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London, England, 1845-10-29 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY AGENTO.

Messrs. Spottiswoode and Robertson, Great George-street London.

lids railway is intended, by means of a junction with the Edin- J
burgh and Hawick and the Caledonian, and Caledonian Extension
lines, to form a direct communication between Newcastle and Edin-
burgh and Glasgow. Starting from the Newcastle and North Shields
Railway.station at Newcastle, the main line will proceed northward
by Coxlodge, and thence, by nearly a straight lime, in the direction of
Politeland and Betsey, by Lislesburt: to Woodburn, on the Reed,
whence it will follow the course of that river, passing Horsely, Bird-
hope, Woolaw, Catcleugh, and Whitelee, to' Carter Fell, where the
Border will be crossed by a tunnel into Scotland, and so on to
Hawick, where it will join the before-mentioned lines from that town
to Edinburgh and Glasgow.
By this line the distance by railway between Newcastle and Edin-
burgh will be very materially shortened, whilst it will form the
shortest and (except by the circuitous route of the east coast line),
the only railway counnunicatioa front Newcastle to Glasgow.
It is also intended, by a branch from the main line at Woodburn,
down the Valley of the North Tyste, to join the Newcastle aid Car-
lisle Railway near Hexham, and thus, by the lines now proposed to
be made, to form a direct communication from London to Scotland,
by the Midland and shortest route.
It will be observed, that the terminus at Newcastle has been
altered ;--this has been done after mature consideration, and with the
view of affording to the propoSed line the additional facility of ship-
ment, by means of the tunnel which the Newcastle and Shields Rail-
way Company are under engagements, by their Act, to snake from
their line to the Quayside, and of the proposed branch from that line,
at Percy Main, to the intended Docks at Coble Dean.
The union which has just been effe,ted between the North Tyne
Junction, and the Newcastle, Hawiek, Edinburgh, and Glasgow
Junction Companies, giVes to the united Company the countenance
and support of nearly the whole of the landed proprietors, as well as
of the owners and lessees of the extensive coal fields and Ironworks
in the districts through which the proposed line will pass.
Amongst the various sources of revenue which will accrue to the
proposed line, the following may be briefly adverted to :—Facilities
will be afforded for the transit oflime and manure to, and of agricul-
tural products from, the extensive and valuable districts of North-
umberland, stretching in a north-westerly direction front Newcastle
to the Scottish border, and the fertile counties of Roxburgh, Selkirk,
Peebles, and Lanark ; whilst the transport of live stock, from the
same -districts will be in an especial degree facilitated by this line,
since the roads, used for generations by the Scot:ish drovers, will be
in!immediate contact with it for a considerable portion of its length.
The supply of coal to the populous manufacturing districts of Scot-
land, including the towns of Hawick, Jedburgh, Ke'so, Melrose,
Galashiels, Peebles, Lanark, &c., has become an urgent necessity.
And the proposed line, proceeding as it does frosts the extensive coal
fields of the south-eastern portion of Northumberland, and through
the hitherto unapproachable seams of coal up the course of the Reed,
will become the principal means of supplying it, and thus derive an
abundant source of revenue from its transit; as a proof of which,
coals are at present shipping, in considerable quantities, from New-
castle to Glasgow, through the Caledonian Canal, at heavy tonnage
rates, far exceeding the cost of transit by the proposed line, through
the entire distance from Newcastle to Glasgow.
An important feature, presented by this undertaking, is the de-
velopment, which will thereby be afforded, of extensive beds if
minerals in the districts of the North Tyne and Reed, especially of
limestone and ironstone ; the latter of great richness and superiority,
for the manufacture of which extensive works are now in operation
at Hareshaw and Ridsdale, and others are projected and in course of
erection, the entire produce of which would be conveyed by the
proposed line to Newcastle, for consumption and shipment
By means of this line, the Tyne will become the most expeditious
and economical place of shipment for all that portion of the manufac-
tures of Glasgow, and other manufacturing towns before mentioned,
intended for the eastern coast of England and the northern ports of
Europe.
Lastly, the passenger traffic between the towns on the western
side of Scotland, and the eastern and middle portions of England,
added to the great, local, and general traffic on the several parts of
the line, will form a large and constantly imcreasing item ofreturn,
always aided by the consideration, that the line laid down for this
railway will shorten the distance from the western and many other
parts of Scotland, to all the eastern portions of England, by not less
than thirty miles.
From these united sources will flow an amount of income, that will
abundantly compensate the shareholders for the outlay upon the line.
A survey is rapidly proceeding, which the Committee-are assured
by the engineers will be completed In time to deposit the requisite
plans, and to enable them to obtain an Act in the next session of Par-
liament for, at least, that part of the line which will lay open a very
considerable portion of the agricultural and mineral wealth, which
will form so important a feature in the general value of the under-
taking.
Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made to the follow-
ing brokers :—Messrs. Warburton and Co., Central Exchange,
Market-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Robert Allan,
Esq., and
Messrs. Pillans and Home, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Mein and Cunning-
ham, Glasgow ; Messrs. Wm. Reynolds and Sons, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Alsop and Son, Hull; Messrs. Beaumont and Williamson,
Leeds ; Messrs. Robertson and Bates, Manchester ; Mr. J. R. Lane,
Birmingham ; Messrs. Walmsley, Woodhead and Co.. Bradford ;
Messrs. Low and Tunstal, Bristol; Messrs. Wm. Moore and Co.,
Huddersfield ; Mr. J. N.Balme, Gloucester ; Messrs. Warburton and
Crosland, Sheffield; Messrs. Helliwell and Davis, Halifax • Mr. T.
C. Maynard, Durham ; Messrs. Bills and Aliason, and lr. W. I.
Barker, Sunderland; Mr. Wm. Davison, Alnwick ; Mr. T. Glover,
South Shields ; Mr. John Hurst, Louth ; Mr. Jos. Nelson, Settle ;
Mr. John Sturrock, jun., Dundee ; Mr. Jas. Ross, Perth.:
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. -

To the Provisional Committee of the Newcastle-upon• Tyne, Edin-
burgh, and Direct Glasgow Junction Railway, with a Branch by
the North Tyne to Hexham.
Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot to me
shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required.

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THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. each.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley-on-Thames
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Lieut.-Col. Westenra, M.P., St. James's-street
Sir James Annesley, Batt., Albany
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart., Nfurthley-castle
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. Alderman of London
The Hon. W. M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, 44, Brook-street
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 150, Piccadilly
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadley House, Lincolnshire
Major Moore, director of the London and Nottingham Railway
R. W. Wood, Esq. Lodge-place, St. John's-wood
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq. Grand Tully Castle
Benjamin Swan, Esq. 103, Jermyn-street, St. James's, director of the
London and Edinburgh Railway
William Pritchard, Esq. High Bailiff of Southwark
Major-General Brooks Pariby, C.B. Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex
James Gernon, Esq. director of the London and Nottingham Railway
Frederick W. Seymour, Esq. director of the Direct Manchester,-
Leeds, and York Railway
Robert J. Lattey, Esq. St. John's-wood, director of the Birmingham
and Buckingham Railway
Richard Keily, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, director of the Tork
and Lancaster Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—W. Rider, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Potter and Colliugridge, 5, Basinghall-street.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, Esq.
SECRETARY —Charles C. Sanderson, Esq.
BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Windsor—C. S. Voules, Esq.
Staines—Messrs. Home and Son
Esher—John Abbott, Esq.
Epsom—Arthur William Wood, Esq.
Roigate—George DlGrrison, Esq. •
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of applications for shams had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; of the Local Agents;
and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. Peppa-come, 2, Old Broad-street
Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William Mar-
shall
Hull—Messrs. Collinson and Flint, and Mr. James Bowden
Leeds—Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and J. Young and Co.
Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford •
Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer
Birmingham—Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright
Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co. and Messrs. M`Callum
and Co.
Huddersfield—Messrs. Wilson and Hellawell
Worcester—Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
THE SOU niEltic JUNCTION ILV LWAY.
Capital, 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares
I of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same,
and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may
be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamen-
tary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
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PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY.
(COMPAGNIE DECAN.)
Entire Capital 200,000,000 f. (8,000,0001. sterling), to be raised by
the issue of 400,000 Shares of 000 f. each (201.) ; of which suns
150,000,000 f. (6,000,0000 is already subscribed in France, and
50,000,000 f. (2,000,000/.) is to be subscribed in England.

Deposit 31. each Share, to provide the usual caution money required
by the French Government, which will be returned without deduc-
tion, in case this Company shall not become lessees of the
Railway.

DIRECTORS IN FRANCE.

Duc d'Harcourt, President, pair de France, president du tensed
d'administration du Chemin de Fer de Troyes 3 Montereau
Desrousseaux de Medran•, adininistrateur des Glacos de St. Quirin,
et ancien administrateur du Chemin de For du Nord
Petittine, chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, ancien negotiant en

soieries
Reynaud di Barbarin, conseller ii la Cour dee Comptes, et ancien
administrateur du Chemin de Fir du Nord
'rte. de Riehemont, Depute, membre du Conseil-General de Lit et
Garonne, ancien vice-president di Chemin de Fer du Nord
Andre Rocklin, Depute
Andre Rousselie, Jne., ancien chef de la maison Rousselle, Chicle
Neveux et Havard, administrateur du Chemin de Fer de Paris il
Strasbourg
Stourin, Depute, amulnistrateur In Chemin de Fer de Troyes I

Montereau
Due de Trevise, pair de France, chevalier d'honneur do S.A.R.
Madame la Duchess* d'Orleans, membre du Conseil-General de la
Seine, ancien administrateur du Chemin de Fer du Nerd
Ligerou, Jug., Ranvier, Assoeie de la maison Ligeron, Lambert,
Offroy, et Comp, administrateur du Chemin do Fer de Paris
Strasbourg
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DL Firamb-int, Depute de Boulogne
'William Massy Bevan, Esq, direetorof the Tours and Nantes Railway
(Lefeyro's)

DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND.
Sir Wm. Magnay, Bart. Chairman.
Thomas H.Bluck, Esq. F. F. Clossman, Esq.
Hughes Hughes, Esq. Hon. Captain Hotham
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Henry Simonds, Esq.
David Wheatcroft, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
C. 1). Archibald, Esq. John Webster, Esq. •
ENGINEER IN Cinar —Charles Vignoles, Esq.
BANKERS IN PARIS—M. M. Ligeron, Lambert, Offry, and CO.
BANKERS IN LONDON—The Commercial Bank ; London Joint-Stock,
Somerroas—lifessts.Reed and Robinsoa, 31, Moorgate-street.

This Company has been constituted in Paris by the active pro-
moters .1* the well-known Decan's Company (for the Great Northern
and Southern line), for the purpose of tendering for the lease of the
projected railway from Paris to Lyons.
It is confidently expected that the adjudication of the line will be
made in November next, so that, even if the Com ,any should not
succeed in obtaining the lease, the delay and loss of interest will
be trifling.
The short time, however, within which all the formalities must be
completed, renders it imperative that the subscription be closed in a
very few days ; therefore an early application must be made to en-
sure attention.
Applications for shares are to be addressed to the Solicitors, 31,
Moorgate -street, and must be made by filling up and sending the
following printed form, without detaching It from this prospectus.

•
London, October Is, 1845.
To the Directors of the above-named Paris and Lyons Railway Com

pany.
Gentlemen,—l hereby subscribe for shares of 201. each in
the capital stock of the above Company, on the terms and conditions
set forth above. I undertake to accept that number of shares, or any
less number which may be apportioned to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and the future calls, to the extent of my liability, as above de-
fined ; and I also undertake to sign all necessary documents autho-
rising the execution, in my behalf of the" Acts de Societe," and bind-
ing me to conform to the statutes of the Company.
Christian and Surname In tull
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Ist. That this meeting highly appreciates the liberal spirit in
which the Great Eastern anti Western Railway Company has re-
sponded to the appeal addressed to them, in a memorial signed by
the most influential landed proprietors and others interested in this
locality, by affording their prompt and zealous aid in forming and
supporting a line of railway from Leominster by this town to unite
with the Great Eastern and Western Railway near the city of Wor-
cester, but for which prompt response and aid this locality would
have been deprived of all direct railway communication, the Welsk
Midland Company having, though memorialisei . abandoned it, and
the Great Western Company having declined to include it in any e:
their schemes ; and that the wannest thanks of liii3 meeting be con-
veyed, through the Chairman, to the Great Eastern and Western
Railway Company for the valuable accommodation which the pro-
posed Worcester and Leominster Railway is calculated to afford to
tho town and district of Bromyard.
Proposed by JOHN KEMPSON, Esq. ; Seconded by WiLtuatECKLEY,
Esq., and carried unanimously,
2d That this meeting comprising as it does a large body of tb,,
landowners and residents upon the intended line of the Worceel. !-
and Leominster Railway, is resolved to give It% F:trenucus aid to zi,
Directors of that Company in carrying the Bill through Parlianleht
in the ensuing session, and that a Local Committee be formed fi
that purpose, and that these resolutions be publi,hed in the Demi& :!'
and 'Worcester papers.

Moved by Josirii SrirroNT, Esq., and secone-q. by lIENRY JA3i
Esq., Mayor of Leominster,
3d—That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Chairman for
his able conduct in the chair.
Bromyard, Oct. 23, 1845. JOHN BARNTHIY, Chairman.

IItiORTHERN COUNTIES (ROSS and CRO-
NISIITY, SUTHERLAND, and CAITHNESS) DIRIXT

RAILWAY

Capital 1,500,0001., In 75,000 Shares of 201. rich
2s. Deposit 21. er Share.
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The Counties of Ross and Cromaity, Sutherlan(l, and Cairmess,
form, probably, th largest and most important porti.ft of Great Bri-
tain for which the benefits of railway communicatit,n have ti,d yet
been secured.

In no part of the kingdom, considering their dhtance frnm the
capital,- from the seats of manufacture, and from market,, have
greater improvements of all kinds been made of late years, than in
these counties. In arable and pastoral farming, the skill, enttyprise,
and industry of the tenantry hare placed them on a level wi:li the
best agriculturists and store masters, and have obtained for their
corn, cattle, and sheep, the highest prices of the southern markets.
To the opening up of the country by the roads and bridges of the
Parliamentary Commissioners, execute I within the last 40 years,
are these improvementschiefly attributable ; and their effect in in-
creasing the value of property in these counties is very remarkable.
No means can be co effectual for promoting anal stimulating their
further advancement, as by the introduction of railways, whereby
the produce of these counties may be more rapioly and cheaply
brought into the manufacturing and consuming districts of the
kingdom..

To effect this most desirable end a Company is I.ing, formed, as
has been already announced, to execute a railway commencing at the
terminus of that which may be first completed to Invernes=, and
thence proceeding northward, by Dingwall, through the county of
Ross, and by or near Bonar, along the south or L:tirg side of the
River Shin into Sutherland, and through that count v. by Auchintoul,
into Caithness, in the eastern portion of which the 1,30 will diverge
into two branches, terminating respectively at the towns of Thurso
and Wick.

The most direct practicable route, consistent with economy in the
execution and working of the line, and with the rigid s of all parties,
will be adopted throughout.
In compliance with the desire of several large proprietors in the
eastern district of the county of Ross, it has been determined that the
trunk or main line shall proceed to Invergordon and Tain, and thence
into Sutherland and Caithness.
It is also intended to combine with the execution of the railway,
and, in connexion with it, the enlargement and improvement of the
present harbour of Invergordon (by arrangement with the proprietor),
so as to make that anchorage, which possesses all the advantages of
the celebrated Bay of Cromarty (still, as in ancient times, the largest
and safest harbour of refuge on the east coast of Scotland), the port
not only for the counties of Ross and Cromarty, but also for all the
country northwards.
The mutual advantages to Invergordon and thn whole country
in respect to those imports and exports which must still be sea-borne,
need only be alluded to to be appreciated. At no other place on the
east coast of Scotland, from the Frith of Tay to Duncansby Head
(the extremity of Caithness) could so good a harbour be possibly
formed, there being at Invergordon 11 fathoms water (close to the
present wooden jetty) at the lowest of spring tides, and perfect
shelter, with singular facility for ingress and egress from and to the
German Ocean ; and the expense of the requisite works will be com-
paratively very unimportant.
Besides the importance of completing, as is thus contemplated, an
unbroken line of railway transit for passengers and goods, and the
rapid transmission of the mail from the capital to th e northern ex-
tremity of Scotland, the county of Orkney and Zetland will thereby,
and with the aid of the powerful steamer about to be established be-
tween Thurso and Orkney, have a daily and speedy intercourse with
the main land of Scotland, onward to the manufacturing districts of
the kingdom, and to the metropolis.
The prolongation of a railway from Inverness to Thurso on the
one hand, and the admirable roadstead and harbour of Scrabster,
which, from its natural position—admitting of vessels entering and
departing with any wind—would, in connexion with the railway,
command the Baltic and North American trade ; and, of the other,
to the important and rapidly-improving town or Wick, the capital of
the northern herring and deep sea fisheries, which require only such
a stimulus as the proposed measure will supply to increase their value
incalculably, by affording the ready and certain means of conveying
their products into all parts of the country, is obviously an under-
taking of the greatest national importance, embracing the develop-
ment of the natural resources of the northern counties and their ex-
tensive sea coasts, the continued prosperity and wealth of their in-
habitants and the general trade, and, it may be hereafter, even the
additional security of the empire.
The most populous district in proportion to its extent in Ross and
Cromarty, and until late years (considering its capabilities) the least
improved, is that lying between the Muir of Ord on the south and
the town of Cromarty on the north, commonly called "the Black
Is,e." For the benefit of this district, a line is intended to be made
from the point which may be found most desirable as a station with
reference to the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose, and the harbour of
Invergordon, to join the main line at the Muir of Ord, with a short
branch to the nearest good station on the north side of the Ferry of
Kessock.
The Muir of Ord being now the plate where the greatest and roost
frequent stock markets in Scotland, north of Falkirk, are held, it is
of great importance to the western Highlands of Ross-shire that
their communication with the Muir of Ord, as well as their access
to the main line of railway, should be facilitated ; and it is, therefore,
contemplated forming a branch line from the Muir of Ord to the
upper part of the valley of Strathgarve, being the nearest point to the
Lews at present accessible by a railway, and accommodating, at the
same time, the extensive districts of Ross-shire lying to the north,

west, and south-west of Strathgarve.
The preliminary survey of the main line has bee,' eempletyl. Its
whole length is about 150 miles, and the greater portion of it is of
easy construction. _ _ .

The proposed capital is considered adequate to cover every expense,
including the completion of the harbour at Invergordon ; but should
additional capital be found necessary for the proposed branches,
power will be taken to raise it.
The principal proprietors have already offered the land :.nd the
building materials in the neighbourhood of the line, free from all
charge, for the purposes of the railway.
Not only will they, and the northern counties generally, benefit in-
calculably hy the completion of the work, but the shareholders may
expect a fair, and in no long time, ample return for their investments
in a line which has not, and can never have, a rival.
Interest at 4 per cent. will be allowed on all calls paid up, and the
Act incorporating the Company will provide that no shareholder shall
be liable beyond the amount of his subscription. Until tke Act be
obtained the liability of the subscribers will be restricted to their
actual deposits ; and of these there shall not, in any event, be ex-
pended a larger sum than ss. per share without the express authority
of a general meeting of the subscribers.
The names of the Provisional Committee (embNeing 'those of the
principal proprietors in the north) will be speedily published ; but
meanwhile it may be stated, that the support the pr,.,;ent undertaking
has already received from individuals fully able to accomplish this
most important work, leaves no doubt of its complete success.
The acting engineers will be Joseph Mitchell, Esq., F.R.S.E.,
M.1.C.E., Inverness ; Allan Stevenson, Esq., Engineer of the
Northern Lights' Commissioners, Edinburgh ; and J. F. Bateman,
C.E., Manchester; with Thomas Page, Esq., M.I.C.E. West-
minster, as consulting engineer.
A minute survey has been ordered of the whole line, and, when
completed, a map of it will be published ; meanwhile, copies of the
prospectus, and of the form of application for shares, will be obtained
at the National Rank of Scotland, or any of its Bratches, and at the
offices of the London and Westminster Bank, and of Me srs. Glyn,
Hallifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street ;for from anf of the following
gentlemen, to whom communications and application; for shares, in the
form annexed, may be addressed, viz.:—William Mackenzie, Esq., o f
Muirton, W.S., Edinburgh ; James Sutherland, Esq., Provost of
Inverness ; Patrick Grant, Esq , County Clerk of Inverness ; Hugh
Innes Cameron, Esq., Provost of Dingwall; Crawford Ross, Esq.,
Cadboll by Fearn ; David Ross, Esq., Commissary Clerk of Ross-
shire, Tain ; George Gunn, Esq.. Factor of Sutherland, Rhives, by
Golspie ; George Sutherland Taylor, Esq., Golsple ; Robert Hors-
burgh, Esq., Factor of the Reay Country, Tongue ; William Manson,
Esq., Thurso; Peter Wilson, Esq., Town Clerk of Nick; and Messrs.
Cameron and Bain, 18, Parliament-street, Westui;nster.
Scripholders of the Perth and Inverness ; the Aberdeen and In-
verness; Inverness and Elgin: Elgin, Banff, and Aberdeen; and
Caledonian Northern Direct Railway Lines, are requested to specify
this in their applications.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Directors of the Northern Counties (Ross and
Cromarty, Sutherland, and Caithness), Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—r request you will allot to me shares of 201. each
in the above undertaking*, and I hereby agree to accept the same,
or any'less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake to
pay the deposit and all future calls there( ; and also te. sign the
Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliament :Ay Contract when
required.
I hold the Scrip for

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HUGH INNES CAMEMN, Sec. pro tern.

Esq., C.E.
SOLICITOR. IN LONDON—George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden square,
and No. 2, Guilahall chambers, Basinghall greet.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Comnhe and Sharland, Town-hall, Gravesend
Messrs. J. and E. Blaker, Lewes.
SECRETARY (pro tern.)—Mr. James Ellen,
Offices, No. 11, Adam-street, Strand.

The object of this undertaking is to open a direct line of rail-
way to connect the Northern, Eastern, and South Essex Railways,
by means of a steam ferry from Tilbury Fort to Gravesend, with
Tunbrioge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton.
It is ,o-itemplated to proceed from the Eastern Counties Rail-
way at or near Harlow station to Tilbury, crossing the river
by a steam floating.bridge to Gravesend, passing by Cobham,
Snodland, ALdling, and Hadlow to Tunbridge, thence by the South_
Eastern Railway to Tunbridge passing Uckfield to Lewes,
and thence joining the Brighton, Lewes, nd Hastings Rail way to
Brighton,

Ar inspection of the map will clearly show the gicat import-
ance of this railway, whether considered in a local or national
point ct view, forming as it will a most useful chain of local corn-
inunicaLion for the fertile and populous tracts through which it
passes.

It wi;' bring the Northc-rn and Easter: Counties, the mouth of

tlia That, e 3, alai North Kent, into direct communication, by
way of Brighton, with Dieppe and Havre, and thus form, in con-
junctiob with the railways now in progress on the Continent, the
shortest FossiLle route to Paris and the Mediterranean.
By tile railway the large population of the North Eastern Cour:-
tics, ntraThering nearly two million 3, will have a direct and easy
communication with the whole of the populous and important
counties of Kent and Sussex, without going round to London, and
thereby avoiding the inconvenience arising from the unconnected
lines not th and south of the metropolis.

The utility of this line to the naval and tailitary service, both In
times of peace and war, for the conveyance of troops and stores, is
evident.

With the existing railways, and those now in pr.gress in Kent
and Sussex, a most complete system of local communication will be
effected ; and as such, the project has been received with the mast
distinguished approbation and pledges of support from the principal
proprietors along the hue, and the Corporation of Gravesend have
promised their entire sancti.m to, and will cordially support it.

The ground has been carefully suryeyetl, and found t• present
no difficulties to the formation of a good working line.

The existing local traffic has been ascertained to be amply suf-
ficient to fuifil the requirements of the undertakinr ; but a !age
accession of valuable traffic cannot fail t• be the result of the
increased accommodation thus afforded to the public, and rendering
the undertaking one of the most important as well as productive
lines of railway in that part of the country.
The Committee reserve power to themselves to fortn branches
from Snodland to Chatham and Maidstone.

The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of
Parliament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be
applied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum en
all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening et the line.
Applications for prospectuses and also for shares may be
addressed in the annexed form to the Secretary, at the Offices of
the Company, 11, Adam.street, Strand; to George Sinith, Esq.
Solicitor, '24, Golden.square, and No. 2. Guildhall-ehamhers, Ba-
einghail.street ; Messrs. Coombe and Sharland, Gravesend , Messrs.
J. and E. Rinker, Lewes; and also to the following share-
brokers :--Messrs. Field, Son, and Bayley, Warnford.court,
Throgmortou.street, London ; Messrs. Harris and Sons, Change-
alley, London; Mr. M. L. Pritchard, Liverpool; Messrs.
Gardiner and Heap, Manchester; Mr. Isaac Ironside, Shef-
field; Messrs. Hirst and Brooke, Leeds ; Messrs. Hopwood
and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr. J. B. Mundy, Bath ; Mr. A. Moffatt,
Edinburgh ; Mr. Wright, Birmingham; Messrs. Keat and Son,
Nottingham ; Messrs. Loamee and Tripp, Bristol ; Mr. Brand,
Glasgow ; Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun., Southampton; Mr. John Pal.
lock, Bradford ; Messrs. Tibary and Simpson, Hull.

To the Provisional Committee of the Brighton, Lewes, Tunbridge
Wells, Gravesend, and Eastern Counties Junction Railway.
I request that you will allot me Shares in the above proposed
Brighton, Lewes, Tunbridge Wells, Gravesend, and Eastern
Counties Junction Railway ; and I agree to take all such Shares,
or so many as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon,
and to execute tho Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers Agree.
ment when required 83 to do.

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BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND TONBRIDGE
WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY (HALLETT'S LINE).
Capital 350,0001., in 17,b00 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Shareholders not to be liable beyond the amount of their Shares.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Bristol, Ickworth-hall, Suffolk, and
Brighton, Sussex
Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P. lbr Brighton, Sussex
Frederick Seymour, Esq. Kemp-town, Brighton
Howard Elphinstone, Esq. M.P. for Lewes
Sir George Prescott, Bart. Theobald's, Herta
Sir William Maguey, Bart. Londoa
Mr. Alderman Farncomb, London
Edwin James, Esq. the Nunnery, Horsham, Sussex
George Rennie, Esq. director of the Commercial Bank, Loudon
Valentine Lee, Esq. director of the Eastern Counties Railway
Richard Wellesley Rothman, Esq. Albany.' London
Ilunford Samuel, Esq. Poultry-chambers
Captain Dawson, R.N. Barnes, Surrey
Robert Mutrie, Esq. Watling street, Lendon
Rickard Dutton, Esq. Herne-hill, Surrey
John James, Esq. Secondary of London. 34, Brinoviek-square
Benjani Webster, Esq. Old Brompton
W. H. Covey, Esq. Charing-eross
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, Essex
W. S. Potter, Esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
Stephen Lowden, Esq. Lewes
John Langford, Esq. Lewes
Charles Henry Chitty, Esq. Lewes
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheath .
Seymour Conway, Esq. Kennington, Surrey.
G. N. Wright, Esq. Coeel Celyn, Denbighshire
1 William Nash, Esq. Clapham-oommon
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF GENTLEMEN LOCALLY INTERESTED IN
THE LINE.
Lord Viscount Cantilupe, Buckhurst-park, Sussex
John Villiers Shelley, Esq. 3laresfleld-park
Alexander Donavon, Esq. Framfleld-park, Sussex
.GjiireiangrtßedFerry, Donavan, Jun. Esq. Framfleld-park, Sussex
George Donovan, Esq. Buckham-hill
Esq. banker, Lewes
a3ki°elrYnStaeu-pxeley, Esq. Hamsell-place, Rotherfield
Esq. Welches, Rotherfleld
Thomas Radford, Esq. Uekfield
John Kenward, Esq. Uckfleld
Nelson Kenward, Esq. Uckfleld
William Kenward, jun. Esq. Uekfield
Russell Gray, Esq. Baroomb
John Hillman, Esq. Lewes
William Cole, Esq. Newhaven
Thomas Wisden, Esq. Henfield
Edward Churchill. Esq. Tonbridge Wells
Alexander Wright, Esq. Worthing, Sussex
E. W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, near Tonbridge Wells
George Robert Paul, Esq. Worthing, Sussex
William U. Lidbetter, Esq. Toubridge Wells
John Smith, Esq. Framfleld, Sussex
Charles Thelluseon, Esq. Sunmer-lodge, Worthing
J. Hunter, Esq. Montague-house, Tonbridge Wells
Edw. H. Baldeck, jun. Esq. 5, Hyde-park-place
Wm. Edwin Baxter, Esq. Lewes
Edward Beard, Esq. Lewes
John Taylor Hallett, Esq. Uckfleld
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman, Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P.
Howard Elphinstone, Erq. M.P. Stephen Lowden, Esq
John Villiers Shelley, Esq. Edward Beard, Esq.
Sir George Prescott, Bart. William Nash, Esq.
Edwin James, Esq. Richard Button, Esq.
Valentino Lee, Esq. William H. Lidbetter, Esq.
George Rennie" Esq. Alexander Donavan, Jun. Esq.
W. S. Potter, Esq. George Donavan, Esq.
James Reeves, F.sq.
George Mollreux, Esq.
eq.
JjrNrinnht.eolißs..non'ilnain'
Underwood,
enK:a
illretioveen,
Earr,llldEies qs
Hallett, t
C.E.s Esq.
Frederick Seymour, Esq.
q.
tt,
John
lEvsqard.
Esq.
John Kenwanl, Esq.
Sir
rhonias Wlsden, Esq.
Edwarl Churchill, Esq.
Richard WellesleEyNßGomthElTlEßa_ll
Alexander Wright, Esq.
AcIING ENGINEER—WiIIiam
SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq. 5, Fasiughall-street.
SECRETARY—T, H. Nakter, Esq. • •
• • . . • • BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank, Lothbury
.. Messrs Molineaux and Co. Lewes, and Tonbridge Well •
• • . LOCAL AGENTS.
William Polhill Kell, Esq. Lewes
Robert Foreman, Esq. solicitor, Tonbridge Wells
Benjamin Hall, Esq. Buxsted Lodge, near Uckfleld.
Offices of the Company. 83, Basinghall-street, London.