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London, England, 1845-04-17 00:00:00

k CALED.JNIAN EX ft... 4 SION r AIL 11' AY.
PROSPECTUS.
L Capital 1,500,0001. in 60,000 251. Shares.
Deposit 21. 10s. per share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
• The Right lion. Lord Belhaven, Chairman of the Caledonian Railway
AteheiernPany
John
bald nestle, Esq., M.P.
ilent If°ae, Esq., Chairman of the Grand Junction Railwa,vCoeany
•„ -e-Colonel Graham, Deputy Chairman of the Caledonian Railway
z joh,.',?mpany
Wakefield, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Lancaster and Cr-
, l▪ isle Railway Company
s." dallies Hope Jolanstone, Esq., M.P. for the county of Dumfries
Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the London and
Job westrniuster Banking Company
• /Itch° liedgson Hinde, Esq.,Newcastle-upon•Tyne
-.ail Hodson, Esq., 31 P. for Berwick
i;eLockhart, Esq. M.P. for the county of Lanark
Joholla- Luinsden, Lord Provost of Glasgow
Pateill.ll-.;ssoonn Provost of Lanark
es. asan, jun., Req.,
London
London
• c.n„iliarn Macdonald,,Esq., of Powderhall, Edinburgh
• ac ,'Z• Barstow, Esq., Edinburgh
tx..7ll,,,,bilabto.eulEitdhsgs,vr.:(lsrqltash,gEhwsq., Glasgow
~..etecksonCarstairs, near Lanark
w —sq., of Hartree, near Lanark
Jee„ •
BAnstrutber, Bart., of Westraw
urnett, Esq.. of Gadgerth, near Ayr
' nstone Douglas, Esq., of Loceerby
Jtl
s Wolfe Murray, Esq., of Cringletie, near Peebles
t John Hamilton Craik, Esq., of Arbigland
Johnwllson, Esq., of Westsidewood
J, G. Greenshields, Esq., of Kerse
8. o *Kirdy, Esq., of Birkwood
R• ice:l4lllle,Culterallers
Wad Mackenzie, Esq., of Dolpington, Edinburgh
Alston, Esq., of Stockbriggs.
With power to add to their number.
Messrs. Hope and Oliphant, agents, Edinburgh.
John Marr, Esq., agent and interim secretary, Lanark.
ENGINEERS.
. ▪ 4ePh Locke, Esq., F.R.S. J. E. Errington, Esq., C.E.
Masterinan. Peters, tltlNdKr:dß,B3lasterman, and Co.. London.
The Commercial Bank of Scotland.
Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank.
ttlielalratrraitY AGENTS.—Messrs. Archibald Graham Moncrieff
and Weems.
~The Caledonian Railway has been recommended by the Board of
I ee'Llde as the best trunk communication through Scotland, and may
eenflden ly be expected to receive the sanction of Parliament in the
' 'tient session
:NV% proposed. Extensions are as follows—iirst, from a o
valleynt oon the
',Zedonian Railway, near Lanark, eastward, along the
it has
has
te_.weed, by Peebles, Galashlels, and Melrose, totatKiehnwhere
will be formed
I,e,n, arranged with Mr. Hudson. that a joint s
,1,,,u."11 the Newcastle and Berwick Company and secondly, west-
-1,00 Muirkirlt to Avr and Kilmarnoc, .
• he.-ereet eenummication, northwards and southwards, by means of
tee think line, will thus be secured to those important districts, the
"CrelleneY of, which has been pointed out by the Board of Trade,
Pe_ full development of the Caledoniau system.
iraferous and influential neeetlnes have been already held in thosed
tg t districts, loudly calling for railway accommodation, an
;ling every facility and support.
. teeeeeExtension to the east will accommodate the richest aicul-
ekanstriets in Scotland with timher, slate, coal, lime, and other
'tut, ergs, in all which articles they- arc in themselves wholly (testi-
,teerti the Western Extension ol the Caledonian, as well as the
teao,,,une. Intersect tracts of country remarkable for their mineral
east, 'fees. but requiring a supply of agricultural produce from the
e„. WO! the Immense population engaged in manufactures and mines.
land, her
Telford made a survey of a line from Glasgow to
unid, Bernick, in 1810, being the first projected railway in Scot.
that e e rePorted that "it might be easily and cheaply made," and
duet
and
. I,:districts can be better calculated for an interchange of pro-
fer Promoting each other's prosperity."
the ther re arks that e The whole distance from Berwick to
'oust: "mitt being 77 miles, and the total rise 753 feet (which
thnerattubolnyshslogliveerrythan the summit now proposed to be passed
Inen e average inclination is under 10 feet in a mile, or 1 in 528.
easy over such extensive districts of country
Lath ,114e'le the intercourse by means of railway to be carried on in
and nitre a at aco
mparatively small expense, and it whl appear
ijaeivee Perfect when it is considered that the heavy articles of coal
The e7,.are ell to be passed downwards."
ethrea;estern Extension will form the shortest and most direct
AYr aea. frora Edinburgh to Kilmarnock and the seaport towns
e_The eroon, and thence to Ireland.
Ported a ,Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle scheme, which has been re-
ths by the Board of Trade, proposed partially to open up
101!nark andireel AYrshire, but afforded no access from thence to
101 t,,,tunburgh, or to Kelso, and Berwick, whilst the Cale-
tzr, of ir`Zeio,llailway, in fulfilment of the anticipatitontsheosiatmhee
fiord an equilliyaegwooCal accomplish
all
luththwesare objects, and a
•
aced length COST AND SURVEY.
Kse'oraeuir ofßallway which it is necessary to construct for the
11:about 11:11.1ent of the whole important objects above specified will
s,ele by Ittlies; and, from surveys aleady made and an, estimate
ao,ooor,
Witt be
the Committee are assnred that the Capital of
'al be sufficient to cover the whole expense.
efil'e traffic TRAFFIC.
tri_le whim_ elembrace—lst. on the Eastern portion,thecarriftgetißl_
tteoor.,, mineralsa required for the extensive manufacturing oßsof
catZ ?oae sh.iels, liawick, Melrose, and Selkirk, consisting
Csti- on this al, lime, lead, and iron, which must be conveyed to
tarpti- of top etailway ; whilst their vast woollen manufactures, con. ro eeds, blanketting, shawls, plaidings,, &c. Sec. as well as
4"eilltaterial, Must
g 4ral Prod pass in return; and 2.,,the d conveyance of
1 t
tat_ eo uce from the highly-cultivated south-eastern districts
ba;"ng 50d end Northumberland to the dense population and
upon ".,:anufacturing districts of the West. Upon a calculation,
'sent Teltbrl's estimate, it can be shown that, at the
espeze
J-rolY,v,a_r_eturn of rafterupward flve per
.cent. may be reckonedr
roses. "4e sources alone, deducting forty per cent. for
on the west
lidee„, era portion of the line to Ayr and Kilmarnock, a very
j'ern And goods traffic may be relied on, independent of the
eoen,
tiftensiete
alll_;eb a veerYtY 11101 Y-important districts which those lines in-
pd local, eerge passenger-traffic may be calculated upon, not
eel :re one
'tit of a general nature.
„Itig oa
__sources the Committee feel themselves justified in cal-
See„,"4lruiple return for the capital required.
titers to be aagreement will contain powers to the Provisional
tee, e floe,
_thereby appointed to fix the precise extent and course
ta"oer eecraaw tine Position of the termini, as circumstances may
rent
a e' and Powers will be takeu in the Act of Parliament
, Ilse of the works to the Caledonian Railway Company at
eyaDpikatt.Vl: Per cent and one half of the surplus profits.
uelte, London shares shares to be made to Messrs. Foster and Braith-
-Tspeeta"l"oll, Brokers, 64, Broad-street, with whom copies of the
ee, p and neaps of ti • - erlfawe„, ne will be lodged on and after 16th inst.
eet-street, 'Westminster, April 12, 1845.
Te the
FORM OF
APPLICATION,
be:engem., '"aeu Committee of the Caledonian Extension Railway.
ti-'4,,e_andeet.""„le---, request you will allot me Shares of 25/. each, in
enifuher.r that
be I agree to accept the same, or any
eon, sat
ntttd•he Yallotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, an ....itinentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when

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jro the BEAU MONDE.—SPRING, with its
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'plleviation to cutaneous affections generally. The substance
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aflilL, able qualities, it will 11,,,, found to render the skin delicately
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