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THE SUN, LONDON, TITENDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1845.

and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro-
jected with every chance of success.
As to the traffic do the lower portion of the line, it Is evident that
the vast :number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by:adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and.time, by discharging theircargoes 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 commerce 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 Cud Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetahire, 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 and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
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
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
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
engineeripg 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 tie Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
lingdom. . . . .

Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
our pounds per centum per annum cgr 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, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1841.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Company.-

Geutlemen,—l request you:will'allOt me shared of 251. each
in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 13s.
per share thereon, or on any lees number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated 1846.
Name in full .............
Residence . • • . • . ........
Trade or Profession
Place of Business (if any) . .......
Reference .... .................. • •
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A4l ANCHESTER, 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,
whin the Bankers' Receipts may be exchanged for Scrip.
Liverpool—Adelphi Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 19th and 20th
aPtember.
dhester—Moseley Arms, Monday and Tuesday, 22d and 23d
Bradford—Mr. Mason's Office, Sharebroker, Wednesday, 24th
'ditto.
Huddersfield—Mr. Moore's Office, Thursday, 25th ditto.
LeedS'--R6yal HOW, Friday and Saturday, 26th and 27th ditto.
London.—Castle and Falcon, Aldersgate-street, Tuoglay, 30th
• ,Septeniber, and Wednesday, Ist October.,
FRANCIS PARKER, Secretary.
Rotherham, Sept. 13, 1845.

EAST AND WEST OF ENGLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY,
• FROM NORTHAMPTON TO CHELTENHAM.
Broad Gauge.
The deeds of this Company will lie for signature each day, at the
Offices, '35, Charing-cross; during this week, except Wednesday
next, the 17th instant, when the deeds will lie at Mr. Bethel's offices,
78, King William-street, London-bridge, between the hours of
Eleven and Four o'clock..-. • - „ • .• • , •
By order,
ROBERT WATKINS, jun., Secretary.
35, Charing-cross, Sept. 15, 1845.

NOTTINGHAM, MIDLANDS, AND TEAN
AND DOVE VALLEY UNION RAILWAY.
Provisionally Regiatered.

This Railway is intended to carry on the Eastern Branch of filo
proposed Teats and Dove Valley Railway from a point on the Mid-
lands Railway, at or near to Findern, in the County of Darby, to
anothes point on the Midlands Railway, at or near to Sawley, in the
same county. The Line will not exceed Ten Miles in length, and
will, with the aid of the Midlands, and Tean and Dove Valley Rail-
ways, afford a more direct communication between Nottingham and
the Eastern Counties, and the Staffordshire Potteries. Chester, Liver-
pool, Birkenhead, and Ireland, than any Line either existing or pro-
jected.
A Prospectus, with a List of the Provisional Committee, will be
published in a few days.
J. and J. RICHARDSON, Burton-on-Trenta Solicitors to the
G. H. R. COX, Derby, s Promoters.
Burton-on-Trent, Sept. 13, 1843.

UTAVENEY VALLEY and GREAT YAR-
MOUTH RAILWAY.

The Committee of Management beg to give notice that they have
allotted the whole of the Stares, and letters are Issued this day. The
Committee have to express their regret that owing to the very great
demand for the Shares, they have been obliged not only to pass over
many very eligible applicants, but also to deduct considerably from
the number of Shares applied for in those cases where' allotments
have been made. Hy order,
Dated Tuesday, September 16, 1845

M. 11-;,DANIEL, Secretary.

THE GRAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS
'UNION RAILWAY', connecting. Stafford and the Pot-
teries, via Burton-upon-Trent, with' Derby,' Nottingham, and the
Eastern Counties.
Capital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s.
Na subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription, and
no call to be made until the Act is obtained.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. G. It. Dawson

The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir Aithur De Capel Broke, Bart.
Tliomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe-hall, Notts.
Fred. Ricketts, Esq., London, Director of the Great Western
Railway
J. C. Williams, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Boston, Sheffield,

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and Newark Railway.
William Hannay, Esq., Nottingham, Directors of the Ambergate,
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham, Nottingham, and Boston
Fras. Braithwaithe, Esq., Nottingham, Railways
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham, IDirectors of the Notting-.
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Nottingham, ham and Gainsborough
William Boden, Esq., Nottingham, Railway
Thomas Close, Esq.,,Nottingham
William Felkin, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham,

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Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway
J. Enthoven, Esq., London
P. Barlow, Esq., Londoa, Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Adams, Esq., Nottingham
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester, Director of the London and York
Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Archibald F. Paull, Esq., London, Director of the South Wales Rail-
way
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Rail-
way ,
James Beech, Esq. Brandon Lodge, Warwickshire, Director of the
South Midland Esq.,
Wm. Watson Prole, Esq.,l Directors of the Great Manchester,
Robert Chapman, Esq., j Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington House, Berwickshire.'

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
(Registered Provisionally.)
THE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER
ND JUNCTION RAILWAY

GRAND ‘.
Connecting with. the Great Western Railway oa the one side, and
on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im-
portant places--Keynsham, Burnet, Marksbury, Stanton Priory,
Farmborough, Timsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Paulton,Wellon,
Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, Kilmersdon, Newberry, Coleford,
Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shepton
Mallet, Crosscombe, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham,
Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell,
Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorllnch, Sutton Mallet,
Chedzoy; Dinwear, and Bridgwater. - .
It is proposed that this Grand Junction line- should start from near
the station of the" Great Western :Railway at Keynsham, and proceed
by Burnet to Marksbury and Farmbbrodgh. Thenee it will pass on
the west side of Timsbury, and go on through the numerous and ex-
tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad-
stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western
side; and thence through Babisgton to the eastern side of Newberry,
from which there will be a branch 1 to Frome, passing by Elm on
-the southern side. The main line 11,11 hold its course beside the
Upper and Lower Yobster coal works and Goodeve's coal works,
throdgh Melcombe Wood tothe southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip.
Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side
of Bodden, and to the eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western
side of Downahire. Its course thence will be along the western sides
of Ham, Crosscombe, and Dinder, to the southern point of the city
of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Coxley and Coxley
• Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Pol-
sham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will
cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt
on the northern side Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern
side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell between Shipwick
and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence
to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to
Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dhnwear to the
southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, and thence spanning, the railway into the borough of
Bridgwater.
The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that
of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs.
The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga-
tions, anal it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There
will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be
no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer-
tile, rich, and. populous district, and serves all the principal towns in
the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the
regiOns traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter
Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand
Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers,
goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject.
A iprospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the
amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the
names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied
by a map of the line and the adjacent eountry, laid down upon the
scale of one inch to a mile.
EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi.

SO VREIGN LIFE ASSURANCL
COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
No. 5, ST. JAMES'S-STREET, LONDON.
To be established by Act of Parliament, for the Assurance of Lives,
and for effecting all other contracts depending upon Life Contingen-
cies; and also for granting Loans, open a new and highly beneficial
system.
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 101. each.
Deposit, 11. 10s. per Share.
Note.—ln pursuance of the Act of Parliament, 10s. per cent. only
(or Is. per share) will be received until the Company obtains a cer-
tificate of complete registration, when notice will be given for the
payment of the residue of the deposit, and the Company will com-
mence its operations.