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London, England, 1845-10-24 00:00:00

G, OCTOBER 24

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
(New Shares of 141. 165., upon which 41. 16s. has been paid.)
Notice is hereby given, that the SECOND INSTALMENT of 21.
per Share will BECOME DUE on FRIDAY, the 31st instant, and
can be PAID at any of the Company's Bankers, on presentation of
the Scrip.
This Call cannot be paid upon Bankers' Receipts, all of which now
outstanding must first be exchanged for Scrip Certificates at the
Company's Office, as formerly advertised.
Interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, will be charged on
all payments made after the above date.
By order of the Board,
A. BULKELEY, Secretary.
Offices, Shoreditch Station, Oct. 23, 1845.

SOUTH AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement of this Company will be sent into the country
for signature, and will lie at the undermentioned places :
Glasgow, on the 30th day of October, 1845, at the Star Hotel ;
Edinburgh, on the Ist day of November, 1845, at the Waterloo
Hotel ;
Woodstock, on the Bth day of November, 1845, at the Office of B.
Holloway, Esq. ;
Devizes, on the 6th day of Nov., at the Office of J. W. Wall, Esq. ;
Salisbury, on the ith day of November, at the Office of Messrs.
Foot and Radcliffe—between the hours of 11 and 2.
After which, the same will remain at the Solicitor's Office until
further notice. .

By order,
5, Basinghall-street, Oct. 23, 1845,

W. B. JAMES, Solicitor,

GLOUCE STE R, ABERYST WITH, AND
CENTRAL WALES RAILWAY.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
CHAIRMAN—Major J. 0. Lindam, K.H.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—W. A. Hill, ESQ.
The Most Noble the Marquis o Hon. G. F. Berkeley, M.P. for
Clanr?carde West Gloucestershire
The Right Hon. the Earl of South- C. E. Green, Esq.
ampton Capt. Price, R.N.
Capt. the Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P. Lieut.-Colonel Hamer
for Gloucester IT. Barber, Esq.
The Hon, F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P.; T. Fuller Maitland, Esq.
for Bristol
The Directors refer with much satisfaction to their engagements
with the Great Western Railway Company by which the co-operation
and support of that Company is secured for this undertaking,
The Directors have to report that the engineer has undertaken to
be fully prepared with the plans and sections of this line, which will
be deposited in due time, for proceeding to Parliament in the ensuing
session, of which application to Parliament the necessary notices will
appear in due course._ By order,

S. HAWKER, Secretary,
1, New Broad-street, City, Oct. 23, 1845.

HEREFORD AND MERTHYR TYDVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,
In connexion with the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales
Railway Company.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—T. Fuller Maitland, Esq.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Major Lindam, K.H.
Clanricarde W. A. Hill, Esq.
The Right Hon. the Earl of South- fAent.-Colonel Hanmer, K.H.
ampton Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P.
Captain the Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P. J. Monteflore, Esq.
for Gloucester Captain Beamish, R.N.
The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. T. B. Ricketts, Esq.
for Bristol T. Carlisle, Esq.
The Hon. G. F. Berkeley, M.P. A. Bettridge, Fsq.
for West Gloucestershire Richard Fowke, Esq,
The Hon. A. Capel 'J. W. Came, Esq.
Sir W. Magnay, Bart. R. H. Lindham, Esq
Sir Jams Eglinton Anderson

Arrangemtnt with the Great Western and consequent adoption of
the broad gauge.—The directors, fully alive to the importance of
connecting the interests of this Company with the Great Western
Railway, have the pleasure to announce that they have concluded an
arrangement with that Company; the effect of which will be, that
the Great Western will give to this Company their support and in-
fluence in the carrying out of this project, in connexion with that of
the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway.
By order,

J. HAWKER, Secretary,
1, New Broad-street, City, Oct. 23, 1845.

HEREFORD AND MERTHYR TYDVIL
RAILWAY COMPANY,
In connexion with the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales

Railway Company_
The allotment of Shares is proceeding. All holders of Scrip in
the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway, who have
applied for shares in this Company, and wish their applications at-
tended to, will be pleased to send in by letter the number ef, or pro-
duce the Scrip in the Former line, at this office, on or before the
27th day of November instant.

By order,

TIIOS. HAWKER, Sec.

Offices of the Company,
1, New Broad-street, Oct. 23, 1845,

THE DIRECT LONDON AND DUBLIN
RAILWAY COMPANY.

Via Porth Dynllaen.
(PILBROW'S ATMOSPHERIC.)
(Provisionally Registered).
Offices, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
UNDER THE SPECIAL SUPPORT OF
The Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Cashiobury-park, Watford,
Hcrts
The Right Hon. the Viscount Massarene and Ferrara, Oriel Temple,
Louth
Hon. Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, M.P. Penrhyn
Castle, Bangor
Thomas Asheton Smith, Esq. Vaynol-house, Bangor

AND THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Aulcijo, Esq. No, I-house, Kensington
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B. Montague-place
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. Pall-mall
John Bowes, Esq. Hull
Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq. the Hall, Atherstone, Warwick
Sir John Campbell, Bart. of Ardnamurchan
Captain Frederic Chamier, R.N. Halkin-place, Belgrave-square
Anthony W. Clarke, Esq. Queen-square, Cheapside
Charles Collins, Esq. Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire
D. Davies, Esq. Brynhafod, Carmarthenshire
D. Davies, jun., Esq. ditto, ditto
John Davies, Esq. Vronheulog, Corwen, Merionethshire
Thomas Edwards, Esq. Camberwell
James Godfrey Elster, Esq. Han's-place, Sloane-street
Griffith Evans, Esq. Bodgullen, Corwen
Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire
John Fowler, Esq., Belmont-house, Clifton
William Green, Esq., Walthamstovr, Essex
John Griffith Griffith, Esq. Lianfair-hall, Caernarvon
George Harris, Esq. Temple
Dean John Hoare, Esq. Wimp°le-street •
Edward Hoare, Esq. Percy-street, Bedford-square
William Balkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P., Plas-Coch, Anglesea
William Humffreys, Esq. Llwyn, Llanfyllin
Sir David Kinloch, Bart. Gilmerton, near Haddington
Francis John Lambert, Esq. Kensington-gardens-terrace
Henry Lawrence, Esq. M.D. Preston-terrace, Carmarthen
William Price Lewes, Esq. Carmarthen
Henry Robert Lewis, Esq. 12, Upper Montague-street
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H. Charles .street, St. James's-square
Oliver Lloyd, Esq. Cardigan
Richard Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor.
square, and Aston-hall, Shropshire
Charles Carroll M'Tavish, Esq., 22, Rutland-gate, Regent's-park
Thomas North, Esq. Mayor of Nottingham
Cornelius O'Brien, Esq. M.P. County Clare
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. Walbrook, and Brompton, Middlesex
F. B. Price, Esq., Bryn-y-pys, North Wales
Alexander Prince, Esq. 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Edward Scard, Esq. Kew, Surrey, anl Garth-hill, Glamorganshire
William Corbet Smith, Esq. high-sheriff of Leicestershire, BithS-
well-hall, Lutterworth
William Sonthwell, Esq. Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth
Edward Spence, Esq. Tilworth, near Hall
John Wlieelton, Esq. Meopham-bank, Tonbridge, Kent
Martin Williams, Esq. Bryngwyn, Llanfyllin
J. P. Wright, Esq. Edinburgh
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. D. J. Hoare, Esq.
Charles Collins, Esq. Francis J. Lambert, Esq.
Thomas Edwards, Esq. C. C. M'Tavish, Esq.
Charles H. Bracebridge, Esq. It. C. Polhill, Esq.

ENGINEERS.
Frederick Braithwaite, Esq.
James Pilbrow, Esq. C.E.
BANKERS—London Joint-Stock Bank
SOLICITORS—George John Shaw, Esq. Furnivals-inn ; Messrs. Poole
and Powell, Carnarvon.
SECRETARY—Mr. William Kocher.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Isaac Gilbertson, Esq. solicitor, Bala
Humphrey Lloyd Williams, Esq. Lianfryn, Merionethshire
Thomas Lloyd Boyle, Esq. solicitor, Llanfyllin, North Wales
Mr. David Jones, Llanfyllin, North Wales
Win. Griffith, Esq. solicitor, Dolgelly
Ogilvy Carnegie, Esq. of Pulwelli
Egerton Jeffries, jun. Esq. Shrewsbury
Wm. Williams Jones, Esq. Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire

The most direct and speedy communication between the English
and Irish capitals has been declared, by influential members of the
present and former Governments, to be a great desideratum ; and
possessing, in addition to this valuable authority, the sapport and
sanction of many, or nearly all, the principal noblemen, gentlemen,
and landholders in North Wales, this Company is established for the
purpose of immediately farming a line of railway which will effect
this long-desired object.
The importance, nay, the necessity, of such a line has long been
felt by the public at large ; it must, therefore, be looked at riot as
merely a private speculation, but also as a great national undertak-
ing, opening, as it will, facilities for the most expeditious transit be-
tween the two capitals, and at the same time offering a most direct
communication with the south of Ireland, via Wicklow, thereby
conferring an immense benefit on both kingdoms.
The proposed line will commence at Shrewsbury, by a junction
with the Birmingham and Shrewsbury Railway, and proceed thence
as nearly as possible in a straight direction to Port Dynllaen, pass-
ing through, or by, Bala, and the other principal towns on the route,
being a distance of about eighty-four miles. A very important fea-
ture in this line is, that the expense and difficulty of passing the
Menai Straits are avoided.
Hitherto the mountainous nature of some of the districts through
which the line must pass, has been generally considered as opposing
obstacles too formidable for locomotive transit, which accounts for
the principality having so long continued without the advantages of
1 railway. These difficulties are surmounted by the application of
the atmospheric system, which it 'is therefore proposed to adopt.
The considerations for employing the atmospheric principle are
founded not only on the strong opinion in its favour expressed in the
report of the Select Committee appointed by Parliament to examine
into its merits, but also on its peculiar suitableness to several of the
gradients to be encountered on the line, its superior speed, safety,
and economy, and its absence from the possibility of the occurrence
of those frightful accidents by collision which have so frequently
happened of late, and to which locomotive engines must ever be
liable.

The distance between Porth Dynllaen and Kingstown is only
about six and a half miles farther than between Kingstown and
Holyhead ; but in consequence of the position of the latter place,
being two or three points to leeward of the acknowledged prevailing
gales of St. George's Channel, a shorter passage can be made on an
average throughout the year from Porth Dynllaen. This is con-
firmed by Captain Beaufort, as referred to in the master:y report of
Sir John Rennie on the subject ; in which, after going into details
(coinciding in every material point with the opinions cf Mr. Page
and others), Sir John thus concludes with a general summary of the
case in reference to Porth Dynllaen :—" That it is two points farther
to windward than Holyhead, and, to use the expressive words of
Captain Beaufort, ' has a fair wind both ways, to and from Kings-
town.' This is particularly important, because it enables the pas-
sage to made in equal, if not less time than from Holyhead,
although the distance is rather greater ; and it is not less important
to maintain the communication between the two countries during
the winter season with as much speed and as little interruption as
possible."
Taking this project in a remunerative point of view, we have to
bear in mind not only the great amount of traffic which it is certain
to command, when the entire line is completed, and the journey be-
ween the two capitals can be accomplished in twelve hours (thus
ensuring much of the Irish, American, and West Indian trade), but
also with other railways now in progress ; the vast mercantile traffic
it must bring, from its opening the most convenient oatlet for the
wealthy mineral and agricultural productions of the counties of
Caernarvon, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Denbigh.
The extensive and apparently inexhaustible quarries of Caernar-
von, Bangor, Ffestiniog, &c., will supply all the Midland Counties
of England with slate, &c., at a much less cost than at present ;
and. the carriage of the important articles of lime, coal, and colo-
nial produce to Wales, will also form an important source of revenue.
Another very important consideration presents itself in the cer-
tainty of this line being adopted for the transmission of the mails,
affording, as it assuredly will, ample facility for the dispatch of let-
ters frem either metropolis, and the return of answers within
twenty-six home.
Lower will be applied for in the Act—and in the meantime is
given to the Committee of Management—to increase the capital, if
necessary, to alter or abandon any part of the line, to make branch
lines, to enter into arrangements with any ether company or com-
panies, and generally to manage the affairs of the Company.
In the allotment of allures, preference will be given to landholders
and others locally interested. The subscribers will be held liable
only for the amount of their first deposit, until an Act of Parliament
be obtained, and afterwards only to the amount of their subscrip-
tions; and power will be applied for in the Bill to allow interest at
the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum, on all calls, from the passing of
the Act until the opening of the line.
Application for prospectusus and shares may be made to the soli.
citor, 8, Furnivars-inn; or the secretary, at the Offices of the Com-
pany, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house ; and the following share-
brokers:—Mr. S. 11. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece
and Evans, Lothbury:; Mr. Robert Allen, 11. St. Andrew's-sqnare,
Edinburgh; Messrs. Hugh Mauro and Co., 46, George-street, Edin-
burgh; Mr. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street, Edinburgh; Messrs.
Hoare and Newenham, 1, Pownes-street, Dublin ; Messrs. Curtis
and Power, Dame-street, Dublin ; Mr. John Wright, Birmingham ;
Mr. R. P. Clark, Bristol; Mr. Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. Tyath and
Wills, Plymouth; Mr. John Russell, Exchange, Liverpool; Mr. J.
O'Neil, 27, Cross-street, Manchester; Messrs. Kirk and Co., 28,
Albion-street, Leeds ; Messrs. Brown and Clarke, Coventry ; Mr. J. N.
Balme, King-street, Gloucester ; Mr. James Hewson, Hull ; Mr. W.
W. Dickinson. Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. W. Lee, Cheltenham; Mr.
J. B. Murday, Bath; Mr. John Pearson, Birmingham; Messrs. N.
SNorwi mallpage• and Co., Burnley, Lancashire; Mr. Charles S. Gillman,
ch.

845.

NOTICE

RIIONDDA and -Erik— VALLEYS JUNG
TION RAILWAY.

The Deeds will Lie for Execution at the Office of the Company, 19,
Northumberland-street, Strand, from MoNDAY next, the 27th, nub]
FRIDAY, the 31st instant, inclusive.
By order, JOHN PETHERICK, Secretary.
Oct. 23, 1845.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF
FRANCE.

LAFTE'S
The holders of English allotments whoCOMPANY. hav) e not received the
Circular Report of the Directors, dated 17th instant, may receive a
copy of it by applying at the office, No. 62, King William-street,
City. The forms are ready, which require to be Mimi for the pur-
pose of receiving the constituted shares, together with the amount o
the surplus of the deposits.
18th October, 1845.

ED. AIME, Sec.

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF
BENGAL.
. _

.Notice is hereby given, that the GENERAL MEETING of the
SHAREHOLDERS in this COMPANY appointed for THURSDAY, the
30th day of October instant, is POSTPONED until the 7th day of
November next, at 11 o'Clock precisely, when the meeting will take
place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, for the purpose of
obtaining the ratification and confirmation of the powers to be given
to the representatives and agents of the Company in India.
The Chair will be taken by Major MORSE COOPER, at Half-
past Eleven o'clock precisely.
Every shareholder will be required toproduce his scrip certificate
previous to his admission.

By order. L. MORSE COOPER, Chairman.
147, Leadenball-street, Thursday, Oct. 23, 1845.
The notice is given in pursuance of the terms of the Subscribers'
Deed requiring fourteen days' notice to be given, calling a meeting of
shareholders.

THE DIRECT LONDON and HASTINGS
RAILWAY, HARBOUR, PIER, and DOCK COMPANY,
With Branch Railways to the Port of Rye, and Irons Tonbridge to
Lewes.

Temporary Offices, New AdelphiTerambers, John-street, Adelpht
• London.

Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares w,
be received after the 28th instant

By order, T. A. CORLETT, Sec.
The Committee of Management have the satisfaction of announcing
that the necessary Parliamentary survey will be completed by the
30th November, and that they have recently received from the
Board of Admiralty a renewed assurance of the approbation ex-
pressed by that Board in 1838, of the harbour and dock projected by
the late Mr. Rennie, Mr. Cubitt, and other engineers, and now form-
ing part of the present Company's scheme.
The Committee do not deem it necessary to take notice, at pre-
sent, of the recent incorporation df that part of the scheme in the
advertisements of another company.

SOUTH MIDLAND, or LEICESTER
NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, awl ITTlNTrlclinorr
RAILWAY.

(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
COMMITTER OF DIRECTION.
GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Midland Railway
Company, Chairman
EDMUND PEEL, Esq. director of the South Midland Railway Com-
pany, Deputy-Chairman.
John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Leys, Leicester 1
Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Rolleston Hall, Burton- I
upon-Trent t Directors of the
Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster J
r Midland Railway
John Waddingham, Esq., Leeds Company
William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester
Edmund Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley
Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Directors of the
Edward Harrison Harwell, Esq., Northampton South Midland
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-Railway Company
road, Hyde Park-gardens, London
Josh. Knight, Esq., Leicester.

ENOINEEE.—Rebert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester
Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, London
T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth.
SEciaisav—George Newton Browne, Esq.
OFFICES—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester.
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REGISTRATION OF SCRIP AND
PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT.
Notice is hereby given, that the time for reaeiving Applications for
the Registry of the Scrip of the South Midland or Northampton and
Leicester Railway Company, in exchange for New Scrip in this
Company is extended until SATURDAY, the 25th instant, and that on
or about TUESDAY, the 28th instant, a letter will be posted addressed
to each of the registered Shareholders in this Company containing
an authority for the bankers thereon named toireceive the additional
deposit of It. per share (which bankers alone are authorised to give a
receipt for the same), on or before FRIDAY, the 7th day of November,
1845, and not afterwards.

The Deeds of this Company will lie for signature at the times
and places to be hereafter notified to the Shareholders.
By order, GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman.
GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Sec.
The Midland Railway Station, Leicester,
October 20, 1845.

THE LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY,
and SPALDING JUNCTION RAILWAY, giving. with other
formed and projected lines, the nearest route from Birmingham,
Coventry, and Leicester to the Eastern Coast, and a communication
from Birmingham, via Nuneaton, Leicester, and Melton Mowbray,
to Spalding.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-eras.
Capital 500,0001., in 2.5,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Wynn Ellis, Esq. M.P. for Leicester, director of the Brandon and
Spalding Railway
William Corbet Smith, Esq. Bittleswell-hall, High Sheriff of Leices -
tershire
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Chairman of the Northampton, Ban-
bury, and Cheltenham Railway
The Hon. Major C. Napier, Rugby, director of the Peterborough and
Nottingham Railway
General Johnson, M.P.
William Collins, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Etwall, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Nottingham, director of the Brandon and
Spalding Railway
Matthew Gisborne, Esq. Walton-ball, Derbyshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq. Glenfield-lodge, Leicester
Sir Richard J. nkins, G.C.B. director of the East India Company
Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S. Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, Cheapside
Josiah Wilson, Esq. Stamford-hill
George Meek, Esq. Russell-square
Jobn Clement Ruding, Esq. director of the National Bank of Irelcnd
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. director of the Eastern Counties Railway
Richard Heaviside, Esq. Brighton
William Ettwall, Esq. Longstock-down, near Stockbridge, director
of the Southampton and Manchester Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq. chairman of the Greenwich Railway Com-
pany
T. E. Bigge, Esq. Bryanstone-square
Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N. Headley-grove, Surrey, director of the
Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq. Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park
Samuel Kempson, Esq. Little Sutton, Sutton Coldfleld, Warwick-
shire
Frederick Pearson, :Esq. Piccadilly
Fraser B. Renshaw, Esq. Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square,
director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Manchester
Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington, director
of the Erewash Valley Railway
Herbert Ingram; Esq. Swinshead-abbey, Lincolnshire
John Tathan Banks, Esq. warden and magis--
trate of Louth, Lincolnshire
William Gresham, Esq. Aderman of Lin-
coln Provisional Directors
Samuel Trought, Esq. Louth, Lincolnshire of the Great Grims-
William Ward, Esq. M.D. Horncastle by, Louth, and Lin-
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, coin Railway.
Sheffield, director of the Isle of Ely, Wis-
beach, and Lincoln Railway
The Rev. J. B. Hildebrand, rector of Saxby, near Melton-Mowbray,
Leicestershire
John Thomas Raworth, Esq. Leicester, provisional director of the
South Union Railway
Nathaniel C. Stone, Esq. Rowley-fields, near Leicester
John Eames, Esq. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Frederick Cayley Worsley, Esq. Imberhorne-house, Sussex, director
of the Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
John Smith Mansfield, Esq. Essex-court, Temple
Charles Hance, Esq. Alexander-square, Brompton
Thomas Bridges, Esq. Marwood-hill, Devonshire
Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby
Douglas Fox, Esq. Derby
John D. Cooper, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Henry F. Gisborne, Esq. Derby, director of the Tamworth and Lei-
cester, Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
John Hamp, Esq. Catton, Derbyshire
Joshua Harding, Esq. Rosiisten, Derbyshire
Nathaniel Nadin, Esq. Stapenhill, Derbyshire
J. Nadin, coal proprietor, Newhall and Swadlincote Collieries, Derby-
shire
R. Sherratt Tomlinson, Esq. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Charles James Mason, Esq. Fenton, Staffordshire
Joseph Nunneley, Esq Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
William Little, Esq. Peterborough, director of the Peterborough and
Nottingham Railway
I. P. Bainbrigge, Esq. Derby, director of the Derby and Crewe
Dail way
J. C. Williams, Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Henry Smith, Esq. Gainsborough
William Lister Sharp, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Derby and
Great Grimsby, and of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension
Railway.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chaim an—Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—Josiah Wilson, Esq.
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. John Smith Mansfield, Eel.
Ambrose Moore, Esq. George Meek, Esq.
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. Capt. Gustavus Evans, R.N.
John D. Cooper, jun., Esq.

CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Fox, Esq,
ENGINEER—John Hughes, Esq.

BANKERS.
The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
Messrs. Pagets and Kirby, Leicester
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Melton-Mowbray
The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company, Spalding
Messrs. Evans and Co., De rhy
The Burton Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent.
Sowcrroas-111essrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, King's Arms-yard, Cole.
man-street ; Abraham Ban, Esq. Burton-upon-Trent.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS--Messrs. Dyson, Hall, Parkes, and Coates,
Parliament-street.
SECRETARY—WiIIiam Itanyard, Esq.
-

The first object of this line is to connect the town of Birmingham,
Coventry, and Leicester, with the eastern coast by the nearest route,
and to supply an important link of communication between the town
of Spalding and the eastern coast with the Western and Midland
districts.
Commencing at the Spalding station of the Norwich, Dereham,
Lynn, and Holbeach Railways, the line will proceed by Bourn,
Witham, Castle Bytham, South Wytham, and Wymondham, to a
point on the Syston and Peterborough line of railway near Melton-
Mowbray, thus forming, by the Syston and Peterborough and Slid•
land Counties Railway, an almost direct route to Leicester, and
thence to Coventry and Birmingham by the proposed Coventry,
Nuneaton, Leicester, and Birmingham Railway.
The projected line will form the most direct communication be-
tween the eastern and midland districts of the kingdom, and will, by
means of the proposed lines across the county of Leicester, via Bur-
ton-upon-Trent, to Stafford, bring the markets of Lincoln, Norfolk,
Shropshire, and North Wales, nearer to each other by many miles
than any other line of railway-
It will form, with otherzeloJected railways, an almost direct line
across the kingdom, from Yarmouth, via Norwich, on the east, to
Aberystwith, via Newton anffShrewsbury, on the west.
The entire length will not exceed thirty miles. There is notunnel-
ling, cutting, or embanking of any importance necessary; the line
from Bourn to Spalding, a distance of about twelve miles, is very
level, and may be constructed at a small cost.

It will secure the advantages of railway communication to a tract
of country at present destitute of this accommodation, besides open.
ing out sources of trade undeveloped for want of the means of transit.
The central midland districts have felt greatly the want of direct
communication with the coast ; and this line will at once supply the
deficiency to the greater part of Staffordshire and Leicestershire.
It will afford a transit for the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Lei-
cesiershire coal into districts heretofore entirely dependent upon
supply from the north at high prices : it will also secure the advan-
tages of an unlimited supply of lime from the Leicestershire works,
to the agricultural districts of Lincoln, which are at present only
supplied at very high rates; and, in return traffic, the midland dis-
tricts will obtain the advantage of a direct transit for the stock and
agricultural produce of Lincolnshire and Norfolk.

Several proposed lines of railway converge at Spalding, which is
the nearest point on the eastern coast for the midland counties, and
connected by the River Welland with the German Ocean.
The proposed capital will be sufficient for the construction of the
necessary works and every subsequent expense ; and the income
derivable from the traffic in passengers between Birmingham, Co-
ventry, Leicester, Derby, Melton, Spalding, and Boston, the trans-
port of corn, cattle, and other 'produce of the great agricultural
districts through which the line passes to the principal consuming
districts, and of coals, lime, and staple commodities for the inland
districts, will be sufficiently ample to warrant the outlay.
The Parliamentary surveys have been commenced, and are now
in active progress, and contracts have been entered into which en-
sure sufficient time for compliance with the standing orders.
Forms of application for shares, plans, and prospectuses may be
had of the Solicitors ; also at the offices of the Company, 4, Tra-
falgar-square,
Charing cross, where applications for shares, accom-
panied by respectable references, may be addressed to the Provi-
sional Committee.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray,

and Spalding Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
each in the above railway; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such less number as you may appropriate to me subject to the re-
gulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to
pay when required the deposit thereon of 21.25. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.

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Profession and Professional Residence
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