The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-10-14 00:00:00

PROVISION AL COMBTJTTER

Alexander Oswald, Esq., Cave .P. for the county of
Ayr
Hugh Miller, Esq., of • on., Provost of Ayr
John Mackie, Esq., o argaly, Convener of the county
of Kirkcudbrigh
John James Ho Johnstone, Escr.,.M.P. for the county
of Dumfries
William Lockhart, Esq., M.P. for the county of Lanark
Richard Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Berwick
Alexander Carruthers, Esq., of Warmanbie
John L. Kennedy, Esq., of Knocknalling
R. Johnstone Dougla, Esq., of Lockerbie
John Houldsworth, Esq., Glasgow
William H. M'Leilan, Esq,, of Mark, Kirkcudbright
Alexander Hunter, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh
Captain Alexander Montgomerie, R.N.
Robert M'Knight, Esq., of Barlochan, Castle-Douglas
John J. Lyon, Esq., of Kirkmichael
John Joseph Burnet, Esq., of Gadgarth
Robert Monteith, Esq., Younger, of Carstairs
Alexander Hastie, Esq., Merchant, Glasgow
Major E. C. Fletcher, of Corsock
Joqn Buchan Hepburn, Esq., of Castle-Dykes
John M'Fie Little, Esq., of Maryfield, Dumfries
William Taylor, Esq., of Broorolands
James Seaton Wightman, Esq., of Couranee
David Thorburn, Esq., of Cargenholm
Colonel Hugh Hamilton, Ayr
Philip Forsyth, Esq., of Nitbside
John Anderson, Esq., Merchant, Glasgow
John Paul, Esq., Dean of Guild, Ayr
William Grierson Yourstoun, Esq., of Garroch
John Staig, Esq., Dumfries
Captain M'Murdo, R N. Dumfries
John Anderson, H.E. London
William Watts, Esq., Killhead Lime Works,, Annan
William Macdonald, Esq , of Powderhall
Charles Murray Barstow, Esq., Edinburgh
John M'Diarmid, Esq., Dumfries
Major Frederick Hope, Edinburgh
Miles Leighton, Esq., Merchant, Dumfries
William Turner, Esq., Shipowner, Dumfries
John Wilson, sq., of Westsitlewood
Alexander Lookup, Esq., Dumfries
George Dunbar, Esq., Dumfries
Walter Duncan. Esq., Dumfries
James Grieve, Esq.. Dumfries
James Henderson, Esq., Dumfries
Thomas Kennedy, Esq.,,Dumfries '
Francis Nicolson, Esq., Dumfries
Alexander Hamilton, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh
William M`Govvan, Esq., Town-Chamberlain, Dumfries
Alexander James Russell, Esq. W.S., Edinburgh
William Braun, Esq., Writer, Dumfries
William Goldie, Esq., Banker, Dumfries
William Thomson, Esq., younger, of Woodhouse, Writer,
Dumfries
Thomas G. Murray, Esq., W.S., Edinburgh
Charles Raid, Esq., Sheriff-Clerk Depute, Dumfries
Robert Laing, Esq., Banker, Dumfries
With power to add to their number.
BANNERS.
The Bank of Scotland.
CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
Joseph Locke, F.R.S. IJ. E. Errington, Esq., C.E.

ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. M`Callurn and Dundas.
_ _ AGENTS.

Edinburgh .. Meshrs. Hope and Oliphant, W.S.
Ayr •• • • ....... Quintin Johnstone, Writer.
Castle Douglas .. James Lidderdale, Writer.
London .. Messrs. A. Grahame, Moncrieff, and
Weems, Parliamentary Agents.
SECRETARY. _ _ _

Robert Mackay, W.S.:-1;.2K-irince's-street, Edinburgh

PROSPECTUS.

This Line will affOrdTheadvantages of a Railway com-
munication to the important districts of the Southern part
of Ayrshire, the Stervartry of Kirkcudbright, and the
County of Wigton.

The Line is proposed to be carried from Ayr by Dal-
mellington, Carsphairn, Dairy,. and New Galloway, to
Castle-Douglas and Kirkcudbright, by forming a junction
with the British and Irish Union Railway.
The course of the Line bas been selected with the view
of opening up, in the most effectual manner, the resources
of this important District of the Country, and of affording
the most complete system of Railway communication to
the districts on either side.
It is well-known that the Counties of Wigton and
Kirkcudbright are destitute both of Coal and Lime, while
the district of the county of Ayr, proposed to be traversed
by this line. abounds with an inexhaustible store of these
important minerals, of the very best quality, as well as
abundance of Ironstone, Freestone, and Lead Ore, all of
which have hitherto been wrought to a very limited ex-
tent, owing to the want of a ready means of transit. By
the formation of the proposed Line of Railway, these
counties will enjoy the advantages of a cheap and abun-
dant supply of these articles.
By means of the Line to be now formed, these Minerals
will also be conveyed to the town of Ayr at a very mode-
rate cost, and the inhabitants supplied with Coal at about
one-half of the present price. A considerable traffic also
may be expected by exporting the Minerals from the Har-
bour of Ayr, which might (with some assistance from the
different Railways entering there) be much improved as a
place of export to Ireland and elsewhere.
The Railway will afford a ready means of conveyance
for Sheep and the Black Cattle of Galloway, on their way
to Edinburgh, Glasgow, and the other markets to the
North and South, whither they are presently driven in
great numbers.
The formation of this and the British and Irish Union
Railway will open up to the Tourist the well-known sce-
nery of Loch DOOl2 and Loch Ken, and complete the sys-
tem of Railway communication in the South-west of
Scotland. _ _ .

There are no Engineering difficulties on the Line—the
Gradients are for the moss part ravourabie—the cuttings
and embankments are comparatively light, and there is no
tunnel. The undertaking is warmly supported by the
principal Proprietors along the Line, and from the inves-
tigations already made, an ample return on the Capital
may be expected.
Applications for Shares, in the form subjoined, may be
made in Edinburgh to the Secreta, y, No. 127, Prince's-
street, or to Mr. Robert Allen, Stockbroker, St. An-
drew's-square ; in Ayr, to Mr. Quintin Johnson, Writer ;
in Castle Douglas, to Mr. James Lidderdale, Writer ; in
Dumfries, to Mr. Thomas H. M`Gowan, Stockb,oker ;
in Glasgow, to Messrs. Buchanan, Aitken, and Co.,
Stockbrokers; and in Perth, to Mr. W. H. Oliphant,
Stockbroker ; and in Liverpool, to
FORSYTH and HAMILTON.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES

To the Provisional Committee Orthe—Ayrshire and

Galloway Railway. _
GENTLEMEN,-1 request you will allot me
Shares of £25 each in the above Railway ; and I hereby
undertake to accept the same, or any less number that
may be allotted to me; to pay the Deposit thereon of
£2 10s. per Share; and to sign the Subscribers' Agree-
ment and Parliamentary Contract when required.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
day of , 1845.

Dated this

Name in full

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