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THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1845._

and manufacturing o.ls tricts;and receive a large amottnt of
_traffic as
1/T ANCII.ESTER, MIDIJAN D, and GREAT
welt from railways now in course of construction as from others pro- It DISBY JUNCTION RAILWAY.
jected with every chance of success. ' The Shareholder; are respectfully informed that attendance will be
As to the traffic on the loWer portion of the line, it is evident that ,;iven with the T`ariistrentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement,
tier east !,itumber of merchant Vessels continually detained in the
t;,.exec:l:ion by the Shareholders, at the following places, on the
Channel bytttiverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in undcrir.cutioncd days, between the hours of Ten and Five o'Clock,
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Fahnouth, and at ; thellaniters' Receipts may be exchanged for Scrip.
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
Liverpool —.Adclphi Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 11th anti 20th
and thetefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports Septcmlier.
on either side of the great pmmontbry of the Land's End may, by Manchcater—
nwaas 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 Rather developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and •
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command 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 bo
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland distrist, comprising rich and populous parts of Sc-
rnersetshire, 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 almost incalculable advantage to tile general and packet
commerce of the kingdom ; It ;may not be out of place to quote hero
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct lisle 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 outports 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 ;Tor 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.

:Maioley Arms, Monday and Tuesday, 22d and 23:1

ditto.
Bradford—Mr. ;Jason's Office Sharcbroker, WaincsdAy, 24th

ditto

II;ai-c-1:illeld—Mr. Moore's Office, Thuri'day, 25th ditto.
LET:tS--.1:oylil Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 2:ith and 27th ditto. -
London—Castle and Falcon, Aldersgate-street, Tuesday, 30th
',September, cud Wednesday, Ist October.
FRANCIS PARKER, SecretarY•
Rotherham, Sept. 13, 1845.

EAST
AND WEST OF ENGLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY,
FROM NORTHAMPTON TO CHELTENHAM.
Broad Gauge.
The deeds of this Company will lie for signature each day, at the
Offices, 35, Charing-cross; during this week, except Wednesday
ff,vt, the 17th instant, when the deeds will lie at Mr. Bethel's offices,
7S, King William-street, London-bridge, between the hours of
Eleven and Four o'clock.
By order, _

ROBERT WATKINS, jun., Secretary.
35, Charlng-cro33, Sept. 15, 184:5.

- The survey 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-

'lament.
It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, 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 set of Parliament to allow interest at
our pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, mad 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
Groat 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, ISO.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway

Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot me shares of 251. each
In the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 15s.
per ?Aare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated

1845.

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THE 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
Once, No. I. Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the decd,
the Banker's Receipt will be exeharged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT. Secretary.
Sept. 12, 1345.

AVENEY VALLEY and. GREAT YAR-
V _ MOUTH RAILWAY.
_ _ _

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
(Registered Provisionally.)
THE BRISTOL BATH, and BRIDGWATER
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Connecting with the Great Western Railway OR the one side, and
on the other with the lintel and Exeter Railway, the following im-
portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Marksbury, Stanton Priory,
Farmborongh, Timsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Patilton,welion,
Mkisummer, Norton, Radstoke, Kilmersdon, Newberry, Col eibrd,
Eiut, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shepton
Mallet, rosscomfre, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsbam,
Glastonbury, Street, Walter., Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell,
Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorllnch, Sutton Mallet,
Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater.
It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near
the station of the Great Western Railway at tseytisham, and proceed'
by Burnet to Marksbury and Farinborough. Thence it will pass on
the west side of Timsbury, and go on through the numerous and ex-
tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Red-
stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western
side, and thence through Babisgton to the eastern side of Newberry,
from which there will be a branch line to Frome, passing by Elm on
-the southern side. The main line will hold its course beside the
Upper and Lower Mobster coal works and Goodeve's coal works,
through Melcombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip.
Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side
of Bodden, and to the eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western
side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sides
of Ham, Crosscombe, and Dinder, to the southern po nt of the city
of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Coxley and Coxley
Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Pol-
slums, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will
cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt
on the northern side Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern
side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell between Shipwick
and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence
to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to
Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the
southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, and thence spanning, the railway into the borough of
Bridgwater.
The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that
of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs.
The line has been carefully laid down after accurate Investiga-
tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There
will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be
no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer-
tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in
the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the.
regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter
Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand
Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers,
goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject.
A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the
amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the
names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied
by a map of the line and the adjacent country, laid down upon the
scale of one inch to a mile.
EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi.

' The Committee of 'Management beg to give notice that they have
allotted the whole of the S,ares, and letters are issued this day. The
Committee have to express their recret that owing to the very great
demand for the Sltres, they have been obliged not only to pass over
Many very ePgiblo applicants, but also to deduct considerably from
the number of Shares applie,l for in those cases where allotments
have been made. By order, •

M. E. DANIEL, Secretary,

I)ated Tuesday, September 16, 1845.

THE GRAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS
17NION RAILWAY, connecting Stafford and the Pot-
teries, Tla Burton-upon-Trent, with Derby, Nottingham, and the
Eastern Counties.
ry Capital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s.
No sgmesiber to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription, and
o call to be made until the Act is obtained.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combormere
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson

The HO'n. Cecil Lawless
Sir Arthur De Cape! Broke, Bart.
Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beestharpe-hall, Notts.
Fred. Ricketts, Esq., LUndon, Director of the Great Western

Railway
J. C. Williams, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Boston, Sheffield,

and Newark Hallway.
William Hannay, Esq., Nottingham, Directors of the Ambergate,
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham, Nottingham, and Boston
Braithwaithe, Esq., Nottingham, Railways
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham, Directors of the Notting-
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Nottingham, ham and Gainsborough
William Roden, Esq., Nottingham, Railway
Thomas Close, Esq., Nottingham
William Felkin, Esq., Nottingham,
~Director of the Nottingham,
Mansfield, mid Midlaads Junctionibilway
J. Enthoven, Esq., London
P. liarlow, Esq., London, Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Adams, Esq., Nottingham
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester, Director of the London and York
Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., London, Director of the South Wales Rail-
way
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Brist•.:l and Gloucester Rail-
way
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Lodge, Warwickshire, Director of the
South Midland Railway
Wm. Watson Prole, Esq., Directors of the Great Manchester,
1
Robert Chapman, Esq., Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Authony Dickson, Esq., Edrington House, Berwickshire.

OVEREIGN LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Na, 5, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, LONDON.
To be established by Act of Parliament, for the Assurance of Lives,
and for effecting all other contracts depending upon Life Contingen-
cies; and also for granting Loans, upon a new and highly beneficial
system.
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit, 11. 10s. per Share.
Note.—ln pursuance of the Act of Parliament, 10s. per cent. only
(or Is. per share) will be received until the Company obtains a cer-
tificate of complete registration, when notice will be given for the
payment of the residue of the deposit, and the Company will com-
mence its operations.