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THE SUN LONDON TUESDAY ETPNING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1845.

WORCESTER, WARWICK, and RUGBY
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. eaoli.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share,
Offices, No. 5, Gresham-street, Bank.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company
David Robert Ross, Esq., M.P., Belfast, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway Company
George Allies, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Cwm Celyn Iron Works
Richakdi Ashton, Esq., White Lion Court, Cornhill, Director of the
Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway Company
Walter Chamberlain, Esq„ Worcester Royal Porcelain Manufactory,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
• ry Gernfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, and Old Palace. Richmond,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Mr. George Cox, Glove Manufacturer, Worcester
Mr. James Coucher, Wool Merchant, Worcester
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlbro'-place, St. John's Wood, Director
of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry House, Boughton Winchilsea,
Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com-
pany
George Farley, Esq., Henwick House, and Crowle, Worcestershire,
banker, Worcester
Mr. J. Firkins, of the firm of Firkins and Co., glove manufacturers,
glove factors, and hop merchants, Worcester
Henry Grasett, Esq., Chesham-street, Belgrave-square
Mr. Edwin Gardener, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester
John Matthew Gutch, Esq., banker, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester
John Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester
Frederick Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester
Charles Hastings, M.D., Alderman of Worcester
John Wheeley Lee, Esq„ Vice-Chairman of the Severn Navigation
Company, Manager of the Droitwich Patent Salt Company, and a
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porcelain
Manufactory
Mr. Thomas Lucy, Albion Steam Flour Mills, Worcester, Director of
the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway Company
Mr. F. H. Needham, merchant, Worcester, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway Company
Mr. Powell, wine merchant, Worcester
John Pumphrey, Esq., Droitwich
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, Malsters,
Worcester
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Son, Malsters, Wor-
cester
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside, and Leyton, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company.
Timothy Steward, Esq., Higham Lodge, Norwich
John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Droitwich
Mr. Wells, Hop Merchant, Worcester
Mr. Woodward, Hop Merchant, Worcester
John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester
Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester.
With power to add to their number.
CHIEF ENGINEER.
William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER.
S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London.
Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester.
BANEERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury.
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Mess. Farley, Lavender, and Co.

This Line, which, subject to the decision of the Gauge Commis-
sioners, will be constructed on the Broad Gauge principle, will com-
mence at the Worcester Station of the Great Eastern and Western
Railway, and, proceeding by Redditch and Henley-in-Arden, will
t,.,uch Warwick and Leamington, and end at Rugby, the terminus of

the Midland Counties Railway and of the proposal Rugby and Hunt-
ingdon Junction Railway. It wiil communicate with Droitwich,
Studley, Alcester, and Stratford-on-Avon.
At Warwick, it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway, the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway, and the Lon-
don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway ; and at
Rugby, with the London and Birmingham, the Midland Counties,
and the projected Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railways.
The country through which it will pass, is thickly populated, and
of the richest description. It presents no engineering difficulties, and
from its population, its manufactures, and agricultural produce, it
possesses sources of such abundant traffic as to render it highly re-
munerative to the Capitalists.
The object proposed is to complete the line of railway communica-

Lion between the Western, Midland, and Eastern port►ons ,of the
Kingdom, and a glance at the Map of England will show that this
will be effected in the most direct manner by the present line ; touch-
ing, as it will, at one of its termini, a railway running direct from
Swansea to Worcester, and at the other, the projected line from
Rugby to Huntingdon —from which point a railway communication
has been already provided.
By means of this Railway, the manufactures of all the towns and

the agricultural produce of the country contained within its range,
as well as the Ports on the Eastern and North-Eastern Coast, will
have opened to them a direct and unbroken communication with
the great and densely-populated mineral fields of New South Wales,
as well as the markets of the markets of the Northern portion of the
principality.
The advantages of a direct railway carriage over the more
tedious process of carriage by water, to say nothing of the econowly
in saving the expense, as well as the damage incident to many kinds
of goods by the frequent transhipment required by the latter, are
too obvious to demand more than this slight allusion.

To the population along the line as well as to the Midland and
Northern portions of the kingdom, this undertaking will present the
most direct communication with those towns of fashionable resort—
Leamington and Cheltenham. To the inhabitants of Leamington
and Warwick, it will open the most direct communication with the
city of Worcester and South 'Wales, whilst to the inhabitants of
Worcester, it will open the m trkets of the Eastern portions of the
country.
The Shareholders in the several railways proposed to be joined or
intersected, will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
uudenaking.

No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the Act is
obtained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at four
pounds per centurn on all calls from the time of their respective
payments, and to limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount
of their subscription.
Applications for shares In the annexed form to be made t. the
Provisional Committee, at the office, 5, Gresham-street, London, or
Messrs. John Shewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Mr. John Bulletin, sharebroker, ➢Manchester ; Mr. John O'Neil,
sharebroker, Manchester, Messrs. Schultz and Carr, sharebrokers,
Liverpool ; Messrs. H. and C. Bradshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds ;
Mess, s. Tate and Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson,
sharebroker, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
sharebrokers, Bradford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Wor-
cester; Mr. Robert Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh; Mr. William
Gordon, sharebroker, Aberdeen ; Mr. Andrew Brand, sharebroker,
Glasgow ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, sharebrokers, Dublin ; of
whom Prospectuses may be had.

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(PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
CORNWALL and DEVON CENTRAL RAIL-
WAY, from EXETER to FALMOUTH and PENZANCE,
with branches to Plymouth, Tavistock, Bideford, Barnstaple, and St.
Austell, forming,' n continuation of the London and South Western—
London, Salisbury, and Yeovil—and Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester
Railways, a direct line from London to Exeter, Falmouth and
Penzance.

Capital, 3,000,0001. in 120,000 Shares of 251. sash.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
With power to decrease the capital to 2,000,0901., should the branches
be carried out by auxiliary Companiee.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Winchester, Amport House, Hants.
Chairman of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway Company
The Right Hon. Lord Vivian Glynn, Cornwall
The Right Hon. Lord Arundell, Wardour Castle, Wilts, on the Pro-
visional Committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway
The Right Hon. Lord Bridport, Cricket Lodge, on the Provisional
Committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway Company
The Right Hon. Lord Carteret, Ampthill
The Hon. W. Ashley, Stable-yard, St. James's, Deputy Chairman of
the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway Company
The Hon. W. E. Fitzmaurice, M.P., Chesham-street, London, on the
Provisional Committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Rail-
way Company
Sir W. L. S. Trelawney, Bart., Harowood, Lord-Lieutenant of the
county of Cornwall
Franeis Rodd,
Esq., Trebartha Hall, High Sheriff of the county of
Cornwall
Sir Joseph Sawle G. Sawle, Bart., Penrice, Cornwall
Sir Henry Paul Seale, Bart., Mount Boon, Dartmouth, on the Pro-
visional Committee of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Rail-
way Company
Sir Warwick H. Tonkin, Teignmouth, on the Provisional Committee
of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway Company
Edward W. W. Pendarves, Esq., Pendarves, M.P. for West Corn-
wall, Chairman of Quarter Sessions for Cornwall
George Moffat, Esq., M.P. for Dartmouth, 85, Eaton-square, on the
Provisional Committee of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter
Railway
Hanway Plumridge, Esq., M.P. for Falmouth, Chester-square, London
William Taylor Copeland, Esq., M.P., Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
J. H. Tremayne, Esq., Heligan, St. Austell, Chairman of Quarter
Sessions for Cornwall
J. K. Lethbridge, Esq., Tregeare, Launceston, Chairman of Quarter
Sessions for Cornwall
The Mayor of Exeter, Chairman of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor-
cheater Railway Company
The Mayor of Launceston
The Mayor of Bodmin
W. 11. Arundell, Esq., Trebursye, Cornwall, Magistrate for Cornwall
Edward Archer, Esq., Trelaske, Launceston, Magistrate for Cornwall
T. R. Avery, Esq., Delabole, Boscastle
W. Arming, Esq., Walnut House, Exeter, on the Provisional Com-
mittee of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square
W. Braddon, Esq., Lifton Park, Devon, Magistrate for Devon
R. G. Bennett, Esq., Tresillian House, Truro, Magistrate for Cornwall
John Braddon, Esq., Tregleith, Cornwall:
S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
William Chadwick, Esq., Montague-square, London, Chairman of the
Richmond Railway Company
John Chapman, Esq., Blackheath Park, London, on the Provisional
Committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway Company
The Chisholm, Chapel-street, Grosvenor-square, London, on the Pro-
visional Committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Railway
Company
F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane, London
Richard Davy, Esq., Redruth, Magistrate for Cornwall
W. B. Davy, Esq., Topsham, Devon, Magistrate for Exeter, on
the Provisional Committee of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter
Railway
Stephen Davy, Esq., Redruth, Magistrate for Cornwall
Baldwin Fulford, jun., Esq., of Great Fulford, •Devon,, Chairman of
the Quarter Sessions
Edward Goldsmid, Esq., 41, Upper Harley-street, Chairman of the
Globe Insurance Company
Day Le Grice, Esq., Penzance, Magistrate for Cornwall
Goldsworthy Gurney, Esq., Woodieigh, Launceston, Magistrate for
Cornwall
Edward Gard, Esq., Exeter, on the Provisional Committee of the
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company
Mr. Sergeant Gazelee, Cambridge-square, Loudon
Captain Hext, R.N., Tredethy, Bodmin, Magistrate for Cornwall
D. P. Roblin, Esq., Colquite, Bodmin, Magistrate for Cornwall
James Harvey, Esq., St. Day
J. D. Harris, Esq., of 'Jayne, Launceston
Richard Harvey, Esq., St. Day
Captain Hulme, K.E., Exeter, on the Provisional Committee of the
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company
Joseph Hodge, Esq., Truro
Rev. Thomas Hockin Kingdon, Pyeworthy, Devon, Magistrate for
Devon ;
J. S. logo, Esq., Coran
William Peter Kempe, Esq., Truro
J. J. Klnloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, London, on the
Provisional Committee of the London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Rail-
way Company
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Magistrate for Devon, on the Pro-
visional Committee of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway
Company
John Masterman, jun., Esq., banker, London
William Michell, Esq., M.D., Bodmin
H. 'Monett, Esq., of Ash
General Napier, H.E.I.C.S.
John Parsons, Esq., Falmouth
John Parsons, Esq., R.N., Falmouth
Thomas Pearce, Esq., Launceston, Magistrate for Cornwall
Edward Prior, Esq., Berry Hill Villa, Brixham, on the Provisional
Committee of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway Com-
pany
Captain George Probyn, Woodford, Essex, Director of the London
Assurance Company
J. H. Peter, Esq., Harlyn, Fadstow
Rev. Charles Road, North Hill, Cornwall
Corendon Rowe, Esq., M.D., Launceston
William Carpenter Rowe, Esq., 3, Little Ryder-street, St. James 'a,
London
Edward Shearm, Esq., Stratton
Joseph Shepherd, Esq., Exeter, on the Provisional Committee of the
Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company
C. B. Sawle, Esq., Penrice, Magistrate for Cornwall
ltev. H. A. Simcoe, Penheale, Launceston
M. C. Seton, Esq., Maida Hill, London
Captain Spett igue, Falmouth
John Taylor, Esq., 2, Duke-street, Adelphi, London
John Vowler, Esq., Parnacott, Devon, Magistrate for Devon
Humphrey Willyams, Esq., Carnantou, St Columb, Magistrate for
Cornwall
W. J. Watts, Esq., banker, Teignmouth, on the Provisional Com-
mittee of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway Company
ENGINZER—Joseph Locke, Esq.
RESIDENT ENGINEER—Mr. Richard Thomas.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Bull and Tilley, Falmouth
Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech, a, Moorgate-street, London
Messrs. Ellicombes and Mr. John Daw, Exeter
Itcrzatm Sucarr/kat—Lewis Cromble, Esq.
BANNED'S.

Messrs. Masterman and Co., London
Messrs. Williams, Hodge, and Co., Truro and Camborne
DISTRICT BANKERS.

Messrs. Sanders and Co., Exeter
Messrs, Milford, Snow, and Co., Exeter
West of England and South Wales District Bank, Exeter
The Devon and Cornwall Bank, Exeter
The National Provincial Bank of England, Exeter
Naval Bank, Plymouth
Messrs. Hodge and Norman, Devonport
Messrs. Gill and Rundle, Tavistock
The Barnstaple Bank, Barnstaple
The Agricultural and Commercial Bank, TOrrhigton
The Devon and Cornwall Bank, Launceston
Messrs. Gill and Rundle, Launceston
Messrs. Robins, Foster, and Co., Launceston
Messrs. Batten, Came, and Marrack, Penzance
Messrs. Bollthos, Sons, and Co., Penzance.
PROSPECTUS.

The Bill for making a Railway from Plymouth to Falmouth, and
the West Cornwall Railway Bill, having been both rejected by Par-
liament, and the projected South Devon Railway from Exeter to
Plymouth pursuing only a winding and precarious course along the
margin of the Southern Channel, the great area of Devonshire west
' of Exeter, and the whole of the county of cornwan. or. now deoti-
lute of rai2., tty aecemmooetion.
The object of the present undertaking is to provide an efficient sys-
tem of railway communication for the whole of this Western Penin-
sula ; and as the waste of capital and time, involved in the circuitous
route by Bristol, is greatly complained of, the leading and indispens-
able feature of the project will be to obtain the most direct, punctual,
and economical line between London, Falmouth, and Penzance. As
far as Exeter, that project is already in the hands of the " London
and South-Western," the " London, Salisbury, and Yeovil Junction,"
and the " Yeovil, Dorchester, and Exeter" Companies. It was this
Central Line, westward, which the Committee of the House of Lords,
in the Wilts and Somerset Railway Bill, in the late session, obliged
the Great Western Railway Company to pledge themselves not to
oppose ; and which they speak of in their report " as the line which
the best interests of the country require, and which must eventually
be carried direct to Falmouth, the moat westerly port in the
Channel."
Under these auspices, and with this strong expression from the
Legislature, it may be considered that a continuous line of railway,
from London, through Salisbury, to Yeovil and Exeter, no less than
thirty miles shorter than the devious course of the Great Western
Railway, is already morally secured. In order, therefore, to com-
plete this great national project thus suggested by the House of
Lords, it remains only to extend this direct Exeter line, without
change of gauge or terminus, direct to Falmouth and Penzance.
The saving in actual distance thus effected, between London and
Falmouth, as compared with the Great Western and its extensions,
amounts to more than fifty miles; whilst the time also saved by
avoiding the passage of the Hamoaze,* to say nothing of all other
difficulties involved in that project, was estimated, in the recent in-
quiry before Parliament, as equal to a saving of fifteen or twenty
miles more.
Bearing in mind, therefore, the geographical position of Falmouth
and Penzance, especially the great advantages of the former, as the
most Westernly station for our naval and packet service, and as af-
fording a most secure harbour of renege in the event of war; and re-
membering, too, that this must eventually become the highway to
the Mediterranean, the East and West Indies, and America, the im-
portance to the Admiralty and Lloyd's, of such a direct railway, with
a continuous and efficient electric telegraph, can hardly be over-rated.
The central district from Exeter, westward, has been recently re-
surveyed, and has been found to afford a main trunk line, with good
locomotive gradients, attainable without engineering difficulties, and
at a reasonable expense ; the general course being sear or through
Crediton, Bow, Hatherleigh, North Tawton, Okehampton, Launces-
ton, Camelford, Bodmin, St. Columb, St. Austell, (by means of a
branch,) Truro, and Penryn, to Falmouth ;—at Truro, an extension
line through West Cornwall will diverge to Chacewater, Redruth,
Camborne, Hayle, (with a branch to St. Ives,) Marazion, and Pen-
This extension runs for more than 30 miles through the most popu-
lous and flourishing part of Cornwall; and the Tables of the recently
rejectly West Cornwall Bill showed an existing traffic, through that
district, of 101. per cent, after deducting working expenses. But as
the constructing and working this line by a separate company would
be productive of unnecessary expense and inconvenience to the public,
the line to Penzance, as well as to Falmouth, will form an integral
portion of the main work under one and the same management.
From Tre.ro, eastward, the main line will pass several important
mines ; and near Bodmin will throw out a branch through the China
slay district to St. Austell, and its populous mining neighbourhood.
It will also avail itself of the railways now in process of construction
from Newquay on the north, and Par on the southern Channel ;
whilst a connexion with the already constructed railway from Bod-
min to Wadebridge, will open, through the port of Padstow, the best
communication between Cork, the south of Ireland, and London.
Advancing farther, an opportunity will occur of establishing a traffic
with the well-known Delabole Slate Quarries on the one hand, and the
flourishing Caradon Mines on the other ; whilst the sand supplied by
the Rude Canal, and the lime which abounds in the neighbourhood
of Launceston, will form the subject of most considerable transport
into the highly improvable agricultural districts westward and east-
ward.

Passing onward into Devonshire, a branch will be thrown out from
the main line to the port of Bideford, thus opening, for the mineral
produce of Wales, a market in Central Devon and Cornwall, which
are destitute of coal ; and another branch will diverge southward by
Tavistock to Plymouth, thus affording the most direct communica-
tion between those towns and Exeter. This branch being also
accessible from Launceston will open for the north and West of Corn-
wall, and for Falmouth, a line to Plymouth, in point of time, shorter
than the lately projected line across the Hamoaze from Plymouth to
Falmouth, Should the traffic, nevertheless, be found to justify an-
other branch from a point near Bodmin, through Liskeard, to Ply-
mouth, such a branch may and will be constructed.
Arriving within fourteen miles of Exeter, the main line will be
joined from the north by a direct line from Ilfracombe and Barn-
staple to Exeter, and about seven miles further on by the Dartmouth,
Brixham, Torbay, and Exeter line, an amalgamation of which two

lines Is now under consideration, thus affording to these two friendly
companies a direct communication from north to south, from the
Bristol to the English Channel, and carrying their traffic on one com-
mon trunk, on to one common terminus, with the Yeovil line at
Exeter.

The inspection of a map will better show the importance of this
comprehensive scheme, which overspreads the surface of Devon and
Cornwall, and leaves little to be desired to give full value and effect
to objects of such importance.
The supply and demand created by this large area,—its population,
amounting to more than GOO,OOO, its Ports, situate on both Chan-
nels,—lts Fisheries, Mining, Commercial, and Agricultural advan-
tages,--its exports of Corn, Wool, and Cattle,—its probable con-
sumption of Coal, Manure, and general supplies,—were i fully
gone into in the recent inquiry before the House of Lords, and forcibly
require increased facilities, and diminished cost of transport. The
general evidence, also, given in that House, showed a good remune-
rative existing traffic, without any such increase as may reasonably
be expected from a well-digested system of Branches ; and when the
Rather increase in passenger and general traffic, east and west, Is
taken into consideration, which must necessarily arise front bringing
Falmouth, its harbour and foreign relations, and Penzance, with its
much-sought climate and early markets, so much nearer to the Me-
tropolis, and the northern and eastern parts of England than can
possibly be accomplished by any other devisable railway communi-
cation; and when it is also borne in mind, that from the Peninsular
form of the county of Cornwall. this line, when established, can have
no competitor, it is not too much to assert that this project offers a
very eligible opportunity for the Investment of capital.
The strong feeling in favour of a central line, evinced by public
of
Merchants, Cornwall
meetings
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and s:rong assurances of support already received from the landowners
and general interests along the line; and the hearty concurrence
and co-operation of the Associated Companies, the names of whose
members appear in the Provisional Committee, leave no doubt
of the successffil issue of the application which will be made to Par-
liament In the next session.

The Act to be applied for will contain the usual clauses for limiting
the liabilities of Shareholders to the amount of their subscriptions,
and for allowing interest at 4/. per Cent, per annum, on all Calls,
from the time of payment until the opening of the line.
The Provisional Committee reserve :to themselves tho power of
making such alterations in the Main Line, or Branches, and also of

entering into such arrangements for the construction of those
Branches, by Auxiliary Companies, as may be deemed advisable.
_.

The Deposit will be Payable on the allotment of the Shares. It
is intended to proceed to an early allotment, giving a preference to
local applicants, and to the Shareholders in the above-named Asso-
ciated Companies.

The usual Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract
must be executed by the Shareholders when called upon.
Applications for Shares in the form annexed, (accompanied by a
satisfactory reference,) should be addressed to T. H. Tilly, Esq.,
solicitor, Falmouth, or to Lewis Crombie, Esq., Interim secretary,
63, Moorgate-street, London ; or to the following brokers :—Messrs.
Tacker, Burnett, and Co., Birchin-lane, or to H. Tudor, Esq., Hatton-
court, London ; or to Messrs. Neilson and Co. Liverpool ; and Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; of whom, and at the above-men-
tioned Banks, Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained.
To the Provisional Committee of the Cornwall and Devon Central

Railway. _ . _ _
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares of
251. each in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept
such Shares as may be allotted to me, not exceeding the above num-
ber, and to pay the Deposit thereof of 21 12s. 6d. per Share, and exe-
cute the necessary Deeds when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
I am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
Name .
Reference.......... •• • ••• • • • • • •
Residence. . • • • •
Profession or Trade (if any) ••• • • •

CORNWALL and DEVON CENTRAL
RAILWAY.
In consequence of the numerous applications for Shares in this
Company, the Provisional Committee will be enabled to proceed to
the allotment on an early day. No further applications for Shares
will be received after TRUESDAT NEXT, September 11.
By order of the Committee,
L. CROMBIE, Int. Sec.
63, Moorgate-street, September 6, 1845.

YORK AND LANCASTER RAILWAY!
(Provisionally registered.)
The Public are respectfully informed that, in consequence of the
numerous appplications for Shares in this Company, NO FURTHER
APPLICATIONS will be received after WEDNESDAY, the 10th inst.
By Order, SAMUEL HOLDSWORTH, Secretary.
Palace Chambers, St. James's-street, Sept. 2, 1845.

RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER
RAILWAY.
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In consequence of the immense number of applications already re•
cawed, the Provisional Committee give notice that no Applications
for Shares will be received after Tuesday the 16th instant, except
from parties resident in the country, as to whom the time will be
extended to Monday, the 22d instant.

GEO. E. WELLER, Secretary.
Offices, pro tem., 8, King's-road, Bedford-row,
London, Sept. 6, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE BRISTOL AND DOVOR DIRECT
JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, connecting Bristol,
Wales, and the important Western and North-western Districts,
with Bent and France.

Capital 800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 251. each.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Deposit 21. Iss per Share.
•

(In pursuance of the new Standing Orders of the House of Lords.,
This line is projected for the purpose of affording a direct communi
cation between the two great ports mentioned in its title, and to effect
this purpose it is proposed to commence at Devizes, which by other
projects is about to be placed in connexion with Bath and Bristol. It
will then pass in a south-easterly direction through or near and
giving a communication to the populous and Important towns of Lud-
gershallt Andover, Whitchurth, Basingstoke (where the Southampton
Railway has a station), Odibam, and Farnham to Godaming. Here
it will form a junction with other lines, which will complete the
communication to the Reigate station of the London and Dovor Rail-
way ; or, should it be necessary, in consequence of the failure of any
of the projected railways in this locality, the present project will
itself be extended to Dorking and Reigate, at which latter point the
Brighton Railway is united with the Dovor.

From a consideration of this route, and by a glance at the map, it
will at once be seen that this project will place in immediate con-
nexion the mineral and great coal districts of Wales—the vast traffic
that empties itself into Bristol from the Birmingham branch line via
Gloucester—the West of England cloth districts—the immense pro-
ductions of the north—together with the commercial traffic with
Ireland (now so much on the increase), with the important towns
and hop districts of central Kent and its eastern coasts, Canterbury,
Toubridge, Maidstone, Ashford, Folkestone, and Dovor, &c. ; open-
ing at the same time a direct road to Calais, Paris, Boulogne, and
Dieppe, shorter than any now formed or projected, and with less
sea voyaging, thus forming the great passenger route from Ireland
and Wales to France.

Independently, I;;ever, of the great through traffic above alluded
to, the local trade between the various towns on the intended line is
certainly
of considerable importance and sufficient in itself to yield
an ample return to the Shareholders. At Devizes centres the great
western cloth trade; and whenthe railway communication to Melks-
ham and thence to Bath and Bristol is completed, a continuous
stro un both of passengers and goods must pour into that town, from
whence the only channel for their due transmis,ion eastwards will
be afforded by the railroad now conteinpla ed.
The importance of affording a direct and speedy transit for
the communications between the western parts of this country,
and the Continent must be obvious ; and when the large num-
ber of railways now in progress, both in Franco and Ireland,
towards their respective coasts, are completed, this current of
through traffic must be increased to an incalculable extent,
between the above countries. The increasing trade and accom-
modation afforded at the ports of Dovor and Folkestone point
out this line as pre-eminently adapted for the conveyance of
passengers and merchandise destined for the Continent, especially to
those by whom the shortness of the voyage by sea is considered as a
preliminary to an excursion in France. Without entering into official
details, it may be well to observe that the number of passengers em-
barking and disembarking annually at Folkestone and Dovor is of
surprising extent ; whilst the traffic in merchandise since the opening
of the railways from the metropolis, and the establishment of re-
gular passage vessels with the French coast, has exceeded the most
sanguine expectations of the great merchant traders. It is but rea-
sonable, therefore, to calculate, that when an equal facility is afforded
fur Bristol (that long-established depot for the Irish and Welsh
trade), and the important districts at present obliged either to com-
municate with Dovor and Folkestone by a circuitous route, or to ab-
stain entirely from the benefits of foreign trade, on account of the
want of direct access, that the commercial interests of the Kentish
coast will be immeasurably increased, au t a stimulus at the same
time will be given to the western trade by a ready and reciprocal in-
tercourse with the Continent.

In addition to the existing advantages which have thus been al-
ready alluded to in this prospectus, it should always be remembered
that it is not to these only that speculators are entitled to look in cal-
culating on the profits of such an enterprise, but that they are in all
cases fully justified in assuming a vast increase in the local traffic
when the facilities for it shall be so greatly increased ; It having been
invariably found that, upon the completion of a railroad, commerce
and passengers have sprung up to use it to an extent never contem-
plated by its most sanguine promoters ; and not only has this taken
place from towns already existent, but new neighbourhoods of im-
portance have arisen in the vicinity, thus showing that railways not
only afford the medium of communication for previously established
marts of trade, but have themselves the faculty of creating, where-
ever they pass, towns and markets for ther own support and the en-
richment of their enterprising proprietors.
This line, which is intended to supily an important link in rail-
way communication hitherto overlooked, has no competing scheme
either existent or projected with which to come in collision ; and
from the inspection which has been made, the road is considered free
from any great engineering difficulties, while, from the favourable
sentiments of the landed proprietary on the route towards It, 110
opposition on their part need be anticipated. Active negotiations
are on foot for the co-operation of the powerful companies affected
by this projection, from which the most beneficial results are confi-
dently anticipated.
A prospectus, containing the names of a powerful Committee and
the officers, will be ready in a few days ; and in the mean time fur-
ther particulars may be obtained and applications for shares received
at the temporary offices, 6, Liverpool-street, Broad-street, London.
Sept. 2, 1645. T. W. BURR, Secretary pro tern.
To the Provisional Committee of the Bristol and Dovor Direct Junc-
tion Railway Company.
Gent:itmen,—l request that you will allot me shares in
the alielre railway, and I agree to accept that or any less number
that mu may please to allot me, and I undertake to pay the depoat
of 2/. "'55. per share on the same, am' to sign the subscribers' agree
ment 'nd the Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of 1
Name in fifil •• • •• •
Residence
Place of business (if any).
Trade or profession .
Reference—
Usual signature

1845.

wrowTjWohiliolliiiiimiarnaTeas:BDarrnoeeksieEhusqrs"t'llEurulSteanY
NORTH LANCASHIRE and CRAVEN FIRE
and LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered pursuant to the 7th and ith Vic., o. III.)
Capital, 750,0001., in 16,500 Shares of 501. each.
To be incorporated by Act of Parliament if deemed necessary.
Assheton,Wals —,P..bnian., DAsownPinhallam,
PROVISIONAL commii.",
Pudsey Dawson, Esq., liornby Castle, High Sheriff of the
Thomas Welshman
Esq., Eashall Lodge
county of Lancaster
John Aspinall, Esq., Standen Hall
Esq., Mitten Hall
Esq., Stack House, Settle
Mall
I:7:,ngevoulfftheu.prisatee,
Standen Hall
Thomas BirkbeCk,
TA.filington House, Burnley
aWden House Settle
ns,kiEpstno.n. Carr Hall
laDm4wChlauynts,:t:, Esq.,
Isaac Dewhurst, Esq., Skipton
RichardEdwardßalpli j 3
IC; g.l
Chaffer,
t rr ry:ruiElFiti E.
(.),
, ESQ., Skipton
Nicholas England, Esq., Collie
Esq., Clithero
Jame Johns
Bonny
ro uid
97Esq.,
rT
rs t
Edwin Greenwood, Esq., Knowl House, Keighley
James Gersten& Esq , cutheroe
Thomas Heelis, Esq., Skipton Castle
Elijah Helm, Esq., Pediham
Esq., Mount Pleasant, Meriden
George Ilolgate, Esq., Spring-hill house, Burnley
John Hargreaves, Esq , South Parade, Burnley
Thomas Howarth, Esq., Stoney-Holme Cottage, Burnley
Theophilus Hastings Ingham,
RSeopbteirtmuisiodHgersorins,onE,
Esq., Marton House
Thomas Mason Johnson, Esq., Eimum
John Knowles, Esq., Burnley
Henry Anthony Littledale, E--.,
sq Bolton Hall.
Felix Leech, Esq., Brungerley, Clitheroe
Rev. Robert Mosley Master, ALA., Boyle
William Margerison, Eacl., Clifton House
James Moreland, Esq., North Parade, Burnley
John Moore, Esq., Burnley
Robert Midgley, Esq., Coln.
John Midgley, Esq., Collie
Edward Parker, Esq., Alkineoats
Thomas Goulburn Parker, Esq., Browshohne
Rev. John Fleming Parker, Waddington,
Clltheroe
John Phillips, Esq., Greenfield, Collie
James Roberts Esq., Tarlton House, Burnley
Thomas Redmayne, Esq., Taitlands, Settle
Edward Dodson Salisbury, Esq., Mayor of Lancaster
John Benson Sidgwick, Esq., Stone Gappe
George Stansfeld, Esq., Ashfleld House, Burnley
John Spencer, Esq., North Parade, Burnley.
George Slater, Esq., Whittle-Field, Burnley
Robert Stewart, Esq., Clitheroe
James Smallpage, Esq., Burnley
Hartley Sager, Esq., Collie
William Sugden, Esq., Eastwood House, Keighley
William Turner, Esq., Flumoss House
John Robert Tennant, Esq., Kildwick Hall
John Town, Esq.' Keighley
Henry Tunstill, Esq., Brierfield House
Thomas Thornber, Esq., Colne
Thomas Hordern Whitaker, Esq., The Holmo
John Sutcliffe Witham, Esq., Oak Mount. Burnley
James Upton, Esq., Akay Lodge, Sedbergh
(With power to add to their number.)
sofaciross•
Messrs. Alcock and Dixon, Burnley
Messrs. Hall and Baldwin, Clitheroo
'locum
The Craven Banking Company, at Settle, Skipton, Burnley,
Clitheroc, Collie, and Keighley
It has long been considered strange, but such is the fact, that in
the large and important districts of North Lancashire and Craven,
which may be termed provinces, or almost counties, in themselves,
no public Fire and Life Assurance Company has yet been established,
although comprising property of every description of hazard to an al
most incalculable amount.

any, to be It is therefore proposed to found a Society or Comp
called the NORTH LANCASHIRE and CRAVEN ASSURANCE
COMPANY, under the provisions of the above Act, which will give
to the public all the benefits of a mutual Assurance Company, and
secure to the Shareholders a reasonable amount of profit.

--___----.... ------ —___ _
The Company will be organised, and its rules and regulations de-
fined, by a deed of settlement, to be made pursuant to the Act re-
ferred to, and proper measures will be taken for the purpose of effec-
tually restricting the liability of each shareholder to the amount of

his or her subscriptions respectively.
By the Act above referred to for the registration of Insurance Com-
panies not more than ten shillings per cent. is allowed to be called
for until the full registration of the CompatlY ; consequently a deposit
of live shillings per share only will be called for on the allotment.
It Is probable that not more than 51. per cent. on the amount of
each share will be called for, which experience in similar under-
takings has shown to be abundantly sufficient in the outset, the re-
mainder of the subscribed capital being intended only as a guarantee,
in extraordinary exigencies.
Applications for Shares may be made to the Solicitors, or to Henry
Alcock, Esq., Solicitor, Skipton ; or to the following Brokers :—Mr.
John Gibbing, Settle; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Blackburn; Mr.
Thomas Wren, Preston ; Mr. Welch, Lancaster ; Messrs. Ridsdale,
Hirst, and Ridsdale, cud Messrs. Heath and Waugh, Manchester;
Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, aied Bailey, and Mr. Richard Binney,
Leeds ; Messrs. Ridsdale and Chauncy, Messrs. Fletcher and Sharp,
Liverpool; Mr. J. W. Hamilton, 3, South Gallery, Auction Mart,
London; and Mr. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street, Edinburgh
from whom Prospectuses and Forms of Applications may also be had.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the North Lancashire and
Craven Fire and Life Assurance Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 501.
each in the above Company, and I hereby engage to accept the same
or any less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the De-
posit and Calls thereon, and to execute the Deed of Settlement and
all other necessary and legal documents when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name In fun • • ••• • • • •• • • • •• • • • • • .
Profession or Trade •
Reference •• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Sept, 1, 1815,

IffeTICE.
CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
The Act of Parliament incorporating the COledonian Rail-
way Company having received the Royal Assent, all parties claiming
to be registered as Shareholders are required to transmit their Scrip
Notes to the Secretary, at the Company's Office, No. 122, Princes-
street, Edinburgh, on or before the Ist day of October next, accom-
panied by claims, in the form annexed, with the name, trade or pro-
fession, and residence of each claimant, distinctly appended thereto,
in order that the same may be entered in the register of shareholders.
Receipt of the Scrip will be acknowledged forthwith, and when the
registration is completed, sealed certificates will be issued on demand
to the shareholders.

Scripholders are requested to take notice that registration is indis-
pensable to entitle them to the rights and privileges of shareholders ;
and that if they neglect to forward their scrip and applications to the
secretary within the said period, their shares may have to be regis-
tered in the name of, and become the property of, the original sub-
scribers.—By order of the Board of Directors,
D. RANKINE, Secretary.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

request you will insert my name in the register of share-
holders in the Caledonian Railway Company, as a proprietor of
shares, the scrip for which I send you herewith.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Usual signature . . . . .
Name at full length ..................
Profession or trade ..................
Residence ............
122, Princes-street, Edinburgh, Aug. 6, 1845.

CALEDONIAN RAILWAY.
Having received several letters asking by what means Scrip
can be sent for registration without danger, I beg to suggest the fol-
lowing method, to write across the face of each scrip note :
" Sent for registration by owner,
day of 1145."
The owner may also write me a separate letter of advice, giving
the numbers on the Scrip, and the date of dispatch.
Edinburgh, Aug. 13, 1845. D. RANKI/s'E, Secretary.

JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY FROM KINGSTON TO MON-
TEGO BAT.

Office, No. 43. Moorgate-street.
Capital 1,500,000/., it 80,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
A Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary and others interested

the Island.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernarvonshlre
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard
Sir John J. Hensler, F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place
P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster
Thomas Farncombe, Alderman of London
. _

Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Direetor of the London Docks
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial
Bank, London
Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell
Lieutenant-Colonel Gillies, Cambridge-terrace
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-plaae, Portman-square
Klein Grant, M.D. 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall
D. J. Hoare, Esq.:Percy-street, Bedford-square
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard
John Francis Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., Canada House, St. Helen's-place
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron
Railway
B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St.
Elizabeth's
J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica
Edward West, Esq.,-5, St. Benet's-place, Gracechurch-street
(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING ENGINEESS—WIIIiaIII Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James
Pilbrow, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGlNEER—Frederick Braithwaite, Esq.,
Somerroas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square;

Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane.
The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of
passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter-
mediate ports, either by sea or land- is well known to all persons
conversant with the island of Jamaica.

The average passage by steamer between Montego By and
Kingston occupies forty-four hours, and the costs, including expenses
on the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger ; while the quickest
journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be
traversed In eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of
30s._per passenger.

- -
The difference in the freights between the northern and southern
sides of the Island and England is such, that, independently of the
saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern
side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at
much less expense than at present, and will afford them the ad-
vantage of shipping at all times from • the very excellent harbour o
Kingston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed
ports of the east and north of the island.
The line will commence at a spacious :quay, to oe constructed at
Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of
the largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the island, at or
near which point it is proposed to form a Junction with the Kingston
and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Annotto Bay, Port
Maria, St. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near
Montego Bay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be
formed between the 'most important and populous places, and facility
offered for carriage of the produce of the most productive portion of
the island.

Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are
gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of mountains
which run east and west, nearly the length of the island; the east-
ern portion, from Port Mo, ant to Plantain Garden, is almost level;
while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country, rising
into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The whole
of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple articles of
sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other spices, dye-
woods, drugs, &c. ; and as more than one-third of the land is still un-
cultivated, the production of these articles will, by the increased
facility for traffic, be greatly increased; and cotton, indigo, cocoa,
&c., and dye stuffs, at present uninaported, will again be brought
into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety abounds along
the line; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes spontaneously :
there are mahogany, lignum vitae, ebony, Spanish elm, fine cedar,
and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will also bring largely
into use the valuable palmetto, and various other woods for agricul-
tural and household purposes and cabinet works.

The mineral wealth of the country ;Will; line is very considerable ;
lead ore is extremely rich, and heavily impregnated with silver ;
whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate
of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com-
posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic.
The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction
of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion
of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material. ne-
cessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the
atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut-
tugs and embankments will be generally superseded.
A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line,
and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con-
struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ;
the mineral wealth which may be developed by the construction of
the line will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased to
capitalists for the benefit of the Shareholders.

Of the various imports and the internal traffic a satisfactory esti-
mate can scarcely be given. It will be sufficient to state that coals,
fish, lime and salt, empty puncheons, shingles, bricks, hoops, lead,
timber, provisions, cattle, flour, tobacco, hardwares, and manufac-
tures gener.lly, form important sources of profit.
The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate
per centage, wad from all the circumstances already stated, and care-
ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of
railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re-
quired, and the speedy communication established between the Island
and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com-
pany, will enable the Directors In this cuunlry 4n ozercian aii emcieut
control oVer the management of affairs in the Island.

Tile Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the
payment of four-and-a-half per cent. interest upon the amount paid
upon the Shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the
line.

Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43, Moorgate-
street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors, 47, Moorgato.
street, London ; and the following Sharebrokers :—Mr. D. B. Major,
27, 'Change-alley ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury, London;
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs.
Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp,
Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson,
Bradford ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lea,
Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick-
enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax ; Messrs.
Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clarke, jun., Southampton ;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs.
Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street,
Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom Prospectuses may
be had.

* Wood is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and In that climate is
more darable.

HEROIC CONDUCT ON A RAILWAY.—Last Thursday
one of the most providential escapes, as regards human life, occurred
on the railway connected with the Bishopwearmouth iron works.
The iron works in question extend over a vast extent of country,
and, for the purpose of a speedy transit from one part to the other,
railways have been established, one of which is formed on an in-
clined plane, down which the heavily laden waggons are propelled
at a fearful rate. On the morning of the above day, while one
of the trains of waggons was passing down, two very old women,
each being nearly seventy years of age, labouring under de-
fective sight sight as well as hearing, got on the line. A few
seconds more they both must have inevitably been crushed to
death. Their perilous situation was, however, witnessed by Mr.
David Holsgrove, the overlooker of the works, who in an instant
dashed forward and seized the two females, whom he threw off the
line, and out of the way of danger. Unfortunately the engine at
this instant came up, which knocked Mr. Holsgrove down, and he
was picked up as dead. He was instantly conveyed to one of the
buildings in the vicinity, and medical aid was sent for, when, upon
examination, it was discovered that he had sustained several con-
tusions about the head, that both his arms were broken in two
places, and also one of his legs, besides other injuries about the
body. It is supposed that some part of the train must have gone
over the limbs. Although so severely and dangerously injured,
hopes are entertained of his recovery. The two females escaped
without the slightest injury.
DISTRESSING SUICIDE FROM SEDUCTION .On
Saturday evening a coroner's inquest was held at the Black
Horse, Lower-road, Deptford, before C. J. Carttar, Esq., on the
body of a young female, named Mary Anne Robson, aged only
nineteen, the daughter of one of the master shipwrights in the
dockyard at Deptford, who committed suicide by throwing herself
into the Surrey Canal on Thursday night. Mary Lake, the wife of
a master smith in the dockyard, deposed that in consequence of the
indisposition of the mother of the deceased, witness and her hus-
band went to lodge in the house of Mr. Robson. She had known
the deceased for some months previously, and had only gone
to live there after the deceased ran away from home about
two months since. The deceased was a virtuous girl up to
the time of her leaving her home, to which she returned about
a fortnight since, after an absence of five weeks, A girl
named Emily Skinner, who was frequently with the de-
ceased, left her home with her, and they had lived together
with a young man, named Jones. Witness last saw deceased
alive about six o'clock on Thursday, the day of her death. Since
her return home, the deceased appeared much depressed in spirits.
Emma Brown deposed that on Thursday night, shortly after eleven
o'clock, she heard the splash of something heavy in the water.
On hearing the splashing, witness went out and saw some person
plunging about in the water; also heard the person moan heavily
two or three times. Witness instantly raised an alarm, when
several persons came to her assistance ; in the meantime, witness
got a prop, but it was not of sufficient length t)1 each the deceased.
Witness found the bonnet, shawl, gloves, and •,,ocket-handkerchief
of the deceased close by her door, The deceased was in the water
about ten minutes. Emily Skinner, the young woman alluded to
above, said she and deceased left home together, and went to reside in
a common brothel in Fairy's-buildings, Bermondsey. They were
taken there by a young womar whom they met at 'the St.
Elelena Tea gardens at Rotherhithe. Whilst at the brothel was
visited by a young mar , named Jones. On one occasion witness
heard deceased threaten to make away with herself, but afterwards
said she was only joking. Upon being closely questioned by the
Coroner, the witness admitted having said, " Has she gone and
done it? Oh 1 IV/ God, I must go and tell him, or else he will
get into troub'e and me too," but she would not give any explana-
tion. This wf ness gave her evidence with great nonchalance. The
Coroner saiu there was no doubt remorse, arising from the course
of life she had been leading, had rendered her unhappy, and had
led to this disastrous end. Ti e Jury returned a verdict of " Tem-
porary insanity."

ARRIVAL OP Two LroNs.—Two of the finest lions
ever imported into this country have arrived within the last few
days, on board the John Bartlett, Captain Bartlett. It is very
rarely that adult lions are imported, and these are truly splendid
animals. They were landed yesterday, in St. Kathetine Docks,
and conveyed tt. the Royal Surrey Zoological Gardens, by
whose spirited proprietor they have been purchased. These are
the second pair of lions deposited in the gardens within the last few
weeks, making seven full-grown lions now in the gardens.

WINCEHLSEA AND WATSON.—The following com-
munication from the Lord Chancellor has been received by Lord
NVinchilsea In reply to his letter announcing that he had resigned
into his Lordship's hands the commission of the peace which he
held for the counties of Kent, Northampton, and Lincoln :
"My dear Lord,--I have directed a supersedeas to be prepared
agreeably to your wish, I very much regret that you have taken
this step. I have forwarded your letter to Sir Robert Peel.

• " I remain, my dear Lord, very faithfully yours,
Turville, Sept. 4, 1840. !' LYNDHURST.°

NEW RAILWAY PAPER.
On SATURDAY NEXT, the 13th instant, will appear, the
First Number of a New Weekly Railway Paper, price Sixpence, to
be entitled THE RAILWAY WORLD.

Advertisements, communications to the Editor, &c., to be forwarded
to 12, Red Lion-court, Fleet-street. Orders received by all Newsmen.

No VI,

Just published, price Gs., the
NORTH BRITISH REVIEW.
To be continued Quarterly.
CONTENTS.
I. Chemistry and its relations to Agriculture.
IL Lift) of Lord Hill.
111. Savings Banks.
_IV, Tytler's Ifistory of Scotland.
V. Hospitals for the Insane Poor.
VI. Colonisation and the Allotment System.
VII. Welsh's Church History.
VIII. Mrs. Gray's Etruria.
IX. Vestiges of the Natural History of the Creation.
Edinburgh : W. P. Kennedy. London : Hamilton, Adams, and Co
Dublin : W. Curry, jun., and Co.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
LESSZE, MR. B. WEBSTER.
THIS EVENING
Will be repeated PAST AND PRESENT. Marquis de St. Victor,
Mr. Stuart; Count de Florville, Mr. H. Holl ; Julian de St. Victor,
Miss Julia Bennett; Larose, Mr. W. Farren ; Marchioness de St.
Victor, Mrs. E. Yarnold.
In the course of the Evening, Mr. John Parry will sing his New
Song of " Young England."
After which will be repeated a New Dramatic Sketch, entitled
MRS. CAUDLE'S CURTAIN LECTURES ; or, Matrimonial Chap-
ters. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Bueksione ; Mrs. Candle, Mrs. W. Clifford.
To conclude with the Comedy of BORN TO GOOD LUCK ; or, an
Irishman's Fortune. Pandeen O'Rafferty, , Mr. Hudson ; Nina, Miss
P. Horton.
Private Boxes, Two Guineas and One Guinea and a-Halt each.
Tickets and Places to be had of Mr. I. T. Archer at the Box-office,
from Ten till Five o'clock.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI,
UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MADAME CELESTF.
THIS EVENING
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Will be repeated a New Draida, entitled CLARISSE ; or, The
Merchant's Daughter. Martial, Mr. Webster ; John Cabot, Mr.
Munyard ; Barbillon, Mr. Wright ; Galon, Mr. Paul Bedford ;
Clarisse, Madame Celeste; Milanie, Miss Woolgar.
After which, will be repeated, THE BOY KING; or, Petite
Peccadillos. Louis XV., Madame Celeste; De Lauzum, Miss Wool-
gar. In the course of the piece, Grand Review of the Infantine
Infantry._

To be followed by a farce. In One Act, called MRS. CAUDLE
ABROAD AND AT lIOME. Mr. Caudle, Mr. Wilkinson; Mrs.
Caudle, Mr. Wright.

Prompter, Mr. Gallot ; Principal Painter, Mr. Pitt ; Leader of the
Band, Mr. Mellon.

THEATRE ROYAL, LYCEUM.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MRS. KEELEY.
THIS EVENING

Will be repeated a New Comic Drama, entitled BY ROYAL
COMMAND. Principal characters by Mr. l)iddear, Mr. Vining, %Ir.
Emery, Mr. Turner, Mr. Bender, and Mr. Meadows ; Miss Fairbro-
ther, Mrs. Woollidge, and Mrs. Keeley.
After which, a New and Original Comedietta, entitled PETER
JENKINS ; or, Fibbing for a Friend. Principal Characters by
Messrs. Keeley, A. Wigan, Turner, Meadows; Mrs. Keeley and Miss
Dawson.

To be followed by a New and Original Comedy, to be called THE
GOVERNOR'S WIFE, with entirely New Scenery, Dresses, and
Appurtenances. Principal Characters by Messrs. Diddear, Keeley.
F. Mathews, F. Vining, and Collier, \Liss Dawson, and Mrs. Keeley.
To conclude with a New Farce, entitled LUCK'S ALL. Principal
Characters by Messrs. F. Vining, Diddear, Keeley, Meadows, Kin-
loch, and Turner ; Miss Hicks, and Mrs. A. Wigan.
The Box-office is open daily, under the direction of Mr. Grogan
rrom Ten till Four.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE OF ARTS.
PROPRIETOR AND MANAGER, MR. W. BATTY.

Extraordinary success of the new gorgeous spectacle, in twenty
magnificent Tableaux, entitled THE BRIDE OF THE NILE; or,
The Lily of Memphis and The Horse of the Pyramids, which is
allowed by the public press to eclipse all former productions, both in
magnificence and effects, and nightly hailed with the most tumultuous
applause. Second Week of Mr. Denvil in his successful personation
of Olynthus. second Week of the re-engagement of 31. Tournaire's
unequalled Troupe, who will introduce new and popular Scenes in the
Cirque Olympique.
The whole concluding with a Laughable Farce.
Box-offic4 open from Eleven till Five. Equestrian Tuition given
as usual. Acting Manager and Stage Director, Mr. T. Thompson.

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE,

Positively the last Week of Madame Vestris and Mr. Eifathews.

THIS EVENING

Will be performed TILE CAPTAIN OF THE WATCH. Viscount
Ic Ligny, Mr. C. Mathews; Baron Vanderpotter, hlr. Neville ; Kris-
tina, Mrs. 11. Hughes ; Katryn, Miss Martin.

After which, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST. Beauty, Madame
Vestris ; Beast, Mr. Binge ; John Quill, Mr. C. Mathews.
To he folowed by the Comic Drama of FREE AND EASY. Sir
John Freeman, Mr. C. Mathews.
To conclude with a New Melodrama, entitled GALE BREEZELY ;
or, The Tale of a Tar. Mr. Allsorts, Mr. Heslop; Gale Breezely,
Mr. N. T. Hicks; Morna, Mrs. Henry Vining.
Places and Private Boxes to be had of Mr. Kerschner, at the ilex-
slice, from Eleven to Four.

The present Magnificent Representation can only be seen during the
few remaining Weeks of the Season.
THIRD WEEK OF TILE COMET.
The Brilliancy of the Pyrotechnic Finale exceeds all imagination!
The Day-light View of the Colossal Pictorial Representation, suggested
By HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT,
Is hailed with Universal Approbation.
ROYAL SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.
ON MONDAYS, TUESDAYS. WEDNESDAYS, and THURSDAYS,
Will be presented a Magnificent
MODELLED REPRESENTATION OF EDINBURGH,
The Pride of Scotland and of Scotchmen.
The Unequalled Menagerie—Giraffe and Chimpanzee.
THE MAGNIFICENT MODEL OF VENICE,
Shelving with the greatest accuracy every portion of that far-famed
City ; this wonderful Work of Art occupied seven years ill
completion, and cost 2,0001.
THE PROMENADE CONCERTS,
By the unrivalled Band ofthe Establishment, conducted by Mr. Godfrey.
At Dusk will take place the most extraordinary
EXHIBITION OF FIREWORKS EVER ATTEMPTED,
Introducing a Representation of the COMET, which takes its 'Erbil
Flight from the extreme height of the Gigantic Model; •
And, as a Finale, a Grand, Royal, and Patriotic

AQUATIC TABLEAU,
Fifty-two feet in height, will be exhibited in the Centre of the Lake
The PORTRAITS of TIER MAJESTY and PRINCE ALBERT,
Surmounted by Fame, and surrounded by Emblems and
Other Devices will be introduced.

This, combined with the Feux D'Artifice, the Salute and Discharge of
Rockets from the Castle and surrounding Heights will form the most
BRILLIANT PYROTECHNIC DISPLAY EVER WITNESSED.
The Tableau designed and executed by Mr. Danson.
Pyrotechnist, Mr. Southby.
Admission, One Shilling.
Feeding the Caraivora at llalf.past Four ; Pelicans, &c., at Five ;
Concert at Half-past Five ; and Pyrotechnic Display at a Quarter
past Eight.
On Wednesday, Sept. 17, the Royal South London Floricultural
Society will hold their Last Flower Show of the Season on the, same
extensive and Liberal scale which has characterised preceding Shows,
and which has stamped them to be equal to any in the Kingdom.

In our THIRD EDITION of this EVENING we
expect to give (by EXTRAORDINARY EXPRESS)
the account of
THE GREAT FIGHT

FOR THE
CHAMPIONSHIP OF ENGLAND.

THE WEATHER.—SUN OFFICE, SEPT. 9.
THERMOMETER, Lowest, 42; Highest, 63; Noon, 64,

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BAROMETER, 30.28.
WIND W.S.W. ; beautiful sunshiny weather.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE THIS DAY.
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