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

LARNE,

J. KNIGHT, Secretary.

4, Coleman-street, Oct. 20, 1845,

The Con.mittee are therefore of opinion that the 13111 should no,
be now further proceeded with."

In compliance with this recommendation of their Lordships, the
country has been re-surveyed by Mr. Brunel, and their Lordships'
views have been as far as possible carried out.
In addition to this the Cornwall Railway Company have resolved,
in conjunction with the North Devon Railway Company, to connect
the two lines in such a manner as to famish a direct line from Fal-
mouth to Exeter.

By this means the London and northern traffic from Falmouth will
not cross the Hamoaze, but be conveyed to its destination by a direct
and uninterrupted line of railway.

The ProvisiOnal Committee of the Cornwall Railway contains the
names of the most Influential noblemen, and by far the greatest
number of the large landowners in the districts through which it is
intended the line shall pass, " all of whom are shareholders," as
may be seen by reference to the prospectus recently published in your
columns.
The Cornwall Railway is a bona fide railway, concocted and sup-
ported not in London, but in counties for whose benefit it is in-
tended ; it Is supported by the influence and the capital of the long-
established Western lines, and is otherwise based upon principles
which will not be shaken by the universally anticipated panic in the
railway scrip market, and therefore has obtained, and will retain, the
confidence and support of the public.—l am, Sir, &c.,
A CORNISHMAN.

THE BIRMWGHAM,. ;NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROIMIL AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,600,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combennere
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, H.P.
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauelerk, Chesham-place, Belgzave-
..
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
fhe Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George R. Dawson
The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Beigrave-square
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William It. Collett, Esq., 51.?.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P.
The IVor-hipful the Mayor of Hull
C. S. Foster, Esq., High Sheriff of Staffordshire
G. B Thorneycroft. Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf-
fordshire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stourbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire
iron trade
Thomas Bagnall, Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshire
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
John Aston, Esq , Birmingham
Fiederick Pratt Barlow, Esq , Director of the Great Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick
William Broackes, Esq., Cork •street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesham-place, Belgrave-
Sqllere
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire
Henry It, Downmau, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-read, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Joseph Gillott, Esq., Birmingham
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-no se, Birmingham, Director
of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austins, Handswortit, Staffordshire, and
Crookhay Iron Works, West Bromwich
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gleucester
Railway
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of
the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Worcester,
and Wolverhampton Railway
Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus Tulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Hens
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordsire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
John Brearley Payn, Esq., Birmingham
Samuel Kenna, Esq., Handsworth-hall, Staffordshire
Robert Peasegood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the
Hull and Holyhead Railway
William Ayre, sen., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and
Ely Railway
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
John Wells, Esq., Hull
Wakefield Pim, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin-
coln Railway
Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham
Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Clark, Esq., Wolverhampton
James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
C. S. Cotterill, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Neve, Esq., 'Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-
qE.,s4C"hWilloilnvgetrohnamlrpotonworks, Wolverhampton, n
Stafford-
shire Junction Railway
Samuelohn
Barker, Underhill,
E s
'di-
rector of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway
Christopher Musgrave, Esq., Lord of the Manor, Birmingham
John Dixon, Iron Master, Wolverhampton
Charles Greatrex, Esq., Walsall, director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).
soLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De.
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Binninghain.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—IV. H. PUTdOII, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner,
and Co., Birmingham.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Hull
i—ng
SECRETARY Edwa d Hart Hart, Esq.
d
OFFICES—No. I, Royal Exchange-buildings, London; and
Nottingham--a*ornsutelmi Mosspies Esq.
36, Upper Temple Street, Birmingham

It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu-
nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull,
at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to
existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing
or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica-
tion will be completed by throwing out new lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to u-e the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the 31Id-
land Counties Railway
'the communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried 4brward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the
line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
the Ifidland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Bomber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hall.
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By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
Birmingham to Gainsborough,
and from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashhy-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, a
direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and
the other towns already enumerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
Ilse, which, together with its own merits, will, ensure its success in
Parliament.

As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required fur the completion of this
great national undertaking will be materially shortened.

- Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu-
nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir-
mingham to Hull, the'port at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and from the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
southern, western, and midland counties.
A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and
shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beybnd the amount of the deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
subscription. _ _

The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the line.

No applications will be attended to without a reference to a
member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certifi-
cates, of which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be for-
feited.

Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may be
had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
viz. :—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 7.5, Old Broad-street ;
Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitchins and
Harrison, 18, Thre idneedie-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, anti Parker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds ;
Mews. Earp and Son, Derby; Messrs. I'ott and Levick,
Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr.
James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.

OF .
To the ProvisionalFOßM m Comittee ofAPPLICATION the Birmingham, Nottingham,
Gainsborough, and Hull Railway Company.
I request you will allot me shares of 201. each in the capi-
tal of the above-named Railway • and I will accept the same, or
any less number, and pay the 'deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this 1845.

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BIRMINGHAM, NO I'T INGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGH, AN!) HULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after
MoaoAY, the 27th instant.
EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street,
MOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingham.
Oct. 10, 1845.

T"li

BALLYMAN A

BELFAST, and
L WAY._
Provisionally 'Registered.)
With Extension to Portglenone.
The Managing Committee of this Company are gratified in stat-
ing to their shareholders that the whole of their original capital
having been subscribed, they will be enabled to go to Parliament at
the commencement of the ensuing session, with every prospect of
success. By order,

THE DIRECT EXETER and COR-N WALL
RAILWAY.
_

London, October 23, 1845.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
Sir,—l am aware that the statements made by projectors in a
railway prospectus must not be criticised too closely ; but in a case
where there is an obvious misstatement of an assumed fact (perhaps
unintentional), calculated to mislead the public, it would be mani-
festly criminal in one who observes the evil not to correct it.
In the prospectus of the Direct London and Exeter Railway, with
an extension to Fahnouth, &c., the following paragraph occurs :
"A further fact is, that Parliament rejected a project to connect
Falmouth with Plymouth on the grow: ,1 that it might offer an ob-
stacle to the direct line proposed by the present company."
This refers to the Cornwall Railway, which in the last session was
certainly rejected, but the following report of the Lords' Committee
will show the true grounds :

Resolved—That " th. makiag of a railway to connect the town of
Plymouth and Falmouth, with a branch to the town of.Bodmin,
would be of great public advantage, by opening an additional, cer-
tain, and expeditions means of communication between the said
places, and also by facilitating the communication between more dis-
tant towns and places ; but the Committee are also of opinion that
it would not be advisable to adopt definitively the plan of railway
communication which is intended to be carried out by the Bill, with-
out a further and most accurate survey of the whole line of country
traversed between Plymouth and Falmouth, with a view of obtain-
ing gradients and curves more favourable, and avoidhig the passage
of the liamoaze and of the Penryn river, below Penryn, if theselast
objects can be effected without any great countervailing cost and
disadvantage