The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-25 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA Y EVENING. SEPTEMBER (Registered Provisionally.) 1 _. (hem.,, _CaPital, 1 500 0001, in GO,OOO Shares of 251. ea, 1.) -" zli 10s. isr Share , -as required by the Standing Orders of The fall Parliament.) eeta,,, owing Noblemen and Gentlemen, principal proprietors tho of lined oil and near to the proposed line of railway, haveau sop. poiifin'_a! thennouncement of their names as approving of and tie ~i_..,rneasure : T he illi,r),. Noble the 3farquis Camden Th e , 1 , 1 1 . lion. the Earl of Jersey llir Tat' 1 1 01 . 1. the Earl of Romney ch ito ,_ !Ind Filtner, Bait, M.P. for West Kent td44,,,i'syYkehani Martin, Esq., M.P., Leeds Castle .. am efil°,(ld.art bouglas, Esq.. M.P , Chilston Park,Lenh ark w r i c T,e ll , Esq., Calehill. Charing C harle s Ir., "asle/ Turner Baldwin, Esq., Stede-hill, Harrietsham Doha Aiii,m4aer, Esq., Preston Hall, Aylesford zehasritc 4c:14:1:z:117:g: Clare House, East Mailing Cept,i--;tel Wyatt Cobb, rector of Ightham Great Comp, Wrotham 4 tind l 'h u : i._aB,Lati3sq., Eyehorn . House, llollingbonme ~ 4 l' dor, Esq., Maidstone. ,?'Ve boil P PROVIgIONAL COMMITTEE. :::::::1" M.P. me „ - Ntrey E. " t i l ei i cts .. Bit o , ell ffra. lent hasent ,Alderman E sq. Grosvenor-place. London 74T Havle-place, V. kOn e , p , ,Ca '' p t. tai Lo n nd ß on_ ., . 'kr. r e ',lle/ Turner Baldwin, Esq., Stede-hill, Ilarrietshant, It ss rent kitili l t e l W.ratt Cobb, Rectar of Ightham, J.P. for Kent li k ael lfid e k f( , Maor of Maidstone „'„ty,t„n„„et"' renneandi"g Cavalry Depot, Maidstone . e,,,a A tltinso„l 4 d, ~ Ivy Mills, Maidstone ellus ,-, '' a Ter, Esq., Brighton C allan "", sq. In atestone Essex, director of the Eastern Tho llies a ,a .ltallw ay, " g ' ter . Chitty, I ' . S,clizrrki.terd,,Ebirti.nstia,,:;alitapqpzyGower-street, director of the Leices- Katherine's, P 4 at the g o °lm an, Esq., Irongatc-vrt:arf, ?I. otteri 4 . nth Midland and South Union S , L Manchester, and Th el e erik.,7ll.aMwy3' 1, it e in g a , tiisrinta4t, Thssli, 2 iCanterbury Villa, Maida-hill -4 11 f r i ' s' , liei d 1, sq., Belvidere-road, 1,414 -roden t. .. Lamboth, and Pet fob_ r iiiilB }: "q., ,q2.ldBtOrld ~.'l 1 161 . 6,' 1, 'Maidstone ci ler , tl i t Pir,,l' i r d ott i ji, Esq., Turkey Mills, Maidstone, director of the ti ahn Z ii „ a likiiis::: fe - kssurance CompaLv a nd sasi., alga ' Esq., Regent-street, banker Joh, , una ondon Bridge-wharf director of the Worcester (11 kewer tJunction Railway . Kent, and C aPt r a k i 44 61 'cl " Ifaidstone, treasurer of the county of K P o P op , te Rent Fire and Life Assurance Company littit s ! i ? e kweli ' R .N., Croom's-hlll Greenwich l'illgk,„sl',tis' 4 0, ~9 3 , Watling-street, London. ,Putcla,lell,,','N., lfaidstone, and the Warren, Ightham _ _ ` a te - C".,, a ain - ;',!aa, Esq , 6 Charlotte-street, Bedford-squarc, D 7 b ,141.; Altsk,e7 the N . Veiford and Valentia Railway 't hartf' s atki' .4(1., East Malang, director of the Kent Fire and °lll l T„.rlior4Z Co ~..-• /-:. b' e a; t e i ~M., Eyhorn• House, bourne nliatliT:,,,al T h;;t l '. }tac echurch-street, banker te, E,_" . , _}'sq. ,Hackney. 1 _ lath , (1,,Z! p ow e r s Che ide, and B ackh 'o3ra`_l to add to their number. Req. k I,',G EN GINEER—John Braithwaite, I, l ' , te c,,, ' ENGINEER—John W. Bazalgett.e, Esq. -, ss 4 . 0 4 RANKERS. 11, 6 irk (11 41, r , Attu 1 ----,, and Co., Graccchurch-street, London ri • kereez! iloPkinson and Co., Regent-street kit and all, and Mercer, Maidstone. Itb„,_'. Vild - - 8 • p etree es a pd son, mis:tgleTOßS. 14 SEC ' hdl iPs and Winckworth, St. Swithin's-lane , London. ' vare, arrAttv—Graham Simson, Esq. Tilt ary oit Messrs. Beadel and Foulkes, Graham-street. e , ' ' C ces ' Isr a IC 1 t buildiin Me ga °Milan •, o eman-stree - . , /c 441 3' fr o Y has be en f a ea _ a t ill In Eonao_ *ruled for the purpose t o lee!, 're til e ~ u to hfaidstone, and from constructingh f ence to Ashford, . s moorgate-stre t. I‘44b rid: r e y ' a nd Zl')l4th evenoaks, to Eastern Railway to Folkeston ,s e Dover, and - ti llsii,,_• r anch railway from Ightham, near . 0 1 ' 1,: i ' t ! 07 t 1 ,4 T anbrid ge Nilli: c i l eatill, va !le.9 by Rest Peckham and Hadlow to Tunbridg to e, will from Ightham, and take the t it ge weriaWith the So uth -Eastern Railway, from Tunbridge iiii 4 Whol e le n . ..tte, ( 4 , 4 h ad win ha, gth , of the lines to be constructed will be sixty-four a ilrie p r , atiil down so as to be adapted to the locomotive or N_lie fouPlelPie, wide!' m o d e of propulsion it may ultl eal , rro,i,i,' Tost a dvisable to adopt. kkt D:ksiionla' Coolinittee have no reason to anticipate anonyeer:Ty srits II:err:1y 105pItzeasure so obviously beneficial, and g tr iilr: eanig per ce+hnt p form an opinion liit l ; h Q 034, 1 1 ' a nd ra os i l e i d, by those best qualified Nt. r, st itt • Do w , o whi interested in carrying itlnto effect. the Act of Parliament to allow 'this :4!ltra),;',2-..e date of the passing of the Act until the opening an4mn in the deposit, as well as upon . all l i Sil a le L ripir o n n ' . 00 shareholder will be liable beyond the amount NW e i st th e 7s for shares to he made in the usual form, to the Seers iploti4at, 4o n Palr , °Mee, No. 1, Coleman-street-buildings, Moor treet ra rs -- ,,, ° R l ,to the Solicitors ; or to the following Stock and eat "'I 11 r • 'John Tga.7g 4 Co., Throgmorton- N4 ' it Ide•l47a. tsCoanM, eTreeOU;a7 it essrs. s and , i.. Edward Ellt Co 53 Threadneedle-street, :t an zer i3l, a,nEeeds. cl . Taunton, Liverpool ; and Tilt Alo0" --- ---------- MOIJTH SHIRE RAILWAY (t., 0 C 4411,00, 000 COMPANY. f., in 40,000 Shares of 251. each. er kile a... n _,,D,ePosit 2/. 10s. per Share. tom aetio 4 °114 'tiler t zt ` e ' i n ' s 7 v e e t Ithnter Honourable the Earl onkbergavenny, 4:e.4,114N" es Illewitt, 9 al Proprietors of the. District.) 4 kii,Yd.) . 4l,; s'l., cto l it v ,"• 1 1; 0 N 0 ,A ( 1' CoMMITTEE. _ _Rouse, Herta ish o iiii. 4od "' ~ 24. P., Llantarnam Abbey, Monmouth- IP III• 1/ ith ' 4 1. T. l an , ~ lo la , ~_ New Broad -street, London ' , A frrewer, , London o,,,stCrellio 13,reste,,N. ezpslo.r,t,ctraionbinrwoukthsvhiaree, iron worts, ,:' Q tl4O ' ll. O mon -I,he ath •Leekin, Esq. Manager of West 1 1 ,,,, hi5i,,,41,..es District Bank 'Ne the of England and wport, AfOnmouthshire 4 :4 1 1 . 44 co 7, Chapel-street, 'Grosvenor-place St b ,Vhain al ' a ,. o 3 - , , Esq., PontrhydYrYn Tin Works, Mcfamoutischi. ,:ah e w ", Esq., Leadenhall- at --......e kl Do " I s , Esq. Secretary to the Newport Dock Company, lir'', l Lt, M°lnnouthhlre ..5,t.,. to.wriiitnzgin, atusg,elliyor of Newport , Monmouthshire itisM Gratrex, Esq B anker'hestanl-street, Belgrave-square llttiss,:ii!lopilen, E, '',,,, ,11Munuth 4 ,N, 49 lnfray. I, '' . 1) . , Marl() ..1 14 --., , -,Sq., T red w, Bu c k . so li ti oul tes, Esq lc , .egar Iron Works, Monmouthshire .I S 4 k l :ar, Esq , ii er , U 4g VIM, Nevrport, Monmouthshire ' ll ll4 4 %)4 t : is ki na, Esq,, is - on a ti n l " N eYeort, Monmouthshi . re Tin Works, Monmouthshire 11 ,: k14 4. Cl4hv'jauny Janes' _Cae;leeron, Monmouthshire tl s „,. '"v l . -tag., Po utnevrydd Tin Works, Moisinenth re44,oos7..., Tokonhouse-ystrd, London , k ll ° ,l L t ZttlC-' E... ., Ty_dee Tin Works, Monmouthshire / 011 L,ae, t:'l.,Lsewport, Monmouthshire 1. 0 A k "rei l -9, Charles-st N tn. s ste te, t,,,,. , ~.,._ reet, St. James's, London tt,lll,,elit4eao, jut., Monmouthshire til l ere, ae ., 9 .sq., hanker, London "std i, a Morgan, Abercarrne Tin Works, Monmouth -4:1 i'L44tibrcl Nurse E 111 hy7,,Po l q Philli ps ~., Scl, Cavendish-square, Loudon ti rk4 s il Seete E 5,.., the x.s_q., Pontypool zs46l, *4 _ , s s , „, , its':,,._Gaer, near Newport, Afonmouthsidre i1411,•, ,, Ler 5, t., rinorchester-terrace, Hyde Park, Landon I;to i k lieli;', Eq . , merchant, Bristol " ksr s *111; e a4vro ' erchant, Bristol tiNlviii.nis, E5.?(1.,,&59., Woking, Surrey , I,o4this. E... 1., ...rao/parTi Abergavenny Wil liZSWi.rk: , q m( l ; nnio e t or of the Pentwyn and'. Golynes and ire , chc._ kle,3!aufort Iron Works, Monrnouthi,hire. k ,11 4, 1 , t '''°ati,....,,44,llTTEE Or MANAGE3ERNT. ' 4 114 41 11 es u ePuty e s , u n ,_n• W. E. PI TZMAURICE, 31.. P. 14 , 41 t1 4 . , t 9,1 "'"trztall----TIIE CHISHOLM. . t • , to, • 4 4 44 h e 4 Il lewite Thomas Gratre2t Esq. 4, ' 4 8 4, 0 " Bscb, henry Garrett iT,r, Esq. s,,ri k i,„ t iq. John Lawrie, Esq. ksi ll eDo. l 4 '' 9 , ', William 3l•untford Nurse, Esq. t ' l 'rro ki l , Esq ' Edward Harris Pki ll lps, Esq. l i , i lte g ss,. Sir David Scott, Hart. 174 rs. pins.yrohnston, Farquhar and Leech, London ),11101.1 essr„ o.zuero, Toogood, and iox, Newport 0 and Secretan, Abergavenny. 4 * Dottili o , ' he'lro kt lt ank Of L gANKERS. h, til4, 410/Iths, ondon ; Messrs. Mast kt.'sc 4 --li nire an GI erman and CO. % I Ds sits . Baile y a niorganshire 014„' i lt 5,,, 11 3' Is f,,„ and Co. ~, -,3, 4,,i t t, -.oi led fo s it 0.. op til us i , been r the purpose of carrying Into effect an t ,s k ,L thst Duree concluded with the Monmentfahire Canal the 14-:?o.l,o47tten,lie itbd transfer of the whole of this important p,ish7l in t 'hshi re ant valuable property 15;4414:4 th s,,Lt of t , s e Year ioy a . n , ai Company igsnefi;iritAinetcso tt,qthe't C,, ii i • "a. Two sub vr se N t t!ts ( l l ek e nng 4'V* operations, and their 2 pive ra see ta ne d xt tb t e r 3l'l. a d m :''l' - 4 t, r 'kt i i . , 017 41 ' Ihty in i .r's of the great iron and coal works of kir' a his fast s is twelnetys tt 04 ll ' farty.ft . 1 1 1 , w i n e rt m gt i l l %whilst the es tent of their Il gy r ate beefs Drotit .0,..,. abievaee3".ea_rs the conceni has continued to be res iL trs t I 1/, Rimers h___.eription, the average annual dividend , 14 , re o o kio t Z. pe r ce ' e n y ng been during the whole of that period tot tit's t he ~,,, Ilvid",, ;! and during the last twenty-five years 'il l ', ( litiert4 g s glaal hi t il s ae exceeded 101. per cent., being 101. • 14. h ol eN ia .. e s al ilasuar:g. l) ; til l:4, 11 :r thelliith, purchas f e cr o snee increasa_edg_r_e7dittt the :id tY tl , h t Ziat,i':tt se!! Property is at the Y ra n t o e w of 2uo/... per share. ket,': i tl i` e r i t l ah l ofhe Present to the Monnaouthshire Railway Com- Nksi De , 4, 41 Yor e 4.;73ent profitable trade of the CanM Company , O'er to 4 1) pi Act on 'Yeat increase therein, as the , fronsequence 4 qi 1144 1 7Y( hcl• th e °f the l ks I "1 it, Dr "'llt odern principle of railway loco ,steo that IN, _f,speoti,„ _ _ trans_ -roads of the Canal Cotapany. 1,thtLk14,,t4,41,1491%',1ti11? nenl4"ervantages.' this undertaking is distin- Preiects now before the public, t '' . 4 st'-* of ,-ait retnri ou ' s IL,, Ap si C o da s he c an _ i will arise to the sharsholders from s r 4 thkto;nD4o,_ sot tees 8! Company now in full operation. t k t to 'Ais q l blip; I n solid 1 ' 44 have been annually expended by '414 I,n, el. ' , ~ vent rat .triprovements of their property. The k4k(11,44,, sd7 o listr oo ',7 o 4 n l; the formation of a line of railway hol, k9 ati th e 14 err out rtOhir Newport to Pontypool, a distance Vetf4 0 N ,_41, 4 _ e Do ses s i o , s, _ _8 object an Act of the Legislature , t ',., k j tn, file's ui-a,..t.n.a which railway forms a part of the ks t , I ,lk t ,JlZ', la ;,,,ewDort and ' th is 3' this Company. tie t "teis'lo , tle,' Illon tit oi rTitYPool Railway Act a reduction ts 2i..ti4.4ll,e4l.4tiuntvrtin,ll Oct u iesse,(ttnaagcluh:ltytrutCle ciT:hibeloto property,the 1 1i: 4 11 4 Datt r : or the oth.erh often e natural tra ffi c of the ,z,inpany N u ik,, k 4 t 4 pri thia po ' w rat s , of toelansinnanels , solely in consequence of the 411 „; 4 0r tt k ile r t s ,,,, °ll t e llerp hi „ch tiler' did rhe recent Act confers on f Llktie4 5,"414ii,,Ve10tt.4-I°tea, and it 13 n oi o lty Pr r e e v 2sO u nle )° lo calcn o - CSl:hii, be rovenleati, oft this power and the vigorous prose c.t.th, i .:e t he "p erm he existing tram -roads the traffic so N , r„,, , 1 4 ,„ ‘4l„ e i Its Welt as much new traffic created. 4tt 4 et,. th eili er, w, he canal property will be Materially en ,ll at the same time reap stll the advantages ke'l sets 4 the r ki t s s. eeeat Parliamentar -1 Dr aper • f 81'4 40 DU '''• t o stet I t .he ili e• 1, lased e that the branch hues intended to have 4 1 4 4 e, t li, 4t Of i W by the c to ih 41, 4 1,.req e also h e r anal Company to the iron, coal, NA try 't h ' to ODoll th e ' °r hied, thereby securing a consider- Vlli, As t ,:lle,„ _ ii ‘ e obsta!,nain lines. 0 1: 40,f i l t it it•ec)lol3, 4: l , , e ollre es a c ;,.eil l in the way of cheap and quick ?onnlouthshire have as yet been '' q l k i rt j° ten, ll oW °Pe d; but tt ip, ti e et , z ,., an a a f rlne etly e ; t. ; the face of these obstacles, the 1) : 88 oet 7 00,0 4or t t o od ns. from Newport is not less t4 , t t, 411 , e l Atrt 44,44cielittezhil.1 tire..4 B e 7s an extensive trade in the exporta -B,444Prs,pte:;4thd Cue;b lL e i r l l le i mportation of iron ores from i„ . 441 0 1 %4 . ht trepulties of ,and, and of the agricultural pro gland, together with a consider q;4 ~,, th tt 4h e ._ e in for '-' ll itik4t;44th. 0i,,,,,e4nt 0_ eign and English timber, bark, and 81 4 t : 1 1 4 4 si ed i thB ean r e? ° • 6 °& in th e iv 0, 1 t v stel e s th e b e -, Intere st — ewPort Dock form part of These extensive docks have %IA 4 1ei ~.'ssi '''t th 8 ' Possible • t o t i .,11, 4 (: N .4 4 f I,(Ll4rgest cl2lanner, with a lock capable of v!,i 'et I , t (4se4led in ° tens re ri th s e e r r t e l d n roof of t h hi ay s e i w t i m th ay eas b : IsIN11:.;:k4:1;4.firIkt:g0": t:DluiDa:4o3:lll-I,'vrteehrsearli:ldetoeniktll2.- o afforded any accommoda -1,10 b t 14 rk, de.4,:ertij[e Boutr7,eStutntly no revenue hu been ~.. 0., profit, but reference need wi.,,tits4;,,, 41,,,,,eind bountont hfolnilation engaged In the iron, s lil li tat, B , l .ekt le rri : the result re to prove that a very great klll 414 , 44 .. ee ete„ ne s , ,_.,. of the i ntroduction into these ittN 4 '4 88 o i s , d4 tri4 °f rail:'' ult ies• o ki ti,' l l, Zei ri iiii, eo SOf w ai aY co nmunication co t pl ted i ,N l 4 l tip , , err em nip eez es and England will,nincincota tilonnn. tt," , ,r 4 l,,'. l ,ati oh *llll B N. Inter ec T"t n advent age ' ottet 1 41 4 4t lJe Ll be'' et t , 'acilities r B B wi th all othe;p o o l gi n o of the 04 th il, tt r kirt iti ven It miner,hitherto unknown will be ns reated ,4 ttl,,b , „, 8 0f m t ° . th e t ` l ' i wealth of the locality th c e freest thr;; tr eQ .e, temere kingdorenitural produce and manufac , ~011 9, ', Of , al di, t ,.,_, , for both of which a constant de tt'i.ltre,"B4;l4l li,• Blt he Bre s. Preference It'lt 'ION f ' ef °l'd 4441 t --eren Ce will be given to Proprietors • t ht tii N t .ci k l 'r th e haile,: e ° Share ° , i ~t , fit, t t, obs _ re, t _ y, and ._ ~( ers in the Newport, Aber "4l,` 511`410 4 „' tl ill itteottllle forn7al!ndowners ou the line. 11, 0 e ,' 1 '44 4 ' t he'r tem,7 e xed, te be addressed to a..oeiagood, . oabb an y_ , l r!try offices, No. 23, Moor el 1,,„,(1 rox, Is ; s - t e Secretan, Abergavenny; 4 3 .11111 )3, , WPOrt ;or to Mr. Thomas Ala)a -"`"hlontlishire Canal Of lee, t 14. r , ' P„,, and s ert ,' 4 :4„ .. - "N I , k'e,,i t ET4-N., Interim Secretaries. • t 1 4 'Qls e llel ~., 11 o k , 4y th,.l ° l luti tt APPL/c AT „ k 4 ' l 4` 1)4 Nn e" O f the A eo-- .1,.. , „ki„ 4 4t th at oi.D.,y. - °Mu oilthshire Railway I lls t i B to Polireetou w ill allot th. , e tien _Y the deposit IN, -- shares of 251, ' -,...s _4ep osit .. , o . : • •••41vey c on many ; and 1 ' flia — t r i ( Iced, he v a t 21 . 10s. per share thereon, itesineeler_t foil ... re gtured. - g:i bate s Pref,..; ••• • • • .... t .... te 4 11t,,_ , . oLon, or Trade . .. ••• . • • 4- 4. 4 C l 4 '44 t, e fee ilosin e -••• • • • ..... **** ••• ,t,,,,,, ,, b ) ,14, ir l't er , r •• • • ... sa (if a ny) ...• • • • • • • • • • • • • I Y p (44 / 1 - ` 4 s-, Ile: hoh t :hce.... ... •• • • ..... .: .. ••••• • ' • • • 14 UN' ‘ticsi4 tll : l4lt hslii °l l A hold .. .0 .......... .: :: .. . : (4443144y1:DAptlfisitrerefZIrrpor.rte, Atonrnotairishfire Canal shares in Company.t h e kaZites,,Rad. A . . teat_ Its , :k.l t „i , haler ef glI pt th,ewPort, .ett er shares in the Aps l , Prd Railway. "velloY, and Here : "etat .7 revision of the MANCHESTER and R•:.,'GBY DIRECT RAILWAY, vie MACCLESI lELD. Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andl Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park I E. John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-l ane , L om b ard-street, banker Sir John Pink, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di- ce rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com pany William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of lite City of 1 1 London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff far Hants James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Postman-square 5 George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhtll John 13agshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern 1036 Eastern e, Railway Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and Went of Eng- 8 land Junction William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richme it Railway William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-•'t, Capt. George Probyn, Bryansten-square e ee Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East a • land Railway Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Coma. London William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex The lion. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrava. re Sir Geo. Rick, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square . Sir Henry Richardson, Chessal House, Southampton . `e . Sir William Wynne, 6, Suffolk-street, Pall-m airman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of au. rte e lonthanipton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir John Hare, Langham-place The Mayor of Newbury, Director a the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office The Rev. J. Harvey Astworth, Net 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., }lighted, Stockport Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Ch es t er an d Man chester Direct Raiway Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford Captain Barney, R.N., Gosport William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Ausirian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittair, 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., Langharn-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 Oats, Sheffield, Di rec t or 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., 79, Mark-lane, Lond on 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. Ahn's-wood Robert Beman, Esq., Donningtori House, Stow-oa-the-Wold, Gloss. cestershire W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Dlreaor of the Wor cester and Oxford Railway F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devi* field Cornwell 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-etreet, B e l grave - square Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Wester* Railway Francis Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury -square John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the 3fanshester and Bir mingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square G. Colquhoun, Esq., Wahner Lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester Joseph Cragg, Esq. Queen-square, Bloomsbu r y Colonel George Dis browe, Chester-square, Londe* 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., Freeford John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Darnley, 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. Firmstone, Esq., of Hightlelds, Wolverhampton George Firmstone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stourbridge W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone -square William Gibb, Esq. Manchester John Gould, Esq., Esq., Manchester Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square =ix Chad House , Director Charles Illgzins , Esq., of the Eest'and West acd Birmingham and South Y Eel li gras e t ' on 2 , ed nt d , sh ß i Tr e ntingni, Stafford shire Railways Joseph Thepgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Railway W. H. Hornby, Esq.,Blackburn George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester William Hill, Esq., Manchester John Haddon. Esq., Director of the Nast and West el England Rail way Company Joseph Haden, Esq., iron master, Dudley David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manoliester and Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway T. Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park,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., Ashtleld House, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick tlewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Hyde, Esq., Manchester William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East axed Weet of England Railway William Jenkinson, Esq. Marlborough-square, Salford George Jones, Esq., Red iand, Bristol V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-read, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales Railway John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Keison, 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., Amblioote Hall, Stourbridge Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Leclunere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Bncklngham-gate, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Donghty-street, Director of the Rich mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Brookville, near Manchester Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Sentliampton 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 Triag, 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 Matteson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Giteat Indian Peninsular Railway W. Matins, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., 3felverton-hill, Leamington It. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford Johri Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway Thomas Maitland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester James Marshall, Esq., Brinnuigton Mount, Stockport Robert Millington, Esq., °nisei House, Retford,Nottinghamshire G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury Nicholas 31`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 Railway 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 Chelteuhana 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 John Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Pa r k, Di rec t or of the North London unction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, 3faida 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., Harewood Lodge, Cheshire William Sidebottom, sq., Etheron-house, Cheshire David Siltzer, 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. henhouse, Esq., Daventry T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. 11. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-now, Dtveetor of the Loudon and Brighton Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on Avon W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire Matthew Uzielle Esq., 62, King William-street, Director of the Lon don and South Western Railway Charles B. Tripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whitine, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Reilway Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of th e S heffield Fire and Life Isurance 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 Willock, Esq., Birmingham W. D. Wills , Esq., Bristol A. 11. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool Edmund - Di. Wave', Esq., Halifax S. Watkins, Ess, Forrest Hill, near Worksop Paul Ferdinand winery Esq., Alderman of the Boroug h of Man ch Ak of 2 iEI Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., 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 George Turner, Esq., Minton Hill, Director of the South Stafford, Oxford, and Southampton Railways William Halliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Di rector of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway Captain James Johnston, R.N., Director of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf fordshire Potteries Hallway Char, es Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Diretor of the Great Leeds and London Railway Williams Banks, Esq. Honey-lane Market, Director of the Great - 5 Leeds and London iailway E Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London a Charles Higgins, Esq., Bedford, Director of the Manchester, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway e. The Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, Ingham Grange, Leicestershire John Gardner, EN., Southampton, Provisional Director :of the Bir mingham and Oxford Junction Railway Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railways Edward Welch, Esq., Leamington Provisional Directors of William Hunter, EN., Leamington the Rugby, Warwick, Captain George James Hunter, Leamington and Worcester Rail- J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington way James Weld, Esq., Archers Lodge, Southampton Charles Greatrex, Esq., J.P., Walsall William Halcomb, Esq., Poulton House, Marlborough Cornelius Randall, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway R. A. Tbicknesse, Esq., Beech Hill, Wigan George Hunt, Esq., Southampton Pierce Bevan, Esq., Frickleton Hall, near Wigan John Lamprey, Esq., Marchwood, Southampton _ (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. The Union Bank, Manchester ENGINEER.IN-CIIIEF. ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. J. 11. and E. Birch, Westminster Brackstone Baker, Esq.. C.E. SOLICITORS. John Bethel, Esq., King William-street, London. Messrs. Joseph and William Heron, and Messrs. Higson and Robins, Manchester That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between e metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is now thlly 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 straight line from Rugby to 31acclesfleld, as an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,0001. judiciously applied in the presentperfected 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 snore importance, to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from London to Manchester. These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by ether 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 Railway 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, Burton-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 he made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 71, King William-street, City, London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, G. Mile, and Sutton, 22, North side Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill; 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 and ()miller, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Laud, 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. I'. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton; and Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull. kir ANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT 19 L RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and have astisfled 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. THE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD. A certain portion of the shares in this Company will be apportioned to the Scripholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mo.•tth Railway Company, and will be allotted among those gentle men who apply, and who produce their scrip between the 3d and 7th day of October next, to the persons named below, when their Names and the number of their shares will be entered, and a, proportionate number of shares in this Company allotted to them, at 78, King William-street, City ; or, at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; Messrs. Sharp and Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, New bury ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, Winchester ; Messrs. Willis and Co. Liverpool; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds; Mr. Land Bristol; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; Mr. Kershaw, Hud. derstield ; Mr. Spencer, Halifax; Mr. Lemon, Bath ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Manchester. HE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY. No further applications for Shares in this Company can be re ceived after MONDAY, the 29th September instant. E SSEX AND SUFFOLK RAILWAY. 24, Moorgate-stroet, Sept. 23, 1845. The Allotment of Shares in this Railway being now completed, the Committee of Management desire to express their regret that, owing to the numerous applications from parties locally Interested, and holders of Shares in the Eastern Counties and Norwich Com panies, they have been compelled to disappoint many applicants of the very highest respectability, and of necessity to limit the number of Shares in each Allotment. IL MAPLETOFT, Secretary, L EICESTER and TAMWORTH JUNCTION RAILWAY. EXTENSION TO BIRMINGHAM. Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. CHAIRMAN—Edmund Peel,Esq. DEPUTY CHAIRMAN—Thomas Bramall, Esq. Lord Rossmore ,The Hon. Capt. Carnegie, M.P. Sir Wm. Magnay, Bart. John Ridgway, Esq. Chas. Dickson Archibald, Esq. 'Richard Green, Esq. The Hon. Capt. Hotham Harvey Wyatt, Esq. James Grignon, Esq. Thomas Hamilton, Esq. E. R. llamel, Esq. James Durham, Esq. J. D. Harris, Esq. SECRETARY—J. E. Rathbono, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Maples, Pearse, Stevens, and Maples, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, London Felix John Hamel, Esq., Tamworth Messrs. Dyott and Son, Lichfield. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co,Lombard-street Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co., Clement`-lane Leicester—The National Provincial Bank of England Tamworth—The National Provincial Bank of England Lichfield—Messrs. Palmer and Greene Manchester--The Manchester and Salford Bank Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank. The Managing - Committee of the Leicester and Tamworth Junction Railway Company have determined upon making an extension from their line, commencing at or near Market Bosworth or Twycross, and running from thence by or near Atherstone and the Whitacre Junc tion of the Midlands (late Birmingham and Derby) Railway to Bir mingham. In the allotment of shares, due regard will be had to the interests of the scrip holders in the Leicester and Tamworth Junction Railway Company. The surveys are in progress, and the line is re ported as easy of construction, and free from engineering difficulties. The twofold advantages offered by this project give it a manifest superiority over every other scheme which has yet been devised for traversing this rich and extensive, but hitherto unintersected portion of tile Midland Counties. The Leicester and Tamworth Junction, as originally projected, brings, by means of the Trent Valley Railway, the important manufacturing town of Leicester and the Midland and Eastern Counties into immediate communication with the mining districts and wool markets of Staffordshire and Shropshire, the great towns of Liverpool and Manchester, and the intervening localities ; whilst the projected extension affords the shortest practicable railway route from Leicester to Birmingham, and the western and south western counties of England. The saving in distance between Lei cester and Birmingham will be seen by the following scale : By Rugby By Tamworth Savi ng Leicester to Liverpool ... • 147 ••.•• . • • • 117 ••••. • • 30 Leicester to Manchester .... 134 ... 104 ........ 30 Leicester to Birmingham ... • 49 35 •• • • 14 The construction of the Birmingham extension in conjunction with the Leicester and Tamworth Railway gives this project an evident advantage in point of expense over any independent line from Lei cester to Birmingham ; and, taking the inequalities of the country into consideration, a more direct line does not appear desirable or practicable, and the saving which which will be effected of more than half the expense which must attach to the construction of an inde pendent line from Leicester to Birmingham is a most important consideration. Application for Shares may be addressed to the Secretary at the Company's offices, 4, Coleman-street, London ; to the solicitors ; to Messrs. Aston and Scott, Throgmorttin-street, and to Messrs. Oswin and Co., Angel-court, London. No applications will be attended to unless accompanied by a re ference to a member of the Managing Committee, or to one of the solicitors. any of the projected lines from the one to the other. The comparative distances were given as follows : Leicestu to LiVerpool Leicester to Manchester. Miles. PROVI S I ONALLY REGISTERED. G REAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT RAILWAY, By a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford. Distance, 120 miles. Capital 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. per Share. (Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.) PR The Right Hon. Lord DuOnboyneVISIONAL COMMITTER. Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and Erewash Valley Extension Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, and of the South and Midland Junction, and West Midland Railways Major-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and Trent Valley Continuation Railways Henry Ambler, Esq., worsted spinner and manufacturer, Watkinson Hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway C. 11. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Midland Railway John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Rsilway William Bardgett, Ems., Winchester-street, Broad-street, Direptor of the Italian and Atistrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford, Railways William Banks, Esq.,, Honey-lane Market John Byng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Di rector of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction Railways Henry Weech Burgess, Esq., Temple's Park, Hampstead, Director of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Railway Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq., the Lodge, Upper Clapton Josiah Burrowes, Esq., Castle House, Gomersall, near Leeds Thomas Burnley, Esq:, Gomersall, near Leeds, Director or the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway - Samuel Bateman, Esq., Croft House, near Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby Railway Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford Dr. Brlgstock, Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway James Brand, Esq., 9, New Brood-street, Director of the Cambrldge and Lincoln, and Great Luxembourg Railway s Job Bullinart, Esq., East Redford William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., J.P., Hull, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Leamington, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways John Carter, Esq., Knottingley Thomas Carter, Esq., Tanshelf, J.P. for the Borough of Pontefract Charles Charnock, Esq., Hohnfield House, near Ferrybridge Millis Coventry, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Junction, and Birmingham Extension Railways B. Clements, Esq., Lowndes-square, Director of the Western Jamaica Railway J. Cottam, Esq., East Redford Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Manchester, Mid land, and Great Grhnsby, Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of A xhohne, and the Wisbeach, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire Junction Railways John Cutts, Esq., Little Barfield Hall, near Braintree, Essex James Clift, Esq., Director of the Paris and Strasbourg, Southampton Manchester, ankOxford, and the Manchester, Rugby, and Maccles field Railways W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham Exton. sion Henry Sherard Coleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street Francis Dacre, Esq., Stratford, Essex J. Dawson, Esq., Pontefract John Dennis, Esq., Director of the West Midland, and Thames Val ley Railways Joseph Dent, Esq., Aibaton Hall, near Leeds, Magistrate for the North West Riding of Yorkshire A. A. Davenport, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten sion, and Worcester Junction Railways Joseph L. Davenport, Esq.,Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Darnley, near Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Richard Dransfield, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, of the Liverpool and Leeds Di rect, and of the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways Edward Doubleday, Esq , F.L.S., Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Francis Ewart, Esq., DirectOr of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey mouth Railway Lieut.-Col. Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Managing Direc tor of theVork and Lancaster Railway Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten sion Railway Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham, Mans field, And Midland Junction Railway Martin Furniss, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Erewash and Shef field Railway John Griffiths Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the London derry and Coleraine, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways George Green, Esq., Pontefract Charles Gibson, Esq., Holland-place, Clapham James Gilbertson, Esq., Hertford William Gibson, Esq., Glasgow H. P. Gipps, Esq., Director of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway Charles Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Cheapside William Gordon, Esq., M.D., F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Henry Swan Graves, Esq., Ely Bank Lodge, Halifax John Gully, Esq., Ackworth Park, Ackworth Richard Hall, Esq.,*Carnarvon Hall, Stratford, Director of the Strat ford and Thames Junction, and North Woolwich Railways John Charles Hall, Esq., New Grove-street, East Redford R. F. Hall, Esq., Wiseton, near Bawtry S. C. Hall, Esq., F.S.A., inner Temple, Director of the Erewash Val ley Extension and West Midland Railways Samuel Hammond, Esq., Leeds John George Hammack, Esq., Director of the Direct Western and the Metropolitan Junction Railways William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieut. and J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire John Mason Hepworth, Esq , Eden-place, Ackworth, J.P. for the West Riding of Yorkshire Joshua Hepworth, Esq., Rogerthorpe Hall, Bedsworth Thomas Heelis, Esq., Skipton Castle, Skipton, Director of the Lan cashire and North Yorkshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire North- Eastern, and of the Liverp )01 and Leeds Direct Railways Robert 'terries, Esq., East-street, Leeds, Director of tke Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Charles Holbrooke, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester John Holmes, Esq., East Redford John Midge, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Direc tor of the Derby and Stafford Railway William Empson Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Di rector of the York and Hull Railway Barwell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Ma gistrate for the East Riding of York and Borough of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Hull and Barnsley Railways John Jameson, Esq., Honey-lane Market William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf fordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Rallirays Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Blythe and Churnet Valleys, or Macclesfield and Lichfield Railways George Lawton, Esq., Ditchleys, Essex, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square Moses Edward Legg, Esq., Watling-street, London Captain Henry Leech, Bedford William Ley, Esq. ' 40, Gloucester-pla ce , P ortman-square, Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway L. Stephens Lyne,:Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Western Ja maica Railway P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Director of the Sligo and Shannon, the Ipswich and Southampton, and the Cork Passage and Kinsale Railways John B. Mann, Esq., Leeds Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq , Newark-upon-Trent, and Bedford square, Hyde Park Thomas M`Turk, Esq., Hull William Mee, Esq., East Redford v. R. Mesham, Esq., M.D., Bedford Robert Mellington, Esq., Ordshall house, near EaStßedfOrd,DireetOr of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Moorhouse, Esq., Marine Villa, Knottingley, Provisional Director of the Sheffield, Barnsley, and Wakefield Railway Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of South and Midlands' Junction, and London and Birmingham Extension Railways James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract, J. P. for the Borough, a Provi sional Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester Junction, Railway Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Southampton, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways William Joseph Nash, Esq. Bedford John Norton, Esq., 1, St. George's-square, Westminster, and Moat House, Brentwood, Director of the Great Western Direct Railway Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley and Con tinuation and Holyhead Junction, and West Midland and South Midland and Oxford Extension Railways Robert Oxley, Esq., M.D., Pontefract Bennett Pell, Esq., 12, Finsbury-place North William Perfect, Esq., Monkhill, near Pontefract John Phillips, Esq. Mayor of Pontefract Thomas Ingham Raynor, Esq., Birstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways John Thomas Rasvorth, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Birming ham Direct, Leicester, Iron, and Dove Valley Railways Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Managing Director of the York and Lancaster Railway . Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction, the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and the Direct Western Railways James Robson, Esq., Tanshelf, J. P. for the Borough Of Pontefract George Robinson, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junc tion, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways John. Richardson, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate, the East and West Yorkshire, and the Midland and Think Junc tion Railwsy Thomas Rontlidge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-Square, Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton, of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railways Henry Savage, Esq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Benjamin Shaw, Esq. Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnet an d Blythe Valleys Itaihvays J. E. Sichel, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Leeds and York, and Midland Railways William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the South Midland Junction Railway, &c., &c. George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., 30, North-street, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Railways Joseph Smithson, Esq., Kirklees Mills, near Halifax James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway. Thomas S. Trapp, Esq., Banker, Bedford Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Gorbals, Hull, Di rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway William Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Gorbals, Hull Thomas Turney, Esq., Park Lodge, near Halifax David Wheateroft,. Esq., Buckland Hollow, Derbyshire, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railways Major-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Portman square William Williams, Esq., Royal Foundery, Bedford Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden House, Middlesex John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London 'and Middlesex, and Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Willett, Esq., Bradford George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax (With power to add to their number.) Estanesua-Ist-Curer—Sir John M'Neii, L.L.D., and F.R.S. Acrixo ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq. LONDON SOLICITORS. J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court Owen Gra y, Es q'' 25, Great Tower-street, J. B. Dlld a Esq., BANKERS. London—Messrs. Rogers, Oldlng, and Co. Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co. The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course, the important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds with the Metropolis, the want of which has long been felt, and is too univer sally acknowledged to need any comment, and it is under this con viction that this important undertaking, after several minute exa minations of the country through which it will pass, has bees brought forward. The proposed line will commence at the junction of the Manches ter and Leeds, and York and North Midland Railways, near Wake field, and will terminate by means of a junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedford (to which place it is the intention of that Company to extend their line in the ensuing session of Parlia ment), and by thus availing itself as far as possible of the existing railways, will complete the most direct and least expensive trunk line, from London to Leeds, York, and Hull. It will pass in its route within an available distance of Wakefield, Pontefract, Doncaster, Rotherham, East Redford, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, and Stamford. The importance of such a line is o►vious, both from the nature of its course (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within its limits) as also from the absence of any direct communication for the conveyance of passengers and merchandise. By the construction of this railway, railway communication to London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester (by means of the Syston and Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham (by the Nottingham and Lincoln line), and to Sheffield and Galnsbo rough (by the Sheffield and Gainsborough line), by a much shorter route than by any existing Railways. Independently of the advantages offered to the towns in the several counties through which this Line will pass, the Line in itself consi dered as a direct trunk line between London and Leeds, is sufficient to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic between these two places would produce such a return on the capital required, as to admit of a dividend, equal to that of any railway in operation : but when it is borne in mind, that a Company is being funned for the purpose of connecting Glasgow with Leeds by means of a junction with the York and Carlisle Railway, no better line can be presented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct communica tion from Glasgow and the Western parts of Scotland to London, but would also connect Edinburgh and the Eastern parts of Scotland as well as Durham flint Newcastle (by the York and North Midland, and Great North of England Railways), with the Metropolis, which would be considerably shorter than the accommodation offered by any other Company, and when cost of construction is considered, there cannot be a doubt but that preference would be given to the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway. Vie Net of the Zoltan). COunge4 Roilwhy being Onnetted by a T HE OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTEN- SION and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY, with Branches to Shrewsbury and Northsvich. On the Broad Gauge. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 2,250,000/., in 112,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. PROVI ouse SIONAL COMMITTIVE. Lord George Paget, Uxbridge H The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliame n t- s t ree t , Chairman /of the York and Lancaster Railway William Beresford, Esq., M.P., 77, Pall-mall, Director of the Tea n and Dove Talley Ra ilway Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director of the Chester and Forest of Dean Railways Sir John Edward de Beauvoir, Chairman of the London and Bir mingham Extension Sir Samuel Brown, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Sir John Hare, Langliam-place, Director of the London and Bir mingham Extension Sir John Key, Bart., Aldermaa of London, Director of the London and Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool Railways Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and Birmingham Railway Colonel Fitch, 35, York - terrace,Regent's-park, Director of the South and Midlands Railway Sir John Hensler, Deputy Lieutenant of the minty of Essex, Wal ton, near Saffron Walden, Essex Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the South and Midland Railway Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman ef the Maaeliester and Chester Railway Major Chase, 31, Nottingham -place Captain S. M. Fisher, jun., Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Captain kitchens, 11.E.1.C.5., Director of the Birmingham and Ox ford Railway Samuel Kenrick, Esq., banker, Wrexham Captain F. Chamf er , Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Great Paris and Lyons Railway Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, Chairman of the London and Greenwich Railways, &c., &s. Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South Midland Railway Matthew Harrison, Esq., Chester, Director of the North and South Wales Bank John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway, and South Midland Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South Midland Railway Thos. Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Wilson-street, Finsbury Thos. Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, Sheriff ef London and Middlesex Captain Alex. Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club. John Inglis Jardeln, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway Win. Morley, Esq„ Blackheath Win. Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex and Suffolk Railways Rd. Carpenter, Esq., Director ef the Ldeester and Bedford Railway Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the South aid Midland's Junction Railway John Whcelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester aid Bedford Railway Thomas Collingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway John Brocke Walbancke, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway Rd. Wm. Johnson, Esq., Director of th e London and Manchester and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple, Director of the Eastern Counties Railway Major Jell Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Major-General Brooks Parlby, C.R., 18, Rutland-place W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct and Liverpool and Leeds Railways Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham Railway W. F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-seniare, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway W. G. Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Centlauatton Railway John James, Esq., Secondary of London Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director ef the Exeter and Weymouth Railway Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway J. B. Richardson, Esq., Director of the Colchester and Cambridge Railway Julian Skreene, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Frederick James Hall, Esq., Terrington-square, Director of the Bide ford and Tavistock Railway Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director - ef the Senth-Eastern Railway Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director of the London and Dover Railway Frederick Jones, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the North Metropolitan Railway George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director ef the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Wm. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway Wm. Alfred Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith Railway Richard Dutton Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Railway Win. Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London an d M anc h ester Railway Frederick Co ll ingrige, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton Warren Stormes Hale, Esq., Gresham-street Robert Richards, Esq., Temple, Director of the Birmingham and Lon don Extension Railway Kingsmill Grove Key, Esq., Wandsworth-common The Rev. F. K. Hall, D . D., Rector of Falbourne, Cambridge Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches ter Railway Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith Railway John Barber, Esq., Director of the Gloucester aid Aberyetivith Railway Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Hereford E. R. Foster, Esq., Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford shire Railway Martin Furnis, Esq., Director of the Nottingham, Newark, and Boston Railway Richard Groucock, Esq. Dulwich, Director of the Direet Manchester Railway W. S. Cross, Esq., Director ef the Birmingham and Manchester Extension W. Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director if the Leicester and Birmingham Railway Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Braden, near Birmingham William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway Wm. Cadmau, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lliscola, York, and Leeds Railway James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract David William Nell, Esq., Leeds, J.F'., Director ef the Leeds and Thirsk Railway Joseph Robert Wilkin Atkinson, Esq., Director if this Leicester and Bedford, and York and Lancaster Railways John Fagan, Esq., Gloucester-road, Old Brompton Charles Holden, Esq., Director of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction Railway Peter Fairbaime, Esq., Leeds, Chairman of the Lineoln, Leeds Railway John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds York and J. M. Douglas, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Waysnowth Railway W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the South and Midland Railway W. Ley, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Robert Power. Esq., Director of the Great Britain Life AssuraaCe office, Queen-street, May Fair, Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond W. Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place James Runless, Esq., Leyton, Essex G. N. Wright, M.A. John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Molter of the South and Midlands' Junction Extension Railway James Lees, Esq., Delph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director of the Saddleworth Banking Company Arthur Agard Davenport, Esq., Eastwood, Notts, Director cf the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway Joseph Lancelot Davenport, Esq., Derby, Director of the Baby , Derby, and Manchester Railway (With power to add to their number.) Worcester and The names of as infl uen ti a l C omm i ttee f or med at W Chester will be published in a few days. "NEas. of London The Commercial Bank_ _ n ___ sts, meg. lINGINEER—WiIIia m .11/ 111 .lll PARLIAMENTARY AGENT S. Parrott and Walmesley. Messrs. fOLICITOIC9. W. E. James, Esq., Potter and Coll s in E g c r a l m clge A , Rs s y, AGENTS. Esq. , B B a. a si s i l l i, Th i n a ll i - l s -s tr tre ee e t t . ; I.;C II A I L it° A n G T EN . W orc ester—Charles Creswell, Esq. ; C. G A. St. Patri c k W , Esq. Chester—Johnliltchurch—Jaines Bromfield, Esq. F. Maddock, Esq. Shrewsbury-17. Cooper, Esq. Wellington—George Marcy, Esq. The geographical position of Wo rcester has Catigai Its adoption as the point where. the broad gauge trunk:lines of the west are to have a Common terminus. From Oxford the Great Western Company have decided on constructing a line of rail :—another project under the pa tronage of the same powerful direction is now before the public, uniting Worcester with Warwick ; and, that the broad gauge will be carried from Worcester Into Wales, and to the Irish packet stations on that coast, is now no longer doubtful. This undertaking will com plete a series of great avenues of iron -road, whose ramification from Worcester will render every part of the kingdom directly accessible from that city. Passing up the Severn Vale, where it will disclose a succession of picturesque scenes, It reaches StoUrport, and proceeding thence through Kidderminster, arrives at Be lvdleY• This district is one of the chief seats of our carpet manu factures, and in the towns here named, exclusive of the intervening districts, upwards of 30,000 persons are located. Leaving Stourbridge a little to the east, the line is taken to Bridgenorth, a town enjoying an active inland trade, and possessing woollen manufactures and iron works, that give employment to a population of about 15,000. Pass ing through or near to Much Wealock, Broseley, sued Madeley, from which place there will be a brarich to Shrewsbury, the line ascends Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun tains which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden. Is almost level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country, rising into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar ticles of sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other spices, dye wood, drugs, &c. ; and as more than one-third of the land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton, indigo, cecea, &c., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes vita, ebony, Th line will elm,spon ta fi n n e e o c u m sly a , r, tl a le n re d o a t r i e ier m t a rtl hoga :f y e , n l o ig nn nu o n u i s i tt d b le purposes,p a I ni r t std, andcab cabinet works. o s r o k s t h . e r on the line is very considerable; also woods The , n il foragricultural i g n l e ar a g l ewlyeali nto t o l a i f i s l e t d h t l e l l ' e e c us o v u e ai n h t o u ry load ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver; whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate of lime, valuable as manure, &e., of which Long Mountain is com posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic. The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material• necessary for Its formation is to be found on the line, and should the atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut tings and embankments will be generally superseded. A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line, and the free use of all the timber, stone, Sec., necessary for its con struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly; ~,, riadnd Great 4yhieepl yield per cen t . Britain, r t y . —the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the constructive of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased to capitalists for the benefit of the Shareholders. satisfactory esti mate the various imports, and the internal traffic, le Bricks, BooPs• F m i a ma te , c L a i n m s e ca a r n ce d ly m be t, gi e v in en p — ty it pu wi , l i l eh be eo s n u s fti , Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, of profit. Manufactures generally, form important . rfuali Tlwlieay will stated, and care- T e so ie hla i n t cg to o ;sLate,th atCo an als a , per ce n t inquiriesag e, working iannt do expenses frt hocm traffic , a il tmerative return upon the capital re rn)lraekcetoprsrovi7isitolnlisincouthnetrLyocaito eAxcetrefioser thean t re o c ifm o e , nni t thereberue railwaymic c a i n n t t l io t! e s n e willos alreadyt d a o b ub th requiret that this t betweentah moderatei s 1 in e the e f speedy by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet interest upon the amount paid upon the Company, will over the management of the affairs of the island. efficient control to i The Committee pro po se islandqu ire quired,'l payment the passing of the Bill until shares horn the opening of the line. Applications for shares in the usual • form may be made to the enable the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43. moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elnaslie and Preston, solicitors, 47, Moorgate- street , of 4 London; the lowing Sarebrokers : Mr. S. 11. Ellis, 17, Throgmottonand following street ; Messrs. Pree h ce and Ev ans, 39, Lothbury; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change -alley, London; Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Tate and Nash, B r i stol; Mr. Wm. Miles Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp, Hull; Mr. Jame s Pearson, Birmingham ; Mr, Samuel Hutchinson, Bradford ; Mess rs . Hall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee, Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax ; Messrs. Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. Wm, Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street, Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may be had. To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of bal. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of V. per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Trade or Profession .................... Residence.. • . Place of business (if any) .• . ...... ..... ...... • • • •• Reference ........... ••• • • • ••••.. • • .. *Wood is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that climate is more durable. JAMAICA SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further application for shares In this undertaking, can be received from parties resident in London after THURSDAY, the 25th day of September instant; and from parties resident in the cogntry after SATURDAY, the 27th day of September instant. Dy order, ELITSLIE and PRESTON, SOliditom 41e Xsortta-str Sept. IS, iso. FORM OF APPLICATION, To the Managing Commitee of the Leicester an 7l. Tamworth Junction Railway Company's Extension to Birmingham. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in the above Company, and I undertake to accept the same or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and also to execute the Parliamentary contract and sub scribers' agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name •• ...... . Profession or business Residence.. • • .. • • • •• • • .... • ... ...... „ Reference Numbers of Scrip Certificates in the Leicester and Tamworth Junction Railway LEICESTER AND TAMWORTH JUNCTION RAILWAY. A meeting of the Committee of Management was held on Monday, the 15th instant, at the offices of J. Hemel, Esq., in Tamworth, at which Edmnnd Peel, Esq., Chairman of the Leicester and Tamworth and the Trent Valley Railway presided. The engineering report submitted to the meeting was highly satis factory, both as to gradients and distances, showing that the line is easy of construction, and forms the nearest possible route from Leicester to Liverpool, Holyhead, the whole of North Wales, and the counties of Chester, Stafford, and Salop, whilst the extension of only 10 miles running from Bosworth or Twyoross, by the manufaottiring town of AtherOtone, will bri ng L eke , t4r jior w the Po' ential of un °. e y A th the ns, „, "1 t brigge, s Preece ion ss Henri tead. Livc r : 'Norris Eel ; B . * ' sfleld 11.nd Oastle!. Blacx . on, Bra dford ham m l e tteria 5. 3 1r. enham is. Nash, B I 31r. 11hiau'°' a Alatichestet 3 !i Bard. l or y . r L. wea4l h icp Iluddcrs h. Labertouch. Perth. r;ld, Sheffield' or 2CI. - u o SitIIIC or t:o he regill a to pay, wh ~. ~eidenca~ .. 1 .NAT 1 had so' , e e ! g ; pry refe rat-41'4 It, P°l4ls3 late fs'(4'r stlotovili Tesc i ' gBtet ti : cf t he Si° Director f Sou' f virec tor pirec Or f o f re ' gail lg ,%o ion r o • ti , ‘ Far° r 00 q tt r i e i c i t c ;vdo A nd vslY 0 ,, le Atlig jon jon is , . tc ,o, 00 0 ro rtso' e, » irec ::::( . "ord is .et, 1) .'" , a) 1 ,4 ;;; I :cp , "009:034 and 1 yor the oif f r o f t ir li ec t4 ) o p iao an or 111 loo t ' 1 I 01° $l 4 Its ritu"' of t o )ire ciir " r ,9- her o- ` ) ta r itoslitoo wovic° 01. SO l ' or t po 4 5 01 3° 1 ,10""ao ) 000 , P 4 ` CENTRAL KENT COUNTY RAW, 14reet line from London, thronn to Fo IL :kesto AY d ne an b 4„.. ~~ 5, 1845, branch line with the East and West India Docks on ver ' Thames, and th e R a i lwa) Company having recently leased the for 999 years the extensive pepper warehouses belonging to those docks. which are capable of receiving 12,000 tons of goods, together with wharfs adjoining, where the shipment and trans-shipment of goods from all parts of the world can take place, is a most important fea ture in favour of the direct communication from the manufacturing towns of Glasgow and Leeds offered by the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway, and by branch railways to the main trunk line, through which all goods from the whole of the manufacturing dis tricts could be conveyed at once to these 'warehouses for shipment, thereby avoiding the present delay and expense of cartage, and in reality establishing an almost direct and an invaluable connexion between the rivers Clyde and Thames. It has been ascertained that there are no engineering difficulties, that the works will be easy, and the gradients remarkably good, and that it will not materially Interfere with any ornamental property. The Subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first deposits until an Act of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only , to the amount of their subscriptions. It is proposed to take power in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum on all calls until the opening of the line, and also to extend the line to /lertford on the Eastern Counties line, in the event of that Company not prosecuting their line to Bedford. Applications for Shares (in the form annexed) may be made to J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court, and Messrs. Owen Gray and Midge, 25, Great Tower-street, the joint solicitors to the Company, at to t h e follow e Comping any' sharebros tempokersrar offices, 9, Copthall - court, London ; or y : London—Messrs. Marten and Heseltine, 9, Finch -lane Leeds—Messrs. Hopps and Co. Liverpool—Messrs. Joseph King and Son Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons Bradford—Mr. Josiah Scholefield Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square No factory pli reference.cation will be attended to un l ess accompanied by a satin, application FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares, of 251. each; in the above undert a ki ng , an d I undertake to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me, and also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree ment when required. Name in full ......... . ...... Address In Hill Occupation .. Date • • . ...... .......... Reference..... • . G REAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT RAILIVAY. - The Committee of 3fanagement of this Railway hereby givo no tice, that in consequence of the unprecedented number of applications already made for shares in this important undertaking, they have determined upon rejecting all further applications made after the 29th September instant. Immediately after that day they will proceed to make the allotment of the shares and procare the execu• tiou of the Parliamentary contract and subscription deeds. Signed by order of the Committee, J. R. GIBSON, OWEN GRAY, ißegistered Solicitors. 29th September, 1845. J. B. ILLIDGE, (REGISTERED PROVISIONALLY.) PRELIMINARY NOTICE. T HE SOUTHAMPTON and PETERSFIELD RAIL WAY. This line, by communicating with the intended railways from London to Portsmouth, will effect a saving of about eight miles be tween London and Southampton. The promoters of this undertaking take this means of informing the public that, in a few days, they will issue a prospectus, with an influential Committee. In the meantime, applications for shares, and other information may be obtained of Wm. Podwell, Esq., Stockbroker, 22, Throg morton-street ; of Messrs. Tilson and Squance, 29, Coleman-street, London ; or of Richard Randall, Esq., Solicitor, Southampton. OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTENSION and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no farther applications for Shares in this Company will be received after Tuesday, the 30th Instant. By order, HILTON THOMAS JENKINS, Secretary. 5, Basinghall-street, September 23, 1845. JAMAICA SOUTHERN, EASTERN , AND NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON TEGO BAY. Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street. Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. per Share. A. Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in the Island. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernaryoushire Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard Sir John J. Hensler, F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place Sir George Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London Major Adair, U.S. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng land Insurance Company Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Docks Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire Henry Comfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial Bank, London Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell Lieutenant-Colonel Gillies, Cambridge-terrace F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Direct or o f th e London and Manchester allway John Francis Lambert, Esq , 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail way James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St. Elizabeth's J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di rooter of the Barbadocs, and Great Eastern and Western Railways W. G. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Cork and Kilkenny Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St.lo.'an 's -wood, Direedor of the National Bank of Ireland William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons? In surance Company Matthew Richard Scott, Esq., Devonshire-place, Portman-square, and Jamaica John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coulsden Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Lic ense d Vi ctuallers ' General Fire and Life Assurance Company Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and Manchester Railway Company John King,Esq., St. John's-wood, London, and Glastonbury, Somer setshirc John Lilley, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway J J o . ll H . a n in u e r s g , eEsss.q.i. mElgbtashetolnl,oßrolurgmhirnegetm of Manchester, Director of tits Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junc tion Railway Captain D. K. Pulteney, Parliament -street Jeremiah Clark, Esq., Macclesfield (With power to add to their number.) Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, keg , C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E. • SoLlClTOßs—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ; Andrew Graham Dignum, Esq., Jamaica. BArrazas—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square; Messrs. Rogers, Oiling, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane, London; The Planters' Bank, Jamaica. The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter mediate ports, eith7r by sea or land, is well known to all persons conversant with the islan 1 of Jamaica. The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest journey by land occupies three days, and tile expenses, including horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of 30s. per passenger. The difference in the freights between the northern and southern sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King_ stun, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed ports of the east and north of the Island. The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Annotto Bay, Port Maria, St. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego Bay. By these means a line of interoommunication will be formed between the most important and populous places, and facility offered for carriage of the produce of the most productive portion of the island. Colebrook Dale, and approaching in its course Wellington and WM enters Whltchurch. From this central place a branch will be formed to Norwich via Stoke, forming a junction with the Liverpool and Crewe Railway. The trunk line will continue from Whitchureh, aid passing through or near Malpas, have its northern terminus in the city of Chester. In estimating the probable amount of revenue which the Worces ter and Chester Railway may be expected to yield, many sources of profit present themselves, such are the dense population located along the length of the Severn Vale, and the enriching works of industry in which they are engaged. Amongst the latter may be mentioned the China manufactories of Worcester, the iron, coal, and earthen ware works at Broseley and other places; the agricultural produce brought to Stourport market; the inexhaustible fields of coal anti mines of iron ore in the vicinity of Colebrook Dale, Ironbridge, and the districts to the east of Shrewsbury generally. In calculating the cost of construction unusual advantages are also obvious. The line traverses a district affording levels of several miles in extent, and with a surface peculiarly favourable. The resi dent population, disappointed by the postponement of promised pro jects, have warmly espoused the present, and the labouring popula tion being familiar with mining operations, will be found better localities. qualified for the execution of railway works here than in many other As a link in the railway network of England, or as auxiliary to existing or projected lines passing in various directions, few schemes hitherto proposed appear to afford greater inducement for investment, or a wider range of accommodation for traffic and travelling. This project constitutes a lengthened link in the chain that will connect Liverpool with Bristol, the grand trunk of the West of England ;—its southern terminus, Worcester, Is the half way station of the London and Portdynnllaen broad gauge line : by projected lines a direct communication will be afforded west ward to Swansea and Aberystwith, and, eaalward, to Warwick and Northampton, Cambridge, Peterborough, llarwich, Lynn, Lincoln, and Hull. The line has been repeatedly and carefully examined by the Com pany's acting engineer, who reports that the rail for many miles may be laid on the natural level —that the gradients are in every in stance favourable —that the geological structrre of the districts to be traversed is equally so, and that the want of such a line of com munication is acknowledged by the interests seated on its proposed course. Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms of application for shares had at the: offices of Messrs, i'otter and Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; also of W. B. Jaynes, Esq., solicitor, 5, Basingliall-street ; of the local agents ; and of the following gentlemen Samnel Hanbury, 4, Angel-oourt ; London .. • • /Mr. Whi s t on P owell, 12, Copthall-court ; and • Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad -street Liverpool.. ••• • • • Messrs. Alston and Gage. Manchester •• •• • • Messrs. Houghland and L eese, and Mr. Wit _ Liam Marshall. • [Messrs. Collinson and Fli n t , and Mr. James Hull .......• • . • • •• Bowden Leeds •• •• • • • • • • • • [Messrs. Smith and Perf ec t , an d J. Young and Stratford-on-Avon..Mr. William Bolton. Co., Exeter...—. • • .. • • Mr. Thomas Sanford. Plymouth ........;Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer. Birmingham •• Collis and Mr. John Wright. Glasgow.. •• • —Messrs. Tassie and Co. Edinburgh €Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M'C allum and Co. Hudderafield ...• .• Messrs. Wilson and Hellaivell Worcester Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. THE OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTENSION and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY, with BRANCHES to SHREWSBURY and NORTIMICH. Capital, 2,250,0001., in 125,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Cheater Railway. Gentlemen, request that you will allot to me Shares of 20/. each is this Company; and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be ale lotted to me; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required, Name (in lull) Residence.. Trade or Profession . Eeference. •• Address of Referee • Date.• • • •., ........... . .• •• FORM OF APPLICATION, To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Dire. Railway Company, via Macclesfield. I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the capital of the above-named railway; and I will accept the same, or any less number and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. • Dated the day of 1845. Name Address . ........ Profession ....... Reference. ..... .. Miles By Rugby... •• • 147 By Rugby • • By Tamworth.... • • 117 By Tamworth Saving 30 Leicester to Birmingham. Mlles. RICHARD TILL, Secretary. Office, Guildhall-buildings, London, 24th September, 1845. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Shitr-e: No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. F. H. F Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company Sir Jelin Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Company Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Chessel, near Southampton Lord of the Manors of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street,, Bu ckingham -gate, and Highwood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon Samuel Dendy, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the Manor of Hendon Lieut.-Colonel Mlles, Porchester House, Bayswater William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Josiah 'reale, Esq., Gray's Inn Major Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester, Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish square Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Thomas Hemming Johnson, Esq., Older's Hall, Hendon, Middlesex Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill, Hill Grammar School, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, 'Tendon, Middlesex Captain Grover, R.N. Captain soh Tunes, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Pail's, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet Mr. Bruce Johnson, Finchlay William Christopher DanielDeighton, Esq., Fello w of Queen's Collage Cambridge, Holloway Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of, the Laudon, Hounslow, and Western Railway Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet W. J. M‘Gwire, Esq., 74, St. James's-street W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, E ssex Robert Wright Woo, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester -read, Regent's Park William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Coml.any J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central .Termilus Railway Company The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe Parsonage. Wakefield, Diree • tor of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., IV. H. Halpin, Esq. Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq. Chairman George Freeman, Esq. Major Lindam, K.H. George Godfrey, Esq. Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq. F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Whishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook Lodge, Hendon. ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, Esq., 10, Gray's Inn-square. BANKERS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, JOINT SOLICITOUS. Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman -street, Oxford-street G. P. Hill, Esq., 211, Soho-square. Local. AGENTS, Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Finchley • John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, 'Whetstone. ECAZTABY (pro tem.)—A. Doull, Esq. This railway will connect the important anti hitherto neglected town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Groat Western Railways, at or near llcasdon-green ; with the Northern and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon don and York Railways. The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with 'Whet stone, Totteridge, Highwood Hill , Mill Hill, Finchley, holder's 11111, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon, Wilsdon, IVilsdon Green. Holsd on Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne Green, Maids. Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch End, Hornscy, Muswell Hill, W est Green, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke N ewington, Newington Green, Clap ton,Hendon, Burrows, Golder s Hill, Highbury, Holloway, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham, Bow, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Iloxton, Homerton, Hackney, Shacklewell, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Blackwall, Euston-square, P addington, Kensington, Hammersmith, Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, &C. ; c onnect i ng those places w ith th e various railways named, an d all those south of the river Thames. The distance from the to wn of Barnet to the station of the London a 5 miles. nd Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will be 1 The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten , ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4% miles. From the junction with the Bi rm i ngham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 9 % miles • from the Decoy (n ear B rent-street, Hendon), on the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford -hill, 6i miles. There are no engineering diflicultiesthroughout the entire distance. The line will proceed beyon4 the range of the Highgate and Hamp stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass through an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property acd large collections of houses and buildings. Upon the completion of this railway, a large and daily-increasing population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses, will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto affording an inadequate re t urn t o their cultivators, will be quad rupled in value. The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too, will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of the trunk lines now contemplated. An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following Semmes, amongst others : 1. From the conveyance of passengers. 2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City and Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through London ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly during the period of the large Barnet fairs. _ . 34.Froni the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fuel, and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grievc, ,, , ev,.. The Committee of Management reserve to themselves the power of adopting, upon this line, locomotive power, or Presser's Railway guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expedient,. Applications for Shares in the form annexed (and eommuni cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Com pany), may bo addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices of the Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street; to the Joint Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, and G, p Hill, Esq., 21x, Soho-square. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SMARM To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, Loudon. Gentlemen,l request that you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the samp, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when. required. Name in full ••• • .. Residence Trade or Profession ••.. • ...... .................. Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee.. B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity, convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published, held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of Sep tember instant, _ _ JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair; It was proposed by J. SPENCER, ESQ. ; seconded by the Rev. J. D. Tuorarsow, and carried unanimously-- 1. That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway communication between the Northern districts of the metropolis and the town of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now imperatively called for. It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITH, ESQ. ; seconded by Mr. JOHN HopzwELL, and resolved unanimously-- 2. That this meeting having gut," considered the prospectus and map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other pro jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that th e proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will atlird to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an interest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be pre sented in favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of Parliament. And this meeting pledges itself to further the views of the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed o promote the object and sacure the interest of the town of Barnet. That the Committee consist of Benjamin Smith, Esq. Mr. Brunt Mr. John Hopewell Mr. Spencer Mr. George Bower The Rev. Mr. Stewart Mr. James Hill The Rev. John Dawson Mr. James Cooper Thompson With power to add to their number. It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXAND . EI!. STITAJIT, and seconded by J. SPENCER, Esq., and carried unanimously 3. That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the Hon. T. H. P. Berkeley, the Chairmat, and to the Deputy-Chairman, and the other members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metro politan Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they have laid before the meeting the project of the Company. It was proposed by W. HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. H. 4. That sraote of Minks be tendered to nhu Hey Puget, Eaq., far WA iMpartbil al)d abi• conolloll4 thg c 4str ' HiLrIN, Esq., and carried unanimonsly— Saving.. 3O Leicester to Birmingham. Miles. By the proposed Coventry, By Rugby•• ••• • • • •• • Nuneaton, Birmingham, •• • • 49 and Leicester Railway.... By Leicester and Tamworth By Leicester and Tamworth Extension to Binning'. Extension to Birming ham. .. • ...... •••••• • • • • • 35 ham .......... 5aving......., •• • • 14 Saving 2 The general traffic route from Liverpool to Leester is at resent very circuitous, being not less than 160 miles, an ic d taking fou p r days to accomplish, whhst, by means of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway, the distance will be shortened, and goods conveyed at a much cheaper rate in the space of a few hours. The traffic report was equally gratifying —an immense quantity of heavy goods are daily conveyed to Leicester from Liver- Pool, the salt works of Cheshire, the Potteries, and the coal and iron fields of Staffordshire and Shropshire, all of which must be increased by the greater facilities of conveyance. It was unanimously resolved that the most energetic measures should be taken to carry the project into eff:ct, and aided by the powerful influence of the Trent Vatey Company, with whom the most beneficial arrangements have been made, the complete success of the undertaking is placed beyond all doubt. The capital for the Leicester and Tamworth Junction has been subscribed, the Parliamentary deeds have been executed, and the scrips issued. Arrangements are now making for the allotment of shares in the Birmingham Extension, in which due regard will be had to the scripholders of the Leicester and Tamworth Junction Company. The surveys, &c., are in such a state of forwardness as to ensure not only the Leicester and Tamworth line, but the Extension to Birmingham, coining before Parliament in the ensuing session. By order, J. E. RA A :M(10N Secretary, Coleman-street, Sept. 16, 1245. _NORFOLK RAILWAY. The Directors of this Company take the earliest opportunity of acquainting their Proprietors that, acting under the advice of their engineers, Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. Bidder, they have de termined upon applying to Parliament in the next sessien for powers to make the following extensions and branches from the main line of this railway :—lst. from Wymondham to Dies, and from thence through Eye to Stowmarket, to join tha Bury and Ipswich line. 2d. From Reedham along the Waveney Valley through Beccles, Bungay, Harlestone, and Dies to Thetford, to join the proposed Essex and Suffolk line. 3d. From East Dereham to Fakenham and Wells. It is proposed to appropriate to the Shareholders In the Diss and Colchester and Wells and Dereham Companies part of the extension capital according to the resolutions of the last general meeting, and the remainder will be offered to the Proprietors of this Company rateably in proportion to the numbers of their shares. Due notice will be given to each Proprietor of the number of shares allotted to him, and of the time and place appointed for payment of the deposit. By order, NOAY. RFOLK RAI LW NORWICH and BRAN NEW SHARES. Toe holders of Scrip Certificates DON of the Norwich and Brandon New Shares, are required to send them to this office for Registration on or before the 7th day of October next, Proper forms for the registration of the Shares may be had on ap plication at the office, Guildhall-buildings, London. By order, RICHARD TILL, SenTtary. B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. `Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.