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the Northampton and Peterborough line; it will then proceed west-
ward, crossing the Oxford and Rugby line at or near Fenny-Comptou
to Stratford-on-Avon, there joining the proposed line from Warwick
and Leamington to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the West of
England ; continuing its course through Alcester, the line will go di-
rect to Worcester, and thus terminate at the great centre of traffic
for the mineral and manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire,
Shropshire, and North and South Wales. This proposed line dee
not interfere with any existing railways, and presenting, as it does,
an unbroken line between two great centres of traffic, the importance
of the undertaking needs no further comment.
Negotiatiens have been entered into with the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company, by which their support and co-operation will
be ensured for obtaining the line now proposed.
An arrangement has also been made with the proposed Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Company, which this line will join at Al-
cester, and by means of which the Eastern Counties' traffic will pro-
ceed to Worcester. .

LYNN.

Power will be reserved to the Directors to amalgamate with any
other existing or projecting Companies, or to vary the line.
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. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ;
Messrs. Boyd. Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr.
Thomas litcrardman. Bradford—Mr. G. Clark ; 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 ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy.
Glasgow—Messrs.Duncan and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr.W.Cronhelm.
Huddersfield—Messrs. Everard and Ce. Hall—Mr. Frederick Stamp.
Leeds— Messrs Wellbeloved and Oastler. Leicester—Messrs. Payne
and Freer. Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs.
Cameron and Co. ; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard
E. Hine. Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell arid Sons ; Messrs. A.
Birchall and Co. ; Mr. Cl•arles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles
Spencer. Sheffield—Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sens. South-
ampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage.
Worcester—Mr.Miles. York—Messrs. Graystou and Earle.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Eastern Counties Extension,

and Cambridge and Worcester Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares, of 201.
each in the above railway; and I undertake to accept the same, er
such less number as yogi may appropriate to me, subject to the regu-
lations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay
when required the deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of 1845,
Name, in Hill .. • • • • • • • • • •
Profession and Professional Residence igi full.
Private Residence in full • • • • • • • • • •
Usual Signature • • • • • • • - • . • • • •
Residence • • . . • • • • • • • • • • .
And Profession of Referee .. • • • • • •
Offices, 34, Moorgate-street,

N ORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY, V, Finsbury-place South.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, sap. 110.)
Capital, 1,300,0001., in 65,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, It. 25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL coatis-Irma.
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman
James Horne, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman
Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., London
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq., kdoucester-place, Portman-square
Richard Bethel], Esq., Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate
George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, inner Circle, Regent's Park
Augustus Bosanqiet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Centinuelon

Railway
George Wcxxlreffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.L.S., Alderman et the City. el
London _

Henry Morton, Esq., Biddiek, Durkam
George Parbary, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. James's-place
Georgo Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings
Nicholas Woed, Esq., Kellingworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London
Bank of Liverpool
The Union Bank, Manchester.
ENCINEER—George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.I.C.E.
Ascsirrzer—Robert Abraham, Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-square.
SOLICITOR—John Bethell, Esq., 75, King William-street, City.
SECRETARY—Harry Burrard Faruall, Esq.
The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail-
way Company have great satisfaction in informing their subscribers
that negotiations are now pending between the Previsional Commit-
tee of this Company and the Directors of the Railways north of the
Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus
of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City tragic
north of London.
To effect this important object, an area of 10 acres ofgrouxd (the
southern boundary of which is within 500 yards of the Bank of
England) has been most carefully surveyed and valued, and the re-
port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to
have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing
the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved bj them to in-
crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,0001.
The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance
to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest stud
most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the rallWay
companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be
effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground
alluded to, within the centre of the City of London.
In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace
that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties
Railway in Shorediteh, which will effect an entire junction between
the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same
time aftord a direct communication between the whole of the rail-
ways, which reach London tothe north of the Thames, and give
full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a
common centre within the heart of the metropolis.
Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic
which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com-
pany, will be added that of those companies also who will eventually
co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and
the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance
will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable
line of railway.
A lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the
entire district through which this Company proposes to run this line;
by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in
immediate communication with the City ; while the dense popu-
lation of the City ►ill enjoy a faciity of connexion with its suburban
localities, necessarily affording it the 'greatest accommodation.
With such important local resources, therefore, together with the
vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
capital. That revenue will be derived thus :
The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
3,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir-
mingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirds of which reach the
City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persons daily, half
of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily
is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City.
Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now un-
accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
From these sources the fonowing products are derived:—
Per Ann.

Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail-
way, at 6d. each.. • ....• ..... • ......... ••••••• • • • • • • £52,523
Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus

of this Company, at 3d. each .. • • •...... •
Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. •
each, as takes at
present. ...... .•• • • • ••• • •
142,208 tons of goods and parcels pass annually from tke
Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail-
ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s.
6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods
and parcels, therefore, at tke reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per
ton, a reventus may be derived of •••• • • • ........
From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing in
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of
40,0001., a year, may be derived the sum of

12,0 G

The total of their calculations amounts t 0.... £280,2831
Deduct 40 per sent. for workers' expenses .. • ....... 112,115

BOSTON, STAMFORD, and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY, with a BRANCH from SPA!,DING to

Capital ,1000,0001., in 50,000 shares of 20!. each.
(Provisionally Registered 17th April, 1845.)
PROVISIONAL DIRSCTORS.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham, Brick-fields, Wow-
caster, Chairman
Thomas Macaulay, Esq., Leicester, Deputy-Chairman
The Mayor of Birmingham
The Mayor of King's Lynn
Charles Holt Bracebridge, Esq., the Hall, Atherstone,
Chairman
William Chance, Esq., Birmingham, Deputy-Chairman
Sir Wm. Hyde Pearson, Knt., F.R.S., Hanover-square,
London
George Attwood, Esq., the Laurels, Edgbaston, Birming.
ham
Wm. Atkinson Gardner, Esq., 4, Cecil-street, London
W. Wilberforce Pearson, Esq., 5, Gloucester.terrace, Re-
gent's-park, London
Jobn Geo. Norbury, Esq., Manchester-house, Atherstone
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingham
John Brearley Payn, Esq., Birmingham
Edward Middleton, Esq Chad.road, Edgbaston, Birming-
ham

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William Freer. Esq., Atherstene '
Frederick Wm. Wollaston, Esq., Shenton. hall, near
Hinckley
Frederick Wollaston, Esq., Sheepy, Atherstone
Benjamin North Arnold, Esq., M.D., Atherstone ..'
William Chance, jun., Esq., Birmingham,
Robert Gardener, Esq., Chuseley-hall, Man- Directors of the
cheater, Trent Valley
Henry Tootal, Esq., Manchester, Railway
Robert Chapman Sharp, Esq., Brsunhall-hall Directors of the
Stockport ,-Cheshire, North Stafford-
Thos. Critchley, Esq., Manchester, shire Railway
James Walkinshaw, Esq., Old-park, Isle of Wight, Deputy-
Chairman of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon. Director of the Lynn and
house, Manchester, Vice-Chair- Ely Railway, for and
man, on behalf of that Com-
William Everard, Esq.,King's Lynn pany
Henry Champion Partridge, Esq.. Directors of the Lynn and
Snare-hill-house, Norfolk, Vice.. Dereham Railway
Chairman Company, for and ea
Joseph Bridgewell Whiting, Esq., behalf of that Com-
King's Lynn, pany
Charles Burcham, Esq., King's Lynn, magistrate of King's Lynn
John Charles Williams, Esq., King's Lynn
John Wilkes Unett, Esq., Birmingham
George Turner, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Davies, Esq., Birmingham
Henry Fotheringham Hunter.. Esq., Kilburn-hall, Derbyshire, Di-
rector of the Great Grimsby, Gainsborough, and Derby Railway
Company
William Lucy, Esq., Birmingham.
John Davies, Esq., M.D., Coleshill.
ENGINEER—CharIes Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S. A.
SOLICITOR—S. S. Baxter, Esq., Atherstone.
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LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Birmingham—Messrs. Spencer and Rollins.
Coventry—Messrs. Dewes and Son.
Nuneaton—Messrs. John and George Craddock.
Hinckley—Messrs. Smith and Pilgrim.
Leicester—Messrs. Toiler.
Lynn—T. C. Archer, Esq.
The Directors of this undertaking have the satisfaction of an-
nouncing to the shareholders that arrangements highly bene-
ficial to all parties have been entered into with the Directors of
the Lynn and Ely, and Lynn and Dereham Railways (for which
Acts of Parliament are obtained), by which the powerful support
and co-operation of those influential Companies are given to this
line.

Arrangements are also in progress with other powerful parties,
which the Directors believe will meet with the full approbation of
the shareholders, and tend still more to develop the solid and
beneficial character of this undertaking, and ensure its ultimate
success. By order,
EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary.

41, Chancery.lane, London,
9th October, 1845.

DIRECT SLIEFFIE LD and MACCLESFIELD
RAILWAY, forming Junctions with all the important Rail-
ways In Great Britain.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Vic., 4. 110.)
Capital 800,000/., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With' power to add to their number.)
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Waterford and
Kilkenny, and of the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Rail-
way Companies
William Chaplin, Esq., Lad-lane, London, and Greenhithe, Kent,

Chairman of the Iron Steam-boat Company
John Chaplin, Esq., Gracechurch-street, and Greenhithe, Kent
Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq., Edgehill, Liverpool, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds, North-Western, Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England, and Staffordshire Potteries Railways
Rowland,lllll Mackenzie, Esq Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square,
London, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of
the Cheltenham and Oxford Junction Railways
T Richards, Esq., Baker street, Portman-square, Director of the
Ipswich and Southampton Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., magistrate for Surrey and Middlesex, Kew-green,
Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway
Joseph Underwood, F.sq., Park, Blackheath, Director of the Com-
mercial Bank, and of the Metropolitan Life Office
John Tall, Esq., Hanoverian Consul, merchant and shipowner, Hull,
Director of the Hull Dock Cempany
Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton
John Francis Bacon, Esq., Austin-friars, London
Captain Crawley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, Director of the Rugby and War-
wick Rahway
Captain F. Chamier, R.N., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director
of the Hazebrouck and Fampoux (French) Railway
C. F. Colman, Esq , Shirley, Southampton
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster
Railway
Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor of Camarvon, Director of the
London and Holyhead Railway
Robert Green, Esq., Birchin-lane, London and Macclesfield
William Holloway, Esq., Lime-street-square, London
William Jenking, Esq., Balsall-heath, Birmingham
Edward Richards, Esq., 16, New Broad street-buildings
Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Life Insurano3
Company
George R. Pepper, Ina Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby
and Worcester 1,,,„ .v.ty
Thomas Whitaker, Esq., Captain, R.N., Kirk Ella, near Hull,
Director of the Hull and Barns•ey Junction Railway
Isaac Whitaker, Esq., Bessie, near Hull. Director of the York, Hull,
and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Thomas Ward, Esq., shipowner, Hull, Director of the Dudley,
Brosely, and Ironbridge, and of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction Railways
George Robinson, Esq.. Hull, Director of the Dudley, Madeley,
Brosely, and Irenbridge, and of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Railway
John Ostler. Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Railway
Thomas Digby, Esq., Banker, Hull, Director of the Hull and Barns-
ley Junction Railway
Thomas Newte, Esq., Director of the Barbadoes Railway
Fitzherbert Macqueen, Esq., Great Winchester-street
Sir .lames Anderson, Bart., Buttovant Castle, Director of the Cork
and Fermoy Direct Railway
John Corfield, Egg, Southwick-street, Hyde Park-gardens
James Adair, Esq., Director of the Church of England Life Assurance
Company, and of the Northern and Southern Railway
John G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
William Ditmas, Esq , Beverley
Colonel W. 31. Sloane. Director of the Bristol and Dover Railway
Lawrence Kortwright, Esq., Director of the Barbadoes Railway
John Upham, Esq., Clarges-street, Director of the Guernsey and
Mauritius Railways
John Grey Wilson, Esq., Director of the Western Gas Company, and
of the Direct Western Railway
William,,Henry Halpin, Esq., Director of the Thug, Reading, and
Basingstoke Railway •
AlattheW,Willlam Staines, Esq., 64, Conduit-street, Banoyer-square
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Bentinck W. Doyle, Esq., Director of the North Jamaica Railway
E. D. Warrington, Esq., merchant, New City Chambers, Bishops-
gate-street
John Chandler, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park
Edward Power, Esq., Middle Temple
Simeon Musgrove, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds
Sir William Lowthrep, Hall, and Algoa House, Scarborough, Chair-
man of the Hull and Barnsley Junction, and Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Railways
'Captain J. P. Macdougall, Director of the Cambrian Grand Junction
Railway
G. B. Foster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension,
and Chester Junction Railways • . - .
Miles Coventry, Esq., Director of the Direct Western Railway
William Gordon, Esq., M.D., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and hull and Barnsley Junction Railways
Col.. Robert Douglas, C. 8., United Service Club
Samuel Palmer, Esq., Great Yarmouth, Director of the Great Grimsby,
Louth,. Ilorneastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
Peter MOrrisen, Esq., Director of the Britannia Insurance Company
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, Chairman of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways, and Managing Director of the
Yo k and Lancaster Railway
Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York
Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Trafford, Manchester,
Director of the Birkenhead, Holyhead, and Mold Extension ; the
Liverpool, Preston, and North Union ; the Staffordshire Potteries ;
and the London and Holyhead Railways
Samuel Giles, Esq., Bowden, near Manchester, Director of the Man-
chester and Birmingham Continuation, and Welsh Junction, and
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railways
p. Bennett Lucite, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Great Leeds and London, Direct Ipswich' and
Southampton, Sligo and Shannon Railways
Charles Tottenham, Esq., Magistrate of the county of Wexford,
Chairman of the Exeter and Dorchester Railway
Robert Bissett Richmond, Esq., 31:D.,- 40, Great Castle-street,
Cavendish-square, Louden
Thomas W. George, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Yorkshire
Railway
J. lielbert Helbert, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director
of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
John Samuel Whitchurch, Esq., Weymouth
William Hawtry, Esq., Fulham
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Yale
James Carroll Wilcocks, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter,
Yeovil, and Dorchester, Exeter and Creditor, and North Devon
Railways •
Daruton Lupton, Esq., the Worshipful the Mayor of Leeds, Director
of the Leeds and York, and York and Hull, and Nottingham and
Gainsborough Railways
Thomas Nunneley, Esq., Leeds.
Joseph Richardson, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, the
Midland and Thirsk Junction, and the London, Hounslow, and
Western Railways
John Brightman Esq., Cornhill, London, and Regency-square, Brigh-
ton, Chairman of the London and Hounslow Railway
John Barnett, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner for the County of Glouces-
ter, and Director of the Oxford and Whitney Railway •
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq., Worcester, Chairman of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester, and Director of the Welsh !Midland. and Dudley,
Madeley, and Broseley and Ironbridge Railways
F. I)"ffield, Esq., Bolton-house, Bradford, Director of the Cambridge
• and Lincoln Extension Railway • .
F. B. Hamilton, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and Bandon
Railways
lames Hamilton, Esq., Balsall-heath, Birmingham
Daniel T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, Watling-street,
London, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester
Railway
Richd. Clay, Esq., Winchester-street, London, and Lloyd's
Klein Grant, Esq., St. James's-street, London, Director of the
Direct Western Railway.
William Pritchard, Esq., Doctors'-zommons, London, High Bailiff of
Southwark

JUNKERS.
Commercial Bank, Lothbury, London.
The Leeds and West Riding Bank, Leeds.
National and Provincial Bank, Birmingham.
Messrs. Pease and Liddells, Bull.
Messrs. Moore and Co., Nottingham.
The Sheffield and Retferd Banking Company, Sheffield.
EVGlNEERS—Salidiforth
Parliament-s tr F. Griffin, Esq
eet, and J.
Taunton, Esc(
2, .

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Cattanis and Fry, 62, Mark-lan, Loudon.
G. A. Colman, Esq
OC., 2, New Inn, Strande, London.
LOCAL SOLICITOR.
Wm. Bennett, Esq., Chapel-en-le-Frith.
SECRETART.—George F. Hlre, Esq.
This important line, commencing at the terminus of the Manches-
ter and Sheffield Railway, in the populous manufacturing town of
Sheffield, will proceed, in a direct course, by or through Hope,
Hathersage, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Whaley (the great
canal-port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the Manchester and
Alacclesfield Railway, at Maceleifleld, the total length of the line
being nearly thirty miles.
The importance of connecting these termini would, alone, be suffi-
cient to ensure full support to the present undertaking, from the
dense population, manufacturing Influence, and general traffic of the
towns in question ; but when it is considered that this connexion, or
Junction, stands in the very centre of the entire railway system of
England, and that it will complete the chain of railway communi-
cation and transit between Uri river Humber, the towns of Sheffield
and Macclesfield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wickes of
Cheshire, the city of Chester, the docks of Liverpool and Birkenhead,
Bangor Ferry, and the harbour of Holyhead, the advantages are too
manliest to be for a moment questioned.
The surveys are now in progress, and will be completed without
delay, in order to go to,Parliament at the ensuing session.
In the allotment of shares, the applications from parties resident
on the line will be preferred.
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Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made at the offices of
Solicitors,eolman Colman, Esq.,
under-
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Hebden and Parkinson, Leeds ; Smith, Knowles, and Cooke, Leeds ;
Cuff and Fox, Derby; William Miles, Worcester; C. 11. Birkbee,
Worcester ; John Smith, Birmingham • W, H. Collis, Birinimatan. ;
Messrs. Cook awl , Bradford; Wm:Wood, Manchester, J. ant
1). Wilson, Ma, •eliester ; A. Moffatt, Edinburgh ; Henry Vatcher, 1
Exeter; Hall, Br:there and Co., Cheltenham; Black and Lorimer,
Gla,gow ; it. Itayliffe, Liverpool ; George Edwards and Son, Bristol;
It. P. Clarke, Bristol ; and J. Bamforth, Rotherham.
In consequence of the number of shares already applied for, no fur-
ther town applications will be attended to after the 15th day of Octo-
ber inst., and from the country after the 18th inst.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Sheffield and Maccles-
field Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—I request you will allot me shares of 201. each
in the above-named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the de-
posit of 21.25. per share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agree-
ment and Parliamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full .
Profession or Business . • • • • •• • • • • • • • •
Residence, Private and Professional ••
Reference ........... ••• - • • • •
Residence of Reference. • • •
Usual Signature of Applicant • • .. • • • • • •

D IRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLE SFIE LD
RAILWAY.
_Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares can
be received in town after SATURDAY next, the llth instant, nor from
the country after MONDAY next, the 13th instant.
GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary.
London, Oct. 6, 1845.

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COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL:

A Court of Common Council was held on Thursday in the
Guildhall, for the transaction of business. Considerable in-
terest was evinced, as the matter to be discussed involved the
sale of Farringdon Market and the late Fleet Prison, for the
purpose of converting them into termini for the Direct Lon-
don and Manchester, and the London and Birmingham Rail-
way Companies. There was also a motion upon the paper
respecting the duties and salary of the Commissioner of the

City Police.
The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor having taken hie seat.
the minutes of the last Court were read.
It was moved and carried that the Sheriffs take their seats
within the bar.
The LORD MAYOR then notified to the Court that the
Lord Mayor elect had expresied his willingness to take upon
himself the office and duties of Lcrd Mayor.

CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
Mr. THOMAS Lore proposed that the thanks of the Court
should be voted to the Lord Mayor, for the moderation and
firmness be had exhibited in the course of the contest be-
tween the Court of Common Council and the Governors of
Christ's Hospital.
Several hon. members opposed the motion, on the ground
that this was an improper period for such a vote, as the pro-
ceedings between the contending parties bad not yet termi-
nated.
The motion was ultimately withdrawn.
RAILWAYS.—GRAND CENTRAL TERMINUS.
The Loin) MAYOR ELECT presented a petition, pursuant to
notice, from the Directors of the Direct London and Man-
chester Railway Company (Rastrick's line) for leave to pur-
chase the site of Farringdon-market for a great central ter-
minus. As this was a very important subject he should re-
serve his observations till after the report of the Committee.
The petition was then read as follows:—
"To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Commons of the City of Loudon, in Common Council

assembled.
" The humble petition of the Direct London and Man
cheater Railway Company.
" Sheweth,-;—That your petitioners are about to apply to
Parliament for an Act to enable them to construct a railroad
from Manchester to London. That the Company has been
duly registered according to law, and that the whole of the
requisite capital of five millions (with the exception of a very
small portion of shares reserved for the owners on the line)
has been subscribed, and that di posits amounting to upwards
of 460,0001., have been duly paid.
" That the Company is principally composed of traders,
merchants, manufacturers, factors, and other persons con-
nected with the trade carried on between London and Man-
chester, and that it is found to be a matter of paramount im
portance to the interests of trade and to the public accommo •
dation, that a terminus to this railway should be established
in the City of London, the locality to and from which four-
fifths of the trade and passenger traffic of Manchester pro-
ceeds.
" That your petitioners are anxious to treat with your
Honourable Court, for the purchase of the site of Farringdon-
market, which, as your Petitioners are informed, is not re-
quired for the purposes for which it was originally designed.
"That the plan by which your Petitioners propose to
bring this railroad to Farringdon-market, will have the effect
of raising the ground at Holborn-bridge, and will afford the
requisite facilities for reducing the dangerous declivities of
Skinner-street and Holhorn-;.ill, and rendering the carriage
and foot-way from the crown of Holborn-hill to the summit
of Skinner- street one of easy and safe ascent and descent.
"That this plan likewise contemplates the removal of the
low houses in Field-lane, and the improvement of the
wretched property in the neighbouring district, and will
add materially to the health and comfort of the inhabitants.
That your petitioners are informed that it is probable
that other Companies, who have projected the construction
of certain railroads from the North, may desire also to esta-
blish a terminus in the vicinity of Farringdon-street : and
your pe itioners are given to understand that abundant ac-
commodation may be found in that locality for the formation
of a great central terminus, available to all parties. Feel-
ing convinced that such an establishment would afford grelt
accommodation to the public, and be productive of advan-
tage to all parties concerned. Your petitioners, while they
are anxious to negotiate with the Corporation for the pur-
chase of a site for their own erection, are prepared to concur
with other parties similarly situated, to carry into execution
a plan for the general accommodation of all.
" Your petitioners therefore humbly pray of your Honour-
able Court to permit them to treat for the purchase of the
site of Farringdon-market for the purpose of a railroad ter-
minus."
On the motion that the petition be referred to the improve-
ment Committee, this day appointed,
Mr. HARRISON asked the petitioner whether there was any
plan attached to the petition showing the course by which it
was proposed the railroad should traverse the City?
Mr. Dillon said that a plan had been prepared, but he had
it not with him.
Mr. HARRISON—In what way do you mean immediately
to approach Farringdon-market?
Mr. Dillon answered that it was proposed that a line
should be carried from the neighbourhoOd of Battle-bridge,
running with the bed of the Fleet River; that it should come
down a place called Field-lane, and there enter upon Hol-
born-bridge; and that the ground of Holborn-bridge should
be raised 12 or 14 feet. It had been ascertained by former
surveys that that was all that was required to render the
as ent :afe. If the Company ci,uld obtain from the Corpora-
tion a gr.:nt of the ground they would be most happy to
contribute towards the improvement of Holborn-hill and
Field-lane.
Mr. LAWRENCE supported the petition. The corporation
had been taught by experience that if they would not allow
railways to come into the city, they would go elsewhere.
Was any one at this time prepared to say that a railway
should not come into that pert of the city which was the
most convenient of access? 250,0001. had been expended on
Farringdon-market, from which the Corporation hardly re•
ceived as much as paid for the management, and the longer
this state of things continued the greater would be the in-
jury. What was now proposed was to give life and activity
to this unproductive spot, and to remove that neighbourhood
which was a sink of iniquity. Let them set about the matter
with good will, and he bad no doubt that the Corporation
would be greatly benefited.
Mr. HALL opposed the petition.
Mr. R. TAYLOR said that the terminus would only be some
or 30 yards within the City boundaries. Great part of
the space required was already clear, the Commissioners for
the improvement of the City having already pulled down
more houses than was requisite. This proposal was not
for the benefit of one Company only. What the Corporation
had to look to was the convenience and prosperity of the
City of London. The ride in an omnibus to or from a rail-
way station was generally the worst of the journey. For
his own part he would rather go the whole way from Pad-
dington to Bath than from the City to Paddington in an
omnibus. It was absurd to call that 'a London terminus
which when you had come from Bath left you three or four
miles from the City, in a perfect wilderness. Farringdon-
street was superfluously wide for any other purpose. He
could answer for it that the people of the ward of Farringdon-
without would think it a godsend to have this terminus in
their neighbourhood. The great inns and hotels already re-
gretted the establishment of the termini at a distance from
the metropolis. At any rate no member of the Court could
object to sending this petition to the Committee in order that
they might inquire, and compare the different schemes, and
make a report.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY said that it was now time for the
citizens of London to. lay aside ancient prejudices. Man-
chester, Liverpool, Leeds, and Birmingham,* now' &sided
with them the prosperity of this time of movement. The
citizens of London were increasing the beauty of their palaces,
and they ought at the same time to endeavour to bring home
more of that commerce which had caused those palaces to
be built. Instead of deterioating the value of property, the
formation of railroads would only increase it. . The Hon.
Member who was favourable to railroads at a short distance
forgot that the commerce of London inight be engrossed by
cities which acted with greater vigour. He felt assured that
to bring railroads into the City could , not be otherwise
than beneficial, and on that ground cordially supported the
motion.
Mr. GODSON moved, as an amendment, that the petition
do lie on the table.
Mr. lannisox seconded the motion.
Mr. ANDERTON said that he was one of those who had
had strong objections to a railroad coming into the City of
London, but he had lived long enough to see his error. • He
believed that the same opinion had existed in almost every
large town ; and now they were all endeavouring to get the
railroads as near the towns as they could. It should be re-
collected that Farringdon-market was only large enough
fur the business of one railway ; but he hoped to see the
termini of the Birmingham, the South-Western, and other
railways, also brought into the City.--(Hear, hear.) Ise
would suggest that a better plan would be to bring the
termini to Smithfield.
Mr. WISE supported the petition. The complaint at pre-
sent was that-the termini were so distant that goods could
not be transmitted in the way in which they could be
trans-
milted if the termini were nearer the City, and that the
journey from the City to the termini was almost twice as long
as from the termini to the place of destination. The con-
sequence was that goods which used formerly to come to
London were carried to distant ports, and thus de-
prived the City of the advantage it formerly enjoyed.
Was there anything so unfortunate as had been the oppo-
sition to the Blackwell Railway ? Large sums of money
had been spent in opposing it, the Corporation had lost.
cast in the House of Commons by so doing, and 3et their
opposition was fruitless. It would be unwise to refuse
a proposition which was not for the benefit of one railway,
but of all.
Mr. ASHURST maintained that this was a matter which
ought to be seriously considered by the Corporation. What
had caused Liverpool to be the second city in the empire,
but the circumstance of her being the first in railway enter-
prise ? Was it not more desirable to have a city of com-
mercial palaces, than to have the lowest part of the popula-
tion left in the City ? for, wherever the termini were, there
would ultimately congregate the whole of the warehouses.

The spirit of the age was " movement," and it had always
been a-reproach to the Corporation, that they had been be-
hind tie spirit of the age. This was simply a petition asking
for inquiry into that which was now revolutionising the
country. It would be folly to wait until the Bills were ob-
tained, for the Corporation would then no longer be con-
sulted. This railway would go from St. Sepulchre's by a
viaduct ; all the important business would be conducted
underground, while tue spacious street would be left un-
touched.
Mr. PstarrnuacusT could not agree that the railway would
injure business. As to dispersing the population, he should
have no objection to dispersing the population of Field-lane,
although some of them were his own constituents.—(A
laugh.) He had been informed by those of his constituents
who kept inns and coffee-houses that persons now went to
inns and coffee-houses more in the neighbourhood of the
railways, and not only that, but the business of the shops
had also suffered. If the petition were not entertained a
good opportunity for removing the evil of the declivity of
Holborn-hill would be lost
rue amendment was then put- and negatived, and the ori-
ginal motion for referring the petition to the Improvement
Committee carried by a large majority.
Mr. LAMBERT JONES then presented the following petition
of the London and Birmingham Railway Company :
" Showeth, that your petitioners intend in the ensuing ses-
sion of Parliament, to apply fur an Act to authorise an exten-
lion of their line of railway from their station at Camden-
town to Farringdon-Greet, with a terminus and depot pro-
posed to be made on part of the site of the Fleet Prison, and
on land adjoing thereto.
"That the object of such extension is to afford greater
facilities than at present exist to the trade of the City of
London by affording the means of transit for passengers,
goods, and merchandise between the seat of business in the
Heart of the metropolis and the manufacturing districts.
"That the plans and sections of the proposed line are now
in a state of great forwardness, and your petitioners will be
ready to submit the same for the approval of any parties
who may be deputed to inspect them on the part of the
Corporation.
"That your petitioners are prepared to enter into immediate
agreement for the purchase of such parts of the property be-
longing to the Corporation as may be required for the termi-
nus and line of the above proposed extension.
• " Your petitioners, therefore, humbly pray that the sane-
tiog and support of the Corporation of .the City of London
may be given to the said project, and that leave may be given
to your petitioners to purchase such land and buildings be-
longing to the Corporation as may be required for the purposes
iheree."
Mr. CREED, the Secretary of the Company, stated, in an-
swer to questions, that it would pass under Skinner-street up
to Islington by means of a tunnel, and would not disturb the
surface. Neither Skinner-street, Aldersgate-street, nor Smith,-
field would be touched.
• Mr. HARRISON observed that it should be understood that
this petition was merely referred to the Committee for in-
quiry alone, and that if any other petitions were presented,
they would be similarly referred.
The petition was then ordered to be referred to the Com•
mittee, and the Court adjourned.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. •
STREET ROBBERIES. Geerge Peers, George Barnett, and
Alfred Fain, were brought before Mr. Hardwick, charged by
the police with attempting to pick pockets in Tottenham-
court-road, and with having violently resisted and assaulted
the constables who took them into custody.
From the statement of the police, it- appeared that nume..-
rota robberies had recently taken place, more particularly on
Saturday nights, in Tottenham-court-road, when thin thd-
roughfare was more than usually crowded. These robberies
were committed principally on females, whose fanciful mode
of ,placing their pockets afforded unusual facilities for the
successful attacks.of the light-fingered tribe. The three pri-
soners were seen by one of the E division constables pushing
and hustling several females in Tottenham-court-road last
Saturday night. He watched them for some time, and having
detected them attempting to rob more- than one female, he
got assistance, and proceeded to apprehend them in Howland-
str,et. They all made resistance, more particularly Fair,
who knocked. down and kicked severely two of the constables.
Evidence was given to show that Barrett was a convicted
thief.
The prisoners denied the charge. •
Mr. HAnnwicx said the prisoners had rendered themselves
liable to twofold punishment. First, for being reputed
thieves ; and next, for assaulting the police in the execution
of their duty. For the first offence lie should send them to
hard labour for three months, at the expiration of which time
they would be liable to the same terms of imprisonment for
the assaults on the police, if the charge was brought forward.

taken the piece of satin from the room in the folds of her
riding habit by mistake, as she never could have thought of
stealing it. She was married, she said, to Mr. Robinson, who
is a law student, in the Isle of Wight, last summer, but she
did not recollect the Lame of the church whtre the ceremony
was performed.
Ross said he had been a manufacturer of sail cloth some
time ago, but lost all his money, and was living at present
by agencies. He knew Mrs. Robinson to be a lady of re-
spectability, and he understood of large property, and he
considered her quite incapable of being guilty of the offence
laid to her charge.
➢lr. HENRY committed Mrs. Robinson to take her trial on
the charge of f.lony, and Ross also to take his trial for the
assault at the Surrey sessions. Mrs. Fish was discharged.
The prisoners will be brought up again on Monday.
WORSHIP-STREET, _

BASE INGRATITUDE.--A man named Jolt?: Hopkins was
placed at the bar, fur final examination, charged with having
stolen a quantity of household furniture and wearing ap-
parel, the property of James Freeman, a cab driver, under
the following very aggravating and peculiar circumstances.
It appeared from the statement of the prosecutor, that
about our months ago he accidentally became acquainted
with the prisoner, who represented himself to be in a state
of utter destitution, and worked upon his feelings with such
a piteous tale of distress, that he not only afforded him im-
mediate rrlief, but agreed to receive him as an inmate in his
own house, until he was able to retrieve his circumstances.
The prisoner had only lived a short time under his roof, how-
ever, when he observed sufficient to convince him that he
had grossly abused his hospitality, and availed himself of
the opportunities it presented to cultivate an improper inti-
macy with his wife, and he accordingly gave him notice
to seek another abode. On the morning after this intimation
bad been given, he was astonished to find on returning home
from his night's labour, that his wife and the prisoner had
eloped together, taking with them everything he possessed,
including even his clothes and bed, and had left nothing but
the bare walls. He gave immediate information of the
robbery to the police, and the fugitives were traced to a
house in Harman-street, Commercial-road, where the greater
part of the stolen property was discovered, and the prisoner
who had on him a waistcoat belonging to the prosecutor was
immediately given into custody.
William Long, a carman, proved that he had been em-
ployed by the prosecutor's wife to remove the property in a
van from her husband's house, and that he was Joined at the
end of the street by the prisoner, wno, on their arrival at the
Commercial-road, assisted in unloading the van, and de-
positing the goods in the house where they were afterwards
discovered.
In answer to the charge the prisoner declared that the wife
had retained possession of the property, and denied having
himself exercised any ownership over it, or taken part in its
removal.
Mr. BROUGHTON severely animadverted upon the gross in-
gratitude the prisoner had displayed towards the man who
had befriended him in his utmost need, and ordered hint to
be fully committed on the cbaige of felony.

SPORTING IN TELLIGENCE.
NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING.
PROGRAMME.

The horses to which an asterisk is attached are now at
Newmarket, and in work.)
MONDAY. _

Fifty pounds for three years old, 7st 71b ; four, Sat 71b ; five,
six, and aged, Bst 121 b. A.F.
Fifty pounds for two years old ; colts, Bst 71b ; fillies, Bst 51b.
T.Y.C. _ .

Handicap Sweepstakes of 20 sous. each, for three years old
and upwards. T.Y.C.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for two years old, 6st 71b ; three,
Bst 41b; four, Bst 121 b; five and upwards, 9st 21b; the
winner to be sold for 200 soya. if demanded, &c. T.Y.C.
Post Match, 300. R.M. One to the post.
*Duke of Bedford's Leopard, *Prologue, and Eleazer,
Bst 7th each ; agst Lord Glasgow's c by Bay Middleton, out
of Miss Whip, Bst llb ; Sister to Deersliqer, fby Bay Middle-
ton, out of Impertinence; f by Bay Middleton, out of He-
has-a-name's dam ; f by Sheet Anchor, out of Canada; fby
Retriever, out of Purity, and Sister to Pathfinder, ist 121 b
each. _ _ .

Post ]hatch; 500, h ft; Bst 71b each. A.F. One to the post.
*Lord Exeter's Adrianople, Wood Pigeon, Golden Fleece,
and Tunick, agst Lord Chesterfield's Pam, Triumvir, c by
Jereed, out of Caroline Elvina, and c (dead) by Don John,
out of Arachne (Lord Chesterfield receives).
Match; 100. h ft; Fst 2lb each. T.Y.C.
*Lord Stradbroke's Idas agst *Captain Daintree's c by
Liverpool, out of Negus (Poi tsoken's dam).
Match ; 200, h ft. Ab. M.
Mr. Gully's St. Lawrence, 9st lib, agst *Duke of Bed-
ford's Minotaur, Bst 101 b.
Match; 500, h ft. A.F.
*Mr. Greville's Alarm, Bst 91b, agst Mr. Gully's Old Eng-
land, Bst 41b.
Match; 100, h ft. First half of Ab. M.
*Duke of Bedford's Captain Phebus, Bst 71b, agst *Lord
Miltown's Duc-an-Dur ras, 7st.

Match; 500. Last mile of B.C.
*ilr. Clifton's Nottingham, 12st 81b, agst *Captain Camp•
bell's Crcesus, lOst 81b.
Match ; 200, hft ; Bst 71b each. T.Y.C.
*Duke of Bedford's Black Cat agst Lord Exeter's f (dead,
by Beiram, out of Marinella.