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r of tho booth Tr,lllvaY, 'E;;‘,.t India 31pps, Esq. Esq., Dial" Esq. Esq. Potter, E* ( 1:„., 3fa7°r d and gfetta• -Stock Bey nnmercial 13,° ,n, Ea 4• lisle, (IP— liares_of 251 s, ,ern T ru"l‘ of 21• de1 )(4 110 6i sari' d" -............:: any) .• • ... • 0 .... ..„ .. .. --- ;:;; < 0° odor' thety t ,ertiser.oell lork '4 Linn • t. a iii, - • ~i , •11 , e , ; the (I...,triet .1.. -- -, ••• •,11, , , let, ler::. `noluded ill C... toe hue • Lii . b NVI:i 1.1 , 1 Y 'I( ~.-,,. 't' th.LiithealeVultan.ce than it would have'been last Y ' ear ' ; for ' since your tttr,4thatl,teelfwoas:erliaidlidabohutanadaalneTedeltioann mthaisnyas another of those cir- IZ n it that ace' oeuinbreeing almost every local lines have been ot the, , .s ottin town, that no injury can ~-7, hY Parliain lit Some of these local lines have been autho s'aole, th e , Yams, for instance, the Wakefield, Pontefract, and oll.,"' n ave only so and and Lincoln, ' ard Great . Grimsby lines. Some et.!.. 'at* brough t r advanced in Parliament, and others are before the public. It Is so far satisfactory, how 4. t hat 4 direct London.and York line would cross them all, and be 1424 ht int° enn tle a tc i al with them, not interfering with them in their ;•.a.l.abieets, but ~,,h,,,,11. You resolve to pro elect 11°1' froni their res 4 tnct A v the d ll . l in. carrying out a London and North with li your scheme on the principle Ick.`e'ely dna'', s tated, I think such a line n could be laid down as I ca *i n 8, 04bt will command success in Parliament, possessing as it (qo,lle have advantages over any scheme yet proposed for the same the honour to be, Crenllemen, your most obedient servant, I 44d na q , ',llit the report n JOHN MILLER, t ,e.site,e-_ept. 1, 1845. and resolved unanimously e n hy J. 11. Lt7cX, Esq. ; seconded by L. Caominx, Esq., tryliftolts :o lr ect tthheeinaboifecitats 2 'a: t t ting , en t now read . be adopted, and that the thanks of this in g _ es o the I?;rectors for their past services. And this e co an r t d e i m al p s i v a L l por i t n i t n ha th r e e l po r rt fu . ture efforts to ' r od by Axxxxwnx That ~ Ivr .4ltEN •_ I ROBEITSON, Esq.; seconded by W. k , the capi tal or 2 ,, aq.., and carried unanimously : . tp,,Y 25. eaeu ` ;no Company shall be 4,000,0001., divided into `'.:(l holde r , e i,r i dia a depo si tlos. per share ; and th . ot 14'„7neo e i i „,.__L .e present scrip shall have the option of rece.iv ., for 1/ . en"Zul exchange for one existing share, receiving n ta Bach holders ?nlitslting Share ; and also that a preference be rho'-,,, . (Sign l allotment of the remaining shares.. il eirita, lo _,ed) J. S. CAPPER, Chairman. bteh Z. esoived,,ns That the chair, th eir. th t etlainoo,onat the unanimous thanks of this meeting be !ahir e for his impartial and able conduct la the Pte et l ' l nrther n . .b.,?:lber 12, 1845 . Railway ()faces, 64, Moorgate-street, London, i " e 'r NOR 1 4 , THERN RAILWAY, from N•• ‘" ntl 'ttnit LOON to YORK. h ' tIIAL Y with the 41,1 et ~ st p,t,,,,, e resolutions unanimously passed at a er e h _ lot 4, 4 ,, ' , Or of PROPRIETORS in this undertaking, to_ het h tfo " Tavern this d tes th,lopanY, %%1% 4 ' 1 , fined t hat, on ay, the holders of Scrip o Ce e ir ca tli. n of the nue,inh below '4e nunierical leaving the same at the application in accompanied by an rat t° an all' 'l ' l ' thvY list,will ct rs, be en ek_each r , .rnent ,if approved by the Dire o 'we gitoil sh„ e, ' two new shares of 25/. each, In exchange If th " DaYMent of a deposit of 2/. on each new t u h' P ' a f ' al ' e wi ' l t for .„ ii ) tht turi',,‘t resolve,TY additional Shares, in accordance . with t, tl ' ) . l l ,°. 2 . p, r u l" . ` 2 % at the meeting, they will likewi ai se fill c,,te‘t'hearret't",r',,nnlitet,,,,,,.tit, a'nipeplit_sihnartesie se annexed ezi a i n rm for . g 3 e . ner cha nge ', D art ''' t 041, e. • tames'l4 1 , auq atm, r equested to write across each cerlifl- Di x 'it ' , tua,,La , With the words " Return for Compan y' s "t northern " '''' bad on application at the R ailwa y " J. 8. CAPPER, Chairman, sept.l ices, 64, Moorgate-street, POR•i f 1 , 1845. I ker Di ' ' 4 ' AP l A , 4 . ehy g i re , rertorth P LICATION, No. 1. c, r jrip ~,,,„ 3,04 n otice ~ ern Railway Company. I, l 4atty s , Lin t: l 4 ) 4s h ew 4.namt l a d l e: ir t e h t e o i T t t r c ea ha t n --- a t rt h g ; leaearneeoßmaillawnayy : p (-4a nge" a ) re f w ritte e n el %, (and across le th e 'CT 'y name and address, with the words " For nted to ter m , 8 , s in this undertaking, fB e the ( kner l ated in the n r ew r s t hare of the Directors pre- Datkit, t4Ptethhfl., aB4:Veetin g ° f shareholders eil held on on the 1 lth all'ot,'ltare me the a . h' a nd in addition to the 11. per share of 501. to , ed t e ' o a l s e 4 d eposit oove Scrip, I undertake to pay the sum of 21. tr a l t nett w Ond to s h o il i ' b leb new shares of 25/. each, as may be e ad thh i ett require,.the par liamentary contract and subscriber n ay of , 1845. Ne ttle . ••• • • Residence.... • " • • ''''''' • • '''''' • • T o t he Profession or Occupation . • • • • • • ''''' l'i. "ltlea ........ •••••••• North, al etWhitt Reference ****** t It o. . 1 •Ii 14 thr „ _ ee of the Direct • untrt th e Company FORM " numbers specified in the certifieates. 114 1 ., ".'t OF A 4 -tin e c • — ire ct N PPLICATION, No. 2 . 1 1141 nin ed -, orthern Railway Company. Viti.lll 4 th L i te bireeeTY flestre to exchange the scrip certificates held 043' tlldertacrlhern Railway Company for new shares of 251. ett,4 3har,,, I n:, I hereby request you will allot to me k. 444' t 'd to ei aa d I •ree to pay the deposit of 2/. 10s. per share. ha t _ wile, ' re 'ute the Par liamentary contract and subscribers' •,titi (Pdred. day of , 1845. Name •• •••••••• '• •• ***** ..• .• I'4 , Residence-- . • • • • ' a ? root a t r ,„ Profession or Occupation Northe-ru'al COMmittee of the Direct poitlillallwaY Company. 1, de • 'TN bire c • t OP APPLICATION, No. 3. ~ . '1 6 .-,. You Northern Railway Company. t 7 and 1 .2 allot tO me I t e ' lora ••cree w ite lk tite e, aria to to take the same s , h o a r r s es uch f 25 of L them In as tmhiasyubne kilt re gkir l e b 4 4 p arb.4 .lr the deposit of 21 . 10s. per share thereon, and tl NI • entarY contract and subscribers' agreement gay or ._ ._ , 1845. Name t Q , P P rofession or OconPatio", • • • • ro,. kr e , Name .......... ••••• •• • • I Cortj sl,l lal c tAddrss... ...... ••••• •• • • ler4 kotalMattee of the Direct • " ra Y Company. P.O ti: ° tlc e . hr LO 4 11 R` l RAIL WA. Y, from 4e d f ,,S, ri eb Y giv en ' \ „ -- , 02 1 . to YORK. itOpb e 't!v‘ r ,,,D , fer `l!tt .t", 11 applications for New Shares in iiireacitotrbie 0 4 e u e di on io o n r al b s e l o a r i e es t l i z ns: t i . it o s e cr o th r ol n d e e . ri t i, 41 tiati o : . 4 14 ells consider the new shares e to which such gti ' ti ed as remaining at their disposal for gene- ger tt ••• 4 11w ay . oin S. J. CAPPER, Chairman. Sept' 19eeteg, Moorgate-street, , 41. ( 4 °14 t10 ttir k .t . ll_l B B o 7 4 e lkilt ee re s e peetfun r R DON AA Y The I ttit,o4:24e,felrBe4Ynscinformed that ' e shar L they will receive a Atill es reserved for them 4111r ie Railway, t i h n the course of a few days. R. S. TOTING, Secretary. * () t - 4 441 ill'. A TMOSPHERIC RAILWAY. COhjWietloll with the London and Crodyon ( Pro.- ..Soo o,,,,”•sionally Registered). I ' ll l l4'T Ci. 4 .,• Per • si i "d. in 1 00,000 Shares of 25/. each. etp rz g ati a rs of which, under a guarantee from the Lae has the n o twitY Company as to the expenses, at least e app re • , et be obtained in the next session. 11; Light 1 104 val of the following Noblemen and Gentlemen 4l t LIQ 4: t 41.1 Stam ge.1411%,..:104. 4 11 Chevening Park 1 , 0 1113 . 1, elan ebarr.t. Knola ~kebt'Atki,lhiarerlreltarie Tp es Berries, St. Julien's kit P t (I,'N .41bboc: -Yeroft, Bart., Everlands 4.43,44(104 , b ji aist 9 Ilan., Hi g h El ms 117 k, 1 4, 44 ;7,, k $ 44. 1 ,1 aee (4;,4114, ) ' t Ili' Sevenoaks k p rze 4, 4 5, et, A s b ° 4 l ,bourn Vtlattle t ee 'Re Rouse Tonl)rid e 41el b s ah'z'ortn an °ll4l ola g 44 41, 4 eitr1., k tromi 4 41 4 Se venoaks eY- common 4 '4 1 ; 4 4' Set e ili , ItromP"' Esq. River Head Homo A rte --.ey „tk114,, 4(1 N4 B hV 4I I. ligres t • ara' 01 w, s . Rive r Read Nto ll ttSq 3 °4 nix c sq . : 4 aston It' eete rs eo4,7;4>harn Bank, Tonbridge kit lt tZilia te „ 4 the OP M ANAGEMENT. • ' 'lu O t ri and Croydon Railway Company Ascsra.Nkti‘Ter 4.iiriflri° a n' tn t tl e tbYt o t, un gq.. F.R.S. str e l l ; K,ilitour, and Parson, ' 47, Parliament- We stminster 4114 k(-4(kr. SOLICIToRS 41/4, tte4ttkriti4ee3.;:ilcitiallt4l_o4f_td,.SSt.97%'n'ee.lloElES Sit uteri 4 0 , 1 gi a an,"_rst• Faversham s ok, 116 iiniev 'wit, Canterbury 41 4' ' ll t' lle lt rait Lubbock; and Co. ; the Commercial 1 1 t Drenilts-9.1; 11441 ' of Lei 4 _toe n bee, °tea y outp „ L o ndon . fkpes Y the T r t, E scl, and E. W. Cobb, Esq. i Zlie ht. th e ' 0, 3, and Croydon Railway Com , Dr. ,. reenui„,_ Preyed, and extended, as further ae -4.4 b:ey p rr 4 Of xlie'elitS of the districts, and the capabili ' t kao r aihv °rich hainlosPheric system have rendered ex biZA44NAN' 4(kiiihFailY4 eoniituutidesigned with a view to shorten and rair non t k e Vole . t e ' a e tt en between the metropolis and 4„_* , ty ~,,• u ntya o f rri the greatest amount of rail tit;' Pa4kkeZletl,'Lltly k sPt in y• Kest, and those two importan t 4 ,44 ac k °4 tio 44 114, se Firt er, e ,u froni Lon will give direct and independent ..`he 11 11 eI Y ex e ci N 4 aks , 1 . 0 ( lon to Gravesend, Rochester, Chat jr-a t 1;. Th e ..,,nbaridge, Maidstone, Ashford, Canter terl4yited Pl t hin t e k svii::bY thrt nce to these towns respectively lit hr at, Present turnpike roads. o t N 6 , 4 , th e :Ole 4 gate , i f iallY shorten and improve the railway `.sin ro de t ar asgate, and the Isle of Thanet gene ,_toN „,,o2rll of Maidstone and the city et Can -1;44.141,,4 the?lie4ti,``,Teen London and the Continent, and in t:stel e "; 4 with each otaer, and with every iin iN,lZkl,),k‘':r'atitl(4 ilitritlvotigh the centre of the county by Lewis t°t4rth's,l'etea,l, jefl:LNiaidstone, Faversham, and Canter 14i;1ater;clittie,„p"Ae, an "igih : for S c rth-Eastera line by branches I,,,e at 'atir e er:? t ' 0 . 04 tlli2eeed by Eltham Dartford , Gravesend, hi nt refill1;e11010,'W41 Talli n n " up the Valle ' y of the Medway to it Tan wa With the main line. MpY 4 4 ,, (14h,, de the get!,,COninriUllieatioll thus described haft the WOrk e re Of tiZ -L . and i 5 found to be most favourable yin 0tc0Lh4v,,03.9 oQo,,,aover thg.rt,l,ll!nta and the line steeper than w it Pshie s "`" ' , rains of the Brighton, Croydon, (4 1 1s:Stii e lfacit i 'pon r,v"lls Croydon Railway Compa access 4 1 5 ,31„ect l i`pf L e ! will b e ll : able terms to the best metrepolitan tinD‘:ll4eteelslo4 throneTred for the application of the atmos jusTition or guout. kd. e ,, lf t,es the t at e _ ea Pabllities of this principle on the to will s!rtion, that by these lines all the tir st h it it fidien4rY brought within a short journey of t, 3' fr e ,.._ * n and as the atmospheric principle t , rtt, a e ,:oat t he 4 ;e t trains, and frequent trains that of tiNiZtita 14hertrinatin üblie derive the benefit of great Zes -a, and l 04 eti etdhetoB the folloowwienhgatargbesula, nr form n d t In to the 'gay b v„ Ystent . e redo result to the public from the adoption TI - mew itic'bun - y Y Min, train.. 7 Fares b y ordinary ~...........L.ains. Class. s 1 2d - 77:3 1 --.__ I Class. Class, Minimum number of ordinary trains daily. l abour , - ip 0 40 tI 1 " 0 " I 2 1 1 27 i, Esq. Bank Tic o f fr o Diy— ' o e 4' 1 0 4 11 t ~, ;;;,,,,4k 4 ch' l ,l,t ` o l tt 4,1„ tie 1 , 4,,t t j k l; 4 4 : 4 4, 4 ,,, ' 1 , ,, 11, 0 ,, k , ,\1tt l LlZ'§•• It ... , ~ 11,14 4 41 %I , i , t) , - , ip „Y, apeci„, t\iirt4ll,,,lbi'lesel n ei p r te th:_ r m and fast trains -th'e-tint-e' o-ccu-pied will be th °l tt e khe—'tances, it h, th-te,i :‘,Art rue win unite .-„r?asnable to anticipate that this au uterests of the county of Kent trtN'll,4,4st,ltekte..eatllireord the Blest Ittl F iu Q o'7lth 4 locally in eassurance of the entire lines being ,3y F t t4411.‘.' INletetr?Yclen t Ranwrested have been associated with *g ei,'k.t,„ - te b t ;' the ierkit and, in her cor n PanY as members of the conapletely to identify 4 l'll44'a be BeParAertrts, of °the re,34l:„rte c p a r t i it which will'b:haeppnoeZe:xletT he ii 4„Cre;',,eirs eere?irietorneundih ttritl,,lt t0,,1t44:0,4a1enr Partie s -enenreoydoo llallway Company and 4 , , t, 4,0.... tei,,,,, ,3' hevq' linic°_,..e!ed with tbe district. tk4,,kivittlit,e,thtt,lV the nezt's`7sZed that In the event of an kthe subs cr ihall not ‘ 1 1,4 , 1 3 , 4 1 ;::' t4t into ati * . per share for ttl);be'c,tst'at4o'easet,ft4lie bet,4.44"gerosat to conepueense:, bandarefptand passed overetheier r,44„'„ree,irtespect o'le t erie s . ° ; l .ecl bY them, "r t portion or v. e4yller byre „ of terms , ta r ,, divi r i to secure the utmost economy ii.e pro3t. 41 4 ; 11 .441 4 1 e 1 1 h e1 it, ,;,. ~e;:aall,e,merent will vary or extend the line or k Dr.kytij Itioz hty. ~„„ ease the ~......_, -..cY de em ...._ -- ; . ...a.. and auraalltt'''', 'D tct 4 ' t er . .ecessary to i the success 101kikn'ote'IN e,..Bh4res rtqk - oe, ttei t ,,,y b e ,Innst be Mad Ot4 t:oprZitke:oby a " r e e cp, e nd . 40 e_ to the solicitors (of whom l'o „ N ki t ? 4 oftt ef theeresonel? an tors 8410e14 abeMineadmiLrinotfbethnexell '4, I,._l4tltly iitle7luton ~:;. 0, ,.1 ' 5, or a banker. ApplicartiOvn; 44 4,4 1, r i.,,0,_;?t, 4t;spci,i`l7ll4k-;yr:yad?u Italiway C ompany and ,A 71 3 ,„ , gel e°rellLjeCe4l:l°lC POlnrirAcitE hallw,. rn the great Kent Sitmospheric kni , ti• ~R; and'' 4110 t keNto ek t il kh 1 I lier t o ° b 'aft ' °lll Pany. engage t° shares of 25/. each in the above btotbe'l4B tlt„be all Y 1 the'qllW,lfttlja(Z;lrtit 4rie:,..caPt the same, or a e ter). cou'',"rg.!? Pa3' the deposit green,t -... end Subsenbers' greeclay , 1845 . Il arne i n f,, . 4 ,, , ,,et t ,, , :iiii:,11e bs for m liszirekie::or-'l)' ro.fe.e:to: (I • f . any) • . • • • . • • . • • Ilt,1' ) 1,, i ' t 'l th, 4 40 4 41 . I' '' kst! Q'ilverares tut ter ...' —.. .... ......... 44 :4 e kl to the ilerlialcliwtoarys 01171011.: be ba. fore the 4titret t) i'Qbdoll, Sept. 22, 1845. ' Ei 9 a, -- 2 1' balle t , :1 .. lay 4 .. ' 1 4 4 „ • 12 each Way; and second and third class car riages with at least two-thirds of that number. 0 4 4' o 60 SO • 9c. /4 6 9, k .. (60 ~ 1 .. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNI VEWRY Notice is yet left tile same ad EgNISKILLEN RAILWAY. -chy given to the Holders of Scrip who have not for registration, that it is necessary for them to do o iuur•. ...My, with a letter stoned by the holders, in the form an nexed. Itegistralon is indispensable to entitle parties to the rights and privileges of shareholders; and notice is hereby given, that if the holders of scrip certificates do not forward the same to the offices of the Company, situate No. 19, Moorgate-street, London, and in Newry, an or before the 10th day of October next, the same will be registered in the name of the original subscribers. REWRY and MORNE, Chairmen. Newry and Enniskillen Railway Offices, 19, Moorgate street, London, Sept. 27, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. Sir,—l request you will insert my name in the register of share holders in the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company as a pro prietor of shares, the scrip certificates for which I send you herewith. I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, Usual signature Name at full length . Profession or trade Residence ............... ...... To the Secretary of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company. WEST MIDLAND RAILWAY. Connecting the Eastern and Western parts of the kingdom. (Provisionally registered). Capital 1,700,0001., in 68,000 shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s, 6d. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. g• Sir W. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne-hall 4 Sir David Scott, Bart., Porchester-terrace, Hyde Park, London Jededlah Strutt, Esq., Director of the Derby and Gainsborough t Railway .1 Edward Hyde Clerke, Esq., Leamingto n P r i ors ° John Ashton, Esq., Newton Bank, Hyde, and Manchester sz William Bayley. Esq., Lark-hill, Ashton-under-Lyre The Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the London and Holyhead Railway Edward Valentine Pegge Burnell, Esq., Winkburn-hall, Nottingham shire, Vice-Chairman of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway Henry Kendall, Esq., Austin-friars, London, Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway Colonel Thomas Wildman, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, Di rector of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Rail way John Calthorp Williams, Esq., M.D., Nottingham Major Bilbie, Nettieworth Hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway James Salmond, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire, Chairman of the Boston, Newark and Sheffield, and Director of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway Francis Hall, Esq., Chairman of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway The Mayor of Newark-on-Trent Henry Boden, Esq., The Field, Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway William Tinker, Esq., Hyde, Manchester Thomas Horseley, Esq., Pye Bridge, Derbyshire Major Coke, Woodhouse Grove, Nottinghamshire, Vice-Chairman of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway John Ray, Esq., Heanor Hall, Derbyshire George Johnson, Esq., Mansfield Charles Allis, Esq., Willoughby Hall, Grantham, Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway John Brown, Esq., Af.D., Broadtield House, Boston, ditto John Coke Fowler, Esq., Duffield Bank, Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway John Edward Brodhurst, Esq., Crow Hill, Mansfield, Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway Thomas Fowke Andrew Burnaby, Esq., Newark-on-Trent Charles Holden, Esq., Junior United Service Club, London David Harrison, KN., Staleybridge H. D. Dod, Esq., Mansfield, Woodhouse Lewis Novell, Esq., Manchester Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester Thomas Ingram Ford, EM., Abbey-field, Sandbeach, Cheshire H. Cave Leahy, St. James's-square, London, a Director of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, and Potteries Railway, the Great Welsh Central Railway, and the Grand Trunk Railway The Rev. Dr. Cursham, Vicar of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Di rector of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway Richard Greenhalgh, EM„ Car Bank. Mansfield, Director of the:Bos ton, Newark, and Sheffield, and Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid lands' Junction, and Derby, ant Gainsborough Railways William Sacheverell Cook, Esq., Langton-hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Ralway Richard Truswell, Esq., Mandrake-house, Sheffield Edward Dowland, Esq., Mansfield P. R. Deardon, Esq., Birkenhead The Rev. John Peatfield, West Bridgeford Edmund Sykes, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire William Sabine, Esq., Broomhill-grange, Nottinghamshire Isaac Heywood, Esq , Mansfield. Nottinghamshire Montag - a David Scott, Esq., Porchester-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc tor of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway William Heywood Paulson, Esq., Mansfield Thomas Spragging Godfrey. Esq., Balderton-hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the Boston, Newark, and She.** eld Railway William Hollins, Esq., Pleasly-vale, Derbyshire Richard Henry Wright, Esq., Mansfield William Gething, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield, and Derby, and Gainsborough Railway Sibbald Scott, Esq., 62. Gloucester-place, Portman-square W. F. Handley, Esq., Newark-on-Trent Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde and Manchester Watkin Lees. Esq., Dukinileld William Sidebottom, Esq., Ethrow House, Hollingworth Richard Wharton Myddleton, Dsq., Leasingham Hall John Dodsley, Fsq., Skegby Hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway Robert Watson, Esq., Mansfield Thomas Burroughs, Eaq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gains borough Railway John Hudson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway Henry Brodhurst, Esq., Woodhouse-place Samuel Wright Fearn, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsall, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway General Reeve, Leadenham Hall, Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway Major Taylor, Radcliffe, Nottingham Joseph Gilstrap, Esq., Newark-on-Trent Douglas Fox, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway John Johnson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derb: and Gainsborough Railway William Foster, Eaq., Sleaford, Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway William Gill, Esq., M.D., Nottingham William Houldsworth, Esq., Farnsfleld Jonathan Hardcastle, Esq., Blidworth Dale John Thorpe, Esq., Newark-on-Trent, Director of the Boston, Newark, and theffieldißailway Captain F. Chamier, Helin-street, Belgrave-square Edward Newbatt, Esq., Old-place, Sleaford Dr. Bent. Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway Emanuel Hewett, Esq., Farnsfleld David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Provisional Director of :the Mid land and Eastern Counties Railways. R. M. Pruce, Esq., Lothbury, and 24, Park-square, Regent's-park William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingtoke, of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction, and of the Great Western Extension Railway Companies: Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac Cottage, Bustal, near Leeds; Director of the West Riding Junction, the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and other Railways Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire Martin Furniss, Esq. ' ditto George Boden, Inner Temple, and St. George's-terrace, Kensington THE FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL FORM TEI COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. Edward Thomas Coke, Esq. Francis Hall, Esq. William Tinker, Esq. . Montagu David Scott, Esq. James Salmond, Esq. Richard Greenhalgh, Esq. Henry Kendall, Esq. E. V. P. Burnell, Esq. John Ray, Esq. John Dodsley, Esq. LONDON BANKERS—Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co. ; Messrs. Jones, Leyd, and CO. COUNTRY BANKERS. Manchester—Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co. Liverpool—Messrs. Arthur, Heywood, and Sons Nantwich—Liverpool and Manchester District Banking Company's Branch Newcastle-under-Lyne—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's Branch Burslem—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's Branch Stafford—Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co. Uttoxeter—The Burton Union Bank Cheadle—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's Branch Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co. Sheffield— The Sheffield and Rotherham Ranting Company Mansfield and Chesterfield—Messrs. Robinson and Broadhurst Nottingham—Messrs. J. and J. C. Wright, nd Messrs. Moore and Robinson's Banking Company. ENGINEER—Joseph Gibba, SOLICITOU—Messrs. Parsons, Benn, and Pars one, and Messrs. G. and T. Walkden, Mansfield, Notting hamshire. LOCAL AGENTS. St. G. George Smith, Esq., Dar by Newcastle-tv ader-Lyre Stafford Ashbourne PARLIAMINTARY AGENTa—Messrs. Darr! ngton, Hayward, Vll combe, and Co., 16, Parliament-at reef The national object of this undertaking is to create a direct and united communication between the easten 1 and western parts of the kingdom. On reference to a railway map of England, it skill at once be seen that Stafford and Crewe, on the Grand Junction and Derby, and Belper, on the Midland Railway, are the centres to which a great number of lines of railway, either already constructed or projected, converge ; and between these four points n o railway exists. The West Midland Railway proposes t. unite these points in the following way :--By commencing one of its arms at Crewe station, on the Grand Junction Railway, which will run through or near Newcastle-under-Lyne, Bursham, Stoke-iq xm-Trent, Lane End, and Cheadle, to Uttoxeter, where its other arm from Stafford will meet it and proceed thence, by Ashbourne to apa .int near the Belper station on the Midland Railway, where it will t ake advantage of the pro posed Derby and Gainsborough, Nottisti ham and Mansfield, and Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railways ; thus opening a direct coin munication between Holyhead and otitis :r parts of North Wales, Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire,:eat the one hand, and Sheffield, Retford, Mansfield, Nottingham, Newarik, , Norwich, and the ports of Gainsborough, Grimsby, Boston, Spald in; g, Lynn and Yarmouth, on the other. This line will accommodate a very cot is} derable portion of the traffic proceeding from the west coast of Scott am 1, Cumberland, and Lanca shire, into Lincolnshire and the south-e as tern parts of the kingdom, and by that portion of the line which is proposed to run between Belper and Stafford, and the whole of the traffic from the east coast of Scotland, Northumberland, Yorksbi re, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and other populous northern counties p ass dng to the west and south west, together with the opulent mineral districts of South Wales, will be effectually served. Passing as this line will do, through A. densely-populated and ex tensive manufacturing district, it mus t be viewed, even in its local character, as one of vast importance. 'The mere enumeration of the towns affected by it would suffice to rllsow that the traffic over it will be immense; but, in addition to th is, whets credit is t. ken for the thorough traffic passing diagonally over - the line from south-east to north-west, and from north-east to sc stth-west, as well as for the corn and other agricultural produce frc en the eastern counties to the manufacturing districts ; and a rettu a carriage of manufactured goods, slates from North Wales, salt I'c'm Cheshire, earthenware from Staffordshire, and iron from Shrop eb ire, for the consumption of the midland counties as well as for ex :pc 'rt from the eastern ports of Hull, Grimsby, Boston, Spalding, 8 , some adequate idea may be firmed of the advantages which I the comple ion of this comprehensive scheme will naturally de , /elope. All these objects have been deeply ang seriously consider vd, and deemed of such para mount importance to local interests, tl tat the fullest and most in fluential support and co-operation hav 1 b een obtained to effectually carry out and insure the various object: I o f this undertaking. Surveys of the district have been ma le with much care, and the result is highly favourable in an engine( ig point of view. The Committee in the allotment of ab .ar es will give a preference to parties locally interested, and in all ca. set , satisfactory reference will be required to some person of known re: ;pe ctability. Power will be taken in the act to silo w interest, at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum, on the deposits, a a ' well as on all thture calls, from the date of each payment, till the op ening of the whole line, or until a dividend be declared ; and the 1 Lat dity of subscribe-s will be limited by the Act of Parliament to th e amount of their respective shares. The shares and all payments made tl ter eon will be forfeited with out notice, should the holders thereof n of ;sign the Subscribers' Agree ment and Parliamentary Contract as si sot t as required. Applications for shares in the form an ne mod may be made to the So licitors, or the undermentioned Sharebrc di err : J. S. Yeates, Esq., Bank Chambers, Lon d on: Roger Mortimer, Esq., Throgmorton-stn et, ditto J. W. Scott, Esq., Bartholomew-lane, I II tto Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Mr in cheater John Duncuft, Esq., ditto Messrs. S. R. Healey, Liverpool Thomas, Forsyth, Esq., ditto Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull James Thompson, Esq., ditto. Francis Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham. J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham. Messrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol. William Lee, Esq., Cheltenham Robert Allan, Esq., Edinburgh. Messrs. Mein and Cunningham, Glasg Messrs. MTwen and Auld, ditto. FORM OF APPL [CATION. To tits Committee of Direction o f the West Midland Railway Company r. Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Gentlemen—l request you will allot sue Shares of 251. each in this,Company, and I hereby un flertake to accept the same, to pay the deposit thereon. or on any le is number that may be allotted to me, and to execute the Parliament try contract and subscribers' agreement in respect thereof when the rcunto required. Dated thin day of 1845. Name in full ...... ... Trade or Professice t.. Address .......... Name or Referee - ..... •••• " • ' I td dren Ontearfact" •Vlf•99ift• • I • ID f VIP 11. . , . - rt A CHES IT it and Is TT GBY DL ITT 3.1 C visionally Registered ) Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COILMITTER. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of tke Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker t, Sir John Pine, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di- ca rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com- a l pany William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, late M.P. l'or Oxford, and late High Sheriff for : Hants James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square George Adam, Esq., 'White Lion-court, Cornhill vs - John Bagehaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern g Railway E roseph Junct n, Esq., Director of the East and W e st of En g - 8 t Brow land ion William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway te s William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street g Capt. George Pi abyn, Bryanston-square Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- 4 land Railway F's Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex The lion. Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square hir Henry Richardson,tChessel House, Southampton Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Ch slrman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir John Hare, Langhans-place The Mayor of Newbury, Director 0 the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Jahn Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centres' Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office The Rev. J. Harvey Ast worth, Ne, bury M. W. C. Alston, Esq.' Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elindon Hall Samuel 8 shton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich James Atty, Esq., Rugby James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester Henry Barlow, Esq., Highfield, Stockport Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsburs-, Director of the Chester and Man ohester Direct Railway Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford Captain Burney, Gosport William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittair, , Esq., Slisfileld Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester George Buniand, Esq., Sussex-square, HydePark' William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the North Wales Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langliam-place, London W. E. Boyce, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and West of England Railway Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct West ens Railway George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq., 79, Mark-lane, London H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louis Ruckland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. John's-wood Robert Bernal', Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloss. eestershire W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Wor cester and Oxford Railway F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Railway Francis Carleton, Esq. James CMS, Esq., Bloomsbury-square John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Mane/heater and Bir mingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square 0. Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer Lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-park, Director of the Woreester and South Wales Railway James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Direetor of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliarn, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Green Western Railway J .I'. Firmstone, Esq., of Highflelds, Wolverhampton George Finnstone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stourbridge W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Samuel Giles, Esq., Manche s t er Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Mootague-place, Bryanstone -square William Gibb, Esq., Manchester John Gould, Esq., rdwick, Manchester Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogari-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, smear Birmingham, Director of the East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford shire Railways Joseph Hopssood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Railway W. H. Ilornby, Esq.,Blackburn George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester William Hill, Esq., Manchester John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rails way Company Joseph linden, Esq., iron master, Dudley David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway T. Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park,Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway James Horne, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon don Railway Company John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. IL Iligson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Hyde, Esq., Manchester William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the. East aid West of England Railway William Jenkinson, Esq., Marlborough-square, Salford gaorge Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales Railway John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Keleon, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-plaee, Director of the Richmond Railway M. W. King, Esq., Amblicote Hall, Stourbridge Rdward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Donghty-street, Director of the Rich mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Brockville, near Manchester Joseph Lioins, Esq., Kensington, Di rec t or of the Southampton Dock Company Captain J. II Leckie, Richmond, Surrey Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basinstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford P. valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's -park William Mills, Esq., Newbury Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the 'mat Indian Peninsular Railway W. Malins, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington It. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin -lane, and Coleford Jelin Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway Thomas Markland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester Jamas Marshall, Esq., Brinnuigton Mount, Stockport Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury Nicholas M'Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the York and Carlisle Railway Oaptain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley Illward Norris, Esq. Manchester Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester Jaanes Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and.Man ohester Direct Railway P. Oldfield, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver pool Railway George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West of England Railway Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent Railway Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway James Paxton, Esq., Rugby Richard N. Philipps, Esq., Sheffield John Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby N. IL Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company, Southampton Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Farness Railway Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey Joh* Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol • George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the North London Junction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomtleld-road, Maida Hill Hartley gager, Esq.. Ball Grove, CoMe, Yorkshire Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gat Cons patsy Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, E xeter, Director of the East and West of England Junction James Shaw, Esq., Salford John Sidebottom, Esq., Harewood Lodge, Cheshire William Sidebottom, Esq., Etheron-house, Cheshire David Siltzer, Esq., Rhodes, near Manchester Charles Slocoek, Esq., Newbury Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the B r i s t ol and Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hull, near Halifax, Director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct Railway W. Sonhouse, Esq., Daventry T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. 11. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangesvays Hall, Manchester W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire Matthew Uzielli, Esq., 62, King William-street, Director Of the Lon don and South Western Railway Charles B. Tripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway Thomas Parley, Esq., Sharsten Hall, Melton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay John Ward, Esq., iNfachin Bank, Sheffield, Director Of the Sheffield Fire and Life Insurance Company George Whitmore, Esq., Austin- friars, Deputy Chairman of the North Kent Railway Thomas Wootlham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the :Yarmouth and Waverley Valley Railway Daniel Watney, Esq., distiller, Wandsworth, Surrey W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall Smith Willock, Esq., Birmingham W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool Fddmund H. Wavell, Esq., Hanna Watltiao, gyp., rorrolt Hill, pear Worksop I 6110 f 1i ' ,Y, NUN!: RAILWAY we the sa:L :ompa to their bltureirliers that they have just cendutled tone 6of itiniV gamati n with the Leicester and Tamworth Rallway Company. tinder this arrangement every shareholder in each of the Com panies will be entitled to exchange share for share in the Amalga mated Company, or to receive back his deposit, of which due notice will .be given. By order, H. CASSIA', Secretary, pro tem 3. Chure‘h-court, Old Jewry, Sept. 26, 1843. B UCKINGHAMSHIRE RAIL WAY, ALLOTMENT OF SHARES. The Registration of London, Worcester, and South Staffordshire Scrip (sent in in order to be exchanged fir Buckinghamshire Scrip) will in a few days be brought to a close. On its completion, the Provisional Committee of the Buckinghamshire will immediately proceed to the Allotment of Buckinghamshire Shares, which bas only been delayed hitherto to afford time to the South Staffordshire Scripholders to send in their Scrip. By order of the Provisional Committee of Management Euston Railway Station, Sept. 26, 1845. B RIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT RAILWAY. (Registered Provi -ion ally.) Capital, 1,C00,0001., in Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor, The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., 1,, oTilney-street, Park. lane, The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., Bates, Edward, Esq., 3, Union-place, a Clift, James, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, ` Coape, Henry Co Esq., Goldhanger, Maldon, Essex o' itzgerald, Charles, Esq., Ch ar l es - s t reet, S t. James, 2 Mackmilan, J..mes, Esq., Southampton, Pocock, Lewis, Esq., F.R.S., Mont ague-street, Russell-square, Wines. George, Esq., I. ungerford-park, A Sir William Wynn, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall, Directors of Hughes, Hughes William, Esq., late M.P. for the Oxford, Oxford, High Sheeff of Hants, and Alderman of Southampton, the City of London, Gosport and Humphrey, John, Esq., M.P., Alderman of the Portsmouth City of London, Railway Sir Richard Wolseley, Bart , Cheltenham, Directors of thc John Pe3rt, Esq., Cheltenham, Cheltenhasn, Thomas Stokes, Esq., Hean Castle, Pembrokeshire, and London George Stokes, Esq.. Netherwood, near Tenby, Junction Sir Henry B. Hhri - ch, Great Marlow, Bucks, Admiral Ayscongh, Southampton, Chitty, Thomas, Esq , Upper Gower-street, Greig, Alexander, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave square, • Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester Gutch, John M., Esq., banker of Worcester King, William, Esq. Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Bedford, Trapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford Croft, Major, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman The Boroughreeve of Manchester Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place Johnson, Richard, Esq., Moorgate-street Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James's-square, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook's Club Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., London and Macclesfield Harris, Samuel, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley e Lea, John W., Esq., Worcester Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbourne Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Atkinson, J.R.W., Esq., Elmwood, House, Leeds iDirectors of the Wheelton, John, Esq., late Sheriff of :London, Leicester and Bed- Meopham Bank, ronbridge ford Railway Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Chairman 1 Sir Wm. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Der- 1 byshire Sir William Lowthrop, Hull Brindley, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter Cumberiege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park Lambert, Richard, Esq., Syston Hall, Sudbury, Suffolk, Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Askew Villa Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, West bourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens The Sheriff of York Crokett, Thomas, Esq., Cannock Allen, Robert, Esq., Sergeant•at-law, Sergeant's Inn Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire i Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall- ma ll Directors of Hamilton, Frederick William, Esq., 59, Gloucester- the York and place Lancaster Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-t errace, Railway Directors of the Barry, John David, Esq., Paris and London Tours, Orleans, Mackenzie, William, Esq., Paris and London and Bordeaux Railway The Hon. William Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole Directors of the Gemon, James, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice- Galway an d Chairman Erskine, Henry, D., Esq., Mount-street, G rosvenor - Grand June square, lion Railway Keene, John Joseph, Eaq., Chairman, Director o the Na tonal Bank of Ireland, St. John's Wood, Regent's-park, Direc+ors of the Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman, Bedf or d Cork and Hamer, Samuel, Esq. General Post-o ffi ce, and Fermoy Di- Southampton - row, i ussell-square Spiers, E. J., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, red Railway Staffordshire, an Worcestershire Railway, Cai 1- ton Villa., Paddington, Wardle, Henry, Esq„ Macclesfield The Count Morel, Hereford-street, Park-lane The Hon. Thos. William Gage, Westbury House, Westmeon, Peters fleld Major-Gen. Sir Francis Cockburn, Dover Major-Gen. Sir Love, Parry, Jones Parry, K.C.8., Madryn, Car narvonshire, Director of the Direct East and West Junction Rail way Adair, 3faj., Director of the Church of E ng l an d A ssurance C ompany Anderton, James. Esq., Bridge-street, Blackirlars Allfree, John, Esq., Brighton Alltree, Thomas, tal., Queen's Park, Brighton Arnold, Thomas James, Esq., Sergeants' Inn, Temple, revising bar rister for the City of London Bear, Capt., Porchester -place, Connaught-square Beech, James, Eaq., 15, Grosvenor-place Brightman, John, Esq.. Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the Direct Northern Railway Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoe Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la Zotich Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner of the County Buseheck, Charles, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street Chambers, William, Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshire Cottle, M. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei cester Railway Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Llingstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff of Bucks, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway Everitt, Henry Yarburgh, Esq., Brighton Furner, Robert, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London Farneombe, Mr. Alderman Fladgate, Francis, Esq., Brompton Freeman, Thomas, Esq., Brighton Gates, George, Esq., Styning Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire, Leicester and Tamworth Railway Greene, The Rev. Madden, Vicar of Rogate, Petersfleld Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of Ashby -de-la-zoueli Railway Hale, The Rev. William, Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge Haynes, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei cester and Birmingham Railway Henty, J., Esq. Chichester Ingram, Hugh, Esq., Steyniag, magistrate for Sussex Jenkins, Henry, Esq., 47, Woburn-place, Russell-square Jervis Swynfen, Esq., Whitehall-place, Staffordshire Lacy, Henry, Esq., Petersfield, Banker Lyon, James, Esq., Dangstein, near Rogate, Petersfield Macaulay, Captain, R. E.. Cheltenham Martineau, Joseph, Esq., Basing Park, Alton Mercer, Major-General, C./S., Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square Manwaring, John, Esq., Eagle Hall, Pately Bridge 3fascary, Thomas, Esq., Norhury Hall, Ashbourne M'Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Indian Peninsular Railway Murray. George, Esq., Chichester Nadin, Joseph. Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire Nadi'', Nathaniel, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville Norton, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, near Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Parkington, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Price, the Rev. Thomas, Llarothel 1 Directors cf the Rugby, War } wick, and I Worcester J Railway 1 Directors of Remington's London and Mancheater Direct Railway 1 Directors of the Chester rand Manches ter Railway Directors of the East and West Junction Railway Directors of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Wor cestershire Junction Directors of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staf fordshire Railway Proctor, the Rev. Dr., Chichester-house, Kemp-town, Brighton Robinson, John, Esq., Sliceates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Sildland Railway Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen., C. 8., Shirley-house, Southampton Seymour, Frederick, Esq., St. James's-square, Dir ec t or o f th e Lon don and Nottingham Railway Skrine, .Tullan, Esq , Cambridge, ,Director of the Cambridge and Lincolnshire Railway Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro Waddington, J. Horsley, Esq., Langrish-house, Peterstleld Whitchurch, James, Esq., South-cliff, Nettley Abbey, Hants Williams, Benjamin, Esq., banker. Whitehall West, Thomas, Esq., Banker, Brighton Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Di rector of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Yzarn, J. Borwick, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey. ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq., C.E. ACTING ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, Esq. SOLICITORS. Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square, London ; John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London. LocAL Soucrroas—eessrs. Atree, Clarke, and M'Whinnie, Brighton. Locer. AGENTS—William Mitchell, Esq., Petersfield ; J. H. Howard, Esq., Cheltenham. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehall. Cheltenham—Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England. Brighton—The Union Bank ; Branch of London and County Joint- Stock Banking Company. Winchester—Messrs. Bailey and Wickham. Peterstleld—Branch of London and County Joint-Stock Ranking Company. PARLIAmEorrm A.:arra—Cadwallader F. Waddy, Esq., Fludyer street, SECRETARY, PRO TEM.—Mr. Frederick Penny. PROSPECTUS. This important line will commence at Brighton, and (passing through or contiguous to the towns of Steyning, Petworth, Mid hurst, Petersfield and Alresford) will join at the Andover Road sta tion of the South-Western Railway, the proposed Southampton, Manchester and Oxford Junction. An arrangement has been entered into with the latter Company, and it is pro_•osed by means of their projected line, that the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway shall proceed through Hunger ford to Swindon. From Petersfleld a short branch will be made to Chichester, where, nearly as the same point of junction, the London and Porii mouth direct will intersect the line in its way to Portsmouth. From Swindon it is proposed to proceed by the Manchester and Southampton Railway to Chelt wham, and the North of England by the Derbyshire, Worcestershire and Staffordshire Junction, or other existing and contemplated lines. On reference to the map, it will be seen that the primary object to be obtained by the formation of this line will be the immediate connexion of the northern, western, and the whole of the manufac turing counties; and North and South Wales, with the southern coast and the populous and fashionable towns of Brighton, Hastings, and Dover. It is unnecessary to observe on the daily increasing traffic between Brighton and Dieppe, which the railroad from the latter place to Rouen, and thence to Paris, must greatly augment; thus, by means of the projected line, a direct communication 'with France, either from Brighton or Dover, will be opened with the northern counties of England. It is obvious that with these advantages the traffic mast neces sarily be large, Jthe line passing through the centre of Sussex, con taining a population of about 300,000, at present almost devoid of railway accommodation. Power - will be applied for in the Act to increase the capital, if necessary, to alter the line, or to make such deviations or branches therefrom as may be deemed necessary ; also fir the purposes of amal gamation with other Companies, should the same be found desirable. The Company reserves to itself the option of adopting the broad or narrow gauge, or ,he principle of atmospheric traction, if preferable. No further call beyond the deposit will be made until the Act shall be obtained. In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to parties locally interested, aid to the shareholders in the lines with which this Company will be connected. Application for shares may be made to the Solicitors, Secretary, and to the following Sharebrokers, of whom pros ,ectuses, with maps of the line, may be obtained:—London —Messrs. Peppercorne and Co., 2. Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury. Birmingham—Mr. WH. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Board man. Bradford —Mr. George Clark ; Mr. William Mason. Bristol— Messrs. Tate and Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry— Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq., 79, Princes-street; Mr. Nicholson. Exeter—Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy ; Mr. Thomas Sandford. Glasgow—Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson. Halifax —Mr. William Cronhelm. Huddersfield— Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun. ; Messrs. Everard and Co. Hull—Mr. Frederick Stamp. Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson ; Messrs. Wellbe loved and Ooastier. Leicester —Messrs. Payne and Freer. Liver pool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs. Cameron and Co. ; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. Hine. Man chester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Birched! and Co. ; Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottinghata—Mr. Charles Spencer. Sheffield— Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester —Mr. Miles; Mr Thomas Henry Wheeler. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle. Offices of the Comp.tny, 1, Moorgate. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. 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 re quired, the deposit thereon, of 21. 2s. per share. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full . Profession and Professional Residence in full Private Residence in ... .. Reftrelige tt,...... • ...... ••• .. • ,,, • . • ... • , • Oftlces,l, Uooragt e . G. SEPTEMBER 20, 1845. I Pan! re.sdinsnd Tri Esn.. Alderman of the Borough of Man ,F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, London, c.easany 1, . L , N,a - iliomp.onsh i re chester _hallway Sian- Ch.o Lavors, The Park, Nottingham Morris Were, Esq., M oor l an d s , S ou th ampton i a a n i e E 0 s r q d Christopher Markham, Esq., Northampton l l o w ol c id om P p a a r ny , Director of the John Woodcock, Esq., b an k er , Th e El ms, Wigan, Director of the 4V l i e ll a ia n m s, Tours, d , ll ' au L x iv ß er a l ay ai Or- Liverpool and Bury Railway James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-Hill, London John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapson, N or th amptonshire G. Marshall, Esq., Goalming, Surrey George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Director of the South Stafford, E. W. Morris, Esq., G rove h urs t , P em b ur y, Kent Oxford, and Southampton Railways Samuel Oxenham, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, London William Halliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Di- Samuel • Percival. Esq., banker, Northampton rector of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton Captain James Johnston, R.N., Director of the Birmingham and The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of LI h 1 • anrot e , Herefordshire Lichfield Railway Edwin Pell, Esq., Syweil Stall, Northamptonshire William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf- James Watts P eppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, London, and Dul fordshire Potteries Railway with, Surrey Char•es Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Diretor of the Great Leeds Vaughan Prause, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somersetshire and London Railway Henry Pywell, Esq., Northampton Williams Banks, Esq., Honey-lane Market, Director of the G rea t John Phipps, Esq., Northampton Leeds and Londen Railway Benjamin Payne, EsQ, Leicester Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfichl, Alderman of the City of London Mr. George Rands, merchant, Nottingham Charles Higgins, Esq., Bedford, Director of the Manchester, Bedford, The Rev. John Lucas Sutton, Rector of Weekly, Northamptonshire and Cambridge Railway F. Curwen Smith, Esq., Frognall Hall, Hampstead The Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicestershire John Gardner Thomas Sharp, Esq., Northampton, Director of th e N o rth ampton, , Esq., Southampton, Provisional Director of the Bir- Banbury, and Cheltenham Rallwa Cy om mingham and Oxford Junction Railway Henry L en t on Stockburn, Esq., J.P., Northampton , Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Reading, Willi am S pooner, Esq., Chapel-street 1 e B grave-square, London Guildford, and Reigate Railways James Robert Spitler, Esq., banker, Northampton Edward Welch, Esq., Leaming,ton Provisional Directors of William Strong, Esq., Northampton William Hunter, Esq., Leamington the Rugby, Warwick, George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury Captain George James Hunter, Leamington and Worcester Rail- Benjamin Willi ams . E sq., b anker, 4, Whitehall, London J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington way Major James Waller, St. James's street James Weld, Esq., Archers Lodge, Southampton Mr. Alderman 'Williams, Northampton Charles Greatrex, Esq., J.P. Walsall • Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, manufa c t urer, Nottingham William Holcomb, Esq., Poulton House, Marlborough David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of Cornelius Randall, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Sheffield the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Company Railway George Willis, Esq., Hungerford, Berks R. A. Thicknesse, Esq., Beech Hill, Wigan John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbridge, Kent, Director of George Hunt, Esq., Southampton the Leicester and Bed.ord Railway Company Pierce Bevan, Esq_, Frickleton Hall, near Wigan Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon, John Lamprey, Esq., Marchwood, Southampton and Luton Hoo, Bedfordshi: e Major-General Smith, Rugby The Rev. C.F. Watkins, Vicar of Brexworth, Northamptonshire James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight-abbey, near Manchester Mr. John Woolston, jun., merchant, Wellingborough Joseph Brook Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds Mr. J seph Wykes, merchant, Northampton and Newbury Railway - Mr. Alderman Walker, Northampton Reece Bevan, Esq., Freckleton Hall, near Wigan, Director of the Mr. Marmaduke Wetherell, merchant, Northampton North Union Railway Charles Loxda'e Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and George Royle Chappell, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manches- Consali Hall, Staffordshire ter, and Director of the Manchester and Rirmiugham Railway Allen Allicocke Young, Esq., Oriingbury, Northamptonshire Thomas Cross Esq., Mortfield, near Bolton I'. Bonvick Yzern, Esq., HerneHill, Surrey. E. R. Langworthy, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Liverpool, Man- BANKERS. chester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Railway. Northampton—The Union Bank Edmund Peel Thomson, Esq., Leigh Lodge, near Manchester, Di- f f • The Northamptonshire Banking Company rector of the Clitheroe Junction Railway Kettering—Messrs Gotch and Sons Edward Shawcross, Esq., Moorfleld House, near Manchester Stamford—The Northamptonshire Banking Company. Simpson, Esq., Relgaum Villa, Bristol Joseph Kake, Esq., Bristol ENGINEER—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. London—Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square BANKERS. Kettering—Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. Northampton and Weltbrd—Mr. George Pell, jun. The Union Bank, Manchester LOCAL AGENT —Arthur Wells, Esq., Nottingham. PROSPECTUS. The objects intended to be accomplished by this undertaking are— Firstly—The supply of local railway accommodation to the impor tant districts embraced by the line. Secondly—The benefit of railway communication with the metro polis to a district of country upwards of fifty miles in length at pre sent unprovided with that accommodation. Thirdly—The completion of the chain of railway communication between the river Severn and the southern and western counties, and the north-eastern district of the kingdoms and the river Humber and its ports, including that of Hull. Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the London and Birmingham, and the lines of railway proposed to con verge at that town from Cheltenham, and the west from Worcester and from Warwick, the line'will proceed in a direct course to the market town of Kettering, by which place all the companies compet ing for the line of railway between London and Manchester propose to pass. It will then proceed also in a direct course to the market towns:of Uppingham, Oakham, and Grantham, on to Lincoln. The country lying between the towns of Northampton and Grant ham is wholly withbut existing or even proposed railway accommo dation, not only to the south but also to the north. At Lincoln the line will fork, and proceed, on the one hand, in a northerly direction to the flourishing port of Gainsborough, and, on the other, by a north-eastern course to the market town and Market Rosen, on to the rising port of Great Grimsby. By an union with the Sheffield and Great Grimsby Junction Rail way at Market Rosen, a direct and uninterrupted chain of communi cation will be established between all the above-mentioned districts and the town and port of Hull. The sources of traffic which this line will secure are various and very considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated, viz.:— Starting from Great Grimsby, the line will appropriate to itself the whole of the traffic from thence to the metropolis, and also the southern and western districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it will secure the important and increasing local traffic between that town and Market lta.sen and Lincoln. From Gainsborough, the termini of several railways from the north and north-west, this line will carry the traffic to Lincoln, its county town. The traffic from Hull to the metropolis, and also to the west, will enter upon this line at Market Rosen and proceed thereon to Lincoln. From Lincoln the whole of the traffic passing to the west and the intermediate towns must pass over this line. In the event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not obtaining their Bill, then the traffic from Lincoln to the south and west, and also the metropolis, wiil pass along this line of railway; the former the whole distance, and ;he latter in any event to Grantham, a distance of about twenty-five miles ; and should the London and York Company not succeed, such traffic will proceed on to Kettering or Northampton. The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of more thin forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakingliam and Uppingham, is without a railway or water-carriage accommodation, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over this line of railway, which will be to the direct course not only to the west but also to London. At Kettering this line will unite with that one of the now com peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to London, which shall be successful before Parliament. The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the very favourable gradients of by far the greater portion of the line; 'indeed for many miles the line will run upon a water level. The line will not interfere with any ornamental property. The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking. ' The' promoters reserve power to alter acid vary the route, to ex tend the proposed line of railway, and to increase the amount of ca pital as may be necessary or advisable. Prospectuses and plans will be ready for distribution in a few days. In the meantime, applications for shares, in the undermentioned form, may be addressed to either of the solicitors : FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Northampton, Lincoln, and Hull Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the depo sit of 21. 2s. on each allotted share, and to sign the necessary deeds when required. ENGINEER• IN-CIIIEF. ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster Brackstone Baker, Esq.. C.E. SOLICITORS. John Bethell, Esq., King William-street, London. Messrs. Joseph and William Heron, and Messrs. Higson and Robins, Manchester 1 That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is now fully admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be adopted ? The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be constructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles. A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby to Macclesfield, as an increased expenditure of 200,000!. or 300,000/. judiciously applied in the present perfected state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end a far greater real economy, both to the Company itself in the saving effected in the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance, to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the same end proposed by au entire and distinct line from London to Manchester. These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by other parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country, obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company. The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been adopted by Parliament in preference to the many competing projects, in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported in the House by very influential parties. Should it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by which additional lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon don on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus trans northwards will be abundantly provided for. This line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route, and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company. The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek. The Company has made arrangements with the North London Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London, at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost mportance to this line. Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded that a line that will attain such important results at so small an outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and without interfering with any existing vested interetts, must meet with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very exeellent investment for capital. The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and Birmingham Railways, will Nave a preference in the allotment of the shares. The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 4/. per cent. interest in all calls. Dated this day of Usual Signature.......... Name in full . • Business or Profession .......... Place of Business Name, Residence, and Business or Profession (if any) of Reference j 1845. Application for detailed prospectus, maps, and shares, may be' made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 78, King William-street, City, London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, G: ibble, and Sutton, 22, North side Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill; Messrs, Mackenzie and Laurence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Bareay, Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange; Mr. William Marshall; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. Wellbeloved an I Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax; Messrs. Han, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull. WELSH SOUTH STOW, FOREST 0 JUNCTION EXTENSION RAI (Registered Capital 900,000/., in 45, Deposit, 21.2: Shareholder to be liable bey, PROVISIONAL The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore The Right Hon. Col. Dawson) Darner, M.P. The Hon. C. PelhamVilliers, M.P. The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P. The Hon. Col. Westenra, M.P. Sir Henry Hunleke, Bart. Sir Henry Webb, ISart IDLAND, or CHEF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER SWAY. 'rovisionally.) .000 Shares of 201. each. s. per Share. -ond the amount of his Share. COMMITTEE. William Hughes Hughes, Alder man of London Cal. Hugh Caldwell George Lawton, Esq. W. P. ♦ndrew, Esq. C. R. Colman, Esq. Joseph Davies, Esq. John Wheaton, Esq. Edward Hall, Esq. Major White Captain J. P. Macdougall William Shelford Fitzwilliam , Esq. William Frederick Beadon, Esq. ( Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq. James Beech, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. (With power to 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, hart. C. B. Colman, Esq. Major White W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq. W. F. Beadon, Esq. George Lawton, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. FORM OF APPLICATION. Sir William Twysdeu, Bart. Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart. Sir Henry Seale, Bart William Collins, Esq., M.P. . _ Edmund Francis Dayrcll, Esq. ,I High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire' William Strahan, Esq. ENGINEER. William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. LONDON RANKER". Messrs. Glynn and Co.; and Messrs. Strahan, Pall, and Co., Strand. PROVINCIAL RANKERS. Messrs. Bromage and Co. Chepstow Messrs. Balley,Greatres, and Co., Monmouth Messrs. 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 Coinpany and Branches. SOLICITORS. Mr. W. T. M. Phelps, Newport. Monmouthshire Messrs. A'Beckett and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London LOCAL AOHNTS. Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors SECRETARY. Mr William Prothero, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, London. Thls Line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to Piercifield, the far-famed Windcliff, and Thatem Abbey, to the towns ef Usk and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and coal field of South Wales, passing near to and Ulm& the midst of the extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor ganshire, to join the Aberdare branch of the Taff Yale 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 I•ve hours, which at present, even by the aid ef existing railways, cannot be performed in less than ft om 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 for many 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 esperior quality, and in great abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and tin plates from the works to Londe], including transit to the port, shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts to little less 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 means 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 Ca na l s. Large quantities ofiron ore, know' as " Haemateto ore,”is imported into Wales, from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst ors of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron Waking, 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 carefully into estimates of the goods traffic especially, and they feel justified in expressing a decided opinion that the revenue from 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 mileson p alt h o e f iron and tin works of Monmouthshire, and the Pilo dpai those in Glamorganshire ; and the foll ow i n g short st a t i stic vast extent of those stupendous undertakings will give an idea of Me i works Cora nr.pno,r4, aeantrceot fymPonty p ool, thepresent oiTainna a rpderd_ozj Coal Thevon oWorksr k Iron and tin and Rolling 2. The Blaendare Iron an 54 s 3... The e e f i l sei t nt e it n swh s i yn v l e r,o T i nc r ewo l o V i f op r sa l: n a d t r v o ar na te a g r an lr d on Ca iv erl o e r o ka n a pa C n o y7. mpany a l v r nai o d n ei I C ht b a on TTTThihhlee;Nwnolaaialeibtncryletnione it): The Beaufort 1. The Ebbw Vale L. The Victoria Company • 13. The Abbel.carne, Pontymister, and Tydeo Tin Works, ,4. The Tredegar Iron Company 5. The Shirhowey :6. The Rhymney and Bute Company .7. The Bowlais Iron Works Carfartha. Added to 'which, in the \gitilty, are the extensive works and collieries in the Aberdare Valley, and on either side of the intended railway are collieries raising and vending about ono million and a half tons of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to ex pect will he 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 gttalitf for steam purposes to any yet known. In the Londo4 To the Provisional Committee of the 3 . lanchester and Rugby Direct Railway Company, via Macclesfield, I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same, or any less number and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated the day of Name •• • • • • • .• Address . Profession ........ Beferenee• • • • ...... 1845. MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. "TA_ The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and have satisfied the Committee that the country is perfectly practi cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus putting the matter of time andmoney beyond a doubt. THE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD. A certain portion of the shares in this Company will be apportioned to the Scripholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mouth Railway Company, and will be allotted among those gentle men who apply, and who produce their scrip between the 3d and 7th day of October next, to the persons named below, when their Names and the number of their shares will be entered, and a proportionate number of shares in this Company allotted to them, at 78, King William-street, City ; or, at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; Messrs. Sharp and Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, Newbury ; Messrs. Bailey and 'Wickham, solicitors, Winchester ; Messrs. Willis and Co.,Liverpool ; Messrs. Welibelovcd and Oastler, Leeds ; Mr. Land, Bristol ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; Mr. Kershaw, Hud dersfield ; Mr. Spencer, Halifax ; Mr. Lemon, Bath ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Manchester. THE MANCHESTER end RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD. The Directors have the utmost satisfaction in announcing to the public that their arrangements are approaching completion, and that by the union of this Company with the projected Liverpool and Derby Railway, their scheme is rendered the great Trunk Line of the kingdom, forming beyond all possibility of competition the most direct Line from Liverpool to London, as well as from !Manchester to London, effecting this great object with less injury to important existing Railway interests, than any other scheme that has already been, or is capable of, being projected. T HE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY. No further applications for Shares in this Company can be re ceived after MONDAY, the 29th September instant. N ORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, AND HULL RAILWAY, commencing at Northampton, and proceeding by way of Ketter ing, Uppingham, Oakham, Grantham, on to Lincoln, with two ex tensions from that city —one to the port of Gainslaorough, and the other to Market Itaisen and the rising and important port of Great Grimsby. _ _ (Provisonally Registered.) Capital 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Count Morel, Hereford-street, Hyde-park, London Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobald-street Sir Henry Bromley, Ainrich-court-garden, Great Marlow, Bucks Sir Gregory A. Lewin, Recorder of Doncaster Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln Admiral Ayscough, Southampton J . R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company arr. Joseph Aduitt, merchant, Northampton Francis Simes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham Thomas James Arnold, Esq., Revising Barrister for the City of London John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Inn, Surrey John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton Mr. Alderman Brooks, Manchester C. Buschek, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street, London W. F. Beadon, Esq., John-street, Berkeley-square, London John Barnett, Esq., Cheltenham Jonathan Burton, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Companies George Buxton, Esq., Northampton J. D. Barry, Esq., London and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway Company Charles Britten, Esq., Northampton Mr. Alderman Bean, Nottingham John Bradley, Esq., The Park, Nottingham Thomas Chitty, Esq., Upper Gower-street Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-square, London Thos. Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Acton, Middlesex N. Cumberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park Mr. Edward Cotton, merchant, Northampton J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington Peter CoulsZon, jun., Esq., Husbands Bosworth, near Welford Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire John Robert Dalby, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire John Eyston, Esq., Welford and Salford Hall, Watwickshire Benjamin Fowler, Esq., Tainworth, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Chelteham Railway Company John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company Major-General Greenstreet, Northampton John Cooper Gotch, Esq., banker, Kettering William Gambier, Esq.; Sacombe Park, Hertfordshire James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London Frederick William Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill, London The Rev. George Edward Hanmer, Rector of Loddington and Over stone, Northampton Frederick William Hanailton, Esq. Henry Ifensman, Esq., Pytchley, Northamptonshire George Harper, Esq., Moss-fields, Salop William Herbert, Esq , Nottingham Thomas nagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company Thomas Hopkins, Esq., Nottingham Arthur HaymeA, Esq., Methuen Villa, Leamington John Helloert liclbert, Esq. ' Upper Gloucester-place, London Mr. William Higgins, merchant, Northampton Edward Hall, Esq., West Bank-house, Macclesfield, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company John Baron Howes, Esq., Irthlingborough-grange, Northamptonshire Mr. Alderman Hollis, Northampton Richard Hooper, Esq., Upper Clapton, London, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company Richard - Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop William Laycock, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Nottingham and Ciailiabcrough, aucl Grand 1.140 u railway Compaulea Preftrence will be 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 chow 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 London. 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 sion 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 fiends 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 fbr in the 'Act (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. Backhouse and Co., No. 4, Angel Court, Throg,morten 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. Davies and Co., Dale Street, Liverpool ;—Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds —Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ;—and Messrs. Labertouehe 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 SOL 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 !inure sails thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re attired. day of Dated this kerne in fu11... Residence Business or Profession .................... Name, Residence, and Prnfassion of Razree.- Ustuti Signature of Appaletuit .............. 1845. WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP STOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOUCESTER JUNC TION EXTENSION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given that no Applioatioa for Shares in this PO3ll - can be received after the Ist of October next. WILLIAM PROTHEROE, Seeretary. GREAT WELSH CENTRAL RAILWAY. The Public are informed that no Applications for Shares have been received except through the Joint Solicitors, Thomas Parker, Esq., 18. St. Paul's-churchyard, and 25, Spring -gardens, and Messrs. Dickson and Overbury, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry ; the Secretary at the Offices of the Company, and the following Agents and Brokers, viz. :—London Agents, Messrs. Harris, Whyting, and Co., 29, Lombard-street. Brokers—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, New Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Bone, 5, Bank-chambers, London, Messrs. T. Coghien and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Collis and Son, Bir mingham; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; Messrs:John Young and ;Co., Leeds ; Mr. William Lee, Cheltenham ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and Mr. W. H. Land, Bristol ; Mr. Gourley, Glas gow ; and that these are the only parties authorised by the Company to receive applications. GREAT WELSH CENTRAL RAILWAY . Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the very numerous and highly respectable Applications for Shares in this Company, none can be received after FRIDAY, the 3rd of October. The allotment of Shares will take place immediately after that date. By order of the Committee, H. HERBERT DOWNMAN, Secretary. Offices, 9, Clements-lane, Lombard street, 27th September , 1145. WOR CES TER AND LEOMINSTER RAILWAY, via Bromyard. • (Registered Provisionally.) Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company John Barneby, Esq., M.P., Brockampton, Bromyard George Allies, Esq., Worcester, Alderman of Worcester, Director of the Great Eastern and Western and Worcester, Warwick and Rugby Railway Companies Edward Allies, Esq., Tundridge, Suckley, Worcester Richard Ashton, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill Barneby, EN., Clayton Park, Bromyard, Magistrate of Herefordshire James Best, Esq., Worcester Mr. Edward Bannister, wool-merchant and wool - manafa.eiurer, Leo minster William Bestow, Esq. Surrey-place, London Walter. Chamberlayue, Esq., Worcester, Royal Porcelain Manu factory George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place. Di rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Mr. Thomas Benbow, Brockington, farmer and landowner Mr. Thomas Berriman, Brook House, Bromyard George Brown, Esq., Twining Park, Worcestershire Mr. Charles Bird, of the firm of Messrs. Farmer and Bird, wholesale druggists, Worcester Lewis Buckland, Esq., Avenue-road, St. John's-wood William Counop, Esq., Westington, Leominster Mr. James Coacher, wool-merchant, Worcester Henry Cornibot, Esq., Copthall-court, and Old Palace, Elealowtel. Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Mr. George Cox, glove manufacturer, Worcester Captain Charles Dutton, Bredenbury-lionse, Bromyard Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough -place, St. John's-wood, Di rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry-house, Boughton, Monchelsea, Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com pany Frarcis Davis, Esq., Pershore Thomas Davis, Esq., Powick, Worcester James Eckley, Esq., Bromyard William Eckley, Gent., Bromyard John Freeman, Esq., Gains, Bromyard, Magistrate of HareibrdshLre and Worcestershire John Matthew Gutch, Esq., Banker, Worcester, Director of the Wor cester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway, and a Magistrate of Worcester Mr. Edwin Gardner, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester Richard Hickman, Esq., Oldswinford, Magistrate of Worcestershire E. H. Howes, Esq., Bromyard Richard Hemming, Esq., Swington, near Bromyard, and Kingalluid, Leominster James Hemming, Esq., Church House, Bromyard Mr. John Hughes, wool merchant, Worcester Mr. Jolm Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester Mr. George Hill, of the arm of Messrs. Hill and Turley, Woreest, John Hall, Esq., merchant, Worcester Joseph Hall, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate if Worcester Edmund Herbert, Esq., Powick, Worcester _ . Henry James, Esq., Leominster, Mayor of Leominster Mr. William James, Leominster John Keinpson, sen., Esq., Buckley-fields House, Bromyard John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice Chairman of the Severn 'Navigation Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent salt Com pany, and a Director of the Great Eastern. aid Wester* Railway John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porce lain manufactory. Edward Lloyd, Esq., neriff of Worcester James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway William John 3facguire, Esq., Hampton Court., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great ILastera and Western Railway Lieutenant-Colonel Meredith, St. John's and Suckley, Worcester William Moore, Esq., Elm Bank, Powick, Worcester Mr. F. 11. Needham, merchant, Worcester Henry Newcombe, Esq., Hardingstone, Northamptonshire E. Burnham Pateshall, Esq., Allensmore Howe, Leominster Mr. Powell, of the firm of Messrs. Powell and Sons, wine-merehants. Worcester John Pumphrey, Esq., Droitwich, Magistrate of Droitwich, and Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Company Robert Itiddulph Phillips, Esq., Longworth, Ledbury, and Bucken hill, Bromyard, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieuteuruit of Hereford shire Mr. William Phillips, Bromyard, grocer and landowner Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Bons, Masters, Worcester Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, =lister', Wor cester George Reese, Esq., Ford House, Newport, 'Monmouthshire Jas. Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and Great Manchester and Rugby, and Southampton Railway Companies James Robertson, Esq., Worcester Mr. Thomas Shirley, North Audley-street, London, and Stone Horse, Bromyard Sir William Smith, Bart., Eardiston House, Worcester William Southall, Esq., White House, Suckley, Worcester Joseph Stinton, Esq., Munderfield House, Bromyard, anti Lincoln's Inn, London, Magistrate of Hereford. Mr. John Stone, Worcester Philip Taylor, Esq., Bromyard John Tolley, Esq., Westford, Droitwich, Magistrate of Droitwich, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Thomas Timming, Esq., Waeton, Bromyard James Upflll, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, Director of the Stafford shire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways William Vevers, Esq., Dormington Court, Hereford T. P. P. Wight, Esq., Tedstone Court, Bromyard Peter Warburton , ly tir ar royard on, John Walker,Esq., G ent., La 1a 1 ey HighC o l u ' r a t i 1 , i B ff r o o n f Mr. Woodward, Hop-merchant, Worcester Mr. Wells, Hop-merchant, Worcester John Henry 'Walsh. Esq., Worcester Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worc e st er (Will power to add to their lumber.) Cater ENGINEER—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.A.S. ASSISTANT ENGINEER—S. E. Griffin, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate.street, Londe& Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester Messrs. W. and T. Deveroux, Bromyard RANKERS. London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbiety The Commercial Bank of London. Worcester —Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co. LOCAL AGENT—John Bedford, ESQ. Leominster. This line will div erge f rom th e li ne of t he ' Great Eastern and Western Railway, near Worcester, and proceeding by ißth"rli.. the yard, will end at Leo m i ns t er , a t w hi c h po i nt i t w i l l un it e 7 orth proposed lines connecting Hereford an d Shrewsbury with 2•4 Wales. been entirely left The communication by railway between and the continuous hop and cider districtsmod this line is brought ttoprovided for by existing arrangemen t s, these important towns the G reat at Eastern and Western forward under the auspicesgentry of ro ° ll,g r representationsiilane and request of a neigh bourhood. the most direct communication w ith L ondon, as i d Worcester, which latter town ha s a l ways t o Leominster, Bromyard , rye for the produce of these districts, and to af ford object proposed is make a direct communication between been the istill -1 com pared with 0 • Di titer lines, by upwards of 30 miles. ford the lithe t ' alfs a it N o person will be liable for more than his deposit till the act is ob tained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 41. per cent. on all calls trout the time of their respective payments, as well as to limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscrip tions. Applications for Shares, in the ann‘xed form, to be made to the Provisional Committee, at the Office, 5, Gresham -street, London, or Messrs. John Shewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard : Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank -buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3, Short er's-court, Loodon ; Mr. John Dunculc, sharebroker, Manchester; Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, sharebrokers, Mr. Thomas Lee, jun., and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. 11. and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds : Messrs. Tate and Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol • Mr. James Pearson, sharebroker, Birmin g h am ; Messrs. Samuel ' Hutchinson and Co., sharebrokers, Bradford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester ; Mr. Bulme, Gloucester; Mr. Robert Allan, sharebroker, Edinburgh ; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow ; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, aharobrokers, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Bruce and Sysnes, share brokers, Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may be lad. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR WIRES. T• the Provisional Conunittee of the Worcester aid Leominster Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the above railway; and I hereby undertake to accept the same or any less number you may allot ale, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of September, 1645. Name in full Place of business or profession .. Residence .. .................... Business or profession gignature ......... Name, residence, and profession of referee•. Witness . lkiddence.... . S market it meets with a ready sale at 30 per cent. higher than 07 the best north country Hirtley's ; and notwithstanding the higk , ,> price, s, highly is it esteemed, th a t the present importation amounts to nearly 100,000 tons per annum. This coal for the most part - ls e t - . 77 An brought from a distance of 24 miles, and shipped at Cardiff, froni whence freights to London have averaged from 10s. to 11s. per tort • 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 toe great uncertainty which exists against obtaining a regular aid 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 unacquatated 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, `Pitney, Oxford, and the numerous inter mediate towns to London, where steam coal is used. It has been considered more judicious - to form a separate Company for the Extension line from Chepstow 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 uniting the two Companies hereafter, with the assent of their respective Boards of Direction. • --, -i