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Messrs. Ricketts, Enthoven, Turner, and Co, Truro, Falmouth,

Penzance, and St. Colamb
Stuckey's Banking Company, Bristol
Messrs. Dennison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co. London.

Printed forms of application for shares, and any further informa-
tion, can be obtained at the offices of the Company, or of the solicitors,
Messrs. Passingham and Simmons, Truro ; or Messrs. Edwards,
Mason, and Edwards, 8, Delahay-street, Westminster ; or of the
following brokers :—Mr. C. S. Edsall, Ti uro ; Messrs. Parker and
Scrutton, 81, Old Broad-street; or Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26,
Bristol ; Messrs. Neilson and Co. Liverpool; Messrs. Cardwell and
Austin-friars, London ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford,
Sons, Manchester ; or Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co. Exeter.

THE NEWCASTLE and LEEDS DIRECT
_ RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Saville C. H. Ogle, Esq., M.P. for Northumberland
T. C. Grainger, Esq. M.P. for Durham
Wm. Collins, Esq. M.P.
Thos. Cookson, Esq. Swinburne Castle
Richard Pierce Butler, Esq. Swinburne Castle, Northumberland
Captain John Harrison Bowker, R.N. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Edward Mon, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Henry Bleckley, Esq. Newcastle•on-Tyne
Andrew White, Esq, TuAstal-ledge, Sunderland
Matthew Hutton Chaytor, Esq. Sunderland
Joseph Hunter, Esq. Beech-grove, Chester•le-street
Robert Hawthorn, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Samuel Sharp, Esq. Quarry-house, Harperly-park, Durham
Johi Morley, Esq. Eastoft-hall, Goole, Yorkshire
John Rawson, Esq. Stoney Royd, Halifax
John Cresswell Jobliag, Esq. Newton-hall, Northumberland, chair-
man of the Quarter Sessions for the county of Nerthunaberlaad
Gerard Salvin, Esq. Croxdale-hall, Durham
James Atkinson West, Esq. Western-lodge, Dubow
John Burrell, Esq. Durham
John Featherston Ayton, Esq. Sheriff of Newcastle-on-Tyne
John Henderson, Esq. Leazes-house, Durham
William Green, Esq. Durham
John Harrison, Esq. Bell-wood, Ripon
Thomas Fisher, Esq. Ripon
George Smith, jun. Esq. Leeds
Thomas Nunneley, Esq. Leeds
Peter Fairbairn, Esq. Leeds
Richard Hutchinson, Esq. Leeds •
The Mayor of Leeds
John Darntou Luccock, Esq. Leeds
John Haigh, Esq. Leeds
C. G. Modes, Esq. Leeds
Thomas Drone, Esq. West-hill, Devon, and Pall-mall
The Hon. Captain Hstham, R.N. chairman of the Nerthitmbaiand
and Lancashire Junction Railway Company
William Morley, Esq. deputy- chairman...of the Northumberland and

Lancashire itinction Railimy Company
John Barnes, Esq. Chorley-wood-house
Johi Bagshaw, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portmaa-stare
Captain Ommanney, R.N. Upper Wimpolo-street
Captain W. G. Beare, Dorchester-place, Connaught-square
William Fitzgibbon, Esq. 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square
Simeon Musgrave, Esq., Kirkstail, near Leeds
Joseph Bateson, Esq. Leeds
Wm. Gill, Esq. Richmond.
ENaiNzza—Thomas Storey, Esq. Bishop Auckland, Durham.
JOINT SOLICITORS TO THR COMPANY.
Messrs. Dickson and Overbury, 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,

London •
Edward John Teale, Esq. Leeds.
SECRETARY—E. C. Stevens, ESQ.
_ _

OFFICES or nut C-O)IP—A-N-17-:-NO.-4, Fredercen:plaee, Old Jewry,

London.

The Directors have much pleasure in announcing to the share-
holders and the public, that the Parliamentary plans and sections are
in a very forward state, and that all the necessary preliminaries a.ll
be completed in ample time for the ensuing session of Parliament.

NEWCASTLE AND LEEDS DIRECT
RA ILWAY.
The Provisional Committee are proceeding with the references as
to the respectability of applicants for shares in this line, previously
to making the allotments, of which due notice will be given.
lily order,

E. C. STEVENS, Secretary.
4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, Oct. 30, 1845.

STOCKTON, NORTHA LLERTON, AND
LEEDS RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital a 60,000/., in 14,400 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6(1., payable on each Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTRE.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Londonderry, K.C.B.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Blandford
The Lord Viscount Seaham
Donald Maclean, Esq. M.P. Witton Castle
Robert Buchanan, Esq. M.D. Pontefract, chairman of the Wakefield,
Pontefract, and Goole Railway
J. B. Faviel, Esq. of Featherstone Hall, Wakefield, direetor of the
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway
The Worshipful the Mayor of Leeds
The Worshipful the Mayor of Stockton.
Ralph Creyke, of Rawcliffe-hall, Selby, Esq.
William Benington, merchant, Stockton, director of the Merchants'
Shipping Company at Stockton
William Statter, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Wakefield and Har-
rogate, the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, and the Isle of Ax-
hohne Railways
Edward Tew, Esq., Crofton Hall, Wakefield, chairman of the Wake-
field and Harrogate Railway
Peter Fairbairn, Esq. Woodsley-house, Leeds, chairman of the Leeds
and York Railway
George Sanders, Esq. Alvertherpe-hall, Wakefield, director of the
Trent Valley Railway
Henry Hood, Esq, Roundhay, Leeds, director of the Bradford, Wake-
Directors of the Bradford,
field, and Midland, and the Great Grimsby, Sheffield,. Potteries,
and Grand Junction, Railways
Wakefield, and Midland
' Railways
Joseph Thornton, Esq. Kettlethorpe..ean
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des,
, Wakefield
Joseph Gill, Esq. Potter Newton, Leeds, director of the West Riding
Junction Railway
James Micklethwaite, Esq., Wakefield, director of the Leeds and
Bradford Railway
John Robinson, Esq• Silcoates-eottage, Wakefield
Richard Hargrave, sLeeds
Richard Raywood, Esq. Barnsley, director of the Wakefield and
Bradford Railway
Henry Jackson, Esq. Barnsley
Edward Pearson Tee, Esq. Barnsley
George Peel, Esq. Horbury, director of the Wakefield and Harrogate
Railway
C. D. Atkinson, Esq. Wakefield, and Hagg Cottage, Richmond
T. G, Atkinson, Esq. M.D. Wakefield
Charles Trotter, Esq. alderman of Stockton
John Grey, Esq. wine merchant, Stockton, director of the Stockton
and London Shipping Company
Thomas Robinson Grey, Esq. Norton, Stockton, a magistrate for the
county of Durham, and director of the Tees Navigation Company
Robert Thompson, Esq. wine merchant, Stockton
J. W. Westmoreland, Esq. Wakefield
R. H. Keenlyside, Esq. M.D. Stockton
Sampson Langdale, jun. merchant, Stockton.
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
The Most Noble the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, Chairman
WILLIAM SKINNER, the younger, Esq. Mayor of Stockton, Vice-
Chairman
Peter Fairbairn, Esq. Woodsley House, Leeds
Edward Tew, Esq. Crofton Hall, Wakefield
George Sanders, Eso. Alverthorp Hall, Wakefield
Henry Hood, Esq. Roundhay, Leeds
Henry Hudson, Esq. Roundhay, Leeds
William Statter, Esq. Wakefield
Dr. Buchanan, Pontefract
J. B. Faviel, Esc. Featherstone Hall, Wakefield
Robert Thompson, Esq, Stockton
John Grey, Esq. Stockton
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Charles Vignoles, Esq. F.R.S. M.R.I.A.
ENGINRER—James Murphy, Esq. C.E.
sitriffeas.
The National Provincial Bank of England, Stockton
The Leeds Banking Company, Leeds
Messrs. Leatham, Tew, and Co. Wakefield
Sotaciross—Messrs. Wilson and Faber, Steckton.
LOCAL SOLICITOR—SamueI Shepherd, Esq. Northallerton.
By this line of railway it is intended to connect the free port of
Stockton with the manufacturing districts of the West Riding of
Yorkshire and the whole of Lancashire.
This important object will be attained at a trifling outlay of capital,
and ensure an amply remunerative traffic.
The line will be constructed from or near Stockton-on-Tees, to
or near to Northallerton, a distance of only eighteen miles, where it
will form a junction with the Great North of England Railway, which
will be traversed to Thirsk ; and from that place the communication
with Leeds and the other important manufacturing towns will be
completed by a railway already sanctioned by Parliament.
It will be seen, therefore, that the communication by railway be-
tween the free port of the Tees and the town of Leeds will be com-
pleted by the formation of " The Stockton, Northallerton, and Leeds
Railway." The advantages of this undertaking are too numerous
to specify in an advertisement ; but merchants at all acquainted with
the immense export and import trade of the West Riding and of
Lancashire, will at once perceive how important it is to open to that
trade a port which, whilst it is as advantageous as any other in point
of distance, possesses facilities and immunities which none other
can offer.
From the favourable locality of the port of Stockton, there is no
doubt that, with the additional facilities for the importation and
transit of merchandise which this railway wilrafford, the port wall
occupy a leading position amongst those on the Eastern coast of
England.
The project has received very extensive local support ; and almost
every landowner, through whose property the line is intended to pass,
has already signified his assent to the measure.
The line of the country has been surveyed by an engineer of talent
and experience, and, from his report, the work will be finished for
14,0001. a mile; and there is no engineering difficulty of any descrip-
tion to encounter.
Applications for Shares, in the subjoined form, may be forwarded
to Messrs.Xilson and Faber, solicitors, Stockton; or to Samuel
Shepherd, Esq., solicitor, Northallerton; sup to -and including Sature
day, the Ist day of November next, on which day the list will finally
close, and the allotment be immediately proceeded with.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Te, the Provisional Committee of The Stockton, Northallerton, and
Leeds Railway.
I request you will allot me Shares of 25/. each in the
above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in flill • • • • • • • • • • " • ••• • • •
• Residence • • ''' ""'•••' • • • • • • •
Profession or Business • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
• Reference.• •• •• • • "" " " "
•ckton-tm-Tees, Oct. 25, 1845.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
At a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the PRO-
PRIETORS of the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY,
held at the London Tavel'', Bishopsgate-street, London, on Thurs-
day, the 30th of October, 1845,
GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., in the Chair,
It was moved and seconded, and resolved unanimously,—

1. That this special meeting of the Shareholders of the Eastern
Counties Railway Company, called and summoned in pursuance of
the provisions of the Company's Act of Incorporation, do resolve that
the Directors of the Company shall proceed in the next session of
Parliament to apply for an Act or Acts of Parliament, authorising
the Eastern Counties Railway Company to construct an extension
line to Lincoln and York, and also to construct an extension line
from Tottenham to Farringdon-street, and branches to such exten-
sions, and shall take all the necessary steps for that purpose.
2. That the capital or sum of 4,500,0001. shall be raised for such
extensions and branches, to be called " The Eastern Counties York
Extension Stock."

3. That such stock shall he divided into 225,000 shares of 201.
ea.ch, and that a deposit of 21. per share on each of such new shares
shall be paid on the 10th day of January next.
4. And this meeting doth further order arid authorise the said Di-
rectors to divide and issue such c tpital in the following proportions
(that is to say), 944,2401. thereof to the Shareholders of the Northern
and Eastern Railway Company; 1,500,0001. thereof to th a Share-
holders of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company ; 200,0001.
thereof to the Shareholders of the York and North Midland Railway
Company; 1,420,4001. thereof to the Proprietors of Consolidated
Stock in the Estern Counties Railway Company, and to the holders
of the New Shares of the same Company, issued under the Resolu-
tions of the 14th of April last ; and the remainder thereof to such
Landowners and other Corporations or persons as the Directors
shall think /it ; but the Directors are hereby nevertheless autho-
rised to alter all such proportions, and generally to make such ar-
rangements for the Interest of the Company, as may be deemed ex-
pedient.
It was moved and seconded,—

That the grateful acknowledgments of this meeting are offered to
George Hudson, Esq., for his prompt and handsome compliance with
the requisition of the Shareholders, lately presented to him, to un-
dertake the direction of this Company, together wtth the expression
of their support in carrying out such measures as may be deemed
necessary for the good of the Company and the service of the public.
Whereupon, the motion having been put by Robert Ctosbta, Esq.,
the Deputy-Chairman, the same was carried unanimously.

-By order of the Board,
A. BUIRTLEY, Secretary.
Office, London Terminus, Oct. 31, 1845.

LYME REGIS AND TAUNTON RAILWAY,
AND LYME REGIS HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COM-
PANY, connecting, by a direct line, the Eaglish and Bristol Clan-
eels.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and S Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
rionsiowsz, COMMITTER.

The Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, and Town-Council of the Borough

of Lyme Regis
Captain Charles C. Bennett, R.N. Mayor of Lyme Regis
John Riste, Esq., Mayor of Chard, Somerset
Sir William Twysden, Bart. Dorset-street, Portman-sqxare, Leaden
John Alma, Esq. Cloisters, Gloucester
Thomas Charles Avery, Esq. Gloucester
Mr. Joseph Aiming, Town Councillor, Lyme Regis, Dorset
Robert Baldry, Esq. Halifax
J. Nettleton Balme, Esq. Elton-house, Gloucester
R. Barfoot, Esq. Lyme Regis
Jelin Blackburn, Esq. Coroner for Leeds
John Bond, Esq. M.D., Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and Arundel-

•
street, London •
Thomas Burnley, Esq. Pollard-hall, Gomersall, near Leeds
John Carey, Esq. N.D. Lyme Regis
Thomas Chew, Esq., Crawford-street, Bryanston-square
Thomas Clark, Esq. Cm:ming-place, Pentonville, London
William Ladbrook Cope, Esq. merchant, Grove-terrace, Kentish-

town, Middlesex
Edward William Cox, Esq. Temple, London
William Constance, Esq. Hanover-place, Regent's-park, London
James Cruikshank Dansey, Esq. Milton-lodge, Oxfordshire
James Henry Dowling, Esq. Longford-house, Gloucester
John Drayton, Esq. merchant, banker, alderman, Lyme Regis
David Dugdale, Esq. Burnley
Richard Eastward, Esq. Bunshaw-house, Burnley
Frederick Edwards, Esq. Temple, London
Henry Edmonds, Esq. Devonshire-place, Paddington, Middlesex
William Hunsley Fox, Esq. Tollington-yark, Hernsey, Middlesex
William Glyde, Esq. Alderman of Lyme Regis
Samuel Giles, Esq. Manchester
Joseph James Godfrey, Esq. Liverpool
Theopkilus Bartlett Goddard, Esq. merchant, Lyme Regis
Richard Hardaker, Esq. Coins
Josiah Heale, Esq. Gray's Inn, London
Charles Hayes Higgins, Esq. Taunton
Joseph Hopwood, Esq. Exeter
Mr. Thomas Jenard, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
Stephen Isaacson, Esq. Berners-street, London
Anthony Gilbert Jones, Esq. Hatherly-court, near Gloucester
George Lawton, Esq. Ditchley, Brentwood, Essex
Edward Overton Lee, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Lyme Regis
Henry Trotman Lee, Esq. Lyme Regis
George Barrett Lennard, Esq. Temple, London
John Loveridge, Esq. Grove-place, St. John's Wood, London
Joseph Lovegrove, Esq. Coroner, Gloucester
Mr. Albion Lavers, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
William Midelton, Esq. Chard, Somerset
Mr. James Munden, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis
William Nash, Esq. Noble-street, Cheapside, London
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Mr. Samuel Osborne, sen. Lyme Regis, Dorset
Mr. Samuel Osborne, jun. Town Councillor of Lymb Regis, merchant

and shipowner
Henry Osborn, Esq. Lyme Regis
Abraham Parker, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London
William Pawson, Esq. Tarnby-house, near Leeds, Justice of the

Peace
William W. Pell, Esq. Ullesthorp, Lutterworth
William Pinney, Esq. late M.P. fer Lyme Regis, Somerton-house,
Somerset, and Berkeley-square, London
Arthur Bedford Peppin, Esq. Ash-house, near Martock, Somerset
Thomas Preston, Esq. Auldhouse-terrace, Islington, and Jersey
Mr. J. Penny, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset _
William Samue: Prosser, Esq. merchant, Lyme Regis
Frederick Ramsden, Esq. Manchester
John Ramsden, Esq. Kensington Gore, Middlesex
John Rendall, Esq. shipowner, Lyme Regis
William Henry Reading, Esq. Paddington-green, Middlesex
Mr. John Richards, sail-cloth manufacturer, Chard, Somerset
George Roberts, Esq. alderman, Lyme Regis
Hartley Sager, Esq. Bath Grove, Colne
Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq. Lyncembe-hill, Bath
Mr. Richard Sellers, Lyme Regis
Mr. John Sellers, Lyme Regis
Thomas Shaw, Esq. Northampton
John Topham, Esq. Sheepscar, Leeds
Mr. Edward Thornton, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
Edward Waddilove, Esq. Justice of the peace, Rani s
David Mowbray Walker, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Gloucester
William Washbourn, Esq, merchant, Gloucester
Rev. Nicholas Watts, Lyme Regis and Teignmouth, Devon
W. Weightman, Esq. Nottingham
Richard Willson, Esq. merchant and shipowner, Carpenter Smith's
Wharf, London
Ldward John Woodhouse, Esq. merchant, Gloucester'
Robert Bouchier Wrey, Esq. Wareclift-house, Up-Lyme, Devon
Mr. William Wallis, Town Councillor of Lyme Regis, Dorset
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Williams and Co., Lyme, Chard, Axminster, and Dorchester
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Langport, Chard, Ilminster, and Taunton
Yorkshire Banking Company, Leeds, and Branches.

CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Col. Landman, M.I.C.E. F.S.A.
W. H. James, Esq. C.E.
ENGINEERS.
John Rowbotham, Esq. F.R.A.S., C.E.
Messrs. Sherwood and White.
SURVEYOR—Henry Wilson, Esq. Royal Exehange, London.
SECRETARY—John Champ, Esq.
LONDON SOLICITORS.

G. Jackson, Esq. 23, Finsbury-place, North
W. M. Benett, Esq. 2, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Ina.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Henry F. Waring, Esq. town clerk, Lyme
Robert Hillman, Esq. Lyme
William East, Esq. Chard.
LOCAL AGENTS.
V. F. Langworthy, Esq. Ilminster
J. Lovegrove, Esq. Gloucester
William Ma-shall, Esq. Taunton
Charles 'Bond, Esq. Axminster
Messrs. Willington and Castles, Bristol.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
George Balmer, Esq., 44, Parliament-street.

This railway is intended, in conjunction with the existing lines,
to form a direct communication between the English and Bristol
Channels, thus affording the means of transit by railway from the
English Channel to the Irish Sea, as well as completing the grand
trunk lines from the north, north-west, and north-east parts of
Great Britain.
The proposed line of railway will commence at or near the harbour
at Lyme Regis, in the county of Dorset, and proceed from thence
through Lyme, Up-Lyme, Axminster, Chardstock, Chard, and
Ilminster, and terminate at Taunton, in the county of Somerset,
where it will join ether important lines, and be the means of transit
for passengers and traffic to the most important places in the locality,
as well as throughout the kingdom.
The length of the line will be about twenty-six miles, and, from
the preliminary survey which has been taken, it appears there are no
extraordinary difficulties, nor will it interfere with ornamental
property.
The support of the principal landowners and other influential
parties on the line has been secured ; and taking into consideration
the short and easy communication with the coast of France and the
Channel. Islands, and the accommodation for shipping of considerable
tonnage which it is proposed to effect by the extension of the
present harbour, the shareholders cannot fail to derive a permanent
and still increasing advantage from the vast augmentation of traffic
by passengers and merchandise, as well as from abroad and coast-
wise, as to and from the whole interior of the kingdom, with which
the line will be connected by existing and progressing railways.
The beauty and situation of Lyme Regis as a place of resort for
visitors is well known ; and on the plans now proposed for facili-
tating the intercourse with the interior, and connecting, the two
opposite Channels, being carried into effect, it is beyond all question
clear, that the trade and mercantile prosperity of the port, as well as
the extent and importance of the town, and the several places con-
nected with it by the projected line, must be immensely increased.
This line will establish a lucrative trade in lime, manures, fish,
agricultural and mineral produce, particularly from the principality
of Wales, which must necessarily tend I. render this undertaking of
the greatest advantage to the whole locality of the several im-
portant towns through which it will pass.
The Improvement of the port and harbour at Lyme, and its exten-
sion so as to admit vessels of a larger class of merchantmen and
steamers, cannot fail to command the attention and support of all
persons from Salisbury westward to Exeter, together with Bristol,
Bath, the principality of Wales, and all parts of the north, visiting
or trading with the Channel Islands, France, and other parts of the
Continent, thus making the port of Lyme to those places what
Southampton is new to London and its contigu.ty. The peculiar
privilege secured by Act of Parliament, exempting the shipping of the
port of Lyme from the Dover and Ramsgate harbour dues, payable
by all other coasting vessels, as also the advantages of its being a
bonded port, must not be overlooked.
The enlargement and extension of the harbour at Lyme Regis int*
a port of refuge, must be considered as of great national importance.
This harbour is accessible with winds which prevent entrance into
any other ports in the Great Western Bay (being the only one in
the whole of that extensive bay without a bar), and its importance,
even in its present state, may be estimated by the following extract
from Mr. Roberts's " History of Lyme Regis," giving the substance
of a report of a Committee of the House of Commons :