The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-27 00:00:00

Tllll SUN,AA.O.NDON, MCNDAY EvENIING, OCTOBER 27, 18f5.

S 0 UTH AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of Woodatockl held at the Town-
hall, Woodstock, Oct. 21, 1845,
The MAYOR of WOODSTOCK in the Chair,
The following' resolutions were moved, seconded, and carried:—
Ist. That it highly desirable that a railway communication
should be brought to Woodstock, and that it should be as dirttt es
the nature of the country will admit of.
2d. That this meeting having heard from the deputation of the
South and Midlands Junction Railway CoMpany an explanation of
the merits of their scheme, and of the advantages which the Name
will afford, the town and neighboUrhOod of Woodstock pledge them-
selves to give the undertaking every support in their power.
3d. That petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament in
favour of the South and Midlands Junction Railway, and that the
Peers connected with this district of the county, and the representa-
tives of this borough, be requested to support the same.
11. T. T. PALMER, Mayor.

p ETERBOROUG II AND NOTTINGHAM
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.)
• MANAGING DIRECTORS.
Chairman—The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
Sir Montague Cholmeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Lin
Vice-Chairmen colnshire
Georg® Walker, Esq. Eastwood-hall, near No
General Johnson, M P.tingham Witham-
Lincolnshire
R. Newcomb, Esq Stamford
F. F. Weiss, Esq. Chester-terrace.
Regent's-park
William Bell, Esq. Nottingham
Robert Rising, Esq. 20, Regent-
street, Waterloo-place
William Betts, Esq. Bevois-mount,
Southampton,
William Collins, Esq. M.P. War-
wick
CONSULTING ENGINEERS—Sir John Rennie, and George Rennie, Esq
ACTING ENGINEER—William Lewin, Esq.

William Procter Stanley, Esq.
Peterborough
Thomas Sambrooke, Esq. Arun-
del-wharf, Strand
G. 11. Betts, Esq, Ketton, near
Stamford
P. 11. Edlin, Esq. Temple
John Grant, Esq. Northampton
R. Carpenter, Esq. Lonsdale-
square

BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbnry
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company
The Northamptonshire t anking Company, at Stamford, Welling-
borough, and Northampton
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company.
SOLterroits—Messrs. Walker and Grindley, 5, Southampton-street
Rloomsbury-square,
LOCAL AGENTS.
Nelson Wilkinson, Esq. Solicitor, Peterborough
Messrs. Clarke and Son, solicitors, Melton Mowbray
James Atter, Esq. solicitor, Stamford
John Bowley, Esq. solicitor, Nottingham.
The Shares In this Compan bing now alloted, the Directors be
to asaure those applicants why oe nifty not have received letters, thatg the immense number of applications precluded the possibility of com-
pliance with all, and rendered it necessary to give a very limited
number of shares, even in those cases where local or other claims
were undeniable.—By order,

THOMAS CROMWELL, Secretary
Company's Offices, 170. 1, Guildhall-ehamb.rs,
Ilasingball-street, Oct. 27, 1845.

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
I;AINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,600,000 t, in 80,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL The Right Hon. Lord Viscount CombermereCOMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
The Right Ilon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Be'grave-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right lion. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George R. Dawson
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P. •
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
The Worshipful the Mayor of Hull
C. S. Foster, Esq.' High Sheriff of Staffordshire
G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf-
fordshire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stourbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire
iron trade
Thomas Ilagnall, Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshire
W. li. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
John Aston, Esq , Birmingham
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
William Broackes, Esq., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand June-
Hon Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Cliesham-place, Be!grave-
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickscn, Esq., Erding,tort-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the Lendon
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmore-house, Stafford
Joseph Gillott, Esq., Birmingham
Charles James Heath, Esq., London
James reard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director
of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbytis-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway
Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austins, Handsworth, Staffordshire, and
Crookhay Ironworks, West Bromwich
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
P. H. Kuntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., Director Of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of
the Grand Junction and nidlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Director of the Direct Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Frederick RlO:netts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
John Shrw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charloe Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman if the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham Railway
Henry Symonds, Req., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus 'elk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Bents
Samuel Walker, ~ Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Stafirriehre Junction Railway
William Watson' Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
John Brearley Payn, Esq., Birmingham
Samuel Keerick, Esq., Handsworth-hall, Staffordshire
Robert Peasegood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the
hull and Holyhead Railway
William Ayre, sen., Esq., hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and
Ely Railway
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
John Wells, Esq., Hull
Wakefield him, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin.
coin Railway
Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham

Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Clark, Esq., Wolverhampton
James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
C. S. Cottcrill, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Neve, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director et the South Stafford-
shire Junction Railway
Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton
John Barker, Esq., Chillington Ironworks, Wolverhampton, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Christopher Musgrave, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Birmingham
John Dixon, Iron Master, Wolverhampton
Charles Greatrex. Esq., Walsall, director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
(With power to add to tkeir number).
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, $, Moorgate-street, and De-
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ExoncEta IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, I.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Purdon, Esq.
_ BANKERS.
.

The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner,
and Co., Birmingham.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Null—Messrs. Frost and Moss
Nottingham—Saumel Maples, Esq.
SECRETARY—Edward Hart Hart, Esq.
OFFicas—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and
36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.

It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to
existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica-
tion will be completed by throwing out ne", lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Dounington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
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carried forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham
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rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
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and from Birmingham to Gainsborough,
Birmingham to Hull;
and by mans of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, 'l-:
direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and
the other towns already entunerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted In favour of the
line, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in
Parliament.
As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
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great national undertaking will be materially shomages to be derived by a direct rtened.
Independently of the advantages
cemmu-
nicatlon between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
manufacturing districts of 1
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Blr-
minghatn to Hull, the port at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and from the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
southern, western, and midland counties.
A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and
shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
subscription.

The Usual power win be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
sf thellnes.

No applications will be attended to without a reference to a
member of tbe Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the bankers' receipts are excliarited for scrip certifi-
cates, cf which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party =Mug default in the execution of those deeds Will befor-
feited.

Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for Bhp:l*es, may be
had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
viz.:—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ;
Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Reyal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Ilitchins and
Harrison, 18, Thresaneedle-street ; and Messrs. Pepprzcorne and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Ilidsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds ;
Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr.
James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

WCA gTLE-UPON-TYNE, ERIN-
BURGH, and (DIRECT) GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL.
WAY, with a Branch by the North Tyne, to Hexham.
Capital, 1,500.0P01,, ip 751‘.!00 Shard a or. &A.!
Mokit, 21. 2s. per Share.
(Prot isibilally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic. cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
William Henry Charlton, Esq. Hesleyside, Northumberland
Robert Charleton, Esq. Lee-hail, Northumberland
Thomas Cookson, Esq. Swinburn Castle, Northumberland
Mr. John Crawford, paper manufacturer, Warden, Northumberland
Mr. Edw. Campion, iron manufltetUrer, Hareshaw Ironworks, North-
umberland
Ralph Wm. Grey, Esq. Chipchase Castle, Northumberland
Jasper Gibson, Esq. Hexham Northumberland
Mr. John Green, iron manufacturer, Ridstlale Ironworks, Northum-
berland
Mr. Wm. Grace, Saltirick, Northumberland •
J. HaggerSiOn, Esq., Reedsmouth, Northumberland
James Kirsopp, Esq. The Spite], Heshom, Northumberland
Nicholas Maughan, Esq. Newbrough-lotlge, Northumberland
Charles Attiens Ilonck, Esq. Humshangh, Northumberland
Mr. W. It. Layne, paper manufacturer, Haughton, Northumberland
Thomas Ridley, Esq. Parkend, Northumberland
Sniith Stobart, Esq. banker, Hexam-abbey, Nertlramberland
Captain It. Jobling, Newton-hall, Northumberland
Rev. Win. Kell, rector of Corsenside, Northumberland
W. C. Trevelyan, jun. req. Topsham, Devon
Sir John Fife, Knt. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Thomas Gray, tobacco manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Charles Rayne, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Henry Glynn, C.E. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Win. Anderson, jun. coal-owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Wm. Hunter, colliery viewer, Newcastle upon-Tyne
Mr. John Coulson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
T. C. Granger, Esq. M.P. Durham
Andrew White, Esq. Tunstal L-dge, Sunderland.
Richard White, Esq. Thorney-close, Sunderland
A. J. Moore, Esq. Hill- house, Sunderland
Mr. Michael Brown, merchant, Sunderland
Hugh Dixon, Esq. manufacturer, Sunderland
Mr. Joshua Green, merchaet, Gateshead
John Gibson, Esq. provost of Lanark
Thomas Brownlie, Esq. Convener Trades-house, Glasgow
William Milkier, Esq. provost of Calton, Glasgow
Henry Taylor, Esq. alderman, Wigan
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn and Co.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—The N.-Ithurnberlaud and Durham District
Bank.

LOCAL ENGINEERS.
Messrs. John and Benjamin Green.
soLsoiroiti,
Mr. John Brown, and Messrs. LaWs and Glyrin, ilewcastle-upon-Tyne.
rAItLIABIENTART AGENTS.
Messrs. SpottisWOode and Robertson, Great.George-street,London.
railway is intended, by means of a junction with the Ellin-
,burgh and Ilawick and the Caledonian, and Caledonian Extension
lines, to form a direct communication between Newcastle and Edin-
burgh and Glaagovr. Starting from the Newcastle and North Shields
Railway station at Newcastle, the main line will proceed northward
by Coxiodge, and thence, by nearly a straight use, in the direction of
Ponteland and Belsay, by Lialesburr. to Woodborn, on the Rea,
whence it will follow the course of that river, passing Horsely, Bird-
hope, Woolaw, Cateleugh, and Whittles, to Carter Fell, where the
Border will be crossed by a tunnel into Scotland, and so on to
Ilawick, 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 circuitons route of the east coast line),
the only railway cearnuanication from Newcastle to Glasgow.
It is also intended, by a branch from the main line at Woodburn,
down the Valley of the North Tyne, to join the Newcastle and
lisle Railway near Hexham, and thus, by the lines now proposed to
be made, to form a direct communication fltan Loudon to Scotland,
by the Midland anti shortset Mitt.
It "rill be obsermd, that the terminus at Newcastle has been
altered ;—this has been done after mature consideration, and with the
view of anbrding 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 engagetnents, by their Act, to make 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 effected between the North Tyne
Junction, and the Newcastle, Hawick, 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 °film° and manure to, and of agricul-
tural products from, the extensive and valuable districts of North-
umberland, stretching in a north-westerly direction from 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 Scottish drovers, will be
injimmediate 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, lie!so, Melrose,
Galashiels, Peebles, Lanark, &c., has become an urgent necessity.
And the proposed line, proceeding as it does from the extensive coal
fields of the south-eastern portion of Northumberland, and through
the hitherto unapproachable seams sf 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 cent 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 of
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 he conveyed by the
proposed line to Newcastle, for consumption and shipment
By means of this line, the Tyne will become the most expeditions
and economical place of shipment fbr all that portion of the ntanufac-
t fres 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 ghat, local, and general traffic on the several parts of
the line, tilt forts a large and constantly increasing 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, ivhich-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 pert 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-noon-Tyne; Robert Allan, Esq., and
Messrs. Pillans and Home, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Mein and Cunning-
ham, Glasgow ; Messrs. IVm. 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 ;
Me,srs. Low and Tunstal, Bristol; Messrs. Win. Moore and Co.,
Iluddersfleld ; Mr. J. N. Hahne, Gloucester; Messrs. Warburton and
Crosland, Sheffield ; Messrs. Ilelliwell and D4vis, Halifax ; Mr. T.
C. Maynard, Durham ; Messrs. Bills and Allason, and Mr. W. I.
Barker, Sunderland; Mr. Win. 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 Heshans.
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.
Name in full • . • • • ..... • .....
Residence..
Trade or Profession (if any)
Place of Business ..........
Reference •• • • ..... •• • • ............
Address of Referee •.• • • ......
Date of Application .... •• • ......

ONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
41 Notice is hereby given, that a 6peclal General Meeting of the
London and f irmiugham Railway Company will be held at the Eus-
ion Station, Easton-square, London, on WEDNESDAY, the sth day of
1+ eve:), ber neat, at 12 o'clock at noon, for the purpos of considering
and sanctioning an agreement entered into by the Directors of that
Company with the Directors of the Grand Junction Railway
Company for an amalgamation of the two undertakings. And
also for the purpoie of consi,A,ring and sanctioning another
agreement entered into by the Directors of the London and Birming-
ham Railway Company with the Directors of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway Company, for an amalgamation of the two
last-mentioned undertakings, and of adopting such measures relating
to the said agreements respectively, as may be expedient.
The chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
Dated the 23d day of October, 1845.

GEORGE CARR GLYN, Chairman,
JOSEPH FREDERICK LEDSANI;Deputy-Chalr.
man of the Board of Directors.
R. CREED, Secretary.

SHEFFIELD, 13UXTON, LEEK,
POTTERIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY.
The Committee of3lanagement beg to announce to the Subscribers
to this undertaking, that the whole of the deposits have been paid,
the surveys nearly completed, and that everything will be finished in
ample time to comply with the Standing Orders of Parliament, so as
W enable the Committee to obtain the Act at an early period of the
ensuing session.
The Deeds will be ready for signature in the course of a few days,
and the times and places where they may be executed will be duly
announced. JOIIN MINSIIULL,
Leek, Oct. 25, 1845. Secretary pro tern.
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SBEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POT-
TERIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY.
The Provisional Committee of the Great Grimsby, Sheffield, the
Potteries, and Grand Junction Railway, having expressed a desire to
consolidate with the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe
Railway Company, the Yrovisional Directors of the latter appointed
a deputation to confer with a deputation from the former at Man-
chester, on Friday, the 24th inst., when, after the most mature
deliberation, the Provisional Directors of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek,
Potteries, and Crewe Railway Company, although anxious to avoid
an unnecessary Parliamentary contest, were convinced it would be
injurious to the interests of their subscribers, and without any public
advantage, to identify themselves with a rival line from Sheffield to
the Staffordshire Potteries, in opposition to those which have been
so long before the public for supplying railway communication be.
twee Sheffield and Buxton, viz., the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock,
and Midland, and Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction
Railways.

They, therefore, feel that their only course, consistent with a due
regard to the Interests above named, is to preserve the integrity of
their project from Buxton to Stoke-upon-Trent and Congleton,
uniting at those places with the North Staffordshire Railway,
THOMAS CARP,, Chairman.
JAMES A. WEST, Deputy Chairman.
By order,
JOHN MINSMULL, Secretary pro tem.

Leek Oct 25 184'

ENTRY HILL HOUS CLOSE TO BATH.
E, a DELIGHTFUL RESIDENCE and
GROUNDS, in a LOVELY SPOT, in PERFECT ORDER,
for IMMEDIATE OCCUPATION.
MR. GEORGE ROBINS is directed to SELL
by PRIVATE TREATY, one of the most admired
VILLAS in

THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF BATH.
The situation is quite beautiful ; from Entry Hill abode the views
extend fir and wide, and have no dread of contemporaneous sur-
passing beauty in these en% irons. It is approached by the old
turnpike road from Bath to Ermine, little more than one mile
from the city, diverging a little from the road to Wells; it Is a
commanding feature from the road, and overlooks the beauteous
vale of lyncombe and the celebrated
COLLEGE OF PRIOR PARK.

The fruit and vegetable gardens are quite adequate to all the
legitimate wants of a family, and the pleasure-grounds and shrub-
beries extensive, in perfect order, and very beautiful. There are
three vineries, pine and melon pits; a rich orchard for fruit, and
depasturing a cow. In short, for a family who like comfort, it will
soon be perceptible that every want has been anticipated. To those
who would economise, the Bath market supplies every possible want
on easy terms. Those who would be private may indulge in this pro.
pensity without being at all intruded upon, while those disposed to
gaiety, the variety of attractions at Bath, and the society around it,
put forth all that the most fastidious can desire. The Estate may
be sold a bargain, or it will be let on lease, at only I6Oguineas
a-year. The demesne extends to about six acres, and a drawing
of this lovely place may be seen at Mr. Geurge Robins's offices,
Covent-garden.

DOVER HARBOUR ENLARGEMENT.—The extensive
improvements at this harbour arc progressing most satisfactorily;
and we anticipate that early next season the most ample accommo-
dation will be afforded for the increasing traffic of the port, and the
larger class of steamers, as well as other vessels, that may then pay
us a visit. Our illustrious Lord Warden,.the Duke of Wellington,
who is cx officio head of the llArhotir Board, takes the most lively
Interest in the progress of the works. Asa proof of this his Grace
is very frequently seen on the quays minutely inspecting the works;
and he has more than once expressed his approbation of the activity
and skill displayed by the contractor in prosecuting this formidable
undertakitg, which will add several acres of space to the existing
harbour.—Doper Chronicle.

THE ELLENBOROUGH TESTIMONIAL.—The total
subscriptions at Calcutta already exceed 50,0001., of which only
10,4211. remains uncollected. It is intended to apply the total
sum realized to the purchase of a service of plate, and it has been
already submitted to the noble ex-Governor of India that such a
course has been decided upon.

Now ready, in !Ivo., price
Vol: V. OF M. TRIERS' HISTORY
.0F THE CONSULATE AND EMPIRE.
Sequel to his "History of the Pitneh neiblUtioti."
TiticsLATED BY D. FORBES CAMPBELL, A.
With the Sanction and Approval of the Author.

The precnt volume comprises, among other important and Into.
resting toles, the Trial of Georges and Moreau ; suicide of Pichegru
Coronatioi of Napoleon as Emperor by the Pope, and as King o;
Italy, at Ulan ; vast naval scheme for the Invasion of England

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Enfpg,emnt off Ferrol between Admiral Calder and Villeneuve;
Secret TrAties between Prussia, Russia, and Austria, and plan of the
Holy Allince as originally submitted :o Alexander by ti e Abbe
Piatoli, wth Mr. Pitt's annotations thereon ; third coalition against
France. and Napoleon's preparations for the campaign of Austerlitz.
Hen, Colburn, Publisher. 13, Great Marlborough-street.

1844, is still to be pofmitted to run out its whole calamitous
career, not only will the panic of 1825 be renewed,
but a consummation far more awful and ovowliehning
will inevitably distinguish the 20th anniversary of the first
of those years of ruin and spoliation. In order to keep the
tendencies of railway investment in their present beneficial
coui se, and to avert the terrible catastrophe, to which we
cannot allude without dismay, what will the Minister do ?
We venture to predict with confidence, that the dreaded
result on the one hand is only to be averted, on the
other to be partially repaired (for if it happen it cannot
be radically compensated), by an organic departure from the
principles of our present monetary system. It will not be
the last, nor even the most surprising of the transmutations
to which Sir IL PEEL'S elementary views of economic policy
and government are subject, when he makes up his mind to
the indispensable necessity of repealing all the Acts we
have mentioned, and resorting to a less restricted and less
anomalous issue and recognition of bank paper,

The British nation, almost to a man, admit the great
blessings conferred on this country by the general peace es-
tablished in 1815, and would view with regret any interrup •
Lions of peaceable relations with any great power, and, above
all, with France. They fiad better employment for their
money in domestic improvements—such as the construction
of railways and steam-vessels, or in the increase of our colo-
nies, and the opening up new markets fur our manufactures—
than in lending money to foreign Governments that seldom
or never pay, or in furnishing subsidies to carry on wars for
maintaining a certain race of Kings, or in paying enor-
mous taxes to keep up a large fleet and army chiefly
to give situations to the scions of nobility, or
benefit the supporters of a Tory Ministry. The art of war
is at a discount here, and with a reformed House of Com-
mons and the vast amount uf capital employed in peaceful
occupations, nothing but a grievous national insult, or a wan-
ton aggression on some of the vital interests of the ration
abroad. could rigain louse the warlike energies of the people.
The only fighting people, in fact, in these "piping tunes of
peace" are the editors of certain journals in England and
France. So caent occurs in reference to the relations of
the two ccuntriee which does not afford scope for
their pugnacious propensities; and when facts can-
not be found, imagination is set at work to de-
vise some grievance, or slight, or. insult which the oneparty may attribute to the other. For a long time the
writers in the Republican and Legitimatist journals of France
had the monopoly of this business. These of England, with
a spirit which did them great honour, generally stood aloo;
and regarded with silence, not unmixed with strong feelings
of abhorrence, these wicked attempts to embroil two great
countries. Since the Syrian expedieier. however, when that
firebrand M. Tnizus wished to imitate Nn: or
to see a great change on this side the water. A,n we regret
incurable
jealousy of French diplomatists, and admirals, and ge.2er4l'S
pervades certain journals to a degree which, were its effee.:2
not mischievous, would be utterly ridiculous. According to
them our influence in Greece is undermined; French plots
are at work in Constantinople and Alexandria ; Morocco is
to become a French province ; Tangiers is to be a
set-off against Gibraltar ; and the last invention
of all is not the least remarkable—Chusan, when
evacuated by -the English, is to be handed over to
France, and a war between England and France, as a matter
of course, is to be forthwith commenced on the Chinese seas.
The specific remedy proposed is for the British Government to
keep Chusan—a proposition which, were it adopted by the Bri-
tish Government, or in any way countenanced by them, would
entail lasting disgrace on the country, and really justify cer-
tain French writers in the notorious epithets they have ap-
plied to England. The whole story is founded on a mete
rumour which prevails at Macao or Hong Kong, and on
such a slender basis- is built a vast scheme of French
aggrandisetnent in the East, together with every possible
abuse of French diplomatists and Frenchmen in general.
This is below the dignity of the British nation. They have
nothing to fear in that quarter, either from Frenchmen or
Attlericatia. Their rulers have hitherto followed the example
of the Chinese Government, and honourably observed its
engagements, and to break any of them on a mere pretence
would only be an exact picture of that policy which these
warlike ,journals attribute to our neighbours. Possibly
articles of this description are written rather from vanity than
malignity, for tt rage has sprung up among certain jouraalists
to have their lucubrations quoted and commented upon
in the Paris papers, and to a certainty they will
obtain their wish as far as regards their mischievous articles
on the late intelligence from China. The proposed plan for
retaining Chosen will be justly described, and we shall be
told that it is only et:tether instance of that crooked, selfish,
and wicked policy so long pursued by " perfide Albion,"
We only hope and trust that the sentiments ex-
pressed in one or two journale will not be re -
stillo uGttpeople
garded as the sentiments of the Government, and
the
nation.
of E
We
bei
anxious to remain on good terms with France, that ".a-
tional antipathies are rapidly wearing off, and that writers
who fan the dying embers of discord are alike the enemies of
both countries, and ought to be held up to public scorn and
reprobation. niga lea-en,a .are most
. with Lord
uR A
lessiim, hosteha of

We have received Madrid journals of the 18th and 19th
inst., from which we learn that complete tranquillity reigns
throughout the country, and that the only topics of discus-
sion refer to the QUEEN'S marriage, and the business of the
ensuing Cortes. In these, however, we find- little novelty.
Most of these journals are opposed to the marriage of the
QUEEN with the Count of TRAI'ANI, and seem still less dis-
posed to favour the claims of the Prince of ASTVRIAS. A
meeting of Deputies is said to have taken place relative to
the new system of taxation, and a proposition for its modifi-
cation by the Cortes. According to one of the journals
it is proposed to demand a reduction of at least
ono-third of the amount, in favour of persons
engaged in trade and commerce—in other words, to make it
a property tax. The Gazette pUblishes a list of twenty-five
new Senators, selected chiefly from the army, the Church,
and persons who had held high official appointments. Oh the
Bourse no official prices were quoted, and this will probably
be the case till some new arrangement is made. The Cas-
tellano sufficiently explains the cause of Senor MoN's hostility

to the practice which had so long existed in that gambling
establishment :

" The new law relative to It having suppressed the boundless
gambling which formerly took place Without any guarantee, it
naturally results that the transactions in the cubit funds are
now carried on for cash only ; naturally, also, the present opera-
tions are solely positive ones ; without any time bargains, there
is no more play, and therefore no more notable fluctuations either
for a fall or rise. Nevertheless, the bourse law is anything but
perfect, and it is to be believed that it will be promptly reformed."

The Paris papers contain more favourable accounts from
Algiers. In a dispatch dated Djema Ghazaouat, the 10th
October, General LAMORICIERE announces his junction with
General CAVAIGNAC on the 9th, and his preparations for at-
tacking the forces of ABD-EL-KADER without delay. A
telegraphic dispatch, received by the French Government on
Saturday, gives some particulars of the attack, but they are
very imperfect as the dispatch was interrupted by the ap-
proach of night. It was conveyed from Perpignan and is as
follows :

PERPIGNAN, OCT, 21—The Labrador having disembarked
troops, left Oran on the 21st, and arrived at Port Vendtts this
evening. On the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th, General de Lamcri-
ciere fought severe combats. Abd.cl.Kader remained spectator of
them with 2,000 horsemen ; on the 13th, seeing a :defile forced,
be took to flight. The insurgents, driven to the sea, surrendered
at discretion. Colonel Gery, in the environs of Mascara, had some
successes against the Kabylcs. General de Bourjoily and Colonel
Arnaud had made a junction, and awaited reinforcements to act."
Some of the journals have abstained from remarks on the
intelligence till the rest of the dispatch arrives, and otters
briefly allude to it. " This news," says the National, "is
calculated to cause a very lively satisfaction. Our generals,
taken unexpectedly, having only some thousand men to
withstand a cloud of insurgents, obliged an instant to re-
main on the defensive, have succeeded in every where re-
storing order, and after four days' fighting have forced back
on the Morocco territory such Of our enentiet as they coillti
not destroy. It is another noble page in our history, and a
lesson which undoubtedly will profit the Arabs, for never
did a governor give them such a chance as M. BUGEAtin :
and if they could not this time shake our rule in Algeria,
they must comprehend that whatever may be the enthu-
siasm inspired by the Rhamadan, such an undertaking is for
ever impossible."
The Constitationnel takes nearly the same view :—" If this
combat be as decisive as it appears, the revolted tribes will
by degrees lose courage, and the different corps of our troops,
whom their isolated position forced to defend themselves,
will resume the offensive, and complete the pacification of
the country. But, as Marshal BUGEAUD observes, it will
require time and efforts to re-establish the security of our
frontier; and the expedition to Morocco cannot be attempted
for several months." fhe only work of Marshal BUGEAUD
since his arrival at Algiers, appears in the shape
cf a proclamation to the French authorities and in--
' habitants of the place, in which he says—" The events
which have occurred since the end of September may have
astonished you, but they have certainly not alarmed you as
to your future prospects. As I told you, when I made my
recent adieu, France regards her establishment in Africa in
too serious a light to allow it to decline. You see that your
Government has just come to a determination worthy of
itself and of France. At the first news of danger the KING
and his Council decided on sending large reinforcements to
Algeria. If we wera able to subject the country, and drive
its implacable chief into Morocco with very inferior force, we
shall now be able, with the powerful, reinforcements that
are so generously grantedus, to bring matters to their former
state, if not to ameliorate them." On which the journal of
M. TRIERS remarks:—
" Wbat is M. Bugeaud going to do? In an address to the colo-
nista of Algiers, he says that the Government has placed great
forces at his disposal, but that, notwithstanding the reinforcements,
it is not easy to re-establish tranquillity in a short time. Much

Less must an expedition into Morocco, to chastise Abd.el-Kader
and punish our neighbours for their perfidy, be thought of. Tran.
quillity is restored, the Insurrection put down, and Abd-el-Kader
forced to fly, without the reinforcements placed at the orders of
M. Bugeaud being used. Here is a contradiction given to the
first of his anticipations ; let the command be left to the generals
who have just so gloriously avenged France, and we are cer-
tain that it will be the sem) with the second. We shall not pay
moreattention to the unfortunate addresses of M. Bugeaud. There
is, however, in the words addressed by him to the colonists,
something which it is impossible not to remark, namely, the
sentiment of jealousy which induces him to accuse of faults which
they have nor committed the generals remaining in Attica. Would
not one say, to hear the Governor, that the position was excellent
when he left, and that the unskilfulness of his successors had corn_
promised everything. It is full time to treat these calumnies as
they. deserve. Since M. Bugoad's return to France nothing has
been changed in the dispositions taken by him. There was no
time for it. Our 90;000 men, at least those who are not in hos.
pita!, continue to be dispersed amongst an infinite number of petty
posts. Not an order has been modified ; the west has remained
bare of troops, for the simple reason that since Sept. 4, the day on
which the Marshal quitted Africa, to the 20th of the same month,
it was impossible to modify the system of M. Bugeaud, however
vicious it might be. If, therefore, we were taken unaware, as the
Debets expresses it, the fault is M. Bugeaud's, and his alone."
The domestic intelligence in these papers is not important.
The transactions on the Bourse on Saturday were few, and both
stock and shares depressed. The Italian refugees, who had
arrived at Marseilles, were still treated as prisoners. Four-
teen of them, directed towards Saumur, were placed in the
prison of Nisme3 on their passage through that place. The
Courrier de Nismes states that a Russian prince, aged 24,
banished from his country for political offences, and who
was arrested at Algiers, is also in the same prison. Bor-
deaux has been assigned as his place of residence. A letter
of the 16th instant, from Florence,. says :—" It was not all
the subjects of the Pope who fit el into Tuscany that ob-
tained permission to embark,at Leghorn, as has been er-
roneously stated. A certain nu mber of these,- unfortu-
nate men have been confined in the prisons of Fort
Delyidere, and, it is feared, they:Till ultimately be de,

livered up to the Papal Government." in a letter from Milan
of the 19th we find the following :—" The short visit made by
the Emperor MUNI-AS to our city has been attended with
a disastrous occurrence. Yesterday, Marshal ItAnErsaf
wished to entertain his MAJESTY with a review. Most of
the troops of the garrison being still out on the ground be-
tween Breschia and Verona, where the autumnal ma-
noeuvres are yearly practised, the Marshal hastily called in
and collected 4,000 infantry and 1,000 cavalry. Unfortu-
'wady, in the precipitation with which this measure was
taken, some of the soldiers had distributed to them ball-
cartridges; consequently, at the first fire several persoas
were wounded. The number is not known, but we have
learnt that four were carried to the hospital in the town, and
that one of them is sincedead."

The following are miscellaneous extracts from the papers :

" The Government (says the Messages) has received news from
China, via Alexandria, dated the 12th inst., by the Marquis de
Ferriere Levayer, Secretary of the Legation, who will shortly arrive
in Paris. The ratifications of the treaty of :miry and commerce,
concluded on the 24th of October, 1844, between the plenipoten-
tklries of the King and the Emperor of China, were exchanged on
the 25th of August last, at T,tiphani, near the Bogue, in the palace
of the Mandarin Admiral, who commands the Chinese force in the
Canton river.- At the same time M. de Lagrenee received a copy
of the edict rendered by the Emperor of China in consequence
of the negotiation opened to that effect, and which revokes
the penalties imposed upon the Chinese Christians, and
authorises them to profess their faith publicly. This document is
accompanied by an official act which Ki-y.ng, in his quality of
MO Commissioner, on the application of M. de Lagrenee, added
to the text of the Imperial rescript to regulate its execution, define
the rights of the Christian population, and take away from the
Mandarins every pretence for showing their ill-will."

" if we arc well informed (says the Presse) the Government has
decided on convoking the Councils-General of Agriculture, Com-
merce, and Manufactures, on December 15. It was important to
convoke these Councils at the moment when negotiations are pend.
ing I,etween the Cabinets of Paris and Brussels, for the renewal of
the Convention of July 16, 1842."
" 1 he following majors-general have, it is said, just been raised
to the rank of lieutenant-general : —Messrs. Gemeau, Letang, De
Mornay, Valliant, and Lepays de Bourjolly. It is added, that Col.
Gory, of the 56th Regiment of the line, now In Algeria, is to be
made a major.general.

" The opposition in Saxony continues to have the advantage in
the thscussions of the Diet. It has got an address to the King
voted, contrary to the wishes of the Ministry. The fourth para-
graph of the Address implied a sentiment of distrust towards the
Government, and alluded to promises formerly made to Germany,
and which the Diet of Frankfort has not kept. The First Minister
of the Crown, M. de Tschann, opposed as much as possible this
paragraph, which was notwithstanding adopted."
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01) the Paris Bourse on Saturday the Three per Cents.
closed at 8211 35c.; the Five per Cents., at 117 f. 50c. ; the
Orleans Railroad Shares, 1,198 f. 75c. ; Rouen, 1,020 f. ;
Havre, 822 f. 50c. ; Avignon. 1,007 f. 50c.; Vierzon, 735 f. ;
Bordeaux, 650 E ; Boulogne, 598 f. 75c. ; Troyes and Mon-
terean, 505 f.; Basle, 270 f. ' • Northern, 785 f.; Belgian Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 55X; Spanish Passives, 6%.
'rile following are the quotations for other new lines:-
naris
,:.nd Lyons Railroad (Laffitte), 524 f. premium; ditto
(ca/on), soZ. ditto (Ganneron), 510 E; ditto (La Pinson-
riii.,re), 504 f.; "N-„:thern Line (Laflitte), 572 f. 50c.; ditto
(Rosamel), 535 f. 50c. ' • a;.:-to (Pepin Lehalleur), 528 f. 50c. ; ditto
(pecan Lebeuf), 528 f. 50c.: Paris and Strasburg ;
516(Gan-
.
neron), 520 f. ; ditto (Hinguerlon. f ditto (Bechet)
505 f. 50c. •, Tours and Nantes (Ma,:.l,enzie), 5241.. ; ditto
(Drouillard), 504 E; ditto (O'Neill), 515)". ; ditto (Lefcvre),
507 f. ; Lyons and Avignon (Talabot), 5301 a;:to (Lecoint);
512 r.; ditto (Compaguie Meridionale), 507 f.; Bort:,eaux and
Cette (Espeleta), 513 f. ; Creil and Saint Quentin (Ca-
rette), 513 f.; ditto (Colbert), 502 f. 25c.
I\LUISEILLES, OCT. 21.-Marseilles and Avignon, 1,0101 ;
Boulogne, 610 f: ; Vierzon, 7451. ; Orleans and ordeaux,
676 f. '2sc.

LYONS, Ocr. 22.—Marseilles and Avignon, 1,0071.; Paris
and Orleans, 1,200 f.; Paris and Rouen, 1,021 f.; Orleans and
Vicrzon, 732 f.; Orleans and Bordeaux, 645 f.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, OcT. 25.
An,710-Belgian — Luxembourg
Boulogne and Amiens.. 10 Namur and Liege 4%
Bordeaux &Mediterran 11A North Jamaica ....
Bordeaux and Toulouse Orleans and Vierzon 171
Do. & Ccttc (Espeleta) Ix Orleans and Bordeaux 9'%
Do. (Mackenzie's) .. 1 OverYssel
Central of Spain ..... Paris& Lyons (Laffitte) 2
Demerara

Dentin.) Valley ......
Dutch Rhenish ...... 83A
Dieppe & Paris Juliet.
Dijon and Mullion ...
et Indian
6: t Northern of France
(Lathe's)
Ditto (Itosamel's)
Do. (Le Boca)
Du. Pepin le Ilalleur —
Grcat Paris and Lyons l%
(heat Western Bengal 14
• q Junction

Ditto (-Calon's).... -...--
Paris and 0r1ean5...... 461,4
Paris and Rouen .. 3912
Paris and Strasburg
(Ganneron's).
Do. (Com pt ede L'Est)
Paris and St. Quentin.
Rouen and Havre.— --
Royal North of Spain. 1%
Sambre and Meuse
Strasburg and Basle
Tournay,Jurbise, Lan-
dent, and Ilasselt
Tours and Nantes
(Mackenzie's)
Do. (Lefebvre's)
Verona and Ancona —
11Ves,,, Flanders