The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-27 00:00:00

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.

This importantQii:nYriave;Weiti7edtheir meeting to
consider the question of amalgamating the Clydesdale Junc-
tion Railway with the Caledonian—a measure already ar-
ranged by the directors, and only awaiting the confirmation
of the shareholders. A number of branch lines to the Cale-
donian will also be proposed to the shareholders. We shall
give a full report of the meeting when it takes place.

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SCOTTISH GRAND JUNCTION AND SCOTTISH
WESTERN RAILWAYS.
It is gratifying to learn that these two rival schemes have
entered into arrangements by which, upon fair and reasonable
terms, the latter company is to withdraw, so that there will
be no opposition to the Oban line and communication with
the West Highlands. The arrangement is expected to be
approved and confirmed by the shareholders next Wednesday

RULES AND
_ItEG.ULATI9NS FOR THE STEAM-

BOAT PIER AT BLACKFRIARS-BRIDGE.

j, That strict rules be laid down from time to time,and en-
forced, for the access, ingress, use, and egress of the pier, and
for the regulation of the attendants regarding the navigation
of the rifer, the accommodation and safety of the public, and
the conven.lence of the steam-boats using it.
2. That equal access be given to the steam-boats whose
owners subscr;be to the rules, regulations, and terms agreed
upon from time to time by the Lord Mayor and the Naviga-
tion Committee.
3. That a proper person be appointed to have the general
superintendence of the pier, to be called the " pier-master ;"
that his duty be to attend to the due observance of these
rules, and to the gocd conduct of the persons employed upon
and frequenting the pier, and to mark the calls.
4. That two gate-keepers be constantly in attendance at
the entrance gates of the pier, having strict orders to prevent
all persons but those embarking or disembarking from passing
through the gates, and to prevent all persons from loitering
on the pier.
5. That four persons be in attendance on the dumby to
superintend the embarking and disembarking of passengers.
6. That all these persons shall be liable to be immediately
dismissed, if so ordered by the Lord Mayor or the Navigation
Committee, for any misconduct or non-compliance with these
regulations, or upon any complaint being established against
them.
7. That application be made from time to time, as occa-
sion may requite, to the Court of Aldermen, to swear these
attendants as constables.
8. That proper lights be kept at the entrance gates and on
the pier at night; and that two red lights be fixed, one on
each dolphin at the extremity of the dumby, and be kept
lighted from sunset till sunrise.
P. That a drag and man line be kept constantly on the
' pier ready for immediate use.
10. That the chain fixed round the dumby, painted white
on it black ground, be constantly kept and preserved in the
same state, as a holdfast for persons falling into the river.
11. That a beat with a chain round it, under the direction
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the
pier each
have tide.
list equal access
of the pier-master, be constantly kept on the side of the pier
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steam-boat remain longer at the pier than is
12. ._ for embarking and disembarking their
to it; that'nt, . '^am-boat be allowed to moor or

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About eight o'clock on Saturday evening a barn tr re
farmyard of Mr. Smith, an extensive farmer at Northfleet-
green, in the parish of Northfleet, near Gravesend, was dis-
covered to be oft tire, and messengers were at once dispatched
to Gravesend and Dartford for the engines. Before they
arrived, however, the wheat-stacks and range of out-offices in
the yard caught fire, and upon the errival of the Gravesend
engines the whole of premises were in flames. The Dart-
ford engines soon after arrived, and a goOd supply cf water
being at hand, they played with a sufficiency of success to
save the dwelling-house: but the barns, stables, and other
out-offices, together with four large stacks of wheat, and a
quantity of wheat, partly thrashed and partly unthrashed,
which had been in the barn in which the fire originated,
were totally consumed. The horses and pigs were for-
tunately driven out of their respective houses of shelter
before the fire communicated to them. Mr. Smith
was in Gravesend when the alarm of fire apparently
in the direction of his house was given ; but
until he approached its vicinity he Was not aware of the
calamity that awaited his return home. All that it was
• possible to do to preserve the dwelling-house was accom-
plished by the enginemen, assisted by the people cf the
neighbourhood; but the fire raged in the farmyard with a
fury altogether irrepressible by any effort of those parties,
or by any supply of water, however copiously discharged
upon it by the engines. The destruction of and damage to
property is estimated at 2,0007. The buildings are fully
insured, as is also the stock, the former by the proprietor, Mr.
Brenchley, of Woomble-hall, Northfleet, to whom the pre-
mises on the farm held by Mr. Mace, and which were burnt
down this time twelvemonth, also belonged, and the farm
stock by Mr. Smith, the tenant.

About seven minutes past five o'clock yesterday morning a
flame was observed by a policeman at the station-house,
Gravesend, to burst through a first floor window of the Black
Horse Tavern, nearly opposite the Town-hal!, in High-street ;
an alarm being immediately given, the inmates of the house
rushed from their respective bed-rooms, some down stairs,
and some into the large parlour on the first floor. From the
front room in the lower part of the house Mrs. King, the
landlady, and her daughter were compelled to retreat, and
leave the money and papers which it was their object to pre-
serve, and endeavour to save their lives through one of the
first floor windows, many of the inmates having already
effected their escape in that way. When they got into the
large room alluded to, fifteen or sixteen of the lodgers, the
house being full, as it was the fair time, were endeavouring
to get out of the two windows, and Mrs. King leaped out of
one, f.dlowed by Miss King and a man named Aldridge. At
this time the flames also burst through the windows, and the
whole house, in an inconceivable short time, was one mass of
flame. By this time the Graveiend engines, which had been at
the fire at Northfleet-green, arrived on the spot, but no water
could be procured for nearly twentyminutes, an interval which
was occupied in communicating with the superintendent of
the waterworks, and during which the fire extended to the
houses on either side of the Black Horse. The Dartford and
Rochester engines arrived from Northfleet• green, where they
had been detained in a successful attempt to save Mr.
Smith's house, but even when they arrived the water had
not been laid on. However, there was soon a copious supply,
and the efforts of the firemen were directed to the prevention
of the spread of the fire to the houses adjoining the Black
Horse on either side; but all their efforts were fruitless to
prevent the communication of the fire to the houses in the
rear of the Black Horse, as well as to those in the alley lead-
ing from High-street to Princes-street, and to the three
houses at each side of the Black Horse and fronting High-
street. The whole of these were one mass of flame, which,
despite the great quantity of water at this time dis-
charged upon it by the fire-engines, was not abated until it
had no more fuel to feed upon. About eight o'clock the
Black Horse Tavern and its extensive stabling and
other appurtenances, together with the house of Mr. Tollis,
butcher; Mr. Smith, grocer; Mr. Hollingdale, draper; Mr.
Harris, bootmaker; and Mr. Hall, China warehousekeeper,
were totally destroyed. To the rear of those flouting
Princes-street, a slaughter-house of Mr. Tollis's and four cot-
tages belonging to Mr. Hall were also destroyed. The Ca-
therine Whel Tavern, next to Mr. Smith's house, the party-
wall of which resisted the extension of the fire to the tavern,
was much damaged, as were the houses immediately above
Mr. Hollingdale's. At the time the fire broke out there were,
as Mrs. King states, 26 persons, including lodgers, is the
house. One of them, a man belonging to Mr. IVombwell's
show-booth at the fair, is missing, and supposed to have been
consumed; but at the time of our reporter leaving last even-
ing no search for his remains, if he be destroyed, had been in-
stituted in the ruins. In leaping from the window Mrs. King
suffered a severe injury, having three of her ribs broken. Mr.
Aldridge was still more severely if not fatally injured in the
back. Miss Kiug was also badly hurt. Mr. King, the landlord
of the Black Horse, was not at home. He is but partially
insured, and his loss, it is said, is little less that ruinous to
him. Neither Mr. Hall nor Mr. Hollingdale is insured in
respect either to stock or houses. Mr. Tollis's house was
fully insured, but his furniture was not, and he barely saved
his account books. In Mr. King's desk was, as our reporter
learned, over 1001. in gold and notes; the latter consumed,
and the former amid the ruins, as are the remains, as is sup-
posed, of at least the showman of Mr. Wombell. Mrs. King
does not appear to be quite sure of the number of lodgers that
night in the house, as many came in from the fair at various
hours of the night up to three o'clock. How the fire origi-
nated is doubtful, but there are strong reasons for believing
that it was in the smoking-room. The policeman states that
when he first discovered it the flame was issuing from a win •
dow on the first floor. The loss is variously estimated, but
it would appear to be about 10,000/.

LA W INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY, Oct. 25.
RE SCALES, AN INSOLVENT.

In this case the insolvent, the well-known ex-Alderman.
Scales, came up in custody on his interim order. His sche-
dule set forth his debts to be 1,8101. 7s. 4d., whilst his credits
were stated to amount to 6,4711. ss. The insolvent was sup-
ported by Mr. King, and opposed by Mr. Vines, of Reading,
on behalf of the detaining creditor, the Hon. Shaw Lefevre,
the Speaker of the House of Commons, whose claim was for
law costs in some Chancery suit.
The insolvant stated that his debts only amounted to 20/. ;
100/. was also placed in his schedule as due to his bankers,
and 1001. to his solicitor • to whom, however, he did not owe
more than 401. He further owed 30/. for taxes, and, as he
had before said, 201. for debt!, which he called debts!, because
they contributed to his personal comforts.
Mr. Vines prayed for an adjournment, on the ground that
Mr. Lefevre, who was at Heckfield, in Hampshire, had only
received the required notice on the previous day.
Mr. King said he had left a notice at the Speaker's house,
in Eaton-square, on Thursday, and also on that day had sent
a copy of it by post to Mr. Lefevre, and to the agents of his
solicitor in town.

The COMMISSIONEtt observed, that it was absurd for Mr.
Scales to say that his debts only amounted to 201., when he
had stated them in his schedule to be 1,8101.

Mr. Scales-1,2001. of that sum is secured on freehold pro-
perty, which the creditors may sell. The remaining 6001.
was put in my schedule against my conviction by my soli-
citor, as he said I was bound to enter the names. The in-
solvent added, that if his estate did not pay 20s. in the pound,
he had an annuity of 1201. per annum, a part of which he
would set aside for the payment of his debts and liabilities.
The Speaker of the House of Commons, as he was called, his
only detaining creditor, had persecuted him from day to day.
After some discussion between his Honour and the soli-
citors, an adjournment until the 10th November was agreed
to, on the ground of Mr. Lefevre's not having received suf-
ficient notice.
Mr. Commissioner GOULBURN recommended that the
insolvent should be at once discharged from custody, as he
thought there could be no apprehension of his absconding.
Mr. Vines, who appeared very unwilling to adopt the sug-
gestion, ultimately gave way to the feeling of the Court, and
the insolvent was immediately liberated.

RE GARDINER, AN INSOLVENT.
The insolvent, described as James Whally Gardiner, of
Mortlake, Ealing, and Harley-street, Cavendish-square,
" gentleman," was an advertising money-lender. The insol-
vent's debts were put down in his schedule as amounting to
10,389/. Os. ld., and his credits were stated at 1,416/.
Mr. Wright opposed on behalf of Colonel Wilson of Alton-
hall, Warwickshire. It appeared from the examination of
Gardiner that he had been an advertising money-lender, and
that, amongst other transactions, he had obtained bills from
Colonel Wilson, of the value of 3,5001., which had been dis-
counted by the well-known Mr. Flight, the Colonel receiving
1,5001., the insolvent retaining 7001., and Mr. Flight the re-
maing 1,3001.
After a short discussion, the Learned Commissioner ad-
journed the case until Wednesday, to consider whether the
insolvent had been trading as a money-scrivener.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
GUILDHALL.

Mr. Alderman Wilson attended on Saturday to hear a
counter statement to a complaint made before him last
week, by Messrs. Lewis and Lowe, newspaper adver-
tisement agents, relative to the vexatious detention for
a week of a cheque fur 2001., drawn in favour of
Messrs. Lewis, and as to Mr. Lewis being refused per-
missionbalanee tonf
hissee
atcheneundtirecrirrs.
thhee
deappuptlyie-dchfaiorrintahne
of the Oxford, Witnev,y and Cheltenham Railway Company,
said his attention had been called to the report of the appli-
cation on Tuesday, but as Mr. Miller, their solicitor, was out
of town, he refrained from moving until he returned. He
had given Mr. Lewis notice of his intention to appear this
day, and he had strong ground to complain that Mr. Lewis
had made a statement calculated to prejudice Mr. Miller,
without notice. When the account for advertising was
brought to him by the solicitor, he asked if he intended to
present it at the next board, and if the bill was correct. The
solicitor replied it was not. The charges were exorbitant,
and he heard that Messrs. Lewis and Lowe had charged other
parties 50 and 100 per cent. beyond the amount actually paid
to the newspapers; and in this case there were charges from
15 to 25 per cent. beyond the proper amount.. This was
ascertained by applying to some of the country papers. Mr.
Hill, upon this, required that the account should be ex-
amined with the vouchers, and, up to this time, Mr. Lewis
had declined to produce the vouchers. Sir James Duke, the
Chairman of the Company, said the agents had at all events
expended a considerable sum, and he proposed that a cheque
should be drawn for 2001., the amount of the bill being 627/.
Mr. Lewis had notice of this, but. neglected to call for a week.
Mr. Lewis had stated the cheque wus obtained by Mr. Miller,
but this was untrue. It remained in the possession of the appli-
cant (Mr. Hill), and it was Mr. Lewis's own fault that he did not
have it. The Company was ready to pay what was justly
due, but it was the duty of the directors to see that the
money of the shareholders was not improperly expended.
With respect to what passed at the last meeting, when a
policeman was sent for to remove Mr. Lewis, nothing could
be more quiet and circumspect than the behaviour of Mr.
Miller towards Mr. Lewis, and there was nothing to justify a
complaint to a magistrate.
Mr. Alderman Wu-sox had no doubt the newspapers that
noticed the matter before would do so again. The fairness of
the charges must be discussed in a civil court.
Messrs. Lowe and Lewis came in just as Mr. Hill had
finished his statement, and Mr. Lewis stated, in explanation,
that Mr. Hill was mistaken as to tickets being given for sums
paid for
The
a nd velevrsten tii,saepmersh.
adNoa ssctlaelhe AfTourCchhearargrnguldsucbhe
aadvertisements,eents, which might be seen at his office, and the
truth of which might be tested by inquiry at the ;offices of
pnayewnspapers. His bill was a fair one, and he
lent of it. The parties then withdrew.
should
ad respective
enfar enforce

THE LORD MAYOR AND TILE PARISH OF ST. STE..
mew's, WALBROOL.—On Saturday the following paragraph ap.
peered in a morning paper :—The Parish of Walbroek—Amongst
yesterday's on dits it was stated that the master's report upon the
subject of the dispute between Lord Mayor Gibbs and the pa.
rishioners of Walbrook, sponged the Lord Mayor's claim for
1,800, and brought him indebted to the parish 50/." We are
given to understand that the Lord Mayor's legal advisers and
friends declare solemnly that there is not the slightest foundation
for the statement, and that no report has as yet been made by the
master.
HEATON PARK.—The purchase of
and park of the Earl of Wilton? we understand,the has
aanbsieeonn
completed by one of the four rival railway
jected between Manchester and
Bury,
a distanceconlpoafneliegshptroor.
e
nine miles. The noble owner is to receive, it is stated, the
mof 5
parnoepherstsyte.r,
iTa,hw understand, to
The Ipark, which is
4saboutuel a d
othreeutCt) in n'
sites l.
a f
500,0001. for thisrrtyhillaaf m.
—.Manchester Guardian.

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HROPSH IRE UN lON RAILWAY and
171 CANAL COMPANY.

(liegisteted Provisionally,pnrsuant to the Act of the 7th and Bth

Victoria, cap. 110.)
C”ital 5,400,0001., in Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 2!. 2s. per Share.
TROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Vie Earl of Fowls, K.G. Chairman
3nkquis of Clanricarde, K.P.
The Earl of Talbot, K.G. Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Stafford
Earl Bradford
The Earl of Lichfield
The Earl Granville, G.C.B.
Viscount Comberrnere
Tliocouut Hill
Viscount ingesire, M.P.
Viscount Clive, 51. P.
Lord Leveson, M.P.
the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M.P.
The Hon. Colonel Anson, M.P. chairman of the Trent Valley
Railway
The Hon. C. Pelliam Villiers, M.P.
Sir John Cave Brown Cave, Bart.
Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. 31. P.
Sir Thomas Edward Winningten, Bart. M.P.
Sir Robert H. Cuncliffe, Kt. and Bart. Acton-park, Denbighshire
Sir .t raw Vincent Corhet, Hart. Acton Reynold, Shrewsbury
S:r Francis Lyttleteu Holyoake Goodricke, Bart. Studley Castle,

Warr:lrks-hire
Sir Robert H. Candiffe, Kt. and Bart. Acton-park, Denbighshire
William Henry Gregory, Esq. M.P.
John Leiviis lt.cardo, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Bernal Osborne, Esq. M.P.
William Lacon Childe, jun. Esq. Klnlett
T. W. Gifthrd, Esq. Chillington-hall
}Award ?.lonekton, Esq. Sotnerford-haP
Piii7ip Davies Cooke, Esq. Gwasanney, Flintshire
Rev. C. T. Luxmorc, Gnilstield, Welshpool
W. Lutiner, Esq. Dolorw
Richard Griffiths Parry, Esq. Welshpool
Lyon Winder, Esq. Vaynor-park, Montgomeryshire
David Pugh, Esq. Llanerehydon, Montgomeryshire
Rev. R. H. Mostyn Pryce, Gunlcy, Montgomeryshire
Edmund l'cel, Esq. Bone-hill, Fazeicy
Major-General Brook Parlby, Rutland-gate, Knightsbridge
John Feilden, Esq. 3tollington-liali, Cheshire
James Taylor, Esq. Birmingham
George Wilbraham. Esq. Deltmere-lodge, Cheshire
William Tarratt, Esq. Wolverhampton
Richard Darby, Esq. Colebrook-dale
Thomas Eyton, Esq. Eyton
Thomas Cambell Eyton. Esq. Donnerville
Robert Fisher, Esq. Chetwynd-lodge, Salop
William Orme Forster, Esq. Stourbridgo Ironworks
John Horton, Esq. Priors Lee
W. H. sparrow, Esq. rd olverhampton
Messrs. J. and E. Walker, Gospel Oak Ironworks
John Williams, Esq. the Friary, Handswnrth
Philip Williams, Esq. Wednesday Oak Works
William Harley Bayley, Esq.l
George Briscoe, Esq.
John Edwards, Esq.
Joseph Grout, Esq.
George Harper, Esq.
John Haseldine, Esq.
George Holyoake, Esq.
George Loch, Esq.
Paul Griffiths Parton, Esq.
George Stanton, Ei.q.
John Stanton, Esq.
Joseph Whateley, Esq.
John Williams, Esq.
James Durham, Esq.
Robert Gardner, Esq.
Henry Newbery, Esq.
John Meese' Parsons, Esq. Directors of the Shrewsbury and Trent
Joseph Paxton, Esq. Valley Union Railway Company
George Sandars, Esq.
Henry 'Foetal, Esq.
James Walkinshaw, , Esq.
vay Wyatt, Esq.,
Richard Barrow, Esq. 1
Win. Gabbott Esq.
John Chapman, Esq,
Gee. Royle Chappell, Esq.
Henry Dann, Esq. Directors of the Crewe and Worcester
Edward Griven, Esq. Railway Company
Tlionias Groves, Esq.
Edward Haycock, Esq.
John Knell, Esq.
Matthew Lyon, Esq.
Jvnrs Watklns, Esq.,
Weil a~n Rickford Cailett, Esq. M.P. chairman of the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company
William Henri Thomas, Esq. deputy-chairman of the Chester and
Holyhead Railway Company
Joshua Proctor Westhead, Esq. chairman of the Manchester mid
Birmingham Railway Company.
COM3IITTEE OF LIANAGEUENT.
The Ear! of I'owis, K.O. Chairman
Joshua Proctor Westhead, Esq. Deputy-Chairman
Colonel the lion. G. E. Anson, George Loch, Esq.
M.P. Henry Newbery, Esq.
Richard Barrol, Esq. John Meeson Parsons, Esq.
Thomas Groves, Esq. George Stanton, Esq.
Joseph Grout, Esq. Henry Teotal, Esq.
9sorgo Holyoake, Esq. John Williams, Esq.
George Harper, EN.

Directors of the Ellesmere
and Chester Canal
Company

ENGIN-P.IMS.
William Cubit'', Esq. Robert Stephenson, Esq.
William Alexander Provis, Esq.
BA.ICKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Messrs..lolle3 Loyd and Co. Manchester
The Bank of Liverpool
Messrs. Taylor and Lloyd, Birmingham
Messrs. Beckett and Co. Leeds
Messrs. Itocke, Eyton, and Co. Shrewsbury and Ludlow
Messrs. Holy-oaks and Co. Wolverhampton
Messrs. illlams and Co, Chester
Messrs. ;lecke And Co. Welshpool
Messrs. Berwick and Co. Worcester.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, 1, Lincoln's Inn.

floldA, London
Messrs. Potts and Brown, Chester
3leasrs. Slater and IlseTs, nanehester
James Wheeler, Esq. Manche: ter
Messrs. Loxdale and Peel, Shrewsbury
Henry Hcane, Esq. Nowport.
MANAGER —llohert S. Skey, Esq.
SECR7r:TARY—WiIIiaM Cowan, Esq,

The Committee of the thropshire Union Railway and Canal Com-
pany havO the satisfaction of announcing that tile preliminary nego-
tiations with the proprietors of the several canals whose works it is
iptondod to convert Into railroads have had an entirely successful
result.

The Committee have thus been enabled to unite the powerful rail-
way interest which had been associated for the promotion of the
Shcowsbury and Tr.ent Union and Worcester and Crewe Railways,
with a not less powerful body of canal proprietors, who, being also
possessors of large landed influence, are at once the most legitimate
and efScient rornoters of those railway facilities which Shropshire,
and portions of Worcestershire, EtaffordAhlre, Cheshire, and North
Wales, so much need, and a hich parties thus locally interested best
know how t• provide.

It is also satisfactory to the Committee to state that the
announced
in by Messrs. Cubitt, a
Stephenson, and Provis, and projectsn
bi the preliminary pros
pvctus of the Company, have bean c
ruiip
Matured by th, so gentlemen, and their course definitively laid down,
and that the surveys are, as to the greatest portion, complete, and :al;
to the residue, in a very forward state.
The lines determined on are—
Firstly— line commencing by a junction with the Manchester
and Birmingham and Grand Jnnction Railways at Crewe, and
passing by Nantwich, Whitchurrh (with a branch to Wein), Elks-
Mere, Oswestry, and Welshpool, to NeWtOwn, whence a prepesed
line runs to Aberystwith.
Secondly—A line commencing by a junction with the North Staf-
fordshire Railway at Norton Bridge, or Stone, and with the Trent
Valley and Grand Junction Railways at Stafroni, and passing by
Newiwt, Bennington, end Wellington, to Shrewsbury.
Thirdly—A line commencing at Shrewsbury, passing through the
Colebrook Dale district. along the valley of the Severn by Bridge-
north, Bewdley. and Stourport, to Worcester, and thence to the Mr-
raingitain and Gloucester Railway, having a branch from Iroubridge
to Wellington and Bennington, and joining In its course the Bir-
mingham and Shrewsbury, the Stour Valley, and the Welsh Midland
Railways; and . .

Four-thly—A line commencing at Wolverhampton, and pasting in
the course of the Liverpool and Birmingham Canal by Market
Drayton and Nantwich, direct to the Chester and Crewe Railway.
This extensive series of railways the Committee are enabled to
state can be constructed, by means of existing canals, after a rate
below the average cast of railways, leaving the Company also iit pos-
session of a very valuable range of real and personal property, in
lands, wharfs, ivarehonses, docks, &a. ; and also of between Eighty
and ninety miles of canals open for water communication, of which
forty-five miles ran from Ellesmere port, on the river :Verney, to
Mtddiewich, in the centre of the Cheshire salt district, and twenty-
six miles intersect the mineral district of Shropshire, running from
Colebrook Dale to Shrewsbury. It Is hardly necessary to point out
the important public objects which are thus accomplished.
Northward, the proposed railways connect themselves with
Chester and Ifolybead, end have also as their feeders Manchester,
the ntantifttentriag districts, StatTerd, and the Potteries; whilst east-
ward, Derby. Nottinham, Newark. and Sheffield, become tributary
to them; and the vast stream of traffic flowing through these chan-
nels, anti the rich and hitherto unopened agricultural districts of
Cheshire and Shropahire, the iron and coal districts of Staffordshire
and Worcestershire; and the western anti south-western coast, must
follow the coarse of the proposed lines.
They are, moreover, whilst time fruitful in their local and proper
traffic, closely linked in, and identified in interest with, not only
'hose portions of canals belonging to or connected with this Com..
pany, which it is intended still to keep open, but also with numerous
other lines of railway, which are either sanctioned by Parliament or
assered of Parliamentary favour, incialing the Manchester and Bir-
mingham, the Cheater and Birtenhead, the Chester and Holyhead,
the Trent Valley and North Staffordshire, the London anti Birming-
ham, the Birmingham and Gloucester, the Shrewsbury and Birming-
ham (which it is intended shall eventually iorm part of this important
chain), the Welsh Midland, the Stour Valley, and the Manchester
and Southampton Ftallway;.
Thus united in interest, they will be enabled to command a large
measure of the traftia which those great trunk communications may
have in their control. In this view it is most satisfactory to the
Committee to refer to the fact that they have in active co-operation
with them the London and Birmingham. the Manchester and
Birmingham, the Chester and Holyhead, and the Trent Valley Com-
panies ; and that arrangements have been made for the eventual
consolidation of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, Dudley, and
Birmingham Railway with this Company.

An eligible site ha; been already s,curei for the erection of a great
central station at Woirerhaintiton, far the common use of all the
companies before me:ale:led. _ _ _

The Committee entertain no doubt that a project thus largely
beneficial, and of which the leading feature is that of saving from
destruction an extensive as well as valuable vested property, by
converting it to purposes accordant with the advanced views and
information of the time, will receive the equitable consideration, and,
as its consequence, the sanction of hirliament ; and they are grati-
fled to feel that, in appealing to the Legislature for such sanction,
they will be encouraged and supported by a very large proportion of
the landowners with whose property the railways come into !name-
diate contact, and by the several communities they propose tO ac-
commodate.
The allotment of shares reserved for local and other Interests will
receive the most careful attention of the Committee as early u the
numerous applications will admit of.
Prospectuses and plans may be had, in London, at the Offices of
the Company ; of Mr. Lionel Helbert, 4, Shorter's-court, Throgmor-
ton.street, City ; and, in the countrY, at the Offices of the Solicitors
to the Bill.
Temporary Offices, (07, Jermyn-street.
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Offices, after the 22d instant, 6, Great George-street, Westminster.
October, 1845,

DIRECT INDEPENDENT KENT,SURREY,
AND SUSSEX UNION RAIMVAT.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,500,0001., of 75,000 Shares, of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Temporary Offices, Queen-street Chambers, Queen-street, Chear side.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The night lion. Lord Dunboyne, Chairman of the Cheltenham, Ox-
ford, and Brighton Junction Railways.
The Right Hon. Lord A. Cunningham
Sir William Wynn, K.B. Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir James Eyre, M.D. Lower Brook-street, director of the Hull
Birmingham, and Swansea Junction Railway
Major Saint Aubyn
The Rev. Stephen Isaacson, A.M. Berner's-street, director of the
Hull and liolykeili Direct Railway
Thomas Steel, Esq., Edgware-road, director of the Railway Club
Chambers
Captain Bellew, Kensington, director of the Hull, Birmingham, and
Swansea Railway
R. Sylvanus P. Banfield, Esq. Percy-street, London
Thomas Charles Newton, Esq. Bruton-street, Berkeley- square, and
Lugwardina, Herefordshire, director of the Isle of Man, and the
Hull, Birmingham, and Swansea Railways
John Lloyd, Esq. Nicholas-lane, and Stoke Newington, director of
the Thames, Southern, and Eastern Counties Junction Railways
J. S. Moore, Esq , b, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's Inn
Rees Price, Esq. Tyne-hall, Ilford, Essex, director of the HerefOrd
and Merthyr Tydvil Junction, and North Western Trunk Railways
William Davison, Esq, Rothbury-house, Northumberland
.Joseph Turnley, Esq. Belgrave-square, London
Major Hawkes, Baker-street, Portman-square, Chairman of the Ja-
maica, North Midland, North Midland Extension, director of the
St. Alban's and Hertford, Bristol and Dovor, Boston and Bir-
rninham Direct, and the Lynn and Fakenham Railways
Captain L. 11. Scott, R.N. Royal Navy Clab, Boni-s reet, director of
the Jamaica, North Midland Extension, St. Allan's and Hert-
ford, Bristol and Dover, Boston and Birmingham, and the Lynn
and Fakenham Railways
W. B. Palmer, Esq. Piccadilly and Birmingham
J. Bowra, Esq. Shorne, Kent
Charles Maclean, Esq. Newlands, Edgware
Robert Phillips. Esq. Gloucester Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's-
park, director of the Hereford and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail-
way Company
John Ramsdell, Esq. Kensington Gore, and Doncaster, director of
the Deal and Dover, and Lyme Regis Railways
John White, Esq. 7, Park-place, Clarence-gate, Regent's-park
C. M. Brown, Esq. Montague-street, Portman-square, director of the
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction, and Trinidad and
Great Eastern, and South Western Railways
Jelin Strange Williams, Esq. Mitcliem, Surrey, director of the Direct
London and Hastings Raitwaf
James flibbins, Esq, deputy chairman of the British Annuity Com-
pany, Broad-street, City
Francis G. Moore, Esq. half-moon-street, Piccadilly
Charles Maplesden Noakes, Esq., Wrotham, Kent
Thomas Walker, Esq. WrOtham, Kent
Thomas Best, Esc-1. Cuckflehl, Sussex
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS —Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury. and No. 6, Hen-
rietta-street, Covent-garden.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ACTING ENGINEER —R. Finleyson, Esq.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—Mr. Charles Clark.
Sr:nN ETORS AND VALUERS—DICSSrS. Booth and Son.
SOLterrons--Messrs. Garmtt and Co., Queen-street Chambers,
Queen-street.
LOCAL AGENTS MeSsCR. Tribe, Worthing.

A pronpectns with the complete list of local prop lsional committee
will be Issued In n few days.

The Object of this railway is not only to afford accommodation to
the counties proposed to be traversed, but will also unite with the
Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway, the Metropolitan Rail-
ways Junction, the Chatham, rochester, Maidstone, and Tonhridge
Wells Railway, and the Coast Railway. The great importance of
this Union line of railway will be immediately seen upon reference to
the map. It is intended to commence at High-street, in the Borough,
passing through Camberwell, where it will divide
ja:l37le,taik.eewtilstehafoul,-,
lowing course, viz. : The Kent branch will pass through the
thickly populated parishes of Peckham, ec
Bromley, Orpington, Clielsfiell, Shoreham, Otford, Keinpaing seal,
Wrotham, near Addington, Town Mailing, East Mailing, and bit,
ton, from thence to Maidstone, where it will form a junction with
the Chatham, Rochester, Maidstone, and Tonbridge Wells Direct
Railway. The Surrey and Sussex branch will ran through Brixton,
Brixton-hill, Clapham, Balham-hill, Tooting, Mitcham, Morden,
Cheam, Ewell, Epsom, where it will for a junction with the pro-
posed branch to Leatherhead, Ileadley, Mickleham, from thence to
Dorking, where it will communicate with the Metropolitan Railways
Junction, and proceed through Copal, Rimer, Wanthana, Horsham,
Nuthurst, West Grinstead, Ashurst, Henfleld, near Wlston, and on
to Steyning, forming a junction with the proposed Brighton and
Cheltenham Railway, continuing through Bramber, Coombes, Lanc-
ing, Sonipting, Broadwater, and Worthing, where it will come in
brunediate contact with the Coast Railway,
It is satisfactory to find, from strict calculations, that the pas-
senger traffic arising from the densely populated parishes contigu-
ous to the metropolis, hitherto unsupulled by railway, viz., Cam-
berwell, Peckham, Peckham Rye, Brixton, Clapham, Tooting,
Mitcham, &c. &c., will give this line a decided advantage over all
other projects, and will alone secure a profitable return.
The general passenger traffic of the Kent Branch, (notwithstand-
ing its unquestionable extent) may be considered of secondary im-
portance to the immense transit of agricultural produce which this
county, justly termed " The Garden of England." daily sends to the
metropolitan markets, and particularly the locality of the Borough.
The Importance of Maidstone as a terminus is obvious, it being
situated on the River Medway, and containing courts of justice,
county gaol, cavalry depot, and many other public establishments,
the assiaes and sessions, and the business of the whole county being
conducted there. It is also, wills the adjacent villages, the most
flourishing part of Kent. being surrounded by paper-mills, which are
more numerous and extensive in this neighbourhood than in any
other part of the kingdom, besides several other extensive factories,
breweries, &e.

The Surrey and Sussex branch besides (unquestionably creating
an immense increase of passenger traffic between the metropolis and
the flourishing and new celebrated watering-place, Worthing) must
necessarily commend the entire transit of fish, of which many tons
are conveyed weekly from Worthing to London, independent or other
commodities, and the agricultural produce of these two fertile and
productive counties.

The proposed line wllll/11 up the railway chasm at present exist-
ing between London and Epsom, Dorking, Horsham, and Steyn'ng,
and will afford direct intercourse with Worthing, one of the most
romantic, fashionable, and delightful watering places on the coast of
Sussex, and an Independent Railway will of necessity occasion a
great influx of company to this already justly celebrated place. The
superiority of Worthing as a bathing place stands unrivalled. The
views of the surrounding country are both extensive and picturesque ;
its sands are particularly worthy of note, beingas smooth as carpet,
and offering a healthy and delightful drive of ten miles. It is shel-
tered by an uninterrupted chain of the South Dawn, which excludes
the wind even In the winter months. The salubrity of its climate le
too well known to require farther comment.
But the greatest source of profit to the shareholders will arise from
the immense number of passengers now proceeding by omnibus and
othar conveyances to and from the metropoll. and the extensive and
densely populated suburbs through which th!it 4 • .1S Intended to pass,
and it may be fairly calculated that not lees t . 30,000 Will c 14117

LOUTH AND GAINSBOROUGII DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally, pursuant to the Act, 7th and Bth Vic.,

cap. 110.)
Capital 750,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. W. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord Frederick Beanelerk, Little Grhnsby-hall, near Louth
Francis Brown, Esq. Glentworth-hall. near Spittal
Percival Shearman Wilkinson, Esq. Toft, near Market Basen, d

_
Mount Oswald, Durham
John Wilkinson, Esq. Walton Granze, Hull
William Parker, Esq. J.P. Lysways-hall, Lichfield, director of the
Derby and Crewe, and Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Stafford-
shire Junction Railways
William Loft, Esq., Trusthorpe-hall, near Louth
Edward Sandare, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Nottingham and
Galnsberough, and also of the Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and

Nottingham ttailways
Sir John Key, Bart. alderman of the City of London, chairman of
the Mauritius, director of the York and Lancaster, and L.T,rpcol
and Leeds Dlrect Railways
William ifiltitlam, Esq. Louth
Henry Healy, Esq. Clifton, near York, and Ashby, county of

Lincoln
Captain Robert Thomas Healey, Ashby, in the county of Lincoln
William Blanchard, Esq. York, a managing director of the Yois,,
Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Robert :Newton Lee, Esq. Barnstable
Rkliard Dawson, Esq. WM:call-house
Captain Henry Caldccot, Holton-hall, near Market Rasen
George Andrews Hewett, Esq. Osgodhy, near Market Rasen, and

Cheltenham
henry Hewett, Esq. Osgodby, and TAverpo A
Francis Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Ni ttirgham and
Gainsborough, and Wolverhampton, Birmingham, and Nottingham
Railways
Charles North, Esq. South Thoresby
Lieut.-Col. G. M. Eden, William-street, Lowndes-suctre
George R. Peppercome, Esq. Bexhill, Sussex, direc.or of tie Tarts
and Strasburg Railway
Major W. Snow, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendisil-seuan, dire.t r
of the Portsmouth and Chatham Railway
John Jackson, Esq. Louth
Henry Smith, Esq. Gainsborough, a deputy-lieutenant cf the cc unty
of Lincoln
John Egleton Morey, Esq. mayor of Doncaster, vice-chairman of
the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway -
John Walter Dudding, Esq. Saxby, near Market Rasen
Gorge Pereira Brown, Esq. Norbanby, near Spittal
Frederick Fisher, Esq. Westfleld-house, Doncaster, managing direct( r
of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Junction Railway
Joseph Birley, sq. alderman of Doncaster, managing director of
the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway
Frederic Flowers, Esq. Elm-court, Temple, London
George Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, d!rector of the Nottingham and
Gainsborotigh, and Wolvernampton, Birmingham, and Nottingham
Railways
Henry Etherington Smith, Esq. J.P. director of the Derby and Gains-
borough, and the Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, at..
Chesterfield and Gainsborough Canal Company
George Allen, Esq. Louth, director of the Lincoln and Grantham
Direct Railway
Robert Norfolk, Esq. Louth, director of the Manchester, Huddersfield,
and Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Richard Duckling, Esq. Panton
David Briggs, Esq. Oxcombe-house, near Louth
Samuel Griffiths, Esq. Penflelds, Wolverhampton
Matthew Sooby, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough Railway
Benjamin William Holroyd, Esq. Halifax, director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railway
Charles l'addison, Esq. Louth, carpet manufacturer
James Dalton, Esq. Fillingham
Thomas Charles Oldham, Esq. Louth
Bernard James Boulton, Esq. M.D. Horneastle
Mr. Charles Boa mar, of the firm of " Campbell, Bowmar, and
Ranshaw," mercers and woollendrapers, Louth
Samuel Hall, Esq., Doncaster, director of the Goole, Doncaster,
Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester and Great Grimsby
Junction Railway, and of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great
Grimsby Railway
William L. Moffatt, Esq. director of the Manchester, Huddersfield,
and Great Grimsby Rai way, and the Hull, Sheffield, and Midlands
Junction Railways
Chapman Briggs, Esq. Burgh-house, Lincolnshire
Mr. Samuel Samuels, Louth, shipowner
William Lister Sharpe, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Isle of
Axhohne, Manchester, Midlands, and Great Grimsby, and of the
Manchester and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chnterfield and
Gainsborough Canal Company, and Derby mid Gainsborough
Railway
• Mr. Wiltlara East, merchant, Loath
Mr. George Sutton, merchant, Louth
Thomas noel:litre, Esq. itorne.astle
Charles Frederick Sutton, Esq. Wragby
Mr. Thomas Young, merchant, Louth
Mr. Thomas Simons, merchant, Louth
John Hughes, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Isle of Axholme,
Gainsborough, and Goole Railway
Mr. Robert Green, iron merchant, Louth
Henry Mason, Esq. Orgath-liill, near Louth
Robert John Atkinson, Esq. Langholme, director of the Isle of Ax-
holme, Gainsborough, and Goole Railway
Mr. Wright Milson, of the firm of "Milson, Laurence, Foster, and
C 0.," tanners, Louth
Mr. Water. Smith, of the Arm of "Heald, smith, end Fa7ish,"
mercers and woollen-drapers, Homcastie
Mr. C. Hunter Ryley, malster, Louth
William Farley, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Derby, Gains-
borough, and G. cat Grimsby Junction, and of the Manchester
and Lincoln Union Railway, and Chesterfield and Gainsborough
Canal Company
Mr. William Edwards, Louth
Mr. William Potter. Louth
John Thlstlewood, Esq. Lambcroft, near Louth
' S. M. Hamilton, Esq. Fitzroy-square, London, director of th 3 Dire. t
Manchester, Leeds, and York Railways
Mr. Richard Chatterton, Hallington, near Louth
Robert Betts, Esq. Ilorncastle
Mr. Edward Towler, mercer and draper, Market Rasen
Jobs Saul Walesby, Esq. Ranby
Fletcher Mercer, Esq. Gainsborough
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

John Walter Dudding„ Esq. Henry Etheringten Smith, Esq,
William Loft, Esq. Charles North, Esq.
Francis Brown, Esq. Matthew Sooby, Esq.
Sir John Key, Bart. William Furley, Esq.
George Gamble, Esq. Mr. Charles Bewmitr
Robert Norfolk, Esq. Mr. Edward Towler.
ENGINEER—W. J. Curtis, Esq. C.E.
ACTING SURVEYOR—W. 11. Ccoper, Esq. Verulam-buildings.
BANKERS.

London—London and Westminster haul, Lotlibury, and 214, High
Holborn
Louth—Messrs. Garflt, Claypons, and Co., and Lincoln and Lindsey
Banking Company
Gainsborough, •/ Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co., and Lincoln and
Market Bann, Linds y Banking Company.