The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-24 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDA_Y EVENING, OCTOBER 24 1845.

Major Maidwell Young, Northamptonshire
T. Borwick Yzarn, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey
Falkner Boyes, Esq., Hull
Robert Craven, Esq., Hull
Carlile, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull
Digby, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull
James Dosser, Esq., Hull
Wm. Green, Esq., Beverley-road, Hull
Robert Kirk, Esq., Hull
Mr. Henry T. Lockwood, architect, Hull
Robert P. Sleight, Esq., Hull
Thomas W. Whitaker, Esq., Hull
Atkinson, John, Esq. -1
Brownlow, William Batchellor, Esq.
Bamford, Charles, jun., Esq.
Bamford, Charles, Esq.
Blundell, George, Esq.
Coley, William, Esq.
Grutt, Thomas Charles, Esq.
Garthorne, John, E•q.
Hammond, Charles, Esq.
Hammond, Thomas Dalton,' Esq.
Hall, John, Esq.
Hubbersty, Henry, Esq.
Holmes, George, Esq.
Norman, Win. 0. Esq.
Ostler, John, Esq.
Pearson, William Hunt, Esq.
Petchell, Thomas, Esq.
Skilbeck, John, Esq.
Thompson, Thomas, Esq.
Whittaker, Isaac, Esq.
N.B.—No addition will be made to the above list, unless any
landed proprietor residing in the neighbourhood of the line, or other
Influential party, shall be desirous, either on his own account, or in
order to represent the locality in which ho resides, of having his
same added to the Provisional Committee, and intimate the same to
ne of the Solicitors.

Merchants,
Hull.

BANKERS

London—Messrs. Currie and Co., Cornhill
Northampton—The Union Bank, and the Northamptonshire Banking
Company
Kettering—Messrs. Gotch and Sons
Uppingham—The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company
Oakhain—Messrs. Eaton and Cayley
Granthaix—Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy
Lincoln-
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Gainsborough,
Market Raisen,
Messrs. Smith, Ellison, and Co.
Brigg,
Great Grimsby,
Caistor—
Hull —Messrs. Raikes and Co.
Stamford—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Stamford—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
ENOINEER—John Urpeth Rastxick, Es 4.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
London—Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square
Kettering—Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship
Northampton and Welford—George Pell, jun. Esq.
SECRETARY—Thomas James Searle, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Uppingham—W. Gilson, Esq.
Oakham—Messrs. Ades and Adam
Grantham—Fred. Malim, Esq.
Lincoln—Richard Carline, Esq.
Nottingham—Arthur Wells, Esq.
Hull—Messrs. England and Shackells
Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street, London.
PROSPECTUS.
_

The objects intenuen to be accomplished by this undertaking are-
1. The formation of a direct line of railway between Hull and the
metropolis.

2. The supply of local traffic accommodation to the Important
districts embraced by the line.
3. The benefit of railway communication with the metropolis ex-
tended to a district of country, west of Grantham, upwards of 50 miles
in length at present unprovided with that accommodation.
4. The completion of the chain of railway communication between
Bristol, Gloucester, the river Severn, and the southern and western
counties, and the north-eastern districts of the kingdom and the river
Humber, and its ports, including that of Hull.
5. The connecting of the two important ports of Hull and South-
ampton by one continuous chain of railways.
Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the
London and Birmi►gham, the Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten-
ham, and the other lines of railway proposed to converge at that
town from the west, from Worcester and from Warwick, the

line will proceed in a direct course to the market town of Kettering,
by which place all the companies competing for the line of railway
between London and Manchester propose to pass. It will then pro-
ceed, also, in a direct course by the market towns of Uppingham,
Oakham, and Grantham, to Lincoln.
The country lying between the towns of Northampton and Gran-
tham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo-
dation, not only to the south, but also to the north.
From Lincoln the line will proceed by the shortest and best practi-
cable course to Hull.

The sources of traffic which this line will secure are various and
very considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated.
They are,— . _ _ _

Starting from Hull the line will appropriate to itself the whole of
the traffic thence to the Metropolis, Bristol, Southampton, Glouces-
ter, Oxford, Cheltenham, and the whole of the Souther n and Western
districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it will secure the very im-
portant and increasing local traffic between Hull and Lincoln and
the intermediate towns.
In the event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not
obtaining their Act of Parliament, then the traffic from the before-
mentioned places and Lincoln to the south and west, also to the me-
tropoliv, will pass along this line of railway; the former the whole
distance, and the latter in any event to Grantham, a distance of about
twenty-rive miles ; and should the London and York Company not
succeed, such traffic will proceed further to Kettering or Northampton.
The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of
more than forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakham
and Uppingham, is without railway or water-carriage accommoda-
tion, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over this line of
railway, which will be in the direct course not only to the west but
also to London.
At Kettering this line will unite with that one of the now com-
peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to
London which shall be successful before Parliament.
From the singularly important advantages which this undertaking
presents to the capitalist, as well as to the public at large, the Pro-
visional Directors do not think it necessary, with reference to the
supposed traffic or otherwise, to say more than that they fully be-
lieve that the return will be, upon the capital required, highly re-
munerative.

The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two
exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the very
favourable gradients of by far the create: portion of the line ; indeed,
for many miles it will run upon a water level.
The line will not interfere with any ornamental property.
The promoters have made every necessary arrangement for the
active prosecution of the undertaking, and for applying to Parlia-
ment in the ensuing session.

No call will be made, with the exception of the deposit, till the Act
is obtained, and power will be applied for in the Act of Parliament,
to allow interest at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum on all calls from
the date of their payment, and to limit the liability of each share-
holder to the amount of his subscription.
The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking.
The promoters reserve power to alter and vary the route, to ex-
tend the proposed line of railway to Great Grimsby or elsewhere,
and to increase the amount of capital, as may be necessary or ad-
visable.

Prospectuses and Plans may be obtained on application to any of
'the several Solicitors or Local Agents, the Secretary, or to the fol-
lowing Brokers, viz.:—Messrs. reppereorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-
.street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; or Messrs.
Edward Ellis and Co. 53, Threadneedle-street, London; Messrs,
:Freeman and Son, or Mr. Cornfield, Northampton ; Messrs. Flint
And Tootal, Messrs. Tarbottom and Whiting, or Mr. Simpson, Hull ;
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. John Watson or Mr. James
"Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs Tempest and Buchart, Huddersfield ; Mr.
Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ;
Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Messrs. George Edwards and
Son, or Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. John Duncuft, or Mr.
Joseph Fernyliough, Manchester ; Mr. James Scott, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Tassie and Co., Glasgow; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edin-
burgh ; Messrs. Thomas Atkinson and Co., Newcastle ; Mr. John Cragg,
,Skipton ' • or Mr. Bamforth, Rotherham ; to any of whom applica-
tions for Shares in the under-mentioned form may be addressed.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201
each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposl_
of 21. 2s. on each allotted share, and to sign the necessary deeds when
required.
Dated this day of 1845.

Usual Signature ......
Name in full . ........
Residence.. ••• • • • • • • .....
Business or Profession ................
Place of Business • • • • .......
Name, Residence, and Business or
Profession (if any) of Referee " • "
Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street.

NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, and H ULL
RAILWAY.
No further Applications for Shares can be received after Four
o'Clock on TUESDAY, the 28th instant.
By order, THOMAS JAMES SERLE, Secretary.
20th Octocer, 1845.

140STON, GRANTHAM, LEICESTER, and
.JP MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
Notice is hereby given, that the Share List in the above line is
316 W closed, and that no further Applications can be received. The
Committee of Management are proceeding with the necessary in-
qn iries, which, from the enormous number of applications received,
and the claims of parties locally interested, and the comparative
sn mall amount of shares that they have to allot, will necessarily
occupy some days. When the allotment is completed, flue notice
'aril be given.—Dated the 23d day of October, 1845.
J. A. J. MACGREGOR, Solicitor to the Company.
5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.

'NEWRY and CARLINGFORD RAILWAY.
Capital 200,0001., in Shares of 101. each.
_II.N
Deposit It Is. per Share.
Length, twelve miles.
Notice is hereby given, that no Application -for Shares will be
r.ee eived after FRIDAY next, the 24th inst.
Forins may be had at the London Offices, 37, MOOTgRIe-street.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—Augustus Radcliffe, Esq. Birkenhead.
Vice-Chairman—Francis Carvill, Esq. Newry. - Itisc2tard Taylor, Esq. Liverpool John Bennie, Esq. Newry
Atex. rostley, Esq. Newry I James N. Holmes, Esq. Liver-
rge Guy, Esq. Newry pool.

I AND LYONS RAILWAY.
(COMPAGNIE DECAN.)
Entire Capital 200,900,000 f. (8,000,0001. sterling), to be raised by
tite issue of 400,000 Shares of 500 f. each (201.) ; of which sum
150,000,000 f. (6,000,0001.) is already subscribed In France, and
(4000,000 f. (2,000,0001.) is to be subscribed in England.
Dept sit 3/. each Share, to provide the usual caution money required
by the French Government, which will be returned without deduc-
In case this Company shall not become lessees of the
Railway,

CORNWALL AND DEVON CENTRAL
Notice is hereby given, thatn the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT
and SUBSCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION
the
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Secretary..
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between the hours of Ten and Four, on the days and at the place;
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63, M ate-street Oet. 22, 1845.
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ING, AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY.
A meeting of the Committee of Management was held this day,
at which the acting engineers reported that the plans, surveys, and
sections are in such A state of forwardness as to leave no doubt
whatever that all the requirements of the standing orders will be
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J. B. RAYNER, Secretary.
Offices of the Company, 46, Moorgate-street, Oct. 22, 1845.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.
At a meeting of proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way Company, held at the offices of Mr. Henry Britten, No. 17,
Small-street, Bristol, on the 21st of October, 1845, convened for the
purpose of taking into consideration the provisional agreement en-
tered into between the Directors of the above Company and the
Directors of the Great Western Railway Company, for the sale to
the latter of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and adopting such reso-
lutions thereupon as might be deemed advisable,
Mr. WILLIAM CROSS in the Chair,

It was Resolved,-Ist. That this meeting, looking at the past half-
yearly reports, especially the last two, made by the Directors of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company to the proprietors of that Com-
pany—at the present receipts--and the gradually increasing traffie
upon the Bristol and Exeter Railway, with the prospect of a still
much greater traffic from its various branches and the already
formed South Devon and projected North Devon and Cornwall lines,
and also at the value of the shares which the Bristol and Exeter
Company possesses in the former two lines—and at the same time
making every allowance for the disadvantage of a possible competing
line direct from London to Exeter (estimated by the Great Western
Company itself at 1,4 per cent.)—cannot but consider the provisional
agreement made by the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company, for the sale of their railway and effects to the Great
Western Railway Company, as a most improvident bargain, highly
detrimental to the interests of the shareholders in the former under-
taking, and involving an unjustifiable sacrifice of the property of the
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company, to which the proprietors of
that company ought not to submit or assent ; and that measures be
forthwith adopted to ascertain the sense of the proprietors in general
upon the matter, and if they shall concur in opinion with this meet-
ing, to ensure their co-operation in preventing the confirmation of
that agreement.
2d. That for these purposes a Committee be formed, consisting of
the following gentlemen :
Mr. J. S. Tripp
Mr. C. F. Dando
Mr. C. F. Thornley Mr. J. Drowse
Mr. Thomas Lucas Mr. Thos. Seccombe.
With power to add to their number; and that Mr. Henry Brittan be
requested to act as the secretary and legal adviser of the Com-
mittee.

&l. And that this meeting request the Committee to convene
meetings of the proprietors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Com-
pany as early as possible, at such places and in such manner as the
Committee shall think expedient ; and to take such other measures
as the Committee shall deem advisable for effectuating the purposes
before mentioned. WILLIAM CROSS, Chairman.

The Committee appointed for carrying out the above resolutions
will be happy to receive communications from any shareholder;
and would earnestly impress upon the shareholders generally, who
may be prevented from attending the general meeting convened to
confirm the provisional agreement on the 7th of November, imme-
diately to apply to the Committee for the form of proxy (which will
be forwarded they stamped), to enable the Chairman of this Com-
mittee to vote in their behalf at such meeting, it being necessary
that the proxy, in order to be effectual, should be lodged with the
Secretary of the Company, live days before the meeting.
The Committee would further urge upon each shareholder the ne-
cessity of his personal attendance at the meeting of the 7th of No-
vember, and that in the interim he should immediately forward to
the Secretary of this Committee a statement of each shareholder's
name and address, and the number of shares, wholes or thirds, of
which he is the proprietor.
By order of the Committee,
HENRY BRIT'JCAN, Secretary, 17, Small-street, Bristol.

TUNBRIDGE and RYE HARBOUR DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Frederick Lawrance, Esq. Registered Projector.
Capital, 500,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share
Temporary Offices, 94, Cheapside.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Field-Marshal Lord Viscount Beresford, G.C.B. P.C. Bedgbury-
park, Kent
The Hon. James William King, Capt. R.N. Angley,Cranbrook
,Thomas Law Hodges, Esq. Hemstead-park, Benenden, Kent
Alexander Beresford Hope, Esq. M.P. Bedgbury-park, Kent
Thomas Walton Roberts, Esq. Glastonbury, Kent
Capt. Michael Tweedie, Rolvenden, Kent
Edward Poynder, Esq., Oakfield-lodge, Hawkhurst
George French, Esq., Rixden, llawkhurst, Kent
Sackville Ilhelps, Esq. Tongs-wood, Hawkhurst
Major Cartels, Leasham-house, Rye
Thomas Twisden Hodges, Esq. Sandgate, Kent
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
George Ballard, Esq. Sandhurst
John Bishop, Esq. Bodiam, Sussex
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Goldhanger, Essex, director of the Man-
chester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway, &c.
W. 11. Collis, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Stafford
and Shropshire Junction Railway
John James Conway, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Dover and Bris-
tol Railway
Robert Cook, Esq. Gainsberough
John Mercer Durrant, Esq. Theobald's, Hawkhurst, Kent
Thomas Mercer Durrant, Esq. Attwaters, Hawkhurst
Thomas H. Evans, Esq. Mayor of Carnarvon, director ofthe London
and Holyhead Railway
John Hllder, Esq. Old-place, Sandhurst
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart. Hilton, Aberdeenshire, director of
the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
William Phillips Lamb, Esq. Ockham-house, Sussex, director of the
Dover and Bristol, and Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction
Railway
Rev. G. A. Lamb, D.D., Iden, Sussex
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Gybbon 3lonypenny, Esq. Hole-park, Rolvenden, Kent,
director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
E. W. Morris, Esq. Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, director of the
Great North and South Wales Railway
Francis Reeves, Esq. Delmonden, Hawkhurst
George Smith, Esq. the Lambs, Staffordshire
Robert Tooth, Esq. Swift's-place, Cranbrook, Kent
Wm. Bastow, Esq. 20, Surrey-place, London, director of the Com-
mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway
Robert Bastow, Esq. Surrey-place, London, director of the Com-
mercial Life Assurance Company, and Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby Railway
J. Benson, Esq. Park-place-villas, Maida-hill West, director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway
Thomas Ferrand Bearden, Esq„ Rochdale
John Blunt, Esq. director of the Loud u Decks Company, and Great
Eastern and Western Railway
Alfred Bush, Esq. Queen-square, Bath, director of the Great North
and South Wales and Worcester Rahway
Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street Belgrave-square, director of the
Hazebrouk and Fampoux Railway
M. Clements, Esq. 69, Lowndes-square, director of the Great Leeds
and London Direct Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq. 6, Copthall-court, director of the Commercial
Bank of London
Miles Dormer, Esq. 51, Han.,-place, Sloane-street, director of the
Great Welsh Central, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, South-
end and Eastern Counties Junction
Edward Evans, Esq. Stones-end, Borough, director of the Commer-
cial Life Assurance Company
D. T. Johnson, Esq. Aidermary-churchyard, director of Remington's
Direct Manchester Railway
A. M'Moran, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Grantham, Nottingham, Leicester, and Soth Midlands Junction
Major-General Pariby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Hyde-park, director of the
Londoirand Manchester Railway
James W. Peppercorn, Esq. Old Broad-street, director of the Haze-
brouk and Fampoux Railway
R. M. Preece, Esq. Lothbury, and 24, Park-square
James Reeves, Esq. Leyton, director of the South Midlands Junction,
and Direct London and Manchester Railway
Francis Roose, Esq. Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
James Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square, director of
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton and Tring;
Reading, and Basingstoke Railways
James Saynes, Esq. Great Dover-street, Borough
Edwin Smith, Esq. 51, Great Ormond-street, director of the Avon and
Severn Railway
John Taylor, Esq. Hinton, director of the West-End and Southern
Counties Railway
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. director of the Dover and Bristol Railway
(With power to add to their number).
BANKER—Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury.
ENGINEERS—Francis Giles, Esq. and Alfred Giles, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL.—Francis Barrow, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Willis and Neve, Cranbrook
Mr. John Elliot Wilson, Cranbrook
Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, Hawkhurst
SECRETARY—E. A. Lamb, Esq.
PROSPECTUS.
This line will pass in a direct course from Tunbridge, via Paddock-
wood (thus connecting itself with Maidstone), through the parishes
of Bronchley, Iforsmonden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Benenden,
Ilawkhurst, Sandhurst, Rolvenden, Newcnden, Northiam, Peas-
marsh, Beckley, Iden, and Playden, to the town and harbour of
Rye, and it will embrace a large extent of adjacent country, at pre-
sent unprovided wrth, and much requiring the admitted advantages
of railway transit.
The length of the line will be about twenty-five miles, a great
portion of it will pass through a level country, and the remaining
part is free from any material engineering difficulty, or works likely
to require any serious outlay, and it is not expected to be necessary
to interfere with any residences or ornamental property.
The saving of distance to Rye, and all the other places embraced
by this line, will be considerable.
The capital required is estimated not to exceed 500,000/.
During the last session of Parliament application was made for
a similar line, partially embracing the same country, when It
was shown in detail, by evidence produced before the Committee,
that the contemplated traffic, after deducting 401. per cent. for work-
Ing expenses, would leave a large per tentage upon the invested
capital. That line was rejected on the ground that the best direc-
tion had not been selected, but with an intimation that the port of
Rye was e .titled to a direct railway communication with tile inte-
rior of the country, in the best direction towards London. The pre-
sent scheme has been based upon this intimation, taking advantage
of the merits and defects which appeared upon that investigation,
and as it embraces a more populous and productive country, and
passes in a more direct line to London, and will have the benefit oi
better access to other and more numerous lines, the sources of traffic
are considerably increased, and there is every reason to believe, from
what passed during the last session, that the present plan will be
favourably entertained by the Legislature.
Tile chief object is to open the port of Rye to the full benefit of a
railwaytsTemanures,
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imports
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particularly
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coals,lso. u s and productive district,
in the direction of London, to the best point at which it can avail
line will pass, and a cheaper and better mode ohftrliaranse
increase the demand for them, and give the opportunity
im-
provement in the cultivation of thethaediacent country,wit
lotfawgniirdeal
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outlet and quickest
rout to Paris and to other parts of the
Continent, and there can be
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it would be much
communication
with France, adopted, particu-
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and by persons travelling on business.
Application's for shares and prospectuses to be addressed to the
Secretary, at the offices, 94, Cheapside ; Messrs. Willis and Neve, so-
licitors, Cranbrook; Mr. John Elliot Wilson, solicitor, Cranbrook; or
to Messrs. Beecham and Upperton, solicitors. Ilawkhurst ; and
to the following Brokers :—London Messrs. Peppercorns and
Co 2, Old Broad-stree ;B Messrs. Preece and Evans, Lothbury ;
Messrs. Fryer and Co., I, irchin-lano. Liverpool—Messrs. Alston
and Gage ; Messrs. Reynolds and Son ; Mr. Joseph Brice, Man-
chester—Mr. John Duneuft ; Mr. John. O'Niel. Leeds—Messrs.
A. and C. Beardshaws ; Messrs. Wellboloved and Co.. Bristol -
_Messrs. Tate amid Nash. Birmingham—Mr. James Pearson. Brad-
ford—Messrs. Samuel
Hutchinson and Co. Worcester—Mr. William
Miles. Cheltenham—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co. Exeter—Mr.
Easty and Sons. Thomas Sanford. Southampton—Messrs. Is. Edin.
burgh—Mr. J.W.Lyon, -
gow--31 essrs. Black and Co. ; Messrs. Buchanan and Altkln
Bruce and Symes
Aberdeen—Mr. W. Gordon. Dublin—Messrs.

TUNBRIDGE and R YE HARBOUR DIRI---TC-7
• RAILWAY.
At att .adjourned Meeting of huided proprietors and others locally
interested in the' above line, held tit .tbo Bull Inn, Cranbrook, Oc
tober 20,

T. L.' HODGES, 'Esq., in the Chair ;
A was moved by the H' n. Captain KING, and seconded by T. G

MONYPENNY, Esq., and carried unanimously;
• That a railway from Tunbridge, via Paddock -wood, to the town
and port of Rye, passing to or near the parishes of Brenchley, Hors-
monden, Goudhurst, Cranbrook, Bennenden, Hawkhurst, Sand-
hurst, Rolvenden, Newenden, Northeain, Beckley, Peasernarsh, Iden,
Hayden, and Guildford, is desirable."

It was moved by A. J. B. Rom, Esq.*M.P, and seconded by R.
TOOTH, Esq., and carried ;
" That the line, as explained by Mr. Giles, passing to the north-
east side of the town of Cranbrook, is the best line to be adopted."
Moved by T. G. MoxyPENNy, Esq.; and seconded by W. P. Lamb,

Esq
" That the following gentlemen be added to the Provisional Com-
mittee :—The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Beresford, the Hon. Capt.
J. W. King. R.N. ; Thomas Law Hodges, Esq. ; Alexander James
Beresford Hope, Esq., M.P, ; Thomas Walton Roberts, Esq. ; Major
Curteis • Captain Michael Twedle ; Sackville Phelps, Esq. ; George
French, Esq.: Edward Poynder, Esq. ; and Thomas Twisden
Hodges, Esq.

Lord Beresford having been called temporarily to the chair, the
thanks of the meeting were given to the Chairman, Thomas Law
Hodges, Esq. Ci. A. LAMB, Secretary.

LARNE, BELFAST, and BALLYMANA
RAILWAY.
• (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 he enabled to go to Parliament at
the commencement of the ensuing 'session, with every prospect of
success. By order,
J. KNIGHT, Secretary.
4, Coleman-street, Oct. 20, 1845.

THE DIRECT EXETER and CORN 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 ground 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 " the making 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 expeditious means of communication between the said
places, anti 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 he 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 fitvourable, and avoiding the passage
of the liarnoage and of the Penryit river, below Penryn, if theselast
objects can be effected without any great countervailing cost and
disadvantage.

"• The COn.mittee are therefore of opinion that the Bill should not
be now further proceeded with."

In cotnpliance with this recommendation of their Lordships, the
country has been re-surveyed by Mr. Brunel, and their Lordship?
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 furnish 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 dde 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 ion.,
established Western lines, and is otherwise based dpon 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.,

X CORNISHMAN,

THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,600,000!., in 80,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 2!. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere
The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P.
The Right lion. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square
The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester
The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Hon. George R. Dawson
The lion. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The lion. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William It. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P.
The WorAilpful 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., Got...lshii] Iron works, Staffordshire.
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London
John Aston, Esq , Birmingham •
F,-ederick 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, Beigrave-
square
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London
Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Dowmnan, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, 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-bonse, 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, liandsworth, 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 Gloucester
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, Broinpton, 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, Herts
Samuel Walker, Esq. Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordshire 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 Brcarley Payn, Esq., Birmingham
Samuel Keswick, 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, BirminghamC. 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-
shire Wolverhampton Railway
Christopher Musgrave, Esq., Lord of the Manor, Birmingham
Junction Railway
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(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and Dc.
lahay-street, Westminster ; and
Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, -Birmingham.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. li. Purdon, Esq.
BANKERS.
The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner,
and Co., Birmingham.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss
Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq.
SECRETARY—Edward Hart Hart, Esq.
OFFICES—No. I, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and
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 use 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 Mid-
land Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried forward 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 Midland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament.
From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the-
Humber, or New Hollaud, In the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
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 Ashby-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
like, 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 for 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 hnportant 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, theport 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 beyond 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, cf 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 P►insep, 75, Old Broad-street ;
Mr. 11, Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitchins and
Harrison, 18, Threldneedle-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, For& and Parker, Manchester;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
Davies and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Itidsdale, Myers, and Co., Leeds ;
Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby ; Messrs. l'ott and Levick, Notting-
ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr.
James Robinson Lane, Birmingham.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham,

Gainsboroug,h, and Dull 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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Name in full • • • •
Place of Business or Profession....
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Signature • • • • • • • • • • • • • ********* •
Name, Residence,
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THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after
MONDAY, the 27th instant.
EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street,
MOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingham.
Oct. 10, 1845.

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(New Shares of 141. 165., upon Which 41. 16s. has been paid.)
Notice is hereby given, that the SECOND INSTALMENT of 21.
per Share will BECOME DUE on FRIDAY, the 31st instant. and
can be PAID at any of the Company's Bankers, on presentation of
the Scrip.
This Call cannot be paid upon Bankers' Receipts, all of which now
outstanding must first be exchanged for Scrip Certificates at the
Company's Office, as formerly advertised.
Interest, at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum, will be charged on
all payments made after the above date.
By order of the Beard.
A. 13t7LKILEY, Secretary.
Offices, Shoreditch Station, Oct. 23, 1345.

SOUTH AND MIDLANDS JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement of this Company will be sent into the country
for signature, and will lie at the undermentioned places:—
Glasgow, on the 30th day of October, 1845, at the Star Hotel ;
Edinburgh, on the Ist day of November, 1845, at the Waterloo
Hotel ;
Woodstock, on the sth day of November, 1845, at the Office of B.
Holloway, Esq. ;
Devizes, on the 6th day of Nov., at the Office of J. W. Wall, Esq. ;
Salisbury, on the 7th day of November, at the Office of Messrs.
Foot and Radcliffe—between the hours of 11 and 2.
After which, the same will remain at the _Solicitor's Office until
further notice.

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

W. B. JAMES, Solicitor.

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

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

HEREFORD AND MERTHYR TYDVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,
In connexion with the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales
Railway Company.
BOARD OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—T. Fuller Maitland, Esq.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Major Lindam, K.H.
Clanricarde W. A. Hill, Esq.
The Right Hon. the Earl of South- rAeut.-Colonel Hanmer, K.H.
ampton Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P.
Captain the Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P. J. Monteflore, Esq.
for Gloucester Captain Beamish, R.N.
The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P. T. B. Ricketts, Esq.
for Bristol T. Carlisle, Esq.
The Hon. G. F. Berkeley, M.P. A. Bettridge, Fsq.
for West Gloucestershire Richard Fowke, Esq.
The Hon. A. Capel J. W. Came, Esq.
Sir W. Magnay, Bart. R. H. Lindham, Esq
Sir James Eglinton Anderson

Arrangem-tnt with theOreat Western and consequent adoption of
the broad gauge.—The directors, fully alive to the Importance of
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the Great Western will give to this Company their support and in-
fluence in the carrying out of this project, in connexion with that of
the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway.
By order,

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

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

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

By order,

THOS. HAWKER, See.

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

THE DIRECT LONDON AND DUBLIN
RAILWAY COMPANY.

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

AND THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
John Aukijo, Esq. Nod-house, Kensington
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B. Montagne-place
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. Pall-mall
John Bowes, Esq. Hull
Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq. the Hall, Atherstone, Warwick
Sir John Campbell, Bart. of Arduamurchan
Captain Frederic Chamfer, R.N. Halkin-place, Belgrave-square
Anthony' W. Clarke, Esq. Queen-square, Cheapsido
Charles Collins, Esq. Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire
D. Davies, Esq. Brynhafod, Carmarthenshire
D. Davies, jun., Esq. ditto, ditto
John Davies, Esq. Vronheulog, Corwen, Merionethshire
Thomas Edwards, Esq. Camberwell
James Godfrey Elster, Esq. Han's-place, Sloane-street
Griffith Evans, Esq. Bodgullen, Corwen
Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire
John Fowler, Esq., Belmont-house, Clifton
William Green, Esq., Walthamstow, Essex
John Griffith Griffith, Esq. Llanfair-hall, Caernarvon
George Harris, Esq. Temple
Dean John Hoare, Esq. Wimpole-street
Edward Hoare, Esq. Percy-street, Bedford-square
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. Plas-Coch, Anglesea
William Humffreys, Esq. Llwyn, Llanfyilin
Sir David Kinloch, Bart. Gilmerton, near Haddington
Francis John Lambert, Esq. Kensington-gardens-terrace
Henry Lawrence, Esq. M.D. Preston-terrace, Carmarthen
William Price Lewes, Esq. Carmarthen
Henry Robert Lewis, Esq. 12, Upper Montague-street
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H. Charles•street, St. James's-square
Oliver Lloyd, Esq. Cardigan
Richard Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor-
square, and Aston-hall, Shropshire
Charles Carroll M‘Tavish, Esq., 22, Rutland-gate, Regent's-park
Thomas North, Esq. Mayor of Nottingham
Cornelius O'Brien, Esq. M.P. County Clare
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. Walbrook, and Brompton, Middlesex
F. B. Price, Esq., Bryn-y-pys, North Wales
Alexander Prince, Esq. 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields
Edward Scard, Esq. Kew, Surrey, and Garth-hill, Glamorganshire
William Corbet Smith, Esq. high-sheriff of Leicestershire, Biths-
well-hall, Lutterworth
William Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth
Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth
Edward Spence, Esq. Tilworth, near Hall
John Wheelton, Esq. Meopham-bank, Tonbridge, Kent
Martin Williams, Esq. Bryngwyn, Lianfyllin
J. P. Wright, Esq. Edinburgh
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
George Buckley Bolton, Esq. D. J. Hoare, Esq.
Charles Collins, Esq. Francis J. Lambert, Esq.
Thomas Edwards, Esq. C. C. M'Tavish, Esq.
Charles H. Bracebridge, Esq. R. C. Polhill, Esq.

ENGINEERS.
Frederick Braithwaite, Esq.
James Pilbrow, Esq. C.E.
BANKERS—London Joint-Stock Bank

SwamToßs—George John Shaw, Esq. Furilvals-17;;; Messrs. Pools
and Powell, Carnarvon.
SEcaErsav—Mr. William Kocher.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Isaac Gilbertson, Esq. solicitor, Bala
Humphrey Lloyd Williams, Esq. Llanfryn, Merionethshire
Thomas Lloyd Royle, Esq. solicitor, Llanfyllin, North Wales
Mr. David Jones, Llanfyllin, North Wales
Wm. Griffith, Esq. solicitor, Dolgelly
Ogilvy Carnegie, Esq. of Pulwelli
Egerton Jeffries, jun. Esq. Shrewsbury
Wm. Williams Jones, Esq. Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire

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

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

NOTICE,

HONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNG
TION RAILWAY.
_

The Deeds will Lie for Execution at the Offl:v or the Company,
Northumberland-street, Strand, from MONDAY next, the 27th, tic
FRIDAY, the 31st instant, inclusive.
By order, JOHN PETHERiCK, Secretary,
Oct. 23, 1845.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF
FRANCE.

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

ED. AIME, See

THE GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OF
BENGAL.

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

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

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

Temporary Offices, New Adelphf:Ciambers, John-street, -Adelphl,
London.

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

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

SOUTH MIDLAND, or LEICESTER
NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, and HUNTINGDON
RAILWAY.

(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
COMMITTER OF DIRECTION.
GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Midland Railway
Company, Chairman
EDMUND PEEL, Esq. director of the South Mid

land Railway Corn.

pany, Deputy-Chairman,
John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Leys, Leicester
Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Roßeston Hall, Burton,
upon-Trent
Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster
John Waddingham, E'q., Leeds
William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester
Edmund Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley
Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P.
Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Northampton
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-
road, Hyde Park-gardens, London
JI
Josh. Knight, Esq., Leicester.
Errortaza.—Robert Stephenson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester
Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, London
T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth.
Szcaminv—George Newton Browne, Esq.
OFFlcEs—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester.
EXTENSION OF TIME FOR REGISTRATION OF SCRIP AND

Directors of the
Midland Railway
Company

Directors of the
South :Midland
Railway Company

PAYMENT OF ADDITIONAL DEPOSIT.
Notice is hereby given, that the time for reaelving Applications for
the Registry of the Scrip of the South Midland or Northampton and
Leicester Railway Company, in exchange fer New Scrip in this
Company is extended until SATuansir, the 25th instant, and that on
or about TUESDAY, the 28th instant, a letter will be posted addressed
to each of the registered Shareholders in this Company containing
an authority for the bankers thereon named tolreceive the additional
deposit of 1/. per share (which bankers alone are authorised to give a
receipt for the Caine), on or before FRIDAT, the 7th day of November,
1845, and not afterwards.

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

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

(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross.
Capital 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

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

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairu an—Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P.
Deputy-Chairman—Josiah Wilson, Esq.
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. John Smith Mansfield, Esq
Ambrose Moore, Esq. George Meek, Esq.
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. Capt. Gnstavus Evans, R.N
John D. Cooper, jun., Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Fox, Esq.
ENGINEER—John Hughes, Esq.

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