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

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

The Right Hon. Lord William Paget, M.P. R.N. 'Uxbridge-house,

London
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square, London
Sir John Key, Bart., alderman of London
Sir Wm. Twysden. Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, London
Sir George Rich, 43, Lovrndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
William Collins, Esq. M.P. Pall-mall, London
William Wilson Archibald, Esq. Liverpool, director of the London

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and Holyhead Direct Railway
William Anderson, jun., Esq., Byker-house, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
provisional director of the Hull, Mallon, and North. Union

Railway
Anthony ICington Baker, Esq. Longford-house, Cheltenham, director
of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway
William Banks, Esq. Knighton. Radnorshire
dward Bilton, Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, director of the Leeds

and Carlisle Railway
Thomas Browne, Esq. Warkworth, Northumberland, provisiona
director of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway
Michael Brown, Esq., merchant, Sunderland
Thomas Brunton, Esq., TOvra-clerk, Sunderland
John Boustead, Esq., Settlebeck, Sedbergh
Capt. John Harrison lowker, RS., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, provi-
sional director of the South Union, Bath, Bristol, and Dover

Junction Railway
George Watson Buck, Esq. C.E., Greenheys, near Manchester, di-
rector of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway
John Burgess, Esq. boroughreeve of Manchester, director of tho

Chester and Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan, director of the Liverpool, Preston, and

North Union Railway
William Byrom, Esq. Oldham
Wm. Campbell, Esq. Tillichewan Castle, Dumbartonshire, provi-
sional director of the London and Edinburgh Direct Railway
Captain Alan Chambre, Burnley, Lancashire
John Thomas Coates, Esq. Ingleten, director of the Keighley, Halifax,

and Huddersfield Railway
Thomas Collins, Esq. Liverpool

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John Dewhurst. Esq. Preston, director of tha Preston and Wyre
Railway
Jes. Donnell, Esq. merchant, Liverpool
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John Alcock Dixon, Esq. Habergham Eaves, Burnley, managing
director of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle and Carlisle Railway
John Elam, Esq. Gildersome, near Leeds, and Deeside, Dent
Francis Ewart, Esq. barrister-at-law, Temple, London, provisional
director of the Great Leeds and London Railway
Henry Farrington, Esq. York-place, Manchester, director of the
Manchester and Wigan Railway
The Rev. John Hutton Fisher, M.A., F.G.S., Vicarage, Kirkby

Lonsdale
A. R. Ford, Esq. Ellel Hall, Lancaster
Abram Gartside, Esq. Liverpool

Henry Glynn, Esq. 4, Garden-court, Temple
Giles Hall, Esq. Elm-court, Temple, director of the Rugby, Swinton,
and Weymouth Railway
Joha William Harden, Esq. J.P., Hope House, New Ferry, Cheshire,
a provisional director of the Birkenhead, Lancashire,' and Cheshire
Junction Railway
William Hardy, Esq. Lancaster-place
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Samuel Harris, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston
Wm. Henderson, Esq. Liverpool
John Herd, Esq. merchant, Liverpool

Edward Lake Ileep, Esq. Huddersfield, provisional director of the
Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway
Frederick Hewitt, Esq. Clapham, Surrey, director of the Great North-
ern, Southern, and Eastern Counties Railway
G. E. Hodkinson, Esq. 7, York-terrace, Itegent's•park, London
John Holford, Esq. Rusholme-hall, Manchester, director of the Liver-
pool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway
John Douglas Hopkins, Esq. Bedford-square, London, director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway
Richard Hoyle, Esq. Denton-hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. F.S.O. F.L.S. alderman of London,
chairman of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold, Rhuabon, and Vale of
Llangollen Railway Company, &c. &c.
• James Inman, Esq. Sedbergh

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James Irvine, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Liverpool and Bolton
Direct Railway
Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq. Edge-hill, near Liverpool, director of the
Stafferdshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railway
W. Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Surrey

George Lawrie, Esq. Talavera-place, Broughton, near Manchester,
provisional director of the Eastern Counties Junction Railway
James Catteral Leach, Esq. director of the Bolton and Liverpool
Direct Rail way
William Melville Lomas, Esq. merchant of Liverpool, deputy chair-
man of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Junction
Railway
John Lord, Esq., Standish-hall, near Wigan, director of the Black-
burn. Chorley, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway
John Mee Mathew, Esq. 4, Gray's Inn-square, London, director of
the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railway
William M`Michael, Esq. Bridgnorth, Salop, provisional director of
the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
J. M. Macdonald, Esq. Liverpool, director of the London and Holy-
head Direct Railway
Wm. Wright Manifold, Esq. Rodney-street, Liverpool
Edward Norris, Esq. Clairville, Manchester, provisional director
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.S. 81, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park,
director of the South Midland Railway
Capt. Charles Frederick Parkinson, the Polygon, Ardwick, Man-
chester, managing director of the West Lancashire Railway
Samuel Perrott, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Liverpool, Preston,
and North Union Junction Railway
John Procter, Esq., Close-house, Settle

Chas. Rayne,'Esq: Carville-hall, Northumberland, director of the
Hull, Malton, and North Union Railway
Win. Robinson, Esq. Lancaster, director of the Liverpool, Preston,
and North Union Railway
Wm. Rudgard, Esq. J.P. Lincoln

W. R. Scott, Rsq., 17, Devonshire-place, London
Tho Rev. Adam Sedgwick, Trinity College, Cambridge, Woodwar-
dian Professor of Geology
The Rev. John Sedgwick, ILA. Vicarage, Dent, near Sedbergb, York-

shire
James Sewart, Esq. Moss-house, Sedbergh
James Shaw, Esq. Pendleton, Manchester, director of Manchester
and Rugby, and of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Samuel Simpson, Esq. the Gres.Tes, Lancaster, director of the Rugby,
Derby, and Manchester Railway
Robert Surtees, Esq. Eedworth, Durham, director of the Cheltenham,
Oxford, and London Junction Railway
R. Lambton Surtees, Esq. Durham

Joseph Swainson, Esq. Kendal, Westmoreland
George Tate, Esq. Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, director of the
Dover and Bristol Railway
Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan, director of the Liverpool, Preston, and

North Union Railway
John Taylor, Esq. Airton, Craven
Thomas Tebbutt, Esq. Manchester, provisional director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway
James Thomson, Esq., Wray, near Lancaster, provisional director of
the Liverpool and Derby Direct Railway
Frederick Swan Todd, Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
James Upton, Esq., Akay-lodge, Sedbergh, provisional director o
the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway
Rev. G. A. Walker, Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway
Robert Moon Watson, Esq. Bishop Wearmouth
Thomas Wearing, Esq. Sedbergh, provisional director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
James Dent Weatherly, Esq. banker, Newcastle •upon-Tyne
Matthew Weston, Esq. Rochdale
Richard White, Esq. J.P. Thorney-close, Sunderland
Andrew White, Esq. J.P. Tunstall-lodge, near Sunderland, director
of the Durham and Sunderland Railway
William White, Esq. South Shields
George Whiteley. Esq, Temple, London, provisional director of the
Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway
William Wilson, Esq. merchant, Liverpool.

BANIERS.
London—Messrs. Barnards, Dimsdales, and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. William Jones, Loyds, and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Arthur lleywood, Sons, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Settle, Skiptou, Keighley, Burnley, and Clitheree—The Craven
Banking Company
Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Durham—The Northimberiand and Dur-
ham Banking Company
Lancaster—The Lancaster Barking Company
Kendal—Messrs. Wakefield, Crewdson, and Co.
ENGINREIL—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
SURVEYoßs—Messrs. Nevins and Lawton, Manchester
Soucrroas—Messrs. Cowbura and Norris, Sedbergk
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Wilkinson, Esq. Sedbergh.
LOCAL JOINTS.
Thomas Eastham, Esq. solicitor, Kirkby Lensdale
John Theodore Hoyle, Esq. solicitor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Thomas Johnson, Esq., solicitor, Leeds.
LONDON AGaNTh—Messrs. Cragg and Jeyes, 22, Bedford-row.

This railway will connect theeast and west coasts, and form
direct route from the ports of Liverpool, Fleetwood-on-Wyre, and
Lancaster, to Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Commencing at Lancaster, it
will proceed up the valley of the Lune, by Kirkby Lonsdale, Sedbergb,
and Kirkby Stephen, and thence by the most practicable line to New-
castle. It will run nearly parallel with the old coach road, which
has hitherto been the principal passenger route from Lancaster to
Newcastle.
It will readily be conceded that great benefits will flow from a
direct railway communication between the coal-fields and mining
districts of Durham and Northumberland, and the important towns
and ports of Liverpool, Fleetwood, Newcastle, and Lancaster.
The entire length of the line is rich in mineral productions—coal,
slate, limestone, marble, and other elements of a great local traffic
abound, and cannot fail to make this one of the most remunerative
projects of the day. A considerable saving of distance between the
important towns on the ternsial is effected over any existing or pro-
jected scheme.
It will be reserved to the Committee of Management to make such
alterations in the line, or the amnunt of capital required, or other-
wise, as may be deemed most advantageous to the interests of the
Company. Power will be applied for to allow interest at the rate
of four per cent. on the calls from the passing of the Act to the
opening of the line, as well as to limit the liability of the shareholders
to the amount of their subscriptions only.
Prospectuses and forms of application for shares nay be had of the
Solicitors, and of the, following brokers:—
Messrs. Peppercorne, Old Broad-street, City, London; Mr. Robert
Greenhant, Liverpool ; Mr. W. G. Seed and Messrs. Thomas Card-
well and Son, Manchester ; Messrs. Hargrave and Homer, 48,
Briggate, Leeds ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull ; Mr. W. Welch,
Lancaster ; Messrs. Mewburn and Blakey, Halifax ; Messrs. Gray-
stone and Earl, York ; Messrs. Cragg and Musgrove, Skiptou ; Mr.
Frank Wakefield, jun., Nottingham ' • Mr. John Gibbins, Settle ;
Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; Messrs. Crossley,
Bradford : Mr. J. H. Taylor, Huddersfield ; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw,
Derby; Mr. Wren, Preston; Mr. Baynes Pinder, Burnley; Messrs.
Drewry and Richardson, and Messrs. Warburton and Co., New-
castle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. W. Isaac Barker, Sunderland ; Mr. Thomas
Christopher Maynard, Durham ; Mr. W. Temkinson, Newcastle-
under-Lyne ; Messrs. Collis and Smith, Birmingham; Mr. J. 11.
Nightingale, Wakefield ; Mr. J. N. Balme, Gloucester; Mr. David
Kinnear, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Borthwick, Campbell, and Co.,
Glasgow.
Applications for shares, in the usual form, must be accompanied
by references to a member of the Provisional Committee, to the soli-
citors, or to a banker or person of known respectability, or they
cannot be attended to.

LANCASTER AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-
TYNE RAILWAY.
NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES from Residents in London
can be entertained later than WEDNESDAY, the sth November, nor
from the country after SATURDAY, the Bth of November, soon after
which the allotment will take place.
WILLIAM WILKINSON, Set:retail,
Railway Office, Sedbergh, Oct. 25, 1845

THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provbionally Registered.)
Capital 750,0001., in a 7,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. each.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley-on-Thames
The llon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Lieut.-Col. Westenra, M.P., St. James's•street
Sir James Annesley, Bart., Albany
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart., Murthley-castle
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. Alderman of London
The Hon. W. M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
The Hon. Stafford Jeingham, 44, Brook-street
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 150, Piccadilly
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadley House, Lincolnshire
Major Moore, director of the London and Nottingham Railway
R. W. Wood, Esq. Lodge-Place, St. John's•wood
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq. Grand Tully Castle
Benjamin Swan, Esq. 103, Jermyn-street, St. James's, director of the
London and Edinburgh Railway
William Pritchard, Esq. High Bailiff of Southwark
Major-General Brooks Pariby, C.B. Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
James Reeves, Esq., Layton, Essex
James Gernon, Esq. director of the London and Nottingham Railway
Frederick W. Seymour, Esq. director of the Direct Manchester,
Leeds, and York Railway
Robert J. Lattey, Esq. St. John's-wood, director of the Birmingham
and Buckingham Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, director of the York
and Lancaster Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—W. Rider, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basingliall-street.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, Esq.
SECRETARY —Charles C. Sanderson, Esq.
BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Windsor—C. S. Voules, Esq.
Staines—Messrs. Home and Son
Esher—John Abbott, Esq.
Epsom—Arthur William Wood, Esq.
Rolgato—George Morrison, Esq.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, anti 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. Peppercerne, 2, Old Broad-street
Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William Mar-
shall
Hull—Messrs. Cellinson and Flint, and Mr. James Bowden
Leeds—Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and J. Young and Co.
Stratford-en-Avon—Mr. William' Bolton
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford
Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer
Birmingham—Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright
Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co. and Messrs. M'Callum
and Co.
Huddersfield—Messrs. Wilson and Hellawell
Worcester—Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital, 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares
of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same,
and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may
be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamen-
tary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name (in full) ...................... ..
Trade or Profession .........• • . .•
Reference • • • ..... ••• • • • • • • • .• ... .... ;1.4
Address of Iteferce........

PARIS AND LYONS RAILWAY.
(COMPAGNIE DECAN.)
Entire Capital 200,000,000 f. (8,000,0001. sterling), to be raised by
the issue et 400,000 Shares of 500 f. each (201.) ; of which sum
150,000,000 f. (6,000,000/.) is already subscribed in France, and
50,000,000 f. (2,000,0001.) is to be subscribed in England.

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

DIRECTORS IN FRANCE.

Duc d'llarcourt, President, pair de France, president du eonseil

d'administrathm du Cheminde Fer de Troyes i Monterean
Desrousseaux de Medrane, administrateur des Maces do St. Quirin,

at ancien administrateur du Chemin do Far du Nord
Petittine, chevalier de la Liglen d'lionnenr, ancien nigotiant en

soieries
iteynaud do Barbarin, eonsellet• la Cour des Comptes, et widen
administrateur du Chemin de Fer du Nord
rte. de Richemont, Depute, sombre du Conseil-General de Let et
Garonne, ancien Tice-president da Chemin de Fer du Nord
Andre Kocklie, Depute
Andre Rousselie, Jne., ancieu chef de la maison Rousselle, Oncle
NeTeux et Ilavard, administrateur du Chemin do Fer de Paris a
Strasbourg
Stourin, Depute, anministrateur du Chemin do Fer de Troyes 1

Montereau
Due de TISTi" pair de France, chevalier d'honneur de S.A.R.
Madame la Duchess* d'Orleaas, membre du Conseil-General de la
Seine, anelen fulministrateur du Chemin de Fer du Nerd
Ligeroa, Jne., Bauquier, Associe de la maison Ligeron, Lambert,
Offroy, et Comp., administrateur du Chemin de Fer do Paris A
Strasbourg
M. d'Arambint, Depute de Boulogne
William Massy limn, Esq, director of the Tours and Nantes Railway
(Lefeyre's)

DIRECTORS IN ENGLAND.
Sir Wm. Magnay, Bart. Chairman.
Thomas H. Muck, Esq. F. F. Clossman, Esq.
Hughes Hughes, Esq. Hon. Captain Hotham
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Henry Simonds, Esq.
David Wheatcroft, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
C. 1). Archibald, Esq. John Webster, Esq.
ENGINEER IN CUlBF—Charles Tignoles, Esq.
BANKERS IN PARIS—M. M. Ligeron, Lambert, Offry, and Co.
BANKERS IN LONDON—The Commercial Bank ; London Joint-Stock,
Somorross—Messin.Reed and Robinson, 31, Moorgate-street.

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

Loudon, October 18, 1845.
To the Directors of the above-named Paris and Lyons Railway Com.

PatlY•
Gentlemen,—l hereby subscribe for shares of 20/. each in
the capital stock of the above Company, on the tenns and conditions
set forth above. I undertake to accept that number of shares, or any
less number which may be apportioned to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and the future calls, to the extent of my liability, as above de-
fined ; and I also undertake to sign all necessary documents autho-
rising the execution, in my behalf of the" Acta de Societe," and bind-
ing me to conform to the statutes of the Company.
Christian and Surname in full ••• • • •
Usual Signature ............
Profession or Calling ......
Place of Residence...

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Nolo and Adam of Referee

NORTHERN COUNTIES (ROSS and CRO-
MARTY, SUTHERLAND, and CAITHNESS) DIRECT
RAILWAY.

Capital 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
The Counties of Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, and Caithness,
form, probably, till largest and most important portion of Great Bri-
tain for which the benefits of railway communication have not yet
been secured.

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

To effect this raost desirable end a Company is being formed, as
has been already announced, to execute a railway commencing at the
terminus of that which may be first completed to Inverness, and
thence proceeding northward, by Dingwall, through the county of
Ross, and by or near Donar, along the south or Lairg side of the
River Shin into Sutherland, and through that county, by Auebintoul,
into Caithness, in the eastern portion of which the line will diverge
into two branches, terminating respectively at the towns of Thurso
and Wick.

The most direct practicable route, consistent with economy in the
execution and working of the line, and with the rights of all parties,
will be adopted throughout.
In compliance with the desire of several large proprietors in the
eastern district of the county of Ross, it has been determined that the
trunk or main line shall proceed to Invergordon and rain, and thence
into Sutherland and Caithness.

It is also intended to combine with the execution of the railway,
and, in connexion with it, the enlargement and improvement of the
present harbour of Invergordon (by arrangement with the proprietor),
so as to make that anchorage, which possesses all the advantages of
the celebrated Bay of Cromarty (still, as iu ancient times, the largest
and safest harbour of refuge on the east coast of Scotland), the port
not only for the counties of Boss and Cromatty, but also for all the
country northwards.
The mutual advantages to Invergordon and the whole country
in respect to those imports and exports which must still be sea-borne,
need only be alluded to to be appreciated. At no other place on the
east coast of Scotland, from the Frith of Tay to Duncansby Head
(the extremity of Caithness) could so good a harbour be possibly
formed, there being at Invergordon 11 fathoms water (close to the
present wooden jetty) at the lowest of spring tides, and perfect
shelter, with singular facility for ingress and egress from and to the
German Ocean ; and the expense of the requisite works will be com-
paratively very unimportant.

Besides the importance of completing, as is thus contemplated, an
unbroken line of railway transit for passengers and goods, and the
rapid transmission of the mail from the capital to the northern ex-
tremity of Scotland, the county of Orkney and Zetland will thereby,
and with the aid of the powerful steamer about to be established be-
tween Thurso and Orkney, have a daily and speedy intercourse with
the main land of Scotland, onward to the manufacturing districts of
the kingdom, and to the metropolis.
The prolongation of a railway from Inverness to Thurso on the
one hand, and the admirable roadstead and harbour of Scrabster,
which, from its natural position—admitting of vessels entering and
departing with any wind—would, in connexion with the railway,
command the Baltic and North American trade ; and, en the other,
to the important and rapidly-improving town of Wick, the capital of
the northern herring and deep sea fisheries, which require only such
a stimulus as the proposed measure will supply to increase their value
incalculably, by affording the ready and certain means of conveying
their products into all parts of the country, is obviously an under-
taking of the greatest national importance, embracing the develop-
ment of the natural resources of the northern counties and their ex-
tensive sea coasts, the continued prosperity and wealth of their in-
habitants and the general trade, and, It may be hereafter, even the
additional security of the empire.
The most populous district in proportion to its extent in Ross and
Cromarty, and until late years (considering its capabilities) the least
improved, is that lying between the Muir of Ord on the south and
the town of Cromarty on the north, commonly called "the Black
Isle." For the benefit of this district, a line is intended to be made
from the point which may be found most desirable as a station with
reference to the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose, and the harbour of
Invergordon, to join the main line at the Muir of Ord, with a short
branch to the nearest good station on the north side of the Ferry of
Kessock.
The Muir of Ord being now the place where the greatest and most
frequent stock markets in Scotland, north of Falkirk. are held, it is
of great importance te the 'western Highlands of Ross-shire that
their communication with the Muir of Ord, as well as their access
to the main line of railway, should be facilitated ; and it is, therefore,
contemplated forming a branch line from the Muir of Ord to the
upper part of the valley of Strathgarve, being the nearest point to the
Lews at present accessible by a railway, and accommodating, at the
same time, the extensive districts of Ross-shire lying to the north,
west, and south-west of Strathgarve.
The preliminary survey of the main line has been completed. Its
whole length is about 150 miles, and the greater portion of it is of
easy construction.
The proposed capital is considered adequate to cover every expense,
including the completion of the harbour at Invergordon ; but should
additional capital be found necessary for the proposed branches,
power will be taken to raise it.
The principal proprietors have already offered the land and the
building materials in the neighbourhood of the line, free from all
charge, for the purposes of the railway.
Not only will they, and the northern counties generally, benefit in-
calculably by the completion of the work, but the shareholders may
expect a fair, and in no long time, ample return for their investments
in a line which has not, and can never have, a rival.
Interest at 4 per cent. will be allowed on all calls paid up, and the
Act incorporating the Company will provide that no shareholder shall
be liable beyond the amount of his subscription. Until the Act be
obtained the liability of the subscribers will be restricted to their
actual deposits ; and of these there shall not, in any event, be ex-
pended a larger sum than ss. per share without the express authority
of a general meeting of the subscribers.
The names of the Provisional Committee (embracing !those of the
principal proprietors in the north) will be speedily published ; but
meanwhile it may be stated, that the support the present undertaking
has already received from individuals fully able to accomplish this
most hnportant work, leaves no doubt of its complete success.
The acting engineers will be Joseph Mitchell, Esq., F.R.S.E.,
M.1.C.E., Inverness ; Allan Stevenson, Esq., Engineer of the
Northern Lights' Commissioners, Edinburgh ; and J. F. Bateman,
Esq., C.E., Manchester; with Thomas Page, Esq., M.I.C.E. West-
minster, as consulting engineer.
A minute survey has been ordered of the whole line, and, when
completed, a map of it will be published ; meanwhile, copies of the
prospectus, and of the form of application for shares, will be obtained
at the National Bank of Scotland, or any of its Branches, and at the
offices of the London and Westminster Bank, and of Messrs. Glyn,
Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street ;tor from any of the following
gentlemen, to whom communications and applications for shares, in the
form annexed, may be addressed, viz. Mackenzie, Esq., o f
Muirton, W.S., Edinburgh ; James Sutherland, Esq., Provost of
Inverness ; Patrick Grant, Esq., County Clerk of Inverness ;
Innes Cameron, Esq., Provost of Dingwall ; Crawford Ross, FAul.,
Cadboll by Fearn ; David Ross, Esq., Commissary Clerk Of Rosa..
shire, Tain ; George Gunn, Esq.. Factor of Sutherland, Waives, by
Golspie ; George Sutherland Taylor, Esq., Goispie Robert Hors-
burgh, Esq., Factor of the Reny Country, Tongue ; William Manson,
Esq., Thurso; Peter Wilson, Esq., Town Clerk of Wick; and Messrs.
Cameron and Bain, 18, Parliament-street, Westminster.
Scripholders of the Perth and Inverness ; the Aberdeen and In-
verness; Inverness and Elgin; Elgin, Banff, and Aberdeen; and
Caledonian Northern Direct Railway Lines, are requested to specify
this in their applications.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Directors of the Northern Counties (Ross and
Cromarty, Sutherland, and Caithness), Direct Railway.

Gentlemen,---I request you will allot to me shares of int. each
in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same,
or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake to
pay the deposit and all future calls thereon ; and also to sign the
Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract when
required.
I hold the Scrip for

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HUGIL DINES CAMERON, Sec. pro tein.

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