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No. 16,724.

ONDON. and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of this COMPANY will be held at the
Ruston Station, London, on THURSDAY, the 7th day of May now
next ensuing, at 12 o'clock, when copies of the undermentioned Bills
now pending in Parliament, will be submitted to the proprietors for
their approval, by which Bids it is proposed to authorise the London
and Birmingham Railway Company, either to construct, or to become
the lessees or proprietors of, or to contribute towards the formation
of the railways therein mentioned, that is to say—
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway at Aldbury, in the county of Hertford, to Banbury, in the
county of Oxford.
A Bill for snaking a railway from Oxford, to the London and Bir-
mingham Railway at Bletchley, in the county of Buckingham.
A Bill for making a railway irons the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of War-
wick, to the town of Banbury, in the county of Oxford.
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Hampton-in-Arden, in the county of
Warwick, to the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway, in the parish
of Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester..

A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham RailwarCompauk
to make a branch railway froin the LWIJJII and Birmingham Rail-
, war, near CoVentry, to the Trent Valley Railway, in the parish of
Nuneaton.
A Bill for making a railway Nom or near the city of Worcester, to
the London and Birmingham Railway, in the parish of Weedoii, in
the conmy of Northampton, with a branch to Alcester, in the county
of Warwick.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch from the said railway, to the Blisworth and Peter-
borough breach thereof.
A Bill to empower the. London and Birmingham Railway Company
to extend their line at Leamington, and to enlarge their stations at
Coventry and Rugby. and for other purposes
A Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, to or near to Navigation-street, in the borough of Bir-
mingham.
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A. Bill for making a railway from the London and Birmingham
Railway, in the parish of Rugby, in the county of Warwick, to Learn-
, ington and Warwick, in the county of Warwick.
A Bill for carrying into effect certain arrangements between the
London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the Company of
Proprietors of the Birmingham Canal Navigation, and for granting
certain powers to the said respective Companies.
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Bi:1 for making railway from Birmingham to Wolverhampton
and to the Grand Junction Railway in the parish of Bushbury, with
a line diverging therefrom to Wolverhampton, and a branch to
Dudley.

et Bill for making a yailway from Sinethwick, ix tale parish of Hat,
borne, in the county of Stafford, to Stourport, in the county of Won
cuter, with branches. therefrom...
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A Bill to consolidate the London and Birmingham Grand Junction
and 3lanehester and Birmingham Railway Companies.
A Bill, for making a railway from Blisworth, In the -eountrlof
Northimpton, to Ashchurch, in the county of Gloucester, to be called
`The Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway."
A Bill for making a railway from Blisworth, in the county of
Northampton, to Banbury, in the. county of Oxford, to be called
" The Northampton and Banbury Railway."
A Bill to empowerthe London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a branch railway from Rugby to the Syston and Peter-
borough Railway at Stamford.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Company
to make a railway from Wolverton to Newport Pagnell and Bedford.
A Bill for vesting the Aylesbury Railway in the London and Bir-
mingham Railway Company.
A Bill to empower the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to make a railway from the London and Birmingham Railway,
near Watford, to St Albans and Dunstable, with a branch to Luton.
A Bill to authorise an improVement of the line of the West London
Rail Way and the Extension thereof to the river Thames.
A Bill to empower. the London and Birmingham Railway Com-
pany to enlarge their stations in London, and for other purposes.
The chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely.
Dated this 22d day of April, 1846.
GEORGE -CARR
.GLYN, Chairman, Of tha Board
JOSH. FREDERICK LEDSAM, Deputy Chairman, S of Directors.
By order, RICHARD CREED, Secretary.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY
ALTERATION and ACCELERATION of TRAINS on and
after Ist of MAY.

The Express Train from Exeter 633 A.R., awl from London 5 33
r will start at One o'clock.
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4csalTi
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Exeter
The Train from Bristol to Exeter will leave at 4 35, instc,a,l of
6, P.M.
The Langley Marsh Station will be. opened, and two Passenger
Trains each way will call there.
The 1 30 Train from Maidenhead will start at Three o'clock, P.M.,
for Paddington. "
First and Second Class Passengers can travel by all the Third
Class Trains between Paddington and Bristol.
For further particulars of change of time of Trains calling at inter-
mediate stations, reference must be had to the new Train Bills. '
By order of the Directors,
CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

April 24, 1843.

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40.NDON and 13LACiCIVALL EX TENSION
RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR WORM.
The Directors of the London and Black:vet Railway Compa,-
prepared to receive TENDERS for the -EXECUTION of so me'•!-1
the %VORA'S on the extension railway as are situate bitwee• ;ho
junction with the Blackwall Railway at Stepney and the south side
of the Ilow-road, in the county of Middlesex.
Plans, sections, drawings, and specifications will be ready f, in-
spection at the office of the engineer, Joseph Locke, Esq., Adam-
street, Adelphi, on Thursday, the 23d day of April inst. •
,Sealed Tenders on printed forms, which may be had at the office of
the Engineer, must be delivered to the Secretary, at the tffice of the
Company, before Twelve o'clock at noon, on TUESDAY, the 19th day
of May next, when the Directors will meet to consider them, and
when all persons making tenders are requested to be in attendance.
The Directors do not bind themselves to accept the loWest tender.
• • J. N. DANIELL, Chairman.
J. F.- KENNELL, Secretary.
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Offices, London Terminus, Fenchurch-street, April 20,1846.

UCKINGHAAISIIIRE AND OXFORD
• • AND BLETCHLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Interest guaranteed by the Londotiand Birmingham Company;
'At the present moment, when public confidence in railway pro-
jects has been much diminished, and when many 44 them have been
entirely abandoned, the. Committee of, Management of the aboe•
mentioned.undertaking'think proper to announce to their snbscribtrs
that their expectations of success are entirely unabated:- = •
Mature consideration and observation of the circumstances, of
other railways .haVe only confirmed' the' Committee in their crhi-
viction that the Buckinghamshire Railway is caldulated to be profit-
"able to the shareholders, beneficial to the districts through wh
it will pass, and conducive to the general interests of the country.
The Committee, therefore, prosecute their undertaking with ev
confidence of final success, and advantage to all Rip parties conserved.
IL VERNEY,
Chairman of the Committee of Management.
Office of the Company, 29, Great Ceorge-street,
Westminster, April 20, 1846.

lAVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION
• RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that a MEETING of the HOLDERS of
SCRIP of this Company will be held in the Caledonian Hotel,
Inverness, on FRIDAY,' the 15th May proximo, at Ten o'clock A.M.,
in'terms of the resolutions passed by the House of Commons on the
23d current, to express their approval or disapproval of the Bill non'
in dependance before Parliament.

To entitle parties to vote they must produce their scrip at the
meeting.

SALES BY AUCTION.

NEAR TO USK, IN MONMOUTHSHIRE.
A Capital RESIDENCE, in tile Centro of this beauteous Counts,
TWO FARMS on Lease, with excellent Buildings ; altogether 425
ACRES of extraordinary PRODUCTIVE LAND, with a BED
of excellent LIMESTONE.
R. GEORGE ROBINS is .commissioned to
OFFER by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Mart, Lo,don, on
TIMBSDAY, the 7th ofMav oa t 12 'Cla-k in One Lot, an exceedingly
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ELIGIBLE FREEHOLD INVESTMENT, -
and one perfectly free from any uncertainty arising from the pro-
jected alterations In the corn-laws ; combining with a
FAMILY RESIDENCE OF CONSIDEttABLE PRETENSIONS
AND 425 ACRES OF UNCOMMONLY PRODUCTIVE LAIN'D
OF WHICH 355 ACRES ARE ARADLE AND PASTURE, AND
75 ACRES WOODLAND.
gently sloping to a .beautiful southern aspect, most genial for the im-
provemcat of cattle and sheep, a irst, It may ba well t• glance at
the situation, sad-encounter
THE ALMOST HERCULEAN TASK OF TRYING
TO POUItTItAY. THE II r.Au riEs OF MONMOUTHSHIRE.
A panegyric upon.

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THE LOV`P.LY 'VALE AND RIVER OF USK,
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of
ICH ADJOIN THE ESTA YE,
would be a work of supererogation to those woo have had the good
fortune to sojourn there; those who bait) not, end would invest in
perieet security:, while N the enjoyment cf a quietude unknown to
less-favoured districts, will do well to be on the alert, and do
"their possible to become the possessor of this fine property.
• THE WINDING OF THE RIVER W YE
In the immediate vicinity,
VIE BEAUTEOUS WOODLAND SCENERY,
THE NEVER-TIRING COMBINATION OF HILL AND DALE,
• -THE RIVER FULL OF SALMON AND TROUT,
the verdant 'pastures, luxuriant orchards and gardens in every di-
rection, produce an effect not. to be appreciated, and in no part of
England to be exceedeti in beauty.
THE•RESIDENCE IS ONE OF COMFORT,
and was formerly the abode of -
JOHN OVEREND, ESQ.,
THE , WEALTItY BANKER, OF LONDON',
The situation will be irresistible in provoking a little outlay to
complete that which the late possessor so ably projected. Without
being too cumbersome or expensive, the Residence combines all that
a family of great respectability can deSire, kitchen gardens and
,orchards. Should the purchaser of the Estate desire to reside, and
• • 'FORM A PLEASUP.E FARM. '
there is an abundance of field sports, and lots of fishing; and the cele-
brated Llangibby Honrili hunt t ie immediate neighbourhood.
A BRANCH OF THE SOLTTIIWALES RAILWAY,
now making, is within half s silo. There arc Two highly-cultivated
Farins, with comfatable abode, which adjoins the residence, and
ail necessary' buildings, two warm and sheltered yards "for stock, and
a good tenant (Mr. Joseph Neale) at a very inadequate rent for
four years yet to come.

• THE QUALITY OF THE SOIL
is of acknowledged excellence. Tit, pastures so rich as to fatten
bullocks and sheep for the London market, and the land exuberant
beyond measure.
LI NIB AND COAL CLOSE AT RAND IN GREAT ABUNDANCE ;
and the market towns approximating, render a sure and advan-
tageous vent for the produce of the land.
CHEPSTOW AND RAGLAND CASTLES
are neighbouring auxiliaries, and

THE DUKE OF 7SEAUFORTI
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PRINCELY ESTATES SURROUND THE PROPERTY
The neighbourhood is remarkable for sociability and the great re-
spectability of the inhabitants ; in fact, it would be altogether
very difficult to discover a single ,point of objection to a capitalist
who would repose in clover. The Tithe and poor-rate very moderate,
and the parish church is in the immediate neighbourhood.
William Groves, at Pyrks Cottage, will show the Estate, and
Particulars had, with plans annexed, of A. Waddington, Esq.,
Solicitor, Usk ; the Beaufort Arms, Monmouth ; King's Head,
Gloucester; White Lion, Bristol; Messrs. Irlam and Pletcher, soli-
citors, Liverpool; the Auction Mart; and at Mr. George Robins'a
Offices, London.