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um \ _-s, 2 rri vw THE Stiskr, LONDON, TuEsDAV EVENING, OCTOBER c2l, MID LAND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Connecting the Great Western, London and Birmingham, and Direct M anc hester. From Reading via Henley-on-Thames, Aylesbury, Buckingham, and Northaoeisimpton. (Pronally Registered.) Capital 1,250,0001. in 50,000 Sha res of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. ed. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John Anderson, Esq., Princes-park, Liverpool, Director of the East ern Counties and Southend Railway William Ashcroft, Esq., Bury, Director o f the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffrds Lieutenant- o General hire SIX Ro y bert Barton, Montagne-place , _Montague-square George Alfred Beardmore, 'Esq., No tti ng ham, Director o f the Hull and Lincoln Direct Railway, and Nottingham and Peterborough Railway Charles R. Biggs, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Ch a rles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed rctuallers' Assurance Company Director of the London John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford -place, Docks B r adley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chair man of the William Direct Wes t ern Railway, a nd Director of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway N e w Broad-street, Director of the New Ree s, J am es Brand, Esq. , 9, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway Henry S. Bright, Esq , Hull, Director of the Durham and Sunderland a nd Direct Western Railway G. A. Brown, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Callao and Lima Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries Railway Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Wm. Byrom,Esq.. Oldham, Director of the Oldha District, the Bir kenhead and Holyhead, York and Lancaster, m and Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railways Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the York and Lancaster, Rugby, Derby and Manchester, Staffordshire Potteries Railways John Channtler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Richard Clay, Esq., 1, Winchester -buildings, London, Director of the Huddersfield and Eastern Coast Railway John Ciampitt, Esq., gereombe, Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Crediton Railway Ephraim Cocker, Esq., White Coppice, Chorley, Director of the Black burn, Chorley, and Liverpool hallway W. H. Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Direct Western Railway Nathaniel Cumberledge, Esq.. 3, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Direc of the Leeds and lintidersfiell Railway, &c. &c. Newton Crouch, Esq., 13, Southampton-place, Euston-square, Di rector of the Mauritius, and the York and Lancaster Railways Thomas Ferrand Bearden, Esq., Rochdale, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Peregrine Lloyds Dearilen, Esq., Bi r k e nhead, Liverpool J. W. De Wolf, Esq., Liv er p ool lilies Dormer, Esq., Hails-place, Sloane-street, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southeud Railway Richard Davis, Esq., Knaresborotigh, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Colonel Lothian Sheffiela Dickson, Curzoioetreet, May-fair, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, the York and Lancaster, Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways J. D. Ewe.. Esq., Knaresborough Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq., Alder House, near Tamworth, Direc tor of the Leicester and Northampton Railway. The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester -square, Director of the South Midland Railway The lion. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-seinare, Director of the Bandon and Bantry Railway William Garrote, Esq., Great George's-square, Liverpool, Director of the Eastern Counties and Sonthend Junction Railway William Gibb, Eq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire .Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Gillham, Eeq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Huddersfield, and East and West Coasts Railways James Glover, Esq., Longton, Director of the South Union and Bir mingham Junction Railway Captain Twisleton Graves, Director of the Leicester and Tern and Dora Valley Railway Charles Haigh, Esq., Broadley Wood, Rochdale and Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Ralltvay F. W. Hamilton. Esq., 59, Gioncester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway John Lawrence Harris, Esq., 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry , Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John George Hammock, Esq., Essen-house, Bow-road, Director of the Direct Western Railway Chas. Harrisson, Esq., 31, York-terrace, Regent's-parn. John Hawkins, Esq., St. James's-place, New-cross Theophilns Melees, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Part, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester, Director of Reming ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway William Holiday, Esq., Chad -valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Direct Western Railway Clieries Holland, Esq., of Liscard Vale, Cheshire, and Liverpool John Holmes, Eon, St. James's-street, Westminster, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend, and the Direct Western Railways George Holt, Esq , Willow-hill, Crumpsall, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, and Liverpool d Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Diector of the East and West of England Junction, Direct Western, and Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railways Addcrly Howard, Esq., Long Sutton, Wisbeach, Direetor of the East Coast, and Direct Western Railways Chairman of the Welsh Mid - Willlam Hughes, Esq., land Railway William Hunter, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Avon and Severn Valley, and the Great Western Direct Railways Herbert Ingram, Esq., Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John Charles Jack, Esq., Liverpool C. H. Jagger, Esq., Handsworth, Director of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and Ipswich, and Ipswioh and Southampton Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the New Ross, Callow, and Kilkenny Railway Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and Midlands Junction Railway WKempe, Esq., Teign Villa, Leeds,ct of the Eastern Co nties Junction Railway, and the Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railway Thomas Kelley, Esq. M.D. Sheffield, director of the Eastern Coun ties and Southend Junction and Direct Western Railways George Lawrie, Esq. Manchester, director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Peter Thomas Lech, Esq., Ridge-hall, county Dublin, leirector of the Isle of Man Railway Job Lockerer Seale, Esq., M.D.,Director of the Direct London,Haat tugs, and Rye Railway , and Great Northern and Southern Direct Railway from Huddersfield to Derby William Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Junction Railway. John Lord, Esq. Standish Hail, Lancashire, director of the Stafford shire Potteries, the Liverpool and Manchester Direct, and Luisa. shire, Cheshire and Stafford Junction Railways. Jas. M`Dougall, Esq., Fir-grove, North Brixton James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway A. M. Macmoran, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director of the East and West Junction Railway Major-General Sir Love Parry, Mardyn, Carriarronshire Director of the North Wales Railway. William Marriott, Esq., Ottereliffe- a terrace, and Wis D ire ectan or of Li nc the oln Dire cshir t Western and the [ale of Ely, n:ach d e Junction Railway r tit sJames Mason, Esq.. Fenton tem rsMiller, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Mortinnore, Esq., Collumpton, Director of the Direct Western Railway Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Direct Western " Reilway M. Norton, Esq., Mont house, Brentwood Jame. gden, Esq., M Dan Mailborough-square,Manchesteralrecto r of theOChester and chester Direct, and Direct Western Rail ways N a thaniel Ogle, Esq., Hea th-l a ne-lodge, Twickenham, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Direct Western eilway Ri c h ar d William Perry, Esq., Barham Wood, near Elstree, Herts William S. Potter, Esq.' S usse x-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of nye Oxford, 'Witney, and Cheltenham Ral.way John Pratt, jun., Esq., Fenton Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour Home, Old Strofford, Manchee: ter, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and the Liverpool', Preston, and North Union Railways Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Chairman Of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and Director of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway, &c. James Renshaw, Esq. West Heath House, Kent , D irector of tine Direct Western, and ' South Staffordshire Juaction Railways J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Byetillah-house, Enfield, Director of the Direct Western Railway It. A. Riddell, Ewa, Director of the Great Western Extension Railway A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John Robson, Esq., Hitton-in-Hole, Dnrham, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard ROUT, Esq., Beauvoir-terrace, Maida Vale Berney Sagar, Esq., Ball Grove, Colne, Director of the East Lan ceshire and Andale Junction Railway. Edward Scard, Esq., Kew-green C .J. Selwyn, Major Royal Engineere,Direetor of the Direct Wester,! Railway e a lebothans, E5(1.9 Glossop, J.P. for Derbyshire, Director of Williamthe Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Barnsbury Park, Director of the Great Eastern E d wa rd Smith, Esq. , and Western Railway . N or th Brixton, Director of the Leeds and Williamtudley, Esq. , Carlisle Railway H en ry Taylor, Esq , W i gan , Director of the Liverpool and Leeds; Direct, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union and Oxford, Chel, tenham and London Railways Joseph Taylor, Esq., Clements -lane John Thompson, Eel., Wigan, Director of the Birkenhead an_ d_ H rt o , - 1 lyhead, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and No Union Railways Joseph Thom pson, Esq., Direetor of the London and Brighton Railwalsr Charles F. Thornleye Esq. Eastfield House, Westbury, near Bristo , Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Manchester, Settle, and Car isle Railways Themes Tchbutt, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle RailiVay Eawr.rd Trelfall, Manchester, Director of the Eastern Counties Juno ' tion and Southend Railway James Troup, Esq., Hastings, Director of the Direct Western and Direct Hastings Jas. Trucy, Esq'., Great Winchester-street, City, London Sir William Twiseee, avendislostreet, Cavendish-square Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway, r.nd Director of the Commercial Bank of London. George Walker, Esq., Manchester Thomas Upfill, Esq., Edgbaston, Director of the Wolverhampton, Birkenhead and Chester Railway e. P. Ward, Esq., Birkenhead, Director of the Eastern Countless Junction and Southend Railway E d war d Westlake, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Direct Westeis Railway William Aysconeli Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Downs, Director of the Waveney Valley Rallwey Wynne Robert William?, Esq., 2 9, Bedford-place,ltussell-equare sq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds 'rnomae Wynne, E and Carlisle, and South Union and Birmingham Junction Railwayn Sir William Wynne, Suffolk-street, Pail-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway Sampson Driftwood, Esq., Loughton Thomas Bollman Uptill, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Bristol and Dover Railway George Sercombr, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Direct Western Railway John Wm. m. Eeq., B e llomb-house, Bredford (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq. William•Kempe, Esq. The Rev. 11. It Fowler, It. A. Riddell, Esq. William Garrow, Esq. Henry Taylor, Esq. Capt. Tvrisleton Graves J. Underwood, Esq. John Relines, Esq. M. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Richard Kelly, Ron Thomas Wynne, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) CONSULTING ENGINEER—T. Urpeth Rastrick, Esq. ACTING ENGINEER.—OIiver Byrne, Esq. sOLICITORS. Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate-street J. E. Males, Esq.. 7, John-street, Adelphi William Burdett, Esq., Manchester. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Christian aad Jones, Liverpool. Saunders Nash, Esq., High Wycombe Messrs. Prickett and Watson, Aylesbury Messrs. King and Son, Buckingham BANKERS. Louden—The Commercial Bank. of London Manchester—Tee National Provincial Bank of England. Secerereae—Nichs. J. Kempe, Eery. Company's Offices, Palace-chambers, St. James's. This railway will form, as nearly as may be Dracticable, a direct Une linen Reading, in Berkshire—one of the • ost important and cagidly improving towns in the kingdom—to the large and populous town of Northampton, where it will form a junction with the Northampton and ireterborough Railway The line will proceed from the tiWestern Railway, and by the way Henley-on-Thames, of the Greatmes,ureat Marlow, West Wycombe, Aylesbury, and Buckingham, " through some of the ;richest and most fertile districts of England, from whence vast are constantly _ s upplies of live stock and agricultural produce far wished to the metropolis ; and from Buckingham it will be continued direct to Blisworth and Northampton. F ro m Blisworth a line procee ds to Wellingborough, and forms a Junction with the Direct Manchester Railway ; and it is intended that a branch shall be formed from West Wycombe to the station at Cough, on the Great Western Railway The proposed line with the branch will be about seventy-five miles in length, and it has been axertained that it may be constructed with unusual facility, whilst, by means of the intended junctions with - the Great Western R a ilway at Slough and Reading, with the London and Birmingham Railway at Blisworth, and the Direct Manchester Railway at Wellingborough, an uninterrupted and most desirable railway communication will be opened between Portsmouth, pert, the the Isle of Wight, ,Southanipton,Bedford, Huntingdon, the Prougmenompomsee....e.....— _ Staffordshire Potteries, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Berwick, and with the great manu facturing and mining districts of the north of England. The numerous parishes and districts which will be traversed by the line comprise a population of nearly 1,500,000 persons, and passing, as It will, a portion of the counties of Berks and Oxford, the whole of Buckinghamshire, and by the celebrated Vale of Aylesbury, adn uniting with the several completed or projected railways under mentioned, viz.: The London and Birmingham The Great Western The Southampton Union The South 3Ldland The Midland Counties The Northampton and Leicester The Northampton and Peterborough, and thus with The Direct Manchester it cannot be doubted that it must prove extremely convenient and beneficial to the public, and highly advantageous to the proprietors. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will he ap plied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Arrangements have been made that the survey shall be completed, and the plans and sections deposited in time for obtaining an Act during the ensuing session of Parliament. Applications for shares may be addressed, in the form an^exed, to the undermentioned brokers, viz.:—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Princes street, John Shewell, Esq., Threa d nee dle-street, and Messrs. Wells , Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street, Mr. John ith. Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, London; Messrs. Graysto Sm ne and Earle, York ; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate ; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle ; Mr. W. Welsh, Lancaster; Messrs. Geddes and Drinkwater, and Mr. Henry Waterton, Bank -buildings, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Mr. Peter Leicester, Messrs. Green and Oldham, Messrs. Green and Lockwood, Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birming ham ; Messrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co., and Messrs. E. King and Co., Leeds • Messrs. Brady and Ftaniforth, Hull ; Mr. J. A. Butchart, Hudderslield ; Mr. Hervey, Halifax Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Samuel utcnson and Co., Brad ford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George H Edwa hi rds, Bristol; Mr. G. It. Glidden, and Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply mouth ; Mr. Robert Aran, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr.av Did Kinnear, and Mr. James Pring l e , Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle, Leith ; Messrs. M`Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; Mr. S. A. Glortg, Perth ; of whom prospectuses may bo had ; or to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Midland Grand Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 251. rash in the Midland Grand Junction Railway, and I hereby undertake to accept that, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 12s. I d. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliameptary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required, Name in full Profession or Trade -------- Reside:ice- Place of busini £TI'_IIDLAND GRANDtP ANY. JUNCTION RAIL WAY NOTlCE.—Applications for Shares WILL 'NOT be received after TUESDAY NEXT. the 21st Instant. By order, NI(IIIOLNS J. KEMPE, Secretary. Palace-chambers, St. James's, Oct. 14, 1845. LY and BURY' ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAYS 41 In consequence of the great number of applications for shares in this Company which are daily received from all parts of the country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to call the atten• tion o 1 the Public to the following Clause in the Prospectus, to the terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, he compelled most strictly to adhere:— '° As, under arrangements entered into with the Lyn n and El y , Ely anti Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies, a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to the holders of shares in those Companies, a very limited number of shares only is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no application for shares therefore cm be attended to, except from parties locally in terested mid of the highest respectability. • By L o L. F rder, . EDWARDS, Secretary pro tern. .. LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that, in pursuance of the authority given to them by the resolutions of the EXTRAORDINARY GE- 1 NERAL MEETING of the Bth instant, the Directors have resolved to issue Scrip in Fifth 10/. Shares to represent the unallotted Shares to which the Company is entitled under the agreement of amalgama tion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, and that such Scrip will be offered to the Proprietors registered on the 33 No vember next, in the proption of one-fifth share to each original share standing in the Proptor's name on the said 3d of November, subject to the payment of a deposit of IL per share (out of which the expense of the application to Parliament for cat Tying the amalgama tion into 'effect, if unsuccessful, will be defrayed, and to the conli tions of the letter of tdlotruent, which will be h issued immediately after the said 3d of November. By order of the Directors, JOIIN S. HERON, Secretary. SHROPSHIRE UNION RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY. Offices, 107, Jerrnyn-street. The Offices of this Company will be removed on the 22d instant to No. 9, Great George-street, Westminster. WILLIAM COWAN, Secretary. Oct. 17, 1845. ORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY 1' COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place South. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 1,300,0001., in 65,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John 4ttwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman James Berne, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., London James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman -square John Bagshaw, Esq., .loucestpr-place, Portman-square Richard BCthell, Esq., Quee.'s Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, Inner Circle, Regent's Park Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway George Woolreffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol W. Hughes Ruglice, Esq., F.A.A., F.L.S., Alderman of the City 01 London Henry Morton, Esq., Biddiek, Durham George Parbary, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. James's-place Georg , : Rongemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street -buildings Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kellingwerth, Newcastle -on-Tyne. BANK.EIII. Messrs. Clyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London Bank of Liverpool The Union Bank, Manchester. ENGINEER. —George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.1.C.8. ARCIIITECT—Robert Abraham,Esq.,Torrington-street, Russell-square. Scticrroa—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, City. SECRETARY —Harry Burrard Farnall, Esq. The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail way Company have great satisfaction in informing their subscriber; that negotiations are now pending between the Provisional Commit tee of this Company and the Directers of the Railways north of the Thanes of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City traffic north of London. To effect this important object, au area of 10 acres ofgrousd (the southern boundary of which is within 500 yards of the Bank of England) has been most carefully surveyed and valued, and the re port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved by them to in crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,0901. The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance to secure within the limits •f their City terminus, the amplest and most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground alluded to, within the centre of the City of London. In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties Railway in Shoreditch, which will effect an entiro junction between the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and et the same than afibrd a direct communication between the whole of the rail ways, which reach London lathe north of the Thames, and give full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a common centre within the heart of the metropolis. Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com pany, will be added that of those companies also who will eventually co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable line of railway. . lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the entire district through which this Company proposes to run this line by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in immediate communication with the C it y ; while the dense popu lation of the City will enjoy a fact ity of connexion with its suburban localities, necessarily affording it the 'greatest accommodation. With such important local resources, therefore, together with the vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed capital. Tkat reunite will be derived thus : The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to 3,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir mingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirds Of which reach the City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,403 persons daily, half of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City. Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now nu acco,nmodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily. From these sources the following products are derived:— rer Ann. Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail way, at 6d. each.. • • ....... ....... •••• • • • £52,523 Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus mOO of this Company, at 3d. each .. Omnibus passengers' traffic, at Gd. each, as taken at pres.nt .. • . • ... • • • • • ....... .. ....... 142,20& tons of goods and parcels pass annually from the Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail ways Into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s. 6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 25. 6d. per ton, a revenu> may be derived of • . From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing it to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of 40,0001. a year, may be derived the sum of .. The total of their calculations amounts t 0.... £980,289 Deduct 40 per cent. for workers' expenses .. £168,174 Estimated Rental to be received from other Companies for the use of Terminus ... • ..... ...................... • £198,174 Being a revenue of more than 15 per nt. en a capital of 1,300,000/. The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 65,000 shareg of 201. each, upOn which a deposit of 21. Is. per share will be payable forthwith. interested. A portion of the share s will be allotted toparties locally The remainder will be distributed amongst being the present s by hareholders a and the public generally , upon application them in manner hereinafter mentioned. The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their Parecent rlia mentary Agents, deem it exped ient, in consequence of the standing ordars of the House of Lords, to require a deposi of 10/. per cent. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in cer ti ordficer ate to carry Eels arrangement into effec t, to deposit their scip with the Secretary, obtain efore the Ist of October next, in exchange for which they will a certificate upon which the bankers of the Company will receive the amount of the difference payable, and, upon producing the receiptand signing the new Parliamentary Deeds, fresh scrip will be delivered to them. ApplicatiOns for prospectuses, maps , a nd shares, may be raade to the Secretary, at the Offices, No. 8, Fi nsbur y - P lace South, and the following sharebrokers : Messrs. It. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North-side, Royal Exchange, London Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Lawford, 3, Royal Exchange George Burnand, Esq , Corr hill Messrs. Bought md and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester William Marshall, Esq., Bank-buildings, Manchester William Haynes, Esq., Manchester Tobn Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. 11. Land, Esq., Bristol J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield J. G Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield F. C. Spencer, Esq , Halifax Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter anon, Esq., Bath. rFXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT _l_ RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD, and LUDGERSHALL. (Provisionally Registered.) Capitall,2oo,oool., in 48,008 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PSOVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park, Oxon The Right llon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, North Walsham The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley The Hoa. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent The lion. William M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningha.m, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart. Sir John Key, Bart., King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, United Service Club E. F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Buckingham shire, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director . of the Dover and Bristol Railway Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway Major Graham, late Scots Greys,lG, Grove,Claphara G. B. Bunbury, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire, Director o f the Coventry and Manchester Railway The B Rev. H. R. Fowler Felton, near ristol,Manchester square, Director of ' the Rhondda. and Ely n Valleys Junction Railway James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal way add Ennis Grand Junction Railway Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully Castle Robert Bell, Esq , - Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Dover and Bristol Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D. Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire Thomas Dosvglasse, Esq., l‘l a rlborough-place, St. Directors of the John's-wood E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Dict Lou- W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford , Esse x don and Exe- G. W. Evans, Esq., Mi/bury-terrace, Regent's-park ter Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Ilyde-park, John Allen, Esq. 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington Francis loose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montagne-square Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equity and Law Life Assurance Company, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Hens Benjamin Swan, Esq., Jertnyn-street, St. James's Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough, Director of the London and South Wales Direct Railway Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley James Paxton, Esq.. M.i)., Director of the Rugby and Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways Thoas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac-cottage, Birstal, near Leeds, an Dl.- rector of the Great Leeds , and London, Midland, and Thirsk, d other Railways Major Henry Lyster, 9, Spring-terrace, Wandsworth-road, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway J. Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square James Scott, M.D., Grove End-lodge, St. John's-wood, Director of the Iltia and Holyhead, and of the Bristol, Bath, and Poole Railways William Doe Belcher, Esq., .I'.fayor of Abingdon John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alderman of Abingdon John Tomkins, Esq. John Harrls, Esq. Members of the Town Council, Abing- Thomas Copeland, Esq. don Edwin James Trendell, Esq , John F!itg, Esq., Abingdon George Cox, Esq., Abingslon George Jackson, Esq., Abingdon John Knight, Esq., Abingdon Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon John Aldworth, Esq.,Frilford, Barks William Cardwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon . William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon John Towle, Esq. Members of the City Council, Oxfbrd R. C. Godfrey, Esq., James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford, Director of the Londo, and Cheltenham Direct Railway - Santuary. Esq., Kidlington. Oxon Captain IL Strong, o.kford, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., 68, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Chel tenham and Oxford Railways Abraham Bauer, Esq., 9, Arthur-street West, King William-street Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford William Seckhaen, Esq., Kidllngton, Oxon Charles Shillingford, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon Arlin Williams, Esq., Somer Town, Oxen Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford Mr. Wm. Thompson, Oxford John Brightman, Esq, Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the Hounslow Railway David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Eastern and Midland Counties Railway Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage Thomas Brown, Esq. West Lockinge, Berko • William Stone, Esq. Charlton, Berke ' Richard Barnard, Esq. Charlton, Berks Henry Hayward, Esq. Stirlings, Wantage James Staley, Esq. Wantage Thomas Brown, Esq. Wantage Mr. Charles Hart, foundry, Wantage Mr. William Beesley, \Vantage John William Palmer, Esq. Letcombe Regis, Berks Mr. J. Pottinger Palmer, er Letcombe Regis, Berke John Blunt, Esq., Upp Bedford-place, Docks William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the Commercial and General Life Assurance Association Robert Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the Somer setshire Midland Railway Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary-churchyard, Director of the Direct Independent London and Manchester Railway John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man. chester Railway T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir. kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot. . terms Railways Charles Johnston, Esq., Aldersgatc-street, Director of the Lynn, Thetford, and Ipswich Railway Admiral AyscOu;h, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and T,eiccster Railway Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Halkin-street. Tielgrave-square, Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby and Warwick Railway Thomas Salkeld, Esq. Huddersfield, Director ud of the Manch Live rester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, and Hdersfield and pool Direct Railway Charles Finch, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury General Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-square (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Chairman. William Bastow, Esq. W. L. Pope, Esq. William Doe Belcher, Esq. I Brigadier-General Henry Robert Bell, Esq. Pynn E. S. Blundell, Esq. M.D. i Francis Roose, Esq. Francis Ewart, Esq. Walter Warp, Esq. Charles Liddiard, Esq. Henry Stock, Esq. James Macmillan, Esq. (With limited power to add to their number). ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Charles Brees, Sowcrrons—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street , London. I'ARLIAMENTART AGENT—Cadwallador F. Waddy, ESQ. BANKERS. London—The Comfhercial Bank of London Oxford—The London and County Bank Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. ; and the County Bank Wantage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney. LOCAL AGENTS. Oxford—John Francis Wilde, Esq. Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq. Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son Wantage—William Ormond, Esq. Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb, Esq. SECRETART—Z. Hubbersty, Esq. The importance of connecting remote parts of E .gland by rail• ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the line which is sow proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury at the south of the intended railroad, the central points from which various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of the former, and to the south and west of the latter ; and the proposed line from Cambridge to Oxrord, continuing to that city the course of railway front the north-eastern parts of the island, requires the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to the western and south-western counties. The Oxford and tsalisbury Direct Railway, ii addition to the benefits which will he conferred upon the nation at large, by perfecting a direct line of commun'cation be tween tile north-eastern and western and south-western parts of England, will afford to the borouvh of Abingdon, the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis bury into immediate connexion with the City and University of Oxford, combining also the advantage of a direct communication with the sister University of Cambridge ; thus strengthening the ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be essentially enhanced. The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press anfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the mere fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di rect channels of transit, are thus severe7v crippled. The same remark applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, am well as Titingerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits, and advantages produced by railway traffic. It has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the same facility of transit to London will be Worded to that place ; and a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced, through the towns which have been named, Itungerford and Ledgers hall, to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis tricts. The survey is in a state of great forwardness, and will be com pleted in sufficient time to enable the Company to apply to Parlia ment in the next session ; and the promoters having received general and most satisfactory assurances of support from the local gentry, landowners, traders, and influential inhabitants, have reasonable ground to anticipate the unobstructed passing of the necessary Act for the formation of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway during the ensuing session. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ; to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, 37, Gresham-street; and to the following Brokers :—Messrs. Peppercorns, 2, Old Broad-street, Messrs. W and D. Ewart, 13, Finch-lane, and Messrs. Preece and Evans, Lothhury, London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and Messrs. Reynolds mid Son, Liverpool ; Mr. John Duncuft, and Mr. John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. Bradshaw ' and Messrs. Welibeloved and Co., L ee d s ; M essrs . Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Bradford ; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Easty and Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. Black and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bntce and Symes, Dublin. t' ... ..s itELA.TIVE CLOSING- PRICES OF RAILWAY SHARES IN Tine PRINCIP.IL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND. ' " I s 'Z . NAMES OF BAILIVAYSI , 1 1 4 8 I s .2 Oct. Oct. 1 Oct. Oct 2o. I 20. I 20. I 20, Aberdeen ••• • • . •• • " Airdrie and Coatbridge • • Arbroath and Forfar • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Ann agh, Coln, & Portrush Bandon and Bantry .• • • • Belfast and Ballymena • • Belfast and County Down Bitknhd,Lan. &Ches.Jnc. Birmingham and Glo'ster Do. New (iss.at7% dis.) Ditto Half Shares • • • • Birminghm & Oxtrel June. 3% Blekburn, and Preston • • Bickburn, Darwn,&l3oltn ltolton,lV !gas, & Liverpl. 39 Boston, Stamfrd and Birm 114 p, 54s 2% Brighton, Lewes, & East. Bristol and Exeter • • • • • • Ditto New ..• • • • • • • • • • Bristol and Gloucester • • Bristol and S. Wales Junc. British and Irish Union • • Caledon. and Ayrsh. Jane Caledon.&Dumbar.June Caled. Wan .• •••••• • • • • • 12% 13 14 Ditto Extension ••• • • 4% 4 % 4 % :lambridg,e and Lincoln•• 5102183; 6 Chester and Birkenhead.. OW) New Shares • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Chester and Holyhead • • Cheltenham and Oxford.. Chichester and Brighton.. Churnet Valley . • • • • • • •• Clttheroe Junction • • • • • • Clydesdale Junction . • • • • Cork, Blackrek & Passage Cork and Bandon .• • • • • • Cork and Killarney •• • • • Cork and Waterford • • • • Cork and Youghal •• • • • • Canterbury and Dover. • • I inventry and Leicester • • 2% Cornwall .••••••• • • • • • • • 4 I)orby and Crewe .••• • • • Direct Lon. and Manchstr Beceles, & Yannoth DirectMan.(Rernington's) 4 4 Direct Northern •••• • • • • 3 3 % Direct Norwich .•• ••• • • • Dublin and Belfast June. Belfast, & Colrne Dublin and Drogheda •• • • Dublin and Galway .•• • • 4% Dundalk and Enniskillen Dandee and Arbroath .• • Dundee and Perth ••• .• Durham and Sunderland East Lancashire (No. 1) Ditto (No. 2) .. ••• • • • F as ten) Counties ....... 22% 23% 23% 2 Do. New .• ••• • • 8% p 13% 1)0. Perp. spr Ct., No 1 P Do. do. N 0.2 14 P East 11ereham & Norwich East Union .• ••••.• • • • • • Ditto Extension .... • • Edlnbgh, Glas., and Dnm. Edinburgh and Glasgow.. 76 Ito. Quarter Shares •• • Do. New Quarter Shares Minh. Leith, and Granton Do. Pref. 5 per Cent• • —;„ Edinburgh and Northern ' 74 Edinburgh and Peebles • • Edinburgh and Perth .• • • 4% Ely and Huntingdon • • • • Enniskillen and motor, Yeovil, & Drchstr 'it wood, Prstn, & W. Rid. larnkirk and Glasgow • • ilaagow and Ayr. • • • • • • 1)o. Quarter Shares . • • • ilasg,ow and Greenock • • Ditto New.• .• • • • •• • • Ditto l'reference • • • •• ilasgw,Dmfries, and Car, I —• 17384 11sgw, K ilmarnek, & Ard Ilasgow and Belfaat Un, kale and Doncaster lrand Junction ..... Ditto Half Shares • • • Ditto Quarter Shares • Ditto New Quarters • • Ditto Eighths .. — 22% 6 _ Grand Union .••• • • • . 2% 2% Great Eastern & Western 3 (:t Grimaby &Dk Extens. 12 11% Gt Grimsby and Sheffield 23% 26 Gt Sthrn & Wstm (Bind) Ditto Extension ••• • •• Great Munster ••••• • • • • • Grt Northern of Scotland Grt Northern of England 21 8 ! , e Do. New 401. Shares • • Do. New 301. Shares .. rent Western .• • • • .... 155 tto Half Shares .. • • Ito Fifths . . rd, Farehm, & Ports. 1%1 - 9% 1 - - 192 I 3 414 1 5 - 28% - - 1 - -2% 2% 141 - 4 I aX PI 6 4 1 5 Harwich . • • • • • • . II nil I slid & Man. R. &Canl Huddersfield and Sheffield 111'11 and Gainsborough • • !lull and Selby ....• • ..... 103 Ditto Quarter Shares • • Ditto Half Shares •• • • Inverness and Elgin •• • • isle of Jersey ••••• • • • . • Kendal and Windermere Kingstown and Bray •• • • Killarney Junctions .• •• • Lancaster and Carlisle • • 51 Lancaster and Preston .. Leeds and Bradford •• • • Ditto Extension .. •• .. Leeds and Dewsbury.... -- \34 Leeds and Thirsk •••• .• • • 15 14 Leedi &W. Riding June. 12 % Leicester Sc. Birmingham . I , i P,s Bs gd L e i ce ster and Bedford ..• —p , —3% Limerick and Watelford Lintrek,Ennis,&iiii. - Jne. Lincoln, York, and Leeds -- Liv. Man. &GtN. of Eng. Liverpool and Manchester 7 kin Half Shares •• • • 106 Ditto Quarter Shares.. 53 Liverpl, Ormskrk,& Prstn —7% 7% London an d Birmingham 220 218%1220 Ditto Thirds ••••• • • • • . 44 27% I ntto Quarters •••• • • • 28 London and Blaekwall • • 93i _ Ltidn. 0N.14. & Chltnham. _ , London and Brignton •• .. 68% ... Ditto Consolid. Eighths L 63 f London and Croydon •• • . 24 Ditto New . ••••• • • • • Ito. (I uarant. 5 per Cnt. London and South Westi n 75 Lojn;oli. n i i . r a e t f ul . or Greenwich i, 1)0. New Cons. E i g hths 35% Privilege London • .. -- Do. New, 50/ Shares • • 14 Do. Yew, 40/. Shares • • London and York .• • • • • • Ditto ( itawtry) . • • • • • • L on don and Windsor •• • • Louth), Salsbury, & Yeovl 3% London terry & Coleraine 5 Lomitaiderry & Enniskilln Lyttr! and Ely ••••• • • • • • Lynn and Dereham ••• • . 7 , y, Manclie.ter and Leeds 146 Ditto Halt Shares •• • • Ditto Quarter Shares • • 21% 21% Ditto Sixteenths ••• • • • Mai (ON . r and Birkenhead Mend icst er &Birminghm 85 . 86 Ditto .duarter Shares .. Ditto New Quarters .• • 13 _ _ _ I to. Con. & Welsh June. 2 % 2% 2% Maitehestr, Boltn, & Bury _ Mnelistr, Buxtn, Sc Matlk _ Man. SLef. and Mid. June. 7 M anclie)tr & Southamptn 5 11 id 1 and ...... ••••• • • • • • 171 Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • • lEt• o New .• • .. Do. Cen. Birm. & Derby Maid CI t Westrn (Irish) D o , Extension to Sligo Nelvcsli & DaringtnJunc. 64 IRs. New (Brandling) • • 53 Newfsast I e and Berwick • • 18 Newcsetle and Carlisle • • Nwe.stie Durham, & Lan. Newport & Abergavenny New ry and Ennisk illen • • 2% 58s6d Newrs•k and Sheffield .• • 5% 6 6 North r etish ••••• • • • • • 24% Ditto New Shares •• • • 5% N o rthern and Eastern • • 70 _ Do. Scrip (iss. at 5 dis.) 60 1)0. Quarter Sha res 19 _ 'Not th Devon .• ••••• • • • • 2 % North Kent •••••• • • • • • • ! 4 4 . ii North Staffordshire •• • • 5 , 9 7 31 8 I North Eastern ••••• • - • • • North Union (N) •••• • • • • Ditto (8)........ — North Wales Mineral— • • Ditto New Shares •• • . Not lit Western •••• • • • • Not t h Wales ••••• • • • • • Norwich and Brandon • • 24 Ditto New • • • • • • • • • • • • Not., Belvoir, & granthm Nottingham and Boston.. Nutt., Er wsh. Val. & Man. Nottingham & Mansfield Oxford and Birming. June Oxford and Worcester • • Oxford and Cambridge • • Perth and Inverness • • • • Portsmo.uth Direct.. • • • • Preston and Wyre • • • • • • Ditto Half Shares • • • • Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Guar Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. & div. Preston & Wyre Extend. Richmond & W. End Junc Rugby and Huntingdon... Scottish Central • • .. • • • • Scottish Midland• • • • • • • • Shell sld and Manchester Ditto Quarter Shares.• Ditto ditto (No. 2)• • Ditto ditto (No. 3) • • Sheffield and Lincoln. • • • Sheffield and Rotherham Shrewsbry & Grand June. Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe 2% Shrws.,Wolv.,Dudl,& Bir Sihrwsbiry & Trnt Val. Cs. 1 p -- Slims, llcrefd,& N. Wales Slamannan .•••••• • • • • • • South Devon . South Midland ••••• • • • • • South Eastern and Dover 38% Do. New (155.321•) No. 1 . Do. (155.33/.65.8d.) ~ 2 Do. (Iss. 301.) „3 -- Staines and Richmond .• • Staffordshire &Shropshire Stirling and Dunfermline South Wa1e5............ Tean and Dove Valley .. 2 Trent Valley .• •.• • • • .... 16 17 Do. and HolyheadJune. Vale of Neath • • • •• •• • . West London, Old Shares West End & Sothrn Coun. Wexford and Carlow •• • • Warwick and Cheltenham Waterford and Kilkenny Watrill,Wxfil,Wick gr.. Dub 1%1 1 74 ' Wakefield and Bradford • • Wakftd, rani:Ant, & Gool Wakefield and Ilarrogate -- Warwick and London .• • West Lancashire •••• • • • • Worcester and Tring •. • • Whiteliaren and Furness Do. New Half Shares• • Welsh Midland • • • • West Cornwall. • • • • • • • • • West Yorkshire • • Wilsontwn, 81. & Coltness Wiltz, Somrst, &Weymth 6% Wilts, Roinrst, & Sontham 1% 1 Yarmouth and Norwich Ditto New. • • • • • • • • York and Carlisle . • • York and North Midland Ditto halt Shares .. •• I D '. 1)1 1 t 't ti f °' , ; I :. e e ' x i. ab :..e Y l l3 l r s .° i : o n . .8. . r : a n : .. c. . h. . 2 8-2 '041 -- brkshi , c SeGlsgow Unit %I - 5 %1 51 41 54 1 - 5 I 3 28 130 31s I =.- 1— I and n 16 1 ,41 - 6191 5 6 %1 - - % _ 4% 4%; 4I - - 6%1 - I - 4%1 - 9% it f - 1 613Gc11 4i 1 -43 143 10% 2341 2'X 2 391 LO4 - 5% 5% 8%1 - 1 2% 3)6} - 3% 3 I --- - A 4% 4 34 - EXETER, Ocr. 20. STOCK E XCHANGE.—Tht sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, 1 p.—Exeter and Creditor, 6--Exeter, Top- sham, and Exmouth (paw's line), IA p.—Ditto (Head's), p.—Central Cornwall and Devon, IA p.—Taw Vale Ex tension, % p.—South Wale , , 7—Eastern Counties, 24. HUDDERSFIELD, Ocr. 20. STOCK ExcitANGE.—The sales are—Essex and Suffolk, 2 —Grand Union, 31. 2s. 6d.—Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Pre::- ton, 71. 158.—Nottingham and Mansfield, 5/. 16s. 6d. —York shire and Glasgow, 5. , s a a HULL, Om 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are—Eastern Counties, New 9—Preston and Wy re, 43—York and North Midland Oct Oct. Oct. -• , /8 3 / 20. 17. 18. Extension, 29—Great Grimsby and Sheffield, Quarter Shares , 7 61/4—North British, Carlisles, 4 ?,---Axlioltne, 425. 6d. p.- - Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, 5A —Cambridge and Lin - coln. 5% —Derby and Gainsborough, 21. 19s. 6d.—Dudley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, 335. p.—East Coast, 2%—Grand _ Union, 3—Great Eastern and Western, 3 1 4—Great North and South Wales and Worcester, 3% p.—Great North of ' 2 14 Scotland, 374 Hull and Barnsley - Junction, 3 p.—Leicester and Bedford, 3% — Lincol n and Wainfleet, 21s. p.—London and Birmingham Extension, 274 —London and York, 5%- - N or thampton, Bedford, and Cambridge, I 2 s. 6d. p.—N 4/ otting- h a m, Erewash, &c., 634 —Nottingham and Boston, 9d.—Nottingbaui and Mansfield. 51. 16s. 3d.—Rugby and Huntingdon, 2:34 —Sheffield and Macclesfield, 10s. v. —Teen and Dove Valley, 2:34 —York and Carlisle, 4%-1. orkshire and Glasgow Union, 4%. YORK, Ocr. 20. STOCK EXCIIANGE.—The sales are--Ipswich and Bury, 4% —Newcastle and Darlington Junction, New (Brand ling), 55 1 4 —North British. Carlisles , 4 1 4—York and North Midland Extension, 291,4 —Cambridge and Lincoln, sy 3 Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, Direct Northern, 3 1 4 —Grand - Union, 3/. 3s. 6d.—Lei , rester and Bedford, 3%—London and York, 6—Newcastle and Berwick, 1834—North Kent and Direct Dover, 4%—Welsh Alands, 4/. Is. SPECIAL TRIP ON THE CROYDON AT MOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Yesterday a special trip too k p lace on this line of railway, preliminary to its op enin g for p ublic accommo ii lotion, in order to afford the friends of the directors an opportunity of testing the atmospheric principle of fropubion. I% After partaking of a very handsome cold collation 2% _ • provided by the Company, in the long room at the London-bridge station, the directors and their friends left by a special train at five minutes befcre two o'clock, and arrived at the Dartmouth Arms station in about - fourteen minutes. The train, consisting of ten carriages, including the piston carriage, and weighing above 50 — __ tons, was then placed upon the atmospheric tube, and - instructions ha‘ing been communicated by means of the electric tele.,Traph to the stationary engines at the Jolly - Sailors and at Croydon, the carriages were set in motion at y 'wisely ten minutes past two. The speed on first leaving the Dartmouth Arms was twelve miles, increas ing during the progress to 18, 25, 32, 40, and 50 miles an hour respectively, dividing the whole dietance of five miles into six periods. The whole distance was accom plished in eight-and-a-half minutes. The average speed was upwards of 30 miles per hour. After waiting at the Croydon station about half-an hour, the train returned to the Dartmouth Arms, at an average of 28 miles an hour, the distance being accom plished in about ten-and-a-half minute , . It must be re collected that this was not so much an axperitnent of speed as an exhibition of the practicability of the prin ciple. After remaining a few minutes at the Dartmouth Arms the pray returned to London. We could not help obseraine . the very striking difference in the oscil lation of the locomotive train as cemparett with that on the atmospheric line, the balance being immensely in favour of the latter. CiRCOLAR. WIYDSOR, MONDAY. —The Queen and Prince Albert and the Queen Dowager rode out in a pony landau and four this morning, attended by the Viscountess Barrington, in the Home Park and the grounds adjoi , dng the Castle. On the return of their Majesties and Prince Albert, his Royal High ness went out on a shooting excursion, accompanied by the Marquis of Worcester, the Earls of Den Ugh and Morton, and attended by the lion. Colonel Grey and Mr. Anson. The royal party returned to the Castle at two o'clock. The Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, were taken for their morning rides and walks. In the afternoon all the Royal Family walked out. Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington arrived at the 1 Castle, on a visit to the Queen . —241 A Majesty and the Queen Dowager and Prince Albert rode out in a poney phaeton and four, attended by the Conn - tess of Mount Edgecumbe, this afternoon. The Viscountess Barrington, the Hon. Misses Kerr and Napier, followed in ano th e r carriage and four; and the Earls of Denbigh and Morton, and tire Hon. Colonel Grey, rode on horseback with the august party. The Marchioness of Worcester walked in the pleasure - grounds this afternoon. The royal dinner party this afternoon will include her Royal Highness the Duc hess of Kent, Lady Anna Maria Daw __ son, the Rev. Frederick and the lion. Mrs. Anson, and Col. Sir George Couper. The band of the Grenadier Guards was in attendance dur• ing dinner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards at. tended in the Castle. . 305 Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office fpm the Governors of the West India Colonies. THE 'THEATRES. HAYMARKET. The Lady of Lyons was revived at this theatre last even . - ing, for the dthitt of Helen Faucit and Anderson, who have - been engaged for twelve nights. As neither of these - artistes have appeared in London for some time, the public curiosity was excited, and the house was well filled before the ri3ing of the curtain. Helen Faucit, who appeared 5% to be all the better for the change of air and change of scene which she has_ enjoyed in her somewhat lengthened provincial excursions, acted the part of Pauline as she alone can act it. She was the original Pauline, and although many others have attempted the part, and have acted it well, too, yet none have approached Helen Faucit. Her reception was a glorious one, and she never acted better than she did last night. Anderson was the Claude Melnotte. He has been vastly improved by his practice in America. He has acquired greater confidence in himself, AO if he gives him-- self fair play, he will become, not only first of the second-rates, but a first-rate actor. It was evident, in his acting last night, perhaps too evident, that he had taken Macready for his model, but on the whole, his Claude Melnotte is superior to Macready's—there is more energy, more improvisation, if we may be allowed the term, in his acting, than in Macready's. In the acting of Macready it is evident, painfully evident, that every atti tude, every intonation, is the result, not only of study, but of almost calculation--he has not yet attained the highest reach of art, the ars celure artem. Now, with Anderson, the ef fects seem more the result of the inspiration of the moment; they burst more suddenly upon the audience, and appear to be less the result of calculation ; besides, his youthful appearance gives him a great advantage over his elder competitor. The play was very well cast as regards the other characters, and Mr. Stuart, who appeared as Beauseant, in consequence of the illness of Howe, made a great deal of a very mediocre part. Anderson and Helen Faucit were called for at the conclusion, •eceived with loud applause. --- AD ELPILL An operatic, romantic, magical, semi-burlesque Terpsi chorean burletta, in two acts, by Charles Selby (we like to be accurate in these matters, and therefore we quote from the playbill), 'yclept Taming a Tarter, or Magic and Ma zourhaphobia, founded on the grand ballet spectacle of Le Diable a Quatre, which is nightly drawing crowds to the Academie Royale, at Paris, was produced here last evening with the most triumphant success. It is at all threes a difficult task to give the plot of a ballet, and when that ballet is semi-burle;que, the difficulty is greatly increas , ,d. We are, however, in the pr•:sentiustance, relievedfrom our ditli cul ty,bnause, although this ha let is borrowed from the French, it. is. after all, but a payingus back our own, for Le Diable a Quatre is only a ballet version of the old English story of Jobson the cobbler, and his wife Nelly ; and in this in stance Wright is the Jobson, here called Mazourki, and transformed from a cobbler to a basket-maker, and his wife is Madame Celeste. The great lord with a termagant wife is en acted by Mr. Braid, and the termagant 'lady herself finds an excellent representative in Miss Woolgar. The change of wives is brought about by the instrumentality of a magician, who is aided by certain fairies; and this machinery enables the adapter to introduce several pretty dances and some beautiful scenic effects. As a spectacle it is magnificent. The music by Adolphe Adam is pretty and appropriate. The costumes are magnificent; and Wright and Munyard, Madame Celeste and Miss Woolgar, aided by Paul Bedford, act and dance athilirably. Mr. Selby himself, too, as a maitre-de-ballet, contributes his quota of burlesque, and, in getting up the piece, he has managed to amalgamate his fun and his f►nery it; such judicious propartiow, that lie has pro duced a very laughable farce and a very splendid spectacle at one and the same time. The house was crowded to suffo cation. LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY. — Gre at numbers of the labourers' ho have been eptployed on this railway, especially at Shap and its vicinity, are leaving for the. Caledonian. A great cry for workmen having been raised, they anticipate high wages will be given. Saturday last was the monthly pay-day, and for some miles on each side of the Shap not a dozen men have resumed their work; some disputes between the sub-contractors and the labourers having taken place, the 6eparture of many of the labourers for the Caledonian has been delayed in consequence; and during the past week drunken brawls, fights, and scenes of the most riotous description have been hourly occurring.— Carlisle Journal, [AnvEaTisEmENT.]—A. CURE FOR ALL BILIOUS COMPLAINTS SY HOLLOWAY'S PILLS.— A destructive blue pill composed of calomel, taken at night, and followed by a drastic black draught the next morning, seems to be the favourite re medy for bilious complaints, when poison in fmall quantities is scarcely less injurious. For all liver, stomach, and bilious com plaints, let the patient take Holloway's admirable pills, a pure herbal preparation, and for a time drink no wine, beer, or spirits, nor eat of fruits or vegetables. By this course he will not only effectually cure himself, but will also feel himself younger and better in health than for years before. To be had at pro fessor Holloway's establishment, 244, Strand, London, and of all medicinevenders throughout the civilized world. THE HARVEST.—Though the weather has not been uniformly favourable during the present week, we have had several fine harvest days, and a good deal of the corn that was in stock in the fields in this and the neighbouring counties has been secured— , we fear, not in very good condi tion, but we hope not essentially damaged. ft would pro bably :not be an over-estimate to say, that not leis than a tenth of the corn grown north of the Humber is yet exposed to the hazards of the weather, so that the deficiency already ascertained to exist in the harvest may be stiil further in creased. Beans would also suffer from wet weather. Potato gathering for the winter supply will soon be general should the weather, on the other hand, be dry ; at all events, it cannot safely be delayed beyond the Ist of November. The promise of this root in Yorkshire and Lancashire is still good. It is not improbable, from the result of observations which have been made, that the disease will be found most extensive on ill-drained soils.—Leeds Mercury. GLASGOW PIG-IRON TRADE.—During the past week, we have not had so much excitement in this trade as in the course of the week prior. The market of lat 3 has been operated on mercurially, according to the state of the weather. This is owing to almost all the large transac tions at present reported being speculative, in anticipation of an extensive demand, based, however, in a great mea sure, on the result of the harvest being favourable. October 9th, the market heavy—no sales—nominally 95a. cash. 10th, sales to-day at 955, but closed heavy. 11th, the market firmer, sales at 925. 6d.; buyers at thii, but w sellers. 13th, few. sales to-day; sellers A froon t. to 955., but few buyers. Saks made thunders a :ios. 3 nis. 14th, sellers at 925. fid. ; but we do not hear of any trans actions above 925. We are aware that some, dealers a re open to buy largely at advanced prices on time—say four pr six months' bills ; but we quote monied transactions. The price this day is 925., nett cash, — Gigs National. I'ORII . OP APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee wtay of he Oxford and Salisbury Direct Rail. Gentlemen, -1 request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking ; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any l e ss number which ma y be allotted to m e , an d also to p a y the de and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, Perna and all other necessary instruments , when re pri o ue s i nr i t et a s d r t sy h o e trcoe oodo. r a t I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant, Name in full • • Post Town • • • •• • Occupation ...• • • • • Pderence • Usual Signature " • ' Dated• • • • • • • • • • • • Amalie and Preston 47,1foorgate-street, London. THE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY. No Application for Shares can be received after THURSDAT NEXT, the 23rd instant. The following letter has been receive d from Samuel Charles Brees Esq., the engineer to this; Company, viz.: " Stoke Newington, 18th October, 1845. " Sir,—l have the honour to report, for the Information of cora the Board of Directors, my return from Oxford. Agreeable to r mands I made further examinations of the line of country, and have engaged and given instructions to a large and efficient staff of sur veyors and assistants to perform the survey. I have much satisfac tion in adding that my last visit has been such as to warrant the statements made by me at the meeting of the Provisional Committee concerning the elegibillty of the line, and have no hesitation in saying that the survey will be completed, and the Parliamentary plans de posited, by the 30th November. "I have the honour to be, Sir, " Your obedient servant, " SAMUEL CHARLES' BREBS, "Engineer in Chief, Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railwa.7 " To Z. Hubbersty, Esq. Secretary, Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway." By order of the Committee of Management. Z. LiVBBERSTT, Secretary. ..~ ~~~~ R. P. Lel FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF SCRIP. To the Secretary of the North London Junction Railway Company. Sir,—l herewith transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by me in this Company munhered as at foot, and I undertake to make the fr.rther payment of 14s. 6d. per share on the said shares, forth with, and to execute the new Parliamentary Contract and Snlyscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845 Christian and surname in full ...... • . • • • • Business or Profession ........ Residence • • • • • • • • • • . • - • • • • FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Railway Company. I request you will allot to me shares of 20/. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or any less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired. Dated the day of 1845. Christian and surname in full Business or Profession • • • • Address• • • • • • • • • • •• .. • • • • • . ofaeneo • • ..... .•. •• • • • • • N ORTH. LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Shares cam. bo received after Tatiasiwr, the 234 Institut, in order to enable the Company to he fully prepared to proceed with their Bill. in Par liament at the next Session. By order of the Committee, It. B. EAn.siALL, Secretary, Office, 8, Finsbury-place South. ~" `~- r<~ F ~ti 30,000 1845 e ;Ts - 6p! :: CENT it A L CITY LETTERS FROM CHARLES FEARSON,RSQ., TO W. H. ASHURST, ESQ., MEMBER. OF THE CORPORATION OF LONDON, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE OF CITY LANDS; AND -FROM Ma. ASHURST TO THE MEMBERS OF THE COKYO RATION OF LONDON, AND ormuts CONNECTED WITH TR-,DE IN THE CITY OF LONDON, ON THE IMPORTANCE CF A CENTRAL CITY TERMINUS TO THE CITIZENS AND TO THE WHOLESALE AND RETAIL TRADE OF THE CIT. W. H. ASHURST, EsQ., Member of the Corporation of London, Chairman of the Com mittee of City Lands, and Solicitor of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company. London, September 30, 1815. My Dear Sin—While many of the most wealthy and influential of the citizens and csrporators of London have em barked their capital, and lent the weight and influence of their character and station to support the numerous gigantic measures of public improvement which are now afloat, not a single Company exists to direct the stream of capital and euterpri-e in furtherance of any local improvement within the City of London ; nay more—amid the mighty changes which are now taking place in the metropolis of the empire, so far from promoting the local interests of the City (the source of their wealth and influence), we find the names of many of our mot t esteemed citizens engaged in speculations, having for their avowed ob jeet, to divert into other channels many of the advantages, which as the great centre o communication, the City of London has hitherto exclusiv f ely, or at least principally enjoyed. By some of these speculations it is proposed to expend mil lions in constructing great central railroad termini (as they are somewhat oddly designated) in the suburb, of au:: City; Hungerford-market, Lambeth, Southwark, Nine Elms, Cam den Town B a ttl e -b r idge, Finsbury, and other p laces are va riously talked of for this purpose.' Other projectors have p:o -posed to connect the various existing and intended lines by railways round the outskir:s of London; and yet, amid the countless schemes which the newspapers are daiiy advert icing, there is not in existence, I believe, a single company wines contemplates the bringing of railway traffic into the City; although, as the principal seat cf all the great banking, mer cantile, and trading establishments of the kingdom, the City is the common point to which the greater portion of metro politan railway traffic would seem naturally to tend. The evil consequences to the Cite of this vast expenditure of capital in the suburbs may not at present be perceived by those even who are, like yourself; deeply interested in its wel fare, but we may assure ourselves, that " where the honey is there the bees are found." The localities in which these im provements take place will (if the City do not provide i' self with similar accommodation) speedily draw around them business establishments of every deseription, and will tra ul d ti mately drain from the City a large portion of the e, which, if it be allowed a fair start in the race of inaeroverueet, its central situation and existing commercial prc-eminence will infallibly secure. The reasons which surveyors and others engaged in these new un dertakings have assigned fir excluding the City from all their contemplated plans, is, that the Corporation upon former occasions resisted the introduction of railroads into the City with so much vigour and pertinacity, that specu lators are afraid to peril the success of their projects by en countering so serious an opposition. This objection has within the last few days been broadly stated by a of the active Directors of your Manchester line ;he i .me that the Company would Madly make their ternit n Farringdon-street, if they could obtain the sanction of the City. You, Mr. Ashurst, as an influential member of the Common Council, have much to answer fur, if you, as sol;citor of the Company, bring acqueinted with the ex i s teuce of this feeling do not teat the ex I s dug opinion of the Corpora tion on this subject, by bringing the subject under the serious consideration of the court When, as guardians of the public interest:, the Common Council thought fit to discountenance the introduction of railroads into the City, the subject was novel and but imper fectly understood. Danger from fire, and annoyance from smoke and noise were apprehended from the use of loco motive engines in a crowded city : besides which, it was anticipated, if one railroad were:per mitted to penetrate into the heart of the City, it would be difficult to exclude others, arid our principal streets might be intersected in all directions by a confluence of railroads on viaducts concentrating every description of confusion and noise. As an officer of the Corporation I should perhaps act more prudently if I preserved silence, allowed " laissez frire" to be my motto, confined my labours to the discharge of my official duties, p o cketed my salary, and left the City and its interests to take care of themselves. I cannot however per suade myself te be prudent ream such terms ; and even at the risk of being set down as a meddlsr en matters which. in my official position concern me not, I have determined to open my mind to you upon this ell-important subject, with the frankness and freedom of former times. Being placed in a situation in which I cannot act as I would do were I again a member of the Court of Common Council in which I spent so many years; I charge you by t he res p onsibilit y y ou owe to the public (from the high station you hold in the Corpo ration) to arouse the citizens from their apathy, that they may not be deprived by foreign speculators of the trading advantages of situation they have hitherto possessed, and which by a little exertion they may continue to retain.: In thus addressing you, you will of course understand that I do but represent my own individual opinions ;—I do not write as City Solicitor ;—I have no authority directly or indi rectly from the Corporation, or either of its Committees, or from any individual member, to communicate with you or with any other person upon the subject. I, however, am by no means desirous to shrink from any personal responsibility which the expression of these opinions may create; you are therefore at perfect liberty to deal with this letter es you may think proper. I have kept a copy, and shall consider myself entitled to make it public, if circumstances should hereafter render it necessary to show that I am neither in sensible of, nor indifferent to, the serious injury which the the best interests of our city will suffer, if the present golden opportunity is lost, of effecting those local improvements which are absolutely essential to enable it to compete in com mercial facilities with the surrounding districts. I do riot desire to excite your attention, and leave your mind distracted by idle speculations or vague generalities. I shall lay before you therefore a specific plan of improve ment within the City, which, for public utility and private profit, need not, in my opinion, fear competition with any of the great projects of the day. First.—l propose that a railroad shall be constructed, from Battle-bridge to Farringdon-street, for the use of such of the Northern, the North-Eastern, and North, Western lines, as shall desire to have a terminus in the centre of the City, and shall be willing fairly to contri bute to the cost of construction, either by payment of a due proportion of the first - charge, or by a fixed or flue dilating rent as may be agreed, by the Company making, and the Companies using, the lines. Explanation.—lt is presumed that this great undertaking may be more effectually, speedily, and economically exe cuted by one of the existing Companies, who are prepared with adequate capital, machinery, and staff to carry it out ; or it; may be carried into execution by a Company formed for the purpose out of members of the other lines. If the Railroad Companies know their own true interests, they will avoid all foolish jealousies, and avail themselves of the manifold advantages which a combined capital and an united plan of operations will afford, in obtaining - for all who desire the centre of the City as the resting- place of their traffic, a great trunk line, and a g rand centrarterminus, equal in capacity to all their wants. The union of the several termini at one central spot will prove equally convenient to the public and beneficial to the shareholders. The railroad may at once be made wide enough for cell its customers pre sent and future: capital will thus be economised, costly law and Parliamentary contests e ill be avoided, and the expense and annoyance will he saved of piece-meal patching and e bit by hit reform." Let the originally defective arrange ments of the Greenwich, South-Eastern, Brighton iod Croy don lines teach wisdom to those who desire like them to stop at the same spot. The plan here suggested will, I expect, remove one of the principal objections formerly raised against the introduction of railroads irate the City. The dedication of one spot to the accommodation of half a dozen railroads is very different from a proposal to introduce them to half a dozen different te rmini, by half a dozen dif ferent routes. Secondly.—For the purpose of showing the line proposed, I have laid it down roughly upon a copy of Horwood's map which I send herewith :—I do not mean to pretend that this is the precise line which it will be.found ulti mately expedient to adopt ; that will depeutZ upon the adjastment of the gradients by competent engineers, when the levels are taken, and the longitudinal and cross sections are laid down upon an actual survey of the line. It will be perceived that the line pursues (with slight de viations) the low ground which anciently formed the valley of the Fleet River. Explanation.—Besides the other advantages of carrying the railroad in this valley, which will be presently enume rated, it will have the effect of uprooting the haunts of wretchedness, squalor, and disease, which infest the valley, and are, it is admitted on all hands , a standin g re p roach to the wealthy capital of the richest nation in the world. Any well-defined plan, capable of effectually removing this nui sance, will undoubtedly receive the support of the Govern ment and the Legislature. This part of my plan is one (and I will presently name the other) wing which would materially aid any Bill through Parliament. If, in addition to the intrinsic merits of their own line (of which I hnnw nothing) the "Direct Manchester" and the " Direct York " want to gain, from extrinsic circumstances, votes to be used in an apprehended Parliamentary struggle, I advise them to lose no time in appropriating to themselves the merit of abolishing an evil, which Sanatory Commissions and Parliamentary Committees have in vain denounced. Thirdly.—lt is proposed that the railroad shall be worked by atmospheric power. Explanation.—When I suggested this project seven years ago, I thought of working the line by means of a stationary engine and an endless rope. The actual success of atmospheric pressure as a motive power to railroad carriages may now perhaps be considered as sufficiently established to warrant its adoption, without waiting for any further proof. This in vention may be equally applied to all carriages to be brought to a proposed general rendezvous at Battle-bridge by the various lines, whether worked by locomotive or atmospheric power; and, by a proper disposition of the rails, it is equally available for carriages running either on the broad or narrow gauge. Besides working with steeper gradients and sharper curve', the use of atmospheric power will be attended with peculiar advantages in this case. It will remove the other great objection to tire introduction of railroads within the confines of the City; all the danger and almost all the noise which locomotive engines produce will of course be avoided by the employment of this invention. Fourthly.—For the reasons which will presently be fully explained, the railroad is to be constructed in an arcade or covered way, with eyelets at stated distances in the roof, and with cuttings or open spaces at intervals in the centre or the sides, so as to admit of sufficient light and ventilation. Explanation.—The covered way here proposed must not be confounded with an ordinary tunnel, to which in all its ob jectionable features it bears no resemblance. Tunnels are dark, damp, unventilated, and unwholesome. The proposed covered wawill possess none of these properties ; it ill be lofty, light and dry, and as airy used cheerful 88 the w 'West end arcades. Fifthly.—The width cf the arcade will be determined by the number of rails it may be found expedient to lay down for the accommodation of the various lines. It must at any rate be of sufficient width, and its roof of use ffi d se nt s trength, to admit of the upper surface being a street for the accommodation and transit of foot pas sengers, carriages, and carts. By . placing the railroad in the valley, and by slightly raising rtrtl &Tresl;lp, - the Foe whero neces , art:. se th '-lie,.,l\vay for tiff et,-,er:ti..::es served; and, M. the same thu , bY a little inauagonent of the side streets, easy levels for the cross traffic over the roof of the covered way may be readily . obtained. Explanation.—This, in a üblic point of view, is one of the most important features p of the w hole plan, add might .....'" ,-----------es--- --- perhaps be appropriately called its o ther wing, if the netet e i nd ° order did not claim the preference. At presen t it can 11 °74 be said that there is one contin uous inlet from then ortinio ad, into into the City between St. John's - st reet and Gray Inn-eu By the formation of the prop osed street, there will be tb e ell e _ long, wide, uninterrupted line of communication metro. Obelisk, Blackfeiars, to Battle-bridge, intersecting he polis in the centre, and uniting the City and the suburbs north and south, both to eac h other, and each to itself. T° from provide means for a cr oss communication between et di tricts on each si'.e of the proposed street is a emitter m ost, as important to the public convenience as the corstructiog the proposed principal street from north to south. ..1° ee s itteele awkward, irregular, and defective state of Back-bill, hill, Saffron-hill, and other cross streets, together with the horrible nuisances which now fill up the valley of the Fie!! present a serious impediment to a free comniunication 70 tween the adjoining districts; and. until these nuisaneest.e removed by some great undertaking of this nature-, it is I_FT O possible that any effectual improvement in the locality, If o n the condition of the inhabitants, can ever take place• le e te the other hand, this great object is accomplished, Pr"abe speculation will follow in the wake of public enterprise :.....e, uprooting the wretched haunts at the bottom of the vein and by the formation of a great central street, the surrer in big property of every description will speedily increeeoel value, and those houses which are not touched bv tbe l e l ' ere the improvement will be soon raised to the level of th P' perty to which they adjoin. st iln' Sixthly.—lna public point of view, one of the r i e e e e, I . portant parts of my plan remains to be oxl) l3. :;tross p_ronose to carry the railroad in the covered Woe ere flea Holborn -bridge, so as to provide stations for el 0 l; the', using the railroad in Farringdon-market and north-eastern side of Farringdon-stre et. e e ssonsi Explanation.—By this plan ` the vall thinner tbe u se ,. to of ILlborn-hill and the botom of - reised twelve or fourteen feet; and by this means zee - rr bill * enabled to adjust the levels from the crown of Ilolho hen to the summit of Skinner - street; CO that instead ofleecci,"!e'oe this age of improvement one of the main avenues tot b ,,r " at e e of the City dangerous and almost inaccessible tot:0 v ) I sd retina ee we shall obtain what may be termed a. good trot i in no 1' from Hatton-garden to the Old Bailee, rising — re theft more than one foot in forty feet, and being little Ine At t ee street ,abieliti 1,4 the rise in Fleet-street, which is one in fortyennen, . 3 0/ leis present moment the fall in a rtion ortiolborreillLeisel. seventeen feet ; and from thew est of Hatton lane it is one in twenty; and the average of Skio n ..gardeo t er " 4l 6l is one in twenty-five. et e the Some years after I had suggested my plan for brir_ef:tes northern railroads into Farringdon-street by oleo' °,„ JP' yereil way, an eminent surveyor was employed he' t'e the bitants of the locality to devise a schemedfor reo°l.ol,et, dangers and difficulties of Holborn-hill an Sleinilevee' pie' without resorting to a viaduct which was then ill ee ,.. „ tion to carry the traffic from one summit to theft l'je'esticie After a careful survey, and a close and reeve q' sn ot of the expense, this gentleman reported that this i m e e - ;tebe improvement might be effected for 50,0001., which loose: required to defray the cost of taking down artd te lt di / some of the houses, and altering and adjustin su e w et.° in Skinner-street, Holborn-bill, and Farrinene°7ol. would be affected by the altered levels of tl'e , e OOO method at that time presented itself for providing t' i J oe and the project fell to the ground ; the case is T ,e PA S rielly altered. The Manchester Direct Line the I° f t , osi l i Line, the Tottenham Extension Line, sill eve °t a 6,1 , to Farrington street; and the Birminnhain e n a n Western in spite of themselves must cone als°: a will be distanced in the race for p ublic favour 1 ro , competition will compel them to engage. te bell e rte Farringdon market and a portion of the n'T e ee ife? r e perty at the northern end of Farringclon-street w,,"3oe6cie3g at a comparatively moderate expense. site a°W.,),,steriesr for the termini of all the Northern and Noetile e '''„ tisille North-Western lines ; stations might be made there 1,1 if required even six times the size of the tern' : tes e, ' it s now accominodntes the Brighton, Soutlief":: is /li e il Croydon line. The spot chosen for this ril e reesa''o, 4 exact centre of the metropolis ; it is near anto%oo4. ill abuts on one of the widest and mest import t t ee C I l' in the kingdom, opering into streets intersecting o,le. all directions, and leading by direct channels n 4 f c a cti 4 , tem to any part of the metropolis, and thenc e ` c. 0 4 ter of the globe. s t 10 1) 10 In detailing the advantages which the publi c "ev seam the citizen's of London in particular, will &ri ve n ee that opens out so many improved 'nears of l gter to th ir tell ° `' time, and brings the elements of inere.esed. tracle re ett e l•• ;l e e r doors, I must not forget that lam addressing l lt i . ); i les Ives, professionally engaged in promoting a crest tli''' e v o i dertaking, in which those who have embark' re teer , naturally and properly expect a remunerating $ ni lk e ittl e ' l Directors may perhaps admire my project as e rel e s eV e 'l public utility; but, without mature refleel iea e ore` . telie consultation with their able engineers and silTel..ereete,"-ei considerations of this nature more appeerterl'ele Tao they may think its cost will more than collyeed e ee e e ol e nej profits which as a railway company they ent''tee lire eel''' the undertaking. I have carefully tb e l ot rel Junction Railway, as proposed in MG, and s" t ee as e t ee ' ' e a down e on the map as a contemnlated line foe eat tone, Company, end I have no hesitation in saeingfe'r sli3teedf; of the line I have proposed can be proeueeds'yeel;ele'';, sum than that which is described in either ol . l o l te sele r 4 of this fact, however, you can easily as. )oe r e ek`e ploying competent surveyors to examine se e 64 Upon the comparative expense of a viadnete ee pel l ' o i 0 way your engineer will speak; the saving ' eel P s i will be effected by combining in one line se, s l Kill/ e'' ' for the several companies, instead of their A vco rd A , lines for themselves, is too obvious to need a on mentary. e 0 0 4 O t t e! In speaking of the comparative cost of t w . 1 ott 6 r strutting a railroad in a populous district, eteeeleeeee omit mentioning an important distisguishing i ie to ill t e e plan. To all persons who have been engegeieeslleee; rations it is known, that where yOll have t a . te po'iteet . r . e mixel property in crowded situations, it i 5 1 0 0 1 1; :0 tarn the ground you actually need it p se . e f ;Pl s fir as the railroad is concerned is of n°, n t ':rg,thi t i ,,, property is usually sold ; but, helot , ' elns e ,;, - ee d i e tV duct, it is of little or no value; by - me' 1 3 " - o ' see "fro 7 ll# have a frontage to a wide and level sire" e nite . 3 iteil of ground will acquire a large additional : e 'eel , - will' generally improved state of the neighboaelee lo ,ye from the improved value of the other prolet lei" will adjoin. h et v; ° ' 0 1 i It would be out of my province to state 'yens eil e 'ne: b el' return in the shape of ground rents for builli":': ,errs 3+ side of the new street from Bettle-bridg° eTheil'io,fit! street; your surveyor will readily supply :":,', o ll ot eti, # 'l! culation. These ground rents, which `v ill a e"' e ort e eeeire large sum of money, will be sold to defre neeseleof,l,"ol cost ; the Corporation has sold the greenlet 17, t eerneb i i ivi,': 1 adjoining their new streets in the City. 3t" Pft4bl,' years' purchase. This very high rate er , i f i ,yee',loF now be maintained, but lam confident e'°'i t ee ' /ell' e report to you that the building sites of tlleeell fs t oo', this project will call into existence wil l l i , 0,. ' return towards the cost of its construction. a i o i r elle While writing upon the subject of esPaell'et pl e ati "' serve, that when first I projected'this Ple a , r e tb,, - , e o' m e lt ii ell , 1 street had not been commenced, and se e eee lie„o e I houses towards the northern extremity °' i .j e etl"'it .' . i . j..11( erected ; these alterations are however c eo ise• o°,l and will not create much additional ell - 0 13 ,. tr fortunately, be necessary to take b"r"ie(l°eeeoeoetel ei houses on the eastern side of New ,ill b e ,ieti f ' ro" convertingtheflrst floors into shops thee' s'e i tennebee i i e 1 with the cr rriage-road and pavement of th n e l e iellt ea ' A ,' !` t i , 1 the covered way; from the inereand trafae," eir e e - e. ' to that spot, they will in all probabilitY '-': ite rel l 'ej t o 1 1 to a greater extent than the cost of the di ' t - stole: o e r Committee, like men of business, wit! be i t r 'O l nise the project with great caution, l- thinethet se e et an anticipated objection by observing to t'' e - • gineer has looked at the site in referseeee Li ePe ee ee l e gas and water-pipes, &c. along the line;;;Tedo`ce'reelltotto the map of the sewers with the level s l ega t e olee4 after, a conference with cue of the illl,'peos e ie 01 sewers in the Finsbury district, be '' nies ili I°o should on this head experience no diffie e s e, . line that could not be readily ovc rconleeo A Ci e ec tel I shall now bring this lengthy e pistl e ' t c n0,„,,,,, , know that I have omitted to state any f l e c , e ithe r e e' subject which is within my k n owlel i g, e ' e e - to lle .- e feet et of having written a sentence calcule"efeersa' if ee".tr ber may peruse my letter for the purpos e ° ten ts ° eP e ' t 4 e l ' ls ment upon the subject of its con-tell I kte ee - r oo e l e r e neither a surveyor nor an engineer. Teceitte itarisoobsl er e e o that your friends should adopt stl e :', s eecti' ra , 4/oielrtlli! without first receiving the fullest se - 5 re l e s ire 0 , 41' men by whose advice in those Illetteerial / 3 0 ell ioll ' ft In times past I communicated with se` ste s fO e cus s .. . d I upon the subject, and I have never little heard d i 00f pl dye any objection which did not after a the ground. Your engineer will of course find , b e ci t iee - ee lt , l e e cli er Vee e t ; , the execution of the measure, sa ne . e e, b e ife e 'e, : r ef ; some to overcome ; they will, hov e ' . o e. er eeele t iO, inseparable from every great undertalti e e ti: ot ell ° ' s e 6 think proper to direct their engin eers the - 'e'el te etl le eil i e pere a plan and section of the line , „el ee te till te t '' l a ' plan and the facility of its execution,e;te (te st i ti0e.414 there will be no engineering diffe o nit h 1 15 0 be 1''.•;.l vise of any extraordinary skill. L'sPdtee sf ; ill ft ee r r;e' v el required ; and although the quite sure it will be reported to y"" i ' b g y ATeel' re r n e2 required to obtain a City When from this sum is diducted the , is c ome tile t ilt lei, rents will yield, and vehen the balere.eeeielit it " ee te . 4 money value of the immense trefile et iaell plcn, ee . e ye t ee 1 be capable of conducting, lam nu" e n ejell ie noefi one of the most profitable projects e , t bls P e illt'il",/ pital has called into existence • et to l f , ione e t , ire tefirmrsitne°;retsto::'frl:crl' tl:'4,::1 " Now or never," must be the o.teislev teeeceee; %l ei the existing spirit of enterprise, 5 " b e o'l e sac te ee ll e tilef quiescence will ensue. If the ,l an ol io ec ee , t r e , 4, • • CO ot 'WV 4 0, e t f of influence and capital, it ls , If 0 . 0 e „ L ie A over, and it can never be revive.. ece eeti eee ee_ te te lt e• fore another era of enterprising st.Pioatels'esleVeeee, power of effecting the improve:cell _ - I ", e e.elnot,:clseeee9, se less some step in the right direetesrneee to 'e s D O' ift l i. A projected street from liolbornen 'l l l,ll ID ' te le 07 continued upon the low level 643 :is 'to easil;pert7ll ti A viaduct at Holborn, from stlei t n a o ota . ,; 0 , ci . 0 i , I the fiftieth time again prop ' °se Ces' itY lb' rP er° t rest e ll nay more, an overwhelming' ne e t ee o°, t ee seelcl3, e h a northern railroad nssuaYpoilniaptaecf tlie'e'creitliiaci. a.ivisoc/r," to one or more railing either of these measures be adoPeade peele .e e; , e if el is destined to remove te j e terr tes ', en ti ° io i / barrier to improvement wil l I oitatl ° OP ti t , s ed I • Ve . 13° •il es uprooting a mass of wretch i , On e air, die s,. e ,e„ sites to the influence of lig lle„ete e e se ette on 6 oe•i e demo them to continue iLI 3 st d e ar I, r, ) 0044 diless debasement . I aln,nlvelee,D - iolicY will be 11, C - - for 01 Co , the d too n 1-,,,k0'-')37, to l 4 , TO CHARL ES , o 100 f , l J reC eiPt C Cs l , i ° A citizenrooefintboelardoof certir,,s,, lii i2ceiiiril es l° ' I. ‘ , i Are , . t be e , Dear. Sir —I acknowledge th e to ad" to it 0 , ! 30th ultimo. of the City Lands Coreln tote et 0 „psi; e 5 ee a eh ~ ee poin i cone' 'no , " ? happen to hold tin , i .., aro, , 0 0 1 . , It was perhaps naturalitftoere,Yannild jefeseolitetoe t;etyll, and Manchester Direct te e fee co la.fla. poi lig oat Ly sion to bring into discusseoteeonous, by vested as to a Central City - le diillenitY beet ' iiie b ir . You have placed me in e o ,sue ill, 00 od to must therefore allow ine t 1. e ther I lth on AT' i t V publistling your , lef,ter,iore• cee por Llolreen:l3 her di i dress to tee menb.drs oi the CiY °lceeitnweltiot,f fleeted with the tra c ee i ne e. ,,„ e le . t treed tun ee e that c“. 19 A , t , P fit ~~ ~_ No. 1.; -_ ~.4.::tn. rt:ltt,ll:),ell‘‘,...lBtc:ol.t(erasi:tse-rtanuoputil,l, . 1 ' n • • ' ' l iol t i l l e o si t T ti l ' : : l)l. ( Y e . . ' l l i r tr il l e a t i o i c l it t ( t n t ibi ll t a l l 'o , .a i e y . 4Qttl 'orn no L ti tight .' Al v ,of course, s t'l . hadt,m.,eit -Il eo e t ° ,l l. ll tr lt a l n, i IFlcttika;lll:,'tre‘tuorial .ria.‘,%lit:iii..lstlt'll'‘leat°,oaielifß:'dileto.clti'l to • h110.,f 0 and iti 1 h h e a i d ici c il t o , rl o -i ct its: l er S or, l l ' , :W,e l 'N so as to ( 'Y practicably culies to impede In cons,( uenc astrick direct e l/IY in the e itu thinute plan A t l'lßtny. ( 4 , 3 n' Petition by ~_t r 'Pany t o t h !,,areliasQ Farrin ha d referred t( },,,_ report ; ar y R 4 also been p -unl l' a ny 1 A be . I an d rp site 1 of ~ an( SI 1 3 . .7utteen years 2oeVe the marl 7.l4lblnically ma ttlittS hare'n am nianagen ( l ): n 1)111Y fo y ur per cer Mr Pearson lun' , n e j't of the (11$t refit I' ::i )::: •!" I:: r' 1 :1 'il :4 : e i:6lc s cht t I :: o lie.ef il halt t let i e eitlln 6 Y ri °ht . ~ t e'a t lai t ia t el'i: i l ln lier' , i n.l) , :er s n .°a e al . r(tlnbii t in soli(it'i: b iiit . :l ( 14; i \ b ltrit in f I tt ° the ei tt N nt. ,del:r tot oet: not sr e o bot ii Corpora!: lir ; It es o n.ivsi r ic a ael Innr, t r 1 n g their t e man e loth th n ; e r Mr , of .ea on , vir tbt "nl, s, tiie3 I: l‘3itiitt ,s i i e ll k. 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