The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY( EVENING, SEPTEMBER 11, 1845

E4ANARKSIIIRE and LOTIIIANS DIRECT
RAILWAY.
FORMING Tll L.. i • COMMITNIC
BET WE ; 2N- . 1 AND W.Et-3T OF SCOTLAND,
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y Works.

TIHE OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTEN-
SION and ~:1-J;7•71",_...• ' -AY: wall
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Capital

3!. pc ti Share

PIIOVIoIvISAL comnurrEn.
The Earl of Eglinton and 'Winton
The Lord Bellhaven and Stentoa

The Hon. James Lumsden,Lerd Provost of Glasgow
William Baird, Esq., M.P. for the Airdrie District of Burghs
P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Maitland, Esq., of Dundrennan and Hermand. M.P.
Patrick Graham, Esq., of Limekiln
Andrew Buchanan, Esq., of Mount Vernon
William Forrest, Esq., of Treesbanks
Edward Borman, Esq., M.P.
Alex. Graham, Esq., of Capellie
Andrew Brown, Esq., of Clerkhill
Christopher Saltinarshe, Esq., Middleton Lodge, Leeds
Alex. Hunter, Esq W.S., Commissioner for Colonel Norval of
Bathgate
Alex. Galloway, Esq., of Hallcraig, banker, Airdrie
H. E. Crum, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
William Gemmel!, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
James Douglas, Esq., West India merchant, Glasgow
Alex. Campbell, Esq., of Bedlay
George Whitmore, Esq., Park-street, London
George Stewart, Esq., of Penang, Blackstone House
Robert de Lisle, Esq., Treesbanks House
Alex. Alison, Esq., of Pitcon
William Campbell, Esq., of Tilliechewan, merchant, Glasgow
Patrick Graham, Esq., of Robsisill
John Bath, Esq , of Morriston
Matthew Dick, Esq., of Meikle Earnoek
John Hamilton, Esq.' of Duntillan
Alex. Cunninghame, Esq., Carnbroefronworks
Alex. Baird, Esq., Garteherrie Ironworks
Graham Menzies, Esq., distiller, Paisley
John Kerr, Esq., of Shields
Wm. Mutrle, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
David Waddington, Esq., Manchester
William Brown, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
George Glendining, Esq., of Millrigg, Midcalder
Joins Wilson, jun., Esq., of Westsidewood
John Dick, Esq., M.D. Mid-Calder
James Graham, Esq., of Fereneze.

PROVISIONAL COAI3IITTEE.
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Poultney, 4, Parliament-street, Director
of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Major Bensford, M.P.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director
of the Chester and Forest of Dean Railways
Sir William Wynn Maesyncward, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
Sir John Edward de Beauvoir, Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Hare, Langham-place, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Railway
Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Director of the South and Midland
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the
South and Midland
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Manchester
and Chester Railway
Major Chase, 31, Nottingham-place
Captain S. M. Fisher, jun., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Captain kitchens, 11.E.1.C.5., Director of the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Railway
Captain F. Chamier, Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Great Paris and Lyons Railway.
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S. &c., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
Chairman of the Loudon and Greenwich Railways, &c., &C.
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland
James Kiunerley Ilooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct Railway, and South Midland
Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland
Thos. Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Wilson-street, Finsbury
Thos. Sidney, Esq., Alderman of London, Sheriff of London and
Middlesex
Captain Jas. Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff,
Fan-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of
Dean Railway, &c.
Captain Alex. Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby
and Southampton Railway
Wm. Morley, Esq„ Blackheath
Wm. Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex
and Suffolk Railways
Rd. Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Chas. Robt. Coleman, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Rail-
way
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester Rail-
way
John Wheelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Collingridge, Highgate, Middlesex
Chas. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South Midland
John Brock Walbanck, Esq., Director of the South and Midland
Rd. Wm. Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester and
Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple, Director of the Eastern Counties
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy Chairman of the Thames Embankment
Major-General Brooks Parlby, 18, Rutland-place
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester
Direct and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Peter Morison, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Extension
W. F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Italian and Austrian Railway
W. G. Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Robert Henry Lyndham, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
J. B. Richardson, Esq., Director of the Colchester and Cambridge
Railway
Jonathan Hopkins, Esq., Director of the Norwich and Worcester
Railway
Julian Skreene, Esq., Director Of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-scjnare, Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndall, Director of the South-Eastern Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Henry Lewis Simla, Esq., Willoughby-street, Tottenham, Director
of th 3 London and Dover Railway
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Wm. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway
Wm. Alfred Hill, Zsq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway
Win. Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Railway
Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Win. Ley, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Warren Homer Hall, Esq., Greesham• street
Robert Richards, Esq., Temple, Director of the Birmingham and Lon-
don Extension Railway
Kiugsmill Grove Key, Esq.
The Rev. F. K. Hall, Doctor in Divinity, Rector of Falbourne, Cam-
bridge
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
John Barber, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector Of Llanrothel, Hereford
E. It. Foster, Esq. Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford-
shire Railway
Martin Furnis, Esq., Director of the Nottingham, Newark, and
Boston Railway
W. S. Crosse, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Manchester
Extension Railway
W. Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Leicicester and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Wm. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway
James 31urcroft, Esq., Pontefract
David William Nell, Esq., Leeds, J.P., Director of the Leeds and
Thirak Railway
Joseph Robert Wilkin Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and
Bedford, and York and Lancaster Railways
John Fagan, Esq., Gloucester-road, Old Bromptou
Charles Holder, Esq., Director of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway
J. 1). Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Joseph Gill, ,Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction
Railway
Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Chairman of the Lincoln, York and
Leeds Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
J. M. Douglas, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South and Midland
W. Ley, Esq., Melcomb-place, Dorset-square
Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May Fair, Director of the
Great Britain Life Assurance Society
John Anderson, Esq., E.I.C.S. Lothbury
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Pala:ce, Richmond
W. Pastow, Esq., Surrey-place
James Darness, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex
(With power to. add to their number.)
The names of an influential Committee formed at Worcester and
Chester will be published In a few days.
BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq.
SECRETARY—HiIton Jenkins, Esq
SOLICITORS

Mansfield, Sept. 8, 1845

London, August 21, 1845.

Potter and Collingrldge, 5, iitisit;fiiial:street; W. B. James, Esq.
5, BasF3ighall-street.

The geographical position of Worcester has caused its adoption as
the point where the broad guage trunk lines of the west are to have a
common terminus. From Oxford the Great Western Company have
decided on constructing a line of Tail :—another project under the pa-
tronage of the same powerful direction is now before the public,
uniting Worcester with Warwick and, that the broad gauge will be
carried from Worcester Into Wales, and to the Irish packet stations
on that coast, is now no longer doubtful. This undertaking will com-
plete a series of great avenues of iron-road, whose ramification
from Worcester will render every part of the kingdom directly
accessible from that city. Pas sing up the Severn Vale, where
it will disclose a succession ,of picturesque scenes, it reaches
Stourport, and proceeding thence through Kidderminster, arrives at
Bewdley. This district is one of the chief seats of our carpet manu-
factures, and in the towns here named, exclusive of the intervening
districts, upwards of 30,000 persoi is are located. Leaving Stourbridge
a little to the east, the line is tal en to Bridgenorth, a town enjoying
an active inland trade, and posse ssing woollen manufactures and iron
works, that gives employment to a population of about 15,000. Pass-
ing through or near to Much Wenlock, Broseley, and Madeley, from
which place there will be a branch to Shrewsbury, the line ascends
Colebrook Dale, and approachireg in its course Wellington and Wem,
enters Whitchurch. From this central place a branch will be formed
to Norwich via Stoke, forming' a junction with the Liverpool and
Crewe Railway. The trunk line will continue from Whitchurch, and
passing through or near Malp as, have its northern terminus in the
city of Chester.
In estimating the probable am mint of revenue which the Worces-
ter and Chester Railway may be expected to yield, many sources of
profit present themselves, suck au 'e the dense population located along
the length of the Severn Vale, and the enriching works of industry
in which they arc engaged. Aar: ongst the latter may be mentioned
the China manufactories of Wori :ester ; the iron, coal, and earthen-
ware works at Broseley and othi r places ; the agricultural produce
brought to Stourport market ; tit a inexhaustible fields of coal and
mines of iron ore in the vicinity •of Colebrook Dale, Ironbridge, and
the districts to the east of Shrewsbury generally.
In calculating the cost of cons traction unusual advantages are also
obvious. The line traverses a dlotriet affording levels of several
miles in extent, and with a surface, peculiarly favourable. The resi-
dent population, disappointed by the postponement of promised pro-
jects, have warmly espoused the present, and the labouring popula-
tion being familiar with mining operations, will be found better
qualified for the execution of rail way works here than in many other
localities.
As a link in the railway nets work of England, or as auxiliary
to existing or projected lines passing in various directions, few
schemes hitherto proposed appear to afford greater inducement
for investment, or a wider range o f accommodation for traffic and
travelling. This project constitutes a lengthened link in the chain
that will connect Liverpool with Bristol, the grand trunk of the
West of England ;—lts southern to =inns, Worcester, is the half-
way station of the London and Pori Dynnllaen broad gauge line :
by projected lines a direct commt mication will be afforded west-
ward to Swansea and Aberystwi Ur,. and, eastward, to Warwick and
Northampton, Cambridge, Peterbos ough, Harwich, Lynn, Lincoln,
and Hull.

The line has been repeatedly axed carefully examined by the Com-
pany's acting engineer, who reports that the rail for many miles may
be laid on the natural level—that the gradients are in every in-
stance favourable—that the geolog&cal structure of the districts to
be traversed is equally so, and that the want of such a line of com-
munication is acknowledged by the interests seated on its proposed
course.

Applications for prospectuses awl plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; also of W. 11. James,
Esq., solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; of the local agents ; and of the
following gentlemen:—

London Thomas H anbury, 4. Angel-court.
Liverpool.. • • • • • . • • Messrs. Alston and Gage.
/II at [Messrs. Houg Viand and Leese, and Mr. Wit Manchester
liam Marshall.
Hull-- .. Messrs. Collinson and Flint.
Leeds ...... • • • • • •Messrs. Watsorr and Co.
Stratford-on-Avon Mr. William Baton.
Exeter...... • . —Mr. Thomas Senford.
Plymouth Mess s. Hayward and Palmer.
Birmingham Mr. Collis and Mr.. John Wright.
Glasgow.. ...• •• • Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh • • Messrs. Robertion and Co., and Messrs. M`Cal-
lum and Co.
Huddersfield

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Chester
Railv ray.
Gentlemen,—l request that you wfill allot to me Shares of
20/. each in this Company, and kI UIL tertakc to accept the same, and
to pay the deposit thereon, or upon :any less number that may be al-
lotted to me; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreemeul, when required.
Name (in -fu11)......... • •
Residence ••.
Trade or Profession .......... ..
Reference- .......... ..... ••• • •• • •
Address a: Referee? • • • • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • • •

Date.

DIRECT NORTHERN AND WESTERN
JUNCTION RAILWAY, frora Bristol, through Malmesbury,
Cirencester, Burford, Deddington, and Towcester, joining the North-
ampton and Peterboro' Line at Bliswurth, and from Peterboro' by the
projected Lines on to Boston and Gre at Grimsby; and by Branches
of the North-Eastern Railway to Yar mouth ; thus uniting the three
Ports of Bristol, Boston, and Yarmialth.

(rrovisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shares, at 251. per Share,
Deposit, 21. 12s. tid, per Share.

This important line is projected for -the purpose of opening a direct,
uninterrupted, continuous commiraleation between the northern,
north-eastern, and western countiesof England, uniting the important
shipping port of Bristol with the agricultural and manufacturing dis-
tricts in the north and midland con titles ; and, as it runs in a trans-
verse direction, it will not interfere with any line now In operation ;
but, on the contrary, whilst it reee2ves, will give support to all the
northern, midland, and north-eastern lines.
Prospectuses, with a plan, will be issued in a few days ; in the
meantime appllcations for shares may be addressed to the Solicitors
to the Company, ➢tessrs. C A.ArDELL and WITTY,
21, Essex-street, Strand.

EAST -1
WA7.

fiI:F.D.II, til, t ; -t.,
the 13th instant, between the hours of Twave and four o'clock
the Otllce.s, 35, Charing-cross.
By Order,
ROBERT WATKINS, jun., Secretary.
35, Charing-cross, Sept. 6, 1845.1

iik,rIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES
L.V.A. RAILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON, to
WORCESTER.
In consequence of important arrangements just concluded In con-
nexion with this undertaking, an amended prospectus will appear In
a few days the meantime the allotment of shares is ncces,arily
postponed.
Dated this 9th day of September, 1845.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall,
F. T. ELGIE, Worcester,
JOHN CHINERY, Leamington, Solicitors.
Messrs. DAY, St. Newts,

NOTTING-HAM, MANSFIELD, and MID
LAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Forms of Application for Shares iu this undertaking may be pro.
cured by applying to Parsons, Beim, and Parsons, and Messrs. G.
and T. Walkden, Solicitors, Mansfield ; and at the Company's offices,
By order,

T. 11. RIGBY, Secretor

NOTTINGHAM, MANSFIELD, and MID-
LAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the numerous
applications for Shares in this undertaking, none can be received
after the 20th day of September next. The Allotment of Shares
will take place as. soon as possible after that date.
By order,
T. H. RIGBY, Secretary.

Mansfield, Sept. 8, 1845.

NOTTINGHAM, and MANSFIELD
RAILWAY.
Shareholders are requested to remember, that unless scrip certifi-
cates of Shares are deposited with the Secretary, on or before the
20th day of September next, their claim to the additional Shares will
be forfeited. By order,
Mansfield, Sept. 9, 1845. T. 11. RIGBY, Secretary.

LYNN and ELY RAILWAY COMPANY
FIRST CALL OF £2 lOs PER SHARE.
Notice •is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Boardpf Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 2/. 10s. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz. :—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co., or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., London ; Messrs. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 5/. per cent per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpalA after the First day of October next.
WM. BROWNE FOLKES, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3, 1845.
LYNN and DEREIIAM RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FIRST CALL of 3/. 12s. Gd. PER SHARE.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 3/. 12s. Gd. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz. :—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co., or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co., London ; Messrs. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk, Sept. 3, 1845.

ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COM.
PAN Y.

FIRST CALL of 3/. 15s. PER SHARE.

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL cf 3/. 15s. PER SHARE on their
respeltive Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co ,or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., London ; or Messrs. Moss and
Co., Liverpool;; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 5/. per Cent. per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.

Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3rd, 1845.

HENRY C. LACY, Chairman;
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary,

13 ONCASTER, WORKSOP, and MANS-
FIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY.
( .rovisionally registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.)
'Phis railway will commence at Doncaster, and proceed in a direct
line through Tickhill and Worksop to the terminus of the Notting-
hrm and Mansfield Railway at Mansfield.
The object of this undertaking is to connect the port of Goole, by
means of the Goole and Doncaster Railway, with the Midland and
Southern Counties.

It win also complete the most direct route between London and
the north.
A report of the line, by one of the most eminent engineers of the
day is in course of preparation, after which a detailed prospectus]
with the names of a very influential Directory, together with the
amount of capital, &c., will be published. In the interim communi-
cations may be addressed to the Company's solicitors, Mr. WILLIAM
UNWIN, and Mr. WILLIAM ISICKLEY, Sheffield.

Provisionally Registered.
WILTS, SOMERSET, AND SOUTHAMP.
_TON
JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Connecting the English with the Bristol Channel, and forming a
omplete communication, on the broad gauge, between Southampton,
Salisbury, Bath, Bristol, and every other town In the West of Eng-
land and South Wales.

Bankers' Receipts may now be exchanged for Script Certificates, and
the Deeds now lie for Signature at the Company's Office, 26, Ore-
sham•street, City.

The Deeds will shortly be removed into the country, of which du
notice will be given.

H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary.

DORKING, BRIGHTON, and
11 ARUNDEL ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY, by HORSHAM
and SHOREHAM.

(Provisionally registered pursuant to the Act, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares, of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Arrangements are in progress for the formation of a Company to
make an Atmospheric Railway from Dorking (or Epsom) to
Brighton, through Horsham and Shoreham, and from Horsham to
Arundel, thereby affording (either by means of a junction with the
Direct Lond,ai and Portsmouth Atmospheric Railway, at Dorking, or
the Croydon Atmospheric Railway, at Epsom) to the intermediate very
populous and wealthy district the Important advantages of a direct
communication with the metropolis, and also with the coast, from
which it is at present excluded, as well as forming the best connect-
ing link between that district and the ports of Shoreham, Arundel,
Portsmouth, and Southampton, and the principal towns of Surrey,
Sussex, Kent, and Rants.

. .
A detailed prospectus, with the names of the Provisional Com-
mittee, will be shortly published ; and in the meantime communica-
tions may be addressed to Messrs. Campbell and Witty, 21, Essex-
street, Strand ; Messrs. Attree, Clarke, and MacWhimie, and Messrs.
Upperton, Verrall, and Veysey, Brighton ; Messrs. Coppard and
Rawllson, Horsham ; Messrs. Everest and Wardroper, Epsom ; and
Richard Holmes, Esq., Arundel.
CAMPBELL and WITTY, Solicitors for the Bill.

COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM,
AND LEICESTER RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 840,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
This Railway will connect Leicester, Birmingham, and Coventry,
by the nearest practicable route ; and was provisionally registered
and capital subscribed long before any other scheme was projected
for supplying railway accommodation to the district.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES.
Present Proposed Distance
distance. distance, saved.
Leicester to Birmingham.... 49
Leicester to Coventry .. .. • • 31
This line will commence at or near the Wigston stationof the Mid-
land Counties Railway, at such point as may best suit the successful
line from London through South Leicestershire, and will pass by or
near the manufacturing localities of Narborough, Sapcote, Earl
Shilton, Burbage, and
_Hinckley, through a district most favourable
for engineering purposes, to a junction with the Trent Valley at Nun-
eaton, thence it continues nearly due west to the Whitacre station of
the Birmingham and Derby Railway, and south-west by Bedworth
to the Coventry station of the London and Birmingham Company.
The line will communicate with the Swannington Railway either by
means of the proposed Broughton Astley branch of the Midlands, or
of a separate branch to be formed by this Company ; thereby opening
the entire of the Leicestershire coal-field to the counties south-east
of Leicester.
The Directors, for the last few months, having used their best
exertions for the interests of the Company, feel it their duty, now
that the surveys, plans, and other arrangements are sofar advanced,
to acquaint their shareholders with the position and prospects of the
undertaking.
The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton line, which received the
favourable report of the Board of Trade, and was before Parliament
last session, forms part of the present projected plan for connecting
Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham.
The Directors have, by personal inspection, accompanied by their
engineer, satisfied themselves of the remarkable facilities presented
by the district for executing the greater part of the line ; and from
careful investigation the Directors have the pleasure of informing the
shareholders that this undertaking eannot fail to prove a profitable
investment if supported by local traffic only, and with the certainty
that a through ti affic from the eastern and western lines, combined
with the great advantages afforded by the junction with the Trent
Valley for the transit of goods to and from Liverpool, Scotland, Ire-
land, and the United States, its importance cannot be over estimated.
From the extent of population accommodated by this railway
—from the convenience afforded to the trade and manufactures of
the Midland Counties—from the vast mineral resources of the dis-
tricts traversed, and from its position in regard to other important,
established, and projected railways, the Directors feel confident that
it will be amply remunerative to the Shareholder, and highly advan-
tageous to the public.
The capital has been subscribed, and the Parliamentary deeds have
been executed, and the preliminary survey completed.
A list of a new and highly influential local direction, and a map of
the line, will be published in a few days.
By order, H. CASSIN, Secretary pro tem
Offices, 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, Sept. 10, 1845

A iupplement to the London Gazette Wu pub-
lished on Wednesday, September 10, 1845, containing the fol-
lowing—" Whitehall, September 10, 1845. The Queen left the
Chateau d'Eu yesterday evening, and embarked at Treport.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert landed
this morning at Cowes, at twelve oiclock, in perfect health, and
proceeded to OsborLe."

• REVELATIONS OF SPAIN IN 1845. By T. M.
HUGHES, EsQ.—A second edition of this interesting work has
just appeared, revised by the author, and containing an accu-
. rate analysis of the reform in the constitution just promulgated,
and bringing the history down to the present moment. In the
notice of this book in Blackwood's Magazine, it is observed,
' —" This is the work of a man who has evidently passed a con-
siderable time in the Peninsula, and after becoming well
acquainted with the language and habits of the people, has
studied the peculiarities of their manners, feelings, and institu-
tions with a keen and observant eye. Amidst the various
parties and factions, the strange contradictions of the national
character, the interminable web of intrigue and political
manoeuvre, how arduous the task to unravel the truth, to throw
a clear light upon the state and prospects of Spain, and explain
the complicated and hidden machinery by which many of the
recent events in that country have been brought about. The
task has been attempted in this work, and by no means without
success. It is a book of much interest and utility—a book
which from its liveliness and the amount of anecdote and light
matter it contains, will be read by many who would shrink
from the perusal of a mere dry statistical work."
WHITE KNIGHTS ESTATE.—We are exceedingly
glad to find that active measures for the improvement of this
beautiful property are in operation. It is proposed, as will be seen
by advertisement, to form a company, and thus at once raise such
an amonnt of capital as will suffice to render the estate perfect
by drainage, new roads, &c., so that buildings of a high class
may instantly be commenced with every inducement that natu-
ral advantages and scientific improvements can offer. We hear
that some influential capitalists have already subscribed for a
large proportion, and there are strong reasons for believing
that the remainder will find eagt r and respectable apptlicants.
It cannot be doubted that this town is deeply interested in the
success of the plan. The formation of an additional suburb, to
be inhabited only by persons of adequate means and station,
must cause a large amount of money to be expended in the
town, besides conferring an additional attraction to visitors
from a distance. Nor will the expenditure necessary for the
erection of a series of villas, cottages, &c., be unattended with
some benefit to the trade of Reading, both directly and indi-
rectly. To persons desirous of building a " home "in some
spot where the advantaaes of both town and country may be
combined, we may in the words of sober truth challenge a com-
parison of White Knights with any other spot within fifty, of
even a hundred miles of London. any
houses, if built there,
would let with unexampled rapidity, no one can for a moment
doubt; in fact nothing is wanted but a vigorous and harm ,nious
effort, by which all the cl.arms of this deligrtful and unique
property may be fairly developed. And when they are, as
they will be, by the resources of a company, the public will
only wonder how it is that that which might have been done
years ago could have been overlaoked until this time. There
w 11 then be "a rage" for White Knights just in proportion to
the neglect which has hitherto left it in obscurity.—Rerhshire
Chronicle.