haugh, Halifax Mesham, W. R. Esq. St. Lopes, Bedford, director of the North ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Magnay, Sir William, Bart. alderman, London M'Swinney, Joseph James, Esq Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company, &c. Newen, George, E,q. Hyde Park-terrace Needham, the Hon. Francis, Fairfleld-ludge, Kensington Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds, provisional director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and Liverpool Railway Company Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the Direct Western Railway Company Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester Powell, S. H. Esq. Foxley-cottages, North Brixton, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Preston, Thomas B. Skipton Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby Reyno'ds, James, Esq. merchant, Manchester Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley Junction Railway Company, &c. Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West Yorkshire Railway Company, &c. Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, chairman of the Manchester, Wigan, and Southampton Railway Company Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director of the York and Lancaster Railway Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-square, chair man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail way Company Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman.square Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq. Bristol near Leeds, director of the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, Sec. Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the Great Western and Southern and Eastern Railway Company Ramsden, Thomas, Esq. Cothingley, near Bradford, Yorkshire Renshaw, James, Esq. Lombard-street, London, and West Heath house, Erith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South Stafordshire Junction Railway Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company Rogers, Thomas, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c. Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moore-house, near Tuxford, Notts Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln Sloane, W., Esq. 57, Wimpole-street Scriven, J. W., Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds and London Railway Company Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds Smith, George Walker, Esq. Horbury-hall, Sheffield, director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Company Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmonsburgh, Yorkshire, director of the Great Northern and Southern Railway Company Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shiliber-hall, Halifax Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble Coombe, near Dorking Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, London, director of the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Company Savage, H. Esq. Dorset.place, Dorset-square Swiney, J. James, Esq Sandal-view, near Wakefield, director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, London and Liverpool, Leeds, York, and Midland, Bristol andiDover, Sheffield, Silkatone, and Wakefield, Hull and Holyhead Railway Companies Scott, William, Esq. Heworth, New York, a provisional director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway Thomson, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Company Taylor, Peter, Esq. Knaresborough Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tuxford, Notts Wright, Major-General, R.E. Gloucester-Place, Portman-square Whitehead, William Dossa, Esq. Derby-house, Chetwood, Man chester Wilson, William, Esq. 3, Devonport.street, Sussex-square Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire Wigglesworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax Wright. T. S. Esq. Northampton Ward, Thomas Asline, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endcliffe.hall, Sheffield' White, W. Esq. Fitzroy-square, director of the London and Wind. sor Railway Witham, James, Esq. Eaton. square, director of the Direct London and Liverpool Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire Wale, Edwin, Esq. York, a provisional director of the York, Leeds, and Midland Junction Railway Yates, George, Esq. Halifax ENGINEERS—Francis Giles, Esq., Alfred Giles, Esq. BANKERS—London : Messrs. Cox and Co. SOLICITOR—London : George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. Offices, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghallatreet. This company is formed for the purpose of establishing direct railway communication between the important ports of Hull, Great Grimsby, and Southampton. It is intended to effect this desirable object by the construction of a line of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham, Oakham, Uppingham, near to Rockingham and Rothwell, and joining the South Midland Railway between Market Harborough and Northampton ; thus forming, in connexion with projected lines of railway from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and from Northampton to Southampton the connecting link in one uninter. rupted chain of railway communication from Hull and Grimsby to Southampton, Gosport, and Poole, and the whole of the south western coast of England. It will also form the most direct route from Hull, Great Grimsby, and the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Northamp. tonshire, and part of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Chel. tenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter, and the South and West of England. An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of this undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of view, forming as it will an intimate connexion between London and the South generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire and the adjacent counties, at present without railway accommo.. dation; while its value to the South Midland, the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway Companies, and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which it will form a most profitable adjunct) must be obvious. This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected line from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and Grimsby, the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed lines running to Lincoln ; at Grantham with the Nottingham, Vale of Belvoir and Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakham with the Syston and Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham and London, and Manchester Direct. One great and important feature in this railway is, that it does not run parallel with, or in opposition to, any existing line of railway. The ground has been surveyed, and found to be practicable, pre senting for the most part no engineering difficulties. Satisfactory communications for mutual cooperation have been opened with the several companies, whose interests will be affected by the proposed line. In the meantime the Committee of Manage ment reserve power to amalgamate with any other company, or deviate from the proposed line, or make such extensions and branches as they may hereafter deem advisable. The Subscribers will be held liable only to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum on all calls from the passing of the Act. In consequence of a great portion of the Shares having been already applied for, the period for application must necessarily be very limited. Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed f orm t o t h e following Sharebrokers :—London : Mr. W. West, Capel.court, Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Ex change-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and Co., Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Potter and Smith, York; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply. mouth ; Mr. T. Sandford Exeter; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham; Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield; Messrs. Mani, and Son, Norwich ; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Chelten ham ; to the Secretary, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers; and to George Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall chambers, Basinghall-street. To the Provisional Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares in the above Company, and I agree to take all such shares, or so many as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon; and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required so to do. Name Description .., Residence ... Date Reference to BRISTOL AND ENGLISH CHANNELS DIRECT JUNCTION RAILWAY; with a Branch to Wiveliscombe ; in Continuation of the North Devon, Bristol and Exeter, and Great Western Railways. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 1,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 25/. each. Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. No other Call is intended to be made until the Act has been ob tained. Parties' I.abilities will be limited to the extent of their Shares. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. William Dawson, Parkstone, Dorset Sir Robert George Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland, 1 near Farringdon, Barks Directors of Sir John Trevelyan, Bart, Nettlecombe Court, near 1 the North Watchet, Somerset, and Wallington, Northum- Devon berland , Railway Lieut. General Sir George Pownell Adams , K.C.H., I Ds Henry et Ockington House, near Wiveliscombe Lieut. Colonel Sir Henry Bayly, K.H., Burley-villa, Lyme Regis, John Reuben Dawson Darner, Esq., M ilton Abbe y , Dorset Edward Ayshford Sanford, Esq., Nynehead Court, Somerset, di rector of the North Devon Railway Humphry Weld, Esq., Chidcock House, near Bridport, Commis sioner of Bridport Harbour Walter Calverly Trevelyan, Esq., Nettlecombe Court John Knight, Esq., Wolverley-hall, Worcestershire, and Simons bath, Somerset, director of the North Devon Railway Frederick Wynn Knight, Esq., M.P., Wolverly.hall, director of the North Devon Railway Thomas Aleu;nder Mitchel, Esq., M.P. for Bridport Lieutenant. Colonel Bragge, Sadborrow.house, near Chard Robert Aitchison, Esq., Captain, Maperton-house, near Bridport Alexander Ramsay, Esq., Beaminster, near Bridport John Dorrien Magens, Esq., 49, Cornhill, London Joseph Barrow Montefiore, Esq., York-street, Portman-square John Chzrritie, Esq., Park-village East, Thomas Laurence, Esq., St. Mary Axe, L ondon, director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Regent's-park, director - . of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York and East Lincolnshire Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, director of the Liver- _ . pool and Derby Railw a y John Knill, E s q., London Bridge-wharf, Londo n, director of th e Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Railway John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymiligt", director of the Liver. pool and Derby and East and West of England Railways Henry H. Kemshead, Esq., Westbourne-house, Paddington Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull; director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway William E Tanner, sq. _ _ _ B4, Great Surrey.street, director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James.street, Buckingham_ gate, director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P. for Wolverhampton William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde. park, director of the South Midland, rnd Northampton, Ban bury and Cheltenham Railway Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's.park, director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railways Henry Rendell Wotton, Esq„ Fitzroy-square, London IA devisee in trust of the late Earl of Egre- Lawrence Walker, Esq., King's-road, wont, owner of the Gray's Inn, London Harbour of Watchet, and extensive adjacent manors and estates William Estes, Esq., Mincing-lane Frederick William Drewe, Esq., Woodlands-house, near Stowey, Somerset Joseph Gundry, Esq., Hyde-house, near Bridport,merchant and ship. owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour Robert Lsngham, Esq., Cottesbrooke, Northampton John Hill, Esq., Fairfield-house, Lyme Regis, Dorset, merchant William Tucker, Esq., Cory ton-park, near Axminster, Devon Thomas Hoskins, Esq., Haselbury, Plucknett, near Crewkerne, Somerset Thomas Fox, Esq., Beaminster, Dorset, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour William Lovcridge, Esq., Paradise-lodge, near Chard Charles Warre Lovcridge, Esq., Crewkerne, banker Benjamin Pearkes Gundry, Esq., Bridport, merohant William Trevelyan Cox, Esq., Cheddington.court, near Beaminster R. Walter, Esq., Coombe.hcad, near Chard William Colfox, Esq., Rax.house, Bridport, merchant and ship. owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour Stephen Whetham, Esq , Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn. missioner of Bridport Harbour John Pike Stephens, Esq., Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn. missioner of Bridport Harbour John Kenway, Esq., Bridport, merchant Thomas Colfox, Esq;, Rax-house, Bridport, merchant William Kinglake, Esq., Wilton.house, Taunton William Beadon, Esq., Gotton-house, near Taunton James Bunter, Esq., Taunton, banker Henry Hooper, Esq. (late Mayor of Exeter), architect, director of the North Devon Railway, and Deputy Chairman of the Exeter and Crediton Railway Richard Carver, Esq., Taunton, architect, county surveyor for So. mersetshire James Carrol Wilcocks, Esq., Exeter, director of the North Devon Railway, and of the Exeter and. Crediton Railway James Marsh, Esq., Alphinzton, Exeter, director of the North Devon Railway John Hancock, Esq., F.alse, near Taunton Henry Daubney 1 . - sarvey, Esq., Wiveliscombe, director of the North Devon Railway Phillip Han.tock, Esq., Ford.house, near Wiveliscombe James Thomas Benedictus Notley, Esq., Coombe, Sydenham.house, near Watehet George Notley, Esq., Chillington, Somerset Joseph Hitchcock, Esq., The Grove, Taunton H. a King, Esq., Taunton Stephen William Whetham, Esq., Bridport, merchant and ship owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour Walter Eustace Gundry, Esq., Bridport, banker and merchant Alfred Nicholetts, Esq., Woaderwell, near Bridport William Battiscombe, Esq., East Cottage, near Bridport, brewer, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour Thomas Ewens, Esq., Allington, near Bridport, merchant and ship owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour William Hounsell, Esq., Wykes.court, near Bridport, merchant Richard Hayward, Esq., West Chinnock, Somerset, merchant and flax-mill owner John Hounsell, Esq., Bridport Theophilus Miller Gunn, Esq., Bridport James Brown, Esq., Burton, Bradstock, near Bridport Joseph Hounsell, Esq., Bridport, merchant Richard Tucker, Esq., Bridport, merchant William Tucker, Esq., Allington.villa, near Bridport Richard Tunic, Esq., Taunton, merchant Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton, merchant Thomas Powell, Esq., The Gaer, near Newport, Monmouthshire, coal proprietor ; a director of the Taff Vale Railway Thomas Hughes, Esq., Kingahill, Newport Franklin Meager, Esq., Swansea, Glamorganshire, of the firm of M. I. Michael and F, 'Meager George Budltnell, Esq., Crowcombe, near Watchet John Southcomb Ling, Esq., Stogumber near Watchet Henry Foote Ling, Esq., Stogumber, near Watchet George Elcrs, Esq., Stogumber, director of the North Devon Rail way John Williams, Esq., Buckland, near Farringdon, Berks William Cockburn, Esq., Minehead, Somerset Robert Hole, Esq., Alcombe, near Minehead Henry Cadet], Esq., Stampford Brett, near Watchet Frederick William Rossiter, Esq., Williton, near Watchet William Avery, Esq., Barnstaple, member of the Provisional Com mittee of the North Devon Railway Alfred Marriott, Esq., Broadlands- lodge, Taunton John William Marriott, Esq., Taunton Henry Alford, Esq., Taunton John Eales White, Esq., Taunton, brewer Jonathan Payne, Esq., Norton, near Taunton, corn.factor and mill owner William Middleton, Esq., Chard, brewer Silvanus Stephens, Esq., Bridport William Manley, Esq., Bridport James Haydon, Esq. ) Flax-manufacturers, Robert Turner, Esq. S Greenham .mills, Crewkerne James Hill, Esq., Chard Thomas Llewellyn, Esq., Taunton Thomas Stoate, Esq., Washford•mills and Watchet, mterchant and shipowner William Stoate, Esq., Watchet-mills, merchant and ship-owner William Gimblett, Esq., merchant and ship-owner, Watchet William G. Hole, Esq., merchant and ship-owner, Watcbet J. Wansbrough, Esq., } Paper-makers, Paper-mills, Watcbet John Date, Esq., and Bristol William Jamea, Esq., Doniford, near Watchet Henry George Hole, Esq„ merchant andship.owner, Watchet Joseph Williams, Esq., banker, Williton, near Watchet Thomas Hawkes, Esq., land agent and surveyor, Williton., near Watchet (With power to add to their number.) CONSULTING ENGINEER—C. B. Vignoles, Esq., F.R. S. A ENGINEERS W. C. Mylne, Esq., F.R.S., Principal Engineer to the New River Company; R. W. Mylne, Esq. LONDON BANKERS. Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Biddulph, 43, Charing-cross Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill. COUNTRY RANKERS. Stuckey's Banking Company, at their various branches The West of England and South Wales' District Bank, at their various branches Messrs. Williams and Co., Bridport, Dorchester, and at their variou branches Messrs. S. and NV. E. Gundry, Bridport, and at their various branches Messrs. H. R. and 1. Badcock, jun., Taunton. STANDING COUNSEL—A. W. Kinglake, Esq., 24, 01d-square, Lincoln's Inn. SSCRETARY-Mr. Charles P. Meryon. SOLICITORS IN LONDON—Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street PARLIAUNTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlow and Kiugdon, Palace-yard. SOLICITORS IN THE COUNTRY. Mr. Edwin Nicholetts, Bridport Mr. Baruch Fox, Beamister Messrs. Rowcliffe and Son, Stogumber, near Watchet. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Mr. Samuel Walter, Chard Mr. Woodland, Taunton Mr. W. Bridge, Dorchester Mr. F. Napier Bower, Wiveliscombe Mr. J. F. Knight, Axminster. The object of this Company is to establish a direct line of rail way for passengers, goods, and commercial, mining, and agricul. tural produce between the harbour of Watchet on the Bristol Channel, and the harbour of Bridport on the English Channel, and provide means of inland transit for a large proportion of the pro duce at present necessarily sent by the dangerous and uncertain passage round the Land's End, and at the same time afford to the intermediate rich and populous districts ready and convenient rail. way communication. The direct line will be 48 miles in length, and will proceed from Watchet to Taunton, and thence by Hatch Beauchamp, and by Ilminster to Chard, and by Crewkerne and Bearninster to Bridport harbour. A branch will / proceed out of the line, about mid-way between Watchet and Taunton, directly to Wiveliscombe. All these towns and their neighbourhoods are populous and opulent, and many of them very much so, and the localities are remarkable for their richness, fertility, beauty, and numerous resident gentry. At Wiveliscombe this line will avail itself of the North Devon Railway to Taunton, and also westward; at Taunton it will enter the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and thence proceed to Mangertort, four miles short of Bridport, where it will unite with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, one of the Great Western lines crf Railway, and thence proceed on that line to Bridpnrt Harbour.. It will also cross the proposed line from Yeovil to Exeter about two miles wes tof Crewkerne. The junction of tiletvcoC;annels — was long since deemed an im portant object. To effect it, surveys were successively made for e ship canal by the late Mr. Rennie, Mr. Telford, and other scientific men, who concurred in the importance of such a work in a na. tional point of v iew ; the design was matured, and in 1824 an Act of Parliament - was passed ; and it stands recorded as the opinions of Mr. Telford and Captain Nichols, that the canal would afford a remuneration to the subscribers of 16 4 per cent. on a capital of 1,712,8441. , The sum required for this work, being so much less than that for the Ship canal ; the increased demand of a greatly increased population., and the present vast commercial energies of the country, "'lake It manifest that goods may be conveyed by this railway a', far less than half the charge upon which Mr. Telford and Capt ain Nichols formed their opinion. The 'intended line from Minehead to Bridgewater, will meet and cross this line near Watchet. No railway, either made, or being made, or projected, will serve the ptrrposes which this important and favoured line will serve. The country it will pass through possesses a population exceed ing 15 0,000. It leads to marine watering places of much resort— Weyto outh, Lyme, and Seaton on the English Channel shore, and Linton), Minehead, and Blue Anchor on the shore of the Bristol Charnel. Taunton, which may now be considered the county town of Somersetshire, has always been the market and trading town of the country north-west of it, including Watchet and its surrounding district; the route to which, from London and the north, is through Taunton. A well remunerating passenger traffic may hence be expected. The country aim contains between SO and 100 mills and fac tories., many of which are worked by steam in aid of water-power, and many more of the proprietors will avail themselves of steam power when coals shall be procurable at a reduced rate by this railway. The millers are most desirous of having the markets of South Wales opened to them. Several influential coal proprietors of South Wales are members of the Provisional Committee. The country also possesses several extensive lime quarries, for manure; the lime is burnt with culm brought from Wales ; the conveyance both of the culm and lime is at present attended with much expense to the agriculturist. The line will also be of high importance to this agricultural district by opening to it the markets of Taunton, Tiverton, South Molton, Barnstaple, in the north of Devon, Exeter, and London. The towns of Taunton, Ilminster, Chard, Crewkerne, Beaminster, Broadwindsor, Brid port, Axminster, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, will be connected by the line, and derive from it supplies of coals, cultn, timber, dry goods, and other articles of import. The line will afford to those towns and their populous neighbourhoods, increased facilities of communication with other lines of railroad. The usual prevalence of westerly winds during the winter months is so great as to render the passage round the Land's-end very un. certain. The facilities offered by the proposed railway will obviate such uncertainty, save many hundred miles of dangerous sea pas sage, and more! than compensate for the charges attending re-ship ment at Bridpart from Watchet, particularly in the article of Welsh coals, now in great demand in and about London for steam engines, steam-boats, and other purposes. The harbour of Bridport admits ♦essels at spring.tides of 350 tons burthen; it receives large supplies of coals, culm, flax, hemp, Baltic and American timber, iron, slate, tallow, staves, and nu. merous other articles ; which, in the aggregate, last year, amounted to nearly 4 , 0,000 tons, a large portion of which consisted of flax and hemp, for the numerous manufactories of yarns, sailcloth, sacks, nets, lines, twines, and linen goods, which when wrought would pass along the line to the two ports, for shipment, or to other railways. The harbour of Watchet, at spring-tides, admits vessels of iOO tons burthen, and carries on an extensive and important daily trade with the ports of Tenby, Llanelly, Swansea, Neath, Cardiff, New_ port, and Merthyr Tydvil, in coals, culm, corn, flour, and other provisions, cattle, sheep, salt, timber, slates, iron, and other articles of merchandise ; employing twelve vessels belonging to the harbour regularly and exclusively; one trading with Liverpool. It has also a considerable corn, malt, flour, and goods trade with Bristol, and employs therein several vessels regularly Both the harbours are capable of being much improved, and belong to proprietors able and willing to improve them to meet the increased wants of the community. _ _ . The port of Watchet, as it is, has the largest and most important trade on the English side of the Bristol Channel. This Railway will increase that trade fourfold, and therewith its own prosperity. The shore contiguous to Watchet exclusively abounds with lime of the most celebrated description, both for water-works and ex terior building, being the same as the universally known and cele brated Aberthaw lime, which also is on the directly opposite coast; and at and around Watchet are extensive corn and Sour mills, paper mills, and clothing mills. The foregoing facts show that the line must have a veryexten sive goods traffic. It is not intended to put forward Watchet as a packet station either for Ireland or South Wales ; nor does this measure require such aid. No portion of the coast of the Bristol Channel, east of Ilfracombe, can have the slightest pretension to be, or be made, a packet station. In the first place, it is obvious that the railway in actual progress from the Government Dock-yard at Pembroke (or Hobbe's Point, 100 miles further down the Bris tol Channel) will take all the packet trade from the south of Ireland : Liverpool takes Dublin ;whilst Ilfracombe (50milea west of Watchet), and. Swansea (directly opposite to Ilfracombe), maintain a regular steam packet passenger and goods traffic; and in the second place, all the harbours on the English side east of Ilfracombe are dry, and for a great length, at low water, the shores being very fiat, and to construct a harbour on them, to admit large class steamers and to land passengers at all times of the tide, would, if not impracticable, cost an enormous sum. To hold out expectations that either of them might be such packet station, would for the above reasons be ielesive. The extended North Devon line of railways will serve the port of Ilfracombe and its packets. A survey has been made by the engineers, who have reported that the line Is easy of construction, and will not interfere with any park. . _ It affords great satisfaction to the promoters to be enabled to announce that the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company have promised to give this measure their favourable con sideration, and the promoters entertain a sanguine expectation that it will receive their support. The neighbouring l a ndowners and gentry are favourable to the measure, and all the merchants and traders both at Watchet and Bridport, as well as the principal coal proprietors in South Wales, and all persons throughout the line, entertain a high opinion of its merits, and earnestly desire it. Many extensive landowners on the line, whose names do nol appear on the Provisional Committee, have yet expressed them , selves as friends to the measure. The Act will be applied for next session, and the liabilities will be limited to the amount of subscriptions, and interest at four per cent. will be paid on all calls from the time et payment until the opening of the line. An early allotment of the shares will be made, and the usual Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be exe cuted by the Shareholders when called upon. Applications for shares to be made, in the form annexed, to Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street; to either of the solicitors in the country; Messrs. George Burnand and Co., Cornhill ; John Mocatta, Esq., Copthall-chambers ; H. J. Barker, Esq., Tokenhouse-yard ; John Brewer, Esq., New Market-hill, Man chester ; Messrs. Francis and James Mill, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Co., Bristol; or John Bannehr, Esq., Exeter. Taunton, Seat. 29, 1845. -- FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Bristol and English Channels Direct Junction Railway. I request you will allot to me shares in this under taking, and I agree to take the same or such of them as may be allotted to me upon the terms stated in the prospectus, and to pay the deposit therein, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of , 1845. Name Residence Profession or Occupation Reference i Name 1 Address , To the Committee of the Bristol and English Channels Direct Junction Railway Company. CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Offices of this Company are Re- Moved to No. 25, Bridge-street. Parliament-street, Westminster. WM. PROTHEROE, Secretary. October 16, 1845. THE DIRECT LONDON and EXETER RAILWAY (with EXTENSION to FALMOUTH and PENZANCE). The Committee of Management hereby give Notice that they have COMPLETED the ALLOTMENT of SHARES, and that the usual letters are this day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on claims unprecedented, it is believed, in their number and respecta bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preference to ap plicants locally interested, or likely to bring to bear for tha Company a large share of legitimate influence. The numerous persons, with undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested to accept this reason as the Committee's apology. The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public support are daily reaching them from the most influential quarters, the engineering preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders. E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec. rpm LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and BUCK INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Vict., cap. 110.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. (In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of Parliament.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. (With power to add to their number.) The Right Hon. John Earl of Portarlington The Right Hon. Edward Vernon, Lord Suffield The Right Hon. Henry Robert Lord Rossmore The Right Hon. James Lord Dunboyne Lord Sussex Lennox The Right Hon. G. L. D. Darner, M.P. Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq.. High Sheriff of Bucks The Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone-lodge, Poole The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Belgrave. square The Hon. Colonel Henry Hutchison, Weston, Northamptonshire The Hon. Stafford Jerningham The lion. Cecil Lawless The Hon. Michael W. Bellew Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicester shire The Hon. Colonel Westenra, M.P. The Hon. Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street, Piccadilly Count Bathyany, 5, Audley-square, London Sir Henry Scale, Bart. Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart. Sir William Twysden, Bart. 41, Dorset-street, London Sir J. Eglinton Anderson, New Burlington-street Sir James H. Annesley, Albany Abraham Alexander, Esq. Lullington-house, Milverton, Warwick shire James Beech, Esq. Brandon-hall, Warvriekshire, and 15, Grosvenor place, London Emile Benassit, Esq. 66, Mark-lane James Brand, Esq. New Broad-street, London William Bradley, Esq. the Oaks, Sheffield Henry Austin Bruce, Esq. Duffryne-house, Cardiff William Downing Bruce, Esq. 17, Charles-street, St. James's square George R. Bunbury, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway Edward Burton, Esq. Milverton-house, Leamington Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield George Gunning Campbell, Esq. 37, Montagu-square, London R. Chapman, Esq. Coombe -lodge, Hants G. A. H. Chichester, Esq. 15, Chesham-place, London Edward Hyde Clark, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington, and Tick ford-park, Bucks F. F. Clossman, Esq. Mincing-lane, London, Chairman of the Great Luxembourg Railway Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Union Club, London John Morton Cottle, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Man chester Railway Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham place, London Henry D. Erskine, Esq. 93, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square The Rev. Henry Robert Fowler, Manchester-square, London Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. Chepstow-house, Camberwell, director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway James Gernon, Esq. 13, Conduit-street, London, director of the Lon don and Nottingham Railway Joseph Gill, Esq. Potternewton Mount, near Leeds Major J. R. T. Graham (late Scots Greys), Grove, Clapham-common Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadeby•house, Lincolnshire, and 17, Pall mall, London Captain George James Hunter, Bertic-terrace, Leamington, director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway William Hunter, Esq. 21, Clarendon-square, Leamington, director of the Direct Western, Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D., Sheffield Captain Lionel Lampet, Leamington,Warvricit.shire, and Highlands, Oxon Robert John Lattey, Esq. Claremont Villa, St. John's-wood George Lawton, Esq. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway William Lowndes, Esq. Chesham, Bucks John Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield Jacob Montefiore, Esq. Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, London Evan W. Morris, Esq. Pemhury, Tunbridge, director of the North and South Wales Railway W. Nash, Esq. Clapham-common, Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway B. Oliveira, Esq. Upper Hyde-park-street, London Samuel Parsons, Esq. Sackville-street, London. Matthew Pierpoint, Esq. Crown East, Worcester William Raines, Esq. the Temple, London, erector of the London and Nottingham Railway Cornelius Ransiall, Esq. Manchester James Saunderson, Esq. Lausdown-place, Leamington, Warwick shim and Castle Saunderson, Cavan, Ireland Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James's-square, London Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, London Captain William Tringham, R.N. Solyhull, Warwickshire Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheath-park, Kent, director of the Com mercial Bank Edward Welch, Esq. Leamington Warwickshire B. B. Williams, Esq. Wyndham-place, London Henry Williams, Esq. Chalk-farm, London Captain William Alexander Willis, R.N., Vicar's-hill, near Lyming ton, Hants. EtroINEEI--Charles Blunt, Esq. C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Forbes and Drake, Warnford-court, London Messrs. Birch and Bramah, Great Winchester-street, London, PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, Esq. BANKERS—Commercial Bak of LOll,lOll. SECRETARY PRO TEM.—A. W. Harnett, Esq. Offices, 127, Leadenhall-street. By this Company it is proposed to supply railway accommoda tion, through an independent channel, to all the principal towns it Buckinghamshire, and to many In the other counties through whici the projected line is to run, hitherto destitute of this now indispen. sable mode of transit. The project known by the name of " The Buckinghamshire Rail way and Oxford and Wolverton Junction" is announced in their pro spectus as being under the direction and superintendence of the Lon don and Birmingham Railway Company, as their lessees in perpetuity, receiving four per cent. on the outlay, with a conditional arrange ment as to the surplus profit. From this arrangement it must be obvious to every one that the monopoly of the London and Birmingham Company, which it was a principal object to destroy, is more strongly secured than before, and the profits which would accrue to an independent line, atter payment of the 4/. per cent. interest, is virtually thrown into their hands. In addition to this, the arrangement to make use of the termini of the London and Birmingham Company, together with a considerable portion of their line, reduces the Buckinghamshire Railway in fact to a mere extension of the older ccmpany, and confers on the latter the means of absolutely and entirely controlling the traffic, and conse quently the 'profits, of the projected line ; so that the reservation as to the surplus profits in truth amounts to nothing. The adoption of the projected Buckinghamshire Railway by the London and Birmingham Company proves their consciousness of the necessity of a railway communication through the country proposed to be traversed; and to prevent a continuance of their monopoly, and to secure both to shareholders and to parties locally interested the benefits of an independent line, the present Company has been formed, and has met with the strenuous support of many landed pro prietors in the counties through which it will pass, who have hitherto withheld their co-operation nom the Buckinghamshire Railway Company for the reasons enutnerated. Tile line will proceed through or near to Uxbridge, by the Valley of Chalfont, to Amersham and Wendover, and thence to Aylesbury, by Winslow, to Buckingham. It will take a course from thence through Brockley and Banbury, by Leamington and Warwick, to Birmingham, having the advantage of being the shortest route hitherto proposed between Birmingham and London. Applications for shares, in the annexed form, may be made to the Secretary, at the temporary Offices of the Company, or to Messrs. Edward Ellis and Co., Sharebrokers, 53, Threadue vile-street. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the proposed London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Rail way, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. Dated this day of Signature.... • • .. Name in full .. •••• Residence and place of Business •• Profession or Trade •••• •• ••••••• • •• •• , 1845 Names and Addresses of two ...... well-known Referees •• •• •• I_TUNTINGDON,NIWISBEACH, AND ST ' Being an extension of tke Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, from March to Huntingdon and St. Ives. Capital 200,000/. in )3,000 Shares of MI. each. Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Isle of Ely, Wl5 beach, and Lincolnsre Junction Railway : nd Resolved—That a hi n extension of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, Lincolnshire Junction Railway from March to Huntingdon, With 7 branch to St. Ives, would be profitable as an investment of capital. and useful to the public. That the Directors of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolashire the Junction Railway take measures to carry out the project, under name of the Huntingdon, St. Ives, and Wisbertch Union Railway. That the capital be two hundred thousand pounds, in eight thc ! u sand Shares of twenty-five pounds each. That Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. ke the banke rs in LontLon; Messrs. Rust and Veasey, at Huntingdon ; and the National vincial Bank of England, at March, Wisbeach, and Sutton. The Directors of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire m ature Junction Railway, having been urgently requested, kay o u p on deliberation, determined to add to tke value and to the public I tit./ of their much approved line the railway now announced. This short but important line of railway will proceed from the Isl e of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway', at .11_arteot through or near Wimblington, Doddington, Benwick, anti King's Ripton, Hartford, Chatteris, Ramsey, Warboys, a to Huntingdon. • rich and cs t te e- The placing of Wisbeach, the natural port of this sive agricultural district, in immediate connexion with Huntitatlof the focus of six railways, must be a great accomm odation, paramount importance to that port ; added to which , it Las loll' been desired by the mercantile community of both towns. ulous It also gives Wisbeach and its vicinity, and the other places which it will traverse, the choice of two routes to tit:, in polls on the completion of that portion of the London anti Yorkr„ way which joins Huntingdon, giving the railway coninnuticatio St. Ives to Wisbeach, an object which the inhabitants a tke " pave publicly testified their desire to accomplish. f inal e Power will be applied for in the Act of Parliament to slag G . this Company with the Isle of Ely, Wisbeacb, and Lin colnshire."'" tion Railway under one H management. w ake Holders of shares in the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincon Junction Railway may have shares in the present Compann ',eta proportion of ono share for every two, by transmitting stating the fact to the Secretary, or either of the Solicitors, "J'io before the 15th of October instant. Application for shares MN' „ e a be made in the accompanying form. No application can be re,e,out, after the 18th of October, and the shares will be a llotted wit' delay FORM OF • APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Huntingdon, St. Ives , 04 Wisbeach Union Railway. 051 , Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 11 each in the above company, and I undertake to pay the it 12s. 6d. per share thereon, or any less number you may appropilloi, to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and rar ll3lll tary Contract when required. Dated this - ....... ••.. '73 -tUresOtt th ss?o.,Tor making PATENT Botr • - P 1 one of rtiv,PE , ltie r. 4 \ r:AN AME k'INf'IIISSOLV 4wt Experin MinUsion, C Tilol — C i T \ of Loon 46:" Admission-1 • ,, 1 ats t o b e genes r►iil Library, Le g i v , 01 A L . 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Pal i .4r Tiftq l !,.. , B t t [ '''''' dr .'. 10 I: ( oethi g Ail .4 v ,1 :&13; 11 * -- A ( ki *,?" 4, 1 11 ' r letter onl S ql ":tiy ted a ' a upc t.tttopoi Ca pital, 1 , 4 )I : 44:J :t 4jett GI till Yar:Hn j k ,t4 t( y l) Ywl b 3' • the 4 144 4 7 . 411.4, Wili n r ( 42 l l L tl k COW a ' • aud for 4. ; tt Bail ' 4141•14 Julius Lowenthal, Esq., Huddersfield, 'Director of the Hudders- I field, Manchester, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway 'Vim. Thomas Jackson, Esq., Tadcaiter, Director of the East and West Yorkshire, and Liverpool and. Leeds Direct Railways Job° Ostler, Esq., Hull w. ; Voane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square John * Jervis Garrard, Esq., Queen -square, Bristol Samuel' Garlick, Esq., Park-square, Leeds Cuthbert Johnson, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's-park James Goren, Esq., The Priory, Battersea Rev. Fransis Thornburgh, Kingswood, Wilts James Yearsley, Esq., Saville.row, Piccadilly Alfred Parker, Esq., Park-road, Regent's-park James Shaw, Erg., Salford, Manchester, Director of the Manches ter, Liverpool, and Great North of England ; of the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire; and of the Bolton and Bury Railwayr Captain James Wood, R.M., Woolwich, Director of the . , Dublin Approximation Atmospheric Railway Benjamin Canon, Esq., Hull John Holmes, Esq., Hull Richard Hands, Esq., Coventry, Director of the Birmingham Wast Branch, Wednesbury, and Walsall Railway Tliomas Ferrand Dearden, Esq., Coroner, Rochdale, Lancashire Ch.:Arles Ralph Broadley, Esq., Rochdale Jamas Clarkson, Esq., Cheetham Hill, Manchester Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Rugby and Manchester, •ia Macclesfield Railway J. J. Godfrey, Esq , Liverpool J. H. M`Mahon, Esq., Limerick, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox ford, and Brighton Junction, and the Galway and Ennis Grand Junction Railways Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clairvaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and the Hull and Holyhead Rail ways Robert Bourne, Esq., Parliament-street, Whitehall Alfred Parker, Esq., Park-road, Regent's-park William Cremer, Esq., Mincing.lane, Director of the Grand Trunk ; and Northern and Southern Connecting Railways William Bousfield, Esq., Colebrook-terrace John Yearsley, Esq., merchant, Fenchureh-street James Robertson, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Warwick and Rugby, and Leominster Railways John Batley Wrigley, Esq., Croft-house, near Huddersfield, Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railways Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq., Ivy-cottage, Syncornbe-hill, Bath George Barons Northcote, Esq., Somerset-court, Somersetshire, Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway Thomas Dixon Burrow, Esq., Settle, Yorkshire George Watts, Esq., Mount Radford, Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Exmouth, the Great Western Extension, and the Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railways William Henry Samwell George, Esq., Exmouth Edward Greaves, Esq., Leeds John Bowes, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Railway Thomas Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Holyhead Railway William Priest, Esq., Hull, Director of the York and Hull, and the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways Thomas Holmes, Esq., Hull Benjamin Willsher, Esq., Waterloo-place, Pall-mall Richard Power, Esq., Euston.square, and Long Orchard, Tipperary William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place Arthur Names, Esq., Methuen Villa, Leamington, Director of the South Midland and Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Matthew Pierpoint, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Rugby Derby, and Manchester Railway Joseph Brook, jun., Esq., Huddersfield Julian Skrine, Esq., Linsfield-house, Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln, and the Northern and Southern Con necting Railways Rev. G. M. D'Arcy Irvine, LL.D., Redcliffe-parade, Bristol John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby; and Southampton, the Shropshire Mineral, the London and Holyhead Direct, the Liverpool and Derby Direct, the London and Liverpool Direct, and the Derby and Gainaborough Railways, &c. Edward Gaubert, Esq., Park-villa, Richmond, Director of the Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway. William James Ive, Esq., Northampton-square, Director •f the Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., Upper Hyde-park-street, Director cf the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, the Chester and Manchester Direct, and the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways Abraham Alexander, Esq., Lullington-house, Leamington, Direc tor of the Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton, the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, and the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railways Joel Edens, Esq,, Northampton, Director of the Sheffield, Notting ham, and London Direct, the Liverpool and Derby Direct, the Direct Northern, Eastern ; and Western Junction, and the Mid land and Eastern Counties Railways, Sze. F. Valentine Lee, Esq. P. Taylor, Esq , Knaresborough Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, and the Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railways G. I. Brandon, Esq., Finsbury.square, Director of the Direct Manchester, Leeds, and York; and the Grand Trunk Railways William Driffield, Esq., Bond-house, Knaresborough, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct; the East and West Yorkshire, and the Leeds and Thirsk Railways Wm. A. Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood, Wotton.under.Edge Rev. Stephen Isaacson, M.A., Berners-street, Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton; the Cambridge and Lin coln Extension ; the Hull and Holyhead ; and the Leeds, Fleet wood, and Liverpool Railways Thomas Du!ton, Esq., Blackburn, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railways John Joseph Allnatt, Esq., Wallingford, Berks Edmund Alderson Fawcett, Esq., Huggin-lane and Nottingham, &e., Director of the Direct Liverpool and Derby, the Direct West End and Croydon, and the Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railways Capt. T. C. Newton, Luguardine, Herefordshire, Director of the Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool, the Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil, the Hull and Holyhead Direct, and the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railways Wm. Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Hume- wood, Wicklow, Deputy Lieutenant, J.P., and High Sheriff of the County of Wicklow Edward Irwin, Esq., Rathbide-house, Kildare Christopher Carter, Esq., Belmont-house, Knaresborough Walter Watson, Esq., Leamington James Peard Lye, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitebaven, Director of the Mull and Holyhead Railway Arthur Ley, Esq., Bideford, Devonshire, Director of the Hull and Holyhead Railway John Albutt, Esq., Leeds William Muschamp, Esq., Sunderland Joseph Henry Oates, Jun., Esq., Meanwood, near Leeds George Mitchell, Esq., Sandbed-house, Ossett, near Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield, Ossett and Dewsbury Railway, also of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, and Leeds Railway William Mien, Esq.. Chappletown, near Leeds William Standidge, Jun., Esq., Barkston Ash, near Ferrybridge Samuel Warburton, Esq„ Hunslet, near Leeds, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway, and of the Wakefield and Harrowgate Railway, &c. &c. &c. George William Oates, Esq., Carr House, Meanwood, near Leeds George Newsome, Esq., Cross Banks, Batley, near Dewesbury James Kitchen, Esq., Burmanstofts, Leeds William Fieldhouse, Esq., St. Mark's-place, Leeds William Beaumont, Esq. ' Crawshaw House, Pudsey, Director of the West Yorkshire, Midland and Thirsk Junction, &c. &c. &c. John Pawson, Esq., Chappleton, near Leeds John Lawson, Esq., Town Knawl Cottage, Ossett, near Wakefield John Shears!, Esq., Bonfire-cottage, near Dewsbury Joseph Thompson Fenton, Esq., Chesterfield John Haley, Esq., Stanningley David Gummersall, Esq., Stanningley Mills William Dixon, Esq., Howley mills, Morley, near Leeds' Joe Dransfield, Esq., Rookery-mills, near Huddersfield Joseph Jubb, sen., Esq., Batley-mills, near Dewsbury, Director of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield and Leeds Railway, &c. Henry Lodge, Esq., Sheffield Josiah Burrows, Esq., Castle-house, Gommersall, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Robert Bell, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds George A. Hauston, Esq., Paisley Frank Mitchell, Esq., Ryecroft-cottage, near Ossett Alexander Majoribanks, Esq., of Majoribanks, NB. Major. General White, Bath, Director of the Direct Western Railway Andrew Clarke, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge. sad Cam berwell, Surrey John Wheelton, Esq., Meophara Bank, Tonbridge, Kent Stephen Hartley Knowles, Esq., merchant, Ten Lands, Gomersall, near Leeds Lionel William Knowles, Esq., merchant, West-house, Gomersall, near Leeds James Sutcliffe, Esq., Nowland-hall, near Halifax, Director of the Leeds and Thirsk Railway George Fearnley, Esq., M.D., Grove-house, Dewsbury Thomas Hadfield Gloyne, Esq., Prospect-house, Dewsbury Samuel Burnley, Esq., merchant and manufacturer, Havercroft house, Batley, near Dewsbury Thomas Dean, Esq., Healey. house, Dewsbury Thomas Henry Starr, Esq., M.D., Leamington James Braham, Esq., Torquay, Devon Christopher Carter, Esq., Belmont-house, Knaresborough Frederick Goddard, Esq., Bath Thomas Emsley, Esq., Dodley, near Leeds, Director of the North- East Riding Junction Railway Wm. Shaw, Eqq.Director of the Farmer's Life Assurance Company Wm. Watson,:Es' q., Leamington Thomas Rogers, Esq,, Bradford John Lloyd, Esq. Newington Edward Elarke, Esq., Temple, and Dover-street, Piccadilly Samuel Geo. Boamish, Esq. Kennington-square ( With power to add to their number.) BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street, Bank, and 69, Pall-mall. ACTINO Dmiteeea—Henry Renton, Esq., C.E. ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR.— Charles Lee, Esq., Golden-square. SOLICITOR—J. D. Wells, Esq., No. Is, George-street, Mansion. house. SECRETARY—R. H. Gadesden, Esq. OFFICES—NO. 70, King William-street, Mansion-house, London The object of the promoters of this Company is to form a direct line of railway, from Bristol and Bath to Dover; and thus, in effect, unite, connect, or reciprocate with, all the existing and projected lines of railway in the south and southwest and west of England, as well also as form a complete communication with Ireland and all the western and Welsh railways, and most of those in the northern and great manufacturing districts, by whicb passengers and goods to and from Folkestone and Dover, France and Belgium, may be conveyed without the necessity of passing through the me tropolis. The main line to be laid down by the Company will be considerably less than 100 miles, throughout which the strongest encouragement and support have been manifested towards this railway by the landed proprietors, many of whom have determined to invest capital in the undertaking; and the engineer's report precludes any apprehen sion of engineering difficulties. The great public utility and com mercial advantages of railway communication between the important places and ports which it is ROW contemplated to unite must be at once appreciated by reference to a map of the country, and they will be forcibly illustrated by the objects to be attained by this Company. This line is Intended to begin at Bristol by means of the Great Western Railway, and passing through Bath to Bath Hampton it will skirt the valley of the Avon, to Bradford, and thence to Trowbridge. It will then take as straight a direction as can be obtained to Devises, All Cannings, Feeney, Burbage, Shaltorne, West Woodhay, High Clere, and Overton, on to Basingstoke, where it will unite with the South Western Railway, and thus from the western counties the distance will be several miles shorter to the metropolis than by any other existing line. It will then, by means of the South Western Railway, proceed on to near Farnborough (a distance of fourteen miles) whence, leaving Farnham to the south, it will pass onward to Ashe, Guildford, Gomshall, and Dorking to Riegate, where it will unite with the South Eastern and Dover Railway—(the latter, eighteen miles from Guildford to Reigate will in all probability be constructed by another Company.) In its course it will thread its way through the lines of many of the railways already constructed or projected—the junction of which will not only be estimated as a great public convenience, but prove highly advantageous to the several Companies interested, pro ducing an immense traffic, that must stream from Ireland—from our great manufacturing districts in the north—the cloth and corn markets of the west of England—the mineral and coal fields of Wales, and the h o p di s t r i c t s i n K en t —a ll o f which point to the formation forniadi, of this railway as a grea t de s ideratum, as well also as to direct communication m T u b ni e ca d t i i s oz i w ce ith to F b ra e n s c a e , , ed ße b lg y iu t m hi , s an ra d il t w h a e y con tinentwill e eced e generally . thirty miles from B ath Dover ; while to many of the towns all the towns north-west) to miles or more will be saved by thi n : railway of Bristol sixty T and n net union with some of the other lines ; and the often disagreeable necessity (at of passing through London, Co to g o l r y from Dover, present existing) day of October, 1845. 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It contains plain and le to ire tions of the anatomy and physiology of the organs liar ton by such diseases, and every information to guide t b , es„ ls * inexperienced from the temptations to which they o r ' lt d those requiring a Mentor,' we most strongly recoMOiertsast and it is well worth the perusal of those who are so I° e' . 1.1 to need its adyice."—London Mercantile Journal. A l Vole Messrs. J. S. Tissot and Co. can be consulted dsilY ings Six till Nine, Sundays till Three. Country Pa tien to be candid and minute in their details. FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT AP' Frailty, with Coloured Engraving s. „ o lor f it A Just published, price 2s. 6d., free by post (in a sealed e" ..1 ( 0 , THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Med iCV ' ' O t tede an oe the Infirmities of the System in both se- e- d 1 49. . 0 of the reproductive powers, with means of restorn.,,-„rsous effects of indulge- ce, &c., are fhlly pointed out- b JO' ; 4 1). $ 11 0 grav !figs; followed by observations on Marriage. re* By It. and L. PERRY and Co.,onsulting Saes - il i eir Published by the Authors, and may be had at 19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET. ato Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay d ol l ford-street ; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; s .„ , s street, Soho ; and all Booksellers. id; Ore reel I , • e "We regard the work before us, the Silent to t to u embracing most clear and practical views of a • , . cr or ity ° 11' 0 „.0 1 ' hitherto little understood, and passed over by a n '' . l o ,o l ' f oo'lol l' sliest profession, for what reason we are at a loss t su ot t cor o p: however confess that a perusal of this work has I° ;,, e nd, D 2 1 00 0 ,,,A . impression on our minds, that we not only reeon"".reries so d, oiy wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or 5 u r,,....kg° 4 stif f 35 cretion, to profit hy the advice contained in its pag a6u si( o o roe; The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACIJ3/ is y 1 k ne55".,4514 3 0 ; to the cure of nervous debility, irrecularitYs tjes 0 01 petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and deb of Coo excess, &c. In bottles, price I ls., or the Va l r ve nni to ei bottle for 335., by which 1 ls. are saved. The u v " Affitc .Or! be had as usual. SSE -° The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE -L, se e sc , for searching oat and purifying the blood ul n a "' o f V' on the head, face, and body, ulcerations, „,odes, affections arising from improper treatment or theciertio, ts• or r onoving secondary symptoms, and all eruption s IP 030 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. Or ° I°. uro FERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, P . . str ict o il and I Is. per box, are the most effectual rem edy f°' toell 01 mation, &c., without hindrance to business. n CO" - ,t 01 Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. Minute dot li- ut tAtio n i 'l tIU 9 _ Messrs. Perry are in daily attendance, for n u . „ 1 , 1 :,. fry i t Pi ° silence, 19, Berners-street, Onrord.street, I. vts 5 till g. On Sundays from 10 till 12. One liars' cessary to effect a permanent cure. --- ---4 , , -- s so l ''"jeti THE SECRET COMPANION.—FULL LENGTI'6t hi s• s- 4 Just published, 16th edition, 2s. 6d., free by I ' ° - . 1 v ' I s T P rir H E envelope, 3s. 6d., f , . 0 - r A ~,,a SECRET C v ,---,-- ~, c e . „-ot• JIL a ' Medical Work on th b f 1 ffects or 100.:r1018' fection, ith means of restoraetioann,ewltlei obse rvati L o o ls ooo. o oef; m l,r 1 By It. J. BRODIE and CO., Surgeon,' raier n „,o, • 'A y ee ,! Published by the Authors, and sold by :iher•va""A. Parr—pr7oB,.; llannay and Co., 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford•stre' I.th, 4, ow, f er'l ton- street, ;Soho ; Noble, 114, Chancery-lAnc ; isri_street, , Pair.l street, Covent-garden ; Gordon, 146, Leadenli ei.,stree4Wofto,! Wood, High-street, Birmingham • Newton, Cli,owe r ;,(l t f , , pool; Westmacott, Manchester; Heron and C o ' , 'F e rri , P - c oOt'' ,I street, Dublin ; Ker, 16, Leith-walk Edinburgh ! so o d c Of 1 Union-street, Bristol ; and by all 13oo'ksellers in t u ,De 0 1 70 , ill ' le , ' 0 OPINIONS OF THE PROS' lac ed . d ie, ,fle , " This is a work of great merit, and should be P i solo to is. of every young man who is suffering from Pas t I°l Y c rud ° contains many valuable truths, and its Per---4JOOr i 's li e i s 1 is testa, Co'o" him in many ways."—The London Mercantile .., s a t e , t 6, . 4 ,1,, THE CORDIAL HALM OF ZEYLANICA ; oo ef I ' a sly Restorative, possesses wonderful efficacy in a ll ~' doos,lo, P ollf ache, weakness, heaviness, and lowness of spir4• o l' d in Da. e fs, nervous debility, irregularity, and weakness. , .. four i° i . c i ss ° ' 4s. 6d. and I ]s. each, r the quantity a , 'me 5 , . ski b bo e t h tl ad e for as 3 u 3 s s u . a , b l. y which one lls. bottle is s aved. . IS• . te 1' ito 1 ,0 i ~„c 0 4 BRODIE'S PURIFYING VEGETABLE most cfic e ,',,o4 $ ir,,; 4s. 6d., and 11s. per box. These Pills are the Ilw v „yroP"osi. o pi , li fer:V l; ' ol' till d e ex v et e t a e ry i r i n d o a f i l s by all medicine vendors., r 1/ ' ,0 0 lotte , 11 d e c a ais s se e eass i ei n ss both sexes, including sccondar, to hi e, ~ t o O le f c t e l s s ] the a Srlycci.llo,nuta without tiou fo , O. „yr cr dance e Ol c l Messrs. BRODIE and CO. are in daily attetiii 11.60 3 . i to o f at their residence, 27, Montagu-street, 11 . - 011 8 1 ' -oft ing, and on Sundays from 11 till 2. Only ono 0 British Museum), London, from 11 in the Morni7.sool • quired to effect a permanent cure. --------------- , ft. ' BIRTHS. "SAPP''' P On the Bth inst , at Dorking , the lady of ]somas • a daughter. a of th e nev . ..$' =On the 11th inst., at Tuniharn-green, tile wa - Jenkins, of a son. On the 11th inst., at Long Benningt:,ll, pet tl".. Window, of a daughter. On the 11th inst., at Addington-place, Catni ,— 1 ., 00 , cr H. Allport, of a son. Bea:n.7° rcellnleittoll::::: :I:01', On the 12th inst., M. W.. Ancell, of Savage 6" - (n. , of . " of a daughter.lie 1" Regent's -parr' t = . Oll the 13th inst. in Tork-terrace , Fraser, Esq., of a (laughter. " e l f) MARRIED. 1, )V0r 5 14 11 ' On the 14th inst., at the General Baptist ChaP,eviiitoi _ t • ) fr by the Rev. Joseph Hutton, LL.D., the Jte''noreltant. ' Agnes Catherine, daughter of the late Sainue. moat-street, Burton-crescent . •t , d DIED. On the Bth inst., Mr. Jots" Divers, of CannotaTtstLeit:trifaCi On the Bth inst., Henrietta Bellenden, Yeenge'x Harvey, Esq., of Portland-terrace, Regent's-Or • ~,i 80. /Ili On the 6th inst., at Chertsey, Mrs. Jane Love,_7____.7_; ;o , , I • ------------------ 6-TOON°, roleye London : Printed and Published by MURP ~, ,„ the 06 .. Strand, Printer, at TheßunOrlice,No. 112, Straqii`;oo, the Savoy, in tie County of Dilddleses, '-' r 16, 1846. 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