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Oct. 22, 1845.
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D AIRECT BIRMIIsiGg. 111, OXFORD, R .
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RAILWAY.
was
held this day,
63, Moorgatel-street,
NLopncioßllll,
A meeting of the
at which the acting engineers reported that the plans, surveys, and
whatever that all the requirements of the standing orders will be
Committee
sections are in such a state of forwardness as to leave no doubt
complied with in ample time for the ensuing session of Parliament,
and also, that the line will be strongly supported by the landed
interest. By order,
J. B. RAYNER, Secretary.
Offices of the Company, 46, Moorgate-street, Oct. 22, 1845.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
At a meeting of proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way Company, held at the offices of Mr. Henry Brittan, No. 17,
Small-street, Bristol, on the 21st of October, 1845, convened for the
purpose of taking into consideration the provisional agreement en-
tered into between the Directors of the above Company and the
Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, for the sale to
the latter of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and adopting such reso-
lutions thereupon as might be deemed advisable,
Mr. WILLIAM CROSS in the Chair,

It was Resolved,—lst. That this meeting, looking at the past half-
yearly reports, especially the last two, made by the Directors of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company to the proprietors of that Com-
pany—at the present receipts--and the gradually increasing traffle
upon the Bristol and Exeter Railway, with the prospect of a still
much greater traffic from its various branches and the already
formed South Devon and projected North Devon and Cornwall lines,
and also at the value of the shares which the Bristol and Exeter
Company possesses in the former two lines—and at the same time
making every allowance for the disadvantage of a possible competing
line direct from London to Exeter (estimated by the Great Western
Company itself at per cent.)—cannot but consider the provisional
agreement made by the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company, for the sale of their railway and effects to the Great
Western Railway Company, as a most improvident bargain, highly
detrimental to the interests of the shareholders in the former under-
taking, and Involving an unjustifiable sacrifice of the property of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, to which the proprietors of
that company ought not to submit or assent ; and that measures be
forthwith adopted to ascertain the sense of the proprietors in general
upon the matter, and if they shall concur in opinion with this meet-
ing, to ensure their co-operation in preventing the confirmation of
that agreement.
2d. That for these purposes a Committee be formed, consisting of
the following gentlemen :
Mr. J. S. Tripp Mr. C. F. Dando
?fir. C. F. Thornley
Mr. J. Drowseme. Thomas Lucas Mr. Thos. Seccombe.
With pow;r to add to their number ; and that Mr. Henry Britten be
requested to 4'3 as the secretary and legal adviser of the Com-
mittee. _ .

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,600,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21.25. 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, Belgrave-
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 Worshipful 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 Iron works, 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
Robdrt Chapman, 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-house, Birmingham, Director
of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, end 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 tile Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paul, 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, Herta
Samuel Walker, Esq. Ablow-horse, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-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, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lire.
coin Railway
Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham
magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Esq.,ee
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James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
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Junction Railway
Wolverhamptonsg Birmingham
Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South
C. S. Cotterill, Esq.,
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).
SGLiciTORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Aloorgate-street, and De.
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CIIIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Pardon, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner,
and Co., Birmingham.
. LOCAL AGENTS.
Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
-SECRETART—Edward Hart Hart, Esq.
OFFICES—NO. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and
36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham

LARNE,Registered.)
BELFAST, and BALL!MANA
(prißsi.AarillyvAy.
With Extension to Portglenone.
The Managing Committee of this Company are gratified in stat-
ing to .their shareholders that the whole of their original capital
having been subscribed, they will he enabled to go to Parliament at
the commencement of the ensuing session, with every prospect of
success. " By order,
J. KNIGHT, Secretary.
4, Coleman-street, Oct. 20, 1845.

:E DIRECT EXETER and CORN WALL
RAILWAY.

Londoncteber 23, 1845.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING, COHRONICLE.
Sir,—l am aware that the statements made by projectors in a
railway prospectus must not be criticised too closely ; but in a case
where there is an obvious misstatement of an assumed fact (perhaps
unintentional), calculated to mislead the public, it would be mani-
festly criminal in one who observes the evil not to correct it.
In the prospectus of the Direct London and Exeter Railway, with
an extension to Falmouth, &c., the following paragraph occurs :
"A further fact is, that Parliament rejected a project to connect
Falmouth with Plymouth, on the ground that it might offer an ob-
stacle to the direct line proposed by the present company."
This refers to the Cornwall Railway, which in the last session was
certainly rejected, but the following report of the Lords' Committee
will show the true grounds :

Resolved—That i" the making of a railway to connect the town of
Plymouth and Falmouth, with a branch to the town of Bodmin,
would be of great public advantage, by opening an additional, cer-
tain, and expeditious means of communication between the said
places, and also by facilitating the communication between more dis-
tant towns and places; but the Committee are also of opinion that
it would not be advisable to adopt definitively the plan of railway
communication which is intended to be carried out by the Bill, with-
out a further and most accurate survey of the whole line of country
traversed between Plymouth and Falmouth, with a view of obtain-
ing gradients and curves more favourable, and avoiding the passage
of the Hamoaze and of the Penryn river, below Penryn, if these last
objects can be effected without any great countervailing cost and
dlsadvantage.

The COn.mittee are therefore of opinion that the Bill should not
be now further proceeded with."

In compliance with this recommendation of their Lordships, the
country has been re-surveyed by Mr. Brunel, and their Lordships'
views have been as far as possible carried out.
In addition to this the Cornwall Railway Company have resolved,
In conjunction with the North Devon Railway Company, to connect
the two lines in such a manner as to ftirnish a direct line from Fal-
mouth to Exeter.

By this means the London and northern traffic from Falmouth wil
not cross the Hamoaze, but be conveyed to its destination► by a direct
and uninterrupted line of railway.
. .

The Provisional Committee of the Cornwall Railway contains the
names of the most influential noblemen, and by far the greatest
number of the large landowners in the districts through which it is
intended the line shall pass, " all of whom are shareholders," as
may be seen by reference to the prospectus recently published in your
columns.
The Cornwall Railway is a bona fide railway, concocted and sup-
ported not in Loudon, but in counties for•whoso benefit it is in-
tended ; it Is supported by the influence and the capital of the long-
established Western lines, and is otherwise based upon principles
which will not be shaken by the universally anticipated panic in the
railway scrip market, and therefore has obtained, and will retain, the
confidence and support of the public.—l am, Sir, &c.,

A CORNISHMAN

3d. And that thig meeting request the Committee to convene
meetings of the proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany as early as possible, at such places and in such manner as the
Committee shall think expedient; and to take such other measures
as the Committee shall deem advisable for effectuating the purposes
before mentioned. WILLIAM CROSS, Chairman.

The Committee appointed for carrying out the above resolutions
will be happy to receive communications from any shareholder;
and would earnestly impress upon the shareholders generally, who
may be prevented from attending the general meeting convened to
confirm the provisional agreement on the 7th of November, imme-
diately to apply to the Committee for the form of proxy (which will
be forwarded duly stamped), to enable the Chairman of this Com-
mittee to vote in their behalf at such meeting, it being necessary
that the proxy, in order to be effectual, should be lodged with the
Secretary of the Company, five days before the meeting.
The Committee would further urge upon each shareholder the ne-
cessity of his personal attendance at the meeting of the 7th of No-
vember, and that in the interim he should immediately forward to
the Secretary of this Committee a statement of each shareholder's
name and address, and the number of shares, wholes or thirds, of
which he is the proprietor.

BY order of the Committee,
HENRY BRITTAN, Secretary, 17, Small-street, Bristol.

TUI

DGE and RYE HARBOUR DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Frederick Lawrence, Esq. Registered Projector.
Capital, 500,000/., 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.N. Angley, Cranbrook
Thomas Law llodges, Esq. Hemstead-park, Benenden, Kent
Alexander Beres'ord Hope, Esq. M.P. Bedgbury-park, Kent
Thomas Walton Roberts, Esq. Glastonbury, Kent
Capt. Michael TweecUe, Rolvenden, Kent
Edward Poynder, Esq., Oakfleld-lodge, Hawklntrst
George French, Esq., Rixden, Hawkhurst, Kent
Sackville Hhelps, Esq. Tongs-wood, Hawkhurst
Major Cartels, Leasham-house, Rye
Thomas Twisden Hodges, Esq. Sandgate, Kent
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
George Ballard, Esq. Sandhurst
John Bishop, Esq. Bodiam, Sussex
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Goldhanger, Essex, director of the Man-
chester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway, &c.
W. 11. 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. Galnsberough
John Mercer Durrant, Esq. Theobald's, Hawkhurst, Kent
Thomas Mercer Durrant, Esq. Attwaters, Hawkhurst
Thomas H. Evans, Esq. Mayor of Carnarvon, director ofthe London
and Holyhead Railway
John Hilder, Esq. Old-place, Sandhurst
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart. Milton, Aberdeenshire, director of
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, D.D., Iden, Sussex
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Gybbon Monypenny, Esq. Hole-park, Rolvenden, Kent,
director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
E. W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, director of the
Great North and South Wales Railway
Francis Reeves, Esq. Delmonden, Hawkhurst
George Smith, Esq. the Lambs, Staffordshire
Robert Tooth, Esq. Swift's-place, Cranbrook, Kent
Wm. Bestow. Esq. 20, Surrey-place, London, director of the Com-
mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway
Robert Bestow, 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 Dearden, Esq;, Rochdale
John Blunt, Esq. director of the Loud n Docks Company, and Great
Eastern and Western Railway
Alfred Bush, Esq. Queen-square, Bath, director of the Great North
and South Wales and Worcester Rahway
Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street Belgrave-square, director of the
Hazebrouk and Fampoux Railway
M. Clements, Esq. 69, Lowndes-square, director of the Great Leeds
and London Direct Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq. 6, Copthall-court, director of the Commercial
Bank of London
Miles Dormer, Esq. 51, Hans-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 Commer-
cial Life Assurance Company
D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aldermary-churchyard, director of Remington's
Direct Manchester Railway
A. M'aforan, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Grantham, Nottingham, Leicester, and Soth Midlands Junction
Major-General Parlby,C.B., Rutland-gate, Hyde-park, director of the
London and Manchester Railway
James W. Peppercorn, Eaq. Old Broad-street, director of the Haze-
brouk and Fampoux Railway
R. M. Preece, Esq. Lothbury, and 24, Park-square
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, director of the South Midlands Junction.
and Dkect London and Manchester Railway
Francis Rome, Esq. Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
James Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square, director of
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton and Tring,
Reading, 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 Bank of London, Lothbury.
ENGINEERs--Francis Giles, Esq. and Alfred Giles, Esq,
STANDING COUNSEL.—Francis Barrow, Esq.
SoLicuoits—Messrs. Elmate and Preston, 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 Brenchley, Horsinonden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Benenden,
llawkhurst, Sandhurst, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northiam, Peas-
marsh, Beckley, Iden, and. Playden, to the town and harbour of
Rye, and it will embrace a large extent of adjacent country, at pre-
sent unprovided wftb, and much tequiring 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 Itye, and all the other places embraced
by this line, will be ccaisiderable.
The capital required Is estimated not to exceed 500,000/.
During tile 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 40e. 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 beat 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 upon that investigation,
and as It embraces a more populous and productive country, and
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
ee f object
existing sa tnod
are considerably increased, and there is every reason to believe, from
what passed during the last session, that the present plan will be
the port favourably entertained by the Legislature.
ocope:ne ho'fneßsy. Rye
to the benefit of a
railway communication, through a populous and productive district,
t s Thee
1r o fc thhi
in the direction of ondon, to the best point at which it can avail
The imports of Rye, particularlywith lime and th •
coals,
manures, are ofgreat
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 d king-
atom, alterminuso Producwiting co a
rn, timber, and hop-poles, and communicating
Romney Marsh, must be its s h gr a
pubeat plicart
aof the
vantage important cattle district of
The port of Rye is admitted 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 would be much adopted, particu-
cularly as a national and commercial communication with France,
and by persons travelling on business.
Applications for shares and prospectuses to be addressed to the
Secretary, at the offices, 94, Cheapside ; Messrs. Willis and Neve, so-
Miters, Cranbrook ; Mr. John Elliot Wilson, solicitor, Cranbrook ; or
to Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, solicitors. Hawkhurst; and
to the following Brokers :—London Messrs. Peppercorns and
Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece and Evans, Lothbury ;
Messrs. Fryer and Co, 1, Birchin-lane. Liverpool—Messrs. Alston
and Gage;
Messrs. Reynolds and Son; Mr. Joseph Brice, Man-
chester—Mr. John un D cuft ; 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—Meson. Hall, Brothers, and Co. Exeter—Mr.
Thomas Sanford.and
Southampton—Messrs. East y Sons. Eam
George-street ; Mr Robert Allen. Glas-
gow—Messrs.burgh—Mr. J. W. Lyon, 89, Geo
_ ram s, Buchanan and Altkin
Black and Co.:
Aberdeen—Mr. W. Gordon. Dublin—Messrs. Bruce and B.vin es.

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 t•
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 on the Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried forward 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,
Birmingham to Gainsborough,
Birmingham to Hull;

and from

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
lice, 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, the'port at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burg'', 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 uwal power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the line.

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 be
executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, cf which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be for-
feited.

Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications 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, Threldneedie-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorns and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, For 44, and Parker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds ;
Menrs. Earp and Son, Derby ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr.
James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.

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,
Wier 20,

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham

T. L. lIODGES, Esq., in the Chair;
was moved by the M n. Captain KING, and seconded by T. G,

3IoNipENNY, Esq., and carried unanimously;

- Gainsborough, and llull Railway Company.
I request you will allot me shares of 201. each in the capi-
tal of tha above-named Railway; and I will accept the same, or
any less number, and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this 1845.

That a railway from Tunbridge, via Paddock-wood, to the town
.d port of Rye, passing to or near the parishes of Brenchley, Hors-
ionden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Bennenden, llawkhurst, Sand-
Rust, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northeain, Beckley, Peasemarsh, Iden,
'layden, and Guildford, is desirable."

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It was moved by A. J. B. HOPE, Esq. M.P. and seconded by B.
TOOTU, 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. MoNYPENNT, Esq.; and seconded by W. P. Lamb,

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" 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
Beresford Hope, Esq., 3f.P, ; Thomas Walton Roberts, Esq. ; Major
Curteis ; Captain Michael Twedie ; Sackville Phelps, Esq. ; George
French, jun., Esq. ; Edward Poynder, Esq. ; and Thomas Twisden
Hodges, Esq.

THE BIRMIN GH AM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGII, AND lIULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after
MONDAY, the 27th instant.
EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street,
MOTTERAIki and KNOWLES, Birmingham.
Oct. 10, 184.5.

LC.rd.Beiesford having been called temporarily to the chair, the
thanks of the meeting were given to the Chairman, Thomas Law
Hodges, Esq. G. A. LAMB, Secretary.