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will be entirely obviated, and manufacturers and merchants in most '
parts of the country, west and north, or south, will be thus en-
abled to forward and receive goods direct frum and to Dever and
Folketone, avoiding the present inconvenient mode and expense of
transference from railway to railway across London.
Any attempt to distinguish the number of passengers proceed-
ing to or from London, or the provinces and the eontinent by the
South Eastern and Dover Railway, would be abortive; but the
published statements of that Company show that the traffic ex.
ceeds 8,0001. weekly, and the accounts of arrivals at, and departures
from Calais, Boulogne, and Ostend, exhibit an astonishing number
of persons as passengers to and from England weekly, by Dover
and Folkenstone, throughout the whole of the year. Yielding to
the metropolis one.balf of the number as a large proportion, the
remAining half will belong to the provinces and Ireland, who will
probably prefer to be conveyed from or to their localities without
the annoyance of being compelled to pass through London, es-
pecially as the swing of distance alone will considerably diminish
expenses.
The construction of this line of railway can hardly fail to meet
the full approvol of the Government; as, besides its great com-
mercial utility, the convenience it will afford for the speedy tran.
sport of troops from Ireland, or the north, south, or west of Eng-
land to Dover, in a direct manner, Avoiding the present necessity of
marching them across London or ether towns, after they are once
placed in railway earriagCs, must be greatly appreciated ; and where
it is expedient that expedition and secrecy should be observed in
the removal of troops, the means offered by this Company will
greatly assist the authorities in facilitating their objects.
The railways already constructed or projected with which this
line of railway will effect a union or communication, and recipro-
cate, advantage exceed fifty in number (as will be seen by examin-
ing any railway map), and all of them must be in direct commu-
nication with, and will feed, or be fed by The Southern Counties
Union, and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Direct Railway ; the most
important junctions being those leading to this line from the north
and the manufacturing districts by Oxford to Dovor and Brighton,
those from Ireland, North Wales by Cheltenham or Oxford and
this railway to Dover or Brighton, and those from the south and
west of England by Salisbury to Dover; thus effecting a con-
tinuance and direct intercourse with nearly every part of Eng-
land, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the continent.
The census returns show that this railway will pass through a
country containing a population of upwards of one million, and this
number, though large, may be fairly multiplied several times, if all
the other parts of the kingdom which will benefit by it be con-
sidered.
With these facts before them, the promoters have not deemed it
necessary to put forth estimates of traffic; the soundness of the
project being guaranteed by the truths already given in this brief
exposition, and the great objects intended to be compassed by this
Company.

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LOCAL AGENTS.
Basingstoke and Odiham—Messrs. Cele, Lamb, and Brooks
Bath—Messrs. Mant and Harvey
Bristol—Matthew Perkins, Esq.
Devizes—John Raikes Bayly, Esq.
Farnham—B. Nichols, Esq.
Hawkhurst— Messrs. Beecham and Upperten
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Haleomb, Esq.
Melksham—Messrs. Motile and Gore
Newbury—Robert Baker, Esq. and Messrs sunny and Sea
Reading—Rupert Clarke, Esq.
Reigate—William Burt, Esq.
Trowbridge—John Brent, Esq.
Whitchurch, Hants—Thomas Pain, Esq.
Applications for shares (which must be necessarily restricted in
consequence of the immense number that have already been
applied for under guarantee of persons of the highest respectability)
with prospectuses and plans, to be made to the secretary, at the
offices of the Company, 70, King William-street, City; to
J. D. Wells, Esq., 13, George-street, Mansion-house, and
to the following sharebrokers :—London, S. H. Ellis, Esq.,
17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Price and Brown, Change-
alley; L. H. Hazlewood, Esq., Angel-court, Throgmor-
ton-street ; and T. C. Mundey, Esq., 17, Royal Exchange,
Bath, R. P. Lemon, Esq., Thomas Evans, Esq., and J. B. Mundy,
Esq. ; Birmingham, J. R. Lane, Esq., W. H. Collis, Esq. ;
Blackburn, Thomas Boardman, Esq., James Senior, Esq ; Bridge-
water, Edward Lilly, Esq. ; Bristol, Messrs. Tat, and Nash, Messrs.
George Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq. ; Burton-on-
Trent, W. Wisby, Esq. ; Cheltenham,' Messrs. Hall Brothers, and
Co. Coventry, Messrs. Browne and Clarke, and John T. Holland,
Esq.; Dewsbury, John Brooke, Esq. ; Dublin, Messrs. Bruce and
Symes ; Edinburgh, Charles Couper, Esq. ; Exeter, Messrs. H.
Beaumont and Co. ; Halifax, F. C. Spencer, Esq , and James
Hurry, Esq. ; Huddersfield, Messrs. John Gatliff and Co., and John
Butchart, Esq. ; Hull, Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Messrs. Charles
Wikinson and Earle; Leamington, 'l'. W. Powell, Esq. ; Leeds,
Chantrell and Boyes ; Messrs. Wellbeloved, Barwick and Co.,
Messrs. J. and G. Rhodes, Messrs. Read, Broadbent and Co., and
James Jamieson, Esq.; Leicester, Messrs. Payne and Freer ; Liver.
pool, Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Messrs. Davies and Co., H. W.
Lucas, Esq., and John Wills, Esq ; Manchester, Messrs. Hough.
land and Leese, Messrs. Lynil and Berlyn, Messrs. Johnson, Brad.
ley, and Walker, Messrs. O'Neil and Nesworthy, Messrs. Ner,
Gardiner, and Heap, John Dunmit, Esq. ; Newcastle.upon-Tyne,
Messrs. Kimpster ; Plymouth, Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer;
Sheffield, Messrs. Garton and*Wright ; Southampton, Joseph Clarke,
jun., Esq. ; Stratford-on-Avon, W. Bolton, Esq. ; Taunton, Richard
Ball, Esq. ; Worcester, William Miles, Esq. ; York, Messrs. Gray.
stop and Earle.