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THE SUN, LONDON,_MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 1845.

Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, and Mr. WiMap Berl
_Manchester— Mr. John Barlow ; Messrs. Cardwell and Son and Henry
Woodhouse
Leeds—Messrs. Robinson and Furley
Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison
Hull—Mr. S. Phillips
Glasgew—Mr. D. Sheppar I, Buchanan-street
Cheltenham—Mr. Lea
Wolverhampton—Mr. Bannister
THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Avon and Severn Valley
Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares
of 201. each in the above Company; and I hereby undertake to ac-
cept the same, or any.smaller number, and to pay the deposit of
21. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con-
tract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Residerne • • . •.........
Place of Business ............
Trade or Profession
Name and Address of iteferee

EISTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION, and
SOUTHEND RAILWAY,
forming a direct communication between England and Belgium,
and Holland and the Rhine, from the Essex Coast; with a
Branch (via Tilbury) to Gravesend, and a Branch to the River
Crouch.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—The Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington.
Deputy-Chairman—Robert A. Riddell, Esq.
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Miles Dormer, Esq.
Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P. John Reginald Riddell, Esq.
William Bradley, Esq. John Holmes, Esq.
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq. Herbert Ingram, Esq,
W. A. Campbell, Esq. John Nixon, Esq.
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq.
John James Cavan, Esq. W. Alexander Thomas, Esq.
Char!es Grant, Esq. William Wright, Esq.
At a meeting of the Committee of Management,
GIDEON COLQUHOUN, Esq. in the Chair,
A letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington and Lord
Viscount Wellesley addressed to the solicitors to the Company,
was read.
Resolved—That the Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington an L
Lord Viscount Wellesley be added to the Provisional Committee.
Also, Resolved—That the Right Hon. the Earl of Mornington be
Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Robert A. Riddell,
Esq., be Deputy-Chairman.
The Cotnmittee of Management have the satisfaction of stating,
that the Allotment of Shares is proceeding with all the expedition
that the immense number of s.pplications will admit of, and that
Letters of Allotment will be shortly issued. In the meantime the
engineers and surveyors are actively engaged in their duties, and ail
other preliminaries are progressing for the purpose of applying for
ass Act of Parliament in the ensuing session.
PER INklr, MINET, and SMITH, 5, Laurence Pountney-place.
CHAUNTLER and WESTWOOD, 8, Gray's Inn-square.
Oct. 14, 1845.

GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and
CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY, from
the vicinity of West Drayton, through Hounslow, Brentford, Ham-
mersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, to a Central
Terminus, near Charing-Cross.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 53, Charing-cross.
Capital, 850.0001., in 42,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Earl of Devon
The Earl of Uxbridge
The Count De Salis
Vernon Abbott, Esq., 70, Gower-street
Philip Anstruther, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment
Railway Junction Company
Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq., Southall, Magistrate for Middlesex
John Auldjo, Esq., Noel House, Kensington
Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square
Edward Oliver Benson, Esq., Hounslow
William Sprott Boyd, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment
Railway Junction Company
Thomas Braman, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Lei•ester and Tam-
worth Railway
Sir John MacpherSon Brackenbury
Sir Archer Denman Crott, Bart., Director of the Thames Embank-
ment Railway Junction Company
Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Manches-
ter Railway
John Chevallier Cobbold, Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Union Rail-
way
William Cumming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park
George Cooper, Esq., Brentford
George James Stredwick Camden, Esq. Hounslow
Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the Lath Midland Railway
Joseph Fisher, Esq., sleworth
Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, county of Kerry
Captain Forbes, R.N., Forest, Windsor
Sir Andrew Pellatt Green, R.N., K.C.H.
F. J. Hamel, Esq. Tamworth
James Montgomery, Esq., Brentford
John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., Hammersmith
The Hon, Colonel Phipps, Norwood-grean
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands
• Railway
Henry Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, Magistrate for
Middlesex
John F. Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow
Colonel Reid (2d Life Guards), Bulstrode Park
Thomas Berry Rowe, Esq., Brentford
John Coysgarne Sim, Esq., No. 9, Clifton-place, Hyde Park-gardens
Major Jelf Sharp, Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex,
Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Junction
Company
Henry Webb Smith, Esq. Hounslow
William Spooner, Esq., Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Chairman of the Irish North Midland

Railway
John Stewart, Esq., ➢f.P.
Frederick Thompson, Esq., 20, Kensington-square
Robert Richard Tighe, Esq 4 Bank; Windsor
Henry Tufnell, Esq., M.P.

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Chairman—The Earl of Devon.
Deputy Chairmen--Henry Pewnall Esq. • Major Jelf Sharp
Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq. Geo. Jas. gtredwick Camden, Esq.
William Sprott Boyd, Esq. Charles Downes, Esq.
Thomas Bramell, Esq. James Montgomery, Esq.
John Chevallier Cobbold, Esq. The lien. Colonel Phipps
George Cooper, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq.
ENGINEER—Thomas Page, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Wilkinson and Cobbold, 7, Lincoln's Inn-fields
William Sim, Esq., 8, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank
The Union Bank of London
Messrs. Glynn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.

Messrs. Hugh Ines Cameron and George Bain,lB,Parliament-street.
SECRETARY—Henry Moreing, Esq.

HUDDERSFIELD AND LIVERPOOL
DIRECT RAILWAY.
The following Gentlemen haVe already consented to act on the
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
A further list will be published in a few days.

G. H. Brook, Esq. of the firm of Joseph Brook, Sons, and Golden
George Armitage, Esq. of the firm of Armitage Brothers
Benjamin L. Shaw, Esq. David Shaw, Sons, and Co.
Joseph Brook, jun., Esq. of the firm of J. and C. W. Brook and Co.
Hervey Brook, Esq. of the firm of Hervey Brook and Sons
John Ilannah, Esq. of the firm of JOhn Hannah and Co.
George Dyson, Esq. of the firm of George Dyson and Co.
William Wrigley, Esq. of the firm of John Wrigley and Sons
George Mallinson, Esq. of the firm of George Mallinson and Sons
Joseph Beaumont, jun., Esq. of the firm of Joseph Beaumont and

Son
S. C. Wrigley, Esq. of the firm of J. and T. C. Wrigley and Co.
William Shaw, Esq. of the firm of J. W. and H. Shaw ant Co.
Thomas Salkeld, Esq. of the firm of J. and T. Salkeld
Beaumont Taylor, Esq. of the Arm of Beanmont Taylor and Son
Thomas Kilner, Esq. merchant, Huddersfield
James Booth, Esq. Market-place, Huddersfield
Abraham Hepworth, Esq., Brunswick-house, Lindley
Henry Hawxby, Esq. Clare-hill, Huddersfield
James Campey Laycock, Esq. Huddersfield
Abraham Hirst, Esq. York-house, Huddersfield
Berjamin Outram, Esq., Ellistones, Greetlaad
Jeremiah Riley, Esq. Birkby, near Huddersfield
Thomas Wilson, Esq. Birkby, near Huddersfield
Thomas Varley. Esq. Edgerton-house, Huddersfield
Richard Hirst, Esq. bank manager, Huddersfield
Samuel Makin, Esq. Bents-cottage, Huddersfield
John Batley Wrigley, Esq. Croft-house, Netherton, near Hud-

dersfield
William Greenwood, Esq. Huddersfield
Thomas England, Esq. Huddersfield
Samuel °Mehl, Esq. Spring-vale, near Huddersfield
Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq. Lilac-cottage, Birstal
Robert Ross Soraervell, Esq. banker, Burnley
John Kaye, Esq. Dalton-hall, near Huddersfield
William Winans, Esq. West-parade, Huddersfield
Thomas Ibbetson, Esq. Bent's-house, Huddersfield
William Moore, Esq. Seed-hill, Huddersfield
John Hanson, Esq. Wilsden, near Bradford
Digby Murray, Esq. Lightoaks, near Stone, Staffordshire
John Newhouse, Esq. Brunswick-house, Huddersfield
Benjamin Walker, Esq. Mythomroyd
John Holdsworth, Esq. Shaw-lodge, Halifax
John Dyson, Esq. Briam Royd, Greetland
John Stott, Esq. Greetland
William Wilkinson, Esq. Brow-bridge, Greetland
Thomas E. Walker, Esq. Bower's-mill
James Hoatson, Esq. West hill, Halifax
Samuel Walker, Esq. Stanery-hall, Stainland
James Shaw, Esq. Holywell-green, Stainland
John Hamerton, Esq. Elland
William Baxter, Esq. Lower-hall, Barkisland
Chatles Pitchforth, Esq. Boothroyd, Rastrick
Ely Sutcliffe, Esq. Firth-house-mill, Stainland
Samuel Shaw, Esq. Holywell-green, Stainland
John Mason Holroyd, Esq., Manor-house, Stainland
John Haigh, Esq. Godley-cottage, near Halifax
Isaac Taylor, Esq. cloth manufacturer, Barkisland
Harper Walker, Esq. Stainland
John Denton, Whiteley, Bag. Stainland
Abraham Pitchforth, Esq., Shaw Lathe, Elland
Samuel Hodgson, Esq. the Bowers, Barkisland
W. Hoyle, Esq. The Grove, Barkisland
The Rev. R. Younger, head master of Rushworth School
John Whiteley. Esq. Stones-mill, Soyland
Joshua Rouse, Esq. Barkisland
Edward Aspinal, Esq. stone merchant, Southowram
John Brook, Esq. corn merchant, Brighouse
Samuel Crowther, Esq. Saville. row, Halifax
Isaac Green, Esq. Horley-green, Northowram
J. W. Whealright, Esq. Heath-cottage, Ripponden
John Robinson, Esq. Ripponden
John Whitely, Esq. Firth-house-min, Stainland
Thomas Whiteley, Esq. Pit-hill, Barkisland
John Aspinal, Esq. stone-merchant, Quarry-house, Brighouse
John Barraclough, Esq., woollen-manufacturer, Halifax
Ely Walker Shaw, Esq. ditto, Stainland
Ely Walker, Esq. Stannery-hall, ditto
Benjamin Mellor, Esq. wollen-manufactUrer, ditto
Thomas, Whiteley, Esq. ditto, ditto
Thomas Hcolgson, Esq. Stainland
William Barker, Esq. Pontefract
John Walker, Esq. worsted-spinner, Stainland
Ely Dyson Hodgson, Esq. ditto
Benjamin Whitely, Esq. woken-manufacturer, ditto
John Barraclough, Esq. ditto, ditto
John Sykes, Esq. stone-merchant, ditto
Captain J. R. Younger. Rishworth
William Broadbent, Esq. Ripponden
John Walker, Esq. merchant, Scammonden
George Crabtree, Esq. manufacturer, ditto
John Baldwin, Esq. worsted spinner, Greetland
Lavid Porter, Esq. worsted spinner, Greetland
Thomas Nicholl, Esq. worsted spinner, Greetland
J. T. Berry, Esq. Siddall-house, near Halifax
Joseph Hodgson, Esq. Hohne-hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire
James Shaw, Esq. Salford, Manchester
Joseph Broadbent, Esq. Snow Lee-house, Longwood
John Cassell, Esq. 6, Circassia•road, Regent's Park, London
T A. Heaps, Esq. Huddersfield
Thomas Sands, Esq. Elms-wood, late Mayor of Liverpool
Charles Turner, Esq. Dingle-head, Liverpool
George Fernley, Esq. Witthington-lodge, Manchester
E. G. Williams, Esq. Belgrave-terrace, Huddersfield
T. B. Cawshaw, Esq. Newhouse, Huddersfield
Charles Johnson, Esq. merchant. Huddersfield
Edward S. Tilton, Esq. Liverpool
Thomas Morris, Esq. Liverpool
Francis Shand, Esq. Liverpool
William Nicol, Esq. Liverpool
Francis Haywood, Esq. Liverpool
George Armstrong, Esq. Liverpool
Robert Dudgeon, Esq. Liverpool
William Bailin, Esq. Liverpool
Maurice Zelo, Esq. Liverpool
John Bellingham, Esq. Wakefield
Humphrey Dyson, Esq. Spring-gardens, near Huddersfield
Benjamin -Vickerman, Esq. Taylor-hill, near Huddersfield
Joseph Sykes, Esq. Newtown, Huddersfield
Edward Learoyd, Esq. Huddersfield
Thomas Wrigley, Esq. Huddersfield
William Shaw, Esq. Bottom-hall, Golear, near Huddersfield
Henry Brook, Esq. Longwood, near Huddersfield
John Gatliff, Esq. Huddersfield
J. G. Uppleby, Esq. Leeds
Francis Chorley, Esq. Little Wooihouse, Leeds
George Richardson, Esq. Leeds
Thomas Dean, Esq. Batley, near Leeds
Simeon Spenceby, Esq. Burley-grove, Headingley, near Leeds
William Huntriss, Esq. Halifax
Robert Glenton Baldrey, Esq. the Square, Halifax
John Holdsworth, Esq. Birkby-hall, Clifton, near Halifax
Benjamin W. Hob oyd, Esq. Halifax
George Watkinson, Esq. Law-hill, Halifax
John Tillotsoa, Esq. Halifax
Benjamin Outram, jun. Esq. Greetland
John Holroyd, Esq. Manor-house, Stainland
Benjamin Holroyd,lEsq. Whitehouse, Stainland
Edward H. H. Grime, Esq. Whitney-house, Herefordshire
Joshua Farrar, Esq. manufacturer, Marsden
John Farrar, Esq. Slaithwalte
Matthew Hirst, Esq. woolstapler, Huddersfield
Laurence It. Openehaw, Esq. Brickhouse, Bury
W. P. England, Esq. Huddersfield
Cookson Stephenson Floyd, Esq. Huddersfield
Francis Fisher, Esq. Wool Lea, near Maltby
William nabob LK, merchant, Sheffield

DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND MACCLES-
FIELD RAILWAY.

The Allctment of Shares lia; been—Completed. Owing to the im-
mense number of applications, it is impossible for the Committee to
reply to each ; it I therefore requested that parties not having Let-
ters of Allotment will consider this notice as an answer to their ap-
plication, which the Committee regret they were not able to comply
with. By order,
GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary.
Gresham-street, London, Oct. 17, 1845.

GREAT WESTERN AND FALMOUTH
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
On the Broad Gauge.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.
Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
• PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, director of the Southampton
and Manchester Railway
Sir John De Beauvoir, 7Aart. Chairman of the London and Birming-
ham Extension and Warwick end Worcester Railways
John Brightman, Esq. Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the
Hounslow Railway
Henry William Burgess, Esq. Temple's-park, Hampstead, London,
director of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Segar Bastard, Esq. Exeter
Abraham Bettridge, Esq. 4, Devonshire-terrace, Camden-road,
London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction
Railway
William Banks, Esq. director of the Great Leeds and London Direct,
and Manchester and Rugby Railways
John Ilyng Banks, Esq. Lansdown-road, Stockwell, director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct Railway
Thomas Carnsew, Esq. Flexbury-hall, Stratton, Cornwall
Frederick Chamfer, Esq. R.N. Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Lon-
don, director of the Farnpoux and Hazebrook Railway
Dunbar, John Cother, Esq. M.A. director of the Brecon and Merthyr

Railway _
John Morford Cottle, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry and

_
Leicester Railway
John Carter, Esq. Park-lodge, Stockwell, director of the Grand
Trunk, and Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Railways
William Came, Esq. of Ellenglaze-house, Truro, Cornwall
Edward William Cox, Esq. 3, Crown-office-row, Temple, London,
director of the Direct Bristol and Exeter, and the Middlesex and
Surrey Junction Railways
Edward G. Canu, Esq. Herdwicke-house, lloldsworthy, Devon
Anthony William Clarke, Esq. director of the London and Hounslow

Railway
William Cole Cole, Esq. nightield, Exmouth, Devon
George Borlaso Childs, Esq. 34, Fore-street, London
James Clift, Esq. 30, Bloomsbury, director of the Paris and Stras-
burg, Rugby and Macclesfield, and Cheltenham and Brighton
Railways
James Robins Croft, Esq. Birkenhead, director of the Tring, Cam-
bridge, and Newmarket Railways
Edward Doubleday, Esq. F.L.S. Great Surrey-street, London, director
of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester railways
Philip Davy, Esq. Southcott, Morchard Bishop, Devon
J. Dennis, Esq. Bradiford-villa, Pilton, Devon
John Campbell Dicker, Esq. New-hall, Neston, Cheshire, director of
the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railways
William Eccles, Esq. Old Broad-street, London, director of the Great
Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway
Alfred Evans, Esq. Exeter
Edward Eagleton, Esq. Newgate-street
F. W. Ethcredge, Esq. Park-street, Westminster
11. R. Fowler, Esq. 7, Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park,
Bristol, one of the Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Railway
George Fortescue, Esq. New Hayes, St. Thomas, Exeter •
Charles Fitzgerald, Esq. Jermyn-street, London, director of the Ox-
ford and > outhampton Railway
William Fitzgibbon, Esq. director of the Cork and Bandon Railway
Robert Fisher, Esq. Highbury-park, director of the Llucolnsnire and
Eastern Counties Junction, and of the Liverpool, Preston and
North Union Railways
Edwar 1 Goddard, Esq. Stonehouse, near Newbury, Berks
James Golsworthy, Esq. the Mint, Exeter
Edmund Haynes, Esq. Summerland-place, Exeter
S. Hutchison, Esq London Gas Works, Vauxhall, London, director
of the Grand Trunk Railway
John Hill, Esq. Victoria-terrace, Exeter
Samuel Ilaydon, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
Templar James, Esq. Brixton-rise, Surrey
John Jameson, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, director of the Ox-
ford and Brighton Railway
Wm. Jameson, Esq. Shelton, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries Railway
Capt. W m. Keats, R.N. Porthill, near Bideford, Devon
Wm. Kennaway, Esq. Barnfied, Exeter
V. Knight, Esq. 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, London
Lawrence Kortright, Esq. director of the Barbadoes Railway
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-lane, director of the Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
James Lawford, Esq. Homefield-lodge, Heav-itree' Devon
G. W. W. Mason, Esq. 33, Bucklersbury, and 12, Stockwell-common
Surrey
William Morley, Esq. London, Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester
and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq. Lancaster-place, Strand, London, director of the
Exeter, Dorchester and Weymouth, and the Windsor, Slough and
Staines Railways
George R. Peppercorne, Esq. Bexhill, Sussex, director of the Paris
and Strasburg Railway
George Pell, Esq. Welford and Northampton
J. Reeves, Esq. 150, Cheapside, London, and Leyton, Essex, di-
rector of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway
Henry Reynolds, Esq. 45, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park
J. C. Ridgway, Esq. Roehampton-lodge, near Putney, Surrey
Richard Richards, Esq. Chudleigh, Devon
Charles Richards, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
C. H. Rogers llsrrison, Esq. F.R.C.S., Upper Montagne-street, Port-
man-square, London, director of the Grand Trunk Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
the Hull and Holyhead Direct, the Great Northern and Southern,
and the Liverpool and Derby Railways
John M. S. G. Schenk, Esq. Barton-house, Dawlich , and Teignmouth,

_
Devon
John Slade, Esq. Langtree, Torrington, Devon
W. Sloane, Esq. 37, Wimpole-street, London
W. IL Swinton, Esq. 49, Moorgate-street, London, and Sussex-gar-

dens, Hyde-park -
J. W. Snell, Esq. Monte le Grande, Exeter
Rev. J. T. Symons, Rector of Trevalga, Cornwall
Marler Troake, Esq. Topsham, Devon
Nicholas Tuckett, Esq. Exeter
William Wilson, Esq. Devonport-street, Sussex-square, Hyde-park,
London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction
Railway
William Wrentmore, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
Etion4Exa—G. H. Julian, Esq.
SURVEYOR - George Braund, jun. Esq.

AncurrEcr—Henry Flower, Esq. 39, Regent's-square, and 18,
Barge-yard Chambers, Bucklersbury.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Redden. Baker and Grant, 34, Lime-street, London
Thomas Harvey, Esq. 68, Old Broad-street, London
John Stogdon, Esq. Exeter.
BANKERS.
The Union Bank of London.
Bristol—The West of England and South Wales District Bank
Exeter—The National Provincial Bank; West of England and
South Wales District Bank; the Devon and Cornwall Bank, and
all Its Branches
St. Columb
Truro
—Messrs. Ricketts, Enthoven. and Co,
Falmouth
Penzance

LOCAL AGENTS.
Bodmin—Willlam Pearse Esq. I Liskeard—
Truro—J. F. Benallack, Esq. St. Columb—
Penryn—ltobert Rimell, Esq. Wadebridge—
Falmouth—Samuel Bamfleld, Esq. Camelford—
St. Ives—Robt. 11. Bamfield,.Esq. Launceston—E. Spettigue, Esq.
Penzance—James Pascoe, Esq. Okehampton—
St. Austell—John W. Jeffery, Esq. Tarlstock —Messrs. Willesford
Devonport—W. J. Little,. Esq. and Tucker

Cornwall has long been struggling to procure the benefits of rail-
way communication, but divisions amongst its friends have for
several successive years prevented any scheme from being carried

At length, on the 20th August last, at a full county meeting at
Bodmin, presided over by the High Sheriff, it was unanimously
resolved That the general interests of the county of Cornwall, as
well as of the public at large, absolutely require that no trunk line
should be sanctioned through the county which does not afford the
most direct, central, safe, and continuous railway communication
from Falmouth and Penzance to London." This decision, in con-
junction with the appearance of the scheme of the North Devon
Company, has appeared to the promoters of the Great Western
and Falmouth Junction railway, to present a favourable opportunity
for bringing before the public a Central Line, on the broad guage,
which, by the , combination of four powerful companies, is now, it
may be said, brought almost to the boarders of Cornwall.
The Great Western railway, already open to Exeter, is now being
extended to Crediton, and from thence the North Devon Company
intend to construct a main line to join their north and south Devon
line, in the neighbourhood of Hatherleigh, thirty miles directly west
from Exeter, and about seventy miles from Falmouth.
The Great Western and Falmouth Junction Railway will com-
mence near Hatherleigh, and will be about seventy miles in length,
and form a direct extension of the line from Crediton to that place,
proposed by the North Devon Company, and will thence proceed by
Launces' on, Bodmin, and Truro to Falmouth ; and in order to pre-
serve the old line of communication from Cornwall to Plymouth, ad-
mitted to be of great local importance, a branch will run from the
main line near Bodmin, through or near Liskeard, to join the South
Devon and Tavistock Railway, near Plymouth.
By means of this railway, and the North Devon, Credidto and
Exeter, Bristol and Exeter, and Great Western Railways, there will
be a direct and nub) oken line on the broad gauge ;from Falmouth
through Exeter, to London, on the one hand, and to Plymouth and
the South Coast on the other; and it will also be connected with the
railways and canals already existing in Cornwall, and, by branches,
with all the most important towns in that county and the North of
Devon. It is also intended that the line shall be the best in engineer-
ing qualities which the natural formation of the country will allow,
and that the formidable difficulties, which induced the Board of Trade
to report to Parliament against the late Cornwall and Devon Central
line, shall be avoided.
This scheme has a decided advantage of er any other at present
proposed for giving to Cornwall the benefits of railway communica-
tion, and is the only line which can with certainty effect the object
to which the county became pledged, by the resolution of the 20th of
August last—no other line affords " direct, central, safe and con-
tinuous railway communication from Falmouth and Penzance to
London." The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway will not en-
sure a continuous line tl'om Falmouth to London, until three other
Independent Companies shall have succeeded in obtaining their
Bills • and these projected lines have also to contend against the op-
position of through and integral lines from London to Exeter. The
NN est of England nelow Exeter, is obviously the country of the
broad gauge, and there is no probability that Parliament will sanction
the introduction of any other gauge into that district, which would be
productive of endless confusion and inconvenience. With the South
Devon line on the one hand, the projected North Devon line on the
other, the Exeter and Crediton and its projected extension westward
to Hatherleigh, and the West Cornwall line from Truro to Penzance,
all on the broad gauge, and all projected or supported by the
Great Western, and its associated Companies—there can be
little doubt that no narrow gauge line will be permitted to run
parallel with those already sanctioned by the legislature, or proposed
for the further accommodation of the country by such influential
companies. In order fully to comply with- the expressed wishes of
the county of Cornwall and to secure that " direct, central, safe, and
continuous railway communication" so much required, the present
line has been projected, and will, when completed, form the Central
link of the great series of lines already under the direction of the
Great Western, and the other associated Companies. It is therefore
confidently presumed that no other scheme for connecting Cornwall
and West Devon with the Metropolis, and the North of England,
can compete with the present line with any probability of success,
presenting as this line does the prominent points of national and local
advantage,, and possessing all the elements essential to command the
favourable consideration of Parliament.
As a work of national importance, it has been long admitted that a
line o f railway to the important Port of Falmouth must be carried
out ; the promoters of this railway do not, therefore, think it neces-
sary to repeat the here the highly satisfactory results of the traffic
over the lhie, which were long since ascertained. It is sufficient to
say, they prove an ample return on the capital to be invested.
The survey is in progress, and will be completed in time to apply to
Parliament in the ensuing Session ; and the promoters having already
received highly satisfactory assurances of support, as well local as
general, feel justified in expressing their conviction that their appli-
cation will be crowned with success.
The capital will be divided into 50,000 shares of 251. each, upon
which a deposit of 2/. 12s. fid. per share must be paid upon the allot-
ment. Power will be taken to pay interest on the deposit, and all
calls till the line is opened ; and no subscriber will be liable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then
not beyond the amount of his subscription.
Preference will be given, in the allotment, to landowners, to local
applicants, and to parties holding shares in the Great Western, Bristol
and Exeter, Exeter and Crediton, North Devon, and West Cornwall
Railways.

_ Applications for shares, in the form annexed, to be addrsssed to
the Solicitors of the Company ; or to any respectable brokers in town
or country.

68. OHBroad-street, London, lat Oct. 1195,

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES

To the Provisional Committee of Man agemont of" The Great Western

and Falmouth Junction Railway Company."
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251.
each, in the above railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or
any less number you may appropriate to me, subject to the regula-
tions of the Company, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement, and when required to pay the deposit of
21. 12s. Gd. per share

Name in Mil ................
Profession or Business (if any)
Residence •••••
Reference• • • • • • • • • • • • • ...... • •• .• •.,
Date ........ .. . ... . 1845

G
REAT WESTERN AND FALMOUTH
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
No further Application for Shares in this Railway can be enter-
tained by the Committee after TUESDAY next the 21st inst.
• KEDDELL, BAKER, and GRANT, 1 Joint
THOS. HARVEY, Solicitors.
JOHN STOGDON,
68, Old Broad-street, London, Oct. 16.1845- - -

DOVER, AND BRISTOL RAILWAY.►
Noticegi hereby given, that the LISTS ARE CLOSED, and
that NO FURTHER APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this Com
pany ca, be received.
The Allotment is being proceeded with, and the letters will 1 e issued
in the early part of the ensu:i.g week. By order,
CHARLES MARTIN, Secretary.
Offices of the Company, 12, Gray's Inn-place,
October 18, 180,

BRIGHTON, LEWES, AND TONBRIDGE
WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY (HALLETT'S LINE).
Capital 350,000/., in 17,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Shareholders not to be liable beyond the amount of their Shares.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman, Lord Alfred Hervey, M.P.
Howard Elphinstone, Esq. M.P. Stephen Lowden, Esq.
John 'Villiers Shelby, Esq. Edward Beard, Esq.
Sir George Prescott, Bart. Richard Dutton, Esq.
Edwin James, Esq. William H. Lidbetter, Esq.
Valentine Lee, Esq. Alexander Donavan, jun. Esq.
George Rennie, Esq. George Donavan, Esq.
W. 8. Potter, Esq. Jno. Langford, Esq.
James Reeves, Esq. Nelson Kenward, Esq.
George Molineux, Esq. Thomas Radford, Esq.
Frederick Seymour, Esq. Jno. Taylor Hallett, Esq.
John Kenward, Esq. William Kenward, Esq.
Thomas Wisden, Esq. William Nash, Esq.
Edward Churchill, Esq. J. Underwood, Esq.
Alexander Wright, Esq.
ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING FNGINEER—WiIIiam Hallett, Esq. C.E.
SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq.
SECRETART—r. H. Nalder, Esq.
RAN KERB.
The Commercial Bank, Lothbury
Messrs. Molyneaux and Co. Lewes, and Tonbridge Wells.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Polhill Kell, Esq. Lewes
Robert Foreman, Esq. solicitor, Tonbrldge Wells
Benjamin Hall, Esq. tsuxsted Lodge, near Uckfield.
The Committee of Management beg to state that the Allotment is
being proceeded with, and the letters will be issued without delay.
By order, FREDERICK H. NALDER, Secretary.
83, Basinghall-street, 15th Oct. 1845.

THE CARMARTHEN JUNCTION
MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 140,000/., is 7,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
ntomozEas.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Balcarras
D. Morris, Esq. M.P. Carmarthen
Emmanuel Cooper, Esq. Southwark, Deputy-Chairman of the London
and County Joint-stack Bank
Frederick Harrison, Esq. Beaufoy-terrace, Maida-vale, Deputy-
Chairman of the Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, and Hastings Rail-
way, and director of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Insurance
Company
John Morgan, Esq. Glaurynis, Carmarthenshire
E. Lloyd Williams, Esq. Alderbrook-hall, Cardiganshire
Swlnfen Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-place, London, and Darlastonhall,
Stafford, director of the Waveney Valley Railway Company and
of the Great Yarmouth Railway Company
Captain J. G. Philips, R.N. alderman of Carmarthen
Morris Sayce, Esq. Mynchlmaur colleries, Carmarthenshire
W. L. Philips, Esq. Carmarthen
D. Edwards, Esq. Glantowy, Carmarthenshire
Messrs. Wayne, Dunn, and Co. Carmartken iron and tin-plate works
W. Walters, Esq. Pantyfynon collieries, Carmarthenshire
W. Sayce, Esq. Kington, Herefordshire
William Cory, Esq. Commercial-road, Lambeth, director of the Taw-
vale Railway, and director of the Lambeth waterworks
Grismond Philips, Esq. Cwmgwilly, Carmarthenshire
John Thomas. Esq. Cwsnmaur collieries, Calmarthenshire
J. L. Philips, Esq. Carmarthen
Samuel Tardrew, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
J. Jones, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
W. Simons, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
Thomas Jones, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
Messrs. Lewis and Thomas, merchants, Carmarthen
John Lewis, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
Messrs. Philipps and Lewis, merchants, Carmarthen
Henry Rowlett, Esq. 18, Cambridge terrace, Hyde-park, London,
director of the Ammon Vale Iron and Coal Company
E. B. Jones, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
John 'Havers, Esq. 13, York-road, Lambeth
George Thomas, Esq. coroner of Carmarthenshire
Messrs. Jones and Evans, Journal Office, Carmarthen
Joseph Heginbottom, Esq. Picten-terrace, Carmarthen
John Adams, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
William Green, Esq. Let tonstone, Essex, Director of the Ammon
Vale Iron and Coal Company
Isaac John Horloa, Esq. the Rocks, Marshfield, Gloucestershire,
director of the London and Oxford Railway
(With power to add to their number).
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
EmmanuelCooper,Esq.Chairman Frederick Harrison, Esq.
John Havers, Esq. Deputy-Chair- J. Swinfen Jervis, Esq.
man W. Walters, Esq.
William Cory, Esq. E. Lloyd Williams, Esq.
ENGINEER—Edward Bagot, Esq. M.A. C.E.
Francis Giles, Esq.
BANNERS.
The London and County Joint-Stock Banking Company, 21, Lombard-
street, London.
Messrs. Morris and Sons, 2 Carmarthen.
Messrs. Wilkins and Co.

SOLICITORS.
William Simons, Esq. Carmarthen
Messrs. Cooper and Whitaker, 5, Heathcote-street, Mocklenburgh.
square, London.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—Mr. Glaseodine.
Temporary Offices, 5, Heatheote-street, Mecklenburgh-square,
London.

The object of this undertaking is to form a direct communication
between the important town and port of Carmarthen, the northern
parts of the county, and Cardiganshire, with the rich mineral dis-
tricts in the south and east of Carmarthenshire.
The projected line will join the South Wales, Welsh Midland, Car-
marthen and Cardigan, and Great North' and South Wales Railways
at Carmarthen. It will be connected at the Great Mountain with
the Llaneliy Railway already constructed to the Cross Hands, and
a eranch will extend into the Gwendraeth Vale to the Colebrook
ironworks, there joining the Ridwelly Canal. It will thus unite
several important railways and other means of communication, and
afford ready transit fir the supply of coal and lime to very extensive
districts, the costs of conveying which will be less than: the toll pay-
able on the present roads.
The southern terminus of the Great North and South Wales Rail-
way is at Carmarthen, and no provision is made by the promoters for
any communication by it with the coal and lime fields. These pro-
ducts, before they are conveyed from Carmarthen, must first be
brought to that town.
The South Wales and Walsh Midland Railways describe a consider-
able circuit in communicating, even in an indirect manner, with the
heart of the mineral districts. The distance from Carmarthen by
each of these lines to the Great Mountain will be about twenty-five
miles ; the distance by the line now proposed will not exceed twelve.
It is therefore evident that the immense traffic in coal and lime
between Carmarthen and the mineral districts must be carried on
by the intended railway. The line will follow the Vale of Towy as
far as Cappeldewy, and then diverge, by way of Porthyrhyd and the
Mansell's Arms, to the coal districts. The branch into the Gwen-
draeth Vale will be two miles long, which, with the trunk line, will
make the whole length to be constructed fourteen miles.

In consequence of the peculiar features of the country, the pro-
posed line can meet with opposition from no other scheme, as the
bold chain of hills running from east to west to the south of the
Towy are quite impracticable at all other points between Llandilo
and the sea, a distance of twenty-five miles. This line will follow
the only valley intersecting the hills, which presents the most striking
facilities for constructing a railway along it, as none of the gradients
will exceed 1 in 100, and there will be no occasion for any tunnelling.
The capital required will be 140,0001.
Calculations nave been made of the tonnage carried along the pre-
sent roads, and an ample remuneration for the capital invested would
bensetcoursoednetivtenivwailteha,oultvienteahreasivedkutarnadffi ce.
armarthen and Cardigan,
and Great North and South Wales Railways radiate from Car-
marthen to the west, north, and east of the county; and
the latter lines will open communication with the whole of Car-
diganshire. All these extensive districts are now mainly
supplied with coal and lime from the vicinity of Carmarthen.
The traffic in these staple commodities is at present very consider-
able: as many as 1,000 tons of lime have passed in one day through
a single gate on one of the great thoroughfares into Carmarthen.
With the facility of conveyance afforded by railways, added to the
large extent of country which will be opened by means of the lines
alluded to, this traffic will be immensely increased.
The project was first mooted about ten years ago. A meeting was
held •at Carmarthen, attended by a large and influential body of
gentry, landowners, and merchants. Resolutions were then unani-
mously adopted approving of the scheme, pointing out its advantages
to the country and its value as a safe Investment. Surveys of the
line were afterwards made, which proved that the gradients were
easy, and that the country was free from engineering difficulties.
Some objections, however, arose, which led to the temporary aban-
donment of the undertaking ; these cannot again occur. A
large body of influential persons have already signified their appro-
bation of the scheme. It will meet with the strenuous support of all
the mineral interests in the localities referred to ; and the authori-
ties, merchants, and influential residents of Carmarthen, will afford
every support to carry out an undertaking so beneficial to the inte-
rests of the town and neighbourhood.
The Earl of Cawdor and the other principal landowners on the pro-
posed line have been consulted, and their consents and approbation
have been obtained.
.The corporation of Carmarthen has just had a careful survey of
t
effecting material improvements in its navigation It appears suf-
e
fi the
ernitvl
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evident
ee
that,en engineer
with
etehreoofultiliagyh
e standing, with a view of
comparatively small
sum of money, Carmarthen may be rendered a
redee ara
safe port, easily
accessible to ships of very considerable tonnage, even at neap tides ;
the great depth of water in Black Pool at ebb tide (24 feet) sap-
plying all the requisites of a wet dock. By improving the river so as
to avoid the intermediate shoals and sinuosities, all difficulty to its
free navigation will be removed, and with this facility a very large
export trade will be insured in coal iron, and other produce of the
themselvesthe
country. These improvements (since, the rospectus of this Company
was first issued) have been undertaken by
N ort
to
North andan
oSouthffeo
Wales Railway Company, who have pledged.
tual construction of the necessary works. Feelingly alive to the inte-
rests of the trade of the town and to the wishes of the corporation,
the Committee of Management have gladly acceded to this arrange-
ment, whereby the objects of all parties will be secured. To the
promoters of this Company this result is highly satisfuetory, as by
these means a considerable outlay of their funds will he avoided.
Extensive ironworks are now in operation in the Gwcndraeth Vale,
and others on a large scale are about to be erected in the Vale of
Ammon. The stores of coal and lime are inexhaustible : several
important collieries have been lately opened, and are now ready to
pour their teeming wealth into the market, but a want of commu-
nication with the distant districts of this and the adjoining counties
prevents the proprietors reaping the fruit of their enterprise. The
line now proposed, forming a junction at Carmarthen with the
great
trunk lines, will afford the accommodation so much desired
The gauge to be adopted will depend upon the report of the Govern-
standingPre Preparations
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ment Commissioners.
In order that every attention may be secured to local interests,
arrangements are now being made to add the names of other gentle-
men of property in the county to the provisional committee.'
The liability of the shareholders until the act is obtained will be
limited to the amount of deposits, and after incorporation to the
amount of their subscriptions.
Power will be taken in the Bill to allow interest at 41. per cent. per
annum on all Deposits and Calls from the time of payment until the
opening of the line.
Prospectuses and Plans maybe obtained from, and applications for
Shares to be made to the Solicitors and Secretary, and the follow-
ing Brokers, Messrs. Price and Brown, 4, change-alley, London.
No application for Shares will be attended to unless with a satis-
factory reference.

Annual Sale,
Tons.

DENDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND
CANAL COMPANY,
With concessions of both undertakings for 90 years.
DIRECTORS.
Sir John M'Taggart, Bart., Chairman
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B , Deputy-Chairman
Valentine Knight, Esq.
Ambrose Moore, Esq.
William Shadbolt, Esq.
RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN BELGIUM
Monsieur A. B. Bruneau, Membre de la Deputation permanent 01
East Flanders.
BANKERS.
In London—The London Joint-Stock Bank
In, Belgium—Messrs. Tercelin, Sigart, and CO.
ENGINEER—George Rennie, Esq. F.R S.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Oliver and Lindsell, Moorgate-street Chambers,
City.
The Directors of this Company beg to inform the Shareholders that
their report, containing a detailed account of the present position and
future prospects of the Company, with a second report of Mr. George
Rennie, their engineer, a map of the lines and much statistical infor-
mation subjoined, is now in the press, and will be ready for delivery
at the Company's 00Ices on and after WEDNESDAY next, the 22d
instant.

JOHN MITAGGART, Chairman.
11, Old Jewry-chambers, London, Oct. 17, 1845.

IRISH WEST COAST RAILWAY.
The Committee have much pleasure in stating that the neces-
sary arrangements for proceeding to Parliament next session are
in a state of great forwardness.
_ _

The Allotnient is being proceeded with, and the letters will be
issued immediately.

_
By order,
HENRY T. STUART, Secretary,
11, Old Jewry Chambers, October 18th, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

MIDLAND

COUNTIES
RAILWAY.

JUNCTION

From Nottingham to Syston.
• T.VIOW
(Provisionally Registered.)
A 7) ro:pecius, with the names of a most Influential Committee, and
other details, will appear in a few days. The line will connect the
Pontaralt, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction, with the
South 3fidland Railway.

SOLICITORS.
William Unwin, Esq, ; William Bickley, Esq. Sheffield.
LONDON AGENTS.
"Mears. Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane.

THE MACCLESFIELD and LICHFIELD,
11 or CHURNET and BLYTHE JUNCTION RAILWAY.

The Provisional Committee hereby give notice that the Allotment
of .81:arcs has been completed, and the Letters of Allotment will be
posted on SATURDAY. the 18tk October instant.
In consequence of negotiations which have been concluded, the
number of shares at the disposal of the Committee has been con-
siderably reduced, and they have been utterly unable to comply with
more than a small portion of the numerous applications received,
many of them from persons of the highest respectability.
Parties who have applied fir shares, and who do not receive Letters
of Allotment, are requested to consider this advertisement as an
intimation of the inability of the Committee to entertain their
applications. By order,
WILLIAM CHALLINOR, Secretary pro tem.
Leek, Oct. 17, 1845.

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROIJGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.

(Provisionally Itegisteied, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., Cap. 110.)

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere
The Right lion. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beaucierk, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square
rh (Right Hon. 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. It Hay, Bart, Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Batcson, 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. Thorueycroft, 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 Bagnall, Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshire
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Joseph ?Tyre, Esq., Hull
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
William Broakes, 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 Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgrave-
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London

Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire
Henry It. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq. Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmoor.house, Stafford
Charles James Heath, Esq., London
James Peard 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 Corbyns-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway
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. Muntz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford,

Worcester: and Wolverhampton Railways
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square,Brompton, Director of

the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Direct Bir-

mingham and Leicester Railway
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham Railway
Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus fulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Ilants
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of

the South Staffordshire 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
Softthampton 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, son., Esq., HUH, Provisional Director of the Lynn and

Ely Railway
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Mil
Wakefield Pim, 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. Cotteriil, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf-

fordshire Junction Railway
Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South

Staffordshiie Junction Railway
John Neve, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-

,
shire Junction Railway
Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De-

lahay-areet, Westminster •, and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Pardon, Esq.
BANKERS.
Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss
Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs.
Atwoods, Spooner, and Co.
Locs.t. AGENT.—Samuel Maples, Esq., Nottingham.
SECRETARY—Edward Hart Hart, Esq.
OFFICES—NO. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London I ant
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 new 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 Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, It will be
carried forward as far as Gainsborough., either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
the Midland Counties Cempany during the last session of Parliament.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
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,
Birmingham to Gainsborough,
and 'from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, a
direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and
the other towns already enumerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
lice, 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
great national undertaking will be materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu-
nication between the Important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Warwlck.shire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in thnber, 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 Gain.sborough, and the immense traffic froM Bir-
mingham 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 will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
tier cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the line. . _

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

felted.
Plans and prospectuses, With forms of applications for shares, 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. Hltchins and
Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street; and Messrs. Peppercorns 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. Ridsdale, 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.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham,
Galnsborough, and Hull Railway Campany.
I request yon will allot me shares of 201. each, in the capi-
tal of the above-named Railway ; and I will accept the same, or
any less number, and pay the the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this

day of 1845.
Name in full ......
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Signature ...................... :
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and Profession .. • ... • •
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THE BIRMIN GHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGH, AND -HULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after
MoSDAT, the 27th in,dant
EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS,
am 8, Moorgate-street
MOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingh.
Oct. 10, 1845.
RHONDDA and ELY VALLEYS
JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
The Allotment of shares in this Company has been completed, and
the Committee regret that, in consequence of the very numerous
den and for shares from persons locally interested, it has been under
the necess sity of omitting many most respectable applications.
WILLIAM DAWSON, Chairlllan,
Northurabalcat-treet, Strand, Oct. 18, 1845,

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
ATHLONE AND SLIGO JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Being an Extension of the Dublin and Galway Railway.)
FIRST DIVISION—ATHLONE TO ROSCOMMON.
Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. per Share.
(No Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of kis Shares.)
MANAGING COMMITTEE.
Fitzstephen French, Esq. M.P. Chairman
Right Hon Lord De Freyne
William Ormsby Gore, Esq. M.P.
The Dean of Elphin
Hugh Barton, Esq. Straffen, county Kildare
Sir Joseph Burke, Bart. Fairfield
John Vance, Esq. 3ferrion-square, Dublin
Robert Henry French, Esq. Rutland-square, Dublin
Hamilton Gorges, Esq. Leeson-street
Henry Maunsell, Esq. Landsend, county Dublin
Richard Burton, Esq. county Dublin
John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.S. 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq. the Grove, Stanmore, Middlesex
Patrick A exander Reynolds, Esq. 23, Sussex-gardens, Ilyde-park,
and 16, Cornhill
John Campbell, Esq. Danosfleld, county Dublin
Directors of the
Daniel H. Ferran, Esq. Beechwood
Irish Great Western
R. Pennefather Lloyd, Esq. Herbert-place,
(Dublin to Galway).
Dublin,

- ENGINEER—Sir John Macneill, LL.D. F.R.S.
BANKERS.
The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princess-street, London
Messrs. Barned and Co., Liverpool
The Bank of Ireland, and the National Bank of Ireland, and their
branches.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Barrington, Seri, and Co. 10, Ely-place, Dublin
Mr. Peter M'Keogb, 5, Belvidere-place, Dublin
➢lessrs. Fladgate, Young, and Jackson, 12, Esseastreet, Strand,
London.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
William Bryden, Esq. 4, New Palace-yard, Westminster.
SECRETARY—Robert Plunkett, 48, Dame-street. Dublin.
LONDON AGENT —James Bryden, Esq. 19, Moorgate-street, London.
The many and importantcommercial advantages presented by a
Junction line of railway between the north and south of Ireland, give
the promoters of the projected line from Athlone to Sligo, with a
brandb to Ballet s, the most unqualified confidence in its success.
The proposed line, as regards both public interest and private
speculation, will very much surpass any other that has been pro-
jected from Sligo to Dublin—first uniting with the Dublin and Galway
at Athlone, it will pass in a direct line to Sligo, having a branch to
Ballina, thereby affording railway communication to the great fair
and market towns in the counties of Roscommon, Mayo, and Sligo,
and terminating at the important seaport and garrison town of Sligo,
where it will also unite with the line to Enniskillen, and thus form a
junction between the northern, southern, and western lines, opening
a continuous and the most direct railway communication between
the great commercial and manufacturing towns of the province of
Ulster, and the cities of Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Kilkenny,
and with Galway, and the other large towns and seaports in the
south-east and west of Ireland, and also giving to the counties of
Sligo, Mayo, and Roscommon; a line of railway to the metropolis.
The Athlone and Sligo Junction will receive the full support of the
Directors of the Great Sonthern and Western, and the Dublin and
Galway Railway Companies. Forty miles of the Great Southern and
Western Railway from Dublin to Portarlington are nearly completed,
and will be opened to the public in June next.
. .

At this advanced period- of the year the difficulty of complying
strictly with the standing orders of Parliament renders it advisable
to undertake, in the first instance, but one division of the line, viz.,
that from Athlone to Roscommon, being a distance of twenty English
miles ; for which purpose a capital of no more than 200,000/. will be
required.

The line from Athlone to Sligo is but seventy-two miles in length.
It will pass through or near the towns of Knockeroghcry (at which
the second largest sheep fair in Ireland is held), Athleagtze, Mount
Talbot, Rathgar, Roscommon (one of the largest inland markets in
Ireland), Lanesborough, Elphin, Croghan (celebrated fair town),
Frenchpark, Boyle, Castlerea, Balla,ghadereen, Ballymote, Tabber-
corry, Colooney, Ballisodare, to Sligo. The preliminary surveys
have been made, and the engineer, Sir John Macneill, reports very
favourably upon the gradients and facilities of construction.
Advantages so important as those referred to cannot fail of giving
the greatest encouragement to a line of railway which must, from
passenger traffic alone, return an ample per centage on the outlay of
capital.
It should also be borne in mind that the proposed junctloi line
will not only give to the north of Ireland direct and immediate rail-
way communication with the south, east, and west, but will like-
wise open to the great manufacturing towns of Scotland similar ac-
commodation.
Railways having the advantage of foreign traffic as an auxiliary,
are always the most profitable—no projected line could be more op-
portunely circumstanced in that respect than the proposed Grand
Junction, forming, as it will, a link between the northern and
southern railways, it must, independently of local resources, have a
constant stream of passenger traffic from the parent lines at either
end, and eventually be found one of the most profitable, as well as
the most useful, undertakings in Ireland.
Few lines of railway are possessed of greater local advantages.
Sligo, a considerable and rising seaport town on the N. W. coast at
the one extreme, supplies the whole of the interior, as far as Athlone,
with the products of the western world. Its fisheries and that of

the neighbOuring coast are among the best in Ireland. The salmon
fishery at Ballina, and the deep sea-fishing of Sligo and Inver Bays
would alone yield considerable revenue. Athlone, at the other
terminus, is a garrison town of the greatest importance, in the very
centre of Ireland, from whence it must be an object to have railway
communication with the garrisons of Boyle and Sligo ; there cannot

therefore be a doubt of the lino obtaining the entire support of the
Government.

Roscommon is one of the most' fertile counties in Ireland ; it
abounds in agricultural and mineral produce, and has a population of
253,591 inhabitants. Its great fairs are well known—their staple,
the finest horses, horned cattle, sheep, and pigs, in the United King-
dom, will be conveyed by this line to the Dublin and English mar-
kets ; and while the farmers will thus have a ready and cheap means
of transport for his stock to the best markets, he will, in like manner,
be enabled to supply himself with young stock from the fairs of the
south, east, and west. Large quantities of bacon are cured annually
in the towns of Roscommon, Castlerea, Boyle, &c., and it only re-
quires the advantage .f railway communication to develop the many
industrial resources of the county.

Application for shares to be made to the secretary, 48, Dame-
street, Dublin ; and Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove, and Pearce, Auc-
tion Mart, London.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
ATHLONE AND SLIGO JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Capital, 200,000/., in Shares of 20/. each. First Deposit, 2/. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his shares.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares in this
undertaking ; and I agree to take the same, or such of them as may
be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. per share thereon, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this day of

1845.

Name• • •• • • • • • • • • • • • . . • •
Residence .. • .... • .
Profession or Occupation
Reference Address

To the Provisional Committee,
48, Dame-street, Dublin.

THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
L (Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. each.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington
Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley-on-Thames
Lord A. Cunningham, Mickleham-liall, Dorking
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Sir James Aunesley, Bart., Albany
Sir Hear.. Lambert, Bart. Aston Rowant, Oxon
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart., Alurthley-castle
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. Alderman of London
The lion. W. M. Dawson, Parkstonc-lodge, Poole
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
The lion. Stafford Jerningham, 44, Brookstreo
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 150, Piccadilly
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadley House, Lincolnshire
Major Moore, director of the London and Nottingkatn Railway
R. W. Wood, Esq. Lodge-place, St. John's-wood
Archibald .Douglas Stewart, Esq. Grand Tully Castle
William Slark, Esq. director of the Guarantee Society, Cricklewood,
Middlesex
Benjamin Swan, Esq.
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Railway
William Pritchard, Esq. High Bailiff of Southwark
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Wyndham-place
Major Jelf Sharpe, Twickenham
Majoi-General Brooks Parlby, C.B. Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
The Hon. George Dawson Darner, M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane
James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—W. Rider, Esq.
SOLICITOEs—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basinghall-street.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, Esq.
SECRETARY.—CIIB/ICS C. Sanderson, Esq.
BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Windsor • • • • • • • • • •
Esher ••••.• • • . • • •
Staines.. • • ...... • •
Epsom ............
Rolgate—George Morrison, Esq.

The Southern Junction Railway is intended to, form a communica-
tion between the Great Western Railway at Slough, and the South-
Eastern at Reigate.
It will afford' the most easy access through the medium of the
Great. Western Railway to the inhabitants of Reading, Maidenhead,
Windsor, Staines, Kingston, Epsom, and the principal intermediate
towns, to Dover, Brighton, Hastings, and the other watering-places
on the coast of Kent and Sussex.
Ireland, Wales, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, and the manu-
facturing districts in the West of England will thus obtain a more
direct, less tedious and expensive communication with the Continent
than by the way of London.
The length of line as proposed will be twenty-seven miles ; and,
after a careful examination, no engineering (Ufficulty presents itself,
as it runs for more than half the distance on a level, and traverses a
country that must be greatly benefited by this project.
The Company will be in a situation to deposit the Parliamentary
plans and sections in ample time for complying with the standing
orders, and enabling them to apply for an Act in the ensuing
session. _ . "'

The shortness of the line, and the quantity of passenger and mer-
cantile traffic that the line will command, leaves no doubt of an
ample return for the investment of capital.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of applications for shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; of the Local Agents;
and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street

Liverpool—Messrs. Aiston arid Gage

Manchester—Messrs.fioughland and Leese, and Mr. William Mar-

shall •
Iluil—Messrs. Collinson and Flint, and Mr. James Bowden
Leeds—Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and J. Young and Co.

Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanlord _ _

Plymouth—Messrs. ifopwood and Palmer
Birmingham—Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright

Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Eobertsou and Co. and Messrs. M'Cniiani
and Co. _

.Inddersfield—lNlessrs. Wilson and Hellawell

Worcester—Air. fhomas Henry Wheeler

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIARES.
THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAI LIVAY.
Capital, 750,000/., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—I 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 ; tun]. I undertake also to execute the Parliamen-
tary Contract and Subscribers'Agreement when required.
Name (in full) •

Residence.. •• ..
Trade or Profession ....••
Reference ..... ......
Address of Referce..............

•
r-VHE GREAT GRIMSBY, LOUTH, HORN-
." CASTLE, LINCOLN, AND MIDLANDJUNCTION RAIL-

WAY,

(Provisionally Registered.)
The Allotment of Shares being in course of issue, the Committee
take this opportunity of informing parties who do not receive letters
of allotment, that, owing to the unprecedented demand for shares
beyond the number at their disposal, they have been compelled to
overlook the wishes of a very numerous and highly respectable class
of applicants, who are requested to accept this notice as a reply to
their individual letters.

By order,
TIIO3IAS COXIIEAD, Secretary,
Offices, 6, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street,
20th Oct., 1845.

AMBER-GATE, NOTTINGHAM, AND
BOSTON AND EASTERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
EXTENSION TO SI,EAFORD.
The Committee a Management of the above Company, being de-
sirous of affording every accommodation to the public and the im-
portant towns in the district through which the above railway will
pass, have determined to extend their line from Grantham to Slea-
ford. The line of country between those towns has been carefully
surveyed, and will be formed at a moderate cost, and does not inter-
fere with any ornamental property. The surveys and plans are in a
forward state, and the Committee have tile assurance of their engi-
neer that they will be ready to be deposited in time to proceed early
in the next session of Parliament.
By order, W. F. N. NORTON, Chairman.
JNO. GOUGII, Secretary.

Nottingham, Oct. 4, 1845

WOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, and
BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares will
be entertained after MONDAY, the 20th inst.
W. G. VARDY, 18, Finsbury-place, London.
JOHN SMITH,
C. J. NOBLE, Birmingham-
October 14, 1845.

CALAIS, DUNKIRK, AND BRUGES
JUNCTION /I.kILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that no further Application for Shares can
be received, as the number already applied for greatly exccei the
amount to be allotted.

By order, P. N. SCANLAN, 6:-.vretary.
37, Mooriate-isteet (Eau side), Oct. 18, 1843.

ELY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAY.
In consequence of the great number of applications for shares
in this Company which are daily received from all parts of the
cowitry, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to call the atten-
tion of the Public to the following Clause in the Prospectus, to the
terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, be compelled most
strictly to adhere:—

As, under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and Ely,
Ely and ,Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies,
a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to the holders
of shares in those Companies, a very limited number of shares only
is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no application for
shares therefore cm be attended to, except from parties locally in-
terested and of the highest respectability.
By order,
L. F. EDWARDS, Secretary pro tern.

THE DEAL AND DOVER. JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
The Prospectus of this Company will be issued in a few days, and
In the meantime application for shares to be made to the Secretary,
at the temporary Offices, 26, Bucklersbury, Mansion-house, London.
By order of the Provisional Committee,
October 15, 1845. HIPPISLEY JUSTINS, Secretary.

TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, AND
HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE.—In consequence of applications for shares continuing to
be made to this Company, the Committee of Management beg to an-
nounce that, the list having closed on 7th inst., no more APPLI-
CATIONS can be RECEIVED: and owing to some important
arrangements, the effects of which will materially strengthen the
interests of this Company, the allotment must necessarily be post-
poned for a few days.

THOMAS CARLISLE, Chairman,
F
Temporary Offices, 76, BasinghaHENßYß-street, REUND, Secretary.
Oct. 15, 1845.

THE DIRECT LONDON and EXETER
RAILWAY (with EXTENSION to FALMOUTH and
PENZANCE).

The CoMmittee of Management hereby give Notice that they
have COMPLETED the ALLOTMENT of SHARES, and that the
usual letters are this day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on
claims unprecedented, it is believed, in their number and respecta-
bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preference to ap-
plicants locally interested, or likely to bring to bear for tha Company
a large share of legitimate influence. The numerous persons, with
undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose
applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested
to accept this reason as the Committee's apology.
The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public
support are daily reaching them from the most influential quarters,
the engineering preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad-
vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in
a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders.
E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
r HE LIVERPOOL and HULL DIRECT
LL CONNECTING RAILWAY, via BLACKBURN, BURN-
LEY, and LEEDS.

(Provisionally Registered.)
.Capital 1,200,000/., in GO,OOO Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. 6d. per Share.
This line has been projected for the purpose of forming the shortest
and most direct route between the ports of Liverpool and Hull, and
giving to the important towns of .North Lancashire and the West
Riding of Yorkshire a direct railway communication with those ports
and each other.

I The line, in conjunction with projected railways from Liverpool to
Blackburn, will proceed thence by Burnley across the extensive flag-
stone fields of Worsthorn to Shipley or Bradford, wlitre it will unite
with lines now in existence, including the Leeds and Selby line.
A highly influential local and other Committee is in the course of
formation for carrying out the above object, and a detailed prospec-
tus will shortly appear ; in the meantime, all communication, includ-
ing applications for shares, in the usual form (accompanied by a re-
ference), may be made to Charles William Cobby, of No. 22, Pater-
noster-row, London, the Solicitor to the Company, or to the follow-
ing brokers :—Mr. Thomas Rayson, 32, Coleman-street, London.
Messrs. Neilson, 3lr. G Wow, and Messrs Fletcher and Sharp, Liverpool.
Messrs. Itidsdale and Co., Messrs. M'Leanand Dinwoodie, and Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchestex. Messrs. Rldsdale and Co., Mr.
Richard Binney, Mr. J.M. France, and Messrs. Hicks and Co., Leeds.
Mr. Thomas Bordman, Mr. John Radcliffe, Mr. G. Y. Booth, and
Mr. W. 11. Morrice, Blackburn. Mr. Thomas Wren, Preston. M-
Welch, Lancaster. Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull. Messr
Knowles aftd Cooke, and Mr. William Mason, Bradford. Mr. Frede-
rick Turner, Huddersfield, and Mr. Gorton, Bolton ; of all of whom
forms of application for shares may be obtained.
This project being the same in every respect to the one before ad-
vertised under this title, parties who had applied for shares, and de-
sirous of obtaining an allotment in the present scheme, must renew
their applications at an early period.
CHARLES WILLIAM CORBY., Solicitor to the Company.
22, Paternoster-row.

TUNBRIDGE and RYE HARBOUR DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Frederick Lawrence, Esq. Registered Projector.
Capital, 500,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share
Temporary offices, 94, Cheapside.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
George Ballard, Esq. Sandhurst
Wrn._Bastow, Esq. 20, Surrey-place, London, director of the Com-
mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway
Robert Bestow, Esq. Surrey-place, London, director of the Great
Eastern and 'Western Railway
J. Benson, Esq. Park-place-villas, Maida-hill West, director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway
Jahn Bishop, Est. Banton
John Blunt, Esq. director of the London Docks Company, and Great
Eastern and Western Railway
John Bryant, Esq. Highgate, Hawkhurst
Alfred Bush, Esq. Queen-square, Bath, director of the Great North
and South Wales and Worcester Railway
Capt. James E. Carnegie Somerset-street, Portman-square, director
of tie, Reading and Reigate Railway
Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street Belgrave-square, director of the
Hazebrouk and Fampoux Railway
Thomas Chitty, Esq. Gower-street, director of the Rugby and War-
wick Railway
W. 11. Collis, Esq. Humsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford
and Shropshire Junction Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq. 6. Copthall-court, director of the Commercial
Bank of London
Robert Cook, Esq. Gainsberough
Miles Donner, Esq. 51, Han.,-glace, Sloane-street
John Mercer Durrant, Esq. Theobald's, Hawkhurst
Thomas Mercer Durrant, Esq. Attwaters, Hawkhurst
Edward Evans, Esq. Stones-end, Borough, director of the Commer-
cial Life Assurance Company
Thomas H. Evans, Esq. Mayor of Carnarvon, director ofthe London
• and Holyhead Railway
George Fred. Gregory, Esq. Seacombe, Cheshire, director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction
John Hilder, Esq. Old-place, Sandhurst
Lewis Hoffman, Esq. Inner Temple, director of the Dover and
Bristol Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aldermary-churchyard, director of Remington's
Direct Manchester Railway
Sir Win. Bacon Johnston, Bart. Hilton, Aberdeenshire, director of
the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
William Phillips Lamb, Esq. Ockhain-house, Sussex, director of the
Dover and Bristol and Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction
Railway
Rev. G. A: Lamb, D.D., Iden, Sussex
Kensington Lewis, Esq. Stafibrd-place, and Worcester-park, Surrey
director of the Lynn and Wisbeach Railway
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Gybbon 3lonypenny, Esq. Ilole-park, Rolvenden, Kent,
director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
E. W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, director of
Great North and South Wales Railway
Major-General Parlby,C.B. Rutland-gate, Hyde-park, director of the
London and Manchester itailway
James W. Peppercorn, Esq. Old Broad-street, director of the Haze-
brouk and Fampoux Railway
R. M. Preece, Esq. Lothbury, and 24, Park-square
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, director of the South Midlands Junction,
and Direct London and Manchester Railway
Francis Reeves, Esq. Delmonden, Hawkhurst
Robert Rising, Esq. the Shrubbery, Worcester, director of the Great
North and South of Wales Railway Company
Francis noose, Esq. Upper Montague-street, Montague-square
James Russell, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, director of
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton and Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railways
W. Slark, Esq. Rockhall's-lodge, Cricklewood
James Saynes, Esq. Great Dover-street, Borough
Edwin Smith,- Esq. 51, Great Ormond-street, director of the Avon and
Severn Valley Railway
George Smith, Esq. the Lambs, Staffordshire
John Taylor, Esq. Hoxton, director of the West End and Southern
Counties Railway
Robert Tooth, Esq. Swift's-place, Cranbrook
Thomas Wakefield, Esq: director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
John James Conway, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Dover and Bris-
tol Railway
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Goldhanger, Essex, director of the Man-
chester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway, &c.
M. Clements, Esq. 69, Lowndes-square, director of the Great Leeds
and London Direct Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANKER—Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury.
ENGINEERS—Francis Giles, Esq. and Alfred Giles, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.—Francis Barrow.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Willis and Neve, Cranbrook,
Mr. John Elliot Wilson, Cranbrook.
Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, Hawkhurst.
SECRETARY—E. A. Lamb, Esq.
PROSPECTUS.
This line will pass in a direct course from Tunbridge, via Paddock-
wood (thus connecting itself with Maidstone), through the parishes
Brenchley, Horsmonden, Goudhntst, Cranbrook, Benenden,
Hawkhurst, Sandhurst, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northiam, _
reas-
marsh, Beckley, Iden, and Playden, to the town and harbouro!
Rye, and it will embrace a large extent of adjacent country, at re
sent unprovided with, and much requiring the admittedadvantages
of railway transit. ntLieles, great
remaining
poTrthioenleonfg o
it nfi
ltl hpeaslsi ntenrwonigl In bite
ies. about
el tcountry,a-en-navned
part is free from any material engineering
is not difficulty, or works likely
expected te be necessary
to require any serious outlay, and It
to interfere with any residences or ornamental property.
The saving of distance to Rye, andall the other places embraced
by this line, will be considerable.
s estimated not to exceed 500,0001.
The capital required I
During the last setissallolynoetLaareliianngientht
eapspaini,ceaticoonunwtr7 madewhen for
t
a similar line, par n in detail, by evidence produced before the Committee,
was
st
shown
ewcontemplated traffic, after deducting 401. per cent. for work-
jng expenses, would leave a large per centage upon the Invested
capital. That line was rejected on the ground that the best direc-
tion had not been selected, but with an intimation that the port of
nye was cluthat to a direct railway communication with the inte-
rior of the country, in the best direction towards London. The pre-
sent scheme has been based upon this intimation, taking advantage
of the merits and defects of which appeared upon that investigation,
and as it embraces a more populous and productive country, and
passes in a more direct line to London, said will have the benefit of
better access' to other and more numerous lines, the sources of traffic
are considerably increased, and there is every reason to believe, from
what passed during the last session, that the present plan will be
favourably entertained by the Legislature.
The chief object is to open the port,of Rye to the full benettroliet,
a
railway communication, through a populous and productive
In the direction of I. ondon, to the best point at which It can avail
itself of the existing and contemplated lines.
The imports of Rye, particularly coals,
with lime and other
manures, are of great importance to the country through which the
od of transit will much
line will pass, and a cheaper ad
give the
0
pportunity of great lin-
pinreo7,easmeeitiltleind
tehnei demand
tifvorattihonemo,f andtL adjacent
1 hop-poles, and communicating
chief hop elfounp dtrYisirict of the king-
dom,i apyr hiroouni,g, ther
tiheartttnb timber,
taohmfie,
also the important cattle district of
A
greaputpilic advantage.
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no doubt if a direct •:ieutsotiiothersbea
national d Commercial communication with France.
Applications for sh
94 • Messrs. Willis and Neve, so •
and by persons travelling on onatdprnspontuses to be addressed to the
business.
Secretary, at the offices, 94, Chea side p ,
Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, so
licitors, Cranbrook ; Mr. John Elliot Wilsolinc,itsoorlisc.itiotr,,,,Crkathnibrrsoot
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to the following Brokers :—London -r lilessarnsd.
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Gage ; Messrs., Reynolds and Son.
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Miles. Cheltenham—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co. Exeter—Mr.
Thomas Sanford. Southampton—Messrs. Easty and Sons. Edin-
burgh—Mr Robert Allen. Glasgow—Messrs. Black and Co. ; Messrs.
Buchanan and Altkin. Aberdeen—Mr. W. Gordon. Publin—Messrs.
Bruce and Synies.•

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Previsional Committee of the Tunbridge and Rye Harbour

Direct Railway.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each" in
the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same,
or any less number, and-pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired.
Dated the day 145.

Profession ... ...
Reference . .
Offices, 9 i, Clunpside.
HTON and CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Allotment of Shares in this Com-
pany is completed, and letters posted. The Committee feel much
pleasure in informing the public of the great support they have received
in this undertaking, and they regret that, in consequence of the im-
mense number of applications, many highly respectable and influential
claims have unavoidably been left unsatisfied. Those parties, there-
fore, who do not receive letters, are requested to accept the above &I
the apology of the Committee.
Dy order, FREDERICK PENNY, Secretary.
COMPanY'S Offices, 84, Bz9orgate-otreet, Oct. 13, 1845,