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CHUTE, Esq., J.P.—

Resolved,—That this meeting perceives with pleasure the very
great exertions which are now being made to establish railway com-
munication in Ireland, which, when judiciously projected, will con-
fer lasting benefits upon all classes of people In this country.
Proposed by WILLIAM SANDEs„ Esq., J.P,; and seconded by

MANI JOHN NELiGAN,ESq.-

Resolved,—That the contemplated railway called the Great Mun-
ster Railway demands the warmest and strongest support of the
nobility, gentry, and people of the county of Kerry, and particularly
of this town, being calculated to confer national as well as local
advantages, and completing, as it will, the direct communication
between Tralee, Limerick, and Dublin. It is, therefore, entitled to
our decided support.
Proposed by GEORGE GuN, Esq., J.P. ; and seconded by Dr. BLEN-

THE NEWCASTLE and LEEDS DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital. 800,000/., in 32,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. Gd per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE
Saville C. H. Ogle, Esq., M.P. for Northumberlanl
T. C. Grainger, Esq. M.P. for Durham
Wm. Collins, Esq. M.P.
Thos. Cookson, Esq. Swinburne Castle
Richard Pierce Butler, Esq. Swinburne Cattle. Northumberland
Captain John Harrison Bowker, R.N. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Edward Hilton, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Henry Bleckley, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Andrew White, Esq, Tunstal-lodge, Sunderland
Matthew Hutton Chaytor, Esq. Sunderland
Joseph Hunter, Esq. Beech-grove, Chester le-street
Robert Hawthorn, Esq. Newcastle-on-Tyne
Samuel Sharp, Esq. Quarry-house, Harperly-park, Durham
John Morley, Esq. Eastott-hall, Goole, Yorkshire
John Rawson, Esq. Stoney Roy d, Halifax
John Cresswell Jobling, Esq. Newton-hall, Northumberland, chair-
man of the Quarter sessions for the county of Northumberland
Gerard Salvin, Esq. Croxdale-hall, Durham
James Atkinson West, Esq. Western-lodge, Durham
John Burrell, Esq. Durham
John Featherston Ay-ton, Esq. Sheriff of Newcastle-on-Tyne
John Henderson, Esq. Leazes-house, Durham
William Green, Esq. Durham
John Harrison, Esq. Bell-wood, Ripon
Thomas Fisher, Esq. Ripon
George Smith, jun. Esq. Leeds
Thomas Nunnoley, Esq. Leeds
Peter Fairbairn, Esq. Leeds
Richard Hutchinson, Esq. Leeds
The Mayor of Leeds
John Darnton Luccock, Esq. Leeds
John Haigh, Esq. Leeds
C. G. Maclea, Esq. Leeds
Thomas Drane, Esq. West-hill, Devon, and Pall-mall
The Hon. Captain Hotham, R.N. chairman of the Northumberland
and Lancashire Junction Railway Company
William Morley, Esq. deputy-chairman of the Northumberland and
Lancashire Junction Railway Company
John Barnes, Esq. Chorley-wood-house
John Bagshaw, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Captain Ommanney, R.N. Upper Wimpole-street
Captain W. G. Beare, Porchester-place, Connaught-square
William Fitzgibbon, Esq. 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square
Simeon Musgrave, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds
Joseph Bateson, Esq. Leeds
Win. Gill, Esq. Richmond
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—Thomas Storey, Esq. Bishop Auckland, Durham
JOINT SOLICITORS TO TILE COMPANY.

Messrs. Dickson and Overbury, 4, Frederick;;Place, Old Jewry,
London
Edward John Teale, Esq. Leeds.

BANKERS.

Union Bank of London
Leeds and West Riding Bank, Leeds
•
Newcastle-upon-Tyne Joint Stock Bank, Newcastle
The Yorkshire Banking Company, York, Hull, Bradford, and Bud•
dersfield

SECRETARY—E. C. Stevens, Esq.
OFFICES or TIIE COMPANY—NO. 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,
London.
PROSPECTUS.

This railway is intended to complete a direct communication be•
tween Leeds and Newcastle.

It will commence in junction with the Leeds and Thirst Rail-
way at Wath, near Ripon, and following the route, as near as may
be, of the Old Leeming-lane coach road, will proceed to a point near
Masham, thence by way of Bedele, Catterick, Richmond, Middleton
Tyas, Barton, and Mantleld, to Bishop Auckland, where it will Join
the Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railway
The length of the projected line will be about forty miles, which
will render the distance between the important towns of Leeds and
Newcastle thirty miles shorter than by any existing, and fifteen miles
shorter than by any proposed, line of railway.
It will traverse districts abounding with coal, ironstone, lime, and
agricultural produce, hitherto shut out from the advantages of rail-
way communication with the markets of the populous and manufac-
turing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire.

As this line will join the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union Railway
near Bedale, the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway near to
Richmond, and the Leeds and Thirsk Railway at Wath, it will afford
the means of conveying coal, at moderate charges, to the extensive
agricultural districts through which these several railways are pro-
posed to pass.
The coke produced in the Auckland district already commands an
universal preference over that supplied from any other part of the
kingdom, and is accordingly in great request on all the principal
lines, and the proposed railway will afford the most direct and con-
venient outlet fer it to the midland districts, where the demand will
be unlimited.

From the most careful and diligent inquiry it has been ascertained
that the coal and coke are alone sufficient to yield an ample return
for the capital employed in the construction of the line, independently
of the present, and continually increasing traffic, in passengers and
merchandize, which experience has hitherto found to result, wherever
the facilities of railway communication has been provided.
The attempts now making to constitute Leeds the great centre of
railway communication between the northern and southern parts of
the kingdom, for which its geographical position and commercial
importance offer so many facilities, must necessarily render the New-
castle and Leeds Direct Aailway an important trunk line.
The surveys are already made, and the line has been found to present
no engineering difficulties, and to be of easy and inexpensive con-
struction. All other preliminary steps have likewise been taken to
obtain the Act in the ensuing session of Parliament. _

Applications for Shares to be made at the offices of the Solicitors
to the Company, to the Secretary, and to the following agents and
stock, and share-brokers :—London--Mr. Simon, Warnford-court ;
Mr. C. J. Coates, 4, Tokenhouse-yard. Newcastle-on-Tyne—T. F.
Dickinson and Co. Leeds—Smith, Knowles, and Cooke ; and Well-
beleved and Barwick. Manchester—Haynes and Co. Liverpool—
A. Laurie. Hull—F. Stamp. Ripon—Mr. Asquith ; Mr. Farrar.
Applications for Shares will he received until the 29th of October,
after which day no applications can be attended to.

N EWCASTLE AND LEEDS DIRECT
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in
this Company can be received after WEDNESDAY next, the 29th
October instant.

E. C. STEVENS, Secretary
4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, Oct. 21, 1845.

PROSPECT US OF THE

DUNDEE AND FORFAR JUNCTION
RAILWAY,
Joining the Edinburgh and Northern, Glasgow and Dundee Junction
Scottish Midland Junction, Arbroath and Forfar, and Aberdeen
Railways.
Capital 200,0001. in 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. 6d. per share.
INTERIM PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
David Pitcairn, Esq. younger of Kinnaird
George Marshall Gray, Esq. merchant, Dundee
Robert Arkiay, Esq. of Eathiebeaton
William Stewart, Esq. wine•merchant, Dundee

Charles Grainger, Esq. advocate, Aberdeen
John Stewart, F.sq. Abercraig-house, Fifeshire
James Hunter, Esq. writer, Dundee
William Clark, Esq. shipowner, Dundee

James Dali, Esq. chief magistrate of North Berwick, a member cf
the Committee of the Tyne Valley Junction Railway
Samuel Brodie, Esq. merchant, Dundee
Andrew Brown, Esq. banker, Newburgh
Thomas Kerr, Esq. Hawkhill, Dundee

Peter Kerr, .Esq:Agerit, Dundee,

(With power to add to their number.)
RANKERS.
Commercial Bank of Scotland
Eastern Bank of Scotland.
ENGINEER—James Leslie, Esq. C.E., Dundee.
PARLIAMENTARY SOLICITORS—Hugh Inner Cameron and George

Bain, Esqrs. 18, Parliament-street, London_
INTERIM AGENTS AND LOCAL ECItETAILIES—WIIIIEE Hay, Writer,

Dundee ; and David Sow, writer is Forfar

This proposed railway, while it will connect the manufacturing towns
of Dundee and Forfar by the nearest and most direct route, will form
a continuous and connecting link at the river Tay with the follow-
ing great railways :—The Edinburgh and 'Northern, the proposed
Glasgow and Dundee Junction, and the Perth and Dund, e lines ;
and, at the Forfar Terminus, will meet the Scottish Midland Junc-
tion from Edinburgh and Perth, and its proposed extension to the
Aberdeen Railway at Laurencekirk, also the Forfar and Arbroath
Railway, which joins the Aberdeen Railway at Priockhelm—thus
amalgamating with these various railways, and forming a continu-
ous and centrical trunk for the general railway communication from
England through Scotland.

This line will be about fifteen miles in length, and, viewed only as
a local connecting line between Dundee and Forfar, it is in a great
degree called for by the manufacturers, merchants, and farmers of
the district. It will beyond all question, from this source alone, have
a traffic sufficient for ample remuneration to the shareholders. For-
far is the county town, and there is necessarily a considerable inter
course with Dundee. To parties locally versant with this manufac-
turing district, the very extensive traffic and intercourse between
population of the district
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Dundee, from its prnximity to Forfar, and its extensive shipping
capabilities, is the proper and convenient port for exporting the pro-
duce of the district, but at present there is no direct railway com-
munication.present between
Dn:1(1 ee n
measure performed by horse carriage, an expensive and tedious Thepro-
d cess Forfar expensey of
doubletra ns mwiht tai
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; but the formation of this railway will open up a direct and
cheap communication, and will unquestionab!y benefit the trade and
agriculture of the district.
The line passes through a rich agricultural district, for the pro-
duce of which the farmers will by it find an easy and expeditious
transit to Dundee, both for the consurnpt and exportation ; and the
agricultural value of the lands will be considerably increased by the
direct communication with the town and harbour of Dundee, and
the railways running south from the Tay. The extensive pave-
ment and slate quarries around Forfar and along the district will be
greatly enhanced by the line, as a cheap and easy access to Dundee
for exportation will thus be afforded.
The promoters of this railway, viewing the extensive local traffic,
the junction with the whole railways before enumerated in con-
nexion with the great English trunk railways, have no hesitation in
submitting this under taking to the public, not only as one necessarily
called.for by the mercantile, manufacturing, and agricultural inte-
rests of the district, and public co iveniency, but more especially by
its being the direct centrical line, forming a continuation of the rail-
way communication by the Edinburgh and Northern and Glasgow
Junction lines, through the counties of Fife and Forfar, to Aberdeen
and the north of Scotland. _

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As a safe investment for capital, this line, being thus in the midst
of a great manufacturing district, and from the present formation of
railway communication at both ends, will present the sure prospect
of being highly advantageous.
The district has already been surveyed, and pre'ents no difficulty
to the formation of the railway; and the proprietors and tenants
along the line are understood to be very favourable to the under-
taking. _

The requisite Parliamentary notices have been given, so that the
Bill may be introduced and passed in the ensuing Session ; and the
Company's engineer will immediately proceed to finish a minute
survey of the whole line and termini at Dundee and Forfar.
Applications for Shares will be received by the following Share-
brokers :—Edinburgh—Messrs. John Robertson and Co., and Robert
Allan. Glasgow—Messrs. M'Ewen and Au'd, Peter White, and
Messrs. Fould and Cockburn. Perth—John A. Gloag. Aberdeen—
William Gordon. London—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-
builaing, and Mr. Banbury, 4, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street.
Manchester—Mr. George Harris, and William Marshall. Liverpool
—Messrs. Forsyth and Hamilton, and H. Davies and Co. Birming-
ham—Mr. W. 11. Collis. Dundee—Messrs. D. B. Niven, John Stur-
rock, Jun., William CrOckatt, and Andrew ORtlvie—and by the In.
teilin :secretaries at Dundee and Forfar.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Dundee and Forfar Junction

Railway

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me Shares in the
proposed Dundee and Forfar Junction Railway, of 20/. each, and I
agree to take the same, or so many thereof as may be allotted to me,
and to pay the deposit of V. 2s. 6d. thereon, and to execnte the neces-
sary deeds when required.

Date • ........ • . • • •

I am, Gentlemen,

Name In flll • ..... •• • • ..... • ••.. •
Profession or Business • • • • • • • • • • •• .
Place of Residence • • • • • • • • • • • •• •• •
Name of Referee.................

TUNBRIDGE and RYE HARBOUR DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Frederick Lawrance, Esq. Registered Projector.
Capital, 500,0001., In Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share
Temporary Offices, 94, Cheapside.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Field-Marshal Lord Viscount Beresford, G.C.B. P.C. Bedgbury.
park, Kent
The Hon.'James William King,'Capt. R.r. Angley, Cranbrook
Thomas Law Hodges, Esq. Hemstead-park, Benenden, Kent
Alexander Berefuord Hope, Esq. M.P. Bedgbury-park, Kent
Thomas Walton Roberts, Esq. Glastonbury, Kent
Capt. Michael Tweedie, Rolvenden, Kent
Edward Poynder, Esq., Oakfleld-lodge, Nawkhurst
George French, Esq., Rixden, llawkhurst, Kent
Sackville Hhelps, Esq. Tongs-wood, Hawkhurst
Major Curteis, Leasham-house, Ryo
Thomas Twisden Hodges, Esq. Sandgate, Kent
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
George Ballard, Esq. Sandhurst
John Bishop, Es.i. Bodiam, Sussex
Henry Coo Coape, Esq. Goldhanger, Essex, director of the Man-
chester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway, &C.
W. H. Collis, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford
and Shropshire Junction Railway
John James Conway, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Dover and Bris-
tol Railway
Robert Cook, Esq. Gainsbereugh
John Mercer Durrant, Esq. Theobald's, Hawkhurst, Kent
Thomas Mercer Durrant, Esq. Attwaters, Hawkhurst
Thomas H. Evans,
and Holyhead Railway
John Hilder, Esq. Old-place ndhurst
Sir Win. Bacon Johnston, Bart, Hilton, Aberdeenshire, director of
Esq. Mayor of Carnarvon, director ofthe London
the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
William Phillips Lamb, Esq. Ockham-house, Sussex, director of the
Dover and Bristol, and Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction
Railway
Rev. G. A. Lamb, H.D., Iden, Sussex
James Macmillan, Esq. southampton, director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxful d Junction It lway
Thomas Gybbon Monypenny, Es 1. Rolvenden, Ksnt,
director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
E. W. Morris, Esq. Pernbury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, director of the
Great North and South Wales Railway
Francis Reeves, &sq. Dennoncien, Hawkhurst

George Smith, Esq. the Lambs, Staffordshire
Robert Tooth, Esq. Swift's-place, Cranbrook, Kent
Win. Bastow, Esq. 20, Surrey-place, London, director of the Com-
mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway
Robert East,w, Esq. Surrey-place, London, director of the Com-
mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway
J. Benson, Esq. Park-place-villas, Maida-hill West, director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway
Thomas Ferrand Bearden, Esq„ Rochdale

John Blunt, Esq. director of the London Docks Company, and Great
Eastern and Western Railway
Alfred Bush, Esq. Queen-square, Bath, director of the Great North
and South Wales and Worcester Railway
Captain F. Chamier, Malkin-street Belgrave-square, director of the

ilazebrouk and Fatnpoax Railway
AL Clements, Esq. 69, Lowndes-square, director of the Great Leeds
and Loudon Direct Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq. 6, Copthall-court, director of the Commercial

Bank of London
Miles Dormer, Esq. 51, Han4-place, Sloane-street, director of the
Great Welsh Central, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, South-
end and Eastern Counties Junction

Edward Evans, Esq. Stones-end, Borough, director of the Cemmer.
clal Life Assurance Company
D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aidermary-churchyard, director of Remington't

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Direct Manchester Railway
A. M'Moran, Esq., ,Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Grantham, Nottingham, Leicester, and Soth Midlands Jnnction
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland .gate, Hyde-park, director of the
London and Manchester Railway
James W. Peppercorn, Esq. Old Broad-street, director of the Haze-
brook and Fampoux Railway
R. 31. Preece, Esq. Lothbury, and 24, Park-square

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James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, director of the South Midlands Junction,
and Direct London and Manchester Railway
Francis ltoose, Esq. Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square

James Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portnian4quat:e, director of
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton and Tring,
Reacting, and Basingstoke Railways
James Saynes, Esq. Great Dover-street, Borough
Edwin Smith, Esq. 51, Great Ormond-street, director of the Avon and
Severn Railway
John Taylor, Esq. Hoxton, director of the West-End and Southern
Counties Railway
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANKER—Commercial Ralik of London, Lothbury.
ENGINEERS--Francis Giles, Esq. and Alfred Giles, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.—Francis Barrow, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Presto-a, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Willis and Neve, Cranbrook
Mr. John Elliot Wilson, Cranbrook
Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, Hawkhurst
SECRETARY—E. A. Lamb, Esq.
PROSPECTUS. '

This line will pass in a direct course from Tunbridge, via Paddock-
wood (thus connecting itself with Maidstone), through the parishes
of Brsnchley, Horsmonden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Benenden,
llawkhurst, Sandhurst, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northiam, Peas-
marsh, Beckley, Iden, and Playdcn, to the town and harbour of
Rye, and it will embrace a large extent of adjacent country, at pre-
sent unprovided with, and much requiring the admitted advantages
of railway transit.

The length of the line will be about twenty-five miles, a great
portion of it will pass through a level country, and the remaining
part is free from any material engineering difficulty, or works likely
to require any serious outlay, and it is not expected to be necessary
to interfere with any residences or ornamental property.
The saving of distance to Rye, and all the other places embraced
by this line, will be considerable.

The capital required is estimated not to exceed 500,0001. -
During the last session of Parliament application was made for
a similar line, partially embracing the same country, when it
was shown in detail, by evidence produced before the Committee,
that the contemplated traffic, after deducting 401. per cent. for work.
ing expenses, would leave a large per centage upon the invested
capital. That line was rejected on the ground that the best direc-
tion had not been selected, but with an intimation that the port of
Rye was e titled to a direct railway communication with the inte-
rior of the country, in the best direction towards London. The pre
sent scheme has been based upon this intimation, taking advantage
of the merits and defects which appeared upoi that investigation,
and as it embraces a snore populous and productil e country, ard
passes in a more direct line to London, and will have the benefit of
better access to other and more numerous lines, the sources of traffic
are considerably increased, and there is every reason to believe, front
what passed during the last session, that the present plan will be
favourably entertained by the Legislature.
The chief object is to open the port of Rye to the full benefit of 11
railway communication, through a populous and productive district,
in the direction of i ondon, to the best point at which it can avail
itself of the existing and contemplated lines.
The imports of Rye, particularly coals, with lime and other
manures, are of great importance to the country through which the
line will pass, and a cheaper and better mode of transit will much
increase the demand for them, and give the opportunity of great im-
provement in the cultivation of the adjacent country.
A railway through the heart of the chief hop district of the king-
dom, also producing corn, timber, and hop-poles, and communicating
at its terminus with a great part of the Important cattle district of
Romney Marsh, must be a public advantage.

The port of Rye is adrititted to be the best outlet and quickest
rout to Paris and to other parts of the Continent, and there can be
no doubt if a direct railway should be made to Rye, with moderate
improvement in the harbour, that it w0..1d be much adopted, particu
cularly as a national and commercial communication with France.
and by persons travelling on business.
Applications for shari.s and prospectuses to be addressed to the
Secretary, at the offices, 94, C.',hear,side ; Messrs. Willis and Neve, so
licitors, Cranbrook ;- Mr. John Elliot Wilson, solicitor, Cranbrook ; or
to Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, solicitors. Llawkhurst ; and
to the following Brokers :—London Messrs. Peppercorns and
Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece and Evans, Lothbury ;
Messrs. Fryer and Co., I, Birchin-lans. Liverpool—Messrs. Alston
and Gage ; Messrs. Reynolds and Son ; Mr. Joseph Brice, Man-
chester—Mr. John Dtuicuft ; Mr. John O'Niel. Leeds—Messrs
A. and C. Beardshaws ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Co. Bristol -
Messrs. Tate and Nash. Birmingham—Mr. James Pearson. Brad.
ford—Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co. Worcester—Mr. William
Miles. Cheltenham—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co. Exeter—Mr.
Thomas Sanford. Southampton—Messrs. Easty and Sons. Edit)
burgh—Mr. J. W. Lyon, 89, George-street ; Mr Robert Allen. Glas-
gow—Messrs. Black and Co. ; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitkin.
Aberdeen—Mr. W. Gordon. Dublin—Messrs. Bruce and Symes.

TUNBRIDGE and RYE HARBOUR DIRECT
RAILWAY.

At an adjourned Meeting of landed proprietors and others locally
Interested in the above line, held at the Bull Inn, Cranbrook, Oc-
tober 20,

T. L. HODGES, Esq., In the Chair ;
It was moved by the lb n. Captain KING, and seconded by T. G.
3IoNnENNY, Esq., and carried unanimously;
"That a railway from Tunbridge, via Paddock-wood, to the town
and port of Rye, passing to or near the parishes of Brenehley, Hors-
monden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Bennenden, Hawkhurst, Sand-
hurst, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northeain, Beckley, Peasemarsh, Iden,
Playden, and Guildford, is desirable."

It was moved by A. J. B. HOPE, Lsq. M.P. and seconded by R

TOOTH, Esq., and carried ;
" That the line, as explained by Mr. Giles, passing to the north.
east side of the town of Cranbrook, is the best line to be adopted."
Moved by T. G. MONYPENNY, Esq.; and seconded by W. P. Lamb
_ _ Esq.

" That the following gentlemen be added to the Provisional Com-
mittee :—The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Beresford, the Hon. Capt.
J. W. King. R.N. ; Thomas Law Hodges, Esq. ; Alexander James
13,., w 'Walton Roberts, Esq. ; Major
Curteis ; Captain Michael Twetlie ; Sackville Phelps, Esq. ; George
French, jun., Esq. ; Edward Poynder, Esq. ; and Thomas Twisden
Hodges, Esq.

Lord Beresford having been called temporarily to the chair, the
thanks of the.meetiug were given to the Chairman, Thomas Law
Hodges, Esq. G. A. LAMB, Secretary.

NORTH WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY,
from Crewe direct to Gloucester, passing through the towns of
Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidderminster, Worcester, and
Tewkesbury, with a branch from Newport to Wellington, forming
the shortest and most desirable communication between Liverpool,
Manchester, and the northern parts of England and Gloucester and
the Bristol Channel.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,250,000, in 62,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Being in accordance with the standing orders of the House of Lords.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
Sir William Young, Bart. Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park
Sir William Boothby, Bart. Ashbourn-hall, Derbyshire
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Pall-mall
Major White, Pall-mall
The Rev. Charles Leicester, Whitton-hall, Shropshire, J.P.
John Bloor, Esq. Tutbury, Staffordshire
John George Norbury, Esq. 3lancetter-house, Atherstone
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Macclesfield and London
Clement Tabor, Esq. Cornhiii, London, and Rayne, Essex
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-lane, London
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq. Newport, Salop
Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun. Esq. ironmaster, Holly-hall, near,
Dudley
George H. Fourdrinier, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
John Benson, Esq. Park-place-villa, Maida-hill, London
William Shaw, Esq. managing director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company
Richard Lambert, Esq. Lyston-hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Ambrose Miller, Esq. Lower Thames-street
William Millington, Esq. ironmaster, Summerhill-works. Tipton,
Staffordshire
William Holmes, Esq. Inner Temple, and Kentish-town
William Simpson Potter, Esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and Lower
Thames-street
Thomas Lamle Murray, Esq George-street, Hanover-square
John Rawson, Esq. Stoney Royd, near Halifax, D.L. and J.P.
Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq. merchant, Manchester
William Tomkinson Riley, Esq. Milltleld-works, Bilston
Joseph Bull, Esq. Manchester
James Stead, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire
Samuel Tudor, Esq. Upper Thames-street, and Hull
William Wood, Esq. M.D. Cr,etwynd-house, Newport, Salop
Edward Edwards, Esq. Ironbridge, Shropshire
Rev. Matthew Yatman Starkie, rector of Rushbury, near Church
Stretton
Rev. Phomas Humphreys, Bishop's-ciistie
James Macmillan, Esq. Manchester-buildings, Westminster
George Young, Esq. Foley-house, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
William Ottey, Esq. Longton
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq. Spratslane-house, Longton
John Ashwell, Esq. Longton
William George, Esq. Weston, .near Much-Wenlock
Thomas Goddard, Esq. Bank-house, Longton
Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq: Wilden Ironworks, near Stonrport
Joseph Thompson, Esq. John-street, Bedford-row, London
William Heatrell Dowse, Esq. Chancery-lane
George Cowen, Esq. Dalston, near Carlisle
John Johnson, Esq. Derby
William Dutton, Esq. Tittensor-villa, Stone, Staffordshire, and Ebury
street, Eaton-square
Robert Foreman, Esq. Abbot's-hill, Derby
Jo, eph Gillham, Esq. Hargraves-house, Oldham
Peter Wood, Esq. merchant, Manchester
George Swift, Esq. Elford-hill, Eccleshall
Jan Robertson, Esq. St. Mary's-buildings, Glasgow
A. W. B. Greville, Esq. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park
John wr ,ht, Esq. Derby
William C tntrill, Esq. Cliff-house, Wirksworth
William Hurd Wood, Esq., Ashbourne
John Earp, Esq. Uttoxeter
Thomas Richardson, Esq. Dcr:iy
Tl,nmaa Walker, Eeq. Delper
Charles Walker, Esq. Ellastone
T. Burroughs, Esq. Derby
Jonathan Burton, Esq. Carrington, near Nottingham-
Henry Cartwright, Esq. Nottingham
Samuel Wright Fearn, Esq.
Henry J. 31eller, Esq. 10, Clifford's Inn
William Nichols, Esq. 3, Inner Temple-lane
John Mee Mathew, Esq. Gray's Inn-square
John Taylor, Esq. Hoxten
Wm. Clapp, Esq. Welbeck-street, Cavendish-square
Sir John Hare, Langham-place
Geo. Harrison, Esq. Harleyford-place, Kennington
Alfred Brodie, Esq. Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
E. Kern Jarvis, Esq. Hinckley
C. Rogers Harrison, Esq. Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
Henry Brinton, Esq. Kidderminster
James Holmes, Esq. Kidderminster
Wm. Johnson Neale, Esq. Middle Temple
Wm. Law, Esq. Woburn-place, Russell-square
James Fishcr, Esq. ironmaster, Bilston

Henry Turner, Esq. Brcwood-hall, Staffordshire
John Ofley Crewe Read, Esq. J.P. Wern Northop, Flint&ire
John Clemson, Esq. Redbank, Manchester
Barnett Joseph, Esq. Liverpool
Samuel Griffiths, Esq. Wolverhampton
' Joseph Turnley, Esq. Savage-gardens
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. Bryanston-street, Portman-square
Rees Price, Esq. Tyne-hall, near Ilford
John Ferguson, Esq. T.iverpool
Joseph Barker, Esq. Macclesfield
Thomas Gregory, Esq. ironmaster, West Bromwich
Wm. A. Campbell, Esq. Leytonstone
John Getting, Esq. Norwood, Surrey
Joseph A. Barretto, Esq. Dawlisli, Devon
Captain W. G. Beare, Porchester-place, Connaught-square
Walter Lyndon, Esq. Birmingham
George
afford shi re
Thorneycroft, Esq. ironmaster, Heath-house, Swinden,
St
Edward Thorneycroft, Esq. ironmaster, Swinden-works, near
Wolverhampton
Lewis Adams, Esq. the Watlands, Newcastle-under-Lyre
C. L. Browning, Esq. Wolverhampton
Samuel Parson, Esq. Saekville-street, Piccadilly
William White Coleman, Esq. Banbury, Oxon
Baines Austin, Esq. Banbury
William Caless, Esq. Banbury
Samuel Goodwin, Esq.
William Banks, Esq. Honey-lane-market
Edward Turst Carver, Esq. Forest-lodge, Tulac-11111
John Marshall, Esq. Monway Ironworks, Wednesbury
Win. Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool
Wm. Marshall, Esq. Erdington, Birmingham
Edward Eyes, Jun. Esq. Springfield, Evertor), near Liverpool
Matthew Gaunt, Esq. magistrate far the county Leek, Staffordshire
W. Palmer, Esq Hanley, Staffordshire
F. Corser, Esq. Wolverhampton
•Tas. Batson, Esq. ironmaster, Great-bridge-works, West Bromwich
Basil Boyne, Esq. He of Man
Sam, ;. Jyk, . :01,1,,u0a-Tre.oo
David Lloyd Williaaoi, ZAQ. Hart
Samuel Haines, Esq. Chad-holisc.:l-...gi•asion, Bira,q,saaw
Robert C. Wylie, Esq. Fenchurch-street
William Simpson, Esq. Bradmore-house, Hammersmith
Joseph Griffiths, Esq. Liverpool
Henry Dntgloy Cockburn, Esq. Woolwich, Kent

George Wood, Esq. St. John's Priory, Banbury
Samuel Watson, Esq. Derby
George Turner, Esq. Hunton-hill, ErcWigton, Birmingham
S. Harwood, Esq. Bradley-hall, Derbyshire
Thomas William Vernon, Esq. Stonefeld iron-works, Bilsten
Joshua Horton, Esq. /Etna iron-works Staffordshire
James Tildesley„ Esq. Summerford-place, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Wm. Cuthbertson, Esq. iron merchant, Glasgow
Wm. Rankin, Esq. iron merchant, Glasgow
Hugh Monteith, Esq. Glasgow
Wm. Hay, Esq. Stafford-place, Wolverhampton
Wm. Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth
Jonathan Gresham, Esq. solicitor, Upper Temple-street, Dublin
T. W. Cooper, Esq., Ravensboume-park, near Lewisham
Wm. Henry Cooper, Esq. Shrewsbury
Kenric Watson, Esq. Stourport
Enoch Baldwin, Esq. ironfounder, Stourport
Wm. Harding, Esq. Ladbrook-villa, Notting-hill, Loneon
John Jackson, Esq. Euston-square, London
Richard Smith, Esq. Formach-park, Derbyshire
Carlton James Wollaston, Esq. Litchurch, near Derby
James B Murphy, Esq. Derby
Trevor Yates, Tapperton, Derbyshire
John Hudson, Esq. Derby •
Wm. Holliday, Esq. Chad Valley ,Birmingham.
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Clegg, Esq. C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co. Shrewsbury, and Market Drayton
The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnal
The Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, and its Branches
The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport, Gloucester,
and Manchester
Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster
Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co. Worcester
The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury
Messrs. J. J. and G. Alcock, Bursiem, Staffordshire

SOLICITORS.
Ingleby Thomas Miller, Esq. 3, Abchurch-lane, London
Edmund Garbett, Esq. Wellington, Salop
William Brinton, Esq. Kidderminster
Gilbert Brown, Esq. Shiffnal and Stafford.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Jones and Walmsley, Parliament-street. '-
LOCAL AGENTS.
Henry Rime, Esq. Liverpool
William Burdett,:Esq. Manchester
John Brampton, Esq. Worcester
Anthony Sproule, Esq. Tewkesbury
Charles G. Brown, Esq. Bilston
Thomas Griffin, Esq. Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Bernard Baddcley, junior, Esq. Newport
William Harding, Esq. Burslem
Henry Vickers, Esq. solicitor, Bridgnorth
Turner, Esq. solicitor, Wolverhampton
Henry Harding, Esq. Newcastle-under-Lyre
Samuel Amos, Esq. Hanley
C. W. D. Watson, Esq. Stourport
Thomas Holland, Esq. Upton-on. Severn.
JOINT SECRETARIES.
James Stevens, Esq. ; John Stanley, Esq.
Offices, Bond-court, Walbrook.

Prospectuses, with maps and forms of application for shares, can
be had from the secretaries, on application, at the offices of the Com-
pany, 3, Bond-court, Walbrook, London; from the solicitors and local
agents ; also from the following brokers, viz.:—Messrs. Lyon, 2,
Birchin-lane, London ; Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, Lord-street, Bir-
kenhead; Mr. E. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. W. Whitmore, St.
George ; and Mr. E. S. Boult, Liverpool ; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp,
Bristol; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds; Mr. Wm. Miles, Wor-
cester ; Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester ; Mr. H. I.
Owen, Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Cregg and Musgrove, Settle;
Mr. P. Jamieson, Glasgow; Mr. F. Stamp, Hull; Mr. John White,
Shrewsbury ; Mr. R. Richardson, Halifax ; and Mr. Thos. Sanford,
Exeter ; to whom applications for shares may be addressed. It will
be necessary that reference be made to a banker, solicitor, or person
of responsibility.

NORTH WESTERN TRUNK RAIL WA
COMPAN Y.

Notice is hereby given, that the favourable reception of this line
by the local interests renders it necessary that a large portion of the
shares should be allotted to country applicants, on which account no
metropolitan applications will be registered after SATURDAY, the 25th
October instant, and the time for the reception of country applica-
tions cannot be extended beyond the following TUESDAY, the 28th
instant. By order,

J. STEVENS, Secretary.
Dated, 3, Bond-court, Waibrook, London, Oct. 21, 1845.

THE

BI It MIN UHaM,
.NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGH,' AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,600,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Be'grave-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George R. Dawson
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P.
The Wor,hipful the Mayor of Hull
C. S. Foster, Esq., High Sheriff of Staffordshire
G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf-
fordshire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stourbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire
iron trade
Thomas Bagnall, Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshire •
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
William Broackes, Esq., Cork•street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chairman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Joseph Gillott, Esq., Birmingham
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-horse, Birmingham, Director
of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austins, Handsworth, Staffordshire, and
Crookhay Iron Works, West Bromwich
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director 'of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. I'aul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of
the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway
Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus Tulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Herts
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgli-square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
John Brearley Payn, Esq., Birmingham
Samuel Kearick, Esq., Handsworth-hall, Staffordshire
Robert Peasegood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the
Hull and Holyhead Railway
William Ayre, sen., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and
Ely Railway
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
John Wells, Esq., Hull
Wakefield Pim, sq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin-
coln Railway
Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham
Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Clark, Esq., Wolverhampton
James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
C. S. Cotterill, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Neve, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-
shire Junction Railway
Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton
John Barker, Esq., Chillington Ironworks, Wolverhampton, di-
rector of the Oxford, Worcester. and Wolverhampton Railway
Christopher Musgrave, Esq., Lord of the Manor, Birmingham
John Dixon, Iron Master, Wolverhampton
Charles Greatrex, Esq., Walsall, director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).
_ _ _ _ SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De.
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CATEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Pardon, Esq.
BANXEES.
. _

The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner,
and Co., Birmingham.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.'
SECRETARY—Edward Hart Hart, Esq.
Orncrs—No. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and
36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.
It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to
existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica-
tion will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station ou the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried fbrward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
the Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Humber, or New Holland, in the Immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
IP Birmingham to Gainsborough,
and from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, a
direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and
the other towns already enumerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
line, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in
Parliament.
As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
great national undertaking will be materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu-
nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir-
mingham to Hull, theport at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and from the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
southern, western, and midland counties.

A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and
shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
subscription.

The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate offour
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the Hne.

No applications will be attended to without a reference to a
member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must he
executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, of which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution of those deeds will beton.
felted.

Plans and prospectuses, with forms ofapplications for shares, may be
had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
viz. :—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ;
Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitchins and
Harrison, 18, Threldneedle-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, FcrA, and Parker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, tiiill ; Messrs.
Davies and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds ;
Mes%,rc. ,firn and florbv ; e..4srs. Putt and 'wick, Not: ing-
han;- :•• , . • 7.lnd Wraord, Brist‘,l ; and :fir.
Lane, Eireali.rilain.

ronm
To the P.:orison:Ll Como:nth:sc.' of the Tiiriningham, Nottingham,
Gainshorough, and Hull Railway Company.
I request you will allot me shares of 201. each in the capi-
tal of the above-named Railway; and I will accept the same, or
sly* 190 outer, MI pay the dap:mit or 2.25. per share, awl