The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

TIIE SUN, LONDON, WgiljNtSDA V EVENT NG, SE'PTEMI3r-kli-'24

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•.iIL.E, wEsT MIDLAND, MANCHESTER. , gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line thatc
illlfiarirnD SOUTHAMPTON R 4.ILWAY AND BIR3ILNGHAIf,
; and the great manufacturing districts.
, ever probably be constructed between the statthern ports England
Aleta--,2414 DEVIZEst AND ILI BURY! JUNCTION
• `•an extension o'f'the South and Midlands''Junction' Railway. i In .
1 and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages pre
the alliance of lines funning the West Midland, Manchester
•-• (Provisionally Registered.)
I setae Itself-the result of a design, to a great extent, but of comm-
.
Capital, 1,200,000 L, in 60,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit V. 2s. per share.
in this re-
and at,
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. geslijoilleiledg baelsositualtfedit at
te 'adoeisnireahe
commercialthat the
ortepnnopainlouass of
place,every
spect the present project is peculiarl fortunate. If Government b.e
williamellge Paget, Uxbridge House
ll'Z',
~ eresford Echfroretoc.tsalmusebiso,ryit
a,uove vane; Rae., 31. P., 77, Pall-mall, Director of the Tean
Englandniost
the shortestmap oafn d
to Manchester, that a course due tiorth atnodwassoumtheabtfotaneeilniat these
rveislollbeenseennn, be;ul'aljt•riininguaelningletnone
'tin
IlnikeleY HunhilwesayE M P Chairman of the Wel,h Mid_ to
will pass
.very nearly through
line;
the
bibehi,aer(cittfltirilieel,reEctor.,ogf_tne Southsg and”Micila ndsJunction Railways
14%1(101.1 and' Esq.'
M.P.'
and
sn M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland,prospectus, as being on the proposed and actual measurement
has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and
laid elnr of e'
id E Rohe South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Mr;htesheteroolTs2tr6arniotdoens:
I therefore, of little more than 60 miles of
Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the
itrwjtz Manchester, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
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 pca.ition to others pro-
in- iellttilare' De 11. ein.svoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and
(pienoo-br..xtension, and Director of the South and Midlands
mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing
-sr Wilha Railways
°NU assent Johnston,B 1 Aberdeenshire,Director
si„ e s art., HI ton, with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch,
Poole,
-(thGeorg lirnalld Midlands' Junction Railway
and Southampton.
.e Chester Prescott, Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Berta, Director of
In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
('Oll Eau ( and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' June-
giving a preference to shareholders in the South and Midlands'
elr ivilli Ways
Junction Railway Company.
$n nd I)Inn Yllll, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales,
roe
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
Nal', for of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
it . Q(..uaa
application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
S' 41I'd eral Sir Henry Pynn, Director of the Direct Western of .
-It ,I. ,', ay
Solicitor, 5, Basin,thall-street ; and of the following gentlemen :-
au?" KeY, B r London-Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street ; Mr. J. B. Her-
-1,- Manche , Alderman Of London, Director of the London
rison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Banbury, 4, Angel-court.
tit 44.,,,ya stet. Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
Liverpool-Messrs. Mills and Co , and Messrs. Neilson.
laea 'liana a..},ad
Manchester-Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William
Wail n haaway en, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of
Marshall.
ni.14,141i1e. Marshall.
Hughes Es &c , Alderman of Lon- Hull-Messrs Collinson and Flint. „kki Lor,,loinnan of the Manchesterand B4kenhead Continuation,
ola'oun3gfratidScln
SLtratsfo-rcill-loen"-r2.; William. Bolton.
-711 as pagi and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c.
Exeter-Mr. Thomas Sanford.
lid IvTnth, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon-
jao-tu-kethiancise,rsJiulictioisiteßraillwanaky,aand Namur and Liege, and South and Plymouth-Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer.
Birmingham-Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.
Glasow-Messrs Tussle and Co.
....Reanildwon. aridelano,.Per, Esq, Alderman of London, Director of the
Edinburgh-Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. 31‘Callum
ca,„,a..as caester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
and Co.
3iidl4 kellY, E
Derby-Messrs. Eyre and Co.
tio ands,
„T sel, Alderman of London, Director of the South and
liala li unction
heu„, aelean, Railways
...ail en, and Directory of the Trent Valley Con-
ae,,jer7p.,B of the South and Midlands' Junction
senh'nver Linda rn, ICH, Chairman of the Glouceter, Aberyst-
acaje„,,!en Itailwp Wales, and Director of the Southland Midlaads'
,ter „`,enerej pa 4
`aatai-Yrewe, -ii r,, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of. the Worces-
pir,,,,2 allies p__(. Synth and Midlands' Junction Railways
„ De:`,l uve aso,;;,!ri.ek Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff,
aiaptal,; km sour Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of
John J., Alexander and Midlands' Junction Railways, &c.
• Leganes,Eso""!lamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club
Robertte ,114 coh, Secondary of the of London, Director of the
'li and e4tereial Insurance Company, the Great We.stern of
141t.aih,,,tpryL311,11, and Midlands' Junction Railway
4i'r reit itn, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
llillailwaY -I‘'‘i'D
chant v. ' beinitY-Chainnan of the Thames Embankment
elie,s, ( titian,
WO er, ail leba
,itu p (1 herb . '°,l, Esq., Director of the London and Men-
tor% theeeillne, hia'3,lklire and So' uth Staffordshire Railways
?stern'- Lelia, , Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
Ranee ,-!rlsoa, Es
Jamesll,,,:orupao„„ , Managing Director ef the Britannia Life Inset-
-13 'l, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
hay lay' Esq
Col en, aid a Bro
li. Farris South andpton, Director of the Furness and White-
ireao,,lioao s alidlands' Junction Railways
11,,ZYs °liana Eaat`e' Rs3'al ArtWery, Director of the London and
nsinn, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
itft,ni Slia
~,r4tourirsciewr'ostl., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag-
4,enara cef the Soutle Farmers' Li Insurance Company, and Di-
'-' efluty„,4rl),enter h and Midland.')uncdion Railway
(ecto - -.air,. ' EsO , Magistrate of the County of Middlesex,
Rcleertri„ef the la„ni_of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di-
i IV. ~,,1 Radwavyeester and - Bedford, and South and Midlands'
t_
et.,..tilett Potte s P .
-
int je'etlerst -q., Secondary of the City of London'
I,iieeloniag.
Ere Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31 Harley-street
Otford6• Potter, cii;,' Ellrn-grove, Hammersmith ,„ lion ( Wa.; '4(1., ussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
nem silv, -.1 and
Ani :AYa Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Juno-
wilt a Oliveir
~._eattansleSoitoh,tiatoon44l4:,LF.R.S., 8., Upper Hyde-park-street
Leeds,
(
ds,ejeduns,uliroectori ofa the,s Liverpool and
llins For:tient Midla'a
n non i'tai!Y, au(l.'t,tar, Director of the Britannia Life Insurance
'eoraa t, Rays -erby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' atU.llC-
b aria ni 4,l).urighanij, E.
kiel perTtoi Rtissell-square, Director of the Manchester
Alti,r Rails,. en johas,7dtaY
'ea .aY -il4 ,8(1., Director of the London and Manches-
,,,_ ra 1,
11711,4AloharlrieP'i, REssn., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
nkre I.(lesrson, E (14 Wordsley,.„ near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
ttu.. Onrance, :la r-;.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England
oaths Zs Stnaionqt South and Midlands' JuncTtiotnteaßailmwa
45u)e,111,,,,,a ndeu and Dover, yDirector
anougdhb
syouHthouse, o
d Midlands', Junction
.1,41 sl,!eeves, ps .
voha n uth ,
,i• cl., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
henry 'ash, Esql' Midlands' Junction Railways
Wr' '
Ssea Iv ,Ilht, E
ohi i, erees,a_ M., Brunswick-suare, Director of the Warwick
berrateathot-, and South and Midands' Junction Railways
~.,_ana ,tilehents' ,541., Lewisham
'me. ,kliailaa,'.,".se., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
Mon A. co,,,s_. unction Railway
Wilia,uttles 1,T01,;11,1a(inE.!1.., la)airoclor of theESlth and Midlands' June-
silii,d
igux,tlodise: EustoP., Langford, Danburygi nearßicaestwera,yllirector of the South
sr, J tion Railway Of tie Pts-r,,eagnett, Eaq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director
It
sillrayaa and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
n„. Creys, Es
q•,
,-.'..e., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con-
k:et ni„„L,-nadvray
',lts, ''",_latlrn, Esq., Leeds
ctaßWsiroairne, Esq.,
•1) Y • Leeds, Vice-Chairman of the Leeds and York
n • Houk,
I
heary-radr.
..ns, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
4 egreata Extension Railway • I
fia4liel ~,°nifoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond
, .-,Untess, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex
(I, vilt Willes, Esq., Hungerford Park, Berks i fs'i: Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-square,
Ne,n4ton
IT4Tic Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
1°?illl ii Furness, Esq., Director of the Newark and Sheffield Railway
,Qll Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and
erlts'a,eßailway
t,lll, Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melkshans, Wilts, Director of
"(11,;',11ill and Midlands' Junction Railway
•Su‘s,t__flonaces Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House,
4(1-on-.1t.vOn, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
ijiiiilY
'alie lit.l.°el,-. Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds,
r,ae,‘%llll(l Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield June-
hire,liti;,,,h and Midlands' Junction Railways
n Iva, 401. ef ,nrook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Iluddersfield, Provisional
'ak? stia bile Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail-
biren liii4eetor of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
4. 4,14:'. Of t"' 1T.E.1.C.5., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square,
olia All
itaille Birmingham and Oxford, and South and Midlands'
/.erlaofil.ek bil,a„",
4 w - Slid LBurnley, Lancashire, Director of the Li-
tel,s 1,9 a tech Direct, and Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield
e tteh,
vi. tltr.. ,8, lc •
11,,,,!ty ~ am c, Grosvenor-place,, and Brandon Lodge, near
alia,„ Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
ills - n ats
Ili° Jets 4°O Prol
k 'lia., ztY, and e, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brompton, Director of
slot ‘,„ .loriiiaSouth and Midlands' Junction Railways
Orel)4rßarl 411er, keieleobarY, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton
nth, and a Director of the Lo d d M h
rn. ei, ,_ aii,„_ , , non an anc ester Direct,
„,,,,,,,„ Hair?.'ts Junction, Railways
s gads, j °l' the Tr ' .43+, t orrington-square, and Alfreton, Derby,
. E. Iv sartio,, _
.ent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid-
41:rk al'l‘'dtkinso'ou,a.:,,lways
tt,r,,,1, Untiean,* ,n, Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and
.. ster Railw
%,, i'llitttnll`ood Es Vs
*444 ci iiiri,,i LK, /mown., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Mel
41(ilittizi'Mrn Exte" ConsPany, and Director of the London
' ilill, Edß Jtitiett nsion Company, and Director of the South
)4iPtral \ "tl. D' " hallwaY
0,1,44.1
,sl,V..alea', araiireeo_t..o! of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and
or ttill,e Q:1-Ziroce, Eso..Vi.m`o and Midlands' Junction Railways
f-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
l'C'b,illikie Seutlllin eI Ilneliandll Ineurance Company, and Director
• .caq., plackh tlltetion Railway •
'tharT,l ...140114n.L81idlainis, 14°
tept4i,,,,,
ay QUI Director
Rail, unitot;
„rally, , •Ctor of the Legalr
e.,,olii,vaY, Dir'e Na Direct:4th
f the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
_,. and Commercial Life Insurance
of the South and Midlands' Junction
tr4dcirie'laWds:r3lidate rd et
Iv tit j„ tor of the South-Eastern and South
Jo en. nes, Faction RallWa
.s..i.j.arlaricls' Junction Railways
114
Pt and n''l" ine°lll:!Y_lnn, Director of the Warwick and
tellonußel)Y4,galill r,„eoroatfin,,thEa....l4.,
0i,t11., litizah,°yorkat/4,o'Z Raill)wi
aeycter of the Great Manchester,
esilli I,,ainti.S' runetionacc, wan'ent'sPark, Director of the South
111,4,1? and 42,s Director Olt --Y
Joint'sot,_ Ocioen7t, Railways the Gravesend and Rochester, and
itt;e7, ilailway"qa Director of
,i Director
41. l Vrt e', Ea h the South and Midlands'.
houl„ Colton E s -hill 42
gutte.e, Middlesex
ais -s n . se, lair ' 'alrrey
itA. wilkin gridge, E ectoe „th
ailwa3, son, ts„. Sq., illith e Leicester and Bedford Railway
If Waite, E
',W. wn,,,,n, aVille.s‘, the South and Midlands' Junction
mill ''`''', Es, —en( Mid
dl
Retro l', Lode. dleas
a.e,.i fa Slark .-pelf Rau Rau Place/ *-ertek - , Esq,, 1). Way St. John's-wood, Director of the
.a.rea
syellingrid iree ~
kis„rld ceo,n_rthea ale, Esq., 1,4„,.11,t e Guarantee Society
lbeestuill';„,ester E-a`te, Esq. Grea'"-hl°se-square, Brompton
4 galas burova Key, ension aim-street, Director of the Oxford
A 'ides e „ „..
800, Oat, R int, Esq-aa wandsworth I
Itoo,ez Esl 4.etaiands, ,j-,lrector of th
*11..i1l ittki :',l, Lee;i7j/ra(lea, flea re
BirminghamWeetßiclin ttrita!eWe'r' %nieeater.4Led°n Railways Junction, and
4101141/4ft; ,t 1 a; QueePn--t;s 'ePt°r2tran'square
4:41.11te s k3,8,-; 14nee soeieet Mal "fair, Director of the Great
ePli faltS „lign, Prospect Y
AtlOtitli noil,,s Illtaiam„ -Place House, Southampton, Director
tr,o. 4
'To _
wo, E 5,..,
„,,,,;. dlltletion Railway
oout ~,,,,,,,,
_1.1„81 J,.._._.!etor of the London and Brighton and
,t,tsiag aikl 14tWelt aCtisti:ll i!athVays
,t Itth :th IsT }!•CtOr Of the go °Herne, Wilts, Magistrate of the at -..1i. Nord ait.,„ Wier, Eiir uth and Midlands'Junction Railway
sar,, orb„„_ nitteaa,,, eetor Railways Warwick and Worcester, and
Nil' °NW, Esq., J.j.'netion
,aeri, aea ~,' Obriy, E il:eetor of the Lei t
01ir,,Q,„ oa, _ , sq~
~, le ,ahierel" and midt,,(,,Director of the Trent Valley Continua-
4oh 11011", 41 Life in s"'s Junction Railways, and of the Legal
44104114 : 4.1.,
xesurance Company
N.,ie la,. Juliette:ll,J' Ye'''rn, Brighton, Director of the South
1e,,,a1e '41114. albooto ...adway
Nee taill',_lrray ' Esee Directo: of the South and Midlands'
1,,..4 re, on Earle se
c/o'lliallißett ' 'la, Ea -1 -°Yal Artille
4 , b
~ 4,
~_ rector of the Reading Railway
o(4,B eeto,lite'roll-, Dorsat„,l
vph la E._ en, E„, ; ace, Dorset-square
l'orth `ecketTl.,lairea-,a, .erkeley-street, Portman-square
, 14p wu, ,
„,_ tor of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
vslie oy " Bat it'l ' Aldermanof '
he heibt i tic coy; Devizes, and Director of the
Ite,t 1,„ rt xi Pant', and South and Midlands' Junction
111 • l'ho"Rer 'lttrt, t
..facis, flies 1, inid Eirasisee Gloucester-place, London, Director of
ai,',ncl wCIIItty, Tt, iteetonrgbaro Railway
iliqh, W,.sq.,
weof Llanrothel, Herefordshire
si iku.sp,i,i,,e; ciado;._ r-street, London, Director of the Rugby
i, Leeq, T. 16,corne, Y.
butt itim Cgta, eonand Bexhill Sussex
4ws. t., ell, t artiste it •
naught-terrace, Hyde-par' k, Director of the
"4 li It' 11 s'
bolt allwaY
tt
t, colltll, I).D ton ouse, near B IVillittne Orf,t. EN na Rector of r radford
th te, um ~tre, ,oroner f ulbourne, Cambridge
Ale Ne Denner ''' ehelte or the County of Gloucester, Director
net
,pouet.e, N.
~,,_nharn Railway
4 ei \ler Pastels an L'i'nanel-stret Bel
Bkeii.. ern), -'ee, E •erpool Rau , flreve-square, Director of
111 firth
'lnneSq" Rath"l4 Litt 'Tay
e saddle }:„._ inns coin a Inn-fields, Director of the Bar-
w'', phaY
erth laa ( Saddlevrorth
(wit 4 letting cool , near Manchester, Director of
Bar-
r° I/ ANic ' Pnwer t Pan
,t18t._140tit5......,_
oomade to their number).
, 4:,,,,G1iqt,,,;Nzza,-L_lntercial Bank of London.
1, t',Froa,..!,!s-winilr John Maenell, LL.D., F.R.S.
Mersa 41,ears , IY • 13, Jamge"is 211111111glir Higgins, Esq., C.E.
it and 1'1,414t tn„, Loc, ' Esq., 5, Basinghall-street.
Pertial ihters4Y, WlXhand will 1)e ir‘i?"l3*
4 f,t k raa, cctm b will b„0 vided longitudinally by four great
'44' lill el
and Y nioneroli Ine so many main trunks, internee-
ak tly pat', rea,th,
~,,, 3 lines, both transverse and oblique,
1,11,1,(1%,8 ct stall ""nitnunkationwith . •
-sr 1. , lie, e, whi ons and the intermediate (its-
0.
seed
an _
aa ch is also t With
Seaport towns. The more
it to a Bee_d tot).,_ sing th,
ou he longest, originating at Newcastle-
Isiateslteo;inti 16; Initiate in Eng„ll,,Ybrk,•Peterborough and @Tubridge
Iv(iso
a'rflornieWounting w;"..on, whence all places are accessible.
itip, ' ale e inateri terolintm eat n,
is more tortuous, and has also
ltoq4 ',4141 Dos 1-13' restri '''"
the
lining,preby w' hich its ad-
-1 1,3, i saig thro e,,ied. This
,d ud• the E lkitt.'' 141, all,ing into atfi." RoughY and Oxford beecommges a Soutrha--
,!_he4lll4.4algaath,,, '-' °castle-Western Railway at Rasing-
sllY etcliln Than"
al line, or
the
es Lealflat p• the Drecedj . most westerly, is still more de-
o; ulo y,, Ili
. preen
; employing the steep and narrow
~,ik i„' Iciolkeat4 4,,,,,,right 141 am Gloucester as its first link, it
5i11,,,,t ilet4l . 4,erks ,e the leastpo al
`Ott 11,„int terns,2ll. the air, Hants; n ous and Most undulating
o'ZltZ:t:iai'rent'lloalZuoltro' .
Dresooltie,;d lee„ isicrting a nshunti the kingdom-the West Midland
iiii&lotelear is vantages, Str specieB of accommodation from
Hinelll,' iii/ir',, hir"lng, or nternAlated to reined unProvided with a chief
thi'oellvlinugha fourth longittr"edy. this deficiency by the
b;:o, z 5.,.. tin ter, aiii`lcitloaa a north_ nimal line.
-"lse io"ihlea"r near to idhamptunr terminus of the West Mid-
-114'114 in the n ell, Fair' stratford.on 411waY, it is proposed to carry
tt rkt'"ath Nuth
ord,
la • A
--von, thence between Moreton,
eso Ira, Of the att.(l Itiai,,`'.lC ade, and Swi
till uth tram propose ands' Junatt. ndo; where it will
4%1/4:114a tern, by t. d line Will " RallwaY*
el, 111,011c1,, b illus., strelltlY undid o about sixty miles, and the
irrtiitrierti) s 3 Ineans °Men, it becomesat and densely peopled. At
l'ocio.lgtest,., Of which ~: identical with the South
4it tc,..s. zzziul tie"h°Perbnusuraamoofst direct communica-
11ann'- 44. e its n WeYtneuth. Christ'
er.ll - • • le_. itvies 0 a.pticirfrus, Bjir
ear; iII pro,

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
Shires 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

THE WEST MIDLAND, MANUtiEbrEtt,
AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND BIRMINGHAM,
SWINDON, DEVIZES, AND SALISBURY JUNCTION.

Notice is hereby given, that after the 30th of SEPTEMBER instant,
no applications for shares in this undertaking can be received.
By order of the Board, G. N. WRIGHT.
5, Basinghal-street, London, Sept. 23, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMEN r.
A MNCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via BARNS-
LEY AND DONCASTER, commencing at Penistone Station at the
junction of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester and
the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railways.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001. in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2e.
per share in compliance with the standing orders of Parliament.

HE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SEIEF-
FIE`,I), and SOUTH STA,' FORDSIIIRE (or LEEDS
WOLVERHAMPTON, and DITDLE i ) DIRECT RAILWAY. '
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,7"'0,n001., in ~5,000 Shares of 201. each. .
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way, &c.
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, arid Alga-house, Scarborough, Di-
rector e' tbe Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway.
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Hon. Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and
Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Nottingham and Boston
Railway, Parliament-street, London, &c., &c.
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton
Murton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordsltre, and Worcestershii e Junction
Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield •
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Direct Railway
Cleohury, Thomas, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction
Railway, &c.
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Rohde Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breasisall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire Junction-Railway, &e.
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Dalby, John, Robert. Esq., Ashhourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashhourne
Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sent, Ashbourne
Pent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield
Dent, John, Esq., Northeate, Huddersfield
Dyson, Thomas, Esq.. Well-house, Holmfirth
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Wdrcestershire Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield
Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and Halifax Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashhourne
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Frost, Meadows, Esq., Chester
Garle. Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter
Gilpin, and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, LongtcM, Staffordshire
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Muslin, John, Esq., Birk's-house, Holmfirth
Hatfield, ThotriasSEsq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and WorceStershire Junction Railway, &e.
Haywood, Richard Howard, Esq„ Staffordshire Potteries
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Hirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield
Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
theDerbeshire. Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall Ashbourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq.; Aidermary Churchyard, Director of the gkes-s
tet and-Maechsster Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Ketlght, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire:and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq.„ St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons'
Life Assurance, &c.
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury
Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandfield-hall, Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Lau:sham, Richard, Esq., Barrow-hill, Uttoxeter
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall
Mason, Charles James, Esq.' Staffordshire Potteries
Mason, George Miles, Fsq., Wetley Abbey, Ftaffordshire
Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London aid
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
AP Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq , Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
North, Joseph,
hJooraus:E,
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq. The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
1 and Leeds Direct Railway
Orton,verlibys 1 gnes Staffordshire,EqlVdanfd
HolmfirthorhuryD Derbyshire
Clayton Wes't, Huddersfield
Norton Ge %Prig' ,El 7 is
. Clayton West, Hudderstield,Director of the Li-
Parkinson John,E sq., esß.s
Woodford,
onrecaerstUerstthoxireete
jru,nDcuiroenctßoraoufwtahye Der-
Director of the Northampton," - Banbury, and Cheltenham a -
way, &c.
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter, Director of the
Camhridge-terrace, gyde-park, Di-
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Roberts, Thomas, Esq., Manchester
Robinson, John, Esq. Silcoates, Cottage, Wakefield
Roden, Thomas Clarke, Esq., Birminham
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
- shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spier's, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and
West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
surance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, Ike.
Tibbits, Thomas, Esq.. Norton Manor-house, Leicester
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures,
Toogood, Rupert, Esq , shbourne
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, &c,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley
Watts, William Royde, Esq., Birmingham
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Teen, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds
Willes, Esq., Thagerford-park, Berkshire
Williamson, Hugh Henshall, Esq., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire
Potteries
Williamson, Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshice, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq , Ashbourne
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
rough Railway.

INTOR'2I-1 KENT RAILWAY.
At a very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the
inhabitants of Canterbury, convened by the Mayor, in pursuance of
a requisition numerously signed, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the projected line proposed by the North Kent Company,
held at the Guildhall, in the city of Canterbury, on Monday, the 22d
of September, 1845, and which was attended by a deputation from
the North Kent Company, consisting of Sir I. L. Goldsmid, Bart.,
the Chairman, and five other members of the Committee of Manage-
ment, and by a Deputation from the Great Kent Atmospheric pro-
moters, consisting of W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman of the Lou.
don and Croydon Railway Company, and others,
JOHN BRENT, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair,
the following Resolutions were proposed and carried, with only seven
dissentients :

That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct line of railway,
along the old line of communication, from Dover through Canter-
bury, is greatly required through the wealthy and populous district
of North Kent, by which that part of the county may be in direct
communication with the metropolis.
That the line projected by Mr. Vignoles, termed the North Kent
Railway, appears to this meeting to be the best adapted to meet the
exigencies and to promote the interests of the county generally, and
of this district in particular.

That it cannot be supposed that the efficient service of the public,
or the local interest of the inhabitants, will be as well attended to by
a company already in possession of a line through another part of
the county, as by an independent and competing company.
That this meeting and the inhabitants of Canterbury view with
distrust and apprehension the scheme proposed by the South-Eastern
Company, and they now renew the pledge heretofore given, to use
their best endeavours to carry out the object of the projectors of the
Vignoles' North Kent Railway.
That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Mayor for his con-
duct in the chair.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter
Ditto - Ditto, Ashbourne
Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley
Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby

SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
EggingtOtt, A., Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.
Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle
Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield and Holmflrth

This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will lbrm a direct com-
munication between two of the most important manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tlpton,Walsall, Bliston, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Wort‘estershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystwith, and with Porthdynllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds
and Southampton.

The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Frestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourn, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holmflrth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Think. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raiso
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen-
sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewelr
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very scarce,
and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire ; and the route of this line would fur-
nish a cheap and good supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In addition to these groat advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, a - d Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There are large lead end slate quarries on the line which only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into MB work.
The coal is of a superior quality.

•There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromf;rd, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vsst numbers of tourists ; and particular care will be
taken, iu passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with cr
change its beautifill and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
influx of passengers, botts oh business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire;
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company, which this and other lines of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.
The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest
Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its - way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy., and cheap
communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
A detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to snake this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely.to 00 -80.
At the Urgent suggestion of softie of the most influential inliabi-
Wirffil cf Aslittourne, the Committee have ordered a suitor of a lithe.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
ORTHERN COUNTIES (ROSS, SUTHER-
.O LAND, AND CAITHNESS DIRECT RAILWAY.

To afford the very important division of the Kingdom the benefits
of railway communication, and to promote and stimulate the pro-
gressively increasing pastoral, agricultural; and commercial, improve-
mak which of late years have made such rapid strides in these
counties, it is proposed to form, under the sanction of the most
influential patronage, a railway by the most direct practicable route,
to connect these northern and producing districts with the southern
and consuming portions of the empire.
Adopting the line which may be found the shortest to Dingwall
consistent with a due regard to economy in its execution and work-
Mgt ancift• thirights and interestM•of Orlirats partks, and from Ding-
wall by Novar to Bomar-bridge, the dista.,ce of the county of Suther-
land from Inverness would be many miles shorter than by any other
route'. nom Donal'. the ling would pass by Lairg, through the
valleys of the Brora and of the Frie, and by Strath Helmsdale to the
Thurso water ; thus nearly bisecting the county of Sutherland
through its - length and passing • into the most populous parts of
Caithness, diverging to the right awl-left to Wiek and Thurso.
A branch might be formed to connect the coast of Sutherland with
the trunk line.

In Ross-shire a branch-would be formed from the main line to In-
vergordon, and this brunch might be extended to the burgh of Tain.
Arrangements are being made for having the lines (the courses of
which are but generally indicated above) carefully examined by ex-
perienced surveyors and engineers ; and As soon as data which may
be relied on have been matured;athll prospectus, with the names of
the promoters and Provisional Committee and detailed particulars,
will be published.
of Wick ; M. Snody,
Meantime communications from parties intereGst.eds.inlatyhleopr,rop:sgse.d,
undertaking may; up to the Ist of Qctober next, be addressed to
18, Williatu Mackenzie, of Muirton, W.S., by Dingwall ; Hugh
EGolnsnciises.,piiFilmurioe;nr, ,o.wrEtilossqo2l.n,
,eisE'r:rso:..•,osicvta.mso.fe,
roirDonwinngawndalelnlrk;ain,
Parliament-
street, London.

rrHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, VANTAGE, HUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48.000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

The
ys, kithimportance
naedev of
nt
connectinges
parts of E,.gland by Rail-
ways, yconferred upon intermediate towns
itaa
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line
which is nowproposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
agth r
thereby
remote
e
at the south of the intended Railroad the central Points from which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now seggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-Western counties.

The Oxford and t.alisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of communication be-
tween the north-pastern and western and south-western
parts of t ngland, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
the 'market towns .1. Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom.

The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
Unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town Of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages prodaded by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposedli ne at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving.to Abingd,,n a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place and
a perfect like of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to 'Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Hungerford and Ludgers•
hall to Salisbury, and thence to tke south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country
intended to be traversed, is in course 'of preparation, and with the
names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly
be published. In the meantime, further information may be ob-
tained from Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, -solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica-
tion for shares may be made.

8070N:170N RAILWAY.
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°ROE sTER, and MElt tHYR, TYD VI
In 40,000 Shares of 201. each. •
William SirTG
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Thomas
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PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Railway
:Id
C.,
hMetronnttaegtel-esfqutahree,lDveirreecetsotrerofethe'dde
Park, Director of the Manchester and -•
ewYdd, Chairman of the North Wales-
John Kiln, Esq., Thames-street,' Director of the Worcester,
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq 19, J -tt t Bucking-
~
•• James-street, s ee ,
ham-gate'''z'
Henry Plumtre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanstone-square, 2
Director of the, Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction •0
Railways =
s
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate ie
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London 2
Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Britten, Director of 'l3
the North Wales Railway, and Deputy-Chairmanof the Wor- t
tester and South Wales Junction
John Parches, Esq., Upton
-e---- Bishop, near Ross B
4
The Rev. Edward Higgins, Rosbury House, Herefordshire ..-
John Tanner, Esq., M.D., Ledbury o
William Barnes, Esq., Foregate-street, Worcester E
George Alfred Ellis Wall, Crete House, near Worcester, and I'l
Wortley Park; Hampshire 2
John Hemming, Esq., North rank, Regent's Park - -4-
phillp Matthews, Esq., Burton-court, near Ross
Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow-court, Worcestershire
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby Railway Company
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Railway
Wm. Bland; Esq., 11, Park?terrace, Brixton-road, Director of the
North Wales Railway
James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street •
Thomas Baylis, Esq., F.S.A., Pryors Bank, Fulham
Henry_ Garrett Key, Esq., Tuise Hill, Brixton, Surrey'
Joseph Gillinan Barratt, Esq., Ross
JameS Upfill, Esq., Bromyard Herefordshire
William Candler, Esq., Newland Court, near Worcester
James Chamberlain, Esq., Green Hill, Worcester.
(With power to add to their number).
eaninlude. eosoadul
itema'NgSpenop:ttoritttl,nhislloll
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENeraizzas—Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
BANKERS. .
The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Iliddulph, and Co., Charing-cross
Messrs. Webb and Co., Ledbury
Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins, and Co., Ross
Messrs. Berwick, Leciunere and Co., Worcester
The National Provincial Bank, Gloucester
Messrs. Baileys, Graterex, and Williams, Abergavenny.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, and Gutteres, Phlipot-lane, London
Charles G. Jones, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square
Messrs. J. and F. Higgins and Chamberlain, Ledbury.
LOCAL AGENTS.
'Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Worcester
Messrs. Edwards, Ross
Messrs. Gabb and Secretan, Abergavenny.
- SECRETARY PRO TEM—William Borrow, Esq.
Offices of the Company, 7, WalbrOok.
Worcester
nilu
direct
This railway will commence at the station of the Monmouth and
Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, proceed-
. Junction
oGloucester,Bir-
mingham, via
ing through a rich agricultural district, now devoid of railway ac-
commodation, to Abergavenny, and from thence by Llanelly,
way.
and The
Nant-
y-Glo, - Tredegar, Ebba Vale, Iturnney, and Dowlais, to Merthyr
Tydvil, at which place it will join thpeerfTeoasff.
a-Val 'eeonßtia ous
dis-
tance will not exceed forty miles. be
will
On reference to the map it will seen that this line, in conjunction
with
eeLedmbetutriyeletfualevnernfre,m and
South Staffordshire, and the. north.
The population of Merthyr, and the surrounding m districts,
mineral lif Rosa,rth r and
Tydvil South
.
London, Railway,exceeds 120,000, and this line will place it in direct connexion with
the agricultural counties of Monmouth, Hereford, and Worcester.
The line will be laid down SO as to render the greatest accommodation
to the:principal ironworks in the district through which it will pass,
and a, saving of ten miles over any other linewill be effected between
Merthyr and Worcester, and other places north and east of that city.
AriangeMent7s . are in progress with the• Worcester and South
Wales Junction Railway Con:many, for the mutual advantage of both
Companies. •
Applicants for shares,•who are personally known to members of
the Provisional Committee, are. requested to refer to one of such
Committee; all other applicants will bee required to give a reference
to some banker or other persons of known respectability in London or
the town from which the application is made. A preference will be
given to the holders of scrip hi the Worcester and South Wales junc-
tion Railway. • •
The usual power will be taken by. the Act to allow interest at four
per cent. per annum on tae amount. .of subscription paid tip, and no
subscriber will be answerable for more. than the amount of his deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond his subscription.
Detailed prospectuses, with the names of a powerful local Provi-
sional Committee, will shortly be published, and may be obtained of
the Solicitors and Lbeel Agents, and of the following oharebrokora ;____
Messrs. Ashton and Scott, Throginertan•street, London; John San-
ford,. Esq., Exeter ; Messrs Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds ;
Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green
and Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs: Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; Na-
thaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; An:. William Miles, Worcester ; and
' - -
Mr. Andrew Brand, Glasgow •
FORM OF -Al PL , ICA/110N' FOR SHARES. _
To the Provisional. Committee of. the Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil
Junction Railway. •
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me • ' shares of 201.
each in the proposed Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail-
way, and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit
thereon, or upon any lesser number that may be allotted to me, such
payment to be made within the time limited and prescribed by you,
and I undertake to execute the agreement and Parliamentary con-
tract when required. ." .'".,.
Dated this day of 1845.
. . ' Residenee• •• • •.. .. . .
. ,
. Description • • • .... . : ... . ......
. .

-
iisairett" " • e.lês. •
• •
TAU&I

,tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN Derby ••
;f LONDON.I
and Gainsborough and Midland Railways
RAIC,WAY.
Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 35,
1,11:11NieG PfoAr7:XIS:IIUET"IOANinrat theand 0
Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold liaipbrigge, Esq.,
scrip is ready for delivery in exchange for the bankers' receipts,
tliStreefieSeCfßtlhßeECßlpDaEhyEDaitt are
e‘
UEst,taohxere3r9! aLtiodthtobutryhe; fitolilro.•,v3itnilgesS,lialvreobrreoeketeerrs;:-3311resTsrhso.mParseeeffeertyd
Due notice will' be given of the times and places at which the deeds
Wheeler, Worcester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
will lie for execution in the country. pool ; Messrs Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Re),
The deposit of 10 per cent. has been paid, being one of the first in-
fluids, Liverpool; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
stances of a compliance with the recent standing order of the House
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler,
requiring a deposit of 10 per cent.
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
of Lords requir surveys are in a forward state, and the Committee are pro,
burn ; "Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
The
M
r. William Cronhelm, Halifax ; .Mr. Charles Spencer, _Nottingham ; seeding to enter
o into conditional contracts for the purchase of the
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, property on the line.
York; Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield; Messrs. Kettering
and Marshall, Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr.
Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Messrs, Tate and Nash, Bris-
tol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter; Mr.
J. S.
Holland, Coventry; Messrs, Houghland
and Leese, Manchester; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester;
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell
and Sons, Sheffield; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr.L. Weather-
num, jun., Huddersfield; Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield;
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, College-green, Dublin; Mr. James Ross, Perth.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,--I request you to allot me Shares of 20/. each
in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
required, the Deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per Share,
Dated this day cf , 184 .
Name in full
Profession and professional residence....
Residence in fill:.
•

JOHN MASSON, Secretary.
London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Offices,
7, Wallow,

REMINGTON'S LINE

THE LONDON AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY.

The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB.
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued' to the Subscribers in exchange for
the BankerS' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below :
Bath—At the York Hotel, on. Tuesday, the 23d day of September

instant.
Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep.

tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Motel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem

ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, 'on Saturday, the 27th day of

September instant.
Lichfleld--At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September

instant.
Leicester—At the Three Crowns-Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of

September instant.
Bedford—At the Company's Office in the high-street, on Thursday,

the 2d day of Octbber next. -
Erttoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli-
citor, en Tuesday, the •23d day of September instant.
Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, on Wednesday. the 24th day of September instant.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So-
licitor on Thursday, the 25th 'day of September instant.

Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard-Lowe,-Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
day, the 27th day of September instant. , ,
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 29th day of September instant.
Macclesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May,
Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and
Wednesday, the Ist day of October next. _

Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d daysof October next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday,
the 23d day of September instant.
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Hull —At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September

instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Ge-
.

tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October

next.

By order,

H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary,

iH RE WSBURY, WOLVERHAMPTON;
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
WM. OIIMSBY GORE, M.P.. Chairman.
The Hon. ROIST. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
John Benbow, Esq., HIP.
W..Richford Collett; Esq., M.P: `,'.• --','
W. Fcchney Black, Esq.
James Clay, Esq.
- ....—Rj[chard Norman, Esq.
Stephen Phillips, Esq.
Richard Smith, Esq.
R. A. Slaney, Esq.
Sir W. Young, Bart.
In conseqUence of the repetition of Advertisements signed "Thomas
H. Smith," and an- " Original Shareholder," the Committee of Ma-
nagement think it their duty to publish the names of. that Commit-
tee, as the best answer to the latter anonymous writer, and to caution
the Shareholders against being misled by any statements which
...might be made, at any meeting-called by Thomas H. Smith, of whom
if
the Commit ot. Afanagpmettpkilow irtixing. , i . ...
Conn:...,
The Co e of Managenent_ take this,opportitnity.to state, that
th6SlirV6ysT ShieviibUry to Wolverhampton are nearly completed,
and that the surveys from Wolverkiimpton to Birmingham Are being
made under the direction of a joint Committee representing this
Company, the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the
London and Birmingham Canal-Company, the whole under the im-
mediate superintendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson.
By order, GEO, KNOX, Secretary.
3, Moorgate-street, Sept. 22, 1845.

•
GLASGOW, yia FLEETWOOD and AR-
DROgS.A.N; every Molina; • TUESDAY', THURODAT, and
FRIDAY, by the new' Iron -Steameti, " lIER MAJESTY" and
' ROYAL CONSORT," 700 tons and 350 Horse ,power. '
The above Ships leave Fleetwood, on the arrival of the trains that
leave Euston-square, London, at 7.30., 8.45., or 10. A.M. Passengers
can be booked through to Glasgow in London. Carriages taken by
the 8 45 train only. Daily communication with the Isle of Man.
Further particulars may be had at 8, St. Swithin's-lane ; or the
Universal-office, Regent-circus, London ; or of the Agents, Kemp
and Co., Fleetwood, and M'Kean.and Lamont, Glasgow.

NORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY,
FROM CREWE. DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, passing
through the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidder-
minster, Worcester, and Tewkesbury, forming the shortest and most
desirable Communication between Liverpool, Manchester, and the
Northern Parts of England and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 10s. per Share.
(Being in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House of

Commons.)

. . . rjtoyisioNAL COMMITTEE. . '
.
The Hon, Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street,-White-
hall, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Aslihourn Hall, Derbyshire, Director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway

John Bloor, Esq., -i'utbury, Staffordshire, nirector of the Stafford-
shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the

Derby and Mandhester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone,
Director of the Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral
Railways
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield . and London, Director of the
Direct. London and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Clement Tabor, Esq , Cornhill, London, Director of the London
and County Bank, and of the National Loan-Fund Assurance
Company

Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq.' ' Abchurch-lane, London, Director of
the Chelmsford and Bury Railway

Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., l'iewport, Salop, Director of the
Shropshire Mineral Railway

Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Esq., ironmaster, Holly Hall,
near Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley
Railway

George li. Fourdrinier, Esq., Manley,-Staffordshire Potteries, Direc-
tor of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida;hill, London

William 'Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company, Director of the Loildon and Itir-
mingham*Eitteasion, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Director
of the Cork and. Fermoy Direct Railway
Ambrose Miller, Esq;', Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford-
place, RusSell-sqiiate, London, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenhath Railway

William Millington, Esq., ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
William Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington, and Kentish-
town • ....

William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussel-gardens, Hyde Park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands Junc-
tion Railway
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, near Halifax, magistrate, and
Deputy-Chairman of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Dirctor
of the Manchester, Liverpool, and great North of England
Union Railway, of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the
National Bank of Ireland

Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the
Loudon, Holyhead,. and PortiDyallAeti R.kicur
William Tomkinson Riley, Esd., frOiLlitott,. -Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway "
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester,. Director of the Staffordshire Pot-
teries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway
James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds. and Shropshire Mineral Railways •
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Hull, Director of the
Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway
William Wood, Esq. M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
Edward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropshire, Director of the
Direct London and Holyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and
Broseley Railways
Rev. Matthew Tatman' Starkie, Rector of Rushbury, near Church
Stretton

Charles Merritt Itigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-square,
Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Rev. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
James McMillan, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Westminster
George Young, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Spratslade House, Longton
William Ottey,'Esq:, Longton
John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and Gains-
borough, and Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester
Railways
William George, Esq., Weston, near Much-Wenlock
Thomas Goddard, Esq., Bank House,Longton, Staftordshire Potteries
Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq., Wilden Iron Works, near Stourport,
Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway.
SINKER&
Messrs. Rcigers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
The London and County Bank,Lombard-street, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnsll
The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport
Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster
Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co., Worcester
The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury

SOLICITORS.
In,gleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, London
Edmund Garbett,- Esq., Wellington, Salop
William Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal.
1 ' LOCAL AGENTS.
William 'Burdett, Esq., Manchester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilaton
Thomas Griffin, Esq., Chelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, Esq., Newport.
SECRETARY—J. Stevens, Esq.
Temporary Offices, 3, Abchurch-lane, London.
This line of Railway will commence at the junction of the Man-
ebester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and Grand Junction
Railways, at Crewe, in the county of Chester, and proceed from
thence through or rear the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and
Shiffnal, in Shropshire, thence through the flourishing town of Kid-
derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Rail-
way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct
route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, and Chester to the
important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct
line from the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will, also,
in conjunction wtih the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swan-
sea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form the meet advan-
tageous route from Swansea and the iron districts of South Wales,
to Liverpool, Manchester, and Hull.

The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at
Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley
Union at the thriving town of Newport. It will form a junction
with the two latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug-
gage may be conveyed to Stafford, Derby, the Midland Counties,
Staffordshire Potteries, Sheffield, and Hull; and, In addition to the
carriage of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and
Kidderminster, to Manchester, Liverpool, the whole of the north of
England, and Scotland--will secure a large passenger traffic in the
district through which it passes.

The proposed railWay.will be atofit 87 miles in length, and be-
tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save in distance
at least 20 miles, and the journey can be accomplished, at the pre-
sent rapid rate of travelling, in about two hours. This project as a
junction line, connects itself with some of. the most important rail-
ways in the kingdom. It also skirts the large, extensive, and-densely
populated iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its
course passes through a rich agricultural country. It must, there-
fore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient traffic to pay a high
rate of interest on the capital required.
There are no engineering difficulties In the country through which
the line is intended to pass, the whole being nearly on a level, and
on reference to the map*of country, taken,from the Ordnance survey,
which accompanies the prospectus, the line will appear straight, and
will at the same time show the superior advantages it possesses, and
that it cannot be surpassed by. any existing or projected lines, between
the same termini.
It will not interfere with any ornamental property, and no tunnel-
ling will be required.
The liabilities of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of

their subscriptions, and interest will he allowed on thecieposiisai;cl
further calls, from the date of the several payments to the opening of
the line.

Prospectuses, With Maps and Forms of Application for Shares, can
be had from the Secretary on application at the temporary offices
of the Ccmpany, 3, Abcharch-lace, London; from the Solicitors and
Local Agents; alto froth the following Brokers, viz. :—Messrs. Lyon,
2, Eirchiu-land, London'; Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, Lord-street, Bir-
kenhead '• . Mr. .4. 11.-Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. W. 'Whitmore, St.
George, Liverpool.; Messrs. Solimes and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs,
cheater
CwohooPienr, ,ALr
pe ends, a
oanTifo-
be•necessary th-atreference.be made, to a Banker, Solicitor, or personOf•reApensibility icahn,dtd
re Oldham,ss
ed th3t I,aonlan=ie SharessslMessrs.
Greenay

• FORM APPLICATION.
ToThe Provisional Ditecton, of the North-Western Trunk

3, Abchurch-lane, London.
Gentlemen—l request you to allot me • Shares to the,Nerth-
,.
Western Trunk Railway; -and I undertake to pay die Dtposit"of
2/. WA.. and all further calls upon': the same, or Such 'lessee numher
as you may allot to me, atiOo ,e.q.„eente 'the Subscribers' Agreement
and the Parliamentary Centrtict Mien called upon to do so,
*Dated this Tray of
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant,
Christian and Surname in „ „ „
Profession • .
.•.•........ ..
_ Residence . .
••"•'• ' " • • • •
Reference
Roicience of Reda . • to o• to • ••• 66 • •• to." •••.,

1845.

DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER RAIL-
WAY COMPANY,
(With Extension to Falmouth and Penzance).
Througb ,Ilammersmith, Turnham-green, Brentford, Isleivorth,
Ilounaiow,Staines, Eghatn, Bagshot, Ascot, Bracknell, Banfleld,
Woking:ham, Ktngsciere, Andover, and Salisbury; Shaftesbury,
Sherbottrne, Yeovil, Crewkerne, Axminster, and Houiton, to
Exeter.

Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 11. 7s. fid. per Share.
(With further Deposit of 11. ss. per Share after the Bill has passed
.. •

. ,
the House of Commons.] . -
With power to raise .1,000,0001. more, if necessary.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.)
OFFICES, No. 52, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE,
Adjoining the County Fire Office.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

- -- ---..-- --..-.
: The Right Hon. the Earl of Mexborough, Dover-street, Piccadilly,
Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Lord Henry Loftus, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, Bart., Montague-square, and Down-hill,
'Londonderry
The Hon. Cecil J. Lawless, 71, Pall-mall, Director of the Great Man-
chester,_Col enel
irßgebdye,riacikadiisoanurampton Railway
Director of theY'loGni<9ln3alol.
Toulouse, and Cette Railway
J. R. Phi
Salisbury , Queen Ann-street, Caven-
dish-square,Ceylon Banks, and Bor-
deaux,ilimore, Esq., LL.D., 42, Clarges-stroet, Chancellor of
John David Chambers, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Recorder of Salisbury
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, 19, Clifford-street, Director of
the County Fire-office, and South and Midlands Railway
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, near Winchester, Director of
the Manchester and Southampton Railway
The Hon. A. Capel, Theyden Rouse, Essex, and Park-street, Gros-
s venor-square
Charles William Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square, Director of the. Ma-
nchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, Warwick and Wor-
cester, Shropshire Mineral, and Grand London and Dublin Ap-
proximation Railways
William Burge, Esq.,- Q.C. Temple
• The Rev. Bourchier Wrey.Savile, Oakhampton, Devon
G. Thompson Jacob, Esq., Blandford, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieu-
tenant for Dorset .
Richard Francis Roberts, Esq., Burton Bradstock, near Bridport
/I. H. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley Park, Market Harborough, and
Dover-street, Piccadilly, Director of the Leicester and Bedford
Railway-
Francis Datrion, Esq., Grosvenor-street
Richard Francis Power, Esq., 73, Eccleston-square, and Long-
Orchard, Tipperary
Lieutenant-Colonel P. W. Pedlar, Mutley Rouse, Devon, Director of
the Manchester, Southamptsn, and Poole Railway.
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern-and Western, and Manchester and
Birkenhead Continuation Railways
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway
The Hon. Henry Savile, Dover-street
A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogap-place
W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport,;And Portsmouth Railway
George Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the
London and Holyhead Railway
Francis Lloyd, Esq., Temple, London, and Bingley House, Bir-
mingham
William Thomas Davies Lhoyd, Esq., Lhoydiarth, Anglesey
E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street
John Allen, Esq., 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington
William Birmingham Costello, Esq., M.D., Wyke House, Brentiord
T. Piers Healey, Esq., Elm-court, Temple
1 William Gunston, Esq., Piccadilly
A. Abrahams, Esq., Member of the Town Council of Southampton
William Lowten Jones, Esq., Wood Hall, Hilgay, Norfolk
•Thatnas Champion, Esq., Stoke Wood House, Dorsetshire
Raptain T. C. Forde, Graceneld,-Aslane, Dublin .
Captain Sir Andrew Pellatt Green, R.N., K.C.H., 9, St. James's-
street,. St. James's-park, Director of the Australasia, British North
America, and the lonian Banks, and Director of the Mutual Life
Assurance Company
Charles GOVi% Esq., City Club
J. Lane,. Esq., LL.D , King'a . Bench-walk, Temple, and Keppel-

street
George Waite, Esew Old Burlingtoi-streeti Director of the Chelten.

hail and Brighton Railway
H. Cane Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square, Director of the Sheffield,
Buxton Potteries, Leeke and Crewe, the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
!
chester, the Direct Birmingham, Oxford and Brighton, the Bognor
and London Brighton Junction, •the Great Leeds, the_Great.}Yelph
-Central Railway, the Calais, Dunkirk, and Bruges, atid_Ohent and
Brussels Railways 1 . • •
John Harvey, Esq., Ruth Hill, Wandsworth, Surrey, Director of the

- Commercial Bank of London
Thomas Houghton Hardinge, Esq., 23, Park-lane
Eilwarcl William Cox, Esq., ,Crown-eflice-row, Temple
W. A. Hill, Esq., Deputy Chairman ofthe Oxford and Witney Railway
Company, and Barnet and Metropolitan Railway Company.
Henry Ludnell Dampier, Esq., of ,Colniskays House, near Bruton
Augustus E. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
And Minichestet
Goitielf Moore,. Esq., .S.P.D.L., King's County, High Sheriff County
Rosconiinari: •
Captain Clarlei. Erederfck Parkinson, Polygon Manchester, Ma-
naging Directas of the North Lancashire, and Manchester and
Southamptau Railways

VASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
TRAMS TO CAMBRIDGE.

A Train, consisting of open Set'orid-class and of Third-class Car-
riages, will leave the Shorediteh Station, on Monday, the 29th in-
stant, at Nine o'clock, a.m., and Hertford at Half-past Nine A.M.,
returning from Cambridge at Half-past Six o'clock P.M. The Trains
will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Broxbourne, and Ware. Fare
to Cambridge and back, from any of the above stations, ss.
Eastern Counties Railway-office, Sept, 8, 1845.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETT,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital Z 500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial adVan-
rages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to bon )w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(Ste table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
tbr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 per cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

en
1
;.• , . .-i 2• 4 la 4 0
':1 Bonne Bents In i 2.11 .rlt, Z
Rg , Premium.
ci 0
P,
__ ,-- --
.. x v37:41191 13 5 4E87 13 514E13 17 1 4E395 11 1
.1& '''' s' d. 1
441110 W 1838 • 165 13 0 74 13 10 11 8 6 346 21,
74 3 4 0,839 138 13'6 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4
11840, 89. 0 0 41 13 4 .6 0 0 247 4 t

. The division of profits fa annual, and the next will be made in De-
.ember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. $•1.

•
UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
DlVlSElOstNabOlisFbeld'RbOty PROFIT
Acts of Parliament in
1534.
D.
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'AND 'CHINA.
(FtOm the Times.)

By extraordinary express in anticipation of the' Incßah mitt, ws
have received our journals and correspondence from Cak►itta to

the Bth of August, from Bombay to the 7th of August, and from
China to the 12th of June. The following will be found to be tile
chief facts of interest which had occurred since the last arrival. •

A memorial from the cavalry officers of the Bengal army had
been transmitted to the Court of Directors, praying for the ap-
pointment of a sixth captain to each regiment. This memorial
shows the state of promotion in that gallant arm of the Bengal
force to be most disheartening; 45 of the 80 lieutenants being
captains by brevet, as having served 15 years; some of these
veteran subalterns having served their country about a quarter of
a century, and, in some instances, the junior lieutenant has been
with his regiment 18 years,
The general orders of the Commander-in-Chief of 1844, relative

to officers, military and medical,-having charge of companies and
regiments, had been made retrospective—that is, it any officer
now in charge, or who was in charge previous to_ that order,
should vacate such charge, he is not to be re-appointed, until he
shall have undergone the requisite examination.

Experiments had been made in Fort William on the effects. of
firing guns in casemated batteries, so as to ascertain how the smoke
could be remo►ed to allow of the gunners remaining at their post
for any protracted time without being suffocated. These experi-
ments were made with a view to the construction of batteries for
the defence of Aden, which it is proposed to form by hollowing out

1 the rock, as at Gibraltar, Dover, and Corfu.
A draught act had been been published, allowing the transport
of cotton from any of the subordinate ports of the Bombay
Presidency to Bombay free ofduty. This will prevent a great deal of
trouble and annoyance to the traders in cotton, who were formerly
obliged to pay duty on cotton in transit from the outports to
Bombay, which was, in fact, subjecting it to internal taxation.
The Union Bank, from the report of the Directors, published its
the Hurkant, appears to have done a very profitable business
during the past six months, alike cheering to the shareholders and
creditable to the 'Directors and their able secretary, Mr. Stewart.
To those in England interested in the prosperity of the Bank, it
will be highly gratifying to learn that from the let of January to
the 30th of June the net profits of the Bank have been equal,to
Br. 14a. per cent. per annum, of which dividends were declared at
the rate of 7 per cent., after adding to the reserved toad 93,617

. .
From the Delhi Gazette of the 9th of July we find that `the
steamer Soorma was expected to arrive at Gurmoktessur Ghent
on the 15th. This is a completion of the experiment made by
Government of the possibility of steam navigation being ex-
tended beyond Allahabada and it is most satisfactory to find that
at that season of the year.at least it WAS quite possible.
It is pleasing
.to observe that steam was every day becoming
more available in India. The Amherst packet-vessel, which had
for some time past been employed by Government to run between
Calcutta and Arracan, was to be sold, and the Hon. Company's
steamers Tenasserim and Enterprise were to be employed in run-
ning once a month to and from the eastern ports in the Bay of
Bengal, which will be a great convenience to those residing in
Arracan, Kyookphioo, &c.
It has been ascertained in Calcutta that three ships were on their
way out from Liverpool with about 1,2.00 tons of salt, which, from
calculations made on good data, would cost in Calcutta only
9 annas a maund, while that manufactured under the Government
monopoly costs from 15 annas to 1 rupee; supposing only a profit
of 4 annas per maund to the importer, and supposing that the ship-
owner loads his own ship, 450 tons will yied, at an exchange of 25.,
337/. as profit, and 4501. as freight.
Intelligence from Lahore mentioned that an attempt had been
made, on the 6th inst., toassassinate Itaja Ghoolab Singh, by firing
at him while returning on his elephant front visiting the Ranee and
Prime Minister. A duel had taken place at Fultah between Lieut.
Tulloch, of the '2 'ld Native Infantry, and a Mr. Nilson, the °inter
of a ship, when the former was dangerously wounded, and after-
wards died of his wounds.

The first step in a vast project for the incalculable benefit of
India is most gratifying to behold. The prospectus of the East India
Railway Company had just been published at Calcutta. It is impos-
sible to foresee the rapid improvement which the fulfilment of this
measure will cause to take place in the condition, moral and tent.
poral, of the people of that immense empire, and most sincerely
must all lovers of the human race pray for its speedy completion.

It was said that the Govert:or-General and suite would leave
Calcutta for the upper provinces about the end of Seplbabsr. His
Lordship was to go by steam to Allahabad, and march thence, Sir
Hubert Maddock would become, as a matter of course, Vice-Pre-
sident in Council and Deputy-Governor of Bengal. .We are sorry
to see, that under instructions from the Court of Direetors, the
regulation of Lord latenborough, sanctioning a loan to officers to
enable them to build teisstralows at new stations, has been abolished
prospectively from thllsll3th of February, 1846. Those who are
in the habit of blaming his Lordship's Administration will not
hesitate to confess that the above measure was not one whictr
called for aught but approbation.

His Highness Meer Hoosein Allee Khan Talpoor had written a
reply to what Sir C. Napier wrote about the Ameers of Sinde ;
a translation of Meer Hoosein's reply will be found in the Bur-
karu of the 7th of August. From Mr. Wilkinson's commercial
annual of the external commerce of Bengal for 1844.45, lately
published, ;it appears that the incrfase in the value of imports in
the past year over that of the previous one is 12,159,736 rupee?,
and the increase in the exports 2,146,642 rupees, the net increase
in Customs' duties being nearly four lacs of rupees, almost wholfy
derived from imports. In cotton twist and yarn an incrnse of
imports to the extent of nearly 50 per cent., and in woollen\ SUld
woollen stuffs a similar increase have taken place.
In the Punjab there had been partial disturbances; an attempt
was made there to disband some of the turbulent troops, wbkii,
created dissatisfaction amongst them, and fears. were entertained
of some commotion' at the Dusserah, the great festive?, which
occurs this year on the 10th of October. A subsidiary force 114
been offered by the Government of India to the Queen-Mother,.
which it was supposed she and her brother, the Wuseer, would ac-
cept. The affairs of the Punjab engrossed much attention, since-
it was known that Sir Henry Hardinge was preparing to proseeo.to.
the north-west provinces in the beginning of September.
There bad been some trifling disturbances in Oude, but they
were appeased, and an inquiry instituted into their cause.
The news from China comes down to the 12th of June." The
Governor of Hong-Kong had issued a proclamation assessing the
lands and houses of that colony for the support of an efficient pollee.
Rear- Admiral Cochrane had brought an action of libel against the;
editor of the Friend of China for some comments on his conduct:.
Verdict for the defendant.

The intelligence of the insurrection of the natives of New
Zealand had reached Bombay.
The ships Hyderabad and Coring* packet, from Sydney, Nei
India, were lost, the former in Torres Straits, and the latter op an
unknown shoal on the nerth.west coast of New Holland.
Our enirespondent at Aden writes under date of August
" The Hindos:,,an has just arrived from Sue., 45 hours after her
time. You will have already learned the occasion of ,detention
in n
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which,y Oi your
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caution being taken hereafter. The scAmirthe dead "of tlie plea
the Desert with some, of the mail boxer
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" The passengers
thermometer in shade at 9S, ire
salarnanderish among them,,
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thingt within the remembrance of the most
exhausted !se to require stimulantotabe
Sea to have exceeded:, on board
given to them.
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otherwise have hoped for.

" Mr. Waghorn is still here, and is expected to leave
course of a rev; days, to proceed to London, via Trieste, to deter-,
mine with accuracy the relative advantages in regard to expedb-
tion of the routes through France and Germany, for the convey—
ance of the Indian correspondence and mail. No incursion.
hitherto from..h. Arabs. The garrison are kept continually otr
the qui rive by the cry of " the wolf," but the wolf will come at
last, whenever the opportunity of relaxed watehfulnesi shall give
them the shadow of the shade of a chance.
" The outcry against this place as a residence is beginning to
subside as it becomes better known, and the reginients quaytered
here are reconciled to, and much .better pleased with, the vice
than had been anticipated."

. _
• UT OLVERII AMPT.ON, CHEM__
V • BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILW. EtNyllitgle
(Provisionally Registered,pursuant to 7 and 8' i ,c. •
Capital 1,000,0004 in 89,000 ShareAof72o/. each: ',
Deposit 2/. 2s.pe.jr Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. ,
The Treat principal on which the projectdrs of this itimqrtant
scheme have acted, is the establishment of • sti'direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham and Birkenhead, by the neatest pos-
sible rdute, and at the smallest possible outlay. To effect this object,
it is proposed to make use either of the Grand Junction, or the Bir-
mingham, Dudley, and Wolverharopten RailWity, as far as Wolver-
hampton, and thence to throw•out a new line in agitraight a direction
as possible to Chester, where a juntioti will- -be forniNi with the rail-
way already existing between .that city and BirkenheadA A 'most
important saving of distance will thus be effected. .
It is obvious that such a scheme is: fraught with consequences of
the highest possible import to the commercial interests of the respec-
tive districts. The growing prosperity of Birkenhead even now de-
mands. a more direct communication with the midland, southern,
western, and eastern counties ; andwhen her magnificent docks shall
be completed, and the town itself shall have arrived at Its ,ciestined
greatness, this line will take a prominent-position among the most
lucrative of these undertakings. • •
The Directors, therefore, conscious of the great traffic whial flow
from the densely populated termini, propose to construct this line in
as straight a direction as possible, and- thereby secure the innnensc
through traffic which will resort to this railway for shortness and
expedition, from the great manufacturing and agricultural districts of
South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worcester, -Hereford-
shire, Monmouthshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Northamp-
tonshire, and in fact the whole of the eastern counties, as well as
from London and the important districts to the south, east, and west
of the metropolis.
Irrespective of the immense population-of the termini, it is evident
that this projected fine commends itself to the entire inhabitants of
the counties alreadyreferred The scheme also possesses this fur-
ther, and-mat advantage—that-it will; iii reality, form a shorter and
more direct line to the neighbourhood of. Lteerpool and the district
adjacent, than any which has hitherto been projected ; and by means
of the contemplated line from Chester to Holyhead, it will open the
shortest possible route from London to Ireland, and thereby avoid the
delay and inconvenience of a protracted sea voyage. A cursory inspec-
tion of the map of England, and a reference to the plan of.this-line will
also show that the Trent Valley, London and Birmingham, la irminghatn
and Gloucester, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, as well as the
projected Staffordshire and Shropshire Railways, will necessarily bas
valuable tributaries to this important line of railway.
The line to be constructed by this Company will commence at
Wolverhampton, and proceed through an agricultural district,. by
way of Market Drayten to Chester; and although in its direct course
it may not pass through many towns of importance, the engineering
difficulties of every other route will be avoided, and powerfitl focal
influence brought into co-operation with this Company:
In the formation of this line the extensive iron district of Lilleshall
has been especially regarded ; and by .means of the facilities of
transit afforded by this Company, the ironmasters of South Stafford-
shire will be enabled to compete with the Scotch market, which they
have hitherto been unable to do in consequence of the heavy charge
for freight.
The Provisional and Managing Committee are in the course of
selection, and will be published in a few days, with other particulars.
Applications for Shares to be made to Mr. V. S. Vardy, Solicitor, 18,
Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square, LOndon ; or Mr, John Smith of
Mr. C. J. Noble, Solicitors, Birmingham.

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Tit Tee GOVERNOR OF SINDE.
Head-quarters, Kurrachee, Friday, June 20.
Extract from General Orders.
By kls Excellency Major.Genersl Sir Charles Napier, Q.C.8.,
Governor of Slade.
♦t a General Court-Martial holders at Kurrachee, on Tuesday,
the 17th of June, 1645, and of which Lieutenant Colonel Derinsy,
E. 11., her Majesty's 66th Regiment, is President; prisoner, As.
sistant Apothecary and Steward Francis Lonsor.e, attached to the
24 Troop Bombay Horse Artillery, is brought to trial on the follow-
ing charge :
Charge.—For being drunk in his quarters in camp, near Kurra-
white, between the hours of 7 and 8, on or about the night of the
Stli of June, 1845.
The above being to the prejudice of good order and military
disci ne.

A. ROWLAND, Captain Commanding 2d Troop H. B.
Kurrachee, June 7.
By order, E. GREEN, Major, Assistant-Adjt..General.
Finding and Sentence.—The Court having maturely weighed
and considered the evidence before it, is of opinion that the pri.
loner, Assistant-Apothecary and Steward Francis Lonsone, at-
tached to the 2d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery, is guilty of the
charge preferred against him, and does therefore adjudge him, the
raid Francis Lonsone, Assistant-Apothecary and Steward, attached
to the 2d Troop Bombay Horse Artillery, to be suspended from
rank and pay for a period of six months.
Xurrachee, June 18, 1645.

D. V. DERINZY,
Lieutenant-Colonel 86th Regiment, President.
M. MURPHY,
Captain, Deputy Judge-Advocate-General.
Revised.—l am sorry to revise the proceedings, but I hope that
the Court will take into consideration the feelings of the troops when
they see a man so slightly punished for drunkenness—a man
who is intrusted with the compounding of medicine,
among which are deadly poisons—a man intrusted also
with administering those medicines to the soldiers.
The latter are not on the footing of officers who are able
to refuse the prescription or the medicine offered by a drunken
loan, but the private soldiers are obliged by the necessary rules of
The service to receive what is ordeted, and dare not refuse what is
given by one who has voluntarily deprived himself of reason. Will
the Court force back into the hospital such a culprit, and place the
lives of brave men in his hands? Will the Court thus oblige the
soldiers to take the medicine or the poison offered, or rather, I
bamuld say, forced upon him by this drunken culprit? I ask the
aaernbersof the Court to place themselves in the position of the
families of soldiers, as well as in that of the men, and ask them-
selves what would be their Feelings, if they saw those
nearest and dearest to them lying on the bed of sickness, and
drunken person like the prisoner enter their bedroom to
presotibe, to compound, or to administer medicine? I can.
pot believe that any member of the Court would in such a
*case consider six months' suspension an adequate punish_
'anent. Let the members of the Court be apprissd that the
soldier sees all those things clearly and reasons soundly upon
what he sees. If what I have said be true, will not the Court
Ogre* with me, that to leave such a culprit in the service is to
sewdanger the lives of the soldiers, and to shake their confidence
to the protection of their officers, the only protection they can
have against such criminals.

C. J. NAPIER,
June 18. Major. General, Governor of Sinde.
Revised Sentenee.--The Court having most fully taken into
consideration the remarks submitted to it by his Excellency
Ms,* General Sir Charles Napier, G.C. 8., doe,' now adjudge the
prisoner, Francis Lonsone, Assistant Apothecary and Steward,
atta,:hed to the 2d troop Bombay Horse Artillery, to be discharged
the service.
Kurrachee, June 20, 1845.

E. V. DERINZY,
Lieutenant-Colonel, President.
R. M. HUGHES,
Captain, Deputy Judge-Advocate-General.
Confirmed and Arproved.
C. J. NAPIER,
Major-General, Governor of Sinde.
Head-quarters, June 'JO.

Mem.—l have to express my approbation of the conduct of
sergeant-major Siddell and gunner Pitt, The sergeant-major acted
like a good soldier In putting the int4mous culprit under arrest. I
lave also observed the evidence given by John Burtwhistle, who
has sworn to a falsehood. I would bring John Btirtvrhistle to a
sourt.inartial for perjury, but I conclude he was as drunken as his
companion, the Infamous Loutone. C. J. NAPIER,
Major. General, Governor of Sinde.

. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
(From the Calcutta Overland Price Current, Aug 7.)
'Since oar last issue of the 9th ultimo, we have twice been put
lin possession of further Intelligence from home, in the first instance
'by the mail via Bombay, the Government express of which came
in on the erring of the 18th, and brought London dates to the
7th Juno, ; and again by the 2entinck steamer, which arrived on
the 7.,1 instant, and by which our advice* are up to the 24th of
Coat month.

The accounts received by the former opportunity being rather
neer* favourable for one or two of our staple products than were
anticipated caused a good deal ef activity in our bazaar, and these
beinVconflomed by the letters just received, transactions continue
con an echt.isive scale ; this, however, refers principally to the two
Iciest imoortant artielee of this season—sugar and silk—the demand
oultess increase; in other produce, however, there has also been a fair
fieooth of which had previously been extremely languid, and stocks
*mount of busineu done, although from the unfavourable ten's of
life advice from home in some instances, and from the continued
scarcity of tonnage in others, prices of several have a downward
tendency.

I I imports we have at lAA ionise improvement to notice, the
&Aiwa having within the past fortnight come forward much more
Ititely; still, however, though the business done has been exten-
sive, the heavy stocks have made importers too eager to realise to
rehnit 'of any material advance in prices being obtained, and the
general advice,' by this opportunity will, we think, be anything but
aettisfactory to shippers.
A very large portion of late shipment has been sent forward
under advances from Government, the enormous difference between
their rate of exchange and that obtainable privately (nearly 5 per
went.) being, in the opinion of most parties a sufficient counter-
balance fir the large margin required, so that, with the exception
of those sent as direct returns, or against which shippers are
obliged to draw the full account, almost the whole of those staples
en which the Government are willing to advance have gone through
the export warehouse ; this has necessarily caused a great scarcity
of bills with documents, and enabled the large drawers to obtain
somewhat better rates, those current throughout the month for
4rst rate 10 months' date bills having been from Is. 11d. to Is. 11 id.
per rupee.
Indigo—Annexed we give a statement of what we can glean
teem the latest intelligence received from the various districts, but
still abstain from naming any figure, as opinions still vary con-
siderably en the subject--some parties being of opinion that the
crop will not exceed 1,05 to 1,10,000 ruaunds, whilst many others
estimate it as high as 1,e5 to 1,35,000. Next month will, how.
ever, decide witch is correct.
At the date of our last there were numerous complaints of
damage done by too much rain, but finer weather was generally
looked for, which, even if it did not recover the injured plant,
would have saved quite enough to enable the planters to turn out
as much (or even more) than last year ; instead of this, however,
Incessant rain has been experienced throughout Bengal, which has
reduced the produce so much that many districts will not send
down more than two-thirds of what was previously calculated on
—we would quote Dacca, Mymunsingli, Furreedpore, Jessare,
RaJeshaye, Pubna, Rungpore, Dinagepore, and Purneah, as having
buffered most. On the banks of the Bhangerutty, where the
prospects were magnificent in the month of June, they will scarcely
turn out the half of what was then calculated on ; Kishriagur,
Nuddeah, Moorshedabad, Malda, and Bhaugulpore will still do
pretty well, although the latter district will fall far short of pre.
vious expectations. Accounts from Tirhoot continue to vary cos-
siderably, but a great deal still depends on the weather.
In the western provinces we hear that they have had rather too
tench rain, but the plant is still looking well ; they commenced
Manufacture in some parts on the Ist, but others will not be able to
do so before the 10th. The outturn is still entirely dependant on
the weather they experience throughout this month, as the manu-
facture has been much delayed by continual rains.
On the whole we may safely say that prospects are now fully 5 to
roper cent. worse than a month ago, and should the rainy weather
•xPeriteved here during the last five or six days have proved
general the falling off will doubtless be even greater, as there will
chalice of the produce improving • rue the accounts sent
down are calculating on a favourable ch gars 1 the weather.
Exports from the let of November,
I 4 , up to date, are as
follows, •iz.

Chests. Ft. reds.
25,865 95,856
............ 10,359 ~. 36,183
639 ... 2,230
12 48
1,967 ... 6,332
9 ... 20

To Breat Britain ,
France
North Araeriea
Foreign Europe
Red Sea, Bombay, and Gulphs..,
All other parts

T0ta1..........
38.871 1,40,689
Sugar—On receipt of the mail rid Bombay, the demand for this
Staple became general and purchases very extensive; the enor-
mous stock, however, which bad accumulated in the bazaar pre-
vented any advance in prices being then obtained ; but when the
letters received by the Bentinck were found to confirm the pre-
vious accounts, and purchasers again came forward freely, they
band stocks so greatly reduced that all the finer descriptions were
readily taken at an advance •f 4 to 8 annas per maund, and we
)rave now to qtote the bazaar nearly, if not quite, bare of really
grit quality sugars ; inferior descriptions also are getting light in
stook, and sell freely at about an advance of 4a. ; of these latter,
'however, arrivals continue to come to hand freely, and from thedif-
acuity experienced in erecting shipments we do not look for any
'tinker material advance. Exports to Great Britain from the Ist
lust. up to date amount to 62,259 mounds.
Saltpetre—The continued unfavourable accounts from home,
combined with the high ruling of freights, have completely checked
all operations for Great Britain, especially as the large purchases
which continue to be made for America have prevented any equi-
valent decline in prices.
A few parcels of the finest descriptions continue to be occa-
'tonally taken for China; but there is ne general demand t.t pre.
sent except for the descriptions suitable for the American market.

Bitports frora let inst. to North America are 4,729 maunds.
Raw Silk—The somewhat favourable accounts lately received of
.the home market for this staple have caused considerably more
aetivity here, and as holders have shown themselves disposed to
meet the views of purchasers, a fair amount of business has been
done at prices rather in advance of those obtainable at the date of
eye last for similar qualities_
-rue osier descriptions are most wanted, but the stock of these
being light, there hat not been much done in them, whilst In low
Junghypare and Bauleah sort transactions have been very eaten.
sive ; late accounts from the Mofussil state the holders there had
at last been induced to accept lower rates, and we may therefore
look for rather a large supply coming to hand shortly, as stocks had
been accumulating for some time past. The rainy bund may also
be looked for by the middle of this month, and should the native
Merchants continue moderate in their demands (as we think pro-
bable) alarge business will doubtless be done in the course of the
next fwo months.
Exports to Great Britain from the lit inst. up to date amount to
414 Ma uncle.

Silk Piece Goods In corals a large businras has been done, in
cwasequence of holders having submitted to a very considerable de-
ciliters on their previous demands, but as the last accounts from
bates. were again Unfavourable, we do not think prices here have
isms as yet seen their lowest, In some of the parcels now coming
to band a very marked improvement is discernable, and as buyers
seem determined to take nothing but well made cloths (except at
a very low figure), we think manufacturers have already found it
worth their while to pay more attention to the quality than they
have hitherto done, and therefore look forward to seeing a very
superior desewiption of goods in the market in the course of the next
few months.
A few parcels of Choppier and Bandannas of low middling qua.uty •ecasionally offer, but very few Of a description suitable to the
Bnglials market, and shipments, which are to a fair extent, con.
tinue, with hw exceptions, on printers' account.
Exports from the ISt inst. up to this date are as follows:--To
Great Britain— Corrahs, 17,349 pieces; Choppas and Bandannas,
SZEI pieces.

Rico—Notwithstanding the favourable result of late shipments of
table, there has been nothing doing in this market for Great Britain
during the past month, the high ruling of freights having in the
first instance put a stop to shipments, whilst now that some parties
would be disposed to resume them. they find the stock so light that
Vi of good quality is held for an advance on former rates. So that
as the new crop cannot be looked for for five or six months, we see no
probability of shipments going forward to any extent for some time
to come. The extensive demand prevailing at the date of our last
for moenghy and hallow continued for some time, and prices were
fully maintained, but of late there has not been quite so much
doing.
Oil Scede..Wlth the exception of occasional shipments of
Illusterd Kai at Waal stow•aiti thrno Is litlthinfi dant 14 thee weds