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, ~~«-~G~ 4 //? , • •4. , . i g it . • r. 4 • .„ ziev.s. - k 7, 'r if‘ "` A DIE U 4' l 'fror • 4 4 ' A" piton. ' 4 •+- -;- ZT~THIN~' T HE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed, the Banker's Reeeipt, will be exchanged for Scrip. By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary. )11z; tinfurrd d. Sept. 12, 1845. admire exceird, nade le trade; let, Kact. A and SON. ire ,t," with 011010 om 0 1 an i 0 If 6 uanlY n' a. 0 IS Idlng rog 3 " • • • 0 3 •• • • • ''" 0 2 u c, Aviv 0 4 0 ..... • • 3 o 12 9 lu 5 • •• • 1 15 ...... • 19 6 •• ••• 0 ti o •• •• •• 0 10 0 • •• •• "0 13 0 •• •••••• 0 19 0 ...• •• 1 12 • •• •• • 2 15 0 • ••• " 1 15 0 t• t/ '' ' 'lie's.' notice, g I 1 16 g .froi " . . fro o .0 4 P of, "got sPr ,- Di serie es& 154,,1111," u, O r p 4 ,oe Pf 1 3 0 racies in- o rice o ' e sam e c 10. P ot o us reel i p or (0 , olisinu° ore Clo thing . 6 , , or 54, g inarl 00 anent fredolasstoye rea fbr ans of ro il! or " ic e d for P:d Di ONO lg t ne e ol st effigy . ,A DIS 13 0( 4s. v - '' A" er. I and °;;; SO g ine it. r sul d 3 14' 0 5 0:;;St."° n P rice 013 Of i i,pfri ' l llO AA t , Office; foil co o - 0 1 ac TwreiorLa, cr , ' lrl' o 4 ' . ~ v itly il l ' f oe / .- . ,„1 11 .. 0.1 , . v. 0 46' • 1/ 1/ .'" _, 'i 4 1;c i t" , ft4P , re'gr ,„: , . . . . 4iiiriptikaNN ~. TO THE WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT LIVERY3IEN OF HE CITY OF LONDON. ,_ GENTLzm tx, ' T I f `feannual election for the high lent important office of Lord _ l n t l' of this t:ty, comp e l s m, again to . aridr e4s you, not only on ac -411,,0f the distinction to ivilich,as senior Altlet man in rotation, I v" l it i re irlY and tio3ourably entitled to expect, but also in consequence 04,4.1, iolivsertiToteuosfirouuniiiediipttaionnu,ttereshattsl To had abandoned the honeuz 4,oons!Patethe one and to seek the ether, under circumstances you 70,Zafat :',.. liability and civic apprehensi n, I now beg to assure confide l .i l ,n be at my Post on Monday next, when I fully w 1 l iks at all i ov, n character for justice to assist and support one de rained otirt mes faithfully served you, and who, in all his public e fon,t., has.maistained in every position the character and interee s rail k . d tocitizens, and, as a man and a magistrate, is stll deter eniknivivitleiniii:tii'lrl,:yle in a generous public for that approbation isnd 5,1 P; have hitherto bestowed, and which belongs to s 04 the faith d liberal a body of gentlemen and merchants. Your atte d ot which I make my appeal, not doubting that by itt._ e _ , n mice at the Guildhall, on Monday next, the 29th instant, ~,I ` l 7 , I e for one o'clock, that you will aga , n show that the confidence ' ll3o tl have hitherto placed in me remains unabated. I have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, 2 Your obliged and f a ithf u l servant, sorbet Your Gracee hureh-street, S T ept. 25,111°8451.1" WOOD. MONEY. —BILLS DISCOUNTED to any 4, t ra, _ k on application, in the first instance, to X. Y. Z., iftende,,'!'nose-street, bl anthester. No personal application can Le to ' All communications shall be considered sirictly confi- r I . ,THE EMBARRASSED.-EVIPORTANT. tee M tt • the are thous ands of perso ns w h o have struggled long ast I,eoree of misfortune, but few are aware that by a very uttlitll sow' traders owing debts not exceeding 3001., farmers, their diffi eu l iT "'lng to any can be entirely raised trom rUptey. 411 1 e8 at small expense, and without imprisonment or bank- Nsu, n 11r. 'Weston begs will apply to him, at Moira • Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, by letter or personally. IVST OP SCOTLAND EXCHANGE IN. To kereb, VESTMENT COMPANY. nee te ,, MA, Brokers, or Persons of Talent and Experience con kno;l„..wilb the Money and Share Market, and possessing general , Th e bgge. of mercantile business, may'3 open ro,am'e appointment of MANAGER of the above Compay h e , a Gentleman who combines the above requisites, and Pprie,tio`',44llllly qualified to fill so responsible a situation. All Appileat w ill be to as strictly confidential. b e ,44 ,101151 with referen es either personally or in writing, to o , e nr , eiluz. Robert 11 tri , c Esq , ,93 Watling-street London ;or 41.t,617144 Leech': Escl e , Interim ' Secretary, 133, St. Vincent a. gw, Ilk/ t u, PRELIMINARY NOTICE. VAy BANKING- COMPANY. eapitat,(2Psrojiisoiooonialliyn s ß h e a g r i e s s te n 7 s cl o )01. each. ale r , lerm,,:- 'Too er , Deposit, 21. 10s. to (..,,,.., the 1 ,,, , of the above Company have the . satisfactionoinfaidne -1;:q ?ut ih,,TN!`i inquirers that preparation is now being 11,,,,,.: 03 1 Net 4 ' ,ghes. ke'rititoineis,ist shutareehpwritomotrs is to open a Deposit and Discount their calls, and to afford 4PPlicayt::::::: t ° 3l p e rli , r f ay i p n ik T ee :ect n r g el g ating to railways. 0 . ' l st! b '" for shares e y su b j de, and every information °- Esq., solicitor, 26, Bedford-row. 1,51! k , C9 prN" REV ERSIONARY INTERE ST 4 , 4 y, ?oilo, Established 1836, for the purchase of R a e a v h e i rs ee, o B,e. SI, l'pria4-buil'' , of Insurance. Life Interests, 4 '•ER L " 1 48, and 10. Pall-mall, East. p 4 1 ,e18 ivtitittpsi Alderman, Chairman. ttri z ''s NN, ~ ,Esq. (Director H. E. I. C.), Vice-Chairman. , Dr ,, I and ~,,,„ of disposing of Reversionary Property , 4 5 '.. 1 ? 4 al nn...'Oot unnecessary delay , may obtain bla forms of ' 'lir H444.Ptlle‘o_ation to the Secretary ' , Henry T. Thompson, Esq., 'lads, or to the Actuary ' 10, Pall-mall East. JOHN KING, Actuary. -31 , 4:1Ce an ri , E , STER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, „-X'rt ---,-DLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY. tealrve„,cpaAsalitto.,tem.ei Or TIME FOR REGISTRY OF SCRIP. 1/4reel;-,',1:1 eXercise 'oll7a, G eorge -street, Manchester , Sept. 24, 1845. f , tililag,ement give notice th th em at h th y kr 'l Of ''' tO IXei t powers vested in e t y he " s v u e bs thi cri s b ‘ :rs a): kt arl , okte GOO as t ot, for EthA:,LputrphoesCe A e rl e T arr AL yi o ng f this Compan by the 1,,,, 4 er rek dv u s, of their original undertaking e ; u a t nd ee t rt ha ai t they have n branches t o Yto2 /2 eq to increase the deposit upon the shares of this Com e ; _X rdt . 4. ' 14 obedience to the new requirements of the House -,se u . , DitYaf,l 4Pi tal• up° • share will be ax i ,„_e, mil , which a like deposit of 2/. 2s. per 4430 ,, fg share; t4,l)loj,ted in the proportion of ono n e e r w be fo f ' titne f or he r next ose 4: .„.lotiozwntoi.,the M me rro glatry Parties who shall,nt Committee have ki th which day the Com fa),, view to the convenience of distant Shre ve for before e vt i eh i d rey ed lt4 t w l t i ho e Company's offices, for registry d a a nd pu e ea xe t h ia a n g in , lot, eci fornZanbY them, with a statemen a t ot an heia p '4 l St s , 4r es) a s at d is ( fa hl e g ortzWil al toh b loret e N oisite ord t rye C re as f e er o e f nc p e ar to tie s s ome party of known re- i 13,, od sed d e ,, , er to one of the Company's hankers to receive the Of ti thallelin the,ve.tt, and A letter of allotment of new shares ; will be ~ , c rlp. ant ,of,.original allottees, within two days afte registry Scri. hit ed ~'ne oase of other parties so soon as the Committee k r , ~v, In re, o , their sufficiency% r'erlJ' o, for p7 et of Which partiea shall fail to take etheepeneelefleesd t,n,, win , „ Yrnent of the required deposit within th ir ot "ais of I'"Weited. tart. Piate4tiOn M ay be obtained on application to the Se- HENRY TOOTAL, Deputy-Chairman. mi ll. FRED. WRAGGE, Secretary. C°l billitt ee J°RSI OF APPLICATION. _e 4 12‘ Ma nagement of the Manchester, Buxton, Mat 11',gt ti ' r aga — 9l '' and Midlands Junction Railway. ,443,eir, ttixiontlrewith are scrip for shares in the l ( f , la m n- . I ::get l e ' L'sPeet ef ,,,, , PE. and Midlands Junction e ß w a s il e wa p y ; ri and I foU I CY such d e ,,,,.c,.. 1 I request you to Issue me n 114,,Atime.; reget re. , ...t s and to execute such deeds and agreements grie , / i la restt"t, you to allot new shares in the Com- Nit,4tke e tc : °' which, or of ni s e uch number as may be l a a ll m ot a thd mar t y o aaa sellearTb:rhse, trsit, Td s to an e d x w ec h u e t n e the i I may be required. Name in Rill Description • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .... 'tt 7 111 Address In full • •• • .. .......••••• g fon t , must be ir lt e f ti erences ..... ... • NA,„,„,„ ii dp is the hand-writing '.. of the applicant. 41, LOAN FUND LIFE ASSIJR n„ A NCE SOCIETY, ‘%', C ORNIIILL, LONDON. ~_ 'N I 1,.... Capitaloo,ooo. tif e ei witlitBtitutZlPowered by Act of Parliameat. Itett,"'%red'lsPeet , - ( . 3 . tro t r : substantial advan important and l)efrred Annuities. (3,.t,r t,rieiss on,`"tunoce,,lslofen.Astsiuran power andees to borrow, without ex ijki,l44) ti ti lre of the Policy. tw n !)-thirds of L and the pa . hi, ''' tsZ• , rtist:._ the option of selecting benetlts, and the conversion ' 1 of 3,etr.srneet other convenb,nces or necessity. Assurances th e th, 114 4r4 rranted on the lowest possible rates. tot bi re - e e t ees s ti,ei DIVISION OF PROFITS. l ichl; ,, var ri l i 'at th e rea sin a g ri tr u e zu ,silrity o u t , t t fl o e n tso t c o i t has enabled e Zeclare a third it ei efiLfr°4l 3 0 to 75 per c l e i n ‘ ` " on the ' premiums paid on v,ted oa the Profit scale. " : 1 E XAMPLLiS. i ' P l'retti4t, 1. O 1 n f) - :1 4 added. 8 Ltentul in 7-.7 Cash. 1 I I 4 00 4 a 4. d 18387 ;191 13 5(487 13 5 1 A13 17 1 165 13 74 13 8 6 1839 138 13 61 01 10 11 61 14 3 9 210 1840 89 001 41 13 4 6 0 0 , •tt • £395 I 1 1 346 2 296 13 4 247 4 r: inThe divi -tit_ sio n 0 , ------____ 1' ° f `he p ri ; .. .,P e r n Tl y t 3 e alrs. annual, and the next will be made in De -140.& 1) o b . P. PPRGI7SO3T CAMROITX. 54 . 2 . EDINBURGH AND DUBLIN 3, Charlotte -row ASSURANCE COMPANY, , Mansion -house, London. iticitint ... DIRECTORS. I llt 11 1 . 1 1'.1.4 . i Ar POOXER, Esq., M.P., Ch airman. •1 0 4 on, prea...•-.OtIN !FILL, F.sq., Deputy-Chairman. Ale x li eSd, E s ` r le:= Po FI LL , James Hartley, Esq. 4114' A0d,0,14.P. Kennett Kingsford, Esq. rapt Atki es p, u ' 'E N John M'Gullie. Esq. ... gain 1. 1 . 4 , Sq. John M. Lee, Esq. 4. ~.._.._ n(lreth .." 1 . 0 11, E sq• ltt-biTo,._ iteItETART—Ji. i J. M. Rosseter, Esq. Eme W rae m d . , W Ea il q b . ertorce, Esq. 4 . x.... cti,111,7....___1t,., Anson. Zsq. H H. Cadnnpan Palmer. Z, 1 t e t tp. ( 7. 1,c e e •r i , ,, ,,. : 04: 35.5leesxsaraell'ar,;;,OFNrainricle ' P a R n EMIUMS OF ALL PAR. teS l e il r ' P t i Ille e ' t Zs OF FIVE TEARS' STANDING was declared at the asg li N to '" l 'hAr g. .41,0, tinet:t+2;rilnltoteet;Meeennytseniineatehe! practice of t ll'iii,'ll+lc,)ll.l•DZyre Introduced, aannddLife Assurance, all Da4aret,,,,l,lll4,ll4lostithe oul hraevned been e i a s v e a r e u t r a i b t y l y o a e f t t e d tleiP'PI.,Y uar.anteed Mutual Company,those assuring on Dr,'llie!44 beitiniZ,neiple havin gthesecarity of st Joint-Stock Com y entitled at the same time to the whole of the mutual thtzr be4 4l , and tor tt 1 744, (11,, 41dispute anDynnyl.whe are bound by their Deedthat itof Consti was ob that it,sr t f o O F t : i _ C 0 n a t 1 t 11 t 1 on deprived themselves of IPctlyrunless t h they le C y o m a a p n at prove Company have, b y a clause rlth, ' i t a a t s obt a i e ,, e e t a ing to any' unhesitatingly Policy unless they undertake to prove , 11 ste q °t he onl y cfroln them by fraudulent misrepresentation. __ 411 ha • th e Poli , " VanY who bind themselves to paY Th i \ e e , eal, altho beforeh d b f rich they were effected v o is „_ liqi da ,_ . e etsor w , z i th te w ori .ooet th , ol lied the claim arise. the nut h tl' "Olo 4 Delleie 1 Y Co mpany who grant in favour of creditors v 4,, - 1 th,. eld go ~. S, Whereby the debt is secured, although the t•liu,"l i h alf-p r 7.Y9nd the limits of Eurape. , he its s reqqir"ll4M Plan only one-half of the first seven years' . oq w. sUred. ed, the other half being payable at the convenience . ticii iie rlf , r tilemul allowing a pa __ Hey to be continued for seven yearS, K opi a : usual rate, or to be dropped at one-half of the usual '''sY h,"' h e'r th 4 , °44l ned e f;; ni re t t 7 i 'rt e , *rospectuses, and all other information m anager or agents. tIP, ALEX. ROBERTSON, Manager. I tp it 4 EIi.kPI'ESTANT DISSENTERS AND tt. al ttim LIFE AND FIRE ASSURANCE COMPANY. ;c q wer e d by sins.tituted 1827.. 2111:ILLIANi_s",14.114t zf o P N agme n n i t a 3 D V E ic. ; c. 20. G LONDON ; ik kiqd DAVID -STREET, EDINBURGH ; and ll„ -STRXET, QuEENquARE, BRISTOL. 'l io ge n,. .CtaPital—One Million. 1 , ,. 4 41 11 , 4 l u i stl l,l, 1,;,, q - sT ERs Join DIALcTORS. t tiiiB als, Esq, - k 1 Thomas Piper, Esq. )ti Dh Pet Y -sq. derroan Thomas B. Simpson, Esq. eh, ch li trl " ifillt er ' P- sq• Edward Smith, Esq• ,es 4, 4 4, sq. t gli,7 t he ret,Y. Esq,, lt p non. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. John Wilks, Esq• tt.„l thei r rn of th e ' ‘ ,7, • Edward Wilson, Esq. )41 1. ve risk:riend, anci 4.•.ehaelmas quarter, the Directors beg to re " reg'. s' Of an d ,_..9 P.ublio that, in the Fire Department they Itql,le(l,,,..guti shitZriPtions, including Chapels, School-rooms, In " Ir ki ° 33 oth e ;."Tug In Docks, Farming Stock, Btc. , at the same 4, 1 4 4 the Lifedteri.... frorntespectabl Companies, and make no charge on 4 g to bo;na other Offices. is/Itliberall,.htost,r:.,.. nt they continue to transact all business re y. terZes, Annnities, awl Family Endowments, uPon i titt 4 L 44l ai k , -", consistent with sound principles and public t lio 41 or are granted 4, ~,etisatisfact —on equitable terms to life assurers on life °l ieers °I.-Y Personal securities. To all agents and soli , and qnrveyors liberal allowance will be mode. By order of the Directors, THOMAS PRICE, Secretary. 1/ STRA T ------ I.lpt 0-144SIAN COLONIAL & GENERAL lio. I:lgiE and ANNUITY COMPANY, ea„,,7_!°Pekate-street, c rner of Cornhill, 4,, e"st 200,0001., in 2,000 Shares. 4, be Z d j ta rilard p.,.. Dialcrofts. -Atu -rooks --1, P.R.EI. q 41 14) 3' Nolti ' - 4 T Chars E.Mangles, Esq. 11,,,,, e. Ls q. Richard OuslOw, Esq. 401.1,-; ea PPer, E sq William Walker, Esq. i,,,, oftsNlessrs.". -^oq,,, I tA.xk LE , • -sapleff, rearse, Stevens, and Co. 1.114,z_ e—Te Union ?tank of London. Nyulloyel h.,,ftrte---The Rank of Australasia (incorporated by ..._ 4 1 . 411 --b r. : r . 183 5). 2, Moorgate-stret, London. ...flo e e_ c.4,44,r Fraser G 2, Guildford-stret, Russell-square. 'l7,ecrit4elpa,), Qir4so_,SacaarA,sty.......Edwarei Ryley, Esq. •-.4.4i0ns lapital.....ef 2nemadvantages of the guarantee of an ample 1 1 ,.., 1, a5,,,, v. e the i iali rr _ 'won to retain one-third of the first five s p `, ,,ll.;,, : i it iz t ; • , ~,,,Ireitivsr, i4 i t il D r rtt , ol,ll : t e i::ih, ,l oie l .; l :: : h i ol i onws (e a sl ,;001se.tthreeddre, . 0 1 , 1: al : s debt premiums —of a fa ''tn s tct rhlpolicypolicy etli pi 14: The AnstralasiontrCoeitn°l,l3,pire:l:Lnlurnaa , ts r i e °43n us i s ni u s r p ed ns fo i r the (4tte‘i thei r D I : , any 4 ;‘,e,o( oMpany offers the permission to proceed to pa DerNurns ,sil„see colonies without extra premium, and t° 1, 0 Dttny . ._erni u , i t s ~ . Por reside,.: in New Zealand a triode.- ic ' ' , or tclll,erson, To4,riCed• Great advantages are offered by this ttirrip.44l,!ettile,:4,nt Aine,trictLperocoloc,endiesto India, the Cape of Good ' TO. 12 6. in Particulars may 4 had at the Offices of the 'eoPsgatestreet corner of Coriil4lll, City. .„. l‘ill u, ' Ao, J. l'' 1 p ~, t, 41 1.1. e 6oxi i , 4 ' 0.--In the AUSTRALASIAN b, Not 111,..ki"..n4,GEICERL LIPP. ASSURANCE and AN .0.11 Ni an t i r,,,..,_ Annuitants participate in the - profits of the .ti,,,r;,,niqa,i'Zicreme'o"7,; k a rate , of ANNITITY much more favourable ~t . it,i 'r t oß t01,;I:e CouThnn,3,',lfroPilY making its investments wholly ~.. u,... , tt 4the eiu,a -tazeenio•olAd securely to grant these favour st' a4l..;°Ne 04. 141 ' r et ' e l of IntetrePsrse7l.:sc::;:,3vjastplint'Cala2o'ool-001., /"71,11ity''8", With •., li t -4.. ( Il i; f„ ntaible. pon,„ of Proposal for the purchase of ainai,._,.ok an Assurance, and every infortriatiou, may 4 1114 " n of the offices of the Company. No. 126, ui uotalu, City. 6: 573 LONDON, SATUR DA YMO. R S N9 SEPTEMBER 27 , 1845 « PRICE SUPWITH PLEMENT IMPORTANT CHANGE OF NAME. THE CHESTER and WOLVERHAMPTON RAILWAY will, in all future advertisements, be called THE DIRECT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. WELLS AND DEREHAM RAILWAY. The Shareholders in the Wel's and Dereham Railway are re spectful'y famed that by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Norfolk dailw ty Company, confirmed by a meeting of Shareholders, they hay. the option ofsubscribing the Scrip Certificates in that under taking at the rate of t kvo Wells and D:reham Railway Shares, upon which I!. Is. 6d. each 111E14 been paid, for one twenty pound Share in the Extension Stock of the Norfolk Railway Company, upon which an interest at the rate of five per cent, per annum will be guaranteed, provided the Act for autlrirising the Extension is obtained. The Extension Stock is created for the purpose of providing the capital for the Wells and Dereham Railway, and other Extensions of the Norfolk Railway. Forms for claiming the Extension Shares may be had at the Office of the Norfolk Railway Company, Guildhall-buildings, London, which must be filled up and deposited at the Office, together with the Scrip Certificate of the Wells and Dereham Railway, on or before the 6th October n'ext, and a'.'repayment of seven shillings and sixpence per share . will be made at the same time. By order of the Board, R. TILL, Secretary. . CORNWALL RAILWAY, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE (All of whom are Shareholders.) •JOSEPH THOMAS TREFFRY, Esq., Place, Chairman. The Right Hon. the Earl of Falmouth The Right Hon. the Earl of St. Germans The Right Hon. the Earl of Morley 1 The Right Hon. Lord Clinton The Right Hon. Lord Wodehouse The Hon. George Matthew Fortescue, Boconnoc, Cornwall • Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., Carclew, Cornwall Sir Anthony Buller, Pound, Devon, Member of the Provisional Com mittee of the North Devon Railway Company Sir William Moleswerth, Bart., M.P., Pencarrow, Cornwall William Tyringham Praed, E.g., M.P., Trevethow, Cornwall Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Western Railway Company Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P., :Chairman of the South Devon Railway Company William G. Hayter, Esq., M.P., Director of the Great Western Railway Company Allen, John, Esq., Liskeard - Avery, William, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the North Devon Railway Company Barlow, Frederick Pratt, Esq., Director of the Great Western Rail way Company Bere, Montagu 8., Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the North Devon Railway Company Boger, Deeble, Esq., Plympton Brown, Jphn, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Batten, John, Esq., Penzance Browne, William, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Braginton, George, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the North Devon Railway Company Broad, Robert Richards, Esq., Falmouth Bastard, Richard, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the North Devon Railway Company Broad, William Richards, Esq., Mayor of Falmouth Brokenshir, Joseph, Esq., Mayor of Penryn Carlyon, Clement, M.D. Mayor of Truro Carne, William, Esq., R osemundy, Cornwall Cole, Ralph, Esq„ Director of the South Devon Railway Company Ching, John, Esq., Launceston Cotesworth, Robert, Esq., St. Helen's-place, London, Director of the Royal West India Mail Steam-packet Company Daubuz, William, Esq., Killion, Cornwall Dingley, Richard, Esq., Launceston Fripp, Charles 8., Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Fox, Robert Were, Esq., Falmouth Fox, Anted, Esq., Falmouth Fox, Charles, Esq., Perranarworthall, Cornwall Fox, Robert Barclay, Esq., Perranarworthall, Cornwall Fox, Thomas Were, Esq., Plymouth Fox, William, Esq., Director of the South Devon Railway Company (I, a-, Robert Alexander, Esq., St. Swithin's•lane. London Gibbs, James, Esq., Chairman of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Gully, Major, Trevenen, Cornwall Gwatkin, John, Esq., Parc-Behan, Cornwall Hawker, William Henry, Esq., Director of the South Devon Railway Company Hooper. Henry, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the North revolt Railway Company Howell, Francis, Esq., Etty, Cornwall Jape, William, Esq., Tremeddon, Cornwall Kekewleh, Samuel Trehawke, Esq., Peamore, Devon Morgan, William, Esq, Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Michell, William, Esq., Truro Miller, Patrick, M.D., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Nelson, John, Esq , Doctors'-commons Poynter, John, Esq., Boskenna, Cornwall Pethick, Henry, M.D., Launceston Robartes, Thomas James Agar, Esq., Lanhydrock, Cornwall Roberts, John Coryton, Esq., Trevol, Cornwall Rashleigh, William, Esq., Menabilly, Cornwall Robinson, Philip Vyvyan, Esq.. Rectory, Redruth Rogers, The Rev. Canon. Penrose, Cornwall Rogers, Captain Frederick, R.N., Mawnan, Cornwall Rundle, Robert, Esq., Mayor of Devonport Rundle, John, Esq.. Member of the Provisional Committee of the North Devon Railway Company St. Aubyn, The Rev. Render Molesworth, Clowance, Cornwall St. Aubyn, Edward, Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the North Devon Railway Company Smith, George, Esq., Camborne Shapland, Christopher, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway Company Tothill, Wm., Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway Company Tremenheere, Seymour, Esq., Pall-mall, London Tweedy, William, Esq., Truro Vean, Cornwall Tweedy, William Manse], Esq., Alverton, Cornwall Vivian, John, Esq., Pencalenick, Cornwall Williams, Michael, Esq., Trevince, Cornwall Williams, William, Esq., Tregullow, Cornwall Williams, John Michael, Esq., Scorrier House, Cornwall WoolleoMbe, Thomas, Esq., Director of the South Devon Railway Company Wills, William D., Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Willcocks, James C., Esq., Member of the Provisional Committee of the North Devon Railway Company (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Treffry, Joseph Thomas, Esq., Chairman Barlow, Frederick Pratt, Esq. Carlyon, Clement, M.D. Came, William, Esq. Cole, Ralph, Esq. Fox, Robert Were, Esq. Fox, William, Esq. Gill, Thomas, Esq., M.P. Gwatkin, John, Esq. Gihks, James, Esq. Miller Patrick, M.D. Rohartes, Thomas James Agar, Esq. Shardand, Christopher, Esq. Smith, George, Esq. Tweedy, William Mansell, Esq. , Vivian, John, Esq. Williams, Michael, Esq. Woollcombe, Thomas, Esq. ENGINEER—I. K. Brunel. Esq , F.R.S. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Glynn, Hallifax, and Co. Messrs. Praed and Co. Truro and Falmouth—Messrs. Tweedy, Williams, and Co. DISTRICT BANKERS. Falmouth and Truro—Messrs. Ricketts, Enthoven, and Co. St. Austell, Bodmin, Messrs. Robins, Foster, and Co. Liskeard, and Launceston 3 Devon and Cornwall Banking Co. Launceston—Messrs. Gill and Rundle Plymouth—Messrs. Harris and CO. SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANY. Messrs. Smith and Roberts, Truro Messrs. W. O. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall, London LOCAL SOLICITORS. Messrs. Fender, Genn, and Genn, Falmouth John Williams, Esq., Penryn Messes. Commins, and Son, Bodmin Messrs. Symons and Lnxmore, Wadebridge Christopher Childs, Eso., Liskeard Messrs. Gurney and Lethbridze Cowlard, Launceston SECRETARY (pro tem).—P. P. Slnith, Esq., Truro In compliance with the suwestion of the Committee of the House of Lords (the measure having previously received the sanction of the Board of Trade, and the approval of the House of Commons), a fur ther and most accurate survey of the whole line of country traversed between Plymouth and Falmouth has been determined upon, and Mr. Brunel has been instructed to carry out their Lordships' recom mendation. _ _ The construction of a line from or near Launceston, by way of Cre diton to Exeter, forming a part of the North Devon scheme, by which • it is proposed to give railway accommodation to the northern and central parts of that county, has rendered it most desirable that a junction should be effected between the Cornwall Railway and North Devon line ; Mr. Brunel has therefore been instructed to extend his survey with a view to effect this junction, and to afford direct com munication with Exeter and the North of Devon. By the proposed plan the following objects will be obtained—a continuous line of railway from Penzance and Falmounth to Ply mouth, and thence by the South Devon line to Exeter. A direct line by way of Launceston and Cre4iton to Exeter From Launces- tnn a line through Taviatock to Plymouth, and by the North Devon Railway a line through Barnstaple and South Molton to join the ristol and Exeter line at Tiverton and Taunton Ey the connexion which will thus he formed between the Cornwall Railway and the South Devon, North Devon, and West Cornwall Railways, the most complete and comprehensive system of railway communication will b , provided for the West of England, giving the utmost amount of accommodation to all the principal towns and places in the counties of Cornwall and Devon. In the county of Cornwall the towns of Penzance, St. Ives, Mara zion, Hayle, Camhorne, Redruth, Falmouth, Penryn, Truro, St Austell, Lostwithiel, Bodmin, Wadebridge, Liskeard, Launceston and Torpoint, and the great mining, commercial, trading, and agri cultural parishes a-d districts of the county will have the benefit of railway communication ; while the ports of St. Ives, Portreath, New Quay, and Padstow on the north coast, and Mount's Bay, Falmouth, Mevagissey, Pentuan, Charlestown, Par, Fowey, and Looe on the south coast, will be connected with or brought within very moderate distances of the main line. In the laying out of the Cornwall Railway advantage will AO be taken of the several local railways already formed or now in course of construction. In carrying these objects into effect the Company will have the most cordial co-operation and support of its associated Companies, nimely, the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, Bristol and Gloucester, the South Devon, the North Devon, and West Cornwall Railways. Considerable progress has already been made in the survey. INCREASE OF CAPITAL. In order to effect the suggested improvements and extension the capital will he increased by a sum of 600,0001., by the creation of half-sharrs of 2.57. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 10s. will be pay able on allotment. These shares will be issued to the Shareholders in the proportion of ene half share for each share now held by them, provided application be made by them in the form and manner and within the time hereinafter specified. In cases where the shares were not originally allotted to them the parties must be approved of by the Committee. A portion of the shares will be reserved to meet the requirements of the various local interests. INCREASE OF DEPOSITS. In consequence of the new standing orders of Parliament requiring a deposit of 101. per cent., instead of 51. per cent., as heretofore, it is requisite to call for the further payment of 21. per share on the shares already issued. The Shareholders will therefore be called upon to pay the further sum of 21. per share on the shares respectively held by them. All holders of Scrip Certificates or of Bankers' Receipts, are re quested to forward the same to the Secretary, on or before Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and to state at the same time their wishes with respect to new shares by letter in the form below. All holders of shares not originally allotted to them, failing to trauzmit their Scrip Certificates, on or before that day, will forfeit all benefit of their shares ; and original subscribers failing by the same day to transmit their Scrip Certificates, or Bankers' Receipts, will forfeit their right to an additional number of shares. AJIY parties wishing to withdraw, will be entitled to receive 20s. per share, on application to the Bankers and on giving up their Scrips on or before the 30th day of September instant. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Committee of Management of the Cornwall Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l herewith transmit to you Scrip Certificates of shares (or a Banker's itec.fpt for shares), held by me in this Company, numbered as at foot ; and I request that you will allot to me Half Shares therein, being the proportion of one for every Aare as advertised ; and I undertake to make the further payment of 21. per share on the first-mentioned shares, and to pay the deposit of 21. His, per half share on the said half shares, and to execute the new Parliamentary C47lltract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. Number of Scrip.... .• • • . , • Christian and Surnam the Residence Prof ssion or Business .... .......... Iteference.... ........ . ...... ........ N.B. A reference is required in cases where perlifnis apply in re spect of shares not originally allotted to them. Printed Forms may be obtained from the Solicitors of the Coal, pane, Messrs. Smith and Roberts, Truro ; and from the following Brokers :—Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite, 58, f .1d Broad-street, and Messrs. Wells, Westrop, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad .street, I.cradon ; Messrs. Neilson, and Mr. Edward Lloyd, Liverpool ; Messrs. Rids gia?e, Deeds ; Mr. Pearson, Birmingham ; Mr. Duncuft, Manchester ; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow ; Mr. Goss, Bristol ; and Atom ItOpwo9d iuul Palmer Plymouth. REMINGTON'S LINE. T HE LONDON AND MANCHESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY. The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that one part of the PARLIANIENTARY CONTRACT and SUB SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below : Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d da3 - of Septeriber instant. Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep- tember instant. Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem• her instant. Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of September instant. Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September instant. Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant. Bedford—At the Company's Office in the High-street, on Thursday, the 2(1 day of October next. Uttoxeter-lAt the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli• citor, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant. Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting, Solicitors, en Wednesday, the 24th day of September Instant. Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So. licitor, on ThursdAy, the 25th day of September instant. Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur day the 27th day of September instant. Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday, the 29th day of September instant. Macelesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May, Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and Wednesday, the let day of October next. Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, of Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next. Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September Instant. Leeds—At the Royil Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem ber instant. Hull —At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September instant. Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep tember instant. Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc tober next. Liverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October next. By order, H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary. GRAND UNION RAILWAY. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. Sir George G. d: H. Larpent, Bart., Chairman Wynn' Ellis, Esq., M.P. William Hutt, Esq., M.P. The Mayor of Nottingham Thomas Calvert Braseley, Esq., Hurstou, near Grantham Jonathan Burton, Esq., Nottingham Frederick Cooke, Esq., Boston William Gibson, Esq., Nottingham Mr. Thomas Gee, Nottingham Frederick Plant, Esq., Nottingham Frederick Fowler Robertson, Esq., Grantham Henry Smyth, Esq., Nottingham Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham. ENGINEER IN Cmrs--Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.A.S., ACTING ENGINEER—George Thompson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Capes and Stuart, Gray's Inn, London. Messrs. W, and S. Parsons, jun., Nottingham. M. Staniland, Esq., Boston. Messrs. White, Kewney, and White, Grantham. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. I)orrington, Hayward, and Ca., Parliament-street The Directors have the satisfaction to inform their Shareholders that arrangements have been concluded with the Norfolk Company for an extension of the line from Wisbeach, via Downham Market, to Brandon, thus completing an independent line of communication from Yarmouth and Norwich to Nottingham and the manufacturing districts, and securing by the alliance the passing of the traffic over the entire portion of the Grand Union and Extension Line referred to. The distance between Nottingham and Yarmouth by the pro posed extension will be as short as by the Lynn and Dereham and Lynn and Ely lines, while the traffic to and front the north, front the central, west, and south parts of Norfolk, the north of Cambridge shire, and the counties of Suffolk and Essex, will be secured for the united undertaking. The Extension Line will be made by the two Companies jointly, and the shares will be apportioned amongst the respective share holders of each. It is intended that the Norfolk and Grand Union Companies should guarantee four per cent dividend, with a division of profits to the shareholders of the new line. The direction will consist of an equal number of gentlemen from the Norfolk and Grand Union boards, and Mr. Robert Stephenson will co-operate with Mr. Vignoles as engineer of the line. Further particulars will be shortly advertised. By order, ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary. nRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNO TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the Channel Islands. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 500,000/. In 25,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. Liability expressly 'Milted to the amount of subscription ; and It is intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is obtained. B RIDGWATER and MINE HEAD JUNC TION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no Application for Shares will be en tertained, unless the same be made in the form prescribed by the Managing Directors; and the applicants must also refer either to one of the Provisional Committee, or to some person of known respecta bility.—Dated September 12, 1845. fly order, A'BECKETT, SON, and SYMPSON; and VAUGHAN PRANCE, Solicitors to the Company. Offices, 3, Alderman's-walk, Old Broad-street. BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC TION RAILW 4.1 C COMPANY. Not ice is hereby given, that no further Application for Shares in this Company can be received after Tun DAY, the 27th inst. By order, EDWARD PARRATT, Secretary. Offices, 3, Alderman's-walk, Old Broad-street, September 20, 1845. r HE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT 1. RAILWAY, via ABLNGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD, and LUDGERSHALL. (Provisionally registered.) Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 15s. per Share. PRELI M INARY ANNOUNCEMENT. The importance of connecting remote parts of England by Rail ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns and districts, can scarcely be beater exemplified than by the Line which is bow proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which various radii will di% erge to the north-west, north, and north-east of the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the course of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to the western and south-western counties. The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at large, by preferring a direct line of communlcation be tween the north-eastern and western and south-western parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon, the market towns of \Vantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the kingdom. The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark applies in some degree to the market town of \Vantage, which, as well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits and advantages produced by railway traffic. It has therefore been determined to commence the proposedil ne at Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingd.n a direct rail iced to London. By continuing the projected railway to Vantage, the same facility of trailsit to London will be afforded to that place; and a perfect line of road from the north-easton; counties will, by a June. tion with the projection trom Cambridge to Oxford, be produced, through the towns which have been named, litingenord and Ludgers hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis- Wins, . . A RPM Of ttlp he, and 4 ststi4tical report of the whole country intei , ded to be traversed, is in roursp Of proparation, and with th e names of an influential provisional Connuittea. Will very shortly be published. In the meantime, further information may be ob tained from Messrs. Ehnslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applies, Om for shares may be made, (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) OUTHAMPTON and GREAT WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY. Capital, 750,0n0/., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. Negotiations now pending with the Great Western and South- Western Companies have occasionild delay in publishing the names of the Provisional Committee of this line. These, with an enlarged prospectus, will appear in a few days. In the meantime, application for shares may be addressed as before, to the Solicitor, Wm. Bevan, Esq., 6, Old-Jewry, London; and Messrs. Sharp and Harris•n, Southampton. THE DIRECT LONDON and LIVERPOOL RAILWAY (by a Junction from Chester to Wolverhampton), through Newport and Whitehurch. (Provisionally Registered, lAirstiant to 7 and 8 Viet., c. 110.) Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,001 Shares of 201. each. . Deposit 21 2s. per Share. ENGINEER —Charles Blunt, Esq., C.E., F.R.S. ASSISTANT ENGINEER—WiIIiam Wilkinson Wardell, C.E. SOLICITOR—Thomas Gibson Brewer, Esq., 13, Gray's Inu-square STANDING COUNSEL —William Holt, Esq . - AGENTS. London—Thomas George Smith, Esq., 2, Warnford-court. Liverpool--31essrs. J. B. and D. Neilson. Hull-31essrs. Flint and Tooth!. Temporary Offic , s, 13, Gray's Inn-square. PROSPECTUS. The Chester and Wolverhampton. Railway is a direct line from London to Liverpool. It uses the London and Birmingham Railway the whole distance to Birmingham; from thence it proceeds to Wolverhampton either on the Grand Junction or on the Wolverhampton, Dudley, and Birming ham Railway. From Wolverhampton commences the new portion of railway. passing through the rich agricultural districts of Newport and White church on to Chester. • At Chester it proceeds on the Chester and Birken!lead Railway on to Birkenhead. It is proposed to establish at Birkenhead a steam-ferry, gratis, to Liverpool, across the Mersey, so as to unite both towns into one. A preference in the allotment of shares will he given to the extent of 15,000 to the original shpreholders in the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railway Company, on their sending in their application for the Same. A proper reservation of shares will be made for the London and Birmingham, Chester and Birkenhead, and Warw , ckshire Railways, being the railways by means of which the project now submitted to the public is the most direct London and Liverpool Railway that can be made. A list of most influential London and Local Directors will be pub lished in a few days, together with a detailed list of Bankers, Agents, &c., in the different towns on the line. In the meantime, applications for shares may by addressed to the Solicitor or any of the Agents o the Company, in the following form : DIRECT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL R kILWAY. Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Liverpool Railway Company, Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares in the above proposed • railway, and I agree to accept that r any less number that you may please to allot me. And I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share on the same, and to sign the Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, and all usual and necessary deeds, when required Dated this day of • , 1845, Name in full Residence.......... Trade or Profession Place of Business . Reference in fu11... F4 ASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION AND SOUTHEND RAILWAY. NOTICE.—In consequence of the standing order of l ast session of Parliament, the amount of deposit upon the shares of this Company has been increased to 2/. 12e. 6d. per share. All parties who have already applied for shares, and are desirous to have an allotment, must renew their applications, as no allotment can be made on previous applications. PERING, MINET, and SMITH, 5, Lawrence Pountney• lane. CHUNTLER and WESTWOOD, Gray's Inn-square. TIE EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION AND SOUTHEND RAILWAY, Forming a Direct Communication between England and Belgium, and Holland, and the Rhine, from the Essex coast, with a Branch, .via Tilbury, to Gravesend. . (Registered Provisionally, pursuant to the Act of Parliament) Capital, 550,8001., in 22,000 Shares of 25/. each. Deposit 21. 12s 6d. per Chare. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London, Vice-Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B. Charles Richard Bigg, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man chester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies Edwin Cadwin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Great Western and Isle of Ely Railways Captain Carnegie, Director of the London and Hounslow Railway Company John James Cavan, Esq., Park-crescent John Chauntler, Fsq., Friday-street, London, Director of the Chelms ford and Bury Railway Frederick George Cox, Esq., Doctors'-commons, and Stockwell Miles Dormer, Esq., 51, Hang-place, Sloane-street, Chelsea, Director of the Larn, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway Company Colonel Robert Douglas, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Director of the Bide ford and Tavistock Railway Colonel George Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's Park Rev. 11. R. Fowles , 7, Manchester-square Matthew Gill, Esq., Knares!)oro - gh, Yorkshire Captain Twisleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the Leicester and 'lean and Dove Valley Railway, and of the British Mutual Life Office John Lawrence Harris, Esq., 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry William George Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting, Surrey T. Charles Harrison, Esq., F.R.S., 31, York-terrace, Regent's Park William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam worth Railway Company Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chehnsford and Bury Rail Amy John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street, Director of the Isle of Man Railway William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh MLl land Railway William Jackson, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Goole and Don caster Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kil kenny Railway John Manwaring, Esq., Eagle Hall, Pately Bridge, Yorkshire, Direc tor of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway John Nixon, Esq., Lloyd's The Mayor of Nottingham Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham Apsley Peliatt, Esq., Holland-street, Blaekfriars, and Staines, Direc tor of the Richmond and Staines Railway Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Direc- M Cheltenham, and Gloucester Railway Williamot noDirec tor tency, Chairman of the York and Lan caster Railway ofD Douglas m l spxs Oxford, George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter. Dorchester, and Weymouth, the Direct Western and Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railways Robert A. Riddell, Esq., B ryanston-street, Bryanston-square, Di rector of the Direct Western Railway T. Ridley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Lincoln and North ampton Railway A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railw Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square,' Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich William Alexander Thomas, Esq., Maunden, Essex Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool and Direct Manchester Railways, and the Com mercial Bank Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta House, Worthing, and Lower Brook street, Grosvenor square 11. Woodhead, Esq., 1, James-street, Adelphi, London William Wright, Esq., 8.A., Great Portland-street, Portland-Place Robert Vaughan Wynne Williams, Esq., 29, Bedford-place, Russell sq o are Sir William Wynne, Chairman of the North Wales Railway (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE, OF MANAGEMENT. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. John Holmes, Esq. William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., John Nixon, Esq. A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq. William Bradley, Esq. Robert A. Riddell, Esq. Frederick George Cox, Esq. W. Alexander Thomas, Esq. John James Cavan, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Miles Dormer, Esq. William Wright, Esq. ENGINEERS. from the port of London to Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate. • 4th. The carriage of the mails, merchandise, luggage, and agricul tural produce. Besides these sources of traffic, a direct communication will be opened between the north-eas:ern counties, and Herne Bay, Margate, Ramsgate, and the ports of Ostend, Rotterdam, and the Rhine. The local advantages, from which a large source of revenue must also arise, are as follow :- Ist. The opening to the agriculturists of the districts which this railway will traverse, of a cheap and direct commun:cation with the most important markets of the county of Essex. 2d. The carriage of fish to the London market and elsewhere. 3d. The traffic arising from the carriage of coal from the coast to be distributed on the course of the 1 ne. 4th. The carriage of the celebrated lime of Purfieet for agricultural and out the for eastern ebasuildiin counties. Besides along the course of the line, and through- Besides the traffic of passengers and merchandise which will be de rived from the local population, it is certain that cheap and expedi tious travelling to and from Southend will estabish it as a place of recreation and resort for the population of the metropolis, scarcely second to Gravesend, and form a source of revenue almost incalculable. The estimated traffic, as shown in the annexed table, from the above sources, shows a clear profit of more than ten per cent. upon the capital, and the payment of interest at four per cent. upon the calls between the passing of the Act and the construction of the rail way will form one of the clauses of the Bill. Applications for shares may be addressed to the Provisional Com mittee, at the temporary offices of the Company, 5, Laurence Fount ney-place, London, the Solicitors, or through any of the Brokers un dermentioned, viz. :—Messrs. Thomas and Sons, 50, Threadneedle street, London; Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York ; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle; Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster; Mr. Anthony Laurie, and Mr. May, Liverpool; Mr. Peter Leicester, and Messrs. Cardwell and Co., Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Messrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co. and Messrs. E. King and Co., Leeds ; M essrs . B ra d y an d Stant forth, Hull ; Mr. J. A. Butchart, Huddersfield Mr. Hervey, Hali fax ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Bradford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. G. R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply mouth ; Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr. David Kinnear, and Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle, Leith ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow; Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen ; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth ; of whom prospectuses, plans, amid forms of application may be obtained. ESTIMATE OF TRAFFIC. The number of passengers travelling by steam-vessels to and from the port of London to Southend, Sheer ness,Herne-bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, amounted in the year 1844 to 282,334 ; and being the average of three former years, it is estimated that two-thirds will travel to Southend by the proposed railway, and embark fl•om thence, at Id. per mile per pas senger will pr0duce......... The number of passengers embarking and landing at Southend from 23 coasting and Irish steamers, and those embarking and landing from 22 Continental steamers averaged at 10 passengers each vessel, passing to and from London and the Eastern Coun ties via Romford by the proposed railway, at Id. per mileper passenger ......... . • • .. • • ...... From official Custom house returns obtained for the years 1843 and 1844, it appears that in the year 1844, 47,469 British and foreign ships proceeded from and entered the mouth of the Thames: it is estimated that one passenger only per ship will be derived from this source at be. per mile per pas senger ........ In the year 1843 upwards of 1,500,000 persons landed at - Gravesend, and in 1844, 2,000,000 ; it is estimated that one-sixteenth of that number go and return by the proposed railway to Southend In preference to Gravesend, Id. per mile per passenger will produce The number of passengers travelling by coach between the Eastern Counties Railway and Southend, ave rage 12 miles, estimated to amount to 6,570. at Id. per mile per passenger•• ••• • • • • ...... • • • • • • •• • • Of the average number of persons who visit Graves end, it Is estimated that five per cent. of that num ber will go and return to Gravesend by the route of this line via Tilbury, Id. per mile per passenger will produce ......... ....... . Passengers from the Eastern Counties to and from Gravesend via Tilbury, estimated at 21,250 Id. per mile per passenger will produce ..... •• • • Five per cent. on the amount of passenger traffic for parcels and luggage (only one-half the usual allowance) will produce • ...... •• • .... An annual average of 5,000 voyages of vessels engaged in fisheries supply the London markets through the medium of the Thames, estimated to convey 200,000 tons of fish, one-fourth only of that amount of ton nage, at 2d. per ton per mile, will produce ........ The carriage of 100,000 tons of coal and lime, an average of 12 miles, at 14d. per ton per mile, will The county of Essex sends to the London market on an average, 800,000 quarters of grain. Potatoes are likewise extensively cultivated for the London markets ; it is estimated that 50,000 tons only from the above sources will be carried on the proposed railway, an average of 12 miles, at I%d. per mile, will produce .... In the foregoing statement, no Estimate of Revenue is shown from the following sources of traffic : I. The carriage of the Mails • • • • • • • • ..... . • • • • 2. The carriage of Troops and Government Stores.... 3. The carriage of Merchandise and Luggage that will be put on board and landed at Southend, from ships proceeding from and entering the mouth of the Thames 4. The carriage of Live Stock from the Southern part of Essex and Kent to the London and Rumford Markets .. 5. The carriage of Purfiect Lime for building purposes 4,680 0 0 4,746 18 0 25,000 0 0 657 0 0 10,833 6 8 1,218 15 0 3,297 18 0 10,000 0 0 7500 0 0 £90,505 19 8 Deduct'ng 37% per cent. for working expenses •• •• • 33,972 2 6 £56,533 17 2 Will leave upwards of 10 per cent, on the capital of the Company. . . FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional tomnaittee of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway. Gentlen - ien,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 251. each in the proposed Eastern c! ountielv and Southend Railway; and I hereby undertake to acceptAthat 'or any less number ; and pay the deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Trade or Profession • ................. Place of Business (if any) .. Date• •• • ••• • • • ••• '' • •'•• • • • • • Reference............ GREAT WESTE ttN, BRENTFORD, and CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY, from the vicinity of West Drayton, through Hounslow, Brentford, Harm mersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, to the Central Terminus, near Charing-Cross. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 850,000 L, in 42,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. raovisioNaL COMMITTEE. Vernon h ' e wer - street Philip Anstruther, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment and nmi Earl o fAbbott, Devon Es 70, Railway Junction Company Benjamin Joint Armstrong, Esq., Southall, Magistrate for Middlesex John Auidjo, Esq., Noel House, Kensington Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square Edward Oliver Benson, Esq., Hounslow William Sprott Boyd, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankmen* Railway Junction Company Thomas Braman, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leicester and Tam worth Railway Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart., Director of the Thames Embank ment Railway Junction Company. Major John T. Croft, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and Manches • ter Railway Sir John Macpherson Brackenbury John Chevalier Cobbold, Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Union Rail way William Cumming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park George Cooper, Esq., Brentford George James Stredwick Camden, Esq., Hounslow. Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway J. Fisher, Esq., Isleworth Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, county of Kerry Captain Forbes, R.N.,Forest, Windsor Sir Andrew Pellatt reen, R.N., K.C.H. Francis Lloyd, Esq., Beaufort-lodge, Chelsea James Montgomery, Esq., Brentford John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., Hammersmith The Hon. Colonel Phipps, Norwood-green William Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the South and Midlauds Railway Henry Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, Chairman of the Middlesex Magistrates John F. Pownail, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow Colonel Reid (2d Life Guards), Bulstrode Park Thomas Berry Rowe, Esq., Brentford John Coysgarne Sim, Esq., No. 9, Clifton-place, Hyde Park-gardens Major Jeif 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 Railway John Stewart, Esq., M.P. Frederica Thompson, Esq., 20, Kensington-square Robert Richard Tighe, Esq., Bank, Windsor (With power to add to their number.) Ettulicen—Thomas Page, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilkinson and Cobbold, 7, Lincoln's Inn-flelda William vim, Esq., 8, King's Bench-walk, Temple. BANKERS. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. Hugh Inner Cameron and George Bain,lB, Parliament-street SECRETARY—Henry lioreing, Esq. At several large public meetings held in October last, at Brentford, Isleworth, and Hounslow, resolutions were unanimously passed in favour of establishing a railway communication with the metropolis, and the Gazette notices were actually published ; but the difficulty of obtaining a suitable terminus in London induced the principal promoters of this important undertaking to postpone bringing their scheme before the public. This impediment has now been overcome, and by a proposed Junc tion with the Central Terminus and the Thames Embankment Rail way, parties travelling by this line will be enabled to proceed directly to the heart of the metropolis ; and by the united Railways, which will ramify from this point, to almost every part of the country without interruption. By the intended Junction, also, with the Great Western Railway, at or near West Drayton, and by the intersection of the Birmingham Railway at Kensington, these important lines will be supplied with direct access to the Central Terminus, and thence to the City, or to the Southern and Eastern Lines. The proposed line, whi.:h passes through or near the extensive and populous suburbs of Pimlico, Chelsea, Brompton, Kensington, Ham mersmith, Chiswick, and Turnham-green, to the town of Brentford, and thence to Isleworth, Hounslow, and West Drayton, has received the most cordial approbation and promises of support from the great majority of the inhabitants and other parties locally interested. This line is singularly free from engineering difficulties; and, although there is almost a complete continuity of town and village throughout the whole distance, yet, from the care with which the line has been laid down, so as to avoid property covered with build ings, and to take advantage of open and unoccupied spaces, the value of the ground to be purchased will not be nearly so great as, from the nature of the localities, would be inferred. By the adop tion of the Atmospheric principle, or some equally eligible mode of working, the annoyances, inseparable from the locomotive system will be obviated, and the advantage of almost constant trains, so in dispensable to this densely-populated district, will be secured. The population of the various places at which stations are proposed to be erected on the present line is not less than 200,000, and to give some idea of the large amount of traffic which may be calculated upon, it may be stated that the present annual income derived from the carriage of passengers, by omnibuses alone, amounts to above 108,000/. ; under these circumstances, no doubt can be entertained of a very ample return for the capital required for this important work. The preliminary announcements of this undertaking have referred to it as the London, Brentford, Hounslow, and Great Western Junc tion Company —a title which the Provisional Committee have upon further consideration, altered to the present designation, in order to distinguish it front other schemes similar in name, but differing in their proposed course. The surveys of the line are completed, and every arrangement will be made for applying to Parliament for an Act in the ensuing session, previously to which the plans will be laid before the Metropolitan Commissioners of Improvement for their approval. Applications for shares, in the subjoined form, may be made, ad dressed to the Provisional Committee, at the temporary Offices of the Company, 18, Parliament-street, to the Solicitors and Parlia mentary Agents, and to the following agents and sharebrokers : Means. Carden and Whitehead, 61%, Threadneedle-street; Mr. 11. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Bradley and Co., Manchester ; Mr. B. R. Pemberton, and Messrs. 11. Davis and Co., Liverpool; Mr. Luke Arnold, Bristol; Messrs. Chantrell and Boyes, Leeds ; Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Proy - I;io — a — al - 1) - lre — etors of the Great Western, Brentlbrd, and Central Terminus Junction Railway: Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me ;hares of 201. each In the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any lesser number that may ho allotted to me, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thoreon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required. Name in /hll •• • • • • • Residence •• •• • „ Trade or Ptlessioa . Date ......... "' • • Retinue In A 111... • ** THE THAMES EMBANKMENT AND RAILWAY JUNCTION COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Temporary Offices, No. 32, Charing-cross. Capital 1,800,0001., in 90,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. The Earl of Devon James Ackers, Esq , M.P. Philip Anstnither, Esq., Late Colonial Secretary of Ceylon John Auldjo, Esq., Noel House, Kensington B. Balms, Esq., Director of the Croydon Railway Company C. B. Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Director of the North Devon Railway Company Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway Company W. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland Tow, St. James's J. Bowriug, LL.D, 31.1'., Director of the Blackwall Railway Com pany SCrJolin Macpherson Brakenbury Edward Henry Chapman, Esq., Leadenhell-street John Chevalier Cobbold, Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Union Railway _ Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart. J. N. Daniel, Esq., Chairman of the Blackwall Railway Company Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway Sir James Duke, M.P. and Alderman Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P. James Esdaile, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Railway Company Thomas Farncomh, Esq., %Merman Right Hon. Sir Augustus Foster, Bart., New-street, Spring-gardens Sir Alexander Duff Gordon, Bart., Queen-square, Westminster W. Haigh, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Blackwall Railway Company W. E. Hickson, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Rail way Company Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. John James Hope Johnstone, Esq., M.P. Captain B. M. Kelly, R.N., Director of Brighton Railway Company James Leman, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields F. Macnaghten, Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Rail way Company Sir William Magnay, Bart. and Alderman Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P. John Martin, Esq., K.L., Allsop's-terrace, New-road James Matheson, Esq., 3f.P. Sir William Molesworth, Bart., M.P. David Ogilvy. Esq., Director of the London and South Essex Railway Colonel Reid, 2d Life Guards Major-General Sir James Reynett, K.C.H. Major Jelf Sharp Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. . John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square Sir George Strickland, Bart., M.P. P. A. Taylor, Esq., Croydon Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern Railway lion. Charles P. Villiers, M.P. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman of the Croydon Railway Company Thomas Wyse, Esq M.P. With power to add to their number. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. CHAIRMAN—The EARL Of DEVON. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P. Vice-Chairmen. Major Jelf Sharp. Philip Anstruther, Esq. W. E. Hickson, Esq. Wm. Sprott Boyd, Esq. Capt. B. M. Kelly, R.N. John Bowring, LL.D., M.P. Sir William Magnay, Ba t. Sir A. D. Croft, Bart. C vit. C. W. 1' yniale J. N. Daniell, Esq. The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Howard Elphinstone, Esq. M.P. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. ENGINEER—Thomas Page, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Bridges and Mason, Red Lien-square. ARCHITECTS AND SURVEYORS —At essrs. Fowler and Austin. BANKERS. The London and Westminster Bank The Union Bank of London The Commercial Bank of London PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Hugh innesCameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-stree Joseph Parkes Esq., 21, Great George-street. SECRETARY (pro tem.)—E. W. Williams, Esq. The object of the above Company is to carry into effect the report of the Metropolitan Improvement Commissioners (7th of February, 1844), recommending an embankment of the northern shore of the Thames, to connect such embankment with a railway proceeding from the proposed site of the Central Terminus Company, at or near Hungerford-market, to the Blackwall Railway at Fenchurch-street, and crossing the river to the South-Eastern, Croydon, and Brighton Railways, at London-bridge. Applications for shares may be addressed to the Secretary, at the temporary ofllee of the Company, 32, Charing-cross; to the Solici tors and Parliamentary Agents, and to the following agents and sharebrokers, of whom also prospectuses may be obtained, more fully explaining the object—Messrs. R. and W. Hichins and Harrison, Threadneedle-street ; Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Barclay, Allsop, and Mercier, Exchange-buildings ; Messrs. Mackenzie and Lawrence, No. 38, Comhill, London; Messrs. For syth and Pritchard, Liverpool; Messrs. Johnstone and Bradley, Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Luke Arnold, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sanford, Exeter ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds; Mr. Robert Allan, and Messrs. John Robertson and Co., Edinburgh ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, and Foulds and Cockburn, Glasgow. Such parties as are Shareholders in the Blackwall, Croydon, Brigh ton, South-E stern, and South Essex Railway Companies, are requested to signity the same in their letters of application. N ORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place South. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 1,300,0001., iu 65,000 Shares of 20!. each. Deposit, 2!. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman James Horne, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., London James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square John Bagshaw, Esq., tdencester-place, Portman-square Richard Bethel], Esq., Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, Inner Circle, Regent's Park Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway George Woodreffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol W. Hughes Hughcs, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of the City of London . Henry Morton, Esq., Biddick, Durham George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. James's-place George Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kellingworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. RANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London Bank of Liverpool The Union Bank, Manchester. ENGINEER—George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.I.C.E. ARCHITECT—Robert Abraham, Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-square. SGLICITOR—John Bethel', Esq., 78, King William-street, City. SECRETARY—Harry Burrard Farnall, Esq. The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail way Company have great satisfaction in informing their subscribers that negotiations are now pending between the Provisional Commit tee of this Company and the Directors of the Railways north of the Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City traffic north of London. To effect this important object, an area of 10 acres ofground (the southern boundary of which is within 500 yards of the Bank of England) has been most carefully surveyed and valued, and the re port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved by them to in crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,000/. . . The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground alluded to, within the centre of the City of London. In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties Railway in Shoreditch, which will effect an entire junction between the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same tine afford a direct communication between the whole of the rail ways, which reach London to the north of the Thames, and give full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a common centre within the heart of the metropolis. Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local tragic which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com pany, will be added that of those companies also who will eventually co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and Importance will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable line of railway. . _ _ A lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the entire district throrgh which this Company proposes to run this line ; by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in immediate commtv.ication with the City ; while the dense popu lation of the City will enjoy a foci ity of connexion with its suburban localities, necessarily affording it the greatest accommodation. With such important local resources, therefore, together with the vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed capital. That revenue will be derived thus : The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to 3,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir mingham amounts to 4,322 daily. two-thirds of which reach the City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persons daily, half of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City. Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now un accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily. From these sources the following products are derived: Per Ann. Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail way, at 6d. each................ Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus of this Company, at 3d. each . . • Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, as taken at .. 187,929 142,208 tons of goods and parcels pass annually from the Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s. 6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per ton, a revenua may be derived of ••—. • • . ... .• •• • • From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing in to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of 40,0001. a year, may be derived the sum of • • 12,061 The total of their calculations amounts t 0.... £280,289 Deduct 40 per cent. for workers' expenses •. • ........... 112,115 £168,174 Estimated Rental to be received from other Companies for the use of Terminus .... scooo £198,174 Being a revenue of more than 15 per cent. on a capital of 1,300,0001. The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 65,000 shares of 20/. each, upon which a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share will be payable forthwith. A portion of the shares will be allotted to parties locally interested. The remainder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders and the public generally, upon application being made by them in a manner hereinafter mentioned. The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their( Parlia mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent standing orders of the House of Lords, to require a deposit of 101. per cent. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in order to carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip certificate with the Secretary, on or before the Ist of October next, in exchange for which they will obtain a certificate upon which the bankers of the Company will receive the amount of the difference payable, and, upon producing the receipt and signing the new Parliamentary Deeds, fresh scrip will be delivered to them. Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to the Secretary, at the Offices, No. 8, Finsbury-place South, and the following sharebrokers : Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North-side, Royal Exchange, London Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Lawford, 3, Royal Exchange George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill Messrs. Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester William Marshall, Esq., Bank-buildings, Manchester William Haynes, Esq., Manchester John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank -buildings, Liverpool Messrs. Wellbeloyed and Oastler, , Leeds Esq., Bristol Messrs. Edwards and Son, and 1%. 11. Lao, J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield J. G Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter It. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF SCRIP. To the Secretary of the North London 7unetion Railway Company. Sir,—l herewith transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by me in this Company numsered as at foot, and I undertake to make the further payment of 14s. Gtl. per share on the said shares, on or next, and to execute the ne Parliamentary Contract before and Subscribers' Agreement when required. w Dated this day of 1845. Christian and surname in full Business or Profession .. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR *SliAßig: • • • • • ***** To the Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Railway Company I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the capital of the above-named and I will accept the same or any less number, and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and sign the red Parliamentar y Contract and Subscribers' A greemen t when ui re- Dated the day of 1845. Christian and surname in Rill ............ Business or Profession • • • ... • • • • . • • • Address...—. . . . •• .. :: ...::::: :: uthreuce.• a•• 0 .. •• •• • •••••••• •••• •••• AIDLAND, or CHEF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER .WAY. itovisionally.) ,000 Shares of 201. each. a. per Share. 'end the amount of his Share. COMMITTEE. William Hughes Hughes, Alder man of London Col. Ilugh Caldwell George Lawton, Esq. W. I'. Andrew, Esq. C. IL Colman, Esq. Joseph Davies, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq. Edward Hall, Esq. Major White Captain J. P. Macdougall William Shelford Fitzwiliiam, Esq, WilFain Frederick Itcadon, Esq. Hartley Kennedy, Esq. James Beech, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. (With power t add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. ' , Alvan' Francis Dayrell, Esq., Chairman Edward Hall, Esq., Deputy-Chairman Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. I George Lawton, Esq. Sir William Twysden, Bart. W. P. Andrew, Esq. Major White C. R. Colinan, Esq. Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Al- W. S. Fitzwillinus, Esq. dermal]. - W. F. Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. ENGINEER. Gravatt, Esq., LONDON BANKERS Messrs. Glynn and Co.; and Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., Strand. WELSH SOUTH I STOW, FOREST OF JUNCTION EXTENSION RAIL (Registered I' Capital 900,600/., in 45, Deposit, 2/. 2s No Shareho!der to be liable bey PROVISIONAL The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore The Right Hon. Col. Dawson' Damer, M.P. The Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, M.P. The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P. The Hon. Col. Westenra, M.P. Sir Henry Hunlake, Bart. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Sir William Twyaden, Bart. • , Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart. Sir Henry Seale, Bart William Collins, Esq., I.P. Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., High Sheriff of Buckingliainshire l William Stralian, Esq. rROWIN*CIAL BANKERS. Messrs. Bromage and Co„ Chepstow Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth Messrs. Williams and Foils, Newport The West of England l3aulting Company and Branches The Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company and Branches The National Provincial Banking Company and Branches The Gloucestershire Banking Company and Branches The County of Gloucester Banking Company and Branches. SOLICITORS. Mr. W. T. H. Phelps, Newport. Monmouthshire Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Symption, 7, Golden-square, Londoa LOCAL AGENTS. Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors ik SECRETARY. Mr. William Pro ero, IQ, Old Jewry Chambers, Loudon. This Line will join th Chepstovr. Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to Piercifield, the far-famed Windcliff, and Tintern Abbey, to the towns of Usk and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and c al field of South Wales, passing near to and throngh the midst of the extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor ganshire, to join the Aberdare branch of the Taff Vale Railway, which connects Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare with Cardiff--thus ;orming a much more direct and almost straight Line—by means of the railways already made and projected between those immensely populous districts, and the centre of the kingdom and London, by means of which the journey by land will be shortened between the metropolis and this great seat of industry to four and a half, and between Newport and Cardiff to five hours, which at present, even by the aid of existing railways, cannot bo performed in less than (ions ten to twelve hours. It will be found by reference to the official census of 1831 and 1541, that the average increase of population of the county of Mon mouth exceeded that of any other county in England or Wales ; this fact is referred to as illustrative of the rising importance of the country through which this railway Is intended to pass, and of the very large passenger traffic which may reasonably be calculated upon. The town of Usk, with Ragland, and the rich agricultural district for many miles around, are supplied by carts from the vicinity of Pontypool with coal and lime, which are there obtained at a cheap rate, and in return cattle and provisions of all kinds, hay, corn, and pit timber to an enormous extent, are sent to the iron works and collieries, where the consumption is immense. This traffic alone must necessarily ensure a considerable revenue to the Company, in dependent of the great traffic from the manufactured iron, fire bricks, and paving stone, which is of superior quality, and in great abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and tin plates from the works to London, including transit to the port, shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts to little less than 20s. per ton, whilst by this railway, and those it is intended to join, the average cost at the rate usually charged for such goods on rail ways will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., and be conveyed within twenty-four hours, instead of the average voyage round the Land's End of three, and not unfrequently six weeks, and with the very important advantage of delivering the iron free from rust, which is unavoidable on a sea voyage, in small bars more parttcu. larly, causing a deterioration of from 15s. to 20s. per ton at least. This railway, by means of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways, will open Birmingham as a market for the manufactured iron bf South Wales, from which it has been in a measure excluded, from the difficalt and expensive transit by the River Severn and Canals. Large quantities of iron ore, known as" lisematete ore," is imported into Wales, from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron making, exists in abundance in the Forest of Dean, and may be raised and delivered from thence by means of this and the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway to the different iron works in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire at an average of from 25 to 30 per cent. less than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a handsome remuneration to the Railway Companies. The Committee of Management have gone very caretbily into estimates of the goods traffic especially, and they feel justified in expressing a decided opinion that the revenue from this source alone will yield 5 per cent. on the proposed capital of the Company, in addition to the revenue to be derived from the other traffic. This Railway will pass close to, and within a few miles of, all the iron and tin works of sfonmouthshire, and the principal part of those in Glmorganshire ; and the following short statistic of the extent of those stupendous undertakings will give an idea of the vast importance of the present project. The iron and tin works com mence at Pontypool, and are 1. The Pontymoile Tin and Iron Works 2. The Blaendare Iron and Coal Works S. The extensive Tin Works of Messrs. Conway, Messrs. rother gill, and Messrs. Jenkins 4. The Pentwyn, Golonos, and Varteg Iron Works And Rolling •• _ 5. The British: Iron Company 6. The Blaenavon'lron Company 7. The Nantylylo 8. The Coalbrooke Vale '9. The Cwn-Celyn andßlaina Company 10. The Beaufort 11. The Ebbw Vale 12. The Victoria Company 13. The Abhercarne, Pontytnister, and Tydee Tin Worloi, Messrs. Lewis 14. The Tredegar Iron Company 15. The Shlrhowey 16. The Ithymney and Bute Company 17. The Dowlais Iron Works 18. Carfartha. Added to which, in the vicinity, are the extensive works and collieries in the Aberdare Valley, and on either side ;of the intended railway are collieries raising and vending about one million und a half tons of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to ex pect will be greatly extended, by the facilities offered through the intended railway. In the districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and westward, there exists an inexhaustible abundance of a peculiar description of coal, which, though inflammable, is nearly smokeless, and is found to be superior in quality for steam purposes to any yet known. In the London market it meets with a ready sale at 30 per cent. higher than any of the best north country Ilsrtley's ; and notwithstanding the high price, so highly is it esteemed, that the present importation amounts to nearly 100,000 tons per annum. This coal for the most part is brought from a distance of 24 miles, and shipped at Cardiff, front whence frelgkts to London have averaged front 10s. to I Is. per ton during the past year; but so uncertain is the supply to the metropo lis, owing to the scarcity of ships on the Welsh coast, and the long and precarious navigation round the Land's End, that many who are anxious to adopt their engine grates for its use, are deterred front the too great uncertainty which exists against obtaining a regular aid eonstant supply ; these difficulties will be entirely superseded by the proposed railway, and those it is intended to join, with the great additional advantage and impetus to increased use and consumption, that it may be delivered to the consumer at from 2s. to 3s. per ton less price than at present. Under such circumstances, It will not appear unreasonable to those unacquainted with the trade, to expect that the consumption in the metropolis alone will be increased four fold, whilst a new-foetid trade Will be opened out with Ckepstow, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Witney, Oxford, and the numerous inter mediate towns to London, where steam coal is used. It has been considered more judicious to form a separate Company for the Extension line from Chepstow to the Taff Vale, than to alter the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway Company at present, but powers are proposed to be taken for uniting the two Companies hereafter, with the assent of their respective Boards of Direction. Preference will be given to those locally interested, and to the holders of Shares in the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway. A reference to the map will show the importance of this line as forming a direct line of railway communication between the great mineral district of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, with the heart of the Kingdom and London. It may confidently be stated that in connexion with the Chep stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, there is not a line of railroad in the Kingdom which offers greater advan tages to the Shareholders than the present. Provision will be made in the Act of Parliament which will be applied for in the next sea •ion to limit the liability of the Shareholder to the amount of his shares, and to allow four per cent. on the calls. Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the thuds of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma tion, and in the preparation of the Plans and Sections submitted to Parliament. Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is horeby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addl• timid capital, to extend or abandon any branch of the line, to make branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi nate the first Directors of the Company. Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be made to the Solicitors, or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle Street, and Messrs. Backhouse and Co., No. 4, Angei Court, Throgmorton Street, London ;—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; —Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath ; Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester ;—Messrs. IL Davies and Co., Dale Street, Liverpool ;—Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ; —Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Bull ;—and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin. To the Provisional Committee of the Welsh South Midland or Chep. stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway Extension I request that you will apportion me shares of 201. each, In the Welsh South Midland or Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glouces ter Junction Extension Railway ; and I do hereby undertake to ac cept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the deposit of V. 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired. Dated this Name in Residence • . • • .... Business or Profession .. •• • • Name, Residence, and Profession of Referee. • •• Usual Signature of Applicant • • ••• • • • WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP STOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOUCESTER JUNC TION EXTENSION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that no Application for Shares in this Com pany can be received after the let of October next. WILLIAM PROTHEROE, Secretary. rAMPOUX (ARRAS) and HAZEI3ROUCK RAILWAY (O'NEILL'S COMPANY). PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. IN FRANCE. Le Vicomte d'Abancourt, Peer of France, Director of the Lyons and n u s r p d o e r s ts e . o p t a n r p i t s e St. Etienne Railway Lell s o f a a b r r or e i l s i d fr e i. F l , e E rs n , M. Nanette, Proprietair e de Forges et Fonderies, Ar ras t C re ° p n r s e e i l l i e le u r r a de la T C ra ° M. Alphonse Laurent, Banker, Director of the Orleans and Bord Conseil General du Departe mea t R a ilway, President of the Tribunal of Coinmerce of 111015 eaUK M. Felix O'Neill , Banker , Paris L itr e . BaronLoui s de ia n T t e ' s i‘ e l h a e i r, t r e3ldeemForges, Paris du Clier, Paris. day of 1845. IN ENGLAND. Frederic Chamfer, Esq., R.N., Senior United Service Club, Director of the Great Paris and Lyons Railway James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., No. 2, Old Broad-street Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the Union Bank of London William Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand George Whitmore, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the North Kent Railway. BANICERS—Messrs. Strahan, Peals, and Bates, 217, Strand. SOLICITOR —E. Benham, Esq., 20, Austin-friars. SECRETARY—W. Freeing Jerdan, Esq. At a meeting o f the English Shareholders in this Company, held this day, at the offices of the solicitors of the Company, ANDREW DE, E onal., in the chair; the first report of the SPOTTISW English Pr OO ovisi sq Directors having been read ; It was moved by S. D. SCOTT, Esq. ; seconded by G. K. Pou.oeir. Esq.; and o That the Directors' report then unanim read usly beresolved— adopted, printed, and cir culated among the Shareholders. It was moved by GEORGE PAUL, Esq.; seconded by W. MOUNITOIID NURSE, Esq. ; and unanimously resolved— That the thanks of the Shareholders were eminently due and were thereby presented to the Directors generally, and to Captain Chamfer in particular, for their . strenuous and successful efforts to obtain the, concession of this important ling. It was moved by E. BENHAM, Esq. ; seconded by S. D. SCOTT, tag.; and unanllnousty resolved— That the resolutions be published in the usual newspapers, ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Chairman, The Chairman having vacated the chair, it was proposed, seconded. and carried by acclamation—That the thanks of this , meeting were due to the Chairman for his able conduct Is the chair. By order, W. FREEUNG JF e RDA.I7, SecretarP PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, The Right Hon. the Lord Sherborne, Sherburne, Gloucestershire Sir Henry Seale, Bart. Mount Boone, Dartmouth Sir John Hensler, F.R:S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy- Lieutenant of the county of Essex Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near Minehead Edward Ayshford Sandford, Esq., Nynehead-court, near Taunton George William Blaythwaite, Esq., Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead, Magistrate of the county of Somerset John Cridland, Esq., Spring-grove Park, near Wiveliscombe, Magis trate for the county of Somerset Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose Home, Bampton, Devon Charles Bailey, Esq., 5, Stratford-place, London R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish . - . street, London, High Sherd' of Buckinghamshire W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk ... . _ . _ • ' merchant W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park James Morrison, Esq., 2s, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant James Colhoun, Esq.., 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter) chambers, Cornhill, merchant Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon. shire F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square W. Strahar., Esq., Banker, Strand. Office-3, Alderman's-walk. New Broad-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square. Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater. MANAGINIII DIRECTORS. E. F. DAYRELL, Esq., Chairman. Charles Bailey, Esq. James Colhoun, Esq. W. S. Fitzwilllam, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq. W. F. Beadon, Esq. Samuel Pocock, Esq. W. Green, Esq. Janus Morrison, Esq. W. R. VIGERS, Esq., Deputy Chairman SECRETARY— Mr. Edward Parratt. RANKERS. Messrs. Strahan and Co. ; and 3 Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol Messrs. Robarts and Co., London. 1, Bridgwater, and Taunton. In consequence of the favourable reception of this measure by many important landowners and others locally interested, a number of whom have become Members of the Provisional Committee, and the additional evidence of ths great traffic, the Managing Directors have resolved upon adopting a Double, instead of a Single Line, and increasing the capital to 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares, of 201. each, and all appications for Sha-es received up to the present time will be treated in the allotment as made upon the present capital, unless recalled before the 27th instant. Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed informa tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Alderman's walk, City, London; at the Offices of the Company's Solicitors, Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London ; Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater ; and of the Loctl Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton , Mr. N. Pearce, solicitor, Wiveliscombe ; Mr. lames Parsons, solicitor, Lang port ; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorchester ; Mr. Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor, Poole ; Mr. llenry Poole, solicitor, Bristol ; and of the following Stock and Share-brokers—Messrs. fucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11, Birchin-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, London; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. H. Davies and Co., Liverpool; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds; Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf ford, Dublin; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; Mr. R. Ball, Taunton; and Mr. Richard Neville Parker, solicitor, Cork FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater and Minehead Junction Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of £2O each in the above undertaking ; and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may allot me, on the terms of the prospectus, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement, and other deeds, when required so to do. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full ....... Place of business • ..... ........ Residence • ..... ........................ Profession or business . ..... ....... Usual signature .......... Name, residence, Sr.c., of referee in full.. John Gibbs, Esq Arthur Dean, Esq. BANKERS. London—The Commercial Dank, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street Romford—London and County Bank. SOLICITOUS. Messrs. Pering, Minet, and -zmith, Laurence Pountney-Place Messrs. Chauntier and Westwood, Gray's Inn-square SECRETARY—R. H. CatISIOO, E-q. Temporary Office-5, Laurence Pountney-place, London This railway will form a junction with the Eastern Counties Rail way, near the important market town of Romford, in Essex, and proceed from thence, by way of the populous agricultural districts of Hornchurch, Upminster, Cranham, North and South Ockenden, Langdon, Bulpham, Hornden, Stanford, Basilden, Pitsey, South Ben fleet, Thundersley, Raleigh, Hasicy, Leigh, Eastwood, Rochfort, and Prittlewell, to the agreeable and much-frequented watering-place of Southend. Independently of its numerous local advantages, it will open a nearly direct communication between the Essex coast and many of the most important places in Holland and Belgium, and more par ticularly with Hainburgh, the Rhine, Ostend, Middleburgh, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. The extraordinary facilities of intercourse and communication which will thus be provided will form a most important source of revenue; and it is intended that a branch line shall be hereafter formed from Orsett, by Baker's-street, Chadwell, Thurrock, and Li tle Thurrock, via Tilbury, to Gravesend, which cannot fail to pro cure a large amount of traffic, and will enable parties to proceed from London to Gravesend in less than an hour ! Southend is situated at " the mouth of the Thames," and by means of a pier, is accessible to steam-vessels, at all times, for land ing and embarking passengers and general merchandise, and the construction of this railway cannot fail to establish it as a packet station of the highest importance to Belgium and Holland as well u to England. The value of this line to the shipping interests of ready the City f communicationLn don can scarcely is:: ov errated; it will afford with all vessels entering or departing from the mouth of the Thames; ntoc g o n avoid d ma th il e s and by enabling persons to travel between the metropolis and South end in one hour only, will expedite the deliveray; se of a the ers fore a by the space of three hours, and enable p tedious navigation of the river, and the numerous inconveniences attendant thereupon. The advantages which the Government must derive from the for mation of this railway ere obvious, and the proposed line Is warmly supported by the principal landowners, it being an established fact, that railway communication considerably enhances the va'ue of land. The distribution of coal throughout the southern portions of the county of Essex and other localities more inland will form an im portant item of revenue, its will the carriage of will lime for building and agricultural purposes. The great fisheries on the Essex eoast will also form a considerable source of profit, and an immense number of persons will avail themselves of the 'Weans of this railway to go to and from the metropolis and the following places, viz., Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness , Herne Bay, Margate,, and Rams gate. It is also important to observe that by the aid of the Graves end and Rochester, and the proposed Rochester and Maidstone Rail ways, this line will also provide a valuable medium of communica tion between the centre of Kent and London and the eastern coun ties. The engineers of the line have reported " that neither tunnels nor heavy embankments, nor large excavations will require to be made on any portion of the proposed line ; that it is wholly free from engineering difficulties, and may be construe ed at a compa ratively small cost." The promoters of this railway have great pleasure In stating that" The Eastern Counties Railway Company, ,, in a letter to the Solicitors of this Company, dated 9th June, 1845, have signified " that, in the event to of co th o e pe p r r a o t p e os i a l ff il e te rd be in i g ng it co al n- 1 con structed, they will be very happy e n d the usual facilities." The Chelmsford and Bury Railway Company have also expressed their willingness to co-operate in the under taking. A comparative statement of the distances of the following places from London, and the time requ ired for tran sit under the present mode of travell ng by steam- ve ssels, and of that b y t h e proposed railway, is subjoined : PRESENT mom DT STEAM-VESSELS. N Ms. Hours. 4% From London to Southend . . " Sheerness •••• • • • • • • ... 50 •• 44 " Herne Bay • • • • • • • ..... ,• .. If " Marga te •••• • • • • ...... t,, , ? .. 44 .. Rams gate •• .• • • • • •• .... ; 3 a 5 .. BY THE FROPOSED RAILWAY. Miles. Hours , From London to Southend ...............35 .. 1 • 44 " Sheerness •••••• • • • • • ... 40 .. 134 .. .. H ern e Bay ............55 .. 3 44 " Margate • •• • • 65 .. 4 c, ii Itamsgate ••••• • • • .... 75 .. 5 41 . 0rm , 04 .0, via Tilbury .. 25 .. 1 And a summary of the chief sources from which the traffic will be derived. iirocee ding to and from the port of London let. From passemers to the Continent and all parts o f the world. r, , , g il. ~,p , ,s vngers prme eding by steam and other vessels, to or from the port of London to all the eastern and northern ports of the kingdom. 3d. From passengers now proceeding by steam-vessels to and 3750 0 0