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LANCASTER AND CARLISLE
RAILWAY.

LANCASTER, FRIDAY EVENlNG.—Yesterday a special meet-
ing of the Directors and Shareholders of this Company was
held at the King's Arms hotel, " for the purpose of authoris-
ing the creation of new shares, and giving orders as to the
disposition thereof; and for the further purpose of considering
and deciding as to an application to Parliament in the next
session for a Bill to confirm the arrangement and agreement
entered into with the Lancaster and Preston Railway Com-
pany, for the sale and transfer by them to the Lancaster and
Carlisle Railway Company of their undertaking and works
and property, and for the consolidation and amalgamation of
the two companies, and their rights and interests, and to au-
thorise them to take further land for a station at Carlisle, and
generally to amend the Company's existing Acts of Parlia-
ment.

The notice convening the meeting having been read by the
Secretary,
The CHAIRMAN said 'it had been called for the purpose of
considering the propriety of creating 18,000 new shares of
161. 13s. 4d. each, to be offered to each registered Proprietor
of the public stock of the Company.
Mr. NicitoisoN, in proposing the motion, remarked that
the proposition for the creation of new shares was matter of
congratulation to the Shareholders in two respects. The first
was, that it would improve the property of the Company;
sad the second, because there was a necessity for such
creation, as their works were progressing most favourably.
It did not increase the capital of the Company, which- was
900,0001., and 300,0001. to be borrowed, if necessary, 200,0001.
of which was already borrowed, or about to be so, leaving
100,0001. to be taken up. It was, therefore, a matter of con-
gratulation that the Shareholders were placed in such a
favourable position,

Mr. HEAD said that he had great pleasure in seconding the
motion. The neces, ity of creating the shares arose from the
facility with which the works were going on. He believed
that there was not a railway in the kingdom going on so
satisfactory, or where the works were progressing so rapidly
with the same means.
Mr. DUNN would make one observation. lie was attending
there not to give an opinion as a Director of the Lancaster
and Preston Company. He was there without any authority
of that nature, but simply as a Shareholder in the Lancaster
and Carlisle Company. Mr. Nicholson had stated that
300,000% was to be raised, one-third of which was to be im-
mediately called for. He (Mr. Dunn) wished to know whether
it was contemplated to do so at 5/. upon each share.
Mr. NiciroLsoN answered that such was his meaning,
that 18,000 shares with 5/. call on each share should be
raised, which was 90,0004, to be called for as it was
wanted.
Mr. DUNK, in asking the question, was only anxious that
the matter should be clearly understood.
The CHAIRMAN wished to know if any gentleman present
had any objection to make to the resolution. With all that
Mr. Nicho!son had said as to the favourable manner in which
the works of this railway had proceeded, he entirely concurred,
but he had a few observations to make to prevent any mis-
understanding in the public mind as to borrowing this amount.
The plain English of this matter was that the works were
going on so rapidly and satisfactorily, that the ordinary calls
were not sufficient to pay the contractors. The call of 5/. a
share only produced ninety thousand pounds a quarter, while
two hundred thousand pounds did not enable them to keep
pace with the very rapid progress of the undertaking. That
was a fact of paramount importance, which the public should
be mado acquainted with, as some people might say, "Oh !
this Company are borrowing money, and borrowing money
continually." With-respect to the original capital of 900,0004
in primary shares 01 501. a share, they had powers given them
by the Act of Parliament of raising 300,000/. additional. As
200,000/. was wanted at the moment, the Directors thought it
only right, as the shares were at a premium, to create new ones,
and to offer to the proprietors the option of taking them.
90,000/. or 100,0001. of debts would be gradually liquidated
by calls for the remainder; so that in the course of five
years the line would have no debt, and would rest upon its
shares. He was sorry that their good friends of the Lan-
ceder and Prgton Company, for whom he entertained the
greatest regard, had not thought fit to amalgamate with
them at once. They had undoubtedly a right to decline
doing so if they thought proper; but he was sure that they
ultimately would be convected with them in one way or
another, and would thus reap the benefit which a small
railway always derived from being incorporated with a larger
one. And when a full communication was opened from the
South to the North, nothing could be more beneficial to their
joint interests. He therefore trusted that the Directors of
the Lancaster and Preston Company would see the expe-
diency of amalgamating immediately. They, (the Directors
of the Lancaster and Carlisle Company) were most anxious
to carry out their agreements in all fairness. The first con-
sideration with the Directors was to protect the interests of
the proprietors. The second was that of today, to ereate
new shares, so that ultimately the whole of their debt might
be paid off, and he hoped that no other feeling would be elle
tertained by any one.
The resolution having been carried, the meeting separated,
after the usual compliments to the Chairman.

IWGBY, DERBY, AND MAN-
criESTER RAILWAY.
DEPUTATION TO LORD MELBOURNE.
(From the Derby Reporter of Friday.)
• A great demonstration was made in favour of this projected
line at the town of Melbourne and its vicinity on Monday
last, and unusual bustle and excitement was produced in
consequence of a deputation. from this Company waiting
upon Lord Melbourne, by his own appointment, to explain
the course of the intended line through his Lordship's pro-
perty. The deputation consisted of the Chairman, Vice-
Chairman, the Mayor of Derby, and other member; of the
managing and local committee; they were accompanied by
their engineer (Mr. Blunt), and one of the Company's solici-
tors (Mr. Parkin), and were received by his Lordship at one
o'clock.
Previous to their arrival, however, several landowners,
farmers, and manufacturers of the town and neighbourhood,
who had been invited to lunch with the deputation, assembled
for the purpose of giving the gentlemen of whom it was com-
posed a cordial greeting. The Melbourne brass band, ac-
companied by a large concourse of inhabitants, preceded the
carriages of the deputation through the streets, and on their
return from visiting some others of the landowners and gen-
try in the vicinity.; and the greatest popular enthusiasm was
manifested in favour of the proposed line of railway.
Lord Melbourne received the deputation with the utmost
couttesy and affability. After exhibiting plane, and ex-
plaining the course and benefits of the line as affecting the
town of Melbourne and his Lordship's property, he expressed
himself in the highest terms of the undertaking, and pro-
mised 'nest unconditionally his patronage and stipport to the
present Board of Management, both in and out of Parliament.
He f It assured that this railway would confer great general
benefits on this locality, and especially on the poor, by in-
c: easing the demend for their labour, and producing at a
cheaper rate both food and coals and all the necessaries of
life ; that tits requirements of the neighbourhood for the
transit of goods and passengers would be most fully accom-
plished by the line laid out, as being the shortest road be-
tween London and Manchester; and his Lordship stipulated
hat a first-class station should be placed as near as convenient
to the town and his residence, observing, " that he was much
attached to the situation, and intended to spend touch of his
time at Melbourne-hall."
The business of the day having terminated, his Lordship,
in the kindest and handsomest manlier, (such indeed as is
inseparable from every act of his life), invited the deputation
to a djjeune, and led the way to the dining-roam, where the
deputation were joined by the gentlemen whom his Lordship
had previously invited. His Lordship himself presided, mad
many subjects of national and scientific interests were dis-
eussed—such as the corn-laws, the potato disease, railways
on civilization, &c. &c.—in the course of which his Lordship
showed his warm advocacy for all that would ameliorate the
condition of the poor, or confer benefit upon his country. In
taking wine with Mr. Blunt, the active and intelligent engi-
neer, his Lordship expressed a hope that lie would be ena-
bled to repeat the compliment at the " Melbourne Station,"
and Mr. Blunt reciprocated the wish. His Lordship's health
having been proposed by the Chairman of the present ma-
nagement, it was responded to most heartily by all present;
and we are sure it is the desire, not only of the neigh-
bourhood in which he is so much beloved, but by the whole
country.
On retiring from the table, the deputation and friends were
invited to walk round the beautiful pleasure grounds; after
which enjoyment, they took leave of his Lordship, whom
we were glad to observe appeared in much improved health.
We are sure, front what passed at this gratifying meeting,
that if health permit, his Lordship will be in his place in the
House of Lords when the Bill of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester is introduced next session. We augur then its
certain success.
During luncheon, the band played many pleasing airs on
the lawn. After the national anthem, and amidst the hearty
cheers and good wishes of the inhabitants, the deputation
quitted Melbourne, to be entertained at a handsome dinner
prepared for them at the house of the Mayor of Derby.
We are enabled to state that so vigorously have the sur-
veys proceeded on this line that the plans and sections are
all completed, and will be lodged in a few days in conformity
with the standing orders of Parliament. The new manage-
ment, which consists of gentlemen of property, influence,
and standing, are prosecuting their labours with energy and
determination.

George Finch, Esq., of Burley-on-the-hill, in ac-
cordance with his promise In the spring, "that the game
upon his estate shall be destroyed, so that the quantity sur-
viving shorn not be injurious to his tenants," has given PAr-
ticular instruction to his keepers to extirpate the hares as
nearly as possible. Sir Gilbert Heathcote also, it is confi-
dently stated, will shortly issue similar orders (though, per-
haps, not to the same extent), as far as relates to the lord-
ships of Normanton and Empinghatn ' • and other landlords,
it is hoped, will evince consideration for their tenants by
pa decor, tliynhgena
theli kefacrmouerrs,es
interestfo r,
iunders :01 presentefeacful
ly menaced, and
gloomy pros.
his difficulties in regard to seasons, insects, &C., are so great,
a continuation of the "game nuisance, as it has long been
have
h
appropriately termed, must become odious and intolerable.--
Lincoln Mercury.
A letter from Christian
'haiNe n- lost their lives
aiy'efs in
attempting
the
26th 9 says During the violent tempests whic
on our coast, without interruption, for more than a
prevailed
fortnight,
to board vessels in want of their aid."
pilots
STEAMER SUNK OFF LONDON-BRIDGE.--On Thurs-
dayfog
evening, about five o'clock, while a slight was hang-
ing over the river, the Waterman t s earner No. 7, while on
its way to Woolwich 'with the ti • de, when off Old Swan
Wharf; came into coif • collision with the Bee, City and West-end
steamer. Both were locked closely together by the paddle-
wheels; the prow of the Bea appeared to have made a hole
in the side of the Waterman,
which appeared in a sinking
state. The Wedding Ring
succeeded in getting about one
hundred passengers out of the two steamers, and landing
them safely at Swan Wharf. The Waterman afterwards
appeared rapidly sinking, and would have carried the Bee
down with her, but for the efforts of the Matrimony. The
'Waterman, about six o'clock, settled down near the pier, and
at low water
yesterday morning a chain was passed under to
raise her, but without effect, and the greater part of the
day the travellers by the various steamers were considerably
excited by observing merely the funnel of the 'Waterman
above water.
REPRESENTATION OF WINDSOR.—WINDSOR, FRI-
DAY.—It has been currently reported since Tuesday
L—
and the rumour to-day is generally believed to have some
foundation—that another vacancy will shortly be created in
the representation of Windsor, and that a new election is,
consequently, not far distant. The report, which is generally
believed by many of the personal friends of Mr. Neville iu
the town, is to this effect—that that gentleman is about to
receive a'Government appointment, which would necessarily
render the seat vacant. It is also stated in the town that
Mr. Neville does not intend to Qffer himself again to repre-
sent the borough.
REPRESENTATIGN OF NORTH NOTTINGUAMSUIRE.—.
We regret to state that Henry Gaily Knight, Esq, se-
riously indisposed that but slender hope is entertained of his
recovery. The Hon. Gentleman is confined to his bed,
Italy, in which country he has been sojourning some months:
Should the melancholy expectations of his friends be veri-
fied, there will be a vacancy in the representation of the
north division of this county, and, from the state of-the re-
gistration, the return of tVo Liberal members is Very pro"
bable.—Noitinyliani Review.

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f THE RUGBY. DI

I )IRECT LONDON AND MANCHESTER
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that Application is intended to be made
to Parliament in the ensuing session for an Act or Acts to authorise
the construction and maintenance of a railway, or some part
or parts thereof, with proper works and conveniences connected
therewith, commencing at or near King's-cross, in the parishes of
Saint Pancras, Saint Mary Islington, and Saint James Clerkenwell,
or one et' more of them, in the county of Middlesex, and termi-
nating in the parish of Manchester, in the county of Lancaster, and
passing &ore, in, through, or into the following parishes, town•
ships, and extra-parochial or other places, that is to say—Saint
Pancras, Saint Mary Islington, Saint James Clerkenwell, Hornsey,
Tottenham, Edmonton, Southgate, Winchmore Hill, Fryern
Barnet, Whetstone, Monken Hadley, Enfield, South Minims,
Potter's Bar, and Christ Church, or some of them, all in the
county of Middlesex ; North Minims, Harpenden, Wheathamp-
stead, Shenley, and London Colney, or some of them, all in the
county of Hertford ; East Barnet, Chipping Barnet, Ridge, Saint
Peter, Saint Stephen's, Tittenhanger, Sleep, Sleep and Smal-
ford, Smalford, Saint Alban, Saint Michael, Redbourn
Park, Windridge, Loadon Colney, and Sandridge, or some of
them, all in the county of Hertford, and liberty of Saint Alban, in the
county of Hertford, or one of them; Luton parish, Luton township,
East Hyde, West Hyde, Stopeley, Limbury-cum-Biscott, Caddington,
Leegrave otherwise Lightgrave, Streatley, Sharpenhoe, Barton-in-the-
Clay, Snndon, Harlington, Higham Goblon, Great Faldo, Westoning,
Pulloxhill, Silsoe, Greenfield, Flitton parish, Flitton township, Flitton-
cum-Silsoe, Ware Hedges, Flitwick, Maulden, Ampthill, Montague-
wood, Houghton Conquest, How-end, Chapel-end, Houghton, Thick-
thorue, Wootton, Saint John Bedford, Saint Paul Bedford, Saint
Peter otherwise Saint Peter Martin Bedford, Saint Cuthbert Bedford,
Wilshampstead, Elstow, Kempston, Kempston Hardwicke, St. Mary
Bedford, Saint Lloyd Bedford, Biddenham, Clapham, Bronsham,
Oakley, Pavingham otherwise Pavenham, Milton Ernest, Felmer-
sham, Itadwell, Sharnbrook, Souldrop, Puddingtou, Winnington
otherwise Wymington' Farndish, Odell, Knotting otherwise Notting,
Bletsoe, llinwick, and Wollaston, or some of them, all in the county
of Bedford ; Wollaston, Farndisb, Irchester, Rushden, Knurston,
Higham Ferrer', Irthllnborough, Wellingborough, Finedon other-
wise Thingdon, Great Harrowden, Isham, Little Harrowden,
Burton Latimer, Barton Seagrave, Pitchley, Broughton, Great
Cransley, Wilharston, Great Oakley, Pipewell, Kettering, Crans-
ley Parva, Glendon, Thorpe .Halsor, Bothwell, Orion, Rushton,
Rushton All Saints, Rushton Saint Peter, Thorp Underwood, Desbo-
rough, Braybrook, Harrington, Arthingworth, Brampton Ash, Ding-
ley, Saint Mary in Arden, Little Bowden, Little Oxenden, or some
of them, all in the county of Northampton ; Great Bowden, Market
Harborough, Church Langton, East Langton, West Langton, Thorp
Langton, Tur Langton, Foxton, Gumley, Kibworth Harcourt, Klb-
worth Beauchamp, Smeeton Westerby, Burton Overy, Glenn Magna,
Stretton Magna, Wistow, Kllby, Newton Harcourt, Foston, Blaby,
('ountesthorpe, Oadby, Wigston Magna, Glenn Parva, Saint Mar-
garet Leicester, Knighton, Aylestone, Saint Martin Leicester, Saint
Nicholas Leicester, Saint Mary Leicester, All Saints Leicester, Saint
Leonard Leicester, The Newarke Leicester, Broinkingsthorpe, New
Parks, Leicester Abbey liberty, Freakee Ground, Newfound Pool,
Castle View, Blackfriars Leicester. Augustine Friars Leicester,
Braunstone, Braunstone Frith, Kirby Frith, Glenfield Frith, Ghat-
field, Desford, Barron's Park, Kirby Muxloe, Ratby, Newtown
Unthank, Leicester Forest, Botcheston or Bocheston, Thornton, ,
Bagwurth, Stanton •under-Barden, Ibstock Donnington, Buggies-
cote, Normanton-on-the-Heath, Nailstone, Donnington-on-the-
Heath, Snibatone, Ravenstone, Packington, Moira, Ashby-de-la-
Zouch, Blackfordby, Ashby Woulds, Seal and Over Seal, Donis-
thorp, Seal Nether, Seal Over, or some of them, all in the
county of Leicester ; Ravenstone, Packington, Willesley, Ashby-
de-la-Zouch, Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Castle Gresley, Do-
nisthorpe, Oakthorpe, Linton, Stapenhill, Stanton and New-
hall, Newhall, Stanton, Cauldwell, Drakelow, Burton-upon-
Treat, Winshill, Ovinahlll, Scropton, Foston, Sudbury, Deveridge,
Fauld, or Broughton, or some of them, all in the county of Derby ;
Tutbury, Anslow, Rolleston parish, Rolleston township, Annesley,
Burton-upon-Trent parish, Burton-upon-Trent township, Stretton,
Horninglow with Wetmoor, Burton Extra, Branstine or Branson,Han-
bury parish, Hanbury township, Coton, New Borough Marchington,
Moreton, Marchington, Woodlands, Draycett-in-the-Clay, Coton,
in-the- Clay, Fauld, Hanburywood End, Uttexeter, Oakamoir,
Stubby Lane, Uttoxeter Woodlands, Crakemarsh, Creighton,
Stramskall, Woodlands, Alton parish, Alton township; Draycott-
inthe-Moors, Cheadle, Kingsley, Whiston, Cheekley, Tean,
Upper Tean, Lower Tean, Leigh, Ipstones, Cheddleton, Bramshall,
Bamford, Rownall, Consall, Leek, Heaton, Rushton, Spencer, Rush-
ton James, Rudyard, otherwise Rudyerd, otherwise Rud-
yerd and Caudery, Leek, Frith, Meerbroek, Horton, Horton
ILiy, Lowe, Leek and Lowe, Onecote, Tittiswerth, Longsden, Cloud
Wood, Rushton Marsh, Woodhouse Green, Rushton Town, Harper's
Gate, Pool End, White's-bridge, Harracles, Nab-hill, Westwood, Old
Basford, New flagon!, Basford-green, Morslee, Asheombe, Felthouse,
Woodlands, Belmont, Froghall, Booth, Foxt otherwise Foxt in Ips-
tones, Foxt otherwise Foxt in Checkley, Mcrridge-with •Foxt, Hollins,
Male-cross, Kingsley Holt, Bank Top, Lees, Eaves Ford, Whiston
Eaves, Wood Bank, Endon-with-Longsdon and Stanley, Endon, and
Stanley, or some of them, all in the county of Stafford ; •Gawsworth,
Prestbury parish, Prestbury township, Upton, Macclesfield, Sutton,
Sntton Higher, Marton, North Rode, Bosley, Poynton or Pointon,
Worth, Woodford, Adlington, Pott Shrigley, Bollington, Butley-cum-
.Newten, Tytherington, Hurdsfield, Rainow, Fallybroome or Falli •
broome, Wilmslow, Bollinfee' Cheadle, Cheadle Bulkeley, Cheadle
Moseley, Butley, Mottrem Saint Andrew, Norbury, Stockport parish,
StOekport township, Stockport Etehells, Handforth-cum-Bowden,
Bramhall, or some of them, all in the county of Chester; Manchester
parish, Manchester township, Chorlton upon-Medlock, Greenheys,
Chorlton with Hardy, Ardwick, Burnage, Hulme, Rusholme, Moss
Side, Withington, Ditisbury, Heaton Norris, or some of them, all in
the county of Lancaster.
And also to authorise the construction and maintenance of a branch
railway, or some part or parts thereof, with proper works and con-
veniences connected therewith, diverging from the said railway in
the parish of Checkley, in the county of Stafford. and terminating
at or near Crewe, ;n the parishes if Barthomley and Coppenhall,
or one of them, in the county of Chester, and passing from, in,
through, or :MO the following parishes, townships, and extra-pa-
rochial or oth r places, that Is to say—Checkley, Tean, Upper Tean,
Lower Tean, Checkley and Teen, Cheadle, Dritycott-in-the-Moors,
Dilhorne, ('averswall, Blyth Marsh, Stone parish, Stone township,
Normieote, Stoke-upon-Trent, Boothen, Botteslow, Clayton, Hanley,
Penkull, Sandridge, Shelton, Longton, Lane End, Fenton Culvert,
Weston Coyney, Weston Coyney and littlme, Forsbrook, Hnntley,
Fenton Vivian, Shelton, Lane Delph, Etruria, Penkull-with-Boothen,
,Woistanton parish, Wolstanton township, Chatterley, Rainacliff Tun-
stall, Burslem parish, Burstein township, Longport, Hutton Abbey,
Sneyd, Rnshton Grange, Signal End, Findley End, Ilalmour End,
Know! End, Park End, Audley parish, Audley township, Talk-on-the-
Mill, or some of them, all in the county of Stafford ; Church Lawton,
Lawton, Ilaslingt.on, Alsager, Barthomley parish, Barthomley town-
ship, Crewe, Coppenhall, Church Coppenhall, IMonks Coppeuhall, or
some of them, all in the county of Chester
And also to authorise the construction and maintenance of an ex-
tension of the said first-mentioned railway, or some part or parts
thereof, with proper works and conveniences connected therewith,
commencing in the said parish of Saint Mary Islington, and ter-
minating in the parishes of Saint Andrew Holborn, Saint Bride, and
Saint Sepulchre, in the city of London and county of Middlesex, or
one of them, and passing from, in, through, or into the following
parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or other places, that is to
say—Saint Mary Islington, Saint Pancras, Saint John Clerkenwell,
Salii James Clerkenwell, the Liberty of Saffron-hill Hatton-garden
and Ely Rents, Ely-place Liberty, Saint Andrew Holborn, Saint
Sepulchre, Saint Martin Ludgate, and Saint Bride's Fleet-street, or
some of them, all in the county of Middlesex and city of London, or
one of them. _ . . . . _ .

And that it is intended by such Act or Acts to incorporate a
company or companies, with powers to make and maintain the
said railways and works ; and to purchase by compulsion or agree-
ment all houses and lands required for the completion of the
same ; and to vary or extinguish all existing rights and privi-
leges connected with the said houses and lands, or which would
in any manner interfere with the objects aforesaid ; and to
cross, divert, alter, or stop up either temporarily or permanently
all duch turnpike and other roads, railways, canals, navigations, and
streams within the said parishes, townships, and extra-parochial or
other places as it may he necessary to cross, divert, alter, or stop up,
for the purposes of the said works, and to deviate in the construction
of the said railways from the line thereof shown on the plans here-
inafter mentioned, to the extent defined on the same ; anti to levy
tolls, rates, and duties for the use of the said railways; and to confer
other rights and privileges.
And notice is hereby further given, that duplicate plans and see-
tions of the said intended railways and works, and of the lands pro-
posed to be taken for the purposes thereof, together with books of
reference thereto, containing the names of the owners or reputed
owners, lessees or reputed lessees, and occupiers of such lands, will
be deposited, on or before the 30th day of November instant, at the
office of the Clerk of the Peace for the city of London, at the
Sessions House, Old Bailey, in the said city of London ; at the office
of the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Middlesex ; at Clerkenwell,
in the said county of Middlesex ; at the office of the Clerk of the
Peace for the county of Hertford, at Saint Alban's, in the said county
of Hertford ; at the office of the Clerk of the i'eace for the liberty
of Saint Alban, at Saint Alban's aforesaid ; at the office of
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Bedford, at Bedford, in the
said county of Bedford ; at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the
county of Northampton, at Northampton, in the said county of North-
ampton ; at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Lei-
cester, at Leicester, in the said county of Leicester; at the office of
the Clerk of the Peace for the county of Derby, at Chesterfield, is
the said county of Derby ; at the office of the Clerk of the Peace for
the county of Stafford, at Stafford, in the said county of Stafford ; at
the office of the Clerk of the Peace f r the county of Chester, at
Chester, in the said county of Chester ; at the office of the Clerk of
the Peace for the county of Lancaster, at Preston, in the said county
of Lancaster : and that a copy of so much of the said plans, sections,
and books of reference as relates to each of tile parishes, in or
through which the said intended railways and works, or any part
thereof, are or is intended to be made, will be deposited, on or before
the 31st day of December next, with the parish clerks of the said
respective parishes.
ASHURST and SON,
iSolleitars, 8, New Palace-
SITDLOW, SONS, and TORR,
JOHN OWENS, yard, Westminster.
Nov. 7, 1845.

OTICE is hereby given, that APPLICATION
is intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing session,
far on Act or Acts whereby it is proposed to authorise and em-
power the Great Western Railway Company to purchase, or take on
lea-e, and to nee and work, or to construct, either alone or jointly
with any other companies or persons, the several railways, or
intended railways, and w,,rks hereinafter mentioned, or some of
them, or some part or parts thereof, as well as such other railways
and works as by virtue of any Act or Acts already passed, or to be
passed in the next session of Parliament, are or may be authorised
to be purchased or taken on lease by the companies, or any of them,
to whom the railways hereinafter mentioned may belong ; and also
all or any powers or privileges which now are, or hereafter may be-
COrrla vested in such companies respectively, and to use, exercise,
and enjoy such powers and privileges ; and by such intended Acts,
or some or one of them, it Is proposed to enable the said Great
We-tern Railway Company to enter into such agreements and: ar-
rangements in reference to the sale, lease, construction, maintenance,
and use of the railways, or intended railways, and works hereinaf-
ter mentioned, and such other railways as aforesaid, as may be mu-
tually agreed on between them and the companies to whom such
railways respectively may belong, or who are or may be a .thorised
and empowered to construct, purchase, or lease the same ; and to
raise or subscribe, or contribute such capital or sums of money as
may be necessary for effecting all or any of the purposes aforesaid,
and to.ecquire such other powers as to Parliament may seem expe-
dient in rehttion thereto, that is to say—a railway, or intended rail-
way, from Worcester to Porth-Dynliaen, the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway, and certain branches, or intended branches,
therefrom.; a railway; or intended railway, from Birmingham,
to joie the Oxford and Rugby Railway, with branches therefrom ;
the Oxford and Rugby Railway; a railway, or intended rail-
way, from Cheltenham to join the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway at or near Shipton-under-Wychwood ; a railway,
or Intended railway, to connect the towns of Worcester, Hereford,
Roee, and Gloucester; the South Wales Railway, and the branch and
intended branches therefrom and extension thereof; a railway, or in-
tended railway, to connect the city of Gloucester with the Forest of
Dean and the South Wales Railways ; the Monmouth and Hereford
Railway, as proposed to be altered ; certain railways, or intended rail-
ways from the Great Western Railway to the towns of High Wycombe,
Henley-On-1 Nimes, Uxbridge, Twickenham, and Staines ; certain rail-
ways, or intended ailways, from the Great Western Railway at Bristol
to the south e astern side of the river Severn, and from the north western
side of the said river to the South Wales Railway, with a branch to the
New Passage ferry across the said river, and a new ferry across the
said river ; a railway, er intended railway, from Bristol to Portlshead,
and a ferry, pier, and docks In connexion therewith ; the South Devon
Railway, and the branches and intended branches therefrom ; a
railway, or railways, to c: nnect the towns of Barnstaple, Bideford,
and other towns in the north of Devon, with the Bristol and Exeter,
the SoOth Devon and the proposed Cornwall Railways, proposed to
be called the North Devon Railway ; a railway or railways, or in-
tended railway or railways, from the South Devon Railway, near
Plymouth to Falmouth, St. Ives, Launceston, Liskeard, Padstow,
Newham, and Penryn, and a ferry across the Haraoaze in connexion
therewith, proposed to be called the Cornwall and West Cornwall
Railways ; a railway from Yeovil and Bridport to Exeter, with
branches to be called the Exeter Great Western Railway ; tke Bristol
and Exeter Railway, and branches, and intended branches there-
from ; the Berks and Hants Railway, a railway, or interded railway,
from Hunger-ford to Frome, with branches ; a railway, or intended
railway, from Twiverton to Radstock, with branches ; the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, and the intended alterations and
branches and extensions thereof; and the West Landon Railway,
and the projected extensions thereof.
And it is proposed by the said intended Acts, or some of them, to
alter, repeal, amend, and enlarge some of the powers and provisions
of the several Acts next hereinafter mentioned,'. or some of them,
that is to say, the several Acts relating to the Great Western Railway
and the branches thereof, passed respectively In the fifth year of the
reign of his late Majesty King William the Fourth, and in the sixth
year of the same reign ; In the first year of the reign of her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and in the second year of the same reign ; and also
the several Acts relating to the Cheltenham and Great 'Western
Union Railway, passed respectively in the sixth year of the reign of
his late Majesty King William the Fourth, in the first year of the
reign of her present Majesty Queen Victoria, and in the fifth year of
the same reign ; and also an Act passed in the sixth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, relating to the Oxford Railway, and an
Act passed in the seventh year of the same reign, relating to the
Great Western Railway, the Cheltenham and Great Western Union
Railway, and the Oxford Railway.
W. O. and W. HINT, 10, Whitehall,
OSBORNE S, WARD, and Co., Bristol,/ Solicitors.
November, 1815.

A SHORT CUT !—The cutting of a small canal
only a mile and three-quarters in length, through the neck
of the peninsula of Cantyre, in Argyleshire, will diminish the
length of the voyage from Glasgow to the entrance of the
Catedobian Canal and the western islands of Scotland, not
fewer than 140 miles.
There was yesterday exhibited in Mr. Nutting's
ae*d-shop, Cheapside, a cabbage weighing nearly 301bs. the
same day was signalised by the appearance of the first num-
ber of the Tailore Advocate.
COLLIERS' STRIKE.—A meeting of the coaimasters
of the district was held at the Talbot Hotel, Stourbridge, on
Tuesday last, to take into consideration the demands of the
men, when it was determined to accede to the demand, and
advance the rate of wages to ss. per day....Worcotershire
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