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LONDON, THURS DAY E Z N S
OCTOBER 23 1845.

BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER DI-
RECT RAILWAY.
No further application for shares can be received herein, the same
having closed on the 15th inst.
The Committee are actively engaged in the consideration of the
applications, but in consequence of their immense number, some days
must elapse before the letters; of allotment can be posted.
A. A. FLINT, Secretary.
Dated this 21st day of October, 1845.

THE DIRECT LONDON and EXETER
RAILWAY (with EXTENSION to FALMOUTH and
PENZANCE).
The Committee of Management hereby give Notice that they
have COMPLETED the ALLOTMENT of SIIARES, and that the
usual letters are this day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on
claims unprecedented, it is believed, in their number and respecta-
bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preference to ap-
plicants locally interested, or likely to bring to bear for tha Company
a large share of legitimate Influence. The numerous persons, with
undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose
applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested
to accept this reason as the Committee's apology.
The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public
support are daily reaching them from the most influential quarters,
the engineering preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad-
vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in
a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders.
E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION
and CAMBRIDGE and WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY,
from Cambridge through Bedford, Blisworth, Fenny-Compton, Strat-
ford-on-Avon, to Worcester, connecting the Eastern and North-
Eastern Connties with North and South Wales, South Staffordshire,
Cheshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, the West of England,
and the Midland Counties.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.

Samuel Anderson, Esq.
Directors of the Eastern Counties Rail
F. Valentine Lee, Esq.,
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart.,

ICladryn-park, Caernarvonshire
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman
of London, Chairman of the ➢tanchester and Birkenhead
Continuation Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster

Railways
James Beach, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, London, and Bran-
don-lodge, Warwickshire, Director of the South Midland
Railway Company
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Worcestershire
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Pro-
visional Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway
Company
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Captain Chansf er, Halkin .strect West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq., 30, Lothbury, and Mayor of Caer-

narvon
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square,

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John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwich,

Surrey
gir William Boothby, Bart., Ashby-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Adair Major, Esq., Director of the Church of England Assurance

Company
Atkinson, J. R. W., Esq., Leeds
Anderson, James, Esq., Bridge•street, City
Annesley, Sir lames
Barry, D., Esq., Paris and London
Brindlev, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordsh're, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Direct East and
West Junction Railways
Brooks, John, Esq., Aldermen of Manchester, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
Burgess, John. Esq., Boroughreeve, St. James's-square, Manchester,
Director of Remington's Direct London and Manehester Railway
Burnett. John, Esq., Cheltenham
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buschek, C., Esq., 133, Fenchurch-street
Cockburn. Sir Francis, Dover
Cumberledge, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Railways
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Home-cottage, Ashbourne, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way
Croft, John T., Major, 15, Regent-street, Piccadilly, Deputy Chair-
man of the Chester and Manchester Railway, and Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the
Direct East and West Junction Railways
Crocket, Thomas, Esq.,,Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Cooke, Rev. John, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct East and West
Junction Railways
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remingtotes Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Carpenter, R., Esq.
Coape, Henry Coe, Esq., Goldhangers, Maldon, Essex, Director of the
Oxford, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway
Cottle, J. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei-
cester Railway
Dawson Darner, the R:ght Hon., M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane
Dawson Darner, the Hon. Wm., Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, a of
the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffurdshisp 1111111-
ways
Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Lilingstone Dayrell, Bucks, ,High Sheriff
for Bucks
Eames, John, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Minton, Harvey, Esq., Worcester
Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
Freke, the lion. Percy Evans, 3, Belgrave-square
Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Gore, the Hon. Robert, M.P.
Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Statfordshire,
Leicester and Tamworth, and Derby and Crewe, Macclesfield and
Lichfield Railways
Gutch, John Matthew, banker, Worcester, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester, of the Direct East and West
Junction, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester
Junction Railways
Gambier, William, Esq., Salcombe-park, Bedfordshire
Gernon, James, Esq., Conduit-street
Hutchinson, The Hon. Colonel, Weston-house, Towcester
Hudson, George Bedgough, Esq., Pershore, Worcestershire
Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Hume, Fitzwilliam, Esq., Park-place, St. James's
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Di-
rect East and West Junction Railways
Hadon, Joseph, Esq., ironmaaer, Dudley, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Holford, John, Esq., Manchester, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester, of the Direct East and West Junction,
and of the Derbyshire', Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railways
Hamer, S., Esq., General Post-office, and Southampton-row, Rus-
sell-square, Director of Remington's Direct London and Man-
chester Railway
Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Potteries
Railway
Hill, John, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and
South Staffordshire Railways
Hurst, George, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Tlooke, Benjamin, Esq., Norton-hall, near Worcester •
Jerningham, the Hon. Edward
Jones, Rev. J. P., Alton Vicarage, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Director of
Remington's Direct London and Manchester, and of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Direct Junction Railways
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of Freemasons' Life As-
surance-office
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's-park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, and Chester and Manchester
Direct Railway
Kilpin and Son, Bedford
knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Ilud-
dei'sfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Knight, James, Esq., Worcester
Laslett ,William, Esq., Abberton-hall, near Worcester
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lees, David, Esq., Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway-house, Cheadle, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester, of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
iii'Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the
Indian Peninsular Railway
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester, of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, of the Direct East and West
Junction, and of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railways
Mauer, Wm., Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds, Hud-
dersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railways
Murray, Samuel T. Esq., 16, George-street, Hanover-square, Director
of the Natimial Loan Assurance Company
Monteflore, Joseph, Esq., Stanhope-street, May-fair
Marshall, G., Esq., Godalming, Surrey
Newman, Henry W., Esq., Clifton, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County
of Gloucester
Nugent, the Hon. M. W. 8., Higham Grange, Leicestershire
Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville, Director of Remington's Direct Lon.
don and Manchester Railway
Prescott, Sir George, Bart., Theobald's, Herts
Price, Thomas, Rev., Liarothel, Herefordshire
Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director o Remington'
Direct London and Manchester Railway
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
Riley, Wm. T., Esq., Pendeford-house, Wolverhampton, and Millfield
Ironworks, B Iston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railways
Robertson, James, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Worcester and
eominster, and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Direct Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., Sile,oates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midlands ; of the Stockton, North, and
Leeds ; Leeds, York, and Midlands' Junction ; Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Seymour, Fred., Esq., St. James's-square
Sharpe, George Henry, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Sheppard, James Peok, Esq., Worcester
Sheppard, Edgar, Esq., Worcester
Skene, George R., Esq., F.R.M. and C.S., Bedford, Proprietor of the
Bedford Mercury, Director of Remington's Direct London and
Manchester Railway
Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and Lin-
colnshire Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ishboarne, Director of the Tean
and Dove Valley Railway ; of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway ; of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway; aid of the Direct East
and West Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore Hall, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds,
Sheffield, Huddersfield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Spiers, Edmund John, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida Vale, Paddington,
Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire
Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staf-
fordshire Railways
Smith, F. Curveu, Esq., Frognall Hall
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq. Worcester
The Sheriff of York, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railways
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Direct
East and West Junction Railways
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., Great Haywood, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and
the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Rail-
ways
Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro
Westenra, The Hon. J. C., M.P.
Waller, Major, St. James's-square
Willis, George, Esq., Ilungerford-park
Welch, Edward, Esq., Leamington
Walker, George James Alexander, Esq., Norton Villa, near Worcester
Walsh, John Henry. Esq.. Worcester
Walter James Smith,Director of the Hayes, Bakewell, Der-
byshire, Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire
Railways
Wardle, Henry, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester, and Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor-
cestershire Junction Railways
Warde, C. Thomas, Esq., Clopton-house, Stratford-on-Avon, and
Luton Hoe, Bedfordshire
Wheelton, John, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbridge, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford, and Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glou-
cester Junction Railways
Wi11141310, Denj., EST, banker', 4,

Williams, William, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford, Director of Re
mington's Direct London and Manchester. Railway
Wood, John, Esq., Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Teen, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway's
Wood. William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd••hoese, Newport, Olop, Di-
rector of the Shropshire Mineral, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Wood, Charles, E--q., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Woodward, John, Esq., Worcester
W. Wynnle Thomas, Esq., Cross, Oswestry
Yzarn, J. Borwick, Herne-bill, Surrey.
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., and
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
RANKERS.

Bedford
Cambridge—Messrs. Foster
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company.
Leamington, Warwick, and Southam—The Leamington Priors and
Warwickshire Banking Company.
SOLICITORS.
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-Square
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moo gate-street
"leorge Fell, Esq., jun., Northampton.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Worcester—Messrs Gilham and Sons
Alcester—Charles James, Esq.
Cambridge—Stephen Adcock, Esq.
Leamington, Warwick, and Southam—Messrs. Patterson, Haymes,
Banbury, and Gardner
London—Mcssr3. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Comhill ; Messrs.
Cockburn and Co., Whitehall; Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., Wa-
terloo-place

SECRETARY—D. C. Higgs, Esq.
Offices of the Company, No. 34, Moorgate-street. •
PROSPECTUS.
Commencing at Cambridge, which has now become the traffic-
centre of the Eastern Counties, by the line of railway intended to be
formed by that Company, this line will proceed to Bedford, there
passing near Olney it will cross at or rear the Blisworth Station of the
London and Birmingham Railway, where it will communicate with
the Northampton and Peterborough line; it will then proceed west-
ward, crossing the Oxford and Rugby line at or near Fenny-Compton
to Stratford-on-Avon, there joining the proposed lice from Warwick
and Leamington to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the West of
England ; continuing its course through Alcester, the line will go di-
rect to Worcester, and thus terminate at the great centre of traffic
for the mineral and manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire,
Shropshire, and North and South Wales. This proposed Dna daps,
not interfere with any existing railways, and presenting, as it does,
an unbroken line between two great centres of traffic, the importance
of the undertaking needs no further comment.
Negotiations have been entered into with the Eastern Coma-
ties Railway Company, by which their support and co-operation will
be ensured for obtaining the line now proposed.
An arrangement has also been made with the proposed Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Company, which this line will join at Al-
cester, and by means of which the Eastern Counties' traffic will pro-
ceed to Worcester.
Power will be reserved to the Directors to amalgamate with any
other existing or projecting Companies, or to vary the line.
Application for shares may be made to the Secretary, and to the fol-
lowing Sharebrekers, of whom prospectuses, with maps of the line.
may be obtained :—London—Messrs. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old
Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Messrs.
Boyd. Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas
Boardman. Bradford Mr. G. Clark; Messrs. Tate and
Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—Mr. J. S.
Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs.
Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq.,
79, Princes-street ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy.
Glasgow—Messrs.Duncan and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr.W.Cronhelm.
Huddersfield—Messrs. E'verard and Co. Hull—Mr. Frederick Stanap.
Leeds—Messrs Wellbeloved and Oastler. Leicester—Messrs. Fayae
and Freer. Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs.
Cameron and Co. ; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard
E. Hine. Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons; Messrs. A.
Birchall and Co.;Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles
Spencer. Sheffield—Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. South-
ampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Wakeßeld—Mr. E. H. Armitage.
Worcester—Mr.Miles. York—Messrs. Graystoni and Earle. —Salis-
bury—Mr. William Fawcett. Birkenhead—Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2,
Lord-street.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Eastern Counties Extension,

and Cambridge and Worcester Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares, of 201.
each in the above railway; and I undertake te accept the same, •r
such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regu-
lations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and te pay
when required the deposit thereon of 21.25. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845,
Name, in full .. • • .. • • • • • •
Profession and Professional Residence in full.
Private Residence in full • • • • • • • • • •
Usual Signature .. • • • • • • • • • • • •
Residence • • • .. • • • • • • • • • •
And Profession of Referee .. • . • • • •
Offices, 34, ➢foorgate-street,

EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION.
Oct. 21, 1845.
No Application for Shares in this Company eau be received after
four o'clock on FRIDAY, the 24th inst.
By order,
D. C. HIGGS, Secretary.

BIRMINGHAM AND ABERYSTWITH
RAILWAY,
Connecting the Sea-coast of Wales with the Midland Counties.
(Provisionally Registered).
A Prospectus, with an influential Provisional Committee, will bi.
published in a few days. In the meantime, any information may Li+
obtained at the temporary Offices of the Company, No. 163, Fen-
church-street, London, where applications for Shares, in the usual
form, may be addressed.
CHARLES J. I lOLMES,
EDWARD GARRETT, Joint Solicitors.
WILLIAM BRENTON,

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LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY, and
BOSTON DIRECT UNION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby, director Of LIIC Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester Railway
John Blyth, Esq. A idersgate-strect, London, director of the Lime-
rick and Belfast Ul4lOll Railway
Samuel Buxton, Esq. Bangley-house, near Tamwerth, director of the
Walsall, Wolverhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway
Richard Carpenter, Esq. London, Deputy-Lieutenant for the county
of Middlesex, Vice-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Ex-
tension, director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, &c.
Sir James Duke, M.P. director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq. London, director of the Nottingham and
Peterborough Railway
Thomas Ekin, Esq. Grantham
Robert Forman, Esq. Abbott's-hill, Derby, director of the Tean and
Dove Valley Railway, &c. &c.
Francis Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Grand Union
Railway, London and Nottingham Railway, &c.
George Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Grand Union
Railway, London and Nottingham Railway, &c.
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension Railway
S. Harwood, Esq. Bradley-hall, Derbyshire
Stephen James Hobson, Esq. Leicester, director of the Walsall, Wol-
verhampton, and Direct Norwich Railway
Captain Hulme, Exeter, director of the Taw Vale Extension Rail-
way, &c.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. Piccadilly, London, director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Jas. Macmillan, Esq , Southampton. vice-chairman of the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Charles Millar, Esq. Grantham
E. Monk, Esq. the Park, Nottingham, director of the Nottingham,
Mansfield, and Midlands Railway, &c.
Peter Morrison, Esq. London, director of the Birmingham Extension
Railway, &c.
Thomas North, Esq. the mayor of Nottingham
Major-General Parlby, C.B. 18, Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
Alfred Pickwoad, Esq. Bridport, Dorset, director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
William Pritchard, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Direct
London and Hastings Railway
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, Essex, director of the Oxford and Wor-
cester Extension Railway
William Jubbins Spurrier, Esq. Regent-street, London, director of the
Lincoln and Grantham Railway
William Walkington, Esq. Alderman, Grantham
David Wheatcroft, Esq. Bucklaud Hollow, near Alfreton, director
of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
James Whiskin, Esq. London, director of the Croydon Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Masterman and Co.
Leicester and Melton Mowbray—Pare's Leicestershire Banking
Company
Boston—
Nottingham—Moore and Robinson's Nottinghamshire Banking Com-
pany
Grantham—Messrs. Hardy, Walkingham, and Hardy.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basinghall-street, London.
John Edward Lawtou, Esq. Leicester
LOCAL AGENTS.

Nottingham—
Grantham—Robert Henry Johnson, Esq. ; and henry Thompson, Esq
Boston—B. S. Simpson, Esq.

ENGINEER.

ACTING ENGINEER—Richard C. Carpenter, Esq.
SECRETARY—E. Jones, Esq.
The port of Boston affords the readiest outlet for exports from the
manufacturing districts to the north of Europe, and the importance
of direct communication from the midland counties to a place so ad-
vantageously situate cannot be over-estimated.
Leicester has, or shortly will have, direct communication with
Birmingham, and all the other important towns in the midland
district.
The Midland Railway Company is extending the communication
to Melton Mowbray, by means of its branch from Syston to Peter-
borough, which passes through that place. There is also a complete
line of railway about to be established from Nottingham, through
Grantham and Folkingham, to Boston, as well as to Spalding, Wis-
beach, Lynn, Yarmouth, and other Important towns In the eastern
counties.
The Leicester, Melton Mowbray, and Boston Direct Union Rail-
way, by forming a line from Melton Mowbray to Folkingham, will
supply the only lick wanting to complete a direct through communi-
cation from Birmingham, Warwick, Worcester, Coventry, and the
manufacturing districts generally, to Boston, as well as by means of
existing and projected railways from Wales and the Bristol Channel,
to that seaport.
The length of the proposed line will not exceed twenty-six miles ;
and as it will pass through a country very favourable for engineer-
ing purposes, the expense of construction will, it is expected, be less
than the usual average. The admirable position of this railway can-
not fail, it is confidently expected, to command a large return, both
in passengers and in goods traffic.
The Company will be in a situation to deposit the Parliamentary
plans and sections in ample time for complying with the standing
orders, and enabling them to apply for their Act in the ensuing
session.
Applications for shares to be addressed to the solicitors, Messrs.
Potter and Collingridge, No. 5, Ba%inghall-street London; to the
Local Agents ; and the following sharebrokers :
Leicester—Messrs. Williams and Sunderland
London—Messrs. Taunton and Bush, Austin-friars
Derby—Messrs. Forman, jun. and Williams
Nottingham—Messrs. Peet, Son, and Potter
Birmingham-31r. J. R. Lane
Liverpool—Messrs. Samuel Woods and Co.
Manchester—Messrs Bradley, Johnson, and Walker
Leeds—Messrs. R. B. Watson, Tootal, and Buff; and Mr. J. Smith,
57, Albion- street
Hull—Messrs. Wilkinson and Earl.
Bristol—Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp
Leamington} Messrs. White and Son
Warwick
Hanley-31r. William Albert
Huddersfield—Messrs. Dyson and Jones
Bradford—Messrs Smith and Minton
Blackburn—Mr. Thos. Boardman
Worcester-31r. Wm. Miles
Colchester—Mr. Henry Carr
Cheltenham—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co.
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balms
Maeclestiehi—Mr. R. E. Hine
Bath—Mr. R. P. Lemon
Norwich—Mr. C. S. Gill.nan
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co.
Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Exeter—Mr. J. Sanford
Plymouth-31essrs. Hopwood and Palmer.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Cemmittee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray,
and Boston Direct Union Railway.
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.
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Address of Referee
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OUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, AND
BRISTOL, BATH, and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY,
70, King William-street, City (Entrance in Clement's-lane).
Capital 1,500,0001., In 60,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d.
• COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. •
Sir RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.B. E.1.D., Chairman
WILLIAM HUGHES HITGIIEs, Esq. F.A.S. F.L.S. Alderman,
Deputy Chairman
R. Hopkins .Allnatt, Esq. M.D. I
George Harrison, Esq.
William Bradley, Esq. Frederic Hewitt, Esq. •
George Atnustus Brown, Esq. I P. Bennett Lucas, Esq.
James Ciift, Esq. I Colonel Nicolls
Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq. Thomas S. Richards, Esq.
The Committee have the gratification to announce the accession of
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. E.1.D., as Chairman of the Company,
and of William Bradley, Esq. of Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of
the Direct Western Railway Company as a member of their Direction.
They have also to state, the Engineer and Surveyor of the Com-
pany, in their reports, furnished by order twice a week, continue to
give the most satisfactory assurances, which place it beyond a doubt
that they will be in every respect prepared to go to Parliament in the
ensuing session.
NOTICE.—The Share-list closed on the 16th inst.
In consequence of the extraordinary number of applications for
shares in this Company, and the anxiety of the Committee to render
an impartial and fair allotment) some days must necessarily elapse
before their laborions duties can be completed, immediately after
which notice will by given, by advertisement, of the day an which
Letters of Allotment will be issued.
By order of the Board,
R. 11. GADESDEN, Secretary.

FLY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAY.
In consequence of the great number of applications for shares
in this Company which are daily received from all parts of the
country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to call the atten-
tion o t the Public to the following Clause in the Prospectus, to the
terms of which they will, In allotting the shares, be compelled most
strictly to adhere :
" As, under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and Ely,
Ely and Jittntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies,
a large proportion of the capital has been mSpropriated to the holders
of shares in those Companies, a very limited number of shares only
is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no application for
shares therefore can be attended to, except from parties locally in-
terested and of the highest respectability.
By order,
L. F. EDWARDS, Secretary pro tern.

THE TUNBRIDGE WELAiS, BRIGHTON,
AND HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
At a very numerous Meeting of the ittitabitants of Ilastinga con-
vened by his worship the Mayor, held hf the Town-hail, on Thurs-
day the I Gth October instant, for the purpose of meeting a deputation
from the above-named Company. George Scrivens, Esq., the
Mayor of Hastings, in the chair. There were present the following
gentlemen, viz.

W. D. L. Shadwell,
Francis Smith, Esq. Banker
Strickland, Esq.
M. Ranking, Esq.
Walter Duke, Esq.
J. Ticehurst, Esq.
J. Dunk, Esq.
Mr. J. S. Cooper
Mr. F. Harman
Mr. Baykett Breeds
Mr. George Clement
Mr. George Hickes
Mr. Hugh Penfold
Mr. George Thwaites
Mr. Townsend,
and other gentlemen of local influence.
It was moved by M. RANKING, Esq., and seconded by Mr. J. S
COOPER, and carried by acclamaition,—

" That, in the opinion of this meeting, a direct and indepeneent
line from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings, opening a direct communica-
tion with the Metropolis and Mid Kent, would be of great import-
tance to the towns of Hastings and St. Leonards, and that the Tun-
bridge Wells, Brighton, and Beatings Junction Railway Company,
which propores to carry out these objects, deserves the support of
this meeting and of the inhabitants of those towns."
It was moved by WALTER DUKE, Esq., and seconded by J. DUNK,
Esq., and carried by acclamation,—
" That the thanks of this meeting be given to his worship the
Mayor, Or his able and impartial eonduct in the chair."

VIIE MIDDLESEX and SURREY JUNC-
TION RAILWAY, connecting Uxbridge, Southall, Brentford,
ilounslow, Twickenham, Kingston-upon-Thames, Croydon, and
Epsom.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 400,0001., in 16,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 129. 6d. per Share.
Offices, 9, Gresham-street, Guildhall.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Aland, Robert Owen, Esq., Greek-street, Soho, and Slough, Bucks.
one of the Provisional. Committee of the Windsor, Slough and
Staines Railway
Anderson, John, Esq., 5, Lothbury, Director of the Tring, Reading,

and Basingstoke Railway
Armit, John Lees, Esq., Ishe-lodge, Farnhatn, Surrey
Armstrong, Benjamin John, Esq. Southall-green, Middlesex, a
Magistrate for the County, and a director of the Great Western,
Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction Railway
Ay scough, Admiral John, Prospect-place-house, Southampton, Di-
rector of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Barnes, Robert Edward, Esq., 11, Mincing-lane, Director of the
Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex Junction Railway
Bashford, W. C. L., Esq. Norwood-house, Norwood-green, Middlesex
Beare, William Gabbett, Esq., 6, Porchester-place, Conuaught-square,
Deputv-Chsirman of the Great Munster Railway, Director of the
Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe, the Leeds and Carlisle, and
Hull and Holyhead Railways
Bedborongh, James Thomas, Esq., Upton-park, Bucks, Director of
the Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railway
Bettridge, Abraham, Esq., 4, Devonshire terrace, Camden-road,
Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, MM-
land, and Junction Railway
Carter, John, Esq., Park-lodge, Stockwell, Director of the Grand

Trunk Railway
Clark, Andrew, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the Chatham and
Portsmouth Direct Railway
Clowes, Joseph, Esq., Director of the British and Foreign Gas Light

and Meter Company
Coleman, 'Matthew Trolloft, Esq. Hampton Wick, Middlesex
Costello, William Bermingham, Esq., Wykc-house, Islmorth, Direc

-Yor of the Direct London and Exeter Railway
Cox, Edw. William, Esq., 1, Torrington-square, and Temple, Director

of the Great Western, and Falmouth JunctiOn Railway
Cremer, William, Esq., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Grand Trunk

Railway
Day, Horatio, Esq., Isiewortit
Eley, Charles, Esq., Hounslow
Elrington, COl. SCOLS Fusilier rrnsr.l. 12. Wrnahnwt_r.l,......
14tim-winar, threetnr .r.b. Direct Leeds and London Railway
Evans, George, Esq., 14, 3lelbury-terrace, Blandford-square
Ewart, Francis, Esq., 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Equity
and Law Life Assurance Company
Fawcett, Edmund Alderson, Esq., 1, Pluggin-lane, Wood-street, and
Derby and Nottingham, silk manufacturer, Director of the Direct
West-end and Croyion Railway
Hemming, John, Esq., 8, North-bank, Regent's-park, Director of the
31anchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Henry, Joseph, Esq., 13, South-street, Finsbury, Director of the Lon-
don, Houn,low, and Direct Western Railway
Howlett, henry, Esq., 18, Cambridge-terrace, Director of the Amman
Vale Iron and Coal Company
Hutchison, Stephen, Esq., London Gas Works, Vauxhall, Director of
the Grand Trunk, Railway
Innis, Thomas, Esq., 29, Fitzroy-square
Key, Sir John, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, Alder-
man of London, and a Director of the York and Lancaster, and
Liverpool and Leeds Railways.
King, Jelin, Esq., of Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames
Lamb, James, Esq., 23, Hyde. park-square, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Lawson, J. H., Esq., South-street, Rye-lane, Peckham, and Lana.
downe-cottage, Brighton
Lewis, Kensington, Esq., Is, Stratford-place, and Worcester Dirk,
Ewell, Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway
Lindham, Henry Robert, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset-square, Director
of the Dorchester, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway
Macdougal, J. P., Esq. (late Bengal Staff), Firgrove, Brixton,
Director of the Direct London and Holyhead and Portdyullaen
Railway
ilacguire, W. J., Esq., Hampton Court, Middlesex, Director of the
Reading and Reigate Atmospheric Railway
Macintosh, George, Esq„ 27, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
Mansell, W. W., Esq., Dorchester-place, Blandford-square, Director
of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton, Surrey
3.lkflearrcgeertr nWilliam,WiliiaEm, sq., Kingston-upon-Thames
Norris, Caleb, Esq., 10, Lancaster-place, Strand, DireAor of the Dor-
chester, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway, and Windsor, Slough,
and Staines Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-
park, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Phillips, B. Laurence, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the Direct Western Railway
Potter, Wm. Simpson, Esq.,
Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of
the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Pownall, Henry, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, a magistrate for
Middlesex, and Director of the Great Western, Brentford, and
Central Terminus Junction Railway
Pynn, Sir Henry, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of
the County Fire-office, and of the Direct Western Railway
Rayner, Charles S., Esq., Kew, Director of the British and Foreign
Gas Light and Meter Company
Raphael, Alexander, Esq. of Ditton Lodge, Thames Ditton, Surrey
Reeves, James, Esq., Leyton, Essex, Director of the Direct London
and Manchester ailway
Rich, Sir George, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square,
Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Ridgway, Joseph Carrington, Esq., Roehampton-lodge, Surrey, Di-
rector of the Grand Trunk Railway
Rippon, John James, Esq. Ealing, Middlesex
Robinson, Thomas, Esq., 27, Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital,
Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway
Sharp, Major Jelf, of Meadow Side, Twickenham, a Magistrate for

the county
Spry, George, Esq., Surbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames
Strutt, Hammel Ingold, Esq., Cranford, Middlesex, and Ensworth,
Rants, director of the Reading and Reigate Atmospheric Railway
Westmaeott, Charles M., Esq., Kingston, Surrey
Whiskin, James, Esq. 10, Upper Bedford-place, a Magistrate for
the County of Middlesex, and a Director of the Croydon Railway
Wilkinson, W. Esq., Woodberrydowu, and Ludgate-hill, Director
of the Waveney Valley Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of London.
Messrs. Hall, Smith, and Co., Uxbridge.
Messrs. Shrubs°le, Lambert, and Co., Kingston-upon-Thames.
ENGINEER—HamiIton H. Fulton, Esq.
SuavEvin--Andrew Trimen, Esq.

Somerrofts—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely- i
place.
SECRETARY (pro tem)—W. R. Harris, Esq.
This railway is proposed to commence at Uxbridge, proceeding
thence to the Southall station of the Great Western Railway, and
then through Reston to Hounslow, there meeting one of the proposed
lines to Hounslow from London. Leaving Hounsio .v the line pro.
coeds through Whitton, Twickenham, Teddington, and Hampton,
to Kingston, and, crossing the Thames, joins the Kingston station of
the South-Western Railway, whence it will proceed to, avid terminate
at ,Epsom
The towns and places through which the line passes, or most imme-
diately affects, contain an aggregate population of about 200,000
persons.
The importance of connecting two such towns as Uxbridge and
Brentford with Kingston, Croydon, and Epsom, three of the largest
market-towns in Surrey, between which the present agricultural traffic
is extensive, is too obvious to require comment. A glance at the map
will at once show that the communication now proposed is not only
judicious, but, in order to satisfy the requirements of the important
and populous district involved, is actually imperative. It will afford
to Uxbridge and the towns in Hertfordshire north of it, with which
it will he connected by proposed new lines, direct transit to the Great
Western, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railways, and by the
established lines, southward, to Shoreham, Brighton, Dover,
Ramsgate, and all the south and south-eastern parts of the
kingdom, avoiding the loss of time and great inconvenience of going
round by the metropolis. So also as to Brentford, Hounslow, King-
ston, and Epsom—it will afford to them access to the Great Western,
London and Birmingham, and Northern and Eastern lines; and by
this line, in connexion with one proposed to Hounslow from the me-
tropolis, and the other proposes nod established lines north and south
of it, easy access will be afforded to Hampton-court, Epsom, and
other favourite places of resort. There can be no doubt, therefore,
that the passenger traffic alone will be sufficient to pay a very large
dividend on the outlay.
This undertaking presents the additiona and important advantage
of competing with no line at present established ; on the contrary,
it will be the means of connecting and feeding the several lines enu-
merated, and several others that are projected ; and the engineer
reports that it passes over a particularly easy country, and will be
capable of construction at about 16,000/. per mile ; and the land-
owners on the line who have been seen, are favourable to the un-
dertaking.
The length of the line will be about 18 miles. And the Committee
are happy to announce that the surveys are in such a forward con-
dition as to justify them in stating that they will be enabled to
comply, in all respects, with the standing orders, so as to enable
them to apply for the Act in the ensuing session.
Application for shares must be made in the ' usual form, to the
solicitors of the Company, Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Gals-
worthy, to the Secretary, at the Offices, to whom also all com-
munications from parties locally interested should be addressed ;
also to the following local solicitors, Henry Norton, Esq., Uxbridge ;
C. E. Jemmett, Esq., Kingston.upon-Thames ; F. J. Kent., Esq.,
' Hampton • Arthur Wm. Woods, Esq., Epsom; Thomas Richings
Esq., Staines ; Mr. r elsley, Hounslow ; also of the follow in
brokers : Messrs. Harris and Sons, Change-alley, Cornhill ;
Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard, London ; Messrs. Townley and
Whitehead, Liverpool; Mr. Allan, Manchester; Messrs. Tate and
Nash, Bristol; Messrs. Graystone and Erie. York; Messrs. Collis,
and Smith, Birmingham ; and Messrs. Borthwick, Campbell and
Co., Glasgow.
iNo application will be attended to unless accompanied by
a reference to one of the Committee, to the solicitors, or to Mlle
klAkOr Of other peace of known atguadlog.

THE WEST MIDLAND, •MANCHESTEIt,
and . SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, and BIRMINGHAM,
SWINDON, DEVIZES, and SALISBURY JUNCTION (being an
extension of the South Midlands' Railway).
Notice is hereby given, that the Allotment of Shares In this under-
taking is now completed, and owing to the unprecedented-number of
applications received, especially from landowners and parties inte-
rested on the line, the numbers applied for have necessarily- been
much abridged. The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement will Lle for Signatures at the Offices of the Company on
and after the 22th instant, end remain there until further notice.
- Scrip will he delivered to shareholders according to the initial
letters of their names in the following order, and on the undermen-
tioned days, viz.:—
A, It, C, D, E, and F, on the 29th and 30th October
G, 11, K, L, and M, on the 31st Oct. and Ist Nov.
0, P, Q, It, and 5, on the 3d Nov. and 4th Nov.
T, U, V, W, X, Y, and Z, on the sth Nov. and 6th Nov.
By order, G. N. WRIGHT.
I, Guildhall-chambers, Oct. 21, 1845.

IRECT NORWICH, LONDON, and BURY
ST. EDMUND'S RAILWAY,
Through Dunmow and Clam.
(Extension of the Direct Norwich Railway.)
At a numeroui meeting of the gentry and inhabitants of the town
of Dumnow and the neighbourhood, holden at the Town-hall, Dun-
mow, on Tuesday, October 21, 1845,
- . JOHN MARYON WILSON, Esq., in the Chair,
It was moved by Mi. W CLAYTON, and seconded by Mr. MALSTEa,
and resolved unanimously—
" That this meeting cordially approves of the proposed Direct
Railt•ay from London to Bury St. 'Edmund's, through Clare and
Dunmow, being an extension of the Direct Norwich, and known as
`Eagle's line,' feeling satisfied that it is calculated to be of great
benefit to the town and neighbourhood, and that the undertaking is
entitled to the best support of the inhabitants."
The following. persons were appointed a Local Provisional Com-
mittee, for carrying out the objects of the Company in the most
effectual inann4r :
J. M. Wilson, Esq.• - Mr. J. Maister
W. Johnson, Esq. Mr. J. Brewster
Mr. W. Clayton Mr. R. Taylor
Mr. J. C. Briggs Mr. E. S. l'hilbrick
Mr. C. Bernal% . • Mr. T. Rlyth-
Mr. W. Randall Mr. H. Smith
(Wilk power to add to their number).
The thanks of the meeting were unanimously voted to the
Chairman.
The entire line has now been finally set out by the acting engi-
neer, under the direction of the engineer-in-chief, Sir John Rennie,
and -the distance from the Cricket-ground Station, in' Bury St.
Edmund's, to the junction of the Eastern and North Eastern lines at
Stratford, ascertained to be fifty-eight miles, making the whole dis-
tance from Bury to the Shoredftch Station sixty-two miles, being
seventeen miles less than by the projected Chesterford, and twenty-
four miles less than by the Thetford, Newmarket, and Cambridge

lines.
the distance from Norwich to London, by this line, will be re-
duced to the same extent, which, consequently, will be 104 miles,
instead of 125 by Ely.

TRING- AND REIGATE RAILWAY, forming
a direct communication from Birmingham, Manchester,
Rugby, the Midland Counties, and the North, with Dover, Brighton,
and Southampton.
(Registered Provisionally, pursuant to the Act 7 and 8 Vic., cap. 110.)
Capital, 750,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right lion. the Earl of Uxbridge, Uxbridge-house
George Hammond Whalley, Esq. 30, Pall-mall, director of the Di-
rect Western Railway, &c.
William Bradley, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of the Shef-
field and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railways
John' Shawe Manley, Esq, Manley -hall, Staffordshire, director of
the Leicester, Tamworth, and Trent Valley Junntion Railway
Lieut.-Col. William Granville Eliot, R.A.K.H. United Service Club.
and Vale-brook-lodge, Sussex
Miles Dormer, Esq, 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street, director of the
Great Welsh Central, Exeter, Dorchester,-and Weymouth, South-
end and Eastern Counties Junction, &c.
Boswell Middleton Jallan, Esq., Holderness-house, Hull, deputy-
lieutenant of East Yorkshire, managing director of the Hull and
Barnsley Railway
William Breynton, Esq. Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, di-
rector of the Leicester and Tamworth, Direct Western, &c.
George Wingrove Cooke, Esq. Temple, director of the Direct West-
ern Railway
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield, Director of the
Wilts, -Somerset, and Southampton, and Leeds and Carlisle
Railway
Robert H.'Hurst, jun. Esq. Horsham-park, Sussex, director of the
Direct Western Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director
of tile Wilts, Somerset and Southampton, and Salisbury and Swin-
don Railways
Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D. Sheffield, director of the Great Grimsby,
Louth, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
Miles Coventry, Esq. director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford
Railway
William Hills, Esq. merchant, 93, Tower-street, City
Cornelius Randall, Esq. Manchester
Samuel Haines, Esq. Edgbaston, Birmingham, director of the Leices-
eer and Birmingham Railway
William Epsom Jalland, Esq. Holderness-house, Hull, director of the
York and Hull Railway
Isaac Holmes, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Direct Western Rail-
way
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Macclesfield, and Unisn-place, Old Bond-
street, director of Remington's London and Manchester Direct
Railway
David Wheatcroft, Esq.' Bucland-hollow, Derby, director of the
Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
Robert Cook, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway
James Boyle, Esq, Coleman-street, deputy-chairman of the Larne,
Belfast, and Ballymena Railway
William Horatio Harrison, Esq. Sunbury, director of the Stafford-
shire and Shropshire .Junction Railway
Henry S. Bright, Esq. Hull, director of the, Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, and Hull, Great Grimsby, and Southampton Direct Rail-
ways
John Taylor, Esq. Hull
Matthew James Keighley, Esq. Hull, director of the Hull Dock Com •
pany, and the Hull and Holyhead Direct Railway
Thomas S. Richards, Esq. 59, Baker-street, director of the Lincoln
and Northampton Railway
Henry Wilkinson, Esq. Endcliffe-hall, Sheffield, director of the Man-
chester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
John St. Barbe, Esq. Lloyd's
William Jackson, Esq. Sheffield
S. W. Barringer, Esq. Church, Cobham
Chas. Justice, Esq. Columpton, Devon
ii:glariampton-strees, asrana, anu Carshalton,
Surrey
W. H. Cooper, Esq. Shrewsbury
Edmund Turner, Esq. M.P. Truro
Col. Cheney, C. 13. Gadesby-hall, Leicestershire
Rev. W. H. Fowler, Manchester-square
William Beasley, Esq. Victoria-square, Pimlico.
(With limited power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
George Hammond Whalley, Esq. George Wingrove Cooke, Esq.
Wm. Bradley, Esq. Miles Dormer, Esq.
Dr. Kidl':y Richard Harris Purcell, Esq.
Wm. Breynton, Esq. Robert H. Hurst, Esq.
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Miles Coventry, Esq. •
BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Baxter, 48, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Messrs. Dixon and Overbury, 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry.
ENGINEER—James A. Emslie, Esq. C. E.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—J. Hewitt, Esq.
Temporary Offices of the Company, No. 4, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry.
The whole of the traffic (whether of passengers or goods) from the
north to the south of England now passes through the streets of
London. No railway has yet been projected to avoid this course, so
obviously inconvenient to the passenger, and so enormously expen-
sive to the carrier.
The Tring and Reigate Railway will afford accommodation to the
manufacturing districts of Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Birming-
ham, and ;place them in direct communication with the southern
ports (from Dover to Southampton) and France, at a saving of ten
miles, of which four consist of the streets of London, and effectually
connect the several stations of the Dover, Brighton, South-Western,
Great Western, and Birmingham Railways, without causing the
ruinous expense attendant upon all schemes for joining their present
termini in London
The Importance of a direct communication between the coal fields
and manufacturing districts of Birmingham, the midland counties,
and the north with the southern coast, extending, at the least, from
Dover to Southampton, need not be dwelt upon. A new line of no
less than 1374 miles has just been projected to connect Birmingham
and Brighton alone. The Tring and Reigate will be forty-four miles.
The course of this line is as follows :—Leaving the London and Bir-
mingham Railway at Tring, it will pass through Chesharn,Amersham,
Beaconsfield, to Slough, on the Great Western Railway ; through
Upton, Datchet, Egham, Staines, and Chertsey, it will reach the
South-Western Railway at Weybridge ; thence through Cobham and
Leatherhead, it will pass near Dorking to the Reigate station of the
Dover and Brighton Railways ; thus intersecting four trunk rail-
ways at first class stations.
The intermediate traffic may be stated as follows :—From Wen-
dover to Slough it will command the traffic to Dondon and the West
of England by its junction with the Great Western Railway ; it will
afford to Windsor a direct communication to the Isle of Wight by
way of the South-Western ; to Brighton and Dover by way of Rei-
gate ; and to all the railways of the north by way of Tring ; and It
will pass, as before stated, through the populous districts of Egham,
Staines, Chertsey, Cobham, and Dorking, to the Reigate station by
way of Epsom.
It may be fairly stated that this railway, far from injuring any
existing line, will greatly benefit every one that it touches, and that
opening, as it will do, a direct communication to the northern and
midland counties with Brighton, and affording to Windsor the com-
mand of all the railways in the kingdom, must be successfhl.
To persons conversant with railway affairs, a glance at any railway
map will convey snore convincing information as to its merits than
the most elaborate prospectus.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of the
Company shall be under the control of the Committee of Manage-
ment, who are empowered to enter into such arrangements as shall
best serve the interests of the Company, and to raise any additional
capital that may become requisite for extensions of the line, or
otherwise.
Power shall be taken under the Act to limit the responsibility of
shareholders to the amount of their subscription, and to allow interest
at 4 per cent. upon the calls.
The engineers are now engaged in surveying the line, and the
whole will be completed in time for the ensuing session. A preference
will be given in the allotment of shares to the landowners and to the
shareholders in the several railways interested in its formation.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
The Managing Committee have great pleasure in submitting the
following report, received from their engineer. This aflOrds satisfac-
tory assurance that the line will be certainly ready for the coming
session.
To the Provisional Committee of the Tring and Reigate Railway.
Gentlemen,—'l have the honour :to report to you that I hare mi-
nutely:examined the country lying between Tring and Reigate for
the proposed " Tring and Reigate Railway."
The ground from the Reigate station on the South-Eastern Rail-
way, via Reigate to Leatherhead, is the only difficult portion of the
line ; some tunnelling and cutting being required, after which, by
Cobham, Chertsey, Staines, Datchet, Upton, Slough, Farnham Royal,
Beaconsfield, Amersham, and Chesham, to or near the Tring station,
the country is of a nature most favourable for the construction of a
railway.
I consider the route here pointed out fir the " Tring and Reigate
Railway," not only a most excellent one as referring to the con-
struction of the line, but pre-eminently good In respect of the pro-
spect of its paying ; for in addition to its affording a direct means of
communication from the north and midlands' districts to Brighton
and Dover, it will at the same time become a series of connecting
links with the main trunks of the country.
I have the satisfaction to inform the Committee that I have made
such arrangements as will enable me to guarantee their going to
Parliament with the " Tring and Reigate " Bill in the ensuing
session.

I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servant,
JAMES A. ENISLIE, C.E.

6, Buckingham-street, Strand, Oct. 8; 1845.
Since the date of this report, the Committee have received an
assurance from their engineer that the surveys will be completed by
the first week in November.
Prospectuses and plans may be had of the Secretary ; at the Com-
pany's offices, 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; of the Solicitors ; and
of the following Brokers :—Messrs. George Baker and Son, 29, Thread-
needle-street ; Messrs. Samuel Woods and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs.
Duncuft, Manchester; Messrs. Rhodes and Co., Leeds; Andrew
Moffat, Glasgow; Richard Muncaster, Sheffield John Field, Shef-
field ; W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Messrs. Cuff and Fox, Derby ;
Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; to whom also ap-
plications for Shares in the accompanying form may be addressed.
The applications already received greatly exceed the number for
allotment, and the list will be shortly closed.
No applications will receive any attention unless accompanied by
a reference to some person of well known respectability. All such
references will be strictly investigated.
To the Provisional Committee of the Tring and Reigate Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 251.
each in the above-named Company, and I hereby agree to take all
such shares, or so many as may be allotted to me, and to pay the
deposit thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds when required.
Name in full .. • ••• • •
Profession or Trade ......... ...... • • • • • • •
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TRING AND REIGATE RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for
SHARES in this Company call be received after TUESDAY next, the
2sth inst. By order,
J. HEWITT, secretary, pro tem.
4, Frederick's-place, OW Jewry, Oct. 21,-1845.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY•
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL MEET-
ING of the PROPRIETORS of the 'GREAT WESTERN RAIL-
WAY will be held at the Paddington Station, in London, on Fat-
DAY the 7th of November, 1845, at. One o'clock, for the purpose of
considering an agreement entered into between the Directors of the
said Great Western Railway Company and the Directors of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, for the purchase of the Bris-
tol and Exeter Railway, and all brrnch lines, and interest held by
that Company in any other railway companies, and generally of all
other property and effects belonging to the said Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company, .sbbject to all debenture, bonds, loan notes, and
other liabilities, at which meeting the agrehment between the said
Great Western Railway Company and the said Bristol and Exeter
Railway Company for the said purchase, will be submitted for con-
firmation, with a view to the necessary measures being taken by the
directors, under the' authority of the said special general meeting, to
carry the same into effect:
. _

The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.
C. RUSSELL, Chairman

Paddington Station, 15th Oct., 1845.

YY.EIIItINARY NOTICE.
11.11 E EXETER, TIVERTON, AND MINE-
HEAD DIRECT RAILWAY, with extension from Mind:cad
to Ilfracombe.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,600,0001., hr 64,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 641. per Share.

This railway will pass from the city of Exeter, through the
rich valley of the Exe, via Silverton and Bickleigh, direct to
Tiverton, one of the chief towns of this important district, and
formerly the principal market and manufacturing town of the west
of England. It will administer largely to the prosperity of ibis
rich and productive cou stry, and will pass from Tiverton, by Bamp-
ton, Dulverton, and Dunster, to the port of Minehead in-the Bristol
Channel, opposite Landaff, Swansea, and Cardiff, from whence the
produce of the rich mines and quarries of Merthyr Tydvil, Ponty-
pool, and Newport, in Wales, can be transferred- by the shortest
route to the English markets. . From Mineheal it win pass by
Porlock and Cornbe-Marion ti.) the much-frequented watering-place
of Ilfracombe, where it unites with the Barnstaple..and Ilfracombe
Railway. At Minehead it will also join the Bridgewater and Mine-
head Railway, to 'which it will serve as an important feeder, connect-
ing* the towns on the north coast of Devon directly with the great
western trunk railroads passing from London to the Land's End. It
will also form a very short and direct junction of the Bristol and
English Channels. _
A make valuable and important jino. o the country whlch-it will
traverse could not be projected. A list of the Provisional Committee
will be published in a few days ; and in the meantime fuither infor-
mation may he obtained, and applications for shares may De mace
to, the Solicitors, Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-Street,
London, or at the Company's (Mead, No. 37, Gresham-street, City.

REGENT'S CANAL RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given that no Applications for Shares
IN/11 be received after SATURDAY next, the 25th inst.
By order of the Board,
FREDERICK COLLIER, Secretary.
Gresham Rooms, Bashighall-street, 21st Oct., 184.5.

LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that, in pursuance of the authority
given to them by the resolutions of the EXTRAORDINARY GE-
NERAL MEETING of the Bth instant, the Directors have resolved
to issue Scrip in Fifth 10/. Shares to represent the unallotted Shares
to which the Company is entitled under the agreement of amalgama-
tion with the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company, and that
such Scrip will be offered to the Proprietors registered on the 3d No-
♦ember next, in the proportion of one-fifth share to each original
share standing in the Proprietor's name on the said 3d of November,
subject to the payment of a deposit of 11. per share (out of which the
expense of the application to Parliament for carrying the amalgama-
tion into effect, if unsuccessful, will be defrayed), and to the condi-
tions of the letter of allotment, which will be issued immediately
after the said 3d of November.

By order of the Directors,
JOHN S. HERON, Secretary

TFREWASH VALLEY EXTENSION, AND
ROCHDALE, BLACKBURN, AND EAST LANCASHIRE
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.

In reply to numerous inquiries made of the Committee of Direc -
tion, they beg to announce that, in consequence of the number of
shares applied for having exceeded 500,000, considerable delay must
necessarily take place in making inquiries and arranging the allot-
ment, which, however, will be completed at the earliest period
possible.
The Committee of Direction have the satisfaction of stating that
they are assured by their engineer that the surveys and Parlia-
mentary plans are in a forward state, and that all will he ready for
the next session of Parliament.

By order,
STILLINOFLEET LOCKER, Secretary.
44, Finsbury-circus, Oct. 21, 1845.

N ORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place South.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to ith and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 1,300,0001., in 65,000 Shares of 201, each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman

James Hone, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman
Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., Loudon

James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq., tdoucester-place, Portman-square
Richard Bethell, Esq., Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate
George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, inner Circle, Regent's Park
Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Osidge, Southgate

Joieph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation

Railway
George Woodreffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol
N. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F. 4.1., F.L.$., Alderman of the City of
London

Henry Iti orton, Esq., Biddiek,Durhain

George Parbai•y, Ls q., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Continuation Railway
Richard lipooner, Esq., 31. P., 39, St. James's-place
Georg*Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings
Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kellingworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London
Bank of Liverpool
The Union Bank, Manchester.
Enntxxxx—George Parker Bidder, Esq., E.I.C.E.
ARCUlTECT—RobertAbralla Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-square.
SGLICITOR—John Beth, 11, Esq., 78, King William-street, City.
SECRETARY—Harry Burrard Ferns% Esq.

The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail.
may Company have great satisfaction in informing their subscribers
that negotiations are now pending between the Provisional Commit-
ted . Mti,talc 321UPS.1.1.1.2c.tkLiiiiiintc)28rtAALMIA
of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City traffic
north of London.

To effect this important object, an area of 10 acres of ground (the
southern boundary of which is within 500 yards of the Bank of
England) has been most carefully surveyed and valued, and the re-
port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to
have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing
the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved by them to in-
crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,0901.
The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance
to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and
most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway
companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be
effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground
alluded to, within the centre of the City of London.
In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace
that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties
Railway in Shoreditch, which will effect an entire junction between
the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same
time afford a direct communication between the whole of the rail-
ways, which reach London tothe north of the Thames, and give
full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a
common centre within the heart of the metropolis.
Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic
which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com-
pany, will he added that of those companies also who will eventually
co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and
the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance
will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable
line of railway.
A lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the
entire district through which this Company proposes to run this Hne ;
by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in
immediate communication with the City ; while the dense popu-
lation of the City will enjoy a fact •ity of connexion with its suburban
localities, necessarily affording it the -greatest accommodation.
With such important local resources, therefore, together with the
vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
I anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
capital. That revenue will be derived thus :
The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
3,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir-
mingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirds of which reach the
City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persons daily, half
of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily
is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City.
Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, new un-
accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
From these sources the following products are derived:—
Per Ann.

Passengers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail-
way, at 6d. each .• •••••••• • • • • • • • • •
Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus
of this Company, at 3d. each • • • • • • • • • ......
Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, as taken at
... 187,929
142,208 tons of goods •
and parcels pass annually from the
Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail-
ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s.
6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods
and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per
ton, a revenua may be derived of •• •• ...... ••• • • • 17,776
From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing in
to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of
40,0001. a year, may be derived the suns of .. •• •• .. 10,000

12,06

The total of their calculations; amounts t 0.... £280,289
Deduct 40 per cent. for workers' expenses ...... • ....... 112,115

£165,174
Estimated Rental to be received from other Companies for
the use of Terminus ..

£198,174
Being a revenue of more than 15 per cent. en a capital Of 1,300,000/.
The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 65,000 shares of
20/. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share will be payable
forthwith.
A. portion of the shares will be allotted to parties locally interested.
The remainder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders
and the public generally, upon application being made by them in a
manner hereinafter mentioned.
The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their rarlia-
mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent
standing orders of the House of Lords, to require a deposi of 10/.
per cent. The shareholders are, therefore, requested,
.in order to
carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip certificate
with the Secretary, on or before the Ist of October next, in exchange
for which they will obtain a certificate upon which the bankers of
the Company will receive the amount of the difference payable, and,
upon producing the receipt and signing the new Parliamentary Deeds,
fresh scrip will be delivered to them.
Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be inade to
the Secretary, at the Offices, No. 8, Finsbury-place South, and the
following sharebrokers :
Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Suttoi, 22, North-side, Royal
Exchange, London
Messrs. Cape), Cuerton, and Lawford, 3, Royal Exchange
George Burnand, Esq , Cornhill
Messrs. Hougliland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester
William Marshall, Esq., Bank-buildings, Manchester
William Haynes, Esq., Manchester
lohn Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool
Messrs. IVellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol
J. It. Lane, Esq., Birmingham
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield
J. G Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield
F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax
Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter
11. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath.