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T ) THE WORSHIPFUL TILE MAYOR OF T'l E BOROUGH OF GRANTHAM.. 1:"e, the n - alersigned, respectfully request you to call a MEETING of the Inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood of GRANT HAM, and other persons interested, for the purpose of taking into cunsia , ration the railways projected from the west to the east, pass in.; through Grantham.—Dated this 19th day of September, 1845. John Garnar Richard Bradley E. L. Hough Joseph J. A. Brown Robert Turner Samuel Ridge John Hardwick George Healy J. J. Herbert John Manners Thomas Manners J. S. Wagstoffe, Clerk F. Musson Henry Thompson J. Lely Ostler Charles Miller Mark Ward Robert Mather Joseph llancock W. Eaton John Basket - John Rippin Forman Owen C. G. Gray C. IL Hay - cock Lawrence Wyles Thomas Ekin Geo. Draper William Green Edward Wilts W. Walkington Henry Pearce Robert Henry Johnson J. L. Gray John Lane J. Chamberlain Charles Lord George Brett John Wilson Samuel King John Hardy, Jun. John King William Turner William Booth Kewney and King Joseph Wyles Fred. Malim Thomas Wyles Richard Briggs F. P. Newcombe Thomas Burgess Joseph Hind. Joseph Richards In compliance with the above requisition, I hereby appoint a public meeting to be held at the Guildhall, on WEDNESDAY, the 24th of September, at Twelve o'clock at noon. Grantham, Sept. 20, 1845. J. F. BITRBIDGE, Mayor. AT a MEETING of the Inhabitants of the Town and Neighbourhood of GRANTHAM, and of other persons interested, duly convened ley the Mayor in compliance with la re quisition numerously signed, held at the Guildhall, in Grantham, on Wednesday, the 24/h of September, 1845, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Railways passing from; the West to the East through Grantham, JOHN FOWLER HURBIDGE, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair; It was moved by Mr. MALIK, seconded by Mr. Busnar : That this meeting, considering that the Grand Union Railway Company having originally projected their East and West Main Trunk Line for the advantage of Grantham, and the other towns of South Lincolnshire, are entitled to the support of the inhabitants of Grantham. ilpon which the following amendment was moved by Mr. Lawaarica WYLZ3, and seconded by Mr. GA.RNAZ : That this meeting, having taken into consideration the different lines of Railway projected from the west to the east, passing through Grantham. is of opinion that the Amaigated Line, called the Amber Gate, Nottingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway, commencing at the terminus of the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midland Juntion Railway, at Amber Gate, and going from thence by Nottingham and Grantham, to Spalding and Boston, is the best calculated to promote the interests of this town and neighbourhood. Which amendment, having been put to the meeting, was declared, on a division, to be carried. Moved by the Rev. Wm. Povcnarr, Vicar of Grantham, seconded by Mr. THOMPSON, aid resolved unanimously : That this meeting is further of opinion that the Amber Gate, Not tingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway, is especially en titled to the support of the inhabitants of this district, inasmuch as it has become united with the Grantham Canal Navigation, from which the town of Grantham has, for many years past, derived great and important benefits ; and inasmuch as it has the full approval of the principal landed proprietors of this neighbourhood. Moved by Mr. E. KING, seconded by Mr. Maxus., and resolved unanimously _ That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to the Members for the borough and county of Lincoln, respectfully requesting them to give the abovo railway their best support in Parliament. Moved by Mr. JoiiNsroe, seconded by Mr. Hzeix, and resolved unanimously i That a copy of these resolutions be printed and published in the county papers. _ J. F. BUBBIDGE, Mayor. The Mayor hiving left the chair, Moved by Mr. CATirrv, seconded by Mr. MI:EBERT, and resolved unanimously : That a vote of thanks be given to the Mayor for his patient and impartial conduct in the chair. T HE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. e Shares in this Railway having bees allotted to all Deposits duly paid, the Committee of Management have much pleasure in in forrn:ng their Shareholders that the Parliamentary surveys are pro gressing io their entire satisfaction, and that every care is being taken to insure Compliance with the standing orders on going before Parliament. By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London, Sept. 27, 1845. ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. roN isionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. _ _ _ . No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subsaription PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. F. 11. F Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman 'of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Company Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Chessel, near Southampton Lord cf the Manors of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet The Bight Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, anc iflghwood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon Samuel Bendy, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the , Manor of Hendon Lieut.-Colonel Gilliee, Dorchester House, Bayswater William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Josiah ileale, Esq., Gray's Inn ..Major Lind: m, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company Henry geekley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Directdr Qf the Colchester, Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway Rowland IEII Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish square Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill 11111 Grammar School, Ilenlon, Middlesex The Rev. H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Captain Graver, R.N. Captain John Lines, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet 11r. Bruce Johnson, Finchley 'W illian4 Christopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College Cambridge, Holloway Rnlpi ..allea Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London, Ilentagow, and Western Railway Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet 'V. J. M`GWirc, Esq., 74, St. James's-street W. Prosser, Jan., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City .1 times Berington, Eaq., East-street, Heaton fearge Freeman, 'Esq., Grange House, Leeds Richard. Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company Ceara, Godfrey-, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, Essex ',Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and :Basingstoke Railway Company Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-read, Regent's Park 'William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square Thomnas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Chance Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company J. N. Nicholay, B 41. Oxford-street John Godfrey B. Hu dson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus Railway Company The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe Parsonage, Wakefield, Direc for of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union and Leicester and Birmingham Railway T:mootas Francis Justice, Esq., Berner's-street, OXfortl-street G eo rge Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-street, Russell-square, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway John D. Hopkins, Esq., 25, Bedford-square J. 11. Lister, Esq., Director of the south and Midland Junction Railway J. P. Wright, Esq., Edinburgh W. Stark, Esq., Rockhalls, Lodge, Cricklewood Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden Thomas Cope, Esq., Cricklewood (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Time Hon. F. f" Berkeley, 31. P., W. 11. Halpin, Esq. Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. Lit aireed 11111 , it 4 Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq. h.lrm an George Freeman, Esq. " K.H. George Godfrey, Esq. Henry* ...ec kley Richardson, r ag . ; Robert Wright Wood, Esq. FS.A IC! , aries Green, Esq. CoNsur.tifec ENOLNEER—Francis WhishaZw, Esq., C.E., Brook Lodge, Hendon, and Adelphi. AcTiiso EaatmEza—J. Bailey Denton, Esq., 10, Gray's Inn-square. BAXIEESS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, JOINT SOLICITORS. Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street V. P. 11111, Esq., 21a, Soho-square. LOCAL AGENTS. ILiffy Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Finchley J o hn llughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone. :Messrs. Tatham and Son, solicitors, Highgate Thom is `{'melts, Esq., solicitor Tottenham This railway w:11 connect the important and hitherto neglected town of Barnet with the ;London and Birmingham and the Great Western Railways, at or near Helsdon-green ; with the Northern mud Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten inam; the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon- Con and York Railways. The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet 4Totterhige, Ilighwood Hill, 31111 Hill, Finchley, Holder's 11111, urrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon, TV;ladon Green, Holsdoo Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne m a ,o4 Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch End, Ilornsey, 2fuswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chinford, Stami;_nn Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap ton, Ilighbury, Ido”oCraY, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West H a m, how, Bcornley, Beenial Green, Limehouse, Horton, Homerton, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Blac':ovall, Euston-squard, .raddington, Kensington, Hammersmith, connecting those places with the Brouipton, Fulham, Chelsea, ; various railways named, and all tilose south of the river Thames. 'the distance from the town of lizaruet to the station of the Landon and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-lnUare,:bY this route, will be 15 miles. The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and She length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4% miles. From the junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 9% olles ; from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Hendon), on the proposed Its t and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern am i d _Ma, , tern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 6% miles. There .are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance. The Hue will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Ramp stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan line of raGms ay, for the above reason, and because it will pass through an agricultural aftrict, avoiding all ornamental property and large cuilectiuns of houses and buildings. Upon the completion of this rail way, a large and daily- increasing population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses, will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto affording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad rupled in value. . : file ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Earnot, too, will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who may ,hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of the think lines now contemplated. ,An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may be ,safely anticipated, and will arise from the following sources, anie w,:st others :- 1. Fr->m the conveyance of passengers. 2. F':•fna the carriage of goods and merchandise Aram the City and Docks, ;kg., to the several railways which are intersected by this line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through London ; also' from Or conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly during the peri.od of the large Barnet fairs. 3d. From the con veyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fuel, and other commodltleo of general consumption, the great expease of which has long heou i - elt by all classes as a most grievCno evo. _ The Committee of ltailagement reserve to themselves the power of adopting, upon this line, locomotive power, or Presser's Railway guide and safety wheels, as Inay be deemed expedient. Applications for Shares in the form annexed (and communi cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Com- Panr), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Ottices -of tho Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to the Joint Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq.. 5 9, Newman-street, and O. P Mill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square; or to Messrs. Sparks and Clark, 3, B artholomew-lane ; Messrs. W. and IL I:. Cox, Share-brokers, It;,, Th rogmorton-street ; I. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; Charles 0. _Neil, Esq., 15, St. Ann's-square, Manchester ; Mr. Landford, Exeter; John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; and Messrs. Wellbeloved and Outer, Leeds. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Nailway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London. Gentlemen,--1 request that you will allot to me 20/. each in this , ( !om Shares of Pally, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, and to pay tile deposit thereon, or upon any _leas number that may be allotted to me. ; and I undertake also t he Parlia mentary Contract and • Ntibscrib ers ' Agreement ?heetecue the Parlia mentary Contract and 'CibsCrib' Agree Name in full When requir v. Name in full , • ........ .. .. Residence ....• • • .....: • . ''''''''' • • • • • • • • • • Trade or Professiao ........ .......... ::: o : f : : R .* e : fe : r e ; e : ••• •-• Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade Date...... .... • • • • ........... _ - 14 ARNET and NORTEI JUNCTION RAILWAY. No, ice Is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in this liadertaking will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th October By order of the Committee of Management, EDWARD ELKINS, / Joint socitorc G. P. HILL, 59, Newnian-stree Sept. 25, 1845. YORK and LANCASTER RAILWAY. It Is hereby notified to the public that, the Shares in the above Company being appropriated, the Letters of Allotment were issued this evening, and the Provisional Directors regret, from the multiplicity of applications (nearly 400,000 Shares being appplied for, while tke total number of the Company amounts to but 64,000) very many persons of known respectability have been necessarily dis appointed, by not receiving Allotments. Duo notice will be given, when the Scrip is ready fer issuing in exchange for the bankers' receipts. By order of the Board, DOUGLAS KINNAIRD PULTENEY, Chairman. S. HOLDSWORTH, Secretary. Palace Chambers, St. James's-street, Sept. 27, 1845. THE WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND SWINDON, AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION. Notice is hereby given that a certain number of shares in this Company will be reserved for holders of shares in the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Company. Parties entitled to this pre ference are requested to send in their applications on or before the 3d day of October, 1845, in the following form : To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, and Swindon and Birmingham Junction. Gentlemen,—Being a holder of shares in the South and Mid lands Junction Railway Company, I beg you will allot me shares in the above undertaking, and I agree to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. thereon, and also to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of Name in full Residence Place of business ............ Trade or Profession (if any) Nos. of Scrip held by me in the South and Mit:Bands' Junction Railway Company. No. Fives. No. Tens. No. Twenties. By order, W. B. JAMES, 5, Basinghall-street. 1, Guildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street, 29th Sept., 1845. 1845. G REAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY, from the vicinity of West Drayton, through Hounslow, Brantford, Ham mersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, to aCentral Terminus, near Charing-Cross. (Provisionally Registered.) Offices, 53, Chariag-cross, Capital, 850,0001., in 42,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COIdNITTRIL The Earl of Devon Vernon Abbott, Esq., 70, Gower-street Philip Anstrather, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment and Railway Junction Company Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq., Southall, Magistrate for Middlesex John Auldjo, Esq., Noel House, Kensington Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square Edward Oliver Benson, Esq., Hounslow William Sprott Boyd, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway Junction Company Thomas Bramall, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leicester and Tam worth Railway Sir John Macpherson Brackenbnry Sir Archer Denraan Croft, Batt., Director of the Thames Embank ment Railway Junction Company. Major John T. Croft, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and Manchee, ter Railway Jelin Chevalier Cobbold, Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Union Rail way Wr_liam Cumming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park George Cooper, Esq., Brentford George James Stredwick Camden, Esq., Hounslow. Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway J. Fisher, Esq., Isleworth Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, county of Kerry Captain Forbes, RN., Forest, Windsor Sir Andrew Peilatt Green, R.N., K.C.H. Francis Lloyd, Esq., Beaufort lodge, Chelsea James Montgomery, Esq., Brentford John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., Hammersmith The Hon. Colonel Phipps, Norwood-grem Willis Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands Railway Uenry Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, Magistrates for Middlesex john F. Pownall, Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow • 'olonel Reid (2d Life Guards), Bulstrode Park Ammas Berry Rowe, Esq., Brentford Cohn Coysgarne Sim, Esq., No. 9, Clifton-place, Hyde Park-gardens dajor Jelf Sharp, Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Junction Company henry Webb Smith, Esq., Hounslow Yilliam Spooner, Esq., Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Railway tndrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Chairman of the Irish North Midland Railway john Stewart, Esq., M.P. Frederick Thompson, Esq., 20, Kensington-square tobert Richard Tighe, Esq., Bank, Windsor (Withhpow n ei to Ada to their number.) ENoirrzsz—Thomas Page, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Wilkinson and Cobboid, 7, Lincoln's Inn-fields William Sim, Esq., 8, King's Bench-walk, Temple. BANKERS. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. Hugh Lines Cameron and George Bain,lB, Parliament-street. SECRETARY—Henry Moreing, Esq. Applications for shares, in the subjoined form, may , be made, addressed to the Provisional Committee, at the Offices of the Com pany, 53, Charing-cross, to the Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents, and to the following agents and sharebrokers :—Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, 6114, Threadneedle -street; Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Bradley and Co., Manchester ; Mr. B. R. Pemberton, and Messrs. H. Davis and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Luke Arnold, Bristol; Messrs. Chantrell and Boyes, Leeds ; Messrs. Wil kinson and Earle, Hull; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; and 3fed,srs. Grayston and Earle, York, of whom prospectuses may be obtained. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Directors of the Great Western, Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each In the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any lesser number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required. Name in ibil ........... Trade or Profession •••• • • • . ••• • • • Date • Reference in fhll. ••••• • • GREAT KENT ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. Promoted in conjunction with the London and Croydon Railway Company. (Provisionally Registered). Capital 2,500,0001. In 100,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 10s. per Share ; of which, under a guarantee from the London and Croydon Railway Company as to the expenses, at least 21. will be returned if no Act be obtained in the next session. The line has the approval ofthe following Noblemen anti Gentlemen of the county:— The Right Hon. Earl Stanhope, Chevening Park The Right lion. Earl Amherst, Knole The Right Hon. John Charles 'Terries, St. Julien's Sir Richard Henry Charles Rycroft, Hart., Everlands Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., High Elms J. P. Atkins, Esq., Halstead-place Robert Gordon, Esq., R.N., Sevenoaks Henry Hughes, Esq. ' Bradbourn Isaac Hayton, Esq., Asbridge House, Tonbridge W. Lambard, Esq., Beechmont George Warde Norman, Esq., Bromley-common Evan Nepean, Esq., R.N., Sevenoaks Charles Robert Carter Petley, Esq., River Head House William Pott, Esq., Bromley Rev. James Sutcliff e, Knockholt Rev. John Thomas Wilgress, River Head John Ward, Esq., Holwood Samuel N. Ward, Esq., Heston John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbridge. COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT. Six Directors of the London and Croydon Railway Company Six Gentlemen to be selected from the County. ENGINEER IN CHlEF—William Cubitt, Esq., F.R.S. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Burchell, Kilgour, and Parson, 47, Parliament street, Westminster LOCAL SOLICITORS. John Monkton, Maidstone Austen and Hobson, Sevenoaks Jeffries and Bathurst, Faversham Sankey and Sladden, Canterbury Latter, Bromley. P.ANLEIts—Sir John W. Lubbock, Bart., and Co. ; the Commercial Bank of London, The lines promoted by the London and Croydon Railway COM pany have been modified, improved, and extended, as further ac quaintance with the requirements of the districts, and the capabili ties and advantages of the atmospheric system have rendered ex pedient. They were originally designed with a view to shorten and improve the railway communication between the metropolis and Dover, and, at the same time, to afford the greatest amount of rail way accommodation to the county of Kent, and those two important objects have been steadily kept in view. As now remodelled, the lines will give direct and independent railway communication from London to Gravesend, Rochester, Chat ham, Faversham, Sevenoaks,,Tonbridge, Maidstone, Ashford, Canter bury, Dever, and Deal. Tho distance to these towns respectively will sc,rcely exceed that by the present turnpike roads. The lines will likewise materially shorten and improve the railway communication to Margate, Ramsgate, and the Isle of Thanet gene rally, and place the assize town of Maidstone and the city of Can terbury on the main road between London and the Continent, and in direct railway communication with each other, and with every im portant town in the county. The main line will pass through the centre of the county by Lewis ham, Bromley, the Mailings, Maidstone, Faversham, and Canter bury to Dover and Deal, joining the South-Eastern line by branches to Seveneakes, Tonbridge, and Ashford. The northern loop will proceed by Eltham, Dartford, Gravesend, Rocheger, Chatham, and thence up the valley of the Medway to Maidstone, where it will fall in with the main line. The entire scheme of railway communication thus dessribed has been carefully examined in detail, and is found to be most favourable both as regards - the nature of the gradients and the character of the work's, there being no gradient on the main line steeper than that now daily worked over by the trains of the Brighten, Croydon, and Dover Railway Companies. _ By the connexion with the Croydon Railway Company, access will be obtained upon favourable terms to the best imtropolitan stations, and facilities will be secured for the application of the atmos pheric system of traetton throughout. The recent demonstration of the capabilities of this principle on the Croydon Railway justifies the assertion, that by these lines all the principal towns of Kent will be brought within a short journey of London by the ordinary trains; and as the atmospheric principle involves the expediency et frequent trains, and frequent trains that of low fares, it follows that the public will derive the benefit of great speed, increased accommodation, and low charges, in addition to the safety which is inherent in the system. The advantages which will result to the public from the adoption of these lines may be reduced to the following tabular form : Name of Town. I Bromley . Sevenoaks Tonbridge Maidstone Charing . Ashford . Dartford Gravesend Rochester Chatham .. Faversham Canterbury Time Distance 'in occupied jou ney from by London, ordinary trains.* 81-1 miles IFares by ordinary train.. Minimum number of let Class, 2d Class. 3d Class. h. In. about 20 0 40 O 50 1 0 1 21 1 27 O 25 O 40 O N O 50 1 25 1 30 2 0 2 0 59% .. 75% .. Dover ordinary trAing daily. 19 each Way; and second and third class car riaues with at least two-thirds of that number. * Note.—By special and fast trains the time oecupied will be considerably shorter. Under these circumstances, it is reasonable to anticipate that this comprehensive scheme will unite all interests of the county of Kent in its favour. With a view to afford the fullest assurance of the entire lines being carried out, gentlemen locally interested have been associated with the Directors of the Croydon Railway Company as members of the Provisional Committee; and, in order more completely to Identify the scheme with the interests of the county. the necessary capital will be raised by a separate fund, which will be apportioned princi pally between the proprietors of the Croydon Railway Company and the landowners and other parties connected with the district. The Croydon Company have guaranteed that in the event of au Act not being obtained in the next session, the subscribers shall not be liable to more than 10s. per share for the expenses, and are pre pared to enter rota an arrangement to construct a portion of th e Hue, and for the traits beinv worked by them, and passed over their railway upon reasonable terms, so as to secure the utmost econ my and the best prospect - of a large divisible pron. The Committee of Management will vary or extend the line or any branch or branches, and Increase the capital, and generally per form any act which they may deem necessary to insure the success of the undertaking. Applications for shares must be made to the solicitors (of whom also prospectuses may be had), and should be Made in the annexed form, accompanied by a reference to some member of the Provi sional Committee, one of the solicitors, or a banker. Applications from proprietors of the London and Croydon Railway Company and from persons locally interested will have a preference. FORM OF APPLICATION' FOR SILA.RES. To the Provisional Committee of the Great Kent Atmospheric Railway Company. I request you to allot to me shares of 25/. each In the above undertaking ; and I hereby engage to accept the same, or any less number which maybe allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree ment when required. Dated the day of 1845. Name in full . 4 , . • • • ...... • • ..... • • • • • • Business or Profession (If any) .. • • • • • • • • No applications for shares unless the sam e in this railway will bo entertained o be delivered to th e S olicitors on or before the 30th Parliament -street, Lond on , Sept 22, 1i14.5. I N Se o p . t 4 er inst. IRISH GREAT WESTERN' (DUBLIN to GALWAY) RAILWAY. The deeds of this Company wTI lie for signature on and after WEDNESDAY, the Ist of Octotert, at No. 19, Moorgate-street, London, where also the new scrip ;nay be had. The letters of allntnent for the exchange of scrip are in course of issue according af, the respectability of the applicants is ascertained. FITZSTEPHE.N FRENCH, Chairman. 25, September IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY (Upon the Broad Gauge), - From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewater respectively. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. Offices, 20, Poultry, Loudon. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Camperdown, Sidney-place, Bath The Viscount Mandeville, Kimbolton-park, Hunts Lord James O'Bryen, Royal-crescent, Bath Lord William Fowled, Bath, and Downham-hall, Brandon, Suffolk General Sir John Slade, Bart., Muntys Court, Taunton Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, Somerset The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street Sir-Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 10.5, Pall-mall Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P., Hill-street, Berkeley-square Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P., 6, Parliament-street Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire Sir John Cave Brown Cave, Bart , Kenilworth, Warwickshire Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-green, Hyde-park, East India Director John Clark, Esq., Benefield House, near Trowbridge, Wilts, Magis trate for the counties of Wilts and Somerset Alfred Batson, Esq., Ramsbury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place Major Hunt Grubbe, Eastwell House, Devizes John Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker John Lovel Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker William Adair Bruce, Esq., Lansdown-crescent, Bath Sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company Thomas Fame-orals, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder minster Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London Edward liarrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Mile's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and South Midland Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, Loudon, Deputy Chairman of the Trout Valley Continuation Rails% ay Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. iPhilips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, sad George-street, Mansion Mouse Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Deputy Lieutenant and ;Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Erq., irongate Wharf William Eales, Esq., Mincing.lane, London, late Director of the .Devon and Cornwall Banking Company - Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cress, Director of the South Midlaud Railway Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, Director of the üblin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South Essex Railways Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Thomas Dram, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways Robert Briunwell, Esq., Brerabo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon street, London H. G.- Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square Frederick Sully Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bieaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company Patrick Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minorles, Director of the London and Blackwall Railway Company William Downing Bruce, Esq., F.5.A.., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon Cuthbert Woodcock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London William Hagan, Esq., GO, Baker-street, Portman-square William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon don, Director of the Leicester and •Tamworth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwell Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, Loudon-street, Mark-lane Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the St. Katherine Docks Company, and of the General Shipowners' Society William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor place, London .Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way Company Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William Congreve Russell, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire, Di rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d Light Dragoons Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity square, London Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Homsey Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Befits Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the Cotrity Rev Chas. Fras. Bamffylde, Rector of Dunkertou, near Bath, Magis • trate for Somerset Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming ham Railway Company R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham shire Railway anal Wolverton Junction Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton 11ev. John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collampton Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hangerford, Chairman of the Desks Union Banking Company William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and Dorset Bank Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Barks Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Kerle Haberfleld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol James Troup, ES(I., Hastings John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, Req., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Malvin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway James - Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead, and Manchester and Southampton Railways Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies Joseph Nadirs, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford Sir Willi:tin Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of. the acting Committee of the "Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" John Holffird, Esq., Rushohn Hall, Manchester C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Rudders neld and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford Union Railway Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South - ampton Railway John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, - Director of the -Sheffield and Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and , Midland Railway Companies Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpoo Win. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office Wm. Thompson, Esq. Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Di rec t or o f th e Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wiebech, Director of the East Coast Railway Company Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di rect Railway Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Director of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar rowgate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Esq., Manchester William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rcv. H. vV. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Maeclesfield, Director of the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways Henry liubbersty, Esq., Hull • John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Mary Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial -road, Limehonse, merchant John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square John Norton, Es q ., M oat House, Brentwood, Essex NiSllliam John M'Guire, Es q ., H amp t on C ourt John Gray 'Wil son, Eeq., Oxford-terrace Capt. J. P. 'Macdougall, Fir Grove, N or th B r i x t on, Surrey W. J. Lefeu vre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate ofSouthanapton Thomas Chas. Ilan' son, Esq., G. B. Sunbury , R e q. York-terrace, Regent's Park Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tringhani, lt.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire Willia r aJonaon Neale, Es q ., Ki ng ' s Bench-walk, Temple Jams Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury Henry Paul IlEarW°C'd,Req. 31,13 Sheffield The lion. F. Byron, 21 , Eaton-piece William Higgins, E sq ., T urves', High Sheriff of Bedfordshire Sec liaymoud F air Oak-park, near Winchester Deputy-Lieu tenaut, and for th e county of Hants Jackson, Esq , Birkenhead, Chairman of the Chester and Irkenheail Railway te a r nd Sheriff of London and Mid '. 1 1. 6 44 S ug id ' i r l e Cy rt , 11 PL Y S . q E ! cl , Al " dUeramneahn", diosex Nathaniel Gould, EN., Barge -yard, Bucklersbury, and Tavlstock square illi . tund Lionel We r —sq., —adogan-ph tee, and West Moulsey, Surrey Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, and Limehouse, Director of the London Dock Company, the Marine Assurance Company, and the General Shipowner's Society William Jackson, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Rail way George Ctephen Knowles, Esq., Exeter W. John e Lawrence,' a ' r Tn . E o r :ill ' 4E 1 ,1 7sq ß :, rihxltuolni 3 C i h: gu a e n l o ,i f ac t e h e , u 3 Edinburgh nu.ua a r n e il , Glasgow, and North British Railway Companies Wellingt on llrector of the R S tr; m by o , u D r erb E y sq , ;lid Manchester Railway William Tanner, Esq., Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars John Booth, Esq., Sherburn Grange, Durham Matthew Benjamin Robson, Esq., Whitwoll Grange, Durham John Holmes, Esq., St. Jame,'s-street, Director of the Dorchester and Weymouth Railway, and York and Lancaster Railway William 0. Pernard, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Thomas Smalwood Richards, Esq., 59, Baker-street, Portman-squa re Jamei Shaw, Esq., Salford, Manchester N. 111`Cann, Esq., Parliament-street Hs nry Wenman Newman, Esq., Bristol, Magistrate forthat City, and Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for the county of Gloucester IVilliara Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury William Empson Jallend, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull Thomas nacket Massey, Esq., Newark-upon-Trent: Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Gain sborough, • Goole, and Isle of Axholme, and of the Wisbeach, Ely and Lin colnshire Railway. William Ruston, Esq., Catherinestourt, Trinity-square s s s Wingrove Cooke, Esq.; Temple, London.:;_,,.. C. I. Selwyn, Esq., Exeter Joseph Hopwood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Falmouth Railway Richard Compton, Esq., Eddington House, Hungerford, Berko, a Magistrate for the counties of Wilts and Berks Henry Coa Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Malden, Essex The Constable of Hungerford Richard Davie, Esq., St. Helen's-place, Director of the South Midland Railway Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Warwickshire and London Railway Captain William Lionel Lampert, The Highlands, Oxfordshire, and Leamington, Warwickshire Francis Burton, Esq., Milverton House, Warwickshire Captain Stewart, R.N., Leamington, Warwickshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Northage, Esq., Upper Gower-street, Bedford. square John Walley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the Birmingham and Bristol Railway Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory, Roehampton, Surrey Francis Cole Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, Hydeark Algernon Groville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park Joint Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square Richard Groucock, Esq., Bow-churchyard, and Dulwich, Director of the Direct Manchester Railway J. B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland-lodge, Brixton Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York Henry Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheapside, Director of the Rugby and Macclesfield Direct Railway John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square. Thomas Grimsditch, Esq , M.l'., Macclesfield, Cheshire h i c a e m s t p e t r o Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fields, Wolverhampton, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway William Burgett, Esq., Broad-street E EdM r 9 as lvli m :rn i t i l s l3 l Vi t ie . lsl i lr o a' s k-i tY, E. E 'sgE s: ' ., S°" B Lu ir te chin-lane Peter It. Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank Thomas Miller, jun. Esq., Leicester John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Enfield, Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Thomas Ridley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield James Sheppard, Esq., jun.. White Hart-court, Lombard-street Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Magistrate for Middlesex George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter John Clampit Sercombe, Esq., Exeter William l'earce, Esq., Liverpool W. Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham - Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., jun. Temple William Nash, Esq., Capham jun., Grey Harsierigg, Esq., W es t Cannon Hall. Leicester Captain Twisieton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the Leicester and Tears and Dove Valley Railway (With power to add to their number). ENGINEERS IN CHIEF. Sir John Macniell, LL.D., I.R.S. James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., 31.R.1.A. Bassamts—Messrs. Curries and Co., Coruhill, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. mes„s. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29,.Lincoin's Inn-fields, London Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London Messrs. J. as. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. Swim - Ist:sr—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq. Assmarer-SEcarrair —Charles J. Whalley, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS. At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and B. Pinniger, Esq. At Ramsbury—William Rowland, Esq. At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq., and John Edwards Hayward, Esq. At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Itedway At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton At Shepton Mallett—Francis Isaac Nalder, Esq. At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole At Exeter—William Denis Moore, Esq. At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq., and J. A. Toms, Esq. At Launceston—Messrs. Lawrence and Pattison At Bodmin At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth—Messrs. Trecidder and Son The object of this line is to effect a direct eommuulcalion between London and the Land's End. Iu a national point of view such a lino is indispensable. With the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its situation at the western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of at least 230 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining ‘ ; since then they have very considerably increased. The merits of a line to the Land's End as ate investment for ca pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal mouth by way of Plymouth; and various other projects have been set on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by railway. The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard to this, Its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of the empire." The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging lino will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than any existing railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed to carry this lino direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles titre the lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole Sistanee from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. With reared to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is needless to sayjmore than that there is already thorough traffic suffi cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes tern that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 miles, that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as well ftom railways now in course of construction as from ethers pro jected, with every chance of success. As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway; and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol and Southampton ; t o what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, tho amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the map will make it manliest that no competing trunk lisle can ever be establibhol between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of Bo mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of railroad accommodation. Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet commerce of the kingdom; it may not be out of place to quote here the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project of a direct lino from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley, which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be fisrther observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed to interfere with that great national object. The survey of the line less been to a great extent completed, and Correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for wasicess, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par liament. It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no engineering difficulties in any Part of the line which have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that this will prove to be one or the most remunerative railways ins the kingdom PUwers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at four pounds per cent= per annum on the deposits, and preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected with. the Direct Western district. Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to the solicitors to the Company, or to the secretary, at the Company's Offices, 20, Poultry, London, or to the local solicitors, or to any re spectable broker in town or counts, 20, Poultry, London, September, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me ; and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract when required. Dated 1845. same in full •• • • •••• • • • Residence.. •••• • • • •• • • Trade or Profession ...... Place of Business (if any) . reference— ••• • • ....... • • Signature.... • • • • • • • • • • • • • THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, sHEN - FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE (or LEEDS WOLVERHA3II'TON, and DUDLE 1') DIRECT RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,700,000/., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. . . The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street, Hyde-park Gardens • Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail way, &c. Sir William Boetliby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, and Alga-house, Sc ar b oroug h, Di rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire June- tion Railway Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway Hon. Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Nottingham and Boston Railway, Parlittment-street, London, &c., &c. The Sheriff of York Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and Manchester Railway Bright, Sellin, Esq., Buxton Barrett, H., Leeds, Director of the Kcighley, Halifax, and Rudders field Union Railway Buck, W. C., Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway Murton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Direc tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershke Junction Railway Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton Bradley, Septlmus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon don and Manchester Direct Railway Cleobnry, Thomas, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction Railway, &c. Cooke, John, Esq., 3facclesfield Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dive Valley Railway Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c. Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rahway Cumberiege, Nathaniel, Esq. York-terrace, Regent's Park Dalby, John, Robert, Esq., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne Daniel, Richard, F,sq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne Dent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield Dent, John, Esq., Nortligate, Huddersfield Darlington, J., Esq., Bradford Dyson, Thomas, Esq., Well-house, Holmfirth Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Railway Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders field, Sheffield, and Halifax Railway Eflcnsor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne Elershaw, John, Esq., Leeds Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Higgln Grange, Derbyshire Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct • Railway Frost. Meadows, Esq., Chester Garle, Sanmq, Esq., Uttoxeter Garbo, William, Esq. Uttoxeter Gilpin, aud Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Gl3borne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director or the Staffordshire, Leicester, And Tamworth Railway, Sec. Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, Longton, Staffordshire Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley. Director of the Derbyshire, sta ord shb e, and Worcestershire Junction Railway TILE SITN, LONDON, TUESDAY IiVEMLNO SEPTEMBER 30 1845 BANKERS. Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, Leaden Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter Ditto Ditto, Ashbourne Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby Ripen—Messrs. Terry, Harrison and Co. Bradford—The Leeds and West Riding Bank Messrs. I. and Hamilton Richardson, solicitors, Leeds SOLICITORS. John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. George Remington, Esq., C.E. LOCAL, AGENTS. Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley Eggiugton, A., Esq., Lichfield Green, James J.. Esq., Walsall. Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield and HOlinfirth BROKERS. Messrs. Hitching and Marshall, Leeds Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds Mr. Thomas Oskwith, Ripon This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com munication between two of the most important manufacturing and mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield, and Sheffield, and Rotherhatn in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and Wolverhampton. This line will also open a direct railway communication between Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton, and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish guard, Aberystwith, and with Port Dynnllaen, the future outport for Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds and Southampton, The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a point near Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and Mayfield to Ashbourne. thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holm - firth to Huddersfield, where it will join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, And so to Thirsk. It will open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal, iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica tion between the important towns above mentioned. Arrangements have been Made with other companies to run into this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise additional capital to extend the line to Leeds. Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very scarce, and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity exists in South Staffordshire; and the route of this line would fur nish a cheap and good supply, at present not worked, and without a market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway. The calculations which have been made show a very large profit. There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into full work. The coal is of a superior quality. There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne, Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire is the resort of vast numbers of tourists ; and particular care will be taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience, therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure. Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire, and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive canal company, which this and other lines of railway meeting a Uttoxeter will remedy The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac turing purposes along this line will be great. The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needvrood Forest. Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000 acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap communication to now markets. The line has been viewed prior to a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering difficultiec. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it Is intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so. At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential mhabi tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a! 'ac tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby and Gainsborough and Midland Railways Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 8.5, Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., TJttoxeter ; and to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler, Worcester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver pool ' • Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; M r . M orr i s Rey nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ; Mr. William Crenhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York"; Mr. E. 11. Armitage, Wakefield; Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Messrs, Tate and Nash, Bi is tol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry; Messrs, Houghland and Leese, Manchester; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield; Mr. W. 11. Collls,Birmingham ; Mr.L. Weather. sum, jun., Iluddersfleld ; Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Nieholson, Edinburgh; Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow; Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin ; Mr. James Roes, Perth. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of NI. each in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such less number .as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when required, the Deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share. Dated this day cf , 184 . Name In f1d1...... ••••••• • • • • • - •••• • .. Profession and professional residence.. Residence in fall • • • • • • • • • • • • .......... , Reforence LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY. Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 28. per Share. The Acting Committee of Direction have agreed: " that a Branch Line from Ashbourne lo Derby be adopted by this Company, and that the capital of the Company be increased from 1,700,0001. to 2,000,0001. for that purpose." JOHN OWENS, Joint WM. ARNOLD BAINBRIGHE s j Solicitors. Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgete, Sept. 26, 1843. • Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei cester and Birmingham Railway Harpin, John, Esq., Birk's-house., -Holmfirth Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley,• Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire auction Railway, &c. Hammond, :G., Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Harrison, John, Esq., Banker, Ripon, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne Haywood, Richard Howard, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries Iloldforth, Joseph Dempsey, Esq., of Burley, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Railway Herries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway Hill, John, Esq., Derby Hirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall, AshbOurne Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Clies• ter and Manchester Railway Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Jones, Edward, Esq., Windmill-place, Camberwell Knight, Edward, Esq. ' M.D., Stafford, Dir ec t or o f th e Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway Kingdom, Wm. Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park, Di rec t or o f the Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railway Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Director of the National Bank of Ireland, See. King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance, &c. Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury Laughton, Richard, Esq., Barrow-hill, Uttoxetee Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn Commission, &c. Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall Mason, Charles James, Esq. ' Staffordshire Potteries Mason, George Miles, Esq., Wetley Abbey, Ftaffordshire Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Musgrave, Simeon, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds, Director of the Thirsk and Midland Junction Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction Railway Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne poorhouse, Joshua, Esq., Holmfirth Maskery, Thomas, Esq., Norbury, Derbyshire North, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfield Norton, George, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersteld,Director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct Railway Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Direotor of the Der byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Parkinson, John, Esq., P.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Ryde-park, DI- Director of the Iforthampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail way, &a. Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Roberts, Thomas, Esq.. Manchester Robinson. John, Esq. Silcoates, Cottage, Wakefield Roden, Thomas Clarke, Esq., Birmingham Richardson, Joseph, Req., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway Sant, Edward, Esq. Cannock, Director of the Derby s hi re , Stafford shire, and Worces tershire Junction Railway Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scroptcr, 4,erbyshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Smith, Thomas, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove Valley Railway Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Sidney, Thomas, Esq.,. Alderman and Sheriff, City of London, Direc tor oftheLeeds and Liverpool Direct Railways Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and West Junction Railway Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As surance Company Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, &e. Tibbits, Thomas, Esq., Norton Manor-house, Leicester Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq. ' Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne Toogood, Rupert, Esq , Ashbourne Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of the East and West Junction Railway, firc. Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and Manchester Railway, &c, Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley Watts, William Royde, Esq., Birmingham Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Wiles, George, Esq., Thagerford-park, Berkshire Williamson, Hugh Henshell, Esq., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire Potteries Williamson, Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne Wooirich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway • Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc tion Railway Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne Wilkinson Jo'in, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo rough Railway . LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SFIEFFIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY. Capital, 2,000,0901., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. Notice is hereby given, that no applications for shares in this line will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th day of October. WM. ARNOLD BAINIVIGGE, Joint JOHN OWENS, j Solicitors. Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgate, Sept. 26, Mi. REMINGTON'S LINE. T HE LONDONAND MANCHESTER DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY. The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below : Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant. Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep tember instant. Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem ber instant. Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of September instant. Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September instant. Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant. Bedford—At the Company's Office in the High-street, on Thursday, the 2d day of October next. littoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Req., Soli citor, en Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant. Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting, Solicitors, en Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant. Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September instant. Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur day, the 27th day of September instant. Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday, the 296 h day of September instant. Macclesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrett, Colville, and May, Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and Wednesday, the Ist day of October next. Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next. Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Soliciter, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant. Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem ber instant. Hull—At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September instant. Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep tember instant. Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc tober next. Liverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October text. By order, H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary. WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP STOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER JUNCTION EXTENSION RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital 900,1001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Eight Hon. Lord Rossmore William Hughes Hughes, Alder- The Eight Hon. Col. Dawson man of London Darner, M.P. Col. Hugh Caldwell Tke Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, M.P. George Lawton, Esq. The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P. W. P. Andrew, Esq. The Non. Col. Westenra, M.P. C. R. Colman, Esq. Sir Henry Hunleke, Bart. Joseph Davies, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. John Wheelton, Esq. Sir William Twysden, Bart. Edward Hall, Esq. Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart. Major White Sir Henry Seale, Bart Captain J. p. Macdougall William Collin% Esq., M.P. William Shelford Fitzwilliani, Esq. Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., William Frederick Beadon, Esq. High Sheriffof Buckingkamaluire Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq. William Strehan, Esq. James Beech, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. (With power I. add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Edward Francis Dayrell, Esq., Chairman Edward Hall, Esq., Deputy-Chairman Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. W. P. Andrew, Esq. Sir William Twysden, Bart. C. R. Colman, Esq. Major White W. S. Fitzwillians, Esq. Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq. W. F. Beadon, Esq. George Lawton, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. ENGINEER. William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. LONDON BANKERS. Messrs. Glynn and Co. ; and Messrs. Strahan, Paul, and Co., Strand, PROVINCIAL DANCERS. Messrs. Bromage and Co., Chepstow Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth Mesons. Williams and Sons, Newport The West of England Banking Company and Branches The Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company and Branches The National Provincial Banking Company and Branches The Gloucestershire Banking Company and Branches The County of Gloucester Banking Company and Branches. SOLICITORS. Mr. W. T. H. Phelps, Newport. Monmouthshire Messrs. A'Beckett and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London LOCAL AGENTS. Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors SECRETARY. Mr. William Prothero, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, London. This Line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to Piercifleld, the far-famed Windcliff, and Tistern Abbey, to the towns •f Usk and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and coal field of South Wales, passing near to and through the midst of the extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor ganshire, to join the Aberdare branch of the Tel! Vale Railway, which connects Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare with Cardiff—thus forming a much more direct and almost straight Line—by means of the railways already made and projected between those immensely populous districts, and the centre of the kingdom and London, by means of which the journey by land will be shortened between the metropolis and this great seat of industry to four and a half, and between Newport and Cardiff to the hours, which at present, even by the aid of existing railways, cannot be performed in less than from ten to twelve hours. It will be found by reference to the official census of 1831 and 1841, that the average increase of population of the county of Mon mouth exceeded that of any other county in England or Wales ; this fact is referred to as illustrative of the rising importance of the country through which this railway Is intended to pass, and of the very large passenger traffic which may reasonably be calculated upon. The town of Usk, with Ragland, and the rich agricultural district fbr mazy miles around, are supplied by carts from the vicinity of Pontypool with coal and lime, which are there obtained at a cheap rate, and in return cattle and provisions of all kinds, hay, corn, and pit timber to an enormous extent, are sent to the iron works and collieries, where the consumption is immense. This traffic alone must necessarily ensure a considerable revenue to the Company, in dependent of the great traffic from the manufactured iron, fire bricks, and paving stone, which is of superior quality, and in great abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and tin plates from the works to London, including transit to the port, shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts to little lees than 20s. per ton, whilst by this railway, and those it is intended to join, the average cost at the rate usually charged for such goods on rail ways will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., and be conveyed within twenty-four hours, instead of the average voyage round the Land's End of three, and not unfrequently six weeks, and with the very important advantage of delivering the iron free from rust, which is unavoidable on a sea voyage, in small bars more particu larly, causing a deterioration of from 15s. to 20s. per ton at least. This railway, by mean, of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways, will open Birmingham as a market for the manufactured iron of South Wales, from which it has been in a measure excluded, from the difficult and expensive transit by the River Severn and Canals. Large quantities ofiron ore, known as " Hxmatete ore,"ls imported into Wales, from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron making, exists in abundance in the Forest of Dean, and may be raised and delivered from thence by means of this and the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway to the different iron works in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire at an average of from 25 to 30 per cent. less than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a handsome remuneration to the Railway Companies. The Committee of Management have gone very carefull• into estimates of the goods traffic especially, and they feel justified in expressing a decided opinion that the revenue front this source alone will, yield 5 per cent. on the proposed capital of the Company, in addition to the revenue to be derived from the other traffic. This Railway will pass close to, and within a few miles of, all the iron and tin works of Monmouthshire, and the principal part of those In Glsmorganshire ; and the following short statistic of the extent of those stupendous undertakings will give an idea of the vast importance of the present project. The iron and tin works com mence at Pontypool, and are 1. The Pontymoile Tin and Iron Works 2. The Blaendare Iron and Coal Works 3. The extensive Tin Works at Ponthir and Caerleon 4. The Pentwyn, Golonos, and Varteg Iron Works and Rolling Mills 5. The British Iron Company 6. The Blaenavon Iron Company 7. The Nantylylo 8. The Coalbrooke Vale 9. The Cwn Celyn and Blaine Company 0. Tho Beaufort 1. The Ebbw Yale 2. The Victoria Company 3. The Abbercarne, Pontymister, and Tydee Tin Works, 4. The Tredegar Iron Company 5. The Shirhowey 6. The Rhymney and Bute Company 17. The Dowlais Iron Works 18. Carfartha. Added to which, in the vicinity, are the extensive works and collieries in the Aberdare Valley, and on either side of the intended railway are collieries raising and vending about one million and a half tons of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to ex pect will be greatly extended, by the facilities offered through the intended railway. In the districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and westward, there exists an inexhaustible abundance of a peculiar description of coal, which, though inflammable, is nearly smokeless, and is found to be superior in quality for steam purposes to any yet known. In the London market it meets with a ready sale at 30 per cent. higher than any of the best north country Hartley's ; and notwithstanding the high price, so highly is it esteemed, that the present importation amounts to nearly 100,000 tons per annum. This coal for the most part is brought from a distance of 24 miles, and shipped at Cardiff, from whence freights to London have averaged from 10s. to 11 s. per ton during the past year; but so uncertain Is the supply to the metropo lis, owing to the scarcity of ships on the Welsh coast, and the long and precarious navigation round the Land's End, that many who are anxious to adopt their engine grates for its use, are deterred from the too great uncertainty which exists against obtaining a regular and constant supply; these difficulties will be entirely superseded by the proposed railway, and these It is intended to Join, with the great additional advantage and impetus to increased use and consumption, that it may be delivered to the consumer at from 2s. to 3s. per ton less price than at present. Under such circumstances, it will not appear unreasonable to those unacquainted with the trade, to expect that the consumption in the metropolis alone will be increased four fold, whilst a new-found trade will be opened out with Chepstow, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Witney, Oxford, and the numerous inter metbate towns to London, where steam coal is used. It has been considered more judicious to form a separate Company for the Extension line from Chepstolv to the Taff Vale, than to alter the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway Company at present, but powers are proposed to be taken for smiting, the two Companies hereafter, with the assent of their respective Boards of Direction. Prefisrence will he given to those locally interested, and to the holders of Shares in the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway. A reference to the map will show the importance of this line as forming a direct line of railway communication between the great mineral district of Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire, with the heart of the Kingdom and Landon. It may confidently be stated that in connexion with the Chep stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, there is not a line of railroad in the Kingdom which offers greater advan tages to the Shareholders than the present. Provision will be made in the Act of Parliament which will be applied for in the next ses ►ion to limit the liability of the Shareholder to the amount of his shares, and to allow four per cent. on the calls. Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the fends of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma tion, and In the preparation of the Plans and Sections submitted to Parliament. Power will be applied for in the Aet (and in the meantime is hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi tional capital, to extend or abandon any branch of the line, to make branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi nate the first Directors of the Company. Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be made to the Solicitors, or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle Street, and Messrs. Backhottse and Co., No. 4, Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, London ;—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co.. Cheltenham ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; —Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath ; Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester ;—Messrs. H. David and Ce., Dale Street, Liverpool ;—Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ; —Messrs. Wilkinson and LArle, Hull ;—and Messrs. Labertonche and Stafford, Dublin, To the Provisional Committee of the Welsh South Midland or Chep stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Extension Railway I request that you will apportion me shares of 201. each, In the Welsh South Midland or Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glouces ter Junction Extension Railway ; and I do hereby undertake to ac cept the same, or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the deposit of 21, 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired, Dated this Name in full.. • , Residence Dullness or Profession Name, Residence, sad Profession of Referee. Usual Sigeature of Applicant ..-........... day of WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP STOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOUCESTER JUNC TION EXTENSION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that Igo Application for Shares in this Com paq can be received aftqc the let of October next. WILLIAM PROTIIEROE, Seeretary, 0-T I T HE DIRECT LONDON, POR TPI° I' oRTO 111{11 AND CHICHESTER, AND DI REcT AND CHATHAM RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) VIA REIGATE. of „oz . each. Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,00 0 Shares A Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. ruovisiosrAL Co no, s usses The Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, of o wdroY_ „ Colonel George Wyndham, of Pctworth House, pea"soses The Hon. and Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, of West till 310 The Right lion. Lord de Lisle, of Penshu The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carieto 1 _ The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, of the Dell, Wind Buse s u ssel Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart of Hollyconabe Ho"' ~ Wilton-crescent The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., of 21, Wilton - cm The Hon. William M. Dawson Dite ct°l The Hon. Stafford Jerningliam, Brook-street _.., ~, part, rid, lion( _llO, Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbournc-stre et,llY. of the East India Company Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-Ware Sir James Carmichael, Bart., of 40, Sussex-gardens ' l4 , Sir Robert Schomburgh, of New Kingston, Sur r ,, preo.° 0 0' Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., of Eaton-Pla _! Eniboa Direct Western Railway Company, the Than" Company, &c. Lee Steore, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey Captain Charles Shirley, of Midhurst, Sussex Late Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, Beira-re -7'4 Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., of Broom Hall, Surrey', t,a,iipios Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect-place House, ~T)r'",, ,lei's Lancelot Archer Burton, Esq., of Woodland s, Erns, Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton-street -hire ,JII, pori ge E. T. Dayrell, Esq.,Dligh Sheriff of Buckingham Colonel Henry Dt.ndas Campbell, 'of for Hants ,iig 6 Major Snow, of 4, Old Cavendish-street rector'', , t so The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbourne Dire 0 knit' P" Francis Lysons Price, Esq., of Sydenliam , Shropshire Mineral Company James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, 'of North-end Reuss, , George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe-plaee , , a l-- t e ree t, Be William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 1 6 , Ja me". gate 6 0 " Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex genn} • toll George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, Harleyford -place , , pirec or pti Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham e a, ' tl ) ~ ,,,ta Warwi.ck:l:lxre kivioni, Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Reg ,3i5 1 ,0 Park 0 1 _4 William Watson Prole, Esq., of Thurlow-igl uare ' C 0 0,9, Brompton, no - titer" ° `; Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 8, Upper Gower-street, _. co oill Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Itallwai John Napper, Esq., of Ifold House, Surrey Stephen Londe% Esq., of Lindfleld, Sussex eet Thomas Stevenson, Esq„ 37, Upper Grosvenor - S tr i''' l est` r George Baker, Esq., of Stilland, Sussex 3 1jne b James Hitching, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Southampton Raila Comany Lewis Pocock, Esq., w of y Montagpue-street, Russell-square Thomas Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey Samuel Relf, Esq., Reigate, Surrey Thomas Neale, Esq., jun., of Reigate, Surrey John Lucas, Esq., of Varndall-hill, Haslemere tre ,ctor Thomas Bowles, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex at, Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., of Great Surrey' a Pfa r Ye' the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway „ oc tet ' William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A., of Croydon, Sarre'', ' tropolitan Junction Company IA burst John Davidson. Esq., of Trotton-house, near M - , ill" Edmund Sadler, Esq. of Bepton, Sussex ser . Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, ne ar of Tweed ci° l Joseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham Common ~(hire, Dire William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, RoxburP - Bristol and Exeter Railway Company an lii Samuel Brown, Esq. of Clapham 1,,,,, , -lane , Joseph Scales, Esq., , of 3, Danster-court, -3 1 'ne I' o Clapton , r r ce, 11 Y " John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., of 30, Cambridge--c an any 4b e I' Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway C el .9 r Ctor of ' pile ~100 , John Holbert Helbert, Esq. of Gloucester-Plac e ' (ester and Birmingham Railway Company , tra tford 4r ~,, Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clopton House, „soy ~.. I' Director of the Warwick and Loudon Railway Co `p Captain William Cousins, of Compton-street, Bili ns ,.' o r ar e, J'' rector of the Doncaster and Goole Railway CoF,, ra re-50 ~, Captain Frederick Chamfer, of Halkin-street , m e ''' t r rector of the Fampoux and Hazebrouck RailwaY ~t ist y 0 John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the 01 111 C 0 cester o f the John Moreton Cottle, Esq., of Leamington, D irector 4i and Birmingham Railway Company r ''' Direct ° i John Brightman, Esq., of Regency-square, Brigin w ' fe rtor‘ Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company William Spooner, Esq., of Chapel-street, c are, ' the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company, efi usre , 1 , Alexander Grelg, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Beigravu --- re Belgrave-S4 1 , 0 9 of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester RailwaY ace, filue Captain Trophinrus Hodges, of 65, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway CornraDoi.the)f George Parbury, Esq., of 37, Russell-square, Director i t o r ° ter and Rugby Railway Company Di to George R. Peppercorne, Esq., of Bexhill, Sussex , 41 Connaught-terr...ooo Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway CornpanY _, the " Thomas Henry Evans, Esq., of Lothbury, Director of Warwick and Worcester Railway Company Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 5, Harley-street C am re Rev. F. H. Hall, D.D., Rect or o f Fulbourne, was Rev. Thomas Price, Rector o f Ll anro th e l, Hereford W. Woods, Esq., of Chilgrove, Sussex Henry Morley, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex William Gambler, Esq., Seacombe Park, Herts C. A. Tulk; Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts , 1 James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks,Whit ellarell ~,,,,, t , ' John Inglis Jardcin, Esq., 150, Piccadilly et, Y.- c Joseph Bulkeley Johnson, E sq ., o f 10, C o leman - ° „.e , et l'' Staffordshire Potteries Railway orect ° ' 11. R. Dolman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford - Pl ace ' f Cambrian and Grand Jun c ti on R a il wa y li " David Montague, Esq., of Regent's-park tile I. W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Ludgate-hill, Director of 9 1 ' DO Valley Railway Company and -an° James Gernon, Esq., Director of the London :l *‘ way Company James Macmillon, Esq., Southampton , Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M. of Midhurst SO° r i ße a y. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trotton Rector'' , 1 , 5 1 1 i t 31 jor James Ad a i r , Di rector of Church o f 108 pireltDi Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Company Manchester and Southampton Railway, Managin ie g a a ' 4'3 ' do S West Lancashire Railway, and of Manchester,,' - St port Railway sr oe" • Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director of °tit P ali' Railway ~ forJ . 00 1 ~f ~.,% ,j aMpton, and Gosport Railway, and f John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Manchester, Director of P'" osi 3fsecles. - gi Railway ifli ~,, of 4of Henry Farrington, Esq , of Ma nc h es t e r, pireci"•,,,, , o , cli° t ,f Manchesterivectsao, Southport Railway, and of York and Lancaster n s ,,, c al tor .' JP' Josephus Homey Higson. Esq of Manchester , M.- ha ste a- ~,i r and Manchester Direct Railway, and o Han e— ° fro Railway Direct ° ,i f of 5 , , ,. Daniel Grant, Esq„'of Springside Bury, Lancas__ „te r _, , ir, l'a-joo - Direct London and 'Manchester igs"7l , /n 0 ,of Liverpool, Manelfester, and Newcastle - UP O ''' feet °. Railway PI .h , Thomas Townend, Esq., of the Polygon, Manchester'.....sele,,-tr: London and Manchester Direct Railway , of P L "; 5,%,;{ John Burgess; Esq., of Manchester Boroughr ce ,, v p'SQ ° /1 ' Danidrecotofrtohfethe Manchester,Lon doit an ditlf:nincehye:stseraDtlier,ecant-T Carl's James l Railway w s a h y e Shaw, mr , Esq., of Salford, Lancashire, Dir • eet er i'ttil ° and Rugby Railw a y m e 11' 0' Edward Parratt, Esq., of th e Suttons, Romford aPr - til° - The names of other no bl emen and gentlemen IY :00 ,111 iv further advertisement, whose lupport has been Pr o dertaking. 1) 4. fg . COMMITTEE 05 MANAGEMENT• - ra tlf r e, Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward Faroittoo4. Frederick Clarkson, Esq. willialls Robert Chapman, Esq. Thomas, Ste ; a n, s. , u° 0 of Joseph Scales, Esq. H . R. ea tog a°, _ to o ot• John Parkinson, Esq. D rSv id 30° s ,„ s ea ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of No. '2, Palace-Y s i s ee „se- SOLICITORS TO THE COMPAN Y— M rs Pontifel - Andrew's-court, Holborn, London' LOCAL AGENTS Chi° eSter di Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, sP „ " Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor Reigate „ d rOrt William Minchin, Esq., solicitor, Portsea Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth Edwin Aldbery, Esq., so li c it or, M idh u rst . wc osr lol. Thomas Holmes Boswo r th, Esq. solicitor, SECRETARY—Mr. Jolts; C. Sonsto ero. o tee co ir vet i t i j itP t or i ,,; In submitting this undertaking to the publies, es s ea S c e influenced no less by a conviction of its imports? ",ester, s st , ,," sly necting line between the important towns of Cut e- s i ieiSdita° , mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand nat lc T: s sat al et s ed of un G d r e e rt at a ß kin i g ta , affording a direct communication between the tw o S t i s ttn e . flPscr na l v ' al he a p rs ro e j n e Chichester and Portsmouth. will extend the tion with the coast branches of railways along th e !,iti connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, SS. prig .ses'„el' n a towards the west. By the main line falling into tly oc ri "apv way the advantage of two termini in London W I , „ ri aoa,, b Inb-y-Ip'orrtsocemedouinth and (i vs 0,0 „, 0 , one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at ""„ sicia latter of which, from its proximity to the Custo°' t ee 0 `" ail several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to k e tis its. , ,pO l or for a London terminus for merchandise of all dese rl ,, P i i ise"„ te„sti l. gfatfilittiefo::)lft;octf, The line of railway intended to be constructed h)`,,tes commence at or near the Redhill station near R e , c l ; crow geiti• so!• don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 nt ° tell brid In e. its course to Portsmouth it will pass thro u g h- ° e r stell c e (:lia lf :; 0s Newdigate, Cupel, Ockley, Ewhurst, s he i s resicii;, Ca si sslepe Billinghurst, Wisborough- green, Plaistow, IlasW ie s 7es'e' s ' ietV North Chapel, Kidfo r d, Petfortli, Midhurst, 10 t ° ss Racton, Westbourn e , an d Emsworth; at or ne9. l- w i s i- rest° .- ply pisce this projected llae will join the ChichseStsra o " the way to Portsmouth. s. to P i° A branch is proposed to be made from. Dorking line at or near Capel. eetwe e° By this course the entire distance to `travel --, „ i nce „s i d Portsmouth will be abridged to 7. 4 miles, a ".. roje c i - a/ shorter than that by which as s y line hitherto P ais i A 0 prssse o o s London and Portsmouth has • ProPoaed to Ws , itpet'As 0' se h a route more, populous and pr o d uct i ve than anY 4 a el y &o wl) to public notice. It will itsvelve the construction;isill railway to complete the course between t he 11 10' 1 Reigate) and Emsworth, rig i ' From London to Reige .te by the London a nd 11 • • V' 9 4, Railroad is .. ................ ......... • • ,„• s The junction to be. made by,this Company Is • • ", • ,..hy From the point near Emsworth to Portsmoutt.... ChichesteS and Portsmouth Railway is ••• • • • 15 _ s „0 •• et ty s . ri Total distance from London to Portsmouth' • • c osts - pos i i Is b e 0 11 I(l 4 terS From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will„ s oon so ut°,,se s t which will place Chichester in direct comntu n „' -- this CD'se o The distance between Chichester and London ~Y 'o oo .pc-j c .o 62 miles, and trains will run direct between Dater Inasmuch as the existing line of railway t 1? a w, ra t sl from the London and Brighton Railroad at Itetkode line will open up a counnunication by railroad he t t th e P l er tt i ' s and Dover. pee 03 0 From an inspection o f th e map, i t w ill be sy bie Ire 0 00 to pf: l , station, near Reigate, li es nearly In a direct mor n s°",:lets mouth and Chatham, and in p ursu i ng the line c a si esoeS the last-mentioned naval and military d e P c t o dst° l :; r oo l° h e through or near the towns of Bletchingle),', . 0 , le t ee , Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ighthara, Town „, it° ) „, ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Wooditar• te 10°, 0 1 i se The distance between Chatham and neig 4 of rai l ` io to, ' making of 31 miles of railroad, and the lin e tie s. o u i i s Portsmouth and Chatham will extenl over 8 2 T or th 1 6 . 0010,0 To tile naval and military establishilson"„ o „ most de° c oo's , construction of this projected line will afford t l s s. r'Vsti;s , cilitics in the transit of troops, stores, baggag e ' c t the tardy course of communication which a t se „t es t sire, te exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, P r' 10 t" iper' ing over the space of two days, and munication with each other which, h o w. „ ii Po rt ,LI will enable the journey between them to be r° esta"°,' s iege a t t" p l a cing tille -1 0 1 a , , Or so oll tio The formation of of a direct line of rail waf es tabi!!' i orts and Chatham will afford the oppnit °so l'" e rr" communicationrt s ot s electric telegraphic, that celerity of , th e 0' IP, obtained between places of national importances ea -- eve of' cs •S The warm support of the principal landowne se) fa te 11,.,, of the line is pledged to this undertaking. ns eing ,ing sat c is , The Provisional Committee abstain front 1 _„, sa rrS to stle o I tis frrence to the contemplate I profl to result fr v u t ' - eri s °i nt , its ,0 this undertaking, feeling convineted that the es 1 10 e a' ecifii' 0 the populous and rich districts ever which this 11 are projected to pass is sullienently knoWn , al to r inutility of all comment in tb.at respect. leaf , IP 4 14, , ce il be , re" Applications for the shares, in the fornt 8' s o sS"d.ot r o re to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or t° • tt " s l3 l°. DO et. Brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, an dBll"u , °ld s tre t ; retei l' of Lodon Messrs. Peppercorn and Co., Br eed - 1 0 Old 4 , veb'isa sII I London; Mr. H. Pritchett, of No. 74, neut., ,„ • Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; John Pu ~.s u cold stl aVssi e s Manchester ; Mr. 11. 11 1 Ewen, le, S. es° 51 0 7, - r 0 John Watson, Esq., sliarebrok er, Leeds ; Car: e ' s tct ; sla - ,0 1 and Bailey, brokers, Leeds; verpool ; Messrs. Hope and Rastrick, bra e ' ; (lo+ t o t s Tyeth and Luscotnbe 'Messrs. Sobo ltz „, slau s e es ege ! et t Stockbrokers, rno ; and Soii, Bristol ; 3 tesers. Watson and Co-: A s o n, Lorick, Nottingh a m ; and Messrs. and ,„ r e. _ c at4 s si oss STl A 7sir ° /, FORM OF APPLICATION. F t ontle it in To the ProVisional Committee of the Dire° arid `lath es eOl' o n e ° I ,e Chichester, and Direct P race' t Company. ace' ' " • I It•CDOSt that ou will allot to rue Iciest Rite „ n ' ° d to tar ) P ei in the abov Company, and I hereby 111 to toe . - 06 0 pee or any less number that may be allotted The , posit of 2/. 2s. on each share, and to execut.e_•reviees;" ,• •• tract and Subscribers' Agreement as mar °`' •••• .••• Dated this day of ortsmotith Usual signatur e Name in Profession or Trade ar •••• • • ' es l .• • • • • • 'tY) • • .0 • ' •' . ,:to N.B. /To ap) a banker, or fi soap of the F sT ". Residence • • ...... if , o y, .. ._,..., . Pl a ce of Business k ... • .... oicerf Reference • • reference •.. .. ref e l P 0 . , 0 - 41 • 1. Residence or e t wiP i g i o z-irl, pplication;will.be attended to clo ni c a„ v ho or 1 .. from an kialeant referring t°;ouc;itors, 4. 4 Provisional Committee, or tbe , " I. i %Pe • • ......' • • " i ' l o' ' p t. .1- • • : ...-•.;. ,• . ' . C:i• -) .;,. _ .. . . i _ ~ .._