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LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING SUN,
NOVEMBER 7, 1845.

Nky. 115608.

THREE SWANS COMMERCIAL INN, I GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and
SALISBURY. - CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY.
In consequence of the Black Horse Hotel being finally closed, PROVISIONAL DIRECTOR 3.
HENRY FIGES takes the opportunity of inviting commercial Chairman—The Earl of Devon.
gentlemen driving the western circuit to give the above establish- Deputy Chairmen—Henry Pownall, Esq. ; Major Jelf Sharp.
went a trial, and as every department has been thoroughly reno- Benjamin John Armstrong Esq. Charles Downes, Esq.
vated, H. F. feels assured that he can give entire satisfaction. William Sprott Boyd, Esq. James Montgomery, Esq.
To those gentlemen who have hitherto supported him he retarng Thomas iiramail, Esq. The Hon. Col. Phipps
his best thanks, and solicits a continuation of their patronage, with. John Chevallier Cobbold, Esq. David Salomons, Esq.
their interest. George Cooper, Esq. Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq.,
Winchester-street, Oct. 17, 1845. George James Stredwiek Cam- M.P.
den, Esq. Frederick Thompson, Esq.
The allotment in this line of railway has been completed, and the
letters of allotment forwarded, but owing to the immense number of
applications, the Provisional Directors regret having been compelled
In all cases materially to curtail the number, and in very nume-
row instances to leave out the names of highly respectable parties
'altogether.
The Provisional Directors have much pleasure in stating that the
surveys are fully completed, and every other necessary arrangement
made for going before Parliament, and that from peculiarly favour.
able circumstances, they confidently anticipate that their Bill will
BE ONE OF THE EARLIEST BROUGHT FORWARD IN TILE ENSUING
SESSION. By order, •
HENRY MOREING, Secretary.

SHEFFIELD, NOTTINGHAM, and LONDON
DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY.

The Committee of Management have great satisfaction in an
nouncing to those parties who have applied for shares in this under-
taking, that they have received the strongest assurance from the
engineer, en which they place the greatest reliance, that the survey
of the whole line will be completed, and the plans deposited, in time
to comply with the Parliamentary standing orders, when the Letters
of Allotment will be issued.
By order of the Committee,
11. F. ALSTON, Secretary.
•
1, Moorgate, sth November, 1845.

TRENT VALLEY, CHESTER, AND HOLY-
HEAD CONTINUATION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered. pursuant to 7th and Sth Viet., c. 110.)
Capital 260,0001.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Edmund Turner, Esq. M.P. Truro, chairman of the Wolverhampton,
. Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. director of the East India Company
Thomas A. Dale, Esq. Birkenhead, and Malvern-house, Cheltenham,
managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birken-
head Junction Railway Company
Matthew Harrison, Esq. director of the North and South Wales
Bank, and managing director of the Wolverhampton, Chester, and
Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
Edward Cooper, Esq. Henley-in-Arden, vice •chairman of the Wolver-
hampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
Henry Arnold Homer, Esq. Leamington, director of the Wolver-
hampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
John Knowles, Esq. Burnley, director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway.
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton, director of the Portsmouth and
Chatham Railway
Emanuel Cooper, Esq. banker, 29, Lombard-street, director of the
Waveney Head Valley and Great Yarmouth Railways
Thomas Hall, Esq. Tulse-hill, Surrey .
Thomas E. Davies, Esq. Bellefteld-house, Staffordshire, director of
the South Staffordshire Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq. Coulsclen-court, chairman of the Licensed
Victuallers' Insurance Society, and director of the Direct Western
'Railway
Robert Wrightson, Esq. Highgate, near Birmingham, managing
director of the Wolverhampton, Cheater, and Birkenhead Junction
Railway, and of the Birmingham. Westbromwich, and Wednesbury
Railway
Edward Nelson Alexander, Esq. Halifax
Holden Hamerton, Esq. Halifax
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq. Bycullah-house, Enfield
Samuel Haines, Esq, Birmingham, managing director of the Wolver-
hampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway
W. Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Surrey
E. Parish, Esq. Balham-terrace, Clapham
Thomas Head, Esq. M.D. Hanley, director of the Wolverhampton,
Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
William Bradley, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of the Wolver-
hampton,
Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
P. B. Turner, Esq. Isle of Wight and London, managing director of
the Wolverhampton, Chester,. and Birkenhead Junction Railway
Company
Samuel Stephens Bankart, Esq. Leicester
Captain Hansileld, of Breech, near Halifax, one of the provisional
committee of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Bayley Rose, Esq. stipendiary magistrate for the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and director of the Staffordshire and Liverpool, and
Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Harris, Esq. acting director of the Wolverhampton, Chester,
and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. Bryanston-street, Portman-square
William Simpson Potter, Esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, London
Josiah Challinor, Esq. Normanton, near Derby, director of the
Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Com-
pany
F. B. Garty, Esq. 9, Chepstow-place, Camberwell New-road, Surrey,
director of the Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton and
Coventry, Banbury and Oxford Junction Railways
George Robinson, Esq. director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction,
and the Great Leeds Railways
Christopher Netherwood, Esq. Cliff-hall, Keighley, one of the
executive committee of the Keighley, Halifax, and :Huddersfield
Railway Company
Edward Middleton, Esq. Edgbaston, director of the South Stafford-
shire Railway, and managing director of the Wolverhampton,
Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
Walter Augustus Lewis, Esq. Wolverhampton, acting director of the
Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway
Company.
Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq. Alder-house, near Tamworth, director
of the Northampton, Banbury and Chester, and Leicester and
Tamworth Railways
George Gamble, Esq. Gainsborougb, director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Wolverhampton and Birmingham and Notting-
ham Railways
J. M'Cann, Esq. Parliament-street, Westminster
James Fisher, Esq. iromnaster, Bilston, director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway Company
Henry Homer, Esq. M.D. Leamington, director of the Wolverhamp-
ton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway Company
Edward Cadman, Esq. Weatbourne-house, Sheffield, director of the
Direct Western Railway
Joseph Rogers Clarke, Esq. Stoke Newington, managing director of
the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junction Railway
Company
Jeremiah Sharp Brown, Esq. Carlton-place, Halifax, director of the
Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway
John Ashwell, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire, director of the Peter-
borough and Northampton Railway
George Young, Esq. Foley-house, Longton, Staffordshire, director of
the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Henry Mayhew, Esq. Shrubberies, King's-road, Parson's-green,
Fulham
James Glover, Esq. L.ongton, Staffordshire, director of the South
Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Joseph Stocks, Esq. Shibden-hall, director of the East and West
Yorkshire, and Leeds, Carlisle, Liverpool, and Leeds Direct
Railways
B. W. Spurgeon, Esq. Derby
John- Allcock Dixon, Esq. Burnley
William Sloanes, Esq. Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, London
William Lucy, Esq. Edgbaston, Warwickshire
John Thompson, Esq. alderman of Wigan, director of the Birken.
head and Holyhead, the Manchester, Wigan, Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railways
Chorley and 'Liverpool, the Manchester and Wigan, the Leeds and
Liverpool, and the Wigan and North Union Railways
Joel Edens, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield, Nottingham,
and London Direct Railway
Henry Holroyd, Esq. Burnley
William Botterll, Esq. Burnley, director of the York and Kenyon
Junction Railway
James Smallpage, Esq. Green-bank, Burnley
Thomas Henry Walker, Esq. Blurton-house, near Longton, Stafford-
shire, director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction
Railway
C. Greatrex, Esq. Walsall
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq. Sprats Lade-house, Longton, Staffordshire,
director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway,
and also of the North Western Trunk Railway
Thomas. Wynne, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire, director of the Leeds
and Carlisle Railway
Ambrose Moore, Esq, Milk-street, London
Lord Massey, Esq. Burnley, director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
William Roberts, Esq. North Parade, Burnley, director of the Leeds
and Liverpool Direct Railway
James Male, Esq. Leamington
A. R. Bayher, Esq. director of the Bristol and Birmingham, and
Manchester and Southampton Railways
F. Gamble Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of .the Nottingham
and Gainsborough, and Wolverhampton and Birmingham and Not- ,
Lanham Railways
F. Hastings Ingham, Esq. Martin-house near Shipton
T. Heels, Esq. Shipton
D. D. Dugdale, Esq. Burnley
Richard Holdsworth, Esq. Burnley
William Shadbolt, Esq. London, chairman of the London and Green-
wich Railway Company
George Mercer Murray, Esq. Hereford-street, Park-lane, director of
the Ribble and Humber Railway
(With power to add to their number.)

53, Charing-crbss, Nov. 5, 1845

'John Smith, Esq. and J. C. Noble, Esq. Birmingham.
W. S. Vardey, Esq. 18, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square, London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. APDougal and Upton, 44, Par-
liament-street.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Henry Turner, Esq. Wolverhampton
John Hostage, Esq. Chester
Edward Challinor, Esq. Hanley
Messrs. Cotterill and Gwynne, Walsall
John Smith Porter, Esq. Birkenhead
Messrs. Alexander, Halifax.
William Cowden, jun. Esq. Hinckley
Thomas Harding, Esq. Newcastle
W. E. Twigg, Esq. Burslem.
Messrs. Bennett and Bowen, Stafford
Messrs. Warren and Bird, Market Drayton.
BANKERS.
Birmimingham—The Midland Banking Company
London— The London Joint-Stock Bank
Wolverhampton—Messrs. Fryer
Chester—Messrs. Dixon, Wardle and Co.
Liverpool—The Liverpool Banking Company
Manchester—Manchester and Liverpool Banking Company
Halifax—Halifax and Huddersfield Union Banking Company
Leicester—Leicester Banking Company.
AGENTS.
Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, North Side, noyd
London / Exchange
Messrs. Burnand and Co. Cornhill
Birmingham—W. H. Collis, Esq.
Wolverhampton—H. N. Payne, Esq.
Liverpool Messrs. Smith and Jordan, and
[Messrs. Geddes and Drinkwater
Manchester—H. Benton, Esq.
Leeds—Messrs. Terry and Holliday
Huddersfield—Messrs. Mooney and Hicks
Halifax—Messrs. Hclliwell and Davis,
Bradford—Messrs. Smith and Martin . -
Burnley—Messrs. Smallpage
Hull—Mr. S. Phillips
Edinburgh—Mr. D. Kinnear, and Mr. Cooper
Glasgow—George Mills, Esq., and Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Dublin—Messrs. Labertouche and Co., 257, Ingram-street
Coventry—Messrs. Clarke and Brown
Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balms
Cheltenham—Messrs. Halls.

REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY.
EASTERN EXTENSION.
In answer to the very numerous applicants for prospectuses and
shares fYom all parts of the kingdom, the promoters beg t• give
notice, that it is not their intention to Issue the rrospectus until after
the deposit of the plans and sections-and books of reference (now in
a state of great forwardness), on or previously to the 30th instant.
T. .1. SIAIRE.
4, New Bridge-street, Nov. 4, 1845.

F.LY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAY.
In consequence of the great number of applications for share-
in this Company which are daily, received itom all parts of the
country, the Provisioaal Directors feel it necessary to call the atten-
tion o ithe 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:—
_

" A;, under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and Ely,
Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereliani 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 ens be attended to, except from parties locally in-
terested and of the highest respectability.
By order,
L. F. EI)WARDS, Secretary pro tem.

OXFORD, SOUTHAMPTON, GOSPORT,
AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY COMPANY.
SOUTHAMPTON, MANCHESTER, AND OXFORD JUNCTION

RAILWAY COMPANY.
A mutual advantageous arrangement has this day been made be-
tween the above Companies, whereby, in order to save the expense
of opposition which would have been occasioned by both Companies
wishing to make the same line, it has been agreed that the Oxford,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company do pro-
ceed to Parliament to obtain an Act for their proposed line of rail-
way from Didcot, through Newbury to the Andover-road station of
the Southampton Railway ; and that the Southampton, Manchester,
and Oxford Junction Railway do apply to Parliament for an Aet for
their proposed line of railway from a spot near to Highclere on the
above line, through Hungerford to Swindon. It has been further
agreed, that as soon as the Acts of Parliament are obtained, the two
Companies shall be completely amalgamaied.
HOWE BROWNE, Chairman of the Oxford, Southampton,
Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company.
G. F. MUNTZ, Chairman of the Southampton, Manchester,
and Oxford Junction Railway Company.
Nov. 6, 1845.

GREAT EASTERN AND ' WESTERN
RAILWAY.
At a PUBLIC MEETING of the Iran-masters, Landed Proprie-
tors, and others Interested in the Mineral District of South Wales,
hold at Tredegar, on Monday, the 20th inst.,
It was moved by JOHN RUSSELL, Esq., of Risca, and seconded by
JOAN EVANS, Esq., of Dowlais. and resolved—
That the thanks of this meeting are due and be given to the de-
pu4ition of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company for
their attendance here to-day; and to Mr. Ward in particular, for his
very able statement of the views and intentions of that Company
and, that it is the opinion of this meeting, the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company, as the first to project and prove the
practicability of direct communication between Merthyr and Here-
ford, deserves the support of the Mineral Districts of South Wales.
October 24, 1845.

WORCESTER and LEOMINSTER RAIL-
WAY, via BROMTARD, communicating with the Great
Eastern and Western Railway.
At a public meeting held at the Falcon Hotel, in tke town of
Bromyard, on Thursday, the 23d day of October instant,
JOHN BARNEBY, Esq. M.P. is the Chair;
Moved by WILLIAM RUMMY, Esq. Clater-park ; seconded by ?ETES.
WAnnuaToN, Esq. High Bailiff of Bromyard, and carried anent-
ns ouslyz—
lst. That this meeting highly n6reciates the liberal spirit 'in
which the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company has re-
sponded to the appeal addressed to them, in a memorial signed by
the most influential landed proprietors and others interested in this I
locality, by affording their prompt and zealous aid in rennin and
supporting a line of railway from Leominster by this town to unite
with the Great Eastern and Western Railway near the city or Wor-
cester, but for which prompt response and aid this locality woald
have been deprived of all direct railway communication, the Welsh
Midland Company having, though memorialised, abandoned it, and
the Great Western Company having declined to include it in any of
their schemes ; and that the warmest thanks of this meeting be con-
veyed, through the Chairman, to tke Great Eastern and Western
Railway Company for the valuable accomnioolation which the pro-
posed Worcester and Leominster Railway is calculated to afford to
the town and district of Bromyard.
Proposed by JOHN KEMPsoN, Esq. ; Seeenied by WilzfamletLEY,

PRICE, SD.

O RLEANS, TOURS, AND BORDEAUX
RAILWAY COMPANY.
ISSUE OF CERTIFICATES.
The holders of Bankers' Receipts for Shares in this Company are
hereby informed that it is requisite to deposit the same at the Offices
of the Company, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock, 're-
paratory to their being changed for Certificates of Shares.
2, Capel-court, London, Oct. 29, 1845 CHARLES PONS, Secretary.
The Company is now prepared to transfer Shares, the necessary
form for which can be obtained on application at the offices.

CALAIS, DUNKIRK, and BRUGES JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
The deposits not being required to be made until shortly before the
meeting of the Chambers in France and Belgium, the Committee of
Management have directed the Allotments of Shares to be deferred
for the present. ➢ue notice will be given when it will take place.
By order,
_

P. ti. SCANLAN, Secretary.
37, Moorgate-street, Oct. 21, 1845.

TOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND
BIRKENHEAD JI'NCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., In 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
Edmund Turner, Esq., M.P., Truro, Chairman.
Edward Cooper, Esq., lieuley-ia-Arden, Vice-Chairman.
SOLICITORS.
John Smith, Esq., and C. J. Noble, Esq., Birmingham.
W. S. Vardy, Esq., 18, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-sqaare, London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Macdougal and Upton, 44, Parliament-street.
The public are respectfully informed that the Allotment of Shares
in this Company is now completed, and the Letters of Allotment will
be issued in due course.
Owing to the very large and unprecedented number of applica-
tions, it has been found impossible to allot to the various applicants
with the liberality the Committee could have desired, and it is feared
that in several cases persons of the highest respectability have been
accidentally overlooked.
It Is trusted, however, that this explanation will be deemed suffi-
cient. By order,
Birmingham, Oct. 30, 1845. JOHN SMITH, Solicitor.

THE EXETER, DORCHESTER; AND
WEYMOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement ;will Lie for Signature on and after the under-
mentioned days and places ; and parties not attending at any of the
undermentioned inns, must afterwards attend at the Offices' of the
Company, 62, Moergate-street, London, on or before the 30th of
November instant, or execute by power of attorney before that
time:—
Birmingham—Monday, the 10th, from Eleven to Four, at the Hen
and Chickens.
Manchester—Wednesday, the 12th, from Eleven to Four, at the
Imperial.
Liverpool—Friday, the 14th, from Eleven to Four, at the Adelphi.
Glasgow—Monday and Tuesday, the 17th and 18th, front Eleven to
Four, at the Wellington.
Edinburgh—Thursday and Friday, the 20th and 21st, from Eleven
to Four, at the Regent.
Leeds—Monday and Tuesday, the 24th and 25th, from Eleven to
Four, at the Royal.
Exeter—Thursday, the 27th, from Eleven to Four, at the New London.
(Signed) A. RIDDELL, Chairman.
FRANCIfi CREW, Secretary.
Company's Offices, 62, Moorgate-street,
Nov. 4, 1845.

QALISBURY and SWINDON EXTENSION
1,7 OF THE WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMPTON
JUNCTION RAILWAY,
On the Broad Gauze,

From Salisbury, by .I.mes-bery, the Vale of iyon, act Mszlboronals,
to Swindon, forming a Direct Line of Railway through Cheltenham
and Gloucester to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.

(Provisiolally Registered.)

The Directors having completed the Allotment *f Shares in this
Company, ;the letters have been posted, but in consequence of the
Immense number of applications, they have been necessarily obliged
to make small allotments.

The under-mentioned bankers will receive deposits for the locali-
ties in which they are situated ; and to which places the deed will
be shortly sent for signature.

H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.
26, Gresham-street, November 1, 1845.
BANIEn.
London—Robarts, Curtis and Co.
Southampton—Hampshire Banking Company
Salisbury—Wilts and Dorset Banking Company
Exeter,/ West of Bngland South Wales District Balk
Bristol,
Liverpool—Royal Bank of Liverpool
Manchester—Cunliffes, Brooks, and Co.
Sheffleld—Union Bank of Sheffield
Leeds—Leeds and West Riding Banking Company
Hull—Hull Banking Company
Newcastle,on-Tyns—North of England Joint Stock Banking Com-
pany.
Edinhurgh—National Bank of Scotland.

SALISBURY AND SWINDON EXTENSION
of the WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON JUNC-
TION RAIL WA.T,

On the
.31road Gauge.

From Salisbury, by ♦mesbury, the Yale of Avon, and Marlborough,
to Swindon, forming a direct line of rZilway through Cheltenham
and Gloucester to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Subscribers to this Company are informed that Scrip Certificates
may now be had in exchange for the Bankers' Receipts.
H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.
26, Gresham-street, Nov. 4, 1845.

LONDON, WORCESTER, AND SOUTH
STAFFORDSIIIRE RAILWAY.
Any person having claim on the London, Worcester, and South
Staffordshire Railway Company (commonly called the Rugby or
Tring itailway, are desired to send in the same to this office on or
before Moirnss, the 10th instant ; after which no further claim will
be received, and the Committee will proceed to apportion the balance
of the deposits among the Scripholders.
By order of the Provisional Committee,
lIENRY MORGAN, Secretary.
01114 28, Waterloo-street, Birmingham.

LEICESTER and BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.

With a Branch from Nuneaton to Coventry.
(BAXTER'S LINE.)

Registered April 10, 1945.
The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of iay:ng
before the shareholders in this undertaking a copy of a COMMUIIiC.I-
- received from their engineer, Charles Vignoles, Esq., and ad-
dressed to the Secretary, on the subject of depositing the plans and
sections. The Committee can also with confidence state, that any
other requirement will be strictly complied with, and that they, in
conjunction with powerful existing Interests, have the fullest confi-
dence of being able to lay before Parliament such a scheme as will
ensure success to such an undertaking :

"4, Trafalgar-square, Oct. 29, 1845.
"Slr,—l have the satisfaction of reporting to you, for the guidance
of the Board, that the progress made in the Parliamentary survsys
for the Leicester and Birmingham Railway is such that I am now
able to assure you that the whole of the necessary plans and sections
will be completed in good time for lodgment on the 29th of November.

" fam, Sir, your faithful servant,

CHARLES VIGNOLES, Engineer.
" Edward Daniel, Esq., Secretary to the Leicester
and Birmingham Railway."
By order, EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary.

MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON
RAILWAY.

The Committee of Management have the gratification of announc-
ing that a mutually satisfactory arrangement has been concluded
with the'Most Noble the Marquis of Ailesbury, of Tottenham Park,
Wilts, through whose domain their line is intended to run for a dis-
tance of nearly fifteen miles, by virtue of which his Lordship's
sanction and support are secured to the undertaking ; and the Earl
Bruce joins the Managing Direction, and gives his valuable aid in
promotion of the railway.

The Committee have further to announce that an agreement has
been entered into (and has been confirmed by a special meeting of its
proprietors) for purchase •f the entire line of canal running from
Redbridge, by Romsey and Stockbridge, to Andover, a distance of
about twenty-five miles; thereby securing (subject to the sanction
Of Parliament) another important portion of the ground to be tra-
versed' by their line, and materially facilitating its construction.
The Committee take this opportunity of stating that the deposits
upon shares haze been fUlly paid, that the survey of the line from
Cheltenham to Southampton will be completed this week, that as to
a considerable portion of their line to Poole the survey will also be
complete within a few dys, and the remainder in full time for the
requisite Parliamentary uipoSits.
As regards the portion of lint between Salisbury and Poole, the
Committee have concluded a friendly arrailrment with the London,
Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction Company, for their participation, to a
limited extent, in that line.
JAMES WALKINSIIAW, Deputy-Chairman,
JOHN WHEELER, Secretary.
19, Great George-street, Westminster.
Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1845.

LOUTH AND GAINSBOROUGH DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 750,0007., in 30,000 Shares of 257. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
This line is intended to commence at Louth, and to proceed, by way
of Market Rasen, to the town and port of Gainsborough, in the
coanty of Lincoln; and is projected for the purpose of completing a
direct communication with the towns of Rotherham, Sheffield, Man-
chester, and Liverpool, and thus affording to the rich grassing and
agricultural divisions of the county a ready access to those towns,
which have always been the natural markets for the produce of the
district ; and at the same time to provide a certain and speedy
transit for manufactured goods and other articles of merchandise.
ENGINBER—W. J. Curtis, Esq. C.E.
ACTING SURVEYOR—W. 11. Cooper, Esq. Yerulara-buildings.
BANKERS.
London—London and Westminster Bank, Lothbnry, and 214, High
Holborn
Loutb—Messrs. Qarfit, Claypons, and Co., and Lincoln and Lindsey
Banking Company
Gainsborough, Messrs. Smith, Ell ton, aid Co., and Lincoln and
Market ItaiM, Lindsey Banking Company.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Ceverdale nd Lee, 4, Bedford-row, Gray's-inn, London
Messrs. Ingoldby and .90n, and} Louth
Henry Frederick Lucas, Zig:
Thomas Rhodes, Esq. Market Risen
Thomas Oldinan, Esq. GainsboiMigh.
SECRETARY —TIIOIBAS Philbrick, Esq.
Offices—Upgate, Louth, Lincolnshire.
The survey of this line is in a forward state, and arrangements
have been made that the plans and sections shall be deposited in time
to comply with the standing orders, with a view to obtain an Act
during the ensuings ession.
Detailed prospeetusee, with the names of an influential Committee
locally interested, can be obtained from, and applications for shares,
in the annexed form, may Le made to the secretary. the
solicitors, and the lone-wing stock and share brokers :—Messrs.
Ewart and lien, Copthall-chambers, and Messrs. Peppercorns
and Co., 2, Old Broad-street, London ; Mr. Newell and Mr. John
Hall, Liverpool; Messrs. Cardwell and :Sons, Manchester ; Mr.
James Pearson, Birmingham; Messrs. J. N. Bardwell and Sons,
Sheffield ; Messrs. Warburton and Co., Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mr.
John Watson, Leeds ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull ; Mr. William
Short, York ; Mr. C. P. Loft, Great Grimsby ; Mr. J. M. Stark, and
Mr. J. F. W. Bowden, Gainsborough ; Messrs. Tensen and Frieker,
Boston; Mr. Samuel Atkisson, Nottingham; Messrs. Cuff and
Sons, Derby ; Mr. W. Ashton, Alford ; Mr. Bland and J. L. Thorn-
ton, Market Risen ; and Mr. John Hurst, Messrs. J. and T. Jackson,
Messrs. Lucas, Brothers, Messrs. Strawson and Young, and Mr. \V,
Armitage, all of Louth.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Louth and GalnsborongilDirect
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251.
each in the above Company, and I hereby- undertake to accept the
sante, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay
the deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share thereon, and to sign the Sub-
scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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Name in full .......... •• •• • • .• • • • •
Profession or Business..
Place of Business (if any)
Reference •• • • • • • ....... • •
Residence of, Referee ...• .... ••• • • •
Usual Signature of Applicant .. • • ... •

LOUTH AND GAINSBOROUGH DIRECT
RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no Applications for Shares in the above
Company will be received after TUESDAY, the 11th day of November
instant.

By order of the Committee of Management,
THOMAS PHILBRICK, Secretary.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed EL 11DER, TIE LION RING. El Ryder,
Mr. Hughes.
After which, Mons. PLEGE and FAMILY'S extraordinary per-
fbrrnance on the Tight Rope.
To he followed by a New Farce, entitled POPPING IN AND OUT.
Rooney Macfln, Mr. Ijamilton.
Te conclude with THE ROVER'S SECRET; or, The Bridge of
S t °Martin's. M. Martial, Mr. N. T. Hicks; William, Mr. 11. Hughes;
Clarissa; Mrs henry Vining.

ROYAL VICTOR [A THEATRE.
THIS EVENING

Will be performed GUY FAWKES; or, The Gunpowder riot and
The Prophetess of Ordsall. Guido Fawkes, Mr. E. Y. Saville.
After which, THE LOTTERY TICKET.
To conclude with ALEXANDER SELKIRK. Alexander Selkirk,
Mr. E. Y. Saville;