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London, England, 1845-10-31 00:00:00

MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION ii,AIL-
• WAY.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
R. A. Ridden, Esq. 3 Deputy-Chairmen.
• W. M. Lomas, Esq.
Win. Bradley, Esq. Win. Kempe, Esq.
Thos. Byrom, Esq. J. Conway Kingston, Esq.
Wm. Caldweli Esq. Richard Kelly, Esq.
Win. Garrow, Esq. A. M. Macmoran, Esq.
Captain Twisleton Graves Henry Taylor, Esq.
John Holmes, Esq. Thomas Wynne, Esq.
The Committee of Management of this Company beg to notify
that the Allotment of the Shares will be shortly completed, and that
the Allotment Letters will issued in a few days.
The Engineers and Surveyors have nearly completed the requisite
operations along the line, and all the necessary plans, sections, &c.,
will he deposited in time for the ensuing session of Parliament. •
Negotiations are pending between this Company and the Directors
Of one of the most important railways of the kingdom, with a view to
an 'amalgamation, which cannot fail to prove highly advantageous
to this undertaking; and the result thereof will shortly be published.
. . By order,
N. J. KElifE, Secretary.

TIIE AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAIL-
WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER,
Connec ling Leamington and the whole Of the Midland and North
Eastern Counties with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the
South Of England.

(Provisionally Registered.) •
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
No fbrtl ler call will be made until an Act of Parliament Is obtained,
and mo party will be liable beyond the amount of his shares.
PBOVISIONAL COMXITTSH.

The RI gilt Hon. the Lord Charles Beauclerc, 8, Chesham-place,
Belgx ave-square
The Ho h. Captain Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir Montague John Cholmeley, Bart.. Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart.' Hilton, Aberdeenshire
Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, New Kensington, Surrey
Joseph Yorke, Esq. Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, late High
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and magistrate for the counties of Won-
cester. and Gloucester
John Williams Martin, Esq. Twyning, near Tewkesbury, Magistrate
for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Maxwell Steele, Esq., Mickleton Manor House, Campden, Glouces-
tershire, Magistrate for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Colonel J. Taylor, Cheltenham, Magistrate for the counties of Wor

tester and Gloucester
William Breynton, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple,
London
H. H. Dancocks, Esq., the Manor-house, Kempley, Gloucestershire
James Maurice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Walmer-hall, near Tewkesbury,
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice-
Consul of Russia at that port
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq., Gloucester. late Mayor of the City of
Gloucester
The Right Worshipful the Mayor or Gloucester
Samuel Hitch, Esq., M.D, Gloucester
Cornelius Brady, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwiekshire
Paris Dick, Esq., M.D., Forth.anapton, Tewkesbury
George Smith, Esq., Prestbury, near Cheltenham
Thomas C. Avery, 'Esq., Gloucester
Caleb Trotter, Esq., ditto
Arthur H.Venkins, Esq.; Alderman of Gloucester
W. U. Evans, Esq.,-merchant, Gloucester
Charles F. Cllffe, Esq, Gloucester
Edward L. Kendall, Esq., merchant, ditto
Robert Beane,. Esq., merchant, ditto .
CharThs Walker, Esq., merchant, ditto
Henry Fox, -Esq:, merchant, ditto
Edward J.-Woodhouse, Esq., merchant, ditto,
John Sadds, Esq., Abbot's-court, Twyning and Tewkesbury
Aaron Goold Esq., Bilsome, Forest of Dean
Wm. Mousley, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Diedlicott, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor-oaks, Sheffield
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street, and
Brookes' Club, St. James's
Villiers. C. Villiers Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne
William Lloyd Caldecot, Esq., 6, Laura-place, Bath
Edward Canning, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq. Stratford-dpon-Avon '
Samuel Hayward, Esq. Newtoun-cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hunter, Esq. Leamington - •
John Burgess, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-lodge, near Coventry
Henry Scott, 'Esq. 17, Pall-mall, London
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq. M.D. Leamington
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park,
and Mancetter-house, Atherstone
Thomas Aston, Esq., Rose-hill, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Frederic Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
John Campbell Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire
Major White, Pall-mall, London
George Unett. Esq., the Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Lewis lioffinann, Esq., Reading, Berkshire, and Temple, London
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoens
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London
Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince-hall, Wigan
Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell-hall, Worcesterthlre, and Adelaide-
place, London-bridge
John Bird, Esq., Dinas Mowddy, North Wales
W. R. Watts, Esq,. M.D., Birmingham
Edward Shllton, Esq., Bath-cottage, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan
Henry Spicer,•Esq., 28, Portman-square •
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locko-park, Derbyshire
CapL Geoid, Charles-street, St. James's
Samuel Kempson, Esq., Little Sutton, near Birmingham
Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, London
Robert OfoVe, Esq., Edgbasto'n, Birmingham" '
D. W. Griffith, Esq. Bodegroes, Carnarvonshire, late High Sheriff of
the County. of Merioneth . . .
William Fenton, Esq. Chatham-place, Blackfriars
John James Rippon, Esq., Eallng, Xlddle,ex
Lodge Morres Murray Prior, Esq. Coventry
C. 11. Jagger, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire "
Captain Thomas Ross, si, Porehester-terrace
James Upfill, Esq. the Green, Bromyard .
John Johnson, Esq. R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham'
William Henry Collis, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Worgan, Esq.
Joseph Turner, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel "Haines, Esq. Edgbaston, near Birmingham
William Spooner, Esq., London
•
Thomas Spencer, Esq., Earl Shilton
James Ingram, Esq., merchant, Liverpool
Evan Jones, Esq., Stanhope-street, Gloucester-gate, Regent's park
Edward Payton, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
George Mousley, Esq., Atherstone
Walter Watson, Esq., Leamington Spa.
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Henry Smith, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS, .
Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand
W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham,
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berm, Rugby
William Tibbits, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
• Anthony Sproule, Esq., Tewkesbury
Edwin Pollard, Esq., Gloucester •
Messrs. Russell, Leamington.
Oswald Clark, Esq., Evesham
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co., Clement's-lane
Gloucester—The Gloucestershire Banking Company
Tewkesbury—Sir Anthony Lechmere and Co..
Secarrear —Henry Brookes, Esq.

Directors of the
Worcester, Here-
ford ox nd Glouces-
ter R.tilway

The proposed railway will commence at Rugby,' on the London
and Birmingham Railway, the terminus of the Midland Counties
and Trent Valley Railways, and the paint to which several other
projected railways converge, and will proceed through or near to
Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury;
and Cheltenham, to Gloucester. The length of the line will be
about 56 miles.
The advantages that will result from the construction of tithe lice
are numerous and highly important, and such as cannot fail to secure
a very large amount of local and through traffic, and a highly-re-
munerative return upon the capital invested. By means of existing
and proposed railways, it will form a complete chain of railway com-
munication between the whole of the midland and north-eastern
counties ofEngland, the populous cities and towns before-named, and
the southern and western districts, and thus bring Leicester, Not-
tingham, Newark, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and Hull,
into direct communication with the favourite and fashionable spas of
Leamington and Cheltenham, the richly-productive and far-famed
Vale of Evesham; and the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth,
and Falmouth, and those of South Wales.
The inhabitants and visitors of the much-frequented watering-
places of Leamington and Cheltenham will thus obtain a direct line
between those resorts, instead of the present circuitous route through
Birmingham, affording that facility of intercommunication which
has long been ardently desired ; and it will also afford the utmost fa-
cility of access to the innumerable visitors who, attracted as well by
the beauty of the scenery as the memory of Shakspeare, annually
resort to Stratford-on-Avon.
To those passengers from the east and north-east, direct to
Gloucester, the line from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Cheltenham, will afford a
great accommodation, and a saving in distance of at least eight miles,
besides the delay of the stoppage at Cheltenham.
To the inhabitants of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes-
bury this portion of the proposed line will prove immensely advan-
tageous ; situated within ten miles of the important city and port of
Gloucester, they have nevertheless to travel by the present railway
route nearly twice that distance, an inconvenience which has
already materially affected the trade, and prejudiced the interests of
the town. The proposed line, running close to the town, will remove
this great !neon, enhance, and restore its trade to its former state of
prosperity.
The value of this line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot
be too highly estimated, as it will not only open to it immense
sources of traffic from the whole of the eastern and north-eastern
counties, but will very materially lessen the distance between it
and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, making
Gloucefiter still more sectirely the nearest and most accessible outlet
for the whole of that immensely productive manufacturing region,
and it is impossible to conceive any project better calculated to
advance the interests of Gloucester, than one capable of effecting
that object.
Ths line will also form an important junction between the London
and Birmingham and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and
Gloucester Railway, and constitute the highway for the traffic of the
former, and of all the north-eastern railways, to the proposed Man-
chester and Southampton Railway at Cheltenham; and the through
traffic from the latter source alone is expected to be very great.
It will thus have the effect of connecting the ports of the eastern
and north-eastern with those of the western and southern coasts ;
of affording the most direct and convenient access from the north
and east to the vast mineral regions of South Wales, and of opening
new markets for the rich products of the fertile valleys of the Avon
and Severn, and the agricultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor-
cestershire, in the manufacturing towns and ports of the north.
Line will be easy of construction, traversing, as it does, through
nearly its whole length, the valleys of the Avon and Severn. The
towns through which it will run are very populous, and the country
of the richest description ; and the local traffic. will consequently be
very great in addition to the through traffic, which on such a lino
must necessarily be very extensive.
The Provisional Coqunlitee reserve to themselves the power to
amalgamate with any other company as to the whole or any part of
the line and t vary or extend the line, and to increase or diminish
the capital accordingly, if deemed expedient.
The capital proposed to be raised is 1,000,0001., in shares of 201.,
each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid upon
allotment.
The liability" of the subscribers will be limited by the Act to the
amount of their respective subscriptions to the capital stock, and
power will be applied for in the Act to allow interest at the rate of 41.
per cent.per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the respec-
tive calls, from the late of each payment until the opening of the line.
The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
be required to be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are ex-
changed for certificates of scrip, of which due notice will be given ;
and the deposits paid brpersons making default in due execution of
the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract within the
time to be .limited by such notice, will be absolutely forfeited.
Forms of application for shares, prospectuses, and a map of the
line, may be obtained fro:n the Solicitors, or the Seeretary, at the
,Ensrseebxr-osktreerset:
but Str
no application
apLpolincadotnio,
nowr
will
Oaninycoesf tolifetiuwndCoortniTeialitTo' 2ne4B sh
attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one of the Provi-
sional Committee, the Solicitors, or a Banker
London—Mr. A. Sy-m, Tokenhouse-yard
Birmingham—Mr. Duncan Smith
Leamington—Mr. Eliezer -Edwards, Bedford-street
Bath—Mr. T. E. Evans, Milsom-street
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Baime, King-street
ilristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash and Mr. W. H. Land
Stratford-on-Avon Mc. William Bohm
Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, and Mr. William Kerl
Manchester—Mr. John Barlow, Messrs. Cardwell and Son, and Mr.
Henry Woodhouse
Leeds—Messrs. Robinson and Furtey
Coventry—Messrs. Browne and Clarke
Alford, Lincolnshire—Mr. William Ashton
Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison
Hull—Mr. S. Phillips
Glasgow—Mr. J. D. Shepparl. Buchanan-street
Cheltenham—Mr. Lea
Wolverhampton —Mr. Bannister.
THE AVON• AND SEVERN. VALLBY RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee -of the Avon gild Severn Valley
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to sue shares
of2otheesaacmh same, or tile
aanby"seniCaloAlire
20. per share thereon, and to execute the. Parliamentary
ired.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Con-
tract and tho Subscribers'
Name in full. Residence ...•••••
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Name and Address of Reftree- • • •• • •
Signature
grrlpraaeadcneneem, Company;
Agreement
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AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for
Shares in the Company can be received after THURSDAY, the 34th
October instant, and that the Allotment of the Shares will take place
as soon as possible thereafter.
By order of the Board,
jINRY BROOKES, Secretary.

AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY
COMPANY.
The Directors have much pleasure in announcing that the sumo
Is proceeding most satisfatorily, and that their engineer- confidently
assures them of its completion for the ensulag session of Parliament.
By order,
HENRY BROOKES, Secretary. . .

AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
At a PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of the borough of
Tewkesbury, held at the Town-hall, on Monday, the 27th Octqber,
1845, convened by the Worshipful the Mayor, " For the purpose of
taking into consider ttion the merits of such of the projected lines
of railway as were intended to pass through or near to the town' of
Tewkesbury,"

The Worshipfhl the MAYOR in the Chair,
It was moved by B. Ricarra, Esq., seconded by ANTHONY
SpamLa, Esq.,—
That this meeting considers the line of railway, propoeed to be
made by the Avon and Severn Valley Railway Company highly ad-
vantageous to the Interests of the town of Tewkesbury, and recom-
mends that project to the support of the inhabitants and those of
the neighbourhood.

The resolution was put and carried by an overwhelming majority,
two hands only being held up against it.
The Mayor having left the Chair,
It was moved by RICHARD FORD, Esq., Solicitor to the Avon and
Severn Valley Railway Company, and seconded by C. G. Joissa,
Esq., and carried by acclamation,—

That the best thanks of the meeting be given to the Mayor for Us
able, impartial, and courteous conduct In the Chair.

TENBY, SAUNDEBSFOO V, and SOUTH
WALES RAILWAY AND PIER COMPANY. .

(Provisionally Registered.) •
Capital 250,0001., in 12,500 Shares of SOL each.
Deposit 21. '23. per Share.
Chairman—Sir RICHARD BULKELEY PHILIPS PHILIPS,

Bait, Pleton Castle, Pembrokeshire.

The Committee of Mananagement have the satisfaction of stating
that most advantageous arrangements have now been concluded with
the Saundersfoot Railway and Harbour Company for the use of their
line, harbour, and other works, which, will considerably lessen the
estimated cost of the proposed undertaking, and ensure the supply of
every material for the works at a very reduced price.
The new works will now consist only of a short branch of about
three-quarters of a mile, to effect a junction between the Saunders-
foot and South Wales Railway and another to the harbour of Satin-
dersfoot, with a line of about six miles to the favourite watering-
place of Tenby. That part of the Saundersfoot line which will be
used for the present railway can be adapted at a very Moderate cost,
and without interfering with the existing valuable coal line and
mineral traffic ; and the present Company will enter into the receipt
of the profits derivable from this source immediately on the Act being
obtained, thus securing an immediate return to the shareholders. •

The requisite notices of ietention to apply to Parliament in the
ensuing session are prepared, and will be at once advertised, as
required by the standing orders of the Houses of Parliament, en l th,
surveys, plans, and sections are in a sufficient state of forward:re&
to ensure their deposit early in November.
The consent of nearly all the landowners on the line has been se-
cured, the project is warmly supported by the mayor, corporation,
and inhabitants of Tenby, and there is every reason to believe
.it
will receive the sanction of the South Walbs Hallway Company; so
that it is expected the measure will be entirely unopposed.
For further particulars the public is referred to the prospectuses os
the Company, which may be obtained of the solicitors and Meat
agents ; and of Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street,
London ; Edwards and Son, and Wreford and Co., Bristol ; Beau-
mont and Langworthy, Exeter; J. Woods, jun., Liverpool; J.
Fernyhough, Manchester ; and James Jamieson, Leeds.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon,.l, Gray's Inn-square, London,

LOCAL AGENTS,

Messrs. Evans, Powell, and Mathias, Ilaverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
John Gwynn, Esq. Tenby.

BANSEII.B.
Dennison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co., 4, Lombard-street, London
West of England and South Wales Banking Company, Bristol
Messrs. Wilkins and Co., Haverfordwest.
SEcurrsav—George Score, Esq.

TVORTHERS COUNTIES (ROSS and. CRO-
- SUTHERLAND, and CAITHNESS) DIRECT
RAILWAY.
Capital 1,500,000/., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
_ _ _

The Counties of Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, and Caithness,
form, probably, thn largest and most important portion of Great Bri
tain for which the benefits of railway communication have not yet
been secured.

In no part of the kingdom, considering their distance from the
capital, from the seats of manufacture, and from markets, haVe
greater improvements of all kinds been made of late years, than in
these counties. In arable and pastoral farming, the skill, enterprise,
and industry of the tenantry have placed them on a level with the
best agriculturists and store masters, and have obtained for their
corn, cattle, and sheep, the highest prices of the southern markets.
To the opening up of the country by the roads and bridges of the
Parliamentary Commissioners, execute I within the last 40 years,
are these improvements chiefly attributable ; and their effect in in-
creasing the value of property in these counties is very remarkable.
No means can he so effectual for promoting and stimulating their
further advancement, as by the introduction of railways, whereby
the produce of these counties may be more rapidly and cheaply
brought into the manufacturing and consuming districts of the
kingdom.
To effect this most desirable end a Company is being formed, as
has been already announced, to execute a railway commencing at the
terminus of that which may be first completed to Inverness, and
thence proceeding northward, by Dingwall, through the county of
Ross, and by or near Bonar, along the south or Lairg side of the
River Shin into Sutherland, and through that county, by Auchintoul,
into Caithness, in the eastern portion of which the line will diverge
into two branches, terminating • respectively at the towns of Thurso
and Wick.

The most direct practicable route, consistent with economy in the
execution and working of the line, and with the rights of all parties,
will be adopted throughout.
In compliance with the desire of several large proprietors in the
eastern district of the county of Ross, it has been determined that the
trunk or main line sl-all proceed to Invergordon and Taint and thence
into Sutherland and Caithness.

It is also intended to combine with the execution of the railway,
and, in connexion with it, the enlargement and improvement of the
present harbour of Invergordon (by arrangement with the proprietor),
so as to make that anchorage, which possesses all the advantages of
the celebrated Bay of Cromarty (still, as in ancient times, the largest
and safest harbour of reflfge on the east coast of Scotland), the port
not only for the counties of Ross and Cromarty, but also for all the
country northwards.

The mutual advantages to Invergordon and the whole country

in respect to those imports and exports which must still be sea-borne,
need only be alluded to to be appreciated. At no other place on the
east coast of Scotland, from the Frith of Tay to Duncansby Head
_ _

(the extremity of Caithness) could so good a harbour be possibly
formed, there being at Invergordon 11 fathoms water (close to the
present wooden jetty) at the lowest of spring tides, and perfect
shelter, with singular facility for ingress and egress from and to the
German Ocean ; and the expense of the requisite works will be com-
paratively very unimportant.
Besides the importrince of completing, as is thus contemplated, an
unbroken line of railway transit for passengers and goods, and the
rapid transmission of the mail from the capital to th e northern ex-
tremity of Scotland, the county of Orkney and Zetland will thereby,
and with the aid of the powerful steamer about to be established be-
tween Thurso and Orkney, have a daily and speedy intercourse with
the main land of Scotland, onward to the manufacturing districts of
the kingdom, and to the metropolis.

The prolongation of a railway from Inverness to Thurso on the
one hand, and the admirable roadstead and harbour of Scrabster,
which, from its natural position—admitting of vessels entering and
departing with any wind—would, in connexion with the railway,
command the Baltic and North American trade t • and, on the other,
to the important and rapidly-improving town of Wick, the capital of
the northern herring and deep sea fisheries, which require only such
a stimulus as the proposed measure will supply to increase their value

Incalculably, by affording the ready and certain means of conveying
their products into all parts of the country, is obviously an under-
taking of the greatest national importance, embracing the develop-
ment of the natural resources of the northern counties and their ex-
tensive sea coasts, the continued prosperity and wealth of their in-
habitants and the general trade, and, it may be hereafter, even the
additional security of the empire.
The most populous district in proportion to its extent in Ross'and
Cromarty, and until late years (considering its capabilities) the least
improved, is that lying between the Muir of Ord on the south and

the town of Cromarty on the north, commonly called "the Black
Isle." For the benefit of this district, a line is intended to be.made
from the point which may be found most desirable as a station with
reference to the towns of Cromarty and Fortrose, and the harbour of
Iswergordou, to Join the main line at the Muir of Ord, with a short
branch to the nearest good station on the north side of the Ferry of
Kessock.

The Muir of Ori being now the place where the greatest and most
frequent stock markets in Scotland, north of Falkirk. are held, it is
of great importance to the western Highlands of Ross-shire that
their communication with the Muir of Ord, as well as their access
to the main line of railway, should be facilitated ; and It is, there:bre,
contemplated forming a branch line from the Muir of Ord to the
upper part of the valley of Stratligarve, being the nearest point to the
Lews at present accessible by a railway, and accommodating, at the
same time. the extensive districts of itoss-shire lying to the north,
west, and so'ith-west of Strathgarve.
The preliminary survey of the main line has been completed. Its
whole length is about 150 miles, anti the greater portion of it is of
easy construction.

The
T proposed capital Is considered adequate to cover every expense,
including the completion of the harbour at Invergordon ; but should
additional capital be found necessary for the proposed branches,
power will be taken to raise it. •
The principal proprietors have already offered the land and .the
building mated Ils in the neighbourhood of the line, free front , all
charge, for the purposes of the railway:
Not only will they, and the northern counties generally, benefit in-
calculably by the completion of the work, but the shareholders may
expect a fair, and in no long time, ample return for their investments
in a line which has not, and can never have, a rival.
Interest at 4 per cent. will be allowed on all calls paid up, and the
Act incorporating the Company will provide that no shareholder shall
be liable beyond the amount of his subscription. Until the Act be
obtained the liability of the subscribers will be restricted to their
actual deposits ; and of these there shall not, in any event, be ex-
pended a larger sum than be. per shame without the express authority
of a general meeting of the subscribers.
The names of the Provisional Committee (embracing those of the
principal proprietors in the north) will be speedily published ; but'
meanwhile it may be stated, that the support the present undertaking
has already received from individuals fully able to accomplish this
most important work, leaves no doubt of its complete success.
The acting engineers will be Joseph Mitchell, Esq., F.R.S.E.,
Inverness; and J. F. Bateman, Esq., C.E., Manchester;
with Thomas
.Page, Esq., M.I.C.E. Westminster, as consulting
engineer.
A minute survey has been ordered of the whole line, and, when
completed, a map of it will be published ; meanwhile, copies of the
prospectus, and of the form of application for shares, will be obtained
at the National Bank of. Scotland, or any of its Branches, and at the
offices of the London and Westminster Bank, and of Me srs. Glyn,
Hallifax, WIN and Co., Lombard-street ;for from any of the following
gentlemen, to whom communications and applications for shares, in the
form annexed, may be addressed, viz.:—William Mackenzie, Esq., of
Muirton, W.S., Edinburgh ; James Sutherland, Esq., Provost of
Inverness ; Patrick Grant,- Esq., County Clerk of Inverness ; Hugh
Innes Cameron, Esq., Provost of Dingwall; Crawford Ross, Esq., ,
Cadboll by yearn; David Ross, Esq., Commissary Clerk of Ross-
shire, Tain ; George Gunn, Esq.. Factor of Sutherland, Rhives, by
Golspie ; George Sutherland Taylor, Esq., Golspie ; Robert Hors-
burgh, Esq., Factor of the Reay Country, Tongue ; William Manson,
Esq., Thurso ; Peter Wilson, Esq., Town Clerk of Wick; and Mes:rs,
'Cameron and Bain, 18, Parliament-street, Westminster.
_ _ I

Scripholders of the Perth and Inverness ; the Aberdeen and In-
verness; Inverness and Elgin; Elgin, Banff, and Aberdeen; and
Caledonian Northern Direct Railway Lines, aro requested to specify
this In their applications.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Directors of the Northern Counties (Ross and

Cromarty, Sutherland, and Caithness), Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 201. each
in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same,
or any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake to
pay the deposit and all future calls thereon ; and also to sign the
Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract when
required.
I hold the Scrip for

Shares of the Railway.
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And his address
HUGH LNNES CAMERON, Sec. pro tern.