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BIRMING HAM, DUDLEY, and WO
VERHAMPTON RAlLWAY.—Extension from Smethwick,
through Cradley to Stourbriolge, there to join the London, Worces-
ter, and South Staffordshire Railway.—The object of this extension
is to connect the large mineral and manufacturing district of the
Valley of the Stour with Birmingham, acd the lines of railway cen-
tering there.
This scheme, in conjunction with the London and Worcester and
South Staffordshire Railway, win afford the greatest facility of com-
munication to the towns and manufactories along the whole Talley
of the Stour, with Birmingham and the principal markets in the Mid-
land districts
Application will be made to Parliament in the next session, for a
13111 to authorise the construction of this extension.—Dated 13th
June, 1 84 5.

ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, TR,AFAL-
GAR-URE.
The EXHIBITION of the ROYSQ AAL ACADEMY is now OPEN.
Admission (from Eight o'clock tin Seven), One Shilling.
Catalogue, One Shilling.
HENRY HOWARD, R.A., Secret ry.

p ATE Nr CiNCENTRATED-TE A
COMPANY.
Registett Provisionally.
Capital, £150,000, 15,000 Shares of £lO each.
Deposi £1 per Share.
PROVIMAL CO, Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelat-place, London-bridge
Absalom Bennett, Esq., Mertli Hall, Flintshire
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwellall, Worcestershire
William Crowther, Esq., The too, Worcestershire
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Camirwell, Surrey
R. Cowley Polhill, Esq., Vilbrook-buildings, and Brampton,
Middlesex.

IVORTHERN LUNATIC ASYLUM,
London, Colonade Hotel, Charles-street, St. James's-square,
sth June, 1845.

At a Meeting held on the 20th ultimo, of the Committee appointed
by the County of Inverness, for promoting the erection at Inverness
of a Lunatic Asylum, for Pauper and other Lunatics of the Northern
Counties of Scotland ;

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
The CENOTAPH of GALEN, in which the PORTLAND
VATE was discovered, a full-sized Cast, finely executed. The AT-
MOSPHERIC RAILWAY, working Model, with a power to carry
visitors. A Curious MECHANICAL HAND. Dr. Ryan's
LECTURES on the Chemistry of Domestic Life daily, and
en Wednesday and Friday Evenings. Professor Bachhoffner's varied
Lectures. Mr. J. Russell's Lectures on Character, accompanied
by Dr. Wallis on the Piano-forte, on the Evenings of Monday,
Tuesday, and Thursday. New and beautiful Objects in the CHRO-
MATROPE, PHYSIOSCOPE, PROTEOSCOPE, &c. New DIS-
SOLVING VIEWS. Submarine Experiments by the DIVER and
DIVING BELL. Working Models described daily.
Admission, Is. ; Schools, Half-price.

We, the undersigned, William H. Colquhoun, Advocate, Sheriff-
Substitute of Inverness-shire, and John Mackenzie, banker in In-
verness, were appointed a Deputation to solicit Subscriptions in Lon-
don, in aid of the proposed Asylum.
And being now arrived here, in pursuance of our mission, we beg
leave to send you some particulars regarding the proposed establish-
ment, In the hope that you will be pleased to give it the benefit of
your Support by contribution or otherwise, Under that impression,
we will de ourselves the honour of waiting on you, in a day or two;
tolearn your determination; but should we be so unfortunate as not
to have an opportunity of seeing you Personally-, we hope you will be
kind enough to favour us with your views, to the above address, on
or before 12th instant.

INGLEBY, WRAGGE, and COPE Solicitors to the Birmingham,
S. CARTER,
Dudley, and Wolverhamp-
ton-Railway.

W. Edwards Staite,
(With power tadd to their number.)
Esq., Manger of the Manufacturing Deparmen
BANKERS—The Cchmercial Bank of London.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Asten and Hobson. Gray's Inn.
Ammon—Richard Thonias,Esq., George-yard, Lombard-street.
SzenET.LICT—NI H. Bellamy, Esq. Offices of the Company No. 2, Moorgate-street, City.

GREAT LEINSTER and MUNSTER
RAILWAY.—DUBLIN to KILKENNY. •
DIRECTORS.
John Alexander, Esq., Milford, Carlow
Henry Bainbridge, Esq., St. Paul's
Francis B. Bearnish, Esq., Cork
J. J. Biandy, Esq., Reading
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
James Dwyer, Esq., Dublin
Peter Gale, Esq , field Hall, Carlow
Edward Grogan, Esq., M.P., Dublin
James Lamont, Esq., London
Charles 11. La Touzhe, Esq., London
Thomas Mooney, Esq., Dublin
John Parnell, Esq., Avondale
Richard P. Prichard, Esq., London
J. E. Redmond, Esq., Wexford
Horace Rochefort, Esq., Clogrennan, Carlow
Ikenjamln Shaw, Esq., London
At a mErriNG of the DIRECTORS held on Saturday, the 21st
of June, at the Bank of Messrs. Puget, Bainbridges, and Co.,
It was Reaelved unanimously,—To proceed at once with the
construction of that portion of the line which lies between Carlow
and Kilkenny ; in accordance with the expressed wish nr *h. char.._
noiaers.
The Directors also resolved that the forfeited Shares of this Com-
! pany should be disposed of for the sum of 21. 10s. per share ; but with
the desire of meeting the views of the holders of scrip. a preference
will be given to them to become the purchasers of such shares, on
the payment of 21. 10s. per share, on or before the 12th of July next,
to the bankers of the Company, Messrs. Puget, Bainbridges, and
Co. ; or Messrs. D. La Touche and Co., Dublin. Those parties must
present the scrip at the time of making application; after that day
such forfeited shares as shall then remain unappropriated will
be disposed of by the Directors, in conformity with the Act of
Incorporation, to persons making application in the foll >wing form :
TO THE DIRECTORS OP TILE GREAT LEINSTER AND MUNSTER
RAMSPIT COMPANY.
Gentlemen,—l request you will insert my name for Shares
of 1001. each, in the capital stock of the above Company; and I
hereby undertake to accept such Shares or any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and flirther undertake to pay the deposit
and calls when required, and to conform to the several provisions of
the Act of Parliament obtained by the Company.
Name •
Address • • • •
Description • • • • • ......
Reference..........
Date....... •
Temporary Offices, 12, St. Paul's, June 21, 1845

CREMORNE HOUSE and GARDENS, King's-
road, Chelsea.--Mr. LITTLEJOHN, late of the Roshervie
Gardens, Gravesend, and 'King William•street, City, has the honoullr
to announce that he will OPEN tile Tavern, Park, and Gardens of
Cremorne, for the Season, with a THREE DAYS' FETE, entitled
" The Feast of the Forest, a Sherwood Pic Nle," on Monday, Tues-
day, and Wednesday, June 23rd, 24th, and 25th, on whioh day Mr.
GREEN will ascend in his Monster Nassau Balloon, accompanied by
ten Ladies and Gentlemen. Admission, One Shilling. Cremorne
'House can be reached from any part of town by omnibus for Six-
pence, by steam-boat for Fourpence. After the Fête the admission
to the Gardens and Entertainments will be reduced to Sixpence.
Stearn-boat Companies are respectfully informed, that a safe and
convenient Pier is in course of erection, and will be opened on the
occasion of the Fete, for landing passengers at the river entrance to
the Gardens.

This Company is establishedbr the manntlicture and sale of the
Concentrated Essences of Tea hd Coffee under Staite's Patent, by
licence from the Patentee.
The advantages peculiar to tie process for which this patent has
been granted, are very numerot ; but among the most prominent is
this, that while the properties d' the material are completely ex-
tracted, its available quantity ittugmented, and its virtues improved.
The distinctive qualities of thiEssence obtained are, the retention
of the identical flavour and fragance of the particular Tea or Coffee
used, and a degree of strength soured before unknown.
The method employed in preftring and putting up these Essences,
secures them against injury the] the lapse of time and change of
climate, affords the greatest posible facility for portability and im-
modiste use, and so reduces theprice to the consumer, that economy
itself furnishes an ample guaraitee for their extensive use.
One teaspoonful of the Essenie, in a cup
of boiling water, will be
sufficient for the instantaneousproduction of a cup of tea or coffee of
the finest quality.
The following certificate from Dr. Ure is, with satisfaction, sub-
joined :
" I hereby certify, that Staite'sPatent Eseence of Teals a pure and
cuwv tg.t4s
which, while it excludes hint zrgoorr,,. the hitter and astringent
matter always present in reserves ana remits ail tne I
exhilarating and aromatic principles of the Chinese herb. Being put
up in Mr. Rand's Collapsible Tubes of pure tin, it will keep un-
changed for any length of time.

The primary object of the projected Institution is the accommoda-
tion of pauper lunatics. and of other lunatics in poor circumstances,
in the northern counties of Sectlaqd, which comprise an extent of
surface equal to one-third of all Scotland, and have a population of
about 250,000. Yet, with the exception of a very few mite attached
to the infirmary at Inverness, there is not any provision made in all
this wide district for the secure confinement or medical treatment of
the insane, the poorer classes of whom. amounting in number to up-
wards of 700, are left in a state of wretched destitution, either burden-
some to their poor relatives and paralysing their industry, or roam •
ing about the country in search of a precarious subsistence—pitiable
on account of their calamity, often alarming and dangerous to the
community from their furious conduct, at once the disgrace, the in-
jury, and the terror of the country.

TO abate this crying evil, this heart-sickening and frightful neglect
and destitution, it is proposed to erect at Inverness, as the most
central and convenient point, an Asylum for pauper lunatics, and for
other lunatics in poor circumstances belonging to the northern coun-
ties. AS a subsidiary and ulterior measure, provision will be made
for the addition afterwards of apartments for richer classes of patients.
The funds for this purpose can only be obtained by the voluntary
contra ions of such benevolent persons as arc interested in the wel-
fare 01 the mite tiistrieL
generally. It is estimated that at least 8,0001. will
be required to erect the necessary buildings, and to form a fund for
the permanent endowment of the Institution. Already considerable
progress has been made, principally in the North of Scotland, in pro-
curing subscriptions ; and hopes are confidently entertained that
with Metropolitan, and perhaps Colonial aid, the necessary funds
will be obtained to secure this invaluable boon for the poor, and re-
move one of the worst blots on the humanity of our countrymen.
The rules for the government of the Institution will be of course de-
termined at a general meeting of the Subscribers, and will be sub-
mitted to them on principles fitted to' secure a liberal and efficient
system of management, comprehending the chief official funtionaries
of the district, but giving to the Subscribers due and ample powers of
control and recommendation.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-

ANCE SOCIETY,
26. enwitrurr r r rtieme-tv
Capital Z. 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with fespect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
fbr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 :per cent, on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.

(Signed) - " ANDREW , M.D. FS.,
" Analytical Chemist to the Board of URE
Customs, &c., &c."
The Committee have also thought it right, to have the samples of
the Essences submitted to high and unbiassed authorities in the Tea
Trade. The following testimonial from a well-known and eminent
judge is the result:—

" W. J. Bland having tested the samples of the concentrated Es-
sence of Tea, manufactured under Stalte's Patent, pronounces them
clean, dill and perfect.

" By whateaier process the Extract is obtained, the aroma is finely
preserved, and without the credo or fibrous property which ordinary
methods of maceration or evaporation would exhibit ; the distinctive
flavours of Pekoe, Soechong, Congou, &c., are completely preserved,
so that even critical judges of the article would not be able to tell any
number of cups of the diluted Essence apart from others infused
after the common method. This result may be regarded as the
acme of the invention, and its greatest protection and recommenda-
tion.

We are, respectfully,
Your very obedient servants,
(Signed) W. H. COLQUHOUN.
JOHN 3141CKENZIE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for a NORTHERN LUNATIC ASYLUM for
INVERNESS-SHIRE, and the other Northern Counties of
Scotland;—to be erected at Inverness.

LOCAL Somcrroits—Messrs. Dyott and Son, Lichfield; Horatio
Barnett, Esq., Walsall ; Charles Corser, Esq., Wolverhampton ;
William Fellewea, jun., Esq., Dudley ; Messrs. Gem, Son, and
Docker, Birmingham; Messrs. Bennet and Bowen, Stafford.
BANssns—London, Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co., Grace-
church-street ; Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co., Clement's-lane ; Lich-
fiejd, Messrs. Palmer and Greene ; Walsall, Messrs. Charles Forster
and Sons; Dudley, the Dudley and West Bromwich Banking Com-
pany; Wolverhampton, Messrs. R. and W. F. Fryer; Stafford, the
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank; Dublin, the London and
Dublin Bask.
This short but important' railway will commence by forming a
junction at the viaduct over the river Trent, near Alrewas, on the
Birmingham and Derby Railway, and proceed in nearly a straight
line to Dudley, being a distance of about twenty-one miles, forming
a direct and unbroken railway communication between Derby and the
North Midland Counties and Worcestershire, Herefordshire, and the
other South-Western Counties of England.
This railway includes in its course the city of Lichfield and the
large and rapidly increasing town of Walsall ; leaving which it will
fall into the Grand Junction Railway at the Walsall Station (Bescot
Bridge), and continuing thence through the manufacturing and
mining districts of Wednesbury and Tipton, will join the projected
railway along the banks of the Birmingham Canal, and proceed on
to its terminus at Dudley, where it will unite with the railways
connecting Stourbrldge, Kidderminster, Steurport, Worcester, and
the South West.

" The Coffees, extracted after the eame patent, are rich and aro
matic in flavour, and brilliant in colour : perfectly pellucid, without
the slightest sediment—whilst the distinguishing properties of the
Mocha, the Mountain Berry, and other known peculiarities, are so
naturally developed as not to be mistaken.
" Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, London,
May 17,1845."
Prospe,ctuees, with AM particulars, and forms of application for
shares (a portion of which are reserved for the trade) may be obtained
of the Secretary, at the offices of the Company, 2 Moorgate-street,
City, where samples may be seen and tasted, and where may be had,
a Pamphlet on Tea and Coffee, price One Shilling; by post, Is. 6d.
London, May 27, 1845.

£ • d.
His Grace the Duke of Sutherland . . • • • • • • • • • ••
0 0
James Matheson, of Achany, M.P.
David Dundas, M.P. for Sutherland .. .
Col. H. Baillie, of Red Castle, M.P • .
Henry J. Baillie, M.P. for Inverness • • • • • •
Gen. Sir John Rose, of Holme, K.C.B. • .
Mackintosh, of Mackintosh. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .... 100 0 0
The Chisholm . '
Cluny Macpherson • • • •
J. Evan Baillie, of Kingussie • . ... • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • 50 0 0
Donald Cameron, of Lochiel • • • • • 31 10 0
William Fraser Tytler, of Balnain 3O 0 0
James Murray Grant, of G1enm0ri5t0n.......... • • • • • • • • 30 0 0
Hugh Fraser, of Newton ..... .
Thomas Ogilvie, of Corrymony • • • • • • • ....... • ...... • • • 26 5 0
John Macpherson Grant, Esq., of Ballindalloch • • • • 21 0 0
Lachlan Mackintosh, of Raigmore • . • • 30 0 0
Donald Kennedy, of Bogbain • • • ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 26 5 0
Henry W. White, of Monar • • • • 21 0 0
Gen. Cameron, of Pohnaly
Hugh Davidson, of Cantray • . • • • • ....
A. 3. Robertson, of Inshes
Aneas Mackintosh, London • ...... • • • • • • • • • • • • .
Arthur Forbes, of Culloden . • • • • • • • • • • • •
Earl of Seafleld • • • • • • • • ..
Lord Loyat • • • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 105 0 0
George Grant, Liverpool . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Professor Gray .
Patrick Grant, Inverness • • • • • • • .
John Fraser, of Bunchrew ....... • • • • • . • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • 30 0 0
Angus Mackintosh, of Holm • • . • • .
J. P. Clark, of Fingask • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 0 0
Major-General Sir H. Fraser, of Braelanqwell, K.C.B.
, The Earl of Cawdor • . • • • • • • • • • ........... • • • • • • • • • • • 50 0 0
John H. Mackenzie, of Cromarty • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 0 0
Major Macpherson, of Glentruim ; and Major Macpherson,
of Drummond • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 0 0
Roderick Mackenzie, of F10werbum.......... • ... • • • • 21 0 0
Sir Alexander Cameron, of Inverailort— .. .........
Miss Macpherson, of Belleville • • . . • • • • . • • • • • • • •• • •
The Earl of Dunmore • • • • • • • • • • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
General M'lnncs, 11.E.1.C. • • • • • • . • • • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 21 0 0
Thomas Mackenzie, of Ord ..
11. M. Fowler, of Raddery ..' ..... ... ...... ... • • 21 0 0 1
Wm. Grant Brothers, Manchester • • .. • • • • •• • • • • • • • • . • 21 0 0
The Town of Inverness ............... • • .. ... . • • • 100 0 0
336 other contributions under 21/., of which the particular
list will be hereafter printed.. • • • • .. • • • • • . . • . • 1,153 13 0 t

THE ALTO DOUIO RAILWAY
COMPANY.
"The Oporto and Spanish Frontier Railway Company" formed in
Portugal under great influence and the highest auspices, has this day
been amalgamated with the Alto Douro Railway Company.
T. M. RUSSELL, Secretary.
95, Gracechurch-street, June 23, 1845.

THE ALTO DOURO RAILWAY
COMPANY FROM OPORTO to the SPANISH FRONTIER.
The new Prospectus will appear in a few days. A re-allotment of
Shares must necessarily take place, but a preference will be given to
previous applicants. T. M. RUSSELL, Secretary.
95, Gracechurch-street, June 23, 1845.

AUXERRE RAILROAD branching off at
LAROCHE from the PARIS and LYONS LINE.
Capital Ave millions of francs (200,0001.) divided into 10,000 Shares
of 500 francs (20/.)
Deposit 100 franca (4/4 per Share as required by the laws of France,
Mons

The shortest and most direct line will thus be formed for the
transit of manufactured iron, &c., from the centre of the vast
mineral and manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire, to Gains-
borough, Hull, Snefileld, and the other great markets of the North.
The ironstone and other produce of the Derbyshire mines will also
be brought by means of this railway direct to the furnaces of Stafford-
shire, and the coal &oaf Cannock Chase and Brownhills (the best for
domestic purposes), will be conveyed at a small cost to supply the
towns of Walsall and Dudley, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
The Hay Head lime, and that of Bushell, the former considered
the best for hydraulic works, and the latter for agricultural purposes
and for the manufacture of iron, together with the blue bricks and
tiles of Walsall Wood, at present so much in demand, but nearly
excluded for want of railway access, will all be brought directly
into the proper markets, and will form an immense traffic for this
railway.

DIRECTORS.
I. Larabit, Officer, R.E., Deputy
Genty de Bussy, Deputy
Le Viscomte de Chabrol Chameane, Landed Proprietor
T. Tripier, Maitre des requetes au Conseil d'Etat
BANKERS—MOOS. J. A. Le Roux, Paris
NoTsmz—Mons. Cachout
Of these 10,000 Shares forming the capital of this undertaking one-
fifth, or 2,000 shares have been reserved for English capitalists, and
Messrs. A. Schwarzschild and Co., have been empowered by the
Directors to receive applications for that number of Shares.
The concession of this line will be granted this session at the same
time the Company for the Paris and Lyons obtain theirs, but should
this Company be unsuccessful the deposit will be returned without
deduction, but without interest. Prospectuses and forms of applica-
tion for Shares may be had of
Messrs. A. SCHWA.RZSCHILD and Co., 1, Piough-curt,
Lombard-street, London.
No applications can be received after the 30th inst.

Some estimate of the Passenger Traffic may be formed when it is
stated that the population of the towns embraced by this undertaking
amounts to nearly three hundred thousand ; and when the enormous
traffic which must result from opening up the most favoured district
in England is considered, there can be no doubt that the construction
of this railway, besides the great benefit arising to the public, will
prove, As an investment, amply remunerative to the Shareholders.
Preliminary surveys have been made, and the line is favourable both
as regards gradients, economy of construction, and fbture working.
There are no expensive earth works or engineering difficulties, and
the estimate is under the usual average per mile; and the line is so
laid out as not to interfere with any ornamental property.
In the allotment of shares a preference will be given to parties
locally interested in the Hue.

RAILWAY from ST. QUENTIN to MAU-
BEI7GE and the BELGIAN FRONTIER.
The Directors of this Company beg to state that a limited num-
ber of Shard of the Charleroi and Erquelinnes Railroad will be
reserved for the subscribers to the St. Quentin and Maubeuge
Company ; but the amount will be inevitably small in consequence
of the whole number of the ,Charleroi and Erquellinnes shares, at
the disposal of the Directors for the English public, for the holders
of the Paris and St. Quentin Shares, and for those of the St.
Quentin and Maubinge Shares, being restricted to 8,000.
CHAS. GRAHAM aid CO.
20, King's Arms-yard, 14 Anse, 184.5.

Applications for shares maybe made, in the form appended, to
any of the solicitors, or to Messrs. Aston and Scott, stock aad share-
brokers, 32, Throgmorton-street, London ; and the following share-
brokers :—Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. Payne, Wolverhamp-
ton ; Mr. J. T. Holland, Coventry ; Mr. Newmarch, Manchester ;
Mr. Thomas Crewdson, Liverpool; Mr. F. B. Bingley, Leeds; Mr.
Thomas Boardman, Blackburn ; Messrs. Warburton and Crosland,
Sheffield ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Messrs. Tate and Nash,
tion will be attended to, ualess accompanied by a satisfactory re-
ference.

k0i1..r41.14 A./ 1.1 II al, •
COMPANY,
With projected BRANCH LINES to the FRONTIERS of BEL-

GLUM and GERMANY.
(COMPAGNIE COLBERT).
Capital, Thirty-five Millions of Francs (X1,400,000)_

In 70,000 Shares of 500 f. (201.) each, 25,000 Shares of which are PS-
served for England. Deposit, 21. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
IN TRANCE.

rorni OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the South Staffordshire Junction

Railway.

Lieutenant-General Count Colbert, Peer of France, Aide-de-Camp to
his Royal Highness the Duke of Nemours—President
Lieutenant-General Baron Subervie, Member of the Chamber of

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shores of 251.
each in this undertaking, and I agree to pay the Deposit on that or
any smaller number of shares which may be allotted to me ; and I
engage also to execute the Subscribers' agreement and Parliamentary
contract, when so required.

Deputies—Vice- President
Lieutenant-General Count Corbineau, Peer of France
William Massy Bevan, Director of the Tours and Nantes Railway
Desvoyes, Ancien Maitre de Forges
Petry, Manufacturier a Vierzon
Lestiboudois-Givelet, Proprietaire
•
De Villeroy,-Civil Engineer.
Count de la Graviore, Maitre des Requktes au Conseil d'Etat

Nance in full •••• •••••• •••••••• •• •
Occupation or Profession .... ••.. •
Name and Address of Referee .....
Date ••••—... . .. • • • • ..... •..• • .

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.

DIRECT WEST of ENGLAND RAILWAY,
on the Broad Gauge, from READING and NEWBURY
to TAUNTON, thereby forming a direct communication from Lon-
don to Exeter, and thence to Plymouth and Falmouth.
Capital 1,250,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 257, each.
Deposit 1/. 7s. 6d. per Share.
A glance at the map will at once point out that the object of
this important line of railway is to supply Exeter and the West of
England with a direct means of communication with the metropolis
and all other parts of the kingdom, at the least possible expense and
by the shortest route. The advantages of the most direct line are
greatly appreciated by the public and sanctioned by high political
authority. From the connexion which this line will have with the
Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways it cannot be con-
structed on any other principle than that of the broad gauge, the su-
periority of which is now sanctioned by Parliament.
The towns of Ludgershall, Devizes, Lavington, Marlborough,
Warminster, Westbury, Frome, Bilston, Glastonbury, Shepton Mal-
lett, Wells, and Castle Carey, ill obtain the great desideratum of a
railway, and which will at once place them upon an equal footing
with other places of less importance to which railway accommoda-
tion has been afforded ; a facility of transit will thus be opened to all
parts of the empire.
In addition to the traffic of the towns above mentioned, which is
always considerable, this line must command the traffic of the south
of Somersetshire, with Bridgewater, and also the counties of Devon
and Cornwall, in fact to a population of at least 1,700,000 persons.
This line will afford a means of transit direct, speedy, and economical.
The distance between Newbury and Taunton, as compared with the
lines tow used, being lessened by thirty-seven miles, parties proceed-
ing from London will adopt the Great Western so far as Newbury,
where, avoiding the great curve now described by way of Bristol,
they will proceed by this new direct line to Taunton. At Taunton
the Bristol and Exeter line affords transit in less than an hour to
Exeter. _ _

The line is now being surveyed, and does not present any en-
gineering difficulties. When the survey is completed, the names of
the Provisional Committee, f!ic., will appear. For the present it is
sufficient to observe that none of the lines projected during the pre-
sent season offer objects so favourable to the investment of capital
with the certainty of good return. There is scarcely a doubt that
many important branches will spring from the trunk line herein pro-
posed to be made.
Communications and applications for Shares may be addressed to
Mr. Edward Cross, Secretary, pro. tern., at the temporary offices of
the Compaby, 30, Bucklersbury, London.

BRITISH AND IRISH UNION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no APPLICATIONS for
SHARES will be received after WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst.

The Brokers are requested immediately thereafter to transmit their
Lists to the Office of the Company, No. 8, St. Andrew's-square, Edin-
burgh. By order,
WALTER M'CULLOCII, Secretary.

June 21, 1845

PROVINCIAL AND FOREIGN WATER-
WORKS COMPANY.

Registered Provisionally.
Capital, 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit IL per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

William Patrick Andrew, Esq., 11.E.1.C,, Grosvenor-street, Grosve-

• nor-square -
John Barnard, Esq., banker, 50, Conlinll .
Henry Bruce, Esq., Tavistock-square
Edward Turst Carver, Esq., Marlborough House, St. James's
James Clay, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction Water-Works

Company
Alex.ander Curling, Esq., Denmark-hill, Surrey
Charles Johnston, Esq., Director of the East London Water-Works

Company
Henry Morris Kemshead, Esq.
Sir James Clark Ross, R.N.
Charles St. Barbe, Esq., banker, Lymington
John Stewart, Esq., M.P.
John Stewart, Esq., 22, Portman-square
James Holbert Wilson, Esq., Director of the Kent Water-Works

Company
ENGINEER—Thomas Wicksteed, Esq., Engineer to the East London,
the Grand Junction, Vauxhall, and Kent Water-Works, in London,
and the Hull Water-Works.
JOINT SOLICITORS—Messrs. Marten, Thomas, and Hoßams, Mincing-
lane; Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Co., Lothbury, and 37, Great
George-street, Westminster
PARLIA.XENTA.RY AGENTS—Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parker, and Coates,
25, Parliament-street.
SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN PURPOSES—R. Hicks, ESQ.
GENERAL SECRETARY--JOll/I St. Barbe, Esq.
BANKERS-3lessrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the
City of Glasgow Bank (for Scotland).
This Company is formed for the purpose of affording to provincial
cities and towns, and to cities and towns in the colonies, and on the
continent, supplies of water, of which the recent report of the Health
of TownS Commissioners and inquiries abroad have shown the
urgent need.
The calculations show, after every deduction, and at very moderate
charges for supply, a net return of $ per cent.
Applications for Shares may be made to. the following share-
brokers :—Messrs. Carden and •Whitehead, Threadneedle-street ;
.Messrs. Marten and Heseltine, Finch-lane; . and Messrs. Palmer,
hope, and Co., Royal Exchange, London ; Mr. George Buchanan,
Liverpool; Messrs. G. Edwards and Son, Bristol ;-Messfs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester; Mr. James Corton, Bolton ; Mr: C. F. Gower,
Ipswich ; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edinburgh ; Messrs_ Standish
and Blackett, Leeds ; Mr. James Senior, Sheffield ; Messrs. H and
W. A. Tassie, Glasgow.. Also to the Solicitors and Secretary, at the
temporary offices, 21, Throgmorton-street, of whom prospectuses and
forms of application maj,be had.

rpHE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
• BEI4EFIT ASSOCIATION and BENEVOLENT FUND.
• • 42, Moorgate-street, London.
TRUSTEES.
Thomas Flaring, Esq., M.P. W. G. 'Prescott, Esq. -
Thomson Mulkey, jun., Esq, • • Baron L. tie Rothschikl. -
TREASURER OF THE BENEVOLENT FUND—John Abel Smith,
Esq., M.P.
Forms of proposal for mutual life assurance to meet every contin-
gency, annuities, endowments, loans, &c., the fourth Annual Report,
and every information may be had at the Offices, where &mations
and 'subscriptions to the Benevolent Fund axe received.
GEORGE THOMAS, Chairman.
N.B. An •Abstra.ct Of the Proceedings at the Election of Mi-
nutfhntsi and at the Dinner on 28th May last, may be had on &p-
-i plicntion.

THE SUN is Published EVERY MORNING at FIVE O'CLOCK, in Time for the EARLY TRAINS and
TO DELIVERY ; a SECOND EDITION (Evening Sun) is
.Puldished in Time for the AFTERNOON TRAINS
and a THIRD EDITION a SEVEN O'CLOCK, for POST, conta4 pARMAMENTARY and all other NEWS in LONDON ui to that Hour.
ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, L 1 Night, thereby ensuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION at ONE CHARGE.

S OUTH STAFFORD SHIRE JUNCTION
RAILWAY,
Connecting LICHFIELD, WALSALL, WOLVERHAMPTON, DUD-
LEY, &c., with DERRY and the NORTH MIDLAND COUNTIES.
Provisionally registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.
Capital, 500,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 1/. 7s. 6d. per share.
_ _ PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
.

Charles Smith Forster. Esq.7llam psread:hall, near Walsall, High-
. Sheriff of Staffordshire
General Dyott, Freeford Hall, Lichfield
Captain Dyott, Freeford Hall, Lichfield
The Mayor of Lichfield
Richard Croft Chawner, Esq., Wall, Magistrate for Lichfield
William East Hohnes, Esq., Magistrate for Lichfield
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Regent's-park,
and Mancetter House, Atheratonc, Director of the Leicester and
Birmingham Railway
William Horatio Harrison, Esq.. London, Director of the Stafford-
shire and Shropshire Junction Railway
John Neville, Esq., Haselour Hall, near Lichfield
John Mott, Esq. The Close, Magistrate for Lichfield
John Delane Griffiths, Esq., Whittington, near Lichfield
William Stanhope Sawtell, Esq., 51, Lombard-street
William Tozer, Esq., London
The Mayor of Walsall
Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Temple, Recorder of Walsall
Henry Box, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Howard Fletcher, Esq., Walsall
Charles Foster Cotterill, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Thomas George Lomax, Esq., Magistrate for Lichfield
William East Holmes, Esq., Alderman, Lichfield
John James, Esq., Walsall
John Forster, Esq., the Terrace, Walsall
Richard James, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Charles Greatrex, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
John Whitgreave, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Arthur Adams, Esq., Magistrate for Walsall
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Joseph Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
William Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
John Perks, Esq., ironmaster, Wolverhampton, Director of the Ox-
-4.-.01, ono wow.rhampton Railway
Thomas Perry, Esq., ironmaster, Hightte/ds Foundry, Bilston
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, near Edgebastoni -Director of the
Leicester and Birmingham Railway
William Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Perry, Esq., Bilston
The Rev. Evan Price, Dunston Parsonage, Stafford
George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erffington
Henry Bickerton Whitehouse, Esq., ironmaster, Prior Fields Fur-
naces, near Dudley
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., London, Director of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway
Captain Page, Charlton House, near Somerton, Director of the Co-
ventry and Leicester Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—John R. M'Clean, Esq., M.I.C.E.L.
Souctroa--Edwin Smith, Esq., Gray's-ino,