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London, England, 1845-11-08 00:00:00

YME REGIS and TAUNTON RAILWAY,
1 . and LYME REGIS HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
Connecting by a direct line the English and Bristol Channels.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital,. 800,0001., in 40,000/. Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.

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The Committee of Management of the above Company have deter-
mined to require from the parties to whom shares may be allotted
the immediate payment of a deposit of two shillings per share only,
being the amount allowed by the Act of Parliament to be taken be-
yond the amount required .by the standing orders, to be deposited in
the name Or the Accountant-General of the Court ofChancery. The
remaining deposit of 21. per share will not be required before the
month Of January, and will not then be required unless the Company
are in a position to proceed to Parliament in the ensuing session,
which they are confident of being able to do.' No application for
shares will be received after the 10th instant from parties residing in
London, nor after the 13th instant from parties residing in the country.
Prospectuses may be obtained at the offices of the Company, 23,
Finsbury-place North, London.
By. order,

JOHN CHAMP, Secretary.
Depoilt of two shillings only called for.

LANCASTER- AND NEWCASTLE-UPON-
- TYNE RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 20/. each.
_ Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
• • PIIONISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Perch Evans PrCke, 3, Belgrave-square, London
Sir John Key; Bart; Alderman of London
Sir Wq. Twysden;Sart.; Dorset-street, Portman-square, London
Sir George Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
The Rev. Thomas limy, M.A. -Holme-park, Kendal •
William Wilson Archibald, Esq. Liverpool, director a the Landon
and llblyhead Direct Railway
William Anderson, jun., Esq., Byker-house, ATeweastle-upon-Tyne,
provisional director of the Hull, Melton, and North Union
Railway
William Banks, Esq. Knighton, Radnorshire
John Binistead;Esq., Settlebeck, Sedbergh -
Thomas Browne, Esq: Warkworth, Northumberland, provisional
director of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway
Michael Brown, Esq., merrlmnt, Sunderland
Alfred Brodie, Esq, Upper Montague-street, London, director of the
Grand Trunk Railway
Thomas Brunton, Esq.' Town-elerk, Sunderland
George Watson 'Melt, Esq.• Greenheya, near Manchester, di-
rector of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Hallway
John Burgess, Esq.. boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the
Chester_and Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Byrom. Esq. Wigan, director of the Liverpool, Preston, and
North Union Railway
Williaff-Byrora; Esq. Oldham _ .

Wm. Campbell, Esq. Tilliehewan Castle, Dumbartonshire, provi-

sional-dii•ectoi of the-Dendon•and Edinburgh Direct Railway
Captain-Alan Chambre, Burnley, Lancashire
John Thomas Coates, Esq. fagleton, director of the Keighley, Halifax,

and Huddersfield Railway
Collins,William Esq. M.P. Pill-mall, London
Thomas Collins, Esq. Liverpool
John Dewhnrst. Esq. Preston, director of the Preston and Wyre
Railway • • • •
Jes. Donnell, Esq. merchant, Liverpool
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John Alcock DIZOT1; Esq. 14bergliam Eaves, Burnley, managing
director of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle and Carlisle Railway
John Elam, Esq.' Giklersome, 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
Lonsdile
Abram Gartside, Esq. Liverpool' , ' •

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Henry Glynn, Esq. 4; Garden-court, Temple
Giles Hall, Esq. Elm-court, Temple, director of the Rugby, Swinton,
and Weymouth Railway
John 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
Samuel Harris, Esq., Chad House, Edgbastox
C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq. Upper Montague-street, London, di.
rector of the Grgnd Trunk. Railway
Wm. Henderson, Esq. Liverpool,
John Herd, Esq. Merchant, Liverpool

James Hitching, Esq: Mariot:house, Washingborough
G. E. Hodkinson, Esq. 7; York-terrace, Regent'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
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London and Ilirniingham 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
James Irvine, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Liverpool and Bolton

Direct Railway
Edwin Ward Jacitsow,'Esq. Edge'-kill, near Liverpool, director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct
Railway - -
Valentine Knight, Esq. Regent's-park, London, director of the
Dendre Valley Railway
W. Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Snrrey

George LaWrie, Esq. Talavera-place, Broughton, near Manchester,
provisional director of the Eastern Cou'nties Junction Railway
James Catteral Leach, Esq. director of the Bolton and Liverpool
Direct Railway
William Melville Lomas, Esq. merchant of Liverpool, deputy chair-
man of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Junction
Railway
John Lord, Esq., Standish-hall, hear Wigan, director of the Black-
burn, Chorley, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway
John Manwaring,Esq. Eagle-hall, Pateley-bridge, Yorkshire,deputy
chairman of the York and Lancaster 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, previsional director of
the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway •
J. M. Macdonald, Esq-Liverpool, director of the London and Holy-
head Direct Railway
Win. Wright Manifold, Esq. Rodney-street, Liverpool
Edward Norris, Esq. Clairville, Manchester, provisional director of
the London and Manchester Direct Railway
John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.5.,-.81, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park,
director of the South Midland Railway -
Capt. Charles Frederick Parkinson, the Polygon, Anlwick, Man-
chester, managing director of the West Lancashire Railway
Samue' Perrott, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Liverpool, Preston,
and North Union Junction Rail Way '
Chas. Rayne, Esq. Carville-hall, Northurriberland, director of the
Malton, and• North Union Railway
Robinson, Esq. Lancaster, director of the Liverpool, Preston,
and North Union Railway
Rudgard, Esq. J.P. Lincoln
The Rev. Adam Sedgwick, Trinity College, Cambridge, Woodwar-
dian Professor of Geology
The Rev. John Sedgwick, M.A. Vicarage, Dent, near Sedbergb, York-
shire • •
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James Sewart, Esq.. Moss-house, Sedbergh .
James Shaw, Esq. Pendleton, Manchester. director of the Manchester
and Rugby, and of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire
Junction Railways
Robert Surtees, Esq. Redworth, Durham, director of the Cheltenham,
Oxford, and London Junction. Railway
R. Lambton Surtees, Esq. Durham
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losephiweiiiaon, Esq . Kendal, Westmoreland
George Tate, Esq„Tev,:kesintry:, Gloucestershire, . director of the

Dover and Bristol hallway -
Henry Tayktr,- Esq. Wigan, director of tae Liverpool, rreaten, and

Noith Union Rahway. •
John Taylor,-Esq. Airton, Craven
Thomas Tebbutt, Esq, Manchester, provisional director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Thompson, Esq. Great St. Helen's, director of the Grand

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Trunk Railway
Frederick Swan Todd, Esq. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
James Upton, Esq., Akay-lodge, Sedberglr, -provisional director of
the Neighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railway ,
Rev. G. A. Walker, Alverthorpe, near Wakefield, director of the

Bradford, Wakefield, and Midiailili' Railway.
Robert Moon Watson, Esq. Bishop Wearmouth
Thomas Wearing, Esq. Sedbergh, provisionardirector 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. Thomey-close, Sunderland
Andrew White, Esq. J.P. Tanstall-lodge, near Sunderland, director
of the Durham and Stuiderland 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

BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Barnards, Dimidales, and Co.
Manehester---Messrs. William Jones',-Loyds, and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Arthur Heywood; Sons, and Co.
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co. •
Settle, Skipton, Keighley, Burnley, and Clitheroo—The Craven
Banking Company.
NewcasUo-upon-Tyne and Durham—The Narthamberland and Dur-
ham Banking Company
Lancaster—The Lancaster Baiting Company
Kendal—Messrs. Wakefield, Cravrdson, and Co.
• ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
Suuvdross—Messrs. Nevins and Lawton, Manchester
Souctrous—Messrs. Cowburn and Norris, Sedbergh
Szcsixlity—William Wilkinson, Esq. Sedbergk.
LOCAL AGENTS.
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Thomas Eastham, Esq. solicitor, Kirkby Lansdale
John Theodore Hoyle; Esq. Solicitor, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Thomas Johnson; -Esq., solicitor, Lancaster.
LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Cragg and Jeyes, 22, Bedtbrd-row.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS-2.IMM Dorringtou and CO. London.

This railway will connect the east and west coasts, and form a
direct route from the pcitts of Liverpool, Fleetwood-oa-Wyre, and
Lancaster, to Newcastle-upon:Tyne. • Commencing at Lancaster, it
will proceed up the valley of the Lune,•by Kirkby Lonsdale, Sedbergh,
and Kirkby Stephen, and thence by the most practicable line to New-
castle. It wilLrun 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 13 rich in mineral productions—coal
slate, limestone, marble, and other elements of a great local traffic
41amd, and cannot fail to Make this one of the most remunerative
pbojects of the day. A considerable saving of distance between the
important towns on the terntial Is effected over any existing er pro-
jected scheme. .
It will be reserved to the Committee of Management to make suck
alterations in the line, or the Amount of capital required, or other-
wise, as may be deemed'most advantageous to the interests c. Ithe
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 may be had of the
Solicitors, and of the following brokers :
Messrs. Peppercorns, Old'Broad-street, City, London ; Messrs. Joe.
King and Son, and Mr. Robt. Cardwell and Son, Manchester ; Messrs.
Wellbeloved, Barwick, and. Co., and Messrs. Kitchins and Marshall,
Leeds ; Messrs. Flint and. Tootal, Hull , Mr. W. Welch, Lancas-
ter ; Messrs. Mewburn and Blakey, Halifax ; Messrs. Graystone
Greenham, Liverpool ; Mt. W. G. Seed and Messrs. Thomas
and Earl, York; Messrs. Cragg and Musgrove, Skipton ; Mr.
Frank Wakefield, jun., Nottingham ; Mr. John Gibbins, Settle ;
Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; Meters. 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. Tomkinson, Newcastle-
under-Lyre; Messrs. Collis and Smith, Birmingham's-1; "Mr..J. H.
Nightingale, Wakefield ' • Mr. J. N. Balme, Gloucester ; Mr. David
innear, Edinburgh ; Messrs. -Borthwick, Campbell, and Co.,
Glasgow. - - •
Applications fer shares must be accompanied, by references. to a
member of the Provisional Committed, to' the solicitors, or to a banker
or persottor known roapactability.