The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

PATENT SAFETY

SELF-ACTING

BRE A.K FOR RAILWAYS.
(From the Brighton Herald.)
On Monday last a series of experiments were made on
the London and Brighton line with Mr. Thornton's
patent safety self-acting break, before General Pasley ;
and they were also witnessed by R. Heaviside, Esq., W.
Seymour, Esq., Mr. Bridges, the railway coach-builder,
and other gentlemen.
The object of the inventor is, to devise a means
whereby those frightful accidents, so common of late on
railways, may be effectually prevented ; and in this we
think he has fully and completely succeeded.
We are aware that numberless plans have been sug-
gested for this purpose ; but none that we have heard of
is to be compared to Mr. Thornton's.
Amongst the dangers of railroad travelling, there are
—lst. Running off the line and over an embankment, or
a bridge, as the case may be.-2d. Two engines meeting
and dashing into each other.-3d. The blowing up of a
boiler. _ _ _

In fact, whatever danger an engine may be in, the pas-
sengers are partakers of it. As remedies, it has been
proposed-Ist. to place a luggage van always between
the engine and the carriages. 2nd. To place a waggon-
load of faggots, cotton, or of some other material, in
that position ; and beyond these clumsy contrivances we
have heard of nothing to afford protection to passengers
when an accident happens to an engine.
Mr. Thornton's plan is to have a rope (which is pre-
ferable for the purpose to either a chain or a wire rope)
attached to the tender and the first carriage, the rope
being from twenty to thirty yards long, or, if required.
much longer, as it may be coiled on a roller beneath the
carriage. The engine in this way would tow the train
along, and the engine may be either on the same line or
on another, or the same engine may tow two trains, one
on each line, along. But neither of the two latter pro-
jects is essential or important. But it will be apparent,
that, with a space of thirty yards between the train and
the engine, the latter might be dashed to atoms over en
embankment, whilst the train would escape much of the
danger.
The project, however, would be very inefficient if it
ended here. Supposing, then, a train towed along by
a rope 30 yards long, and the engine running off the
line or running against an engine coining in the oppo-
site direction, it would be necessary, to give safety to
the train, to have means of stopping it as instantane-
ously as such accidents happen, and yet not with such
a jerk as to knock the carriages with violence against
each other, to the imminent danger of the passengers.
To avoid all this, Mr. Thornton's plan is, we think,
admirably adapted, and the plan will be best understood
by describing the experiment itself.
On arriving at Hayward's Heath by the half-past 11
train, we found an engine with an old second-class car-
riage attached and fitted up on Mr. Thornton's plan, so
far as regards the: apparatus of the safety-break. We
mention that it was an old carriage, to show that it is
by no means necessary that carriages should be built
for the purpose, and that, as we learned, the whole
safety apparatus may be fixed to any carriage at an ex-
pense of a few pounds. The expense of the apparatus
itself would be reduced, as some of that now in use may
be dispensed with.
General Pasley having mounted the engine, and se-
veral gentlemen having entered the carriage, the engine
was set off at a rate of forty miles an hour towards Has-
sock's Gate, and when it arrived, still going at an acce-
lerated speed, at the 14 milestone, the rope was discon-
nected, and away flew the engine by itself, whilst the
rapidity of the carriage was gradually slackened, till,
about thirty yards from where the rope was cast off, it
came to a dead stand, but so gently as to occasion only
the slightest shock. It was a splendid experiment and
was repeated several times, once with the engine on one
line and the carriages on the other.
General Pasley and the company then accompanied
Mr. Thornton to the Hassocks Inn, where he showed
them a great number of drawings, beautifully executed,
and a model of his break and apparatus.
To describe thin;s of this kind in words is very difficult,
so as to convey a correct idea of them; but we believe
that Mr. Thornton will feel pleasure in exhibiting them
to any person. In the first place, as regards the rope.
One end, as we have already observed, is attached to
the tender ; the other to a catch, in front of the
carriage, so constructed that the guard can detach
it in an instant ; and the moment it is detached, the
dragging being no longer on the catch, it draws back,
and very simple machinery is set in action by the wheels
of the carriage itself, which compels the break to act
upon them and gradually delay their progress, until
finally, but in a few seconds, they stop. Tne invention
is exceedingly ingenious, and the experiment put its
practicability beyond doubt. The breaks, we may add,
ate always just before each of the wheels, but kept just
clear of them by the apparatus, which, in form, resem-
bles the elbow of an arm, which extends as the traction
power is removed, and as it descends the breaks press
against the wheels.
One thing is certain as regards the project, that if it
were to fail, which seems impossible, the danger will not
be, as is sometimes the case, in the smallest degree in-
creased. If the rope, for instance, were to break, no
mischief would accrue. The only possible inconvenience
would be the delay of a few minutes till the rope was
spliced, or another put in its place.
To our minds, then, it has been proved that the
means of avoiding the dangekof engines running off the

lines, or coming into collision with each other, or 0
le filers bursting, may now be avoided—at least so far of
the passengers are concerned, and in some degree as the
engineers themselves are, for they have fry
killed or maimed by the carriages crushing them when
had escaped the more immediate danger from the
ak
engine and tender. quently lgcn
Whether Directors will adopt this patent safety-bre
will a good deal depend on the public. Engineers, W. e
believe, are not very anxious to adopt any plan sot thel
own, or in which they may have no direct interest,
Directors seldom adopt plans of this kind unless recoil?'
mended by their engineers; but as safety in travelling!!
of the first importance to the public, it ought to ins's;
upon this plan (or any other, if its superiority ca° ber •
shown) being adopted. Government, we believe, 0,
the Board of Trade, which is pestered with all sorts
nonsensical ssheme.s by ignorant aed self-opiniontifo
persons, will not take upon itself the responsibility of
this
commending plans; but it opposes none. Whether tin
the
neutral conduct in the Executive Government is
the
wisest course that could be pursued, is questionable; los
at the same time, it must be admitted that, if Goveri_n;
went were to recommend a plan that should fail, tu.,
blame and responsibility would rest on it, and this it
desirous to avoid. The public, however, must and oughtl
to be protected, and if Directors and engineers will lic),
do it, application must be made by the public to t
Legislature to compel them. The means of safety, t°,_
much greater extent than that which now exists, are Die
Mr. Thornton's plan before the public, and the " Pfese°,fle
from without" will, in the end, but perhaps not till so„e—t
scare-or two more lives have been sacrificed, fctris
Directors to adopt this or some other mode of Pr°';,,,
ing passengers against those dangers which of late
produced so much apprt hension.
The safety-break, to be effective, must be attached SI
every carriage, and therefore to render the ex/ROI:0'
complete, it is necessary that it should be tried, and
~,o,
a considerable time, on some line with a train, as it,'",lo
be objected that that which may answer well for a sw,./
carriage may not be equally adapted for a long l
carriages. We believe that experience will prove s°ol
but we hope that, in crder to put the question bel°o(
doubt, the Directors of some line will have a ntunberigl
carriages fitted up with Mr. Thornton's machin, ry, i'sbe
we know of no line better adapt, d for carryiog,'o,
experiment out than that from Brighton to Shora, do
We therefore hope that the Directors of that line nil
honour to themselves by causing it to be made. -d
General Pasley and the other gentlemen Pete,
visit also to Mr. Thornton's factory at Hassocks too
and examined an engine on which Mr. Thollub,
has introduced several improvements. One is (0
stead
stitute a wheel by which the speed is regulated t 0
of the winch or handle now used. It would be liked of
wheel introduced for the steerage of a vessel inste!
er
the tiller. By another ingenious mode, the illitnegt.
could not increase his speed beyond a certain octoo
Engineers sometimes negligently lose time, :•Ild doos
fetch it up by propelling the engine at a trtioe.lcjegts
rate, which has been frequently the cause of geci
To prevent this, Mr. Thornton has introduced a
e:o•
vernor" similar to those frequently applied to °rig,
engines. This apparatus, by means of a spiral sl) nrse
can be so set that the engineer can never exceed fkOe 'to
scribed speed, us the moment he attempts Wdo 5,02
is
"governor" acts on the spiral spring, and the steeeass
let off. Another plan is in the ash hole, where, bY_AII3
of water, the heat of the chimney would be reclucTi.ssli
Gen. Pasley and all present expressed themselves a gate
gratified with these various experiments, but they
far less important than the plan for maintaining the
apd
curity of passengers at a moment when the engl°
tender may be smashed to atoms.

RAILWAY ROBBERIES. tress'
It is evident from the circumstances that have ,gl3'
pired during the recent investigations before thecste
19 0.
crates at Guildhall, that a most nefarious and 9' to sit
tic scheme of railway plunder has been carried °!1 alio;
alarming extent by a gang of chevaliers d'inclustitepie
taking advantage of the carelessness of those r,
whose duty should oblige them to be vigilant in
extreme, have become much more skilful in the tr
and self-approbation of other people's propertY °cola
own use, than any known process in law or equitiop
suggest. About three weeks ago a Mr. gairreflet
styled himself a "house and estate agent, wed r't
patient examination of facts, was fully tom a,
stand hi 3 trial, as the receiver of certain g,°`7ooriav
knowing them to have been stolen, and ellueit,rest°ei
fraudulently to procure a sum of money for the'psol
ration; and his accomplice, the actual thief, one 0 tile
Garrett (a ci-dcvatt valet of Lord Auckland) Vet'
hes bi§
criminating evidence of a host of witne:.se' of
also committed to abide the decision of a jsrlr soeiv
countrymen. This individual, who has been ijc), de°.
time under the surveillance of the Argus-ie6o,:fig, ,11:4
Live," but from his hic :Alpe mode of e115,%15
only his " local habitation," but his " name „0" at
iO
for a length of time baffled discovery, but .1/,,,--01V°,/
detected by Mr. Inspector Collard, in the neigh'Zieed,
of Lisson-green. On his lodgings being 01;60 :I
most extraordinary and heterogeneous acetonut, eves of;
articles, which would cut a conspicuous figur;.tiole ;(1
" Rag Fair," met the officer's eye, every Plistratt
which has been, with singular dexterity, a,ad bee,,`
from the various railway luggage vans that had
honoured with a visit from this eminent.. oottfOt
Now, we certainly do conceive that veil gresobli'l,o
indeed is attachable to those officials in railway etb•t ito •
ments whose especial department it is to sled, ads. -
passengers' luggage should be safely transmit
erroiott,
safely delivered up, to the proper owner a tin ,„,ec
tion of his journey •, otherwise such a series of it sP;
five pilferings could never have taken nisee'stfediler
peared, on the investigation at Guildhall on 0110
day, that one of the witnesses (Mrs. White), :la it bco
ing after Mrs. Bedingfield's luggage, %las, Soa tfetl.
" all right ;" but, on arriving in London, au,e;.oppes'fao
it was " all wrong," and the property had dose 0°,31
Now, why should the porter, or man in w,1,1°"00 ri°,ol
the goods were, venture to assert that a" ; irtvoi
without his being perfectly satisfied that OA. hi° •
case, unless he had some ulterior motive " into 4,
doing, namely, that of lulling the passengqf not
tj'r.
false security, and thereby conniving st',,„loeoC
tually aiding, the delinquent in his
suit. We do not mean to cast a Wh°,,t'e inli„
demnation on those people, but we ceeir, .f:rl
duce it, as a natural inference, from roll'
of attention to their charge, that they
great facility to the plunderer to carry his 'eel° Dil;to,
signs into effect. We would recommend W Loaf" std
tors of each railway to have every trunk, Pleee of ce•
&c., labelled with a certain number, on a Aeket gi his
or ticket, and a similar number on another t.. 14 blOO6Ol
to the owner of the property, who, on his rter'ooo
destination, should show his ticket to the rdieg 010
claim the articles marked with the correarg ming 0,
We imagine this plan, maugre the danger oft of Poi
ticket, woull add considerably to the seetillecit9,oeo
sengers' luggage; and it is one of great 51, e fre4olr,
attended with the least possible trouble. -1•100 Bole,
loss of property certainly calls loudly for refjer.
Lion of the kind to be adopted.-77ie Share,'
A
10111.,
THE WANT OF SK IL": f tbe
EARNEST OPERATIVES. 000
Every architect in practice has cause to coniPueder, er
want of skilful and earnest operatives,—men wl°) it,
the trade they profess to practice, find plea ivor itt
ercise of it, and are anxious to produce V° apr3C:ceev,.
have, before this, commented on the dedinet it r ipc
many of the constructive arts, and showed that Itters.
many of the constructive arts, and shoW' tile nu at re;
from excessive competition, which induces t",,;4ll°ollilie
require a certain quantity of work from a ntat'.olope tiel;
ference to its quality : he cannot afford to de`, woric
ability, but demands the greatest amount o'oot 60be le:
smallest space of time ;.‘ superior work and tbe
that will pass is all that he can hope to glve; boaY'
a tbe 1)10
turn! result is, that our workmen, bat ors 8
gradually " lost their cunning," and tre la f 0:4
jority of operatives now emploYed„ sot ;310 l•cif
of executing work which is at a"l agord
common way. Our bricklayers and smiths migasto9esl,e:isl,
striking example of this decline; the old ent'dea,
still lingers, though feebly, amongst other tre. thetoto re;
doltwih the masons, seems to have departed fro'ride lobat
eir work as mere labourers, and bave tl° Ptioos ; older
suit. There are, of course, many clever excePif
is is or
speak of the mass. Very glad should we b&
duce a different feeling on the subject, at too lo
minds of the rising operatives, and induce Txercise eaci
excel, and to find their chief pleasure in the f tilefroo
hibition of their skill. The earnestness
_e,ge Pect Is;
workers is figured in the following curious P.„7,i1, oketh ,
" Apocrypha The smith sitting by the wale a;',l
sidering the ironwork, the vapour of the
.„00:his beg
flesh, and he fighteth with the heat of the ,etb; is,
of the hammer and the anvil is ever in his ears, au
iri
look still upon the pattern of the thing th3eiteth tor
setteth his mind to finish his work, and Wid
perfectly."—The Builder. are°
0 aPP 04
rri 0110 P e •ra
THE ATTRACTIVE MAN.--MrS. uathsti-I,.va, of
possesses sources of entertainment as /n es her se",' piio4l.
which, in the hands of a certain individual 0, „11(1 0° we 0 0`
o rto9 10
amusement to a weary prince for a tnoll.._shitile teo,
but interesting as have been her narrative be to_ecel,tor
heard that they are likely, is this respect,,,ts"iii,eoello,
' shad, - work which • •.bout to make I,t-maa:iot yet l!tite

the shade by a work which is aL..
her pen, under the title of " The Attractiv,
3.5 not .eiot
~,
her hero be a real or imaginary personage %on of b ;reles
spired, but he is represented with the rePtita,be first; c'sitellt
handsomest man of his time—as moiling ja 14010., C00,11t:
irresistible—fortunate—and singularly accote'll'cioattnbe .`,04
portrait would apply equally well toed verY.,Ver ig or 13_,1 -s
or a very fortunate Prince, but wher ett eybere,,tellor
tractive Man," er whether we must look ell- grg- .1
will soon be ascertained through the Pages ° ~001.1
" attractive" novel. stof' or
--The re ba Da
ST. MARY REDCLIEFE, BRISTOD• . no to 0 totto,
of this justly celebrated parish church 15 loped
eik,ca
menced in earnest. The ground is to
the church, and a system Of drainage inbte)_(l-11aceasiace,?retlf
cel is to be new roofed ; the east windoivt_fitur; of Tr botta_ey;
up, is to be opened, and the external Itiare frotnitib'uttre-;
the chancel, with certain parts on either lti ~,,i,ll, e 4, li 5
to the top, including some of the beautiful,.,u., sine r,'Joho,,
and pinnacles, is to be wholly renewed. t_tnd till
re,
that the masons will now never leave the atol
f the Frj3. liP
building is restored, and the finial afroce.‘,_ 31r. i ,ower v.
is to crown the glory of this noble P'.'.l* or 01%1_ it, I
M.P., suggests that a separate subscripwc _ doeitti P i
tea
spire should be made,_ and has forwarde t a
, ilitt3tr,ote
theranc oef it.—The .Builder. A ne- lijoe-i'ito ,
EVENINGS AT HADDON fliti'D. taloa f°l. ilipse t.lia ii
work bearing the above title is anno
0_,,, theo„o..m
publication, which is likely, we underst t." ,r.!: Clams
annual competitors fur the public favor
__'....„ sirti.l,,4o.oi,
,i This IN c.-obeili,i, A
an extract from the prospectus :--
Pict." sill VI
an amount of literary interest and nited in.aott eie..o,
that has probably never before been .11_, are 1r were , os
lume.- The Illustrations (24 in nunaneV, whicbattiqutto,
by George Cattermole, Esq., the `Thole
vie
f„ bee° eO4 d!csb is
cuted expressly fur this work, and 1.7 by the 0},,,,,r11L, 0
steel, in the very finest line want:lei. the wor
cotrinio
guished artists. The literary- portion ii, , beeni_ ttau,lje
edited by the Baroness De Calabatl, the (10, p, it!cttlie
by many of the most popular writers.:_titis perg47.o Agra
living characters who compose the ara,..s who nboa 'od
several of the most celebrated Pers°nste circles'bincliaPt DIO
fashionable, the literary, and diplornarrilautentalueolr t,1316
will be issued in a rich and costly oe Gift, c ,
will form the most splendid and attract`
year
aged from the prep for i9nle Ye—

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THE THEATRES.
11r.
PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Mathfox commenced his winter season here last
evening. He has taken advantage of the short recess to
take several improvements—real improvements, inas-
much as they are conducive to the comfort of the
etlieneP. His proeramme for the season shows that the
Patronage which has hitherto been bestowed upon this
tatre has only acted as a stimulus to him to cater more
e'Reienty fur the amusement of the public. Hitherto,
theatre
ballet, and farce, have been the staples at this
Nan4tre These have not been neglected. Mademoiselle
Edgarl, is engaged as his prima donna, and a new opera. by
d Leder is promised to us. Compton, the prince
ZrEll1" 1"w cometliana, and %Vallack, the legitimate successor
istqn, still 'belongs to the cops dranvitique of the
rt "incess's, as does Mrs. Stirling, the most versatile acs-
Irleast3s ell the-stage; and, in addition to these, Charles
of and Madame Vestris are engaged. The stars
„-"' the ballet, who shone with such lustre during the last
the fn' will still continue to dazzle with their brilliancy
arse'quenters of the Princess's; and we are promzead.
ti ° the earliest novelties, tbe la. t new hallstot the : c
te :44', Le Diable a Quatre. But, in addition to all the_e
ati-Petens, tragedy will be made a principal feature at
etis theatre during the ensuing season. Macready a titt!„agecl, and on Monday next will appear for the firsti
is, ;in London since his return from America. He wil
forttnPPsrted by Mrs. Ternan, the Fanny Jarman of
Pneebt„(l;3:s, "goldenYvh, was wont, in da
4 the nit' will ' opinions;'. in fact, the Princess's
Red), Y theatre in London which can boast of a tra-
Pai. ' entnlY, operatic, and balet company. The. cam-
at 'n';as we said before,' commenced last night with two
41142'1, one called vice to Husbands, and the other sucelegn,tr (thout a Head; both of which were eminently
dit ' LI , and announced for repetaio.n amid loud plau-
,l4;4l,,,heylot of the first piece, which introduced Mr.
theat ' intng for the first time to the audience of this_
isqhre' was this :--Alice Trevor (Mrs. Stirling), the
ihe'l; terof General Leslieplr. Granby), marries, when
atnsO.-s,n)tyn. eighteen years of age, Frank. Trevor (Mr.
at
unst, 'ng). Shortly after the marriage took. place,.
outtr,°e'ssfal suitor for the hand of Miss Leslie,
her ise,".'nge for her coldness towards him, persuades
tit 4 ''"and that his wife is unfaithful to her mai.-
fe,4,14s v;
-'w, and that the cause of that unreal-
Ir'q r%et's an intimate friend of his, named De Vere.hi
etigesil!lit % that Trevor, ever alive to suspicion, ca
tssied'r the lief f,e. s Supposed seducer. They meet, and Trevor,
It.T. hi, ,_,...eilef that he has shot De
Ider Cu% and his friends, and enters a foreignservice
_`'01tt,„,..6 natio of R shl ieh. General Leslie and his
'ots-aterneve from u.sceenbes once dear to them, seeking
lia:!, tf; All ebaneeof scene, the impression of the in-
en'llenll"nye received from one who was bound by
Tim(-gekir:3' tie to be the guardian of the daughter and
. riVrter
of the parent in his• declining years.
It' Rife ~,s:i_n• Trevor is supposed to be dead both by
'Ns? -"" ter father, and the piece opens after the
Itift seven Years since
th, Trey_ since Trevor left his country and his
Z% h, or, 111 traveling, chances to visit the spot
se t' ma eta iniuNd wife and her father as their re-
th'''r and-' one of his rambles he preserves her from
R e Prt:s'er,,-: Proha.bly murder. The father not knowing
Atnad t: of his child, but anxious to testify.lns
hterj°,l" ode to Lithe individual who has. saved an object
airs'. trssuttll than life itself, invites him to his
Pr.e.' the Purn the meeting of
.Trevor and his
t at
inter at once recognises her, but . his. ? tlii„nsPioions still existing, he is determined
for 41 "Ise b
he can, and
hi e per imself as long as
Zrtils,if, Pose of trying the strength of her affection for
eanefliePis the part thouell most unsuccessfully,
11.'4 skein'ultor for her Widowed hand and heart. In colt:,isitfit hte finds that her love has ever been true to
t);s4leea his he bas been grosslyideceived by the manhe
l'lb-,,Pitte e"n's friend. Re at once declares who he is, and
tet''efiss fides-nei amidst the mutual joy of all parties.
to IQ
Is. Stirling and Mr. James Vining, was_
terler,al ws.l,.f! ', and the blunt character of the old
ter Par%
.4^ell sustained by Mr. Granby. The other
4L141' .-1(41-- Mae Without a Head, kept the house in
4,l3"Rhter at the strange and unaccountable f
ettejtahltaq Mr. Oblivious Top (Compton). The other
tii:Tiesinents of the evening were Shakspeare's comedy
tneni ,:f Znd
CPetruchiala*LThe Brigand, and the diver-
s its ourt H
T 4
°tli,,ie Plilro,
~ OLYMPIC.
floe'tful vi ua3's of the Olympic are revived. Thiss
k rebel tale
temple of the drama has alway
4ttorernnt it ad
441
4114"
y management, and under
.ladeyr
ttliqi ' l'he oPened last evening for the milt
*tor the thln'esent lessee, Miss Kate Howard, has
pr to the,,atle, and she pledges herself to r.
v'tf,"` e bola'. nigh Position which it once held in
(itshlrroanst,:,4,,to--a. pledge which, judging from there
tt The ":°' last nieht we doubt not she will -
th e Int • 0 ' • decorated; and,
nt pees eller has been entirely re .
Igreso,l4:„Tit moment the Olympic is one of the
le ::!cle -is of the metropolitan theatres. The
l'Oo.ie. entirely separated from the rest of
sii ,I ea,
-e _ the pro-
tt'eine. s° that thos who are located within
th'st b t4/,,is nnot be intruded
.on
i lite 4 4t tacked; arid a commodious bytiring-room
i'vsehlt",iss Crttvo to the private boxes, the entrance to
!Atli; 3 Jun, 4-Street The company'
114tie'itr4oh's Browne for light comedy and melo-
isa strong one.
tiku,st of ttv, "and Turnour for old men—George Wild,
_ieldw,
istle:y.._,
autrt i
ms, 14, 4"--and Cockerill for eccentrics and low
the L.-.°‘43 thsete,rli,e. g actor, Waldron, for senousacptar:tsss! e r
..rith,„, laUleS we have that delightful__ and Nist. "le, as the leading lady for melodrama, and.
di ';'llt 41Z 14
i dire egs,
~ anageress herself for soubrette parts
h'll% coonl of pr. The musical department is under the
-4
I-
4 . (4ee The piece chosen for the open-
41:eit'esnloiqto f4O?-01v0aleeAsal melodrama,, entitled The Queen of
the and4l.l,,„e' on a romantic love affair in the
'''' se th `t," the Second, between the Queen of 80-11`4+,-eN
11`4+,-eN of tes'44l of Craven, whose mansion, in which
otid ''''''ilpi the •
ki illtkr(- '..4 by Drama is
~ laid,
ti -ate ttlii, 4e stood Olympic Theatre. It is a stirring
e. on the very spot
N. II ° rarna, and was admirably supported by
the i4l,e"Vildl)B.w4Atd, bliss L. Melville, James Brolvhe
A 3 ett,,Nti;r44 Cockerill. The scenery was beautiful!
!ter .i h reag 'ficent Nothing could exceed
,1) the t- which -n • the stage.
ftqleh
iv exeeil‘s the drama was put. upon
.4.'4 illhas skeet old farce of Frightened to Death,
thQ 4c' 121111 of tentlY acted, we had a newburlesque
b;4„tsiP,„ Wh4-kalan Bede, entitled The Boyhood of
w' 'Yittted I. " saY it was written by Leman Rede,
Coat bra 4 4 "3* kiss Kate Howard as Bacchus, and
eliilete.°llll? it is needless to add that its success
r,!,,,' nehe•
.4- revious to the performance of the
'1,4 sp(4,;"' by opening address, written by Leman
I'llzi'he 110,;s11
e°Y Miss Kate Howard and George
crammed to suffocation.
Alel/h /III) r,-----------.___-__-_-__--._..______
,A," Ito ~,,,,E 'WELLS, BRIGHTON,
Itil4it-14,TG8 JUNCTION RAILWAY.
11 v 14.1. 'the title Director of October 1, 1845.)
tittl, 'a rtOtil 'Pie q a new project for making a direct N. 141," t 5 LiPbridge Wells to Brighton on. the one
Dici ahit (lastin
theother, thus giving to
4,1 til% 144 Ofthe on
t ti, ,21.1,,,f latter town, in .
11:(44,44',, tit, e'(ebanging courtesies with its fashion-
Ip',
IlionNtlnliceßreet advantage of the most direct line
llt:'11, se d with the metrolis a junction wah la% "f
tike l'eet line from London to Tunbridge
°lli ,li e ins
tetr-uls e' this -11 Y new schemes at present before
tit:ttih._ensiti aPPears to be peculiarly worthy of fa-
y tlis,, Witherattion, inasmuch as it is not only in
:chili,„;
qv ado the direct principle; but,
.at the same
Jt IN *3 this Ton rational principle of great.._
1,,:,1:1 hit:RA(44 ,thearries it out consistently with supply
1, tN) 8, 4 e entire district traversed by tho pro:
44 •• Ptil e°rom •
Itli NI qia h, . ()dation to ono of the richest and
Ft:tOe Wertlons of the country. The line from
,tlt Ipigiii oval liuStings will be about twenty-six
•t‘E. 1 '2d ; i • •
Peio, littrst nas course will touch the towns of
God 4 -`'rtsb ! Larnberhurst, Etchinghana, Hurst-
k4 rinio ridge .
44v4. hi as being' Whatlington, and Battle,. i..tspro
ktifi hSt4t, 3 also ~, at the western extremity of Has-
or_ kIOY, ~,°F nil r,°osed, we understand, to extend the
Z3t it: `1• S 48.114 e to the inhabitants of Wiachilsea
thtNtio' a itta 'Pelt from a point near Battle. By a
4. lir tl orh1) it
NI Nl. ig iijectotiot fail to be perceived that, by
I"it t' ly nte ith ,at Point taking up the course of
tlti.ts tells, the bent to be ina4e from London to Tun-
N 4 kreit3tigs,r:,oYill be completed a continuous rad-
htst„e.'nstrt,„”",leb, when its proposed harbour and
).,C,,p,
4-404 10 •tteu, must become the most convenient
1,441c1.,,„ Itea,4. e Channel, on the route to P.aris,
.bly
it'll 44, ;kit., This company's Brighton line wi 1,
IN tisit al, 114 4 direct course, passing Mayfield,
ptc3tli h:i'vith tis el, (1, Little Horsted, to Lewes, where it
lON t ng ,hoge lite from that town to Brighton—its
'stiot.f the
company
twenty-two miles. That the whole
rnliztoY is a good one there can be no
T(ji;,,
'l,l'' h. (I,olb—,Jtts STRAITS.
it At, -.re L - ...e Det,
ial tire,, eeett , wper/ Independent.)
NIN ° extr fr0,,,,.,P1y
„th i;' Sili "LS m the
favoured with the following
Iv 140; P Ply , letter of an, o.fficer of. her
,441,.e 1,1 ;... , written at Port Essington, New
71414' tont I.llr b
,),ti'. til -voing a
#aga Oil the 12th January, for Torres
11,413 Y, ,i',.l, 1'41111,1:L. Port Essington on our way. In
glei,4l(l, N t,b,, rose detached from us to proceed to
41N 01.1111(1 w: Barrier Reef and east coast of New
n,4 kJ, dew /Ynt to survey a art of the south
),,41,,4ij7tt°01.;t1:7,7 tl9isipriaetea•ls_pn. the- 2clpMay the pinnace
I, Mt ai„ V, the ,_"eu from the ship to survey in
dare pro 'Ne Shoal
water bein too to
t I'4l' vessel • g extensive
tiJ% 5 4t, 3. Lei getting close enough to do the
til'itlici ben
theirs,l' fond of boat cruises, I obtained
illd h !Ilip. "4„ fn days We had provisions for six
hilt :Ir. o 'illicit
,-.Y3 were over, we were to return
11,kh t.'kt 444, tli, ix''''tieltither came en and we failed to
i,"llaslais to 4 bread dY, having only two pounds of
silt / t 4. bear dust (for fifteen men) we thought it
i ttP12,1,, LINN!). 41) for a ti.5,4 tad 1 ~ sotueth, place where there was a cer-
'lnstey I„ef a sti,ttlitngto ea Providentially the
kt i 19:iteil '4l for supply ofdproi and water
\lt'll
IvIki:114.
Itpevpopie,
wthheo aus.tenance of any distressed
of succeed in reachingm.
r?, ktur,,,"'' O i-a 4PWards
lip red 0 'Agin°, ;._
~ 220 miles off to the S. vv )
'
I,l,clatity:lr wat,.: :_ll the shape of a chart to guide us.
,:11 (1,,,,, vyllieli
wauwever, and after six days of suf-
qth ehp ocezt
~ e bed searcel- anything to eat, and
ktlt.tittb'4ilerttribl.l l't 41110"obt,, e,.'l2,taY• two hours aground- o:nt. ae
th:er ii 4 rain ..)• legged. .7 .11.),,I rid on the evening of h
ri.Pl lopi ' aNI 41,„ TY 0 found here plenty of salt
iiistl,Y Ninttg ten g'i.sa i hundred weight of biscuit.
stall dad 1,-
eh st,,..tal 1,- ss thr , a anxious expectation that
' .0 ... ouga and ;L.
1514 *l4 look otne Bo r , pick us up, our. pro-
tr tti lll,ll °lit cor
eauce as to render a ad-
-0 t1:1)Y (4115 Next pht,,... another;upy Port Easing-
-1;4 tit and, 0; Portunately a merchant vessel
Nlet%ll, 01,‘',1,11,,.11 frZtil W1.,..,,b,0arded her, and obtained a
ti.rs f -iurt, we haul( k to Port E-sington. On
tso, lap, Or ca,,„_, up the gig in a caire, and
1,4.4kN401t);11,11.11 thePh4`ol:e B.ifackwood, telling him of our
tts„
tp,tl(4il44elr4hotioith.e:lttitthos ktel
It 1 1
a:0
eih:_lih;%,:tt
ids
_ast twe,a(eatei,
nf
wdt Fe)eel, yns:l,i Fs
nun lii ti II
f,
thlt
roe
ruP)c
ohhretaitnEßs
sotiohnbtgyn.
here, God be praised,
--40 e or roururlhe 2d of June, having been
days 011. an allowance of two

ounces of bread dust, and one pound of salt meat a day.
Here we were treated in the most hospitable manner by
the officers. Quarters were allotted to us on shore
, and we lived at the garrison mess. By the by, I have not
told you who were in charge of our boats. They were
liar vey and Pym. Other strange things have occurred ;
two or three days after we left Booby Island, two ship-
wrecked crews arrived there within a few hours of each
other, they saw the letters we had left, and one party was
not long in following our example, and you may judge of
our surprise, and that of the other good,folks at Port
Essington. on perceiving a large boat with evidently a
vhipwrecked crew in her, come spanking up the harbour.
They told us a large party were still on Booby Island,
and while I write there is a schooner coming into port
full of people, most likely the very party. The names of
the two vessels wrecked are the Hyderabad and Coringa
Packet. The most melancholy event is connected with
the latter vessel; she was wrecked on a reef encircling a
sand bank, some hundreds of miles outside the Barrier
reef, and never before seen. Her boats were not able
to bring a!1 the crew, so 22 (all sepoy s) were left behind
on the sand bank. They have provisions enough left
with them to last six months with proper economy, but
their situation is certainly not an enviable One. Per-
haps it will be a job for the Prince George to lick them
off, but the sandbank is directly in the wind's-eve from
this, and it will be a hard tug to get there. The two
wrecked crews now in Port Essington (for this schooner
proves to have the .remainder from Booby Island on
board) are 76 in number, making with our boats' crew
and officers, a total number of 91 British subj,cts, a cir-
cumstance which of itself shows the value of this esta-
blishment even as a place of refuge alone.
" 11th June.—The Fly has not yet made her appear-
ance—perhaps she will not touch here at all—if so a
report will be made of our loss, and it is for this reason
I write, particularly at the present moment, to relieve
you from the anxiety such a report would occasion. I
shall write you more particulars by the next convey-
ance. It the Fly does not come we shall go to rejoin
her at Sydney by some other conveyance."

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TRIAL FOR MURDER IN FRANCE.
On the 27th of March last, Mme. Sat;val, a widow in
the 88th year of her age, living at Petit-Montrouge,
was found dead in her apartment, with a severe wound
on the back of her head, and other contusions and
and bruises about her person, which led to a suspicion
that she had been murdered. She resided in an apart-
ment of the house of a married man with two children,
named Saulnier, a clerk in the Marie of the Ist atron-
dissement of Paris, who, in consideration of I,ooofr.
paid by her to him, granted her an annuity of 100 f. a
year, which was paid by him partly in giving her the
apartment at the rate of 60f. a ye: r, although it was
well worth 250 f. per annum, and in regularly handing
to her the remaining 40f. in cash. The Saulnier family,
who were very old friends of the deceased, were her
only attendants, as she had no servant, and also supplied
her gratuitously with fruit or vegetables from their gar-
den. They, however, had every reason to believe that
they would be more than remunerated by her will, as she
was known to have at her disposal some little property de-
rived from her savings. This interest in her death and the
other circumstances we are about to relate, first induced
a suspicion that she had been murdered by Madame Saul-
nier, at the instigation, or at least with the knowledge and
connivance, of her husband. They were arrested, exami-
nations were taken, and, finally, they were committed to
take their trial for wilful murder, which commenced on
Friday last before the Court of Assizes, and was con-
tinued till Sunday night. The prosecution was con-
ducted by M. Glandaz, the Advocate-General, and the
prisoners were defended by Messrs. Cremieux and Blot-
Duquesne. The facts and circumstances on which the
accusation was founded and supported were, in addition
to the knovm interest the prisoners had in the death of
Mine. Sauval, that about ten on the morning of the fatal
day, Mme. Sauval went out of her apartment into the
village, and bought some salad and a bundle of wood,
which latter purchase a lad carried home immediately
afterwards, and sawed into pieces in her presence in her
dining-room, and then left her ; since which time she
was not seen outside of her door, nor was any stranger
seen to enter her apartment. About half-past two o'clock
Mme. Saulnier sent :her daughter, a girl twelve years
old, up to Mine. Sauval, who lived on the first floor, to
thread ber needle according to custom, and asked whether
she wanted anything, but although the girl knocked
so loud that some of the other tenants came out of
their rooms to inquire what was the matter, no answer
was given by Mme. Sauval, nor did her little dog bark,
as it usually did on such occasions. At fire o'clock her
girl, Esther Saulnier was sent up again, made the same
noise, but still without any answer. Soon afterwards,
Mme. Saulnier went down to the porter, and requested
him to come and see what had happened to Mme. Sauval,
as she, Mme. Saulnier, could perceive through a window
that she was lying on the floor of her dining-room.
Having received from Mine. Saulnier a second key of
Mme. Sauval's outer door, which she always kept that
she might enter when she pleased, Lereux the porter
went in and found the poor old woman lying lifeless,
but still warm, on the floor of the dining-room, with
her head against a chest of drawers in a small pool of
blood, which had issued from a wound at the back of

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the skull. Mine. Saulnier took no steps whatever on
hearing this report from Lereux, but waited till the
return of her husband, who went to the proper authori-
ties to give the usual notice of the death, preparatory to
the interment, but as he stated the circumstances of the
case, the magistrate caused a regular inquest to be
taken. The medical man called in to make the autopsy of
the body reported that the death must have been caused by
blows with a blunt instrument, for, independent of the
wound in the head, there were other injuries about the per-
son, which not only proved this, but showed that the de-
ceased] had made some resistance. In various parts of
the apartment were found money, and securities for
money, and also a small quantity of plate, in situations
evidently chosen by the deceased, nor was there the
slightest tokens of any robbery having been committed.
There were no marks of blood on the face, or any other
part of the person or clothes of the deceased, nor even
upon the cap, which was found on her head, and, there-
fore, on the conviction of a murder having been perpe-
trated, it was presumed that the guilty person had
changed the dress of the deceased after the deed was
done, having first washed away all the blood, which
must have been shed on the floor, except the compara-
tively small quantity that was near the head, and then
laid the body in the position in which it was found, in
order to give the idea that Mme. Sauval had dropped
down in a fit, and killed herself by striking her head
against the drawers. It was reported that the deceased
had shown discontent at being so far from her friends in
Paris, and intimated an intention to remove, and this
was imputed to the Saulniers as an additional motive for
their cruel act, fearing that her Paris friends might
induce her to alter her will, and thus deprive them of the
benefit they expected from it. It was further declared
that the statement of Mine. Saulnier that she had seen
the deceased lying on the floor of her dining-room was
false, as it was, from the situation of the two apartments,
impossible. In the course of the cross-examination of
the witnesses much of this presumptive evidence was
completely rebutted, and much rendered at least very
doubtful. On the part of the prisoners it wss shown that
none of the clothes of the deceased, supposed to have
been worn by her when killed, had been found, nor could
there be traced the slightest bruise- or scratch on the
person of Mine. Saulnier, from the struggle which the
medical men stated must have taken place when the deed
was done, nor the smallest spot of blood upon any of the
garments of Mme. Saulnier which she had on at the
time ; nor was it attempted to be proved by any evi-
dence that she had quitted her own apartment from the
time when Mme. Sauval returned with the wood till the
discovery of her death. Mme. Saulnier accounted for her
not giving her daughter the second key, to go into the
deceased's apartment, by affirming that this key was never
used but when Mine. Sauval was too ill to come and
open the door herself. It was further proved that the de-
ceased was liable to fits, had fallen down in them before,
and had been kindly and attentively nursed by Mme.
Saulnier. A number of witnesses gave most excellent
characters to both the prisoners, and the notary, who
made the deceased's will, distinctly deposed that, whatever
they might have expected, neither the Saulniers nor any
one else knew the dispositions she had made of her pro-
perty, and that what she did give to that family was for
the children, and not to either of the parents. Notwith-
standing the evidence for the prosecution was so much
weakened and shaken, the Advocate-General strenuously
insisted in his requisitory that the case was proved, and
called for the conviction of both prisoners. The counsel
for M. and Mine. Saulnier exerted themselves with great
zeal and judgment in their behalf throughout the arduous
proceedings of three long successive days, and delivered
most eloquent addresses to the jury. The pleadings
and summing up of the President were not concluded
till half•past ten o'clock on Sunday night, when the
jury retired, and after remaining half an hour, returned
and delivered a verdict of Not Guilty in favour of both
prisoners upon every count of the indictment.—
Galignani.

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RIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1400,000/., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
_ _

The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor,
The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., f, 52 0
Tilney-street, Park•lane,
The Thal. Robert Gore, M.P.
Bates, Edward, Esq., 3, Union-place,
Clift, James, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, a'
Coupe, Henry Co', Esq., Goldhang,r, Mallon, Essex
itzgerahl, Charles, Esq., Charles-street, St. James, c cg 0
Mackml lan, James, Esq., Southampton, - I 73
Pocock, Lewis, Esq., F.R.S., Montague-street, Russell-square, J
Willes, George, Esq., idungerford-park,
Sir William Wynn, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall, Directors of
Hughes, Iluzires William, Esq., late MF. for the Oxford,
Oxford, High Sheriff of Hants, and Alderman of Southampton,
the City of London, Gosport and
Humphrey, John, Esq., M.P., Alderman of the Portsmouth
City of London, Railway
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Directors of the
Chiey, Thomas, Esq, Upper Gower-street, (Rugby,Warwick,and
Greig, Alexander, Esq., Lowndes-street, Bel- Worcester
grave-sq.iare, hLdl way
Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester " Directors of
Gutch, John 31., Esq., banker of Worcester Remington's
King, William, Esq. London and
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq , banker, Bedford Manchester
Trapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford, .1 Direct Railway
Croft, Major, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman
The 13orouglireeve of Manchester
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place
Johnson, Richard, Esq., Moorgate-street
Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James's-square,
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook's
Club
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., London and Macclesfield
Harris, Samuel, Esq., iromnaster, Dudley
Lea, John W., Esq., Worcester
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbourne
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London,
Atkinson, J.R.W., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds Directors of the
Wheelton, John, Esq , late Sheriff of London, Leicester and Bed.
Meopham Bank,'Ponbrielge ford Railway
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Chairman
Sir Win. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Der-
byshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull
Brindley, Thomai, Esq., Uttoxeter
Cumberlege, A. N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's
Park
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Syston Hall, Sudbury,
Suffnlk,
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Askew Villa
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, West-
bourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens
The Sheriff of York
Crokett, Thomas, Esq., Cannock
Allen, Robert, Esq., Sergeant-at-law, Sergeant's Inn
Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Smith. G. W., Esq., Harbury-hall, Sheffield
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman •
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall
Hamilton, Frederick William, Esq., 59, Gloucester-
place
Fite's, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace,
Carter, Richard Hodges, Esq., Sherborne House, Directors
Gloucester, Deputy-Chairman of the
Cowles, John Frederick, Esq., Gloucester Gloucester
Heane, Robert, Esq., Gloucester and
Trot-Ler, Caleb, Esq., College-green, Glouceiter Dean
Walker, David Mowbray, Esq , Magistrate for Forest
the City of Gloucester Railway
Avery, Thomas Charles, Esq., GioucesterlDirectors of the Worces-
Fox, Henry, Esq., Gloucester ter, Hereford, and Glou-
Jones, George, Esq., Gloucester cester Railway
Directors of the
Barry, John David, Esq., Paris and London (
Tours, Orleans,
Mackenzie, William, Esq., Paris and London and Bordeaux
Railway
Directors of the
Galway ant
Ennis Gran
Junotlonßal
way

Directors of the
Chester
and Manches-
ter Railway

Directors of
the East and
West Junetiois
Railway

Directors of the
Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Wor-
cestershire
Junction

Directors of
the Leeds,
Huddersfield,
Shetrield, and
South Staf-
fordshire
Railway

Directors of
the York and
Lancaster
Railway

The lion. William Dawson, Parkstoue-lodge, Poole
Gernon, James, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-
Chairman
Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-
square,
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., Chairman, Director of
the NaVonal Bank of Ireland, St. John's Wood,
Rec'ent's-park,
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman, Bedford
Hamer, Samuel, Esq., General Post-office, and
Southampton-row, Russell-square
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, Carl-
. ton Villas, Paddington,
Wardle, Henry, .Esq„ Macclesfield
The Count Morel, Hereford-street, Park-lane
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Thomas William Gage, Westbury-houso, IVestmeon,
Petersfield
The Hon, Edward Jenfingham
Major-Gen. Sir Francis Cockburn, Dqver
Major-Gen. Sir Love, Parry, Jones Parry, K.C.8., Madryn, Carnar-

Directors of the
Cork and
Fermoy Di-
rect Railway

vonshire, Director of the Direct East and West Junction Railway
Adair, Maj., Director of the Church of England Assurance Company
Anderton, James, Esq., Bridge-street, Blackfriars
Afllree, John, Esq., Brighton
Attree, Thomas, Esq., Queen's Park, Brighton
Arnett, John, Esq., Cloisters, GlOucester
Arnold, Thomas James, Esq., Sergeants' Inn, Temple, revising bar-
rister for the City of London
Bear, Capt., Porchester-place, Connaught-square
Beech, James, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
Bradley, Lieutenant John, R.N., Marine Villa, Gloucester
Brightman, John, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the

Direct Northern Railway
Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoe
Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashhy-de-la•Zouch
Brown, George, Esq., Twyning-park, near Tewkesbury
Brookes, William Philpotts, Esq., M.D., Albion-house, Cheltenham
Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner of the County
Buseneek, Charles, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street
Chambers, William, Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshire
Chulow, W. W„ Esq., 12, Selwood-place, Brighton
Cottle, M. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei-
cester Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Lilingstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff of
Bucks, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Dowling, John, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester
Dowling, James Henry, Esq., Langford-house, Gloucester
Elliott, John, Esq., Beaufort-buildings, Spa, Gloucester
Etwall, William, Esq., Stockbridge, Hants
Everitt, Henry Yarburgh, Esq., Brighton
Fureer, Robert, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London
Farncombe„ Mr. Alderman
Fladgate, Francis, Esq., Brompton - •
Freeman, Thomas, Esq., Brighton
Gates, George, Esq., Steyning
Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire,
Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Greene, The Rev. Hadden, Vicar of Rogate, Petersfield
Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Railway
Hale, The Rev. William, Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
Haynes, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Heaviside, Richard, Esq., Brighton
Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Henry, J., Esq. Chichester
Ingram, Hugh, Esq., Steyning, magistrate for Sussex
Jenkins, Henry, Esq., 47, Woburn-place, Russell-square
Jervis Swynfen, Esq., Whitehall-place, Staffordshire
Jones, Anthony Gilbert, Esq., Heathcrley Court, near Gloucester, Di-
rector of the Direct Brecon, Abergavenny, and Monmouth Railway
Jones, Samuel, Esq., Director of the Cheltenham and London Direct
Railway.
Lacy, Henry, Esq., Petersfield, Banker
Lyon, James, Esq., Dangstein, near Rogate, Petersfield
Macaulay, Captain, R. E , Cheltenham
Martineau, Joseph, Esq., Basing Park, Alton
Mercer, Major-General, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square
Manwaring, John, Esq., Eagle Hall, Pately Bridge
Mas?ary, Thomas, Esq., Norbury Hall, Ashbourne
31`Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the
Indian Peninsular Railway
Murray, George, Esq., Chichester
Nadin, Joseph, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire
Nadin, Nathaniel, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire
Nerecher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville
Norton, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, near Huddersfield, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union
Parking-son, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Director of the
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Paul, Robert John, Esq., Portland-house, Worthing, Gregshot-park,
Stroud, and 218, Strand, London
Hugh Penfold, Esq., Annington, Sussex
Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Price, the Rev. Thomas, Llarothel
Proctor, the Rev. Dr., Chichester-house, Kemp-town, Brighton
Purchas, John, Esq., London-road, Gloucester
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway
Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen., C. 13., Shirley-house, Southampton
Smith, G. W. Esq., Harbury Hall, Sheffield
Seymour, Frederick, Esq., St. James's-square, Director of the Lou-

don an Nottingham Railway
Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and

Lincolnshire Railway . .
Stock, Henry, Esq., Bedgellert, N.W., Director of tha Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro
Vaughan, John, Esq„ merchant, 26, Austin-friars
Waddington, J. Horsey, Esq., Langrush-house, Peters&ld
Watkins, Robert, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing
Whitchurch, James, Esq., South-cliff, Nettley Abbey, Hants
Williams, Benjamin, Esq„'banker. Whitehall
• West, Thomas, Esq., Banker, Brighton
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Di-

rector of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Yzarn, J. Borwick, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey.

ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq ,
ASSISTANT Ertoirmmt—Henry Wrigg, ESQ.
SOLICITORS.

Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Gclden-square, London ; John
Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS— !dews. Attree, Clarke, and M‘Whinnie,
Brighton.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Mitchell, Esq., Peterstield
Messrs. Bailey and Wickham, Winchester.

THE SUN LONDON TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 7, 1845.

number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the reguiations of
the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay, when re-
quired, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in full .. • • ...... •••••• • • • • • • ...... •• ••
Profession and Professional Residence in 11111 .. • •
Private Residence In full •••• • • •• •' •
Usual Signature ...... .......• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Reference .... •
Offices, 34, Moorgate. •.••••••••••••••••••••

BRIGHTON and CHELTENHAM DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The OFFICES of this COMPANY are REMOVED to 34, Moir
gate-street.
October 6, 1845

FREDERICK PENNY, Secretary.

BRIGHTON and CHELTENHAM DIRECE
RAILWAY.
No further APPLICATIONS for SHARES in this COMPANY can
be RECEIVED after MONDAY NEXT, the 13th instant.
FREDERICK PENNY, Secretary.
Company's Office, 34, Mobrgate-street.

PONTEFRACT, DONCASTER, IV ORKSOP,
and MANSFIELD JUNCTION RAILNVAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 900,000/.; in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The Hon. Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P.
C. Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Paris and Strasburg
Railway
W. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P.
The lion. A. Capel, Epping
The Hon. A. F. Berkeley
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., High Sheriff of Bucks, Lillingstone Dayrell,
Chairman of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Railway
Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P.
Hon. Robert Gore, M.P.
Charles Mlle Bracebrldge, Esq., The Hall, Atherstone Chairman of
the Leicester and Birmingham and Boston, Stamford and Bir-
mingham Railways
Sir Andrew P. Green, K.C.H.,.Director of the Australasian, lonian,
and Canadian Banks
The Hon. Stafford Jentingham
The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Lyons-castle, Kildare, Director of the Groat
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
William Chance, Esq., Birmingham, Deputy-Chairman of the Leices-
ter and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford and Birmingham
Railways
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart,
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grantelly Castle
Hon. Colonel Westenra, M.P.
En, Kilburne4util, Derbyshire;
Henry Fotheringhay Hunter,
Directs of the Midland Union, and Great Grimsby, Gainsborough,
and Derby Railways
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Robert Ramsden, Esq., Carlton-hall, Worksop
John Joseph Shuttieworth, Esq., Hodsock-park, Notts
George Calvert Holland, Esq., Director of the Huddersfied and
Manchester, and Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railway, and De-
puty Chairman of the Wakefield and Harrowgate Railway
John Brearly Payn, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leicester
and Birmingham and Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Railways
John Phillips, Esq., Mayor of Pontefract
Major Bilbee, Nettleworth-hall, Mansfield, Magistrate of the City
of Derby. and Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railways
Samuel Haines, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leicester and
Birmingham and Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railways
Edward Middleton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of_ the Leicester
and Birmingham and Boston, Stamford -and Birmingham
Railways
William Freer, Esq., Atherstone, Director of the Leicester and Bir
mingham, and Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railways
Frederick Wollaston, Esq., Sleepy, near Atherstone, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham and Boston, Stamford and Bir-
mingham Railways
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Director of the Ritgby, Leamington,
and Warwick Railway
Rev. W. S Cur-ham, Mansfield
Charles Lindley, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham and
Mansfield Railway
John George Norbury, Esq., 3fancetter-house, Atherstone, Director
of the Leicester and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford and Bir-
mingham Railways
Martin Furniss, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham and
Mansfield Railway
Samuel Watkins, Esq., Forest-hill, Worksop, Director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Railway
I. W. Spurr, Esq., Wigthorp, Worksop
Robert Newbold, Esq. (firm Joseph Rodgers and Sons), Sheffield
R. P. Hanvood, Esq., M.D., Director of the Wakefield and Harrow-
gate Railway
Join Rodgers, jun., Esq. (firm Joseph Rodgers and Sons), Sheffield
John Ward, Esq., 3fachon Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Great
Grimsby and Sheffield Railway
Sidney Roberts, Esq., Dial-house, Loxley, Sheffield
Robert Mitchell, Esq., merchant, Sheffield
Henry Unwin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Hudder&
field, and Great Grimsby Railway
Frederick Hunt, Esq. (firm Robert Hunt and Co., carriers), Sheffield
Richard Truswell, Esq., brewer, Sheffield
The Hon. Major Napier, Rugby •
Samuel Hurt, Esq., Mansfield
William Chambers, Esq., corn-merchant, Doncaster
Dr. James H. Simpson, magistrate for the borough of Pontefract
Edwin Unwin, Esq., Managing Director of the Sheffield Gas Com-
pany
Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the South Staf.
fordshire Junction, Leicester and Tamworth, Tring and Reading,
and Basingstoke, and Derby and Crewe Railways
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
A. Betteridge, Esq., 4, Devonshire-terrace, Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, and Horncastle Railways
Thomas Mark Carter, Esq., Woolgreeves-house, Sanslall, Magna
Pontefract
Joshua Skidmore, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Hull and Holy-
head Railway
Henry May, Esq. (firm Smith and May, brewers), Oldcoats,
Worksop
John Gulley, Esq., Aekworth-park, Pontefract
Joseph Birley, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster
Abraham Wheatcroft, Esq., Cromford, Derbyshire
Wm. Green Armytage, Esq.. Lockwood, Huddersfield
Joseph Brooke, jun., Esq., Green-head, Huddersfield
Phineas Franklin; Esq., Shantilla, Galway
Charles Fitzwilliam Hannan', Esq., Clixby Manor-house, Colston,
Lincolnshire
John Jephson Rowley, Esq., Rowthorne, Mansfield
Robert Smith, Esq. (firm Smith, and .May, brewers), Oldcoats,
Worksop
James Scott, Esq., Worksop
Samuel Sketchley, Esq.' merchant, Worksop
John Miller, coal merchant and maltster, Worksop
William Shadbolt, Esq., Chairman of the Greenwich Railway, and
Director of the London Joint-stock Bank
Henry Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of
the Great Manchester Railway
William Rothery, Esq., 10, Stratford-place, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside, and Leyton, Essex, Director of the
Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
William Morley. Esq.. Director of tho Dow. and Doncaster Railway
Rev. G. A. Walker, Huddersfield, Director of the Goole and Don-
caster Railway
W. Wood, Esq., Director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway
C. James Heath, Esq., London-street, Fenchurch-street, Director of
the Great Manchester Railway
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate-wharf, London, Director of
the Goole and Doncaster Railway
David Mountague, Esq., Regent's-park, Director of the Great Man-
chester Railway
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Great Man-
chester Railway
Samuel Ellis Bristow e, Esq., Beesthope-hall, Newark, Director of the
Grand Junction and Midland Union Railway
Herbert Ingram, Esq., Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and
B, Amalgamatedßoroßuagilh"r'eaeyve of Manchester, and Director of
Joosßtounrg ess
,Esq
the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Amalgamated Railway
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Amalgamated Railway
James Gernan, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Galway and Ennis
Grand Junction Railway
Lieut.-Col. Eirington, Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Jacob Mentefiore, Esq., Chester-terrace, Belgrave-square
John Parkins" Esq., F.It.S.. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, Di-
rector of the South Midland and Northampton and Banbury
Railway
Edward Baxter, Esq., merchant, Worksop
ottingharnshire Banking EEs
(Is ,
Nottingham merchant, a Worksopnd
Robert Henry Carr, Esq.,
Com-
pany, Worksop
James Drabble, timber-merchant and builder, Carlton, Worksop
William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, Deputy-Lieutenant and Ma-
gistrate of the West Riding of Yorkshire
William Moorhouse, Esq., Knottingley, Pontefract, Director of th e
Sheffield, Barnsley, and Wakefield Railway
John Carter, Esq., Knottingley, Pontefract
Thomas Routledge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract
George Green, Esq., Pontefract
Thomas Carter, Esq., J.P. of the Borough of Pontefract
James Robson, Esq., J.P. of the Borough of Pontefract
Adam Jessop, Esq., Castle Ford, Pontefract •
William Clarke, Esq., Ackworth, Pontefract
Major-General Wright, It E., Director of the Great London and
Dublin Railway
'fames Russell, Esq., 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director
of the Great London and Dublin Railway
Francis Evart, Esq. Temple
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, Berwickshire, Director of
the Grand Junction and Midland Onion Railway
John Weston, Esq., Director of the Great 3fanchester and South-
ampton Railway
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Voctors' Commons, Director of the Grard
Junction and Midland Union Railway
W. W. Prole, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction and Midland Union
Railway
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction and Midland
Union ItailWay
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction and Midland
Union Railway
James Macmillan, Esq., Director of the Southampton and Oxford
Junction Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Temple, Director of the Warwick and Wor,

. ,
tester Railway
Thomas Hawker, Esq., Gloucester and Aberystwith Railway
W. Tulloch Frazer, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Di-
_ ._

rect Railway
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly, Director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Junction Railway
Ridout Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Samuel Barwick Bruce, Esq., M.D., Ripon, Yorkshire, Director of the

Barbadoes General Railway
T. R. Thelluson, Esq., Hyde Park-street
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of London
James Simpson, Esq., Foxbill Bank, Accrinton, late Director of the
Manchester and Leeds Railway
Joseph Snowe, Esq., Barrister-at-law, llanover Cottages, - Regent's

Park •
Simeon Musgrove, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds, Director of tho Mid-
land and Thirsk Railway
Benjamin Hardwicke Teale, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Manchester
Southampton, and Poole Railway
Christopher Itumbold Meltzer, Esq., Leeds
George Johnson, Esq., Mansfield
William Gethen, Esq., Mansfield
John Calthorpe Williams, Esq., M.D., Nottingham
John Jessop, Esq., Lockwood, Huddersfield.
MANAGING COMMITTER.
Lord THOMAS PELHAM CLINTON, Chairman
W. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P.
Hon. Cecil Lawless N. W. Prole, Esq.
G. Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D. Benjamin Franklin, Esq.
Robert Newbold, Esq. Joseph Snowe, E,3q.
Henry Unwin, Esq. Jacob Monteflore, Esq.
Thellu
R. son
R. P. Harwood, Esq., M.D. T. , Esq.
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq. J. Jordeln, Esq.
Frederick Ricketts, ESQ.
J. N. Spelicn, Esq., Honorary Secretary,
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co.
Pontefract and Doncaster—Messrs. Leathern, Tew, and Co.
Worksop, Mansfield, and Nottingham—The Nottingham and Not-
tinghamshire Banking Company
Sheffield—The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Macneill
TORS and James Thompson, E sq.
SOLICI.
William
Unwin, Esql Sheffield.
Bickley Esq.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—MeSsrS. Deans, Dunlop, and
Hope,
Fludyer-street, Westminster.
LotiDon AGENTS—Messrs. Thomson and Debenham, Salters' Hall.
St. Swithen's-lane, London.
LOCAL LAW AGENTS.
W. E. Carter, Esq., Pontef
William Moffatt, Esq., Doncaster
John Wkall, Esq., IVorksop
Arthur John Cursham, Esq., Mansfield.
Temporary Offices, No. 1, RoYal Exchange Buildings.
This undertaking is projected by influential local interests to supply
the requirements of tile above important district; and a reference to
the map will show that it will also complete the communication be-
tween York, Leeds, and the intermediate towns in the most direct
course with London. The surveys have been made by Sir John Mac-
neill and James Thompson, Esq., and the country is found to be fa.
Ps, no line of such
vourable to the construction of a railway, and to require her tun-
nels nor heavy embankments; and there is, perha
importance which could be constructed at comparatively so small en
expense as the sum named in the estimate.
The length of the line will be but about thirty-nine y-nine miles
y
; and b
means of this short link, in connexion with existing projects from
Nottingham, a saving will be effected between Leeds and the metro-
polis exceeding thirty miles.
It will commence at the projected terminus of the Wakefield, Pon
tefract, and Goole Railway, at Pontefract, and from thence. proceeti
through Doncaster, Tickhill, and Worksop, to the terminus of the
Diensfield, and Midland Counties Railway, at Mansfield
thereby completing, by means of the York and North Midland Rail-
way, the shortest route from York to Nottingham and London. It
will also, by the proposed extension line of the Wakefield, Pontefract
and Goole, from the York and North Midland, near 3lethley, ionn
the nearest line betvveen Leeds, Nottingham, the Midland and South-
ern Counties, and by tile Goole and Doncaster line, an uninterrupted
communication with Goolo and the shipping ports of the Humber.
It will also form a means of communication with the several pro_
jected lines, to the rising port of Great Grimsby.
It is a remarkable feature in this line, that there is no competing
scheme, nor does it at all interfere with any ornamental or residen-
tial property.
It is not considered essential to enter into the details of traffic+ ; the
value of the lines in the district, in that respect, is a sufficient test of
its sztent, in addition to,which, the railway will becalm the recipient

of much of the northern traffic, arising from the numerous branches
with which it is connected.
A preference will be given in the allotment to the shareholders in
the adjacent
Application for shares may be made in the usual form, to the Se-
cretary; solicitors; Messrs. Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall,
London, and to the local agents, and the following brokers : —London,
Taunton and Bush, Austin-triars ; Mr. H. Pritchett, 74, Old Broad-
street ; and Mr.T.C. Monday, 17,:lioyal Exchange (eastern entrance),
Messrs.: Price and Brown, Change-alley. Shefileld—George Radon,
jun. Manchester—Messrs. Hope and Rostrum. Liverpool—Messrs.
Schultz and Carr. Leeds—Messrs. Rid elate, Myers, and Ridsdale.
Hull—Messrs Wilkinson and Earl. Wakefield—Messrs. Ridsdale
and Rogers; Nottingham —Mr. Wakefield ; and Pontefract—Mr.
Frltb.

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station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as
possible to I lolylicad
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns:
—Rickmansworth, Cheshiun, Wendover, and Aylesbury; it will then
Proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Bromegrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury; it will thence con-
tinue its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale
of the River Vyrnwy, will proceed to Llan-y-mynech, Llandrhaladr,
and alochnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the Vale of the River Den, when the line will proceed round by
Corwen into the Vale of the River Alwen, from whence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Nail-teach-road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale of Nant Francon
o Bangor and Holyhead.
This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most consi-
siderable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire Railway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of bring-
ing all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a
doubt, by the obvious fact that it will not only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not. at present pos-
sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will
give to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles titan that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and filially, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.
It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day.
Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by Beaurnaris to Holy-head.
After a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors fe..l warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The
railways now in active pr. gress in Ireland, running' from Dublin
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
la, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of
the Directors, and every advancement in science will be made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being 'Thrilled expressly for this end ;
while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will he adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the public will find in the improvement of
the inferior carriages, and souse additional comforts for those of the
first class, that the Grand London and Ibib:ln Approximation Rail-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise so national in its
character.

Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will ba taken by the Act
to allow interest at 41. per cent. per a •num on the amount of the
subscriptions paid up ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications for. Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to the
following *Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents : —Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
W. H. Cooper, Esq., Shrewsbury; Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York ;
Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter; Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George
street, Edinburgh; Charles Couper, Esq.,-1, Parkside-street, Edin-
burgh; James Jardine, Esq., Glasgow; Wm. Oliphat, Perth; and
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin
Approximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 501.
each in this undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.

'Witness
And his Address

Name in full
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Profession or Business —.—

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as it will, a pArtlon of the counties of Berks and Oxford, the whole
of Buckinghamshire, and by the celebrated Vale of Aylesbury, and
uniting with the several completed or projected railways under-
mentioned,

The London and Birmingham
The Great Western
The Southampton Union
The South 3Udland
The Midland Counties
The Northampton and Leicester
The Northampton and Peterborough, and thus with
The Direct Manchester
it cannot be doubted that it must prove extremely convenient and
beneficial to the public, and highly advantageous to the proprietors.
The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par-
liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be ap-
plied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum on all
calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line.
Arrangements have been made that the survey shall be completed,
and the plans and sections deposited In time for obtaining an Act
during the ensuing session of Parliament.
Applications for shares may be addressed, in the form anrexeti, to
the undermentioned brokers, viz. :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Princes-
street, John Shewell, Esq., Threadneedle-street, and Messrs. Wells,
Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Gray-
stone and Earle, York; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate; Mr. Joseph Nel-
son, Settle; Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster; '_Messrs. Geddes and Drink-
water, and Mr. Henry Waterton, Bank-buildings, Castle-street,
Liverpool ; Mr. Peter Leicester, Messrs. Green and Oldham, Messrs.
Green and Lockwood, Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birming-
ham ; Messrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co., and
Messrs. E. King and Co.' Leeds ; Messrs. Brady and Ftaniforth,
Hull ; Mr. J. A. Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr. Hervey, Halifax ; Mr.
Nightingale, Wakefield; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Brad-
ford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. G.
R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas -Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. Hall,
Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; 3fessrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply-
mouth ; Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr. David
Kinnear, and Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle,
Leith ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. Wm. Gordon,
Aberdeen ; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth ; of whom prospectuses may be
had ; or to the PrevlsiOnal Committee, at the offices of the Company.

MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Connecting the Great Western, London and Birmingham, and Direct
Manchester. From Reading via Henley-on-Thames, Aylesbury,
Buckingham, and Northampton.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,250,0001. in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Montague-place,
Montague-square
Jedin Anderson, Esq., Princes-park, Liverpool, Director of the East-
ern Counties and Southend Railway
Robert Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, London, Director of the Great
Eastern and Western Railway

William Bristow, Esq., Surrey-place, London, Director of the Wor-
cester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Charles R. Blgge,Esq., 19, Bryanston-square, Director of the York

and Lancaster Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the
Licensed rctuallers' Assurance Company
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London
Docks
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the
Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man-

chester Railway
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway
G. A. Brown, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Callao and Lima
Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries
Railway
Captain James Edward Carnegie, Somerset. street, Portman-square,
and Bower-hall, Invernesi, Director of the Reading and Reigate
Railway
John Chatuitler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Richard Clay, Esq., 1, Winchester-buildings, London, Director of the
Huddersfield and Eastern Coast Railway
Ephrahn Cocker, Esq., White Coppice, Chorley, Director of the Black-
' burn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway
Newton Crouch, Esq , 13, Southampton-place, Easton-square, Di-
rector of the Mauritius, and the York and Lancaster Railways
Thomas Ferrand Deanlen, Esq., Rochdale, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Peregrine Royds Dearden, Esq., Birkenhead, Liverpool
Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair, Director
of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway, the York and Lancaster, Staffordshire Potteries,
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square, Director of the South
Midland Railway
The Hon. Percy Erans Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Bandon and Bantry Railway
William Garrow, Esq., Great George's-square, Liverpool, Director of
the Eastern Counties and Southend Junction Railway
William Gibb, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Huddersfield, and East and West
Coasts Railways
Captain Twisleton Graves, Director of the Leicester and Tean and
Dovl Valley Railway
Charles Haigh, Esq., Broadley Wood, Rochdale and Manchester,
Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Director of the Brighton
and Cheltenham Railway
John Lawrence Harris, Esq., 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,
Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of
the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Charles Holland, Esq., of Liscard Vale, Cheshire, and Liverpool
John Holmes, Esq., St. James's-street, Westminster, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and Southend, and the Direct Western
Railways
George Holt, Esq , Willow-hill, Crumpsall, Director of the Stafford-
. _

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 251. sad) in the Midland Grand Junction Railway, and I hereby and
to accept that, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to
pay the deposit of 21. 12s. td. per share thereon, and to execute the
Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required,
Name in full
Profession or Trade
Residence
Place of business
Reference

shire Potteries, and Liverpoo-1 and Manchester Direct Railways
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid.
land Railways
John Charles Jack, Esq., Liverpool
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross,'Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq.., Alderman of London, Director of the South and
Midlands Junction Railway
William Kempe, Esq., Teign Villa, Teignmouth, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction Railway, and the Leeds, Fleetwood,
and Liverpool Railway
Peter Thomas Legh, Esq., Ridge-hall, county Dublin, Eirector of the
Isle of Man Railway
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester,
Warwick; and Rugby Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane-lodge, Twickenham, Director of
the York and Lancaster Railway
Richard William Perry, Esq., Barham Wood, near Elstree, Herts

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
SALISBURY and SWINDON EXTENSION
of the WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.

William S: Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Rai way
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Chairman of the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, and Director of the Sheffield and Man-

-
chester Railway, &c.
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah-house, Enfield, Director of the
Direct Western Railway
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R. A. Riddell, Esq., Director of the Great Western Extension Railway
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beauvoir-terrace, Maids Vale
William Sidebotham, Esq., Glossop, J.P. for Derbyshire, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Director of the Manchester and Rugby
Direct Railway
Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq., Alder-House, near Tamworth, Direc-
tor of the Leicester and Northampton Railway.
Edward Smith, Esq., Barnsbury Park, Director of the Great Eastern

On the Broad Gauge.
From Salisbury, by Amesbury, the Vale of Avon, and Marlborough,
to Swindon, forming a direct line of railway through Cheltenham
and Gloucester, to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.
Capital 700,000/., in 28,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Bagshaw, Esq., Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, and Director of the Northern and
Eastern, and Eastern Counties Railway Companies, London
William Bradley, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset,
and Southampton Junction Railway, and Director of the Sheffield
and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Compa-
nies, Manor Oaks, Sheffield
William Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and the Italian and Austrian Railway
Companies, London.
George hunt, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Sontliamp
ton Junction Railway Company, banker, Southampton
William James Le Feurre, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset,
and Southampton Junction Railway Company, Alderman and
Magistrate, Southampton
Edward Lomer, Esq., Director of the -Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Railway Company, merchant, Southampton
William John M`Gwire, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, Hampton Court,
London
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, London
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, London
George Rougemont, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, anti
Southampton Junction Railway, and of the Paris and Caen
Railway Companies, London

J. Stewart, Esq., M.P., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and of the Pentland Caen and Northern
of France Railway Companies, London
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, aid South..
ampton Junction Railway Company, Westbourne-house, Sheffield
Augustus Rosanquet, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, Fenchurch-street,
London.

and Western Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway
Thomas Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Leeds and Car- '
lisle Railway
William Studley, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
Charles F. Thomiey, Esq., Eastfleld Douse, Westbury, near Bristol,
Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Manchester, Settle, and
Carisle Railways
Sir William Twisden, Bart., Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle
Railway, and Director of the Commercial Bank of London.
Charles Waite, Esq.,Willesden, Director of the Groat Western, East-
ern Counties, and Ipswich and Southampton Railways
Major White, 105, Tall-mall, Director of the South Midland Railway
William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Downs, Director of
the Waveney Valley Railway
Robert Wynne Wiliams, Esq., 20, Bedford-place, Russell-square
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds
and Carlisle, and South Union and*Birmingham Junction Railways
Sir William Wynne, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North

Wales Rallway
George Walker, Esq., Manchester
(With power to add to their number).
CONSULTING ENGINEER—T. Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate-street
J. E. Beales, Esq., 7, John-street, Adolph(
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester.
RANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London
Manchester—The National Provincial Bank of 1. a
SECRETARY— J. Ken Te. ji•sy James's.
Company's Offices, Palace-chambers, a
This railway will form, as nearly as 1:1.33;b0 ,Pesrldienanbiolerlaandtirlieendt
line from Reading, in 13
erkshire—llocm to the large and populous
rapidly improving towns In the kingw... a junction with the
town of Northampton,
ft Railwa3
Northampton and reterborong
where it forma
Heading station of the Great Western
The line ivill proceed from t ley:oil-Thames, Great Marlow,
Railway, and by the way of Ilea
Aylesbury, and Buckingham, thrigy& some of the
richWet,flV.Y,Cia°lllbe'districts of ,England, WM whence vast
most fertile agricultural produce are constantly fur-
nished of stock a
lied to the metropolis; and from Buckingham it will be continued
directi to 1311swort,h Northampton.
Fromßlisworta a line proceeds to Wellingborough, and forms a
junction with the Direct Manchester Railway ; and it is intended
that a breach shall be formed from West Wycombe to the station at
slough, on the Great Western Railway
The proposed line with the branch will be about seventy-five miles
in length, and it has been ascertained that it may be constructed
with unusual facility, whilst, by means of the intended junctions with
the Great Western Railway at Slough and Reading, with the London
and Birmingham Railway at Blisworth, and the Direct Manchester
Railway at Wellingborough, an uninterrupted and most desirable
railway cotnumnication will be opened between Portsmouth, Gos-
port, the Isle of Wight. Southampton, Bedford, Huntingdon, the
Staffordshire PotterieS, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester,
Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Berwick, and with the great manu-
facturing and mining districts of the north of England.
The numerous parishes and districts which will be traversed by the
line comprise a population of nearly 1,500,000 persons, and passing,

BANKERS.
Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., London
The Hampshire Bank, Southampton.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
James Coppock, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's
John Bell, Esq., Craven-street, London
W. 11. Moberley, Esq., Southampton.
ACTING ENGINEERS—_Messrs. Birch, Cannon-row, London.
COUNTRY AGENTS.
C. W. Squarey, Esq., Salisbury
John Pyke, Esq., Marlborough
Messrs. Crowdy, Swindon.
The Directors of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction
Railway Company, having completed the whole of their arrange-
ments, and having been compelled to refuse at least three-fourths of
the applications for shares in their line, have had their attention
forcibly and repeatedly called to the necessity of a direct communi-
cation between Salisbury and Swindon, the station on the Great
Western Railway, by which the most direct and remunerative con-
nexion will be formed between Southampton and Manchester.
The advantages, in point of speed, to be derived from the broad
gauge, as al•o the superiority of the gradients obtained by the route
of the Valey of the Avon, together with theimportance of placing the
city of Salisbury on the main trunk line from the north to South-
ampton, must Insure to this undertaking the sanction of the Legis-
lature and the local support of the towns and districts through which
the line will pass.

Resides forint:lg a direct communication with the great manufac-
turing towns in the north, the Salisbury and Swindon Extension will
make a complete line of railway between Southampton, Salisbury,
and all parts of North and South Wales.

After most mature deliberation, the Directors have resolved to re-
commend to their shareholders and the public the immediate carry-
ing out of a railway to effect the above oltject, which will be most
desirable as a completion to their own line, and highly advantageous
in a pecuniary sense and on public grounds. They have directed all
the necessary sweys to be made, so as to apply to Parliament in
the ensuing sesilbn, at the same time as the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, with a view to the ultimate amal-
gamation of both lines under one management.
In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to the holders
of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway shares,
as also to parties locally interested, due regard being at the same
time had to public interest; and every original shareholder in that
line may, on production of his scrip certificate, receive an allotment
of a similar number of Salisbury and Swindon Extension shares.
The holders of Great Western, and of Wilts, Somerset, and Wey.
mouth shares, will also have a preference.
Applications may be made, in the following form, to the Previsions:
Committee, at the Offices of the Company, 26, Gresham-street, the
solicitors, the local agents, or to the principal brokers is town and
country.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Salisbury and Swindon Extcn-
sion of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares in the
above railway, and I agree to accept that or any less number that you
may please to allot me, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 12s. 6d.
per share on the same, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and
the Parlimentary Contract when required.
Dated this day
Name in full •• • • • • . • • • .•
Residence • • • • • ••••••• • • • • • •
Place of Business (if any) •• • • • • •
Trade or Profession • • • ..... •• •• •
Reference
Usual signature .. ••
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No. ••• • • • Fives Srlp (if any) held by me.—The Wilts,
Tens Somerset and Southampton Junction
No. Twenties a Railway.
H. B. SHERIDAN, Secretary,
London, Aug. 30, 1845. 26, Greshatn•street, City.

PUBLICATIONS.

1845.

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