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D IRECT WESTtitii itAiLW AY
(Upon the broad Gage),
From London to the Land'e;erd ; NVt al Diverging Linea to Bath and
lk:tigewater F pec vely.
(Provisionally R rgisteiei .)
Capital. 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Sharcs of 25L ea.&
Depcidt 21. 123. 6(I. per tbare'.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The /ion. Chstiled Pellatin irilli&A, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway; Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Oh' Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, 11111-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Chelteham Railway, and Director of the
iouth Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, ')eputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway •
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South. Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rana ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion House -
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of
the South Midland Railway
Martin Stately, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire

Railway
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
IL G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mal, London, Director of the South Midland
Rail way
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-coart, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwall Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Director of Thug, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-

ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London, Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwall Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the

St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and

Luton Woo, Bedfordshire -
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d

Light Dragoons
Robert Main,
.Esq., Ravensboume Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-

_
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Betts
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

County
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Binning-

hamßailway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Colltunpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks

ft:4li diatexte, and redelVe a large ansotint of a cas
I item railwas PON7 in course cf conkreedon as Lona ithets prb-
jeeed; Iv; es-&:y chance or iracceis.
As to the ti Ore on q2e lower pet lion ?f the, it ig evident, that
vast it ani:j§g.pf.jliero;int,-vesg`els continitally detfiped in, the
liatinel by adverse W:rds, effect int initrie4e befit iti
ance and tithe, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and-therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the cOmnierce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland distrivt, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.
Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom ; It may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol aad Exeter
Railways, be is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
promotedth
at Company b
had been required to pledge itself
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular. line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Y the Great Western Railway Company,
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth; and it may be
further obi.erved, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
iltin was e,
wshitaethedwtashat
was last session rejected, on the ground that-it Might be supposed
to interfere- with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament.

It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per centum per annum 4n the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.

Applications for shares, iu the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATIOIc.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway

Company.
Pentlernen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each in
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 12s.
per share thereon, or on,any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated

1845.

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LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR SLEEPERS.
he DIRECTORS are READY to RECEIVE TENDERS for the
SUPPLY of RAILWAY SLEEPERS, conformable to Specifications
to be seen at the Company's Offices, 33, Dale-street, Liverpool; or at
the Office of Sir John Macneill and James Thompson, 9, Whitehall-
place, London.
Offers to be forwarded to the Secretary,HupEntooN, Novem-
bertheselsctretary.
next. By order,
JOHN S.
Liverpool and Bury Railway Of ce, 33, Dale-street,
Liverpool, 6th September, 1845.

MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, and GREAT
GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Shareholders are respectfully informed that attendance will be
given with the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement,
for execution by the Shareholders, at the following places, on the
undermentioned days, between the hours of Ten and Five o'Clock,
when the Bankers' Receipts may be exchanged for Scrip.
Liverpool—Adelphi Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 19th and 20th
September.
Manchester—Moseley Arms, Monday and Tuesday, 22d and 23d
ditto.
Bradford—Mr. Mason's Office, Sharebroker, Wednesday, 24th
ditto.
Huddersfleld—Mr. Moore's Office, Thursday, 25th ditto.
Leeds—Royal Hotel, Friday and Satunlay, 26th and 27th ditto.
London—Castle and Falcon, Aldersgate-street, Tuesday, 30th
September, and Wednesday, Ist October.
FRANCIS PARKER, Secretary.
Rotherham, Sept. 13, 1845.

yoRK AND LANCASTER RAILWAY.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
CHAIRMAN—The lion. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney.
Vica-CHAIRMAN—Sir Henry Webb, Bart.
Sir Thomas Woollaston White, John Holmes, Esq.
Bart. J. W. Hamilton, Esq.
Philip Renry Howard, Esq., M.P. Richard Kelly, Esq.
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., John Learmonth, Esq.
M.P. John Manwaring, Esq.
William Bradley, Esq. Nathaniel Ogle, Esq.
John Chauntler, Esq. John Reginald Riddell, Esq.
Rev. H. R. Fowler A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq.
Colonel Fitch Joseph Underwood, Esq.
NOTICE.—The Committee of Management are proceeding with
the Investigation of the applications for Shares in this Company, but
from the great number applied for, several days must necessarily
elapse before the allotment can be effected.
By order,

SAMUEL HOLDSWORTH, Secretary.
Palace Chambers, St. James's-street, Sept. L 6, 1845.

Union Banking Company
William flalcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and

Dorset Bank _
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berke
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Ilaberfleld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
_ _ _

Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and

Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John llolford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford

WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMP-
TON JUNCTION RAILWAY.

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.

The DEEDS of this COMPANY will LIE for SIGNATURE as
follows:

In SOUTH kMPTOX—At the Offices of W. H. Maberly, Esq., soli-
citor, Portland street, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the
15th, 16th, and 17th of September instant, between the hours of
Eleven and Four each day.
In BRISTOL—At the Bush Hotel, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 16th and 17th Instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.

In SHEFFIELD—At the Tontine Hotel, on Thursday and Friday,
the 18th and 19th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.

In LEEDS—At the Royal Hotel, on Saturday and Monday, the
20th and 22d Instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.

Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley

Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and

Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhlll, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and

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Manchesterßailway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the

Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast

Railway Company
Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport
IL S. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samael Swann Brittain, Esq„ Sheffield, Director of the East and West

of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Mar-

rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrate, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York

and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Jenctien
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Lbnehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-

missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex
William John M'Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Leftuvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringhans, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
Ilsmas—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodriek, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker. 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—ThODIRS Hosier Saunders, Esq.
AMISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTEE.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth

The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its position at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably hicreased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been
set on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by
railway.

THEE WEST miiii.AND, kANctitEITER,
ANL• SOU 1A31.."L0N itAI:LWAY, AND SIVIXDON AND
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Benig e,?as'oA p,t a South and, Midlands' Junction italbray,
; i.ous iteglstei t
Capliri, 1,200,6H:10i. di66 o Mt: each:
Deposit 2/. 2s. per share.
PROViSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge Home

rajor Beresford, M.P.
llliam Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land, and Director of the &nth and Midlands' Junction Railways
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and
Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
David R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the
London and Manchester, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-

The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important eutport—" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."

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The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direst. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct
line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
Ih3 Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradforddireettoßath),
Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
any existing or projected railways between these points, and without
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzanee, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural

ways
Sir John E. ➢e Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Director of the South and Midlands'

Junction Railways
Sir William. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobaids, Herts, Director of
the Chester and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc-

t ion Railways
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales,
and Director of the South and Midland? Junction Railways
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Director of the Direct Western

Railway
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction

Railways
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of

Dean Railway
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
and London and Greenwich Railways, &e. &e.
Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of
the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' June-

tion Railways
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, and Namur and Liege, and South and

Midlands' Junction Railways
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction

Railways
Thomas Kelly, Est., Alderman of London, Director of the South and

Midlands'Junction. Railwayr
Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con-
tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberys-
twith, and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces-
ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Captain James Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff,
Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of
Dean, and South and Midlands'Junction Railways, &c.
Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the
Legal and Commercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of
Bengal, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment
Railway
Richard William Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man-
chester. and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
William Fechney Black,'Esq., Wilton-place, Beigrave-square, Direc-
tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu-
rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Furness and White-
haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
ways
William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag-
ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di-
rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway

In YORK—At the Black Swan Inn, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 23d and 24th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.

In NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—At the George Inn, on Thursday
and Friday, the 25th and 26th instant, between the hours of Eleven
and Five each day.

In EDINBURGH--At the Gibb's Hotel, Princes•street, on Mon-
day and Tuesday, the 29th and 30th instant, between the hours of
Eleven and Five each day.

Returning from Edinburgh, the Deed will be at ➢fanchester, at the
Albion Hotel, on Friday and Satarday, the 3,1 and 4th October, be-
tween the hours of Eleven and Five each day.
By order,
H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.

Richard Carpenter, Esq , Magistrate of the County of Middlesex,
Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di-
rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
G. W. Rillett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street

John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion- Railways
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance
Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' Junc
tion Railways
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England
LTfe Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway

Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London and Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways _ _ _ _ .

James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways

John Cash, Esq.
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham
Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' June-
tion, and Northampton and Banbury Railways
William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near Bicester, Director of the South

and Midlands' Junction Railway
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director
of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction

Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manehester and Birmingham Con.

tinuation Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
Peter Fairbalrne, Esq., Leeds, Vice Chairman of the Leeds and York
Railway
J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond

James Durness: Esq., Leytonstone, Essex
G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-square,

Islington
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wale,s Railway
Martin Furness, Esq., Director of the Newark and Sheffield Railway
William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and

Leeds Railway
Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melksham, Wilts, Director of

London, August 13, 1845.

(Registered RprlDoEviS:,
:osoairta7CßunEdWßer RanAdlLBWviActoi.ria,
11. 73. 6d. per Share.
SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE-
c. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 251. each.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction
Railway
John Belford, Esq., Rusholme House, Manchester
John Gaunt, Esq., Banker, Leek
The Rev. Edward Powys, Rector of Burial' and Cheddiet st
John Challenor, Esq., Overton Hall, near Congleton
Josiah Gaunt, Esq., Heaton House, and Leek
Thomas Finchett Maddock, Esq., Chester
Josiah Gaunt, jun., Esq., Horton Hall, near Leek
The Rev. James Rostock, Cliffe Park
James Wardle, Esq., Leek
John Macfarlane, Esq., 'Manchester
John Collier, Esq., Manchester
George Edensor Marsden, Esq., Manchester
Penrose Nevins, Esq., Old Trafford, Manchester
Wilson Overend, Esq., Sheffield, Chairman of the Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland Junction Railway
Henry Wilkinson, Esq., Endeliffe Hall, Sheffield, Provisional Director
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
James Robins, Esq., Blakenills, Rugby, and Leek
James Challenor, Esq., Blackwood-hill
Charles Heaton, jun., Esq., Leek
Robert Younge, Esq., Grey Stones, Sheffield, Provisional Director
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Kidley, Esq., S
eeheffieldk
Thomas Carr, Esq., L
J. A. West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham
Benjamin Smith, Esq., Duckmanten Lodge, Chesterfield
William Newton, Esq., Bakewell
Robert Micklington, Esq., Ordsall Hall, Retard, Notts
John Squire, Esq., Leek
Henry C. Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square
William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop
Thomas Birch, Esq., the Bank, Leek
John Green, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the Mansiseeter,
Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Nathan Davenport, Esq., Leek
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
William Milner, Esq., Leek
Thomas Smith, Esq., De-Bank House, near Leek
Robert Hammersley, Esq., Bridge-end, Leek
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Josiah Brunt, Esq., Leek
Samuel Young, Esq., Lym Nouse, near Leek
John Ward, Esq., Lek
John Spence, Esq., Manchester
James Ridout, Esq., Leek
Thomas Heaton, Esq., Endon, near Leek
Samuel Butcher, Esq. 7 Provisional Directors of the Manchester,
George Dawson, Esq. Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway.
. .

(With power to add to their number.)
EltiinCLEZ—Charles IrignOteeVEsq., M.R.I. A. rat.A.i.
SOLICITOZ—Thomas Redfern, Esq., Leek

LONDON Aiurr—Thomas Whalley Boltim, -keg.. 4, rim_ootirt,
Temple

LocAL PitorscsioirALlemer—it:ll:Wilson, Beq., Solicitor, Moseley.
street, Manchester
BANKIIIILS•
Leek and Congleton—Fowler, Gaunt, and Co.
Manchester and Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool District

_
Banking Company
Sheffield and Bakewell—The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking

the South and Midlands Junction Railway
Charles Thomas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House,
Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
Joseph Brook, Esq., Groenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc-
tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Provisional
Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail-.
way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Captain Ifitchins, H.E.LC.S., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square,
Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Midlands'
Junction Railways
James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near
Coventry, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
way
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brompton, Director of
the Jersey, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Thomas Cleobury, Esq., 30, Sackville-street
Major Walker, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, and Alfreton, Derby,
Director of the Trent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid-
lands' Junction Railways

Company
London—Messrs. Rogers and Co, ; Messrs. Smith, Payne and Staith
SECS/STANT Pao TZM.*Mr• John Minshull.

The object of this undertaking is to effect the most direct and eom-
prehensive line of communication, by means of existing and projeeted
railways—the Manchester, Buxton, and Ambergate, the North Der-
byshire Union, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction
Lines—between the Potteries, the iron districts of Staffordshire and
Shropshire, Cheshire, North Wales, Holyhead, Sheffield, the Ports of
Gainsbothugh, Grimsby and Hull, North Derbyshire, and tke whole
Smhaey be obtained:—
ffield ; or to the following
of the West Riding of the County of !Wk.
Applications for shares in the following form may be made to
Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, Leek; Thomas Whalley Belton,
Esq., Solicitor, 4, Elm.court, Temple, London; Messrs. Wilson,
pshanayra,bLreaekker;s,afrandmNwo.h7am,
Younge, and Pierson, Solicitors, Sheffield ; at the Offices of the Com:
London—Messrs. F. and W. Atkinson, Threadneedle-street
York—Mr. Thomas Johnson
Leeds—Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co.
Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal
Ltrerpool—Mr. Thomas Forsyth
Manchester—Mr. Joseph Fernyhough
SurreProsYpe'ettreuseet;
Huddersfield—Mr. Burchart

Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw
Lichfield—Mr. J. W. W. Proffitt.
In consequence of this Company having been provisionally regis-
tered previous to the 29th of July last, the deposit of 11. 7s. 6d. la
sufficient to comply with the Standing Orders of the House of Com-
mons ; but, in order to comply with those of the House of Lords, a
further amount of 11. ss. will be called for after the Bill has bent
read a second time in the Commons, of which due notice will be
given to the shareholders.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Shefileld, Buxton, Leek, pot.
teries, and Crewe Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot mo shares, of 261.
each in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the
same, or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to
the regulations of the Company, and to pay the deposit, and sign the
Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers Agreement, when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in 11111 • • • • • • ''' • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Residence • • • • • • • • • • • • • " • •
Business or profession • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Name and residence of a Referee of respectability.

T. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and
South and Mlllands' Junction Railways
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Me-
tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Company, and Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
. _ _

QHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE-
k-7 RTES, AND CREWE RAILWAY.
Leek, 11th September, 1845.
Notice Is hereby given, that no further applications for Shares in
this Company will be received after MONDAY, the 22d day of Sep.
tember instant, except from parties locally interested, from whom
Applications will be received until THURSDAY, the 25th instant. •
By order of the Committee, -
JOHN MINSHULL, Secretary pro tern.

W. A. Hill, Esq., Director of the Gleucester and Aberystwith and
Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway, Director of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance
Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South
and Midlands' Junction Railways
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Englis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester,
Rugby and Southampton Railway
William Merley, Esq., Blackheath
William Lee, Esq , Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and
Essex and Suffolk Railways
Thomas Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railway
J. Harvey, Esq., Rush-hill, Surrey
and Midlands' Junction
ex
W. A.Wilkinson,
John Wheelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Colltn g r i d
Esq.,ge ,
Railway ESouthHighgate,
R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
William Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension
Yingsmill Grove Key, Esq.
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham
Joseph Cill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction, and
South Midlands' Junction Railways
W. Lee, Esq., Cbucester-place, Portman-square
Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May-fair
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place House, Southampton, Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Jeseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton. and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Major Grubbe, Eastwell House, Potterne, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County, and Director of the South and Midlands'Junetion Railway
Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
T. G. Norbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua-
tion, and r-outh and Midlands' Junction Railways, and of the Legal
and Commercial Life Insurance Company
William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Brocke Waltancke, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railwry
Captain Hamilton Eerie, Royal Artillery
William Lee, Esq., Director of the Readirg Railway
Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place Dorset-square
William T. Thornten, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portman-square

John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewashlralley Extension Railway
Joseph Crockett, Esq , Alderman of Devizes, and Director of the
North Wilts Banking Company, and South and ➢Midlands' Junction

Railway
John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Gloucester-place, London, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham Railway
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London, Director of the Rugby
and Worcester Railway
William Peppercorn, Esq., London, and Bexhill, Sussex
Captain T. Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the
Leeds and Carlisle Railway
F. Duffield, Esq., Bolton House, near Bradford
Rev. F. R. HallD.J., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
John Barnett, Esq., Coroner for the County of Gloucester, Director
of the Oxford and Cheltenham Railway
William Spooner, Esq. Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway
Alexander Prince, Esq., 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the Bar-
net North Junction Railway
James Lees, Esq., l)elph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director of
the Saddleworth Banking Company
(With power to add to their number).
, BANKEas—The Commercial Bank of London.
Colimamica ENGINEER —Sir John Mamie% LL.D., F.R.S.
Ammo ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E.
Soucrroa—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street.
LOCAL AGENTS.

It appears that England will be divided longitudinally by four great
lines of railway, which will become so many main trunks, intersec-
ing and intersected by numerous lines, both transverse and oblique,
opening rapid and ready communieatios with the intermediate dis-
tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more
easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, sad Gambridge,
may be said to terminate in London, whence all places are accessiole.
The second line, counting westward, is more tortuous, and has also
a common northern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad-
vantages are materially restricted. This line, descending the Ere-
wash Vale, and passing through Rugby and Oxford, becomes a South-
ampton line by falling into the South-Western Railway at Basing-
stoke.
The third longitudinal line, or the most westerly, is still more de-
fective in design than the preceding ; employing the steep and narrow
railway called the Birmingham and Gloucester as its first link, it
traverses nearly- in a right line the least populous and most undulating
parts of Gloucester, Berks, Wilts, and Hants; and,preperly speaking,
has no Independent terminus.
disAtril
catrg—ea ldoinagniteutdiinnvalitsinecg a tionsimoiflatrhsepeck iinegsdoofma--c-cothme
mWoedsattit Inidirmd
concentrated local advantages, still remains unprovided with a chief
trunk line ; and it is contemplated to remedy this deficiency by the
present undertaking, or a fourth longitudinal line.
Adopting Birmingham as a northern terminus of the West Mid-
land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, it is proposed to carry
a line through or near to Stratford-on-Avon, thence between Moreton,
Stow, Northleach, Fairford, Cricklade, and Swindon, where it will
merge in the South and Midlands' Junction Railway.
The length of the proposed line will be about sixty miles, and the
district traversed by It is gently undulating and densely peopled. At
its Southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with the South
and Midlands, by means of which it opens a most direct communica-
tion 'hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weymouth, Cher:-
church, Poole, and Southampton. At its northern terminus, Bir-
mingliani, it communicates with a series of lines, projected, in pro-
gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can
ever tie constructed between the southern porta of England and the
great totiniifaturing distridtß. ' • ' ' ' ' • ' " • • - •
In the alliance of lines forming the West Midland, Manchester,

irtd souilip.mnton Railwcy project, a combination of advantages pre-
iferitS itself of a design, to a great extent, bat of contin-
ger-Ties din. If 1 fie desitalcre that the 'terminus of every railway
should be oltuuted s strait correrercir .or populous place, in this re-
spect the present project is peculiarly Aerial:rate. ; Go'verament be
resolved oa counleaanciag the shoftest and most direct lines, it
*lit be Seen, by laying a ru'e on the map of England from Salisbury
tel Mrinciilisteri that a course due north and south between these
places will paSS Vet, neatly through the towns mentioned in this
prospectus, as being on the proposed live; and actual measurement
has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and
Manchester by 26 miles.
Ply the construction, therefore, of little mere than 60 miles of
rail, as here proposed. the shortest, most direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tablished--a line, also, however superior in position to others pro-
mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing
with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole,
and Southampton.
In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and
Midlands' Junction Railway Company.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 9, Old Broad-street; Mr.
J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Hanbury, 4,
Angel-court.
Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co., and Messrs. Neilron.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William
Marshall.
Hull—Messrs Collinson and Flint.

Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co.

Stratford-on-Avon-31r. William Bolton.
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford.

Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Palmer.
3inningbam— Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.

GlasgoW—Messrs Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M'Callum
and Co.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,

To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, Manchester,

and Southampton 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 Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name (in full) .. • ...... .....
Residence.. .• •
Trade or Profession
Reference
Address of Referee • .. • .• • • • • • . • • • • • •
Date

INSANITY.—DR. CONOLLY'S LECTURES.
On the 4th of October will be commenced, in " The Lancet,"

ACOURSE of CLINICAL LECTURES on
the PRINCIPAL FORMS of INSANITY, delivered in the
Middlesex Lunatic Asylum at Hanwell, by JOHN CONOLLY, M.D.,
comprehending Mania, acute and chronic—Melancholia—Various
Degrees of Imbecility—Senile Insanity—ldiocy—lnsanity compli-
cated with Epilepsy—lnsanity complicated with Paralysis—Puerpe-
ral Insanity—and Observations on the general Prognosis in cases of
Insanity—The Question of Removal from Home, and the Construc-
tion and General Management of Asylums for the Reception and
Treatment of the Insane. _ _ .

" The Lancet " is also publishing a COURSE of LECTURES on
CHEMISTRY, its relations to Art, Manufactures, Agriculture, and
Medicine. By Professor Liebig ; composed expressly with a view to
publication in this country, and furnished by Professor Liebig himself.
London ; John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho. Orders aro re-
ceived for " The Lancet " by all Booksellers and: /cewsvenders in
town and country. Price 6d. ; stamped, for post, 7d.

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CIRCULATION, SIXTEEN THOUSAND

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The gratis delivery of " The National Advertiser" takes place every
Saturday Morning in Glasg )w, Edinburgh, Stirling, Paisley, and
Greenock, to all men of business ; and on Monday the circulation
is extended over all Scotland, and several of the leading cities of
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tiser" can have it forwarded on Saturday morning, by paying 10s. 6d.
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in Scotland, " The National Advertiser " affords the best advertis-
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REGISTRATION COURTS.
(YESTERDAY.)
CITY OF LONDON.
, The Revising Barrister resumed his sitting to-day at the Court
of Common Pleas, Guildhall, at the usual hour, when the further
consideration of the Livery list was gone into. . _ •

The only case of impoitance bro-ught up was in reference to
Mr. Pegg, of Old Barnet-road, Finchley. In support of the ob-
jection taken to his being on the register, It was proved that his re-
sidence was opposite to the six mile-stone on the road to Barnet,
and therefore three-fourths of a mile beyond the boundary laid
down by the Act of Parliament.

The REVISING BARRISTER decided that the objection which was
urged by the Liberals was good, and therefore Mr. Pegg's name was
struck off the list.

The Court then adjourned till to-morrow, 'when the Fishmonger's
list will be gone Into.

Her Majesty, upon the recommendation of his
Grace the Commander-in-Chief, has been pleased to appoint
Major-General Sir James H. Reynett, K.C.H., to the perma-
nent establishment of general officers receiving U. ss. pay
per diem.
INCREASE OF MEN IN THE DOCE-TARD.—WOOL-
wzor, SEPT. 15.—An order was received at the Woolwich
Dock-yard, yesterday, to employ 25 shipwrights, six joiners,
and six blacksmiths, in addition to the sixty shipwrights, sis
joiners, and twelve blacksmiths alluded to as ordered to be
employed last week. The Niger steam-vessel, building at
this yard, is ordered to be constructed by task work, and will
soon be ready for sea. Ten shipwrights have been sent from
this dockyard to the East India Docks, at Blackwall, to assist
in expediting the work requisite on the Avenger steam-frigate,
that she may be made ready for sea with the least possible
delay.
On Friday last an ox in the pasture of Danson
Park, near Welling, Kent, the seat of Mrs. Johnstone, was
observed to be in a dangerous state, with the symptoms of
hydrophobia. As it was known that tho,sheep and cattle had
been bitten by a mad dog, Mrs. Johnstone ordered the beast
to be shot. Several persons narrowly escaped from the fury
of the enraged animal.
. .

The Jesuits of Saint Acheul, being dispersed by
order of their superiors, have sold the Mason de Blament,
which they possessed, at the gates of Amiens. This important
establishment, which formerly contained 200 students, has
been purchased by the Dames du Bon Pasteur, as a refuge
for repentant young women.—Galignani.
THE APPROACHING BOAT-RACE.—LIVERPOOL V.
NEWCASTLE.—Henry Clasper, the lion of the northern boat-
racing world, leaves the Tyne to-morrow for this town, in
order to prepare himself on the Mersey for his forthcoming
struggle with Carrol. The boat in which he intends to row
has been completed, and is considered a most beautiful model.
It is made of mahogany, is French polished, measures 28 feet
4 inches in length, and weighs 421b.—Liverpool paper of yes-
terday.
OLD PIIGILISTS.—The following is a list of the
ages of the most celebrated old pugilists of the present time,
and is considered by many years to be above the general
average which prizefighters attain ; the majority retire
from the ring at 30, and many die before they arrive at that
age, and the exception is Mr. Jackson, whose first fight was
in 1788, and last in 1795 ;he is now in his 78th year. Tom
Cribb is 65 ; he entered the ring in 1805. Tom Belcher
has attained his 63d year ; he made his debut in 1804, and
retired in 1813. Mr. Gully is 60 ; he made his final appear-
ance in the ring in 1808. Tom Oliver is 55 ; he commenced
his pugilistic career in 1811, and concluded in 1834. Tom
Spring is in his 51st year ; his first fight was in 1814, and
last in 1824.

A royal ordonnance, approving of the adjudication
of the Great Northern Railway of France to the Company
Rothschild was signed by the King, at Eu, on Wednesday, as
also one confirming the adjudication of the Fampoux and
Hazrebruck line to the Company O'Neile.
WOLVERHAMPTON.—THE IRON TRADE.—In the
course of last week circulars were issued by several firms,
announcing that they could not receive further orders unless
at an advance of 11. per ton. One circular intimated an ad-
vance of 10s. per ton on nail rods ; an advance onpig-iron of
from ss. to 108. per ton has also taken place.—Birmingham.
Pilot.

A PATRIARCII.—John Matthews, aged 114, re-
siding in the parish of Llandilo Talybout, together with his
daughter, applied for relief, for the first time, at a meeting of
our Board of Guardians, held yesterday. He was formerly a
farmer and cattle-drover, but for the last thirty years had
been supported by his children. An order was made for 6s.
a week.—Ccnnbrian.
ERRATUM,—In our report of the proceedings in
the Finsbury Registration Court, it was stated that an indi-
vidual named Watts had claimed to vote as a lodger, and that
his claim was allowed. It should have been " the claim was
disallowed," and on the authority, as stated by Mr. Moylan,
the Revising Barrister, of the Court of Common Pleas, which,
in last Hilary Term, decided that a lodger has no right to be
registered.
ACCIDENT AT THE VICTORIA THEATRE.—An ac-
cident occurred on Monday, at the Victoria Theatre, of rather
a serious nature. It appears that while an actor, of the name
of Harris, was waiting for his cue at one of the wings, a
musket in the hands of a supernumerary accidentally went off,
the wadding striking Harris's eye. He was immediately
conveyed to the shop of a surgeon in the neighbourhood, and
ultimately to Charing-cross Hospital, where he now lies in a
very precarious state. It is feared that the sight of the eye
is entirely gone.
LANDLORDS AND TENANTS IN TIPPERARY.—
William Beamish, Esq., Beaumont, near Cork, paid his an-
nual visit this week to his estate in the neighbourhood of Bor-
risoleigh. He personally visited each cottage and farm house
—inquired into the wants and wishes of the tenants, and
readily supplied them by the exhibition of a princely gene-
rosity. He awarded the usual premiums to the neatest cot-
tages and most cleanly farm yards, and directed his agent to
employ drainers at his own expense, and to provide timber
and slates for all the tenants who chose to build walls suffi-
cient to support the same. A widow whose lands had been
subdivided between two sons, got an annuity of 101. for life,
and some tenants who had been evicted formerly were re-
stored. In the same neighbourhood, there is a landlord who
seldom if ever stirs abroad without being armed to the teeth,
and accompanied by a few policemen ! If Tipperary had all
such landlords as Mr. Beamish, there would be no crime, and
no need of policemen.—Tipperary Vindicator.
RED DEER.—It is well known that the red deer in
some districts arrive at a larger size than in others. As an in-
stance, we have just heard of two magnificent stags, lately killed in
Ardgour, of the respective weight of 4081bs. and 3531b5., as
killed. When cleaned, including skin, head, and horns, they
weighed 3351b5. and 2931b5. The fat on the haunches of those
animals measured in depth above three inches. The head of the
smallest, though not so fine a head as the former, has twelve good
points—the other ten.--Inverneri Courier.