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NGLISH AND GERMAN JURIS• PRUDENCE. We are accustomed to think of our mode of criminal jurisprudence as the most perfect in the World; and one great reason of o'ir doing so doubtless is, that few of us are acquainted with any other. Bred up amidst the peculiar forms and principles of our courts of law, we not only admire what is really admirable and excellent in them, but include a great deal that is mischievous and absurd. Society can accustom itself to anything. Our fore fathers used to view dozens of men strung up at the Old Bailey and Tyburn almost with indifference, and yet did not consider themselves more unfeeling than our selves, who now shudder at and declaim against a solitary execution. It is only by looking abroad, out of their own narrow circle, that men can perceive the defects of their own system; and if modern nations, like those of old, studied each other's laws a little more, it would be better for all. The particular in which one excels is that in which another is most defective; and again, this latter has some counterbalancing advantage which might be well borrowed by its neighbour. It is impossible to read an article in the Edinburgh Review on the Penal Jurisprudence of Germany with out being struck by the curious contest between the mode of trying criminals in that country and in this. In what they excel, we are most deficient, and vice versa. Whether both could not take a lesson from each other, is a question we do not venture to answer. But if all other sciences may be improved by the mutual efforts of men in different countries, why not that of criminal jurisprudence ? In England, the great rule in bringing, as we term it, a criminal to justice, is to do so without any assistance on his part. From the moment that a charge is made against a man, he is warned of the situation in which he stands; he is put upon his guard. So far from bring led into anything which may furnish proof against him, he is made fully acquainted with his situation ; with the amount of evidence which will be brought against him ; and should he be disposed to make a clean breast of it, and confess, he is warned of the consequences—advised to take advantage of the chances of escape which the law affords; and this is often done by the judge himself; and if the man escape, so far from being a source of re proach against the laws and their administrators, which have thus defeated their own object, it is a cause of triumph, and people go away admiring the impartiality of the judge, who, acting indeed as the prisoner's counsel, has helpcd him to escape from the penalties of his misdeeds. There is, indeed, in England a species of sympathy between the criminal and society, which, except in very flagrant cases (as, for instance, that of Belaney), tempts society rather to rejoice at than lament his escape from the clutches of the law. There is no difficulty, we think, in finding in what this sympathy has originated. It was the original seve.• rity of our laws which made them unpopular ; which enlisted public feeling on the side of the criminal as the injured party; which made the judge anxious to inter pose his aid in favour of the weaker side, and raise all the defences which the laws themselves furnished in their ietricacy against their own barbarity. "It is a penal statute, and ought therefore to be strictly construed" —that is, ought to be twisted, if possible, from its plain and obvious meaning—defeated by any means that chi canery can suggest— is a phrase we still hear constantly repeated, and without wonder : for we know what it means; though a foreigner, who thought that the degree of punishment was accurately proportioned in this country to the offence, might feel puzzled to know why one law should be more strictly construed than another. In Germany quite the opposite rules in the trial of criminal , . There, it is seldom that the extreme punish ment is inflicted ; but it is scarcely possible that the criminal can altogether escape. In the infliction of punishment the law is most careful; the fact of guilt must be made as clear as daylight ere the judge pro ceeds to judgment. Proof which with us would be conclusive is rejected by them as insufficient ; and with the degree of certainty which their laws demand for the coodemeation of a prisoner, it seems almost impossible that, with common prudence on his own part, he ever should be convicted ; for the law is scarcely satisfied unli ss he confess his guilt, and even then it is not always quite satisfied. What, then, are the means by which this point is to he arrived at ? They are precisely those which the English law rejects, and at which we are accustomed to look with abhorrence. Our forefathers would coolly see men sent forth in dozens to perish on the gallows-tree, because they were found guilty on " good evidence " (such as footmarks, &c.) of stealing a sheep, or a horse, or a purse. But if there had been any talk of a private examination, with the view, by rigid questioning, to extort a confession, what a hubbub would there nut have been ! Our liberties would have been endangered ; our laws and constitution overthrown ! . Yet it is by this means that the German law, so careful of life, proceeds against a criminal. It looks upon him as the party who, knowing most of the crime, is the best to seek information from. It seizes upon and subjects him to a species of mental torture, which, if really guilty, it is almost impossible to pass through scathless, but which, if innocent, furnishes him with the most effectual means of proving it. The suspected criminal is not, as with us, acquainted with the charge made against him ; but he is asked if he knows the cause of his apprehension ? It ho pleads ignorance, he is removed, and on the next examination the question is repeated. If the same answer be given, the nature of the charge is partly disclosed ; and at each step, the puke of the patient is, as it were, felt, to ascertain how far he is sound or corrupt. None of those shackles by which legal procedure is bound in England exist in Germany. No technical objection can be raised ; there can be no flaw in the indictment. A crime has been committed ; a person is suspected. Has the crime been committed ?—ls the person charged the criminal ? These are the questions proposed, and to answer them satisfactorily no time or trouble is spared, and no impee dimen• s are raised. The accusation is not lightly enter teined ; the witnesses themselves are subjected to a suecies of trial ; that is, their character is sifted, and according as it is good, bad, or indifferent, so does their testimony weigh against the accused. It is either in competent, suspicious or sufficient : and the testimony of two suspicious counts for one sufficient, and that of two sufficient (or, consequently, four suspicious) wit• messes amounts to proof. The evidence of the accused is weighed in the same way, and it is for the examining judge to cast up this sum of evidence and submit the result to a superior court, which pronounces judgment, subject, however, to revision by a yet superior tribunal. The great object of the German judge seems to be, that which the English one most avoids previous to trial—confession. We wish for confession to confirm judgment ; the Germans look to it as the best ground of judgment ; and it is seldom that, even in the most difficult cases, confession is not obtained: and we are acquainted by one of the best authorities (Feuerbach —himself a judge and the author of a most learned work on the Penal Jurisprudence of Germany) with the grounds on which it is made:— " First, remorse ; the stings of an irritated conscience, and the desire to soothe them by the sort of amends which a full confession affords. This, however, he adds, Experience shows to be one of the rarest phenomena in criminal procedure. Fur one criminal who confesses from no motive but remorse, there are a thousand who scarcely know that such a feeling exists. Secondly— and this, he says, is the prevailing cause—the prisoner's inability to resist or elude the cross-examination of the judge. lie cannot reconcile the inconsis tencies of his narration ; he is ashamed to persist in an evident lie ; he is fatigued by having to invent stories which the judge immediately proves to be falsehoods ; he knows that every such detection sinks him lower and lower in the estimation of the judge ; and he hopes that by frankness he may obtain some approach to sympathy. A third and very fre queni. source, is the desire to escape from the agony of suspense—an agony which, in the solitary unem ployed days and sleepless nights of a Go rman pri son, may often be severer than any punishment short of death. A fourth is stupid sluggish despair. The prisoner has not the spirit or the energy which are ne cessary to play out a losing game. He gives himself up at once for lost, and saves himself the trouble of a de fence. And, lastly, every prisoner feels that he is in a great measure in the power of the examining judge. He knows that the examiner can aggravate or relax the rigour of his present imprisonment, and that his report most influence the final sentence of the court, and may decide the question of pardon. Whether he make a confession or not, he expects to be convicted—he sees the judge's eagerness to obtain one, and he yields in the hope of propitiating him." It is, indeed, a contest of skill and perseverance between the judge—the inquisitor of crime—and the prisoner, the perpetrator of it. Years may be occupied in the strugg.e ; for it is never given over whilst the possibility of arriving at the truth exists. One case is given at length in the Review which displays in a remarkable degree the defects and excellencies of the system. It is that of a German priest named Riem batter, a man of great reputed sanctity, but who, in feet, had long indulged his passions in secresy, and being in danger of exposure by one of his victims, murdered her. The fact is known to three females who live with him; a mother and two daughters; but at his entreaties they consent to keep his secret. He buries the body; no inquiries are made; and years pass on until the mother and one of the daughters (one of the priest's mistresses) die suddenly, and the other daughter, alarmed at their fate, rejects all the priest's overtures to remain with him, makes her escape, and, after some time, tormented by her knowledge of the murder, discloses it to the authorities. It is now that the peculiar character of the German law shows itself. As the informant was not 18 (the legal age of taking an oath), no proceedings are taken until that time (1814). Her deposition is then received, but no further step taken for one year. The story was so improbable that this delay was thought to be due to the character of the accused. When, however, at the end of the year, the girl repeated her story with the same clearness and consistency as at first, an investi gation is made ; the spot is searched ; a skeleton found, and other corroborative facts, tening to bear out the girl's story, ascertained. Riembauer is now arrested and taken before the examining judge. Lung prepared, doubtless, in his own mind, for this, he did not attempt an absolute denial, which would have involved him in a labyrinth of difficulties and contra dictions. lie admitted a knowledge of the murder of the woman, but alleged that it was perpetrated by the mother and two daughters, from fear of being super seded as his housekeepers by the other female, who was his cousin. It was now that the struggle between the judge and the criminal commenced ; and, in point of intellect it was a fair fight ; for Riembauer was a man of great talent, wonderful firmness, and moreover was fflutoin Rti by that esprit du corps which made him asso c.eateshie mn disgrace with that of religion itself. This enabled irio , to undergo above four years of examine - ton, folklnies lasting for seven or eight hours succes afreelyeand conducted by one of the most skilful judges • •:_.E.Fattabiett himself-.-ui Germany. All kinds of con- c is rc"- THE SUN, LONDON MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBF,II 3, 1845. trivances were resorted ."to, to surprise him into a con fession. One was, on the anniversary of the murder, to produce suddenly the skull of the murdered woman. Riembauer sprang up from his chair, looked wildly at the judge, but immediately resumed his composure and fixed smile, placed himself so as to avoid looking at the skull in front, and answered, " My conscience is at ease, This day eight years, as I returned from Pirkwang,!l found that skull, and the body of which it formed a part, lying dead in my room. If it could speak, it would say, Riembauer was my friend, not my murderer. You see that I breathe freely in its presence. lam not a crimi nal, but a victim." He did, however, at length con& ss, and so satisfied the scrupulousness of the German law. In England, as the Reviewer observes, " he would pro bably have been tried at the first assizes after Cath erine's information was laid; the proceedings could scarcely have outlasted one day; and unless there were some technical flaw, unless the copyist perhaps left out in the indictment the words then and there,' or wrote the murdered woman's name Hanna instead of Anna, or Mary instead of Marie, the judge would have summed up unfavourably, and the jury would have convicted him without leaving the box." . A curious part of the case, however, remains to be told, which forcibly illustrates the care which German jurisprudence has of human life. Though Riembauer confessed himself to be the murderer, yet another neces sity of German law had not been proved—the murder itself. Nor could it be : for the skeleton bore no marks of it—nobody living had witnessed the deed ; and both these conditions are necessary to a sentence of death. Riembauer, therefore, was only sentenced to indefinite imprisonment. If a review of the working of German law leaves us. on the whole, well satisfied with our own system, it certainly places in a strong light the absurdity of some of our rules, which, by over-nicety as to technicali ties and forms (such as discharging a prisoner if a material witness be absent, or if a name be spelt wrongly or if, as in Lord Cardigan's case, some witness re fuse to speak on the plea of committing himself) places a criminal in a situation where, if he have the means of putting into play all the tricks and contrivances of the law, he may, as many notorious criminals have done, set the law at defiance, and make that equal justice on which we pride ourselves a mere mockery. THE IVEATHER.—THE POTATO CROP.—For some days the atmosphere has been damp and heavy, and during the night rain has fallen copiously. Potato-lifting is now proceeding on all hands. We have made particular inquiry respecting the condition of this crop, which we find is both sound and abundant in our own locality ; in proof of which we may remark, that the quantity of potatoes in yesterday's market was greater than for two or three previous weeks, and there was besides a reduction in price of 4s. per boll. The market price of potatoes here, per boll of forty-eight stenes, is about 12s. In the high districts there is still a great deal of grain out, some even uncut, and we are afraid it must have suffered materially from the boisterous and stormy weather.—lnverness Courier. G REAT EASTERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY. it a PUBLIC MEETING of the Iran-rasters, Landed Proprie tors, and others interested in the Mineral District of Boath Waled, held at Tredegar, en Monday, the 20th Inst., Date 19, Elpplace. zance, passing intermediately the ports of Penryn, Belford, Oweek, and Portleaven, the populous mining and agricultural districts sur rounding Constantine,Helaton, Breage, and Marazion, and affording complete and direct communication between the towns of Falmouth, Penryn, Helston, Marezion and Penzance. In the absence of such a line ac this now projected, a journey by railway from Penzance to Falmouth would require a distance of forty miles to be traversed ; but, by the prOposed line, the distance will not exceed twenty-five miles, and the whole of the fertile southern coast of Cornwall, between Falmouth and Penzance, and the rich promontory extending to the Lizard, will receive ample accommo dation. At Fahnoitth, the line will be connected with the intended rail ways which are to have their terminus at that unrivalled port, ex tending from the east of England and the metropolis on the one hand, and Scotland and the north of England on the other; and this line will also form the last link of the great chain of coast lints, ex tending from Margate by Dover, Brighton, Southampton, Dorchester, Plymouth, and Falmouth, to Penzance, the last port on the southern shores of the kingdom. Falmouth, from its importance as the packet-station of the empire, and from being also of great commercial consideration, owing to its safety and advantageous geograi.hical position, is become the prin cipal point of arrival and departure for vessels trading to foreign ports, and when the eastern lines which have their terminus there gull be completed, there can be little doubt that it will become in a national and eommercial point of view one of the first ports in the kingdom. With reference to its local advantages, this line of railway can scarcely be over-estimated. The traffic from the southern district of the county to the markets of Penzance, Helston, and Falmouth, the latter of which are mainly supplied from that abundantly rich and fertile locality, i• immense. The early vegetables produced in such abundance and in rapid succession, in the exuberant soil of Penzance not only supply the market of Falmouth, meeting the great demand occasioned by its foreign and domestic trade, but are also, by the Irish and other steam-vessels, forwarded from that port in great quantities to the London market. The well-knewn fisheries in the Mounts Bay would be greatly benefited by the means of ready transit for the superior fish of that locality, also destined for the London market, while now, from the uncertainty of communication with the metropolis, too frequent risk and loss are encountered through the time consumed in the journey between kenzance and Falmouth by the ordinary roads. The celebrated Cornish granite, which is in such extensive de mand for the Government and other great national works, is chiefly supplied from the inexhaustible beds of that famed stone lying con tiguous to the proposed line between Penryn and Helston, through th. centre of which the railway will traverse an extensive natural valley. The annual shipment of this stone from the port of Penryn alone amounts to upwards of 20 000 tons, nearly the whole of which would pass over the projected line. On its route will alas be found many important mines, including the celebrated Wheal Vor Mines, near Helston, and others of great and increasing importance, the supplies and produce of which will form a considerable item in the traffic returns. The passenger traffic between the termini and the interme diate towns, is at present of considerable magn'tude, exclusl re of that carried on by post chaises and private conveyances ; and omitting many articles of traffic which would necessarily pass over the line, it has betn already ascertained that the traffic in agricultural produce and manures, merchandise, mine supplies, ores, granite, and passengers, is sufficient to return at least 10 percent. on the required CAr 'fa] The entire disteoce will not exceed twenty miles, as the line will Join the ureat Metropolitan and Falmouth line at Penryn, and the West Cornwall line from Truro, by the north coast, to Penzance, at Alarazion. The survey of the line, which is in active progress, will be ex tended to Penzance, the estimated capital being sufficient for the whole line, but should the West Cornwall line be successful in their application for a Bill, the junction will take place as proposed at Marazion, and the capital of this Company will be reduced in pro portion. When the peculiar position of this line is considered, its importance in a national point of view, as the terminal link of the South Coast lines of Eng'and ; its great value as connecting Penzance, the garden of England, with the safest and most convenient port in the English chancel; its numerous local advantages, traversing the margin of one of the finest agricultural districts, and penetrating the centre of the mining and granite localities, which may be added its freedom from all risk of competition; it may safely be affirmed, that, as a speculation, few railways have offered similar inducements to the capitalist. In the Bill to be applied for, power will be taken to allow interest at 41. per cent. on the deposits and future calls, from the day of pay ment ; and the subscribers' liability will be limited to the amount of their subscription. Prospectuses and forms of application niay be had of the solicitors, and applicatbms for shares must be addressed to the Provisional Com mittee, 68, Old Broad-street, London. 68, Old Broad street, London, Oct. 16, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of Management of the Falmouth, Ilelstou, and I'enzance Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 107. each in the above railway, :tnd I undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may appropriate to me, subject to the regula tions of the Company, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and subscribers' Agreement, and when required to pay the deposit of U. 2s. 6d. per share. Name in full Profession or Business (if any) Residence .• .. ........ .. ... Place of Business .• • • • • . • . Reference ...... • . • . . . • • . . •• , 1845. FALMOUTH, HELSTON, and PENZANCE RAILWAY. At a Meeting of the inhabitants of Helston, held at the Star Inn, on Monday, October 27, 1845, THOMAS ROGERS, Esq., in the Chair, The following resolutions were unanimously adopted : Moved by JOHN KENDALL, jun., Esq. ; seconded by WILLIAM PEN BERTH T, Esq.— That railways having become the principal means of communica tion between most of the important towns and districts of the country, it is essential that the large mining and agricultural popu lation of the southern district from Falmouth to Penzance should enjoy the advantages possessed by, or offered to, other portions of the kingdom. This meeting, therefore, regards the promotion of such an undertaking as an object of vital importance to the inha bitants of Helston and the neighb< urhood. The prom 'ters of a line of railway, called the Falmouth, Helston, and Penzance Railway, having laid their plans before the meeting for carrying out the said railway from Falmouth by Penryn, Con stantine, Gweek, Helston, Sithney, and Marazion, to Penzance, it was Moved by JAMES CLARKE, Esq. ; seconded by THOMAS JULIAN, Esq. ; and resolved, That the said line fully meets the requirements of this town and neighbourhood, and the whole of the southern district of the county traversed by it, and this meeting pledges itself to give the said under taking its undivided and energetic support. Moved by WILLIAM SLEEMAN,Esq.; seconded by T.H. EDWARDS,ESq.— That the names of the following gentlemen be placed on the Pro visional Committee, and that they be the Committee for Holston and its neighbourhood : PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE FOR HELSTON. Messrs. James Clarke, wine-merchant, councillor of the borough of Ilelston William Caddy, draper Edward Diagley, hotel-keeper T. H. Edwards, conveyancer, councillor of the borough of Helston J. C. Harry, merchant Thomas Julian, merchant and shipowner John Kendall, jun. gentleman, councillor of the borough of Belsten George Lanyon, merchant, councillor of the borough of Helston Penberthy, architect, councillor of the borough of Helston William Penberthy, jun. architect Arundel Rogers, solicitor, clerk of the peace for the bcroogh of Helston William Sleeman, spirit-merchant John Scorse, agent, auditor of the borough of Helston William Woolcock, merchant. F ALAIOUTH, HELSTON, and PENZANCE RAILW. Y. At a Meeting of inhabitants of Falmouth, held at Selley's Hotel the 28th of October, 1848, RICHARD OSLER, Esq., in the Chair, It was unanimously resolved,— That a line of railway which shall connect the towns of Penzance, Hclston, Penryn, and Falmouth, by the shortest route, and in the direction of the present line of traffic between these places, would he of great local and commercial importance, as tending to afford the readiest means of transit for the mineral and agricultural produce of the intermediate localities, and facilitating communication beween places of so much relative importance, and would also greatly benefit the trade and port of Falmouth. That the line of railway, the particulars of which have been laid before this meeting, called the Falmouth, Helston, and Penzalicr Railway, is calculated to effect those objects, that this meeting pledges itself to give the said undertaking its most cordial and strenuous support. That the names of the following gentlemen be placed on the Pro visional Committee. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE FOR ALMOVTIL Messrs. W. J. Clarke, councillor of the borough of Falmouth E. Osler, merchant T. Rogers, draper, councillor of the borough of Falmouth James Hill, gentleman E. Read, draper J. Olver, jun. builder T. P. Dixon, stationer J. Trethowan, ship builder W. Selley, hotel. keeper. F ALMOUTH, HELSTON, and PENZANCE RAILWAY. At a Meeting of merchants and others of Penryn, held at the King's Arms, en Wednesday, the 29th of October, JOSEPH BI:OKENSHIR, Esq., Mayor, in the chair, It was unanimously resolved— That the trade of Penryn would be materially benefited by the construction of a railroad from the towns of Penzance and Helston, continued to the usual place for the shipment of granite and other merchandize in the said borough ; also, by obtaining greater facili ties for the transmission of mining supplies and other commodities into the interior of the southern district between Penryn and Pen zance ; and this meeting regards the promotion of such an under taking with feelings of the liveliest interest. That the Falmouth, Helston, and Penzance Railway being the *illy line projected for supplying accommodation to the country be tween those places, and fully meeting the requirements of the dis trict through which it passes is therefere entitled to the cordial ap probation and support of the inhabitants of this town and neigh bourhood; and this meeting pledges itself to promote the said un dertaking by the most united and persevering efforts. That the names of the following gentlemen be placed on the Pro visional committee, and that they be the Committee for Penryn and its neighbourhood : Messrs. Joseph Brokenshir, merchant, Mayer of Penryn James Pdamey, merchant William Corfield, merchant Samuel Dunstan, merchant William Edgecr me, gentleman William H. Hicks, merchant James Mead, merchant John Pow 11, hotel-keeper, Alderman of Penryn James Bird Read, merchant, Aldermen of Peuryn Henry Rowe, gentleman, Treluswell Richard Sowell, merchant John Steel, gentleman Sampson Stevens, merchant Alaxander Teague, merchant Thomas Grey Trenery, merchant. FLYend BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAY . J In consequence of the great number of applleations for share in this Company which are daily received Nem all parts of the country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to call the atten tion • :the Public to the following Clause in the Prospeitus, to the terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, be olatpolled most strictly to adhere:— " As, under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and lly, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lyn* and Derekaa Railway Companies. a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated t• the holders of shares in those Companies, a yery limited uaraber of shares only Is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, ant no applicatiea for shares therefore ea* be attended to, except from parties locally in terested and of the highest respectability. By order, L. F. BDWARDR, Secretary pre tem. G RAND TRUNK, or STAFFORD and PETER i3OROUGII UNION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub- scribers' Agreement will Lie for Signature by the Subscribers, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock, at the times and places under-men tioned. The Banker's receipt for the deposit must be delivered up on exe cuting the deeds, and in exchange scrip certificates and scrip certifi cate receipts will be given. In case of inability of the subscribers to attend, the deeds may be executed by power of attorney, which will be prepared and for warded by Messrs. J. and W. Galsworthy, 19, Ely-place, London, the solicitors of the Company, at the expense of the subscriber re quiring the same. At the offices of the Company, No, 3, Adelaide-place, London• bridge, up to the 30th November. Loughborough, at the office of Mr. Brock, solicitor, on Monday, 3d November. Leicester, at the office of Messrs. Moore and Gregory, solicitors, on Tuesday, 4th November. Nottingham, at the Lion Hotel, on Wednesday the sth, and Thurs. day, the 6th November. Sheffield, at the Tontine Inn, on Monday the 3d November. Leeds, at the Scarborough Hotel, on Tuesday the 4th, and Wednes. day the sth November. Bradford, at the Commercial Inn, on Thursday, 6th November. Iluil, at the Victoria Hotel, on Saturday the Bth November. York, at Simpson's Hotel, on Monday, the 10th November. Newcastle-on-Tyne, at the Turk's Head Hotel, on Wednesday the .2th November. Bristol, at the Bush Hotel, on Saturday the Bth November. Exeter, at the office of Mr. Laidman. Castle-street, on Monday the oth November. Worcester, at the Hop Pole Hotel, on Tuesday the 4th, and Wed nesday the sth November. Birmingham, at the Hen and Chickens Hotel, on Thursday the 6th, and Friday the 7 th November. Newcastle-under-Lyre, at Corbin's Hotel, on Saturday the Bth, and Monday the 10th November. Manchester, at the Adelphl Hotel, on Friday the 14th, and Satur day the 15th November. Liverpool, at the George Hotel,on Wednesday the 14th, and Thurs. daythe 13th November. Glasgow, at the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday the 12th, and Thurs day thy 20th November. Edinburgh, at the waterloo Hotel, on FridAy the 21st November. By order, J. nnd_W. GALSIYORTHY, Solicitors to tke•Company. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. CONTRACTS FOR GOODS WAGGONS. The Directors are ready to receive TENDERS for the supply of 200 Goods Wagi. agreeably to the specification, to be seen on ap plication at the Res.aeut Engineer's Office, Shoreditch Station, on and after Wednesday, the sth instant. Parties wishing to Contract for all or any portion of the above, must send in Sealed Tenders, on or before Wednesday, the 12th inst., addressed to the Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway, and endorsed " Tenders for Waggons ." The Directors do not bind them selves to accept the low est Tender. By order of the Board, A. BULKELEY, Secretary. Offices, Shoreditch-station, Ist Nov., 1845. SOUTH WALES, HAVERFORDWEST, an d MILFORD JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per .hare. This project is undertaken with the sanction, and in connexion with, the South Wales Railway Company, with the object of connect ing Milford Haven with Haverfordwest, and both with the South Wales Railway, at Penty Park Mill. A portion of the survey is coin. pleted, under the superintendence of I. K. Brunel, Esq., and it is intended to apply for the Act in the ensuing session of Parliament Prospectuses, with fuller information, and in detail, together with forms of application, may be obtained on applying to the Solicitors to the Company, Messrs. Tustin and Barlow, 4, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars ; and G. Perry, Esq., solicitor, Haverfordwest; and to Messrs. R. W. lichens and Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street, Lon don ; and Messrs. Wreford and Co., Bristol. SOUTH WALES, HAVERFORDWEST, and MILFORD JUNC TION RAILWAY COMPANY. WENBY, SAUNDERSFOOT, and SOUTH WALES RAILWAY and PIER COMPANY, Notice is hereby given, that arrangements have been made for carry ing out both these objects in unison, under the centrol of the same Committee of Management, and the support of the South Wales Rail way shareholdets in that and on the Tetilsy, Saundersfoot, and South Wales Railway and Pier Company, will receive a preference in the allotment of share-a, and the list of applications will be finally closed on the 12th Nov. instant. ' By order, Ist Nov., 1845. GEORGE SCORE, Secretary, L ONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY. 1, the undersigned, a Proprietor of South Western Railway Company, having observed a notice of the Great Western Railway Directors, by which they propose to recommend their proprietary to construct lines of railway in the West of England, contrary to the terms of the agreement entered into between the two Companies in January last, hereby invite my eo-proprietors to meet me at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on THURSDAY next, the 6th day of Novembar, at One o'clock in the Afternoon, for the purpose of con sidering and (if approved) of adopting a Memorial to the South Western Railway Directors, to request them to annul the said agree ment, and also to support existing Railway Companies which may bring traffic from the west of England on the South-Western Line, and to consider and adopt such other measures as may at the time be considered beneficial to the Interests of the South-Western Railway Company. _ Communications may, in the meantime, be addressed to the under• signed, at 49, Torrington-square, London. HENRY GILBERT, Solicitor, Devizes. October 31, 1845. BRIGHTON, LEWES, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, GRAVESEND, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY, with Branches to Chatham and Maidstone. Capital, 1,000,0011., in 40,000 Shares of 201. smell. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. (Provisionally Reg.stered pursuant to 7 and $ Vict., e. 110.) COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT. Sir John Key, Bart. Wm. Kuper, Esq. The Mayor of Gravesend John Kerschner, Esq. Join Brough, Esq. S. H. Powell, Esq. T. M. Clsobury, Esq. W. White, Esq. Bath. Climberlege, Esq. lt. W. Keate, Esq. 11. C. Curtis, Esq. /SAMOSAS. Messrs. Rogers, and Co. Clement's- lane. Messrs. Cocks, Biddu lph, and Co. Charing-cross. At Lewes—Messrs. Molyneux, Whitfield, and Co. CONSULTINO Esaisazas—Sir John Macneill and Jas. Th•mgon, Esq. ENGINEERS—B. Albano, Esq. and Wm. LAZIO!), Esq. C.E. Bousrroa—ln London—Georg• Smith, Esq. 24, Golden-square, and 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Coombe and Sharland, Town-hall, Gravesend Messrs. J. and E. Blaker, Lewes. GECRIETAZT—Mr. James Ellen. Offices, 11, Adam-street, strand. The object of this undertaking is to open a direct line of railway to connect the Northern, Eastern, and South Essex Railways, by means of a steam-ferry from Tilbury Fort to Gravesend, with Tun bridge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton. It is contemplated to proceed from the Eastern Counties Railway at or near Ma, low station to Tilbury, crossing the river by a steam floating-bridge to Gravesend, passing by Cobham, Snodland, Mail ing, and Hadlow, to Tunbridge, thence by the South-Eastern Railway to Tunbridge Wells, passing LTektield to Lewes, and thence joining the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway to Brighton. An inspection of the map will clearly show the great importance of this railway, whether considered in a local or national point of view, forming, as it will, a most us-ful chain of local communication for the fertile and populous tracts through which it passes. It will bring the Northern and Eastern Counties, the mouth of the Thames, and North Kent, into direct communication, by way of Brighton, with Dieppe and Havre, and thus form, in conjunction with the railways now in progress on the Continent, the shortest possible route to Paris and the Mediterranean. Ry this railway the large population of the north-eastern coun ties, numbering nearly two millions, will have a direct and easy com munication with the whole of the populous and important counties of Kent and Sussex, without going round to London, and thereby avoiding* the inconvenience arising from the unconnected lines north and south of the metropolis. The utility of this line to the naval and military service, both in times of peace and war, for the conveyance of troops and stores, is evident. With the existing railways and those now in progress la rent and Sussex, a most complete system of local communication will be effected ; and as such, the project has been received with the most distinguished approbation and pledges of support from the principal proprietors alf ng the line, and the corporation of Gravesend have promised their entire sanction to, ant will cordially support it. The ground has been carefully surveyed, and found to present no difficulties to the formation of a good working line. The existing local traffic has been ascertained to be amply suffi cient to fulfil the requirements of the undertaking; but a large ac cession of valuable traffic cannot fail to be the result of the increased accommodation thus afforded to the public, and re ,, dering the under. taking one of the moat Important as well as productive lines of rail way in that part of the country. The Committee reserve power to themselves to form branches from Snociland to Chatham and Maidstone. The liability of the Shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be ap plied for In the Bill to allow interest at toter per cent. per annum on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Applications for prospectuses, and also for shares, may be addressed in the usual form, to the secretary, at the Offices of the Company, 11, Adam-street, Strand ; George Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Golden square, and 2, Guildhall Chambers, Basingliall-street ; Messrs. Coombs and Sharland, Gravesend ; Messrs. J. and E. Blaker, Lewes; and also to the following sharehrokers : Messrs. Field, Son, and Bayley, Warnford-court, Thregmorton street, London Messrs. Harris and ;liens, Change-alley, London Mr. M. L. Pritchard, Liverpool Messrs. Gardiner ar.d Heap, Manchester Mr. Isaac Ironside, sheffield Messrs. Hirst and Brooke, Leeds Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth Mr. J. B. Mundy, Bath Mr. A. Moffatt, Edinburgh Mr. Wright, Birmingham Messrs. Peet and Son, Nottingham Messrs. Bohm and Tripp, Bristol Mr. Brand , Glasgow . _ Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton Mr. John Pollock, Bradford __ Mews. Tibary and Simpson, Hull. BRIGHTON, LEWES, TUNBRIDGE WELLII, GRAVESEND, AND EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY, with Branches to Chatham and Maidstone. No Applications for Shares can be received after THIS DAY, ex cepting from parties residing in the country, or locally interested, from whom they will he received until WEDNESDAY, the sth instant. The allotment will take place as early as the immense number of applications to be investigated will allow. By order, JAMES BLUM, Secretary. 11, Adorn-street, Strand, Neo. 3, 11145. T HE EAST INDIAN B ----- 77 ---. ll L w A y COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) BOARD OF DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—Sir George Larpent, Bart. (Messr s . C oc k erel] and CO Dirurv-CualastaN—Bazet c t oh lL. Caioildvicna,.)Esq. (Messrs. Crawford R. Gurney Barclay, Esq. (Messrs. Barclay, Brothers, and Co.) Joseph Baxendale, Esq. Alexander Beattie, Esq.—Messrs Beattie, and Co. Robert Bird, Esq. late of the Bengal Civil Service C.D. Bruce, Esq. (Messrs. Fletcher, Alexander, and Co.) Sir John Campbell, K.C.11., deputy-chairman of the Peninsular and. Oriental Steam Navigation Company '4* John Cattley, Esq. chairman of the London Dock Company Major-General Caulfield, C. 8., (late of the Honourable East India Company's Service) 1. S. Kelsall, Esq. (Messrs. Kellsals and Co.) John Pascal Larkins, Esq. formerly of the Bengal Civil Service, and President of the Marine Board Captain Alexander Nairne, formerly of the Hon. East India Com pany's Service Edward Ilowley Palmer, Esq. (Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, Dent, and Co.) Thomas Campbell Robertson, Esq. late governor of the western pro vince of Bengal William Scott, Esq. (late of Madras) (Messrs. Scott, Bell, and Co.) John Stewart, Esq. late of Bombay MANAGING DIRECTOR—R. Macdonald Stephenson, Esq. AUDITORS. R. F. Gower, Esq. (Messrs. Gower, .Nephews, and Co. ) Captain Farquharson, R.N., and Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart. BANKERS—Messrs. ocITo Glyn, Hallifax, Mi lls, and CO. s Rs —Messrs.reshtleld. CONSULTING ENGINEER—J. M. Rendel, F.R.S. SECRETARY—I). I. Noad, Es q . Offices, Broad-street-buildings. 22d At aa a y B o o f a co r e cl to o l f 3e D r, ir i e 8 c i to 5, rs of this Company, held at these offices the It was unanimously resolved, First—That the East India Railway Company was formed in the spring of this year, after many months of preliminary discussion arid communication with official anthorities, for the purpose of carrying out the views and objects of the projectors in the introduction of ailways into India. Second—That the promoters of the undertaking - abstained from adopting any measures towards the formation of a company until they had satisfied themselves of the disposition of the Government of India to support the undertaking by pecuniary aid in s,,m, shape, on which basis this Company was accordingly established, its object being (as stated in the prospectus) to execute the line of railway which should be selected by Government, with the ulterior exten sions and developments consequent upon it. Third—That, in flirtherance of these views, the Managing Director of this Company proceeded to Calcutta in the month of July last, accompanied by a staff of surveyors, for the purpose of making the necessary surveys, obtaining the requisite information, and of ascer taining the views of the local Governmout, prior to the final arrange ments for commencing operations. Fourth—That the information obtained in the course of several years of preliminary inquiry inclined the projectors to the belief that, subject to any unterseen circnmstances, the line from Calcutta to the north -western provinces, by Nfirzapore, was the most needed by India, and most calculated to yield a profitable return for investment of capital, and it was therefore that line which was advocated in the first communication with the Government, the selection being left to the Government. Fifth—That subsequent to the formation of this Company, various projects have been announced to the public for constructing railroads in Western India, some of them forming part and portion of the scheme of the East Indian Railway Company, and to which the surveys and the operations of the Committee in Calcutta may pos sibly at this moment be directed as an important feature in the de sign of Government. Sixth—That under these circumstances It appears to this Board to be their imperative duty in the interest of this Company to adopt such measures as will have the effect of securing to the Company the benefit of their original scheme In Its full integrity. Seventh—That with this view, and in order to prove to the Go vernment of India their full means of carrying out any arrangements which it may be disposed to make with this Company for the con struction of railways on an extended scale (in the event of Its being essential to the scheme of the Government so to commence), it is des:rable that the capital of this Company should be increased to ten millions, by the issue of new shares. Eighth—That 120,000 shares of 501. each be created, an which a deposit of ss. will be forthwish payable ; that of this number 80,000 shares be distributed rateably among the approved holders of the Scrip already issued, in the proportion of one new for one old share; and that the remaining shares, subject to the necessary allotment to the new Directors, ho reserved to be disposed of hereafter, as may be found advantageons for the interests of the undertaking. Ninth—That these resolutions be advertised in the Daily News papers, for the information of the Prmrietors and the public. GEORGE LAIU'ENT. Chairman in conformity with the above arrangement it is requested that all holders of scrip desirous of availing themselves of the above provi sions, do send In their scrip on or before the 20th November next, accompanied by an application addressed to the Secretary in the fol lowing form:— To the Provisional Committee of the East Indian Railway Company. Gentlemen—l hand you herewith Scrip (or Banker's receipt for deposit on) Shares in the East Indian Railway Company, in respect of which I request you to allot me my proportion of the new issue of Shares, and I hereby agree to pay the deposit of 5s per Share upon the same, and to sign such deeds as may be required in respect of such new issue. Date . ...... • • • •• •• ••• • Name in full .• • •• •• •• • • • • • • Signature— •• • • ..... • • • •• ' • Profession or Occupation • • .. • • .• Residence.... • . • • • • • • • • • •• '• Ali holders of Scrip in Great Dwain falling to lodge their Scrip as above requested, Will he considered as not desirous of s ceepting any additional Allotment, but an extension of time will be allowed to holders of Scrip in India. By order of the Board, D. 1. NOID, Secretary. 1845. S. Brooketreet-buildiugs, Oct. 24, (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. MANAGING COMMITTEE. Rev. Charles Leicester, Chairman. George Harrison, Esq. 1 Samuel Griffiths, Esq, Vice-Chairmen. Joseph Bull, Esq. Alfred B , odie, Esq. John Benson, Esq. Joint Bloor, Esq. Henry Brinton, Esq. Win. Clapp, Esq. Win. H. Dowse, Esq. E. Edwards, Esq. G. 11. Fsurdrinier, Esq. Win. Holmes, Esq. Samuel Haines, Esq. Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq, The Committe take this opportunity of apprising the public tha the denomination of the Company has, after consideration, been de fined by the adoption of the present title, as being more expressive of the extent and objects of the undertaking. They also beg to state that the applications for shares by local and other part - es, are so exceedingly numerous, that in the intended allotment they will be enabled to make such selections of influential peril s, upon the guarantee of their local agents, as will secure in fluential support. Such allotment will necessarily be deterred for a short time. The progress of the survey of the line, and the other necessary preparations for the ensuing session rf Parliament, are such as to enable the Committee to rely on securing the completion of the measure. Wm. Law, Esq. Henry James Mellor, Esq. Ambrose Dlill r, Esq. J. Mee Mathew, Esq. W. Johns• n Neale, Esq. Joseph Southwell, Esq. Win. Shaw, , zouthwell, Esq. Samuel Tudor, Esq. Maury Turner, Esq. Thomas Vaughton, Esq. WM. BRINTON, EDMUND GARRETT, HENRY VICKERS, Joint Solleitors, INGLEBY T. MILLER, °film 3, Bond-court, Walbrook, Oct. 29, 1845. PRO,PECTUS OF THE D UNDEE AND FO tFAR JUNCTION RAILWAY, Joining the Edinburgh and Northern, Glasgow and Dundee Junction, Scottish Midland Junction, Arbroath and Forfar, and Aberdeen Railways._ Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. 64. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. George Ogilvie, Esq. of Kirkbuddo William Campbell, Esq. of 'fillichewan Castle, Glasgow, director of the Liverpool :and Manchester, anti provisional director of the London and Edinburgh Direct Railways George Lyon, Esq. of Glenogil, W.S. Henry Dunlop, Esq. of Ciaigton, director of Kilmarnock and Ayr Railways Hew Francis Cadell, Esq. of Cockenzle, director of the North Bri tish Railway John Bain, Esq. of 3fortiston, director of the Clydesdale, Ayrshire, and Caledonian Junction Railways John Ramsay L'Amy, Esq. younger, of Dunkenny George Marshall Gray, Esq. merchant, Dundee Alexander 31'Neil, Esq. advocate, director of the Edinburgh and Glasgow, and Stirling and Dunfermline Railways Robert Arklay, Esq. of Eathiebeaton Alexander Basile, Esq. merchant, Glasgow, director of the Cale donian Railway William Stewart, Esq. wine•merchant, Dundee Jo n Fleming, Esq. of Claremont James Hunter, Esq. writer, Dundee James Dall, Esq. chief magistrate of North Berwick John Stewart, Esq. Abercralg-house, Fifeshire Samuel Brodie, Esq. merchant, Dundee James Blackadder, Esq. Abercrombie-place, Edinburgh William Clark, Esq. shipowner, Dundee . Andrew Brown, Esq. banker, Newburgh Thomas Kerr, Esq. Hawkhill Brewery, Dundee John Borrie, Esq shipowner Peter Kerr, Esq. agent, Dundee. Leslie Meldrum, Esq. manager of Devon Ironworks (With power to add to their number). BANKERS. Commercial Bank of Scotland Eastern Bank of Scotland. ENGINEER—James Leslie, Esq. C.E., Dundee. PARLIAMENTARY SOLICITORS—Hugh Innes Cameron and George Bain, Esqrs. 18, Parliament-street, London. EDINBURGH AGENTS—Messrs. Dalmshoy and Wood, W.S., 69, Queen-street. _ _ GLASGOW AGENT—John Ferguson, Esq. writer, 125, Buchanan-street. INTERIM AGENTS AND LOCAL SECRETARIES—WiIIiam Hay, Writer, Dundee ; and David Clow, writer in Forfar. This proposed railway, while it will connect the manufacturing towns of Dundee and Forfar by the nearest and most direct route, will form a continuous and connecting link at the river Tay with the follow ing great railways :—The Edinburgh and Northern, the proposed Glasgow and Dundee Junction, and the Perth and Dundee lines ; and, at the Forfar Terminus, will meet the Scottish Midland Junc tion from Edinburgh and Perth, and its proposed extension to the Aberdeen Railway at Laurencekirk ; also the Forfar and Arbroath Railway, which joins the Aberdeen Railway at Friockheim—thus amalgamating with these various railways, and forming a continu ous and centrical trunk for the general railway communication from England through Scotland. This line will be about fifteen miles in length, and, viewed only as a local connecting line between Dundee and Forfar, it is in a great degree called for by the manufacturers, merchants, and farmers of the district. It will beyond all question, from this source alone, have a traffic sufficient for ample remuneration to the shareholders. For far is the county town, and there is necessarily a considerable inter course with Dundee. To parties locally versant with this manufac turing district, the very extensive traffic and intercourse between Dundee and Forfar are well known The population of the district connected with the line is about 100,000. Dundee, from its proximity to Forfar, and its extensive shipping eapabilities, is the proper and convenient port for exporting the pro duce of the district, but at present there Is no direct railway com munication. The expense of transmitting goods at present between Dundee and Forfar is fully double what it should be, and in a great measure performed by horse carriage, an expensive and tedious pro cess ; but the formation of this railway will open up a direct and cheap communication, and will unquestionab y benefit the trade and agriculture of the district. The line passes through a rich agricultural district, for the pro duce of which the farmers will by it find an easy and expeditious transit to Dundee, both for consumpt and exportation ; and the agricultural value of the lands will be considerably increased by the direct communication with the town and harbour of Dundee, and the railways running south from the Tay. The extensive pave ment and slate quarries around Forfar and along the district will he greatly enhanced by the line, as a cheap and easy access to Dundee for exportation will thus he afforded. The promoters of this railway, viewing the extensive local traffic, the junction with the whole railways before enumerated in con nexion with the great English trunk railways, have no hesitation in submitting this undertaking to the public, not only as one necessarily called for by the mercantile, manufacturing, and agricultural inte rests of the district, and public conveniency, but more especially by its being the direct centrical line, forming a continuation of the rail way communication by the Edinburgh and Northern and Glasgow Junction lines, through the counties of Fife and Forfar, to ♦berdeen and the north of Scotland As a sate investment for capital, this line, being thus in the midst of a great manufacturing district, and from the present formation of railway communication at both ends, will present the sure prospect of being highly advantageous. The district has already been surveyed, and pre , ents no difficulty to the formation of the railway; and the proprietors and tenants along the line aro understood to be very favourable to the under taking. The requisite Parliamentary notices have been given, se that the Bill may be introduced and passed in the ensuing session ; and the Company's engineer will immediately proceed to finish a minute survey of the whole line and termini at Dundee and Forfar. The Company will have also power by Their notices to form the line by a junction with the Dundee and Arbroath Railway at Broughty Ferry, it this can be considered eonsistent with the direct and unin• terrupte t main line of communication from Dundee to Forfar and the north of Scotland Intended by this Company. Applications for shares will be received by the following Share brokers :—Edinburgh--Messrs. John RobertseA and Co., and Robert Alien. Glasgow—Messrs. M'Ewen and Au d, 3lessrs.White and Gain!. ner, and Messrs. Fenlds and Cockburn. Perth—John A. Gloap. Aber deer—William Gordon. London—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank buildings, and Mr. llanbury, 4, Angel-court, Throgm,,rton-street. Manchester—Mr. George Harris and William Marshall. Liverpool —Messrs. Forsyth and Hamilton, and H. Davies and Co. Birming ham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Du , dee—Messrs. D. B. Niven, John Star-• rock, jun., Andrew Ogilvie, and It. A. Miller ; by the Interim Secretaries at Dundee and Forfar ; and by Messrs. Cameron and Bain, 18, Parllament-street. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Dundee and Forfar Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—r request you will allot to me shares in the proposed Dundee and Forfar junction Railway of 201. each, and I agree to take the same, or so many thereof as may be allotted to me, And to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. 6d. thereon, and to execute the neces sary deeds when required. Date I am, Gentlemen, ' I ...... ......... .. , Name In full • • ..... ......... Profession or Business •............, Place of Residence • „ Name of Referee.. • • • .......... The great demand for shares in this railway from all parts of the country oh!ig'es the Provisional Committee to announce that, after - - - _ - SATURDAY, the Ist of November, the lists must close, and that appli cations after that date will be too late. Dundee, Oct. 24, 1845. WILLIAM MAY, Interim Secretary . AT a .MEETING of the Inhabitants of the town of ilighworth, held at the King and Queen Inn, on Wednes day, the 29th day of October, 1845, Rev. Mr. EVANSON in the Chair, The following resolutions were moved, seconded, and carried : Propfised by Mr. E. M. ADAMS, seconded by Mr. R. G. Price -Ist. That this a eeting are of opinion that it would be highly de sirable for the town of Highworth and its neighbourhood to have the advantage of a railway communication, and that such commu nication be so direct as can be obtained. Propo,ed by Mr. J. C SALMON, seconded by Mr. THOMAS ANGELL 2d. That the explanation as to the merits, and the precise course it is intended the line shall take, which has been given by the depu tation from the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Company, and the advttntage the same will afford to the inhabitants of the town of Highworth and its vicinity, are highly satisfactory, and the meet ing therefore p 1 dge themselves to give the undertaking every sup port in their power. . - Proposed by Mr. gI.I4IOEL BROWN, seconded by Mr. JOHN PHIPPS 3d. That petitions he .presented to both Houses of Parliament In favour of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway, and that the Peer., connected with this district of the county, and the Members for the county and borough, be requested to support the same. W. A. EVINSON, Chairman. THE GRAND JUNCTION arid MIDLANDS UNION RAILWAY, connecting Stafford and the Potteries, via Burton-upon-Trent, with Derby, Nottingham, and the Eastern Counties. Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 2/. 2s. Share. Offices, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London. No Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription, and no call to be made until the Act is obtained. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Lord ViscourA Ingestre, M.P. Chairman. Fred. Pratt Barlow, Esq. IW. W. Prob.., Esq. A...brose Moore, Esq. William Morgan, Esq. Fred. Ricketts, Esq. William Watson, Esq. Thomas North, Esq. I David Wheatcroft, Esq. Archibald F. Paull, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Nottingham—Samuel Ma les, Esq. Iturton-upon-Trent—John Thornewill, Esq. Stafford—Messrs. Bennet and Bowen. BANKERS. • London—Messsrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co., Lombard street Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co, Burton - upon-Trent—Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourn Union Bank Stafford—Messrs. Stevens. n, Salt, and Co. The Committee have completed the allocation of shares in the capital of this Company, and the allotment letters have been duly issued. They regret that, in consequence of the numerous applications from parties locally interested, the requests of many highly respect able and influential parties have necessarily been pa'sed by. The Committee are now engaged in forwarding the required ar rangements for a strict compliance with the standing orders, and They have much satisfaction in stating that the Parliamentary surveys of the whole line are completed. . . _ _ It is with full eons deuce. therefore, that they anticipate a success• ful application to Parliament in the ensuing session. By order, W A. ROSS, Secretary. 1, Royal Exchange -buildings, Nov. 1, 1845. OUT HE RN COUNTIES UNION , an d BRIS k7 TOL, BATH, and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY. Offices, 70, King William-street, City (entrance in Clement's-lane). Capital, 1,500; 1 001., in 60,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d per Share. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., E.1.D., Chairman William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.A.S., F.L.S., Alderman, Deputy- Chairman. R. Hopkins Allnatt, Esq. M.D. George Harrison, Esq. William Bradley, Esq. Frederick Hewitt, Esq. George Augustus Brown, Esq. F. Bennett Lucas, Esq. William Shadholt, Esq. Colonel Nicolls Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq. Thomas S. Richards, Esq. The Committee have the gratification to announce that the engineer and surveyor of the Company, in their reports furnished by order twice a week, continue to give the most satisfactory assurances, which place it beyond a doubt that they will be in every respect pre pared to go to Parliament in the ensuing session. Notice—The Share List Closed on the 16th inst. The Committee of Allotment, in their anxiety to discharge their duties as fairly and impartially as possible to all parties, are desi rous to state to their very numerous and respectable applicants, that although they will be compelled in each case to reduce the quantity of shares applied for to a comparatively small number, they will have the satisfaction of having performed a most arduous and labo rious duty in a most equitable and honourable manner. Some few days, however, will necessarily elapse before they can complete the Allotments, immediately after which, notice will be given by adver tisement of the day n which Letters of Allotment will be issued. By order of the Board, R. H. GADESDEN, Secretary. wisToL, MANCHESTER, and LIVER POOL DIRECT, or N3RTII-WES rERN TRUNK RAIL WAY, from Gloucester to Crawe, passing through the towns of Tewkesbury, Worcester, Kidderminster, Shiffnall, Newport, and Market Dr.!yton, with a Branch from Newport to Wellington, form ing the shortest and most desirah e communication between the Bristol Channel and Liverpool and Manchester and the northern parts of England. IDLAND UNION. BURTON-ON-TRENT, ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOITCH, and LEICESTER RAILWAY. The Provisional Committee of the above important line have much satisfaction in laying before the public the following report from then' eminent engineer, Charles Vignoles, Esq., as to the state of the surveys : " 4, Trafalgar-square, London, October 29, 1845. " Sir,—l have the satisfaction of reporting to you, for the guidance of the Board, that the progress made in the Parliamentary surveys for the Midland Union Railway is such, that I am now able to assure you that the whole of the necessary plans and sections will be com pleted in good time for lodgment on the 29th of November. " I am, Sir, your faithftd servant, CHAS. VIGNOLES, Engineer. " W. Knight, Esq., Secretary, Midland Union Railway." The Committee have also the pleasure of informing the applicants for shams in this Company that the allotment is now completed, and that the letters will be issued with the least possible delay. The immense number of applicants, and their highly respectable cha racter, have made the duty of selection both arduous aad delicate; and, therefore, gentlemen who do not receive letters of allotment will be pleased to consider this as a sufficiEnt apology for the omission. C. H. BRACEBRIDGE, Esq., Chairman. W. A. GARDNER, Esq., Vice-Chairman. W. KNIGHT, Secretary. By order, 41, Chancery-lane, Oct. 29, 1845, NORTHER' RAILWAY of FRANCE. (DECCAN LEBEUF re 'S COMPANY.) Shareholders are urgently quested to present their Certificates at this office between the hours of Ten and Three, before the Bth inst., in order to receive a further return of 2/. per share, and to sign the re quired transfer, for the purpose of procuring the shares of the consti tuted Company. After the above date, Shareholders may be sub jected to unavoidable delay in completing the transfer. By order, EDWARD FILDER, Secretary. •T, Toltenhouce-yard, London, Nov. 1, 1846. TENBY, SAUNDERSFOO P, and SOUTH WALES RAILWAY AND PIER COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 250,0001., in 12,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. '2B. per Share. Chairman -Sir RICHARD BULKELEY PHILIPS PHILIPS, Bart., M.P.. Pieton Castle, Peml , rokeshire. The Committee of Mananagemont have the satisfaction of stating that most advantageous arrangements have now been concluded with the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company for the use of their line, harbour, and other works, which will considerably lessen the estimated cost of the proposed undertaking, and ensure the supply of every material for the works at a very reduced price. The new works will now consist only of a short branch of about three-quarters of a mile, to effect a junction between the Saunders foot and South Wales Railway and another to the harbour of S'aun dersfoot, with a line of about six miles to the favourite watering place of Tenby. That part of the Saundersfoot line which wil be used for the present railway can be adapted at a very moderate cost, and without interfering with the existing valuable coal line and mineral traffic ; and the present Company will enter into the receipt of the profits derivable from this source immediatelyon the Act being obtained, thus securing an immediate return to the shareholders. . -..-.-.... The requisite notices of 'Mention to apply to Parliament —. in the ensuing session are prepared, and will be at once advertised, as required by the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament, and the surveys, plans, and sections are in a sufficient state of forwardness to ensure their deposit early'in November. The consent of nearly all the landowners on the line has been se cured, the project is warmly supported by the mayor, corporation, and inhabitants of Tenby, and there is every reason to believe it will receive the sanction of the South Wales Railway Company ; so that it is expected the measure will he entirely unopposed. For further particulars the public is referred to the prospectuses of the Company, which may be obtained of the solicitors and local agents ; and of Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street, London; Edwards and Son, and Wreford and Co., Bristol; Beau mont and Langworthy, Exeter; J. Woods, jun., Liverpool; J. Fernyhough, Manchester ; and James Jamieson, Leeds. SOLICITORS. Messrs. N. Stavewa and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, London, SILVER TEA SERVICES. AB. SAVORY and SONS, Manufacturing • Silversmiths, 14, Cornkill, London, opposite the Bank ot England, submit the prices of the following SILVER TE 1 and COFFEE SERVICES. The Cottage Pattern is plain, standing on shell feet, the Tea and Coffee Pot with a flower ornament on the lids. The King's Pattern is richly embpssed with Sowers and scrolls. The shape of either is new and elegant. Cottage Pattern. King's Pattern. Strong Silver Tea Pot.. £l2 0 0 strong Silver Tea Pot Xl2 0 0 Ditto Sugar Fasin.... 616 0 Ditto Sugar Basin 710 Ditto Milk Ewer...... 410 0 Ditto Cream Ewer 810 0 Ditto Coffee P0t...... 15 0 C Ditto Coffee Pot l5 0 9 Complete.... •• • .£33 6Of Complete. X4O 8 A variety of upwards of Fifty Tea and Coffee Services may be seen b , the Show-rooms, where may be selected every article of Silver requisite for the sideboard or plate chest. Painphlets of Prices, illustrated with sketches of the various arti cles, gratis, and forwarded, postage free, to any part of the kingdom. A. B. Savory and Sons, 14, Cornhill, Loudon, opposite the Bank of England. BURGESS' ESSENCEWiIdioTria7 Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy-steps, London JOHN BURGESS and SON, being apprised of the numerous en deavours made by many persons to impose a spurious article for *heir make., feel it Incumbent on them to request the attention of the public, in purchasing what they conceive to be the original to ob serve the Name and Address correspond with the above. The gene e ral appearanc‘of the spurious descriptions will deceive the un guarded ; and, for their detection, J. B. and Son, submit the following cautions:—Some are in appearance at first sight, " the genuine," but without same or address ; some " Burgess's Essence of Anchovies," and others " Burgiss's ;" and many more without address. John Burgess and Son, having been many years honoured with such dis tinguished approbation, feel every sentiment of respect towards the public, and earnestly solicit them to inspect the labels previous to purchasing what they conceive to be of their make, which they hope will prevent many disappointments. BURGESS' NEW SAUCE, for general purposes, having given such great satisfaction, continues to be prepared by them, and is recom mended as a most useful and convenient sauce ; will keep good in all climates. Warehouse, 107, STRAND, corner of the Savoy -steps, Landon. The Original Fish-sauce Warehouse UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF MANY OF THE NOBILITY. AL L EiN' S CODWOUND ANTIBILIO US PILLS, prepared by Thomas Allen, late of Mile-end-road, Member of the It,yal College of Surgeons, London, and Licentiate of the Apothecaries' Company, and a pupil of the late eccentric and celebrated John Abernethy, Esq., F.R.S. ; twenty-two years a prin cipal Surgeon to St. Bartholomew's Hospital. puring a practical trial of twenty years, these Pills have been found an invaluable remedy in cases of indigestion, liver, and bilious complaints. For derangements of the digestive organs and obstructions, a sluggish action of the liver and bowels, which occasions more or less the fol lowing symptoms, viz., heartburn, giddiness, acidity, headache, sickness, spasms, and flatulent distentions of the stomach and bowels, drowsiness and dimness of sight, an uncomfortable sensa tion experienced at the pit of the stomach soon after eating, with a feeling of a weight of oppression, appetite impaired, breathing diffi cult, tenderness about the region of the liver, bowels irregular, some times obstinately costive with languor and depression of spirits. In boxes a t Is. I jid., 25. 9d., and 4s. 6d. Sold by Mr. Allen, jun:, Chemist, 24, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square, Barclay and Sons, Edwards, Dietrichsen. and Hannay, Sanger, Sutton, and C•., London; and the principal medicine renders through out the kingdom. Agent for Mile-end, Mr. Wilkes, Druggist. TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND, LONDON. Doncaster, September 26th, 1844. Sra,—The following particulars have been handed to us with a request that they might be forwarded to you, with permission for their publication, if you should deem them worthy of such. an., Donst " Elizabeth Brearley, residing J. in BROOKE Duke-street, d Co Doncaster ca ,aged between forty and fifty, was severely afflicted with Rheumatism, and confined to her bed for a period of nearly two months, with scarcely the power to lift her ann ; she was signally benefited , fter taking two doses of BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS, and after finishing two boxes was quite rec overe d . ' The above recent testimonial is a further proof of the great efficacy of this valuable medicine, which is the most effective remedy for Gout, Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lumbago, Tic Doloroux, Pains in the Head and Face, often mistaken for tooth-ache, and for all Gouty and Rheumatic Tendencies. It is also gratifying to have permission to refer to the following gentlemen, selected from a multitude of others, whose station in society has contributed to advance this popular medicine in public esteem : 1. R. Mandell, Esq., Coroner, Doncaster; the Rev. Dr. Blomberg; the Chevalier de la Garde; Mr. Miskin, brewer and maltster, Dartford ; Mr. Richard Stone, Litton ; John J. Giles, Esq., Frimley • Mr. Inwood, Perbright ; Wi lliam Courtenay, Esq., Barton gtacey, near Andover Railway Station, Hants. ; all of whom have received benefit by taking this medicine, and have allowed the proprietor tke privil.ge of publishing the same for the benefit of the afflicted. Sold by Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, London ; and by his appoint ment by all respectable Medicine Vendors hroughout the United Kingdom. Price 2s. 9d. per box. Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS, and observe the name and address of "Thomas Prout, 229, Strand, Londoon," impressed upon the Genesseent Stamp affixed to each box of the Genuine Medicine. 6 t was moved by Joni Russzta,,Esq., of Rises, and seconded by Joni Evan'', ILK., of Dow - lila, and roaolyed— That the thanks of this meeting are due and be given to the de pu,ation of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company for their attendance here to-day; and to Mr. Ward in particular, for his very able statement of the views and intentions of that Company ; and, that it is the opinion of this meeting, the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, as the first to project and prove the practicability of direct communication between Merthyr and Here ford, deserves the support of the Mineral District& of South Wales. October 24, 1843. GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Ottice, 53, Charing-cross. In consequence of the very numerous Applications for Shares in this Company, the Allotment has been unavoidably delayed, but the Directors have the satisfaction of announcing that the Letters will be issued in a few days. By order, Nov. 1, 1845. HENRY MOREING, Secretary. BARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Committee of Management have much asure in announcing tr at the Surveys and Sections of the Line are in a state of great for wardness, and that the engineer pledges himself to have them ready to deposit agreeably to the Act of Parliament. By order, H. PELLY MIME, Secretary, 26, New Broad-street, Oct. 31, 1845. PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY HAR BOUR AND DOCK COMPANY. Final notice of Registration of Scrip for the half-shares of 2/. 10s. each. No Scrip can be received for Registration after MONDAY, the 10th November, 1845. Holders of Scrip are requested to forward the same without delay to the Company's Offices, Flteewood, together with their names at full length, and address. By order, H. BAZETT JONES, Secretary. Company's Offices, Fleetwood, 31st October, 1845. 4 1 " Q I'AFFORDSHIRE PO 1' rEmEs and LIVER ► 7 POOL and MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. It. E. Heathcote, Esq. Chairman. C. Randall, Esq. Deputy-Chairman. Notice is hereby given, that the Subscribers' Agreement and Par liamentary Contract of this Company will Lie for Execution by the Shareholders, in London, at the King's Head, Poultry, on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, the 11th. 12th and 13th days of November next, instead of at the place and on the days originally fixed. J. C. KEMP, Secretary. Hope-street, Piccadilly, Manchester, Oct. 28, 1845 STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERIES an d LIVER POOL and MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. R. E. Heathcote, Esq. Chairman. The Committee of Management have the pleasure to inform the public that they have this day received the report of their engineers as to the state of the survey of the line, which is highly Satisfactory, and enables the Committee to assure the public that the whole will be completed, and the plans deposited in very ample time to comply with the standing orders of Parliament. By order of the Committee, JAMES C. KEMP, Secretary. 1, Hope-street, Manchester, Oct. 31, 1845. F ALMOUTH, HELSTON, and PENZANCE RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 250,000/., in 25,000 Shares of 10/. each. Deposit 11. 2s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. . _ Captain James Amos, Plymouth, director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway Abraham Bettridge, Esq. No. 4, Devonshire-terrace, Camden-road, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway William Banks, Esq. London, director of the Manchester and Rugby Railway John Byng Banks, Esq. Lansdown-row, • Stockwell, director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway Thomas Carlisle, Esq. 6, Park-place West, Hyde-park, and Clifton, Bristol, director of the Direct Western Railway George Borlase Childs, Esq. 34, Fore-street, London James Cliff, Esq. 30, Bloomsbury-square, director of the Paris and Strasburg, Rugby and Macclesfield, and Cheltenham and Brighton Railways Joseph Cloves, Esq. 9, Gresham-street, managing director of the British and Foreign Gas and Meter Company Edward William Cox, Esq. I, Torrington-square, director of the Direct Bristol and Exeter, and Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railways Anthony William Clarke, Esq. director of the London and Hounslow Railway, and Staines and Farnborough Railways John Campbell Dicker, Esq. New-hall, Neston, Cheshire, director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railway Edward Doubleday, Esq. F.L.S. Great Surrey-street, London, director of the Rugby, Warwick and Worcester, and Thames Valley Railways William Eccles, Esq. Old Broad-street, London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway Robert Fisher, Esq. Highbury-park, director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Junction, and of the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Railways Edward Goddard, Esq. Stonehouse, Newbury, Berks C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq. director of the Grand Trunk and Hull and Holyhead Railways Samuel Haydon, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter Stephen Hutchinson, Esq. London, director of the Grand Trunk Railway Edmund Haynes, Esq. Summerland-place, Exeter John Jameson, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, director of the Oxford and Brighton Railway William Jameson, Esq. Shelton, Staffordshire, director of the Staf fordshire l'otteries Railway William Kennaway, Esq. the Barnfleld, Exeter Lawrance Kortright, Esq. director of the Barbadoes Railway: James Lawford, Esq. Holmlleld Field-lodge, Exeter Caleb Norris, Esq. Lancaster-place, Strand, director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railways George Peel, Esq. Welford and Northampton Louis Rame, Esq. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk J. Evans Riadore, Esq. M.D. Harley-street, Cavendish-square J. Reeves, Esq. Leyton, Essex, director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Richard Richards, Esq. Chudleigh, Devon J. C. Ridgway, Esq. Roehampton-lodge, Putney, Surrey Reginald Read, Esq. director of the Tunbridge and Hastings and Brighton Railways William Wilson, Esq. M.D. Devonport-street, Sussex-square, Hyde park, London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland June Bon Railway Messrs. W. J. Clarke, draper, councillor of the borough of Falmouth T. P. Dixon, stationer, Falmouth James Hill, gentleman, Falmouth J. Oliver, jun. builder, Falmouth R. Osier, merchant, Falmouth E. Read, draper, Falmouth T. Rogers, draper, councillor of the borough of Fal mouth W. Salley - , hotel-keeper, Falmouth J. Trethowan, ship-builder, Falmouth, Messrs. Joseph Brokenshir, merchant, Mayor of Penryn James Blarney, merchant, Penryn William Corfield, merchant, Penryn Samuel Dunstan, merchant, l'enryn Wrn. Edgecome, gentleman, Penryn William B. Hicks, merchant Penryn James Mead, merchant, Penryn John Powell, hotel-keeper, alderman of Penryn James Bird Read, merchant, alderman of Penryn Henry Rowe, gentleman, Treluswell, Penryn Richard Sowell, merchant, Penryn John Steel, gentleman, Penryn Sampson Stevens, merchant, Penryn Alexander Teague, Merchant, Penryn Thomas Grey Trenery, merchant, Penryn, Messrs. James Clarke, wine merchant, councillor of the borough of Helston William Caddy, draper, Helston Edward Dingley, hotel-keeper, Helston T. H. Edwards, conveyancer, councillor of the borough of Helston J. C. Harry, merchant, Helston Thomas Julian, merchant and ship-owner, Helston John Kendall, jun., gentleman, councillor of the borough of Helston George Lanyon, merchant, councillor of the borough of Helston William Penberthy, architect, councillor of the borough of Helston William Penberthy, jun., architect, Helston Arundel Rogers, solicitor, clerk of the peace for the borough of Helston William Sleeman, spirit merchant, Helston John Scorse, agent, auditor of the borough of Helston William Woolcock, merchant, Helston, Messrs. Thomas Coulson, merchant, Penzance Michael Colliver, merchant, Penzance John Coulson, merchant, Penzance Provisional Com- Satn uel Higgs, jun. merchant, Penzance mittee for Penzance James Pentreath, merchant, Penzance John Prockter, chemist, Penzance Edward Rowe, printer, Penzance, Esoinzgas. George Howard Fenwtck, Esq. C.E. London Joseph Giver, Esq. C.E. Falmouth. A3.CRITECT—Henry Flower, Esq. 39, Regent's-square, and 18, Barge yard-chambers, Buckiersbury. SURVEYOR—Thomas Best, Esq. London. SOLICITORS. Thomas Harvey, Esq. 68, Old Broad-street. London Samuel Bamneld, Esq. Falmouth. LOCAL AGENTS. Falmouth,} R. Rimell, Esq. Penryn. Helston—Thomas Rogers, Esq. St. Ives—R. H. Bauield, Esq. Penzance—Messrs. Willett and Borlase. Baxitgas—Penzance—Messrs. Batten. Carrie, and Came. All the lines of railway which have been hitherto projected, below Exeter, either make Falmouth the ultimate terminus, or, if an ex tension be designed from Truro westward, the line traverses the northern side of the county, leaving the far more fertile and acces sible southern shores without the benefit of railway connexion. and rendering communication between some ',f its most important towns and districts circuitous and inconvenient. This line of railway will effect the only direct communication between Falmouth and 63 :- 0 ~, U, 2w g> 4 '''' .8 . Provtelonal Committee for Penryn LOCAL AGENTS, Messrs. Evans, Powell. and Mathias, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire John Gwynn, Esq. Tenby. BANKERS. Dennison, Heywood, Kennard& and Co., 4, Lombard-street, London West of England and Sloutk Wales Banking Company, Bristol Messrs. Wilkins and Co., Haverfordwest. Szatar.utY—George Score, Esq • riflE DIRECT LINCOLN, EAST RETFORD, ii and SHEFFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY, Forming a direct communication, by existing and projected lines of railway, between Manchester and Liverpool, Wainfleet Haven, Spilsby. Horncastle, Boston, Lynn, and Yarmouth, Louth, Great Grimsby, Sheffield, Lincoln, Leek, the Potteries, Belper, Derby, Birmingham, Worcester, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the port of Swansea. (Provisionally Registered under 7 and $ Vic. cap. 110.) Capital, 600,0001.. in 24,000 Shar es of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Right Hon. Lord Edward Chichester, Chairman. Hon. J. 0. Murray Captain Chaloner Ogle Sir Henry Webb, Bart. J. J. Rippon, Esq. Jasper Capper, Esq. Edward Seard, Esq. Joseph Graham, Esq. Thomas Sharp, Esq. Thomas Hagger, Esq. J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq. Dean John Hoare, Esq. Richard Twiss, Esq. D. W. Lucas, Esq. RANKERS. Messrs. Masterman and Co. Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co. Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co., Lincoln The Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, Lingoln, ENGINEER—Joseph Lockwood, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS. F. J. Langstaff, Esq. Lincoln William Burgoyne Fernell, Esq., Sheffield. SoLicrroaa—Messrs, Miller and Carr, 47:Eastcheap, London SECRETARY—CharIes William Bevan This line has for its object a direct communication from the elty •f Lincoln to the populous and flourishing town of Sheffield, and will also be the means of forming a complete line from Roston, Wainfleet Haven, Spilsby, Horncaatle, Louth, Market Rasen Fast Retford, and Worksop to Manchester and Liverpool, and from Yar mouth, Norwich, and Lynn (by the use of the projected Pontefract, Doncaster, and Worksop line), to those towns and all the north of trialand. The distance from Lincoln to Sheffield by this line will be forty miles only, whereas the nearest route by any projected line at pre sent cannot be less than sixty miles, thereby saving a distance of one-third, or twenty miles, as well as that of a needless expense. The Committee have great pleasure in stating that they will be quite ready to go to Parliament in the ensuing session. The Committee are now busily engaged in alloting the shares, a certain number of which are reserved for landowners on the line, others locally interested, and shareholders in connecting and interested lines only, until the Rth instant. Applications to be made, in the usual form, to Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47, Eastcheap, London ; F. J. Long staff, Esq., Lincoln ; W. Burgoyne Fernell, Pm., Sheffield ; also to Messrs. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street, London ' • Mr. John Wright, .Birmingham ; Messrs. Hollo wa y and Martin, Bradford ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, and Messrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. James Nte,olSon and Co., Edinburgh ; Mr. J. Bowden, Hull ; Messrs. John Gatcliff and Co.. Huddersfield ; Messrs. Watson, Tootal, and Barff, and Messrs. Charles Bell, Beverley, and Co.. Leeds; Mr. Thom'is Crewdson and Mr. John Dorine, Liverpool; Messrs. Green and Lockwood, Manchester; Messrs F. Bell and Co., N'ewcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs. 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N 0 VE MBER MIST Once more November's month its reign resumes, 'Mid cheerless prospects and proverbial gloorns ; No cheering beams of sunshine can we trace— The sun appears afraid to show his face. The fading leaves and flowers of Autumn say, " Farewell! good folks ; we'.l call another day." This Is the time when people should obtain Extra attire, to suit the Winter's reign; Each gentleman should buy an over-Coat, As winter's season is not tar remote ; For such a famous article resists The influwnce of the dull " November Mists." November's month to :.hiding damp exposes, And calls aloud for ;Tann Attire from MOSES ! MOSES and SON are Winter's greatest foes ; Their Coats exclude cold damps, and rain, and snows. ; When once their Coats for Winter you behold, YOU'LL not have ANY fears of catching cold You'll see th ,t they'll prk serve the wearer's form, And bring it safe through every Wintry storm. Then, don't FORGET this lesson to REMEMBER, But come and buy a Coat for cold November! LIST OF PRICES. ZZADY MADE. X I. Beaver Taglionis ....... ..... ..... ••.• .. from 0 Chesterfields or 'odringtons 0 10 D'Orsays, Attols, rembroke, and every description of Winter Coats ............ Boys' Winter Coats in eve r y s tyl e .............. from 0 8 A Whiter trousers, lined 0 4 Doeskin, . Dress Coats, edged ........... ..... . .............. 1 0 v Poll Collar Ve5t.......-.-- - .. 0 1° Double-breasted :: : : Boys' Hus.lar and Tunic suits... Ditto, Winter ' r0u5er5......... I}itto. ditto Vests ...... :::::: . ...... •• -.. :.. '•• 0 2 6 •••• ....."••• 0 18 6 -.... ** •• 0 1 6, NADI TO M:BAIPHRI. Winter Coats, in every style min stiape, handsomely trimmed ............ .. Milled el, dh Great Coats, velvet c o ll ar an d cu ff s ......1 12 0 r, eKt Wrappers .. .•• • • ........ ... 0 18 d Ditto Trousers 0 8 Winter Trousers, in all the new patterns .. .......... 12 Doeskin ditt0........ - - .. 0 10 6 Best quality, or dress do ............• ............ 1 6 1 18 Ditto, best quality made .........• •• •• 2 15 1 2 Frock Coats I 13 u Ditto, best quality made ••••• • • • • ..... 3 3 Cashmere Ve5t5........ •• •• .. Satin do., plain or fancy ...... Boys' Hussar and Tunic 5uit5............. ••• • • • .... 1 6 Great Coats .... 0 14 The New Work, entitled the " Monarch Mart," with full direction/ for self-measurement, may be had, on application, " Post Free." IMPORTANT.—Any article purchased or ordered, if Not approved oG exchanged, or the money returned. • Observe—E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Wholesale and Bed Woellen Drapers, Outfitters, and General Warehousemen, 154, Mir ries, and 86, Aldgate, City, opposite the Church. N.B. No business transa c t e d at t hi s Establishment from sunset r'day till sunset on Saturday, when business is resumed at tusi" o'clock. CAurtow.—E. aroses and Son are obliged t o guar d the Po 1,11 4 Against iir , .ition, having learned that the untradesmanlike hood of lefts connected with them, or its the same concern, b been resoiteu to in many in s t ances , and for obvious reasens, _ , hive no connexion whatever with any other establishment, in or on of London, and those who d es i re genu i ne Cheap Clothing shsuld , , tavent disappointment, &c.) call or send to 154, lifiaories, Sr "' Aldgate, opposite the Church. THE public is most respectfully informed ths sfessrs. NICOLL have received permission, according o °lB specifics ion in the Act 6 and 7 Viet., cap 65, to alter and othervit adapt the :oat, kn own as t h e REGISTERZD PALETOT, suitable for winter wear, and it is now being made of a dicker w.; terial, viz., ')f milled Llama cl o th ; it i s waterproofed by the at method, which, it is well known, d oes not unnecessarily confine heat of the body, but the material, when thus operated upon, revalaf t as porous as other that has not undergone this process, the off bw i being that it does net sop, and will turn a stout shower of rain, b e not that of 24 hours' duration. Nicoll's Registered Paletot for /01 wear is a garment that is warm without being heavy, whia even for travelling, the necessity of wrapping up in a cumbe rs some manner, has of late years b een f oun d needless, distances be' so much shortened by present railway and other conveyanse' Nicoll's Registered Paletot, used a l one as a morning frock coat, a °s over another, is found to be a most agreeable garment for walkia t exercise ; and from the skilful way it is formed, it does a, l confine the chest or shoulders, but has an equally neat sn gentlemanly appearance when worn in cold wet weather, or the evening over a morning or dress coat. The price is Wl.' guineas, that for summer wear being two. It may be 4b ; served that those principles are retained that has obtained ' the Registered Paletot the patronage of mere than one of Crowned Heads of Europe. 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