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rpm AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAlL cent, WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER, ling Leamington an.l the whole of the Midland and North Eastern Counties with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol,' and the South of England. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1 , 0 00,0031., in 50,000 Shares of 207. each. Deposit er 2CO fur ther call will be made until an Act Share. of Parliament is obtained, aud no party will be liable beyond the amount of his shares. The pa , PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. ~ht lion. the Lord Beauclere 8 Chesharn place Belgrave square , , -- - , "le Ho n. Douglas Ki nna i rd Puiteney, Parliament-street, London, hai rfnan of the York and Lancaster, and Director of the Direct Theclilla_loon and Manchester R a il ways s , n.are C aptain Evans Freke, G rena di er G uar d s, 3 , Belgrave .. she Bon, Captain Evans Freke, Life Guards, 3, Belgrave-square Rh at itnr waritsgue John Chol me l ey. B art., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire of t ia ul Bacon Johnson, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, Forest i tanw e , a l l, and Gloucester, and the South arid Midland Junction Sjirtiltieo,"iner:tl!al:loSecchoombur A New Kensington, Surrey, Chairman of ener,intailway Site Yorke, tr f Esq. Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, .late ll r igl . i o Gloucestershire, and magistrate ter the counties ot 11 ei - ~( ,, e i s l tar at Gloucester '' ao William Martin, Esq. Twyning, near Tewkesbury, Magistrate coriorut_ie counties of Worcester and Gloucester _ IJ. Taylor, Cheltenham, Magistrate for the counties of Wor .i,..!tar aad Gloucester '',?lean Hushes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of Lou te°,',ls'illta Ar.P. for Oxford, Chairman of the Erewash Valley Ex „, on, the Leek and Macelestisid, the Great Western, Southern " /: I' l _ , Eastern Counties, and of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, whnli,;ailliolinr,,,adilielyN:Efil,eqof Llangol le, i Railways ~.,,h,firi:::inaonilllealtria,coliEi Manor-oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Cam ,Eqxtension, and the Lincoln, York, and Leeds I..4iiitietion Railways ~ F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde park-street, and e. ) ; e "' ' Club, St. James's, Director of the West Midland, and vnual3slester and dunces itail.vaye lire e• YiLiers dunces, ES 1., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Director of Rad :- vaveastle, Durham, and Lancashire Railway Ire,,,taai Lloyd Caldera, Esq., 6, Laura-place, Bath i t '_' ,a 1 lireynton, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Cial,,o.n, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth, and other 11 . 11, b a s Y ,,, n a , b',•,, ---- -" , ..5, Esa., the Manor-house, Kempley, Gloucestershire, s i L i , - ,C,Tr of the Birmingham, West Bromwich, and Wednesbury, ja,,,_ ~stiaall Junction Railways ',',.`:.;,lattrice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Wahner-hall, near Tewkesbnry, )e',11:131 man of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice tiolariall,ot Russia at that port (a di"jgcs Carter,Gloucester, late Mayor of the City of hauceattr, aad Deputy-Chairman of the Gloucester and Forest of RAIZ' ii;Tay chui,. tßich, Esq. M.D., Gloucester C,orii,q u • Theraley, Esq., merchant, Bristol rari ii t i - in s t. B L . idY, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwickshire Lur g , ,''`,, } - 8 (1., M.D., Forthampton, Tewkesbury fhoe i .,':',!'itil, Esq., Prestbury, near Cheltenham Va sil ? ,-;• Avery, Esq., Gloucester 4411 Troter, Esq., ditto R tilcil• Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester' Cl iarle s ra " , Esq., merchant, Gloucester 4.. 1 • Cliffe, Esq., Gloucester Itili` r V t. 'Kendall, Esq merchant, ditto l i el kfle, i l l i v l a n ik Esq , •, ditto ei ry i , ar, Esq., d i tt o and ox, Esq., ditto /01 s , J. W oadhouse, Esq., ditto, A k'oe tils' Esq., Abbot's -court, Twyning and Tewkesbury , ,l'ets,'°'ild Bilsoine, Esq., Forest , 61* Dean, Director of the . Last and ,„!:i. m° f _, l4l gland, and the Worcester and South Wales Railways , esilL".. l e.Y, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon Joh ' '' •jellicot 1 G eo,. , t, Esq. Stratford-upon-,lvon and IC" Norlairy, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park, Valle aacetter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Teen and Dove teeslip, South Staffordshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways I , ll e g t i l Lewis, Esq,, War -ester-nark Surrey, and Stratford- Ib ie rd, :1-11,,ir.,actor o the Midland Counties, ' and the Cheltenham, Ox llia, ' 4 .Ninon Junction Railways a 'for • • ' Director of the Leicester , and q• gni Harrison Esq., Sunbury, `itor,,,,,iaqvorth, and South ' Staffordshire Junction Railways St.ZiK,lire'lerie Gregory,Ee Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the ~ tlai s 7" B4l ro and ofi'' Rail Grand Junction and Midlands 'olio o' 4l o Dover and Bristol ' ways 114-4'1'41,01 Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire, Director of the kealit kial t o 'ad and Holyhead Junction, and the Cheltenham, Oxford, toor ge il4lOll Junction Railways bire e , !lett, Esq. the Laurels, Haridsworth, Staffordshire, ~1.10,,,:.*°! of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, and wmte;a"tand the RailsZys kb , ve r s a i e ia tt i E. 59., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Director of the ,is. Bristol, and Grand Trunk Railways .„ i ' , alb ru le, Pall-mall, London, Director of the Northampton, 4 . ay al3 1 , Land Cheltenham Railway Li) :,s “maaann Es. Reading Berkshire, and Inner Temple, li ptlll° ireet4 of i ' he Nott Railways ham and South Staffordshire, and lita s ( Z b r and Bristol ag ta 'hray 4k oneld, Esq., London, Director of the Dover and Bristol hi e ,i,.. li't si„-,„4gnstus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of illis saordshire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways to 1111 31*ot/ 1 ,' , 51 100 ,„ .. , Esq., Oldham, Director cf the Oldham Districts, the ail(' Lon"ristol and South Wales I Trect, the Cheltenham, O . xford, la,, 7 kate n ' I . ", the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Lis erpool, shim, t ! 411 a North Union Railways l" r ~It hveli , Em lnce-hall, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool ka-'uttet-as Direct' the Lancaster and York, and tb eStaffordshire en .i . ) , ,i, Railway -s Char tersr`a3doe, Ea 9.' 9 Alderman of Wi'an, Director of the Leeds and ale,?°°lllilnisirecCand tlYork and w Lan de cas st t e e r r, and other Railways „ e e , Le m ' Esq., Caldwell-hall, oi rbire, and Adelaide -li,L4theri, a o n - bridge, Director of the Southern and Eastern, and lri i ,lltra •„.,"aniaica, and the Irish West Coast Railways i i . '•• ly,'„'N., Dines Mowddy, North Wales i,'''tat 6,„• . .. 8, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln and Voiew, - :'lsb3-, the Dover and Bristol, and the Birmingham, West a'l4'iira mV,ll'elnesbury, and Walsall Junction Railway s it .° ; I'4 Ea,.. lit " , Esq , lbath-cottage, Handsworth, Staffords i . r „,a i . ~ a m , • . 1a..,41a . _ s, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, 11,salibibi„'iad Manchester, and the Birmingham, Westbromwich, fpaa i h ,"rY, and Walsall Railways 'kta Yorksq.. Wigan, Director of the Liverpool it an i cl D L r ee ec d t s h i t tist til , the and Lancaster, the Liverpool and . 11, -, Rt l wa3 l ,s , Z,lSli e lop,. igll loY, Halifax, and Iludderstiald Janet] a' - ;Sior, ,-,a Rsq., 28, Portman-square, Director of the London and pfrehaaia other Railways ite4, lielflen, Esq„ 10, Green -street, Grosvenor-square, and shpt Rev Ira Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield 1 , thtl,lli,„ll,. C2 harles•street, St. James's . ' 1 ei Nv -Dsan Es Little Sutton, near Birmingham, Director of No s Ja nata' - i -q " n wich Wednesbury, and Walsall Railway s i , l 4a, 4 lith , i est rom 0 aul kr is ai al _s - --sq., 51, Great rin ' ond-street, London, Director of the tolOtew:' :a h, and Peterborough Railway ultiVata - ',,1 4 (1., Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director of the Bir sa,,‘Ny ' ii estbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction I lic . aI C . ii , N,, --, a s i -41 7, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon weal i ta illie.ad Perry, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon so 'll li Ya 'ard Esa Newtoun-cotta , e, Stratford-upon-Avon 110 sci ii at • •. t of the Direct Western, li ti Oe 4„ or, Esq. Leamington, three or .aie n _qtr,„'Si r hY and Manchester Railways ~1 1s „'llet,'°,8 , Esq. St. Jrmes,s-square, Manchester IVY ti e „'", Esq. Branden-lodge, near Coventry 1,11,1 , 1 ki „, ,, tt, s• ,qap,"... s( l- 17, Pall-mall, London t he ,s'riaii - a' Ntarr,Esq. M.D.,Leamington s ', ° a tt, -- ' '-sq. Bodegroes, Carnarvonshire, late High Sheriff of 'ti-011 i d ,." of Merioneth, and director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, i ll e ,,.'al p,"": 1 J unction, and other Railways Nie , Sl, - ,,, 441 Esq. Chatham-place, Blackfriars, director of the k1,,",, , 1t1 1 i, - ,, el d, and ' Midland Direct Railway Itaeas i '- "L; 1 1 ) Pon, Esq. Ealing, Middlesex, director of the B.ir lg ' , ay. ' W estbromwi ' ch, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction , SlOO e'" Murray Prior, Esq. Coventry, director of the Dublin, '1" , 4,;,,v , and Parsonstown ; Dover and Bristol; Dundalk and ,iNs other railways (1, 40 r b ,,,.. 1 4%_E5q. Handsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Ips --sik:,,:nh j i ? o Inbar° ton and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peter oe,,-I,i Th - Zoilvars P ' ste,4ll,,risi-o.'ll,bas Ross, 58, Dorchester-terrace, director of the Dover leaaia n s‘allsvay 'lle " I „tist j /: , Fq. the Green, Bromyard, director of the Dover ', 1 11 4 " 41 1% - ' S taffordshire and Shropshire, and other Railways VW: a' s i ° „ . '„' P-_s R N Edgbaston, Birmingham, director of the allLduflij"l, Westb - tn)rilth Wedncsbury, and Walsall Junction, Pst 4 11„ -44,1 ey, 11a7lelev, Brosely, and Ironbridge Railway l i iaaki-,;'Y Collis Esq. 'Handsworth, Staffordshire , . -4k e l'i l r ' 4 , 4 ,,Esq. ' direetor of the Goole and Doncaster Railway 11:i• 4,-, Esq. St Stratford-upon-Avon afia" e 4,:. Esq . . ' Edgbaston, near Birmingham, director of the t• ' is tol, and other Railways ENGINEER. It, William Henry Smith, Esq., C.E. Itl. 1 0 „, ; SOLICITORS. • ''• knee' - • * .s and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London Esq., Bngham. Iri IN ! 1•3 . 1% e nn, LOCAL SOLICITORS. ii Rugby A l: 1 i i : t : 1 ,: os l i si n :. Titbits,s. Sproule, E E s s q ci , Stratford b -o ury n ...Avon Alti tt I.i4i Poll ird, Esq., Gloucester it,, 1.8. ltussell Leamington Rege ' rs, Ohling, and Co., Clement's-lane, London, S tcarrenv-Henry Brookes, Esq. Directors of the Worcester, Here ford, awl Glouces ter Railway 11 4 11 i t e 1 1 , 01,0 b i , ki l I ,tir a,.„ ia,,,r„ r ailway will commence at Rugby, on the London L'ls t L'at V;;;; n ltailway the terminus of the Midland Counties Z - 414 1 7 ietVteY Railway ' s, and the point to which several other el' i i 'l itoa, ~‘;t3 -a converge, and will proceed through or near to 'No ,ete t ,,,, arwik, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury,. 144 '' leit,Vn , to Gloucester. The length of the line mill b t 'iltil 'lv ant e . , 4 t h tt 3 ,, Nu, beg that will result from the construction of this line 411 t , r,,, 1 ,' , Ze L id highly important, and such as cannot fail to secure D t . - we r„Taount of local and through traffic, and a highl.yi•e -,4)4t1r1ie..10,54,iii.er, uP , ri the capital invested. By means of existaw 41 4 ;' , ..t t 1 0il rtiill ezt . e, It will form a complete chain et railway corn . - llij,,,ke tth 'qe ( r. i : v can th, whole of the midland and north-eastc antiii yo,, !4 ‘ter 4 I d nd, the populous cities and towns before-named,.. t i. 5 tlit,' •' , Zew 1.1 ,d western districts, and thus bring Leicester, IN li 4 eiCet e4ra, Lincoln, Gainsixirough, Great Grimsby, and Hu , 4li al y or gt : ,, a inunieation with the favourite and fashionable spas of `it,i'4,aikoNilliadh,Clieltenhani, the richly-productive and far-tamed Na h., ath n , aM the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth, hzee alabiL' l al those of South Wales. h t ir, ti le s l: f ile , t ,:lin:: : : i t , s e : l l :l d. vi i 's , • ' ed iter ; s of the much-frequented waterltif,r he aie„`aei, ~ stall and Cheltenham, will thus obtain a direct line tF loCiar ti 'aaorts, instead of the present circuitous route through i il l t il 5? he 'll ' Y r°rdi ng that facility of intercommunication which and it will also afford the utmost fa ,a't Ott' Of ti t i ° the innumerable visitors who, attracted as well by ik i kti. i ltrat f e se'lleron the memory of Shakspearo, annual) h ~ t c% °m on . A. , It es , Ito. NE ! ' te 'ca. ', the 1 . t igers from the east and north-east, direct to Ot a eli, l , a ine from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle of the (1 , fe ' Nelio " GlaneeSter Railway to Cheltenham, will afford a tot - 1 ,,.t4 ,00.1 a. tion, and a saving in distance of at least eight miles, t e c a t n ti' l .Wke s l; ll 4 r 3 Or the stoppage at Cheltenham. kt, li e I :tt Di eca / it will also form a junction with the proposed line i i,(4, 4 44l ere" ° ?!alvern, affording the most direct communication L. the O,visitors to the magnificent scenery and invigorating try, t ` 10h,`,,,1e celebrated Malvern-hills. lii' r e.el 4 .l4 . te n , t r - aniS Of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes tok'44ekt?i!eatil ofthe proposed line will prove immensely advan -0 4 7, t he :f' , Within ten miles of the iinportant city and port o: 111: 4 4 3 ,,_ t ar1y i' v nave nevertheiess to travel by the present railway thitow,: l tatt r i,., W ,lCC that distance, an Inconvenience which has 11t,14,Zi The'n,S:. affected the trade, and prejudiced the Tntere,ts of , T h kri t ,alei,.v` °Posed line, running close to Bits`, will remove ~ ,,tit' , t l v ii : a • a of ~ : i i h in ce, and restore its trade to former state of tr,, r .tei l ,i l l4ln y ~.ITs line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot stlilti„,`a trani'ellinated, as it will not ternp to It immeme :kei l , l N' b n "i willfNnl the whole of the ea and north-eastern * c it t i'st.,;,•Tha io v erY materially lessen the distance between it %et lei' 'ant ~' olv erhampton, and South Staffordshire, making IN it 4iii:e t t o i l : it.liftefleia•sett i s ie o c r u; lioe ly ue - the nearest and most acceosible outlet tl '4l 4' ti:,",li.'saible tonl,""eY p cirenstea r rn od ,y uctive manufacturing r a c ta g d ion to , ti p ta r n ojec n t ne be c t a r ahl c e f treat I ZilisZ Will 1 1 4, fe;:h ai ' li a° thrill an important junction between the London t t il ,'' l % . 4 llail w and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and it ter -11 (1 or allay' and constitute the . high;vay for the traffic of the kf tie ' l ad he no ~it,rnal l S ooth am no rth - eastern railways, to the proposed Man dl Railway at Cheltenham ; and the through s q " 11 l ti the latt ttasilett,,,us ] nave tehr source alone is expected to be very great.: kie a tiV'e ni - '''. effect of connecting the ports of the eastern ik, e,1,C4 Mee in Wlll those of the western and southern coasts kha „4 „, to 01._most et.irect and convenient access from the north t4 i a t ~,71 ..t s fo'rvt.it mineral regions of South Wales, and of opening s hi n d ' 4 '"li r:' h tt l ie e riei products of the fertile valleys of the Avon ey pi 14, 5 , he ~,..agiiultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor h,,,,a?, he ~I.lll„`ee.:nyiunfacturing towns and ports of the north. i : . ttl,2 ri ttll. o 7 l . o , le 14,4„_ i._enon.struction, traversing, as it does, through I.. ) ,' ett el, tt li ci W e I,l 9 T i i i t,l t . lL , valleys of the Avon and Severn. i The 4 .t i t i _ 4 ea i in 4 t r i na!oe 'll n ; run are vloecrllDgircuws,fflacnndnateigeneetottiunyth.rve laliki.7l.4ajily be veto the through traffic, which on such a line p er a v n e y a t a o 1 1 1:ii e 11, ,, a1. • i l,zi c:).',.nrm ?teteensrcte. ma t , v,in.any other corn themselves the t o lr a power yi to n iart of alone ,etittsieeeminlY...,or extend the line, and to e increase or diminish Itt etit,hioel brop o V c i , If deemed expedient. .t, d e „„,.. to be raised is 1,000,0001., in shares of 20/ , 4 1 , ,, - t ii,tb. - ,, 1t. of 2e. n w il at d ity of the , s. per Clare must be paid upon allot cl. w Olf te, Sube • N7'. D e H I ~ t r r es ,.._.. , cribers will be limited by the Act to the . t re Q;it )! rappii,,l:l_,,!‘_en s ubscriptions to the capital stock, and 4!.. a le, ~,.!t•_. e n iu.' i nT . .a: ththe Act to allow interest at the rate of 1 4 Q o ri , the date eramouf the deposit, and upon the h , t} , . :11. 0. each payment until the opening of the q 4 lle r i '' , rit iti .,„ 1 1,1 4 eti f l to i x , „w4r,---einent and thu Parliamentary Contract will kti ,rt, th,„ (1,, :caeofirlocipla til t t he e " eest . '4IY execut i el ,.o w mf h ,av e ki n iiine t gh lie dde b uf a aa n u k nit r itie : receipts are ex liillioteStitabileeeripih,::%l tl i , fi r i 4 rde t e eb s i.i3 O p f e acj o i 0 4 , r ah of 'lite,' b ;itihnotice arliainen t a r 3" Contract within the notice will e l xe l lut g i l o v n en of ; i t 414 3' a pPli by 'such will be absolyf orfeited. ~ . or ob tai or sliares, prospectus, s tel and a map of fr. 4 , ei.. - s ..oit f ,cak t ,.i ~,,,,,. meant'' 20 .._e Solicitors, or the Secretary, at the i s , , s t (: e to 01,11.7e,de.ste.asts,e?sch.-.(sltr:re,tt: h S n tr t a n n n d, a L m oLd a o t n ,o , n o w r i fr li o h ir e , 117‘11ei '"iindttl." t. :ti t , !, , :; , ./ 1 .. ;e, the ~n „ . , ,, cd by a ree,reece to one of the Provi ee4;:ifire_.",.. Sym , ~`,'„, ` %, ? 1. 8 , or a Bnker. , ~.,i,te1,.......i. .r . w . p . `, , ..%•.!! , 11.5.0 ,: ••y ar d . t t,4. i.. ,i. 1 , , 1,14.7..._%;..'!in5, New-Ftreet isteettiT,...ii l:e.-,„:`,t'puwards, Pedaml-street tt ‘ t resd k aiar r. J ' N. liat i l'"'''-ett.ce t • -'04.4 8. Tate am `e• duetKing-stre Volt_ a ic _-_, ash and W. H. Land Willtaan Belt9ll. .........--.---..-. RESS. , named eliar.cs rge d wit ft iaytlb,. custody, of the roprietors and fratalulest' rz~T orro ~~, .110 • „, )f tb theed t t I/ 'n 1a Bl ' rogue 110 as 3 (18 ) 6' t rteen , o deo , todAeu v isible lir ace 0Y wit et , !es', and a And (Ai"' e, tio g v ,of A ) fele another iceo. her ser c t it O' li e ve tlia„L i ce te it fron living li r ° la ed Friel'a cohe - ect i the s• To 13$ or otne wll3 l tit ) ; in a o e pp is g rg lios ° pirt le tos co ct,rab";t:e ti he e ia ce4 1 1 1; i5 ate w e r e m ther e eviva l cie bille" lie 111 ",toe, 1 tbeir , 0 1 " i t est er 3 m a riCa r oe ski l n e l ' Ort ie" e gv- • '7l. Bette t, LY tl r • ' peneer, to w hera etireill ei 11 r , the r"" Averpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington,' and Mr. William Berl lanell9ster Mr. John Barlow ; Messrs. Cardwell and Son and Henry Woxihou , se Leeds--Messrs. Itol)ins , m and Purley Leiettszer—Messrs. Elsood and Harrison llnl--- - Mr. Phi111:1s Cilawow—Mr. D. Stleppar 1, Buchanan-street Chen( nham—Mr. Lea Wolverhampton—Mr. Bann7ster THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Avon and Severn Valley Rallway Company. ill allot to me CA72lle request that you WL. ,Ot of 20Z. each la the :thove Company; and I hereby undertake to ac• cept the sum:), or any smaller number, and to pay the deposit 01 2/. 2g, per thare thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con• tract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full Residerue - • • • • ••• • .. ••.. • • • ••• • • • Place of Business .. Trade or Profession Name and Address of Referee • • • • .... Sit;nat tire • • • • • . . • • • • • • ... shares ~laS rEIiN COUN rl ES JUSCTION, and SOUTHEND RAILWAY, forming a direct communication bet - ,veen England and Belgittm, and Irolland and the Rhine, from the Essex Coast ; wth a Branch (via Tilbury) to Gravesend, and a Branch to the River Crouch. COMMITTZE OF MANAGEMENT. Chairman—rfhe Right lion the Earl of Mornington. Deputy-Chairman—Robert A. Riddell, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Dart. Miles Dormer, Esq. BuDicky Hughes, Esq. M.P. John Reginald Riddell, Esq. William Bradley, Esq. John Holmes, Esq. Gideon Coiquhoun, Esq. Herbert Ingram, Esq, W. A. Campbell, Es 4. Joint Nixon, Esq. Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq. John James Cavan, Esq. W. Alexander Thomas, Esq. Char'cs Grant, Esq. William Wright, Esq. At a treetin7 of the Committee of Management, GIDEJN COLQUHOUN, Esq. in the Chair, A letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Momington and Lord Viscount Wellesley addressed to the solicitors to the Company, was read. lte.olved—rhat flia Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington an Lord Viscount Wellesley be added to the Provisional Committee. Also, Resolved—Thai the night lion, the Earl of Mornington be Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Robert A. Riddell, Esq., bc. Deputy-Chairman. The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of stating, that the Allotme:.t of Shares is proceeding with all the expedition that the immense number of ;:pplicatims will admit of, and that Letter; of Allotment will he shortly issued. In the meantime the engineers and surveyors are actively engaged in their duties, and all other preliminaries are progressing for the purpose of applying for an Act of Parliament in the ensuing session. PER IN MI NET, a!ld SM ITU, 5, Laurence Ponntney -place. C lIIIINTLE it and WESTWOOD, 8, Gray's Inn-square. Oult. 14, 1345. RENT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY, from the vicinity of IVest Drayton, through Hounslow, Brentford, Ham mersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, to a Central Terminus, near Charing-Cross. (Provisionally Registered.) Offices, 53, Charing-cross. Capital, 850X00/., in 42,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. rnovisloNaL COMMITTEE. The Earl of Davon The Earl of Uxbridge The Count De Sails Vernon Abbott, Esq., 70, Gower-street Philip Anstruthcr, Esq., Director of the Thames Bnabankment Railway Junction Company Benjamin John Armstrong*, Esq., Southall, Magistrate for Middlesex John Außio, Esq., Noel House, Kensington Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square Edward Oliver Benson, Esq., Hounslow {Villain Sprott Boyd, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway Junction Company Thomas Bramall, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leicester and Tam worth Railway Sir John Macpherson Brackenbury Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart., Director of the Thames Entba'fik ment Railway Junction Company Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and blanches ter Railway John Chevalier Cobbold, Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Union Rail. way Winiam Cumming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park George Cooper, Esq., Breutford George James Stredwick Camden, Esq., Hounslow Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Fisher, Esq., Isieworth Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, county of Kerry Captain Forbes, R N., Forest, Windsor Sir Andrew Pollatt Green, R.N., K.C.H. F. J. Hamel, Esq. Tamworth James Montgomery, Esq., Brentfcrd John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., Hammersmith The Hon. Colonel Phipps, Norwood-groan William Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands Railway Henry Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, Magistrate for 111Iadle.;ex John F. Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow Colonel Reid (2d Life Guards), Bulstrode Park Thomas !terry Rowe, Esq., Brentford John Coysgarne Sim, Esq., No. 9, Clifton-place, Hyde Park-galilens Major Jelf Sharp, Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Junction Company Henry Webb Smith, Esq., Hounslow William Spooner, Esq., Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Hallway Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Chairman of the Irish North Midland Rahway John Stewart, Esq., M.P. Frederic , . Thompson, Esq., 20, Kensington-square Robert Richard Tighe, Esq., Bank, Windsor Henry Tufnell, Esq., M.P. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Chairman—The Earl of Devon. Deputy Chaim. n—Henry Pownall Esq. ' • Major Jelf Sharp Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq. G eo . J as . Stredwick Camden, Esq. William Sprott Boyd, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq. Thomas Bramall, Esq. James Montgomery, Esq. John Chevallier Cobbold, Esq. The lien. Colonel Phipps George Cooper, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq. ENGINEER.—Thomas Page, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilkinson and Cobbold, 7, Lincoln's Inn-fields William Sim, Esq., 8, King's Bench-walk, Temple. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank The Union Bank of London Messrs. Glynn, Hailifax, Mills, and Co. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. . . . - _ Messrs. Hugh Ines Cameron ane George Bath, 18, Parliament-street. SEcavreay —Henry Moreing, Esq. H UDDERSFIELD AND LIVERPOOL DIRECT RAILWAY. The following Gentlemen have already consented to act on the PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. A further list will be published in a few days. G. H. Brook, Esq. of the firm of Joseph Brook, Sons, and Gorden George Armitage, Esq. of the firm of Armitage Brothers Benjamin L. Shaw, Esq. David Shaw, Sons, and Co. Joseph Brook, jun., Esq. of the firm of J. and C. W. Brook and Co. Hervey Brook, Esq. of the firm of Hervey Brook and Sons John Hannah, Esq. of the firm of John Hanaah and Co. George Dyson, Esq. of the firm of George Dyson and Co. William Wrigley, Esq. of the firm of John Wrigley and Sons George Mailinson, Esq. of the firm of George Mallinson and Sons Joseph Beaumont, jun., Esq. of the firm of Joseph Beaumont and Son• S. C. Wrigley, Esq. of the firm of J. and T. C. Wrigley and Co. William Shaw, Esq. of the firm of J. W. and 11. Maw and Co. Thomas Salkeld, Esq. of the firm of J. and T. Salkeld Beaumont Taylor, Esq. of the firm of Beaumont Taylor and Son Thomas Kilner, Esq. merchant, Huddersfield James Booth, Esq. Market-place, Huddersfield Abraham Hepworth, Esq., Brunswick-house, Lindley Henry Hawxby, Esq. Clare-hill, Huddersfield James Campey Laycock, Esq. Huddersfield Abraham Hirst, Esq. York-house, Huddersfield Berjamin Outram, Esq , Ellistoues, Greetland Jeremiah Riley, Esq. Birkby, near Huddersfield Thomas Wilson, Esq. Kirkby, near Huddersfield Thomas Varley. Esq. Edgerton-house, Huddersfield Richard Hirst, Esq. bank manager, Huddersfield Samuel nikin, Esq. Bents-cottage, Huddersfield John Batley Wrigley, Esq. Croft-house, Netherton, near Hud• dersfleld William Greenwood, Esq. Huddersfield Thomas England, Esq. Huddersfield Samuel Oldfleld, Esq. Spring-vale, near Huddersfield Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq. Lilac-cottage, Birstal Robert Ross Sonaervell, Esq. banker, Burnley John Kaye, Esq. Dalton-hall. near Huddersfield William Willans, Esq. West-parade, Huddersfield Thomas Ibbetson, Esq. Bent's-house, Huddersfield William Moore., Esq. Seed-hill, Huddersfield John Hanson, Esq. Wilsden, near Bradford Dighy Murray, Esq. Lightoaks, near Stone, Staffordshire John Newhouse, Esq. Brunswick-house, Huddersfield Benjamin Walker, Esq. 3lythomroyd John Holdsworth, Esq. Shaw-lodge, Halifax John Dyson, Esq. Briam Royd, Greetland John Stott, Esq. Greetland William Wilkinson, Esq. Brow-bridge, Greetland Thomas E. Walker, Esq. Bower's-mill James Hoatson, Esq. West hill. Halifax Samuel Walker. Esq. Stanery-hall, Stainland James Shaw, Esq. Holywell-green, Stainland John Hamerton, Esq. Elland William Baxter, Esq. Lower-hall, P.arkisland Charles Pitehforth, Esq. Boothroyd, Rastrick Ely Sutcliffe, Esq. Firth-house-mill, Stainland Samuel Shaw, Esq. Holywell-green, Stainland John MasonHolroyd, Esq., Manor-house, Stainland John Haigh, Esq. Godley-cottage, near Halifax Isaac Taylor, Esq. cloth manufacturer, Barkisland Harper Walker, Esq. Stainland John Denton, Whiteley, Esq. Stainland Abraham Pitehforth, Esq., Shaw Lathe, Elland Samuel Hodgson, Esq. the Bowers, Barkisland W. Hoyle, Esq. The Grove, Barkisland The Rev. R. Younger, head master of Rushworth School John Whiteley, Esq. Stones-mill, Soyland Joshua Rouse, Esq. Barkisland Edward Aspinal, Ears. stone merchant, Southowram John Brook, Esq. corn merchant, Brighouse ifasnuel Crowther, Esq. Saville row, Halifax Isaac Green, Esq. Horley-green, Northowram J. W. Whealright, Esq. Heath-cottage, Ripponden John Robinson, Esq. Ripponden John Whitely, Esq. Firth-house-mill, Stainland• Tho nes Whiteley, Esq. Pit-hill, Barkisland John Aspinal, Esq. stone-merchant, Quarry-house, Brighouse John I3arraclortgh, Esq., woollen-manufacturer, Halifax Ely Walker Shaw, Esq. ditto, Stainland Ely Walker, Esq. Stannery-hall, ditto Benjamin Mellor, Esq. wolien-manufacturer, ditto Thomas, Whiteley, Esq. ditto, ditto Thomas Hodgson, Esq. Stainland William Barker, Esq. Pontefract Total Walker, Esq. worsted-spinner, Stainland Ely Dyson Hodgson, Esq. ditto Benjamin Whitey, Esq. wol en-manufacturer, ditto John Barraclough, Esq. ditto, ditto John Sykes, Esq. stone-merchant, ditto Captain J. It. Younger. Rishworth William Broadbent, Esq. Ripponden John Walker, Esq. merchant, Scammonden George Crabtree, Esq. manufacturer, ditto John Baldwin, Esq. worsted spinner, Greetland Lavid Porter, Esq. worsted spinner, Greetland Thomas Nichol!, Esq. worsted spinner, Greetland J. T. Berry, Esq. Siddall-house, near Halifax Joseph Hodgson, Esq. Hohne-hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire James Shaw, Esq. Salford, Manchester Joseph Broadbent, Esq. Snow Lee-house, Longwood John Cassell, Esq. 6, Cireassia -read, Regent's Park, London T. A. Heaps, Esq. Huddersfiela Thomas Sands, Esq. Elms-wood, late Mayor of Liverpool Charles Turner, Esq. Dingle-head, Liverpool George Fernley, Esq. Witthington-lodge, Manchester E. G. Williams, Esq. Itelgrave-terrace, Huddersfield T. B. Cawshaw, Esq. Newhouse, Huddersfield Charles Johnson, Esq. merchant, Huddersfield Edward S. Tuton, Esq. Liverpool Thomas Morris, Esq. Liverpool Francis Shand, Esq. Liverpool William Nicol, Esq. Liverpool Francis Haywood, Esq. Liverpool George Armstrong, Esq. Liverpool Robert Dudgeon, Esq. Liverpool William Benin, Esq. Liverpool Maurice Zelo, Esq. Liverpool John Bellingham, Esq. Wakefield Humphrey Dyson, Esq. Spring-gardens, near Huddersfield Benjamin Vickerman, Esq. Taylor-hill, near Huddersfield Joseph Sykes, Esq. Newtown, Huddersfield Edward Learoyd, Esq. Huddersfield Thomas Wrigley, Esq. Huddersfield William Shaw, Esq. Bottom-hall, Clear, near Huddersfield Henry Brook, Esq. Longwood, near Huddersfield John Gatliff, Esq. Huddersfield J. G. Uppleby, Esq. Leeds Francis Chorley, Esq. Little Woo lhouse, Leeds George Richardson, Esq. Leeds Thomas Dean, Esq. Batley, near Leeds Simeon Spenceby, Esq. Burley-grove, Headingley, near Leeds William Httntriss, Esq. Halifax Robert Glenton Baldrey, Esq. the Square, Halifax John Holdsworth, Esq. Birkby-hall, Clifton, near Halifax Benjamin W. Holt oyd, Esq. Halifax George Watkinson, Esq. Law-hill, Halifax John Tillotson, Esq. Halifax Benjamin Outram, jun. Esq. Greetland John Holrovd, Esq. Manor-house, Stainland Benjamin HolroydiEsq. Whitehouse, Stainland Edward H. H. Grime, Esq. Whitney-house, Herefbrdsh're Joshua Farrar, Esq. usattivecturi,r, Marsden John Famtr, Esq. Slaithw ate Matthew Ilirst, Esq. woolitapl , r, Laurence R. Openshaw, nr:ci.house, Bury W. P. England, Esq. Huddersfield Cookson Stephenson Floyd, Esq. Huddersfield Francis Fisher, Esq. Wood Lea, near Maltby William Risher, LK. merchant, Sheffleld • DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND MACCLES FIELD RAILWAY. Tim Allotment of Shares has been completed. Owing to the im mense number of applications, it is iniFossible for the Committee to reply to each; it is ther e fore r3que3ted that parties not having Let re of Allotment will consider this notice as an answer to their ap plication, which the Committee regret they were not able to comply with. ' By order, GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary. Gresham-street, London, Oct. 17, 1845. G REAT WESTERN AND FALMOUTH JUNCTION RAILWAY. On the Broad Gauge. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110. Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Sharks of V/. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. . _ Rear-Admiral AyscouW,SouthaTnpto;,ciireTtOr of the Southampton and Manchester Railway Sir John De Beauvoir, Part. Chairman of the London and Birming ham Extension and Warwick 'nd Worcester Railways John Brightman, Esq. Regeney4quarc, Brighton, Chairman of the Hounsiow Railway Henry William Burgess, Esq. Temple's-park, Hampstead, London, director of the Eastern Counties Railway Segar Bastard, Esq. Exeter Abraham Bettridge, Esq. 4, Devonshire-terrace, Camden-road, London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway William Banks, Esq. director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, amt Manchester and Rugby Railways John Byng Banks, Esq. Lansdown-road, Stockwell, director of the . . Great Leeds and London Direct Railway Thomas Csrnsew, Esq. Flexhury-hall, Stratton, Cornwall Frederick Murder, Esq. R.N. Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Lon don, director 01 the Fampoux and Hazebrook Railway Dunbar, John Cother, Esq. M.A. dhector of the Brecon and Merthyr Rail way John Morford Cottle, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway John Carter, Esq. Park-lodge, Stockwell, director of the Grand Trunk, and Oxlimd, Whitney, and Cheltenham Railways William Came, Esq. of Ellenglaze-house ' Truro, Cornwall Edward Wiliam Cox, Esq. 3, Crown-oflice-row, T‘mple, London, director of the Direct Rriitol and Exeter, and the Middlesex and Surrey Junction Railways Edward G. Cann, Esq. Herdwieke-house, Holdsworthy, Devon • Anthony William Clarke, Esq. director of the London and Hounslow Railway William Cole Cole, Esq. Highfleld, Exmouth, Devon George Borlase Chl!ds, Esq. 34, Fore-street, London James Clift, Esq. 30, Bloomsbury, director of the Paris and Stras burg, Rugby and Macclesfield, and Cheltenham and Brighton Railways James Rohins Croft, Esq. Birkenhead, director of the Thug, Cam bridge, and Newmarket Railways Edward Douideday, Esq. F.L.S. Great Surrey-street, London, director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester railways Philip Davy, Esq. Southcott, Morchard Bishop, Devon J. Dennis, Esq. Bradiford-villa,lton, Devon John Campbell Dicker, Esq. New-hall, Reston, Cheshire, director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railways William Eccles, Esq. Old Broad-street, London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway Alfred Evans, Esq. Exeter Edward Eagleton, Esq. Newgate-street F. W. Etheredge, Esq. Park-street, Westminster H. It. Fowler, Esq. 7, Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park, Bristol, one of the Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway George Forteseue, Esq. New Hayes, St. Thomas, Exeter Charles Fitzjerald, Esq. Jermyn-street, London, director of the Ox ford and outhampton Railway Will no Fitzgibbon, Esq. director of the Cork and Bandon Railway Robert Fisher, Esq. Highbury-park, director of the Lincolnsnire and Eastern Counties Junction, and of the Liverpool, Preston and North Union Railways Edwar I Goddard, Esq. Stonchouse, near Newbury, Berks James Golsworthy, Esq. the Mint, Exeter Edmund Haynes, Esq. Summerland-place, Exeter S. Hutchison, Esq London Gas Works, Vauxhall, London, director of the Grand Trunk Railway • John Hill, Esq. Victoria-terrace, Exeter Samuel Ilaydon, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter Templar James, Esq. Brixton-rise, Surrey- John Jameson, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, director of the Ox ford and Brighton Railway Wm. Jameson, Esq. Shelton, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford shire Potteries Railway Capt. m. Keats, R.N. I'orthill, near Bideford, Devon Wm. Kenuaway, Esq. Barn Exeter V. Knight, Esq. 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, London Lowrance Kortrtght, Esq. director of the Barbadoes Railway Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchureh-lane, director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway James Lawford, Esq. Homefleld-lodge, Heavitree, Devon G. W. W. Mason, Esq. 33, Bucklcrsbury, and 12, Stockwell-common Surrey William Morley, Esq. London, Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway Caleb Norris, Esq. Lancaster-place, Strand, London, director of the Exeter, Dorchester and Weymouth, and the Windsor, Slough and Staines Railways George R. Peppercorne, Esq. Bexhill, Sussex, director of the Paris and Strasburg Railway George Pell, Esq. Welford and Northampton J. Reeves, Esq. 150, Chcapside, London, and Ley - ton, Essex, di rector of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway Henry Reynolds, Esq. 45, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park J. C. Ridgway, Esq. Roehampton-lodge, near Putney, Surrey Richard Richards, Esq. Chudleigh, Devon Charles Richards, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter C. H. Rogers He rrison, Esq. F.R.C.S., Upper Montague-street, Port man-square, London, director of the Grand Trunk Railway Thomai Rogers, Esq. Bradfo. d, director of the Liverpool and Leeds, the Hull and Holyhead I)lrect, the Great Northern and Southern, and the Liverpool and Derby Railways John M. S. G. Schank, Esq. Barton-house, Dawlich , and Teignmouth, Dcvon _ John Slade, Esq. Langtree, Torrington, Devon W. Sloane, Esq. 37, Wimpole-street, London W. H. Swinton, Esq. 49, Moorgate-street, London, and Sussex-gar dens, Hyde-park J. W. Snell, Esq. Monte le Grande, Exeter Rev. J. T. Symons, Rector of Trevalga, Cornwall Marler Troake, Esq. Topsham, Devon Nicholas Tnckett, Esq. Exeter William Wilson, Esq. Devonport-street, Sussex-square, H3 - de-part, London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway William Wrentmore, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter ENGINEER—G. 11. Julian, Esq. SURVEYOR - George Braund, jun. Esq. AttenixacT—Fleury Flower, Esq. 39, Regent's-square, and 18, Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury. SOLICITORS. Messrs. 'Ceti&ll, Baker and Grant, 34, Lime-street, London Thomas Harvey, Esq. 68, Old Broad-street, London Joins Stogdon, Esq. Exeter. BANKERS. The Union Bank of London. Bristol—The West of England and South Wales District Bank Exeter—The National Provincial Bank; West of England and South Wales District Bank ; the Devon and Cornwall Bank, and all its Branches. St. Columb Truro —Messrs. Ricketts, Enthoven, and Co, Falmouth Penzance LOCAL AGENTS. Bodmin—William Pearse Esq. Liskeard— Truro—J. P. Benallack, Esq. St. Colamb— Pcuryn—liobcrt Rimell, Esq. Wadebrldge— Fahnouth—Sanniel Bamfleld, Esq. Camelford— St. Ives—Robt. 11. Bamileld, Esq. Launceston—E. Spettigne, Esq. Penzance—James Pascoe, Esq. Okehampton— St. Austell—John W. Jeffery, Esq. Tavistock—Messrs. Willesford Devouport—W. J. Little, Esq. wad Tucker Cornwall has long been struggling to procure the benefits of rail way communication, but divisions amongst its friends have for several successive years prevented any scheme from being carried out. At length, on the 20th August last, at a full county meeting at Ilmtinin - presided over by the High Sheriff, it was unanimously That the general interests of the county of Cornwall, as well as of the public at large, absolutely requite that no trunk line should be sanctioned through the county which does not afford the most direct, central, safe, and continuous railway communication from Falmouth and Penzance to London." This decision, in con junction with the appearance of the scheme of the North Devon Company, has appeared to the promoters of the Great Western and Falmouth Junction railway, to present a favourable opportunity for bringing before the public a Central Line, on the broad guage, which, by the combination of four powerful companies, LI now, it may be said, brought almost to the boarders of Cornwall. The Great Western railway, already open to Exeter, is now being extended to Crediton, and from thence the North Devon Company intend to construct a main line to join their north and south Devon line, in the neighbourhood of Ilatherleigli, thirty miles directly west from Exeter, and about seventy miles from Falmouth. The Great Western and Falmouth Junction Railway will corn menm near Hatherleigh, and will be about seventy miles in length, and lbrin a direct extension of the line from Crediton to that place, proposed by the North Devon Company, and will thence proceed by Launces'on, Bodmin, and Truro to Fahnouth ; and in order to pre serve the old line of communication from Cornwall to Plymouth, ad mitted to be of great local iinportanee, a branch will run from the main line near Bodmin, through or near Liskeard, to join the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, near Plymouth. By means of this railway, and the North Devon, Credidto and Exeter, Bristol and Exeter, and Great Western Railways, there will be a direct and unb , oken line on the broad gauge :from Falmouth through Exeter, to London, on the one hand, and to Plymouth and the South Coast on the other; and it will also be connected with the railways and canals already existing in Cornwall, and, by branches, with all the most important towns in that county and the North of Devon. It is also intended that the line shall be the best in engineer- ing qualities which the natural formation of the country will - allow, and that the formidable difficulties, which induced the Board of Trade to report to Parliament against the late Cornwall and Devon Central line, shall be avoided. This scheme has a decided advantage of er any other at present proposed fur giving to Cornwall the benefits of railway c ,mmunica tion, and is the only line which can with certainty effect the object to which the county became pledged, by the resolution of the 20th of August last—no other line affords" direct, central, safe and con tinuous railway communication from Falmouth and Penzance to London." Tte Cornwall and Devon Central Railway will not en sure a continuous line from Falmouth to London, until three other independent Companies shall have succeeded in obtainin g their Bills ; and these projected lines have also to contend against - the4l position of through and integral lines from London to Exeter. Th& est of England Delow Exeter, is obviously the country of the broad gauge, and there is no probability that Parliament will sanction the introduction of any other gauge into that district, which would be productive of endless confusion and inconvenience. With the South Devon lineon the one hand, the projected North Devon line on the other, the Exeter and Crediton and its projected extension westward to Hatherleigh, and the West Cornwall line from Truro to Penzance, all on the broad gauge, and all projected or supported by the Gryat Western, and its associated Companies—there can be little doubt that no narrow gauge line will be permitted to run parallel with those already sanctioned by the legislature, or proposed for the further accommodation of the country by such influential companies. In order fully to comply with the expressed wishes of the county of Cornwall and to secure that "direct, central, safe, and continuous railway communication" so much required, the present line has been projected, and will, when completed, form the Central link of the great series of lines already under the direction of the Great Western, and the other associated Companies. It is therefore confidently presumed that no other scheme for connecting Cornwall and West Devon with the Metropolis, and the North of England, can compete with the present line with any probability of success, presenting as this line does the prominent points of national and local advantage, and possessing all the elements essential to command the favourable consideration of Parliament. As a work of national importance, it has been long admitted that a S, AND TONBR IDG BRIGHTON, LEWR WELLS DIRECT RAILIN Capital 350,0001., in 17.: Deposit 21. 2: (Provis:cnally Shareholders not to be liable bey COMMITTEE OF Chairman, Lord Al Howard Elphiustone, Esq. M.P. John Villiers Shelby, Esq. Sir George Prescott, Bart. Edwin Jamea, Esq. Valentine Lee, Esq. George Rennie, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq. .James Reeves, Esq. George Moliheux, Esq. Frederick Seymour, Esq. John Kenward, Esq. Thomas Wisden, Esq. Edward Churchill, Esq. Alexander Wright, Esq. EtsotNEEß—•Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. • ACTING FNGINEER—WiIIiam Hallett, Esq. C.B SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq. SECRETARY—r. H. Nalder, ESQ. BANKERS. The Commercial Bank, Lothbury Messrs. Molyneaux and Co. Lewes, and Tonbridge LOCAL AGENTS. William Polhill Kell, Esq. Lewes Robert Foreman, Esq. solicitor, Tonbridge Wells Benjamin Hall, Esq. Bursted Lodge, near Uckfleld. The Coirroittee of Management beg to state that the Allot iTtent is being proceeded with, and the letters will be issued without d elay. By order, FREDERICK H. NALDER, Secretary. 83, Basingliall-street, 15th Oct. 1845. VAY (HALLETT'S LINE). ,500 Shares of 20/. each. N. per Share. v Registered.) vend the amount of their t iha res. MANAGEMENT. Ifred Hervey, 3f.P. Stephen Lowden, Esq. Edward Beard, Esq. Wehard Dutton, Esq. William H. Lidbetter, Esq. Alexander Donavan, jun. X£ George Donavan, Esq. Jno. Langford, Esq. Nelson Kenward, Esq. Thomas Radford, Esq. Jno. Taylor Hallett, Esq. William Kenward, Esq. William Nash, Esq. J. Underwood, Esq. HE CARMARTHEN JUNCTION MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY. •• - (Provisionally Regis:ered.) Capital 140,0001., in 7,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. OM E 23. PROT The Right Hon. the E ar l of Balcarras D. Morris, Esq. M.P. Carmarthen Emmanuel Cooper, Esq. Southwark, Deputy-Chairman of the Xiondon and County Joint-stack Bank Frederick Harrison, Esq. Beaufoy-terrace, Maida-vale, Doputy- Chairman of the Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, and Hasti.eg.. Rail way, and director of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Inst trance Company John Morgan, Esq. Glaurynis, Carrnarthenshire E. Lloyd Williams, Esq. Arderbrook-liall, Cardiganshire Swinfen Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-place, London, and Darlaslanhall, Stafrord, director of the Waveney Valley Railway Con patty and of the Great Yarmouth Railway Company Captain J. G. Philips, R.N. alderman of Carmarthen Morris Sayer, Esq. Mynddmaur colleries, Cannarthenshire W. L. Philips, Esq. Carmarthen D. Edwards, Esq. 01 tniowy, Carmarthenshire Messrs. Wayne, Donn, and Co. Camay hen iron and tin-plate works W. Walters, Esq. Pantyfynon collieries, Carmarthenshire W. Payee, Esq. Kingtou, Herefordshire William Cory, Esq. Commercial -road, Latnbeth, director of the Taw vale 11,,iliyay, and director of the Lambeth waterworks Grismond Philips, Esq. cm - mm.llly, Carmartitenshire John Thomas, Esq. Cwmmanr Carmarthenshirs J. L. Philips, Esq. Carmarthen Samuel Tardrcw, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen J. Jones,Esq. councilman, Carmarthen W. Simons, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen Thomas Jones, Esq. councilman, C rtharthen Messrs. Lewis and Thomas, us rchante, Carmarthen John Lewis, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen Messrs. Philipps and Lewis, merchants, Carmarthen Henry Howlett, Esq. 18, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park„ London, director of the Ammon Vale Iron and Coal Company P. B. Jones, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen John Havers, Esq. 13, York-road, Lambeth George Thomas, Esq. coroner of Carmarthens'iire Messrs. Jones and Evans, Journal Mee, Carmarthen Joseph Ileginbottom, Esq Pleton-terraca, Carmarthen Jolla Adams, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen William Green, Esq. Le. tonstonc, Essex, Director of the Ammon Vale Iron and Coal Company Isaac John Ilorloe, Esq. the Rocks, Marshfield, Gloucestershire, director of the London and Oxford Railway (With power to add to their number). PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF / , lANAGEMENT. Emmanuel Cooper, Esq. Chairman I Frederick Harrison, Esq, John Havers, Esq. Deputy-Chair- J. Swinren Jervis, Esq. man W. Walters Esq. William Cory, Esq. E. Lloyd Williams, Esq. ENGINEER—Edward Ilagot, Esq. M.A. Q.E. Francis Giles, Esq. BANKERS. The London and County.Tolut-Stock Banking Company, 21, Lombard. street, London. Messrs. Morris and S°ns 'l Carmarthen. Messrs. Wilkins and Co. SOLICITORS. William Simons, Esq. Carmarthen Messrs. Cooper and Whitaker, 5, Ileatheote-street, Meeklenbur;h square, London. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Mr. Glascodine. Temporary Office., 5, , Heathcote-street, Alecklenburgh-square, Londcn. line of railway to the important Port of Falmouth must be carried out ; the promoters of this railway do not, therefore, think it neces sary to repeat the here the highly satisfactory results of the traffic over the line, which were long since ascertained. It is sufficient to say, they prove an ample return on the capital to be invested. The survey is in progress, and will be completed in time to apply to Parliament in the ensuing Session ; and the promoters having already received highly satisfactory assurances of support, as well local as general, feel justified in expressing their conviction that their appli cation will be crowned with success. The capital will he divided into 50,600 shares of 25/. each, upon which a deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. par share must be paid upon the allot ment. Power will be taken to pay interest on the deposit, and all calls till the line is opened ; and no subscriber will be liable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act he obtained, and then not beyou I the amount of his subscription. Preference will be given, in the allotment, to landowners, to local applicants, and to parties holding shares in the Great Western, Bristol and Exeter, Exeter and Crediton, North Devon, and West Cornwall Railways. Applications for shares, in the form annexed, to be addressed to the Solicitors of the Company ; or to any respectable brokers in town or country. 68, Old Broad-street, London, Ist Oct. P 45. The object of this undertaking is to form a direct communication between the important town and port of Carmarthen, the northern parts of the county, and Canliganshire, with the rich mineral dis tricts in the south and east of Carmarthenshire. The projected line will join the South Wales, Welsh Midland, Car marthen and Cardigan, and Great North and South Wales Railways at Carmarthen. It will be connected at the Great Mountain with the Llanelly Railway already constructed to the Cross Hands, and a eranch will extend into the Gwendraeth Vale to the Colebrook ironworks, there joining the Itidwelly Canal. It will thus unite several important railways and other means of communication, and afford ready transit for the supply of coal and lime to very extensive districts, the costs of conveying which will be less than the toll pay able on the present roads. The southern terminus of the Great North and South Wales Rail way is at Carmarthen, and no provision is made by the promoters for any communication by it wills the coal and lime fields. These pro ducts, before they are conveyed from Carmarthen, must first be brought to that town. The South Wales and Welsh Midland Railways describe a ctonsider able circuit in communicating, even in an indirect manner, - with the heart of the mineral districts. The distance from Carmarthen by each of these lines to the Great Mountain will be about twtmty-five miles ; the distance by the line now proposed will not exceed. twelve. It is therefore evident that the immense traffic in coal and lime between Carmarthen and the mineral districts must be crrrried on by the intended railway. T he line will follow the Vale of 'Towy as far as Cappeldewy, and then diverge, by way of Porthyrhyd and the Mansell's Arms, to the coal districts. The branch into the Gwen draeth Vale will be two miles long„which, with the trunk] lne, will snake the whole length to be constructed fourteen miles. In consequence of the peculiar features of the country, die pro posed line can meet with opposition from no other scheme,. as the bold chain of hills running from east to west to the south of the Towy are quite impracticable at all other points between Mandilo and the sea, a distance of twenty-five miles. This line will. follow the only valley intersecting the hills, which presents the most striking facilities for constructing a railway a'ong it, as none of the g radients will exceed I in 100, and there will be no occasion for any tunarelling. The capital required will be 140,0001. • _ _ . . Calculations have been made of the tonnage carried along the pre sent roads ' and an ample remuneration for the capital investod would be secured even without increased traffic. The South Wales, Welsh Midland, Carmarthen and Cetrdigan, and Great North and South Wales Railways radiate fro: n Car marthen to the west, north, and east of the county'; and the latter lines will open communication with the whole )f Car diganshire. All these extensive districts are now mainly supplied with coal and lime from the vicinity of Carm arthen. The traffic in these staple commodities is at present very ceansider able: as many as 1,000 tons of lime have passed in one day ihrough a single gate on one of the great thoroughfares into Carm arthen. With the facility of conveyance afforded by railways, added to the large extent of country.which will be opened by means of thie lines alluded to, this traffic will be immensely increased. The project was first mooted about ten years ago. A meeting was held at Carmarthen, attended by a large and influential t ody of gentry, landowners, and merchants. Resolutions were then tmani measly adopted approving of th e sc heme, po i n ting out its ative snag es to the country and its value as a safe investment. Surveys of the line were afterwards made, which proved that the gradient: I were easy, and that the country was free front engineering diffirealties. Some objections, however, arose, which led to the temporary• aban donment of the undertaking ; these carnet again occur. A large body of influential persons have already signified their a ppro bation of the scheme. It will meet with the strenuous support of all the mineral interests in the localities referred to ; and the autthori ties, merchants, and influential residents of Carmarthen, will afford every support to carry out an undertaking so beneficial to the Jute. rests of the town and neighbourhood. The Earl of Cawdor and the other principal landowners on fine pro ixoFed line have been consulted, and their consents and approbation have been obtained. The corporation of Carmarthen has just had a careful survey of the river made by an engineer of high standing, with a via w of effecting material improvements in its navigation It appear: suf ficiently evident that, with the outlay of a comparatively :small sum of money, Carmarthen may be rendered a safe port, Easily accessible to ships of very considerable tonnage, even at neap t des ; the great depth of water in Black Pool at ebb tide (24 feet) sap plying all the requisites of a wet dock. By improving the river so as to avoid the intermediate shoals and sinuosities, all difficulty to its free navigation wri be removed, and with this facility a very :large export trade will be insured in coal, iron, and other produce of the country. These improvements (since the prospectus of this Company was first issued) have been undertaken by the North and South Wales Railway Company, who have pledged themselves to an effec tual construction of the necessary works. Feelingly alive to the inte rests of the trade of the town and to the wishes of the corporation, the Committee of Management have gladly acceded to this arrange ment, whereby the objects of all parties will be secured. To the promoters of this Company this result is highly satisfactory, as by these means a considerable outlay of their funds will be avoided. Extensive ironworks are now in operation in the Gwendraeth Vale, and others on a large scale are about to be erected in the Vale of Ammon. The stores of coal and lime are inexhaustible : several important collieries have been lately opened, and are now ready to pour their teeming wealth into the market, but a want of corn mu nieation with the distant districts of this and the adjoining counties prevents the proprietors reaping the fruit of their enterprise. The line now proposed, forming a junction at Carmarthen with the great trunk lines, will afford the accommodation so much desired Preearations have been made so as to insure compliance with the 'landing orders in time to apply for an Act in the ensuing Session. The gauge to he adopted will depend upon the report of the Govern ment Commissioners. In order that every attention may be secured to local interests, arrangements are now being made to add the names of other gentle- men of property in the county to the provisional committee.* The liability of the shareholders until the act is obtained will be limited to the amount of deposits, and after incorporation to the amount of their subscriptions. Power will be taken in the Bill to allow interest at 4/. per cent, per annum on all Deposits and Calls from the time of payment until the opening of the line. Prospectuses and Plans maybe obtained from, and applications for Shares to be made to the Solicitors and Secretary, and the follow ing Brokers, Messrs. Price and Brown, 4, Change-alley, London. No application for Shares will be attended to unless with a satis factory reference. G REAT WESTERN AND FALMOUTH JUNCTION RAILWAY. No further Application for Shares in this Railway can be enter tained by the Committee after TUESDAY next the 21st hut. KEDDELL, BAKER, and GRANT. Joint . THOS. HARVEY, Solicitors. JOHN STOGDON, 68, Old Broad-street, London, Oct. 16, 1845. T"E ).OVER AND BRISTOL RAILWAY Notice I, hereby given, that the LISTS ARE CLOSED, and F('RTiiEIR APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Co►n pLio be received. Aloft - mut is being proceeded with, and the letters will te issued in the early part of th.: ensu vg week. By order, CHARLES MARTIN, Secretary. Offices of the Company, 12, Gray's Inn-place, October 18, 1846. TI-I E SUN,_LONDON I _,MON DA Y EVENING, OCTOBER :LO, 1815. I) ENDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND CANAL COMPANY, With concessions of both undertakings for 90 years. DIRECTORS. Sir John M'Tag,gart, Bart., Chairman Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B , Deputy-Chairman Valentine Knight, Esq. Ambrose Moore, Esq. William Shadbolt, Esq. RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN BELGIUM Monsieur A. B. Braman, Membre de la Deputation permanent of East Flanders. BANKERS. In London—The London Joint-Stock Bank - In Belgium—Messrs. Tercelin, Sigart, and Co. ENGINEER—George Rennie, Esq. F.R S. Soucrroas-3lessrs. Oliver and Lindsell, Moorgate-street Chambers, City. The Directors of this Company beg to inform the Shareholders that their report, containing a detailed account of the present position and future prospects of the Company, with a second report of Mr. George Rennie, their engineer, a snap of the lin:s and much statistical infor mation subjoined, is how in the press, and will be ready for delivery at the Company's Offices on and after WEDNESDAY next, the 22d Instant. JOHN TPTAGOART, Chairman 11, Old Jewry-chambers, London, Oct. 17, 1845. IRISH WEST COAST RAILWAY. The Committee have much pleasure in stating that the neces sary arrangements for proceeding to Parliament next session are in a state of great forwardness. The Allotment is being proceeded with, and the letters will be issued immediately. By order, HENRY T. STUART, Secretary, 11, Old Jewry Chambers, October 18th, 1845. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. IDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION M RAILWAY. From Nottingham to Syston: (Provisionally Registered.) roi k )ecins, with the names of a most influential Committee, and other details, will appear in a few days. The line will connect the Pont, fa 'A, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction, with the South Midland Railway. SOLICITOP.S. William Unwin, Esq,; William Bickley, Esq. Sheffield. LONDON AGENTS. Merisrs. Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane. THE MACCLESFIELD and LICHFIELD, or CHURNET and BLYTHE JUNCTION RAILWAY. The Provisional Committee hereby give notice that the Allotment of :;hares has been completed, and the Letters of Allotment will be posted on SATURDAY. the 18th October instant. In consequence of negotiations which have been concluded, the number of shares at the disposal of the Committee has been eon sidrrably reduced, and they have been utterly unable to comply with more than a small portion of the numerous applications received, many of them from persons of the highest respectability. Pattiea who have applied far shares, and who do not receive• Letters Of Allotment, are requested to consider this advertisement as an intimation of the inability of the Committee to entertain their applica Eons. By order, WILLIAM CILALLIN. CR, Secretary pro tem. Leek, Oct. 17, 1845. BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY. Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21.25. per Share. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 V:ct , Cap. 110.) THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM, GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY. No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after .110~DAY, the 27th instant. EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street MOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingham. Cct. 10, 1845. October 14, 1845. RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNC TION RAILWAY. The Allotment of Shares in this Company has been completed, and th, Committee regret that, in consequence of the very numerous den ands for shares from persons locally Interested, lt has been under th, necessity of omitting many most respectable applications. WILL/AA' DAWSON, Chairman. IP, Northumberland-street, Wand, Oct. 18, 1845. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. _,/k_THLONE AND SLIGO JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Being an Extension of the Dublin and Galway Railway.) FIRST DIVISION—ATIILONE TO ROSCOMMON. Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 2/. per Share. (No Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of kis Shares.) MANAGING COMMITTEE. Fitzstephen French, Esq. M.P. Chairman • Right Hon Lord Dc Freyne William Ormsby Gore, Esq. The Donn of Elphin Hugh Barten, Esq. Straffen, county Kildare Sir Joseph Burke, Bart. Fairfield Joint Vance, Esq. Merrion-square, Dublin Robert Henry French, Esq. Rutland-square, Dublin Hamilton gorges, Esq. Leeson-street Henry MamisQll, Esq Landsend, county Dublin Richard Burton, Esq. county Dublin John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.S. 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park IVilliam Lcchmere Whitmore, Esq. the Grove, Stanmore, Middlesex Patrick A exander Reynolds, Esq. 23, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and 16, Cornhill -John Campbell, Esq. Danosfield, county Dublin . Daniel H. Ferrall, Esq. Beechwo o d Directors of the R. Pennetather Lloyd, Esq. H er b ert-place, Irish Great 'Western Dublin, (Dublin to Galway). ENGINES--Sir John Macneill, LL.D. F.R.S: BANKERS. The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princess-street, London Messrs. Barned and Co., Liverpool The Bank of Ireland, and the National Bank of Ireland, and their branches. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Barrington, Son, and Co. 10, Ely-place, Dublin Mr. Peter 31`lieogh, 5, Belvidere-place, Dublin Messrs. Fladgate, Young, and Jackson, 12, Essex-street, Strand London. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. William Bryden, Esq. 4, New Palace-yard, Westminster. Szcarreay 7 Robert Plunkett, 48, Dame-street. Dublin. LONDON AGENT—James Dryden, Esq. 19, Moorgate-street, London. The many and hnportant.commercial advantages presented by a junction line of railway between the north and south of Ireland, give the promoters of the projected line from Athlone to Sligo, with a branch to Ballina, the most unqualified confidenm in its success. . The proposed line, as regards both public interest and private speculation, will very much surpass any other that has been pro jected from Sligo to Dublin—first uniting with the Dublin and Galway at Athlone, it will pass in a direct line to Sligo, having a branch to Ballina, thereby affording railway communication to the great fair and market towns in the counties of Roscommon, Mayo, and Sligo, and terminating at the important seaport and garrison town of Sligo, where it will also unite with tree line to Enniskillen, and thus form a junction between the northern, southern, and western lines, opening a continuous and the most direct railway communication between the great commorcial and manufacturing towns of the province of Ulster, and the cities of Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Kilkenny, and with Galway, and the other large towns and seaports in the south-east and west of Ireland, and also giving to the counties of Sligo, Mayo, and Roscommon. a line of railway to the metropolis. The Athlone and Sligo Junction will receive the full support of the Directors of the Great Southern and Western, and the Dublin and Galway Railway Companies. Forty miles of the Great Southern and Western Railway from Dublin to Portarlington are nearly completed, and will be opened to the public in June next. At this adianced period of the year the difficulty of corffidying strictly with the standing orders of Parliament renders it advisable to undertake, in the first instance, hut one division of the line, viz., that from Athlone to Roscommon, bein, a distance of twenty English miles ; for which purpose a capital of no more than 200,0001. will be required. The line from Athlone to Sligo is but seventy-two miles in length. It will pass through or near the towns of Knockeroghery (at which the second largest sheep fair in Ireland is held), Athleague, Mount Talbot, Rathgar, Roscommon (one of the largest inland markets in Ireland), Lanesborongh, Elphin, Croghan (celebrated fair town), Freuchpark, Boyle, Casticrea, Ballaghadereen, Ballyrnote, Tabkr corry, Colooney, Ballisodare, to Sligo. The preliminary surveys have been made, and the engineer, Sfr John Macneill, reports very favourably upon the gradients and facilities of construction. Advantages so important as those referred to cannot fail of giving the greatest encouragement to a line or railway which must, from passenger traffic alone, return an ample per tentage on the outlay of capital. _ It should also be borne in mind that the proposed junctiox line will not only give to the north of Ireland direct and immediate rail way communication with the south, east, and west, but will wise open to the great manufacturing towns of Scotland similar at comm,,dation. Railways having the advantage of foreign traffic as an auxiliary, are always the most profitable —no projected line could be more op portunely circumstanced in that respect than the proposed Grand Junction, forming, as it will, a link between the northern and southern railways, It must, independently of local resources, have a corstant stream of passenger traffic from the parent lines at either end, and eventually be found one of the most profitable, as well as the most useful, undertakings in Ireland. . Few lines of railway are possessed of greater local advantages. Sligo, a considerable and rising seaport town on the N. W. coast at the one extreme, supplies the whole of the interior, as far as Athlone, with the products of the western world. Its fisheries and that of the neighbouring coast are am,,ng,the best in Ireland. The salmon fishery at Ballina, and the deep sea-fishing of Sligo and Inver Bays would alone yield considerable revenue. Athlone, at the other terminus, is a garrison town of the greatest importance, in the very centre of Ireland, from whence it must be an object to have railway communication with the garrisoi - a of Boyle and Sligo ; there cannot therefore be a doubt of the line obtaining the entire support of the Government. Roscommon Is one of the Most fertile counties in Ireland ; it abounds in agricultural and mineral produce, and has a population of 253,591 inhabitants. Its great fairs ate well known—their staple, the finest horses, horned cattle, sheep, and pigs, in the United King dom, will be conveyed by this line to the Dublin and English mar kets ; and while the farmers will thus have a ready and cheap means of transport for his stock to the best markets, he will, in like manner, be enabled to supply himself with young stock from the fairs of the south, east, and west. Large quantities of bacon are cured annually in the towns of Roscommon, Castlerea, Boyle, &c., and it only re quires the advantage of railway communication to develop the many industrial resources of the county. Application for shares to be made to the secretary, 48, Dame street, Dublin; and Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove, and Pearce, Auc tion Mart, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ATHLONE AND SLI'3O JUNCTION RAILWAY. Capital, 200,0001., In Shares of 201. each. First Deposit, 2/. per Share. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his shares. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares in this undertaking ; and I agree to take the same, or such of them as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 2/. per share thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. Residence ....... . . Profession or Occupation.... IName Reference Andress .. • • . • • To the Provisional Committee, 4S, Dame-street, Dublin. T HE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 750,0001.; in 37,500 Shares of 26/. each. Deposit 21. 2s. each. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley-on-Thames Lord A. Cunningham, Mickleham-hall, Dorking The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent Sir James Annesley, Bart., Albany Sir Ilenr! Lambert, Bart. Aston Rowant, Oxon Sir William Druinmond Stewart, Bart., 'Mirthley-castle William 'Hughes Hughes, Esq. Alderman of London The Hon. W: M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of Londdn The lion. Stafford Jerningham, 44, Brookstree John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 150, Piccadilly Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadley House, Lincolnshire Major Moore, director of the London and Nottingham Railway R. W. Wood, Esq. Lodge-place, St. John's-wood Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq. Grand Tully Castle William Slark, Esq. directer of the Guarantee Society, Cricklewood, iddlesex Benjamin Swan, Esq. James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railway William Pritchard, Esq. High Bailiff of Southwark Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Wyndham-place Major Jelf Sharpe, Twickenham Major-General Brooks Parlby, C.B. Rutland-gate, Hyde-park The Hon. George Dawson Darner, 31. P., Tilney-street, Park-lane James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEER—W. Rider, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, BaSingllKß-StrCet. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, Esq. SECRETARY —Charles C. Sanderson, Esq. BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank. LOCAL AGENTS. Windsor.. • . • • • . • . Esher Staines. • • • • • • • • • • • Epsom • . • • • • • • • . • • Reigate—George Morrison, Esq. The Southern Junction Railway is intended to form a communica tion between the Great Western Railway at Slough, and the South- Eastern at Iteigate. It will afford the most easy access through the medium of the Great Western Railway to the inhabitants of Reading, Maidenhead, Windsor, Staines, Kingston, Epsom, and the principal intermediate towns, to Dover, Brighton, Hastings, and the other watering-placea on the coast of Kent and Sussex. Ireland, Wales, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, and the manu facturing districts in the West of England will thus obtain a more direct, less tedious and expensive communication with the Continent than by the way of London. The length of line as proposed will be twenty-seven miles ; and, after a careful examination, no engineering difficulty presents itself, as it runs for more than half the distance on a level, and traverses a country that must be greatly benefited by this project. The Company will be in a situation to deposit the Parliamentary plans and sections in ample time for complying with the standing orders, and enabling them to apply for an Act in the ensuing session. • _ The shortness of the line, and the quantity of passenger and mer cantile traffic that the line will command, leaves no doubt of an ample return for the investment of capital. Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms of applications for shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; of the Local Agents; and of the following gentlemen : London—Messrs. Peppercome, 2, Old Broad-street Liverpool-31essrs. Alston and Gage Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William Mar shall Hull—Messrs. Cdllinson and Flint, and Mr. James Bowden Leeds—Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and J. Young and Co. Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton Exeter—Mr. Thomas Santord Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer Birmingham—Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co. Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co. and Messrs. M`Calturn and CO. Huddersfield-21fessrs. Wilson and Hellawell Worcester-31r. Thomas Henry Wheeler FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. Capital, 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamen tary Contract and Subscribers• Agreement when required. Residence.. • • • • • . • • • ..... • .. . Trade or Profession .... • . .......... Reference . • • Address of Referee ... ........ THE GREAT GRIMSBY, LOUTH, HORN CASTLE, LINCOLN, AND MIDLANDJUNCTION RAIL WAY (Provisionally Registered.) The Allotment of Shares being in course of issue, the Committee take this opportunity of informing parties who do not receive letters of allotment, that, owing to the unprecedented demand for shares beyond the number at their disposal, they have been compelled to overlook the wishes of a very numerous and highly respectable class of applicants, who are requested to accept this notice as a reply to their individual letters. By order, THOMAS COXHEAD, Secretary 00Ices, 6, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, 20th Oct., 1845. AmB ER-GATE NOTTINGHAM, AND BOSTON AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. EXTENSION TO F SLEA The Committee of Management of the above RC ompany, being de- Alrous of affording every accommodation to the public and the im portant towns in the district through which the above railway Avill pass, have determined to extend their line from Grantham to Siert ford. The line of country between those towns has been carefully surveyed, and will be formed at a moderate cost, and does not inter fere with any ornamental property. The surveys and plans are in a forward state, and the Committee have the assurance of their engi neer that they will be ready to be deposited in time to proceed early in the next session of Parliament. W. F. N. NORTON, Chairman. By order, JNO. GOUGH, Secretary. Nottingham. Oct. 4, 1845. OLVER HA MPTON, CHESTER, and BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice Is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares will be entertained after MONDAY, the 20th inst. VARDY, 18, Finsbury-place, London. Birmingham. C. J H . N NO S BL I E T , H, 1 C ALAIS, DUNKIRK, AND BRUGES JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further Application for Shares can be received, as the number already applied for greatly exceed the amount to be allotted. By order, P.- N. SCANLAN, Secretary.' 37, Moorgate-street (East side), Oct, 18, 1845, FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Provisional Committee of Managemont of" The Great Western and Falmouth Junction Railway Company." Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each, in the above railway, and 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 01 21. 12s. Gd. per share. Name in full ........ •• . ..... ••• • • • Profession or Business (if any) ...... Residence.. • • .... Reference... Date ...... ••..•• - 1815 ESTIMATE, Annual Sale. _ Toni. Sale of Coal at present from the Collieries in the vicinity of -- the proposed lines, estimated at 130 tons a-day•• •••• • • • • 40,000 Sale of Lime at present from the Lime-works in the parishes of Llangendeirne and Llarddarog, at least 1,000 tons daily (calculated for the summer season only) ••• • • • Total present annual carriage.... 190,000 Carriage of 40,000 tons of Coal, 12 miles, at I%d per £3,000 0 0 Carriage of 150,000 tons of Lime, 8 miles, at Id per ton 5,000 0 0 Carriage of Stone, Timber, and sundries, 5,000 tons, calculated on an average of two-thirds of the main line, 8 miles, a t Ili d. per ton per mile Back carriage of grain and other produce and merchan dise, 10,000 tons. 12 miles, at 136 d. per ton per mile 750 0 0 The usual effect of railways is to treble the amount of traffic. From the immense back country which will be opened by the great lines to lead from Carmarthen, and from the great accommodation thus afforded to a trade at present carried ou under the peculiar disad vantages of mousitainous roads and heavy thus , even this increase will in all probability be much exceeded on the proposed line ; but as the object is rather to under-estimate than to exceed the traffic, instead of adopting even the usual computation, the probable increase is calculated at deuble the present only, say additional ••• • • • '''''' ••••••'• • • ' • • " • ...... •• • • 9,000 0 0 say 50 a day each, at one shilling each .... Passengers, 1,560 0 0 Carriage of coal, &c., for exportation at Carmarthen, at the least MO per week-13,000 tons, at 1 36 d. per ton per mile on 14 miles • 1,137 10 0 250 0 0 20,697 10 0 Deduct for expenses of working the line, 40 per cent. at the utmost .. • • ........ .. „ ........ 8,276 0 0 Nett estimated annual income, being equal to nine per cent. • • •• • • • ....... .. •• •• 12,421 10 0 FORM OF APPLICATION To the Provisional Committee of the Carmarthen /unction Mineral Railway Company, G en tl e men,--I request you w ill allot to m e shares of 20/. each in the above Railway, and I hereby undertake to accept the same or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the deposit of 2/ 2s. per share thereon, within the prescribed period, and to sign the Parliameotary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when and where required. Dated this Name in Mil .• ..... Profession or Occupation Residence, Private and Professional . Name, Occupation, and Residence of Referee.. usual Signature.• • „..................... day of 1845. GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE. (LAFFITE'S COMPANY.) The holders of English allotments who have not received the Circular Report cf the D irectors, dated 17 th instant, may receive a copy of itby applying at the office; No. King William-stress. City. The forms are ready, which require to be signed for the par. pcse of receiving the constituted shares, together with the amount of the surplus of the deposits. 18th October, 1845. ED, AIME, SO. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere The Right lion. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, BelgrLve. square (Right Hon. Lord E Chichester The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester The Right Hon. George It. Dawson The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square The Hon. Cecil Lawless Sir James D. It Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey Sir William Lowthorp, Hull William R. Collett, Esq., m.r. Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P. Richard SpOoner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P., Birmingham The Worshipful the Mayor of Hull C. S. Foster, Esq., High Sheriff of Staffordshire G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf fordehire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stourbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire iron trade Thomas Bagnall, Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshira W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London John Aston, Esq , Birmingham Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull Fiederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick William Broakes, Esq., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham Robert. Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand June- tion Railway George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgrave- square Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London Henry Crane. Esq., Wolverhampton Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London Dock Company Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Thomas Hartshorne. Esq., Silkmoor- house, Stafford Charles James Heath, Esq., London James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Railway Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South ampton Railway William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Muntz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Direct Bir mingham and Leicester Railway Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Ckairman of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Bristol and Bir mingham Railway Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Augustus fulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Hants Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway John Brearley Payn, Esq., Birmingham Samuel Kearick, Esq., Handsworth Hall, Staffordshire Robert Peasegood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Holyhead Railway William Ayre, sen., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and Ely Railway Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull Wakefield Pim, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin coln Railway_ Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham . . Benjamn Bartleet, Esq., 'Birmingham Thomas Clark, Esq., Wolverhampton James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham C. S. Cotterill, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf- fordshire Junction Railway Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-ensl, Dudley, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway John Nevc, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction Railway • Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton (With power to add to their =miser). SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De. lahay-street, Westminster ; and Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Purdon, Esq. BANKERS. Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss • Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Atwoods, Spooner, and Co. LOCAL AGENT.—Samuel Maples, Esq., Nottingham. SECRETARY —Edward Hart Hart, Esq. OFFICES—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; ant 36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham. it is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull, at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica tion will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite. Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham and Derby Railway as far its Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29 tulles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid land Counties Iteilway The connnunication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by the Midland Comities Company during the last session of Parliament. From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the- Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of hull, thereby rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between Birmingham and Hull. By this project the advantages will result to the public of a Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham, Birmingham to Gainsborough, 19 and from Birmingham to Hull; and by means o f th e proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Airewas, a direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and the other towns already enumerated. The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the line, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in Parliament. As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already made, or iu progress, the time required for the completion of this great national undertaking will be materially shortened. Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a largo traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected. The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir mingham to Hull, theport at which the exports are shipped to Ham burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and from the conveyance of merchandise, agricultnrai produce, and cattle from the southern,. western, and midland counties. A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking. No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit until the Act Is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. . . . The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the line. No applications will be attended to without a reference to a member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged fbr scrip certifi cates, of which clue notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be for fel ted. Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers, viz.:—Messrs. Wells, Wcstropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ; Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings ; Messrs. Hitchins and Harrison, 18, Thre idneedle-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son, 2, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester; Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel rhillips, Hull ; Messrs. Davies and Son, Liverpool ;Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Earp and Soo, Derby ; Messrs. I'ott and Levick, Notting ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr. James Robinson Lane, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainshorough, and Hull Railway Campany. I request jou will allot me shares of 201. each, in the capi tal of the above-named Railway ; and I will accept the same, or any less number, and pay the the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1815. Name in full ........ „ , ~,,. ~ .... Place of Business or Profession...... Residence Business or Profession .. Signature. . .... : ~ I Name, Residence, .. .. .„ „ _ ~ ..., and Profession .. of Referee .... .. „ ~ „ „ „ „ ~ FLY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAI In consequence of the great number of applications for she in this Company which arc daily received from all parts of t country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to call the aft, tion el the Public to the following Clause in the Prospectus, to I , terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, be compelled rri I strictly to adhere:— " As, under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and E' ti Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Derelnun Railway Compani , a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to the hold, of shares in those Companies, a very limited number of shares o; . is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no application 14 shares therefore can be attended to, except from parties locally II terested and of the highest respectability. By order, L. F. EDWARDS, Secretary pro tern. THE DEAL AND DOVER JUNCTI.ON RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) The Prospectus of this Company will be issued in a few days, anit; in the meantime application for shares to be made to the Secretary, at the temporary Offices, 26, Bucklersbury, Mansion-house, London. By order of the Provisional Committee, October 15, 1845. HIPPISLEY JITSTINS, Secretary. TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, AND HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. NOTICE.—In consequence of applications for shares continuing to be made to this Company, the Committee of Management beg to an nounce that, the list having closed on 7th inst., no more APPLE CATIONS can be RECEIVED: and owing to some important arrangements, the effects of which will materially strengthen the interests of this Company, the allotment must necessarily be post potted for a few days. THOMAS CARLISLE, Chairman. HENRY FREUND, Secretary. Temporary Offices, 7G, Basin hall-street, Oct. 15, 1845. THE DIRECT LONDON and EXETER RAILWAY (with EXTENSION to FALMOUTH and PENZANCE). The Committee of Management hereby give Notice that they nave COMPLETED the ALLOTMENT of SHARES, and that the usual letters are this day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on claims unprecedented, it is believed, in their number-and respecta bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preference to ap• p'icants locally interest e d, or li kely to bring to bear for tha Company a large share of legitimate influence. The numerous persons, with undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested to accept this reason as the Committee's apology. The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public support are daily reaching them from the most influential quarters, the engineering preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders. E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCE M ENT. r irllE LIVERPOOL and HULL DIRECT 1. CONNECTING RAILWAY, via BLACKBURN, BURN LEY, and LEEDS. (Provisionally Registered.) :Capital 1,200,0001., hi 60,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. lid, per Share. This line has been projected for the purpose of forming the shortest and most direct route between the ports of Liverpool and Hull, and giving to the hnportant towns of North Lancashire and the West Riding of Yorkshire a direct railway communication with those ports and each other. The line, in conjunction with projected railways fern Liverpool to Blackburn, will proceed thence by Burnley across the extensive flag stone fields of Worsthorn to Shipley or Bradford, where it will unite with lines now in existence, including the Leeds and Selby line. A h'ghly Influential local and other Committee is in the course et firmation for carrying out the above object, and a detailed prospec tus will shortly appear ; in the meantime, all communication, includ ing applications for shares, In the usual form (accompanied by a re ference), may be made to Charles William Cobby, of No. 22, Pater noster-row, London, the Solicitor to the Company, or to the follow ing brokers :—Mr. Thomas Rsyson, 32, Coleman-street, London. Messrs. Neilson, Mr. Gillow, and Messrs Fletcher and Sharp, Liverpool. Messrs. ttidsdale and Co., Messrs. 3PLeanand Dinwoodie, and Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester. Messrs. Ridsdale and Co., Mr. Richard Binney, Mr. J.M. France, and Messrs. Hicks and Co., Leeds. Mr. Thomas Bordman, Mr. John Rackliffe, Mr. G. V. Booth, and Mr. W. 11. Morrice, Blackburn. Mr. Thomas Wren, Preston. 31' Welch, Lancaster, Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull. Messr Knowles and Cooke, and Mr. William Mason, Bradford. Mr. Frede rick Turner, Huddersfield, and Mr. Gorton, Bolton ; of all of whom forms of application for shares may I e obtained. This project being the same in every respect to the one before ad vertised under this title, parties who had applied for shares, and de sirous of obtaining an allotment in the present scheme, must renew their applications at an early period. - CHARLES WILLIA.4I COBBY, Solicitor to the Company, 22, Paternoster-row. T UNBRIDGE and RYE HARBOUR DIRECT RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Frederick Lawrence, Esq. Registered Projector. Capital, 500,0007., in Shares of 20/. each, Deposit 21. 2s. per Share Temporary offices, 94, Cheapside. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton George Ballard, Esq. Sandhurst Win..Bastow, Esq. 20, Surrey-place, London, director of the Com mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Robert Baston-, Esq. Surrey-place, London, director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway J. Benson, Esq. Park-place-villas, Maida-hill West, director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway John Bishop, Es s. Bodiatn John Blunt, Esq. director of the London Docks Company, and Great Eastern and Western Railway John Bryant, Esq. Highgate, Hawkhurst Alfred Bush, Esq. Queen-square, Bath, director of the Great North and South Wales and Worcester Railway Capt. James E. Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portman-square, director if thri Reading and Reigate Railway Captain F. Chamier, Halkin-street Belgrave-square, director of the llazebrouk and Fampoux Railway Thomas Chitty, Esq. Cower-street, director of the Rugby and War wick Railway W. 11. Collis, Esq. Humsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq. 6, Copthall-court, director of the Commercial Bank of London Robert Cook, Esq. Gainsberough Miles Dormer, Esq. 51, Han.,-;dace, Sloane-street John Mercer Durrant, Esq. Theobald's, Hawkhurst Thomas Mercer Durrant, Esq. Attwaters, Hawkliurst Edward Evans, Esq. Stones-end, Borough, director of the Commer cial Life Assurance Company Thomas 11. Evans, Esq. Mayor of Carnarvon, director of the London and Holyhead Railway George Fred. Gregory, Esq. Seacombe, Cheshire, director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction John llilder, Esq. Old-place, Sandhurst Lewis Hoffinan, Esq. Inner Temple, director of the Dover and Bristol Railway D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aldermary-churchyard, director of Remington's Direct Manchester Railway Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart. Hilton, Aberdeenshire, director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway William Phillips Lamb, Esq. Ockham-house, Sussex, director of the Dover and Bristol and Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Rev. G. A. Lamb, D.D., Iden, Sussex Kensington Lewis, Esq. Stafford-place, and Worcester-park, Surrey director of the Lynn and Wisbeach Railway James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton , Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway_, Thomas Gybbon 3lonypenny, Esq. Hole-park, Rolvenden, Kant director of the Dover and Bristol Railway E. W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, director of Great North and South Wales Railway Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland -gate, Hyde-park, director of the London and Manchester Railway James W. Peppercorn, Esq. Old Broad-street, director of the Haze- • brouls and Fampoux Railway R. M. Preece, Esq. Lotlibury, and 24, Park-square James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, director of the South Midlands Junction, and Direct London and Manchester Railway Francis Reeves, Esq. Delmonden, Ilawkhurst Robert Rising, Esq. the Shrubbery, Worcester, director of the Great North and South of Wales Railway Company Francis Roose, Esq. Upper Montague-street, Montague-square James Russell, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, director of time Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton and Tring, Ileaeing, and Basingstoke Railways W. Shirk, Esq. Rockhall's-lodge, Cricklewood • James Saynes, Esq. Great Dover-street, Borough Edwin Smith, Esq. 51, Great Ormond-street, director of the Avon and Severn Valley Railway George Smith, Esq. the Lambs, Staffordshire John Taylor, Esq. Hoxton, director of the West End and Southern Counties Railway Robert Tooth, Esq. Swift's-place, Cranbrook Thomas Wakefield, Esq. director of the Dover and Bristol Railway John James Conway, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Dover and BTU ..tel Railway Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Goldhanger, Essex, director of the Man chester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway, &c. M. Clements, Esq. 69, Lowndes-square, director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway (With power to add to their number). BANKER—Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. ENGINEERS— Francis Giles, Esq. and Alfred Giles, Esq, STANDING COUNSEL.—Francis Barrow. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Willis and Neve, Cranbrook, Mr. John Elliot Wilson, Cranbrook. Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, Hawkhurst. SECRETARY—E. A. Lamb, Esq. PROSPECTUS. This line will pass in a direct course from Tunbridge, via Paddock wood (thus connecting itself with 'Maidstone), through the parishes of Brenchley, iforsmonden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Benenden, lfa a l r v s k h i:urst, Sandhurst, R o l ven d en, N ewenden, Northiam, Peas m Beckley, Lien, and Playden, to the town and harbour of Rye, and it will embrace a large extent of adjacent country, at pre sent unprovided with, and much requiring the admitted advantages of railway transit. The length of the line will be about twenty-five miles, a great portion of it will pass through a level country, and the remaining part is free from any material engineering difficulty, or works likely to require any serious outlay, and it is not expected to be necessary to interfere with any residences or ornamental property. The saving of distance to Rye. and all the other places embraced by this line, will be considerable. The capital required is estimated not to exceed 500,000/. During the last session of Parliament application was made for a similar line, partially embracing the same country, when it was shown in detail, by evidence produced before the Committee, that the contemplated traffic, afterdeducting 401. per cent, for work ing expenses, would leave a large per centage upon the invested capital. That line was rejected on the ground that the best direc tion had not been selected, but with an intimation that the port of l;ye was e :titled to a direct railway communication with the inte rior of the country, in the best direction towards London. The pre • sent scheme has been based upon this intimation, taking advantage of the merits and defects of which appeared upon that investigation, and as it embraces a more populous and productive country, and passes in a more direct line to London, and will have the benefit of better access to other and more numerous lines, the sources of traffic i a v r i e ,a c t o s e e r , a i b I d y u e t as he ed ia a s i t t tistehs session t e h v a e t ry u r i e e as p o r e n s e t o n t b; i a e n v e w , ill be fa N T •e h u e r a c b t l i a e - f e o n b t i e e r e t t ai i n s e to d b o y pe tl n ie th L e eg p l o s rt lat o ur f R e. ye to the dill benefit of a railway communication, through a populous and productive district, in the direction of I.ondon, to the best point at which it can avail its T elf he of tihmepoexrtissthoigf aßye, nd . contemplated lines. particularly coals, with lime and other manures, are of great importance to the country through which the line will pass, and a cheaper and better mode of transit will much increase the demand for them, and give the opportunity of great im provement in the cultivation of the adjacent country. A railway through the heart of the chief hop district of the king dom, also producing corn, timber, and hop-poles, and communicating at its terminus with a great part of the important cattle district of Romney Marsh, must be a public advantage. with particle.odera te lv The port of Rye is admitted to be the best outlet and quickest rout to Parts and to other parts of the Continent , and there can be no doubt it n a t t i i i i i direct railway harbour, that shouldtit b c would na d b e e to much ß3. adopted, e improvement a national and commercial communication with France, and by persons travelling on business. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be addressed to the Secretary, at the offices, 94, Cheapside ; Messrs. Willis and Neve, so ltiocit3eirses,9Cr.r.anbrook ; Mr. John Elliot Wilson, solicitor, Cranbrook ; o r Beecham and Upperton, solicitors. Hawkhurst ; and to the following Brokers :—London Messrs. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece and Evans, Lothbury. Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage ; Messrs. Reynolds and Son. Manchester —Mr. John Duncuft ; Mr. John O'Niel. Leeds—Messrs. A. and C. Beardshaws ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Co. Bristol Messrs. Tate and Nash. Birmingham—Mr. James Pearson. Brad ford—Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co. Worcester—Mr. William Miles. Cheltenham—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co. Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford. Southampton—Messrs. Easty and Sons. Edin burgh—Mr. Robert Allen. Glasgow—Messrs. Black and Co. ; Alessi s. Buchanan and Ankin. Aberdeen—Mr. W. Gordon. Dublin-310551-s. Bruce and Symes. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Previsional Committee of the Tunbridge and aye Harbour Direct Railway. I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same, or any less number, and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired. Dated the day 1845. Name ... ...... .. Address • • • .. Profession ..• ........ .. Reference Ofilce,s, 9 4 ,.Clieapside. BRIGHTON and CHELTENHAM DIRECT RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Allotment of Shares in this Com pany is completed, and letters posted. The Committee feel much pleasure in informing the public of the great support they have received in this undertaking, and they regret that, in consequence of the r -a— mense number of applications, many highly respectable and illation 72 - ct claims have unavoidably been left unsatisfied. Those.parties, there4l- 1 - 4 ,.. -r, fore, who dcenot receive letters, are requested to accept the above as . . •-•,,, 4 - ' -!..4.„4, 1 the apology of the Committee. • 1 By order, . " . •t . ;; tol4 P.I 04, 24903 F a n te F :0 1E 0 R4CK PENNY, Secretory. '-'4 7 :,„r . ,7 1 _ Oct, 11, MS. . - ,_.- 7.r , ,--, ...., Company's Offices, ~.t...-# ;4°l a K c ..........,......" ~,....._.-0 ' i