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THE ST. LAWRENCE and ATLANTIC
RAILROAD.

Incorporated by the Parham, nt of Canada, Bth Victoria, cap. 25.
Capital 600,0001. currency, equal to 500,0001. sterling. The pre-
mium of exchange being fixed at 8 per cent., at which rate all divi-
dends will be paid in London. 12,000 Shares of 501. currency, or
411. 13s. 4d. sterling, of which 2,000 Shares have been subscribed in
Canada. First Instalment 41 per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE IN CANADA.
Baron Grant de Longueuii W. Edmonstone, Esq.
The Hon. Peter ANA' John Frothingham, Esq.
The Hon. George Moffatt, M.P.P. A. T. Galt, Esq.
Major-General T. Evans Edward Hale, Esq., M.P.P.

The Hon. A. N. Morin, M P.P.
Samuel Brooks, Esq., M.V.P.
T. Bouthillier, Esq.
Major Campbell, 7th Hussars
Thomas Cringan, Esq.
George Desbarats, Esq.
N. Dumas, Esq.

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B. Hart, Esq.
William Molson, Esq.
Dr. M. Maccullock
B. Pomroy, Esq.
T. A. Stayner, Esq., Deputy ost-
master-General
John Torrance, Esq.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE IN LONDON.

Edward Ellice, jun., Esq., M.P,
William Chapman, Esq.

James J. CuMminS, Esq

Alexander Gillespie, Jun., Esq.
Nathaniel Gould, Esq.

Robert 31`Calmont, Esq.

. . . _
J. B. Elin, Esq.
BANKERS —Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.

SoLictioas—Messsrs. Bischoff and Coxe, 19, Coleman-street
AGENT IN LONDON—A. T. Galt, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES-19, Coleman-street.
This Company is established under an Act of the Parliament of
Canada, 8 Vic. c. 25, royal assent 17th of March, 1845, for the pur-
pose of forming a Railroad from the city of Montreal, the capital of
that important colony, through the most populous and fertile part of
Canada East, via Sherbrooke, in connexion with a railroad to be con-
structed from the city of Portland, on the Atlantic Ocean, and which
connects it by an existing railroad with Boston.
This line of Railway, while it gives important advantages, not
only to the provinces, but to the community at large, at the same
time promises a safe and remunerative investment for capital..
The present communications with Canada are either by the long
and uncertain navigation of the River St. Lawrence, entirely ob-
structed by ice during six months of the year ; or by the tedious land
journey across from New York or Boston, the shortest of which ex-
ceeds 330 miles of mixed stage and steam conveyance, and can
be used for passengers only. Whilst by the construction of this rail-
road, an uniform and cheap route from the Atlantic, not exceeding
240 miles in length, will be established, available at all seasons of
the year, and forming the connecting link between the Ocean and the
vast chain of canal and lake navigation westward of Montreal.

By Acts lately passed by the Congress of the United States, British
goods are permitted to pass through their territory, under bond, and
by treaty the Canadian mall is transmitted from Boston overland to
Montreal. Under these arrangements this railroad will be at once
the shortest, easiest, and cheapest communication that can be opened
for passengers, as well as for the carriage of the more valuable Bri-
tish manufactures, West India produce, and various foreign goods,
now imported by the St. Lawrence, or sent in by the long and expen-
sive route from New York to Montreal. . _

To this country, as well as to the numerous emigrants who proceed
yearly to Canada, it must be ever an object to have their communi-
cations accelerated and improved. This railroad will bring Montreal
within a few hours' travel of the excellent and spacious harbours of
Portland and Boston, ever open, and only ten or twelve days by
steam from Great Britain, avoiding altogether the hazardous navi-
gation of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence.
The Act of Incorporation has already been obtaired, whereby all
preliminary expenses are saved, and one-sixth of the capital required
has already been subscribed by persons of the first standing, as re-
spects intelligence, ir.fluence, and property, in the colony, thus
affording the strongest guarantee of the confidence there entertained
in the project.
From the point of junction with the railroad to Portland, arrange-
ments are now in progress giving the assurance that no delay will
arise in carrying out the charter granted to parties in the United
States, for the construction of that part of the work.
The whole line has been carefully surveyed by experienced engi,
neers ; its practicability fully demonstrated, no tunnelling being re-
quired throughout the whole distance, and, the cost of construction
in the most permanent manner, including purchase of land, and ex-
penses of ev' ry other description is estimated, will not exceed
450,0001. sterling ; being under 4,0001. per mile for 120 miles of single
line, being the distance in the province to be constructed by this
Company. And it may be remarked that forty miles, of which
twenty-two are of a maximum grade of eight feet to the mile, may
be in operation by the latter end of next summer, at an estimated
cost not exceeding 100,0001. sterling, which part adjoins Montreal,
and will, it is not doubted, immediately yield a profitable return.
The traffic returns obtained from the colony, deduced from actual
sources, after the most careful investigation, and framed exclusive of
Sunday traffic, on which day it is only proposed that the requisite
mail train should travel, show a present expected income of 95,6001.
currency, equal to 79,833/. sterling, when remitted to England,
while the expenses of working the railroad, estimated by similar
works in the United States, will not exceed 30,0001. sterling per
annum.

It may, therefore, be safely concluded, that the annual surplus of
income over expenditure will, at its completion, amount to about
50,0001. sterling, or equal to ten per cent. on the capital subscribed;
while the Proprietors have the certainty that, in a country whose
resources are daily becoming so enlarged and des-eloped, this rail-
road, forming the principal highway to the extensive and fertile
regions bordering on the great lakes, comprehending Western Ca-
nada, the States of New York, Ohio, N:ichigan, and Wisconsin, and
being the trunk to which local branches will from time to time be-
come united, must steadily and greatly increase in productiveness.
It will farther be observed that, from the position in which this
Company stands, it is prepared to commence operations immediately
on the capital being subscribed ; the instalment required will be im-
mediately expended on the work.
The Act of Parliament having been obtained in Canada, and the
Company being already established, registration under the 7th and
Bth Vic., c. 110, is not necessary ; nor are parties required to sign a
Parliamentary contract, as in the case of English companies.
Prospectuses may be obtained from, and applications for Shares in
the annexed form, addressed, until the 21st of July, to

A. T. Galt, Esq., the agent from Canada, 19, Coleman-street,
Messrs. Bischoff and Coxe, 19, Coleman-street, solicitors,
Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove, and Pearce, brokers, Auction Mart.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad Company, incorporated by
the Parliament of Canada, 8 Vic., cap. 25.
Gentlernen,—l request you will allot me shares of 411. 13s. 4d.
sterling each, in the above Company ; and I hereby engage to accept
such shares, or any smaller number, which may be allotted to me,
and to pay the instalment of 41. sterling thereon.—l am, &c.

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Residence .
Trade or Profession
Reference• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
To the Provisional Committee in London, 19, Coleman-street.

TRASBOURG AND PARIS RAILWAY
►.7 COMPANY.—Temporary Offices, 4, Great Winchester-street,
London,July 14, 1845.
The Projet de Loi for the above line of railway having now passed
both the French Chambers, and requiring the formation of branches
to Rheims, Metz, and Saarbruck, the Directors have the pleasure to
announce that they have effected a junction with the powerful Com-
pany of the Comte de Monthion (which already has four-fifths of the
capital subscribed), together with other influential individuals in
Franco, and that a Board of Directors has been formed, consisting of
the following persons :
PRESIDENT—M. le Lieutenant-General Comte de MONTHION,
Pair de France.
M. le Comte Anatole de Montesqulou, Pair de France.
M. le Comte Alexis de Saint Priest, Pair de France.
M. Croisant, Depute de la Meurthe.
M. Champanhet, Depute.
M. Hasson, Colonel de la Gine. Legion, Membre de Conseil, General

de la Seine.
M. Saint Elme Petit, ancien eleve de I'Ecole Polytechnique.
M. Jules Bechet, aine, ancien Banquier.
M. Ernest Bechet, Banquier.
M. le Comte de la Roche Pouchin, Marechal de Camp.

ADMINISTRATELIRS 110NORAIREs.
M. Juste Noailles, Due de Poix.
M. le Lieutenant-General Comte Lagrange, Pair de France.
Ilerye, Conseiller a la Cour de Cas.,ation, Depute,
M. Jules Lefebvre, Proprietaire.
M. le Comte de Singly, Proprietaire.
31.1 e Contre Amiral de Hell, Prefet Maritime de Cherbourg, Depute

du Bas Rhin.
M. Denis, Depute du Var.
M. le Comte Grzymala, Fondateur de I'Entrepot General du Com.

GRAND UNION RAILWAY.—Notice is
hereby given, that the SUBSCRIBERS' AGREEMENT and
PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT will LIE for SIGNATURE at
the Offices of the Company, No. 78, Cornhill, ftom MoNnav, 14th, to
SATURDAY, 19th instant, inclusive, between the hours of Ten and
Four o'clock. The Bankers' Receipts may be exchanged for Scrip
at the same time.
Further notice will be given of the several places to which the
Deeds will afterwards be forwarded for Signature.

meree.
M. Gabriel Heim, Gerant de l'Entrepot General du Commerce et deli
Transports du Chemin de Fer du Rouen et de Havre.
DIRECTEUR PROVISOIRE.

Bessas Lamegie, Auden Maire du lOme. Arrondissement.

By order,

ENGLISH DIRECTORS.

ALF2tEIiBEESTON, Secretary.

LOWESTOFT RAILWAY and HARBOUR.
Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST ORDINARY
MEETING of this COMPANY will be held, pursuant to the Act of
Incorporation, at the Offices of the Norfolk Railway Company,
Guildhall-buildings, London, on WEDNESDAY, the 30th day of July
inst., at Twelve for One o'clock precisely.—By order,
RICHARD TILL, Secretary.
bated this 16th July, 1845.

George Alexander Hamilton, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Dublin
and Drogheda Railway, and Deputy-Chairman of the Dublin
and Belfast Junction Railway.
The Hon. R. How- Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and Bir-

THE GREAT COUNTY DOWN, BELFAST,
NEWRY, and WARRENPOINT RAILWAY.
_Notice is hereby given that NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES in
this Company will be RECEIVED after THURSDAY, the 24th instant,
immediately after which the allotment will be proceeded with.
By order,
F. W. APELAIN, Secretary in London.
London, July 12, 1845.

THE GLASGOW and BELFAST UNION
RAILWAY.
Connecting EDINBURGH and GLASGOW With BELFAST and

DUBLIN.
Capital 800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Earl of Stair
The Earl of Orkney
Lord James Stuart, M.P. for the Ayr District of Burghs
Sir John M'Taggart, Bart., M.P. for the Stranraer District of Burghs
James Oswald, Esq., of Auchenertilve, M.P. for the City of Glasgow
John Dalrymple, Esq., younger, of Fordel and Cleland, M.P. fur the
county of Wigton
Alexander Murray, Esq., of Broughton, M.P. for the stewartry of
Kirkcudbright
Alexander Oswald, Esq., M.P. for the county of Ayr
David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P. for Belfast
Edward Horsman, Esq., M.P. for Cockermouth
Colonel Thomas Blair, of Dunskey
The Hon. James Lumsden, Lord Provost of the city of Glasgow
Provost Morland, of Stranraer
Alexander Dennistoun, Esq., of Golf hill, Merchant in Glasgow
James Weal!, Esq., of Daldowie, Chairman of the Glasgow and Ayr
Railway
William Gemmel], Esq., Merchant in Glasgow
George Stirling, Esq., Merchant in Glasgow, Director of the Glasgow
and Ayr Railway
John Leadbetter,Esq., Merchant ii(Glikow, Director of the Glasgow
and Ayr Railway
William Logic, Esq., Director of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway
Archibald Smith, Esq., Director of the Glasgow and Ayr Railway
A. F. Gray, Esq., of Glentig
John Donaldson, Esq., of Auchatrne
James Cumming, Esq., Airlour
James M'llraith, Esq., of Anchenflower
(With* power to add to their number.)
• ENGINEERS.
John Miller, C.E., Edinburgh.
sell Robson, Esq., C .E., Glasgow
BANKERS.
London.—The London Joint-stock Bank
Liverpool.—The,Royal Bank
Glasgow.—The Western Bank of Scotland and Union Bank of
Scotland

THE TEAN AND DOVE VALLEY AND
EASTERN AND WESTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Provisionally Registered.
Capital 1,800,0001., in 72,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit I/. 7s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Anglesey
The Right Honourable Lord Byron
The Right Honourable Lord Rossmore
The Right Honourable Lord Alfred Paget, M.P.
Edward Sacheverel Chandos Pole, Esq., Radbourn Hall, Derbyshire.
Henry William Des Voeux, Esq., Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire
William Blake, Esq., Danesbury, Ilerts
Edward Buller, Esq., M.P., Dilhorn Hall, Staffordshire
Court Granville, Esq., Swadlincote, Derbyshire
The Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourn Rectory Directors of
Thomas Webb, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire the Derby
William Thomas Cox, Esq., Spondon, Derbyshire and Crewe
Francis Sacheverel Wilmot, Esq., Stanton-by-Dale, Railway
Derbyshire
Stanley Pipe Wolferstan, Esq., Statfold, near Tamworth
John Yardeßuller, Esq., 10, New-street, Spring Gardens, London,

and Hobre Park, Devon
Sir William Magnay, Bart., Alderman, London, Director of the
Great North and South of France Railway
gir William Young, Bart., 7, Westbourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens,
London, Director of the Hon. East India Company
Thomas Beer, Esq., Uxbridge House, London
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., York terrace,
Regent's Park, and Walney, Lancashire, Director of the Great
North and South of France Railway
Henry Barton, Esq., Rangemoor, near Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford-
shire
Robert Blurton, Esq., Smallwood Manor, Staffordshlte
Herbert Taylor, Esq., M.D., Uttoxeter
Joseph Bladon, Esq., Old Field House, Uttoxeter
Thomas Bladon, Esq., Dove Bank, Uttoxeter
Thomas Earp, Esq., Uttoxeter
Thomas Cartwright, Esq., Hill Hall, Staffordshire
William John Blake, Esq., 62, Portland-place, London
Thomas Landor, Esq., the Manor House, Burton-ppm-Trent
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsall, Derbyshire
Thomas Fosbrooke Salt, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Robert Thornewill, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Moses Cartwright, Esq., Stanton House, Derbyshire
Edmund Sharpe, Esq., Swadlincote, Derbyshire
Henry Meakin, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury
John Musson, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Robert Forman, Esq., Abbott's Hill, Derby
John Goodall, Esq., Normanton, Derbyshire
Joseph Nunneley, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
William Morley, Esq., Derby
John Coke Fowler, Esq., Duffield Bank, Derbyshire
Joseph Hoare, Esq., Banker, Hampstead, London
William Sharp, Esq., Linden Hall, Lancashire, Director of the North-
Western Railway
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Chester-square, London.
William Smith, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbourn, Derbyshire
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., 8, Great Ryder-street, London, and
Twyford, near Derby
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS—Joseph Cubitt, Esq • J. F. Bateman, Esq.
_ _

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Rickardson and Connell, London
Messrs. Bannatine and Kirkwood and] Glasgow
Messrs. Mbodie and M'Lure
James F. Murdoch, Esq., Ayr
William Brown, Esq., Maybole
Messrs. Ingram and M'Lean, Stranraer
PROVISIONAL SECRETARIES
James M‘Lelland, Esq., Accountant, Glasgow ; and

G. Guthrie, Rephad, Stranraer ,
The British and Irish Union Railway Company has been recently
formed to connect with Ireland the manufacturing districts of Eng-
land, and some of the southern counties of Scotland. It is now pro-
posed to complete the connexion between Scotland and Ireland, and
supply the remaining connecting link along the Ayrshire and Gal-
loway coast, by making a line from the terminus of the Glasgow and
Ayr Railway, at Ayr, to join the British and Irish Union Railway at
or near Stranraer. . _ _

iningham and Welch Junction Railway.
Sir George Rich.
Colonel James Grant.
Captain Thomas Dickenson, R.N.
Augustus W. Hillary, Esq. Resident Directors in France.
Geo. P. Irving, Esq.
George Brown, Esq.
Thomas C. Hamilton, Esq.
BANKERS—The London and Westminster Bank.

These two lines of railway will be mutually beneficial ; and they
both stand in the happy situation that no opposition line can well be
contrived to affect their traffic.

The local advantages of the railway now proposed are duly appre-
ciated by the landowners generally, through whose estates the lines
will pass, and the necessary land for the railway will be acquired by
the Company at little cost.
The Glasgow and Belfast Union Railway will secure to Edinburgh,
Glasgow, and the rest of Scotland, the speediest intercourse with Ire-
land, and the shortest sea passage between the two countries (a pas-
sage, with good steamers, of less than an hour and a half ), and at
the same time will open up railway communication from Glasgow,
Ayr, Girvan, and the whole manufacturing and mineral districts of
Ayrshire, to the great natural harbour of Lochryan.
The local traffic from the rich and improving county of Wigton,
and the transport of coal along the line for the supply of that county,
will be very considerable ; and when the Railway now proposed is
formed, a large portion of the traffic from Ireland to Glasgow, Edin-
burgh, and the north, and west of Scotland, will also pass along the
line. The immense and rapidly increasing trade of Glasgow and
Belfast gives assurance of the traffic between those two places being
great and profitable. The county of Ayr, through which chiefly the
proposed Railway will pass, is unusually rich in mineral and agricul-
tural produce, and manufactures : and along this line, these will be
carried to the shipping ports of Ayr, Girvan, Ballantrae, and
Lochryan.
The entire length of the line will be about fifty-four miles. The
Railway is proposed to pass through the flat country, south of Ayr—
along the vale of Girvan, through which it will proceed to, or near
the manufacturing town and shipping port of Girvan—and thence in
the best line to Lochryan, and Stranraer, the most populous town in
Galloway.

OXFORD, WITNEY, CHELTENHAM, and
GLOUCESTER INDEPENDENT RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered under 7 and 8 Vict., c. 110.)
Capital 900,0001., in Shares 0f25/. each; Deposit, 11.75. 6d. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE (With power to add to their number).
Sir Michael H. Hicks Beach, Bart., Williamstrip Park, Deputy-
Lieutenant of Gloucestershire
Sir James Duke, M.P., Alderman of the City of London
David R. Ross, Esq., M.P,
Francis Edward Colston, Esq., Filkin Hall, Oxon, Roundway Park,
Devizes, Wilts
J. Raymond Barker, Esq., Fairford Park, Fairford, Deputy-Lieuten-
ant of Gloucestershire
George Milward, Esq., Manor House, Lechlade, Gloucestershire, J.P.
Thomas Denton, Esq., Manor House, Lew, Oxon, Lord of the Manor,
J.P.
Rev. Dacres Adams, M.A., Vicar of Bampton, Oxon, Chairman of
the Board of Guardians, J.P.
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., Merchant, Fenchurch-street, London
The Rev. Charles Jerram, Rector of Witney, Oxon
John Williams Clinch, Esq., Banker, Whitney, Oxon
Frederick Whitaker, Esq., Bampton, Oxon, J.P.
Rev. Ralph Barnes, M. A., Ardington, near Wantage, and Vicar of
Bampton, Oxon, J.P.
William Simpson Potter, Esq., 96, Lower Thames-street, and Sussex-
gardens, Hy-de Park, London
Conway Lovesey, Jun., Esq., Coxliorne, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham
William Knowles Rogers, Esq., Cheltenham, and Castle Godwin,
near Painswick, Gloucestershire
. James Humphries, Esq., of Turkdean and eowley...near Cheltenham
Leonard Pickering, Esq., Willcote Grove, Northleigh, Oxon, J.P.
Rev. Edward Cooper, Vicar of Burford, Oxon, J. P.
Henry Bateman, Esq., of Asthall, Oxon
Rev. Arthur Neate, Rector of Alvescott, Oxon
Rev. Nathaniel Poyntz, of Alvescott, Oxon
Joseph Underwood, Esq., of Norwich, and Blackheath Park, Kent
James Hall Nalder, Esq., Alvescott, Oxon
Edward Hunt Butler, Esq., Curbridge, Oxon
James Clark, Esq., Clanfield, Oxon
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Merchant, Lower Thames-street, and Upper
Bedford-place, Russell-square, London
The Hon. A. Chichester, Coombe Bank, Kent
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford
John Barnett, Esq., Cheltenam, and Coroner for the county of Glou-
cester
Henry Clark Duppa, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street, London, and
Quarry House, Boughton, Kent
Rev. Frank Burges, 8.D., Fellow of St. John's College, Oxford
W. A. Hill, Esq., 29, Lonsdale-square
Major Williams, Imperial-square, Cheltenham
Mr. Thomas Gulliver, Bloxam, Oxon
Daniel Westell, Esq., the Bridge, Witney, Oxon
Mr. James Clinch, NVoolstapler and Factor, Witney, Oxon
William Dutton, Esq., Curbridge, near Witney, Oxou
Mr. Edward Early, Manufacturer, Witney, Oxon
Mr. John Wright, Lew, near Bampton, Oxon
Mr. Edward Bradshaw, Lew, Rear Bampton, Oxon
Joseph Thompson, Esq„ John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Rev. Chas. Stephens Loder, Pittville, Cheltenham, and Kencott, Oxon
Mr. Leonard Warrington, Merchant, Witney, Oxon
George Brown, Esq., Wood Green, Halley, Oxon
John Harvey, Esq., Rush Hill, Surrey
Mr. William James Clinch, Merchant, Witney, Oxon
Mr. John Thomas Bliss, Merchant. Witney, Oxon
Joseph Watkins, Esq., Bampton, Oxou
John Willis, Esq., Oxford Lodge, Cheltenham
Captain William J. Cole, R.N., K.H., Lechlade, Gloucestershire, J.P.
George Augustus Robbins, Esq., ofClayhill, Lechdale, Gloucestershire
The Rev. William Price, Rector of Coln, Saint Dennis, Gloucester.
shire, Farnborough, Berks, J.P.
John Howse Willington Howse, Esq., Coln, Saint Dennis, Glouces-

(PROVISIONALLY REGISTER
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND THAMP-
TON JUNCTION RAILWAY, connee 'IV, the ENGLISH
with the BRISTOL CHANNEL, and forming a iplete Commu-
nication, on the Broad Gauge, between Southampton, Salisbury, Bath,
Bristol, and every other Town in the West of England and South
Wales.

tershire
Giles Hall, Esq., Bourton-en-the-Water, Gloucestershire, and 3,
Elm-court, Temple, London
ENGINEER.—n. Nicholson, Esq., C.E.
BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
Oxford—Messrs. Wootten and Co.
Witney—Messrs. J. W. Clinch and Co.
Faringdon—Messrs. Barnes and Al edley
Cheltenham—The County of Gloucester Bank
Gloucester—The County of Gloucester Bank
SOLICITOR.
Ingleby Thomas Millar, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane,
Lombard-street, London
LOCAL AGENTS.
Oxford—John M. Davenport, Esq., Solicitor
Witney—Messrs. J. and F. Westell, Solicitors
Bampton—James Rose, Esq., Solicitor
Cheltenham—Septimus Pruen, Esq., Solicitor
Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliot, and Swann, Solicitors

SoLic—Wo.a.:lll—Geo. Ogle. Esq., 4, Great Winchester-street, City.

Capital, 350,000/., in 14,000 Shares of 2.5/. each.
Deposit, 11. 7s. 6cl. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.

SOLICITORS—Messrs. J. and J. Richardson, Burton-upon-Treat ;
G. H. R. Cox, Esq., Derby.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.
.. Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co.
• . The Commercial Bank of London
Burton and Uttoxeter—The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashburn
Union Bank
Derby—Samuel Smith, Esq., and Co.
.. The Derby and Derbyshire Banking Company
Leek—Messrs. Fowler and Gaunts
Macclesfield—Messrs. Brocklehurst and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co.

In consequenee of the determination of the French Government to
form these branches, it has become necessary to increase the capital
of the Company, which will, now consist of 125,000,000 francs, or
5,000,0001., divided into 250,000 shares of 500 francs, or 201. each.

John Bagshaw, Esq„ London, Director of the Northern and Eastern
and Eastern Counties Railway Companies
Wm. Bardgett, Esq., London, Director of the Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
Win. Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Compa-
nies

Geo. Hunt, Esq., Southampton
W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., Southampton
Edward Lomer, Est., Southampton
W. J. M`Guire, Esq., London
R. H. Purcell, Esq., London
Geo. Rougemont, sq., London, Director of the Paris and Caen Rail-
way Company
J. Stewart, Esq., M.P., Director of the Paris and Caen, and Northern
of France Railway Companies
BA NKERS.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis and Co., London
The Hampshire Bank, Southampton
JOINT SOLICITORS
John Bell, Esq., Craven-street, London
W. H. Moberley, Esq., Southampton
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT--James Coppock, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row

AcrsNo ENGINEERS—Messrs. Blich, Cannon-row, London
The Act for the formation of the Wilts and Somerset Railway
having passed the Legislature, the Directors of the present under-
taking propose to take up that line at Salisbury, and join it by a direct
Railway communication of twenty-one miles on the broad gauge,
with the important town and port of Southampton. The line has
been carefully surveyed by experienced parties, and as it presents
no engineering or other difficulties (the chief laindowners being most
favourably disposed towards it) the Directors have the fullest con-
fidence that the estimates for its construction, &c., will not be ex-
ceeded, while the statistics of traffic are so abundant, both through
and local, (a detailed statement of which may be seen at the office),
as to leave no doubt on the minds of the Directors that a most sa-
tisfactory dividend will be realised, to arise from the large number of
passengers that must embark and disembark at Southampton, to and
from the East and West Indies, the Mediterranean, France, the
Southern States of Europe, the Channel Islands, Isle of Wight, &c.,
as well as the large supplies of iron, coal, slate, stone for building,
flour, grain, and merchandise, constantly required to be transported
to, and received at Southampton, either for use there, for exporta-
tion, or for the consumption in that part of the interior of the country
traversed by the Dumber of railways in connexion with, or springing
from, the present line.

The route of the proposed line will pass through commons and
lands of little value ; it will proceed from the station of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, at Fisherton Anger, and proceed
by or near to Downton, Plaitford, over Hampworth and East Willow
Commons, by ilramshaw to Redbridge, taking the line of the old
Canal at Millbrook, and crossing the Mudlands to the Royal Pier,
Southampton, contiguous to which, and on the present waste shore.
it is proposed to erect a spacious Terminus, the cost of which is in-
cluded in the estimate.

It is also proposed to place the Railway in communication with the
Royal Pier and Town Quays, so that the convenience of loading and
unloading on the line may be secured.
A certain number of Shares will bo reserved for the Proprietors
of the Wilts and Somerset Railway.
Appl!catTons for Shares, according to the annexed form, may be
addressed to the respective Solicitors, or to the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, No 26, Gresham-street ; or to the following
Sharebrokers :—William Marshall, 5, Town Hall-buildings, Manches-
ter ; Schultz and Carr, 2, Exchange-buildings, Liverpool ; Read,
Broadbent, and Co., Hirst and Brooke, Whalley and Thompson, and
Geo. Heaps and Co., Leeds ; James Senior, Richard Muncaster, and
George Radon, jun., Sheffield; Brady and Staniferth, Hull; William
Jackman and Co., and Thomas M`iiinnon, York ; F. C. Spencer,
Halifax; John Brooke, Dewsbury; Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Ilugh
Munro and Co., David Kinnear, and Charles Cowper, Edinburgh ;
Hall Brothers and Co., Cheltenham ; Matthew Harrison, Chester ;
John Pollock and Co., Bradford ; and Thomas Boardman, Blackburn.
H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.

26, Gresham-street, City
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Capital 350,0001., in 14,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 11. 7s. 6d. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares in the
proposed Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway, and
I agree to accept that or any less number that you may please
to allot me, and I undertake to pay the deposit of U. 7s. 6(1. per
Share on the same, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and
the Parliamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name In full .. • • .......• •, .. •• • • • •
Residence • • Re5idence........................... ..... ..••
Place of Business (if any) • . • • • • • • • •
Trade or Profession • ••••• •• •• .• • •

SECRETARY (pro tern.) —Joseph Richardson, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent

The Provisional Committee have been assured by Mr. Miller, the
engineer of the Glasgow and Ayr Line, that the Railway will be com-
pleted for less than the proposed capital.
The Directors of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock. and Ayr Rail-
way have agreed with the Provisional Committee to take a lease of
this Railway, when completed, for 999 years, and to pay four per
cent. interest on the cost stated in the Prospectus • and to divide
equally with this company the surplus profits, after deducting the ex-
penses of working the line at the rate of 33 1-3 per cont.
It is provided by the Act 8 Victoria, c. 17, that no Shareholder
shall be liable for payment of any debt or demand due, or to become
due by the Company, beyond the extent of his share in the capital of
the Company.

The proposed line is one expressly contemplated by the Report of
the Board of Trade of the 20th of March last.

The objects to be effected by the proposed measure will be the
following:-
Ist. The greatest possible accommodation to the public.
2d. To preserve and enhance the value of property as it at pre-
sent exists.

3d. The shortest and most practicable railway communication
between Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester, thence
to London and the eastern and south-eastern districts of England.
4th. To construct the line at the least possible cost, but In such a
manner as to attract a traffic from all lines now existing, or which
hereafter may be constructed at either end of it.

Reference

Applications for Shares, in the annexed form, to be made to tlie
following Brokers :—Messrs. Charles Telford, Warnford-court, and
Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street, London ; M`Clelland
and M`Kenzie, or Peter White, Glasgow; Pillans and Home, Edin-
burgh ; Anthony Laurie and N. Roskell, Liverpool ; M‘Lean and
Diuwoodie, Manchester ; and Thomas Harkness, Stranraer.

sth. The adoption of the double gauge, thereby affording the great
advantage of passing from this to all other contiguous railways,
whether constructed on the broad or narrow gauge.
Gth. A great saving, not only of expense, but also of time and dis-
tance.

Present roe from Cheltenham to Oxford by railway is via Glou-
cester, Sffond, Swindon, and Didcot, to Oxford .. 78 miles
By the proposed Line .. 41 miles

Effecting a Saving in distance of • • . • • • • • 37 miles
To enable the manufacturers of Witney to introduce steam power
into their factories by opening a communication with the Forest
of Dean and Staffordshire coal-fields.
7th. As to traffic—

NATIONAL, LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR•
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL. LONDON.
Capital L 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr)w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(re. table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet ether conveniences er necessity. Assurances
for terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 'per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

1. This Railway forms a through trunk line, commanding the
inter-communication and traffic between the south and south-east
parts of England, South Wales and Ireland, and to a great extent of
America; also on the formation of the intended lines from Dublin
and Galway, and Wexford and Valentia.
2. A large traffic from the carrying of coal from the Staffordshire
and Forest of Dean coal-fields not now existing will be created.
3. Witney, a manufacturing town in the centre of the line, is of
considerable extent and trade, and pays annually a very large sum
for haulage and tonnage, which must necessarily be increased.
4. In other respects much traffic will flow from the carriage of
timber, salt,- slates, cattle, and other commercial and agricultural
commodities.

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Applications for Prospectuses containing Mier details, and for Shares,
in the annexed form (accompanied by a banker's or other satisfactory
reference), may be addressed to the Provisional Committee, at the
offices of the Solicitor, 3, Abchurch-lane, Lombard-street, Londor,
or any of the local agents ; or to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs.
Shewell and Sons, Tokenhouse-yard, London ; Messrs. Lyon, 2,
Birchin-lane, London ; Mr. Lee, and Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co.,
Cheltenham ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Messrs. Potter and
Harrison, Leeds ; Messrs. Foulds and Cockburn, Glasgow ; Mr. J. Ni-
cholson, and Mr. Pringle, Edinburgh; Mr. J. Doming, and Messrs.
Fletcher and Sharpe, Liverpool ; Messrs. Knoles and Cooke, Brad-
ford ; Mr. Duncoft, Manchester ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef-
field ; Mr. Francis Stamp, Hull ; Mr. F. C. Spencer, Halifax ;
Mr. J. Bannehr, Exet.T ; Messrs. O'Dwyer and Robinson, Wake-
field ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth.

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
eember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, See.

fIROUSE SHOOTING.—SHOOTING for
VI TWO GUNS, either for the Season or the First Opening, to be
LIIT, in the North Riding of Yorkshire. Extent of Moor about
1,800 Acres. Terms Moderate.
By Letter only, apply W. C., 137, Tottenham-court-road, London.

FOR the MOORS.-1 he Heather Shooting
Jacket, 1/. ; for the Park or Street, the Llama-cloth
Paletot, 2/. 2s. ; for the Seaside or Continental Travelling, the Paletot
d'Ete, 1/. 10s. All NICOLL'S, registered of Llama Wool according
to the 6th and 7th Vic., cap. 65.
Address, 114, Regent-street, London.

SHOOTJNG.—The Heather-coloured JACKET
of Llama Wool retains the principles of Shape given in Nicoll's
Registered Paletot. There are many gentlemen who have no liking
for field sports, yet would much incline to the Registered Jacket, it
not confining the chest and giving a general sense of freedom ; ns
slight recommendation for the library or the early morning walk In
the country; but the Registered Jacket, for the purpose designed,
viz., shooting, is thily good. The Heather recommended, but many
patterns may be seen at most of the agents in the principal country
towns, or at the spacious Warehouses, 114, Regent-street, London.
H. J. and D. NI(OLL, twenty paces north of the Quadrant.

COALS.

METROPOLITAN COAL COMPANY'S
PRICE CURRENT for the SUMMER QUARTER.

Extra screened Sunderland Wallsend, either Stewart's, Hetton's,
or Lambton's, 12s. 6d. the sample half-ton, 255. the full ton. Three
tons, at 245. 6d. Five tpns, at 245. Seconds, 21s. and 235. 6d. •
Small, 12s. 6(1. Best Coke, 17s. Gil. per chaldron. Delivered within
five miles, and weighed- at the purchaser's door.
H. BEARDSWORTH, SON, and Co., Coal Contractors, 279, High
Holborn, nearly opposite Red Lion-street.

TO TAVERN KEEPERS.—To be DISPOSED
OF, the valuable LEASE of a TAVERN, advantageously
situate in the very best part of the City. It comprises spacious dining
and coffee-rooms, bar, several bed-rooms, appropriate domestic offices,
and ample cellarage. The premises are admirably arranged for carry-
ing on a first-rate wine and spirit, as well as a tavern business. To
any competent person, possessed of moderate capital and of active
habits, this establishment offers a rare opportunity for rapidly im•
proving his fortune.
The property may be viewed, and particulars had on application to
Messrs. Newton sad Appleton, Mansion House-street, London.