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THV SUN, LONDON. TIIURSDA'it EV 1 tIIYC, OCTOBER 2, 1845.

gamation with other Companies, should the same be found desirable.
The Company reserves to itself the option of adopting the broad or
narrow gauge, or the principle of atmospheric traction, if preferable.
No further call beyond the deposit will be made until the Act
shall be obtained.

REMINGTON'S LEI
THE LONDON AND AANCHESTER
DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY.

r HE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
A RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WASTAGE, BUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for
the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below
Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September
instant.
Bristol—At the Rash Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of
September instant.
Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September
instant.
Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, en Tuesday, the 30th day of
September instant.
Bedford— At the Company's Office in the High-street, ou Thursday,
the 2d day of October next.
Uttoxoter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli-
citor, en Tuesday, the 231 day:of September instant.
Berton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs: Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, en Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So-
licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, en Satur-
day, the 27th day of September instant.
Leek—At the Mem of Thomas Redferu, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 29th day of September instant.
Vacelesfleld—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May,
Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and
Wednesday, the Ist day of October next.
Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday,
the 23d day of September instant.
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-
ber Instant.
Hull—At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September
instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Glasgow—At the London hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc-
tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adelphl Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October
text. By order,
H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.

In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to parties
locally interested, and to the shareholders in the lines with which
this Company will be connected.
Application for shares may be made to the Secretary, and
to the following Sharebrokers, of whom prospectuses, with maps
of the line, may be obtained :—London —Messrs. Peppercorne and
Co., 2, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. l'reece and Evans, 39, Lothbury.
Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Board-
man. Bradford—Mr. George Clark ; Mr. William Mason. Bristol—
Messrs. Tate and Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—
Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs.
Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq., 79,
Princes-street ; Mr. Nicholson. Exeter-3I essrs. Beaumont and
Langworthy ; Mr. Thomas Sandford. Glasgow—Messrs. Duncan
and Hutchinson. Halifax—ldr, William Cronhelm. HadderMield—
Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun. ; Messrs. Everard and Co. Bull—Mr.
Frederick Stamp. Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson ; Messrs. Wellbe-
loved and Oastler. Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer. Liver-
pool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs. Cameron and Co. ;
Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. Hine. Man-
chester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Birchall and Co. ;
Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spencer. Sheffield—
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark,
jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester—Mr. Miles; Mr.
Thomas Henry Wheeler. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle.

(Provisionally re gister.)
Capital 1,20,0001, in 48,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The importance of connecting remote parts of Es.gland by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line
which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which
various radii will dl.erge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the cast, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
courre of Railway Peas the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.

The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will he conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of commuu cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, liungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand lu much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom.

Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgate.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Brighten and Cheltenham

The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their moans and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, aro thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wautago, which, as
well as Ilungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the propesedli no at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Groat
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingd-u a direct rail-
road to Loudon. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place ; and
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection trout Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Ilungeriord and Ludgers -
hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot one shares of 201. each in
the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the same, or sued less
number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of
the Company, and to sign tke necessary deeds, and to pay, when re-
quired, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of ,
Name in 11111 ••••.•••••• • • • • • • • • • .......... ••
Profession and Professional Residence in
Private Residence in full .. .• • .. • • ..•
Usual Signature...... • • • • .• .. • •
Reference ••.. • • •
Offices,l, Moorgate.

GREAT EASTERN and WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.
Abergavenny, Sept. 29,
_1845._

_
At a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of this town and neigh.
bourhood, convened by public requisition, and held here this day,
The Rev. WM. POWELL, Vicar of Abergavenny, in the Chair,

A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country
intended to be traversed, is ha course of preparation, and with the
names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly
be published. In the meantime, further htfhnnation may be ob-
tained front Messrs. El►nslie and Preston, 47, Moergate-street,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, tit present, applica
tion for shares may be made.

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 119.)
Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shared of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subseription
PROVISIONAL consul-res.
The Hon. F. 11. F. Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director et the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway Company
William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman
of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Ten& Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway Company
Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Chessel, near Southampton Lord of
the Manors of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyue, Belle Hatch House, Maley
William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, and
Highwood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon
Samuel Deady, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the
Manor of Hendon
Lieut.-Colonel Glllies, Porchester House, Bayswater
William F. Black, Esq., Wißoa-place, Director of the Italian and
Austrian Railway
Josiah Heals, Esq., Gray's Inn

It was proposed by Mr. DANIEL, seconded by Mr. ISAAC, and unani

mously resolved—_

That this meeting, being deeply convinced of the necessity and ad-
vantage of direct railway communication between the town of
Abergavenny :and the great iron district of Mommouthshire and
Broconshire, and finding that this district is embraced in the grand
scheme of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, does
most cordially approve of its plans, and is determined to render it
all the aid it can command.

WILLIAM POWELL, Chairman.
It was proposed by Mr. J. li. Mouosw, seconded by Mr. W. W,

SzcirrAit, and unaimousl}• resolved—
That the thanks of this meeting be offered to the Chairntan

Major Lindam, Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central Wales Railway Company
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester,
Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway
Rowland Hill ➢Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-
square
Henry. Chaytor, Esq., Clerraux Castle, Darlington, Direetor of the
Warwick and Woroester Railway
Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar Selma],
Hendon, Middlesex
The Rev. H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex
Captain Grover, It.N.

Caitaht John limes, H.C.8., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon,
Middlesex
fhe Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, MA., Incumbent of St. Paul's
Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex
Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet

lir. Bruce Johnson,- Fincleey
William Ckristopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College
Cambridge, Holloway
Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway
Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet
Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet
W. J. 3PGivrirct, Esq., 74, St. James's-street
W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City
James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton
George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, HouusloW, and
Western Railway Company
George Godfrey, Esq. The Elms, Hutton, Essex
Robert Wright Wood,,
Esq., Director of the Tring, Readiag, au
Basingstoke Railway Company
Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basin-

stoke Railway
Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's Park
William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy. square
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tries, Reading, and
Basingstoke Railway Company
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, sad
Central Wales Railway Company
J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street
John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus
Railway Company
The Rev. G. A. Walker, AlTisthorpe Parsonage. Wakefield, Dlrco.
tor of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union
and Leicester and Birmingham He way
Thomas Francis Justice, Esq., Berner's-street, Oxford-street
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-street, Russell-square, Director of
_ _

_ .
the Grand Trunk Railway
John D. Hopkins, Esq., 25, Bedford-square
J._ll.__Lister, Esq., Director of the south and NMlaud Juestion

Railway
J. P. Wright, Esq., Edißlattrgh
W. Slark, Esq., Rockhalls, Lodge, Cricklawood

Charles Waite; Esq., Willesden

Thomas Cope, heti., Crieklewood
(With power to add to their namber.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. F. It. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. Halpin, Esq.
Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq.
William Alfred Hill,Esq.,Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq.
Chairman George Freeman, Esq.
Major Lindam, K.!!. George Godfrey, Esq.
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq.
F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Whishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook 'Lodge,
Hendon, and Adeiphi.

ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Deutou, Esq., 10, Gray's Inn-sqaare.
BANlMS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths,
JOINT BOLICITOES.
Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street
G. P. Hill, Esq., 21a, Soho-square.
LOCAL AGENTS.

Henry Hammond, Esq., sollc:tor, Wentworth Lodge, Malley
John Hughep, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone.
Neesrs. Tatham and Son, solicitors, Highgate
Thomas Weeks, Esq., solicitor, Tottenham

This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected
town of Barnet 'with the London and Birmingham and the Great
Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern
and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Tetten-
ham ; and filo proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon-
don and York Railways.
The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet-
stone, Totteridga, Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finchley, Holder's Hill,
Hendon, Burrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon,
Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green. Hoisdou Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne
Green, Maids Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate,Croucb
End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton,
Milford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap-
ton, Hlghbury, Holloway, Khigsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham,
Bow, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Horton, Homerton,
Hackney, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoroditch,
Blackwall, Euston-square, Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith,
Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, dce. ; connecting those places with the
various railways named, and all those south of the river Thames.
The distance from the town of Barnet to the station of the London
and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square,-by this route, will Ire
15 miles. _

The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten-
ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and
the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4% miles. From the
junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 934
miles t • from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Hendon), on the proposed
Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern
and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 6ai inileu•
There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance.
The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp-
stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow
the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus
the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan
line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass througk
an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large
collections of houses and buildings.
Upon the completion of this railway, a large and dally-inereasing
population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses,
will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto
affording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad-
rupled in value.
The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too,
will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend-
ing upeti the caprice er uncertain goodnature of any company who
may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from none of
the trunk lines now contemplated.
An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may
be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following names,
amongst others:—

1. From the conveyance of passengers.
2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City sad
Docks, lice., to the several railways which are intersected by this
line, avoiding the delay and exceesive cost of conveyance through
London ; also from the conveyance ef cattle, Sze., mere particularly
during the period of the largo Barnet fairs.
3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne Nal,
and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense
of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grievt"b 571..
The Committee of Management reserve to themselves the power
ef adopting, upon this line, locomotive power, er Presser's Railway
guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expedient.
Applications for Shares In the form annexed (and communi-
cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Com-
panylvtf;lo. addressed t• the Secretary, at the Provisional ()aloes~fonppauy,
fonpauy, 69, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to the Joint
I:l4,64frs,Fativard Elkins, Esq., 69, Newman-street, and G. P
'lllll,, Esq., 21A, ilollo-square ; or to Messrs. Sparks and Clark,
3, Bartholomew-lane; Messrs. W. and 11. It. Cox, Share-brokers,
16, Throgmorton-street; I. It. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; ChfCrles
0. 3.Ceil, Esq., 15, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; Mr. Landford,
Exeter; Joint Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; and
Messrs. Wellbelovod and Oaster, Leeds.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SMARMS.

To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London.
Gentletveu,l request that you will allot to me Sharos of
201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit therein, or upon any less number that
"r* ..e.o; ice:
a
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake oleo t• expects the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' agreement when required.
Resideace• •
Traau ee oft
es iProfessiond ence;Of;ion or Tad • • .. • • .
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Date .. .......

signed and duly published,
Barnet, the 17th day of
BARNE" AND NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity,
owndv
Septembere
au
JOHN HEY PUGET,
tedtil:yiens%ata. i requisition,ciittri
a
u itio nnumerouslyatr ee t ,
Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair;
It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq , seconded by the Rev. J. D.
THOMPSON, and carried unanimously--
That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway commu-
nication between the northers districts of the Metropolis and the
town of Burma is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now
imperatively called for. 1,
It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITH,
—sq., and seconded by
Mr. Joust Hopewm, and resolved unanimously-
2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and
map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other pro-
jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet
and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town
greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposal to
come in the vicinity of Barnet, it beingthe only one which will afford
to the residents of the town tile advantage of a station, and that it
deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an in-
terest in Barnet and its vicinity ; end that a petition be presented in
favour of the line inunediately itpen the assembling of the Houses of
Parliament ; and this meeting pledges itself to further the views of
the Company, and resolves that a Committee be apptinted to promote
the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet.
That the Committee consist of
Benjamin Smith Esq
Mr. John Hopewell
Mr. George Bower

Mr. Brunt
Mr. Spencer
Rev. Alexander Stuart
Rev. John Dawson Thompson

Mr. James Hill

and resolved unanhnously—
Mr. James Cooper i
and the Deputy-Chairman, and the other
With power to add to their number.
for the able manner in which they
It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANTIEU STUART, and seconded by
3. That the tShPdalEletaiNpkicanusEtoanaitiitioEh,:fmrieneltitihigebieiatneniedtertue:it
No tohrethilitionet.
rFop.
ollli.t.Fn.
illneerinkbeelerys,otfhteheC
Junction Railway CompanY,
have laid before the meeting the project of the Company.
It was proposed by WILLIANt Mix, Esq., and seconded by W. W.
HoLPEN, Esq., and carried unanimously--
4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to Joins Hey Puget, Esq., for
his impartial and able conduct in the chair.

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no turther Applications for Shares in
this undertaking will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th October
next.

By order of the Committee of Management,
EDwARB ELKINS, J
Joint sohettotil.
G. P. HILL,
bb Newman-street, Sept. 25, 1845.

MANCHESTERRA
ILAND. SOUTHAMPTON
WAY
Company's Offices, 19, Great George-street, Westminster,
Wednesday, October 1, 1845.
The Committee of Management have much pleasure in announcing
that an arrangement has been concluded with the Directors of the
Midland Railway, whereby that Company take a proportion of Stock
in the Manchester and Southampton line, and give their zealous sup-
port to the undertaking, and that George Hudson, Esq., M.P. (the
Chairman), John Ellis, Esq. (the Deputy-Chairman), John Wadding-
ham, Samuel Beale, Abel Peyton, and George Byng Paget, Esqrs.,
members of the Midlands Board, join the Direction of the Company.
The Committee feel assured that in thus identifying their interests
with those with which the Manchester and Southampton Railway
comes into most immediate connexion, they are placing the Company
in a position most conducive to present success, and laying the fowl.
dation of those advantages to the public which the railway was de-
signed to confer.

JAMES WALKINSHAW, Deputy-Chairman,
JOHN WHEELER, Secretary.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY.
The COMMITTEE of 3IANAGEMENT give notice, that they
have completed the allOtmont of Pharos, and that the usual letters
will forthwith be issued. The task of deciding upon claims of ex-
traordinary extent and respectability has been arduous and painful ;
but the Committee have felt it to be their duty to give precedence
in the allotment to applicants locally interested, and to such parties
a., from their position in the railway community, can render bene-
ficial aid and co-operation to the undertaking, to the inevitable ex •
elusion of vast numbers of applicants to whose claims, under other
circumstances, they would most willingly have attended.
The Committee have the pleasurable t' uty of recording the fact,
that by every town on the lino between Cheltenham and South-
ampton, including both those places, and Marlborough, Cirencester,
Stockbridge. Rotnsey, Andover, as well as the town of Poole, a most
favourable expression of opinion has been spontaneously offered, and
active assistance tendered ; and that from the town of Manchester
a highly influential petition of merchants and traders will convey
to Parliament a strong expression of interest in the proposed railway.
It is, at the same time, satisfactory to the Committee to add, that in
the midst of these active detnonstrations In favour of the under-
taking, the engineering preparations, relating as well to the line
from Cheltenham to Southampton, as to the line by Ludgershall to
Salisbury and Poole, have been vigorously prosecuted, and that the
surveys are in such a state of forwardness as justifies the announce-
ment that the project will be brought before Parliament in a way sa-
tisfactory to the subscribers.

As regards the additional capital required for the extension line to
Poole, the Committee will be prepared to announce the mode in which
it w ill be raised so soon as importantnegotiations, now on foot, shall
be concluded.

JAMES WALKINSHAW, Deputy-Chairman.
• JOHN WHEELER, Secretary.
19, Great George-street, Westminster,
Sept. 30, 1845.