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Chatham, Sheerness, Gravesend, &c., it will afford direct and speedy
access to Hastings, Brighton, Eastbourne, Wortaing, and the neigh-
bouring seaports, as well as the eastern and western parts of Sussex.
To the inhabi ants of Hastings and St. Leonard's, the advantages
to be derived from the formation of this line will be evident.
Bringing the metropolis within a two hours' journey, it must of ne-
cessity greatly increase the already well-established reputation of
those justly celebrated watering-places, and bring to them an in-
creased number of visitors, who are now deterred from residing
there by reason of the absence of railway accommodation.
To the inhabitants of Lewes and Brighton, the advantages are pro-
portionately great. Passing as the proposed line will do through a
great agricultural district, it will give increased facilities for the
transport of the produce of those districts.
In 1806, that eminent engineer, the late Mr. John Bennie, _pro-
jected a harbour and dock at Hastings; and, subsequently Mr.
Cubitt, C.E., and Mr. Brooks, C.E., surveyed the coast, and projected
harbours In the same situation ; there can be no doubt a considerable
portion of continental traffic must pass from Hastings to the opposite
ports on the French coast, the direct line between London and Paris
being through Hastings.
The exisdng trade and fishery of Hastings is ample to pay five per
cent. on the coast of the harbour, pier, and dock, and the natural
result of such accommodation opposite so many ports on the French
coast, must be that of threefold increase.
Strict attention to economy will be given in the expenditure of the
Capital, thereby guaranteeing to the public low charges for the con-
veya 1( eof pas: enters and goods ; and there can be no reasonable
doul:t, that when the traffic is fairly developed, the full rate of ten
r cent. will be paid, and a surplus left for branch lines, or a reduc-
tion of fares.

1 I UNTINGDUN, ISBECH, and ST. IVES
UNION RAILWAY. _

THE

NOTTINGHAM,

\o Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after
12 o'clock at noon on SATURDAY, the 18th instant. The Letters of Al-
lotment will be posted as early as possible.
Those applicants who do not receive lctters of allotment, must at-
tribute it to the vast number of applications, anti the limited number
of shares.

GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,200,000/., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., Cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combennere
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestrie, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beaucleric, Chesham-place, Belgravc-

WILLIAM WILDE, Secretary.
26, Gresham-street, 15th 41A., 1845.

square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
U'lle Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George R. Dawson
Richard Spooner, Esq., 31. P., Birmingham
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-Square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
George Frederick Muutz, Esq., M.P.
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street
John Aston, Esq , Birmingham
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull •
F;ederlck Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
John Bloore, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe-hall, Notts
William Broaks, 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-

f
RAND TRUNK RAIL WAY,
forming a connecting line between the Grand Junction,
and Trent Valley- and Midland Counties Railways.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 500,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir JOHN E. DE BEAT/VOIR, Bart.
• DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
WILLIAM SIMPSON POTTER, Esq.
BANKERS—The Union Bank of London.
ENGINEER,--JOhll Urpetk Rastrick, Esq.
'ACTING ENGINEER—Robert Nicholson, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely-
place, Holborn.
This line of railway commences at Ashfordby, on the Syston and
Peterborough Railway, and pr•ceeds to Loughborough, on the Mid-
land Counties Railway, and thence through the Vale of Sheepshcad
to Peg's Green Colliery, near to the terminus of the Leicester
and Swannington Railway,' and thence through the coal-fields of
Swannington and Cole Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will then
proceed across to Moira coal field, and through the rich agricultural
districts of Seal, Clifton, Campville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham
and Derby Railway and thence proceed to jein the Trent Valley
Railway, thus completing the route to Stafford. At Alrewas it forms
a junction with the South Staffordshire line, by that means reaching
Lichfield.
By the junction with the Trent Valley, and by means of the
North Staffordshire line, it will afford a direct communication with
the Potteries, Newcastle-urder-Lyre, Leek, and Macclesfield.
This railway will supply the link in the great chain of central com-
munication, east and west, and has met with great local support.
By order,
J. STANIVAY, 3, Adelaide-place.
The surveys, &c., will be completed to enable the Company to pro-
ceed to Parliament in the ensuing session.

In drawing attention to the merits orthis undertaking, it should be
observed, that the formation of a trunk line between the metropolis
and Hastings, one' of the most hea'thy and fashionable watering-
placea in the kingdom, which is increasing in estimation the more its
valuable resources are developed, in addition to the formation of a
harbour, pier, and dock—the great improvement in steam naviga-
tion—the establishment of railways between Paris and the ports on
the French coast opposite Hastings, "render this one of the most
important, as well as direct lines of communication, between London
and Paris," es reference to the map will clearly point out.
There are no engineering difficulties ; and the lines are under
survey, for the purpose of depositing plans, &c., previous to the en-
suing session of Parliament.
The liability of the shareholders will be limited to the amount of
their subscriptions, and in allotment of shares a preference will be
given to landowners on the respective Plies ; and power will be se-
cured in the Act to allow four per cent. on paid-up capital previouS to
opening the lines.
Prospectuses and plans of the line, with forms of applications for
shares, may be had at the solicitors, at the temporary Offices of the
Company, and at the following Sharebrokers :
London—J. Bates and Co., Founders'-hall

tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgrave-

square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors%commc+ns
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambiran 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
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmoor•diouse, Stafford
Charles James Heath, Esq., London
Frazer B. Henshaw, Esq., Director of the Great ➢ianchester and

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction Railways.
Notice is hereby given, that the Letters of Allotment are posted,
and the Committee of Management beg to state that they have been
compelled, in consequence of the Immense number of applicants, to
limit the Allotments in all cases, and entirely to pass over many ap-
plications which they would otherwise have been pleased to attend to.
By order,

Southampton Railway
Samuel Kenrick, Esq., Handsworth-hall, Staffordshire
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-house, Birmingham, Director

Liverpool—T.Coglan and Sons
Hull—Flint and Tootal ; E. Brady and Co.

_ .
of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston and Corbyns-hall Ironworks,
Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-

Exeter—Thomas SandfOrd

Plymouth—Hayward and Palmer
Birmingham—John Wright ; J. Collis
Glasgow—Buchanan and Aitkin
Edinburgh—Robertson and Co. ; wcautun and Co.

SAMUEL STANWAY, Secretary.

ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester

Norwich—Charles S. Gilman
Huddersfield— Wilson and Hel'swell ; John Gatliff and Co.

QOUTI-I WALES RAILWAY,
Notice is hereby given, that the FIRST ORDINARY MEET-
ING of the Proprietors of the South Wales Railway Company will
be held at the Great Western Railway Station, Paddington, on
FRIDAY, the 31st day of October instant, at One o'clock in the after-
noon, for the purposes of business required by Acts of Parliament
to be transacted at a General Meeting of the Company, and also for
the purpose of giving authority to the Directors, with respect to any
agreements with other Companies, and applications to Parliament,
which they may think it expedient to make in the ensuing session,
and generally fur other matters.

Railway
P. H. 31untz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford,

Worcester—Thomas Henry Wheeler
Bristol—Wreforti, Nicholls, and Co.
Halifax—James Hervey
Bradford, Yorkshire—Knowles, Cooke, and Smith; Thomas Haigh

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

and Co.
Barnsley—John Tee, jun,

York—William Sotheran

the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
Jahn Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham
Theophilus Richards, Esq., Birmingham
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., I dreetor 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 Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway
James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire
Henry Symonds, Esq., I) rector of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus i'ulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Hants
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

Sheffield—Garton and Wright
Leeds—Smith, Knowles, and Cooke; C. Bell, Beverley, and Co.;
_ _

Bead, Broadbent, and Co.; John Goodman
Manchester—William Jenkinson ; Cardwell and Sons; Peter
Leicester.

C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
•
N. ARMSTRONG, Secretary.
South Wales Railway-office, 449, West Strand, London,
Oct. 14, 1845.

LYONS AND AVIGNON RAILWAY,
with a Branch to Grenoble.
(COMPAGNIE ODIOT.)
Capital 4,400,0001., in 220,000 Shares of 201. each. -
The half of which is subscribed for in France.
Deposit, 21. per Share, to provide the usual caut;en money required
by the French Government, beyond which no fbrther call will be
made, unless this Company should obtain the concession, in de-
-31. Odiot, Paris, Goldsmith to the King of the French, and Director
fault of which the 21. will be returned without deduction.
DIRECTORS IN FRANCE.
of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel)
Baron DOVRILX du Cher, Paris, Maitre des Requetes au Conseil d'Etat,
and Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel)
M. Dollfus, Paris, Manufacturer a Mulhouse, Haut Rhone
31. Guerin, Paris, Administrateur de Messageries, and Director of
the Northern Railroad (Rosamel)
M. G. Halph'n, Paris, Negotiant
M. Pilet, Paris, N6goclant, Judge of the Tribunal of Commerce, and
Director of the Northern Railroad (Rosamel)
M. Robillard, Entrepreneur de Roulage, and Director of the Northern
Railroad (Rosamel)
M. Tallandier, Banquier, Paris
IN ENGLAND.
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P.
The Hon. Captain Carnegie, R.N., M.P.
William Corry, Esq., Director of the London and County Joint-Stock
Bank
James Gerard, Esq., London
William Hawes, Esq., Chairman of the LondOn and County Joint-
Stock Bank
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P.
John Richards, Esq., 5, Devonshire-square, Loudon
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. •

Southampton Railway
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall, Suffolk, and 32
Grosvenor-place
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De-
Ithay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.K.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Purdon, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London; and
The Birmingham Banking Company.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
Burton-upon• Tren—
t.
SECRETAR T —Edward Hart Hart, Esq.
OFFICES—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London; and
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 Company 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, a direct line from
Wolverhampton to Nottingham, and the other towns already enu-
merated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
line, 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 thne 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 Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in timber, 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 Gainsborough, 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 froln the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultnral 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
per 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 certifi-
cates, of which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution of those deeds will befor-
fel ted •
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. 11. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitching and
Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street; and Messrs. Peppercorne 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 -;3lessrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds;
andO AuPuiPi LRIaiCAIwTaIyON.
Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby; Messrs. Putt and Levick, Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; Mr. Collis.
and Mr. James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham,
Gainsborough,FOßcompany.
I request you will allot me
tal of the above-named Railway ;
r share, and
any less number, and pay the the deposit of 2/. 29. Pe
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this day of
Name in full •••• • • " • '''''
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Place of Business or Prof
and I
same,the ca poi;
Residence • • '''''''''' •• • • ''''' •
Trade or Profession • • • • • • • •
Signature .• • • • • • " '''''
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and Professionl ••••• • • • • • ••• • • •
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BANKERS.

London—The London and County Joint-Stock Bank, 21, Lombard-

street
Liverpool—Messrs. Leyland and Bulbs,

CONSEIL JUDICIARE—AIphonse Pluede, Avocet a la Cour Royale

de Paris,

SoLICITORS—Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street.
This railroad forms the completion of the great trunk line through
France, uniting the British Channel with the Mediterranean Sea, the
line from Avignon to Marseilles, being in the course of construction
by the French Government.
Applications for shares to be made at the Office of the Company,
No. 13, Old Jewry Chambers ; at the solicitors, Messrs. Edwards,
Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street ; Messrs. W. and H. P.
Cox, sharebrokers, 16, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Taunton and
Bush, sharebrokers, Austin-friars ; Messrs. Duncuft, sharebrokers,
Manchester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, sharebrokers, Liver-
pool; Mr. T. Buchanan, sharebroker, Glasgow.

CALAIS, DUNKIRK, and BRUGES JUNC-
-11.).15 RAILWAY, connecting the lines already in operation
between Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Malines, and Antwerp.
Capital 18,750,000 francs, or 750,000/. sterling, in 37,500 Shares of
20/. each.
Deposit 21. per share.
_
DIRECTORS.
FRENCH AND BELGIAN.
M. le Comte Friant, General et Aide-de-Camp du Rol
M. le Baron de Clarac, Proprietaire, Ancicn Officier Superieur de
Cavalerie, Secretaire et Administrateur du Chemin de Fer de Tours
a Nantes
M. Cordier, Depute. Inspecteur Divisionnaire des Ponts et Chaus-
sees, President du Consell d'Administration du Chemin de Fer de
Cherbourg
M. Antonio de Serradilla, Colonel d'Etat-Major
31. N. T. Micard, Administrateur du Chemin de Fer de Strasbourg
M. Collin Lefebre, Ingeneur Civil, Entrepeneur des Ponts et Chaus-

sees du Gouvernement
M. P. J. Wayez, Governeur de la Province de Hainault, Brussels
M. Fmnmerman, Brussels
M. J. B. Tifton, Brussels.

ENGLISII.

Major-General Brooks Farbley, C. 8., 18, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
William Ormsby Gore, M.P., Chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wol-
verhampton, Dudley, and Birmingham Railway, 66, Portland-
place, and Portlington-ball, Oswestry, Salop
William Bradley, Esq., Director of the Sheffield, Ashton- under-Lyne

and Manchester Railway
William Hushes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S , &c., Alderman of
London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead, and London
and Greenwich Railways, Brunswick-square
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, and Sheriff of London

. .
and Middlesex, Leyton, Essex
Captain Thornhill Warrington, 66, Upper Berkeley-street, Portman-

square
James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex, Director of the London and Man

chester Railway
William Petrie, Esq , King-street, Portman-square
John Inglis Jerdien, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway, No. 2, Adams-court, Broad-street
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and London Rail-
way, 1, Princes-street, Bank
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS IN FRANCE.

BANKERS IN BELGIUM—Messrs. Prosper et Rene Spitaels et Co.
BANKERS IN ENGLAND--The London Joint Stock Bank.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Macneil, LL.D. and F.R.S.
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basinghall-street.
SECRETARY—Philip N. Scanlan, Esq.
COMPANY'S OFFICES-37, Moorgate-street (East Side).

This Company has been farmed for the purpose of opening a line of
railway communication between Calais and Bruges, passing through
important districts of France and Belgium containing a population of
above 600,000 inhabitants, and forming a junction with the State
Railway at Bruges, which has now become the most direct route to
the interior of Belgium, Germany, Prussia, and the countries east
of the French frontier.
In laying before the public the prospectus of this proposed line, it
may be mentioned as one of its principal advantages,
•that it will
reduce the passage from London to Brussels, now occupying
twenty-four or twenty-six hours, under the most favourable circum-
stances, and often thirty or forty, to twelve hours, rendering it prac-
ticable to make the journey with ease in one day, and at two•thirds
of the present expense. The long, tedious, and uncertain sea voyage
will also be avoided from Dover to Ostend, which, to travellers gene-
rally, and particularly to ladies and invalids, is exceedingly dis-
agreeable, and often attended with serious consequences.
It can hardly admit of a question, that the principal part of the
passenger traffic between the two capitals, London cud Brussels, to-
gether with the passenger traffic of the populous cities of Antwerp,
and Ghent, the latter being the Manchester of Belgium, and the im-
portant towns of St. Nicholar and Tierlmond, will be, under these
circumstances, drawn into this channel ; and another important ad-
vantage t• the public, and source of revenue to the Company, will be
found in the transmission of the Belgian, German, and Prussian
mails, which are now conveyed by steamers from Dover to Ostend,
at a very considerable expense, and with much less certainty and ex-
pedition than if transmitted to Calais, a sea passage of only 24 miles,
and usually made in two hours.
The traffic and expenditure may be fairly estimated as follows :
' From 50,000 passengers, who, according to the recent re-
turns from Ostend and Antwerp, annually visit the Conti-
nent and return by this route, say, from each, on an ave-
rage, 10s. each way • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • £50,000
For the transport of mails from the respective Governments 10,n00
Local traffic in goods and passengers ..... ............ 50,000

1845.

ITbe
HE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGII, AND HULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Company can
received after
MONDAY, the 20th instant.
Moorgate-street
AWARDS, M. 4 qON, and EDWARDS, 8,
OTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birnahlt‘halm
Oct. 10, 1845. --,
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• PROSPECTUS OF THE
BOSTON, GRANTHAM, LEICESTER, and
MIDLAND COUNTIES JITNCTION RAILWAY

COMPANY.
Offices-5, Guildhall Chambers, Baslughall
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
-street.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
FBOYISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Wm. Corbett Smith, Esq., Bitteswell-hall, Righ Sheriff of Leices-

tershire
John Sumnierscales, Esq., Sheriff of Lincoln •
Sir Wm. Wynn, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth RailwaDirector of
y
3lajor-Gen. Sir Love Parry, Mstdryn, Carnarvonshire,
the North Wales Railway
Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Sharavogue, Roscrea
Honourable Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street,
London, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Rear-Admiral Ayscongh, Southampton, Director of the Manchester
and Southampton Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scotch Fusilier Guards, 12, Wynd-
ham-place, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the South and Midland Railway
Adamthwaite, John, Esq., Oakhill, Teen, Staffordshire
Allen, George Charles, Esq., East Shilton, Leicestershire, Director of
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Atkinson, J. 8., Req.,
Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the Lei-
cester and Bedford Railway
Bell, Robert, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of the Direct
East and West Junction Railway
Bland, William, Esq., 11, Park-terrace, Brixton-road, Director of
the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and gentle Staffordshire, and
the North Wales Railways
Betts, William, Esq„ Bevois Mount, Southampton
Browne, Joseph, Esq., Bedford, Director of the East and West of
England Junction Railway
Bard, John, Esq., Alderman, Manchester
Caldecott, William Lloyd, Esq., Laura-place, Bath
Carver, Edward Turet, Esq., Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill, Director of the
North Wales, and the Namur and Liege Railways
Cooke, T. F., Esq., Leicester
Collett, Benjamin,
Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove
Croft, Major J. T., Regent-street,
Piccadilly, Deputy-Chairman of
the Chester and Manchester Railway
Cumberlege, Nathaniel, Esq., Director of the Direct East and West
Junction Railway the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Dalby, John, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of
Esq.. Nineing-lane, London, Director of the Direct
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Eales,
Western, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
conduit-street, Hanover-square, igicondui er-square,
Galion, J., Esq., Vice-Chairman
of the Galway and EnnlS Railway
Gillham, Joseph, Esq , Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
Graves, Captain Twisleton, Director of the Leicester, Tean and
Dove Valley Raffia Ili
Hazelrigg, Grey, Fog., Carlton-hall, Leicester
Heneage, Charles, Esq., cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Esq. erPELsqlN:,®Dingliey-park, Market Harborough
llelmes, Isaac,
Htiagerfofd, IL IL,
Kebbel, W. 11., Esq., Glebe-house, Kilby, Leicester
Knight, Joseph, Esq„ Leicester, Director of the Midland Counties,
Leicester, and Bedford Railways
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall
Sudbury, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Laurie, George, Esq.,
Macmoran, Manchester
Di., Esq., es, Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director
of the Direct East and West Junction Railway
Mann, A., Esq., Denver-hall, Norfolk, Director of the Liverpool,
Manchester, an Liverpool, Director of the Rugby and d Ne Junction Railwa y
Man-
Maunder, Joseph, Esq.,W ea
(tester Direct Railway ,
8.C.L., London, Director of Reming-
Meteyard, Horace Win. Esq
Mailfslcite.steLer
ißceaislteway,
ton's London and
Director of the Direct /Mr-
Miller, Thomas, jun., , ,
mingham and Leicester Railway
, Lincolnshire
R., Esq., Princes-street, Great George-street
Esq., Keythorpe Hall
Backe, C. Hussey'
Parker, Francis, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway w Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
Parkinson, John, .-,sq
of the South Midland Railway
Payne,
Benjamin, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birming-
ham and Leicester Railway
Ramsey, J., Esq., Bushey House, Herta
Leicester, Director of the Direct Birmingham
Raworth, J., Esq.
and Leicester Railway
Shaw, Joseph, Esq., York-place, Huddersfield, Director of the
and West of England Junction Railway
Shaw, George, EEsqs4*:
otrf Leicesterthe Derbyshire, Staffordshire, an.l
Skiers, E. 1.,
WOlCeltellati ARC= EOM,

£llO,OOO
Deduct the expenses of working the line, calculated at .... 30,000

£BO,OOO

Thus leaving a profit of 1034 per cent. to the shareholders, with
every prospect of a considerable increase annually in the traffic, as
has been by experience proved to be the result on all the other lines
in operation in Belgium, as well as other sountries.
The projected railroad would pass through a perfectly level tract
of country rich in agricultural productions, presenting no natural
impediments to its construction, and would require neither tunnels
nor viaducts ; and the only bridges necessary would be the spanning
of a few dykes. Thus the construction would be unattended with
heavy expense, and its working, when completed, of the same eco-
nomical character; for, as experience has shown, the most consider-
able item is working a railway is the supply of coal for the locomo-
tives ; the proximity to the port of Dunkirk, and the easy access to
the Belgian coal fields, obviate this difficulty.
This line, which has been already examined by an eminent engi-
neer, will be about sixty miles in extent from one extremity to the
other ; will connect in its route the towns of Calais, Gravelincs, and
Dunkirk, in France, with Furness, Nieuport, and Bruges, in Bel-
gium ; thus securing a very important local traffic in goods and pas-
sengers, independent of the foreign traffic before alluded to, placing
the possibility of its paying beyond all doubt.
Arrangements are in progress and strongly supported by persons of
the highest influence both in Belgium and France for obtaining the
consent of the Belgian and French Governments to the above line ;
and as it is so obviously advantageous to the former Government
to encourage the formation of a line, bringing two such important
capitals as Brussels and London within ten hours distance of each
other, and the intention of the latter to encourage the formation of a
continuous line of railway round the coast, little doubt is entertained
by the Directors in Belgium, France, and England, of such applications
proving successful.
In the event of the applications proving unsuccessful, the deposits
will be returned, with the exception of a charge on each share, not
exceeding five shillings.

Application for prospectuses and forms of application may be made
at the Company's offices; and the offices of the solicitors, 5, Basing-
hall-street; and to the following brokers:—
London—Messrs. Peppercorne, Broad-street
Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; and Messrs. Green and
Lockwood
Liverpool—Messrs. T. Ceglan and Sons
Bristol—Messrs. Edwarßs and Co.

Leeds—Thomas M. Lee, Esq., v Harvey Mirlin, Esq., and Moore,
Bell and Ledger
Hull--Messrs. Flint and Tootal
Exeter—Thomas Sandford, Esq.
Plymouth—Messrs. Hayward and Palmer.

FORM APPLICATION POI stlAttEA.
To the Directors of the Calais, Dunkirk, and Bruges Junction

Gentlemen —I request you wit 'iaiiiiwalllt. me Shares of 20..
each in this (jompany, and
less number. that may h i undertake to accept the same or any
• .'e allotted me, and to pay the deposit thereon,
and I undo rtake also to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, or any
other does ment tlyAt may be necessary, when required.

I aril, Gentlemen,
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-To save trouble, no application will be attended to unless
,putiled with areference to one of the directov, a banker, Stock-
her, or mercantile house of known respectability.

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• I CALAIS, DUNKIRK, AND BRUGES
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
4 • Notice N4ft / . 0 is hereby given, that no further applications for shares will
,„
~.. _' ho •
.re,..-dved in this Compary after TnUaSDAT, the 16th instant.
order • - •
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..1.4. I PHII:IP .1•T. scmAr, Seeretary
.i. .. '-street, Oct. 18,180,
~, •Doorigitti,

THE SU Ni, o T ITR SDA V EVEN ING OCTOBER 16, 1845.

Stone, Nathaniel C., Esq., Rawley-fields, near Leicester, Director of
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Sager, Hartley, Esq., Ball's Grove, Coble, Director of the Leeds
and Carl.s!e, and fir.) Manchester and Rugby Direct Railways
Threlfall, Edward, Esq., Regent Road Mills, Manchester, Director of
the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
Tebbutt, Thomas,- Rusholni, Manchester, Director of the
Rugby mid Manchester, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Williams, B. 8., Esq., 70, Portland-place, Director of the Leeds
and Liverpool, Leicester and Tamworth Railways.

COMMITTEE Or
Sir George Win. Prescott
Sir George Rich
Sir William Wynn
Lieut.-Colonel Ellington
Lieut.-Colonel Fitch
E. T. Carver, Esq. .
11. Collett, Esq.
Major Croft
Nathaniel Cumberlege, Esq.
J. Dolby, Esq.
Charles Heneage, Esq.
Joseph Knight, Esq.

MANAGEMENT.
Richard Lambert, EFq.
1. M. Macmoran, Esq.
florae° Wm. Metcyard, Esq.
It. Mosse, Esq.
John Parkinson, Esq.
S. Parsonsf Esq:
J. Ramsay, Esq.
J. Raworth, Esq.
Major Waller
Thos. Mortimer Cleobury, Esq.
Robert Bell, Esq.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rotors, Olding, and Co.' Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Garfit, Claposi, and Co., Boston
Messrs. Kewney and King, Grantham
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester and Melton
Mowbray.

ENGINEER—C. Nixon, Esq,

SOLICITOR—J. A. J. Macgregor, Esq., 26; Suffolk-street, Pall-mall,

London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Manners and Son, Grantham
Messrs. Millington and Kenrick, Boston.
SECRETARY—George Farrer, Esq.

The object of this line of railway- is to connect, by a direct route,
the important town and seaport of Bostox with the centre of Eng-
land, by way of Grantham and Melton Mowbray, where it will join
the Syston and Peterborough branch of the Midland Counties Railway.

It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the advantages which will arise
from this railway, which passes through one of the richest and
most fertile parts of England. The population is dense, and a
glance at the map will show that this line is well laid out, net
only for the direct traffic from Leicester and the intermediate
places to Boston, but also for the general traffic which will De
brought to this line by the several railways which will be connected
with it.

By this railway, which will be about forty-four miles in length,
and laid through a country nearly level, it is Intended to pass by or
near Swineshead, Donington, Folkingham, Grantham, Stoke, Rock-
ford, and Melton 3lowbray. It is evident that this line will be of
great convenience and utility-, by affording to a part of the country
at present deprived of it the advantage of railway communication
with the counties of Rutlandshire, Leicestershire, Northampton-
shire, Warwickshire, &T., and thus connecting the agricultural
districts of Lincolnshire with the manufacturing parts of England,
affording to the latter an easy and accessible means of export for
their manufactures.

In the allotment of shares, holders in the Midland Counties Rail-
way will receive a preference, and reservation will be made for the
landed interests along the line, whose concurrence and assistance is
fully relied on by the promoters, by whom most of the influential
landholders have been canvassed ; and, in order to prevent unnes-
sary trouble, no other applications will be received except those
Wherein reference is made to a member of the Provisional Commit-
tee, to the Solicitors or Bankers, or the following Sharebrokers,
from whom prospectuses and plans may be obtained:—
Messrs Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange
Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury, London
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Mr. Keel, 20, Atherton-buod'ngs, Liverpool
Messrs. Welibeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Geo. Clark, BradtOrd
Mr. Wm. Cronhelm, Halifax
Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Grayston and Erie, York
Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield
Messrs. Tate and Nash Bristol
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield
Mr. W. 11. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Wetherburn, jun., Huddersfield
Mr. R. Rczzell, Leicester
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester
Mr. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street, Edinburgh
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Boston, Grantham, Leicester,
and Midland Counties Junction Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of
20/. each in the above proposed railway ; and I undertake to pay the
deposit of 21 2s. per share thereon, or any less number you may ap-
propriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Par-
liamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of

1845.

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PANT.

OSTON, GRANTIIAM,LEICESTER, AND
MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-

(Provisionally Registered.)
Ofllces-5, Guildliall-ehambersZßasinghall-street.
Capital, 800,089/., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
In consequence of the numerous Applications for Shares in the
above railway, no further application can be received after WEDNES-
DAY, the 224 of October instant, when the lists will be finally closed
for allotment.
Dated the 14th October, 1845.
J. A. J. MACGREGOR, Solicitor to the Company.
5, Gulldbail-chambers, Ilasinv,hall-street.

THE IIUDDERSFIELD AND EAST AND
WEST COASTS DIRECT RAIL'WAY.
NOTlCE.—Appll;ations for Shares in this Company continning to
be made, notwithstanding the previous notice that the time for re-
ceiving the same would expire on the 9th instant ; the public Is
respecttlilly informed, that such subsequent applications cannot be
entertained.
In the allotment of the shares, the 'landowners on the line, and
parties locally interested, will have the preference, and great care
will be taken to distribute the remainder to persons most likely to
benefit the undertaking.
The Committee will allot the shares with all practicable dispatch,
but from the very great number of applications (exceeding twenty
thbes the required amount), the requisite inquiries will necessarily
cause a short delay.

13y order,
J. S. DOBSON, Secretary pro tem
Huddersfield, October 13, 1845.

IRISH GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
DUBLIN TO GALWAY.
Branch to Tuam, Castlebar, and Westport.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 660,000/., in 33,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. per Share.
*,,t5 No Subscriber to be liable beyond his Shares.
MANAGING COMMITTEE.
Fitzstephen French, Esq. M.P.
Sir John Burke, Marble-hill
Dennis Kirwan, Esq. Castle-Hackett, Tuam
Daniel H. Farrell, Esq. Beechwood, Roscommon
Directors of the
Henry Maunsell, Esq. Landsend, County Dublin
Richard Burton, Esq. Dublin and Gal-
James Apjohn, Esq. M.D. Professor in the Engi— I way Rail-ts-ay
neering School, T.C.D.
Morgan Delwin Nugent, Esq. 4, Grove-hill, Cam•
benvell, London,
John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.S. 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park
Wm. Lechmere Whitmore, the Grove, Stanmore, Middlesex
Patrick Alexander Reynolds, Esq. 23, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park,
and 16, Cornhill
Sir Joseph Burke, Glinsk, Bart.
Sir Samuel O'Malley, Kilboyne-house, Bart. D.L.
Martin S. Kirwan, Esq. Blindwell, Tuam, D L.
Charles Henry Cromie, Esq. Annefield, HOUVIIIOIIIII.
PROVISIONAL SECRETARY—TIIOM/IS KirWAII, Esq.
LONDON AGENT—James Bryden, Esq. 19, 3loorgate-street.
BANKERS.

The Royal Bank
The London and Dublin Bank
The National Bank of Ireland, and Branches
-Messrs. Glynn and Company, London
The Royal Bank of Scotland.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Barrington. Son, and Co., 10, Ely-place, Dublin
Messrs. E. and P. Nolan, No. 3, Inn's-quay, Dublin.
ENGINEER.
Sir John Macneill, No. 27, Rutland-square North, Dublin.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
W. Dryden, Esq. No. 4, New Palace-yard, Westminster.
Office of the Company, No. 48, Dame-street, Dublin.
This lire is undertaken by the promoters of the Irish Great
Western Railway, in consequence of the very generally-expressed
wish of the nobility, gentry, and Inhabitants of the county of Mayo,
at• d of the northern division of the county of Galway, districts as yet
untouched by railway projects. It is proposed that it shall leave the
trunk line at Loughrea, a point which will facilitate communica-
tion equally from the North of Connaught to the port of Galway, on
the west; and to Ballinasloe, Athlone' and Dublin, on the cast.
From Loughrea the line will be carried by Tuam to Castlebar and
'Westport, and will afford accommodation to the towns of Athenry,
Monivea, Castle-Blakeney, Mount Bellew, Moylough, Dunmore,
Tuam, Hollymount, Ballinrobe, Claremorris, the assize town of
Castlebar, and Weitport. The two counties, Mayo and Galway,
more immediately interested in the formation of this railway, contain
a population, amounting (according to the census of 1841) to
811,810 persons. The counties comprise a district, with respect to
which Sir John Burgoyne, the Chief Commissioner of Public Works
in Ireland, on his examination before a Committee of the House of
Commons, stated it as his opinion that he " did not know any county
where traffic would be snore likely to be created." This coast is pro-
vided with convenient harbours, and abounds with the most valu-
able Rsh.

It is intended next year to take steps to extend this line to Ballina
and Sligo.
With respect to the construction of the line, the engineer, Sir John
Macneill, thus mites :

" TUAIIf AND CASTLEBAR-RAILWAY, WITH :A BRANCH TO

WESTPORT.

" This line leaves the Irish Great Western Railway near Loughrea,
at a distance of 112 miles from Dublin, and 20 from Galway-. It
runs thence in a north-westerly direction, passing at the Bth mile,
near Athenry, and at the 12th, near Monivea, and at the 24th mile,
it arrives at the town of Tuam. It reaches Hollymonnt at the dis-
tance of 39 miles from Loughrea, and passing Ballyglass, accom-
plishes the distance to Castlebar by a line of 5G miles in length. From
near this town it is proposed to carry a branch 10 miles long, to the
rising town of Westport, situated on Crew Bay, which contains a
series of most excellent harbours.

" This line will pass through a country which presents no engi-
neering difficulties, and where the levels are most favourable, and
by means of the Irish Great Western Railway, and the Great
Southern and Western Railway and its Branches, will afford a direct
communication from the east, south, and south-cast of Ireland, to
the north-west. "JOHN MACNEILL."

A separate Bill will, of course, be sought for this branch; but the
Provisional Management will be placed in the hands of a section of
the Provisional Committee of the Irish Great Western Company,
with the addition of some gentlemen of local influence and station,
whereby the expense Kill be considerably reduced, and unity of
action secured in the conduct of the two undertakings.
The capital required will be 660,0007., to be divided into 33,000
shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. per share. A portion of
these have already been placed at the disposal of the shareholders
in the Irish Great Western Railway ; and applications for the re-
mainder, made according to the subjoined form, will be received until
the 25th of October instant.

Applications for shares to be made to the Solicitor, Secretary, or to
James Baydcn, Esq., 19, Moorgate-street, London.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Irish Great Western Railway,
Branch to Tuam, Castlebar, and Westport.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares, at 201.
each, in the Branch to Tuam, Castlebar, and Westport ; and I under-
tyke to ac,o,A the same, or any lesser number you may allot me, pay
the deposit thereon, and execute the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.

I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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