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London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

M URN INA_ OCTOBER_ 6, 1845.

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shams of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.

No Shareholder to be liable I;eyond ihe amount of his Subscription

Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
Henry Chator, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darling-on *-
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Bridgewater and Minehea,
Railway
W. C. Duppa, Esq., Director of the Canterbury and Dover Railway
William G. Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting, Surrey
George It. Pye, 1.%q I avcnliam Suffolk
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William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rug
Direct Railway
(With power :o add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury
Wisbech —Messrs. Gurney, Peckover, and Co.
Lynn —Messrs: Gurney, Cresswell, and CO.
ENGINEERS.

B. Albano, Esq., M and Wm. Laxton, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITOR—IngIeby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, Lom-

bard-street, London.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—W. 0. J. WollastOn, Esq.
This line is intended to commence at the Port of Wisbech, by a
junction with the line of railway now forming from Lynn, and pro-
ceed by Thorney to Peterborough, there uniting with the branch of
the London and Birmingham Railway to Northampton, and the
Peterborough and Syston branch of the Midland Counties Railway,
forming a through line from Yarmouth, Norwich, Dereham, Swaff-
ham, Lynn, and Wisbech, to Northampton, Birmingham, Derby,
Nottingham, and the whole of the- northern and western parts of
England. The entire distance being completed In about IA miles.
The importance of this railway, though only IS miles In length,
will be at once seen by an inspection of the map, when the following
points will be self-evident

1. That the port of Wisbech is the nearest sea-port for Birming-
ham, Staffordshire, snd the Midland districts of England.
2. That this line will open the whole of the manufacturing and
mineral districts of the Midland Counties and the Potteries to Wis-
hech, the nearest port for Belgium, Holland, Germany, and the nor-
thern States of Europe.

3. That by the formation of this line a direct railway ommunica-
tion will be opened between the port of Wisbech, And the ports of
Southampton, Bristol, Gloucester, and Liverpool.

4. That this line will unite the Birmingham and Midland Counties
system of railway with those o Norfolk, communicating with Nor-
wich and Yarmouth.

Application for shares (which must In all cases be fu the usual form,
and accompanied by a reference to a banker or to a member of the
Provisional Committee) or prospectuses, may be made to the Pro-
visional Committee,' at theoffices of Mr. I. T. Miller, solicitor to
the Company, or the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Shewell and
Son, Tokenhouse•yard ; Messrs. Lyon, 2, Birchin-lane, London ;
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Messrs. Cruso and Son, ;
Messrs Peet, Son, and Potter, Nottingham ; 'Mr. Collis, Birmingham;
Mr. F. C. Spencer, Halifax; and Mr. Carr, Culver-street, Colchester.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Port of Wisbech, Peterborough,
Birmingham, and Midland Counties Union Railway.
I request you will allow shares in this undertaking,
and I agree to take the same or such less number as may be al-
lotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
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WORCESTER, HEREFORD, and GLOU-
CESTER RAILWAY. _ .

The Committee of Management, in consequence of receiving daily
applications for shires in this Company, be.; to state th it the lists of
applications have been closed for sonic time. The allotment is now
in progress, and the letters will be issued as soon as the requisite
examination has taken place. The Committee regret that the
number of shares applied for having so greatly exceeded the number
at their disposal, they will be compelled in all cases greatly to reduce
the number applied for, and to omit entirely many applications from
respectable parties to whom they would otherwise have been dosir.
ous to make allotments.

"By order of the Board,
ROBERT PRICE, Chairman
SAMUEL BAKER, .
Ice-Chairmen
WILLIAM LEWIS,
449, Strand, let October, 1845.

WORCESTER, HEREFORD, and GLOU-
CESTER RAILWAY.
ENGINEER,---I. K. Brunel, ESQ.
The Committee of Management of this Company, having deter-
mined to continue their lige from Ledbury to Ross, the Capital of the
Company will be increased from 750,0001. to 1,000,0001.
No further applications for Shares, except from parties interested
on the line from Ledbury to Ross, can be received.
Applications from parties interested will be received by the Soli-
citors to the Gth instant.
ROBERT PRICE, Chairman
SAMUEL BAKER I Tice-Chairmen
WILLIAM LEWIS
W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall
F. T. Elgie, Worcester
F. L. Bodenham 3 Hereford Solicitors.
Thomas E vans
W hitcombe, Helps, and Co., Gloucester
449, West Strand, Oct. 1, 1845,