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London, England, 1845-10-23 00:00:00

YORK- AND LANCASTER RAILWAY
COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Deeds of this Railway will Lie for
Signature at the George and Vulture Tavern, George-yard, Lombard-
street" 4:41 SATURDAY NEXT, the 25th inst., from ten o'clock until four
112 the evening. By order of the Board,
SAM. BOLDSWORTH, Sec.
Palace-chambers, St. James's-street, Oct. 22, 1843.

LYME REGIS AND TAUNTON RAILWAY,
AND LYME REGIS HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COM-
PANY, connoting, by a direct line, the English and Bristol Chan.
(Pratisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Picts cap. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
lietCharles C. Bennett, Esq., R.N., Mayor of Lyme Regis
Jam Riste, Esq., Mayor of Chard, Somerset
John Dowling, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester
Sir William Twysden, Bart. Dorset-street, Portman-square, London
Joseph ALnlng, Esq. Town Councillor, Lyme Regis
John Arnett, Esq. Cloisters, Gloucester
Thomas Charles Avery, Esq. Gloucester
John Nettleton Balme, Esq. Elton-house, Gloncestei
R. Barfoot, Esq. Lyme Regis
John Bond, Esq. M.D., Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and Arundel-
street, London
George Brown, Esq. 'l`vsynen-park, Tewkesbury
Philipots Brooks, Esq. M.D. Albion-house, Cheltenham
Lieut. John Braley, R.N. Martne•villa, Gloucester
John Carey, Esq. M.D. Lyme Regis
Wllliarn Ladbrook Cope, Esq. merchant, Grove-terrace, Kentish-
town, Middlesex
Edward William Cox, Esq. Temple, London
William Constance, Esq. Hanover-place, Regent's•park, London
John Frederick Conies, Esq. tanner and bark merchant, Gloucester
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq. Sherbourne-house, Gloucester
George Lan ton Ditchley, Esq. Brentwood, Essex
James Henry Dowling, Esq. Longford-house, Gloucester
John Drayton, Esq. merchant, banker, alderman, Lyme Regis
Frederick Edwards, Esq. Temple, London
Henry Edmonds, Esq. Devonshire-place, Paddington, Middlesex
William Hunsley Fox, Esq. Tollington-park, Hornsey, Middlesex
William Gly de, Esq. Alderman of Lyme Regis
Anthony Gilbert, Esq. Hatherley-court, near Gloucester
Samuel Giles, Esq. Manchester
Joseph James Godfrey, Esq. Liverpool
Theuplillus Bartlett Goddard, Esq. banker, Lyme Regis
George Clements Harril, Esq. Montague-house, Kingsdown, Bristol
Josiah Heale, Esq. Gray's Inn, London
Joseph Hopwocd, Esq. Exeter
Samuel Jones, Esq. merchant, Gloucester
Stephen Isaacson, Esq. Eerners-street, London
George Jones, Esq. merchant, Gloucester
Anthony Gilbert Jones, Esq. llatherly. court, near Gloucester
Edward Overton Lee, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Lyme Regis
Henry Trotsian Lee, Esq. Lyme Regis
George Barrett Lennard, Esq. Temple, London
John Loveridge, Esq. Grove-place, St. John's Wood, London
Joseph Lovegrove, Esq. Coroner, Gloucester
James Menden, Esq. Town Councillor, Lyme Regis
James Wood Marder, Esq. Lyme Regis
David llowlirsy, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Gloucester
William N r sh, Esq. Noble-street, Cheeps ide, London
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Samuel Osborn', Esq. Town Councillor, Lyme Regis
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Abraham Parker, Gower-street, Bedford-square, London
William W. Pell, Esq. Ull, sthorp, Lutterworth
Joseph Penny, Esq. Town Councillor, Lyme Regis
William Plm ey, Esq. late M.P. for Lyme Regis, Somerton-house,
Somerset, and Berkeley-square, London
A. B. Peppin, Esq. Ash-house, near Marstock, Somerset
Thomas Preston, Esq. Auldhouse-terrace, Islington, and Jersey
William Samue: Prosser, Esq. merchant, Lyme Regis
Fre lerick Ramsden, Esq. Manchester
John Ramsden, Esq. Kensington Gore, Middlesex
John Rendall, Esq. shipowner, Lyme Regis
William Henry Reading, Esq. Paddington-green, Middlesex
George Roberts, Esq. alderman, Lyme Regis
Richard Sellers, Esq. Lyme Regis
John Sellers, Esq. Lyme Regis
John Clumpitt Sercombe, Esq. Exeter
Thomas Shaw, Esq. Northampton
Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq. Lynesimbe-hill, Bath
William Wallace, Esq. town ceuncillor, Lyme Regis
Rev. Nicholas Watts, Lyme Regis and Teignmoutk, Devon
W. Weightman, Esq. Nottingham
Richard Wilson, Esq. Carpenter Smith's Wharf, merchant and ship-
owner
Robert Bonchler Wrey, Esq. IVarecllft-house, lip-Lynte, Devon.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Williams and Co., Lyme, Chard, Axminster, and Dorchester
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Langport, Chard, Ilminster, and Taunton.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Col. Landman, M.I.C.E. F.S.A.
W. H. James, Esq. C.E.
SURVEYOR—Henry Wilson, Esq. Royal Exchange, London.
SECRETARY—John Champ, Esq.
JOINT LONDON SOLICITORS.
G. Jackson, Esq. 23, Finsbury-place, North
W. M. Benett, Esq. 2, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Henry F. Waring, Esq. town clerk, Lyme
Robert Hillman, Esq. Lyme
William East, Esq. Chard.
LOCAL AGENTS.
V. F. Longworthy, Esq. Ilminster
William 3la-shall, Esq. Taunton
Charles Bond, Esq Axminster.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
George Bulmer, Esq., 44, Parliament-street.
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This railway is intended, in conjunction with the existing lines,
to form a direct communication between the English and Bristol
Channels, thus affording the means of transit by railway from the
English Channel to the Irish Sea, as well as completing the grand
trunk lines front the north, north-west, and north-east parts of
Great Britain.
The proposed line of railway will commence at or near the harbour
at-Lyme Regis, in the eounty of Dorset, and proceed from thence
through Lyme, Up-Lyme, Axminster, Chardstock, Chard, and.
Ilmiuster, and terminate at Taunton, in the county of Somerset,
where it will join other important lines, and-be the meet's of transit
for passengers and traffic to the most important places in the locality,
as well as throughout the kingdom.
The length of the line will be about twenty-six miles, and, from
the preliminary survey which has been taken, it appears there are no
extraordinary difficulties, nor will it interfere with ornamental
property.
The support of the principal landowners and other influential
parties on the line has been secured ; and taking into consideration
the short anti easy communication with the coast of France aid the
Channel Islands, and the accommodation far shipping of considerable
tonnage which it is proposed to effect by the extension of the
present harbour, the shareholders cannot fail to derive a permanent
and still Increasing advantage from the vast augmentation of traffic
by passengers and merchandise, as well as from abroad and coast-
wise, as to and from the whole interior of the kingdom, with which
the line M ill be connected by existing and progressing railways.
The beauty and situation e f Lyme Regis as a place of resort for
visitors is well known; anti on the plans now proposed fir facili-
tating the intercourse wish the interior, and connecting the two
opposite Channels, being carried into effect, it is beyond all question
clear, that the trade and mercantile prosperity of the port, as well as
the extent and importance of the town. and the several places con-
nected with it by the projected line, must be immensely increased.
This hue will establish a lucrative trade in lime, manures, fish,
agricultural and mineral produce, particularly from the principality
of Wales, which must necessarily tend to render this undertaking of
tvrt..3 tittudgit wii:en ttwill-pass.
The improvement of the port and harbour at Lyme, and its exten-
sion so as to admit vessels of a larger class of merchantmen and
steamers, esnaot fail to command the attention and support of all
persons from Salisbury westward to Exeter, together with Bristol,
Bath, the principality of Wales, and all parts of the north, visiting
or trading w lb the Channel Islands, France, and other parts of the
Continent, thus making the port of Lyme to those places what
Southampton is now to London and its contiguity. The peculiar
privilege secured !ty Act of Parliament, exempting the shipping of the
port of Lyme from the Dover and Ramsgate harbour dues, payable
by all other coastirg vessels, as also the advantages of its being a
bonded port, must not be overlooked.
The enlargement anl extension of the harbour at Lyme Regis into
a port of reluge, must be considered as of great national importance.
This.harbour is accessible with winds which prevent entrance into
any other ports in the Great Western Bay (being the only one in
the whole of that extensive bay without a bar), and its importance,
even in its present state, may be estimated by the following extract
It main Roberts's " History of Lyme Regis," giving. the substance
t :a report of a Committee of the House of Commons :
LYME REGIS HARBOUR.
" A Committee of the House of Commons was engaged in in-
. quiries respecting the repairs required, and entered into ex-
aminations as to considering the pier a national work. The re-
. suit was that this harbour was the best in the bay ; that in
spring titles, at high-water, it is open to vessels of 120 to 150
- tons, awl with draught of 14 feet ; that notwithstanding the
circumstances of its being a dry harbour, it is in some respects
preferable to the bar harbours on the coast, some of which no
vessel dare run for with the wind blowing violently on the
- shore, accompanied with a high sea ; for, should a vessel strike
- on the bar at the entrance of a harbour, she might pass over
the bar and sink in deep water ; but when a vessel strikes the
• ground at Lyme, she must be under clrcumstas ces of shelter
and comparative security, being then protected by the outer-
• most part of the cobb, unless her draught of water be very
great.

"Hound the outermost part of the stones at the end of the Cobb,
. which break the sea, there is, at low water, spring tides twelve
feet. It has proved the means, in many instances, of saving
vessels with their crews, which would otherwise have been
Inevitably lost.

The regularity of the cattle trade between the west of Eng-
land and the Islands of Guernsey and Jersey (a trade in time
. of war of great importance), depends on the peculiar position
. of this harbour, which makes it accessible with winds that
prevent entrance into other ports of the West Bay."—lteport
of Committee.
During the late war, the Government contractors fer supplying
the army in the Channel Islands, selected this port as the best for
the sbitment of cattle. In the month of November, 1815, one vessel
from this harbour made four passages to those islands when vessels
from tither ports could not go to sea. Many ships from India and
other places, wind-bound in the Channel, have been compelled to laud
their passengers at Lyme, no other port being accessible during cer-
tain contrary winds. Many lives and vessels have been saved, even
in the present state of the Harbour, and, when enlarged, its value
in a national point of view, as a harbour of rang; will be incalculable.
The saving In distance by landing at Lyme, instead of going round
the Laud's-End, to or from Bristol, will be several hundred miles,
and Independently of this large saving in distance, the certainty of
the proposed communication, by avoiding the chances of delay
through contrary winds, is perhaps still more important in a mer-
cantile light.
The capital intended to be raised is 800,0001., divided into 40,000
shares 0(201. each.
A deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid, upon allotment, and
no. call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
authorising the construction of the works.

The liability of the shareholders will be limited, by the Act, to the
amount of their respective subscriptions to the capital stock; and
power will be applied for, to allow interest at the rate of 4/. per cent.
per annum, on the amount of the deposits, and upon the further calk
until the opening of the line. Power will also be applied for in the
Act, and in the meantime power is given to the Committee of Ma-
nagement to increase the capital, if necessary; to alter or abandon
any part of the line ; to make branches therefrom ; or enter into ar-
rangements with any other company, or companies. The Parlia
mentary contract and the subscribers' agreement will be required to
be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip
certificates, of which clue notice will be given ; and the deposits 'paid
by parties making default in the due execution of the Parliamentary
contrast and subscribers' agreement, within the time limited by suet
notices will be absolutely forfeited.
Applications for Prospectuses and Shares may be made according,
to the.annexed form, to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company,
23, Flusbnry-place North, London; to the London or Local Solicitors,
the Agents, and the following Sharebrekers :
Mr. Robert Baxter, 8, Old Broad-street
Messrs. Backhoase and Co. Angel-court, Throgmorton- London
street, and
Mr. Sym, Token-hou;eeyard
Mr. U. Pemberton, and
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, I Liverpool
Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham •
Mr. James Jamieson
Mr. Nussey, and ILeeds
Mee, E Langton
Meagre. Tate and Nash, Bristol
Mr..Y. Benton, Manchester
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York
Mr. W. Mason, Bradford •
Mr. F. Stamp, Hull
Mr. James Wilson, Nottingham
Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby
Messrs. Bardwell and Sons, and Mr. S. H. Armitage, Sheffield
Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn
N. Sniallpage and Co., Burnley, Lancashire
Mr. W. Stimson, Bedford
blessrk Stewart and Murray
Mr. Alexander Dowell
srs. Hugh Monro and Co. Edinburgh
Messrs. Hartwell and Sons, and
Messrs. Deed and Kay
Me srs. Duncan and Hutchinson, and 1
Messrs. Borthwlek, Campbell, and Co. j Glasgow
Diessra Newburn and Blackey, Halifax
Mr. IL Pembroke, Exeter
Mr. R. G. Carpenter,
Mr. Richard Bell, and Taunton
Me-srs. Lemon and Griffith
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Messes. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth
Mr. William Miles, Worcester
Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham
Ite,art. Williams and Sunderland, Leicester
Mr. Joeeph Clarke, Southampton
Mr. W. Dickinson, Newcastle
Dir. William Gordon, Aberdeen
Megan., Best and Bowaitch Br
gevrater
Mr. W. Weatherspoon, Paisley
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Managing Committee of the
o Lyme Regis and Taunton Rail-
way, and Lyme Regis Har Improvement Company.
Centlernen,—l request you will aullro.
of 201- each in the above Company, andn'lleheartty undertake oSaheceeresPe
the Nose, or any less number that may be ted to me, tot pay the
dep alt thereon, and also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and
Subtetibers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of
,1845,
I ant, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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Name in full
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