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LYME REGIS AND TAUNTON RAILWAY,
AND LYME REGIS HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT COM-
PANY, connecting, by a direct line, the English and Bristol Chan-
nels.

PRICE WITH A
) SUPPLEMENT, SD.

(Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 ansidsmeixtingYtoisit,,.,sicaidpd.
11c1,0x.)
Capital, 800D,e0pOos0/I.l,M2,4.o2,so.ooNSrlasahr:eaoreet.f 201. each.
PROVISIONAL costsurrExm.
Portman-square, Lcrulon
Captain Charles C. Bennett, Esq., R.N., Mayor of Lyme Regis
John Riste, Esq., Mayor of Chard, Somerset
Joseph
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Lyme
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T;Johneh,,or,
George
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Charles
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Esq.s,s
qG. ucgTe osotnne Brentwood,
Gloucesterpo r
John Nettleton Bahne, Esq. Elton-house, Gloucester
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le,
R. Barfoot, Esq. Lyme Regis
John Bond, Esq. M.D., Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and Arundel-
street, London
Abraham
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Carey,
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ei,neoc:ih,icepergsl-ietp:e r, Hambnrgh, and London
George Brown, Esq. Twynen-park, Tewkesbury
Brooks,Phillpo
John
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Constance,
Bradley,
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NI M.D. Albion-house, 1
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Gloucester Cheltenham
Ladbrook Cope, Esq. merchant, Grove-terrace, Kentish-
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lalaceol,(lltoengent's•place, Loudon'
Joil Ere,'
Edwards,
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Richard Hodges Carter, Esq. Sherbourne-house. Gloucester
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James Henry Dowling, Esq. Longford-house, Gloucester
Johntw.'
ie: Frederick eaprtiner
Henry Edmonds, Esq. Devonshire-place, Paddington, Middlesi:x.
William Glyde, Esq. Alderman of Lyme Regis
Anthony Gilbert, Esq. liatherly-court, near Gloucester
Samuel Giles, Esq. Manchester
Joseph James Godfrey, Esq. Liverpool
Theophilus Bartlett Goddard, Esq. banker, Lyme Regis
George Clements Harril, Esq. Montague-hothie, Kiugsdewn, Bristel
Josiah Beale, Esq. Gray's Inn, Laudon
Joseph Hopwood, Esq. Exeter
Samuel-Jones., Esq. merchant, Gloucester
Stephen Isaacson, Esq. Berners-street, London
George Jones, Esq. merchant, Gloucester
Anthony Gilbert Jones, Esq. Hatherly-court, near Gloucester
Edward Overton Lee, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Lyme Regis
Henry Trotman Lee, Esq. Lyme Regis
George Barrett Lennard, Esq. Temple, London
John Loveridgc, Esq. Grove-place, Alpha-road, London
Joseph Lovegrove, Esq. Coroner, Gloucester
James Munden, Esq. Town Councillor, Lymo Regis
James Wood Mercier, Esq. Lyme Regis
David Mowbray, Esq. Justice of the Peace, Gloucester
William Nash, Esq. Noble-street, Clieapside, London
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Samuel Osborne, Esq. Town Councillor, Lyme Regis
Henry Osborn, Esq. Lyme Regis
Abraham Parker, Gower-street, London
William W. Peel, Esq. Ullesthorp, Lutterworth
Joseph Penny, Esq. Town Councillor, Lyme Regis
William Pinney, Esq. late M.P. for Lyme Regis, Somerton-house ,
Somerset, and Berkeley-square, London
A. B. Peppin, Esq. Ash-house, near Marstoek, Somerset
Thomas Preston, Esq. Anldhouse-terrace, Islington, and Jersey
William Samue: Prosser, Esq. merchant, Lyme Regis
Frederick Ramsden, Esq: Manchester
Joint Ramsden, Esq. Kensington Gore, Middlesex
John Rendall, Esq. shipowner, Lyme Regis
William Henry Reading, Esq. Paddington-green, Middlesex
George Roberts, Esq. alderman, Lyme Regis
Richard Sellers, Esq. Lyme Regis
John Sellers, Esq. Lyme Regis
Jolln Clumpett Sercomba, Esq. Exeter
Thomas Shaw, Esq. Northampton
Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq. Lyncembe-hill, B&Bs
William Wallace, Esq. town councillor, Lyme Regis
Rev. Nicholas Watts, Lyme Regis and Teignmouth, Devon
W. Weightman, Esq. Nottingham
Richard Wilson, Esq. Carpenter Smith's Wharf, merchant and ship-
owner
j Robert Bouchier Wrey, Esq. Wareclift-house, Up-Lyme, Devon.

RANKERS.
Messrs. Boxers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs Williams and Co., Lyme, Chard, Axminster, and Dorchester
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Langport, Chard, Ilraluster, and Taunton.

CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Col. Landman, M.I.C.E. F.S. A.
W. II: James, Esq. C.E.
ENGINEER.
SURVEYOR—Henry Wilson, Esq. Royal Exchange, London.
LOCAL SURVEYORS
SECRETARY—John Champ, Esq.
JOINT LONDON SOLICITORS.
G. Jackson, Esq. 23, Finsbury-place, North
W. M. Benett, Esq. 2, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Henry F. Waring, Esq. town clerk, Lyme
Robert Hillman, Esq. Lyme
William East, Esq. Chard.
LOCAL AGENTS.
V. F. Longworthy, Esq. Ilminster
William Marshall, Esq. Taunton
Charles Bond, Esq Axminster.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.

This railway is intended, In conjunction with the existing lines.
to form a direct communication between the Ehglish and Bristol
Channels, thus affording the means of transit by railway from the
English Channel to the Irish Sea, as well as completing the grand
trunk lines from the north, north-west, and north-east parts of
Great Britain.

The proposed line of railway will commence at or near the harbour
at Lyme Regis, in the county of Dorset, and proceed 11-ont then:•
through Lyme, lip-Lyme, Axminster, Chardstock, Chard, and
Ihninster, and terminate at Taunton, in tke county of Somerset,
where it will join other important lines, and be the mesas of Iran it
for passengers and traffic to the most important places in the locality,
as well as throughout the kingdom. _ _

The length of the line will be about twenty-six miles, and, from
the preliminary survey which has been taken, it appears there are no
extraordinary difficulties, nor will it interfere with ornament .d
property.
The support of the principal landowners and other influenti
parties on the line has been secured ; and taking into considerate
the short and easy communication with the coast of France and the
Channel Islands, and the accommodation fr shipping of considerelde
tonnage which it is proposed to effect by the extension of the
present harbour, the shareholders cannot fail to derive a permaneat
and still Increasing advantage from the vast augmentation of tr.,. Mc
by passengers and merchandise, as well as from abroad and coat-
wise, as to and from the whole interior of the kingdom, with wh ch
the line will be connected by existing and progressing railways.
The beauty and situation of the place as a resort for visitors is wall
known ; and on the plans now proposed far facilitating the
in? cr-
course with the interior, and connecting the two opposite Chatmds,
being carried into effect, it is beyond all question clear, that the
trade and mercantile prosperity of the port, as well as the extent and
importance of the town, and the several places connected with it by
This lino will establish a lucrative trade in lime. manuress.,_f sh,
agricultural produce, particularly from the principality of `Vales,
which must necessarily tend to render this undertaking of the greatest
advantage to the whole locality of the several important towns
through which it will pass.
The improvement of the port and harbour at Lyme, and Its exten-
sion so as to admit vessels of a larger Class of merchantmen mat
steamers, cannot fail to command the attention and support of all
persons front Salisbury we,tward to Exeter, together with Bri.tol.
Bath, the principality of Wales, and all parts of the north, visiting
or trading with the Channel Islands, France, and other parts of the
Continent, thus making the port of Lyme to those places what
Southampton is new to London and its contigudy The peculiar
privilege secured by Act of Parliament, exempting the shipping of the
port of Lyme from the Dover and Ramsgate harbour dues, payable
by all other coasting vessels, as also the advantages of its being a
bonded port, must not be overlooked.
The enlargement and extension of the harbour at Lyme Regis into
a port of refuge, must be considered as of great national importance.
This harbour is accessible with winds which prevent entrance Into
any other ports in the Great Western Bay (being the only one in
the whole of that extensive bay without a bar), and its importance,
even in its present state, may be estimated by the following extract
from Mr. Roberts's " History of Lyme Regis," giving the substance
of a report of a Committee of the House of Commons :
LYME REGIS HARBOUR.

" A Committee of the house of Commons was engaged in In-
quiries respecting the repairs required, and entered into ex-
aminations as to considering the pier a national work. The re-
sult was that this harbour was the best in the bay ; that to
spring tides, at high-water, it is open to vessels of 120 to 150
tons, and with draught of 14 feet ; that notwithstanding the
circumstances of its being a dry harbour, it is in some respects
preferable to the bar harbours on the coast, some of which no
vessel dare run for with the wind blowing violently on the
shore, accompanied with a high sea ; for, should a vessel strike
on the bar at the entrance of a harbour, she might pass over
the bar and sink in deep water ; but when a vessel strikes the
ground at Lyme, she must be under circumstances of shelter
and comparative security, being then protected by the enter-
most part of the cobb, unless her draught of water be very
great.
" Round the outermost part of the stones at the end of the Cobb,
which break the sea, there is, at low water, spring tides twelve
feet. It has proved the means, in many instances, of saving
vessels with their crews, which would otherwise have been
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prevent entrance into other ports of the West Bay."—Report
of Committee.

During the late war, the Government contractors fer supplying
the army in the Channel Islands, selected this port as the best for
the shipment of cattle. In the month of November, 1815, ono vessel
from this harbour made four passages to those islands when vessels
from other ports could not go to sea. Many ships from India and
other places, wind-bound in the Channel, have been compelled to laid
their passengers at Lyme, no other port being accessible during cer-
tain contrary winds. Many lives and vessels have been saved, eves
in the present state of the Harbour, and, when enlarged, its value
in a national point of view, as a harbour of refuge, will be incalculable.
The saving in distance by landing at Lyme, instead of going round
the Land's-End, to or from Bristol, will be several hundred miles,
and independently of this large saving in distance, the certainty of
the proposed communication, by avoiding the chances of delay
through contrary winds, is perhaps still more important in a mer-
cantile light.
The capital intended to be raised is 800,000/., divided into 40,000
shares of 201. each.
A deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid, upon allotment, and
no call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
authorising* the construction of the works.
The liability of the shareholders will he limited, by the Act, to the
amount ef their respective subscriptions to the capital stock ; and
power will be applied for, to allow interest at the rate of 4/2per cent.
per annum, on the amount of the deposits, and upon the further calla
until the opening of the hue. Power will also be applied for in the
Act. and in the meautirae power is given to the Committee of Ma-
nagement to increase the capital, it neceeanry; to aiter or abandon
any part of the line ; to make branches therefrom ; or enter into ar-
rangements with any other company, or companies. The Parlia-
mentary contract and the subscribers' agreement will be required to
be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip
certificates, of which due notice will be given; and the deposits pstd
by parties making default in the. due execution of the Parliamentary
contract aid subscribers' agreement,
_within the time limited by such
notice, will be absolutely forfeited.
Applications for Prospectuses and Shares may be made accordieg
to the annexed form, to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company,
23, Finsbury-place North, London; to the London or Local Solicitors,
the Agents, and the following Sharebrekers :
Mr. Robert Baxter, 8, Old Broad-street
Messrs. Backlioase and Co. Angel-court, Throgmorton- Loadan
street, and
Mr. Sym, Token-house-yard
Mr. B. Pemberton, and Liverpool
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead,
Mr. W. 11. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. James Jamieson
Mr. Nusey, and Leeds
Mr. C. E Langton
Messrs. Tate an Nash, Bristol
Mr. F. Benton, Manchester
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, `Fork
Mr. W. Mason, Bradford
Mr. F. Stamp, Hull
Mr. James Wilson, Nottingham
Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby
Messrs. Bardwell and Sons, and Mr. S. H. Arm,tage, Sheffield
Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn, Leeds
N. Smallpage and Co., Burnley, Lancashire
1 Messrs. Stewart and Murray
Mr. Alexander Dowell
Messrs. Hugh Monro and Co. Edinburgh
Messrs. Hartwell and Sons, and
Messrs. Deed and Kay
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, and 2 Glasgow
Messrs. Borthwick, Campbell, and Co.)
Messrs. Newburn and Blackey, Halifax
Mr. H. Pembroke, Exeter
Mr. R. G. Carpenter,
Mr. Richard Bell, and
•i Taunton
Messrs. Lemon and Griffith
Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth
Mr. Williams Miles, Worcester
Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham
ansdouStultimadnefil,atoond, Leicester
331'111 err sjlrs;s.. iClarke,l4llns
Dickinson, Newcastle; and
Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Managing Committee of the Lyme Regis and Taunt.at Rail-
way, and Lyme Regis Harbour Improvement Company.
Gentlemen, —I request you will allot me Shama
of 20/. each in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to aceol4
the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay Ilbs
deposit thereon, and also to execute the Parliamentary Contract *il4
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated alts day of . 1845.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, .

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