The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-17 00:00:00

COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM, AID LEICESTER RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 840,0001., in Shares of 251. each. This Railway will connect Leicester, Birmingham, and Coventry, by the nearest practicable route; and was provisionally registered and capital subscribed long before any other scheme Was projected tor supplying railway accommodation to the district. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES. Present Proposed Distance distance. distance. saved. Leicester to Birmingham.... 49 .... 37 ........ 12 Leicester to Coventry ••• • • • 31 •••• • • • • 24 This line will commence at or near the Wigston station of the Midland Counties Railway, will pass by or near the manufacturing localities of Narborough, Sapcote, Earl Shilton, Burbage, and :Hinckley, through a district most favourable for engineering purposes, to a junction with the Trent Valley at Nun eaton. thence it continues nearly due west to the Whitacre station of the Birmingham and Derby Railway, and south-west by Bedworth to the Coventry station of the London and Birmingham Company. The line will communicate with the Swanaington Railway either by means of the proposed Broughton Astley branch of the Midlands, or of a separate branch to be formed by this Company ; thereby opening the entire of the Leicestershire coal-field to the counties south-east •f Leicester. The Directors, for the last few months, having used their best exertions for the interests of the Company, feel it their duty, now that the surveys, plans, and other arrangements are so far advanced, to acquaint their shareholders with the position and prospects of the undertaking. The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton line, which received the favourable report of the Board of Trade, and was before Parliament last session, forms part of the present projected plan for connecting Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham. The Directors have, by personal inspection, accompanied by their engineer, satisfied themselves of the remarkable facilities presented by the district for executing the greater part of the line ; and from careful investigation the Directors have the pleasure of informing the shareholders that this undertaking eannot fail to prove a profitable investment if supported by local traffic only, and with the certainty that a through traffic from the eastern and western lines, combined i with the great advantages afforded by the junction with the Trent Valley for the transit of goods to and from Liverpool, Scotland, Ire land, and the United States, its importance cannot be over estimated. From the extent of population accommodated by this railway —from the convenience afforded to the trade and manufactures of the Midland Counties—from the vast mineral resources of the dis tricts traversed, and from Its position in regard to other important, established, and projected railways, the Directors feel confident that It will be amply remunerative to the Shareholder, and highly advan tageous to the public. The capital has been subscribed, and the Parliamentary deeds have been executed, and the preliminary survey completed. A list of a new and highly influential local direction, and a nap of the line, will be published in a few days. By order, H. CASSIN, Secretary pro tern Offices, 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, Sept. 10, 1845. THE WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND SWINDON AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION, Being an extension of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,200,0001., in 60,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House Major Beresford, M.P. William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid , land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways David R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the London and Manchester, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail ways Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts, Director of the Chester and Manchester Direc t, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales, And Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir William Twysden, Bait, Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and London and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c. Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Thomas Famcomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon don and Westminster Bank, and Namur and Liege, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberys twith, and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major-General Parlby, C. 13., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Captain James Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of Dean, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, &c. Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the Legal and Commercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of Bengal, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth Railway Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Richard William Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man chester, and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Furness and White haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail ways William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Carpenter, Esq Magistrate of the County of Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways G. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street John Jennings, Esq., El m-grove, Hammersmith William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches ter Railway Richard Parish, Esq., }lank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England L.fe Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway Henry Lewis Smile, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director of the London end Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Cash, Esq. Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham . Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junc tion, and Northampton and Banbury Railways William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near, Bicester, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation Railway John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds Peter Fairbairne, Egg., Leeds, Chairman of the Lincoln, York, and Lee's Railway J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palate, Richmond James Durness, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-sqUare, Islington Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway Martin Furness, Esq. Director of the Newark and She ffi eld Railway William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and Leeds Railway Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melksham, Wilts, Director of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Charles Thomas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield junc tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Provisional Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hitching, H.E.1.C.5., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Midlands' Junction Railways James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near Coventry, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail way William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brampton, Director of the Jersey, and South and 3lidlands' Junction Railway's Thomas Cleobury, Esq., Saekville-street Major Walker, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct , and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Frederick James Hall, Esq , Torrington-square, and Alfreton, Derby, Director of the Trent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid lands' Junction Railways J. W. R. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Me tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Company, and Director of the South And Midlands' Junction Railway W. A. Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways 'William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman of the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, Yo r k. an d L eeds Railway, Dir estor of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Frederick Jones, Esq.. Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Englis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great M anc h ester, Rugby and Southampton Railway William Morley, Esq., Blackheath William Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex and Suffolk Railways Thomas Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction _Railway I. Harvey, Esq., Bush-hill, Surrey John Wheelton, sq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Thomas Collingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the North Metropolitan Railway William Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton Warren Sitormes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Khsgsmill Grove Key, Esq. Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Braden, near Birmingham Joseph Gill, Esq., Leech', Director of the West Riding Junction, and south Midlands' Junction Railways ue, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Robert Power, Esq Queen-street, May-fair Admiral .1% Ayscough, Prospect -place House, Southampton; Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton, and south and Midlands' Junction Railways major Grubbe, Eastwell House, Potterne, Wilts, Magistrate of the County, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and :Midlands' Junction R a il ways T. G. Norbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua and Comme tion, and Sou rc th ial Life Insu a ance Company nds' Junction Railways, and of th e L egal William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Brocke Walbancke Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery WiiMlsut Lee, r Director of the Reading Railway Elia D o rset-place, Dorset-square Henry garage , --'' William T. Thornton , Esq., Berkeley - street, Portman-squ are John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash V all e y Extension Railway (With power to add to their number.) BaNgEas--The Commercial Bank of London. CONSULTING rigoiNEEE —Sir John Macneil, LL.D., F.R.S. Mullillgar Higgins, Esq., C.E. ACTING ENGINEER — Bas inghau-street. SOLICITOR—W. R. James , zsq• LOCAL AGENTS. vided longitudinally by four great It appearsthat England will be di lines of railway, which will become so M anY transversejnal ntrunks , in o te bli rsee que, lng and intersected by numerous both lines, , ca _um with the intermediate as opening rapid and ready coraraHult T_TIE SUN,_LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1845. tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle upon-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and eambridge, may be said to terminate in London, whence all places are accessible. The second line, counting westward, is more tortuous, and has also a common northern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad vantages are materially restricted. This line, descending the Ere wash Vale, and passing through Rugby and Oxford, becomes a South ampton line by falling into the South-Western Railway at Basing stoke. The third longitudinal line, or the most westerly, is still more de fective in design than the preceding; employing the steep and narrow railway called the Birmingham and Gloucester as its first link, it traverses nearly in a right line the least populous and most undulating parts of Gloucester, Barks, Wilts, and Hants; and, properly speaking, has no independent terminus. A large longitudinal section of the kingdom—the West Midland district—a district inviting a similar species of accommodation from concentrated local advantages, still remains unprovided w ith a chief trunk line ; and it is contemplated to remedy this deficiency by the present undertaking, or a fourth longitudinal line. Adopting Birmingham as a northern terminus of the West Mid land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, it is proposed to carry a line through or near to Stratford-on-Avon, Moreton, Stow, North leach, Fairford, Cricklade, and Swindon, where it will merge in the South and Midlands Junction Railway. The length of the proposed line will be about sixty niiles, and the district traversed by it is gently undulating and densely peop'eo. At its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with th 3 South and Midlands, by means of which it opens a most direct communica tion hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weymouth, Christ church, Poole, and Southampton. At its northern terminus, Bir mingham, it communicated with a series of lines, projected, in pro gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can ever be constructed between the southern ports of England and the great manufacturing districts. In the alliance of lines forming the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages lire ! gents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin gencies also. If it be desirable that the terminus of every railway should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re spect the present project is peculiarly fortunate. If Government be resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lines, it will be seen, by laying a role on the map of England from Salisbury to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this prospectus, as being on the proposed line ; and actual measurement has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and Manchester by 26 miles. By the construction, therefore, of little more than 60 miles of rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es tablished—a line, also, however superior in position to others pro mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole, and Southampton. In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Company. Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq., Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the following gentlemen : ...- London—Messrs. J. Peppercorn e and Co., 9, Old Broad-street; Mr. J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Banbury, 4, Angel-court. Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co., and Messrs. Neilson. Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William Marshall. Hull—Messrs. Collinet and Flint. Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co. strattbrd-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton. Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford. Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Fulmer. Birmingham—Mr. Collis, and Mr. Jo - an Wrigbt. Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co. Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M`Callum and ,Co. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARZS. To the Provisional Committee of the_ West Midland, Manchester, - , and Southampton Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot tome Sharei of 20!. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit theresn, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name (in full) .... • Trade or Profession .. Reference.. •• • ........... •• • • •• • • Address of Referee.................. Date 3fessrs Messrs Messrs. Messrs. IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY, (Upon the Broad Gauge), Front London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewafer t espectively. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 25L each. Deposit, 21. 15s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. _ _ The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies. Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman dl" the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder minster Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the City of London Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and South Midland Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Lond on Millis Coventry, Esq. , Whitehart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. 'Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and George-street, Mansion House John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, 'Tunbridge, Kent, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of the South Midland allway Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park. London, Director of the Dublin, .Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South Essex Railways Francis Edc, Esq., 34, Great Whichester-street John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lonthard-street, and West Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon street, London H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of tke Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company Patrick Eras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and Blackwell Railway Company W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon Cutchbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North-read, North Brixton Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways • George Haminond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London ‘ Assistant Tithe Commissioner William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square William Breynton, Esq. Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon don, Director o f Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwell Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the St. Katherine's Dock Company William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Charles Thomas Weide, Esq., Clopton house, Warwickshire, and Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire George Payne, Esq., , Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor place, London Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromigh Castle, county Cork, Union Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way Company Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William I Congreve Russell, Esq. ' Leamington, Warwickshire, Di rector 'of the Warwickshire and London Railway Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d Light Dragoons Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity square, London Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough -buildings, Bath Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming ham Railway Company R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham shire Railway and Wolverton Junction Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks Union Banking Company William lialcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and Dorset Bank Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks Thomas Carlisle, Esq. Clifton, Bristol John Kerle Haberiled, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Troup, Esq., Hastings John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and Southampton Railway Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways James Ogden, M.D., Salford Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" John Holford, Esq.; Rushohn Hall, Manchester C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford Union Railway Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction John Lillie, Esq.. Manchester, Director of Manchester and South ampton Railway John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and Midland Railway Companies Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool Win. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeack, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance'-office Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near She ffi eld, Director of the Huddersfield and Shffield Railway Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast Railway Company Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq.. Sheffield, Director of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar rowgate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the Londoi and York and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Esq., Manchester William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways lenry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Henry Shaw,' Esq., Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merckant John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Cony missioner John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex William John M`Guire, Esq. Hampton Court John Gray Wilson, Esq., Ox ford-terrace Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefevre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton Thomas Chits. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tringhans, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury "enry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield (With power to add to their number). BANKERS—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—ChATICS J. Whalley, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED. At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq. At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harlbrd, and Staunton At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole At Tiverton At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between Landon and the Land's End. Ina national point of view such a line is indispensable. With the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its position at the western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition as a Packet Station. -Southampton, with far less natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in creased its imports from 200,000 t. to 3;000,0001. per annum. At Bris tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased. The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been set "on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by railway. The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the present can ultimat e l y sa ti s f y th e ex i genc i es of the country in regard to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of the empire." The present project Is distinguished by this—that It is direst. It is as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga mated with this Company, the immense local Influence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line.; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford ing all the accornmodation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western rtailwly so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wen s ' (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than any existing or projected railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence It is proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the latelyproposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes tern; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 miles that it will trams' rich and populous. agricaltural • • and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro jected with every chance of success. As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway; and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the map will make it manifest theft no competing trunk line can ever be established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between Taunton and Reading, au inspection of the map will show a vast ex tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of railroad accommodation. Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet commerce of the kingdom ; It may not be out of place to quote here the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley, which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth; and it may be further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed to interfere with that great national object. The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par liament. It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, an co-operation of the landowners, and that tke Directors are justified in asserting that this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the kingdom. Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at our pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, aid to the shareholders in the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected with the Direct Western district. Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to he solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary. London, September 11, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you:willallOt me shares of 25/. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/. 15s. per skare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract when required. Dated 1845. Name in full .. ................. Residence.... • • • ..... Trade or Profession ...... ....... Place of Business (if any) ....... Reference .. .. . • ... ..... ......... Signature.... ................... THE 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 Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip. By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary. Sept. 12. 1845. 4QHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY, ► forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef field, York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. _ :The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House of Commons.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield Batson, James, Esq., Ironniaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di rector of the South Staffordshire Railway Beddocs, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton Beamish, Captain, Kenslngton-square Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire and Manchester Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire Evans, Thomas, Esq., Clun, Shropshire Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, Bil ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews bury Junction Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire Fourdrenier, George IL, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwieh, Staffordshire Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven dish-square Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of the Anglo-Belgian Railway Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont gomeryshire Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire Marston, Francis, N:sq. J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Summerhlll Works, Tipton, Staffordshire Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire Newelmbe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields Ironworks, Dawley, Salop Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfrlars, Director of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester ltigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millfleld W or k s, Bilston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Ryton .William, Esq., Wolverhampton Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire and Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich Slade, the Rev. H. R., D.D., Wolverhampton Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Brid gnor th, Di rec t or of the Worcester and Crewe Railway Co Spicer,lar iCha rles ne, and p W., 0 r E t rs u s q , Portman - square, Director of the A rmag h, h and Grand Lond on an d Dublin Approxi mation Railways Stead, James, Esq , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Weidock Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire Tudor, Samuel, Esq. Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton Wainwright, Ri c h a rd, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com pany, l Brentbra„e • House, Hendon, Middlesex Wells, Thos. Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Chin, Shropshire Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Irournasters, Whittington Iron Works, near Stoarbridge Wilson, Lieut.. General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth Salop (With power to add to their lumber.) BANKIas. Messrs. Tones, Loyd and Co., LothburY, L ondon Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4 , Whitehall,} Messrs. Adams; Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches. ENGINEER IN emir—Samuel Olegg, Esq., ACTING ENSINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun., Newport Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretten Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham William Harding, Esq., Burelem, Staffordshire Potteries Szcarrm—George Bond, Esq. Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings, London. The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proceed from thence by Eecleshall, Offiey, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale ; there, crossing the proposed " Wor cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under-Haywood, to Wistanstow, in the county of Salop, where it will run Into, and form a junction with the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway." The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire coal-field, to a depot proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire, and also from whence it will be-conveyed by the " Hereford, Shrews bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire and the neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to calculate the extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown and Llanidloes, the price per ton will be reduced one - half at those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water. A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop shire ironmastorg,f or the conveyance of lime-stone fl'om the neigh bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of land and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey it direct into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense. By its Junction with the " Grand Junction" and the " Hereford and Shrewsbury" Railways, this line will form a direct communlca• tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales. Asa junction line alone (connecting as it will such important rail ways), s large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely. populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving agricultural neighbourhood, it will be obvious that a sufficient local traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of capital required to be embarked. The line, which. will not interfere with any property of erns mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and will be constructed at much less than the average cost. Such important local co-operation has been secured, that no oppo sition Is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure. The liability of the Shareholders wail be limited, by the Act, to the amount of their subscription to the capital stock ; and power will be applied for, to allow interest at the rate of four per cent. per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the further calls, from the date of each payment until the opening of the line ; and the first deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the Act o Parliament shall have been obtained. Maps of the line, prospectuses, & c ., are t o be obtsined from the Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents, also the brokers, Messrs. Mieville and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Messrs,. Caster* Casenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old ham, Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Solrnes and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, Esq. Sheffield; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull; to whom applications for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may o addressed ; sad it will be necessary that reference be made to a banker , fKiliCitOr, Og parsoll clrespoiasibility. EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. EXCURSION TRAINS TO CAMBRIDGE. A Train, consisting of open Second-class and of Third-class Car riages, will leave the Shoreditch Station, on Monday, the 22d, and Monday, :the 29th instant, at Nine o'clock, A.M., and Hertford at Half-past Nine A.M., returning from Cambridge at Half-past Six o'clock P.M. The . Trains will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Brox bourne, and Ware. Fare to Cambridge and back, from any of the above stations, ss. Eastern Counties Railway-office, Sept. 8, 1845. READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY, connecting the GREAT WESTERN, SOUTH WESTERN, LONDON and BRIGHTON, and SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. Provisionally registered, pursuant to 7 & 8 Viet., c. 110. Capital, £600,080 in 30,000 shares of £2O each. Deposit, £2 2s. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Viscount Chelsea, M.P. for Reading' Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street John Humphery, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the City of London Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens Sir William Young, Bart., Director of the East India Company Daniel Mildred, Esq., Banker, Nicholas-lane Colonel Robert Douglas, R.A., United Service Club, Director of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Major Jelf Sharp, Twickenham, Deputy Chairman of the Thames Embankment Company Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rushland Hall, Lancashire, Director of the Tcan and Dove Valley Railway Major Morse Cooper, Wargrave, Berks Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton-terrace, and Broome Hall, Dorking , Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey William Strahan, Esq., banker; Strand, and Ashurst, Dorking James Garrard, Esq., Pinner, Middlesex John Leveson Gower, Esq., Bill Hill, Wokingham, Berks James Hartley, Esq., Leadenball-street, Director of the Peninsular . . and Oriental Steam Navigation Company James Hayward, Esq., Wokingham, Berks Captain Hodges ? Connaught terrace, Hyde Park John Jackson, Esq., Upper Beigrave-place, Eaton-square Charles Johnson, Esq., Hennerton House, Berks Captain G. Evans, R.N., Headley Grove, Dorking John Keene, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland John Weldale Knollys, Esq., Reading William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square David Mocatta, Esq., F.S.A., 32, Brunswick-square Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life-office Edward E. Molyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, Director of the Shrews bury and Hereford Railway John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., 29, Montague-street, Russell-square William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman of the Church of England Life Insurance Company John Southgate, Esq i Pebble Coombe, Reigate Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Gros venor-square James Joseph Wheble, Esq. ' Bulmarsh Court, Reading, Berks John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Director of the Leidester and Bedford and Leeds and Liverpool Railways William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 17, James-street, Buckingham- gate Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick square, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway (With power to add to their number). ENGINEER—SamueI Hughes, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richards and Rogers, Reading. LOCAL AGENTS. Wokingham—J. L. Roberts, Esq. Dorking—Mark Smallpiece, Esq. Reigate—Thomas Hart, Esq. Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq. Bagshot—John Mears, Esq. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Reading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. Reigate—Messrs. Nash and Neale. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Hugh Innes Cameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street. SECRETARY (pro tern )—Digby Powell, Esq." Temporary Offices, No. 1, Ohl Jewry. For particulars see the prospectus and map, which may be ob tained at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Old Jewry, or from the Solicitors, Parliamentary or Local Agents, or the following Share brokers :—Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, Exchange, London; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. T. N. Balne, Gloucester ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Collis, Birmingham; Mr. Neilson, Liver pool ; Messrs. Newmarch and Withington, Manchester ; Messrs. Ilingley, Rawson, and Bingley, Leeds ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Grayson and Earle, York; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Mr. W. J. Eaglesfield, Leicester ; Messrs. J. Peet and Son, Nottingham ; Messrs. Pilians and Home, Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Reading and Reigate Railway Company. ;11Gentlemen,—I request you will allot me shares of 201. each in this Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to execute the Sub scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required. Dated this day of 184 Name in full ... ................. Profession • . • • • •,..• Reference in full.• ..... READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED after WEDNESDAY next, the 24th inst. —Dated 16th September, 1845. By order of the Board. DIGBY FOWELL, Secretary (pro tern.) Offices, I, Old Jewry. JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON TEGO BAY. _ Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street. Capital 1,500,000/., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each Deposit 2/. per Share. A Reseryation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested is the Island. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernarvoushire Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard Sir John J. Hansler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster Thomas Fameomb, Esq., Alderman of London Major Adair, U.S. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng land Insurance Company Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway John Blvd, Esq. Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director 'of the Commercial Bank, London Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell Lieutenant-Colonel Clines, Cambridge-terrace F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London and Manchester ailway Francis John Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail way James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside-and Leyton, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St. Elizabeth's J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and Western Railways -W. C. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, ' Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Cork and Kilkenny Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National Bank of Ireland William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In surance Company Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coalsden Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General Fire and Life Assurance Company (With power to add to their number.) Elio?axis—William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, Esq C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane. The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons conversant with the islan 1 of Jamaica. The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King. ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of 305. per passenger. The difference in the freights between the northern and southern sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King ston, instead of being confined, as they now, are, to the exposed ports f the east and north of the island. The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Merant, Plantain Garden, Man chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria, t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego 1 ay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed h etween the most important and populous places, and facility offered for carriage of the produce of the most prodactive portion of the island. Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun tains, which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country, rising, into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar tcles of sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other spices, dye wood, drugs, Sec. ; and as more than one-third of the land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton, indigo, cocoa, &c., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vita, ebony, Spanish elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will also bring largely into use the valuable painmtt, , and various other woods for agricultural and household purposes, cad cabinet works. The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ; lead ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver ; whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic. The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material* necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut tings and embankments will be generally superseded. A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line, and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ; —the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased to capitalists r the benefit of the Shareholders. Of the vatic is imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti mate can sea cely be given —it will be sufficient to state, that Coals, Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops, Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and Manufactures generally, form important sources of profit. The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re quired, and the speedy communication established between the island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, will !enable the Directors in this country to exercise an efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island. . . The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the Payment of 434 per cent. interest upon the amount paid upon the shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line. Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43, Moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors, 47 , Moorgate-street, London; and the following Sharebrokers : Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Tbrogmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39 , Lothbury ; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London; Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. ♦. Brown, and Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co.. Leeds; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester ; Mr. F. Stamp, Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham ; Mr. Samuel llutchinson, Bradford ; Messrs. Wall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee, Cheltenham ; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax; Messrs. Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun., Southampton; Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh ; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; Messrs. Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street, Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may be had. To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 5 01. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21. Per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, . Name in full •• • •• ••• Trade or Profession •• .• • • •• • • • • . Residence.......... •••• • " ' ••'•" ' • • • Place of business (if any) ...... Date •.• •• • •• . Reference .. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. * Wood Is Dr. Par iltarly as hard as iron, and in that Cemet4 is na)re durable. C a Z OUTH MIDLAND, or NORTHAMPTON a n d 1.3 LEICESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that on and after WEDNESDAY , the 17th nst., the Offices of this Company will be at No. 3, Princes-street, Westminster. By order, GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Secretary. 1, Gray's Inn-square, Sept. 15, 1845. ISLE OF WIG-HT RAILWAY. Capital 300,0001., in 12,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, Si. 12s. 6d. per Shr PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. CRAIRMAN—THOMAS GISBORNE, Esq., M,P. DEPUTY - CHAIRMAN—HENRY TOOTAL, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield William Collins, Esq., M.P. Charles Popham Hill, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Bonchurch Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, Hants N. Barwell, Esq., East Cowes Castle Captain Thomas Dickinson, R.N. Thomas Claxton Esq., High Bank Cottage, Ventnor A. J. Drewe, Esq.. Elm Grove, Ventnor William Betts, Esq„ Bevois Mount, Southampton James Durham, Esq., Victoria Park, Manch e st er , Di rec t or o f th e Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company George Sandars, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Trent Valley Rail way Company Joseph Nadln, Esq., Manchester Joseph Lankester, Esq , Southampton James Hibbert Wanklyn, Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director of the Trent Valley Railway Company Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the Manchester, Bux ton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway Company John Barff, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York Rail way Company John Lillie, Esq., Derby House, Manchester, Director of the Shrews bury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company Jame. Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company William G. Beare, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway Charles Lyall, Esq., 33, Westbonme-terrace, Hyde Park Gardens. ENGINEERS. Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S.A., M.R.1.A., Engineer in Chief. Sherrard and Hall, Acting Engineers. BANKERS. In Newport, Cowes, and Ryde—The National Provincial Banking Company. In Southampton—Messrs. Maddison and Pearse ; the Hampshire Banking Company. In London—The Commercial Bank. In Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank. In announcing that the Allotment of Shares is now made, and that the letters will be posted this evening, the Directors regret their inability to comply with the wishes of a very numerous and respectable body of applicants. JAMES WHEELER, Manchester. DEACON and LONG, Southampton. 19, Great George-street. Westminster, September 17, 1845. . PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS. (Registered Provisionally.) T HE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, Connecting with the Great Western Railway OR the one side, and on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Marksbury, Stanton Priory, Farmborough, Timsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Paulton,Wellon, Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, KUmersdon, Newberry, Coleford, Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, Crosscombe, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham, Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell, Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorlinch, Sutton Mallet, Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater. It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near the station of the Great Western Railway at Keynsham, and proceed by Burnet to Marksbury and Farmborough. Thence it will pass on the west side of Timsbury, and go on through the numerous and ex tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western side, and thence through Babisgton to the eastern side of Newberry, from which there will be a bran - ch ling to Frome, passing by Elm on the southern side. The main line *lll hold its course beside the Upper and Lower Vobster coal works and Goodeve's coal works, through Melcombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip. Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side of Bodden, and to the eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sides of Ham, Crosscombe, and Dinder, to the southern point of the city of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Coxley and Coxley Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Pol sham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt on the northern side Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell Between Shipwick and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and thence spanning, the railway Into the borough of Bridgwater. The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs. The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers, goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject. A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied by a map of the line and the tuljaceut eountry, laid down upon the scale of one inch to a mile. EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi B IRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 300,0001., In 15,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 2/. 2s. per share, in accordance with the standing or&rs of the Houses of Lords and Commons. No call to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham lohn Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton CoMeld C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re. gent's Park, London John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc tor of the London Central Terminus Company George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford Railways Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire It. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park, Bristol Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and the Worcester and South Wales Railways Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham • Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham Thomas Bollman Upfil, Esq. Birmingham Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Hall, Staffordshire Major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Railway Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerford Park, Wilts, Military Secretary at Hyderabad William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Director of the South Midland ; the Northampton, Banbury and Chelten ham ; Leeds and Carlisle ; Manchester and Southampton, and other Railways T. R. Wright, Esq„ Northampton, Di rec t or o f th e S outh M id land Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and. Tam worth, Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield Railway John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton William Boyden Watts, Esq., Birmingham J. Mee Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Manchester Railway Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birmingham Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wharstone House, near Birmingham Capt. M'Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service, Euston-place, Euston-square, London Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance Company Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, &c., &c. John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham Hercules Hanes Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, Glouces tershire William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham John George Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atherstone, Direc tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham John Russell, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and Liverpool Railway' Joshua Horton, Esq., /Etna Iron-works, Smethwick, Staffordshire Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham It. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and Liverpool Railway Companies (With power to add to their number.) ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E. JOINT SOLICITORS. $. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, London. Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London. LOCAL AGENTIL Birmingham—W. H. Bete*, Esq., New-street ; and C. B. Jagger, Esq., New-street. BANKERS. ➢fessrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London. Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham. This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich- Uhl, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone, Sutton Coldfieid, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham. The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Union Rail way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway jitst below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line, via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct route from Manchester to London, but will leave Birmingham on the west, which can only be reached by the circuitous route through Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles. _ _ The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de- As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked, it is sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income aris ing from the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingham, the emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated neigh bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the lines from Manchester to Lichfield be made. This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the North to Birmingham. The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 20/. each. A deposit of 21. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers of the Company. No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent. per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answerable beyond the amount of their Shares. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contrast, which shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or make Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present un dertaking for the benefit of the Company, as they may deem proper, will be ready on the day fixed for the payment of deposit, and will be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for certificates e Scrip ; and the shares of any Subscribers making default in the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited. No application for shares can be attended to, unless accompanied by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker. Forms of application for shares, espies of the prospectus, and a map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offices of the Company, 60, Moorgate-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from Local Agents; from Mr. B. B. Williams, 17, Throgmorton-street, London ; Mr. W. H. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington, Liver pool ; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Forlay, Leeds , Mr. Thomas Evans, Mil som-street, Bath ; Messrs. Eilgood and H arrison, Leicester. BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Te the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201. each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de posit of V. 2s. per share thereon, aid to execute the Subscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract when required. Dated this day of 1845. Name in fhll ................., ....... Residence ........ ...... ..... Profession or Business ..... Reference ••... • • • I atairta .. • • ..... •• • ..... •. • THE LEEDSand CARLISLE or NORTHERN TRUNK. RAILWAY of ENGLAND, With a Branch from Otley to Bradford, being the completion of a di rect communication from the Midland, Southern, Eastern, and Western Counties of England to the Northern and Scottish lines. (Provisionally registered.) Capital 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Belgrave square, and the Riding, Northumberland Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Director of the Cork and Water ford Railroad Sir John E. de Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir mingham Extension Railway Major William Beresford, M.P., Pall-mall, London Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester • Direct Rail way, Liverpool and Leeds John Yarde Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., of Holme-park, Devonshire Captain Beare, Porchester-place, Hyde-park, Deputy Chairman of the Great Munster Railroad B. Oliveira, Esq., Upper Hyde-park-street, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway - John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the General Maritime Insurance-office C. Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull Edward H. Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, and Director of the South Midland, and Direct Western Railways .Thomas Canny, Esq., Claremont-square, London Richard Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway W. It. Collett, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Great Western G. Colquhoun, Esq., Weimer Lodge, Regent's Park, London, Chair man of the Asturian Mining Company, and Director of the Man chester and Southampton Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, London, Director of the Com mercial Bank of London J. Charretie, Esq., Park Village East, Regent's Park James Clay, Esq., Director of the Furness, and of the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railways C. Cuningham, Esq., 4, Clarges-street, Piccadilly George Faith, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway John Grifliths Frith, Esq., 11, Austin Friars, and Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Captain S. N. Fisher, Junior United Service Club, and Regent's Park, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Direct Con tinuation Railroad B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway, and Liverpool and and Leeds Sir Andrew Pellet Green, R.N., James's-place, Buckingham-gate Henry Plumptree Gipps, Esq., Montagu-street, Russell-square, Di rector of the London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway, &e. Edmund Gwyer, Esq., merchant, Bristol Captain Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the London and Hounslow Railway Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Dire - ctor of the London and Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds, and Direct Western Railways Francis Kiplin, Esq., Darlington John Knill, Esq., London-bridge-wharf, London, Director of the Wor cester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railroad, &c. Thomas Laurence, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London, Director of the Direct Western Railway Edwin Cadman, Esq„ of Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Railway James Steele, Esq., the Mayor of Carlisle Lumsden Mackeson, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Reading an d Reigate Junction Railway Captain James Macdougal, the Grove, North Brixton Joseph Madill, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Michael Middleton, Esq., Darlington Robert Millington, Esq., Ordrill House, Retford George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Oxford, South ampton, Portsmouth, and Gosport Railway Archibald Paull, jun., Esq., Devonshire-place, Portman-square, Di rector of the London and York Railway William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford and Witney Railway Colonel Edward Stopford, Director of the Asturian Mining Company Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railway William Tanner, Esq., 84, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, Provi sional Committee of Direct Western Railroad W. Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde -park, Director of the South Midland and Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten ham Railways. J. Wightman, Esq., Director of the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway W. Aiming, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor chester Railway Thomas Sanger, Esq., Exeter William Hammond Ambler, Esq., Bishop Auckland, William Hawthorn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, a e. Bobert Hawthorn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Thomas Peacock, Esq., Bishop Auckland, Edward Railton, Esq., Broome Hall, Durham, y e Samuel Sharp, Esq., Quarry House, Harperley Park, E = l 0 Durham, ?. Villiers Charles Villiers Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon- r ?•••• Tyne, James Atkinson West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham W. Bradley., Esq., Manor . Oaks, Sheffield, Director o f th e - Sheffield and Manchester Railway, of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway, and the Direct Western Railway, Edward Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Direct Western Railway, William Henry Home, Esq., Blackburn, Chairman of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, and Director of the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Railway, and of the Manchester and Wigan Railway. Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, London, Director of the Great Eastern and. Western, and Canterbury, and Dover Railways, The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird PUlteney, Parliament-street, Whitehall, London, John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Ito samel's Great Northern of France Railway, of the Man chester, Liverpool, and Great North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank of Ireland, . Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Leyton House, Essex, Director of the Direct London and Man chester Railway, Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Director of the Hull and Selby Railway, Thomas Eastham, Esq., Kirkby Lonsdale, Yorkshire, William Thomas Jackson, Esq., Tadcaster, Director of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway, Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hall, Halifax, Director of the East and West Yorkshire Junetion Railway Joseph Thompson, Esq., Jobn-street, Bedford-row, London, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., London,-Director of the Commercial Bank of London Sir William Young, Bart., *London, Director of the Hon. East India Company, and of the Leicester and Tamworth Junc tion Railway Robert Stanslieldjun., the Breck, near Halifax,' Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, Christopher Liusdale Bradley, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, John Harland, Esq., Merrick, Richmond, York shire, Francis Morley, Esq:, Merrick Park, Richmond, Yorkshire, Directors of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England Junc tion Railway. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. S. P. Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 24, Lime-street. The object of this Company Is to shortern the present railway com munication between London and Edinburgh, and to open up a direct railway communication through the populous and wealthy counties of Yorkshire, Westmoreland, and Cumberland, between the impor tant towns of Leeds and Carlisle. This railway will connect the lines south of Leeds with those de parting from Carlisle, thus forming the shortest route between _Scot land and the midland counties, and the only remaining link to the great trunk lines from the west and south-east of England through the midland counties to Carlisle northward, and will effect the saving of upwards of forty miles in the distance between the capitals of -England and Scotland. In addition to this it presents the important consideration of a di rect line between the Solway Firth and Hull, the chief shipping port in the north-east of England. This line will traverse a manufacturing, mineral, and an agricul tural district, and will afford railway accommodation, among other considerable towns, to _those of Wakefield, Keighley, Hunfleet, thus ley, Otley, Birstall; Pudsey, Knaresborough, Skipton, Allendale, Appleby, Jtichmond, Dalton, Kirby Stephen, Hawes, Ripley, Blugley, Brough, Aldatone, Kirby-Malzeard, Aysgarth, Morley, Eccleshill, Sllsden, Bedale, Masham, Brampton, Grinton, Carleton, Harrogate, Whiteley, Bewerley, Fewston, Reath, Botoughbridge, Wetherby, Aberfard, Featherstone, Sawley, Pannale, Morton, Thorner, Hesket, Linton, Bolton, Kirby-Thorn, Grassington, Burnsale, Addingharn, Ikley, &c., besides very numerous manufacturing villages scattered along the line, comprising an aggregate population (including the ter mini) of more than 700,000 persons. There are no engineeringellillculties, and the line will be one of easy and inexpensive construction, probably considerably under the average cost per mile of railways. • It is almost needless, to advert to the enormous passenger traffic which this line must command, whilst the conveyance of its manu facturing, mineral, and agricultural prOducts will ensure it a highly remunerative revenue. The Leeds and Carlisle or Northern Trunk Railway of England will form a junction with the protected Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway at Leeds, and by means of the proposed branch line frets Otley to Bradford, it will unite with the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway. As this line will effect a saving so considerable in transit to North Britaiustedn,to it may safely be assumed that her Majesty's mails will be en- Applications for Shares to be addressed to isewitockrst,,roSt.er:. Hook, Esq ., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, and Messrs. Keddell, Baker, an Grant, 34, Lime-street TokenhoUse-yard ; Messrs. Taunton and Bush, Austin -Mars Lon don ; Mr. J. N. Balme, King-street, Gloucester ; and Messrs. Nyti. bum, and Sons, North-street, Holton. LOOK TO YOUR GAS METERS' P' A SAVING of TWENTY-FIVE P er C 5 0 4, 1 :" • ° in GAS will be EFFECTED by PURCHASIN G )10 13 PAMPHLET on the FRAUDS and FALLACIES of 0•18 cos Price, only One Shilling. Second Edltion. . Groe May be had of' W. Strange, Paternoster-row , ; Printers and Pubrshers, 5, Trinity-street, Southl." Booksellers. 01 1 :MPORTANT TO RAILWAY SPECULA TOR frOw „ HARE LISTS to be seen GRATIS L.T. ( 6 01"0 kJ the Share Markets in the United Kingdom , ,Dieb KILL and CO.'S, 54, Moorgate-street, City, from, are RAILWAY and other ADVERTISEMENTS are dail country and Irish and Scotch newspapers, by Expres 3 Ots L OAN and DISCOUNT AGENCY hal° n ed transacted, upon the equitable principle of 41 ), „o commission, by a gentleman of extensive moneyed con n `;loct known respectability, as as interview will satiscactorill to 0 0 Address Mr. Charles Fitzroy, 5, St. James's-square (s°' NOTICE is hereby given that the t° TEE SOCIETYhas REMOVED from 28, rv• - _, o oo o ' premises lately occupied by the London Assurance C° l r . Birchin-lane, l f THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE• tar: s e 0,1 The Nobility, Gantry, Subscribers, and the Public at LTC $"„ t ell spectililly informed that the season will commence on zni i tit SEPTEMBER 27th, 1845, and with the hope of retain patronage with which its entertainments have, for the 1 40 0 years, been honoured, the Lessee has en t ere d i n to engag' the following artistes : te l FOR GRAND OPERA. Plg elatje Tzrroas.—Mr. W. Harrison, Mr. Allen (his first a. : t ot. ei o these three years), Mr. Barker, Mr. Henry, and a De,", 1 ;, /, gr. h i his ;'' BASSES AND BABZITONEB.—Mr. 80/Tani, Mr. Burt , . gin e , ' Mr. S. Jones, and Mr. H. Phillips (his first appearan ce ID P turn from America a 0 1° 0 SOPRANI AND CONTRALTl.—Mademoiselle Jenny L in 4 o.l) , of. Imperial Theatre, Berlin, her first appearance in E eb ilele° Romer, Miss Rainforth, Miss Poole, Miss Collett, Mi ss (her first appearance on this stage), and Madame Anna 7 . THE ORCHESTRA has been selected from her Maio° rise and the Ancient and Philharmonic Concerts, and will on ° of the first talent in the country. ..A Musical Director, Signor Schira. THE CHORUS has been augmented to an wyree and arranged with great care. Chorus Master, Mr. Tully. , E. • FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPEC., Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre, Mademoiselle Flora 3lOO miere Danseuse from the A ca de m i e R oya l e de Musiqueikole' selle Plunket, Mademoiselle Dabas (from the Academie, Ae le, first appearance), Mademoiselle Lo u i s , Mademoiselle •""deei moiselle Camille, Mademoiselle Juliette Potier, and r a tres Henriette Guerisot (all from the principal Parisian T" e first appearance). e t il ro fi ese Monsieur Petipa (his first appearance o n this Stag ( „ t . „ years), Monsieur Albert, Monsieur Despl aces , M. Barr.' f t Academie Royale (his first appearance), Monsieur Pieh le . P principal Theatres of Paris and Vienna), Mr. W. H. D i rslOi. Matthews, Mr. Delferier, Mr. Howell, Mr. Wieland, 311;;Oet, his celebrated Sons, with a numerous body of Corps de rantes, and Promeneuses. Ballet Masters, MM. Albert and Barret. Under Ballet Master, Monsieur Pichler. Superintendent of Spectacle, Mr. W. West,. c d Amongst other NOVELTIES of the SEASON IT A new Grand Ballet, in three a c t s ( never acted), to e• apet‘' LA FILLE DE MARBRE, ot.P" Composed expressly for this Th ea t re, b y M . St. George ape The music by Monsieur Adolphe Adam. g • The last popular Ball e t i n Paris, called LE DIABLE A cb A NEW OPERA, by Mr. W. V. Wallace, whose cola have excited the greatest expectations. ' And a NEW GRAND OPERA, b y Mr. Benedic t . In a woo , m t rg. complete repertoire of works from the most eminen t colnYiAioe. 'V Arrangements are moreover on the p o i n t of en ie l ) • treaties pending, for A GRAND OPERA, the Music by Do n i ze tti, th e Libretto 1)/- THE CAMP OF SILESIA, By the renowed composer 31. Meyerbeer. 0 An ENTIRELY NEW BALLET, for the appearance o Of are brated Danseuse, and for several others, whose answers pected. The Scenery under the Superintendence of Mr. Ori el* , Stage Manager, Mr. Harley. 1/9. ,4 The General Management under the Direction of Mr. 8, *.30 The Box-office will open on Monday next. ..eer' J. PARSONS, Box-13001' THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMAktKET. LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. THIS EVENING Will be repeated the celebrated Comedy of KING vv. Irish Brigade. Louis the XV., Mr. Howe ; Duke de Itio;110 11, ,jer H. Holl; Captain O'Neil, Mr. Hudson; General Count mde Stuart; Countass Dillon, Mrs. W. Clifford: Diarehion ess mont, Miss Julia Bennett; Duchess de Malay, Miss Telnit t iod Ts be follewed by a New and Original Comic Drama, e,„ ° ..,,0 1 . , FALSE MR. POPE. Lacey, Mr. Hudson; Captain if i . - 310 5 , 1 0, Howe; Mr. Peter Redwing, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Bre s r:oel , Horton ; Miss Jenny Gillett, Miss Julia Bennett; Dirs. Edwin Yarnold. 111° In the course of the Evening, Mr. Joh n P arry w ill sing Id a Song of " Young England." ur P e° To conclude with RURAL FELICITY. Si mon Sly, Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and g"iia , Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. A rc h er at the '— from Ten till Five o'clock. THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI. UNDER THE DIRECTION OF' MADAME CE— S T . THIS EVENING t Will be repeated a New Dra ma , ent i t l e d CLARIS„,•Dot! Merchant's Daughter. Marti a l, M r. W e b ster ; J o hn bfunyard ; Barbillon, Mr. Wright; Galon, Mr. Pa id Ciarisse, Madame Celeste; Milanie, Miss Woolgar. After which, will be rep ea t e d, THE B UY KING; . 4 or, 0 Peccadillos. Louis XV., Madame Celeste; De Lauzum , gar. In the course of the piece, Grand Review of tale CPO In To To be followed by a farce. in One Act, called n; ABROAD AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wo.'"." Caudle, Mr. Wright. "- o t ow Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt; c Band, Mr. Mellon. THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. ,or. UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. NE''. THIS EVEG Will be performed a New and Origin Nl N al Comedietta, en-- ;;; ed 1 1; 'OO JENKINS ; or, Fibbing for a Friend. Principal Cnii`, Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Turner, Meado ws; M rs . Kole ) Daws be on. c To followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be e a ses,„lef' ry GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Sc e ne, -"'" I‘`" • Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Viddelit , wel ° 4 F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, .lies Dawson. and Al t he To conclude with OPEN SESAME ; or, A Night with ; of, „ e r, Thieves. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, F. M a th e ws, Tni: L o rot i j, nold, and Keeley; Miss Hodson, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss F' ll soW' t Miss Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Turner, Mies Hicks, 311 ' s and Mrs. Keeley, The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Ai r ' om Ten till Four. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF Al ",f, „,0 4 PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BAV` v erP` Glorious career of the New Egyptian Spectacle, of rank and fashion to this magnificent temple of gorgeousrloo9 revelry, THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, and The Lily °l„nceddO nightly ° o estro and The Horse of the Pyramids, having been pro n° ;so,o l ' most successful piece ever produced (see opinions of the .P,„ o e%te o be repeated every evening until further notice, together isrli`",, Arw,i,4e pleasing scenes of the circle, combining the first equestrte yo tir o in the world, amongst which may be enumerated Marla n d , eo t Tournaire, Mademoiselle Klatt, Mademoiselle Dnmos , ts , ',o Sylph of the Arena, Miss Isabelle, forming a galaxy of f el "„jodel 0 1 unparelleled. The Entertainments each evening will at e qty an entire new Afterpiece, entitled JONATHAN; or, Two Masters. Box-office open from Eleven till Five. Equestrian as usual. Acting Manager and Stage Director, Mr. T. u-'O DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRB• 01 1 ' FOR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. R. 1 1 °' 0 0 THIS EVENING to. Will be performed JOSEPHINE ; or, The Fortune of Wye, r D'Archambaut, Mr. Lewis; Guillot, Mr. S. Cowell ; JoseP d Fitzwiltiam. 0 0 , 00 "0 , After which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER . 1 %6 I Halyard, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. 1101311er ; .'" .10 bud, Mrs. R. 'Tomer. i 41' t o AN - (1.'n09 a To be followed by LES PETITES DANSEUSES i'" ;‘, pi (under the direction of Mr. Frampton) in their celebrate d , Fleurs," and " Pas des Moissoneurs ;" in the course of NOIR ' de Cinch" and a " Pas de Fantastique." /s lkir• To which will be added A CONCERT, in which yjr , Mdlle. Burett, and Miss Collett will appear. ~,I, To conclude with ABELA HD AND HELOISE. Abe. Mr E. F. Saville; Heloise, Mrs. R. Homier. SO° Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner , .-pa ..„--- t ...re, from Eleven to Your. WO The present Magnificent Representation can only be sv- - few remaining Weeks of the Season. , A , AO I FOURTH WEEK OF THE COMET. „„nlity - The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imp i ft 4, ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN , ,,,,c' ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS, WEDNESDAYS, and TU Will be presented a Magnificent ~E O ll , MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDIND." - The Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen. The Unequalled Menagerie—Giraffe and Chiral: 4 r THE MAGNIFICENT MODEL OF ITENICTor-w - Shewing with the greatest accuracy every portion of the in City ; this wonderful Work of Art occupied seven y eah completion, and cost 2,0001. Go' llret THE PROMENADE CONCERTS, „Jr. By the unrivalled Band ofthe Establishment, conducted bYS At Dusk will take place the most extraordiajt - iO , OO EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEA I ` its '- Introducing a Representation of the COMET, which ta k e; Flight from the extreme het of the Ganc IL, And, as a Finale, u Grand igh , Royal, and Pat ti rioti c o g TAB, of th e Fifty-two feet in height, wiII AQUATIC be exhibited LEAU in th e Centre A asS 0 The PORTRAITS of HER MAJESTY and PRINCE 04: 1 Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Einbleata ti) Other Devices will be introduced. ,plokT o sf This, combined with the Feux D'Artffice, the Salute and t hee. from the Castle and surrounding Heights will forll,oP'' BRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER 0. The Tableau de. ig,ned and executed by Mr. Da" - „„,,0 Pyrotechnist, Mr. Soutliby. fi fe Admission, One Shilling. A t i• A Feeding the Caraivora at Half-past Four ; Pelicans, 8 / . 00 1 10 , Concert at Half-past Five ; and Pyrotechnic Display ii onrie ll oillif This Day, Sept. 17, the Royal South. London o n fn i os' & , ociety will hold their Last Flower Show of the season d ing extensive and Liberal scale which has characterised Pre ce w ,gaT c ;o o " and which has stamped them to be equal to any th e ital To-morrow, Sep. 18, the Boys of the Royal ffosP u m I 4. 0 Greenwich, accompanied by their Band, will pay their " r e 3", at all - . hi And. lIyTI of A.a ti .` A t : TYrikinT t ‘ erae nt t °f ,.eonsi4, We r" --- n ,,, , orniti a most It er : l ginal a n C °lburt; D, E J_ : „, , et Per Of the prints Tx R icharc il QUdI Ir . „ , I,AT io , If/ Ir "cit-tt, nosy Loitb • I MILTe ` l . 'll , 1 41)y I C r t , 110 . 1 . ERF] V itt.' sT RZP S t. 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'of the . ,fferent times la( attached to a prat ilials of P anama, b 3 tigatious and survf om iri 14ed bet ween the ' il d'st a rya canal, a shi ntial told masonry , fi nally, a ra t advocate s and 11 advocates France,: elitOnates they hay t t e'h trltar d i red b` they e have he , appear th kil t of th e .., so expense :of the design fraraed on an o?ierican and the re: tomicall y calcul Fated unon consent the I o f this noblepr At eut, was attribtit the ito•rscittu3s, oil 4,,lllllftill'et'llfi°atts:rn.le Beli, ialt, 0 ,, ee adients, a le ks, the It: 3 °, it and the clery theseoole telT!tor, V Cthe first7aerig adi r a n tl°l ' " /kar kr es on the one 6rl d I,,,a'Nba't on the o th er , who have so. ' this great bridge I, \ l by eensitieratioi ,J, or the by th e Ma inten ance idttion, a, earl t4O trade of all 4 tlir part in its Ilieacy, in referen( 1 hOstile relations as `ofiAtions), it is no. 1 that an infant re tout all the net t.tratetnheiz a affdaiergr' e: k -.48 8 t o s i nk mi esent, in a n enligh It s alie mu s t derive most estab lished a n , `l%tern hemisphere ~and advantae. ( N ates g w hich h ave f dsties and interest d troubles. 4 , .., a 3 announcement, i 'te n the P the last, t i acific Ste lelit fo r the con of America, betty Panama, across transfer them to 111 , Y, wally in tf'l''',l the gr( 41,, . . ik,,,te,eroaanating the ''S'ethern.Oceans and Asia to ( r°44 c 'f' 11 l'k ly , .ri. onlan- 1 e k, ,elt,llwy of a ittithargeable anxili Ie combination 0: h; 4Pital, and a fell alalte thQ 6 e , k i ,e , saert c I Lo Loth parties, t°lllT)ttlity of purp ‘' ,1 .0 to be or l ea „ ,k,..1t,, undertakml litiu 4tlgAdae, the me! ttluh of two oceans )114t1 the lizliter k Jkt 4, _ . s, Pt .'e,'Ootaal or 00 i'bett,ata American G takt • 44t1 the Mode t: I C 11,1 tile s hap e of il pt.,. ttaele Privileges. ttt;;;Iillial residence, ova LI ti.he I't. official natur ggl, ahNe, With the rei kas ;I 'l . the South t t,411114 licit they could ot, 4iQate With uncle 1 'Actatt 44, voyages, a ttlt t,.;° °I. Cape Ho ke the gildlli ''l, Nit, treat s( 1, ,to shapi 4. era, Will be aN tki ' °" retilsr i rita hy the ""1 i tep, latioZttliiletioill'ain and kt 4 , 1, to its ad th 110444‘144tiorit .14 1.. es , ~,,, _ a, rtillveli it; are d ispos e e ttlercantl • g a t; i,pctio 1 e ir 1114 c) ittl,_ Vpotir t Ls_ . 4'B 1144'..41,! Writ" 11114);411°P9P.4P3 L. y, are civd!sz -,:es that equally nil kust as,iirecll i. ~....._ ' ''' lo t ~ , --- W 4t1,`4`.1. in the To Ptkios`,4`l4lg the znet kopie'":l'4°4 aell,e, 'l.ll ' Praise Lit 4.1, brill el in ti 1 0 44 k ilt' turn from America). t i e d , ,', , leo!. SOPRANI AND CONTRALTl.—Mademoiselle Jenny - wle rio ,, V• ..r a , ii Imperial Theatre, Berlin, her first appearance in E, I : b itelea,, op ?lir), Romer, Miss Rainforth, Miss Poole, Miss Collett, Miss ,011 0 : 1 0' , ' its ' (her first appearance on this stage), and Madame Amna . ",,11 1 ',,e0 the j THE ORCHESTRA has been selected from her Maio ° ''e ' kop e Pr P q and the Ancient and Philharmonic Concerts, and will a n th e ,I, kr, l aSt of the first talent in the country. 00' L ~ , e , Musical Director, Signor Schira- „reit at; ' 0 THE CHORUS has been augmented to an unpreac'" - %, 41 ' ° oe• and arranged with great care. c o " 8 Chorus Master, Mr. Tully. ,r . , (err 4• a ..,* FOR GRAND BALLET AND SPECTa , " of' o.* )1 . 1 4 Mademoiselle Adele Dumilatre, Mademoiselle Flora f3 ilad e li ,;.'htti, miere Danseuse from the Academie Royale de musique ) l o l l e , " A ` o t , 3elle Plunket, lllademoiselle Dabas (from the Academie, ' doe, 3 0 1,0, t4tj r , t Irst appearance), Mademoiselle Louis, Mademoiselle .".,, a dei , , Fril• , noiselle Camille, Mademoiselle Juliette Potier, and f ‘ ,'",,tro3 , / „ce, Flenriette Guerinot (all from the principal Parisian Th en tar `c d• ' 0 irst appearance). we thr le , t 0 th ,„ 4f tret Monsieur Petipa (his first appearance on this ga (fry' a; ' 1,:, atr k , mars), Monsieur Albert, Monsieur Desplaces, M. Barret (fiv er '' , '41 4 , ' Academie Royale (his first appearance), Monsieur riew e ,.,e, '',o ~. , 1 01 Irincipal Theatres of Paris and Vienna), Mr. W. 11. Pnritifir:, Viltot, datthews, Mr. Delferier, Mr. Howell, Mr. Wieland, 311 ;;,,get , ' ` e rixl a ' ds celebrated Sons, with a numerous body of Corps de .. k ord. el antes, and Promeneuses. Ballet Masters, MM. Albert and Barrel. It ~ i' aar it ""sto r Under Ballet Master, Monsieur Pichler. gth Superintendent of Spectacle, Mr. W. West. ~,,o_, ra ri , Amongst other NOVELTIES of the SEASON wit , i t 'f',,r aq A new Grand Ballet, in three acts (never acted), to a' op' a thra ' LA FILLE DE MARBRE„ ) V d e „. 4 `"a !omposed expressly for this Theatre, by M. St. George an° .4. %t q alr The music by Monsieur Adolphe Adam. c,11.!.3" t o' "I The last popular Ballet in Paris, called LE DIABLE A . i ' ' "Ira ' - A NEW OPERA, by Mr. W. V. Wallace, whose CO I' 0 111 5 '., a Lave excited the greatest expectations. T „ e dditio n ; Po r , k ale ( And a NEW GRAND OPERA, by Mr. Benedict. 4 " -,,,,,-- erg. o f, L'ane e omplete repertoire of works from the most eminent co rn ' - ,,Lioa , ,' A . f„ ° *a Arrangements are moreover on the point of en nll)- AO NI -411 se, eri, treaties pending, for by , Ito an ' . GRAND OPERA, the Music by Donizetti, the Libretto ninon hearli„ , THE CAMP OF SILESIA, CI • By the renowed composer M. Meyerbeer. o f ii An ENTIRELY NEW BALLET, for the appearance o af ao 0 , 8 ( rated Danseuse, and for several others, whose answers ar e c'd Oh mted. Griev e, 4 ktillle The Scenery under the Superintendence of Mr. , it, Stage Manager, Mr. Harley. BO ' Ilta lli The General Management under the Direction of Mr. , tio i,,, ••• The Box-office will open on Monday neatepe' 14 . 1 % . ti, ...... J. PARSONS, Box -B 001 "'" "tee 0: 4 I THEATRE. ROYAL, HAYMARKET. b. Ith e LESSEE, MR. B. WEBSTER. Tl a t o _ B , th e THIS EVENING or , si p , ~ , i 9 0. . Pry ti Will be repeated the celebrated Comedy of KING 0 lqr eta, at , 4 41 3,, . ish Brigade. Louis the XV., Mr. Howe; Duke de Binh e oo,, , gr fr,,, , th e . Holl; Captain O'Neil, Mr. Hudson; General Count .. 1) de '' I „.a (a l ,uart ; Countess Dillon, Mrs. W. Clifford: Marehione so ~,$); al r "" 1 4 ont, Miss Julia Bennett; Duchess de Malay, Miss Telblo t i e d ,it, (4,l,ag'ilo Ts be followed by a New and Original Comic Drama, env oh f , ,'' IV &LSE MR. POPE. Lacey, Mr. Hudson; Captain tr ° 3lio, l o, "Iti r i n 6r id owe; Mr. Peter Redwing, Mr. Buckstone ; Mrs. Bre v neel , l tt,. 4th orton ; Miss Jenny Gillett, Miss Julia Bennett; Mrs. ," :0 1 LI 'red I ,_ twin Yarnold. elf)` ': sh 3 g 111° a f ot * ' 0 In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will 100, the ,ng of " Young England." s ue- e, to ts ,- t . a conclude with RURAL FELICITY. Simon Sly, Aff• i i i ii 'O 4 tp l'itti o , Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and n- .o 1 th, ', ckets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at th e ..........„ / .st r , " tr am Ten till Five o'clock. 1 4 4. e th,i i THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPIII. i a:ST/ . , a at, , 'ae3 UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CE. , - - '' . -, 0 THIS EVENING of , li p kil t , Nil ( Will be repeated a New Drama, entitled CLARISSf. ; bet,„4, lb,qlilai erchant's Daughter. Martial, Mr. Webster ; John '''''s. .4kl th at unyard ; Barbillon, Mr. Wright ; Galon, Mr. ra ni Oil 14'4, -aat erisse, Madame Celeste; Milanie, Miss Woolgar. r o r bil, ~ hout aro 4i After which, will be repeated, THE BOY KING; - is s ,' - ar‘ i 'a II th ceadillos. Louis XV., Madame Celeste ;De Lauzunfr g io lsA "*--- tar r. In the course of the piece, Grand Review of th e v A 4 / 6 .,. it treM fantry. 'AA k'qoa ~.„a cs& pv b ._ ess To be followed by a farce. in One Act, called aa...,* - " n k ki rLese ns . MOAT/ AND AT HOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Win. - - - Oti ", _, of N mkt she udle, Mr. Wright. . et Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Lin IV'nkit es nd, Mr. Mellon. N t4tri l THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM. , f J O. t N " UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KB' .1 0 S a THIS EVENING . fed 0 . v. T ap t f ates Fill be performed a New and Original Comedietta, em it .. a cta f jp o 4 ( hitt.. NKINS ; or, Fibbing for a Friend. Principal Char ¢ ll l ~,,,i tet t , - 11 tr s•srs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Turner, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley , r 0 n 11 1 , c wson. „lid ' O , IN ' tout 7o be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be ca Ie Ltd VERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, 1 "_.• - I‘ B' lo , ' f 7‘ . purtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Vidde a ''')W,,.,iii voy e ll th i Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, digs Dawson. and )I „ r 'ir i e . ` , ,,t' o, 'N o ., 'c, conclude with OPEN SESAME; or, A Night with of, I,et, 'ltt ''ellt eves. Characters by Messrs. Wigan, F. Mathews, Tar D rot,,,j, h) 4 Of A I, and Keeley; Miss Hodson, Mrs. Woollidge, Miss n il SO k A ari,, as Grove, Mrs. Wigan, Miss Turner, Miss Hicks, M iss aaa .ok tra.., Mrs. Keeley, c o, 4e.4. fie Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr' t ti kri y . , ' n Ten till Four. l , 'lr a' . T ITS. , ~ of , a ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF J.- f• ao N4,11)1, PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BAv r o vereon 4,,_ sra At c lorlous career of the New Egyptian Spectacle, ank and fashion to this magnificent temple'of gorgeouse.,ooPtoe N t h '-a al nightly - ,,,,,e5 of . Nk ii , •,, dry, THE BRIDE OF THE NILE, and The Lilt o f a c ed *pi IN r Oaq _ The Horse of the Pyramids, having been pronto), o ct , fl y o f t successful piece ever produced ;see opinions of the r, i. „ pes' o te o N higi epeated every evening until further notice, together wi,",, at Or tl , tha r sing scenes of the circle, combining the first equestr,...o yo oe L i tti, g he world, amongst which may be enumerated Mad e e nd 01 ,7 1 t1 5 }, ,-, rnaire, Mademoiselle Klatt, Mademoiselle Dnmoa , ide ta',o '), 'Ca • t, Du II of the Arena, Miss Isabelle, forming a galaxy of f ol ,lucte, ' of th, , 4,,, arelieled. The Entertainments each evening will coil, 251 ,- i tt :tob i '''t( !ratite new Afterplece, entitled JONATHAN; or, 1 " 4/ els ~.,• % ''' t(, Masters. „,rtioll b i ' i , Ni i Ni),, az-office open from Eleven till Five. Equestrian ...... 1 9 0 !k_tieo , mat. Acting Manager and Stage Director, Mr. T. "•Luv -414 o' l ll DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRB• oso' 01, s 'el OR THE BENEFIT OF MR. AND MRS. R. 1 1° ' 0 10 't . . lito t at THIS EVENING ill be performed JOSEPHINE ; or, The Fortune of W sr ,ai . 5, 11 11,to r ti 'a •chambaut, Mr. Lewis; Guillot, Mr. S. Cowell; JoseP'"" ,a' Na ry , ' Floe viltiam. ifs' e, stir q , er s' ter which, MY POLL AND MY PARTNER JO E ' I TV k.,,,! ard, Mr. T. P. Cooke ; Joe Tiller, Mr. R. 1101111er ; 31$ ~..0 L , N, - in Mrs. R. Moaner. ..,,-(11, 4 ±"; J o ilf` : ta ai •- GR .• , ..........._,......... ,• - EA T MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, and GRIMSY JUNCTP IT Jr iILIVAY. F ont The shfreehaiders are respectfully informed that attendance given NT/Ith the Parliamentary Contract and Subscriters' Ag ee o t o for execution by the Shareholders, at th e following Plac es ' ;b o ck undermentioned days, between the ho urs of Ten and Fire o when the Bankers' Receipts ' may be exchang ed for SerilL and 20th Liverpool—Adelphi,Hotel Friday and Satur da y , 190 Setember. " Manc p hester—Moseley Arms, Monday and Tucsda3r, 22d and 2ja ditto. .4v azir 2 0 . Bradford—Mr. Mason's Office, S h are broker, IVednes— ' Iludd to ersfield—Mr. Moore's Office, Thursday , Leeds—Royal Hotel, F_Fj{l4y and Saturday, 26th and 27 I . noilt London—Castle and kalcon, Aldersgate-street, Tuesd September, and Wednesday, Ist October. Seereta' l ' FRANCIS PARKER, 25th dittot., TEL BOSTON, NEWARK, and NSFI SHEFFiri gig RAILWAY, NOTTINGHAM, MA ELD , Si 0 1 LANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY. the T Nottingham, o D t t i in re g c t h o a r m s o fmtahnesfißeosl Mansfield, n a , rid Newark, Midlandsand J S ne ta an i 11150:14,1 happy to inform the shareholders and the public, tha t e c o mpasT 'nation of interests has been effected between the two 0 g : upon equal terms. The Directors can only view the ing ID vantages which will arise from this union as a uh s ' fiends Just! congratulation. The Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid a . _, t Railway will, by its Clay Cross extension, open up the haustless coal fields of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Egs sun.pton of Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and the new CO' through the medium of their seaports create a new and exteersiand and import trade. It will also pour an immense Passenger Sotti r , g. traffic into the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield line, oilev; ham, Mansfield, and their populous districts to Slietne t i " field, Manchester, Bradford, and other large manufactien riaasno.bidi in the counties of Lancaster and Yorkshire, by means at. . obi understanding with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rall'%watt. the amalgamated lines are intended to join. The 805t0.%.001 and Sheffield Railway will confer an equal benefit uPun tl i for disg2l o , ham, Mansfield and Midlands Junction Railway' , hi f t only the most direct and the shortest mode of coramunt otio, Sluffield and the North, but in consequence of the anta l e e ve Oa t will decrease the expense of transit, and ensure an eaten st o ft . in Lincolnshire and Norfolk for the valuable minerals 4 , 11 j ots' sources which the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlan''' Railway will, in its progress, necessarily develope. By order, JOHN DENNISTO, S e t oy. T. H. RIGBYS , Se re Mansfield, September 10, 1845. Rotherham, Sept. 13, 1845 PLIE RAILWAY ENGINE (price reePe9cBl 1. Stamped), Next and every following Saturdal ntroritfeOtt'' Communications and Advertisements to be forwarded 145, Strand, near Somerset House. will be ,VIIIIIIII/11.11.11.1115 tillU HUVCI - LISCUittLIGN km •v -145, Strand, near Somerset House. NEW WORK ON MADEIRA, BY THE AUTHOR Or LATIONS OF noel' Comprising with other features a complete I.ll° Fcp. Bvo., elegantly bound in cloth, price 7 0 ." - ii r eceu' of T HE OCEAN FLOWER. A Poen). 15 1 ° 0 f the A in. by an Historical and Descriptive Account 0 so f SP o r Madeira By T. M. HUGHES, Author of " Revelatuosia e ci o " Besides a history of the island, a review of the F e nme sl et i iv es ditions under Prince Henry, which led to its cliscoverY•Pgqlo 46 o, of Portuguese history, and a notice of its literature, Mr•-orile" a very good, though brief, description of the present state with some advice for invalids or others proceeding pleo' prose of Mr. Hughes is informing, his ballad-veil' is to Di Spectator. best Leh " The and most descriptive account of Madeira found in any published work."—Bell's Weekly 31essea0. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and LOOO-