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gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that cos
ever probably be constructed between the southern ports of England
and the great manufacturing districts. _

In th; alliance of lines—fbrming the West Midland. Manchester
and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages pre-
sents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin-
gencies also. If it be desirab'e that the terminus of every railway
should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re-
spect the present project is peculiarly fortunate. If Government be
resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lines, it
will be seen, by laying a rule on the map of England from Salisbury
to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these
places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this
prospectus, as being on the proposed line ; and actual measurement
has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and
Manchester by 26 miles.
By the construction, therefore, of little more than 60 miles of
rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tabllshed—a line, elsa, however. superior in position to others pro-
mising similar advantages, may yet be considered as competing
with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole,
and Southampton.

In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
giving a preference to shareholders in the South and Midlands'

Junction Railway Company.

_ .
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Basin4imil-street ; and of the following gentlemen:—
London—Messrs. Peppercorn, 2, Old Broad-street; Mr. J. B. Har-
rison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Hanbury, 4, Angel-court.
Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co, and Messrs. Nelson.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William
Marshall.
Hull—Messrs Collinson and Flint.
Leeds—Messrs. Young and Son.
Stratford-on Avon—Mr, William Bolton.
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford.
Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer.
Birmingham— Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.
Glasgow—Messis Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. 11`Callum
and Co.-
Derby —Messrs. Eyre and Co.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, Manchester,

and Southampton Railway.
Gentlemen —I 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.
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THE WEST MIDLAND, MAN CL-IESTEtt,
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, 13asinghall-street, London, Sept. 23, 1845.:

LEWES lER AND TEAN AND DOVE
VALLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.) -
Capital, 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Uxbridge
The Right Honourable Lord William Graham
The Right Honourable Lord Alfred Paget, M.P.
The Right Honourable Lord George Paget
Sir Richard Dobson, F.R.S., 47, Gloucester-place, Portman-square,
London
The Honourable Francis Curzon, Barrow Hall, Derby
The Honourable Frederick Byron
Edward Buller, Esq., M.P., Dilhorn Hall, Staffordshire
The Right Honourable Colonel George Lionel Dawson Damsr, M.P.,
6, Tilney-street, London
Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall, London
George Dodd, Esq., M.P., Grosvenor-place, London
William Henry Gregory, Esq., M.P., 5, Cork-street, London
John Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., 10, Now-street, Spring-gardens,
London, and Holne Park, Devon
William John Blake, Esq., 62, Portland-place, London
The Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourn Rectory
John Bott, Esq., Coton-hall, Staffordshire
Henry Barton, Esq Rangemoor-house, Burton-on-Trent
Capt. C. Twisleton Graves, Army and Navy Club, London
Wm. Coare Brocklehu-st, Esq., Hurdsfield-house, Macclesfield
Richard Dyott. Esq., Freeford-hall, Lichfield
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.A.S., York-terrace,
Regent's-park, and Walney, Lancashire
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Chester-square, London
Joseph Hoare, Esq., banker, Hampstead, London
William J. Denne, Esq., 6, Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-square,
London
George Dixon, Esq., Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards, 97, Mount-
street, London
Edward Thomas Coke, Esq., Mansfield Wood-house
Edward Ilyde Clarke, Esq., Hyde-hall, Stockport
Thomas Landor, Esq., the Manor-house, Burton-on-Trent
William Sharp, Esq., Linden-hall, Lancaster
Thomas Webb, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsall-lodge, near Derby
Henry Meakin, Esq., Burton-on-Trent
Moses Cartwright, Esq , Stanton-house, Derbyshire
John T. Raworth, Esq., Leicester
George Boden, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington
Charles Berners Plestow, Esq., Wallington Hall, Lynn Regis, Nor-
folk, and Princes-street, Cavendish-square, London
James Valiance, Esq., 3.5, Cavendish-square, London, and Sitting-
bourne, Kent
Colonel Cheney, Gaddesley, near Leicester
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEERS.
Joseph Cnbitt, Esq. J. F. Bateman, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. J. and J. Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent
G. H. R. Cox, Esq., Derby.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.
Commercial Bank of London
Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch—The Leicester and Leicestershire
Banking Company
Burton on-Trent—The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourn Union
Bank.
Szcazzasv—Joseph Richardson, Esq., Burton-on-Trent.

PROSPECTUS.
This short but important line of railway is intended to commence
at a point in the Teen and Dove Valley Railway, at or near to
Snareston, and to extend to Leicester.
It will thus furnish a link necessary for carrying on the frame
brought to Leicester by means of the south Midlands, the Bedford,
and the Peterborough Railways (all of which terminate at or near
Leicester), to the Staffordshire Potteries and the great towns of Lan-
cashire and Cheshire, and complete an unbroken line of railway, by
the best and nearest practicable route, from the various important
railway termini at Leicester to Manchester and Liverpool.
This great line of rail‘Vay, it will be observed, traverses the finest
coal fields in the country, and embraces the towns of Burton-upon-
Trent, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Leek, Macclesfield, Lane End, Stoke-
upon-Trent, and Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the important and
rapidly-Increasing potteries of Swadlincote and Grealey, as well as
those of Staffordshire.

An inspection of the map will show that the junction line now
proposed is essential for the accommodation of the public, and it can-
not fail to be exceedingly remunerative to the proprietors.

The undertaking has the cordial support of the Tean and Dove
Valley Railway Company.
In the allotment of shares preference will be given to Shareholders
in that Company, and to parties locally interested in the line.
The capit .1 of the Company will be 300,0001., divided into 15,000
shares of 201. each ; a deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid on al-
lotment, and each original subscriber must execute the usual Parlia-
mentary and Subscription Contract, or his shares will be forfeited.
Copies of the prospectus and map may be had from the Secretary
and Solicitors; and applications for shares must be made to ;he
secretary only, accompanied by a reference to a member of the Pro-
visional Committee, a hanker, or to one of the solicitors of the
Company. _ .

Sliarei,olders in the Tean and Dove Valley Railway who apply,
will please to state the number of shares they hold in that Company.
Bartoa-on-Trout, Sept. la, 18411.

THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE (or LEEDS
WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLE i) DIRECT RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,70,000/., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 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, Part., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way, &e.
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Sir Wiliam Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Juno-
tion Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Reminiton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Hon. Captain Douglas Kinnaird I'ulteney, Chairmen of the York and
Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Nottingham and Boston
Railway, Parliament-street, London, &c., &c.
The Sheriff of Yerk
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Rai:way
Bright, Sam, Esq., Buxton
Blurton, Robert, sq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Wm cez,tershire 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
Cleobury, 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 Doaglas, Esq., Mime Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsell, Derby, Director of the Team and Dove
Talley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
ani Worcestershi-e Junction Railway, &c.
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Dolby, John, Robert, Esq., Ashbourste, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Pent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield
Debt. John, Esq., Northgate, Huddersfield •
Dyson. Thomas, Esq.. Well-house, Holmfirth
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield
Eastwood, Ahrat am, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and Halifax Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Hig,gin 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
and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, Longton, Staffordshire
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Let-

cester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Harpin, John, Esq., Birk's-house, Holmfirth
Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &e.
Haywood, Richard Howard, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Thrst. Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield
Inglebv, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall Ashbourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-

ter and Manchester R Ailway
Johnson, Richard Win., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire,"and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq.,, St. John's Wool, 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
La-e-rence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Woodfield-hall, Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Laughton, 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, Chcrles James, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries
Mason, Gorge Miles, Esq., Wetley Abbey, Staffordshire
Meteyard, Florace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
M`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
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttexeter, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
Ntaosorhouse, Joshua, Esq., Holnifirth
i
k.erY, Thomas, Esq., Norbury, Derbyshire
North, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, Ruddersfle'd
Norton, George, Esq., Clayton West, Iludderstield,Director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Orton, James. Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, S..7.ffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Myde-park, DI-
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-
way, Sac.
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter, Director of the
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, D rector 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, Charles, 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 Jr- iction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Teen and Dove

Valley Railway
Smith, John, Dm. Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J.,Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the'East and

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West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-

nuance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, &C.
Tibbits, Thomas, Esq., Norton Manor-house, Leicester
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashboarne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq , Ashbourne
Tylecotc, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tylei, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of

-the East and West Junctiou 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, George, Esq., Thagerford-park, Berkshire
Williamson, Hugh Henshall, Esq., Greeuway 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
Woo(' William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne
Wrlght, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
rough Railway.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
The Burton, Uttozeter, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter
Ditt, Ashbourni

Ditto _,itto,
Dudley and West Bunwleh 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, d., Esq., Rugelcy
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolyerhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Eggington, A., Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J.. Esq., Walsall.
Lowe, Richard, twig Cheadle
Floyd and Booth, 11.fddersfield and Holmfirth

This line of railway, which is about sixty-live 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 form a dhect 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,Walsali, Biiston, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
. . . .

This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Abcrystwith, and with Porthdy-fillaen, 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 Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It Will proceed through Masten and
Mayfield to AshboUrn, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holmfirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. 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 raise
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 Caidon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteriec, 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 Bakewell
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 great 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, asd Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There are large lead tnd slate quarries on the line winch only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into full work.
The coal is of a superior quality.
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
meetingen s vaet
influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
canaland vast
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The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
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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
the
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circuitous
intended to, make this hue on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not plefige-themselves absolutely to do so:
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inliabl-
tiati of AshbOttrite, the Comnalttee have ordered a levy! of a pine.

' tion lire to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
and G

Applications for Shares to be made- to John Owens, Esq., 35,
Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
Uttoxeter ; add to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Preece and
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Miles,
Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry
Wheeler, Worcester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler,
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle,
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-
bum, jun., Huddersfield ; Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield ;
Messrs. Payne and Freer, I eicester ; 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,—l request you to allot me Shares of 201. 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 21. 2s. per Share.
Dated this day cf , 184 .
Name In full ..
Profession and professional residence • . • ...
Residence in full-- • • • • • • •

NORTH 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 eon-
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, 4845, 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 IV. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman of the Lon-
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 Dov -r through Canter-
bury, is greatly required through the wealthy and populous district
of North Kent, by which that p trt 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 157 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
Vigil°les' North Kent Railway.
That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Mayor for his con-
duct in the chair.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

NTORTHERN COUNTIES (ROSS, SUTHER-
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-
ments, 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-
ing, and to the rights and interests of private parties, and from Ding-
wall by Novar to Bonar-bridge, the distance of the county of Suther-
land from Inverness would be many miles shorter than by any other
route.- From -Bonar the line would pass by Lairg, through the
valleys of the Brora and of the Frie, and by strath Helm,sdale 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 and 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 branch might be extended to the burgh of Thin.
Arrangements are being made for having the lines (the courses of
which are but generally indicated above) care:tiny examined by ex-
perienced surveyors and engineers ; and as soon as data whic-:► may
be relied on have been matured, a full prospectus, vi.h the n-rnes of
the promoters and Provisional Committee and detailed particulars,
will be published.
Meantime communications from parties interested in the proposed
undertaking Inv, up to the Ist of October next, be addressed to
William Mackenzie, Esq., of Muirton, W.S., by Dingwall ; Hugh
Innes Cameron, Esq., Provost of Dingwall ; G. S. Taylor, Esq.,
Golspie ; Peter Wilson, Esq., W.S., Town Clerk of Wick ; M. Snody,
Esq., Thurso ; or to Messrs. Cameron and Bain, 18, Parliament-
street, London.

riIHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
_IL_ RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,000 Shares of 251. each,
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The importance of connecting remote parts of E gland by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line
which is flow proposed 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
at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which
various radii will dii erge 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
coarse of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the wester► and south-western counties.

The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of commun'cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
the market towns •f 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 produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposedit ns 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 "%Vantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place ; and
a perfect line 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-
hail to Salisbury, and thence to the 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. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica-
tion for shares may be made.

TpurslONuanßtAtloL7WanAdYB.
(Provisionally Registered,jUNC
W ORCESTER and MERTHYR TYDVIL
Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewydd, Chairman of the North Wales"
Railway
William Chadwick, Esq., Montagu-square, Director of the North
Wales Railway, and Chairman of the Worcester and South a
Wales Junction
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer Lodge, Avenue- road, Regent's
Park, Director of the Manchester and Southampton <4
Railway ti
Thomas Farneomb, Esq., Alderman of London
John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester, .r 3.
Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 19, James-street, Bucking- 4
ham-gate
.0)
Henry Plumtre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanstone-sqnare,
Director of the Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction r,
Railways
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London
Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Brixton, Director of P.,
the North Wales Railway, and Deputy-Chairman of the Wor-
cester and South Wales Junction
John Purchas, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross
The Rev. Edward Higgins, Rosbury House, Herefordshire
John Tanner, Esq., M. 1)., Ledbury
William Barnes, Esq., Foregate-street, Worcester
George Alfred Ellis Wall, Cross House, near Worcester, and -t:
Wortley Park, Hampshire
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park -
Philip 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.,
Tulsa Hill, Brixton, Surrey
Joseph Gillman 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).
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank, Lotbbury
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross
Messrs. Webb and Co., Ledbury
Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins, and Co., Ross
Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere and Co., Worcester
The National Provincial Bank, Gloucester
Messrs. Baileys, Graterex, and Williams, Abergavenny.
SOLICITORS.

, Walbrook.
Philpot-lane, London
Charles G. Jones, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square
Ahergavenny.
Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, and Gutteres,
Messrs. J. and F. Higins and Chamberlain, Ledbury.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Worcester
Messrs. Edwards, Ross
SET so TEN-1111 am Borrow, EK.
SEMCeos
This railway will commence at the station of the Monmouth and
Itereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, proceed-
ing through a rich agricultural district, now devoid of railway ac-
commodation, to Abergavenny, and from thence by Llanelly, Nant-
y-Glo, Tredegar, Ebba Vale, Rumney, and Dowlais, to Merthyr
Tydvil, at which place it will join the Taff Vale Railway. The dis-
tance will not exceed forty miles.
On reference to the map it will be seen that this line, in conjunction
with the proposed Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway, via
Ledbury, Malvern, and Ross, will percect a continuous and direct
communication from Merthyr Tydvil to London, Gloucester, Bir-
mingham, South Staffordshire, and the north.
The population of Merthyr, and the surrounding mineral districts,
exceeds 120,000, and this line will place it in direct connexion with
the agricultural counties of Monmouth, Ilereford, 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.
Arrangements are in progress with the Worcester and South
Wales Junction Railway CamPanY, for the mutual advantage of bilth
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 be required to give a reference
to some banker or other persons of k
nown respectsility in London or
the tows from which the application is mad A preference will be
given to the holders of scrip in 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 the amount of subset iption paid up, 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 limy be obtained of
the Solicitors and Local Agents, and of the following Sharebrokers :
Messrs. Ashton and Scott, Throgmerton-street, London ; John San-
ford, Esq., Exeter ; Messrs Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds ;
Messrs. Cameron, CRZCIIOVE, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green
and Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol 1 Na-
thaniel Lea. Esq., Birmingham; Mr. William Miles, Worcester; and
Mr. Andrew Brand, Glasgow
t'Oßm OF A,PPLIC,A.TION FOR SHARES,
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil
Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of SOL
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 tlsii day of
Nene ....
Residence....
• - •
- - DescriPtiou

1845.

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Vfirtl4l Artlolllll. • •• • .01 •e_

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXCURSION TRAINS TO CAMBRIDGE.
A Train, consisting of open Second-class and of Third-class Car-
riages, will leave the Shoredltch Station, on Monday, the 29th In-
stant, at Nine o'clock, A.st., 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, 1841.

.ONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN
_ RAILWAY.

The PARLIAMENTARY and SUBSCRIBERS DEEDS are
LYING for EXECUTION at the Offices of the Company, and the
scrip is ready for delivery in exchange for the bankers' receipts.
Due notice will be given of the times and places at which the deeds
will lie for execution in the country.

The deposit of 10 per cent. has been paid, being one of the first in-
stances of a compliance with the recent standing order of the Mouse
of Lords requiring a deposit of 10 per cent.
The surveys are in a forward state, and the Committee are pro-
ceeding to cuter into conditional contracts for the purchase of the
property on the line.

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

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 Hit 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 Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septern-

tier instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27t1, day of

September instant.
Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September

_ .
instant.
Leicester—At the Throe 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 October next.
Uttoxeter—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 2,5 th day of September instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
day, the 27th day of ,;eptember instant.
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 29th day of September instant.
Macclesfleld=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 days of 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-
.

her 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 Oc-
tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adolph'. Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October
next. By order,
H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.

sH RE WSB RY, WOLVERHAMPTON,
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
WM. ORMSBY GORE, M.P.. Chairman.
The Hon. ROST. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
John Benbow, Esq., MP.
W. Richford Collett, Esq., M.P.
W. Fechney Black, Esq.
James Clay, Esq.
. Richard 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
11. 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
the Committee of Management know nothing.
The Committee of Management take this opportunity to state, that
the surveys from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton are nearly completed,
and that the surveys from Wolverhampton 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 via FLEETWOOD and AR-
DROSSAN, every MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, as 1
FRIDAI, by the new Iron Steamers, " HER 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.SI. 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 .11`Kean and Lamont, Glasgow.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, COBNHILL, LONDON.
Capital 5500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important one substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr )w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table); also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
of his interests to meet other conveniences or necessity. Assurances
Cor terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The Success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
he 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.

e..
1 ',lt 1-0 e, er•
z'''' 2', =4 •
.1 1 Premier. '4l, Bonus Bonus in 52, p:, hi g
. 0 4 added. Cash. 4- 27 „ keikiE
•
, 11371 Sl9l 13 51X87 13 51413 17 1 £395 111
4 II 8• - 1836' 165 13 0. 74 13 10 11 S 6 346 2 3
0 tBOO 74 3 4 1301 138 13 6' 61 14 3 9 210 296 13 4
!840, 89 0 0 41 13 4) 6 0 0 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will he made in Do-
ember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CA.MROUX. See.

UNITED KINGDOM LIFE ASSURANCE
COMI 'ANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1534.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG THE ASSURED.
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, affords the most
perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, and in the great success
which has attended it since its commencement in 1834, its ANNUAL
INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,000/.
In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of
one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 2/. per cent. per
annum, en the Sum Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class
Tom the time they were effected.
The Bonus added to Policies from March, IS3I, to December 31,
1840, is as follows :
Sum Time Sum added Sum Time Sum Added
Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy.
£5OOO 6 yrs. 10 mths. £683 6 8 £5OOO 4 years /400
5000 6 years COO 00, 5000 2 years 200
The Premiums, nevertheless, are on the most moderate scale, and
only one halfneed be paid for the first Five Years, where tke Insu-
rance is for Life.
Every information will be afforded on application to the Resident
Directors, Edward Boyd, Esq., and E. Lennox Boyd, Esq., of 8,
Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

CIRCULATION, 18,000.
T"E GENERAL ADVERTISER
(established nine years), published in DUBLIN every WED-
NESDAY and SATURDAY, having a select circulation, equal to the
aggregate of all the other Dublin papers, is now the principal adver-
tising medium in Ireland, and contains in each publication more
than double the number of advertisements which appear in any
other Irish paper. One fixed scale of charges for all classes of ad-
vertisements. Quack advertisements not admitted.—ollice, 49, Fleet-
street, Dublin.

Just published, in post Svo., 112 pages, price 2s. 6d.,
MESAIERIC EXPERIENCES.
B T. lIALL,
Author of " The Foresty er's °CuSPENCERing," " Rambles in the Country,"
&c., and Editor of "The Phreno-Ma3net."
"Though strictly philosophical in its principles, and natural in its
details, this book, :or the popular as well as the scientific reader, is
as interesting as a romance."

Lor.don Regent-street, and J. 011ivier, 59, Pall-
mall ; Maelachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh ; William Lang, Glas
gow ; and all Booksellers. •

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, SEPT.I23.—Wind this dayat noon, N., fresh breezes and fine.
DEAL;SEPT. 22.—Wind W. and W.S.W., fresh breezes ; P.M. W.S.W.,
light.—Arrd. 21st, the Standerings, Woodcock, Madras ; Mayflower,
Hadley, Hobart Town ; Black Nymph, Hall, Batavia ; Wallace,
Angra Pequena; Barbadian, Jamaica ; Magnet, Eaton, Havannah ;
Blanche, Quebec ; Ophella, White, ditto ; Victorine, ditto ; Coiling-
wood, Auclrews, ditto. Put back, Islander, Gordon, Demerara ;
Golden Spring, Sydney, New South Wales.
Dovza, SEPT. 22. —Wind W. to W. N. W.—Arrd. Duncannon,
Lowter, Quebec.
PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 22.—Wind W.—Arrd. Victoria, Engman, Ba-
hia. Sailed, Earl of Hardwick, Drew, Madras and Calcutta. Off
port, Oriental, Wilson, China.

COWES, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Sarah Nicholson, St. Jago de Cuba.
POOLE, SEPT. 22.—Arrd. Commerce, Crowell, America. Ski.
Triumvirate, Hunt, Newfoundland.
Wzruoirrn, &err. 22.—Acrd. Lavinia, Hill, Miramichi.
PLYMOUTH, 2EPT. 21.—Arrd. Flora, Newfoundland. Ski. res-
tonjce Bomanjee, Austin, Hobart Town.
NALM9UTH, SEPT. 22.—Wind N., fresh breezes. Sid. Minerva,
Ogden, St. Thomas ; Surprise, Prewett, St. John's, Newfoundland.
SWANSEA, SEPT. 17.—Arrd. Griffin, Evans, Prince Edward's Island.
18th, Ethelbert, Moore, Quebec. 21st, Major-General Sir William
Nott, Outerbridge, Cuba.
BEAUMANIB, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Mary Jane, Pierce, St. John's, New
Bruaswick.

LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 22.—Wind N.N.E., fresh.—Arrd. Harriet Scott,
Fowler, Bombay ; Agnes, Cobb, Galveston ; Wakefield, Abel, St.
John's, New Brunswick; Active, Cape Breton ; Magnet, M'William,
Davis's Straits. Sld. 21st, Mary Lyall, Jones, Prince Edward's Island ;
22d, Eliza Heywood, Payne, Sandwich Islands; Mary, Ballatyne,
Africa ; Matilda, M'Kenzie, Africa ; Ashburton, Howland, New
York ; Ann Hall, Herbert, St. John's, New Brunswick ; New
Zealand, Mackie, St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port, 22d, Alin,
Arica ; St. Patrick, New York,
WHITELIAVEN, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Sarah Rawes, Brewer, Quebec.

ARDEOSSAN, SEPT. 18.-81 d. Wolfrille, Ronald, Quebec.
CARLISLE, SEPT. 14.—Arrd. Thomas Hargrove, New Brunswick.
YOUGHAL, SEPT. 18,—Arrd. Enterprise, Durker, St. John's, N.B.
...

Coax, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. ICl'mann:Miller, Trinidad ; Irvine, Mage-
vick, Honduras.

Kamm, SEPT. 20.—S1d. Idea, Howell, and Marys, Miramichi.
DUNDALK, SEPT. 20.—Arrd. Lerwick, Giffney, Quebec.
OFF ABERDEEN, SEPT. 18.—Hantes, Leask, St. John's, N.B.
OFF FRESWICK, SEPT. 17.—Matthew, Harrison, Quebec.
OFF WHITBY, SEPT. 20.—Leo, Holdford, Quebec.
RAMSGATE, SEPT. 22 —The Frithiof, Reimert, from Ivica to
Christiansand, has been towed in here with loss of topmast, &c., and
other damage during a gale yesterday.
DOVER, SEPT. 22.—The Mary Barry, which struck on the rocks
off the South Foreland yesterday, went to pieces during the night.
GUERNSEY, SEPT. 20.—The Sophia, Noel, of London, bound to
Lisbon, put in here on the 18th instant, having sprung a leak in the
Bay of Biscay, and received damage in hull, spars, Ste. ; part of
cargo damaged and discharging.
CARDIFF, SEPT. 22.—The Sari of Mar, Taylor; hence to Newcastle,
struck heavily at anchor in l'enarth Roads—is leaky, and will dis-
charge to repair.
two other vessels, received considerable damage to her quarter, &c.
Ipsaar teed, ShEeprT t
e2rOn.
moori,Cmast hyeersi nwer,d kgiont,
cionlygtaactt NProig
rt
Garv°eErnT,
w
BELFAST, SEPT. 21—The Friends, lli•Culloch, bound to this port
coals, went on shore yesterday evening, m Glenarm Bay, and
remains full of water; crew saved, and part of materials, but vessel
expected to become a wreck.

HATCIIABI PARK PAIR.---ThiS fair commenced on
Monday on a large space of ground near the Old Kent-road, Surrey.
A considerable portion of the field is covered in with large booths for
theatrical amusements, horsemanship, a•.id all the varieties of a
suburban fair. The refreshment•booths, gingerbread-stalls, &c., are
exceedingly numerous, and every preparation seems to have been
made fcr reaping a good harvest at this newly-made fair. A rumour
has prevailed that the Surveyor-General of Excise would take official
cognisance of the venders of exciseable articles. The fair not being
held by statute, all parties selling without special license are liable to
heavy Pault7. , .

RELATIVE CLOSING PRICES OF
RAILWAY SHARES

IN THE
PRINCIPAL CITIES AND TOWNS IN ENGLAND
SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND.

NAMES OF RAILWAYS.I

Aberdeen • • • • • • • •

Airdrie and Coatbridge • •
Arbrolth and Forfar ....
Ditto Half Shares
Armagh, Colr., & Portrush
Bandon and Bantry
Belfast and Ballymena • •
Belfast and County Down
Birknhd.Lan. & Ches.Jnc.
Birmingham and Glo'ster
Do. New (iss .at 7 dis.)
Ditto Half Shares ....
Birminghm &Oxfrd.June.
Blekbarn, and Preston..
Blckburn, Darwn,& Boltn
Bolton, W ;gait, & Liverpl.
Boston, Stamfrd and Birm
Brighton, Lewej, & Bast.
Bristol and Exeter • • • • • •
Ditto New. • • • • • •
Bristol and Gloucester
Bristol and S. Wales June.
British and Irish Union. •
Caledon. and Ayrsh. June
Caledon. & Dumbar. June
Caled,nian .. • • • . • • • • • • •
Ditto Exter.slon .• • • • •
Cambridge and Lincoln..
Chester and Birkenhead..

Ditto New Shares • • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Chester and Holyhead • •
Cheltenham and Oxford..
Chichester and Brighton..
Churnet Valley . • • • • • • • •
Clitheroe Junction • • • • • •
Clydesdale Junction .•- • •
Cork, Blackrck & Passage
Cork and Bandon .•. • • • •
Cork and Killarney .• • • •
Cork and Waterford ....
Cork and Youghal • . • • • •
Canterbury and Dover...
Coventry and Leicester • •
Cornwall. • ..... • • • •• • •
Derby and Crewe . • • • • • •
Direct Lon. and Manchstr
Dies, Beeclee, &`Yarmoth
DirectMan.(ltemington'h
Direct Northern • • • • • • • •
Direct Norwich .. • . • • . •
Dublin and Belfast June.
Dublin, Belfast, & Coln e
Dublin and Drogheda • • • •
Dublin and Galway . • • • .
Dundalk and Enniskillen
Dundee and Arbroath . • •
Dundee and Penh •• • •
Durham and Sunderland
East Lancashire (No. 1)
Ditto (No. 2) .. .•• • •
Eastern Counties . • • .. • •
Do. New .• • • • • • • • • • • •

Do. Perp. 5 pr Ct., No. 1

Do. do. No. 2
East Dereham & Norwich
East Union .• • • • • • • • • • ..
Ditto Extension • • • • • •
Edinbgh, Glas., and Duos.
Edinburgh and Glasgow..
Do. Quarter Shares . • •
Do. New Quarter Shares
Edinb. Leith, and Granton

Do. Pref. 5 per Cent..
Edinburgh and Northern
Edinburgh and Peebles..
Edinburgh and Perth....
Ely and Huntingdon • • ..
Enniskillen and 51ig0....
Exeter, Yeovil, & Drchstr
Flt wood, Prstn, & W. Rid.
Gamkirk and Glasgow ..
Glasgow and Ayr . • • . •
Do. Quarter Shares....
Glasgow and Greenock ..
Ditto New.. .........
Ditto Preference • • • • •
Glasgw, Dinfries, and Car.
Glsgw, Kilmamck, & Ard.
Glasgow and Belfast Un.
Goole and Doncaster ....
Grand Junction . • • •
Ditto Half Shares • • • .
Ditto Quarter Shares ..
Ditto New Quarters . •
Ditto Eighths .. • .
Grand Union .
Great Eastern & Western
Gt Grimsby & Dk Ex tens.
Gt Grimsby and Sheffield
Gt Sthrn & Wstrn (Hind)
Ditto Extension ......
Great Munster • • • •
Gt Northern of Scotland
Grt Northern of England

Do. New 40/. Shares
Do. New 301. Shares ..
Great Western • • • .
Ditto half Shares • • • •

Ditto Fifths ..........
Guilfrd, Farehm, & Ports.
Harwich .• • .• .. ••• • • •
Hudrsfid & Man. R. &Caul
Huddersfield and Sheffield
Hull and Gainsborough..
Hull and Selby • • • • • • • • • .
Ditto Quarter Shares..

Ditto Half Shares • • • •
Inverness and Elgin ....
Isle of Jersey .... • .
Kendal and Windermere
Kingstown and Bray • • •
Killarney Junctions . • .
Lancaster and Carlisle • •
Lancaster and Preston ..
Leeds and Bradford
Ditto Extension ......
Leeds and Dewsbury • • • .
Leeds and Thirsk• . • . • • • •
Leeds & W. Riding June.
Leicester & Birmingbam
Leicester and Bedford . • •
Limerick and Waterford
Limrck, Ennis, & Kil.
Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Liv. Man. & Gt N. of Eng.
Liverpool and Manchester

6% t
1% 11
P
1%

13% pi

Ditto Half Shares ....
Ditto Quarter Shares..
Liverpl, Orinskrk, & Prstn
London and Birmingham
Ditto Thirds. .....
Ditto Quarters.. • • • • • •
London and Blackwall • •
OxfU. & Chltnham.,
London and Brighton• • •
Ditto Consolid. Eighths
London and Croy-don • • • •
Ditto New . ••••• • • • •
Do. Guarant. 5 per Cnt.
London and Greenwich .
Do. Pref. or Privilego
London and South Westrn
Do. New Cons. Eighths
Do. New, 501 Shares.•
Do. New, 401. Shares..
London and York ... • • • •

Ditto (Barctry) . • • .. • •
London and Windsor • • • •
Londn, Salsbury, & Yeorl
Londonderry & Coleraine
Londonderry & Eataiskllln
Lynn and Ely • • .. • • • • • •
Lynn and Dereham .• • • •
Manchester and Leeds • •
Ditto Half Shares • •

Sept.
22.

13%
8186 d
4%

I
7459 d

314
88s6d

Ditto Quarter Sharee• •

1
1 J6s3d

6 1 sad
3%

3%1
71834

Sept.
20.

I :91

Ditto Sixteenths . • • • • •
Manchstr and Birkenhead
Manchester &Birminghm
Ditto Quarter Shares
Ditto New Quarters . • •
Do. Con. & Welsh June.
Manehestr, Boltn, & Bury
Mnchstr, Bustn, & Matlk
Man. Shef. and Mid. Junc.
Manchestr & Southamptn
Midland .. • ........ .
Ditto Fifths • • • • • • • • • .
Ditto New . • • • • • • • • • •

Do. Con. Birm. & Derby
Gt Westni (Irish)
Do. Extension to Sligo
Newesti & DarLngtn June.

E.
4.11

4756 d
1 1

De. New (Bracidling)..
Newcastle and Berwick • •
Newcastle and Carlisle..
Nwcstle, Durham, & Lan.
Newport & Abergavenny
Newry and Enniskillen..
Newark and Sheffield ..•
North British • • .• • • .. • •
Ditto New Shares .• • •
Northern and Eastern ..

514
2%
31,E
5%
26%
7%

2 i3s9
20$

215

Do. Scrip (in. at 5 dis.)
Do. Quarter Shares
North Devon . ......
North Kent .. • • ......
North Staffordshire •• • •
North Ea5tern.........
North Union (A) • • • • • • •
Ditto (B) • • • • • • • •
North Wales Mineral. • • •
Ditto New Shares • • • •
North Western ... •
North Wales • • • • • • •
Norwich and Brandon • •
Ditto New .. • • . • • •
Not. Belvoir, & Granthm
Nottingham and Boston..
Nott., Er wsh. Val. & Man.
Nottingham & Mansfield
Oxford and Binning. June
Oxford and Worcester • •
Oxford and Cambridge • •
Perth and Inverness • • • •
Portsmouth Direct ..
Preston and Wyre
Ditto Half Shares •• • •

Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. Gnar
Do. Pref. 5 per Ct. k div.
Preston & Wyre Extern.
Richmond & W. End June
Rugby, Worcestr, & Tring
Scottish Central . • .. • • • •
Scottish Midland • • • • • • • •
Sheffield and Manchester '
Ditto Quarter Shares • •
Ditto ditto (No. 2) • •
Ditto ditte (No. 3) '
Sheffield and Lincoln. • . •
Sheffield and Rotherham
Shrewsbry & Grand June.
Shrewsb., Wor., & Crewe
Shrws„Wolv., Dndl, & fir
Shrwsbry & Trnt Val. Us.
Shrws, lierefd,& N. Wales
Slamanuan . • • • • • • • • • • • •
South Devon. • • • • • • • • • •
South Midland • • • • . • • . • •
South Eastern and Dover
Do. Now (isa. 321.) No. I
Do. (i55.331.G5.8d.) „ 2
Do. (iss. 30/.) „ 3
Staines and Richmond . • •
Staffordshire & Shropshire
Stirling and Dunfermline
South Wales • • • • • • • • • • • •
Tean and Dove Valley • •
Trent Valley .• ••...... • •
Do. and Holyhead June.
_ _

Yale of Neatli • • •• • • •
West London, Old Shares
West End & Sothrn Coun.
Wexford aed Carlow • • • •
Warwick and Cheltenham
Waterford and Kilkenny
Watrfd,Wsfd,VVlck & Dub
Wakefield and Bradford . •
Wakfid, Pontefret, & Gool
Wakefield and Ilarrogate
Warwick and London .
West Lancashire • • . .....
Worcester and Tring....
Whiteharen and Furness
Do. New Half Shares..
Welsh •
West Cornwall
West Yorkshire .. •• • • •

3-3 4 I 1

4
9
3%

161.31

WilsontWn, M. & Coltness
Somrst, & Weymth
Yarmouth and Norwich..
Ditto New . .....
York and Carlisle . ......
York arid North Midland

1695641
5%

4ys'l

I7133(11I

74868
60s
98s6d
12
798

IBlls Bfxl
1

Ditto Half Shares .. -
Ditto Scarbro' Branch

8-8 p 1

14%

I 41ip75s pil

4%

6-spl

534
116

SNPI

-5

Ditto Selby ....
Ditto Extension ......
Yorkshire & Glasgow tin.

EUT.ER: Swr. .22. .
STocK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, aid
Dorchata, to 1 p.—Exeter and OretUto* 6WrFsitta

.-3 tir AT
fri‘
4"-DW-__,l
4:::' :!, - -'-`----"---f-'‘N; -

- • ;A,: -'K'!,
Topsham, and Exmouth (Daw's line), 14 t°
(Heads), % p.—North Devon, 21,4 p.—CoiLw°^", "r7t7l.'
Aberdeen, 4%.
t, •
SHEFFIELD, SEPT. 2

, ....
,o'n,
.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales ar ,
1934—Hu1l and Selby,los—East Lincolnshire, t)l-Pa W
and Sheffield, 22—Ditto Quarter Share', 61. ls. 6d—Grimsby
Railway and Dock Extension, 1034—London and Windsor;.
IL 128.—Leeds and Thirsk, 20%—Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, 7%—Manchester, Midland, and Great Grimsby,
s%—North British (New), ex new 794—Sheffield and Lin-
colnshire,VA —South Midland, 814—Wakefield and Harro-
gate, 61—Welsh Midland, 4%. •
HUDDERSFIELD, SEPT. 22. •
STOCK EXCITANGE.—The sales are—Exeter, Yeovil, and'
Dorchester, 31.175. 6d.—Grand Union, 3/. 19s.—Huddersfield
and Manchester, 2214—Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction,
30—Lancashire, Yorkshire, and North Eastern, 41. IBs. 6d.
—London and York, 634—London,- Salisbury, and Yeovil,
3%—Manchester, Birmingham, and Welsh Junction, 3%,--.
Nottingham and Boston, s%—North Western, 634.
HULL, SEPT. 22.
STOCK EXCHANGE. —The sales are—North British (Car-
lisle), 594—Axhohne, 39s.—Chelmsford and Bury, 325. 6d.
—Coventry, Nuneaton, &c., 4%—Derby and Gainsborough,
Ms.... Direct Northern, Nl—East Lincolnshire, 61. ss. 6d.
—East Coast, 31. lls. 3d.—Fleetwood, Preston, and West
Riding, 41—Goole, Doncaster, Sheffield, &c., 6—Grand.
Union, 41+ Is. 3d.—Guildford, Fareham, &c., 4%—Liver-
pool, Manchester. and Newcastle Junction, 7%—Liverpool,
Ormskirk, and Preston, 63%—Liverpool and Leeds, s—Lon-
don and York, 7%—London and Manchester, (Rem.), 41.
19s. 6d.—Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland, 10—Man-
chester, Liverpool, and Great North of England, 655.
Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, 574—Nottingham, Ere-
wadi, &c., 714—Nottingham, Belvoir, and Grantham, 711
—Nottingham and Boston, 494—Nottingham and Mans-
field, 47i3 —Shrewsbury and Herefordshire 2314—Trent Val-
ley Continuation, 3%—Wakefield and Bradford, 64—Wake-
field and Harrogate, 534—Yorkshire and Glasgow Union, 4%.
YORK, SEPT. 22.
SToca EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Durham and Sun-
derland (New), s—Newcastle and Darlington Junction,
New (Brandling), 47—North British (Carlisles), 6—York
and North Midland, Selby Scrip, 83%—Ditto Extension,,3l
—CoN entry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester, 4—Direct
Northern, 3%—Grand Union, 4—Leicester and Bedford, 4%
—London and York, 7—Manchester, Buxton, &c. 11—New-
castle and Berwick, 16—Sheffield and Lincolnshire, 8—
South Midlands, B%—Welsh Midlands, 4%—Yorkshire and •
Glasgow Union, 5.