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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES

TO the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Milford Haven
Railway Company.

Centlemen—l request that you will allot me Shares in
the above Company ; and I undertake to pay the deposit thereon,
or upon such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and also to
execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement
when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full
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MANCHESTER AND MILFORD HAVEN
RAILWAY.

The Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junc-
tion Railway having been projected to traverse the same line of
country as the northern part of this line, the Committee have con-
sidered it to be for the benefit of the Shareholders to avoid any Par-
liamentary contest ; and have, accordingly, entered into an arrange-
ment for the entire amalgamation of the two Companies, on equal
terms.

In Pursuance of this arrangement, the line of the
Milford Haven Railway will commence by
a junction with
line, near Llangerrig, linstead of at Crewe. The' capital is reduced
to 1,500,000 i.; ith the other
Manchester
ana
and a portion of the Shares have been granted to the
other Company. It has become necessary, therefore, to close the list
of applications ; and no application for Shares will be received after
WEDNESDAY NEXT, the 6th day of November, except from landowners
and gentlemen locally Interested.

THE AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAIL-
WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER,
Col-meeting Leamington and the whole of the Midland and North
Eastern Counties with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the
Sauth of England.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201, each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
No Bather call will be made until an Act of Parliament is obtained,
and no party will be liable beyond the amount of his shares.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Lord Charles Beaucierc, 8, Chesham-place,
Belgrave-square
The Hon. Captain Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir Montague John Choimeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire
Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, New Kensington, Surrey
Joseph Yorke, Esq. Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, late High
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and magistrate for the counties of Wor-
cester and Gleucester
John Williams Martin, Esq. Twyning, near Tewkesbury, Magistrate
for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Maxwell Steele, Esq., Mickleton Manor House, Campden, Glouces-
tershire, Magistrate for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Colonel J. Taylor, Cheltenham, Magistrate for the counties of Wor
tester and Gloucester
William Breynton, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple,
London
H. H. Dancocks, Esq., the Manor-house, Kempley, Gloucestershire
James Maurice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Walmer-hall, near Tewkesbury,
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice-
Consul of Russia at that port
Richard Hodges Cartet Esq., Gloucester, late Mayor of the City of
Gloucester
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Gloucester
Samuel Hitch, Esq., M.D., Gloucester
Cornelius Brady, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwickshire
Paris Dick, Esq., M.D., Forthampton, Tewkesbury
George Smith, Esq., Prestbnry, near Cheltenham
Thomas C. Avery, Esq., Gloucester
Caleb Trotter, Esq., ditto
Arthur H. Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester
W. H. Evans, Esq., merchant, Gloucester
Charles F. Cliffe, Esq., Gloucester
Edward L. Kendall, Esq., merchant, ditto
Robert Heane, Esq., merchant, ditto
Charles Walker, Esq., merchant, ditto
Henry Fox, Esq., merchant, ditto
Edward J. Woodhouse, Esq., merchant, ditto,
John Sadds, Esq., Abbot's-court, Twyning and Tewkesbury
Aaron Goold Esq., Bilsome, Forest of Dean
Wm. Mousley, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Medlicott, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor-oaks, Sheffield
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., 1.R.5., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street, and
Brookes' Club, St. James's
Villiers C. Villiers Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Lloyd Caldecot, Esq., 6, Laura-place, Bath
Edward Canning, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq. Stratiord-upon-Avon
Samuel Hayward, Esq. Nowtoun-cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hunter, Esq. Leamington
John Burgess, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-lodge, near Coventry
Henry Scott, Esq. 17, Pall-mall, London
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq. M.D. Leamington
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park,
and Blancetter-house, Atherstone
Thomas Aston, Esq., Rose-hill, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Frederic Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
John Campbell Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire
Major White, Pall-mall, London
George Unett, Esq., the Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Lewis Hoffmann, Esq., Reading, Berkshire, and Temple, London
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London
Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince-hall, Wigan
Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire, and Adelaide-
place, London-bridge
John Bird, Esq., Dinas Mowddy, North Wales
W. R. Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Edward Shilton, Esq., Bath-cottage., Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan
Henry Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locko-park, Derbyshire
Capt. Gould, Charles-street, St. James's
Samuel Kempson, Esq., Little Sutton, near Birmingham
Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, London
Robert Grove, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
Is. W. Griffith, Esq. Bodegroes, Carnarvonshire, late High Sheriff of
the County efliferioneth
William Fenton, Esq, Chatham-place, Blackfrlars
John James Rippon, Esq., Ealing, Mlddle•ex
Lodge Morres Murray Prior, Esq. Coventry
C. H. Jagger, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire
Captain Thomas Ross, 55, Porchester-terrace
James Upfill, Esq. the Green, Bromyard
John Johnson, Esq. R.N., Edgbaston, Birminghaml
William Henry Collis, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Worgan, Esq.
Joseph Turner, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Haines, Esq. Edgbaston, near Birmingham
William Spooner, Esq., London
Thomas Spencer, Esq., Earl Shilton
James Ingram, Esq., merchant, Liverpool
Evan Jones, Esq., Stanhope-street, Gloucester-gate, Regent's park
Edward Payton, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
George Mousley, Esq., Atherstone
Walter Watson, Esq., Leamington Spa.
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Henry Smith, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand
W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Benn, Rugby
William Tibbits, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Anthony Sproule, Esq., Tewkesbury
Edwin Pollard, Esq., Gloucester
Messrs. Russell, Leamington.
Oswald Clark, Esq., Evesham
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co., Clement's-lane
Gloucester—The Gloucestershire Banking Company
Tewkesbury—Sir Anthony Lechmere and Co.
SECRETARY—Henry Brookes, Esq.
The proposed railway will commence at Rugby, on the London
and Birmingham Railway, the terminus of the Midland Counties
and Trent Valley Railways, and the paint to which several other
projected railways converge, and will proceed through or near to
Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury,

Directors of the
Worcester, Here-
ford, and Glouces-
ter Railway

and Cheltenham, to Gloucester. The length of the line will be
about 56 miles.
The advantages that will result from the construction of this line
are numerous and highly important, and such as cannot fail to secure
a very large amount of local and through traffic, and a highly-re-
munerative return upon the capital invested. By means of existing
and proposed railways, it will form a complete chain of railway com-
munication between the whole of the midland and north-eastern
counties of England, the populous cities and towns before-named, and

the southern and western districts, and thus bring Leicester, Not-
tingham, Newark, Lincoln, Gaineborough, Great Grimsby, and Hull,
into direct communication with the favourite and fashionable spas of
Leamington and Cheltenham, the richly-productive and far-famed
Vale of Evesham, and the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth,
and Falmouth, and those of South Wales.
The inhabitants and visitors of the much-frequented watering-
places of Leamington and Cheltenham will thus obtain a direct line
between those resorts, instead of the present circuitous route through
Birmingham, affording that facility of intercommunication which
has long been ardently desired ; and it will also afford the utmost fa-
cility of access to the innumerable visitors who, attracted as well by
the beauty of the scenery as the memory of Shakspeare, annually
resort to Stratford-on-Avon.
To those passengers from the east and north-east, direct to
Gloucester, the line from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Cheltenham, will afford a
great accommodation, and a saving in distance of at least eight miles,
besides the delay of the stoppage at Cheltenham.
To the inhabitants of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes-
bury this portion of the proposed line will prove immensely advan-
tageous ; situated within ten miles of the important city and pert of
Gloucester, they have nevertheless to travel by the present railway
route nearly twice that distance, an inconvenience which has
already materially affected the trade, and prejudiced the interests of
the town. The proposed line, running close to the town, will remove
this great incon: enience, and restore its trade to its former state of
prosperity.
The value of this line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot
be too highly estimated, as it will not only open to it immenfe
sources of traffic from the whole of the eastern and north-eastern
counties, but will very materially lessen the distance between it
and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, making
Gloucester still more securely the nearest and most accessible outlet
for the whole of that immensely productive manufacturing region,
and it is impossible to conceive any project better calculated to
advance the interests of Gloucester, than one capable of effecting
that object.
Ths line will also form an important junction between the London
and Birmingham and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and
Gloucester Railway, and constitute the highway for the traffic of the
former, and of all the north-eastern railways. to the proposed Man-
chester and Southampton Railway at Cheltenham; and the through
traffic from the latter source alone is expected to be very great.
It will thus have the effect of connecting the ports of the eastern
and north-eastern with those of the western and southern coasts ;
of affording the most direct and convenient access from the north
and east to the vast mineral 'regions of South Wales, and of opening
new markets for the rich products of the fertile valleys of the Avon
and Severn, and the agricultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor-
cestershire, in the manufacturing towns and ports of the north.
The line will be easy of construction, traversing, as it does, through
nearly its whole length, the valleys of the Avon and Severn. The
towns through which it will run are very populous, and the country
of the richest description ; and the local traffic will consequently be
very great in addition to the through traffic, which ou such a line
must necessarily be very extensive.

The Provisional Cogimittee reserve to themselves the power to
amalgamate with any other company as to the whole or any part of
the line, and to vary or extend the line, and to increase or diminish
the capital accordingly, if deemed expedient.
Tho capital proposed to be raised is 1,000,0001., in shares of 201,
each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share mast be paid upon
allotment.

The liability of the subscribers will be limited by the Act to the
amount of :heir respective subscriptions to the capital stock, and
power will be applied for in the Act to allow interest at the rate of 41.
per cent.per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the respec-
tive calls, from the date of each payment until the opening of the line.
The subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
be required , to be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are ex•
changed for certificates of scrip, of Which due notice will be given ;
and the deposits paid by persons making default in due execution of
the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract within the
time to be limited by such notice, will be absolutely forfeited.
Forms of application for shares, prospectuses, and a map of the
line, may be obtained from the Solicitors, or the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London, or from
any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers ; but no application will be
attended to unless accompanied by a reference to ono of the Provi-
sional Committee, the Solicitors, or a Banker :
London—Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard
Birmingham—Mr. Duncan Smith
Leamington—Mr. Eliczer Edwards, Bedford-street
Bath—Mr. T. E. Evans, Milsom-street
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. lialme, King-street
trlstel—Messrs. Tate and Nash and Mr. W. IL Land
Stratford-on-Avon Mu. William Bolton
Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, and Mr. William Berl
Manehester—Mr. John Barlow, Messrs. Cardwell and Son, and Mr.
Henry Woodhouse
Leeds—Messrs. Robinson and Purley
Coventry—Messrs. Browne and Clarke
Alford, Lincolnshire—Mr. William Ashton
Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison
Hall—Mr. S. Phillips
GlaSgew—Mr. J. D. Sheppard, Buchanan-street
Cheltenham—Mr. Lea
Wolverhampton—Mr. Bannister.
THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLBY RAILWAY.
Railway
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Aven and Severn Valley
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares
of 201. each In the above Company; and I hereby undertake to ac-
cept
the same, or any smaller number, and to pay the deposit of
21. 25. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con-
tract and
the Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of
, 1845.
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AVON for
RAILWAY.
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Shares in the Company can be received after THURSDAY, the 30th
October Instant, and that the Allotment of the Shares will take place
as soon as possible thereafter.
By order of the Board,
HENRY BROOKES, Secretary,

AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RA.th WAY
COMPANY.
The Directors have much pleasure in announcing that the Survey
is proceeding most satisfatorily, and that their engineer confidently
assures them of its completion for the ensuing session of Parliaraent.
By order,
HENRY BROOKES, Secretary.

AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAIL WAY.
At e PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of the borough of
Tewkesbury, held at the Town-hail, on Monday, the 27th October,
1845, convened by the Worshipful the Mayor, "For the purpose of
taking into consideration the merits of such of the projected lines
of railway as were intended to pass through or near to the town of
Tewkesbury,"

The NVorshiptlll the MAYOR in the Chair,

was moved by B. incxerm, Esq., seconded by ANTHONY
SF ROMA, ESQ.,—
.

That this meeting' considers the line of railway proposed to be
made by the Avon and Severn Valley Railway Company highly ad-
vantageous to the interests of the town of Tewkesbury, and recom-
mends that project to the support of the inhabitants and those of
the neighbourhood.

The resolution was put and carried by an overwhelming majority,
two hands only being held up against it.

. _
The Mayor having left the Chair,
it was moved by RICK ARD FORD, Esq., Solicitor to the Aron and
Severn Valley Railway Company, and seconded by C. G. Jowls,
Esq., and carried by acclamation,—

1140NDON, SALISBURY, AND YEOVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.

NOTICE.
A Special General Meeting of the Shareholders in this Company
will be held at the London Tavern, Bishops-°ate-street, London, on
THURSDAY, November 13, at Twelve o'clock at soon precisely, to
take into consideration the complete amalgamation of the three un-
dermentioned Companies, so soon as they shall have obtained their
respective Acts ofyarliarnent, viz.:—
The London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway Company.
The Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company.
The Cornwall and Devon Central Railway Company.
By order of the Committee,
D. CROMBIE, Secretary.

63, Moorgate-street, Oct. 25, 1845.

GREAT EASTERN AND WESTERN
RAILWAY.
At a PUBLIC MEETING of the Iron-masters, Landed Proprie-
tors, and others interested in tile Mineral District of South Wales,
held at Tredegar, on Monday, the 20th inst.,
It was moved by JOIIN ItussELL, Esq., of Risca, and seconded by
Jour( EVANS, Esq., of Dowlais, and resolved—
That the thanks of this meeting are due and be given to the de-
motion of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company for
their attendance here to-day; and to Mr. Ward in particular, for his
very able statement of the views and intent;ons of that Company ;
and, that it is the opinion of this meeting, the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company, as the first to project and prove the
practicability of direct communication between Merthyr and Here-
ford, deserves the support of the Mineral Districts of South Wales.
October 24, 1845.

THE HARWICH RAILWAY AND PIER
COMPANY,
With a Branch to Thorpe-le-Soken , from the Terminus of the
Eastern Counties Railway at Colchester to Harwich, and in conti-
nuation of the Eastern and Northern Counties Junction Railway.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Length of Main Line l7y. Miles. Length of Branch Line about 5
Miles.
Capital, 280,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
At a meeting of the Provisional Committee, held this day at Rad-
ley's Hotel, New Bridge-street,
It was resolved to reduce the capital of this Company to 280,0001.,
being the estimate for the main and branch lines and the pier, it
having been deemed advisable not to apply for powers for the con-
struction of docks, warehouses, &c., as originally contemplated.
The engineer reported that the whole of the Parliamentary surveys
were completed with respect to the main land, and that the surveys
on the branch line to Thorpe-le-Soken would be concluded within a
week or ten days.
Resolutions were adopted expressive of a determination to proceed
with the application to Parliament in the ensuing session ; but that
the allotment of shares should be deferred until after the deposit of
the plans and sections on or previously to the 30th November next.
Prospectuses, with full details and forms of application for shares,
can be obtained only of the solicitors in London and Colchester, and
of the following sharebrokers :—London —Messrs. Hitchins and liar-
rison, Threadneedle-street; and Mr. Pritchett, 74, Old Broad•street.
Birmingham—Mr. Lane, Waterloo-street. Liverpool—Mr. Morris
Reynolds. Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese. Leeds—
Messrs. Whalley and Sons. Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Messrs. Bell
and Co. Bristol—Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and iVreford. No
letter will be attended to without a reference to a banker, or person
of known responsibility._

By order,

T. PRICE, Secretary.

HARWICH RAILWAY and PIER
COMPANY,
With a Branch to Thorpe-le-Soken.
No further Applications for Shares is this undertaking will be re-
ceived after SATURDAY, the Bth day of November next.
By order, T. PRIOE, Secretary.
4, New Bridge-street, Oct. 29, 1845.

TENBY, SAUNDERSFOO I', and SOUTH
WALES RAILWAY AND PIER COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 250,0001., in 12,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
Chairman—Sir RICHARD BITLKELEY PHILIPS PHILIPS,
Bart., M.P., Picton Castle, Pembrokeshire.
Tke Committee of Mananagement have the satisfaction of stating
that most advantageous arrangements have now been concluded with
the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company for the use of their
Itne, harbour, and other works, which will considerably lessen the
estimated cost of the proposed undertaking, and ensure the supply of
every material for the works at a very reduced price.
The new works will now consist only of a short branch of about
three-quarters of a mile, to effect a junction between the Saunders-
foist and South Wales Railway and another to the harbour of Saun-
dersfoot, with a line •f about six miles to the favourite watering-
place of Tenby. That part of the Saundersfoot line which will be
used for the present railway can be adapted at a very moderate cost,
and without interfering with the existing valuable coal line and
mineral traffi3 ; and the present Company will enter into the receipt
of the profits derivable from this source immediately on the Act being
obtained, thus securing an immediate return to the shareholders.
The requisite notices of intention to apply to Parliament in tke
ensuing session are prepared, and will be at once advertised, as
required by the standing orders of the H.uses of Parliament, and the
surveys, plans, and sections are in a sufficient state of forwardness
to ensure their deposit early in November.

The consent of nearly all the landowners on the line has been se-
cured, the project is warmly supported by the mayor, corporation,
and inhabitants of Tenhy, and there is every reason to believe it
will receive the sanction of the South Wales Railway Company; so
that it is expected the measure will be entirely unopposed.
For further particulars the public is referred to the prospectuses of
the Company, which may be obtained of the solicitors and local
agents ; and of Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street,
London ; Edwards and Son, and Wreford and Co., Bristol ; Beau-
mont and Langworthy, Exeter ; J. Woods, jun., Liverpool ; J.
Fernyhough, Manchester ; and James Jamieson, Leeds.

That the best thanks of the meeting be given to the Mayor for his
able, impartial, and courteous conduct In the Chair.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. X. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, London

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THE SUNS_ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1845

GREAT WESTERN, SOUTHERN, and
EASTERN COUNTIES, or IPSWICH and SOUTHAMP-
TON RAILWAY.

• (Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,800,0001., in 90,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
Win. Hughes Hughes, Esq. F.5.A.., F.L.S., Alderman, Chairman.
Win. Fechney Black, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Sir John Edmond De Beauvoir, Roger Holinsworth, Esq.
Bart. George Lawton, Esq.
Sir John Hare, F.S.A. John 3follady, Esq.
The Rev. George Newenham T. S. Richards, Esq.
Wright, M.A. . Thomas Shaw, Esq.
John Burgess, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq,
John Grant, Esq. Robert Watkins, Esq.
Samuel Haines, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq.
The Committee of Direction have great satisfaction in stating that
the survey of tho portion of the line from Colchester to Hertford
(forty-six miles) Is already perfected, and no doubt whatever is en-
tertained by the Engineer that the whole will be completed by the
30th of November. The allotment is now completed, and the letters
will be posted as early as possible.
By order of the Committee of Directors,
W. A. GRAHAM, Secretary.
5, Gresham-street, Guildhall, London, Oct. 30, 1843.

LEEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY
COMPANY.
The' Committee of Management of this Company have much plea-
sure in laying before the Shareholders the following brief Report
from the Company's Engineer on the progress of the survey of the
line :

" Leeds and Carlisle nailway, London, Oct. 29, 1845.
" Sir,—ln reply to your letter of this day, I have to request that
you will inflame the Committee that I have just returned from a tour
over the line, and beg to report that the surveys for Parliament are
proceeding very favourably; the whole of the ground survey will, I
fully expect, be completed this week or early in next; and about one
half of the line is now being engraved, anti the remainder will be in
the engraver's hands next week. The solicitors are proceeding with
the reference, and the finished levels for the Parliamentary sections
are in progress, so that we fully expect that the whole will be ready
about the third week of next month, in good time for the deposit.
The gradients, also, for the most part, will be favourable, although
there will necessarily be some heavy work at the summit. The Life
is laid out with a view to avoid the ornamental property ; and, upon
the whole, we have been very successful, and the landowners,
learn, are generally favourable.

"I am, Sr, your most humble servant,
( Signed) "JOHN RENNIE.
" C. Locock Webb, Esq.,
" Gresham-rooms, Basinghall-street."
The Committee may trust that the friendly negotiations which
they have entered into with other Companies will result to the mutual
advantage of all parties.

The Cemmittee have great satisfaction In being enabled to state
that this Company, from its financial position, as well as the pro-
gress of the survey and notices, will be prepared to comply with the
standing orders of Parliament, and proceed with the Bill this en-
suing session.

(Signed) WIL BERESFORD, Chairman.
Gresham-rooms, Bashighall-street, London,
Oct. 30, 1845.

LONDON and MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
The Directors think it right to advertise the following resolu-
tion, passed by the Directors previously to the union of the two
Companies

Resolved—That the conduct of Mr. W. H. Ashurst having been
publicly impugned in letters inserted in the newspapers under the
signature of George Remington, and this board knowing that those
imputations were and are wholly unfounded, deem it right
to declare that to their knowledge Mr. Ashuret's conduct in
connexion with the formation of this Company and its line of rail-
way was, in every respect, consistent with honour and professional
integrity; and that he never submitted Mr. Remington's line of
railway, or any other line of railway, to the promoters of this Com-
pany, but simply urged upon them the importance of a direct line of
railway between London and Manchester ; and that Mr. Remington
has addressed a letter to Mr. Ashurst, entirely retracting the charges
which he had made against him in the letters written and published
in Mr. Remington's name.

JOHN DILLON, Chairman.
A. CALDECOTT, Deputy Chairmen
L. STANHOPE,
4i, Moorgate-street, Oct. 30, 1845.

Ir4ONDON and MAN
DIXEC
John Dillon, E
Andrew Caldecott, Esq.
Colonel the Hon. L. Stanlx
William Cash, Esq.
J. W. Deacon, Esq.
John Gladstone, Esq.
Richard Hopper, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Hooper
Wm. Lawrence, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Sidney
Thos. Shepperson, Esq.
Win. White, Esq.
J. S. Wells, Esq.
David Ainsworth, Esq.
The Directors of the two Companies formed for making a direct
railroad from London to Manchester announce—
That, deeming it injurious to the interests of their constituents to
expend their money in double applications to Parliament for the same
purpose, they have agreed that the Direct London and Manchester
itailway Company shall alone apply to Parliament for a Bill for
making the railway.

CHESTER RAILWAY.
;TORS.
:eq. Chairman.

>pc, I Deputy-Chairmen.
Mr. Alderman Brooks
M. T. Bass, Esq.
Major Croft
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq,
R. W. Johnson, Esq.
J. J. Keene, Esq.
Win. King, Esq.
G. P. Living, Esq.
11. Wardle, Esq.
Major Waller.

That the two Coinpanies shall be united into one when the Bill
for making the railway shall have received the royal assent.
That the proceedings of the two Companies shall be governed by
an equal number of Directors.

That the present Chairman of he Direct London and Manchester
Company, John Dillon, Esq., shall be the Chairman ; and that An-
drew Caldecott, Esq., and the Hon. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, shall
be the Deputy-Chairmen of such twenty-four Directors.
The Engineers have given the Directors the most positive assur-
ances that the surveys will be ready for Parliament.
JOHN DILLON, Chairman.
L. CALDECOTT,} Deputy-Chairmen.
L. STANHOPE:.
48, Moorgate-street, Oct. 30, 1845.

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE, EDIN-
BURGH, and (DIRECT) GLASGOW JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, with a Branch by the North Tyne, to Hexham.
Capital, 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201, each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursnant to 7 and H Vic. cap. 110.)

PROVISIONAL COSIMITTEE.
William Henry Charlton, Esq. Hesleyside, Northumberland
Robert Charleton, Esq. Lee-hall, Northumberland
Thomas Cookson, Esq. Swinburn Castle, Northumberland
Mr. John Crawford, paper manufacturer, Warden, Northumberland
Mr. Edw. Ca mpion, iron manufacturer, Hareshaw Ironworks, North-
umberland
Ralph Win. Grey, Esq. Chipchase Castle, Northumberland
Jasper Gibson, Esq. Hexham, Northumberland
Mr. John Green, Iron manufacturer, Ridsdale Ironworks, Northum-
berland
Mr. Wm. Grace, Saitwick, Northumberland
J. Ilaggerston, Esq., Reedsmouth, Northumberland
James Kirsopp, Esq. The Spltal, Hexharn, Northumberland
Nicholas Maugnan, Esq. Newbrough-lodge, Northumberland
Charles Atticus Monck, Esq. Humshaugh, Northumberland
Mr. W. R. Rayne, paper manufacturer, Haughton, Northumberland
Thomas Ridley, Esq. Farkend, Northumberland
Smith Stobart,' Esq. banker, Hexam-abbey, Northumberland
Captain R. Jebling, Newton-hall, Northumberland
Rev. Wm. Kell, rector of Corsenside, Northumberland
W. C. Trevelyan, jun. Esq. Topsham, Devon
Sir John Flfe, Knt. Newcastle-upon-Tyne '
Mr. Thomas Gray, tobacco manufacturer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Charles Rayne, merchant, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Henry Glynn, C.E. Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Wm. Anderson, jun. coal-owner, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. Wm. Hunter, colliery viewer, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Mr. John Coulson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
T. C. Grauger, Esq. M.P. Durham
Andrew White, Esq. Tunstal Ledge, Sunderland.
Richard White, Esq. Thorney-close, Sunderland
A. J. Moore, Esq. Hill. house, Sunderland
Mr. Michael Brown, merchant, Sunderland
Hugh Dixon, Esq. manufacturer, Sunderland
Mr. Joshua Green, merchant, Gateshead
Jelin Gibson, Esq. provost of Lanark
Thomas Brownlie, Esq. Convener Trades-house, Glasgow
William Bankier, Esq. provost of Calton, Glasgow
Henry Taylor, Esq. alderman, Wigan
(With power to add to their number.)
RANKERS.
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London—Messrs. Glyn and Co.
Newcastle-upon-Tyne—Northumberland and Durham District Bank
LOCAL ENGINEERS.
Messrs. John and Benjamin Green.
SOLICITORS.

Mr. John Brown, and Messra.l.;;;;;alynn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne