The Sun.
London, England, 1845-11-20 00:00:00

BOARD. OF DIRECTORS.

Cuent3Lor--SirGeorge Larpent, Bart. (Messrs. Cockerell and Co.)
DzruTT-Custums rt--Bazett D. Cohin, Esq. (Messrs. Crawford
Colvin, and Co.)
R. Gurney Barclay, Esq. (Messrs. Barclay, Brothers, and Co.)

Joseph Baxendale, Esq.
Alexander Beattie, Esq.—Messrs Beattie, and Co.

Robert Bird. Esq. lath of the Bengal Civil Sarviee

C. D. Bruce, Esq. (Messrs. Fletcher, Alexander, and Co.)
Sir John Campbell, K.C.11., deputy-chairman of the PeuinSular and
Oriental Steam Navigation Company-
John Cattley, Eeq. chairman of the London Pock Company
Major-General. Caulfield, C. 8., (late of the Honourable East India

Company's Service)
T. S. Kelsall, Esq. (Messrs. KelL4als and Co.)
John Pascal Larkins, Esq. formerly of the Bengal Civil Service, and

President of the Marine Board
Captain Alexander Nairne, formerly of the Hon. Lis
pany's Service
Edward Howley Palmer, Esq. (Messrs. Palmer, Mackillop, Dent,
and Co.)
Thomas Campbell Robertson, Esq. late governor of the western pro-
vince of Bengal "
William Scott, Esq. (late of Madras) (Messrs. Scott, Bell, and Co.)
John Stewart, Esq..late of Bombay

Com-

MANAGING DisEcroa—R. Macdonald Stephenson, Esq.
AUDITORS.
R. F. Gower, Esq. (Messrs. Gower, Nephews, and Co. )
Captain Farquharson, R.N., and
Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, Bart.
Betrazas—Messrs. Glyn' Hallirax, Mills, and Co.
Soracuroas—Messrs. Freshtleld.
CoNsulanto ENGINEER—J. M. Rendel, Esq., F.R.S.
SEC'RETART—D. I. Noad, Esq.
Offices, Broad-street-buildings.

At a Board of Directors of this Company, held at these offices the
22d day of October, 1845,
It was unanimously resolved,

First—That the East India Railway Company was formed in the
spring of this year, after many months of preliminary discussion and
communication with official anthorities, for the purpose of carrying
out the views and objects of the projectors in the introduction of
railways into India.
Second—That the promoters of the undertaking 'abstained from
adopting any measures towards the. formation of a company until
they had satisfied themselves of the di.position of the Government
of India to support the undertak'n by pecuniary aid in some shape,
on which basis this Company was aoeordingly established, its object
being (as stated in the prospectus) •to execute the line of railway
which should be selected by Government, with the ulterior exten-
sions and developments consequent upon it.
Third—That, in furtherance of these views' the Managing Director
of this Company proceeded to Calcutta in the month of July last,
accompanied by a staff of surveyors, for the purpose of making the
necessary surveys, obtaining the requisite information, and of ascer-
taining the views of the local Governmont, prior to the final arrange-
ments for commencing operations.
Fourth—That the information obtained in the course of several
years of preliminary inquiry inclined the projectors to the belief that,
subject to any unforseen cirenmstances, the line from Calcutta to
the north-western provinces, by Mirzapore, was the most needed by
India, and most calculated to yield a profitable return for investment
of capital, and it was therefore that line which was advocated in the
first communication with the Government, the selection being left to
the Government.

Fifth—That subsequent to the formation of this Company, various
projects have bees announced to tIF., public for constructing railroads
in Western India, some of them 'forming part and portion of the
scheme of the East Indian Railvray Company, and to which the
surveys and the operations of the Committee in Calcutta may pos-
sibly at this moment be directed as an important feature in the de-
sign of Government.
Sixth—That under these circumstan, es it appears to this Board to
be their imperative dnty in Of ; interest of this Company to adopt
such measures as will have the t tffect of securing to the Company the
benefit of their original scheme i n its full integrity.
Seventh—That with this view, end in order to prove to the Go-
vernment of India their full mea means of carrying out any arrangemen:,s
which it may be disposed to mai rc with this Company for the 'zon-
struction ofrailways on an extended stale (in the event of its, being
essential to•the scheme of the .Government so to commen•ce), it is
desirable that the capital of this Company should be increased to ten
millions, by the issue of new shares.
Eighth—That 129,000 shares of 501. each be created, en which a
deposit of ss. will be forthwish payable ; that of this !dumber 80,000
shares be distributed rateably ":among the approve, holders of the
Scrip already issued, in the proportion of one new for one old share;
and that the remaining shares, s abject to the necessary allotment to
the new Directors, be reserved, to be disposed of hereafter, as may be
found advantageous for the inter. !sts of the undertaking.
Ninth—That these resolutions be advertised in the Daily News-
papers, for the information of tin Pr vrietors and the public.
I ;FORGE LARPENT, Chairman.

In conformity with the above arrangement it is requested that an
holden of serip desirous of availing themselves of the above provi-
sions, do send in their serip on or before the 20th November next,
accompanied by an application . addressed to the Secretary in the tbi-
owing form:--

To the Provisional Committee )f tho East Indian Railway Company.
Gentlemen—l hand you he 3 !ewith Setif) (or Banker's receipt for
deposit on) Shares in t' he East Indian Railway Company, in
respect of which I request YOU to allot me my proportion of the new
issue of Shares, and I hereby agree to pay the deposit of ss. per
Share upon the same, and to sign such deeds as may be required in
respect of such new issue.

Date...,••..•.••••••••••••
Name in full ...................
Signature..
Prof3ssion or Occupation
.All holders of Scrip in Great B-I,:au failing to lodge their Scrip AS
aboVe -ucsted, will be considcr,i not desirous of accepting any
additional - bat an rg
eoii of time will be allowed to
holders of Scrip in India. 1). I. !TOAD, Secretar
By order of the Board, y.
Hroad-street-bulklings, Oct. ,24, 184 b.

I EXETER TAVISTOCK, AND BODMIN
RAILWAY, WITH A 'BE ANCH TO ASHBURTON.
(Provisionally Registered,)
, Capital 140,0001.,- in 16,800 Shares of 251. each.
Depo,it, 21..125. 6d. per Share.
PREL LAI' NARY NOTICE.
Amongst the numerous projects recently brought forward for con-
necting important towns and districts in England by means of rail-
ways, no direct line of communication from Exeter toTavistock, and
thence to Bodmin, ' has attracted the attention of the public.. The
South Devon Railway from Exeter to Plymouth and .:I)evonport, and
the Cornwall Railway, proceeding from those ports, but not approach-
ing Bodmin within several miles, afford every sinuous, inconvenient,
and imperfect roots between the two terminal points of the proposed
line, the latter of which is still unsupelied with any immediate rail-
way facility. The Bideford and Tavistock Railway—now in projec-
tion—assisr ed by' the Exeter and Crediton Railway, will supply in
like manner a very circuitous course of communication between
Exeter and Tavistock; but all these lines leave the midland districts
and several important towns and villages totally void of railway
conveniences.
The proposed Exeter, Tavistock, and Bodmin Railway, however,
commencing at the City of Exeter, proceeding by or rtear to More-
ton-Hampstead, and throwing out a branch. to Ashburton in its
course across the Forest of Dartmoor, will pursue a direct line to the
Parliamentary borough of Tavistock ; and, passing_ by or near Cal-
lington and Liskeard, will ten:initiate at Bodmin, thus providing a
direct channel of intercourse in line not exceeding fifty-six miles
in length between the two terminal places, an 4 furnishing the 'inter-
vening towns and villages with the means of immediate transit to
Exeter in the east and Bodmin in the west, and extending from those
places to all parts of England. The existing railway from Bodmin
to Wadebridge will complete the line to the coast of Cornwall, in the
Bristol Channel.
Thus the direct line from Exeter to Bodmin,;with the proposed
branch to Ashburton; will unite the whole of the' midland districts
of Devonshire and Cornwall, comprising a tract of country occu-
pied by a large population, and unrivalled for agricultural produce
and mineral wealth.
A prospectus and a map of the line are he course of preparation,
and, with .the names of a powerful Provisional Committee, will
shortly be published. In the interval, further information may be'
obtained from Messrs. Phillips and Son, No. 28, Lawrence Pountney-
lane, solicitors to the undertaking ; and at the offices of the Com-
pany, No. 37, Gresham-street, where application for shares may
be made.

mADRA S, NELLORE, AND ARCOT
RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 2,500,000/., in 100,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 2s. 6d. per Share, being the amount limited by the 7th and Bth
Victoria, with the provisions of which Act the Company have
strictly complied ; and no fbzther call until the local surveys
have been taken and reported to the Shareholders.
Offices of the Company, Gresham-rooms, Basinghall-street.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
The Lord Viscount Mandeville W. M. Boyce, Esq..
The Lord Charles Beauclerk John Cobon, Esq.
The Lord Edward Chichester Charles Heneage, Esq.
The Lord Stephen Chichester Stephen Isaacson, Esq.
The Hon. William Gore William APGuire, Esq.
The Hon. Percy Augustus Evans John Taylor, Esq.
Freke • Francis Wemyss, Esq.
Sir George Rich Captain Reynolds
Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson J. H. Hardinge, Esq.
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson,
E.1.C.5., Madras Establishment
ENGINEER—John A. Galloway, Esq., C.E.
STANDING COUNSEL.
William Burge, Esq., Q.C.
Henry James Atelier, Esq.
SOLICITOR—Thomas Pryer, Esq.
BANssus—The Union Bank of London
Sacarraav—Charles Pridham, Esq.
The proposed line, which will be about 250 miles in length, has
for its object the connexion of the wealthy and populous city of
Madras, at which nearly the whole trade of the Coromandel coast is
concentrated with the equally rich, populous, and important dis-
tricts of Neliore, Cuddapah, North and South Arcot, Vellore, &c.,
and the mountainous district called the Eastern Ghauts, lying to the
north-west, and will afford increased facilities for the export of cot-
ton, coffee, sugar, tobacco, silk, opium, gum, seana, dyewood, cassia,
&c., lac betel-nut, spices, saltpetre, rice, firewood, charcoal, iron,
copper, coal, hides, corn, and various sorts of grain, wool, indigo,
&c., and the imports of treasure, salt, ice, manufactured and other
goods.
Applications for shares, in the usual form, may be addressed to the
Solicitor, or to the Secretary, Charles Pridham, Esq., at the
Offices, Gresham-rooms, Basinghall-street, of whom detailed pro-
spectuses and plans may be obtained, and to the following brokers :
Mr. T. N. Brown, 17, Throgmerton-street, and Mr. Thurston, 6,
Tokenhouse-yard, London ; Mr. Anthony Shiell, 43, Princes-street,
Edinburgh ; Mr. Jamieson, and Messrs. H. and C. Beardhaws,
Leeds; Mr. Fernyhaugh, and Mr. John Brewer, Manchester; and
Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Low aad Tun-
stall, Bristol ; Messrs. Jackson and M'Gowan, Glasgow ; Mr. Thomas
Millthorpe, Edinburgh; Mr. Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. W. Miles,
Worcester ; Mr. H. T. Owen, Bradford ; Mr. T. Sanford, Exeter ;
Mr. R. Richardson, Halifax ; Messrs. White and Son, Leamington
and Warwick ; Messrs. Brown and Clarke, Coventry ; Mr. Bowden,
Hull ; Messrs. J. and N. Balme, Gloucester : Mr. Percy Bolger, Gard-
ner-street, Dublin ; Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; Messrs. Tyath and Lus-
combe, Plymouth ; Mr. W. W. Dickenson, Newcastle-on-Tyne ; Mr.
Monday, Bath ; Mr. C. Wales, Sheffield ; Mr. J. Clarke, Southamp-
ton ; Mr. James Butchard, Huddersfield ; Mr. S. R. Cattley, York ;
Mr. James Wilson, Houndsgate, Nottingham ; Mr. M. B. Cowderoy,
Reading ; Ressrs. Elgood and Harrison, Leicester ; and Mr. William
Oliphant, Perth.

LIVFRPOOL AND PRESTON, MANCHES-
TER AND SOUTHPORT RAILWAY.
Under the sanction of the following Noblemen and Gentlemen of the
neighbourhood, and landowners on the lines, viz. :
The Earl of Sefton
The Lord Lilford
Lord Francis Egerton
Sir Thomas Joseph de Trafford, Bart.
Charles Scarist,rick, Esq.
Charles Standish, Esq., M.P.
Edward Stanley, Esq.
William_.aulton, Esq.
lliaan Gerard Walmesley, Esq.
William Ince Anderton, Esq.
• Trustees under the will of the late Ellis Fletcher, Esq.
(The Undertaking is Provisionally Registered.)
The Capital, 1,600,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Thomas Barnes, Esq., Manchester
Reece Bevan, Esq., Wigan
James Branker, Esq., Liverpool
John Ashton Case, Esq., Thingwall-hall
John Crosthwaite, Esq., Liverpool
Hardman Earle, Esq., Liverpool
Robertson Gladstone, Esq., Liverpool
Charles Pasede Grenfell, Esq., Belgravo-square
Ralph Greenough, Esq., Southport
Henry Houldsworth, Esq., Manchester
James Lees, Esq., Brookville, Manchester
Samuel Lees, Esq., Martindale-lodge, Southport
Ralph A. Thicknesse, Esq., Beech-hill
Samuel Newton, Esq., Atherton
John Lancaster, Esq., Ince-in-Mackerfield
Christopher Morris, Esq., Wigan
Richard Pennington, Esq., Hindley
Theo. Woolman Rathbone, Esq., Allerton Priory
William Rotheram, Esq., Liverpool
Peter Roth:well, ESC Bolton:
William Esq., Crescent, Salford
Joseprr Hornby, Esq., Liverpool
• Jar.des Hodgkinson, Esq., Monton
Sohn Woodcock, Esq., Wigan
Herman Walmesley, Esq., Wigan
John Walker, Esq., Manchester and Southport
John Craven, Esq., Kei&hley
William Gidlow, Esq., Ince
(With power to add to their numbers).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Hardman Earle, Esq. Charles Pascoe Grenfell, Esq,
Joseph Hornby, Esq. Henry Houldsworth, Esq.
Robertson Gladstone, Esq. Reece Bevan, Esq.
William Rotherham, Esq. William Hill, Esq.
James Branker, Esq. James Lees, Esq.
I
John Crosthwaite, Esq. Samuel Lees, Esq.

BANKERS. -
Messrs. Moss and Co., Liverpool
The Union Baak, Manchester
Messrs. Thomas Woodcock and Sons, Wigan.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Darbishire and Lewis, Manchester
Messrs. Woodcock, Part, and Scott, Wigan
Messrs. Clay, Swift, and Wagstaff, Liverpool.
ENGINEERS,
John Hawkshaw, Esq. Edward Woods, Esq.
This railway is designed to connect, by the shortest practicable
route, the port of Liverpool with Preston and other places to the
northward, and with Blackburn and other places to the eastward,
and to supply Manchester, Wigan, Bolton, Oldham, Stockport, and
other manufacturing districts in, Lancashire, and the West Riding of
Yorkshire, the advantage of direct railway communication with
Southport and the west coast of Lancashire.
One portion of this railway will diverge from the present line of
the North Union Railway r.t or. near Farrington, and by forming a
communication with the Illackburn and Preston Railway there, will
accommodate the traffic both of Preston and Blackburn, and the
places beyond. From Farrington it will proceed by Ormskirk, and
thence past Kirby (where it will form a junction with the Liver-
pool and Bury Railway), and terminate at the intended new sta-
tion of the Grand Junction Railway Company at Edge-hill, Liver-
pool, from whence there will -be access to the north and south
docks, as well as to the Lime-street station in that town. This
portion of the main line will be twenty-four miles In length, and
will bring Liverpool within twenty-seven miles of Preston, and
thirty-three 'miles c f Blackburn. Another portion of the under-
taking will consist of a trunk line from Southport, passing St. John's,
in the village of Burscough, near which it will intersect and form a
junction with the line from Farrington to Liverpool, and proceed
thence through the Douglas Valley to Wigan, where it will a vail
itself of the North-Union station in passing through the town, pro-
ceeding thence by Hindiey, Atherton, Tyldesley, Ellenbrook, and
Worsley, it will form a junction with the Liverpool and Manchester
Railway near Eccles, and with the Manchester, Bolton, and Bury
Railway in Pendietos.
By means of a junction with the Bolton and Leigh way
at
Atherton, the advantages of this line will be extended to ',„he town of
Leigh. The length of this trunk will be about twenty- eight miles of
new line, bringing Southport within thirty-three mil ea of Manchester,
sixteen-and-a-half of Wigan, and twenty-
six of Bolton, and reduc-
ing the time occupied in the journey between Southport and Man-
chester from four hours, to -little more than one, and between that
favourite wateriag-place and other manui:ac turing districts in like
proportion; at the same tune substituting ibr a dilatory and expensive
co means of trans oprt, the dispach and economy of a thorough railway
mmunication.
The line between Wigan a'.l4 Manchester will pass through a popu-
lous district, possessing ex4.,ensi-ie manufactures ; and the coal-field
it will traverse and lay e•pen to the manufacturing districts, as well
as to Liverpool, is sec.-and to none in this part of England in richness
and variety.
also afford increased facilities for conveying the
proTdhuiees railwayof
the w-
abundant agricultural district, lying between the
River Alt an A the
Douglas, to the manufacturing communities of
Lancashirei‘ •nd Yorkshire.
.standing the present uncertain, dilatory, and expensive
maNveiti access to Stockport, the numbers resorting thither are very
great-, and rapidly increasing, and it cannot be doubted that the faci-
lities and economy hi time, as well at money, of a direct railway
ce,mmunication, would give -rise to an accession of traffic far exceed..
'lug the ordinary ratio of estimated increase.
The benefits resulting from the construction of these lines will be
obtained at a comparatively small outlay. The country throughout
is easy, and of a level character, rendering the works light, and the
gradients highly favourable. There are no engineering difficulties,
and the advantage of terminal stations, and access to and through
the principal towns, arc already provided by the establishments of
the Grand Junction, Manchester and Leeds, North Union, and Liver-
pool and Bury Companies, whose cordial co-operation is guaranteed
by the participation of those Companies in the capital, and conse-
quently in the success, of the undertaking.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Committee of Management of the Liverpool and Preston,
Manchester and Southport, Railway Company.
Gentlemen, --I herewith transmit to you scrip., certificates of
shares (or bankers receipts for stisres), held by me in the
Southport and Euxton Railway Con;any, and numbered as at foot.
I request you will allot to me* shares of 201. each in the Liver-
pool and Preston, Manchester and Southport Railway, and I under-
take to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to
me, and to pay the depOsit of 21. 2s. per share, and execute the Par-
liamentary Contrad and Subscribers' Agreement when. required.
Dated the day of 1845.
Numbers of Scrip Certificates ............
Christian and Surname in fu11............
• Place of Business (if any) ..............
Witness to Signature....
* Note.—Approved holders of shares in the Southport and Euxton
project of last session, who have forwarded their Scrip Certificates
or Bankers' Receipts, and shall, on or before the 10th November in-
stant, make application in the form above, will be entitled to three
shares in this undertaking for each Southport and Euxton share.
Printed forms of application may be obtained at the offices of the
solicitors.

A reference will be required where partic4 apply in respect of
Southport and Euxton shares not originally allotted to them ; and in
order that the Parliamentary Deeds may be signed by responsible
parties, the Provisional Committee think it necessary to reserve the
right of witholding shares to cases where the references are not
(teemed satisfactory.

reorge lam Cram, Esq.
Birmingham—At the Office of Messrs. Spurrier and Chaplin i
Bristol—At the Office of Messrs. Isaac Cooke and Sons
_1 5 -
And Notice is Ruttier given, that in those cases in which Share-
holders neglect to send in their Scrip Certificates for Registry, or
neglect to execute the aforesaid new Subscription Contract in con-
formity with the stipulations of the Subscribers' Agreement, and as
required by the Standing Orders of Parliament, within the respec-
tive periods aforesaid, the Directors will proceed to re-allot the
Shares, and issue new Scrip Certificates to other parties.
• And Notice is further given, that all parties desirous of executing
the New' Subsertption Contract by Power of Attorney. may be sup-
plied with forms on application at the Offices of the Company, and
on the previous payment of the sum of 305., the cost only of the
proper stamp.
Dated this 12th day of November, 1845.
By order,
(Signed) J. R. MOWATT, Sec.
•
FORM OF LETTER.
. To the Secretary of the London and York Railway.
Sir,—l herewith transmit. to you for registrar ,u, Scrip Certificates
ac at foot; repre.senting ; iiShares iu i ri..l.4ondon and York
'Railway ; and I request that you *lli allot to me
tension Shares of 251 ei.:ll, (to which as the holder of the en-
closed Old Shares, in the proportion of ONE for every THREE, as
advertised, ant entitled), and, I undertake to pay the deposit of
21. 10s. per Share on the said Extension Shares, and to execute the
Part:a:Twittery Contract and Subscribers' Agreement in respect
thereof when required.
Dated this

day of 1845.
Christian and Surname in full . .
Residence .
Description
Name and Address of Referee .
Applicant's usual Signature
LIST OF SCRIP ENCLOSED.
Scrip of Fifty Shares, each a Shares
„ Twenty „

„ =
~ Ten „ „.. — ,, }-
- .7 Five II 9, ...
-."---• ~ One 9 9 , • =.
Note—The Shareholders will observe that all applications for
Extension Scrip must be made at the same time that the Old Scrip
Certificates are sent in for registry, and in the foregoing form (printed
copies of which may be obtained at No. 7, Lothbury, and of all the
Bankers of the Company).
Parties will be informed by return of post of the safe receipt of
their Scrip.

Total

VXETER GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
. Being a Line between Yeovil and Exeter, and between
Bridport and Exeter, with Branches to Sidmouth and Chard,

Capital, 1,300,0001., in Shares of 501. each.
Deposit, Si. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to Act 7th and Bth Victoria,

cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Earl of Devon, Powderham Castle, Devon
The Earlof Ilchester, MeMiry House, Dorset
The Earl Digby, Sherborne Castle, Dorset
The Earl of Falmouth, Tregothaan Castle, Truro
Lord Portman, Bryanston House, Dorset
Lord De Manley, Canford, Dorset
The Viscount Courtenay, M.P.
Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.
Sir Lawrence Vaughan Palk, Bart.
Major-Gen. Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill, C.B.
John Attwood, Esq., M.P.
Alex. D. W. Baillie Cochrane, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Alexander Mitchell, Esq., M.P.
Charles B. Sheridan, Esq., M.P.
Henry C. Sturt, Esq., M.P.
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P
Was. Goodenough Hayter, Esq., M.P. 1
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq.
George Jones, Esq.
Edward IVbeler Mills, Esq.
W. Tothill, Esq.,
Ralph Barnes, Esq.
John Batten, jun., Esq.
William Battiscombe, Esq.
William R. Bayley, Esq.,
J. Wentworth Buller, Esq.
Henry Champernowne, Esq.
John Worthy Colson, Esq.
G. H. Cutler, Esq.
John Edye, Esq.
George Sydenham Fursdon, Esq.
Robert Gordon, Esq.
John Gould, Esq.
Joseph Gundry, Esq.
Samuel Bowden Gundry, Esq.
William Eustace Gundry, Esq.
M. Gatteres, Esq.
Arthur H. Holdsworth, Esq.
Henry Hooper, Esq.
William Hooper, Esq.
Thomas Collins Hounsell, Esq.
G. G. Kekewich, Esq.
Samuel Trehawke Kekewich, Esq.
Emanuel Lousada, Esq.
Charles Herbert Mallock, Esq.
John 'Newberry, Esq.
Thomas Cordell Newberry, Esq.
Henry Stafford Northcote, Esq.
Lawrence Palk, Esq.
Henry Patteson, Esq.
Joseph Player, Esq.
Benjamin Salter, Esq.
Thomas C. Sanders, Esq.
George Sharland, Esq.
Jeseph Shepherd, Esq.
F. W, Slade, Esq.
Humphry Weld, Esq.
J. C. Wilcocks, Esq.
Michael Williams, Esq.
Thomas Woollcombe, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—I. K. Brunel, Esq.
RANKERS.

Directors of the Great
Western Railway
Company

Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Lombard-street, London
National Provisional Bank
Messrs. Sanders and Co. Exeter
Messrs. Milford and Co.,
Messrs. Hood and Lott, Honiton
Messrs. S. and W. E. Guudry, Bridport
Messrs. E. and J. Batten, Yeovil
Stuckey's Banking Company, Chard and Crewkerno
Messrs. Eliot and Co., Weymouth.
SOLICITORS. •
Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall, London
MessrS. Osbornes, Ward, and Co., Bristol
Charles Brutton, Esq.
Wssrs, Kennaway:and Buckingham Exeter
.Messrs. Saunders and Kitson
C. H. Turner, Esq. Exeter
Messrs. Templer and Son Bridport
G. D. O'Kelly Templer, Esq. Lyme Regis
Messrs. Newman and Lyon, Yeovil
F. Coleridge, Esq.. Ottery, St. Mary.
OFFICES IN LONDON-449, West Strand, and Paddington Station.

PROSPEC.
The object of the proposedundertakingTUS is to unite the city of Exeter
with the towns of Yeovil and Bridport, as forming a part of the
great integral scheme for making the best direct railway cemunica-
Von from the metropolis, through Exeter to the important seaports and
harbours in the British Channel, as well as completing the chain
of south coast communication from the ports of Dover, Portsmouth,
and Southampton, to Exeter, Plymouth, and Falmouth.
Between Yeovil and Westbury, the Wilts, Somerset, arid Wey-
mouth Railway will form the main line of communication, at which
latter place it will join a proposed extension of the Berke and Hant4
Railway from Hungerford, carried through the Pewsey Valley, as
shown more distinctly in the accompanying plan. The Berks and
Hants, and the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Bills have already
passed, and those lines are under construction. The Great Western
Railway Company Will apply for the extension from lanngerford to
Westbury, only thirty-five miles, in the approaching session.
The line ofthe Exeter Great Western Railway is intended to Cora-
imam at a distance of about three miles from Exeter, by a Auction
with the Bristol and Exeter Railway at Stoke Cation, and prodeed-
ing thence by Otter), Saint Mary and Hotiltbn, will pass into the
Valley of the Axe at Axminster. Fronk that place, the main line, in
one direction, will continue along the same valley, passing within
about three miles of Chard (which town it is proposed to connect
with the main line by a short branch), and through Crewkerne, to,
wards Yeovil, near to which town it will Join the Wilts, 80merset,
and Weymouth Railway. From Axminster, the main line, in the
other direction, will proceed near to Lyme Regis, and thence to
ridport, wh-,,re it will also join the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Railway, leading towards Dorchester and the coast line to South-
ampton.
The fashionable watering.ptlee of Sidmouth will be made acces.
sible to 'visitors from Golulon and all parts of the country, by a branch
to that place from Ottery Saint Mary.
By reference to the map, it will be seen how effectually this line
will supply the only link wanting to complete the continuity of the
South Coast Lines, and will afford the best weans for an entire
through traffic from Cornwall and Devon to the different ports of
Lyme, Bridport, Weymouth, Poole, Southampton, Portsmouth,
Shoreham, Brighton, Hastings, DoVer and Ramsgate.
it is also a very important feature in the undertaking, which is
now submitted to the publit, that it gives railway communication to
a line of country hitherth unsupplied with this essential means of In-
tercourse with this Surrounding districts ; many towns of importance
will have the benefit of local intercommunication, besides being
placed on a main and direct line of transit between the metropolis
and the most valuable seaports on the southern coast of England.
The inhabitants of the city of Exeter, and of all places beyond it,
will be brought to a reduced distance of 177 miles between Exeter
and London, instead of 194 miles, the whole being worked uninter-
ruptedly by one Company, on the same gauge, and on a line superior
to any that can be carried for the same object, in any other direc-
tion, whether considered with reference to the shorter new line re-
quired to be constructed, or to the comparatively easy gradients that
can be obtained at a reasonable cost. •
Under these circumstances there can be no doubt that this railway
will not only confer incalculable benefits on the districts through
which it is intended to pass, and generally on the mineral and agri-
cultural produce of Devon and Cornwall, but will conduce to the vast
national object of rendering the harbours of Plymouth and Falmouth
most serviceable for every purpose of commerce, more easily acces-
sible for the arrival and dispatch of foreign mails and passengers,
avoiding the delays and dangers of Channel navigation, and in case
of war, contributing to the security of British property, whether at
sea or on shore.

A mere glance at the map will satisfy every inquirer of the com-
mand this line must possess over an unusally large amount of export
and import trade, whether in passengers or in goods, independently
of the local resources of the country itself, which are known to be
very great.

One important item of local traffic on this line will be the article of
co Al, with which the district is at present but imperfectly prov'dal
on account of the high price necessarily paid for land carriage, limit-
ing very much the consumption by a large class of the population,
who must be greatly benefited by reduced cost of transit by railway.
The district from which coal may be brought is in the neighbourhood
of Radetock, in Somersetshire, to which place a branch of the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway extends, and brings the coals
direct from the pit's mouth on to the line of railway.
The interests of the landed proprietors have been consulted through-
out the line, and it is confidently believed, from the strong local sup-
port it has received, that the legislature will sanction this measure
without hesitation.

It is agreed that the line shall be worked by the Great Western
Railway Company, under a lease, as in the case of the Wilts, Somer-
set, and Weymouth Railway ; in consideration of which, the Great
Western Railway Company have undertaken to guarantee to the
proptiektra four per cent. per annum upon the paid-up capital, with
an increase of one-half per cent., in proportion to any dividend of one
per cent. upon their own stock, exceeding eight per cent., which in-
crease shall be payable to the proprietors of the Exeter Great
Western Railway Company, in addition to the guaranteed rate ; and
the Great Western Railway Company are to become responsible for
all the preliminary expenses, in case the Act shall not be obtained
within the two next sessions of Parliament.
The capital will be raised in 26,000 shares of 50g. each, upon which
a deposit of Pt per share will be paid upon subscriptions, and no
further call will be made previously to obtaining the Act of Incor-
poration.
Interest at four per cent. per annum will he allowed, after the Act
shall have passed, on the deposit, and on all paid-up calls during the
construction of the line, and until the dividends are provided for,
under the guarantee of the Great Western Railway Company.
The notices are already given, and the plans and books of re-
ference will be deposited in time for the Act to be applied for at the
meeting of Parliament. If the Act should not be obtained, as before
mentioned, the deposit will be paid back to the proprietors, but with-
out interest.
A decided preference, will be &en to landolvnera and to partial