The Sun.
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LONDON TH URS DAY

THE MAMMOTH HORSE.-Mr. CARTER'S
Colossal Horse continues to attract crowds of visitors, but as
be will ikositively leave town iri a • few, days for America; Mr. Carter
begs to remind those persons who have not yet seen this remarkable
animal, aptly termed the " Model Horse," that the present time is
the only opportunity they will have of viewing the largest horse in
the world. Count D'Orsay says, "he is a magnificent animal."
The Manimbth Hoiie is twenty hands in height, and weighs 2,5001
bs.
lie will be exhibited at the EGYPTIAN HALL, Piccadilly, from
I -A.M. till 9 P.M. Admission, One Shilling.

CONSOLIDATED' 'PATENT KAMPTULI-
CON COMPANY.
At thd SeZ•ond Annual and Special General Meeting of the Share-
holders Of this Company, held at their offices, 42, Lombard-street,
12th January, 1846,
The Secretary having read the advertisement for convening the
meeting, the, following resolutions were passed :
i. That the report and statement of accounts this day read, show-
fug a balance on profit_and loss of 5,6811. 03. 6d. i n favour of the
Company, being 2,215/. Increase since the last meeting, be received,
approved; and confirmed. •
--2. That the recommendation of the Trustees to consolidate am'
extend the capital of the Company to 5,000 shares ofto/a moiety . each, paid
in full, bearing interest at 5 per cent. per annum, ith of
surplus profits as a bona.% in order to meet the increased demand
for the manu'actured material, be carried into effect forthwith.
-3. Thanks were then voted' to the Trustees, for their careful and.
efficient management ortha•affairs of the Company.
I'. GREVILLE, Secretary.

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THE - DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY
COMPANY,-FROM LONDON TO YORK.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. William Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's
Major Amsinek, 22, Upper Montagu-street, Montagu. square
William Scott Blnney, Esq. 27, Bryanstoue-square
William Sprott Boyd, Esq. 1, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
John Brightman, Esq. 30, Comhill
Samuel James Capper, Esq. 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Robert Walter Carden, Esq. 61, i hreadneedie-street
Edward Trust Carver, Esq. Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill
The Chisholm, 37, Chapel-street, Gros enor-place
Lieut.-Colonel Colquhoun, R.A. Woolwich
William Morley, Esq. Blackheath
William Mountford Nurse, Esq. Kensington-gore
John Pickersgill, Esq. 8, Warnford-court
Robert Rodger. Esq. Glasgow, 33, Montagu-street, Montage-square
ENufazza—John Miller, Esq. Edinburgh
SOLICIT9IIS—Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, 65, Moorgate-
street
PABLIAMENTAKT AGENTS— Messrs. Webster, 26, Great George-street,
Westminster
SECRETARY—Mr. W. H. Clark
Offices of the Company, 64, Moorgate-street.
EXTRACT FROM REPORT OF THE CO3I3IITIEE OF MA-
NAGEMENT TO THE SHAREHOLDERS, DATED THE
.29'm DECEMBER, 1845. •
By the scheme promoted by the Direct Northern Railway Com-
pany it is proposed to bring York (to the n rth of which city there
is a population exceeding five millions) within the dicta ce (as mea-
sured by tine), of four hours and a half from London ; to reduce by
42 miles the distance now traversed by the existing means of railway
communication between those termini ; to lessen the distance as
projected by the competing plan least favourable to the public) that
of the Eastern Counties Extension by Cambridge and Lincoln) by
21% Miles, and as projected by the most favourable rival scheme
(that of the London and York) by ten miles ; and yet so to reconcile
this result with local wants, as to place, without in any instance
sacrificing the principle of directness, every town of importance in
the districts to be served by this Company's main line nearer Lon-
don, either by means of the main line itself, or of well-de, ised lateral
lines, than they are by the cheme of the London and York, which,
for the 'sake of passing through certain towns, pursues a devious
route to York, thereby inflicting a serious injury on the country north
of the Humber. •
" Thus the scheme of the Direct Northern Railway offers to the
North of England, and to all Scotland, advantages presented by no
other project whatever. These advantages it also immediately con-
veys to Bedford, st. Neots, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford,
Grantham, Newark, Lincoln, East Retford, Sheffield, Gainsborough,
-Doncaster, Pontefract, Selby, and Hull ; whilst it lessens by twenty-
eight miles th ron eto Leeds, the great manufacturing capital of
Yorkshire, itself rapidly becoming the centre of an important railway
system.
" With perfectly unexceptionable gradients, that in no case ex-
ceede I 1 in 200, with upwards of sixty-nine miles of level on its main
line, with no works of any engineering difficulty or of peculiarly ex-
pensive execution, with only 3,900 yards of tunnelling in eight tun-
nels, with no opening or swing bridges, with only one viaduct, awl
that of 500 yards, and with remarkably easy curves, the Direct North-
ern R oilsvay, whilst its prima, y object is to unite in the directest
manner London and York, will at the same time serve a rich, fertile,
and populous country, will reciprocate the advantages of easy and
'neap nsive communication between the manufacturing towns of the
north and the agricultural and grazing counties of eastern and central
England, and will connect by the shortest route the south of England
ar.d the continent of Europe with York, the north of England, and
Scotland.
The shareholders will observe the suggestion made by Mr. Miller,
Which proposes tointroduce a new element of safety, regnlarity, and
speed into railway travelling, by the conveyance of passengers and
goods upon separate lines. This suggestion will, no doubt, receive
the consideration due to its importance in the ensuing sess'on.
" The Committee entirely concur with Mr. Miller in the important
licar'ng 'Which' the Holborn Terminus project has on the Direct
Northern. It is in effect, though under different management, an ex-
tension of that line into the. heart of London. By its means the London
• Terminus of the Direct Northern Railway will be immediately avail-
-able for the Post-aim and the City of London generally (between
Furnival's inn and Gray's-inn-lane), and will itself form a portion
of one side of the widest thoroughfares in London, will be in the
immediate vicinity of the Courts of Law and Inns of Court, and
comes more into the heart of Londcn, with less sacrifice of valuable
property. than any metropolitan terminus which has been suggested.
" In accordance, therefore, with Mr. Miller's recommendation,
and in pursuance of the powers entrusted to them by their proprie-
tary, the Committee have taken steps to secure control over t'ds
project, satisfied that it affords the most central, and, at the same
time, the most accessible and least expensive London terminus.
" The Committee refer the shareholders to the map accompanying
this Report; it fully shows the course and relations of the Direct
Northern Railway, and its national character.
Up to the 30th of November, all the standing orders of Parlia-
ment have been complied with ; and the solicitors report their per•
fect ability to fulfil all that remains to be completed within the time
limited by the Legislature.
" Thus prepared, and with deposits paid, and the proper deeds
signed by a body of most responsible Shareholders, the Com-
mittee intend to make their application to Parliament at the earliest
possible day, confident that a project of such undoubted public utility
as the Direct Northern, in which the public' service itself is deeply
interested, will there receive what It only needs to ensure its success
—a fair and impartial hearing."
• The following tables, appended to the Report of the Company's
Engineer (John Miller, Esq.), will show the relative advantages of
the Direct Northern in point of distances, as compared with its com-
petitois foriegislative sanction, and with existing lines.
It may here be observed, that the distance between the cross of
St. Paul's Cathedral, In London, and the centre of the Great Tower
of York Minster, as measured along the earth's surface, is, according
to the Ordnance Survey, 920,108.7 feet, or very nearly 1744 miles;
an that the meta line of the
,Direct Northern, between London and
York, is 176 miles

Table showing Comparison of Di
Northern Railway and by the

(stances by the proposed Direct
London and York Railway.

By the Direct
Northern Rail-
way and its
Branches and
existing and
authorised
Railways.

By the London
and York Rail-
way and its
Branches and
existing and
'authorised
Railways.

Miles. Chains.l
17 50
28 6
No line to it.
32 0
No line to it.
52 31
41 21
51 25
58 61
76 0
88 4
105 12
119 3
136 53
137 2
160 • 43 .
146 53
154 30
No line to it.
173 16
184 " 6
No line to it.
172 24
203 24
186 0

34 72
No line to it.
53 58
68 48
52 66
83 66
66 40
48 64

Difference in
favour of
the Direct
Northern
Scheme.

Miles. Chains,
0 70
1 12

Note.—The distances to Sheffield, East Retford,a
are calculated upon the assumption that the Shed
rough Railway receives the sanction of Parliament.

Table showing• Comparison of Distances by the
Northent Railway and by the Cambridge and Li

By the Direct
Northam Rail-
way and its
Branches, and
existing and
authorised
Railways.

By the Cam-
bridge and Lin-
coln scheme
and its
Branches, and
existing and
authorised
Railways.

3111e73 475. Chaim
126 10
133 73
150 0
163 65
• 194 65
176 0.

Miles, Chains
88 40
140 26
155 32
179 98
185 18
216 18
197 56

6 17
1 16
2 25
0 57
2 33
5 56
5 23
3 70
10 43
1 58
1 39
12 60
4 11

8 39
8 39
10 0

7 43
4 73
4 73
6 32
5 55

aid Galnsborough,
deld and Gainsbo-

proposed Direct
incoln Scheme.

Table showing Comparison of Distances by the proposed Direct
Northern Railway, and by the existing lines of Railway :
By the Direct
Northern Rail
way and its Difference in fa-
Rrinicites, and By existing your of the
existing and Railways. Direct Northern
authorised gc4IWAY.
Railways.
...—..„---,-,..-------
From 'London to Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains. Miles. Chains..
47 109 60 36 13
- 82 2a 122 76 40 48
Stamford - -
. . 103 44 121 60 is 16
Mensal - -
Peterborough - - 73
4 177 20 Is 16
Sheffield --,' 10 13 148 0 33 67
' 10 163 40 37 30
Newark
Lincoln -- - - 126 77 200 0 26 3
Wakefield -- - 173' ,T,T 205 20 28 23
Leeds _ . , - 176
York 6 0 218 0 42 0
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By order pf the Committee,
W. H. CLARK, Secretary,
Direct Northern Railway Company's Wilms, 04, Mofnate,stretti
January 6, 1846,
The Map of the Line and Reports above-mentioaed may be had at
the Offices in London, and at the following local agents:—
St. Neots - - Messrs. Pedpercorn and Wilkinson
Iggslesviryie - T. Chapman, Esq.
Stamford? Pam. W. and R, M. Thompson
Grantham - R. Jahruagne, Req.
Lincoln - - - Joseph Moore, Esq,
Louth - - - John Gray, Esq.
Gainsborough - William Robinson, Esq.
Leeds - E. J. Tealu, Esq.
-York - - - Messrs. J. and D. Russell
Aberdeen, - William Gordon, Esq. sharebroker
r #e4rt Allan, Esq.sharebroker
411131f6W 11C4W04i,4kirEc-J, and Co. sharebrokers
kel.sts. and Son, shawebrokers
'11,141; Prialek•rprd. and Parker ihittebpliers

LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, and NEW- ;
CASTLE-UPON-TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE " SUN."
SIB, —Observing in the " Times" newspaper of this day a list of the
,several railway schemes that have failed to deposit their plans, &c.,
necessary to comply with the standing orders of Parliament, and
which are, therefore, not in a position to proceed to Parliament at
'the ensuing session, I find that there Is one Inserted, and called the
" Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle Junction."
As it is very probable that this may be taken for this undertaking,
and in that case it will necessarily cause great alarm amongst the
Shareholders and other persons interested in the project, I shall feel
greatly obliged if you will have the goodness in the City article of
your paper of this day, or in some other prominent part.
to state that if the project, as inserted in the "Times,"
be intended for the Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle upon-Tyne Junction. Railway Company, it is an error,
as all the documents requisite to comply with the standing orders of
Parliament were duly deposited, relating to that undertaking, and the
notice on landowners, &c., served in proper time.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
W. H. INGRAM, Secretary.
22, Parliament-street, London, January 14, 1846. •

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CALL FOR SECOND INSTALMENT OF 21. 10s. PER
SHARE, ON 25/. HARES, MAKING 51. PAID.
The Directors of the Great Western Railway having resolved, at
a meeting held this day, to call, under the provisions of the Acts of
l'arliament, for an instalitent of 21. 10s. per Share ou 251. :glares,
notice is hereby given, that the Proprietors are requested to pay on
or before the 20th day of January next, to any of the undermen-
tioned bankers, the said sum of 2/. 'Os_ on each of their respective
25/. Sharel, viz :
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. ; at the Great Western

Railway °dice, 29, Gresham-street, City.
Bristol—Messrs. Miles, Harford, and C ; Messrs. Baillie, Ames,
and Co. ; Stuckey's Banking Company ; the West of England and
Smith Wales District Bank.
Liverpool —The Bank of Liverpool.
Cheltenham—The County of Gloucester Bank.
Reading—Messrs. I. and C. Simonds and Co.
By order of the Board of Directors,
CHAS. A. SAUSDERS, Secretary.
London Terminus, Paddington, Dec. 4, 1845.

AR I S AND LYONS RAILWAY
• (LAEFITTE'S CO.IIPANY).
Shareholders who have not received the CIRCULAR REPORT
of the Directors, dated; let December last, may be furnished with a
copy, by sending to this office for it.
The forms to be signed for the purpose of obtaining constituted
Shares, as well as for the repayment of the surplus deposits, are now
ready for delivery at this office, daily, between the hours of Eleven
and Three, until the 24th inst. ED. AIIIE, Secretary.
62, King William-street, City, Jan. 6, 1846.
teit HRE‘vsBURY AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY,

The Committee of Management of this Company have effected an
amalgamation with the Dudley, Madeley, Broseicy, and Ironbridge
Railway Cop)pany, on terms which are advantageous to the Share-
holders of both Companies. The liability of the Shareholders of this
Company will be reduced from 501. Shares to Shares of 251., and Two
Shares will be issued to the Shareholders of the Dudley and Madeley
Company for Three of their Shares. By this arrangement the Capital
and Parliamentary Deposit of 10 per cent., and the capital requisite
for the entire scheme of this Company, including a line from Dudley
to Madeley next year, will be secured. •
The reduction of the nominal amount of the Shares renders it ne-
cessary for the Shareholders of this Company to have their Scrip
Certificates stamped. They are, therefore, requested co send them
to the Company's Office for that purpose.
By order,
GEORGE KNOX, Secretary.
3, Moorg,ate-street, Jan. 10, 1846.

DUDLEY, MADELEY, BROSELEY, and
IRONBRIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY, with EXTEN-
SION to SHREWSBURY.
The Committee of Management of this Company have much sa-
tisfactinn in announcing to their Shareholders that an amalgama-
tion, on mutually advantageous terms, has been agreed on between
this Company and the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany.
By the agreement which has been entered into, it is stipnlated
that Two of the Shares in the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Company
shall be given in exchange for Three Shares in this Company. That
six members of the Managing Committee of this Company shall be
added to the Committee of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Com-
pany, and that application shall be made by the amalgamated Com-
pany in the next practicable session of Parliament for power to make
the line between Dudley and Madeley.
Notice is hereby given, that the Shareholders in this Company
must fotwird their scrip to the Secretary, at Stourbridge, on or
before SITUEDAY, the 17th instant, and signify (in the form given
below), their election either to rec. ive back their deposit, less their
proportionate share of the expenses incurred, or to take in exchange
their proportionate number of shares in the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham Company.
Parties who may elect to receive back their deposits, may at once
receive 2/. per share on account, and the balance as soon as the
amount of the expenses incurred shall have been ascertained.
Parties who may elect to take shares in the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham Company, may, in like manner, on depositing their scrip,
obtain a letter of allotment for their proportionate number of shares
therein, which letter will be forwarded to the original Shareholders
of this Company immediately and to others so soon as the Di-
rectors shall be satisfied of the sufficiency of the applicants; and
parties who shall fail to send in their scrip on or before SATURDAY,
the 17th instant, will be considered as having elected to receive back
their deposit less the expenses.
In cases where the proportion of the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham shares to be received shall amount to a fractional part of a
share, the Shareholders will have tile option of paying or receiving
the difference in value between such proportion and an entire share.
-- Arrangements will be made and announced, as soon as pos.dble,
for procuring the signature of the Shareholders to such deeds as the
altered circumstances of the Company have rendered necessary.
By order of the Committee,
W. S. DARKIN, Secretary.
Offices of the Dudley, Madeley, Croseley, and Ironbridge
Railway, Stourbridge, jan. 10, 1846.

DUDLEY, MADELEY, .BROSELEY, and
IRONBRIDGH RAILWAY.
For the convenience of Shareholders in London, the Scrip Certifi-
cates may be sent to the Office of the Shrewsbury and Birmingham
Company, 3, Moorgate-street, London.'
_ By order,- W. S. DARKIN, Secretary.
Stowbrid,4e, Jan. 12, 1846.

E WRY and ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.
1... NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
The Directors will meet •at their Office in Newry, en FRIDAY,
6th February next, at Eleven o'clock' in the forenoon, to receive
TENDERS for CONTRACTS for the following WORKS, viz. :
To make and lay the railway from the east side of Edward-street,
No. 1, in the townland of Ballinlare, in the parish of Newry, to a
field, .I, in the townland of Drumbanagher, in the parish of
Killeavy, all in the coanty of Armagh, a distance of 9,166 yards,
being about 514 miles; with all the excavations, embankments,
bridges, culverts, gates, fences, roads, &c. &c., complete, and to keep
the whole in repair for one year after completion, finding all ma-
terials except the permanent rails, bolts, screws. chairs, treenails,
and sleepers.
Flans and Specifications are open for inspection at the Company's
Offices in Newry, and at No. 19, Moorgate-street, London, where
printed forms of tender may be had, and no others wdl be attended to.
Tenders are to be delivered, sealed, before Eleven o'clock oa the
15th February next, and parties tendering must attend the Directors'
Meeting in person, or by some one duly authorised on their behalf.
The party whose tender is accepted will be required to enter into a
bond, with sureties for the due performance of the contract, in a
penalty of not less than ten per cent. cn the gross sum contracted for,
and tile names of the proposed sureties are to be specified in the
Tender.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the lowest offer.
NEWRY and MORNE, Chairman.
Dated, 7th January, 1846.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXTENSION STOCK, No. 2.
Tile Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company do, in
purslane of the power vested in them by the General Meeting of
the Proprietors held on the 28th August last, and for the purposes
mentioned in the report of the Directors to the Proprietors, call the
further sum of Two Pounds per share on the shares of the Extension
Stock,' No 2, of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to be paid
en THURSDAY the 22d day of January next to any of the undermen-
tioned Bankers of the Company, who are instructed to receive the
same on presentation of the Scrip. Interest will be charged upon
the instalmen's at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum, if not duly
paid at the above-mentioned date.
By order of the Board,
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.
C. Y. RONEY, Secretary.
London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, or any of its Branches.
Liverpool Borough Bank —Liverpool.
Manchester anil Liverpool District Bank--Manchester.
Wilts and Dorset Banking Company—Salisbury.
I Messrs. Lemon and Co. —Brentwood.
Messrs. Mills, Bawti cc, and Co.—Colchester.
Messrs. Sparrow and Co.—Chelmsford.
Nation: Provincial Bank —Bath.
I National Provincial Bank—Birmingham. •
National Provincial Bank—Boston.
Western Bank of Scotland—Edinburgh.
Western Bank of Scotland.—Glasgow.
Royal Bank of Ireland--Dublin.
East of England Bank—Great Yarmouth.
West of England and South Wales District Bank—Bristol.
Messrs. Harveys and Hudson—Norwich.
Messrs. Bacon, Cobbold, and Co.l
_lpswich.
Messrs. Alexanders and Co. • • • • -
Cheltenham and Gloucestershire Bank—Chelteham.
Union Bank—York.
Offices, Shoredttch Station, Dec. 27, 1845.

ONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
A 4. Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the Proprietors of this Company will be held at the Euston
Station, London, on FRIDAY, the 13th day of February now next
ensuing at Twelve o'clock, when the drafts of the undermentioned
Bills proposed to be introduced into Parliament in the next session, will
be subnnitted to the Proprietors for their approVal, under which Bills
it is proposed to authorise the London and Birmingham Railway
Company either to construct, or to become the Proprietors of, or to
contribute towards the formation of, the railways therein mentioned,
that is to say—

Three Bills to authorise the construction of railways from the
London and Livinlngham Railway ; one of such railways from or
near the !Uric)* Station to Aylesbury ; another thereof from or near
the Tring Station to Banbury; another thereof from or near the
L'letchley Station to the city of Oxford.
Three Bills to authorise the construction of railways from the
London and Birmingham Railway ; one thereof from or near the
Hampton Station to Banbury ; anoth. r :aereof from or near the said
Hampton Station-to join the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in
the parish of 'Ashchurch, 1 a ' The county Of Gloucester; and another
thereof ;I•om or -neat the Weedon Station to the ci y of Worcester,
with a branch to the-town of Alcester.
A Lin for..matiag- a rztiway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, at Coventry, to, join the line of the Trent Valley Railway
in the pariili of Nuneaton.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the' palish of Weedon Beck, to join the Blisworth and
Peterborough Railway .n the parish •of Hardingstone.
A Bill for extending the line of the Coventry and Leamington
Branch of the London and Birmingham Railway to the town of Lea-
. mington Priors.
A Bill to authorise the extension of the London a^d Birmingham
' Railway' to Navigation-street, In the town of Birmingham.
A Bili for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway at-Rugby to the town of Leamington.
A Bill or Bills for making a railway from the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, in the parish of Aston juxta Birmingham, to the
Grand Junction Railway, in the parish of Bushbury, in the coati:3, of
Stafford, with branches to Dudley.
And another railway, from and out of the last-mentioned railway,
at or near Sinethwick, in the parish of Harborne, in the county of
Stafford, to Steurport, in the county of Worcester, with branches to
Netherton and Oldbury.
And also In authorise certain arrangements between the London
and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of Proprietors
of the Birmingham' Canal Navigi —ions, with reference to the pur-
chase; or leasing or use of the said navigations.
A Bill for ma:; ng a railway from the pariah of Dudley to the town
of Hales Owen.
A Bill or Bills to authorise and empower the union and consolida-
tion into one undertaking of the London and Birmingham Railway,
the Grand Junction Railway, and the Manchester and Birmingham
Railway ; er for effecting such amalgamation separately between the
London and Birmingham and Grand Junction Railway Companies,
and the London and Birmingham, and Manchester and Birmingham
Railway Companies respectively.
A Bill for making a railway from or nor the 1111sworth Station, on
the London and Birmingham Railway, to the towns of Banbury and
Cheltenham.
A Bill for making a branch r 'ilway from the London and Birming-
ham railway, at or near Rugby, to the town of Stamford.
A Bill for making a -branch railway from the London and Bir-
mingham Railway, at or near V olverton, to the town of Newport
Pagnell, and thence to join the line Of the llecirci and London and
Birmingham Railway.
A Bill to authOrise the purchase of the Aylesbury Railway.
A 11111 for making a branch railway from the London a il Birming-
ham Railway, at or near Watford, to St. Albans and Dunstable, with
a branch to Luton.
A Bill for making cersttaain:terations In the line of the West Lon-
don Railway, and extend the same to the river ThatneS.
Camden-
town, in Oa- county of Al iddiennse*xn.
4 Bill to empower the Lonapn and Birminghou Railway Com.
pang to enlarge their
ear Ruston-square, and at A
11111 for extending the line of the London and Birmingham Rail-
way-from Camden-town to Farringdoa-street, in the city of London.
Tlit Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
Dated this 2d day_of January, 1846. •
GEO. CARE GLYN, Chairman, 1 of the Board
JOSH. FRED. LEDSAM, Deputy-Chairman, 3 of Directors.
ly orderj RICHARD cRErDt Secretary.

THE MERCHANT TRADERS' SHIP LOAN
AND INz,UItANCE 'ASSOCIATION.
(Prvisonally Registered according to Act of Parliament.)
Capital, 100,000,0001, in 20,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. Ter Share.
Five Shillings a Share to be paid on Allotment, the remainder on the
Execution of the Deed of Settlement.
No Shareholder to be ly•yond the amount of his Subscription.
TRUSTEES.
The Right Hon. Captain Lord Viscount Ingestre, R.N., C. 8., M.P.
Sir Robert Price, Part., M P.
David'Hope, Esq., GLasgow •
CObIIMITTEI3 OF MANAGEMENT.
The Right Hon. Captain LerrViscount Ingestre, R.N., M.Y.
Sir Robert Price, Bart.;
Captain Samuel Price, R.N., Senior United Service Club
Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Lodge-plate, St. John's Wood
William Webster Wats,m, Esq., Inner. Temple
Edward G. Winthrop, Esq., Gloucester-street; Regent's park
Captain Blalr, 11.E.1.C.5., Glasgow
David Hope. Esq., Glasgow -
Mathew Dick, Esq., Meikle Ernoch Merchant, Glasgow
MANAGING DIRECTOR Collingridge, Esq.
. RANKERS. -
The Commercid Bank of London, Lothbury
Th, City of Glasgow Bank, Glasgow
The Hibernian Banking Corrpany,
SOLICITOR.
John 'Watson, -Jun., Esq., 10, ilenrietta-street, Covent-garden.
SOLICITORS FOR SCOTLAND.
Messrs. Campbell and Tenneuts, George square, Glasgow.
OFFICES.

London-2, Fish-street-hill
Glasgow-B', St. Vincent-street; Manager, John M'Lellan, jun., Esq.
Dublin-12, Lower Sackville-street ; Manager, J. 13.;-Bankhead, Esq.
The objects of this Association are twofold—the Insurance of Ships
and the Advancing of Money by way of Loan, secured by mortgage
on shipping. Each branch affords its own share of individual profit ;
but the two operations, judiciously combined, will evidently be pro-
ductive of highly remunerative results to the proprietary.
' The immense fortunes known to have been realised by individuals
who have advanced money upon the security of shipping, with an
assignment of the policy of assurance, afford the hest guarantee of the
soundness of the principle upon which the Association is founded.
The almost incredible number of British shipping under mortgage,
shown by the books of the It ~istrar-General of Customs, exhibits a
wide field for the operations of the Association. The great bulk, if
not all of these loans, have been obtained upon exorbitant terms by
the small owner from his more wealthy neighbour, who may look
rather to the obtaining possession of the vessel by foreclosure than
to the eligibility of the security as an investment.
The Association will advance a sum of money, in no case exceed-
ing two-thirds of the vessel's value, upon the report of its surveyors ;
which loan shall be secured by mortgage upon thelsboie ship and
earnings by freight, the policy of insurance effected with the Asso-
ciation remaining in its hands until the termination of the period
for which the loan has been granted.
Among the many advantages it holds out, the following are not
the least:—
To the Shipowner, the certainty of obtaining, at a moderate rate,
and without injury to his credit, pecuniary assistance when he mast
requires it.
The opportunity of relieving himself from mortgages bearing an
exorbitant interest, and effecting them with the Association at an
equitable rate. 7,
To the Shipbuilder, particularly when building far the market,
either at time or in our colonies, by placing him in a position less
dependent upon immediate sale at an unfavourable season.
To both, a participation in the profits of the Association by be-
crming shareholders.
The Association embodies the following advantages for its Pro-
prietary :
The immediate certainty of securing a very large number of poli-
cies of insurance, since, although insurances will be taken without
loans, no loan will be granted unless the policy he effected with the
Association ; hence the double profit which will arise from these two
sources.
A total absence of risk to the shareholders.
It may be added that an extensive connexion has been already
formed in the leading outports, and insurance business to a large
amount secured for the Association.
The same machinery sufficing for the working of the double prin-
ciple here exhibited, the expenses of management will not exceed
those of any ordinary marine insurance-office.
The necessary Parliamentary notices for an Act of Incorporation
have been duly given in the Gazettes of November, 1845.
The whoie sum required for the preliminary expenses has been
advanced by the London members of the Committee of .Management.
Applications for shares, in the usual form, may be made to the
Committee of Management, and addressed to any of the above-named
officers of the Association, to the solictors, or to ally of the following
agents, from whom more detailed prospectuses may be had :—Wm.
Cannata, Esq., Exchange-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. Flint and
Tootal, Hull; Messrs. Drewry and Richardsol, Newcastle-on-Tyne;
Robert W. Ogilvie, Esq., Newcastle-on-Tyne ; W. J. Barker, Esq.,
Sunderland; Messrs. Carr and Sons, Whitehaven ; Tiffin Bell, Esq.,
Workington ; Messrs. Wood and Son, Mary-port ; Henry Smith, Esq.,
Fleetwood; T. Sanford, Esq., Exeter; A. W. Forbes, Esq., Glasgow;
J. Mac Lellan, jun., Esq., 88, Vincent-street, Glasgow ; Messrs.
Gird wood and Co., Leith; J. B. 13ankhead, Esq., 12, Lower
Sackville-street, Dublin; and Robert Henderson, Esq., Donegal•
quay, Belfast.

AIERCHANT TRADERS' SIM' LOAN and
INSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
The great bulk of shares having been already subscribed for in the
principal outports, no Application for Shares can be received after
SATURDAY, the 24th inst., when the Committee will immediately
proceed to the allotment.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUg.-
A:NCB SOCIETY,
26, CORNIIILL, LONDON.
Capital X 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parlie.roeNt.
This institution off,rs important and sabstantial tulcn-
tages with respect both t# Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.'
The asslred has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the rolicy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); aiso the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of hi, interc.sts to meet other conveniNnees er necessity. Assurances
for terns of years are er.nted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFIT..
The success and increasing proslierity of the Society has enabled
the Direeterg, at the last anatial investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 3ko to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES,