The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

I,QOSTON, GRANTHAM,LEICESTER, AND
-_W-V MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY COll-

P.L:v T

(Provisionally Registered.)
Oiliest--5, Guildhall-chambers,:Basinghall-strcet.
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
In consequence of the numerous Applications for Shares in the
above railway, no further application can be received after 'WEDNES-
DAY, ilie 22d of October instant, when the lista will be finally closed
for allotment.
Dated the 14th October, 1845.
J. A. J. 3{ACGIZEGOR, Solicitor to the Company.
5, Gulldhall-charnbers,

IPEGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 3,000,000/., ha Shares of 201. each.
'Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Offices, Gresham-Rooms, Basinghall.street.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Anderson, Esq., 5, Lothbury
James Arl,ouin, Esq., 50, Mark.lane
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., Walney, Lancashire
William Asteil, Esq., M.P., 51, Old Broad-street
Henry Bainbridge, Esq., St. Paul's-church-yard
Colonel Barlow, Kensington
John Barnes, Esq., Chorley.house, Buckinghamshire
William Beresfurd, Esq., M.P., 77, Pall-msel
Thomas Edward Plage, Eiq., Mnntague-square •
William Feckney Black, Esq.. 11, Bread-sheet, Cheapside
Lord Ernest Bruce, M.P., 7, St. George's.place, Hyde-park-corner
J. Y. B. Yarde Buller, Esq., 10, New-street, Spring-gardens, and
Halne-park, Devon.
The Hon.oCaptain S. T. Carnegie, R. N. M.P., Cumberland. street,
Bryanstone-square
William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park
Jahn Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham
Jahn Cattley, Esq., Moergate-street
Edward Henry Chapman, Esq., 134, Leadmhall-street, and Har-
ringay-house, Hornsey
James Clay, Esq., 23, Montag,u-square
George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead, near Croydon
John Chevalier Cohbold, Esq., Ipswich
Benjamin Collett, Esq , Grafton Manor-house, Bromnsgrove
W. R. Collett, Esq., M.P., St. James's.sqvare
Henry Corefoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond, Surrey
George Henry Richardson Cox, Esq , 10, Lower Berkeley-street,
Portman-square
William Thomas Cox, E-Fq.. Derby, Nottingham, and London
Lewis Cubits, , 77, Great Russell-street, Bloomsbury
The Hon. Francis Curzon, Temple
Edmund Denison, Esq., M.P., 8, Duke-street, Westminster
Captain FAwards, 3, Baker-street, Portman.square
Wynn Ellis, Esq., SIP., St. Paul's Churchyard
William Henry Gregory, Esq., MT , 14, Park.street, Grosveuor.

Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Peasling-hall and Leicester
Darlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire, director and
treasurer of the Leeds York, and Midland Railway Company, &c.
Duffield, Francis, Esq. Bolton-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Scarrot.lodge, Leeds, director of the
Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railway Company
Daykene, the Rev. J. 0., Lincoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c
&c., magistrate of the county
Douglas, Samuel, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction
Downes, C. tsq. Warwick-street, Golden-square, London, director
of the Scuth Midland and Northampton and Banbury Rail.
way Company
Dixon, John Alcock, Esq. Burnley, South Lancashire Assurance
Company
Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire
Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse-hill, director of the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, &c.
Driflield, William, Esq. Bondbud.house, Knaresborough
Eccles, William, Esq., 50, Old Broad-street, London, director of
the Great Grimsby and Midlands Railway Company, &a.
Eaton, James, Cleckheaton. York
Elsworth, E. Esq. Sandford.house, Kirkstall, near Leeds
Edens, Joel, Esq Northampton
Etheredge, F. W. Etq. Park-street, director of the Liverpool and
Derby Railway Company, &c.
Farrar, Timothy, jun. Esq. Wragley-house, Wakefield
Fitch, Colonel, York-terrace, Regent's-park, director of the York
and Manchester Railway
Gordon, Esq. AL D. Hull
Green, George, E.q. Pontefratt, director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway Company
Goldsmith, Charles, EN. Friday-street, London, director of the
Manchester and Rugby Railway Company
Gaity, F. B. Esq. Cheastow.place, Camberwell, director of the
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Companyl
Greaves, A. G. Esq. Derby
Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham
Grave', Henry Swan, Esq. Exley Bank Lodge, Halifax, director of
the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c,
Hattersley, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire
Heeles, Thomas, Esq. Skipton Castle, director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Hillyard, Clark, Esq. Thorpelands, near Northampton, president of
the Northamptonshire Farming Society
Hewlett, T. T.: . E•q. Northampton
Holmes, Isaac, Esq Liverpool
Hare, Sir John, 11, Langham-place, London, director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Railway Company
Halfurd, John, Esq. Rusholm-house, near Manchester
Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield, diret tor of the Manchester, Hud •
dersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway Company
Haigh, Thomas, Esq. Newlay, near Leeds, director of the Midland
and Thirsk Railway Company
Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke street, St. James's, director of Mid-
land'Counties and Birmingham Railway Companies
Heyeate, R. 8., Esq. Market Harborough
Hollingworth, James, Esq. London-terrace, Derby
Isaacson, Rev. Stephen, Berners-street, Director of the Chelten-
ham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c.
Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's-place, Blixton, director of the
Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Johnson, Samuel, E•ca Halifax, director of the Leeds, York, and
Midland Railway
Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company
Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Ross and
Kilkenny Company, &c.
Kidley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield
Kuper, William, E.,q. Camberwell, director of the London and
Windsor, and Leeds and York Railway Corraanies
Lowtisrop, Sir William, Hull, Chairman of the Hull and Barnsley,
and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Com-
panies
Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Morton, F. Esq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds,

RISTOL AND ENGLISH CHANNELS
11' DIRECT JUNCTION RAILWAY; with a Branch to
Wiveliscombe ; in Con'inuation of the North Devon, Bristol and
E:,:eter, and Great Western Railways.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
No other Call is intended to be made urtil the Act has been ob-
tainrcl. Parties' LabiLities will be limited to the extent of their
Shares.

square
Lancelot Llewhellyn Haslope, Esq., Lifford, near Birmingham
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Brighton
Joseph Hegan, Esq., Liverpool
Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., Deepdine
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Cheater-square and Fenchurch.street
The Hon. Richard Edward Howard, 3, Garden-court, Temple
Sir Richard Jenkins, East India Director
Thomas Landor, Esq., Manor-house, Burton-on-Trent
lepolito Leonino, Esq., Warnford.court
Sir William Magnay, Bart., London
William Skinner Marshall, Esq., Hyde Park-square
Anthony Mervin Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Basset Down-house,
Swindon, Wiltshire.
John Moxon, Esq., Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park
Joseph Oldham, jun., Esq., Muswell-hill
Archibald Frederick Paull, Esq., Leadenhall-street
Sir Edwin Pearson, F. R.S., 5, Gloucester-terrace, Regent's- park.
Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourne Rectory, Derby
George Pollard, Esq., Stannary.hall, near Halifax
W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde park
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P., Rostrevor, Ireland
John Clement Ruding, Esq., 10, Judd-place East, New-road
The Hon. Henry St. John
Henry William Schneider, Esq., 10, New Bread.street
John Showell, Esq., 25, Tokenhouse-yard
Major-General Taylor, 3, Clarendon-place, Hyde-park
John Taylor, Esq., 17, Kent-terrace, Regent's park
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John.street, Bedford.row
George S. Trower, Esq., 39. St. Mary-at-hill
Joseph Underwood, Esq., '25, Eestcheap
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Brookes' Club, St.
James's-street
Sir Joshua Walmsley, Liverpool
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., 99, Mount-street, Grosvenor-
square
William White, Esq., 107, Cheapside
Joseph Wilson, Esq., Highhury-hill.
COMMITTEE 05' MANAGEMENT.
W. R. Collett, Ecq., M.P , Chairman.
Lewis Cubitt, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S.
William Beresford, Esq., M.P. John Clement Ruding, Esq.
J. Y. B. Yarde Buller, Esq. Henry William Schneider, Esq.
John Cattley, Esq. John Shewell, Esq.
James Clay, Esq. John Taylor, Esq.
George Clive, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq.
Henry Thomas Hope, Esq. Sir Joshua Walmsley.
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq.
BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London.
ENGINEERS—Joseph Gibbs, Esq.; William Radford, Esq.
ARCUITECT— George Ledwell Taylor, Esq.
JOINT SURVEYORS.
George Ledwell Taylor, Esq. ; Vincent J. Collier, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Meths. Bridges and Mason, Red Lion-square
Messrs. Baxter, Rose. and Norton, 3, Park-street, Westminster.
SECRETAuT—Frederick Collier, Esq.
The entire property of the Regent's Canal Company, extending
from Paddington to Limehouse, having been purchased, it is pro-
posed to form a railway on its site, with au extension from the
City-road basin to the vicinity of the General Post-office.
The vast importance of this uuderteking, whereby a junction will
be effected between all existing and projected railways north of the
Thames, combined with the advantage of a gamed City terminus,
is too obvious to require comment.
By the proposed railway, passengers and goods will be brought
into the heart of the City at a great saving of time and expense,
and facilities will be afforded for the more expeditious transmission
of the mails to most parts of the kingdom.
The line will commence at the Great Western Railway ter-
minus, and will follow the course of the canal throughout, inter-
secting the London and Birmingham Railway at Camden-town,
the proposed London and York and Direct Manchester near Pen-
tonville, the Eastern Counties at Old Ford, and the Blackwell
Railway at Limehouse; traversing the populous districts of Pad-
dington, Camden-town, Islington, City-road, Hoxton, Kingsland,
and Hackney,—terminating at the Regent's Canal Dock at Lime-
house, a.oining the River Thames, to which there is a wharf
frontage of 170 feet.
The basins, wharfs, warehouses, and buildings at the City-road,
Limehouse, and along the line of canal, will be equally available
as at present for the large and increasing local goods traffic now
existing on the canal.
Surveys have been made of the property required for the pro-
posed extension, which it is found can be constructed at a com.
paratively moderate expense.
The object of the Company will be to secure the best accommo-
dation to the public, and to deal impartially with the present and
all future companies who may avail themselves of this line. The
property of the present railway companies will be materially im.
proved, and a great national work effected, in a manner and at a
cost which could be accomplished by no ether means than by the
conversion of the Regent's Canal.
There are no engineering difficulties of importance to overcome,
the approaches to, and the communications across the line, are
already established, and a comparatively small extent only of pri-
vate property will be interered with or require to be purchased,
and the completion of the works and the opening of the line may
be confidently expected within twelve months after the sanction of
the Legislature has been obtained.
Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made to the se-
cretary, Frederick Collier, Esq., at the offices of the Company,
Gresham-rooms, Basinghall.street.
Parfles who are registered proprietors in the Regent's Canal and
in the existing railways and docks connected with this undertaking,
are requested to state the fact in their application.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Itezeitt's Canal Railway

Company.
I request you will all,pt to me shares of 201. each in
the capital of the above-named Railway, and I agree to accept the
same, or any less number, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share,
end 0 execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment when required.
Dated the day of October, 1845.
Name in full
Address
Profession or Business

PROVISION A 1 coMMITTrE.
The Hot. William Dawson, Parkstone, Dorset
Sir Robert George Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland,
near Farringdon, Berks I Directors of
Sir John Trevelyan, Bart, Nettlecombe Court, near
the North
Watchet, Somerset, and Wallington, Nortbum.
Devon
berland Railway
Lieut. General Sir George Pownell Adams, K C.H.,
Ockington House, near Wiveiiscombe
Lieut. Colonel Sir Henry Bayly, K.H., Burley-villa, Lyme Regis,

York, and Midland Railway Company
Morton, H. J. Esq. C.E. Bradford, 'Yorkshire, director of the Hull,

Malton, and Northern Union Railway
M'Crea, H. 0. Esq. The Haugh, Halifax
Mesbam, W. R. Esq. S!. Loyes, Bedford, director of the North.
ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company
Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and

Dorset
Henry John Reuben Dawson Darner, Esq., Milton Abbey, Dorset
Edward Ayshford Sanford, Esq., Nynehead Court, Somerset, di.

rector of the North Devon Railway
Humphry Weld, Esq., Chidcock House, near Bridport, Commis-

sioner of Bridport Harbour
Walter CAlvetly Trevelyan, Esq., Nettlecombe Court
John Knight, Esq., Wolverley-hall, Worcestershire, and Simons-
bath, Somerset, director of the North Devon Railway
Frederick Wynn Knight, Esq., M.P., Woleerly.hall, director of

• the North Dz,von Railway
Thomas Ale-trader Mitchel, Esq., M.P. for Bridpert
Lieutenant. Colonel Bragge, Sadborrow-house, near Chard
Robert Aitchison, Esq., Captain, R.N., Maperton-house, near

Bridport
Alexander Itamsay, E q., Beaminstcr, near Bridport
John Dorrien Magens, Esq., 29, Cornhill, London
Jaieph Barrow Montefioie, Esq., York-street, Portman-square
Thomas Laurence, Esq., St. Mary Axe, London, director of the

Leeds and Carlisle Railway
John Charritie, Esq., Park-village East, Regent's-park, director

of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Thomas Wetherell, EA., Lincoln, Director of the London and

York and East Lincolnshire It silway
Thomas Challis, Esq , Alderman of London, director of the Liver

pool and Derby Railway
John Emil, Esq., London Bridge-wharf, London, director of the

Worcester, Shrewabury and Crewe Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, director of the Liver.
pool and Dei by and East and. West of England Railways
Henry M. Kemshead, Esq , Westhourne -house, Paddington
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull; director of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway
William Tanner, Esq., SI, Great Surrey..street, director of the
Leeds and Carlisle Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James.street, Buckingham,
gate, director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P. for Wolverhamp'on
William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde_
park, director of the South Midland, and Northampton, Ban-
bury and Cheltenham Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, director
of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railways
Henry Rendell Wolton, Laq„ Fitzroy.square, London
IA devisee in trust of
the late Earl of Egre.
Lawrence Walker, Esq., Ring's—road, mont, owner of the
Gray's Inn, London Harbour of Watchet,
and extensive adjacent
manors and estates

Midland Railway Company
Magnay, Sir William, Bart. alderman, London
M'Swinney, Joseph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company, &c.
Newen, George, Esq. Hyde Park-terrace
Needham, the Hen. Francis, Fairfield-lodge, Kensington
Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds. provisional director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company
Paccy, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and
Liverpool Railway Company
Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Direct Western Railway Company
Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester
Powell, S. IL Esq. Foxley-cottages, North Brixton, director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company
Preston, Thomas B. Skipton
Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby
Reynolds, James, Esq. merchant, Manchester
Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West
Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, chairman of the Manchester, Wigan,
and Southampton Railway Company
Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director of the York and Lancaster
Railway
Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Itryanstone-street, Portman-square, chair-
man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail-
way Company
Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman.square
Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq. Bristol near Leeds, director of the
Great Leeds anti London Railway Company, &c.
Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the
Great Western and Southern and Eastern Railway Company
Ramsdell, Thomas, Esq. Cothingley, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Renshaw, James, Esq. Lombard-street, London. and West Heath-
house, Erbil, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley,
Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company
Rogers, Thomas, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Rich, Sir George, 45, Low ncles-street, Beigrave- square
Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moore house, ne.,r Tuxford, Notts
Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln
Sloane, W., Esq. 57, Wimpole.street
Scriven, J. W., Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds
and London Railway Company
Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds
Smith, George Walker, Esq. Horbury.hall, Sheffield, director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Company
Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmonsburgh, Yorkshire, director of the
Great Northern and Southern Railway Company
Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shiliber-hall, Halifax
Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble Coombe, near Dorking
Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, London, director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway
Company
Savage, H. Esq. Dorset. place, Dorset.square
Swiney, J. James, Esq Sandal-view, near Wakefield, director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, London and Liverpool,
Leeds, York, and Midland, Bristol and:Dover, Sheffield, Silkstone,
and Wakefield, Hull and Holyhead Railway Companies
Scott, William, Esq. Heworth, New York, a provisional director of
the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomson, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Company
Taylor, Peter, Esq. Knaresborough
Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tuxford, Notts
Wright, Major-General, R.E. Gioucester.ptace, Portman-square
Whitehead, William Dossa, Esq. Derby.house, Chetwood, Man-
chester
Wilson, William, Esq. 3, Devonport.street, Sussex-square
Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire
Wigglesworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax
Wright, T. S. Esq. Northampton
Ward, Thomas Asline, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endciiffe-hall, Sheffield'
White, W. Esq. Fitzroy-square, director of the London and Wind-
sor Railway
Witham, James, Esq. Eaton-square, director of the Direct London
and Liverpool
•
Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Wale, Edwin, Esq. York, a provisional director of the York,
Leeds, and Midland Junction Railway
Yates, George, Esq. Halifax
ENGINEERS—Francis Giles, Esq., Alfred Giles,'Esq.
BANKERS—London : Messrs. Cox and Co.

SOLICITOR—London George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square,
and No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
Offices, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-strect,

William Eales, Esq., Mincing-lane •
Frederick William Drewe, Esq., Woodlands.bouae, near Stowey

Somerset
Joseph Gundry, Esq., Hyde-house, near Bridport,merchant and ship.
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Robert Longhorn, Esq., C--tteshrooke, Northampton
John Hill, Esq., Fairfield-house, Lyme Regis, Dorset, merchant
William Tucker, Esq., Coryton.park, near Axminster, Devon
Thomas Hoskins, Esq., Hase/bury, Eucknett, near Crcwkerne,

Somerset
Thomas Fox, Esq., Beaminster, Dorset, Commissioner of Bridport
Harbour
William Loveridge, Esq., Paradise lodge, near Chard
Chaecs Warre Loveridge, Esq., Crewkerne, banker
Benjamin Pearkes Gundry, Esq., Bridport, merchant
William Trevelyan Cox, Esq., Cheddington-court, near Beaminster
It. Walter, Esq., Coombe-hrad, near Chard
William Colfox, Esq., Rax.house, Bridport, merchant and ship.
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Stephen NV hetham, Esq , Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn.
missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Pike Stephens, Esq., Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Com.
missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Kanway, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Thomas Colfox, Esql, Rax-house, Bridport, merchant
William Ki oglake, Esq., Wilton.house, Taunton
William Beadon, Esq., Gotton-house, near Taunton
James Bunter, Esq., Taunton, banker
Henry Hooper, Esq. (late Mayor of Exeter), architect, director of
the North Devon Railway, and Deputy Chairman of the Exeter
and Crediton Railway
Richard Carver, Esq., Taunton, architect, county surveyor for So.
mersetshire
James Carrol Wilcocks, Esq., Exeter, director of the North Devon
Railway, and of the Exeter and Crediton Railway
James Marsh, Esq., Alphington, Exeter, director of the North
Devon Railway
John Hancock, Esq., Halse, near Taunton
Henry Daubney Harvey, Esq., Wiveliscombe, director of the
North Devon Railway
Phillip Hancock, Esq., Ford.house, near Wiveliscombe
James Thomas Benedictus Notley, Esq., Coombe, Sydenham-house,
near Watchet
George Notley, Esq., Cbillington, Somerset
Joseph Hitchcock, Esq., The Grove, Taunton
H. D. King, Esq., Taunton
Stephen William Whetham, Esq., Bridport, merchant and ship-
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Walter Eustace Gundry, Esq., Bridport, banker and merchant
Alfred Nicho!ctts, Esq., Womderwell, near Bridport
William Battiscombe, Esq., East Cottage, near Bridport, brewer,
Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Thomas Ewens, Esq., Allington, near Bridport, merchant and ship-
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
William •Ilounsell, Esq., Wykes•court, near Bridport, merchant
Richard Hayward, Esq., West Chinnock, Somerset, merchant and
sax-milt owner
John Hounsen, Esq., Bridport
Theophilus Miller Gunn, Esq., Bridport
James Brown, Esq., Burton, Bradstock, near Bridport
Joseph Hounsell, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Richard Tucker, Esq., Bridport, merchant
William Tucker, Esq., Allington-villa, near Bridport
Richard Trude, Esq., Taunton, merchant
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton, merchant
Thomas Powell, Esq., The Gaer, near Newport, Monmouthshire,
coal proprietor ; a director of the Taff Vale Railway
Thomas Hughes, Esq., Kingshill, Newport
Franklin Meager, Esq., Swansea, Glamorganshire, of the firm of
M. I. Michael and F. Meager
George Bucknell, Esq., Crowcombe, near Watchet
John Southcomb Ling, Esq., Stogumber near Watchet
Henry Foote Ling, Esq., Stogumber, near Watchet
George Elers, Esq., Stogumber, director of the North Devon Rail-
way
John Williams, Esq., Buckland, near Farringdon, Berks
William Cockburn, Esq., Minehead, Somerszt
Robert Hole, Esq., Alcombe, near Minehead
Henry Cadell, Esq., Stampford Brett, near Watchet
Frederick William Rossiter, Esq., Williton, near Watchet
William Avery, Esq., Barnstaple, member of the Provisional Corn.
mittee of the North Devon Railway
Alfred Marriott, Esq , Broaillands-lodge, Taubton
John William Marriott, Esq., Taunton
Henry Alford, Esq., Taunton
John Eales White, Esq., Taunton, brewer
Jonathan Payne, Esq., Norton, near Taunton, corn-factor and
mill-owner
William Middleton, Esq , Chard, brewer
Silvanus Stephens, Esq., Bridport
William Manley, Esq., Bridport
James Haydon, Esq. ) Flax-manufacturers,
Robert Turner, Esq. j Greenham mills, Crewkerne
James Hill, Esq., Chard
Thomas Llewellyn, Esq., Taunton
Thomas Stoate, Esq., Washford.mills and Watchet, merchant
and ship-owner
William Stoate, Esq., Watchet-mills, merchant and ship-owner
William Gimblett, Esq., merchant and ship-owner, Watchet
William G. Hole, Esq., merchant and ship-owner, Watchet
J. Wansbrough, Esq., } Paper-makers, Paper-mills, Watchet
John Date, Esq., and Bristol
William James, Esq., Doniford, near Watchct
Henry George Hole, Esq„ merchant andship.owner, Watchet
Joseph Williams, Esq., banker, Williton, near Watchet
Thomas Hawkes, Esq., land agent and surveyor, Wanton, near
Watchet

Reference

.1.'01"..T11A...4.0T0N RAIL-
WAY (originally registered as the Hull, Great Grimsby
and Southampton Railway, connecting Great Grimsby with the
South Midland Railway), forming a direct communication between
the ports of Hull and Southampton.
Capical 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and S Victoria, cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
,—,Esq. M.D., Hull
exander, Abraham, Esq. Lullington-house, Leamington
Acton, Joseph, Esq. Wigan
Addison, George Wilson, Esq. Hall-field, Bradford, director of the
West Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ackroyd, —, Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway, &c.
Asphitel, William Hurst, Esq. No. 11, Clement'sdane, Lombard-
street, magistrate for the county of Middlesex
Bradley, William, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of the
Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Rail-
way Companies
Brittain, Samuel Swan, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Oxford,
Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the East and West of
England, and the Ely and Wisbeach Railway Companies
Burgess, John, Esq. boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the
London and Manchester Direct Railway Company, &c.
Betteridge, Abraham, Esq. London, director of the Metropolitan
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Bicknell, J. A., Esq. Bristol, director of the Stafford and Shrews-
bury Railway Company
Byrom, William, Esq. Oldham, director of the York and Lancaster
Railway Company, &c.
Byrom, Thomas, Esq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Chelten-
ham, Oxford, and London Railway Company
Brown, Joseph, Esq. Bedford
Burrows, Josiah, Esq. Castle House, Gomersal, Leeds
Bullivant, Job, Esq. East Retford, director of the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Railway Company
Bateman, Samuel Eq., Croft house, near Bradford, Yorkshire,
director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Company,
&c.
Bramall, Thomas, Esq. Tamworth
Butterfield, John, Esq. Keighley
Brook, Joseph, jun., Esq., Greenhead, near Huddersfield
Bryan, David, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield and
Nottingham Railway Company, &c.
Beverley, William, Esq. Potter Newton, near Leeds, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company, &c.
reloley, Joseph, Esq. 14, Stanhope-street, Regent's-park
Bewick, E. R , Esq. Barsham-house, near Beccles, director of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway Company, .Ift
Betts, William, Esq. Bevis Mount, Southatnptillr
Bentley, Nathan, Esq. Horton, near Leeds, director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railway
Turgiss, John, Lg. St. James's-square, Manchester
Tarnsby, Thomas, Esq., Gomersal
Morton, William, Esq. Northampton, Member of the Town Count
and director of the Eastern and Midland Railway
Cadman, Edwin, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield, director of the
Ely, Wisboach, and Lincolnshire Railway Company
Cameron, J., Esq. Wakefield, director of the es, York, and
Midland Railway Company
Caldwell, William, Esq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Company, &e. &
Crowdson, William, Esq. Wiganc„
Clark, Jeremiah, Esq. 11&, Union.court, r
oadit-strect, London,
director of the Direct London and Manchester
Coventry, Millis, Esq. White Hart.court, Lombarda-sil'way Company
.reets London,
director of the Britannia Life Assurance Company
Cook, ---, Esq. Gainsborough
Carlisle, Thomas, Esq. Clifton, Bristol; 6, Hyde Park-place West,
chair/nail of the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings Railway Company
Chapman, E., Esq. Gibson-square, director of the Grand Junction,
Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction
Coupland, Edward, Esq. Boston
Collinson, William, Esq. Hull
Chapman. R. Esq. director of the Mancheeter, Ru3by, and South.
ampton 1144/01

This company Is formed for the purpose of establishing direct
railway communication between the important ports of Hull,
Great Grimsby, and Southampton.
It is intended to effect this desirable object by the construction
of a line of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham,
Oakham, Uppingham, near to Rockingham and Rothwell, and
joining the South Midland Railway between Market Harborough
and Northampton ; thus forming, in connexion with projected
lines of railway from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and front
Northampton to Southampton the connecting link in one uninter.
ruptel chain of railway communication from Hull and Grimsby
to Southampton, Gosport, and Poole, and the whole of the south-
western coast of England.

(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING ENGINEER—X. B. Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S. A.
ENGINEERS W. C. Mylne, Esq., F.R.S., Principal Engineer to the
New River Company; R. W. Mylne, Esq.

It will also form the most direct route from hull, Great
a
rn
Grimsby, and the whole of Lincolnshire, Butlandshire, North
amp.
and part of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Chel.P.
tenham, Gloucester, Thistol, Exeter, and the South and West of
England.
An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of
this undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of
view, forming as it will an intimate connexion between London
and the South generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire
and the adjacent counties, at present without railway accommo-
dation; while its value to the South Midland, the Northampton,
Banbury, and, Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway
Companies, and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which
it will form a most prcfitable adjunct) must be obvious.
This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected
line from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and
Grimsby, the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed
lines running to Lincoln; at Granth:..m with the Nottingham,
Vale of Belvoir and Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakharn
with the Syston and Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford,
andThrraingham and London, and Manchester E!*,rect.
One
gceatarid
with,imp o
important
in ntfeoagosit
feature in this r.ailway is, that it does
run parallel
not n to, any existing line of
railway.

The ground has been surveyed, and found to be practicable, pre-
senting for the most part no e..„gineeri,g
Satisfactory communice.:tons for mutual co-operation have been
opened with the several companies, whose interests will be affected
by the proposed lines In the meantime the Committee of Manage-
ment reserve po.sver to amalgamate with any other company, or
deviate from the proposed line, or make such extensions and
branches e d they may hereafter deem advisable.
The FAihscribers will ba held liable only to the amount of their
subscriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on all calls from
the -passing of the Act.
In consequence of a great portion of the Shares havirg been
already applied for, the period for • application roust necessarily be
very limited.

Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed form to the
following Sharenrokers :—Londun : Mr. W. West, Capel-court,
Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhoue-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Ex-
change-buildings, Liverpool; Me:srs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Lreds;
Messrs. Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and
Co.„ Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Potter and Smith, York; Messrs.
Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; 31:_z_s.rs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply.
mouth ; Mr. T. Sandford Exeter; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield;
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Chelten-
ham ; to the Secretary, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers; and to George
Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall•street.

To the Frovisional Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—.l request you will allot me Shares in
the above Cornpany,•and I agree to take all such shares, or so many
execute the Parliamentar
as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon; and to
I ColltraCt and Subscribers' Agreement,
when required so to do,
Name
Deicription
Residence ..•
Date
........... .
Reference to

LONDON BANKERS.
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Biddulph, 43, Charing-cross
Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhiil.

COUNTRY BANKERS.
Stuckey's Banking Company, at their various branches
The West of England and South Wales' District Bank, at their
various branches
Messrs. Williams and Co., Bridport, Dorchester, and at their variou

,
branches
Messrs. S. and W. E. Gundry, Bridport, and at their various

branches
Messrs. H. R. and I. Badcock, jun., Taunton.
STAN DINO COUNSEL—A. W. Kinglake, Esq., 24, Old-square,
Lincoln's Inn.
SECRETARY—Mr. Charles P. Meryon.
SOLICITORS IN LONDON—Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34

Lime-street.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sodlow and Kingdon,
Palace-yard.

M
M
Messrs.
te:Mr. Ihwvi:QFsitoocio:hxtieilcnaßetndtTetd:os
niTrisßoDsai
snour:lra.:NdctisioTtanorrntE COUNTRY.
Waiter Ch
Mr. Samuel
Bridge,Kn r,lneear, Watchet.
Ne\s'itverer scon b
fir. F. Napier
The object of this Company is to establish
a direct line of rail-
way for passengers, goods, and commercial,and agricul-
tural produce between the harbour of amtining,
helt. on the Bristol
Channel, and the harbour of Bridport on the'Eng English Channel, and
provide means of inland transit for a large Proportion of the pro-
duce at present necessarily sent by the dangerous and uncertain
passage round the Land's End, and at the same time dto the
intermediate rich and populous districts ready and convenient rail-
way communication.
The direct line will be 48 miles in length, and will proceed from
Watchct to Taunton, and thence by Hatch Beauchamp, and b
Ilminster to Chard, and by Crewkerne and Beaminster to Bridpnryt
harbour. A branch will proceed out of the line, about raid-way
between Watchct and Taunton, directly to Wiveliscombe. All
these towns and their neighbourhoods• are populous and opulent,
and many of them very much so, and the localities are remarkable
for their richness, fertility, iseauty, and numerous resident gentry.
At Wiveliscombe this line will avail itself of the North Devon
Railway to Taunton, and also westward; at Taunton it will
enter the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and thence
proceed to Mangerton, four miles short of Bridport, where it will
il3ll
Bower,
Axminster.gdi Tu or a
ißbs
unite with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, one of the
Great Western lines of Railway, and thence proceed on that line
to Bridport Harbour.
It will also cross the proposed line from Yeovil to Exeter
about two mites west of Crcwkerne.
The junction of the two Channels was long since deemed an im-
portant object. To effect it, surveys were successively made for r
ship canal by the late Mr. Rennie, Mr. Telford, and other scientific
men, who concurred in the importance of such a work in a na-
tional point of view ; the design was matured, and in 1824 an Act
of Parliament was passed ; and it stands recorded as the opinions of
Mr. Telford and Captain Nichols, that the canal would afford a
remuneration to the subscribers of 16 per cent. on a capital of
1,719,944/. - -
The sum required for this work, being so much !els Than that
for the Ship canal ; the increased demand of a greatly increased
population, and the present vast commercial energies o'f the
country, make it manifest that goods may be conveyed by this
lw
aranidThcaivintaattheifnarNdedliechssolitlnsheafnormfrhoemadlf
tAhtiheienirekcohpeaaindrgioetno.upon which Mr. Telford
Bridgewater, will meet
and cross this line near Watchat

Tit E SUN, LONDON, FRIOA EVIE.NIIsr6r, OCTOBER 17 1845

No railway, either made, or being made, or projected, will serve
the purposes which this important and favoured line will serve.
The country it will pass through possesses a population exceed-
ing 150,000. It leads to marine watering places of much resort—
Weymouth, Lyme, and Seaton on the English Channel shore, and
Linton, Minehead, and Blue Anchor on the shore of the Bristol
Channel. Taunton, which may now be considered the county
town of Somersetshire, has always been the market and trading
town of the country north.west of it, including Watchet and its
surrounding district; the route to which, from London and the
nortb, Is through Taunton.
A well remunerating passenger traffic may hence be eXpeCted.
The country also contains between 80 and 100 mills and fac-
tories, many of which are worked by steam in aid of water-power,
and many more of the proprietors will avail themselves of steam-
power when coals shall be procurable at a reduced rote by this
railway. The millers are most desirous of having the markets of
South Wales opened to them. Several influential coal proprietors
of South Wa!es are members of the Provisional Committee.

The country also possesses several extensive lime quarries, for
manure; the lime is burnt with cuim brought from Wales ;
the conveyance both of the cuim and lime is at present attended
with much expense to the agriculturist. The line will also be of
high importance to this agricultural district by opening to it the
markets of Taunton, Tiverton, South Alolton, Barnstaple, in the
not-it of Devon, Exeter, and London. The towns of Taunton,
Ilminster, Chard, Crewkerne, Beaminster, Broy,dwindsor, Brid.
port, Axminster, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, will be connected
by the line, and derivo from it supplies of coals, calm, timber, dry
goods, and other articles of import. The line will afford to those
towns and their populous neighbourhoods, increased facilities of
communication with other lines of railroad.

The usual prevalence of westerly winds during the winter months
is so great as to render the passage round the Land's-end very un-
certain. The facilities offered by the preposcd railway will obviate
such uncertainty, save many hundred miles of dangerous sea pas-
sage, and more than compensate for the charges attending reship-
ment at Bridport from Watchet, particularly in the article of
Welsh coals, now in great demand in and about London for steam=
engines, steam-brats, and other purposes.
The harbour of Bridport admits vessels at spring.tides of 350
tons burthen; it receives large supplies of coals, culm, Aix, hemp,
Baltic and American timber, iron, slate, tallow, staves, and nu.
merotts other articles ; which, in the egg' egate, last year, amounted
to nearly 40,000 tons, a large portion of which consisted of flax
and hemp, for the numerous manufactories of yarns, sailcloth,
sacks, nets, lines, twines, and linen goods, which when wrought
would pass along the line to the two ports, for shipment, or to
other railways.
The harbour of Watchet, at spring-tides, admits vessels of 200

tons burthen, and carries on an extensive and important daily trade
with the ports of Tenby, LLsnelly, Swansea, Neath, Cardiff, New-
port, and Merthyr Tydvil, in coals, Cohn, corn, flour, and other
provisions, cattle, sheep, salt, timber, slates, iron, and other articles
of merchandise ; employing twelve vessels belonging to the harbour
regularly and exclusively; one trading with Liverpool. ft has
also a considerable corn, malt, flour, and goods trade with Bristol,
and employs therein several vessels regularly
Both the harbours are capable of being much improved, and
belong to proprietors able and willing to improve them to meet the
increased wants of the community.

The port of Watchet, as it is, has the largest and most important
trade on the English side of the Bristol Channel. This Railway
will increase that trade fourfold, and therewith its own prosperity.
The shore contiguous to Watchet exclusively abounds with lime
of the most celebrated description, both for water-works and ex-
terior building, being the same as the universally known and cele-
brated Aberthaw lime, which also is on the directly opposite coast;
and at and around Watchet are extensive corn arid flour mills,
paper mills, and clothing mills.
The foregoing facts show that the line must havesirery exten-

be applied for in the Bill to allow interest at four per cent, per
annum on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of
the line.

Applications for prospectuses, and also for tames, may be ad-
dressed, in the form annexed, to George Smith, Esq., Solicitor, 24,
Golden-square; Messrs. Coombe and Sharland, Town.hall, Graves-
end ; Messrs. J. and E. Blaker, Lewes ; and also to the following
Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Field, Son, and Bayley, Warnford.court,
Throgmortou.street, London ; Mr. M. L. Pritchard, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Manchester; Mr. Isaac Ironside,
Sheffield; Messrs. Hirst and Brooke, Leeds; Messrs. Hspwood
and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr. J. B. Mundy, Bath ; Mr. A. Moffatt,
Edinburgh.

To the Provisional Committee of the Brighton, Tunbridge Wells,

Gravesend, and Eastern Counties Railway.

I request that you will allot me shares in the proposed
Gravesend, Tonbridge Wells, and Brighton Railway ; and I agree
to take all such shares, or so many as may be allotted to me, and to
pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement when required sa to do.

Name
Description
Residence

Date
Reference to

lITON, LEWES, TUNBRIDGE
AL.ffl WELLS, GRAVESEND, and EASTERN COUNTIES
JUNC LION RAILWAY, with branches to Chatham and Maid.
stone.

Capital 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 24. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir John Key, Bart. I Win. Kuper, Esq.
The May'r of Gravesend John Kerschner, Esq.
John Brough, F.sq. S. H. Powell, Esq.
T. M. Cleohury, Esq. W. White, Esq.
(With power to add to their number).

BANKERS.

Me.;srs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane ; Messrs. Cocks,

Biddulph, and Ca., Charing-cross.

- .
CONSULTING ENGINEERS-Sir John Macneil and James Thom.

sive goods traffic.
It is not intended to put forward Watchet as a packet station
either for Ireland or South Wales; nor does this measure require
such aid. No portion of the coast of the Bristol Channel, east of
Ilfracombe, can have the slightest pretexsion to be, or be
made, a packet station. In the first place, it is obvious that
the railway in actual progress from the Government Dock-yard
at Pembroke (or Hobbe's Point, 100 miles further down the Bris.
tol Channel) will take all the packet trade from the south of Ireland :
Liverpool takes Dublin;whilst Ilfracombe (30rniles west of Watchet),
and Swansea (directly opposite to Ilfracombe), maintain a regular
steam packet passenger and goods traffic; and in the second place,
all the harbours on the English side east of Ilfracombe are dry, and
for a great length, at low water, the shores being very flat, and to
construct a harbour on them, to admit large class steamers and to
land passengers at all times of the tide, would, Una impracticable,
cost an enormous sum. To hold out expectations that either of
them might be such packet station, would for the above reasons be
delusive.
The extended North Devon line of railways will serve the port
of Ilfracombe and its packets.
A survey has been made by the engineers, who have reported
that the line is easy of construction, and will not interfere with any
park.
It affords great satisfaction to the promoters to be enabled to
announce that the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company have promised to give this measure their favourable con-
sideration, and the promoters entertain a sanguine expectation that
it will receive their sup,;ort.
The neighbouring landowners and gentry are favourable to the
measure, and all the merchants and traders both at Watchet and
Bridport, as well as the principal ma! proprietors in South Wales,
and all persons throughout the line, entertain a high opinion of its
merits, and earnestly desire it.
Many extensive landowners on the line, whose names do not
appear on the Provisional Committee, have yet expressed them-
selves as friends to the measure.
The Act will be applied for next session, and the liabilities will
be limited to the amount of subscriptions, and interest at four
per cent. will be paid on all calls from the time of payment until
the opening of the line.
An early allotment of the eiares will be made, and the usual
Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract ',must be exe-
cuted by the Shareholders when called upon.
Applications for shares to be made, in the form annexed, to
Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street; to either of
the solicitors in the country ; Messrs. George Burnand and Co.,
Cornhill ; John Mocatta, Esq., Copthall-chambers ; H. J. Barker,
Esq., Tokenhouse-yard ; John Brewer, Esq., New Market-hill, Man-
chester; 'Messrs. Francis and James Mill, Liverpool; Messrs.
Wreford, Nicholls, and Co., Bristol; or John Bannehr, Esq.,
Exeter.

eon, EN.
ENGINEERS.—B. Albano, Esq., M.1.C.E., and Wm. Lsxton,

Esq., C.E.

SOLICITOR IN LONDON—GeorgeSmith, Esq., 24, Golden-square,
and No. 2, Guildhall chambers, Basinghallstreet.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Coombe and Sharland, Town-ball, Gravesend
Messrs. J. and E. Blaker, Lewes.
Temporary Offices, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
The object of this undertaking is to open a direct line of rail-
way to connect the Northern, Eastern, and South Essex Railways,
by means of a steam ferry from Tilbury Fort to Gravesend, with
Tunbridge Wells, Lewes, and B: ighton.
It is contemplated to proceed from the Eastern Counties Rail-
way at or near Harlow station to Tilbury, crossing the river
by a steam flow ing.bridge to Gravesend, passing by Cobham,
Snodland, Mailing, and Hadlow to Tunbridge, thence by the South.
Eastern Railway to Tunbridge Wells, passing Uckfield to Lewes,
and thence joining tie Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway to
Brighton.
An inspection of the map will clearly show the great import-
ance of this railway, whether considered in a local or national
point of view, forming as it will a most useful chain of local com-
munication for the fertile and populous tracts through which it
passes. _ _ _

It will bring the Northern and Eastern Counties, the mouth
.01

the Thames, and North Kent, into direct communication, by
way of Brighton, with Dieppe and Havre, and thus form, in con-
junction with the railways now in progress on the Continent, the
shortest possible route to Paris and the Mediterranean.
By this railway the large population of the North Eastern Conn-

Taunton, Sept. 29, 1845. --
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Bristol and English Channels Direct Junction Railway.

ties, numbering nearly two millions, will have a direct and easy
communication with the whole of the populous and important
counties of Kent and Sussex, without going round to London, and
thereby articling the inconvenience arising from the unconnected
lines north and south of the metropolis. _ _

The utility of this line to the naval and military service, both in
.imcs of peace and war, for the conveyance of troops and stores, is

evident.

With the existing railways, and those now in progress in Kent
and Sussex, a most complete system of local communication will be
effected ; and as such, the project has been received with the mast
distinguished approbation and pledges of support from the principal
proprietors along the line, and the Corporation of Gravesend have
promised their entire sanctim to, and will cordially support it.
The ground has been carefully surveyed, and found to present
no difficulties to the formation of a good working line.

The existing local traffic has been ascertained to be amply suf.
ficient to fulfil the requirements of the undertaking; but a large
accession of valuable traffic cannot fail to be the result of the

I request you will allot to me shares in this under-
taking, and I agree to take the same or such of them as may be
allotted to me upon the terms stated in the prospectus, and to pay
the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of

increased accommodation thus afforded to the public; and rendering
the undertaking one of the most important as well as productive
lines of railway in that part of the country.
The Committee reserve power to themselves t• form branches
from Snodhind to Chatham.

The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act o

Parliament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be
applied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent, per annum on
all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line.
Applications for prospectuses and also for shares may be
addressed in the usual form to George Smith, Esq. Solicitor, 24,
Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall.street ;
Messrs. Coombe and Sharland, Gravesend , Messrs. J. and E
Elaker, Lewes; to Messrs. Field, Son, and Bayley, sharebrokers,
Warneford-court, Throgmorton-street, and to Messrs Harris and
Sons, sharebrokers, Change.alley

, 1845.

Name
Residence
Profession or Occupation

METROPOLITAN SOUTH SUBURBAN
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY.

(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001. with power to Increase the amount.
In 50,000 Shares of 201 each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
ENGINEER—T. A. Galloway, Esq. C.E. M.I.C.E.

S atacrrou—Thomas Parker Esq 18, St. Paul's• churchyard, an,

25, Spring-g rdens

PARLIAVNTARY AGENT—'IIIOIIIB -Henry Baker, Esq., 29, Spring.

gardens.
SURVEYOR—J. B. Shepherd, Esq
SECRETARY—R. B. Colley, Esq.

Reference I.
Name
Address
To the Committee of the Bristol and English Channels
Direct Junction Railway Company.

AGENTS—Messrs. Harris, Wilyting, and Co., 26, Lombard-street.

The object of this railway is to afford to the inhabitants residing
within a circle of about ten m Ics south of the Thames the means
of a sofa, frequent, and s,.cedy communication with the heart of
the City.
It is proposed to have a central terminus In Queen-street, Cheap-
side, with a direct line of railway over Southwark-bridge to the Ele-
phant and Castle, and thence by radiating branches to accommodate
the localities of Kennington, Brixton, Streatham, Croydon, Clap-
ham, Balham, Tooting, Mitcham, Walworth, Camberwell, Peckham,
Dulwich, Norwood, the Kent-road, Deptford, Greenwich, Black-
heath, Charlton, Woolwich, Wandsworth, Putney, Mortlake, and
Richmoni, completing the chain of communication with the South-
Western at Wandsworth, and with the London and Brighton and
South-Eastern Lice at Croydon.
It is needless to point out in this preliminary announcement the
enormous passenger traffic which may he expected on this railway,
when it is considered that the portion of the suburbs to which ac-
commodation is to be afforded contain a population of between
seven and eight hundred thousand persons, requiring daily inter-
course with the City. . . . . . .

As this fins will be constructed upon the atmospheric principle,
and the present public roads will be adopted as far as practicable,
the cost will not bear comparison with that of railways in general,
and it is estimated that it will pay to the shareholders of the under-
takhig a remunerating profit of not less than 10 per cent., even
reckoning the conveyance of passengers at the kw rates of from
3d. to 6d. for the whole, or any part of the distance, to say nothing
of the enormous traffic in parcels and goods.
A detailed prospectus, with th, names of a very influential Com-
mittee, and other officers, will appear in a few days. In the mean-
time all communications and applications for shares, in the usual
form, may be addressed to It. B. Colley, Esq., the secretary pro tern.
et the temporary office, 18, St. Paul's-churchyard, or to the solicitor
of the Company, Thomas Parker, Esq., 18, St. Paul's churchyard,
and 25, Spring-gar:ens.

rrE LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and BUCK-
INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Vict., cap. 110.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of
Parliament.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
The Right Hon. John Earl of Portarlington
The Right Hon. Edward Vernon, lArd Suffield
The Right lion. Henry Robert Lord Rossmore
The Right Hon. James Lord Dunboyne
Lord Sussex Lennox
The Right Hon. G. L. D. Darner, M.P.
Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq. High Sheriff of Bucks
The Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstonc-lodge, Poole
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Belgravc.

square
The Hon. Colonel Henry Hutchison, Weston, Northamptonshire
The Hon. Stafford Jerninglam
The llon. Cecil Lawless
The Hon. Michael W. Bellew Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicester•

shire
The Hon. Colonel Westenra,
The Hon. Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street, Piccadilly
Count Bathyany, 5, Audiey-square, London
Sir Henry Scale, Bart.
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. 41, Dorset-street, London
Sir J. Eglinton Anderson, F.R.I.A. New Burlington-street
Sir James H. Annesley, Albany
Abraham Alexander, Esq. Lullington- house, Milverton, Warwick-
shire
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-hall, Warwickshire, and 15, Grosvenor-
place, London
Emile Benassit, Esq. 66, Mark-lane
James Brand, Esq. New Broad-street, London
William Bradley, Esq. the Oaks, Sheffield
Henry Austin Bruce, Esq. Duffryne-house, Cardiff
William Downing Bruce, Esq. 17, Charles-street, St. James's-
square
George R. Millbury, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry,
Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway
Edward Burton, Esq. Milverton-house, Leamington
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield
George Gunning Campbell, Esq. 37, Montagu-square, London
It. Chapman, Esq. Coombe lodge, Hants
G. A. H. Chichester, Esq. 15, Chesham-place, London
Edward Hyde Clark, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington, and Tick-
ford-park, Bucks
F. F. Clossman, Esq. Mincing-lane, London, Chairman of the Great
Luxembourg Railway
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Union Club, London
John Morton Cottle, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington
Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Lieutenant-Colom I Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-
place, London
Henry D. Erskine, Esq. 93, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
The Rev. Henry Robert Fowler, Manchester-square, London
Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. Chepstow-house, Camberwell, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
James Gernon, Esq. 13, Conduit-street, London, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq. Potternewton Mount, near Leeds
Major J. It. T. Graham (late Scots Greys), Grove, Clapham-common
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadeby house, Lincolnshire, and 17, Pall-
mall, London
Captain George James Hunter, Bertie-terrace, Leamington, director
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
William Hunter, Esq. 21, Clarendon-square, Leamington, director of
the Direct Western, Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester. Railways
Thomas Ridley, Esq. M.D., Sheffield.
Captain Lionel Lampet, Leamington, Warwickshire, and Highlands,
Oxon
Robert John Lattey, Esq. Claremont Villa, St. John's-wood
George Lawton, Esq. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
William Lowndes, Esq. Chesham, Bucks
John Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield
Jacob Monteflore, Esq.
Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, London
Evan W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, Tunbridge, director of the Nortl
and South Wales Railway
W. Nash, Esq. Clapham-common, Chairman of the Brighton, 'AWES;
and Hastings Railway
B. Oliveira, Esq. Upper Hyde-park-street, London
Samuel Parsons, Esq. Sackville-street, London
Matthew PhToint, Esq. Crown East, Worcester
William Raines, Esq. the Temple, London, director of the Londe:
and Nottingham Railway
Cornelius Randall, Esq. Manchester
James Saunderson, Esq. Lansdown-place, Leamington, Warwick.
shire, and Castle Saunderson, Cavan, Ireland
Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James's-spare, London
Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, London
Captain William Trifigham, R.N. Solyhull, 'Warwickshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheath-park, Kent, director of the Cony
mercial Dank
Edward Welch, Eici. Leamington, Warwickshire
B. B. Williams, Esq. Wyndham-place, London
Henry Williams, Esq. Chalk-farm, London
Captain William Alexander Willis, R.N., Vizar's-hill, near Lymi
ton, Hants

ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq. C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Forbes and Drake, Warnford•court, London
Messrs. Birch and Bramab, i great Winchester-street, London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. waddy,
BANKERS—COMMerdoI 1.034 k of LOliduu.
SEMETARS PRO TERM.—A. W. Harnett, Esq.
Offices, 127, Leadenhall-street.
By this Company it is proposed to supply railway accommoda-
tion, through an independent channel, to all the principal towns in
Buchinghamohlre, and to many in the other counties through Which

the rrojected line is to run, hitherto destitute of this now indispen-
sable mode of transit.
The project known by the name of " The Buckinghamshire Rail-
way and Oxford and Wolverton Junction" is announced in their pro-
speetug as being under the direction and superintendence of the Lon-
don and BirMingham Railway Company, as their lessees in perpetuity,
receiving four per cent. on the outlay, with a conditional arrange-
in, nt as to the surplus profit.
From this arrangement it mast be obvious to every one that the
monopoly of the London and Birmingham Company, which it was a
principal object to destroy, is more strongly secured than before, and
the profits which would accrue to an indepenlent line, after payment
of the 4/. per cent. interest, is virtually thrown into their hands.
In addition to this, the arrangement to make use of the termini of
the London and Birmingham Company, together with a considerable
portion of their line, reduces the Buckinghamshire Railway in fret to
a mere extension of the older company, and confers on the latter the
means of absolutely and entirely controlling the traffic, and conse-
quently the :profits, of the projected line; so that the reservation as
to the surplus profits in truth amounts to nothing.
The adoption of the projected Buckinghamshire Railway by the
London and Birmingham Company proves their consciousness of the
necess'ty of a railway commtutication through the country in °loosed
to be traversed; and to prevent a continuance of their monopoly,
Sal to secure both to shareholders and to parties locally interested
sue benefits of an independent line, the present Company has been
formed, and has met with the strenuous support of many landed pro-
prietors in the counties through which it will pass, who have hitherto
withheld their co-operation from the Buckinghamshire Railway
Company for the reasons enumerated.
The line will proceed through or near to Uxbridge, by the Valley
of Chalfont, to Amersham and Wendover, and thence to Aylesbury,
by Winslow, to Buckingham. • It will take a course from thence
through Brockley and Banbury, by Leamington and Warwick, to
Birmingham, having the advantage of being the shortest route
hitherto proposed between Birmingliain and London.
Applications for shares, in the annexed form, may be made to the
Secretary, at Oe temporary Offices of the Company, or to Messrs.
Edward Ellis and Co., Sharebrokers, 53, Threadne,dle-street.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAMES.
To the Provisional Committee of the London, Birmingham, and

Buckinghainshire Railway Company.
Gentlemen,-1 request you to allot me shares of 201. etrh in
the proposed London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Rail-
way, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or such smilier
number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when
required.
Dated this , 1845

day of
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Names and Addresses of two .
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URGESS'S NEW SAUCE, for general pur-
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St. Martin's-le-Grand, General Post-office, Inland Department,
October, 9, 1844.

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