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Etteraturr. NOTICES. Church of Enaland Quarterly Review. London : W. E. Painter, Strand. The July number of this review contains some admira . 4fre articles, and is, as a whole, more than usually inter 4eattilm and instructive. We would particularly recom .7meskel for perusal the first paper, on " Scriptural Geology," 215 which the question, recently made a subject of discus awn in the columns of the Lond , aa Times, and treated of several recent publications of high literary authority, Is ably dissected; an exposure of the treacherous con &act v:hich has characterised the royal dynasty of Savoy im its treatment of Protestant nations, and the Protestant ierhahi tants of the val!ies of Piedukont and Savoy, and Tte Prospects of the English Church. From the latter me-have selected two extracts, which contain some re otarks worthy of attention at the present crisis. in the :article on the Endowment of Maynooth we are glad to Sad the editor getting rid of the rather conceding ❑otions which bare been too apparent in former numbers. The review of Southev's Life cf Doctor Bell and an article on Jesuits and Jesuitry are also able papers. SELECTIONS. THE HEALTHY Or.n DRAMATISTS.—In the old dra matists there is the beauty of health, strength, and inviti tiik sincerity. Sorrow there is, as there is in life; but it is a sorrow that sympathises with every human being, anti is too genuine to be warped into a selfish and gloomy misanthropy. They wrote before the good English word -4 " feeling" had whined itself into the French one " senti zwerrt." They were too hardy to need to shelter them selves in the soft cloak of sentimentalism, and thought it worthier and more poetical ambition to emulate the an gem in love, than the devils in scorn and hate. Byronism would have stood with numbed limbs and chattering teeth, as the sharp, bracing, mountain air, in which alone their longs could find free play. Yet there, amid the bare ma jeetic rocks, bloom tender Alpine flowers of delicatest hue LIT& rarest fragrance, and the sturdy moss creeps every &ere with its heartfelt green; which, even in cloudy agrazther, looks as if it had garnered up in itself a store of whine.—Lowell's Conversations OILNITHOLOGICAL EXPRESS.—The system of commu nication by means of carrier-pigeons, between London nod Paris, is carried on to a very considerable extent, and at a great cost. There are several perfect establishments lit up by parties interested in the quick transmission of lortcliigence, at the ports of Dover and Calais, and at re zoiar distances on he reads of the two countries; whence Ilva, birds are exchanged in regular order, as they return - vita their little billet. The interruption occasioned by Igte flours of night is made up by a man on horseback; who again, at daylight, on arriving at a pigeon -station, transfers his despatch to the keeper, who has his bird in -readiness. The distance by day is accomplished in less than eight hours. It has been found that hawks have vowed themselves dangerous enemies even to these quick -Sighted birds; akol a premium of half-a-crown is paid la-every hawk's head produced. The pay of a keeper is £ a-year ; and, when this is added to the cost of food lied the expense of sending the pigeons on from station to la.ation, to be ready for their flight home, it will appear that the service is attended with considerable outlay. The duty of training young birds and the management of the old ones, in feeding Them at proper times, and in keeping them in the dark till they are thrown up, is very ricapansible, and almost unceasing. A good bird is not tepposed to last more than two or three years.—Thornp sou's Note-book of a Naturalist. OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE.—We have called Ire -hand an essentially agricultural country; and so it is, =Qv a red at least with the rest of the United Kingdom. In Great Britain and the Channel Islands the agricultural popnlatien is not quite a halt of the trading and manufac tering (as I to 2.07); whilst in Ireland it is much more ttan treble (as 3.55 to 1). Whether these proportions tare increasing, or diminishing, since 1831, no certain con clusion can be formed; for the returns of occupation then were made of the number of families, and now, of the =amber of individuals employed. This uncertainty has gir ext rise to much discussion, not only on the relative fIEIPATees, but on the actual proportion of the manufactur wag and trading to the agricultural population, and on reir respective importance in the production of national -wealth. In the course of this discussion the report of the commissioners has been much censured, as underrating tie agricultural population, by not including in it artisans alcoployed immediately in the service of agriculture—the smith, the carpenter, and the harness-maker, who supply the ploughs, the carts, and the gear of the horses. But -sere are we to stop? Must we class, also, as agricul turalists, them who dig the iron-ore, and them who smelt it? —the wood-merchant who buys, and the sailor who intsp.3rts the timber ?—the butcher who strips off the hide, mod the tanner who converts it into leather ? And, if so, itike same workmen, employed yesterday for the farm, are to-day preparing beams for the power-loom—and wheels, aural straps, and collars, for spinning-jennies —and giant t n engines, doing the work of a thousand horses. In r liort, if the producers of an article are to be numbered with those who consume or employ it, all distinction is at as end, and all enumeration confounded : the tailor would be reckoned in every class, because no class goes naked.— Qatrterly Review. TRANSFORMATION OF A Locus.—ln the summer •tereiniugs it is common to see upon the trunks of the trees, reeds or any upright object, a heavy-looking, hump tacke:d brown beetle, an inch and a half long, with a scaly mat, clawed lobster-like legs, and a somewhat dirty as pect, which latter is easily accounted for by the little hole -risible in the turf at the foot of the tree, whence he has laari.y crept. I base sometimes carried them home and ached with great interest the poor locust " shuffle off &is mortal," or rather earthly " coil" to emerge into a aM , P; world. The first symptom is the opening of a small Oa ;which appears in the back of his coat, between the ith*.adder;;, through which, as it slowly gapes wider, a pale, silky-looking texture is seen, throbbing and heaving 3Parkwards and forwards. Presently a fine square head, -ati two light-red eyes, has disengaged itself, and in pro 4..iess of time, (for the transformation goes on almost im eptibly,) this is followed by the liberation of a portly taiwly and a conclusion ; after which the brown leggings sre pulled off like boots, and a pale, cream-coloured, weak, *oft creature very tenderly walks away from his former which remains standing entire, like the coat of mail of r warrior of old—the shelly plates of the eyes that are gime looking after their c , ntents with a sad lack of "` &peculation" in them. On the back of the new-born mature lie two small bits of membrane, doubled and crumpled up in a thousand puckers, like a Limerick glove Cr At walnut-shell; these now begin to unfold themselves— And gradually spread smoothly out into two large, beauti- Sal. opal-coloured wings, which by the following morning leave become clearly transparent, while the body has ac waived its proper hard consistency and dark colour; and -e'sesi placed on a tree the happy thing soon begins its tirring, creaking, chirruping song, which continues with Titale intermission as long as its harmless, happy life.— Mrs . Meredith's Australia. THE DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.—FrOM early youth, , yoang, Churchill vvas distinguished by the elegance of his SiaTinerS arid the beauty of his countenance and figure— ,,,avantages which, coupled with the known loyal prin *pies of his father, and the sufferings be had undergone j the royal cause, procured for him, at the early age of *roma, the situation of page in the household of the Duke 4ate York, afterwards James 11. His inclination for arms -was then so decided, that that prince procured for him a co=.mission in one of the regiments of guards when he isms only sixteen years old. His uncommonly handsome bare then attracted no small share of notice from the heseitties of the court of Charles 11., and even awakened ptssion in one of the royal mistres,es herself. Impatient Ito signalize himself, however, he left their seductions, sad embarked as a volunteer in the expedition against Tagigiers in 1776. Thus his first essay in arms was made a. actions against the Moors. Having returned to Great 3ritain, he attracted the notice of the Countess of Cas tkenaine, afterwards Duchess of Cleveland, then the lavourite mistress of Charles 11., who had distinguished helm by her regard before he embarked for Africa, and isi - ao made him a present of £5,000, with which the young Jridier bought an annuity of £5OO a year, which laid the tkoandation, says Chesterfield, of all his subsequent for ,integ. Charles, to remove a dangerous rival in her mu/steady affections, gave him a company in the guards, Had sent him to the Continent with the auxiliary force adricb, in those days of English humiliation, the cabinet 4:l' :it. James's furnished to Louis XIV. to aid him in subduing the United Provinces. Thus, by a singular seisistcidence, it was under Tureime, Conde, and Vauban that the future conqueror of the Bourbons first learned art of scientific warfare. Wellington went through age same discipline, but in the inverse order : his first Y.4tnpaigns were made against the French in Flanders, iris next against the bastions of Tippoo and the Mahratta lssrse in Hindostan.—Blackwood. IocTWEEN " 'l'.. D r, " 11.1•4 Luno -ZYNDHURST.—The influence of Lord Lyndhurst in the House of Lords is almost co-extensive with that of the Duke of "Wellington. Popular institutions favour the daily legitimate depostism—that of mind; and these two Conservative statesmen remarkably illustrate this inevi table tendency of the weaker intellect to yield voluntary ..respect, if not entire submission to the stronger. Perhaps lit would not be going too tar to say, that in the present -condition of the House of Lords, if the Duke of Welling ton and Lord Lyndhurst resolve upon carrying any par tic..olar measure, they have the power to do so. That their proceedings a:e usually characterised by unfailing good sense and judgment, supplies a sufficient reason why they should wield this influence; and renders it un- Ir.cestary to inquire whether they would be able to exer dse it in the same degree if they proposed measures which the general common sense of the house would repudiate. Of the fact, however, that these two statesmen are now the ruling spirits of the House of Peers, there can be little doubt. The sources of their influence are different. • The Duke's power over his obsequious fellow-peers is de- Eyed from his great moral weight, his historical repute eon. his proved sagacity, and the stedfastness with which sc as known to uphold all that can contribute to the con solidation of the national strength. It is a personal in fitsence. Men follow his lead because it is he who leads, not because they have decided in their own minds to go the same road. Lord Lyndhurst's influence, on the Other hand, is intellectual—founded upon the evident latrragth of his mind, his translucent abilities in debate, Attid the towering proportion of his general character. His contemporaries yield him the precedence because they feel assured that be has brought to bear upon any ques tion before him all the resources of a perfectly organised • intellect—that learning, acuteness, experience and judg ment, have done their utmost. The Duke, they think, • *oust be right, because a sort of moral instinct directs him the true policy. Lord Lyndhurst commands their sup. - port. because they feel that he has investigated all the . 2e:wings and exhausted all the modes of which a subject as capable, and that he will take the right course by the Imre preference of reason and judgment.—Fraser, GLOCESTER, AI3ERYSTWITH, & CENTRAL WALES RAILWAY, AND THE IMPROVEMENT F TIIE PORT AND HAR. DOUR OF ABERYSTWITH. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to the 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.) CAPITAL, £1,250,000, in 50,000 SHARES of £25 each. DEPOSIT, £1 is. 6d. per SHARE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, K.G. The Right Hon. the of, of Lisburne, Crosswod-park Aberystwith. The Hon. A. F. Berkeley, Spring-gardens. Captain Btamish, 16, Kensington-square, and Maes Mawr. General Sir Loftus . Otwav, K.C.8., 13, Grosvenor-square. and Cwm Elan, near Rhayader. Arthur Macnamara, Esq., Llangred Castle, Hay, and Caddington-hall, Dunstable, Bedfordshire. The Venerable Archdeacon Venables, Llysdinam-ball, Builth. T. Fuller Maitland, Esq., Garth House, near Builth, and Park -place, H enley• on-Thames. Lieut.-Colonel Crutteriden, R.A., 13, Percy-street, Bed- ford-square. John Nichol' Came, Esq., LL.D., Dimland House, Cow bridge, Glatnorganshire. The Rev. G. A. Blakeley, M.A., Kinnerton, Radnor shire. Marpriaduke Gwynne, Esq., I,lanelwyth ball, Builth. Major Lindam, K.H., St. Alban's Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's. Colonel Powell, Hardwick, Herefordshire. The Rev. Thomas Powell, M . A., Vicar of Borstone, I f ere fordshire. William Snead, Esq , Glasbury, Radnorshire. William Alfred Hill, Esq., 29, Loosdale-square. Conway W. Lovesy, Esq.. jun., Coxhorne, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. William Prosser, Esq., jun., 13, Windsor-terrace, Pim lico. John Barber, Esq., the Old Court, Bosbury, Hereford shire, and Lincoln's-inn. Captain Samuel Price, R.N., Senior United Service Club. Edward David Thomas, Esq., Welfield-house, Radnor- shire. _ Thomas Thomas, Esq., Penkerrig, Radnorshire. Thomas Turner Roberts, Esq., Lwnderw, Breconshire. George Donkin, Esq., Wyfold Court, Oxfordshire. William Theodore Elliott, Esq., Cowper-house, Brorop ton. Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex. Captain Edmund Nurcott, R.N. Tomkyns Dew, Esq., Whitney Court, near Hereford. Thomas Prickard, Esq., Ddrrw, Rhayader. C. Parsons, Esq., Presteign. J. C. Severn, Esq., Penybont Hall, Radnorshire. Captain Horatio James, R.N., Rhayader. John N. Lloyd, Esq., Wye Cottage, Hereford. Henry Lingen, Esq., Penlanole, near Rhayader. J. P. Glen, Esq., Presteign. Hans Busk, Esq., Glenalder, Rhayader, and 4, Great Cumberland-place. C. White, Esq., Aberannell, Builth. Edward G. Winthrop, Esq., 8, Glocester-street, Park street, Regent's-park. C. L. Green, Esq., Blandford-street, Portman-square. John M. Davies, Esq., Panty vyden, Aberystwith. Thomas Davies, Esq., Llangattock Court, Crickhowell. The Rev. G. A. Walker, M.A., Alverthorpe Parsonage, Wakefield. T. B. Ricketts, Esq., Combe House, Presteign. Guy Parsons, Esq., Presteign, Radnorshire. R. W. Wood, Esq., 30, North-bank, St. John's-wood. Samuel Beavan, Esq., Glascombe Court, Radnorshire. A. M. Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple. The Hon. Captain Vaughan, Birch Grove. The Rev. J. W. Morris, Ystradmyrick. Lloyd Vaughan W atkins, Esq., Penoyore, Breconshire. IL 0. Powell. Esq., Aberystwith. Thomas William Higgins, Esq., Hay. P. Mein, Esq., Glencartholm, Canonbie. Hugh Powell Evans, Esq., Noyadd, Rhayader. Rev. Samuel Evans, Kington, Herefordshire. Robert Henry Lindacn, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset- square. John Williams, Esq., Skrem House, Radnorshire. Alfred Stephens, Esq., Aberyssw•ith. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. G. P. Hill, Esq.. 21 A, Soho-square. William Eyre, Esq , Bond-court, Walbrook. Messrs. Edwards, Ross. SECRETARY. — Thomas Hawker, Esq. BANKERS. Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, & Co., 67, Lombard-street. I\TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that, in conse• 1.1 quence of the numerous applications for Shares, no more will be received alter THURSDAY, tha 31st instant. By order of the Boarl of Directors, T. HAWKER, Secretary. Temporary Offices. 21 (A), Soho-square, London, where Prospectuses may still be obtained. July 17th, 1845. EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. AT a stated HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEET ING of the Pl‘ 0 YRIETORS of the EDINBURGH, LEITH, and GRANTON RAILWAY, held within the Company's Office, 8, Ahercrnmhy-place, Edinburgh, the 17th instant, ERSKINE DOUGLAS SANDFORD, Esq., She;iff of Kirkcudbright, in the chair, The Secretary laid on the table the newspapers contain ing the notice of meeting and a copy of the . circular sent to the Shareholders. The minute of last meeting was read and approved. The following REPORT BY THE DIRECTORS was then read : At the stated half yearly general meeting, held on the 30th day of January last, your Directors stated, in their report, that contracts had been taken for the Leith and Granton Branches. of the Railway, and that they had also contracted witeMessrs. Barr for the execution of the larger portion of the tunnel, being ahnut 670 yards. RANTON BRANCH. It was stated in the report that this Branch would be opened by the end of June, but the continued wet weather and the difficulty of obtaining the necessary stuff for the embankment for some time retarded its formation. Your Directors are, however, gratified to state, that they have now received the decided assurance of the contractors that the whole of this Branch will be finished by the third week of August, and ready to be opened for traffic. LEITH BRANCH. Your Directors have every reason to be satisfied with the progress made with this part of the works, which are in so advanced a state as to leave no doubt of this line be ing open to the public within the time specified in the contract, if not at an earlier period. TUNNEL. As regards the tunnel, it was not until the month of March that the contractors could get their arrangements completed for commencing active operations. Since that time, however, considerable exertions have been made, and your Directors feel satisfied, from the vigour with with which the operations are at present conducted, that this important part of the undertaking will also be com pleted within the time specified in the contract. With respect to the smaller or northernmost portion at the tun nel, your Directors were most strongly advised by their Engineers to execute this portion of the works under the immediate direction of the Company's Engineer and the superintendance of Mr. William Paterson, whose services the Directors were fortunate enough to secure ; and they are happy to state that the expectations they had been led to entertain of 11;s abilities and energy have been fully realized. Your Directors are also gratified to state, that the method adopted for securing the buildings on either side of the street, during the execution of the works, is so completely satisfactory, that any apprehension of danger that may have arise❑ previous to its commencement has been entirely removed. Your Directors are happy to state, that the traffic on the Trunk Line is still steadily increasing. Your Directors consider that it will be satisfactory to the Shareholders to know that the Caledonian Railway Bill having now passed, and a junction between that Railway and the Edinburgh and Glasgow, at a point to the eastward to the city, being highly probable, there can be no doubt that the whole export trade of the west of Scotland sent along these railways must be carried to the ports of Leith and Granton by their line; and, as they have now acquired a large and valuable wharf upon the line of railway at the harbour of Leith for their ex clusive use, they can afford facilities for shipping of which no other railway can boast. The Edinburgh and Northern Railway having also secured their bill, the important traffic of that line (which has not hitherto been calculated upon) must or necessity pass along the (irauton Drancb. The projected Edinburgh and Peebles Line will also be an important feeder to the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway. This line is calculated to pass by the extensive and valuable manufactories upon the River Esk, from which great quantities of paper and other goods are exported. Your Directors also think it right to mention, that Messrs. Haig, of Bonnington, have applied to them for a small branch to their distillery, and have offered the ground necessary for its construction. The amount of goods brought to and sent from the distillery amoun's to 60,000 tons per annum, all of which will be carried along the Railway if the branch is given. The Directors will give this matter due consideration. Different applications have already been made to the Directors by extensive manufacturers for accommoda tion at their terminus in Market -street, with a view to the facilities which their line will afford for exportation. Your Directors have not thought it necessary to enter into any further detail, this falling more properly under the department of the Company's Engineer, whose report is now submitted. (Signed) E. D. SANDFORD, Chairman. ENGINEER'S REPORT. TO THE COMPANY OF PROPRIETORS OF THE EDIN BURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON RAILWAY. GENTLEMEN, — Before proceeding to describe the state of the works upon the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway, it will not, I hope, be considered out o f pl ace briefly to advert to the very improved position which this Railway now occupies, when considered with reference to the new railways which communicate with it from the south, as well as those which extend through it from the city of Edinburgh to the north of Scotland. As respects these railways from the south, since th e report to the last half yearly meeting of this Company was drawn up, two bills have passed both houses of Par liament, the one authorizing the execution of the Edin burgh Branch of the Caledonian Railway, and the oth er the Edinburgh and Hawick Railway. The present bill for the latter line does not extend beyond Hawick, but arrangements are made for an application to Parliament in the ensuing session for its extension to Carlisle, where it will join the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, and thus form a connexion with all the existing lines on the west coast of England. These two new lines of railways from the south, the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway from the west and the North British Railway from the east, cannot fail to conduct a large stream of traffic into this line. With regard to the new lines of railway to the north, the Edinburgh and Northern Railway is the most im • portant. Before this report can be submitted to the general meeting of the Company, the bill for making that railway will have all but passed both houses of Parliament. This (the Edinburgh and Northern Railway) at Perth joins other three important lines of railway, the whole of which have or will obtain the sanction of Parliament during the present session. These three lines are, the Scottish Central, extending along the valley of Straith earn, the Dundee and Perth, extending along the Carse of Gowrie, and the third, and not the least important, when viewed in connexion with the south and north traffic by the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway, is the Scottish Midland Railway, which stretches along the valley of Strathmore by Cupar-Angus, and joins the Arbroath and Forfar Railway at Forfar. In addition to these there is also the Aberdeen Railway, to which the sanction of the Legislature will also be obtained this session. All these new lines of railway, to say nothing of the projected extension of railway communication from Aber deen by Banff and Elgin to Inverness, or the further pro longation of the Edinburgh and Northern Railway to the city of St. Andrews and the Ferries of Ferry-port-on- Craig and Newport, on the River Tay, opposite Dundee, cannot fail to add considerably to the traffic of the Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton Railway, and increase its importance as a link of the chain of railway communi cation along the east coast of the kingdom. As to the present sta'e and progress of the works on this railway during the last six months, I have to report as follows : TUNNEL CONTRACT. In the report to the last half-yearly meeting, it was stated that the north entrance and a small portion of the arch adjoining thereto had been completed, and that Messrs. Barr, contractors for about two-thirds of the tunnel, were making arrangements for commencing the work ; it was further stated, that the arrangements for the remaining portion of the tunnel were engaging my at'ention. _ _ - With respect to that portion of the tunnel and works embraced in Messrs. Barr's contract, it may be stated, that there has been excavated from the ground adjoining the south entrance (which is intended to form part of the station) 10,800 cubic yards of earthwork, and from the tunnel itself 8,230 cubic yards, making together 19,030 cubic yards excavated under this contract. At each of the four shafts on this contract the con tractors are working each way ; and these faces, along with the south entrance, enable them to carry on the work at nine different points. There is now finished 115 lineal yards of arching, besides a considerable portion in progress ; and there are employed on this contract about 300 men, and the works are being prosecuted with energy ; and I hope that nothing will occur to prevent its being finished by the time specified in the contract. SCOTLAND-STREET. As to the works on the remaining portion of the tunnel at Scotland-street, the chief point which I had to consider at the time of my last report was, whether, under all the circumstances of the case, it should be contracted for in whole or in the usual way, or executed by workmen em ployed by the Company, under the immediate superin tendence and direction of a competent inspector. After giving the subject my most attentive consideration, and communicating with Mr. Buchanan, the engineer ap pointed by the Sheriff to attend to the interests of the public, I had no hesitation in recommending that the latter arrangement should be adopted. In this view of the question the Board of Directors readily concurred, and steps were immediately taken for carrying on the works accordingly. A considerable time, however, ne cessarily elapsed before the arrangements could be com pleted for doing so. The works, however, have been going on for some time, mid there is now complete about 35 lineal yards of arching, making together, with the portion executed by Mr. Barr, 150 lineal yards of tunnel finished. The portio❑ of the tunnel executed under the immediate superin tendence of Mr. Paterson, the Company's inspector, has been done in a most substantial and satisfactory manner, and i- calculated to ensure the safety of the property ad joining the tunnel, as well as to give confidence to the inhabitants in the security of the works, and to the Com pany in their successful execution. On this division of thetunnel upwards of one hundred workmen are employed. LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY. THE PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS have the satis faction to announce to the Shareholders and the Pub lic that, in addition to the extended Junction with the Docks, an extension of the Line for a Passenger Station into the neighbourhood of Dale-street, &c., the attention of the Directors will be forthwith turned to the following tributary projects, with a view to obtaining power for their construction in the ensuing Session of Parliament, viz. :- Ist. A Main Line of Railway to thi towns of Chorley and Blackburn, diverging from the Liverpool and Bury Line near Upholland, for,the purpose of affording to these important gbanufacturing towns the most direct possible railway cemmunication with Liverpool and the Docks. 2ndly. A Branch Line to connect the St.. Helen's Coal field with the Main Line near Itainford. 3rdly. A Coast Line, diverging from the Main Line at Sandhills, near Liverpool, and passing through Bootle, Seafortb, and Crosby to Formby, from whence it may be extended along the coast to Southport. 4thly. An extension of their Ormskirk Branch from Blague-gate to Southport, affording to Manchester, Wi gan, Bolton, Bury, and the Manufacturing Districts to the east, the most direct railway communication with that favourite watering place. LIVERPOOL, CROSBY, AND FORMBY RAILWAY. - (Provisionally Registered.) PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. THIS Railway is intended to open a more expeditious communication between Liverpool and the rapidly improving and populous districts lying to the north on the eastern banks of the river M:rsey. The Line starts from a point upon the proposed Liver pool and Bury Railway, at or near the Sandhills-bridge of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal, and proceeds by BoAe, Seaforth, Litherland, Waterloo, Great and Little Crosby, to Formby, from which place it is proposed to obtain powers to form an extension to Southport, should it here after be deemed desirable. A detailed Prospectus, with a List of the Provisional Committee, will be published in a few days ; in the mean time all communications to be addressed to Messrs. BRABNER and HAIGH, Solicitors, Liverpool. THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD GRANTON BRANCH CONTRACT. The works on this branch, although not completed, as at one time anticipated, are in a very advanced state, and there is every prospect that they will be so in the course of next month. For some time past the earthwork has been vigorously carried on, two sets of men being em ployed, one during the night and the other during the day, making together twenty working hours, and fre quently laying out at one end of the embankment abou 600 cubic yards per day. There is already finished of em bankment, exclusive of bulwark and packing, about 61,200 cubic yards, and only 8,000 are now required to complete the embankment. Of the bulwarking between Granton-pier and Wardie, these is now executed upwards of 8,000 superficial yards, and there is only now required to complete the bulwark ing about 500 superficial yards. Of the packing behind the bulwarking there has been executed upwards of 43,000 cubic yards, and it is now all but completed and ready for the permanent rails being laid down. The new turnpike road to Granton, from the east, is now finished, to the satisfaction of the trustees of the Ciamond district, and has been open to the public for some time. The ma sonry of the Trinity-road bridge has been completed for some time, and the superstructure, which is to be of iron. which is ready, will be added as soon as the embankment operations are a little further advanced. All the other bridges on this contract are finished. A considerable number of the blocks required are on the ground, and the sleepers are contracted for, and will be delivered in a week or two. The greater portion of the stone used in the works on this contract has been obtained from the Duke of Buc cleuch's quarry, at Granton, and the works on the bul wark have been carried on night and day since their commencement. They have been executed in a manner highly creditable to Messrs. Orrell and Company, the contractors, and it now forms an interesting feature in the works on the line. LEITH BRANCH CONTRACT. It was mentioned in my last report, that this contract had been let to Messrs. Adamson and Fox. The works for some time were very much retarded in consequence of the great difficulty experienced by the Company in ob taining possession of the property required for the ex ecution of the works. All these obstacles have now been been removed, and the works upon the whole are pro ceeding with considerable rapidity. Of the earthwork, including the excavation of the tunnel at North Leith, there has been executed about 70,000 cubic yards. Of the short tunnel at North Leith there is about 40 feet completed ; the east entrance is pro gressing, and the west entrance is finished ; and the material through which the tunnel passes turns out re markably favourable. The Junction-street bridge is completed to the springing of the arc h, an d t h e centering set rem'y to receive the arch stones. The bridges in the lands of Chancelot and NVarriston are finished, and the embankment carried over them, although not yet to its full breadth. Nothing has yet been done to the bridge at liillhousefield, but the Bonnington-road bridge is com menced. The bridge to be erected under the Railway in the Edinburgh Cemetery is to he built by that Company, and they are bound to have it finished by May next, the time specified for the completion of the rest of this con tract. A good deal has been done in building, retaining walls, and other minor works upon the line. STATIONS. The arrangement with the Duke of Bumleuch for the office and station accommodation at Granton have, from various circumstances, been considerably retarded, but, from the communications which I have lately had with his grace's principal engineer, Mr. Walker, 1 have every reason to think that all things will be arranged in .a satisfactory manner. It will now however, be impossible to have the permanent station completed by the opening of the line, so that temporary accommodation will have to be provided. With regard to the station at Leith, it is proposed to erect it on the Citadel Green, the position of which is ex tremely suitable. The details of the general design are under consideration. The arrangements with the Edin burgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 'for acquiring the houses and other property at Canal-street for the purposes of this station, are being carried out, the greater part of the property being purchased and some of the houses re moved. The plans of this station are in hand. The opinion of Mr. Robert Stephenson and Mr. Wm. Cubitt, two eminent engineere, having been obtained as to the best mode of working the line, and they being ad verse to the application of the atmospheric principle, or sta ionery engines, three locomotive engines are being constructed for the Company, by Messrs, Bury, Curtis, and Kennedy, of LiverpoJl, and are to be upon the line by the end of March next. The carriages are contracted for by Messrs. Atkinson and Philipson, of Newcastle, and arc in a very forward state. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, your most obedi ent servant, THOMAS GRAINGER, Engineer. London, 14th July, 1845. The CHAIRMAN then stated that the following Direc tors retired by rotation : namely, Messrs. SANDFORD, If PEDDI E, and • M'GREGOR. lie further added, that he was sorry to say that the Board would lose the services of Mr. Thom, who, from peculiar circumstances, felt himself obliged to tender his re signation. The following gentlemen were put in nomination and elected : namely, Messrs. SANDFORD, PEDDIE, CHRISTISON, and BRUCE. Thereafter, Mr. Sandford was unanimously re-elected Chairman. RALPH ERSKINE SCOTT, Esq., moved the adoption of the report, and that it be printed and circulated among the Shareholders, which was seconded by JOHN CHRIS TISON, Esq., Advocate, and carried unanimously. Thereafter, it was moved by RALPH ERSKINE SCOTT, Esq., that, hereafter, the balance sheet sh , ll at all future half-yearly meetings be with the Shareholders five days previous to the meeting: seconded by HUGH BRUCE, Esq., Advocate, and carried. Moved by ARTHUR MUNRO, Esq., that the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman and Directors for the great trouble they have taken, which was seconded by HUGH BRUCE, Esq., and carried unanimously. E. D. SANDFORD, Chairman. ALLEN GEO. FIELD, Secretary. (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) THE BIRKENHEAD & HOLYHEAD JUNCTION AND MOLD EXTENSION RAILWAY, WITH ITS BRANCHES. CAPITAL. £500,000, in 25,000 SHARES of ..£2O each. DEPOSIT, £1 12s. 6d. per SHARE. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. CHAlRMAN.—Cornelius Randall, Esq. VICE-CHAIRMAN.—John Finch, Junior, Esq. Charles D. Archibald, Esq. Thomas Jevons, Esq. William Byrom, Esq. -John Lillie, Esq. James Duncan, Esq. Sir William Magnay, Bart. William Newton, Esq, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Chas. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., &c., York terrace, Regent's-park, Isle of Walney, Ulverston, a Director of the Great North and South of France and Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railways. A Deputy- Lieutenant of Lancashire. James Thomas Bourne, Esq., Liverpool. Wm. Byrom, Esq., Oldham. William Thomas Cox, Esq., Sponden, Derbyshire. A Director of the Derby and Crewe, and Eastern and Western Junction, and Tean and Dove Valley Railways. Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Bransdale-lodge, Derbyshire. A Director of the Tean and Dove Valley, and Eastern and Western Junction Railways. Richard Congreve, Esq., Burton-hall, Cheshire. J. Campbell Dicker, Esq., New-hall, Neston, Cheshire. Thomas A. Dale, Esq., Hamilton-square, Birkenhead. Sir Richard Dobson, F.R.S., 47, Gloucester-place, Port man-square, London. James Duncan, Esq., Liverpool. John Formby, Esq., Formby-hall, Lancashire,.and New house, Hoylake, Cheshire. John Finch, Jun., Esq., and Edwd. Finch, Esq., of the firm of Messrs. John Finch and Sons, iron merchants, Liverpool. Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham. George Gradwell, Esq , Preston, a Director of the Liver pool, Ormskirk, and Preston, and the Liverpool, Manchester, and riewcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Rail- ways. Thomas Jevons, Esq., Liverpool and Venallt Iron-works, and Plaenawrach, Venallt, and Forchgoch Collieries, a Director of the Great Eastern and Wester❑ Railway. John Lithe, Esq., Derby-house, Manchester, a Director of the Shrewsbury and Trent Valley Railway. Sir Duncan M`Dougall, 94, Eaton-square, London. Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman, late Lord Mayor. A Director of the Great North and South of France R ail way. William Newton, Esq., Dawston, Heswell, Cheshire. John Ormeston, Esq., Flint. Samuel Perrott, Esq., Liverpool. Jeptha Pacey, Esq , Polygon, Manchester. James Bailie Pender, Esq., Edinburgh, a Director of the Edinburgh and Peebles Railway. Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, a Director of the Sheffield and Manchester and the Huddersfield and Manchester Railways. William Robinson, Esq., Lancaster, a Director of the North Western Railway. Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour-house, Old Trafford. William Sharp, Esq., Linden• hall, Lancashire, a Director of the North Western Railway, Geor b e Teil, Esq., Albert-road, Regent's-park, London. John Thompson, Esq., Wigan, and Frwd Iron Works, near Wrexham. John Tomkinson, Esq., Liverpool. Edward D. de V itre, Lancaster, a Director of the North Western Railway. Sir William Young, Bart., 7, Westbourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens. A Director of the Honourable the East India Company. (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEERS. Messrs. Gandell and Brunton, Birkenhead. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Rowley and Taylor, Manchester. W. Sharp, Esq., 2, Verulam-buildings, Gray's-inn, London. J. S. Porter, Esq., Birkenhead. BANKERS. Union Bank of Manchester. Union Bank of Liverpool. North and South Wales Bank, Birkenhead. Messrs. Cunliffe, Brooks, and Co., London. THIS Line of Railway commences at the Docks now forming at Birkenhead, and, proceeding from thence by or near to Bidston, Moreton, Hoylake, West Kirby, Thurstaston, Heswell, to Parkgate, it stlikei across the River Dee to Flint, where it forms a Junction with the Chester and Holyhead Railway, from whence it is tarried to Mold along the Valley of the Conwy Brook. From the main Line it is proposed to form two branches, one diverging therefrom at Wallasey to New Brighton, another from some convenient point at or near Parkgate or Neston, to connect itself with the Birkenhead, Man chester, and Cheshire Junction Railway, at or near Little Sutton. Upon the importance of providing a direct Railway communication between the manufacturing districts of Lancashire, the large commercial town of Liverpool, and the town of Birkenhead, rapidly rising to eminence, and the rich Mineral district of North Wales and the port of Holyhead, little need he said to recommend to the public a Line of Railway having for its object those great advan tages. This Line of Railway has, therefore, been pro jected, not only with a view of supplying the cheapest, most direct, and best means of communication, between the ports of Holyhead, Birkenhead, and Liverpool, but also for the purpose of affording a ready means of transit and shipment for the produce of the great Coal Fields and rich Mineral Districts of North Wales, now entirely devoid of Railway communication. By means of this Line of Railway a considerable reduc tion of distance, to the extent of eleven miles, over all existing and projected Lines, and a consequent saving of time and expense, will be effected between Holyhead, Birkenhead, Liverpool, and the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire ; and this, coupled with the fact of the Terminus of the Line adjoining the new docks forming at Birkenhead, and thereby materially lessening the cost of transhipment of merchandise, cannot fail to make it the cheapest and most preferable medium for the conveyance of passengers and merchandise between these ports. To the towns of Mold, Flint, Bagilt, Holywell, and the districts surrounding them, this undertaking must ensure the most incalculable advantages, by opening to their rich mineral productions a ready and cheap access to the important markets of Liverpool, Birkenhead, and Man cheter ; and, on the other hand, great benefit will accrue to these markets by the conveyance thither of Iron, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Slate, Coal, and Lime, at a very moderate cost. Should this Line of Railway be formed, the Promoters feel confident that the articles of Coal and Lime alone, of which the consumption is very great, would yield a large and profitable return on the Capital to be invested. Coal could be delivered in Birksmhead, or shipped in the Mersey, at one-third less price than it is now sold at ' • and Lime, which is now selling at 20 s . p er ton at Birkenhead, after paying an ample return for its conveyance, could be delivered at 13s. per ton. With respect to the Passenger Traffic likely to come upon this Line of Railway, it is sufficient to state, that it will form a portion of the high road for travellers between Liverpool, Lancashire, and Ireland; and, in addition thereto, a considerable accession of Traffic may fairly be reckoned upon from persons visiting the delightful and picturesque Vale of Clwyd and the grand and mountain ous scenery of North Wales, as, also, by rendering to the Inhabit an t s o f Liverpool, Manchester, and the Manufac turing Districts of Lancashire an easy access to those much-favoured and delightful watering places Parkgate, Hoylake, Rhyl, &c. The Branch Line from Parkgate, or Neston, to join the Birkenhead, Manchester, and Cheshire Junction Railway, at or near little Sutton, also forms a most impor tant feature in the undertaking, as by that means a direct communication will be opened between Manchester and the Manufacturing Districts of Lancashire, North Wales, and Holyhead. Off Hilbre the channel is deep and easy of access. The late Mr. Telford, in a survey he made of the River Dee, gave it as his opinion that it was the place most eligible for a harbour. Should it be deemed desirable hereafter to construct a Dock and Harbour of Refuge at this place, a branch line may be formed which would connect it at once with Birkenhead and Liverpool. By following the coast line from Birkenhead to Park gate but a small outlay will be required for the formation of the Railway, and, indeed, the engineering works of the whole Line are very slight, with the exception of the crossing of the River Dee from Parkgate to Flint, and this part of the undertaking requires a mere detailed notice. It is proposed to cross the Dee from Parkgate to Flint where the River forms itself into a narrow Channel, at or near the last-mentioned place, the rest of the distance between the Welsh and Cheshire Coast being a large Sand bank, seldom wholly covered by the sea even at high water, and at low water passable by persons on foot. This crossing will be effected, without difficulty, either by means of an embankment or by a viaduct upon piles, whichever mode may be considered the more advantageous to the company ; but should arrangements be made with parties having existing interests in the land to be re claimed, the former mode will be adopted. It is contem plated to extend the present new Channel formed by the River Dee Company from Connah's Quay to Flint; to form at Flint a Tidal Basin, capacious Locks and Weirs, and to carry the Itiilway across these Locks by means of Swing Bridges ; and thus, at a very trifling cost, upwards of 8,000 acres of land will be reclaimed, and a continuous and uniform depth of water and means of constant com munication will be kept up between Chester and Flint for vessels of a large burthen. - . The Line of - Railway will not interfere with any park like or other ornamental grounds. No detailed estimates of Traffic have yet been taken ; but the promoters are in possession of sufficient statistics to say, that, looking at the various sources of traffic, as above detailed, which must necessarily flow upon this Line, they may with confidence anticipate that a return of at least 8 per cent may be fairly expected on the outlay. It may be well to state, that, in estimating the cost of this Railway, no deduction has been made on account of the great value of the land to be reclaimed from the Dee. This must necessarily be a matter for after arrangement. Means will be taken to obtain an Act of Parliament in the next session, with the usual clauses for restricting the liability of each Shareholder ; and it is proposed to allow interest on the paid-up capital. . . Applications for Shares to be made, in the subjoined form, to the Solicitors for the Company ; and to Mr. W. G. SEED, Sharebroker, Spring-gardens, Manchester ; and of Messrs. FLETCHER and SHARP, Sharebrokers, 14, Exchange Buildings, and Mr. G. A. BROWN, Sharebroker, Druid-court, Dale-street, Liverpool. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction and Mold Extension Railway, with its Branches. GENTLEM request you will allot me Shares. of £2O each, in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept such Shares. or any less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required to do so. I am, Gentlemen, yours, &c. Name in full --- Profession or Trade Residence Reference -- Date -------- THE BIRKENHEAD AND HOLYHEAD JUNC TION AND MOLD EXTENSION RAILWAY, WITH ITS BRANCE. N OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, t H hat S no APPLICA TIONS for SHARES in this Company will be received after FRIDAY, the 25th instant, immediately after which the Allotment will be proceeded with. By order. - - ROWLEY and TAYLOR, Manchester, 17th July, 1845 Solicitors to the Company. . YORK AND LANCASTER RAILWAY. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. Capital X 1,600,000, i n 32 , 000 Shares, of £5O each. Deposit £2 10s. per Share. THIS RAILWAY is intended to CONNECT the CITY of YORK with LANCASTER in a DIRECT LINE. It will commence near the City of York, and proceed thence through or near Knaresborougli, Ripley, Peek,' Bridge. Hartlington, Bumsall, Thorpe, Linton, Thresh field, Ketton, Bordley, Malham, Kirkby, Malham-Dale, Skipton, Gargrave, and Settle, to Lancaster, passing ea route through extensive tracts of Coal, Lead, and other Mineral productions. ...re-" A detailed Prospectes, with a List of Provisional Corn. mittee, will be published in a few days. In the meantime applications for Shares, accompanied by respectable re ferences, can be made to the Solicitors, Messrs. CHAUNT LER and WESTWOOD, 8, Gray's Inn Square, or to the Secretary, SAI.IL.'HOLDSWORTH, Esq., Sowerby Bridge. near Halifax, Yorkshire. GREAT SOUTHERN AND WESTERN RAILWAY (IRELAND. FIRST DIVISION. THIRD CALL-X 5 PER SHARE. IVOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that i n pursuance of II a resolution of the 13oard of Directors, the Proprie tors of Shares in this Company are hereby required to PAY a CALL of FIVE POUNDS-per Share, on or be fore FRIDAY, the Bth day of Adiust next, to any of the undermentioned Bankers., Interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum, paae half-y ear l y, will b_e..alfow e d on t h e amount of deposits and calls paid up, until the railway shall be completed ; but should any call remain unpaid after the day above named, interest at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum will be charged thereon, and "no interest shall accrue to the proprietor of any share upon which any call shall be in arrear in respect of such share, or any other share to be holden by the same proprietor during the period while such call shall remain unpaid." By order. WM. TAYLOR, Secretary. 3, College-green, Dublin, 5111 July, 1845. Bank of Ireland and its Branches. Glyn and Co., London. Bank of Liverpool, Liverpool. Borough Bank, Ditto. Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester. JAMAICA SOUTH MIDLAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. CAPITAL £400,000, in 20,000 Shares of £2O each. DEPOSIT 4:1 per Share. COMMITTEE. The Right Honourable the Earl of Harewood. Major Hawkes, Orme.square, Bayswater, Chairman of the Jamaica Junction Railway. J. C. Ewart, Esq., Liverpool, Chairman of the Jamaica Railway. Theodore W. Rathbone, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Jamaica Railway Company. William Smith, Esq., Manchester,- Director of the Ja maica Railway Company. Henry C. Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House, Lancashire, Di rector of the Jamaica Railway Company. John Rees, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the London Assurance Corporation. Charles Frederic Hardman, Esq., Hastings. BANKERS. Sir Joh n W. Lubbock, Foster and Co., London. Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennard and Co., London. ENGINEER. George M. Miller, Esq , Engineer in Jamaica of the Jamaica Railway. SURVEYOR. E. M`Geachy, Esq., Crown Surveyor, Jamaica. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Vival, Aldwood, and Vidal, Jamaica. Charles Wright, Esq., London. SECRETARY, (PM tern.) Charles Wright, Esq. Office, No. 27, Essex -street, Strand. rr HE above Comp an y (f ormed by an amalgamation of 1 the Jamaica Junction and South Midland Branch Railways) is intended to carry out the original objects of those companies with such modifications as more detailed information has rendered expedient. By arrangements now made the direction of this Com pany has been strengthened by four of the Directors of the Jamaica Railway Company having joined the board. The Committee congratulate the shareholders upon this accession, which, while it affords a facility in carrying out the objects of this undertaking, ensures that unity of in terest which is the best guarantee of permanent success. William Smith, Esq., (the projector of the Jamaica Railway,) being about to visit the island, on the occasion of the opening of that line for traffic, has undertaken to give his active superintendence in the arrangements ne cessary for carrying out the objects of the South Midland Junction Company. The announcement of the intended extension of railway accommodation has been received with so much cordi ality in Jamaica, and its advantages are so generally ap preciated, that the Committee feel assured of every sup port from the go;aernment and legislature of the island. The Committee propose to make provision by the local act for the payment of interest at the rate of 4i per cent. per annum on the amount paid upon the shares from the passing of the hill until the opening of the line. By order of the Committee, C. WRIGHT, Secretary. July 15, 1845. Just published, price 2s. 6d. ; free by post, 3s. 6d., T HE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on Human Frailty, Nervous Debility, Constitutional Weakness, excessive Indulgence, &c. With Observations on Mar riage, &c. By R. and L. PERRY and Co., Surgeons, London. Published by the Authors, and sold at their residence ; also by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co.. 63, Oxford-street; Goydon, 146, Leadenhall street ; Purkiss, Compton-street goho, London ; and Newton, 16 and 29, Ch urc h -st i eet, Liverpool ; and by all Medicine Vendors in Town and Country. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRIACUNI is a gentle Stimulant and Renovator in all cases of Debility, whether Constitutional or acquired, nervous mentality, irritation and Cons,mption —by the use of which the im paired System becomes gradually and effectually restored to pristine health and vigour. Sold in bottles, price Ils. and 335. The £5 cases may be had, as usual, at their Establishment. The CONCENTRATED DETRESIVE ESSENCE, an anti-syphilitic remedy for searching out and purifying the diseased humours of the blood, removing all cutaneous eruptions, Scurvy, Scrofula, Pimples on the head, face, &c. Price Ils. and 335. per bottle. PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS have long been used as the most certain remedy for Scorbutic Complaints of every description, Eruptions of the Skin, and other disagreeable affections. These Pills are per fectly free from mercury, capavia, and other deleterious drugs, and may be taken with safety, and relied upon in every instance. Sold in boxes at 2s. 9d., 4s. GU.. and lls., by all Medicine Venders. Messrs. Perry and Co. may be consulted at their resi dence daily, from Eleven to Two and Five till Eight. On Sundays from Ten till Twelve. Sold by Mr. W. RAWLE, Chemist, Church-street, and Mr. PriIICIITLET, Chemist, Liverpool. July 22, 1845, BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHE JUNCTION RAILWAY. N O t T ar I y C C E on I tSralictEfßorEtßhiYs Company will vi tl i i i a l t li t e h f e o r t s r i l g i ; i i i t e e ff o re: at the Offices of the Company, in Argyle-stree t, head, from the F i fteenth to the Twenty-fif th ° Q . r ipi° instant, where Proprietors will receive their new '"ifor exchange for their old Scrip r of the Birkenhead, the cheater, and Cheshire Jtvnction Railway ; and h h B ;stan Deed will afterward s -tie sent, if necessary, to Manc—tol Leeds, Huddersfield, York, and London, for Sigrli` and exchange of Scrip.—Dated the Bth July, 1845 0, MALLABY, TOWNSED, and NET>, (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED• ) WARRINGTON AND STOCKPu' RAILWAY. 2 each' CAPITAL, L 400,000, in 20,000 S HARES of ° DEPOSIT, :El per SHARE. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. 14 I t ie° Sir Charles Robert Te m p e st, B ar t., Broughton —a l ' Skipton. Lodge' Or Charles Hindley, Esq., M.P , Duckenfield LO - v e ' Ashton-under-Lyne. . C RW h oh a bll r eei l arl e emt s nso S ,snA ta ßi ndish, Esq., M.P., Standish, near W i g itti ;Sl' Deputy Gladstone, r wd d sa , tyo E .il s_ eo l ,f . , tE , h W seq a;r rc i a n no g ud t r o jt n hu , anycii Director onnesßr a iL o li f is; : pt 0 00 01, Gilbert Greenall, Esa., Walton Hall, near W lu l l .- Director of the St. 'Helen's Railway. f ' litl William Hall, Esq., Gr a ppe n h a ll H a ll, near W B , l. 1/1 ,, n se Director of the Ely and Huntingdon, and 14. " Dereham Railways. Richard Har r i son Esq., Warrington. O f ' Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House , ne l Ose' rington, Director of the Lynn and Ely, Ely an tingdon, and Ly nn an d D ere h am R a ilways. , nireel ° ' Thomas ac si Parr, t 0 Grand M na o ri s ir s a, , i E E I v: s aqqy.. Junction Railway. Ot tersp o° l , near the Thj of um n Mozley, Esq., Liverpool, GO Lewin o Di rec tor of t he jo t s o e n p , h D p i e r r e r c in to , r E o s t q t . h , e mr S a t. rr H in e g l t e o n n 's . Railway. 1 V ritb' NvJoihnniaSmlascktu,bEss.qE.,B:.owTdheenEfilanalslinneeaarrCwh,apel-on ;„fteli James Stanton, Esq., G G r r a e P e P n e fi n e h ld all H H ou e se e ., s n ' near : Dr arringt ° tobir e ' John White, Esq., Park Hall, near Hayfield, Der" (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEER. Joseph Locke, Esq. SOLI. Messrs. Wagstaff, So n , C and ITORS Marsh, Warringt° BANKERS. Mes l / 11 1 Messrs. Parr, Lyon, and Greenall, Warrington t.rerpoe' Moss and Co., Liverpool ; the Manchester and l) ,. ll g - C , District Banking Company, Stockport; and ge s ,, s. „ - ,; ries and Co., and Messrs. Barclay and Co Lau—. Oa , T HE object of this Railway is to provide the befto Warrington, and thence to Liverpool, most direct communication between StockP,,bjeeC will be effected by means of this Railway i n coil, the with the extension of their line about to be mad e ~, Grand Junction Railway Company from Warringnfer At Stockport the Line will communicate witb INGO chester and Birmingham Railway and the Bra ric atet i ty , Stockport to Ashton, thereby affording to the el en- a lltfi ring population of Stockport and its vicinity, and tS be fAel,' densely populated District intersected by the , pi" and Manchester Railway, the most direct approee' verpool. 013 the There will be a Junction near Altrinchate Manchester South Junction and Altrincham Re" - A - 61 0 " Arrangements have been made with the Bettr' m thd St. Helen's Railway Company which will eeh an c i pf°' value of the I,roposed line, and negotiations areleoo gress for giving to Chester and Birkenhead an elc communication. e ye The Grand Junction Railway Company have ac e for' provide a portion of the capital, and to promote t mation of this line by every means in their power'„, This Line will follow the Valley of the Aler s 7 r ee!; presents no engineering difficulties • the gradient - 11 , 4 .. lit. e,j tremely good • the works are unusually ligh`l t ete' no ornamental or valuable property will be l e : I OW with, and the project is strongly assisted by I ° c ''' ence. f et Applications for Shares must be made on or . e- f t r as,'; 22d instant, in the form at the foot of this prosP e r 7, l o' any of the undermentioned parties, viz., Messrs• v iv i ore' and DRINKWATER, Shar b kLiverpool , v -e her e ro ers, A f o iC BRADLEY, FORD. and PARK, Sharebrokers , ter; STEPHEN CANNON, Esq., Sharebroker, 26, so liev a house-yard, London; JOHN BOOTHROYD, EsL„, sa tor, Stockport; or Messrs. WAGSTAFF', MARSH, Solicitors, Warrington. Warrington, 7th July, 1845. which latter uctioti ORM OF . To the Provis i onal APPLICATION Directors of the Trarring .l °- n a nd Stockport Railway. GENTLEMEN,-I request that you will allot roe ree ve Shares of £2O each in this undertaking, and I lig a ilofr accept the same or any smaller number that may h th° ted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, an d 9 ' t vibe 4 Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreenlen required. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient serval Name in full Business or Profession Residence Date Reference to Banker, or other pf WARWICKSHIRE AND LOND ° RAILWAY, 1 0 0 Affording the nearst practicable communicatio n be the towns of DA,N WARWICK, LEAMINGTON, LONDON , - BIRMINGHAM, 11 $ WITH AN IMPROVED LINE TO CHELTENHAM it " 1:1 WEST. CAPITAL. £700,000, in SHARES of 20 ea c DEPOSIT, £1 10s. per SHARE- PROVISIONAL CONIMITTER• castl e ' The Right Hon. th.t Earl of W 'ck - , Warwick Dr. Jephson, Leamington. Kelynge Greenway, Esq., a rw i c k. William Congreve Rusp ,Esq., Leamington. Edward Greaves, Esq! Barford, near Warwick. John Towers Lawrence, Esq., Birmingham. Richard Jones, Esq., Leamington. Edwin Woodhouse, Esq., Leamington. 1) 00 Carr Glynn, Esq , Lond on , Director of the don and Birmingham Railway. V ' Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool, Director of thetoof don and Birmingham Railway. niree Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey, --- a the London and Birmingham Railway, ri ee t Captain C. R. Moorsom, R N., Birmingham; 9 nti of the London and Birmingham Railway. v ridhk George Hudson. Esq., York, Director of the v" , Railway. De / John o E f ll t i h s e , Esq., Beaumont- y leys, near Leicester: 0 0, Samuel Beale, Esq., Birmingham, Director of tue 4 land Railway. giaill° Abel Peyton, Esq , Birmingham, Director cf th e sfor' Railway. J. Whitmore Isaac, Esq , Boughton House, easarsoatil tester, Director of the London, Worcester , an Staffordshire Rail say. of the Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq , Banbury, Direcliiiiital. London, Worcester, and South Staffordshir e (With power to add to their number.) , . BANKERS. Oi Warwick.—Messrs. Greenway and Greases. osa lli Leamington.—The Warwick and Leamington _ Company. London.—Messrs. Glyn and Co. ENGINEER. Robert Stephenson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Thomas Heath, Esq. Warwick. , Messrs. Buck and Baer, Warwic 6 ' Samuel Carter, Esq., Birmingham' rce s t t r e 'et THE proposal of the lines of the London , ' l3 : clig"" 1 0 and South Staffordshire Railway througipsP,„o. to the West of London and Birmingham 0,8,1 from P" t bs called for the revival of a line in connection with fool ;0• don and Birmingham and Midland RailwaY s ,,, , ~c l en",pl point of junction between those lines at 1 13 7101 9a ,.1 3 1 Arden to Warwick and Leamington, for wh it '' p d D e sections were deposited by the BirminghtioLit d Railway Company (now united with the Nuy s il ucli v i - pr panv) in 1841 and 1842, with a continuation j o u, for from Warwick and Leamington to join the I,oo ,.. e ssitY 4 st cester, and South Staffordshire Railway, the o e's of ill be which was specially referred to in the prosP ect • u n undertaking, issued last autumn. This jua ct .i ° f S c ll it effected by two lines—one to the neighbourhooo ° am, and the other following the Valley of the Aclearotforjet joins the Stratford and Moreton Railway, ne,, ar Wore e h li sei upon-Avon, which crosses the London a", e ltet w line. To complete the communication with Liii Nvor ceo 0 a branch will be made out of the London ancln.„ipingbs line from Evesham to Ashchurch, on the lan ce and Gloucester line. ai These objects are considered of so much itoP ° been the local interests, that their full support has f j eti • tamed for carrying them into effect. f tbe The report of the Board of Trade in favour o ral . a dv er p don and Worcester line states so fully the Pec a i p eat ° t ot tages of that scheme that it is unnecessary to r! I ;; 0 of ea t here. The reasons there given for the ad"L the Pnli ° measure apply, in a great degree, in favour of p rid iuo pp proposal, as compared with any rival scheT e 2 Loe t be lines now proposed are so connected w i t h tn n v d w ith a o f Worcester, and South Staffordshire scheme , a Boar o ge o system of railway communication which the the O,IC the Trade have recommended in their report , th ut e rtaia l ets of that scheme may be considered to render c bo vie, p , adoption of the present project. Allusion ftsf i lei be made to the great importance of the La wlo r __ et - vp_ to . ton, in connection with the Trent and CO pled tom' line, by means of which a direct and unintersrlit;re munication will be established with Lanc a North. a v b , P tio, The London and Birmingham, Midland• and ijo. and Worcester Companies unite in co-opera tt _ ie fo local interests, to ensure the most effectual cony ea roop tion fr the objects in view. bares .0 be A guarantee will be proposed by the Companies, and a due proportion of the hots te a served for local interests. Careful surveys of the whole of the cou t a ep tr p l e i v i s ti r io • Visa made under the direction of Mr. Robert S RC application will be made to Parliament far , t he ~e e de‘' neat session. ~.. e s.- ho .• The applications for Shares having alrea9Y _. e sti '- number for allotment, no further ceived. application. Ntat O — " , Y 4I Ntieb * ar e i c' Y hr „ (l , a i ja . 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