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BANICER.I.
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Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury, 7
London
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Messrs. Cockburns and Co. 4,: Whitehall,l
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsburyany,
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ENGINEES IN CHlEF—Ssunuel Clegg, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ExamsEn—Francis Briscoe, Esq.
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souciroits.
Messrs. Yarborough And Adams, Lincoln's Imo-gelds, London
E. Garbctt, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
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100 AL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, LUdloit
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Beraard Baddeley, Esq., Jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stratton
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius Jervis, Eiq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq. Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq.:Wolverhampton
T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries
SacaaTAßY—George Bond, Esq.
Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings, London.

The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company
will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand
Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proceed from
thence by Eccleshall, Oftley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale ; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock-
edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under-Haywood, to Wistanstow, in
the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with
the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway."
The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure
and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire
coal-field, to a depot imposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will be conveyed by the "Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire and the
neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to
calculate the extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the
direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire
coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown
and Llanidloes, the price per ton will be reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend-
ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be
enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to
the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference
to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight
with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused
by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water.

A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop-
shire ironmaster,;,f or the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh-
bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of
lam( and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey
it direct Into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense.
By its junction with the " Grand Junction" and the " Hereford
and Shrewsbury" Railways, this line will form a direct communica.
tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York and Hull, and
Swansea and South Wales.

As a junction line alone (connecting as it will such important rail-
ways), s large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it
is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely_
populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving
agricultural neighbourhood, It will be obvious that a sufficient local
traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of
capital required to be embarked.

The line, whiCh will not interfere with any property of an orna
mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
will be constructed at much less than the average cost.

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Such Important local co-operation has been secured, that Wir oppo-
sition is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure.
The liability of the Shareholders wii: be limited, by the Act, to the
' amount of their subscription to the capital stock ; and power will be
applied for to allow interest at the rata of four per cent, per annum
on the amount of the deposit, and upon the itrther calls, from the
date of each payment until the opening of the line ; and the Brat
deposit being paid, a further can will not be made until the Act s
Parliament shall have been obtained.
Maps of the line, prospectuses. &c., are to be obtained from the
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents, also the brokers, Messrs.
Mieville and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Mesh. Cazcnove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham,Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Sohnes
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, ICsq.
Sheffield ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull ; to whom applications
for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may e addressed; and
it will be necessary that reference be made to a banker, solicitor, at
person Of reepon.sibili 7,

and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro-
jected with every chance of success.

M to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
tke Vast ,ninnien.,?f,yrierehlrit
.vessels continually detained In the
Alrl4l.lsi' I 417). 1,14'e ritic*, krei4d, ar.46L litirtng both In
fdtirdoe tipie,,bj, discharging di**. eargoei, at talidotitli;i4ll,cl.4
orlon Oanspilttlpg them to;th9h. Acstinationhi inomit Zatlwcill
Ancltlwefpre--r,williou!TgWit4tiflg,O4 tieagent, to qv igc the ports
op either side of, the , great proihijiithit of till LAtitta Eti
of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellie.of England," Attract a lArger propopr-
ti,m WintryrWintry—it thii line will comnidlid a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End, As between
Taunton and Ite,ading, an inapeetitin of the itiap witi silo* a vast ex-
tant or Ihittland filstritt, compriting rich and populous parts of So-
inorsetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, noW altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.

Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude) of vital importance in the event of
war. and Of alitioat iiiettletilabie &Wattage to the general and packet
COMinerce of the kingdom ; It `may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outporis to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for In the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
Was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament.

It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there arc no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
small expense ; that the undertaking
NcVoinllstlllne withat thean unusually
corndaialnalsiuypport, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landoivner.4, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.

Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
our pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.
Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION'.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot me shares of 25!. each
in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/. 15s.
per skare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated

'HE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER

DIRECT RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's
Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, apon signature of the deed,
the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary.

SHROPSHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
SHIRE
forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. eaeh.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
of Commons.)
PECKISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di-
rector of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longuevillo, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kensington-square
Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames ?late Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire and Manchester
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square .
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, GoldshW, near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Ciun, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, 1311-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Irenmaster, Bileton, Staffordshire
Feurdrenier, George H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Xsq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Stafford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, ali., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loyeri4ge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Sammerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Mithield Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton . William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal iarmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffual
Silveater and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
Slade, the Rev. H. R., D.D., Wolverhampton
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi-
mation Railways
Stead, James, Rag , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
LiverPSummers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
George, and Leeds Railway
Swift,
Elford-hill, Eceleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesiey, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
e, Esq.,
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-:street, and Hull, Direoter of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Irorunasters, Whittington Iron
Works, near Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wood, William, Esq. Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth,
Salop (With power to add to their Ember.)

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Reading and Reigate Railway

Company.
if Gentlemen,—l request You will allot me shares of 201. each
lit thus Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less
number you may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s.
per share, and all thture calls thereon, and to execute the Sub-
scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 184
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READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for
SHARES will be RECEIVED after Wm:Qum:4:r next, the 24th inst.
Dated 16th September, 1845.
By order of the Board.
DIGBY FOWELL, Secretary (pro tern.)

Offices, 1, Old Jewry,

JAMAIGA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON-
TEGO BAY.

Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 21. per Share.
A. Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in
the Island.
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PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
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Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernarvoashire
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard
Sir John J. Hansler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place
Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-street, Relgrave-square
P. S.-Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London
Major Adair, U.S. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng-
land Insurance Company
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway
John Blunt, Esq.., Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial
Bank, London
Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell
Lieutenant-Colonel Gillies, Cambridge-terrace
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall
D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London
and Manchester Railway
Francis John Lambert, Esq , 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Newts, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail-
way
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron
Railway
B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St.
Elizabeth's
J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and Western Railways
W. C. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Director of the Worcester,
Shrewsbury, andCrewe Railway
William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and
Cork and Kilkenny Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National
Bank of Ireland
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In-
surance Company
Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars
Charles Bieaden, Esq. Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coilsden
Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General
Fire and Life Assurance Company
(With power to add to their number.)

ENGINEERS—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrovr, Esq.
C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., 111.1.C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane.

The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of
passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter-
mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons
conversant with the islan I of Jamaica.
The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King-
ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on
the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest
Journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be
traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of
30s. per passenger.
The difference in the freights between the northern and southern
sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the
saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern
side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at
much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan-
tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King-
ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed ports
f the east and north of the island.
The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at
Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the
largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or
near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King-
ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria,
t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego
1 ay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed
b etween the most important and populous places, and faculty offered
for carriage of the produce of the most predictive portion of the
island.

Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are
gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun-
tains, which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the
eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost
level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country,
rising into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The
whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar-
t cles of sugar, ceffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other
spices, dye wood, drugs, Sm.; and as more than one-third of the
land Is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by
the increased facility for traffic, bo greatly increased ; and cotton,
indigo, cocoa, &e., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again
be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety
abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes
spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vita, ebony, Spanish'
elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will
also bring largely into use the valuable palmetto , and various other
woods for agricultural and household purposes, asd cabinet works.
The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ;
lead ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver;
whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate
et lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com-
posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic.
The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction
of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion
of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material*
necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the
atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut-
tings and embankments will be generally superseded.
A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line,
and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con-
struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ;
—the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction
of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased
to capitalists r the benefit of the Shareholders.
Of the vatic as imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti-
mate can see cely be given—it will be safficient to state, that Coals,
Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops,
Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and
Manufactures generally, form important sources of profit.
The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate
per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care-
ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of
railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re-
quired, and the speedy communication established between the
island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, will ?enable the Directors in this country to exercise an
efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island.
The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the
Payment of 4% per cent. interest upon the amount paid upon the
shares from ►he passing of the Bill until the opening of the line.
Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43,
Moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors,
47, Moorgate-street, London; and the following Sharebrokers :
Mr. S. 11. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans,
39, Lothbury ; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London ;
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs.
Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp,
Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham ; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson,
Bradford; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and ,Co., and Mr. William Lee,
Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick-
enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax ; Messrs.
Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh ; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; Messrs.
Black and Lorimer, Glasgow; Mr. Percy. Bolger, Garden street,
Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may
be had.
To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern,

and Northern Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
501. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21.
per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as
may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l am,
Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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* Wood Is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that climate is
more durable, • • •

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Eit.CIThiSION TRAINS' TS C.A3tHHTHGE,
A Train, consisting of operi Secondiciats arid Of Third-claSs Car-
riages, will leave the Shoreditch Station, on WI-16:y, the 2*l and
Monday, 'the instant, at Nine o'clock, A.m., and Hertfoid dt
iir.Mpftllt. Nine A.M., returning from Cambridge at Half-past Six
p.iL. tHils Will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Brox-
noWnedyrid ate. raf6 tb Cattltiriclge and back, from any of the
riboye statins;
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READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY
connecting the GREAT WESTERN, SOUTH WESTERN,
LONDON and BRIGHTON, and SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
Ilovitimially registered, pursuant to 7 & 8 Viet., c. 110.
Capital, X 600,000 in 30,000 shares of 420 each.
Deposit, 22 2s. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Chelsea, M.P. for Reading
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street
John Humphery, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the City of London
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens
Sir William Young, Bart., Director of the East India Company
Daniel Mildred, Esq., Banker, Nicholas-lane
Colonel Robert Douglas, R.A., United Service Club, Director of the
Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Twickenham, Deputy Chairman of the Thames
Embankment Company
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith,
and Central Wales Railway
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rushland Hall, Lancashire,
Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway
Major Mors,: Cooper, Wargrave, Berks
Andrew gpot::',ooclei gni Carlton-terrace, and Broome Hall,
Dorking
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
William Strahan, Esq., banker, Strand, and Ashurst, Dorking
James Garrard, Esq., Pinner, Middlesex
John Leveson Gower, Esq., Bill 11111, Wokingham, Berks
James Hartley Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Peninsular

and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
James Hayward, Esq., Wokingham, Berks
Captain Hodges, Connaught terrace, Hyde Park
John Jackson, Esq., Upper Belgrave-place, Eaton-square
Charles Johnson, Esq., Hennerton House, Berks
Captain G. Evans, R.N., Headley Grove, Dorking
John Keene, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland
John Weidale Knollys, Esq., Reading
;William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square
David Mocatta, Esq., F.S.A., 32, Brunswick-square
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Li fe•offico
Edward E. Molyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, Director of the ShrewS-
bury and Hereford Railway
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., 29, Montague-street, Russell-square
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company
John Southgate, Esq., Pebble Coombe, Reigate
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Gros •
venor-square
James Joseph Wheble, Esq., Bulmarsh Court, Reading, Berks
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
William Lecluners Whitmore, Esq., 17, James-street, Buckingham-
gate
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—SamueI Hughes, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richards and Rogers, Reading.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Wokingham—J. L. Roberts, Esq.
Dorking—Mark Smallpiece, Esq.
Reigate—Thomas Hart, Esq.
Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq.
Bagshot—John Mears, Esq.
BANKERS.
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London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co.
Reading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co.
Reigate—Messrs. Nash and Neale.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Hugh Times Cameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street.
SECRETARY (pro tem )—Digby Fowell, Esq.
Temporary Offices, No. 1, Old Jewry.
For particulars see the prospectus and map, which may be ob-
tained at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Old Jewry, or from the
Solicitors, Parliamentary or Local Agents, or the following Share-
brokers:—Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, Exchange, London; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. T. N. Balne, Gloucester ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Collis, Birmingham; Mr. Neilson, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Newmarch and Withington, Manchester ; Messrs.
Bingley, Rawson, and Bingley, Leeds ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ;
Messrs. Grayson and Earle, York ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull ;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Mr. W. J. Eaglesfleld, Leicester ;
Messrs. J. Peet and Son, Nottingham ; Messrs. Pillans and Home,
Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin.