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No. 16,559. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING SIT N 9 SEPT EMBER 11, 1845.

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WORCESTER AND SOUTH WALES
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to inform the applicants for
shares that the allotment is now completed. Those parties who do
not receive letters of allotment will be pleased to accept this notice,
that in consequence of the very great number of applications, the
Committee have bound it impossible to comply with their request.
By order, W. BORROW, Secretary.
7, Walbrook, Sept. 10, 1845.

NOTICE.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY•
The Act of Parliament incorporating the Caledonian Rail-
way Company having received the Royal Assent, all parties claiming
to be registered as Shareholders are required to transmit•their Scrip
Notes to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, No. 122, Princes-
street, Edinburgh, on or before the Ist day of October next, accom-
panied by claims, in the form annexed, with the name, trade or pro-
fession, and residence of each claitna.nt, distinctly appended thereto,
in order that the same may be entered in the register of shareholders.
Receipt of the Scrip will be acknowledged forthwith, and when the
registration is completed, sealed certificates will be issued en demand
to the shareholders. _ _

RUGBY, WARWICK,y.and WORCESTER
RAILWA
Provisionally Registered.
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8., Madryn
Park, Caernarvonshire
Sir William Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Portman-square,
London
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Sir Henry Bromley Henrich, Court Garden, Great Marlow, Bucks
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &s., Alderman of
London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuatioa,
and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction, the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the
North London Junction, and the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies
T. Bagger, Esq., Northampton iDirseocrttohrasinofotohiei,
BSoauntbhurllyli,darddchaenid.
J. Freeman, Esq., Ditto
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Ditto tenham Railway Companies
Arthur Ilaymes, Esq., Methem Villa, } Provisional
Midland ila
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton, Company
Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Ryelands, Lancaster, Director of the Lancas-
ter and Preston Junction and North Western Railway Companies
J. M. Cottle Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton,
and Leicester Railway Company
John Gardner, Esq., Southam, Provisional Director of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company
William Frederick Beadon, Esq., John-street, Berkeley-square, Lon-
don, Provisional Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway Company
John Wheeltou, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Rail-
way Company
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowanhead, Kendal, Provisional Director
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, the York and Carlisle, and Manches-
ter and Southampton Railway Companies
James Beach, Esq., of 15, Grosvenor-place, London, and Brandon
Lodge, Warwickshire
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway Company
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham and Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Companies
E. W. Morrie, Esq., Grovehurst,Penlbury,
'Cent Provisional Directors of
The Rev. D. Robinson, Brosapton the Great North and
W. W. Mansell, Esq., Dorchester-place,
Blandford-square, London South Wales and Wor-
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Wor-
cester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Oxford Sanc-
tion Railway Company
John Satchel, Esq., Warwick, Deputy Chairman of the Leamington
Board of Commissioners
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
Mr. Herbert Atterbury, Thornby, Northamptonshire
John Burnett, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner for the county of Glou-
cester
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Hill, Surrey
Charles Brandt, Esq., Leamington
Captain Chamier, Halkin-street West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Peter Colston, jun., Esq., Husband's Bosworth, near Market Har-
borough
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Pealing Hall, Leicestershire
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Great Surrey-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq., 39, Lothbnry, and Mayor of Carnarvon
John Eyston, Esq., Welford Northamptonshire, and Salford Hall,
Warwickshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq., Glenfield and Leicester
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
George Harper, Esq., Moss Fields, Salop
John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
Mr. George Wortley Lovell, Great Billing, Northamptonshire
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Mr. Benjamin Paine, Leicester
James Watts Peppercorn, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwich,
Surrey
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, London
James Whitchurch, Esq., Sonthcliff, Netley Abbey, Hants
William Williams, Esq., Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
Edward Welsh, Esq., Leamington
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington
Mr. John Woolston, jun., merchant, Wellingborough, Northampton.

THE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement will lie for execution at the Company's Office, 1,
Royal Exchange Buildings, London, on and after FRIDAY, the 12th
instant, between the hours of Ten and Fire o'clock in the day, when,
upon signature of the deed, the Bankers' Receipt will be exchanged
for Scrip.

r 11IAMES EMBANKMENT and RAILWAY
JUNCTION COMPANY.
Chairman.—The EARL of DEVON.
Shareholders in the Blackwall, the Croydon, the South Eastern,
and South Essex Railway Companies, desirous of obtaining Shares
in the above united THAMES EMBANKMENT and RAILWAY
JUNCTION COMPANY, are requested to name the Company in
which they have a proprietary interest, in their letters of application.
E. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary pro tem.
Offices, 32, Charing-cross.

By order,

A. BARRETT. Secretary.

Sept. 10, 1845.

BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands.

MANCHESTER, SOUTHAMPTON AND
1-7-1-A.nLBPoOROL
JEGRIAI,IaLnWdst.I,LYILVUHREYL!ENIIIII, CIRENCESTER,
M
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 1,600,000/. in 64,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. Gd. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
CHAIRMAN.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Kenyon House, near Manchester
John Ashton, Esq., Hyde, Manchester
Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
Thomas Neville Abdy, Esq., Albyns, Essex
Edward Ackroyd, Esq., Halifax
Cowlinn, Ackroyd," Esq., Bradford,' Yorkshire
George*Anderton, Esq., Clackheaton, Yorkshire
William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hill, Ashton-under-Lyne and Man-
chester
William Bird Brodie, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
George Watson Buck, Esq., C.E., ArdwiCk, Manchester
John Henry Campbell, Esq., M.P., Exton, Hampshire
William Dougal Christie, Esq., M.P., Eceleston-street, Chester-
square, London
Robert Cadman, Esq., Sheepscar, Leeds
John Chapman, Esq., Blackheath
Sir Henry Calder, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's-park
Sir Edward Doughty, Bart., Upton House, Dorset
John Davis, Esq., Fisherton, Delamere, Wilts.
Jolm Davis, Esq., jun.. Salterton, Wilts.
Sir Augustus Forster, Bart., Brownsea Castle, Dorsetshire
Charles Ingram Ford, Esq., Abbey Field, Sandbach, Cheshire
Lot Gardiner, Esq., Manchester
Ambrose Hussey, Esq., M.P., Salisbury
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds
Henry Hetley, Esq., Bulbridge House, Wilts.
Richard Hetley, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
Joseph Hornby, Esq., Liverpool
James Hatton, Esq., Broughton and Manchester
Richard Hargrave, Esq., York-place, Leeds
David Harrison, Esq., Manchester
Charles Hardy, Esq., Low Moor, Yorkshire
John Henry Jacob, Esq., The Close, Salisbury
Henry Jennins, Esq., York-place, Leeds
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse Hill
Captain John Milligen Laws, R.N., Crumpsall Hall, near Manchester
George Ledgard, Esq., Bournemouth and Poole
Richard Ledgard, Esq., Poole
John Leech, Esq., Staleybridge and Manchester
Edward Lacy, Esq., Surgeon, Poole
John Laurie, Esq , Charles-street, St. James's-square
Stephen Mills, Esq., Elstone House, Wiltshire
W. ::Pike, Clay Merchant, Wareham, Dorsetshire
George Pain, Esq., Salisbury
Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester
Lieut.-Col. Pollard, Stannary Hall, Yorkshire
Edward Dyke Poore, Esq., Figheldean, Wilts
Lieut.-Col. Philip Warren Pedler, Nutley House, Devonshire
The Hon. Charles F. A. Ponsonby, M.P., Canford House, Dorsetshire
Alexander Powell, Esq., Hurdcott House, Willi
J. Rickman, Esq., Poole
T. T. Rogers, Esq., Longfleet, Dorsetshire
Samuel Salter, Esq., Poole
Henry James Stevens, Esq., Poole
Isaac Steele, Esq., Poole
Robert Slade, Esq., Poole
James Slade, Esq., Parkstone, Dorsetshire
John SLrck, Esq.' Manor House, Abbotts Langley, Hertfordshire
Henry Seymour, Esq., Hanford House, Dorsetshire
Charles Squarcy, Esq., Salisbury
John Sidebotham, Esq., Kingston Hyde, and Manchester
Charles Townend, Esq., Moss-side and Manchester
Benjamin Hardwicke Teale, Esq., Leeds
William Tinker, Esq , Hyde and Manchester
Jolm Teather, Esq., Alstonby, Cumberland
Charles Baring Wall, Esq., M.P., Norman Court, Willtsbire
Henry Wickham Wickham, Esq., 'Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire
Lamberyn Wickham Wickham, Esq., Kirklees Hall, Yorkshire
Samuel Waterhouse; jun., Esq., Halifax.
William Walker, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq, John. Leech, Esq.
Robert Ashton, Esq. George Pain, Esq.
Ambrose Hussey, Esq. T. C. W. Pierce, Esq.
Richard Hetley, Esq. Charles Squarey, Esq.
David Harrison, Esq. William Tinker, Esq.
John Henry Jacob, Esq.
ENGINEER—Joseph Locke, Esq., C.E., F.R.S.
• SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Holding, Hodding and Townsend, Salisbury.
Edmund Taverner, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Cirencester—Richard Mullins, Esq.
Devizes—Henry Gilbert, Esq., and
John Hayward, jan., Esq.
Poole—Messrs. Parr and Co., and
John Durant, Esq.
SECRETARY—Captain J*llll Rooper.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith
Manchester and 1 Manchester and Liverpool District
Liverpool j Banking Company
Leeds—Leeds Banking Company
Salisbury—Messrs. Hetley and Co.,
Messrs. Brodie and Co., and

Scripholders are requested to take notice that registration is indis-
pensable to entitle them to the rights and privileges of shareholders ;
and that if they neglect to forward their scrip and applications to the
secretary within the said period, their shares may have to be regis-
tered in the name of, and become the property of, the original sub-
scribers.—By order of the Board of Directors,
D. RANKINE, Secretary.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,000/. in 15,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
s Intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
Sir,—l request you will insert my name in the register of share-
holders in the Caledonian Railway Company, as a proprietor of
shares, the scrip for which I send you herewith.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Usual signature • • • • • ****** • ' •
Name at full length • • • • • • ****** •
Profession or trade • • • • • • • • • •
Residence ..... ••• .. • *********** •• • •
122, Princes-street, Edinburgh, Aug. 6; 1845.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,
Sir John Hensler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy-
Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near Minehead, Vice-Chairman of the
Somerset Quarter Sessions
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead,Magistrate of the
county of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton, Devon
R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,
merchant
W. S. Potter, Esq.,
Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Colhoun,Esq., 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter's
chambers, Cornhill, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon-
shire
F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square
W. Strachan, Esq., Banker, Strand.
Office-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. a Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater..

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY•
Having received several letters asking by what means Scrip
can be sent for registration without danger, I beg to suggest the fol-
lowing method, to write across the face of each scrip note :
" Sent for registration by owner,
day of 1845."
The owner may also write me a separate letter of advice, giving
the numbers on the Scrip, and the date of dispatch.
Edinburgh, Aug. 13, 1845. D. RANKINE, Secretary.

EXETER, DORCHESTER, AND WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., is 62,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Lieut.-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.11., 2, Montague-place, Mon-
tague-square
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place
John Carter, Esq., F.R.C.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell
John Carter, Esq., 23, Dorset-place, Portman-square
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Wiliam Colfox, Esq., Ras House, Bridport
W. S. Cross, Esq., 1, New-court, Temple, Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Railway
Newton Crouch, Esq., Southampton-place, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
The Hon. Miles Dormer, 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street.
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, 44, Curzon-street, May-fair
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, C. 8., Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity and
Law Life Assurance Companies •
The Rev. H. Fellowes, Vicar of Stotbury
Captain S. N. Fisher. Junior United Service Club, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway •
Major Fitzgerald, Mount Edgar, Sidmonth
John Foster. Esq., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury
Theophilus M. Gunn, Esq., Bridport
Captain Sir Andrew S. Green, 11. N., K.C.H., James-street, Bucking-
ham-gate, Director of the Bank of Australasia
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
W. Newton Marriott, Esq., Odiham, Hants
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury -Railway
George Price Hill, Esq., Gawanbro House, Hampstead
F. B. Hoare, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
John Holmes, Esq., Liverpool, and St. James's-street, Westminster,
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Swynfen Jervis, Esq., 3, Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Staf-
fordshire, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and
of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, and Director of the Wor-
cester and South Wales Junction Railway, and of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., 6, Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways
Siegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., 9, Billiter-square
L. Llewellyn, Esq., Ynis Peullwch, and Graig-Avon, Glamorgan-
shire
Robert Henry Lindham, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset-square, Director
of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
C. W. Lovesy, jun., Esq., Charlton Kings, Cheltenham
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., IVoottou•under-Edge
J. Mee Matthew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Captain Mathews, R.N., Sidmouth Lodge, Sidmouth
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life In-
surance Company, and Director of the South and Midland Junc-
tion Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place • •
George Parbury, Esq., 37, Russell-square, and Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Uyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Robert Rea, Esq., Exeter, and Cromwell Rock, Waterford
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosamers Great
Northern of Frafice Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank
of Ireland -
Robert Richard, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midland Junction Railway
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq.. 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Galway and Belfast Railway
J. Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge, Surrey
W. Digby Seymour, Esq., 11, Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh.square
William Sloane-Esq., Winmole-strect„ Cavendiah-Sqllare. Chairman
of the Church of England Life Assurance Company.
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the South-Eastern Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy Governor of the Union Bank of
London, and Chairman of the Irish North Midland Railway
Henry Savage, Esq., M. 8., F.R.C.S., Dorset-place, Dorset-square,
Director of the Tring. Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Director
of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, and of the Taw Vale
Railway
Henry Wright, Emit Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester Railway'
(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Memel', LL D., F.R.S., M.I.C.E.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
Messrs. Gough and Roumieu.
Stnevevoits—Messrs, Shuttleworth and Sons
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chatintler and Westwood, 8, Gray's Inn-senate
Edward Strick, Esq., 10, Doughty-street
SECRETARY—D. Bartie, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Martin, Stones, and Martin, Lombard-street
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Southampton—Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and Atherley
WeyMouth—Messrs. Ellott and Pearce
LOCAL AGENTS.
Weymouth—George Arden, Esq.
Bripport—E. Nioholetts, Esq.
Sidmouth—Edwin Church Everitt, Esq.
Exeter—George William Turner, Esq.
This railway is intended to commence at the east part of the city
of Exeter, neat St. SidwelLa, and after passing through Topsham,
with a fork at Woodbury by Lympstone to Exmouth, will proceed, in
an easterly direetion, towards Sidmouth, and thence, near Colyton,
Beer, Seaton, Asa-mufti, Lyme Regis, and Charmouth, to Bridport.
At Bridport the line will divide, taking one course directs o Dor-
chester, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, nd the
other, passing near Bridport harbour and Abbotsbury
to Weymouth.
At Exeter, junctions will be formed with the Bristol and Exeter and
North Devon railways, and at Exmouth with the South Devon, by
means of their steam ferry, thus snaking the most direct route to
Plymouth from London. Also at Dorchester and Weymouth it will
be connected with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, as well as
with the Dorchester and Southampton at Dorchester.
It will be seen, on referenati to the map, that by forming junc-
tion with the lines of coast railway that have already been con-
structed or commenced from Exeter westward, ridsrom Dorchester
eastward, and by following the coast as nearly
tween its termini, this line will effectually complete a railway com-
pr acticable
muuicatiou from Dover to the Land's End, an undertaking in itself
of great national importance, and likely to meet with the cordial sup-
port of the Government.
In fixing the course which this Railway will take, it has been the
careful consideration of the Promoters to project only such a Line as
will afford the greatest facilities of communication to the populous and
important towns and fashionable watering places which are situat
on and near that part of the Coast which this Railway is particu-
ed
larly meant to accommodate; whilst, at the same tine, the Agri-
cultural, Manufacturing, and Commercial Interests of this part of
the Kingdom have been equally studied.
This Line will also open such additional means of communication
to the Port of Weymouth, the large Manufacturing Town and Har-
bour of Bridport, and the Harbour of Lyme Regis, as must eve
then-
tually replace them in that high position, when compared with
other Ports of the Kingdom. which they formerly held. The Water-
ing Places of Exmouth, Budleigh-Salterton, Sidmouth, Charmouth,
Lyrae-Regis, Weymouth, &c., will be thus thrown open to every part
of England and Wales, and accommodated with that facility of ac-
cess which they alone require to place them on an equal position
with other favourite places of resort, for which the picturesque In-
land and bold Coast-Scenery of Devonshire and Dorsetshire is pre-
eminently proverbial, and justly entitles them to hold.
Thellowing extract from the Rort of te Select Commi o
and Weymouthttee Rail-
the Ho of Lords on the " ep
Somerset,h
way," made on the 18th of June, 1845, will show the sense enter-
tained by that body of the importance of a line of railway in the di-
rection proposed by the present Company :—" In making their re
diffi-
-
port, the Committee feel it their duty to state that the great
culty with them, in deciding on the Bill referred to them, had arisen
from the fear they entertained whether, in allowing the Great
Western Railway to come down to the sea at Weymouth, or even be-
low Yeovil, they might not be creating a difficulty as to making a
railway in the most desirable manner to Falmouth, the most westerly
port in the Channel."
The great importance of this railway may be further estimated,
from a consideration of the fact that the local populationpl which would
be benefited by its construction exceeds r thousand
persons. which will be one of the termini of the
And also that Weymouth,
is about to become a great National Harbour of Refuge and
line,
Packet-station, by the construction of a breakwater in Portland
Roads, in accordance with the recommendation of the Government
Commissioners, for which purpose a grant was nut& during the last
session of Parliament for commencing the works. The additional
population and traffic, which will be thus attracted to this port, will
be very considerable.
A preliminary survey has been made, and there are no peculiar
engineering difficulties. The length of the main line, from Exeter to
Dorchester, will be abut
fifty-two miles; and of the Forks, or exten-
sions, to Weymouth, and Exmouth, about sixteen miles ; making, In
the whole, sixty-eight utiles of railway.
The sentiments of the landowners are favourable to benefitstion of a railway calculated, as this is, very greatly to their
properties, and in the allotment of the shares a preference will be
given to the applications of persons locally interested.
Estimates of the traffic have been carefully prepared by the pro-
moters of the line, from which they are satisfied that an ample re-
turn will be obtained for the investment of capital in the undertak-
ing. More detailed traffic tables will, however, be forthith re-
pared, as required by the Committees of both Houses of Parliament
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at 4/. per cent. on the amount of deposit and calls from the
passing of the Act until the completion of the line, and the liability
of Shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions.
Applications for copies of the prospectus, and for shares, may be
made at the offices of the solicitors and local agents : also to the fol-
:—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-
lowing sharebrokers
Lott-
buildings, and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 26, Austin-friar!, Lon-
Esq., and John Langworthy, Esq., Exeter ;
don ; Henry Vatcher,
ea's
NEas (Ih.
Messrs. Hopwood and PalinEers,ql:Zoeurpthoo;i ;Henry
Bate
neon,
Bristol ; Thomas Forsyth,
NAVfiellsisarstfi
NMeawsobilli,mEaanna
Manchester ; Messrs. Rhodes, Leeds ;Collis, Esq., 131rming.
ham ; Messrs. Graystonc and EaErlseq,
Bradford, Yorkshire;
F.
:aSstalinloPa' Milian, Esq., Blackburn ; Messrs.
Biackie, Halifax ; Isom
John Robertson and Co., Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Duncan and
Hutchinson, Glasgovr.
To the Provisional Committee of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth JUGetiOD Coast Railway Company.
yore will apportion me Shares of 201. each, in
I request that Y
the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Company ; and I
pay the depopsi /. 2s. per share and all future
do hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may
allot to me, and to
and to sign ttle ar amentary Contract and Subseri-
calls thereon,
hers' Agreement when req mired.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full .... • • • • • • •

MANAGING DIRECTORS.
E. F. Dayrell, Esq. James Colhoun, E?q.
W. 11 .Tigers, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq.
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. Samuel Pocock, Esq.
W. F. Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
SECRETARY-Mr. Edward Parratt.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Strachan and Co. ; and Messrs. Roberts and Co., London,
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, Bridgwater, and Taunton.
Messrs. Badcock, Taunton and Dunster.

One of the principal objects this Company has in view, Is a great
saving of time in the journey from Ireland and South Wales to
Bristol and London, by avoiding the tedious and dangerous passage
of the Bristol Channel, and at the same time effecting the long
sought-for communication between the English and Bristol Channels,
all of which will be gained by connecting Minehead with Bridge-
water by a Railway, and there forming a junction with the railways
already opened, and also with those now in actual progress between
Bridgwater and the commodious and important port of Poole.
The question of an eligible steam-packet and post-office station on
the Somersetshire coast for Ireland, Wales, and the Westward gene-
rally, from whence vessels may arrive and depart at all times, with-
out reference to tide, has for many years past been regarded as one
of immense importance to the Government and the public.
By making Minehead a post-office station, a saving of twelve
hours will be effected in the delivery of letters between Ireland and
the whole of the west and south of England ; and no other port on
the coast of Somerset (or even on the north of Devon) will be so
safe, and sheltered from all the prevailing winds.
At Minehead, the proposed railway will run down on a pier, which
the largest class steamers may approach, and land and embark pas-
sengers at ail states of the tide, and again proceed at once into the
Western Ocean on their outward voyage.
The public is perhaps hardly aware that, even with the present
imperfect and rude arrangements for landing passengers at Weston
Super-Mare, it is found that passengers from Ireland and the impor-
tant ports of the south of Wales save several hours by landing at that
place ; whereas, by the proposed pier and railway from Minehead,
passengers would save generally twelve hours, and very often a great
deal more, on their journey to London, avoiding, besides, the dangers
of the Bristol Channel. _ _ . .

shire
Robert Chapman, Esq., Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the
Great Manchester Railway Company
Ilenry Morgan, Esq., Bristol Directors of the
William Watson, Esq., Burn Grove, Roxbnrgh-113 Railway Company
Mr. Sergeant Adams, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington
J. Watson Prole Esq., 31, Thurlow-square, Bromptcn
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Rugby—Messrs. Bailin and Son
Leamington /Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Coin-
Warwick pang
Southam
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co.
ENGINEER IN CUIEE—John Urpeth Rastriek, Esq.

It is not among the least striking features of this project that it
forms part of a grand scheme for shortening the communication
between Ireland and Wales with Jersey, Guernsey, Paris, and the
Continent generally, as passengers landed at Minehead will proceed
by this railway to others now in progress via Yeovil and Dorchester
to Poole, from which port the distance to Cherbourg is only sixty
miles, thus rendering the distance from Minehead to Cherbourg easily
performed in eight hours and a half; and from Cherbourg a railway
is now in course of formation to Paris. The distance also to the
Channel Islands is reduced in the same proportion. A powerful com-
pany, fully alive to the advantages of this mode of transit in prefe-
rence to the more tedious one via Southampton and Havre, is about
to put en a line of packets between the ports of Poole and Cherbourg
and the Channel Islands, thus shortening the route in point of time
by about seventeen hours.
This Company, in showing to the public the probable amount of
traffic which will flow over their line, beg leave to draw attention to
the following extracts, taken from a prospectus of a Company, formed
under the auspices of the Chairman of the Great Western Company,
and the leading bankers and merchants of Bristol, fur making a pier
at, and railway from Portbury, to Bristol, and on which no further
comment will be made, save that whatever applies to Portbury, ap-
plies with infinitely greater force to Minehead, both in the saving of
time, dang r, delay, and expense.
" There are at the present time engaged in the trade with South
Wales, Somersetshire, Devonshire., Cornwall, Liverpool, and Ireland,
twenty-three steam-vessels of the aggregate tonnage of upwards of
6,000 tons, making rather better than fifty voyages, or 100 arrivals
and departures per week on an average throughout the year.
"The principal part of the traffic of the whole of these vessels con-
sists of passengers, whilst of their goods traffic an important portion
consists of merchandize brought by, and intended far carriage on, the
existing railways, from and to places on either side of Bristol. For
the conduct of this traffic, every vessel will necessarily require to use
the pier and railway on each occasion of departure and arrival, as
the most expeditious, convenient, and economical mode of conveying
such traffic to or towards its place of destination.
" The number of passengers carried by the existing steam-boats
amounts to at least 200,000 per annum ; and when it is considered
that the facilities afforded by the pier of starting and arriving at all
times of the tide, will enable vessels which now perform but one

somerroas.
London—Mr. George Weller, 8, King's-read, Bedford-row
Welford—Mr. George Pell, jun.
Leamington
Warwick Messrs. Patterson, Ifaymes, BanbUry, and Gardner
Southam
Worcester—Mr. It. T. Rea
Birmingham—Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson
SECRETARY—Mr. George H. Weller.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
The object proposed by this railway is, as well to supply the wants
of the district through which it passes, as to complete the chain of
railway communication between the eastern and midland counties
and the western district, including the whole of North and South
Wales.
The country embraced by this line is of the richest description, and
thickly populated.
By means of this, and the existing and projected lines of railway,
the whole of the ports in the eastern and north-eastern counties, in-
cluding the manufacturing city of Norwich, and towns of Leicester,
Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, and the whole of Yorkshire will be
brought in direct communication with the mineral districts of
North and South Wales, the salt district of Droitwich, and the
river Severn.
The promoters of this line submit to the public, as a most import-
ant consideration, the abating of those causes of loss and inconveni-
ence which, along the line of country over which this railway will
pass, are experienced from water carriage being from necessity at
present a principal mode of transit for heavy goods and merchandise,
and which, in the winter season, is productive of the most evil con-
sequences to those engaged in commerce.
A manifest advantage to the Shareholders will bethe extent of traffic
which will be secured and appropriated by the present undertaking,
in lieu of that which hitherto has been engrossed by the more
dilatory course of water carriage.
As a public advantage to the inhabitants generally of the
above-mentioned districts, the promoters submit that the equa-
lisation in prices of the produce and merchandise which the
opening of this line of railway is calculated to produce is of the high-
est importance, and one of the principal benefits which this and other
similar undertakings are alone capable of producing.
The proposed line will commence at Rugby, the terminus of the
Midland Counties and Trent Valley Railways, and also of the pro-
posed Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway, and proceed from
thence near to the towns of Leamington, Warwick, and Alcester, and
end at the City of Worcester. At Worcester this line will form a
junction with the several Welsh railways, the Shrewsbury, Wor-
cester, and Crewe Railway, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway.
At Warwick it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway, the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway, and the Lon-
don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway.
And at Rugby with the London and Birmingham, the Midland
Counties, and the projected Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway.
To the inhabitants of Rugby as well as to those of the Midland,
Eastern, and Northern Counties this line will afford a direct com-
munication with the fashionable towns of Leamington and Chelten-
ham, as well as the whole of the Western Counties.
To the inhabitants of Leamington and Warwick it will give a
direct communication with the City of Worcester and North and
South Wales, now so much needed.
And to the inhabitants of Worcester, in addition to providing the
nearest route to London via Warwick, it will be an outlet to the
Eastern Counties and ports, and afford great facilities for the increase
of tbe manufactories now carried on in that city.
The whole of the country has during the present month, August,
1845, been most carefully surveyed by the engineers, and they report
it to be free from engineering difficulty, and well adapted for a rail-
way; and the provisional Directors entertain no doubt that the
line will be made under the average rate of expense incident to
similar undertakings, and, from the statistics in their possession,
that the traffic will afford an ample return for the capital invested.
The line will not interfere with any ornamental property, and the
landowners are favourable to the undertaking.
The Shareholders in the several Railways proposed to be joined or
intersected will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
undertaking.
No person will be liable for more than
toths deposit till the Act is
obtained, and power will be applied for allow interest at 41. per
centum on all calls, from the time of their respective payments, and
to limit the liability of the Shareholders to the amount of their sub-
ecriptions.
The Directors reserve power to themselves to amalgamate with
any existing or projected line of railway; to vary the route; to
make all desirable extensions; and to increase the capital as may be
advisable or necessary.
Prospectuses, with a Plan, will be published in a few days,
and may then be obtained on application to the several solicitors,
and to any of the following share brokers, viz., Messrs. Peppercorne
and Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Loth-
bury, London ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Messrs. Alston
and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. Freeman and Son, Northampton • Mr.
John Duncaft, Manchester ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son,'Bris-
tol ; Mr. John Watson, Leeds ; Mr. John Cragg, Skipton ; and
Messrs. Atkinson, Newcastle ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ;
Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; and Messrs. White and Son, Leamington
to any of whom applications in the undermentioned form may be
addressed.

The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company
Poole—Messrs. Ledgard and Co.

The great and important object of this undertaking is to connect
by a Railway in the most direct route, and of the least expensive
character, the mail and shipping port of Southampton and the port
and harbour of Poole, with Manchester, Liverpool, and the counties
of Lancashire, Yorkshire, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Warwick-
shire ; in fact, with the whole of the cotton, woollen, salt, pottery,
and iron manufacturing and producing districts.
It is not necessary in this case to enter into the question of ex-
pediency or inexpediency of railway communication, the necessity
anti advantage of, such a measure being obvious and fully admitted.
This line commencing at Cheltenham, to which point railway com-
munication from the north already exists, proceeds to Cirencester
and Marlborough, and then passing down the peopled and fertile
valley of the Avon to Salisbury, meets with the railway now con-
structing by way of Romsey to Southampton ; thus making the dis-
tance to Southampton as short as by any other practicable route,
and saving the construction of twenty-three miles of railway.
From Salisbury it Is Intended, still pursuing the valley of the Avon,
to continue the line eighteen miles to a point about three miles west
of Ringwood, where, meeting the Southampton and Dorchester Line,
it communicates with Poole and the country below as far as Dor-
chester and Weymouth: It is also intended to carry the line from a
' point on the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, about two miles
south of Wimborne, by the shortest route, Ito the town and quay of
Poole, entering the town on its northern side.
About four miles below Marlborough it is intended to make a
branch in the same course as the Rennet and Avon Canal, about
eight miles long, to Devizes.
It has already been stated, that it is not necessary to enter upon
the question of expediency of railway communication with South-
ampton; but it is proper to state why the line here laid down is pre-
ferable to that from Marlborough by way of Ludgershall and An-
dover to that place. The latter is hilly, comparatively barren, and
uninhabited, and consequently expensive, with very little local
traffic ; and would have to. depend in a commensurate degree on
the through traffic for support ; it would also be necessary to make
a line the whole. distance, there being no existing line with which
it could unite between Marlborough and Southampton. It is also
open to the objection that it runs from Andover to Southampton
parallel with and at a short distance from the South-Western line of
Railway, which must necessarily leave it a very limited amount of
traffic as respects that distance, even if it should not expose it to the
powerful opposition of that company. On the other hand, this line
passing as it does from north to south, through the heart of the
county of Wilts, a distance of fifty miles, unites the whole of that
county, obtains the traffic now existing between its towns, which is
considerable, and afibrds with the aid of the branch to Devizes and
the existing and projected railways, easy access from all parts of
Wiltshire to the county town of Salisbury, and also to Devizes, the
alternate assize town.
Thus far, the greater advantages of this route as regards the line
to Southampton only have been spoken of, and important as they
are with reference to the interest of the shareholders, and the accom-
modation of the country traversed, a further advantage, not only to
the shareholders but to the public attained by this project, has yet to
be stated.
By the formation of eighteen miles of railway between Salisbury
and Ringwood, passing by the towns of Downton and Fordingbridge,
the port and harbour and the town anti county of the town
of Poole are brought within the operation of this comprehensive
scheme. The harbour of Poole admits vessels up to 400 tons
burden ; and it has been confidently asserted by practical men, that
by a small: outlay improvements might be made to admit ships of
the largest size. There are safe and quiet moorings for vessels, with
ample quays and warehouses, and the dues and charges are about
one-twelfth of the ordinary charges at other ports in England. The
existing local traffic alone would, it is calculated, be sufficient to pay
the Shareholders a remunerating dividend on the outlay required for
making the line from Salisbury to Ringwood. In the item of Potter's
Clay alone there are annually shipped for the Potteries upwards
of fifty thousand tons, which, after reaching Liverpool, have
to be transmitted b) inland navigation about sixty miles to reach
their destination, at a total cost for carriage of 20s. per ton—every
ton of which would unquestionably be forwarded from Poole by this
railway. The stone of the Isle of Purbeck, vast quantities of which
are used for flagging and building purposes, would find a much more
extensive and ready market in the interior of the country, if there
were cheaper and more ready and convenient means of trans-
porting it.
The announcement of this project has been hailed with the utmost
satisfaction both in the north and throughout every district over
which the line passes, as well as by every Interest identified with it,
or affected by it.
Forms of application for Shares, Copies of the Prospectus, and a
Map exactly according as to local position with the Index to the
Ordnance Survey, and showing the line of Railway, may be obtained
from the Secretary at the temporary Offices of the Company,
No. IS, Great George-street, Westminster, and 29, Princess-street,
Manchester, from the respective Solicitors of the Company, and
from Messrs. Sutton and (dribble, London : Messrs. Bradley, Ford,
and Parker, Manchester; Messrs. Scheles and llorsfall, and Richard
Dawson, Esq., Liverpool; and Messrs. Ridsdale Myers and Co.,
Leeds. •
No application for Shares will be entertained unless accempiumied
by a reference to one of the Provisional Committee or to a party per-
sonally known to a member thereof, or to a Banker.

voyage per diem, or every alternate day, to and from the nearer
ports in South Wales, to make such voyages three or four times in
the same day, at very trifling, if any, additional cost— that on the
voyages to Swansea, Tenby, and Ilfracombe, they will effect a saving
of one-half the time now occupied, and that similar advantages will
be derived by the trade with Cornwall and Ireland, it can neither be
doubted that the expense of conveyance between Bristol and those
places will be considerably reduced, nor that the effect of such re-
duction, combined with the advantage of greater certainty as to the
times of departure and arrival, must have the effect of causing a
great increase in the number of passengers.
„A large and most valuable portion of the merchandise carried by
the Cornish, Welsh, and Irish steam-beats consists of fish, poultry,
eggs, vegetables, and other articles of provision ; speed and certainty
in the conveyance and delivery of articles of so perishable a nature
are obviously essential, and the facilities in this respect afforded by
the pier are such as to secure this traffic to the undertaking.
" A very considerable revenue will also be derived from the landing
and carriage of Live Stock brought by the Irish steam boats, which
being imported fat and ready to kill, now suffer much injury from the
detention of the vessels in Kingroad whilst waiting for tide."
Although it is unnecessary to calculate upon the whole of this im-
portant and justly founded traffic, it is nevertheless impossible to
over-estimate the large portion of it that will come over this line,
when it is remembered that by the proposed scheme the harbour of
Waterford will, by means of powerful steamers, be brought within
twelve, and the ports of Dublin and Cork within fifteen hours of the
terminus at Minehead, by which the danger, inconvenience, and un-
pleasantness of travelling by night will be altogether avoided.
So also must the traffic derived from steam-boats, and on the line
itself, be added, which will arise from the immense resort of persons
seeking pleasure In the beautiful vicinities of Nether Stowey, Blue
Anchor, Minehead, Porlock, Linton, Lynmouth, and the far-famed
Valley of Rocks and adjacent country, so aptly termed the Switzer-
land of England, and which only require increased facilities to be
much more than even at present resorted to ; and so great is the
name existing traffic
derived that,
fl by the
this calsourceculations
alo ale. ready made, a large reve-
will be om n
The present number of cattle sent to Bristol from Ireland alone is
upwards of 150,000 head per annum, and it is only reasonable to ex-
pect that these will be landed at the far nearer port of Minehead,
thereby creating a considerable source of revenue.
The importance of this railway to the agricultural district of North
Somerset is incalculable for disseminating, as manure, in every di-
rection the celebrated iime of Cannington Park, from which, and also
from the carrying of coal, a large revenue will arise.
Memel timber brought into the port of Poole (thelrarbour dues of
which are very insignificant) can be unshipped, carried across by
rail, and re-shippedat Minehead, at a cost of 7s. per ton less in
freight, than if carried round the Landsend, exclusive of the great
saving in time ; this alone will open a large trade with Wales, as
vessels will bring over coals to Minehead, and take back timber,
limestone, flour, mine, slates, and copper ore.
The blue lias Hine-stone of Watchet, so admirably adapted for
aquatic building, will also produce a considerable revenue to this
undertaking.
The flour and provision trade, at present casrled on between the
mining districts of South Wales and the coast of Somerset, must ne-
cessarily flow over this line, and create an important feature in its
revenue.
One of the first effects of the formation of this line will be, that
steam communication will be established between Minehead and the
following places :—Swansea, Tenby, Milford, Neath, Ilaverfordwest,
Pembroke, and Carmarthen, and with the whole of the South of
Ireland; and this railway, with a suitable station and wharfs, will
also afford to Watcbet all the advantages of which it is capable as a

port.
Depas for goods will be erected at the station at Combwitell
Reach, where at present all the larger vessels trading to Bridgwater
stop ; and it may be mentioned that 130,000 tons of coasting trade
come into this port annually, exclusively of 10,000 tons of foreign

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Directors of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester
Railway.
I request you to allot me Shares in this undertaking ; and I
hereby undertake to accept the same or any smaller number that
may be allotted me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute
the Parliamentary Coutract and Subscriber's Agreement when re-
quired.

trade.
From the estimates prepared, it is expected that only a portion of
the proposed capital will be required to carry out the objects of this

Company.
Power will be reserved to allow the shareholders 4/. per cent. on
the paid-up capital, and also to construct branches from Minehead or
Watchet to Wiveliscombe, Porlock, &c., and the extensive iron mines
of Sir T. Buckler Lethbridge, Bart., which, with the slate quarries of
Sir John Trevyiyan, are in active working within seven miles of Mine-
head. From this source, as also from the copper mines of Andrew
Crosse, Esq., a large revenue must arise.
The landowners have been communicated with, and are most
anxious for the successful carrying out of the objects of the Com-
pany ; nor is there reason to expect that any Parliamentary opposi-
tion will be offered.
The line will be twenty-five miles in length, and no engineering
difficulties present themselves.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the fluids of
the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its formation,
and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted to
Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime is hereby
given to the Managing Directors as above, to raise any additional capital,
to abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, docks, piers,
wharfs, or jetties, or enter into any arrangement with any other
Company or Companies, and also to nominate the first Directors of
the Company.
Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed informa-
tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Alderman's-
walk, City, London ; at the Offices of the Company's Solicitors,
Messrs. a Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London ;
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater. And of the
Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton ; Mr. N.
Pearce, solicitor, Wiviliscombe ; Mr. James Parsons, solicitor, Lang-
, port ; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorchester; Mr.
Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham ; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor,
Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol. And of the following
Stock and Share Brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11,
Birchin-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, London; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ;
Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs.
H. Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ;
Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf-
ford, Dublin ; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater ; and Mr. It. Ball, Taunton.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
co the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Southampton and
Poole Railway Company,lB, Great George-street, Westminster.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in this
undertaking, and I agree to accept the same or any part thereof, sub-
ject to the Provisions of the Subscribers' Agreement, and to execute
such Agreement, or any other Agreement, and any Deed or Deeds,
and to pay the Deposit when required.
Dated this day of September, 1845.
Name • ..
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RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
In consequence of the immense number of applications already re-
ceived, the Provisional Committee give notice that no Applications
for Shares will be received after Tuesday the 16th instant, except
from parties resident in the country, as to whom the time will be
extended to Monday, the 22d instant.
GEO. M. WELLER, Secretary.
Offices, pro taro., 8, King's-road, Bedford-row,
London, Sept. 6, 1845.

KILKENNY, CARLOW, and WICKLOW
RAILWAY COMPANY.
Offices, 449, West Strand, London.
The Committee of Management of the above Company have the
satisfaction of stating that the Cionmel and Kilkenny Railway Com-
pany has been united with this Company, and it is now intended to
make application to Parliament, in the ensuing session, for powers
to construct a line of railway from Cionmel to Kilkenny, Carlow,
and Wicklow, whereby the former important cities will be brought
into direct railway communication with the metropolis of Ireland by
the nearest route.
Negotiations are also in progress with the Waterford and Kilkenny
Company, who obtained their Act of Parliament last session, for
securing the support and co-operation of that Company to the
undertaking, which it is confidently anticipated will terminate satis-
factorily.
A reference to the official traffie map of the railway Commis-
sioners will show the great extent of the traffic between the several
towns on the line, and the prospect of its proving highly remunera-
tive to the shareholders.
The requisite capital having been already subscribed for, the allot-
ment of shares will be proceeded with forthwith ; and as the project
has received the unqualified approbation of the landed proprietors
along the line, and is warmly supported by the English Great
Western, the Waterford, Wexford, Wicklow. and Dublin Rahway
Companies, aud the other Irish Companies in connexion with that in-
terest, a portion of the Directors of the Great Western. Company
forming part of the Committee of Management, the sanction of Par-
liament to the measure may be most confidently anticipated.
Applicants for shares in either Company, before their amalgama-
tion are at liberty to withdraw the same, if they desire to do so, WWI%)
Monday, the 15th of September, until which time applications for
shares in the Clonmel, Kilkenny, Carlow, and NVicklow Company,
will be received, addressed to the Secretary, at the Company's offices,
449, West Strand, London.
The shares f the Company will be augmented to 1,500,0001., in
75,000 shares of 201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. will be re-
Iquired, to meet the new standing orders of Parliament.
The designation of the Company will be changed t,o the " Clonmel,
Kilkenny, Carlow, and Wicklow Railway Company. '
Sept. 5, 1845. By order,
=CHARD N. bLUGGERIDGE, Secretary,

C lIELMSFORD and BURY RAILWAY
(STOWMARKET BRANCH).
(Registered Provisionally.)
The Committee of Management beg to inform the Shareholders
that they have determined, under powers existing in the Deed of
Settlement, upon adding to their project a branch front Lavenham to
Stowmarket, there to effect a junction with the Eastern Union Ex-
tension line, thus forming not only the most direct route to Norwich
hitherto projected, but as may be seen by an inspection of the map, the
shortest within the limits of practicability. The Chelmsford and Bury
Railway, by means of its Thetford Extension, secures the traffic of the
northern . and western districts of the counties of Suffolk and
Norfolk, together with a largo portion of that of Norwich, and
by means of its. Stowmarket branch, and the connexion thus
formed with the Eastern Union Extension and the Waveney
Valley lines (to both of which it is a
thanost valuable coadjutor),
it secures over forty miles of its leng ot only the remaining
traffic of Norwich, but the whole of that of the imPortant
port of Yarmouth, to which must be added the towns of
Beccles, BungaY, Harleston, Diss, and Stowmarket, with all the
northern and eastern districts of the above-mentioned counties.
The great increase of traffic secured beyond the reach of
competition by this branch would ampatlyion c
Theompensate
committee for even
an extravagant outlay in its form. ,
however, have great pleasure in stating, that after a pre-
liminary survey the engineer has reported the locality to be
so unusually favourable for rallwny purposes as to justify them in
entertaining a confident hope that no additional capital, beyond that
mentioned in their prospectus, will be required for its construction.
A more detailed survey, however, is in course of completion, the re-
sult of which will be shortly submitted to the Shareholders.
By order,
DAVID BARTIE, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 61, Moorgate-street, Sept. 1, 1845.
I.T.B.—The extension from Bury to Thetford, and that now an-
nounced from Laveuham to Stowmarket, will be integral parts of the
original Chelmsford and Bury scheme, and the new Bhareliolders
stand en the oaths footing ati the Original Subscribers.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater and Minehead Junc-
tion Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above undertaking ; and I he
undertake to accept
the same, or any less number yon may allot me, on the terms
of the prospectus, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share,
and all future calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary contract
and subscribers' agreement, and other deeds, when required so to do.
N
Dated the of 1845.
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Place of business
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Name, Residence, &c., of Referee in full .• .• • • ....

Residence ...
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Profession of a Referee 5 •• • •• • '

Loudon, Sepieuiber t,1845.

THE LONDON, BRISTOL, and SOUTH
WALES DIRECT RAILWAY.
Provisionally Registered under the 7th and Bth Vic., cap. 110.
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,0d0 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Chairman of the Asturian Mining Com-
pany, and Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction
Railway
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and
London Extension Railway
Sir Arthur De Capel Broke, Bart., Director of the South Union
Railway
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall
The Rev. Sir Erasmus Henry Grillles Williams, Bart., Marlborough
C. D. Archibald, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Joseph Bailey, Esq., Cloth Manufacturer, Caine
W. G. Beare, Esq., Deputy Chairnum of the Barran and Bantry
Railway
The Mayor of Caine
Robert Walter Carden, Esq., Director of the South Midland and
South Union Railways
George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead House, Croydon
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Director of the South Union Railway
Henry Dann, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and London Ex-
tension Railway
Thomas Fothemill, Esq., Bedford-square
James Griguon, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Henry Greville, Esq., Hobart-place, Belgrave-square
William Henry Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, near Hungerford, Marlborough
Thomas Macomb. Esq., Marlborough
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough
Abraham Henley, Esq., Calue
Colonel Sir Frederick Hankey, Queen Ann-street, Lender
Joseph Jackson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Rock Life Assurance
Company
John Knill, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junc-
tion Railway
Hugh 'Monteith, Esq., Glasgow
Major-General Pariby, C. 8., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union Railway
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire Rail-
way
George Henry Pickney, Esq., -Marlborough
William Potter, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chelten-
ham Railway
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq.,. Marlborough
William Tanner, Esq., Blackland's Ilouse, Caine
The Constable of Hungerford
henry Cox Coape, ESQ., London
ENGINEER—Francis Giles, Esq.
STANDING COIINSEL—WiIIiam, Monteith, Esq., Paper-buildings.
SOLICITOR—NetIam Giles, Esq., 4, Verulam-buildings, Londom.
• LOCAL AGENTS.
John Holcomb, Escj., Hungerford and Marlborough
John Edwards Hayward, Esq., Devizes
John Frenfield, Esq., Chipping Sodbury
BANKERS.
Messrs. Hankey and Co., London
Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney, Hungerford and Caine
The Wilts and Dorset Yanking Co., Marlborough
The North Wilts Banking Co., Chippenham
South Wales, abounding in natural harbours and mineral pro
ductions, anti celebrated for the magnitude and excellence of its
manufactures, is justly esteemed, both in a naval and commercial
point of view, as one of the most important districts of Great
Britain.
Its connexion with London has become of such paramount im-
portance as to demand the most direct and perfect communication
that can possibly be established. This is the main object of the pro-
posed undertaking.
This Railway will proceed from London to Hungerford by the
Great Western Railway, there leaving that railway and running
almost in a straight line by Marlborough, Caine, and Chippenham,
where it will again join the Great Western Railway : thus giving to
the towns of Marlborough and -Caine (which at present have no
railway) a direct communication-with London ' • and also with Bath,
Bristol, the South Western Counties of England and South Wales.
F rom Chippenham the line will pass near Chipping Sodbury,
and proceed to the Bristol and Gloucester Railway at Westerleigh
(about eight miles from Bristol), and by a junction wills that rail-
way the direct line from Loinlon to Bristol will he completed.
From Westerleigh the line will be continued to the river Severn at
Aust, and be carried across that river by means of the fixed bridge of
the Bristol and Liverpool Junction Railway. On the Monmouth-
shire side of the river it will proceed for another half mile over the
river Wye, direct to,- and terminate at, the-South Wales Railway,
near to Hunger Pill. This last half mile will of itself effect a saving
in distance between London and South Wales of about four miles.
By taking advantage, as far as possible, of existing railways, this
project will complete at once the most direct and best trunk-line
from London to Bath, Bristol, and the South-Western Counties of
England ; but more especially to Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Swan-
sea, Milford Haven, the whole of South Wales, and Ireland.
The following are the savings In distance effected My the proposed
line :
Between London and Rath, via Ilungerford, the pro-
posed line as far as Chippenham, and the Great
Western Railway • • •
Between London and Bristol, via Hungerford, the
proposed line as far as Westerleigle -and the Bristol
and Gloucester Railway .• • • • • • • • ........ • .
Between London and the whole of South Wales, via
the Great Western Railway, the proposed tunnel
under the Severn at Hoek Crib, and the South
Wales Railway to Hunger Pill.. • ... about 16 mileS.
Between London and the whole of South Wale=,. via
the Great Western, and the Bristol and Liverpool
Junction Railways ••• • • •
These great savings in distance are by no means the principal
features of the undertaking. By this direct communication between
London and Bristol the Box tunnel will be entirely avoided, an im-
portant fact which will no doubt have a most powerful effect with
passengers.
Moreover passengers to and from South Wales will be enabled to
travel at all times by means of the fixed bridge over the Severn at
the Aust or Old Passage; thuS avoiding on the one hand the well-
known dangers, inconveniences, delays, and difficulties of the open
ferry of two miles and a half, at the New Passage, proposed by the
Bristol and South Wales Junction Railway Company; and, on the
other hand, the tunnel of about a mile under the Severn, proposed by
the :'oath Wales Railway Company, which (even if capable of con-
struction) must ever leave the public apprehensive of accident.
Reference to a Map will clearly demonstrate that the great stream
of passengers and traffic between London, Bristol, the South-Western
Counties and Ireland will flow through the proposed line and South
Wales to Milford Haven and Fisliguard Harbour. The establishment
of Valentia, as the chief out-port to the Canadas and the Milted
States, will moreover create a traffic, via South Wales, never hitherto
contemplated. But supposing Valentia should not become that out-
port, there can be no doubt that Milford Haven, from Its extreme
western position and natural advantages, must.
Independently of the passenger traffic above referred to, the faci-
lities which the line will afford to the unequalled iron works of
South Wales, and the extensive copper and tin works of Swansea and
Neath must induce the manufacturer to transmit his goods with
safety, economy, and rapidity by rail, rather than with hazard and
delay by sea.
A new and most important market will be opened to the owners
of collieries in South Wales. Newport will be brought within 129
miles of London ; and it may be confidently asserted that the Metro-
polis will draw all immense supply of coal from that neighbourhood,
inasmuch as coal of most excellent quality can be delivered in Lon-
don from the Welsh collieries at about 15s. per ton.
The principal advantages of direct railway communication between
important termini are now too universally admitted both by Partia-
-1 ment and the public to need argument. Many important direct lines
have been already favourably received; but when the savings in distance
—the avoidance of a ferry and tunnels—the new channels for traffic—
the giving of railway accommodation to a large district—and the
establishment of the most • direct and complete communication be-
tween London and Bath, Bristol, and South Wales are recollected—
and especially that these important benefits can be obtained by the
formation Of a line fifty-two miles only in length—it is confidently as.
sated that the proposed railway holds out advantages superior to
any hitherto projected, and will at the same time prove, if not the
-most, one of the most profitable investments ever offered to the

public.
The subscribers will he held liable only to the extent of their first
deposits, until an Act of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
to the amount of their subscriptions. •
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the management anti control of the Com-
mittee of Management, as appointed.
Power will be applied for in the Act—and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Committee of Management—to increase the
capital, if necessary ; to alter or abandon any part of the line, to
make branch lines, or enter into arrangements with any other com-
pany or companies ; and also to nominate the first Directors of the
Company.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will be
ready for signature on payment of the deposits.
Applications for prospectuses and shares may be made to the soli-
citor ; or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street ;
Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham : Mr. S. Grindrod, and Messrs.
Cardwell and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. 11. Davies and Co., and
Messrs. Ilaselden and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Watson and Co.,
Leeds; Messrs. Wilkinson an dEarle, Hull; Mr. Butchani, Hud-
dersfield ; Messrs. Buchanan, Aitken and Co., Glasgow ; Mr. Lnko
Arnold, Bristol; Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen; and Mr. James
Pringle, Edinburgh.
No application for Shares can he received after the 20th inst., nor
will any be attended to, unless reference be made to one of the Pro-
visional Committee, the solicitor, bankers, or brokers of the Company.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares of
201. each in the above Railway Company ; and I undertake to pay
the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds when called on.
Name in full . • .
Trade or Profession . • •••••• • • • • • ••••••• • • • • . . •
Place of Business (if any).........................
Date• •••
Reference...............

T 4YONS and AVIGNON itAILWAY.
(COMPAGNIE SEBASTIANI.)

REPORT TO THE ENGLISH SUBSCRIBERS
GENTLEMEN,—We regret our not being able to report that we have
succeeded in our efforts to obtain for you the objects of our Associa-
tion ; our best energies have been devoted to the subject, but from
the altered state of the circumstances which has now arisen, our
Company, as at present constituted, is not in a position to compete
for the Lease.
At the time our Company was formed, it was understood that the
Government would provide the land for the line and stations, and
possibly would undertake the earthworks. The capital we then
proposed (60 millions of francs), was considered sufficient to provide
all that the Company, under that state of circumstances, would have
required ; but after much doubt and delay, the Government have at
length determined that their lessees shout' undertake the purchase of
the land, as well as the entire construction and working of the Rail-
way. The Bill has now passed the Chambers in that form, and has
fixed the Capital at 80 millions (irrespective of the Grenoble
Branch).
Having, as we interpret our engagement to the Subscribers,
neither power to undertake on their behalf the purchase of land, nor
adequate funds for that larger purpose, we are under the necessity of
announcing the dissolution of the present Subscription, and we have
accordingly only further on this head to inform you, that we now
hold the deposits subject to the order of the several Subscribers, and
ready to be immediately returned in exchange for the letters of allot-
ment and banker's receipts.
We would now invite your attention to the copy of the
statutes, which have been framed and adopted for the rcolattorl%ouf
a new Company for making and working the proposed lin
will observe, that It is mainly under the satne direction, and iretoc❑many
respects of the same character as that which we originally P
The capital is necessarily larger, and the
P°""ehrs vested In those who
more gen?ral charac-
have the conduct of the undertaking
ter. We desire to refer you ill partlfe'tttl'aurneto articles 4-22-23-
21-28-56.
We are empowered to Wier to each Shareholder In the former
Company who shall, on or before the 20th of September next, and
in th maner we are about t mentir, declare his option to accept
theme the same number of Shao res in he new Company. as he holds
in the original Company, with or without one additional Share in
respect 01 every live original Shares, and in order to facilitate the
v aran,gements, Nve have prepared such forms as will enable
the
S'tstabrs-eribers to express their wishes with cAnvenience. They are
ready, and may be applied for at 62, King William-street, City, he.
tween Eleven o'clock, A.M. and Three o'clock r.M.
We beg to add, that in the event of receiving at this Offiee ne coni.
mmilcation respecting ally particular allotment of Shares in the
original Company on or before the 20th of September next, the de-
posit thereon will be held subject to the order of the party entitiedtoit, and it will he entirely out of, our power to extend beyond the
above-mentioned day the option which we have secured for the pre-
sent Proprietors to join the new .Compal y
It is tight we should express our- Continued -confidence in the
merits of the undertaking, and our recommendation to the Sub-
scribers to renew their investments in the new Company.
We are, Gentlemen, your very obedient Servants,
W. J. CHAPLIN.
CHARLES DEVAI.
J. MOSS.
J. MASTERMAN, jun.
I6AIIiT,T4I.