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lETTERS of CREDIT on INDIA.—The
. UNION BANK of LONDON, as Agents for the Oriental
Bank, are authorised to ISSUE LETTERS of CREDIT for any
Moneys paid to them, to be re-paid in rupees at the current rate of
exchange on the day of presentation at the offices of the Oriental
Bank, in Bombay, Calcutta, and Colombo. Similar Letters of Credit
may be obtained at any of the branches of the National Bank of
Sc.,tland, and of the Provincial Bank of Ireland.
By Order of the Directors,
W. W. SCRIMGEOUR, Manager.
Union of London, No. 2, Princes-street, Mansion House.

Edinburgh—Messrs.M'Cullum and Co., and Messrs. Robertson ani Co.
Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Hull—Messrs. Collinsonson and Flint, and Mr. Henry Corlass
Wakefield—Mr. Nightingale, and Mr. Charles Clapham
Halifax—Messrs. Crowther and Brooke, and Mr. Hartley
Bradford—Mr. Mason
Gloucester—Mr. J. M. Balme
Blackburn—Mr. Booth
Birmingham-11F. Collis, and Mr. John Wright
Bristol—

LYNN - and ELY RAILWAY COMPANY.
FIRST CALL_OF £2 lOs PER SHARE.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 2/. 10s. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz. Messrs. Gurneys and
Co., or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, lloare and Co., London ; Messrs. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 5/. per cent per annum will be charged ou
all Calls remaining unpal.l after the First day of October next.
WM. BROWSE FOLIOES, Chairman,
W. W. WILLI.k MS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3, 1845.

DERBYSHIRE, STAFFORDSHIRE, AND
WORCESTERSHIRE JIIIi.CTION RAILWAY COM-

PANY.
The aloes of this Company are, reasoyed from 35, Moorgate-street,
e No. 1, Moorgate.
JOHN OWENS, 1 Joint Solicitors.
W. ARNOLD BAINI4RIGGE,
September 22, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRES,

TRINIDAD GENERAL RAILWAY COM-
PANY.

To the Provisional Diectors of the Cambridge and Lincoln Exten.

PRELIMINARY NOTICE,

sion,and Lincoln; York, and Leeds Junction Railway Company.

RAILWAY BANKING COMPANY,
(Provisionally Registered.)

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in the capital of this Company, and I undertake to accept
the same, and pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Sub-
scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required.
Name in fall
Residence.. • • .
Profession or Calling.. •••••• • • • • • ••••••• • .• • • • •
Address of Referee..................• • •• •
Date ..

Capital, 2,50 ►,0001., In Shares of 5001. each,
Deposit, 21. 10s.

The promoters of the aboNe Company have the satisfaction of in-
forming the numerous Inquirers that preparation is now being made
to carry out their wishes.

LYNN and DEREIIAM RAILWAY
COMPANY.

The object of the promoters is to open a Deposit and Discount
Bank, to assist shareholders in making good their calls, and to afford
general information on every subject relating to railways.
Application for shares may be made, and every information ob-
tained, by applying t F. W. Pike, Esq., solicitor, 26, Bedford-row.

CIAMBRIDGE and LINCOLN EXTENSION,
and LINCOLN, YORK, and LEEDS JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, with a Branch to DONCASTER.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Lord Viscount Dfllon,Belgrave2;ivar;,T;il;, and Ditchley, Oxon
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
Sir William Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-mall, Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway
Major-General Pariby, C. 8., 18, Rutland-gate, Director of the Wor-
cester and Crewe, and- Shropshire Union Railways
Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall
Admiral Ayscaugh, Southampton, Director of the South and Mid-
lands' Junction Railway
Hugo Charles 3feynell Ingram, Esq., Temple, Newsam, Leeds
J. R. Atkinson, Esq., J. P., Leeds
James Holdforth, Esq.,J.P., Leeds, Director ef the Leeds and Liver-
pool Direct, and Leeds, York and Midland Railways
Richard Hobson, Esq., M.D., Leeds
Joseph Robert Wilkin Atkinson, Esq., Leeds, Director ef the Leices-
ter and Bedford, anti Rugby and Huntingdon Railways
John Ellershaw, Esq., Roundhay, Leeds
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds, York and Midland,
aid South and Midlands' Junction Railways
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways
Charles llives, Esq., Chapel Allerton, Leeds
John Wilkinson, Esq., Gledhow Mount, Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and Liverpool Direct Railway
Thomas Ifeatherington Baker, Esq., Leeds
George Young, Esq., Ridge House, Leeds
William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Oxford and Worcester
Extension, and West Midland Railways
Joseph Austin, Esq., Leeds
John Hillary Hebblethwaite, Esq., Thorp Arch, near Leeds
Richard Harrison, Esq., Woodlesford, Leeds
Charles Reynard, Esq., Hob-green, Ripley
The Worshipful the Mayor of Ripon
S. Pencoffs, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Clarke, Esq.' Sherburn, near Ferrybridge
The Worshipful the Mayor of Doncaster
Sir Gregory Allnut Lewin, Recorder of Doncaster
Josept Biriey, Esq , Alderman, Doncaster, late Mayor of Doncaster
Frederick Fisher, Esq., Westfield House, Doncaster, Member of the
Corporation
William Cooper, Esq., Doncaster
Frederick, William Flack, Esq., Gainsborough
William Lister Sharpe, Esq., Gainsborough
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough
Henry Hall, Esq:, Gainsborough
John Hepworth tu, Esq., Leeds, Recorder of Pontefluct
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple, Director of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., London, Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction, and West Midland Railways
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, Director
of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, Director of the Rugby
and Worcester Railway
Captain T. Hodges, 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park. Director of
the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
W. F. Beadon, P-sq., John-street, Berkeley-square, Director of the
Essex and Suffolk Railway
Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Lothbury, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of
the Rugby and Worcester Railway
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Westminster Bank, and of the Namur and Liege, and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Captain T. Chamier, Halken-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Great Paris and Lyons Railway
Joseph Bishop, Esq.; Director of the Blackwell Railway
Robert Jas. Culverwell, Esq., M.D., 5, New Bread-street
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lownde's-street, Belgrave-square, Director
of the Leicester and Birmingham Railway
William Shaw, Esq., London, Managing Director of the Farmer's
Life Insurance Company
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the Church of England Life In-
surance, and South. and Midlands' Junction Railway
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City ef London
James Beech, Esq., 15, Clrosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, Co-
ventry, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Railway Company
G. Norbury Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
W. P. Cou :ty, Esq., Temple, Director of the Legal and Commer-
cial Life Insurance Company
Clarks Juhn roeni b
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Holbert,q.,E n
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Leicester and Birmingham Railway
Rey. F. R. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave•square, Director of
the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton,
aid Leicester Railway
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster
Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell•square, Director of the Leeds and

CAMBRIDGE and LINCOLN EXTENSION,
and LINCOLN, YORK, and LEEDS JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, with a BRANCH to DONCASTER.
Parties having applied for Shares in the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway, will be considered as continuing them in the above Com-
pany unless their applications are WITHDRAWN on or before the
30th instant. By order,
JOHN BLACKBURN, Leeds.
C. B. JAMES, 5, Basinghall-street, London.
Sept. 22, 1845.

FIRST, CALL of 31. 125:6i PER SHARE.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 31. 12s. 60. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz. :—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co , or Messrs. Everards and Co , Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co., London ; Messrs. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 51. per cent. per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
2W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfol, Sept. 3, 1845.

A Company is in the course of fonnstion for the purpose of carry-
ing out a complete system of railways in Trinidad, and neotiations
on the subject, with the most influential residents and proprietors of
estates, and with the principal mercantile houses in this kingdom,
interested in the trade of that island, are now pending. Two prin-
cipal lines have already. been decided on, viz. :
Front Port of Spain by way of San Josef to Arima ' • and
From San Joseph to San Fernando, and the Mission of Savanna
Grande ;
To which will be added such branches and extensions as the local
population and estates may require. There can be no doubt that
these lines will receive the sanction of the Legislature.
E. TAVERNER, 9, New Broad-street, Solicitor to the Company.

EXETER, DORCHES TER, AND WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered;pursu ant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., la 62,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
- PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lient.-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Montague-place, Mon-
tague-square
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place
George Brown, Esq., Gower-street
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell
John Carter, Esq., Dorset-place, Portman-square
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Wiliam Colfax, Esq., Rax House, Bridport
W. S. Cross, Esq., New-court, Temple, Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Railway
Newton Crouch, Esq., Southampton-place, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
The Hon. Miles Dormer, Hans-place, Sloane-street.
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dicksoki, Curzon-street, May-fair
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, C. 8., Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity and
Law Life Assurance Companies
Captain S. N. Fisher. Junior United Service Club, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Major Fitzgerald, Mount Edgar, Sidmouth
John Foster, Esq., Barge-) ard, Bucklersbury
The Rev. H. Fellowes, J.P., Vicar of Sidbury
Captain Sir Andrew Pellett Green, R.N., K.C.11., James-street, Back •
ingham-gate, Director of the Bank of Australasia
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
W. Newton Marriott, Esq., Odiham, Hants
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Railway
Thomas Heathcock. Esq., The Wermitage, Sidmonth
George Price Hill, Esq., Gawanbro House, Hampstead
F. B. Hoare, Esq., Lincoln's Inn
John Holmes, Esq., Liverpool, and St. James's-street, Westminster.
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh
Midland Railway
Michael Elijah linpey, Esq., Duchess-street, Portland-place, and
Lawn Cottage, Twickenham
Swynfen Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Staf-
fordshire, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, and
of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the Lond2n,
and Manchester Direct Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, and Director of the Wor-
cester and South Wales Junction Railway, and of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways
Siegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Miter-square
William Ley, Esq., Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway
L. Llewellyn, Esq., Ynis, Penllwch, and Graig -Avon, Glamorgan-
shire
Robert Henry Llndham, Esq., New-street, Dorset-square, Director
of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway
C. W. Lovesy, jun., Esq., Charlton Kings, Chelteaham
William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Wootton•under-Edge
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Captain Matthews, R.N., Sidmouth Lodge, Sidmouth
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life In-
surance Company, and Director of the South and Midland Junc-
tion Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place
The Mayor of Nottingham
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, and Director of the Trent
Valley Continuation Railway
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Nyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union,
Leicester, and Birmingham Direct, and Tring, Reading, and Ba-
singstoke, London and Nottingham, and London, Bristol, and South
Wales Railways
Robert Rea, Esq., Exeter, and Cromwell Rock, Waterford
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosamel's Great
Northern of France Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank
of Ireland
Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Director of the i
York and Lancaster Railway'
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Bryaniton-street, Portman-sqaare,
Director of the Galway and Belfast Railway
J. Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge, Surrey
W. Digby Seymour, Esq., Doughty-street, Mecklenburgh-square
William Sloane Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the South-Eastern Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy Governor of the Union Bank of
London, and Chairman of the Irish North Midland Railway
Henry Savage, Esq., M. 8., F.R.C.S., Dorset-place, Dorset-square,
Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
John Wheelton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, Director
of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, and of the Taw Vale
Railway
Robert Wynne Williams, Esq., 29, Bedford-place, Russell-square.
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Birming-
ham and Brighton Direct, and South Midland Junction Railways
Sir William Wynne, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, Suffolk-
str4et, Pall-mall
(With p.)wer to add to their number).
Coast : .TING ENGINEER—Sir John Macnell, LL D., F.R.S.,
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
Messrs. Gough and Roumieu.
Suavicroas-31essrs Shuttleworth and Soaa.

LIONDON, HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN
RAILWAY.

ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COM-
PANY.

_ .
FIRST CALL of 31. Iss. PER SHARE.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 31. 15s. PER SHARE on their
respeltive Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz.—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co ,or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., London ; or Messrs. Muss and
Co., Liverpool"; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 51. per Cent. per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3rd, 1845.
F1)1(), IRE MINTEgAL RAILWAY.
1,7 In CConsiequenee of the filltrewsLitry, Hereford, &mil North Wales
Railway, having given pollee of their Itriention to ahaudon that part
of their project which extends from Lnalow to Newtown, the Direc-
tors of the Shropshire Mineral Railway have determined to make a
slight deviation from their originally pre;osed line, and to carry their
Western Terminus to the Craven Anna, when it will run into and
form a junction with the Great Western and Portdynllaen line of
railway, still reserving the power of going to Wistanston, if found
advisable. The capital will be increased to 850,0001., and the number
of shares to 42,500 ; and notice is hereby given that applications for
shares will not be reeeived after MONDAY, the 29th instant.

The PARLIAMENTARY and SUBSCRIBERS DEEDS are
LYING for EXECUTION at the Offices of the Company, and the
scrip is ready for delivery in exchange for the bankers' receipts.
Due notice will be given of the times and places at which the deeds
will lie for execution in the country.
The deposit of 10 per cent. has been paid, being one of the first in-
stances of a compliance with the recent standing order of the House
of Lords requiring a deposit of 11) per cent.
The surveys are in a forward state, and the Committee are pro-
ceeding to enter into conditional contracts for the purchase of the
property on the line.

JOHN MASSON, Secretary.
Loudon, Hounslow, and Western Railway Offices,
7, Walbrook.

G RAND UNION RAILWAY
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.

Sir George G. de H. Larpent, Bart., Chairman
Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.l'.
William Hutt, Esq., M.P.
The Mayor of Nottingham
Thomas Calvert Braseley, Esq., Hurston, near Grantham
Jonathan. Burton, Esq., Nottingham
Frederick Cooke, Esq., Boston
William Gibson, Esq., Nottingham
Mr. Thomas Gee, Nottingham
Frederick Plant, Esq., Nottingham
Frederick Fowler Robertson, Esq., Grantham
Henry Smyth, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham.
ENGINEER IN CHlEF—Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.A.S., 3d.R.1.A.
ACTING ENGINEER—George Thompson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Capes and Stuart, Gray's Inn, London.
Messrs. W, and S. Parsons, jun., Nottingham.
M. Staniland, Esq., Boston.
Messrs. White, Kewney, and White, Grantham.
PARLIAMENTARY Acuncro—Messrs. Dorrington, Hayward, and Ce.,
Parliament-street
The Directors have th, satisfaction to inform their Shareholders
that arrangements have been concluded with the Norfolk Company
for an extension of the line from Wisbeach, via Downham Market,
to Brandon, thus completing an independent line of communication
from Yarmouth and Norwich to Nottingham and the manufacturing
districts, and securing by the alliance the passing of the traffic over
the entire portion of the Grand Union and Extension Line referred
to. The distance between Nottingham and Yarmouth by the pro-
posed extension will be as short as by the Lynn and Dereham and
Lynn and Ely lines, while the traffic to and from the north, from the
central, west, and south parts of Norfolk, the north of Cambridge-
shire, and the counties of Suffolk and Essex; will be secured for the
united undertaking.
The Extension Line will be made by the two Companies jointly,
and the shares will be apportioned amongst the respective share-
holders of each.
It is intended that the Norfolk and Grand Union Companies should
guarantee four per cent dividend, with a division of profits to the
shareholders of the new line.
The direction will consist of an equal number of gentlemen from
the Norfolk and Grand Union boards, and Mr. Robert Stephenson
will co-operate with Mr. Vignoles as engineer of the line.
Further particulars will be shortly advertised.
By order, ALFRED BEESTON, Secretary.

By order, GEORGE BOND, Searetary,
Royal Exelhange-buildlugg, London, September, 1845.

REMINGTON'S LINE,

THE LONDON AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY.

The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the /PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB-
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for
the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below:—
Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September
instant. _ _

Carlisle Railway
George William Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
John Campbell Dicke:' Esq., New Hall by Neston, Cheshire, Direc-
tor of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railway
Charles Robert Colman. Esq., Irongats Wharf, London
William Shaw, Esq., Director ofthe Thames Embankment Company,
and Managing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company
W. F. Fraser, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Railway
John Brocke Walbanke, Est., Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railway
Major Morse Cqoper, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway, Wargrave, Henley-on-Thames
James Burness. Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten-
sion, and of the Staffordshire Potteries line, and London and Liver-

pool Direct Railway, 64, Cornhill, London
Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Chester-plaee, Hyde Park-gardens,
Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Samuel Griffith, Esq., Pense-fields, Wolverhampton, Director of the
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Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Charles R. Court,Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and

Birmingham Railway
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield

chsrd Kelly,:isq.; Chairman of the Ross, Carlow, and Xilkenny

Junction Railway, and Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
Warren Stormes Rale, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railway
Colonel Fitch, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension

Railway
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension
Railway
H. G. Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley, and South and

MidlanddJunciiim Railways
William Peppercorne, Esq., London, and Bexhill, Sussex
Thomas C3lllngridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex
J. Bennet Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square
Willis Coventry, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Assurance

Office _
J. M. Douglas, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth Railway
Colonel Robert Douglas, C. 8., United Service Club, Director of Lon-
don and Birmingham Extension, and South Midlands' Junction

Railway
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of South and Midland Junction
Railway
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of Church of England Life Insurance Company
John Andrews, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of Church of England Life
Insurance and South Midlands' Junction Hallway
John Bloor, 'Esq., Tutbury, Director of Teen and Dove Valley, and
Buxton, Leek, and Staffordshire Potteries Railway
George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin Lodge, Huddersfield, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Railway
John Wheelton, Esq., Bath-street, Newgate-street, Director of
Leicester and Bedford Railway
R. S. Wilson, Esq., Olson Hall, Warwickshire
Major White, Pall-mall
Sir William Twisden, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Captain Wm. Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Rhondda
and Ely Valleys Junction Railway
William S. Potter, E5q.,.37, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of
the Leeds and Carlisle, and the Great Grimsby, Louth and Lincoln
Railways
William G. Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Surrey, Director of the Ms-
beach, Peterborough, and Birmingham Railway
George It. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Henry Chaytor, Esq., Chevereux Castle, Darlington, Director of the
Wisbeach, Peterborough and Birmingham Railway
R. Gray, Esq., 5, Adam-court. Broad-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Extension Railway
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, Director of the Bridge-
water and 3linehead Railway
(A further list will be published in a few days.)
BANKERS.

London—
Doncaster—Yorkshire Banking Company
Leeds—Beckett and Co., and Leeds and Commercial Banking Com-
pany.
ENolDissits

, and Messrs. George Leather and Son
SOLICITORS.
Leeds—John Blackburn, Esq.
London—N. B. James, Esq., 5, Baslnghall-street.

PAILIAMENTAZY AGENT.—Messrs. Parratt and Walmsley, Pease-
yard, Westminster

While two gigantic projects are struggling for victory, which, if
obtained, would inevitably prove fruitless, the dense and wealthy
population between Lincoln and York, and between Lincoln and
Leeds, are left unsupplied with railway accommodation. Not less
ambitious of accomplishing a great public benefit, the projectors of
the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Junction Railway have adopted Lin-
coln (with 30,000 inhabitants), York (with 40,000), and Leeds (with
152,000), as the termini of their line; and, calculating upon the ulti-
mate success of the Cambridge and Lincoln Bill Ia the ensuing ses-
sion of Parliament, propose to complete the whole line of rail from
London to York and Leeds by the execution of this design.
Leaving Lincoln, the proposed line will be taken by Saxelby and
Lea to Gainsborough, where it will cross the Trent, and thence to
Haxey-gate, whence a branch will issue to Doncaster. At this lat-
ter place a communication will be formed with projected lines (ruin
Manchester and Sheffield to the port of Goole ; and by this arrange-
ment a communication will be opened with the inexhaustible coal
fields of Elsecar and Silltstone—a species not inferior to that of Dur-
ham and Sunderland—as well as with the limestone quarries at
Warmsworth, so valuable for building purposes.
Proceeding to Thorne, the line reaches Snaith, and, continuing its
direct course westward to Selby, near to which it is crossed by the
Hull and Selby Railway, will have its northern terminus at the city
of York.

At Thorne, or some convenient point near to it, an auxiliary line
will emanate from the main trunk to Askern, and either by means
of the proposed branch to the Wakefield, Pontefract and Goole line
to that place, or by an independent course, as may hereafter be deter-
mined upon, will run through Pontefract direct to Leeds. By this
means the whole of the manufacturing districts of the West Riding
of Yorkshire and Lancashire will be Tendered easily accessible.
This line will be the shortest between Lincoln and York ; Lincoln
and Leeds ; Lincoln and Selby ; York and Selby ; and York and

7he gradients throughout the line are so favourable, that none exceed

5% feet in the mile, an instance unparalleled, if the length of it be
taken into consideration. There will be no tunnels ; the works will
everywhere be light ; no invasion of ornamental property is neces-
sary; and the local interests have expressed themselves favourable to
the project.
Frei' the combination of advantages, facilities, and patronage
from the great breadth of new country to be supplied with railway
accommodation—moderate post of labour on the line—enormous
supply of materials, and encouragteg truffle returns—an interest of
ten per MIL on vested capital is penfidently expected, exclusive of a
fair allowance for working expenses.
Power will be taken In the Bill to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. on all deposits.
The Plans and sections of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Company,
being now in the possession of the promoters of this Company, an
Immense saving of expense will thereby be gained.
Applicatious 10F PrOSpeetuses and plans, and forms of applications
for shares, accompanied by g relpeetable reference, may be had at
the offices of the solicitors ; and or the feliqwing brokers :
London—Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., 2, Oldßraatl4treet
Leeds—Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Barley ; Messrs, John Young
liald Po.; Mr, John Watson ; and Mr. T. W. Powell
Derby--6ampel Eyre, Esq., and Messrs. Cuff and Fox
L.verenol—Mr, prattles Prfigt $ 41.estrs. Ridsdale and Chutney; and
Mr. J. Atgcs.rlyou And son, and MOsn• YOugklaad and
Manchester—Xeseru. - -
LINO

Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, ou Saturday, the 27th day of

September instant.
Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September

-
instant.
Leicester—At the Thrie Crowns lun, on Tuesday, the 30th day of

September instant.
Bedford—AA the Company's Office in the High-street, on Thursday,

the 2d day of October next. -
Uttoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, EN
•,
Soli-
citor, en Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant.
Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., so-
licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September Instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
day, the 27th day of September instant.
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
y o f Parrott,
September
instant, and
Colville, and May,
the 29th day of September instant.
Mascoclileeistfloerld, on —AtTtuheesOdaffiy, cesthoef Messrs.d a
Wednesday, the Ist day of October next.
Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October 'next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday,
the 23,1 day of September Instant.
30th
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-

BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands. _ .

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 500,000/. in 25,000 shares of 20/. eaeh.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
is intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Lord Sherborne, Sherborne, Gloucestershire
Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boone, Dartmouth
Sir John Hansler, Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy-
Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, "Clive Court, near Minehoad
Edward Aysford Sandford, Esq., Nynehead-court, near Taunton
George William Blaythwaite, Esq., Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead,Magistrate of the
.

ber instant.
Hull —At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 2Gth day of September
instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-

tember instant.
Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 24 day of Oc-

tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adeiphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October

next.

county of Somerset
John Cridland, Esq., Spring-grove Park, near Wlveliscombe, Magis-
trate for the county of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose Home, Bampton, Devon
Charles Bailey, Esq., 5, Stratford-place, London
R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,

merchant
W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq., 24, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Colhoun, Esq., 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly,and St. Peter's
chambers, Cornhill, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon-
shire
F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square
W. Strahar., Esq., Banker, Strand.
Office-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-street.
SOLICITOSS.
Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square. •
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater.
MANAGING DIRECTORS.
E. F. DAYRELL, Esq., Chairman.
Charles Bailey, Esq.
James Colhoun, Esq.
W. S. FitzwiMam, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq.
W. F. Beadon, Esq.
Samuel Pocock, Esq.
F. W. Green, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
W. R. VIGEBS, Esq., Deputy Chairman
SECRETART—MT. Edward Parrett.
RANKERS.

By order,

H. W. MATTHEW S, Secretary.

LONDON. WARWICK, LEAMINGTON, and
KIDDERMINSTER RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered,)
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement, will lie for signature on the days and at the
places under-mentioned, between the hours of Eleven o'clock in the
Forenoon, and Two o'clock in the Afternoon :
At Northampton, at the George Inn, on Monday, the 22d of Sept.
bast.

At Danntry, at the office of E. S. Burton, Esq., solicitor, on Tues-
day, the 23d of Sept. inst.
At Warwick, at the office of Messrs. Haynes and Moore, solicitors,
on Wednesday, the 24th of Sept. inst.
At Birmingham, at the George Inn, Digheth, on Thursday, the
25th of Sept. inst.
At Redditch, at the office of E. Browning, Esq., solicitor, on Fri-
day, the 26th of Sept. inst.
At Cheltenham, at the Fleece Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th of
Sept. inst.
•At Kidderminster, at the office of Messrs. Boycot and Lucy, soli-
citors, on Monday, the 29th of Sept. i :pct.
tt.
At Liverpo9l, ut the Albl ''llii, on Tueoay an'a Wednesday,
the 30th of Sept. inst., and Is , Oct : next. ."
At Glasgow, at I'. W. Dix ,Ts..l4.'s office, en Friday, the. 3d of
Oct. next.
At Edinburgh, at the Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 4th of Oct.
next.

RIXON and SON, Registered Solicitors to the Company,
20, Jewry-street, London.
Dated Sept. IG, 1845.

A SHBURTON, NEWTON, AND SOUTH
Ci • DEVON JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered according to the Act 7 and 8 Vic., c. 110.)
Capital 130,0011., in 5,200 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 10s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
James Matheson, Esq., M.P., 13, Cleveland-row, London
Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P., Plymouth, Chairman of the South Devon

Railway Company
William Fox, Esq., Plymouth, Director of the South Devon Railway
Company
John Rundle, Esq., banker, Tavistock, Director of 'the South Devon
Railway Company
Charles Lyall, Esq., 33, Westbourne-terrace, London, Director of the
Irish North Midland, Aylesbury and Theme, and Sambre, and
Meuse Junction Railway Cctinpanies
John Caunter, Esq., Waye House, Ashburton, a Magistrate for Devon
Charles Kebon, Esq., Hennons, Teignmouth, a Magistrate for Devon
Rev. Win. Marsh, Ashburton, Vicar of Ashburton •
Sir W. H. Tonkin, Knight, Teigninouth, a Magistrate for Devon
Rev. F. H. Hele, Littlehampton, Rector of Littlehampton
W. A. Cockey, Esq., Portreeve of Ashburton
Thomas Pinsent, Esq., Greenhill Kingeteiguton
Richard Caunter, Esq., merchant., Ashburton
J. F. P. Phillips, Esq., Gitcombe-house, Totnes
Capt. G. Pl. P. White, R.N., lluckfa-st Abbey, Bucklastleigh
Edward White, Esq., merchant, Ashburton
John Thuell, Esq., merchant, Forder-green, Broatlliemptson
Solomon Tozer, i sq., Ashburton

Messrs. Strahan and Co. ; and Messrs. Robarts and Co., London.
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, Bridgwater, and Taunton.

In consequence of the favourable reception of this 'measure by
many important landowners and others locally interested, • a number
of whom have become Members of the Provisional Committee, and
the additional evidence of the great traffic, the Managing Directors
have resolved upon adopting a Double, instead of a Single Line, and
increasing the capital to 508,000/., in 25,000 Shares, of 201. each, and
all app!lcatious for Shares received up to the present time will be
treated in the allotment as made upon the present capital, unless
recalled before the 27th instant.

Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed informa-
tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Alderman's-
walk, City, London ; at the Offices of the Company's Solicitors,
Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London ;
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater; and of the
Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton ; Mr. N.
Pearce, solicitor, Wiveliscombe ; Mr. James Parsons, solicitor, Lang-
port; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorchester; Mr.
Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor,
Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol ; and of the following
Stock and Share-brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11,
Birchin-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, London; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ;
Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs.
H. Davies and Co., Liverpool; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds;
Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf-
ford, Dublin ; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; Mr. R. Ball, Taunton ; and Mr.
Richard Neville Parker, solicitor, Cork
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater and Minehead
Junction Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of £2O
each in the above undertaking ; and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, or any less number you may allot to me, on the terms of the
prospectus, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and all future
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement, and other deeds, when required so to do.
Dated this day of , 1645.
Name in full .. • . .
Place of business
Profession or business .....
Usual signature
Name, residence, &c., of referee in

BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that no Application for Shares will be en-
tertained, unless the same be made in the form prescribed by the
Managing Directors; and the applicants must also refer either to one
of the Provisional Committee, or to some person of known respecta-
bility.—Dated September 12, 1845. By order,
Messrs. A'BECKETT, SON, and SYMPSON ; and
VAUGHAN PRANCE, Solicitors to the Company.
Offices, 3, Alderman's-walk, Old Broad-street.

BRIDGWATER and M[NEHEAD JUNC-
TION R&ILW &Y COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Application for Shares in
this Company can be received after SATURDAY, the 27th inst.
By order, EDWARD PAR RA.TT, Secretary.
Offices, 3, Alderman's-walk, Old Broad-street,
September 20, 1845.

r HE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
A.. RAILWAY, lift ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Importance of connecting remote parts of England by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than bathe Line
which is how proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.
The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will he conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of communtcation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borouih of Abingdon,
the market towns of Vantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom.
The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of %Vantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposedli ne at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to IVantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place ; and
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Hungerford and Ludgers-
hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country
intencloti 1.9 be traversed, is in course of preparation, and with the
names of an fefluential provisional Committee, will very shortly
be published. In the meantime, hiri*i;
information may be ob-
tained from Messrs. Elmslte and. Presion, 47; 14OoriP49:Rtreet,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to who , at present, a•ppNa:
UN tg§ll4reS E4a7 be rattd@,

•
John Hatherley, Esq., Alfred-place, London
E. F. Bean, Esq., Ashburton

Elias Ford, Esti:merchant, Newton

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, 8, Gray's lan-square
Edward Steck, Esq., 10, Doughty-street.
SECRETARY—D. Bartle, Esq.
SINKER/.
London—Messrs. Martin, Stones, and Martin, Lombard-street
The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Southampton—Messrs. Atherley, Fall, and ltherley
Weymouth—Messrs. Eliott and Pearce.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Weymouth—Gtorge Arden, H.q.
Bridport—E. Nicholetts, Esq.
Sidmouth—Edwin Church Everitt, Esq.
This railway is intended to commence at the east part of the city
of Exeter, neat St. Sidwells, and after passing through Topsham,
with a fork at Woodbury by Lympetone to Exmouth, will proceed, in
an easterly direction, towards Sidmouth, and thence, near Colyton,
Beer, Seaton, Axmouth, Lyme Regis, and Charmouth, to Bridport.
At Bridport the line will divide, taking the course direct to Dor-
chester, to join the Southampton and Dorchester Railway, and the
other, passing near Bridport harbour and Abbotsbury to Weymouth.
At Exeter, junctions will be formed with the Bristol and Exeter and
North Devon Railways, and at Exmouth with the South Devon, by
means of their steam ferry, thus making the most direct route to
Plymouth from London. Also at Dorchester and Weymouth it will
be connected with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, as well as
with the Dorchester and Southampton at Dorchester.
It will be seen, on reference to the map, that by forming a junc-
tion with the lines of coast railway that have already been con-
structed or commenced from Exeter westward, and from Dorchester
eastward, and by following the coast as nearly as is practicable be-
tween its termini, this line will effectually complete a railway com-
munication from Dover to the Land's End, an undertaking in itself
ofgreat national importance, and likely to meet with the cordial sup-
.port of the Government.
In fixing the course which this Railway will take, It has been the
careful consideration if. the Promoters to project only such a Line as
will afford the greatest facility of communication to the populous and
important towns and fashionable watering places which are situated
on and near that part of the Coast which this Railway is particu-
larly meant to accommodate ; whilst, at the earn. time, the Agri-
cultural, Manufacturing, and Commercial Interests of this part of
the Kingdom have been equally studied.
This Line will also open such additional means of communication
to the Port of Weymouth, the large Manufacturing Town and Har-
bour of Bridport, and the Harbour of Lyme Regis, as 'must even-
tually replace them in that high position, when compared with the
other Ports of the Kingdom, which they formerly held. The Water-
ing Places of Exmouth, Budleigh-Salterton, Shimouth, Charmouth,
Lyme-Regis, Weymouth, &c., will be thus thrown open to every part
of England and Wales, and accommodated with that facility of ac-
cess which they alone require to place them on an equal position
with other favourite places of resort, for which the picturesque In-
land and bold Coast-Scenery of Devonshire and Dorsetshire is pre-
eminently proverbial, and justly entitles them to hold.
The following extract from the Report of the Select Committee of
the House of Lords on the " Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Rail-
way," made on the 18th of June, 1845, will show the sense enter-
tained by that body of the importance of a line of railway in the di-
rection proposed by the present Company :—" In making their re-
port, the Committee feel it their duty to state that the great diffi-
culty with them, in deciding on the Bill referred to them, had arisen
from the fear they entertained whether, in allowing the Great
Western Railway to come down to the sea at Weymouth, or even be-
low Yeovil, they might not be creating a difficulty as to making a
railway in the most desirable manner to Falmouth, the most westerly
port in the Channel."

H. H. Hele, Esq., Ashburton
Henry Caunter, Esq., merchant, Ashburton
Thomas Cousins, Esq., merchant, Ashburton
James Woodley, Esq., HaLshanger-house, Ashburton
J. B. Paige, Esq., Ashburton

Railways
James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near
Coventry, and Director of the. South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
way
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brompton, Director of
the Jersey, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Thomas Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton
Major Waller, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Frederick James Hall, Esq , TOrriugton-square, and Alfreton, Derby,
Director of the Trent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid-
lands' Junction Railways
T. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and
York and Lancaster Railways
•Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall; Blackheath, Director of the Me-
tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Company, and Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
Tr. A. Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and
Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
William Sloane, Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway '•
William Morley, Esq., Blackheath .t F.. 1"
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway, Director of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance.
Company, and Director of the South and Mitiland9' Junction
Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South
and Midlands' Junction Railways •
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Englis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester,
Rugby and Southampton Railway
Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
William Leo, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and
Essex and Suffolk Railways
Thomas Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'

W. It. Whiteway, Esq., merchant, Ashburton
Thomas Lyle, Esq., Ashburton.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS Messrs. Burke, Venablea, and Pritt,
London.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Barclay and Co., London
Messrs. W.lliams, Deacon, and Co., London
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company, Plymouth, Exeter,
and Newton
Messrs. Watts, Whiteway, and Co., Newton and Teignmouth
Messrs. Harris and Co., Naval Bank, Plymouth.
Soucixorts—Mr. Tucker, Ashburton; and Mr. G. Caunter, Ashburton.
This railway is Intended to commence at or near Buckfastleigh,
and to join the South Devon Railway at Ford, near Newton ; dis-
tance, ten miles.
This railway, by forming a direct communication with the great
trunk line of the county, will open for the manufacturing towns of
Ashburton and jluckfastleigh, and the adjacent agricultural district,
the readiest access to the ports of Teignmouth and Torquay, and to
the important and increasing markets which these towns and the
other watering places on the south coast, as well as Newton, present
for the disposal of all kinds of agricultural produce.
Ashburton and the surrounding district, rich in mineral wealth,
only require a cheap and easy mode of transit to unfold their trea-
sures, which have hitherto been raised only sparingly, in conse-
quence of the expense of land carriage.
Within the average distance of two miles of Ashburton are thirteen
lime kilns, at which are now burnt annually above 10,000 hogsheads
of lime. Five s'ate quarries, in some of which the slate is of the best
quality, and has received the approval of some of the first London
architects. And within the district which would derive benefit from
this railroad, are six tin and copper mines in work, and three more
are now about to be worked.
The manufactured goods of Ashburton and the adjacent district are
of very considerable value—the woollen manufacture alone gives em-
ployment to nearly 3,000 persons.
Large quantities of timber are annually felled and sent to the -sea-
coast, from the wooded district at the back of Ashburton.
It has been ascertained that the number of persons travelling from
this district to and from the east of Ashburton, amounts to about one
thousand weekly.
The romantic scenery of the Dart, near Ashburton, now attracts
yearly a great influx of visitors. The opening of this railway would,
by bringing the banks of the Dart within easy access of Exeter, and
all the watering places on the southern coast, doubtless much increase

The great importance of this railway may be further estimated,
from a consideration of the fact that the local population which would
be benefited by its construction exceeds two hundred thousand
persons.

And also that Weymouth, which will be one of the termini of the

line, is about to become a great National Harbour of Refuge and
Packet-station, by the construction of a breakwater in Portland
Roads, in accordance with the recommendation of the Government
Commissioners, for which purpose a grant was made during the last
session of Parliament for commencing the works. The additional
population and traffic, which will thus be attracted to this port, will
be very considerable. _

A preliminary survey has been made, and there are no peculiar
engineering difficulties. The length of the main line, from Exeter to
Dorchester, will be about flfty-two miles; and of the Forks, or exten-
sions, to Weymouth, and Exmouth, about sixteen miles ; making, In
the whole, sixty-eight miles of railway.
The sentiments of the landowners are favourable to the construc-
tion of a railway calculated, as this is, very greatly to benefit their
properties, and in the allotment of shares preference will be given
to the applications of persons locally interested.

the number.
To the manufacturer and merchant, the formation of this railway
would afford a great boon, by establishing a cheap and easy transit
for their goods; to the agriculturist, the saving of one-seventh in the
present price of lime would offer a manifest advantage; and on the
inhabitants of the district generally great benefit would be conferred
by the reduction of at least 251. per cent. in the price of coal and other
articles.
The Provisional Committee, after careful inquiries as to the antici-
pated traffic, have reason to believe that the net return will pay a
handsome rate of interest on the capital required.
The population of the district to be benefited by this railway is
above 16,000
The line presents no engineering difficulties. •
The Directots of the South Devon Railway Company with the
authority of a general meeting of their Proprietors, have agreed to
take shares to a considerable amount, and are acting in cordial co-
operation with the Provisional Committee. The arrangements with
the South Devon Beard embrace a provision for leasing the line on
its completion to that Company, and provide for the supervision of
the planning and construction of the line by Mr. Brunel.
The advantages of attracting to this undertaking the important
combination of interests represented by the South Devon Company
and its numerous alliances will be readily appreciated.
Power will be sought by the Act of Incorporation to allow interest
at 41. per cent. per annum on all deposits and calls from the time of
payment until the opening of the line.
No liability will be incurred by any Shareholder beyond the amount
of his shares.
Applications for shares may be made to the Provisional Com-
mittee, at their office, East-street, Ashburton ; or to the Solicitors,
Mr. Tucker, or Mr. George Canister, Ashburton ; or to the following
Sharebrokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, New Bank-buildings, Lon-
don ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester ; Mr. Thomas For-
syth, Liverpool ; Mr. Anthony Lawrie, Liverpool ; Robert Allan,
Esq., St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh ; Mr. Pembroke. and Messrs.
May and Co., Exeter ; 3lr. Luke Arnold, Bristol ; and Messrs. Hop-
wood and Palmer, Plymouth.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisiona Committee of the Ashburton, Newton, and South
Devon Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251.
each in the above-named Railway, and I will accept the same or any
less slumber allotted to me, and pay the deposit of 21. 10s. per share
thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.
Dated Use day of 1841.
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Estimates of the traffic have been carefully prepared by the pro-
moters of the line, from which it is evident that an ample re-
turn will be obtained for the investment of capital in the undertak-
ing. More detailed traffic tables will, however, be forthwith com-
piled, as required by the Committees of both Houses of Parliament.
The usual power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow
interest at 4/. per cent. on the amount of deposit and calls from the
passing of the Act until the completion of the line, and the liability
of Shareholders will be limited to the amount of their subscriptions.
Applications for copies of the prospectus, and for shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 62, Moor-
gate-street ; to the solicitors and local agents ; also to the fol-
lowing sharebrokers :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-
buildings, and Messrs. Taunton and 'Bush, 26, Austin-friars, Lon•
don ; Henry Vatcher, Esq., and John Langworthy, Esq., Exeter ;
Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; It. G. Carpenter, Esq.,
Taunton, Somerset ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Thomas For-
syth, Esq., Liverpool; Henry Benton, Esq., Manchester; Messrs.
Rhodes, Leeds ; W. H. Collis, Esq., and John Wright, Esq., Union-
passage, Birmingham; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York ; Wil-
liam Mason, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire; F. Stamp, Esq., Hull;
Thomas Boardman, Esq., Blackburn'; Messrs. John Robertson and
Co., Edinburgh; Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson. Glasgow ; stud
Messrs! Mewburn and Blakey, Halifax.

To the Provisional Committee of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
-Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Company.
I request that you will apportion me Shares of 201. each, in
the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Company; and I
do hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may
allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share and all tuture
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliatneutary ContraOt and Subscri-
bers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of
Name in full • . • . .. • .
Residence . .• •• • •
Business or Profession ..
Place of Business (if any) „
Name, Residence, and
Profession of a Referee

, 1845.

Name

Junction Railway
J. Harvey, Esq., Rush-hill, Surrey
John Wheelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Collingridge, Esq., llighgate, Middlesex
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

Railway •
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's-wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
William Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
Frederick Collingridge, Req., Thurlow-square, Bromptoa
Warren Stonnes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford

and Worcester Extension
Bingsmill Grove Key, Esq., Wandsworth
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction, and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
W. Lee, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Robert Power, Esq., Queen-skeet, May-fair, Director of the Great
Britain Life Assurance Society
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place House, Southampton, Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Major Grubbe, Eastwell House, Potterne, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County, and Director of the South and Mldlands'Junction Railway
Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and

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F 4 XETER, DORCHESTER, andWEYMOUTH
JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no Applications for Shares will be re-
ceived after SATURDAY, the nth instant.

South and Midlands' Junction Railways
T. G. Norbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua-
tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, and of the Legal
and Commercial Life Insurance Company
William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South

and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Brooke Walbancke, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'

Junction Railway
Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery
William Lee, Esq., Director of the Reading Railway
Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square
William T. Thornton, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portman-soare
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
Joseph Crockett, Eaq , Alderman of Devizes, and Director of the
North Wilts Banking Company, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
John Helbert Helbert, Rsq., Gloucester-place, London, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham Railway
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London, Director of the Rugby

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DAVID 19ABTIE, See.
ComPtlnY's Offices, 61, Moorpte-atmet,
Sept. 20, 1895,

and Worcester Railway
William Peppercorne, Esq., London, and Bexhill, Sussex
Captain T. Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Ilyde-park, Director of the
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Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Rector of Fumourne,
Rev. F. R. Hall, ILD.,
the County of Gloucester, Director
F. Duffield, Esq., Bolton House, near Bradford
John Barnett, Esq., Coroner for
st reet, iielgreve-square,
William Spooner, Esq.,
Chafe
iltailwaY
Liverpool Dim
uare, Director of
Director of the Bar-
Lincoln's Inn-fields,
tohfeth;e7casortdleaanididCheltenham_ Radii aY
Alexander Prince, Esq., . 14,
ay
th near Manchester, Director of
James Lees, Esq.,
Banking Company
the Saddleworth
to add to their number).
(with power
net North Junction Railway
iSwaddlcwor ,
BANKERR—The Commercial Bank of TADAO%
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John Mitenell, LL.D., F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Hullingex Higgins, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITOR—W. 11, James, Esq., 5, Dasinghall-street.
LOCAL AGENTS.
It appears that England will be dividedlongitudinally by four great
lines of railway, which will become so manymain trunks, intersec-
leg and intersected by numerous lines, both transverse and oitlique,
opening rapid and ready oommunieation with the intermediate dis-
tricts, with packet stations, and with seaport towns. The more
easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at lieWellatie;
upon-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and (ambridgo,
may be said to terminate in London, whence all places are accessible.
The second line, counting west Ward, is more tortuous, and has also
a common northern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad-
vantages are materially restricted. This line, descending the Ere-
Wash Yale, and passing through Rugby and Oxford, becomes a South,
ampton line by falling into the South-Western Railway at Basing-
stoke.
The third longitudinal line, or the most westerly, is OW more de-
fective in design than the preceding;
employing the steep and narrow
TaihviiY COO Ow Illrraingham and Woumster as its first link, it
tweiies uorly tp a riiitt hue the least povulous and most undulating

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'THE WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER
A_ AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND BIRMINGHAM,
SWINDON, DEVIZES, AND SALISBURY JUNCTION,
Being au extension of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,200,000/., in 60,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Right lion. Lord Viscount Dillon, Halkin-street West, Belgrave-
square, and Loughlyn House, Loughlyn, Ireland, and Ditchley, Oxon
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
William Beresford, Esq., M.P., 77, Pall-mall, Director of the Teen
and Dove Valley Railway
William liulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land, and Director of tne South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and
Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
David R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the
London and Manchester, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
ways
Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and- Director of the South and Midlands'
Juneticht Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts, Director of
the Chester and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc-.
tion Railways
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales,
and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynu, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of
Dean Railway
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester mid Birkenhead Continuation,
and London and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c.
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, and Naniur and Liege, and South and
Midlands' Junction Railways .
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midlands' Junction Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con-
tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
__Railways

Major Oliver Lindam, KM., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberyst-
with, and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
Major-General. Pariby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces-
ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Captain James Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff,
Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of
Dean, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, &c.
Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the
Legal and Commercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of
Bengal, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment
Railway
Richard William ,ohnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man-
chester, and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave•squars, Direc-
tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
?eter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu-
rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Furness and White-
haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
ways
William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag-
ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di-
rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Carpenter, Esq Magistrate of the County of Middlesex,
Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di-
rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
G. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
Lieut.-General Sir Law's Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street
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John Jennings, Esq., Ehn-grove, Hammersmith
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., S, Upper Hyde-park-street
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance
Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England
Life Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London and Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Cash, Esq.
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Jelin Castendick, Esq., Lewisham
Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Juno-
tion, and Northampton and Banbury Railways
William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near Bicester, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director
of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con-
tinuation Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Vice-Chairman of the Leeds and York
Railway
J. I). Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond
James Durness, Esq., Loytonstone, Essex
George Willes, Esq., Hungerford Park, Berks
G. N. Wright, Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-square,
Islington
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
Martin Furness, Esq., Director of the Newark and Sheffield Railway
William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and
Leeds Railway
Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melksham, Wilts, Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Charles Thomas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House,
Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the South and Midlands Junction
Railway
oseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc-
tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Previsional
Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail-
way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Captain Hutchins, H.E.1.C.5., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square,
Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
John Allceck Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Lancashire, Director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct, and Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield