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IVORCESTER AND SOUTH WALES
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to inform the applicants for
shares that the allotment is now completed. Those parties who do
not receive letters of allotment will be pleased t. accept this notice,
that in consequence of the very great number of applications, the
Committee have found it impossible to comply with their request.
By order, W. BORROW, Secretary.
7, Walbrook, Sept. 10, 1845.

LPRIDGWATER and- MINEiIEAD JUNC-
'HON RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,000/. In 15,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
Is Intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,
Slr.John Hanger, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy-

Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, }Clive Court, near Minehead, Vice-Chairman of the

Somerset Quarter Sessions
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Mineheed,Magistrate of the
county of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton, Devon
Beaden Buller, Esq., -Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingatone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,

merchant
W. S.. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Colhoun, Esq., 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter's

chtmbers, Cornhlll, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon-

shire
W., teen, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square
W. Strachan, Esq., Banker, Strand.
OBice-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-street.

Messrs. I Beckett, Son, & Simpson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater..

RUGBY., WARWICK, and WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
Provisionally Registered.
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8., Madryn
Park, Caernarvonshire
Sir William Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Portman-square,
London
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Sir Henry Bromley Henrich, Court Garden, Great Marlow, Backs
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &s., Alderman of
London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Coratinuatioa,
and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction, the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the
North London Junction, and the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies
T. Bagger, Esq., Northampton
-Directors of the South Midland and
J. Freeman, Esq., Ditto Northampton, Banbury, and Chel-
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Ditto tenham Railway Companies
Arthur Ilaymes, Esq., Mechem Villa, Provisional Directors of the
Leamington, South Midland Railway
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton, Company
Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Ryelands, Lancas'er, Director of the Lancas-
ter and Preston Junction and North Western Railway Companies
J. M. Cottle Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton,
and Leicester Railway Company
John Gardner, Esq., Southam, Provisional Director of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company
William Frederick Beadon, Esq., John-street, Berkeley-square, Lon-
don, Provisional Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railw iy Company
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Rail-
way Company
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowanhead, Kendal, Provisional Director
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, the York and Carlisle, and Manches-
ter and Southampton Railway Companies
James Beach, Esq., of 15, Grosvenor-place, London, and Brandon
Lodge, Warwickshire
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway Company
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham and Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Companies
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury,i
I Provisionalth Dwir::orwso:
Kent
The Rev. D. Robinson, Bromptcn
W. W. Mansell, Esq., Dorchester-place, the Great Rattb.„„ansli
Blandford -square, London center Railway
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Wor-
cester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Oxford Jane-
tion Railway-Company
John Satchel, Esq., Warwick, Deputy Chairman of the Leamington
Board of Commissioners
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
Mr. Herbert Atterbury, Thernby, Northamptonshire
John Burnett, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner for the county of Glou-
cester
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Hill, Surrey
Charles Brandt, Esq., Leamington
Captain Chainier, Halkin-street West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Peter Colston, jun., Esq., Husband's Bosworth, near Market Har-
borough
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Pealing Hall, Leicestershire
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Great Surrey-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq. 39, Lothbnry, and Mayor of Carnarvon
John Eyston, Esq., Welford, Northamptonshire, and Salford Hall,
Warwickshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq., Glenfield and Leicester
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
George Harper, Esq., Moss Fields, Salop
Joha Helbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gleucesterostreet, London
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
Mr. George Wortley Lovell, Great Billing, Northamptonshire
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Mr. Benjamin Paine, Leicester
James Watts Peppercorn, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwich,
Surrey
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, London
James Whitchurch, Esq., Soitheliff, Netley Abbey, Hants
William Williams, Esq., Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
Edward Welsh, Esq Leamington
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington
Mr. John Woolaton, jun., merchant, Wellingborough, Northampton-
shire
Robert Chapman, Esq., Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the
Great Manchester Railway Company
Henry Morgan, Esq., Bristol iDirectors of the
William Watson, Esq., Burn Grove, Roxbnrgh- Bristol and Exeter
shire Railway Company
Mr. Sergeant Adams, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington
J. Watson Prole Esq., 31, ThurloW-square, Bromptcn
(With power to add to their number.)

London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Rugby—Messrs. Butlin and Son
Leamington
k Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Com-
Warwick pally
Sontham
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and CO.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF- John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Mr. George Weller, 8, King's-read, Bedford-row
Welford—Mr. George Pell, jun.
Leamington
Warwick iMessrs. Patterson, Haymes, llanbury, and Gardner
Southam
Worcester—Mr. R. T. Rea
Birmingham—Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson
SECRETARY—Mr. George H. Weller.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
The object proposed by this railway is, as well to supply the wants
of the district through which it passes, as to complete the chain of
railway c,ommunictition between the eastern and midland counties
and the western district, including the whole of North and South
Wales. ..

The country. embraced by this line is of the richest description, and
thickly populated.
By means of. this, and the existing and projected lines of railway,
the whole of the ports in the eastern and north-eastern counties, in-
cluding the manufacturing city of Norwich, and towns of Leicester,
Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, and the whole of Yorkshire will be
brought in direct communication with the mineral districts of
North and South Wales, the salt district of Droitwich, and the
river Severn.
The promoters of this line submit to the public, as a most import-
ant consideration, the abating of those causes of loss and inconveni- '
ence which, along the line of country over which this railway will
pass, are experienced from water carriage being from necessity at
present a principal mode of transit for heavy goods and merchandise,
and which, in the winter season, is productive of the most evil con-
sequences to those engaged in commerce.
A manifest advantage to the Shareholders will bethe extent of traffic
which will be secured and appropriated by the present undertaking,
in lieu of that which hitherto has been engrossed by the more
dilatory course of water carriage.
As a public advantage to the inhabitants generally of the
above-mentioned districts, the promoters submit that the equa-
lisation in prices of the produce and merchandise which the
opening of thid line of railway is calculated to produce is of the high-
est importance, and one of the principal benefits which this and other
similar undertakings are alone capable of producing.
The proposed line will commence at Rugby, the terminus of the
Midland Counties and Trent Valley Railways, and also of the pro-
posed Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway, and proceed from
thence near to the towns of Leamington, Warwick, and Alcester, and
end at the City of Worcester. At Worcester this line will form a
junction with the several Welsh railways, the Shrewsbury, Wor-
cester, and Crewe Railway, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway.
At Warwick it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway, the Warwick and Cheltenham. Railway, and the Lon-
don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway.
And at Rugby with the London and Birmingham, the Midland
Counties, and the projected Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway.
To the inhabitants of Rugby as well as to those of the Midland,
Eastern, and Northern Counties this line will afford a direct com-
munication with the fashionable towns of Leamington and Chelten-
ham, as well as the whole of the Western Counties.
To the inhabitants of Leamington and Warwick it will "give a
direct communication with the City of Worcester and North and
South Wales, now so much needed.
And to the inhabitants of Worcester, in addition to providing the
nearest route to London via Warwick, it will be au outlet to the
Eastern Counties and ports, and afford great facilities for the increase
of the manufactories now carried on in that city.
The whole of the country has during the present month, August,,
1845, been most carefully surveyed by the engineers, and they report
it to be free from engineering difficulty, and well adapted for a rail-
way; and the provisional Directors entertain no doubt that the
line will be made under the average rate of expense incident to
similar undertakings, and, from the statistics in their possession,
that the traffic will afford an ample return for the capital invested.
The line will Not interfere with any ornamental property, and the
landowners are favourable to the undertaking.
The Shareholders In the several Railways proposed to be joined or
intersected will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
undertaking.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the Act is
obtained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 41. per
cent= on all calls, from the time of their respective payments, and
to limit the liability of the Shareholders to the amount of their sub-
reriptions.
The Directors reserve power to themselves to amalgamate with
any existing or projected line of railway ; to vary the route ; to
make all desirable extensions; and to increase the capital as may be
advisable or necessary.
Prospectuses, with a Plan, will be published in a few days,
and may then be obtained on application to the several solicitors,
and to any of the following share brokers, viz., Messrs. Peppercorne
and Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. l'reece and Evans, 39, Loth-
bury, London ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Messrs. Alston
and Gage, Liverpool; Messrs. Freeman and Aoki, Northampton; Mr.
John Duncaft, Manchester ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bris-
tol; Mr. John Watson, Leeds ; Mr. John Crags, Skipton ; and
Messrs. Atkinson, Newcastle ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ;
Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; and Messrs. White and Son, Leamington ;
to any of whom applications in the undermentioned form may be
addressed.

NOTICE.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
The Act of Parliament Incorporating the Cidedonian Rail-
way Company having received the Royal Assent, all parties c'alining
to be registered as Shareholders are required to transmit.their Scrip
Notes to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, No. 122, Princes-
street, Edinburgh, on or before the Ist day of October next, accom-
panied by claims,-in the form annexed, With the name, trade or pro-
fession, and residence of each claimant, distinctly appended thereto,
in order that the same may be entered in the register of shareholders.
Receipt of the Scrip will be ac'4nowledged forthwith, and when the
registration Is completed, scaled certificates will 'be issued en demand
to the shareholders.

Scripholders are requested to take WV° that registration is indis-
pensable to entitle them to the rights and privileges of shareholdbrs;
and that if they neglect to fOrward their scrip and applications to the
secretary within the said period, their shares may have to be regis-
tered In the name of, and become the property of, the original sub-
scribers.—By order of the BOard of Directors,
D. RANKINE, Secretary.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
Sir,—l request you will insert my name in the register of share-
holders in the Caledonian •Itailway Company, as a proprietor of
shares, the scrip for which I send you herewith.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Usual signature • • •• • • • • ••• • • ********
Name at full length • • ••••••• • • • • • •
Profession or trade
122, Prinees-street,-Edhiburgh, Aug. 6, 1845.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
Having received several letters asking by what means Scrip
can be sent for registration without danger, I beg to suggest the fol-
lowing method, to write across the face of each scrip note :
"Sent for registration by owner,
day of, 1845."
The owner may also write me a separate letter of advice, giving
the numbers on the Scrip, and the date of dispatch.
Edinburgh, Aug• 13, 1845.. D. RANKINE, Secretary.

EXETER, DORCHES TER, AND WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., ht 62,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL comatirrEr.
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of Luitaou, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railvirky:..—
Lieet -General Sir Robert Marton, K.C.11., 2, Montague-place, Mon-
-

tague-square
Jacob-Bell, Esq., Langham-place
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell
John Carter, Esq., 23, Dorset-place, Portman-square
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Wiliam Colfox, Esq., Rex House, Bridport
W. S. Cross, Esq., 1, New-court, Temple, Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Railway
Newton. Crouch, Esq., Southampton-place, London, birector of the
York and Lancaster Railway
The Hon. Miles Dormer, 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street.
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, 44, Curzon-street, May-fair
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royer Artillery, C. 8., Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Francis F.wart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity and
Law Life Assurance Companies
The Rev. H. Fellowes, Vicar of Stotbury
Captain S. N. Fisher. Junier United Service Club, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Major Fitzgerald, Mount Edgar, Sidmonth
John Foster. Esq., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury
Theophilus M. Gunn, Esq., Bridport
Captain Sir Andrew S. Green, R.N., K.C.H., James-street, Bucking-
ham-gate, Director of the Bank of Australasia
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
W. Newton Harriott, Esq., Odihani, Hants
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
George Price Hill, Esq., Gawanbro House, Hampstead
F. B. Hoare, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
John Holmes, Esq., Liverpool, and St. James's-street, Westminster,
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Swynfen Jervis, Esq., 3, Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Staf-
fordshire, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and
of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, and Director of the Wor-
cester and South Wales Junction Railway, and of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway •
Richard Kelly, Esq., 6, Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways
Siegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., 9, Billitcr-square
L. Llewellyn, Esq., Ynis Penllwch, and Graig-Avon, Glamorgan-
shire
Robert Henry Lindham, Est., 8, New-street., Dorset-square, Director
of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
C. W. Lovcsy, jun., Esq., Charlton Kings, Cheltenham
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Wootton-under-Edge
J. Mee Matthew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Captain Mathews, R.N., Sidmouth Lodge, Sidmouth
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life In-
surance Company, and Direetor of the South and Midland Junc-
tion Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place
George •Parbury, Esq., 37, Russell-square, and Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation
William S. Potter, Esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Robert Rea, Esq., Exeter, and Cromwell Rock, Waterford
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosainel's Great
Northern of France Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank
of Ireland
Robert Richard, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midland Junction Railway
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Galway and Belfast Railway
J. Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge, Surrey
W. Digby Seymour, Esq„ 11, Doughty-street, Mecklcnburgh-square
William Sloane Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Assurance Company.
Henry Lewis Smote, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the South-Eastern Railway - • •
Andrew Spottlswoode, Esq., Deputy Governor of the Union Bank of
London, and Chairman of the Irish North Midland Railway
Henry Savage, Esq.. M. 8., F.R.C.S., Dorset-Place, Dorset-square,
Director of'theJrring. Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff or London and Middlesex, Director
of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, and of the Taw Vale
Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING Estonian—Sir John Macneil, LL D., 1.R.5., M.I.C.E.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
Messrs. Gough and Roumieu.
SURVEYORS—Messrs Shuttleworth and Sons
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-square
Edward Stria, Esq., 10, Doughty-street
SECRETARY—D. Bartle, ESQ.
BANKER. •
London—Messrs. Martin, Stones,S
and Martin, Lombard-street
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Southampton—Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and Atherley
Weymouth—Messrs. Eliott and Pearce
LOCAL AGENTS.
• Weymouth—George Arden , .ESO-
- Nioholetts, Esq.
Sidmouth—Edwin Church Everitt, Esq-
,Exeter—George William Turner, Esq.
This railway is intended to commence at the east part of the city
of Exeter, neat St. Sidweils, and after
passing • through Topsham,
with a fork at Woodbury by
-,Ympstone to Exmouth, will proceed, in
r
an eastcrly direetion, towards Sidmouth, and thence, near Colyton,
Beer, Seaton, Axmouth, Lyme Regis, and Charmouth, to Bridport.
At Bridport the line will divide, taking one course direct to Dor-
chester, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and the
other, passing near Bridport harbour and Abbotsbury to Weymouth.
At Exeter, junctions will be formed with the Bristol and Exeter and
North Devon railways, and at Exmouth with the South Devon, by
means of their steam ferry, thus mak-ng the most direct route to
Plymouth from London. Also at Dorchester end Weymouth it will
be connected with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, as well as
with the Dorchester and Southampton at Dorchester.
It will be seen, on referetne to the map, that by forming a junc-
tion with the lines of coast railway that have already beets con-
structed or commenced from Exeter westward, and from Dorchester
eastward, and by following the coast as nearly as is practicable be,
tween its termini, this line will effectually complete a railway com-
munication from Dover to the Land's End, an undertaking in itself
of great national importance, and likely to meet with the cordial sup-
port of the Government.
In fixing the course which this Railway will take, it has been the
careful consideration of the Promoters to project only such a Line as
will afford the greatest facilities of communication to the populous and
important towns and fashionable watering places which are situated
on and near that part of the Coast which this Railway is particu-
larly meant to accommodate; whilst, at the same thee, the Agri-
cultural, Manufacturing, and Commercial Interests of this part of
the Kingdom have been equally studied.
This Line will also open such additional means of communication
to the Port of Weymouth, the large Manufacturing Town and Har-
bour of Bridport, and the Harbour of Lyme Regis, as must even-
tually replace them in that high position, when compared with the
other Ports of the Kingdom, which they formerly hold. The Water-
ing Places of Exmouth, Budleigh-Salterton, .Sidmouth, Charmouth,
Lyrae-Regis, Weymouth, &c., will be thus thrown open to every part
of England and Wales, and accommodated with that facility of ac-
cess which they alone require to place them on an equal position
with other favourite places of resort, for which the picturesque In-
land and bold Coast-Scenery of, Devonshire and Dorsetshire is pre-
eminently proverbial, and justly entitles them to bold.
The following extract from the Report of the Select Committee of
the House of Lords on the " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way," made on the 18th of June, 1845, will show the sense enter-
tained by that body of the importance of a line of railway in the di-
rection proposed by the present Company :—" In making their re-
port, the Committee feel it their duty to state that the great diffi-
culty with them, in deciding on the Bill referred to them, had arisen
from the fear they entertained whether, in allowing the Great
Western Railway to come down to the sea at Weymouth, or even be-
low Yeovil, they might not be creating a difficulty as to making a
railway in the most desirable manner to Falmouth, the most westerly
port in the Channel."
The great importance of this railway may be further estimated,
from a consideration of the fact that the local population which would
be benefited by its construction exceeds two hundred thousand
persons.
And also that Weymouth, which will be one of the termini of the
line, is
about to become a great National Harbour of Refuge and
Packet-station, by the construction of a breakwater in Portland
Roads, in accordance with the recommendation of the Government
Commissioners, for which purpose a grant was made during the last
session of Parliament for commencing the works. The additional
population and
traffic, which will be thus attracted to this port, will
be very considerable.
A preliminary survey has been made, and there are no peculiar
engineering difficulties. The length of the main line, from Exeter to
Dorchester, will be about fifty-two miles; and of the Forks, or exten-
sions, to Weymouth, and Exmouth, about sixteen milea ; making, in
the whole, sixty-eight miles of railway.
The sentiments of the landowners are favourable to the construc-
tion of a railway calculated, as this is, very greatly to benefit their
properties, and in the allotment of the shares a preference will be
given to the applications of persons locally interested.
Estimates of the traffic have bet n careffilly prepared by the pro-
moters of the line, from which they are satisfied that an ample re-
turn will be obtained for the investment of capital in the undertak-
ing. More detailed traffic tables will, however, be forthwith pre-
pared, as required by the Committees of both Houses of Parliament.
The usual power will
' be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at Q. per cent. on the amount of deposit and calls from the
passing of the Act until the completion of the line, 'and the liability
of Shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions.
Applications for copies of the prospectus, and for shares, may be
made at the offices of the solicitors and local agents : also to the fol-
lowing sharebrokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-
buildings, and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-fliarr, Lon-
don ; Henry Vatcher, Esq., and John Langworthy, Esq., Exeter ;
Mears. Hopwood 'and Palmer, Plymouth ; Messrss. Tate and Nash,
Bristol ; Thomas 'Forsyth, Esq., ;Liverpool Heny Benton, Esq.,
Manchester; Messrs. Rhodes, Leeds; W. H. Collis, Esq., Birming-
ham; Messrs. Graystonc le York • William
and Ear , mason,
Esq.,
Bradford, Yorkshire; :Stamp, Esq., Hull ; Messrs. Newburn and
Mackie, Halifax ; 1 heroes Boardman, Esq., Blackburn ; Messrs.
John Robertson and Co., Edinburgh; and Messrs. Duncan and
Hutchinson, Glasgow-
To the Provisional Coenmittec of the. Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth .Tiffiction Coast Railway Company. -
I request that you will apportion me Shares of 201. each, in
the Exeter, Dorchester,, and Weymouth Railway Company ; and I
do hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may
allot to me, and to pay tins deposit of 21. 2s. per share and all future
calls thereon, and to sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscri-
bers' Agreement when re iced.
Dated B's day of
Name in fall • .. ..
Residence.... • . •• • • •• • • • „
Bilsiuessor Profee.sion • •
place of Business (if any) •• • • • •-•
game, Residence and
'Profession of a Referee. ' ****** '

1845.

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THE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that' the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement will lie for execution at the Company's Office, 1,
Royal Exchange Buildings, London, on and after FRIDAY, the 12th
instant, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when,
upon signature of the deed, the Bankers' Receipt will be exchanged
for Scrip.

Sept. 10. 1845.

By order,

A. BARRETT. Secretary.

MANCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON AND
POOLE RAILWAY, via CIIELTENIUM, CIRENCESTER,
kIRLBOROUGH, and SALISBURY.

(Registered • Provisionally.)
Capital 1,600,0001. in 64,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
CHAIRMEN.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House, near Manchester
John Ashton, Esq., Hyde, Manchester
Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
Thomas Neville Abdy, Esq., Albyns, Essex
Edward Ackroyd, Esq., Halifax
Cowling Ackroyd, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire
George Anderton, Esq:, Clackhcaton, Yorkshire
William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hlll, Asliton-under-Lyne and Man-
chester
William Bird Brodie, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
George Watson Buck, Esq., C.E., Ardwick, Manchester
John Henry Campbell, Esq., M.P.' Exton, Hampshire
William Dougal Christie. Esq., M.P., Eccleston-street, Chester-
square, London
Robert Cadman, Esq.', Sheepscar, Leeds
•
John Chapman, Esq., Blackheath
Sir Henry Calder, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's-park
Sir Edward Doughty, Bart., Upton House, Dorset
John Davis, Esq., Fisherton, Delamere, Wilts.
John Davis, Esq., jun., Saiterton, Wilts:
Sir Augustus Forster, Bart., Brownsea Castle, Dorsetshire
Charles Ingram Ford, Esq., Abbey Field, Sandbach, Cheshire
Lot Gardiner, Esq., Manchester
Ambrose Hussey, Esq , Salisbury
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds
henry Iletley, Esq.. Bulbridge House, Wilts.
Richard Hetley, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
Joseph Honiby, Esq., Liverpool
James Hatton, Esq., Broughton and Manchester
Richard Haterhve, Esq., York-place, Leeds
David Harrison, Esq., Manchester
Charles Hardy, Esq., Low Moor, Yorkshire
John Henry Jacob, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
• Henry Jennins, Esq., York-place, Leeds
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse Mill
Captain John Milligen Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester
George Ledgard, Esq., Bournemouth and Poole
Richard Ledgard, Esq., Poole
John Leech, Esq., Staleybridge and Manchester
Edward Lacy, Esq., Surgeon, Poole
John Laurie, Esq , Charles-street, St. James's-square
Stephen Mills, Esq., Eistone House, Wiltshire
W. J. Pike, Clay Merchant, Wareham, Dorsetshire
George Pahl, Esq., Salisbury
Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester
Lieut.-Col. Pollard, Stannary Hall, Yorkshire
Edward Dyke Poore, Esq., Figheldeari, Wilts
Lieut.-Col. Philip Warren Pedler, Nutley House, Devonshire
The Hon. Charles F. A. Ponsonby, M.P., Canford House, Dorsetshire
Alexander Powell, Esq., Hurdcott House, Wilts
J. Rickman, Esq., Poole
T. T. Rogers, Esq., Longfleet, Dorsetshire
Samuel Salter, Esq., Poole
Henry James Stevens, Esq., Poole
Isaac Steele, Esq., Poole
Robert Slade, Esq., Poole
James Slade, Esq., Parkstone, Dorsetshire
John SI ick, Esq., Manor House, Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire
henry Seymour, Esq., Hanford House, Dorsetshire . •
Charles Squarey, Esq., Salisbury
John Sidebotham, Esq., Kingston Hyde, and Manchester
Charles Townend, Esq., Moss-side and Manchester
Benjamin Hardwicke Teale, Esq., Leeds
William Tinker, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
John Teenier, Esq., Alstonby, Cumberland
Charles Baring Wall, Esq., M.P., Norman Court, Willtsbire
Henry Wickham Wickham, Esq., Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire
Lamberyn Wickham Wickham, Esq., Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire
Samuel Waterhouse, juit, Esq.' Halifax.
William Walker; Esq.; 'Bradford, Yorkshire

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq, John Leech, Esq.
Robert Ashton, Esq. , • George Pain, Esq.
Ambrose Hussey, Esq. T. C. W. Pierce, Esq.
Richard Hetley, Esq. Charles Squarey, Esq.
David Harrison, Esq. William Tinker, Esq.
John Henry Jacob, Esq.
ENGlNzza--Joseph Locke, Esq., C.E., F.R.S.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Hodding, Modeling and Townsend, Salisbury.
Edmund Taverner, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Cirencester—Richard Mullins, Esq.
Devizes—Henry Gilbert, Esq., and
John Hayward, jun., Esq.
Poole—Messrs. Parr and Co., and
John Durant, Esq.
SECIETAET—Captain John Rooper.
RANKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith
" • Manchester and 1 Manchester and Liverpool District
Liverpool j Banking Company
Leeds—Leeds Banking Company
. Salisbury—Messrs. Hetley and Co.,
Messrs. Brodie and Co., and
The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company
Poole—Messrs. Ledgard and Co.

The great and important object of this undertaking is to connect
by a Railway in the most direct route, and of the least expensive
character, the mail and shipping port of Southampton and the port
and harbour of Poole, with Manchester, Liverpool, and the counties
of Lancashire, Yorkskire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Warwick-
shire; in fact, with the whole of •the cotton, woollen, salt, pottery,
and iron manufacturing and producing districts.
It is not necessary in this case to enter into the question of ex-
pediency or inexpediency of railway communication, the necessity
and advantage of such a measure being obvious and fully admitted.
This line commencing at Cheltenham, to which point railway com-
munication from the north already exists, proceeds to Cirencester
and Marlborough, and then passing down the peopled and fertile
valley of the Avon to Salisbury, meets with the railway now con-
structing by way of Romsey to Southampton ; thus making the dis-
tance to Southampton as short as by any other practicable route,
and saving the construction of twenty-three miles of railway.
From Salisbury it as intended, still pursuing the valley of the Avon,
to aontinue the line eighteen miles to a point about three miles west
of Ringwood, where, meeting the Southampton and Dorchester Line,
it communicates with Poole and the country below as far as Dor-
chester and Weymouth. It is also intended to carry the line from a
point on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, about two miles
south of Wimborne, by the shortest route, Ito the town and quay of
Poole, entering the town on its northern side.
About four miles below Marlborough it is intended to make a
branch in the same 'course as the Kennet and Avon Canal, about
eight miles long, to Devizes.
It has already been stated, that it is not necessary to enter upon
the question of expediency of railway communication with- South-
ampton ; but it is proper to state why the line here laid down is pre-
ferable to that from Marlborough by way of Ludgershall and An-
dover to that place. The latter is hilly, comparatively barfen, and
uninhabited, and consequently expensive, with very little local
traffic ; and would have to depend in a commensurate degree on
the through traffic for support ; it would also be necessary to make
a line the whole distance, there being no existing line with which
it could unite between Marlborough and Southampton. It is also
open to the objection that it runs from Andover to Southampton
parallel with and at a short distance from the South-Western line of
Railway, which must necessarily leave it a very limited amount of
traffic as respects that distance, even if it should not expose it to the
powerful opposition of that company. On the other hand, this line
passing as it does from north to south, through the heart of the
county of Wilts, a distance of fifty miles, unites the whole of that
county, obtains the traffic now existing between its towns, which is
considerable, and affords with the aid of the •branch to Devizes and
the existing and projected railways, easy access from all parts of
Wiltshire to the county town of Salisbury, and also to Devizes, the
alternate assize town. _

Thus far, the 'greater advantages of this route as regards the line
to Southampton only have been spoken of, and important as they
Are with reference to the interest of the shareholders, and the accom-
modation of the country traversed, a further advantage, not only to
the shareholders but to the public' attained by this project, has yet, to
be stated. _

By the formation of eighfeen miles of railway between Salisbury
and Ringwood, passing by the towns of Downton and Fordingbridge, '
the port and harbour and the town and county of the town
Of Poole • are brought . within the operation of this comprehensive
scheme. The harbour of Poole admits vessels up to 400 tons
burden ; and it has been confidently asserted by practical men, that
by a small: outlay improvements might be made to admit ships •f
the largest size. There are safe and quiet moorings for vessels, with
ample quays and warehouies, and the dues and charges are about
one-twelfth of the ordinary charges at other ports in England. The
existing local traffic, alone, would, it is calculated, be sufficient to pay
the Shareholders a remunerating dividend on the outlay required for
making the line from Salisbury to Ringwood. In the item of Potter's
Clay alone there are annually shipped for the Potteries upwards
of • fifty thousand tons, which, after reachino, Liverpool, have
to be transmitted by inland navigation about sixty miles to reach
their destination, at a total cost for carriage of 20s. per ton—every
ton of which Would unquestionably be fonvarded from Poole by this
railway. The stone of the Isle of-Purbeck, vast quantities of which
are used for flagging and building purposes, would find a mtith more
extensive and ready market in interior of the country, if there
were cheaper and more ready and convenient means of trans-
porting it. .
The announcement of this project has been hailed with the utmost
satisfaction both in the north and throughout every district over
which the line passes, as well as by every interest Identified with it,
or affected by it.
Forms of application for Shares, Copies of the Prospectus, and a
Map exact y according as to local position with the Index to the
Ordnance Survey, and showing the line of Railway, may be obtained
from the Secretary at the temporary Offices of the Company,
No. 18, Great George-street, Westminster, and 29, Princess-street,
Manchester, from the respective Solicitors of the Company, and
from Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, London: Messrs. Bradley, Ford,
and Parker,'Manchester ; Messrs. Scheles and llorsfall, and Richard
Dawson, Esq., Liverpool ; and Messrs. Ridsdale Myers and Co.,
Leeds.
No application for Shares will be entertained unless accompanied
by a reference to one of the Provisional Committee or to a party per-
sonally known to a member thereof, or to a Banker.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Previsional Committee of the Manchester, Southampton and

Poole Railway Company, 18, Great George-street, Westminster.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in this
undertaking, and I agree to accept the same or any part thereof, sub-
ject to the Provisions of the Subscribers' Agreement, and to execute
such Agreement, or any other Agreement, and any Deed or Deeds,
and to pay the Deposit when required.
Dated this day of September, 1845.
Residence .. • • . • • ........ ......
Profession or Business .. ••••• • • • • •
Reference • • .• • • • ..... ........ •

KILKENNY, CARLOW, and WICKLOW
RAILWAY COMPANY. •
Offices, 449, West strand, London.
The Committee of Management of the above Company have the
satisfaction of stating that the Clonmel and Kilkenny Railway Com-
pany has been united with this Company, and it is now intended.to
make application to Parliament, in the ensuing session, for powers
to construct a line of railway from Clomnel to Kilkenny, Carlow,
and Wicklow, whereby the former important cities will be brought
into direct railway communication with the metropolis of Ireland by
the nearest route.
Negotiations are also in progress with the Waterford and Kilkenny.
Company, who obtained their Act of Parliament last session, for
securing the support and co-operation of that Company to the
undertaking, which it is cenfidently anticipated will terminate satis-
factorily.
A reference to the official train° map of the railway Commis-
sioners will show the great extent of the traffic between the several
towns on the line, and the prospect of its proving highly remunera-
tive to the shareholders.
The requisite capital having been already subscribed for, the allot-
ment of shares will be proceeded with forthwith ; and as Ch
op projorsect
has received the unqualified approbation of the landed priet
along the line, and is warmly supported by the English Great
Western, the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow. and Dublin Uaiiway
Companies, and the other Irish Companies In connexion with that In-
terest, a portion it the Directors of the Great Western Connie:ly
forming part of the Committee of Management, the sanction
. of Par-
liament to the measure may be most confidently antici a
pated.m
Applicants for shares In either Company, before their algama-
tion are at liberty to withdraw the same, if they desire to do so, before
Monday, the 15th of September, until which timeritpfitienaiess*--for
shares in the Clonmel, Kilkenny, Carlow,. and Wicklow_ °m any,
will be received, addressed to the Seeretary,-at the Company's ofNeo,
449, West Strand, London.
The capital . of the Company will be augmented to. 1,515(400044, iii
15,000 shares of 2o!. each, upon whieb, 2t, .will be re_
quired, to meet the new standing orders of Parliatnent.
The designation of-tbe Company will be elialiged to the ..,,clonza,
Kil.lse.PAY, Carlow, and Wielllow Railway Company.). . •
RICHARD Secre' inept. 5, 1845,
• •

TIIAMES EMBANKMENT and RAILWAY
JUNCTION COMPANY.
Chairman.—The EARL of DEVON.
Shareholders in the Blackwall, the Croydon, the South Eastern,
and South Essex Railway Companies, desirous of obtaining Shares
in the above united THAMES EMBANKMENT and RAILWAY
JUNCTION COMPANY, are requested to name the Company in
which they have a proprietary Interest, in their letters of application.
E. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary pro tem.
Offices, 32, Charing,-cross.

THE LONDON, BRISTOL, and SOUTH
WALES DIRECT RAILWAY.
Provisionally Registered under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110.
Capital 1,200,000/., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Chairman of the Asturian Mining Com-
pany, and Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction
Railway
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and
London Extension Railway .
Sir Arthur Do Capcl Broke, Bart., Director of the South Union
Railway
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall
Th.: Rev. Sir Erasmus Henry Griffies Williams, Bart., Marlborough
C. D. Archibald, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Joseph Bailey, Esq., Cloth Manufacturer, Caine
W. G. Beare, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Bandon and Bantry
Railway
The Mayor of Caine
Robert Walter Carden, Esq., Director of the South Midland and
South Union Railways
George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead House, Croydon
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Director of the South Union Railway
Henry Dann, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and London Ex-
tension Railway
Thomas Fothergill, Esq., Bedford-square
James Grignon, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Henry Greville. Esq., Hobart-place, Belgrave-square
William Henry Holcomb, Esq., Clailton, near Hungerford, Marlborough
Thomas Ilftleomb. Esq , Marlborough
William Holcomb, Esq., Marlborough
Abraham Henley, Esq., Caine
Colonel Sir Frederick Hankey, G.C.N.G., Queen Ann-street, London
Joseph Jackson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Rock Life Assurance
Company
John Knill, Esq.; Director of the Worcester and South Wales June-
' tion Railway
Hugh_Monteith, Esq., Glasgow
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury,
• • And Crewe Callon Railway •
-Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire Rail-
..way • •
George Henry Ptekney; Esq., Marlborough
'William Potter, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chelten-
ham Railway
.Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., Marlborough
William Tanner, Esq., 131ackland's House, Caine
The Constable of Hungerford
Henry Cox Coape; Esq., London
ENGINEER—Francis Giles, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL—WiIIiam Monteith, Esq., Paper-buildings.
SomerTolo--Netlam Giles, Esq., 4, Verulam-buildings, Londom.
LOCAL AGENTS.
. John Holcomb, Esq., Hungerford and Marlborough
.. John Edwards Hayward, Esq., Devizes
- John Frenfield, Esq., Chipping Sodbury
RANKERS.

Messrs. Hankey and Co., London
Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney, Hungerford and Caine
The Wilts and Dorset Ranking Co., Marlborough
The North Wilts Banking Ce., Chippenham
South Wales, abounding in natural harbours and mineral pro-
ductions, and celebrated for the magnitude and excellence of its
manufactures, is justly esteemed, both in a naval and commercial
point of view, as one of the most important districts of Great
Britain.
Its connexion with London has become of such paramount im-
portance as to demand the most direct and perfect communication
that can possibly be established. This is the main object of the pro-
posed undertaking.
This Railway will proceed from London to Hungerford by the
Great Western Railway, there leaving that railway and running
almost in a straight line by Marlborough, Caine, and Chippenham,
where tt will again join the Great Western Railway : thus giving to
the towns of Marlborough and Caine (which at present have no
railway) a direct communication with London • and also with Bath,
Bristol, the South Western Counties of England and South Wales.
F rom Chippenham the line will pass near Chipping Sodbury,
and proceed to the Bristol and Gloucester Railway at Westcrleigh
(about eight miles from Bristol), and by a junction with that rail-
way the direct line from London to Bristol will be completed.
From Westerleigh the line will be continued to the river Severn at
Aust, and be carried across that river by means of the fixed bridge of
the Bristol and Liverpool Junction Railway. On the Monmouth-
shire side of the river It will proceed for another half mile over the
river Wye, direct to, and terminate at, the South Wales Railway,
near to Hunger Pill. This last half mile will of itself effect a saving
in distance between London and South Wales of about four mil..
By taking advantage, as far as possible, of existing railways, this
project will complete at once the most direct and best trunk-line
from London to Bath, Bristol, and the South-Western Counties of
England ; but more especially to Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Swan-
sea, Milford Haven, the whole of South Wales, and Ireland.
The following are the savings in distance effected by the proposed
line:—
Between London and Bath, via Hungerford, the pro-
posed line as far as Chippenham, and the Great
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Between London and Bristol, via Hungerford, the
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Between
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Wales Railway to Hunger Pi 11........
Between London and the whole of South Wale.;, via
the Great Western, and the Bristol and Liverpool
Junction Railways ... ..... ........ about 23 miles.
These great savings in distance are by no means the principal
features of the undertaking. By this direct communication between
London and Bristol the Box tunnel will be entirely avoided, an im-
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portant fact which will no doubt have a most powerful effect with
passengers.
Moreover passengers to and from South Wales will be enabled to
travel at all times by means of the fixed bridge over the Severn at
the Aust or Old Passage; thus avoiding on the one hand the well-
known dangers, inconveniences, delays, and difficulties of the open
ferry of two miles and a half, at the New Passage, proposed by the
apprehensive
(eveni,siv e .1
accident.cap b i o f con-
struction)
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway Company; and, on the
other hand, the tunnel of about a mile under the Severn, propostel by
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Reference to a Map will clearly demonstrate that the great stream
otpassengers and traffic between London, Bristol, the South-Western
Counties and Ireland will flow through the proposed line and South
Wales to Milford Haven and Fishguard Harbour. The establishment
of .Valentia, as the chief out-port te the Canadas and the United
States, will moreover create a traffic, via South Wales, never hitherto
contemplated. But supposing Valentia should not become that out-
port, there can be no doubt that Milford Haven, from its extreme
western position and natural advantages, must.
Independently of the passenger traffic above referred to, the faci-
lities which the line will afford to the unequalled iron works of
South Wales, and the extensive copper and tin works of Swansea and
Neath must induce the manufacturer to transmit his goods with
safety, economy, and rapidity by rail, rather than with hazard and
delay by sea.
A new and most important market will be opened to the owners
of collieries in South Wales. Newport will be brought within 129
miles of London ; and it may be confidently asserted that the Metro-
polis will draw an immense supply of coal from that-neighbourhood,
inasmuch as coal of most excellent quality can be delivered in Lon-
don ftom the Welsh collieries at about Iss. per ton.
The principal advantages of direct railway communication between
important termini are now too universally admitted both by Parlia-
ment and the public to need argument. Many important direct lines
have been already favourably received; but when the savings in diStance
—the avoidance Of a ferry and tunnels—the new channels for traffic—
the giving of railway accommodation to a large district—and the
establishment of the most direct and complete communication be-
tween London and Bath, Bristol, and South Wales are recollected—
and especially that these important benefits can be obtained by the
formation of a line fifty-two miles only in length—it is confidently as-
serted that the proposed railway holds out advantages superior to
any hitherto projected, and will at the same time prove, if not the
most, one of the most profitable investments ever offered to the
public.
The subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first
deposits, until an Act of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
to the amount of their subscriptions.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the management and control of the Com-
mittee of Management, as appointed.
Power will be applied for in the Act—and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Committee of Management—to Increase the
capital, if necessary ; to alter or abandon any part of the line, to
make branch lines, or enter into arrangements with any other com-
pany or companies ; and also to nominate the first Directors of the
Company.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will be
ready for signature on payment of the deposits.
Applications for prospectuses and shares may be made to the soli-
citor ; or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street ;
Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham Mr. S. Grindrod, and Messrs.
Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. H. Davies and Co. and
Messrs. Haselden and Son, Liverpool; Messrs. Watson and Co.,
Leeds; Messrs. Wilkinson an dEarle;. Hull ; Mr. Butchard, Hud-
dersfield; Messrs. Buchanan, Aitken and Co., Glasgow; Mr. Luke
Arnold, Bristol; Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen; and Mr. James
Pringle, Edinburgh.
No application for Shares can be received after the 20th inst., nor
will any be attended to, unless reference be made to one of the Pro-
visional Committee, the solicitor, bankers, or brokers of the Company.
.FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct
Railway Company.
, flentlemen,-,1 request that you will allot me Shares of
20/. each in the above Railway Company ; and I undertake to pay
the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds when called on.
Name in full • ••••• • • • • • .
Tradeor Profession • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .
Residence
Place of Business (if ally). •• • • ..
Reference..

about 16 miles.

11- 4YONS and AVIGNON RAILWAY.
(COMPAGNIE SEBASTIANI.)
REPORT TO THE ENGLISH: SUBSCRIBERS.
GENTLEMEN,—We regret our not being able to report that we have
succeeded in our efforts to obtain for you the objects of our Associa-
tion ; our best energies have been devoted to the subject, but from
the altered state of the circumstances which has now arisen, our
Company, as at present constituted, is not in a position to compete
for the Lease.
'At the time our Company was formed, it was understood that the
Government would provide the land for the line and stations, and
possibly would undertake the earthworks. The capital we then
proposed (60 millions of francs), was considered sufficient to provide
all that the Company, under that state of circumstances, would have
required ; but after much doubt and delay, the Government haveat
length determined that their lessees should undertake the purchase of
the land, as well as- the entire construction and working of the Rail-
way. The Bill has now passed the Chambers In that form, and has
fixed the Capital at SO millions (irrespective of the Grenoble
Branch).
Having; as we interpret our engagement to the Subscribers,
neither power to undertake on their behalf the purchase of land, nor
adequate funds for that larger purpose, we are under the necessity of
announcing the dissolution of the present Subscription, and we haveno
accordingly only further on this head to inform that we w
, and
hold the deposits subject to the order of the several Subscribers,
ready to be immediately returned in exchange for the
lettersis of allot-
ment and banker's receipts.
We would now invite your attention
tette;
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Statutes, which have been framed andrkaideogptile croengyulaotfionthoef
proposed line. You
a new Company for making an vr9
underti the saute direction, and in many
ill observe, that it is teitinlY
respects of the same characterrasat.hdattitievhi powers
voersigtehdittililr
thproospeowsedhe.
The capital iS'necessarily
have the conduct of the utldrgeretnking of a much more general charac-
particular to articles 4-22-23--
ter. We desire to refer you in
24-28-56.
We are empo
C wered to offer to each Shareholder in the former
nipan y who shall, on or before the '2oth of September next, and
.in°-themanner we are about to mention, declare his option to accept
them, the same number of Shares in the new Company as he holds
in -the original Company, with or without one additional Share in
respect of every five original Shares, and in order to facilitate the
necessary arrangements, we have prepared such forms as will enable
the Subscribers to express their wishes with convenience. They are
ready, and may be applied for at 62, King William-street,
City, be-
tween Eleven o'clock, A.M. and Three o'olock
We beg to add, that in the event of receiving at this office no coni
munication respecting any particular allotment of Shares in the
original Company on or before the 20th of September next, the de-
posit thereon will be held subject-to the order of the party entitled to
it, and it will be entirely out of our power to extend beyond the
above-mentioned day the option which we have secured for the pre-
sent Proprietors to join the-new Company.
It is right we should express our continued `contidtoce in the
„merit* of the undertaking, and our recommendation. to the SUb-
Seribers to renew their investments in the new CometsU.y.
'We at*, Qentlemen, your very. obedient Servants
W. J. CHAPLIN.
CHARLES DEV.AUX.
J. MOSS.
3. MASTERMAV, jun.
M. UZLELLL

Lwdon, September 1, 1,A",.