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London, England, 1845-10-04 00:00:00

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, Portsmouth, and
Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham Railway

Company.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the
above named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same,.
or any less number that may he allotted to me, and to pay the. de-
Posit of 21. 2s. on each such share, and to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be required of me.
Dated this day of 184:1.
Usual signature •
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Residence.. • • • . - • • • • • ..
Place of Business (if any)
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N.B. No application will be attended to except with a reference to
a banker, or from an applicant referring to, and who b known by
some of the Provisional Committee, or the solicitors, or local agents.

EY

SILK-

THE SHEFFIELD, WORT', ,
STON, AND WAKEFIE.I.D RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 500,000/. in '20,000 Shares of t 2 :a. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. ed. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
J. W. R. Atkinson, Esq., Ehnwood House, Leeds, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway
William Alexander, Esq., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct, and the Midland and Thirsk Railways
Joseph Austin, Esq., Headingley Hill, Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct, mad the Leeds and York Railways
W. P. Bradshaw, Esq., Woodthorpe Hall, Sandal Magna, Wakefield
Charles Bamford, jun, Esq , Hull, Director of the Direct 'Western
Railway
William Broadhurst, Esq., Westfield.terrace, Sheffield
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Alexander Brown,-Esq., Headingley, Leeds
Isaac Burkill, Esq., Highfield.cottsge, Beeston, Leeds
Wm. Clifford, Esq., Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern
Counties Railway
Roht. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
Railway
Joseph Clarke, Esq., Sherburn, Ferrybridge
John Priston Cutts, Esq., Sheffield
John H. Coates, Esq., Wakefield
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Habergharn Eaves, Burnley, Director
of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Wm. Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Peterborough,
Lynn, \Visbeach, and Boston Railway
John Egginton, Esq., a Magistrate of the Borough of Hull
Thomas England, Esq., Headingley, Leeds, Director of the West
Junction and the Leeds and York Railways
Robert John Ellershaw, Esq., Leeds
Ephraim Elsworth, Esq., Sandford-house, Kirkstall, near Leeds
George Earle, Esq , Hull
John Falxcett, Esq., Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the Wake-
field and Harrogate Junction, the Liverpool and I.eeds Direct,
and the Direct Western Railways
Wm. Gresham, Esq., Alderman of the City of Lincoln
Augustus G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq., Potter Newton, near Leeds
Frederick Hattersley, Esq., West House, Bradford
Robert Herries, Esq., Leeds
William Wilkes Hill, Esq., Beeston, near Leeds
John Hall, Esq., Hull, Director of the York and Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
William Hutchinson, Esq , Broomhall, Sheffield, Director of the
Great Grimsby, Sheffield, the Potteries, and Grand Junction
Railway
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Wake-
field and Harrogate Junction, and the Direct Western Railways
J. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Martin house, near Skipton, a Magis-
trate of the West Riding
John Heard, Esq , Alderman of Nottingham, Director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Thomas Herbert, Esq., Alderman of Nottingham
Thomas Holmes, Esq., Hull
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
John Jackson, Esq., Alderman of Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and the Leeds and York Railways
Thomas Jessop, Esq., Claremont-place, Sheffield
Sydney Jessop, Esq., Manchester
Charles Locke, Esq., Shapethorpe-house, Wakefield, Director of
the Wakefield and Harrogate Junction Railway
James Martin, Esq., Wakefield
James Joseph M'Swiney, Esq., Sandal Magna, Wakefield, Director
of the Wakefield and Harrogate Junction, the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester, and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
Robert Mitchell, Esq., the Mount, Sheffield
Joseph Ogdin March, Esq., Beech.grove, Leeds
George Peel, Esq., Horbury, near aVakefield, Director of the
Wakefield and Harrogate Junction, and the Bradford, Wake-
field, and Midland Railways
Sidney Roberts, Esq., Sheffield
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoates Cottage, near Wakefild, Director of
the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, and the Leeds, York,
and Midland Railways
E. W. Rudgarcl, Esq., Lincoln
Edward Rook, Esq., King-street, Leeds
James Reffit, Esq., Leeds
Edward Spence, Esq., Tilworth, near Hull, Director of the York.
shire and Glasgow and the Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick
Rail ways
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Sheriff and Alderman of London
Edw. Sidebottom, Esq., Piedwick-hall, Sandal Magna, Wakefield
Benjamin Smith, Esq., Duckinantom lodge, near Chesterfield, Di-
rector of the North Derbyshire Union, and the Sheffield, Box
ton, Leek, and Potteries Railway
Richard Sony, Esq , Sandon-place, Sheffield
William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, York,
and Midland Railways
Thomas Burdett Turton, Esq., Alderman of Sheffield
John Tali, Esq., Hull
John Taylor, Esq., Belle Vire terrace, llull, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
George 'Burton, Esq., Bagden.lodge, Clayton West, near Hudders-
Joseph Turton, Esq., ISrooic-omit, sneuneu
Edward Vickers, Esq., Firs-hill, Sheffield
Benjamin Vickers, Esq., West Cliffe, Sheffield
James Wall, Esq., Osgathorpe-hills, Sheffield, a Director of the
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway
Joseph Wood, Esq., Sandal, near Wakefield, a Director of the
Wakefield and Ilarrogate Junction Railway
George Walker, Esq., Osgathorpe Cottage, Sheffield
George Wall, Esq., Woodside, Sheffield
Rev. George Atkinson Walker, Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, Di-
rector of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, the Leeds, York,
and Midland, and the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales
Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machon Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
ENGINEER-IN-CIIIEF.—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq., F.A.S.,
London.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Upton and Clapham, Leeds
Messrs. Smith and Wightman, Sheffield
BANKERS.
London : Sir Richard Carr Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Leeds : Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Sheffield : The Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company
Wakefield : Messrs. Leathern, Tew, and Co.
Barnsley : The Wakefield and Barnsley Union Banking Company.
SECRETARY.—Henry Jubb, Esq.
The main line of this railway will be about fifteen miles in
length. Commencing at the Wortley Station, on the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway, it will pass through the town of Silkston, and
near to Dodworth, accommodating the whole of that valuable
mining district with the most ready outlet for its celebrated coal to
all parts of the kingdom. It proceeds by Darton, Chapelthorpe,
and Sandal, to Wakefield, where it will join the Leeds and Man.
chester, and the newly projected railways to Leeds and Harrogate,
and to Pontefract and Goole.
The inhabitants of Barnsley will also be accommodated by a
branch to that town, from the main line, giving them direct and
easy communication with the north and south.
The distance from Leeds to Sheffield by this line, and its con-
nexions northwards, will be only thirty-two miles ; by the present
route it is thirty-eight miles. The distance from Wakefield to
Sheffield by this line will be only twenty-three miles ; it is now, by
way of Normanton, thirty-one miles ; and by way of Oakenshaw,
twenty-eight miles, between two and three of which are by omni-
bus. Besides this saving of actual distance, the tedious stoppages
at Masborough and Normanton, the delays of which are often equal
to twenty miles of travelling, will be avoided,
A careful survey has been made, by an experienced surveyor,
who reports that the line from Wakefield to Silkston will
run with easy gradients nearly on the surface of the ground for
the greater part of the way ; and that the only work of any mag-
nitude will be a tunnel, about six hundred yards long, at Woolley-
common, which will occasion in the approach to it from Wake-
field an ascending gradient of 1 in 108. The works between
Silkston and Wortley are of a heavier character, but in no
part will the gradient be more than 1 in 112. The ruling
gradient will be about 1 in 180.
This undertaking, in connexion with other railways, is in-
tended to accomplish the following very important objects :—First,
a direct line of communication between London and Leeds, the
Northern Counties and Scotland. Secondly, the opening of the
extensive and valuable coalfields of Silkston, Dodworth, Barns.
ley, and the adjacent districts, to the manufacturing and other
towns of Yorkshire, the ports of Hell, Selby, Goole, Great
Grimsby, and Boston, and also to the Metropolis, and the Mid-
land, and Western counties. Thirdly, the accommodation of the
inhabitants of the places through which this railway will pass,
with those facilities of conveyance for passengers, of
which, from the almost entire absence of good roads,
as well as railways, they have hitherto been destitute.
An examination of the Map will show how well these objects
will be attained by means of this railway. At its northern termi-
nus, Wakefield, it will be connected with the Leeds and Manches-
ter Railway, continued to the Midland and the linos extending
from it to the north and cast, with the projected Wakefield and
Ilarrogate and Wakefield and
om Leeds lines (theand latter a brait with
of
the Leeds and Dewsbury fr Churwell), through
the Leeds and Thirsk, the Leeds and Bradford, and other railways,
to the northwest and Scotland. And at Wortley, its southern
terminus, it will be connected with the Sheffield and Manchester
,Total distance from London to Portsmouth .. .••• .. .. 73 miles. Railway, the projected Manchester, Midland, and Great GI imsby,
From Chilarove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and and the Sheffield and Lincolnshire lines, the Sheffield and Great
The will place Chicheeter in direct communication with London. Grimsby Railway, the projected Sheffield and Chesterfield Railway,
The distance between Chichester and London by this route will be and the various new projects from Sheffield to the northern parts of
62 miles, and trains will run direct between London and Chichester.
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and the west.
Inasonuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off
from the London and Brighton Itailroasi at Reigate, this projected
The quantity of coal which this railway will make directly
liill open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth accessile to all pas of the kingdom may be e;tienated from the
and will open up a comsiiiiiiuuicatiOus by railroad betweemi l'ortsinouth accessible to all parts of the kingdom may be eutmmatcd from the
amid Dover. following statementsrt given in evidence before a Committeee of the
From an inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill House of Commons :—The township of Barnsley contains
station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct line between Ports-
acres of coal bed, Barughs 5,080 acres, Dodworth, 0,210 acres,
mouth and: Chatham, and in pursuing the line of communication be- Silkston, 4,040 acres. 'T he quantity of coal In the Silkston main
tween the last-mentioned naval and militai y depot, this line will pass
Godston, Limpsfleld, alone is thirty-seven millions three hundred and fourteen thou-
through or near to the towns of Bletching,ley,
Weeterham, Seven Oaks, Ighthum, Town Mailing, Wrotham, Off- sand tons, and the quantity likely to be raised from the entire
ham, Smelland, Lower Hailing, and Wouldham. trict through which the railway will pass, is not less than seventy.
The distance between Chatham and Reigate will involve the eight millions of tons.
making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad between
Pits may be sunk close by the railway, and will require only
Portsmouth and Chatham will extent over 52 miles
To the naval and military establishments '
of this kingdom the an engine to lift the coals perpendicularly, and pour them into the
construction of this projected line will afford the most important fa- trucks.
eilities in the transit of troops, stores, baggage, &c., diminishing In addition to this, an opportunity will be allbrded of turning
the tardy course of communication which at present necessarily to better account abed of iron-stone underlying a space of 5,080
exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually extstl• acres.
ing over the space of two days, and placing them in that direct coin -
The construction of this railway would so cheapen the transit
munication with each other which, in two hours, or thereabouts,
of coal to York, Hull, and all intermediate towns to the north
will enable the journey between them to be matte.
The formation of a direct line of rail way between Portsmouth and east, and westward to Glossop, Ashton, Manchester, Stock-
:lml Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishing, by an port, and other towns in Cheshire, that the owners of this valu-
elec Inci telegraphic, that celerity of conmitinication so hnportant tube able mineral would be able successfully to compete with those of
obtained between places of national importance.
DuTrhhaeminaetixdhLauasntcibalse mineral Lancashire.
traffic which will thus be developede.
The warm support of the principal landowners on the greater part
of the lin: is pledged to this undertaking.
Yorkshire
-t
The Provisional Committee abstain from making any special re- —the means which this railway will afford of improved transit be
ference to the contemplated profit to result from carrying into effect tor
these, Leedsthe etnwdoSlialregfficestldt„oswonlsoliing
this undertaking, feeling convineed that the extent of traffic through
1.110 1)01)111011S and rich districts over which this line and its branches
railway communication with 11.4'ThsleY, frctill which that important
are projected to pass is su
ciently known, and s decisive of the
manufacturing tewp kisshither° been excluded—its eon-
.
Inutility of all comment in ffi i
that respect.
projocted to Harrogate, whither
Applications for shares; in the form given below, to be mad ne*on Witlt the hint

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq.
Frederick Clarkson, Esq. Wm. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P.
Robert Chapman, Esq. Robert Wynne Williams, Esq.
Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. Downman, Esq.
John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of No. 2, Palace-yard, Westminster.
SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANY-315SSFS. Pontifex and Moginie, 5. St.
Andrew's-court, Holborn-hill, London.
BANKERS —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury

THE SHEFFIELD, \VQRTLEY, SILKSTON,
and WAKEFIELD RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that no further APPLICATIONS for
SHARES in this COMPANY cin be r,ceived after Tituasnit,
the 9th day of October instant, iminedia!ely after which the al.
lotment will take place.

By Order,
HENRY JUBB, Secretary.

AIIET H
REXAM, NANTWICII, and CREWE
y y JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 450,000/., in 22,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2./. 2s. fid. per Share.
TEMPORARY OFFICES— Henblas.street, Wrexham.
Papvistoem. DIRECTORS.
To wnshend Mainwaring, Esq., Marchwiel Hall, M.P.. for the Den.
bighshire Boroughs
Sir Ralph Pendlebury, K•light, Mersey Bank, Heaton Norris,
Stockport. Director of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Junction Railway
The Worshipful the Mayor of Macclesfield
R. Humphreys Jones, Esq., Willow-house, Wrexham, Recorder of
Holt, Denbighshire
Bullock, Joseph, Esq., Congleten, Cheshire
Byrom, William, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Liverpool and
Preston, and North Union Railways
Dicker, J. Campbell, Esq., New Hall, Neston, Cheshire, Director
of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Duncan, James,-Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Birkenhead and
Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool end Preston, and North
Union Junction, and the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool
and Manchester Direct Railways
Edgworth, Thomas, Esq., Wrexham Fcchan, Wrexham
Foulkes, John, Esq., Ashfied, Wrexham, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation, and the Manchester and Birkenhead Con-
tinuation, and Holyhead Junction Railways
Giliham, Joseph, Esq., Hargreaves •house, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Staffordshire Pot-
teries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Gough, Richard, Esq., South Saa Colliery, Wrexham, and
Pepper-street, Cheater
Kenrick, Samuel, Esq., banker, Wrexham, Director of the Man.
chester and Birkenhead Continuation, and Mole, Ruabon, and
North Wales Railways
Kyrke, James, Glas-coed, Wrexham
Lewis, George, Esq., Wrexham, Director of the Manchester and
Birkenhead Continuation, and Mold, Ruabon, and North Wales
Railways
McDermott, George Augustus, Esq., Chesterton.hall, Stafford•
shire, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and
Manchester Direct Railways
Motte, W. R. Standish, E-q , Lincoln's Inn-fiAds, London
Overend, J., Esq., Bentham, Lancashire, Director of the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Preston, the North
Union Junction, and the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool
and Manchester Direct Railways
Perrott, Samuel, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Birkenhead and
Holyhead Junction Railways
Poyser, Charles, Esq., Summer-hill, Wrexham
Redish, Joseph, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Staffordshire Pot-
teries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Seed, Joseph, Esq., Lancaster, Director of the Staffordshire Pot.
teries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Thompson, John, Esq., Frwd Works, mar Wrexham, and Wigan,
Lancashire, Director of the Bolton and Wigan, the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the
Liverpool and Preston, and the North Union Junction Railways
Thompson, Richard, Esq , Stansty Hall, Wrexham, Director of the
Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Watts, Thomas Itchenor, Esq., Macclesfield, Cheshire, late Di-
rector of the Churnet Valley Railway, and Director of the South
Union or Manchester, Potteries, and London Railway
Williamson, J. S., Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Lawton, Cheshire
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS—Messrs. Gand•ll and Brunton.
RANKERS.
London—Sir .1, W. Lubbock, Bart., and Co.
Liverpool—The North and South Wales Bank.
Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank.
Wrexham—Samuel Kenriek, Esq.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
William Jones, E-q.
Jahn Dcvereux Pugh, Eq. Wrexham.

LONDON AGENTS.
Messrs. Raimondi and Gooday, 14, South-square, Gray's Inn.
Messrs. Evans, and Barnes, 6, South-square, Gray's Inn. •
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Edleston and Edleston, Nantwich.
SECRETARY, pro tem—Jilin Devereux Pugh, Esq.
This line is intended to be made (rum Wrexham, through Holt
will be a weer CI-gnomon..6x -
district of North Wales, and one of the most valuable
mineral fields in the kingdom ; and Crewe and the
manufacturing districts of Cheshire, Lancashire, Stafford-
shire, and Yorkshire, being a nearer route than any now
existing or contemplated, by upwards of 12 miles. It is satisfac-
torily proved by the evidence of persons best qualified to give a
correct opinion on the subject, that the district of Wrexham (even
exclusive of what may be callel the Ruabon district) possesses in.
exhaustible supplies of coal, ironstone, lime, and lead, of the best
quality; the extent of the coal-field is about eight miles long by
two broad, and the limestone is of much greater extent ; the ver-
tical section of coal presents 14 successive strata of coal, of which
10 are workable; these strata give 40 feet 6 inches of solid coal,
supposing there to be 15 cwt. of coal to the cubic yard, and deduct-
ing one.tenth for old workings, and one.third for waste, faults,
&c., there remains 18,517,920 tons of coal in a square mile.—(See
Evidence given before Parliament on the North Wales Mineral
Railway Bill.)
The value of the ironstone in the whole area of 16 miles is esti-
mated at 35,400,994/. The importance of connecting this wealthy
district with the towns before named is too obvious to require a
moment's comment. By means of the cheap and expeditious transit
provided by this line, the coke manufactured in the neighbourhood
of Wrexham (which is proved to be superior to any other, see evi-
dence before mentioned) will be conveyed to Crewe, for the supply
of the numerous railways centering at that place, at one-third the
present price; the revenue to be derived from this source must be
immense. The whole district through which this line will pass is
now supplied with coal, coke, lime, and slates from the mines and
quarries in the neighbourhood of Wrexham at a very high price,in
consequence of the carriage being so expensive. The average
prices (per ton) of coal, coke, and lime, at Nantwlch and Crewe,
exclusive of carriage, are as follows :
At Nantwich, Coal ..
/1 Coke
10 Lime ..
At Crewe, Coal
Si Coke
Lime
This railway will afford the means of supplying coal, lime, and
coke at one.third the above prices.
Among the multifarious railway schemes now before the public,
the most legitimate and also the most like'y to yield a fair remu-
nerative return on the outlay, arc the traverse railways projected
with the object of supplying the existing want of railway transit
across the country.
The line will not interfere with any parks or property of an or-
namental character, and will be constructed at much less than the
average cost.
The Provisional Directors have no reason to expect any effectual
opposition to a measure so obviously beneficial both to the public
and the landed proprietors, and so powerfully supported by those
best qualified to form an opinion of its merits.
With respect to engineering, the line presents no difficulty
whatever, the gradients are very easy, and the earth-work light.
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow per annum, on the deposits as well
a
the date of the passing of the Act
s upon interest,alltu a
rte 4
calls /. per
from cent.
until the opening of the railway, and no shareholder will be liable
beyond the amount of his subscription.
In the allotment of shares preference will be given, to a certain
extent, to the proprietors of land through which the line will pass,
and to shareholders in the Manchester and Birmingham, the Man-
chester and Birmingham Continuation, the North Wales Mineral,
and the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and
.Manchester Direct
Railways.
Applications for chases must be made in the annexed (Oro, to
the solicitors, or to the following sharebrokers —Mr. Lan'.
.-as .on' Ex-
change-court, Exchange-street East, Liverpool; M";srs.
Cameron.
Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool; Mr. Thom Moxon, jun., 69
Old Broad-street, London ; Mr. W. G. S:::ed, 15, St. Ann's-square,
Manchester ; Mr. Nathaniel Lea, Birmingham ; and Messrs.
Standish and Bleckett, Leeds; of whom prospectuses and maps of
the line may be obtained.
Applicants for shares, 'who are personally known to the Pro.
visional Directors, are requested to refer to one of such Directors;
all other applicants will be required to give a refence to some
banker, or other person of known respectability.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Wrexham, Nantwk.ll, and
Crewe Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot Toe Shares,
of 90/. each, in the above proposed railway, and I hereby under-
take to pay the deposit of el es. 6d. per Share thereon, or any
lesser number of Snares which may be allotted to me; and I also
undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract, and the Sub.
scribers' Agreement when re.-.oired.
I ant, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name (in full)
Profession, Trade, or Occupation
Residence (in full)
Place of Business (if any)
Date

Name of Referee ..
Address of Referee

9iro the SHAREHOLDERS in the ROCK
LIFE Ati;St'llANCE COMPANY.
The &ath of Mr. ALLAN having led to a VACANCY in the
DIRECTION of the ROCK LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, I nONV
eg respectfully to communicate to you that I am a CANDIDATE
for the seat, and to lissom you that, if the good opinion of the Share-
holders shall place toe in the position to which I aspire, my but
(Atkin swill be devoted to insuring the prosperity of the Company.
I have the honour to be
Your obedient and faithful servant,
1, Queen-square, Westm'nster. JOAN BOWRING.
Oct. 1, 4843.

There was a rumour in Liverpool on Munday that
Mr. Hall, formerly of Liver, 001, and now of Londor, wa,
about to retire from m u.iste 'al life, and that Mr. RuAlton
intended to resign h's ffice of stipendiary magi trate here
for the purpose of sucz (din, Mr. Hall in the metropolis.—
Liverpool Chronicle.