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it and idTootil, 03 Co. Firtht, ,orn, .fine, J. N. 1 3, ` iam ; om . - - , er • Mr. ' L ili 31r. P* '',.; a nd We't d 201. ea ch o r An y, lels )e posit . , :ct, and ..••• ".• ......... AND T t ninb e . r ri l , a t is t s at, 111111° 3, ;olicitor. k.ll , 11 00 0ria,6,1 :%ch. ter 2ncl. Director Mater WONT fi Llon, %Of° 1 : a stern anglAna , g firrat rotte of Pl' ~ianlc of .quAre , o f ale arator of to Lee° r of the,„r )1 A thsti' r it i°l of irei if a nd t6,te-r n ritr C snua rr, ho Pa` vn A a nche sitr cl P` itjj 113tivol rr-Ak tinrB ,ster r - 4 0 6 i „,„l,is (0 , pirectot 3;°'''' o#' , ns to.n , Director wag, orris too l Ear and 0 1'4 of tni ° f it) ger 4fia it ao9l ffeg r piro c j i ; racloloio eat Br „600 4 fli CP -014) d el. 11itir°111 D 1 4t O clies" the 0 0 4 i t aci ire4 t d 0 1' 4 1) 0' ft °- if et f.s l6i th of „a ;OPI, ikrnes% DU rec t , Di s PAY. ' fei' ie 0 3 or °( V eolt i Ind` ger nest.' be - of tio pire cor o tt ac tin the Ce o, E'itY 610 tio $ 0 tll4 piroc—t, f it 171, Dir" Ithe Als.o ;tre e, li°l'6°. $ 3llOl D ertl es c eie of. 0 PP: 0 11 rp t A rlo f e ;13ar e 'fDe ri vs/It ~ TrIE EA STERN COUNTIES EXTENSION Ii on , ( 4 .4_,IC.A. 3I BRIDGE and WORCESTER DIRECT R AILWA Y, lo rd n7ritidge through Bedford, Bllsworth, Fenny Compton, Strat , to Worcester, connecting the Eastern and North kssehinireConnties with North and South Wales, South Staffordshire, Wd tae iiT lm Pshlre, Gloucestershire, Bristol, the West of England, diand Counties. (Provisionally Registered.) EsPital 1 , 0 00,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. te.ravuel Anderson. sa Deposit 21 . 25. per Share. ~44. „aleentine Lee, EEsq.:l PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway ku'a,t_i_.4rY Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London - ~,er, General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8., a aajrnil-Park, Caemarvonshire of L on Pghes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman Continuation Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead g Dean, nation, and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of t-. ) ;,'IS , and Gloucester Junction ; the Oxford, Southampton, TA ti;' s r, and Portsmouth ; the North London Junction ; and O . CAD tain T and Greenwich Railway Companies 9 tailw , 1 " I sto Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster k ees :38 4,4 -10 ( e l ach ' E sq., 15 , Grosvenor-place, London, and Bran- )4 11 _ ge,, W arwickshire, Director of the South Midland 4 fart Rusin Comp any hats l' in F , Esq., The Shrubbery, Worcestershire t visi on err ?son, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn,. Pro- as c o al tnrector of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway 'A acin,T, ai asY ),:: John EAYscough, Southampton 4, b0 Cohn Ijetrna n, ......., Thoinzs F.blitt, E:.q Regency-square, Brighton g Na l , 11Saner, Halkin-street West, Belgrave-square, London cs ~ 8, Upper Gower-street, London ..i ,ki n , ar, o 4'el rY Evans, Esq., 30, Lothbury, and Mayor of Caer- ~o . Lo ed , e r Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgraee-square, 4 ' 11 41 '4 4 ,_ ~, lelbert Ilolbert, Esq,, Upper Gloucester-street, London 1. ) 'll:tehlVsautii.ts Peppercorne Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dul- A Ihr aio, -'3. .. ert,,021 Boothby, Bart., Ashby-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the I.e.4,',are, St affordshire, and Worcestershire Junction. and of la wiiii oudderstield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways th e te y Lowthrop, Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Director of th e leds, H uddersfield , Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and aailw, erhYshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction 44.1 r, IraYrnp r, Esq , Director of the Church of England Assurance t,, Y j 1e,,,,, , i a t• vf., Esq., Leeds IZY d i 1:1,, Es (i e , g r s i l, s ii . litge- i s i treet, City ` r a 4 Q . e 7ll4nlas, Es q. ,n Utto a x n et a e a r, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf too j r „ , agll W orcestershire Junction, and of the Direct East and , raok. , -41„etion Railways 4 ' ' Esq of Manchester, Director of Reming- I t a hi reo ~ Alderman 13,1' 11 , .I( "e ,„T i ', ll .,,Esq., Silsoe - oat, J oh ' , , sq., Alderman of Bedford t, bir ector ?.,,' Es l* , Boroughreev, St. James s-square, Manchest y er, g o - llett, joeizioe!nington's Direct London and Manchester 1, -rg N,Joh il ', ll( l., Cheltenham c - I-fek, c , ;,.uti, Boroughreeve of Manchester c.'i'ibtrti, Su ~S IM, Fenchurch-street c,„..b:rie t i ge ' , t.ralleis, Dover '4' 4 , Jere ia r a i i , 9, York-terrace, Reent's-p o ar ße k minston,s Lon and%,, tad At , Esq., Macclesfield, Director i .. e,„ ...chester, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, , 9 o„ .shire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, Con kr "" pa Sti lys n 1,,,, be;(1),11011glas, r Esq., Home-cottage, Ashbourne, Director of t to " 3 " 'suite, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junctionßail- No 444 T Chi • 11 sr th e .10T, 15, Regent-street, Piccadilly, Deputy Chair tysh. er and Manchester Railway, and Director of the Le- , I -re St affordshire, and Worcestershire Junctio an n, d o o f f the ie bi''' Htlide i .,,, re et ~,,•_, 4 Staffordshire, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire , -71ciiki.et, .4Zel.ncl West Junction Railways 4 '. s4cl w as ' Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire , Stafforel- tooier.teil, and So Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, ih n i ele , : lt iy nd ,,T wo li e t st i t i etro S sl ta ete ffo r r , dshire Railways e, the Derbyshire, Stafford- Director o . l ita ee,rios ile l ia taen t wda, am Are Junction, and of the Leeds, Hudders to Joh, ,„ Y 8 South Staffordshire Direct East and West C lalo n sti 4 ,59., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct t ieD eotkr , Manchester Railway %De H ' n., Es q. OUP rd , co, Essex, Director of the Co tt ,. r.., ,nary ,_ , ...N, Goldhangers , Maldon,. we ,J. 4 en ester, and Southampton Junction 'gate ' ,Es 4 1 r 14. 1 1, Leamington, Director of the Coventry y and Let o, 4ot I way t7Yahlene Iteb ert, Esq Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Director of the t t eal 'winordsbi " d Worcestershire Junction, and of ''''' '' Illalca re ' an d South Staffordshire Rail h rdfield, Sheffield, an fief hior ha... 0 ", Sheij i l,, hrston, Ashbo e, Director of the Leeds, }rudders -1/11 D aw son ''' and South Staffordshire Railway I , 4 N a, Tii,e, the Right nom M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane E 6,411' Franc;lie Wm., Parkstone-lodge, Poole , a14. -41 eko , Esq., Liliugstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff xat . •, i t , Er l i k i i 'Vre,, 1..'5(1., Ashby-de-la-Zonch ?i,t4lle, sq., Cambridge Ni l ' t h e e lso rY 1) „ , Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square Gil:, Non:. rercy Evans s orltand 4.„,, Ge orge, 36, York-terrace , London, Director of the Lei 4/o,.ae.aster Railway Li' e ta, ter an is Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire, 0 4 4 ' 1( 14 ~" ay and Derby and Crewe, Macclesfield and D 4 aailw a ' l ir °h llatt 41 Jet i,,,, hew, banker, Worcester, Director of Remington's ,qttioa, a lg cl i and Manchester, of the Direct East and West N,etion i ti of the Derbyshire, Staffords , and Worcester ire 1 7. Willi s wa Y s 1 '44: *a 11,,„ -I n, Esq., Salcombe-park, Bedfordshire ,llea e. , , Jan le "; t e bert, M.P. gain'' e, Ch a - ,' 'sq., Conduit-street Arent es, kil rtes, E N., c ... _ b __ ... , house, Lincolnshire taat .I% l ' sq., Chad-house, . J -"' West J ' Rail ay Edgbaston, Director of the Di ell, Ne n .t, unction w iv Staffor,d,Sq., ironmaster, Dudley, Director of o t_h_e e D_er ee b d y s - , li ol ,_ der efin , , shre, and Worcestershire Janction, Railways L 10 ' 4 4, Joi'lleg, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire ß ß e a n ct , tint l 'U arat's ( l., Manchester, Director o t f and mi vi n e g s to t )1 , wa it li a nchester, of the Direct Eas _ rshire Junction a .T a un D c ir tio e gave eth i'shire, Staffordshire, and Woreeste e, lest,' S., E, London and Mau ,th,l, na te -1.,,,, General Post-office, and Southampton-row, Bus aaltlcrriirolialh-Llve'recys or of Remington's Direct Potteries 41 1 11 ,; t ob ay k '' N., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Ji n o t t i l W sre. ' O 9 Derby, Director of the Derbyshire, qar at t h Sta; o t „Tliire, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and Staffordshire, Ito.' o to. "'"shire Railways , ~, . 0, t ., gall 'anch - " s `batedford, Director of Ito,: tlit ftoestor Railway Remington's Direct London ,Int 'M, aoh„ . J ,,. v., Rtor of Fulboume, Cambrid *ar m ttele y i ',',! ,sq., BritanniatFoundry, Bedf?rd, ge Director of Itc 4,,q4ana tract London and Manchester Railway fi e ' Ilat 'he Hon. Edward ,1Nt.;,,,",' v., Alton Vicarage, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Direc i l d r e s !' ~aliOlatir , ",,,s Direct London and Manchester, and of th 4 1'„,'• ~,,`lg, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the a De_ rbsys othlNlligg'cishire, and Wo'rcestershire Direct Junction Rails' , ,Y . meat-,4Nei'LEsq., Waterloo-place, Director of Freemasons' Life As ',,,r 1,, 4 1.1, ee „,_ k e ulre tt ~ a tin o ,L'o, Esq., St. John's Wood, 'lan nIIII a ' Bank of Ireland, and Chester and Manchester Regent's-park, Director tlliph 4 44 RA W aY e.,t, t , ....n. Be dford tryA"'rd ... Director of the Derbyshire, , 4, 7 him li „ , ..sq,, M.D., Stafford, _ 4,,,r,k i , ~.,,, and Worcestershire Junction, and of tne Leeds, Hud kiii`itier, its:Meld, and South Staffordshire Railways e Derbyshire, Lae* 'tashirlistel, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of th , I , 1 , D u ad, , and Worcestershire Junction Railway _ _ e, Stafford. 1 4, 4, km ~'8(1, Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, ii,Y,,, RorLgr,?stershire Junction Railwa Huddersfield, k. " I tact - f' E sq., Rakeway-house, Chea d le, Director of Reining ,billiel, an d ndon and Manchester, of the Leeds, __ _era ,kCare',; see I \r South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire, 'Mau '15,1;', N'ielicreestershire Junction Railways uta4Otaior - r''' Esq., 50, Parliament-street fi e .4 P ei _. -aleen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the t,jant, iii,Lisnlar Itallwa_v cif Reining l'hir% i) itect ra " William, Esq., Chatham-place, Director Fh, e, arta .4'oodon and Manchester, of the Derbyshire,, . d S e t n aff il o d rd d - , , .1,„'lleld, ~,o tee stershire Junction, of the Leeds, Hug s ille - " e tinn e „",," gonth Staffordshire, of the Direct East and West cl ., iirrl i ''''„„g of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railways _ u .. Qtel,i , iii,sq., Tears, Staffordshire, Director ofhe e l i zrp ys li iir d e, kon.rsttelanifeefteld, and South Staffordshire, and of t th „at th Sanhio,e,,,nd Worcester Junction Railways -Loa, 'e Nati o - ' • Esq., 16, George-street, Hanover-square, Director ihrtVere, Joel Loan Assurance Company latp ' ll, G , ~Ph, F.sq., Stanhope-street, Mayfair t, th 1.,-41., Godalmine• Surrey Ic o 'seh e s =ion, Is t ..... - • G ran ge, Leicestershire en, ~ Thorn .w . 8., Higham b ta a ~,lecard Esq., Esq. Dudley ` 4 "" 14 ft "' Clairville, Director of Remington ' s Direct Len pri et, sir 441 chester Railway. 11 4 ' 4 ' ,; 1.11 0ra t .„"ge, Bart., Theobald's, Herts bi-gten, ir,,ev., Llarothel, Herefordshire I le x _ llk 't Lona 'r Y. sil.. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's I N writ T tn .ol l mid Manchester Railway l,„' Win, FM,,ore, the Dell, Windsor le y ' r work s, ' , e•sq., Pendeford-house, Wolverhampton, and 31illfield Staffordshire, and tooreeste,...,_ Reston, Director of the Derbyshire, .___, Railways i r eson , 4"oiTre Junction, and of the Shropshire ihn..e.!'" C: c ifer, vi l ,.'. Eq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the ~ 1 51; T _akefleld, and Midlands ; fie ftel e 'N l ,, 8 , York, and Midlands' Junction ; Leeds, Huddersfield, of the Stockton, North,_a sid, nd etilioer, 'Fred South Staffordshire Railways teP,„, John,' ',,,Esn., St. James's-square 10 44 uire e ;', ' - ' 8( 1, Royal Foundry, Bedford, Director of Reining ..l.o,,,,' Geori e Tynelon and Manchester Railway uten'n'on and ‘ ..•enrY, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct 14, 1 . - ' 4or go 7, ai lehester Railway k i aead me.o., Esq., F.R.M. and C.S., Bedford, Proprietor of the London and ki l'titN, r bret - 3-, Director of Remington's Direct ,Itt, ,1411.. aailway lttpl' i nshi re .`,`, l ‘'. 'EN, Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and Lin n), weailw ay ; ' '„. q 1)0 v:T" a „. Esq., Clifton, near Ashbourne, Director of the Tears iiCtrotei.sh,4leY Railway ; of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and 4s ritld , ~:fe Junction Railway ; of the Leeds . Huddersfield, Staffordshirekitt,ll',\F!tti"ulleStQlount,biltailm,•ay Railway; and of the Direct East fia.s. l, o a. e - L ., n ' I 'M, rrOgnall Hall thj".tld n iC i . 'sq., Blore Hall, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, t m re ; kart dersfield, and South Stafforshire, and of the Derby- IP' ' ktria °rqsi dre, and Worcestershire Junction Railways 41tnr Edmund J ain, Esq , Carlton Villas, Maida Vale, Paddington, f uncti on 6 r the Derbyixhire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire th, l lshi r ". and of the Leeds, ' HuddersfieldSheffield, and South Staf -51,0 . t I tailw ayn ~ riff ° , ~ . pi,'' kat, !, York, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,. .Sheffield f Tra pp orc,,,_;"?affordshire, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordsmtre, and 4; t er 7 . lure Junction Railways Trap p Lo ndo n' Esq., banker, Bedford, Director of Remlngion's b 1) .1), 1.1 1 ,, ii, am Manchester Railway ' l '3l,7 e et Lon''3banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's N , (k ern on an 4 Manchester Railway ,li I ' o , St a. ,' Esq., Holloway -place, London, Director of the Derby octorsnerdstore, and Worcestershire Junction, of the Nast 4,„ 1 „, ,, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Direct ti,,nte, Eth:st Junction Railways t h e Dee,__,ard, Esq., Great Haywood, Staffordshire, Director an of ,„e Leo,,,,salre, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, .d 't,',,,SYs , Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Rad ii, " le t, J .L. le e ' t ter " 'Ma M p T,. ai i , IIL, Th e 1 , • .1 ......TO lies,/V ' Il aiOr I"' lion '' H.P. G eor , The , St. James's-square Nem, ,Esq., Hungerford-park h;'', Jan, es ", , Esq., Leamingtoa Der s'4lre Lee-nits,, Esq., Director of the Hayes, Bakewell, I v anws3, ,1 4rciit e -s, H uddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Lon,' flans e es -4, a anq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct p h , tera„„_..chester and Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor 'l citn;:",fu dunction Railways 'eltester ~1 -In ,' E sq., Meopham Bank Tonbridge, Director of the NeZter ,/,...11.. 'Bedford, and Chepstow ' , Forest of Dean. and Glou -1 ,„4, joils Direct Lornil lorn 3, lit,Qiiion Railways * lll ligt„ .illia.rn, F..s Pistils J:.banker 4, White , o Found __ a an Manchester R n ai ed i ford, te teri nilr an ' Esq., NV Director of Re w y Staf- Nen e ' and Wor ednesiu•y, Director of the Derbyshire, li„,, Th omas ~ eestershire Junction Railways b'hi "uileld , 'Esq., Tean, Staffordshire , Director of the Leeds, It - -hir Sheffield and SthSt ff nof the Der , „_, . taffordshi , _ way . Nto wim ani , re, and 'WorcestershireJunction Rail e h rof th e ~.sq., 11. D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Di le Meld hropshire Mineral, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, cn d.Ch ' a ''d South g shire urles, E. ..taffordshire Railways s h . ,am .t,,.__ -,l,llttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford- Wai.;olel reesterhire junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, L..a.,e,,!!!. South S taffordshire Railways lz,,„, L e'l 11% %fly's'', Es., Clo t h Stratford-on-Avon, and p 011- ouse, -.4 1J, Eo' "edfordshire rwi r .i. , „.. e a rne-hill, Surrey. ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., and l am f George Remington, Esq., C.E. ~.,s ,r,o rd__,,,,__ RANKERS. ;:.,. briao.lessrs. Cockburn and Co., Whitehall 4 ecrth "flexor s E ,erg's'a cimpt on.... „„ • oster ton The Nort hamptonshire Banking Company. h ,il`l4 lllJ_ isLeamintaa a-en, Priors and Wanvickshire Banking ' Pany. Alletistri Th Jelin s , a lte r A SOLICITORS. ~e,c, ~In,,Arnold, v-- aael., 31, Golden-square ' rge e if:, l „."l, 35, Moergate-street L e t 'sti inn, Northamton. - siti n L OC AL AGEN TS., ‘1, 411,1 kt on 1 Worceater Messrs. Gilliam and Sons 4'"1.11.114 Messrs. Patterson, Hennes, Hanbury, and Gardner Offices of the ,„ SECRETARY. .............._'-'°r°PsDY, NO. 24, Mooi te eti lhi ---,............. ,ilte of t ho ng at c . PROSPECTUS. t otk ed Ic.ufe anibndge, which has now become the traffic 4.4o•ssing i.L3't tha t astern Counties, by the line of railway intended to be tiodo4 ..arlaine,,,,,PlinY, this line will proceed to Bedford, there tear`eortiliQa`l ins cross at or near the Blisworth Station of the O ra ` and 7 1 Ra ilway, where it will communicate with ii3,,,,,_ rkt,„,,ne th e 0,.._ eterborough line ; it will then proceed west- Lea,,,',°-on..Avo,d and Rugby line at or near Fenny Compton , b_gela,,pi Leant -on. . .-.! etiiiere joining the proposed line from Warwick tit% ti„tontii. iu ' i ' ~21hal l ot , Gloucester, Bristol, and the West of I T 9 4144 4 `,:!I rs through Alcester, the line will go di' "'" tIIM *WAS% At UIS 1 t own Mao Ate-street. THE SUN, LoN DON, SATU'RDA Y EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1845. It is proposed to establish at Birkenhead a steam ferry gratis to Liverpool ac. oss the Mersey, so as to unite both towns into one. This railway has the advantage of passing through the towns on its route, without materally increasing the distance. _ _ The principle of the Direct London and Liverpool Railway, as in the case of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway, is to obtain a direct through line between some of the most populous districts hi the kingdom, with the least possible, and consequently the smallest expenditure of capital, The Direct London and Liverpool Railway opens up an entirely new district, at the same time that it interferes but slightly with ex isting railway interests. The maps, plans, estimates, and other documents required by the standing orders of Parliament, will be lodged with the parish clerks. the clerks of the peace for the counties, and the Parliamentary offices, on the 24th day of November, being six days within the time required by the regulations of Parliament. A preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the extent of 15,000, to the original shareholders in the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Company, on their sending in their applications for the same. A proper reservation of shares will be made for the London and Birmingham, Chester and Birkenhead. and Warwickshire Railways, being the railways by means of which the project now submitted to the public is the most direct London and Liverpool railway that can be made. As the applications are exceedingly numerous, a very early day will be made for closing the lists. In the meantime, applications for shares may be addressed to the Solicitors, or any of the agents of the• Company in the following form : FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Direct London and Liverpool Railway. Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Liverpool Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares, in the above proposed Railway, and I agree to accept that, or any less number that you may please to allot to me, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share on the same, and to sign the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, and all usual and necessary deeds when required Dated this day of 1845. Name in full ..•...... Residence ......... ••• • • . Trade or Profession ...... • • • • •• Place of Business • • • • • • •• • • .. • • Reference in ftill.. • • • • .. •• • • • . •• NOTICE, D IRECT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY. In consequence of the numerous Applications for Shares in the above Railway already reeeived, no further applieations can be re ceived after FRIDAY NEXT, the 10th of October instanOwhen the Lists will be finally closed for Allotment, T. G. BREWER, Solicitor, 13, Gray's-inn-square, London. 3rd October, 1845. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. THE HUDDERSFIELD and LWERPOOL DIRECT RAILWAY. By Rochdale, Bury, and Bolton, forming the shortest practicable route from Liverpool to Leeds, Hull, and Goole. (Provisionally'Registered.) Capital 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21.:25. per Share. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, snd Co. Huddersfield—The Halifax and'Huddersfleld Union Banking CM- pant. SOLICITORS, Mr. William Barker, I New-street, Huddersfield Messrs. Brook and Freeman, The object of this undertaking is to form a continuous line of rail way from Leeds to Liverpool, by extending the lines already made, or sanctioned by Parliament, from their respective termini at Hud dersfield, in Yorkshire, and Bury, in Lancashire, through the inter vening country between Huddersfield and Bury, for which extension a line of railway only 25 miles in length is requisite. The proposed line will commence at the Huddersfield station, between which place and Leeds Parliament has already sanctioned the formation of rail ways, and from Huddersfield the proposed line will proceed by way of Hillhouse, Birchencliffe, and Lindley, and thence along the valley between Stainland and Greetland, through Bark!sland, the Vale of Ripponden, and by Rochdale to Bury, in Lancashire, where it will join the terminus of the Liverpool and Bury line of railway. In addition to completing a direct communication from Liverpool to Leeds, Hull, and Goole by the shortest practicable route, and by a much smaller outlay of capital„than bfany other proposed line, it will provide for a large and important manufacturing population, hitherto without the advantage of railway accommodation, an outlet to the south by means of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway, and to Manchester and North and South Lancashire by the railways above mentioned, and by the Leeds and Manchester Railway, by a proposed junction therewith at Rochdale. This line when completed will, in addition to the advantages which it presents as a through line, pass through a succession of valleys thickly studded with mills and manufactories, consuming a large quantity of raw materials and coal, all of which are brought from distance, and transmitting to other districts the produce of their in dustry, for which purposes a line of railway has become absolutely necessary, and there can be no doubt that an ample return will be realised for the outlay of capital required. The distance between Huddersfield and Rochdale by the present line of railway is thirty miles, which by the proposed railway will be reduced to seventeen miles. The Provisional Committee reserve to themselves the right of en tering into any arrangements with existing railway companies that may appear desirable. And power will be taken by the Act of Par liament to allow interest to the shareholders at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum on the amounts paid on their shares from the respective times of payment to the times of opening the railway. Applications for shares may be addressed, in the subjoined form, to any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers, viz.—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett and Hill, Threadneedle-street, London ; Mr. David Kinnear, Edin burgh ; Messrs. W. Moore and Co., Messrs. J. GatiliT and Co., Messrs. Wilson and Hellawell, Mr. Thomas Parrett, Mr. Frederick Turner, Messrs. John Atkinson and Co., Messrs. Tempest and Co., Messrs. Mooney and Hickes, Huddersfield ; Messrs. John Young and Co., Mr. C. B. Langdon, Leeds ; Mr. Hervey, Mr. Charles Clay, Messrs. Crowther and Brook, Halifax; Mr. John Brooke, Dewsbury; Messrs. Cameron, Bagenove, and Taunton, Messrs. Lloyd and Price, Liver pool r Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, and Messrs. Lynnill and Berlyn, Manchester ; or to the Solicitors to the Company. The names of a highly-respectable and influential Provisional Committee will be published in a few days. Huddersfield. Oct. 1, 1545. FORM OF 'APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Huddersfield and Liverpool Direct Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you Will allot me shares of 201. each in this undertaking, and I engage to accept the same or any less number that you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement when required. Dated the day of , 1845. Name in full ........ Residence. ..• • • • Profession or Trade (if any) .. Place of Business (if any) .. •. • • Reference ••• • • ••••.. • • • . ELY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Liability limited to the amount of the Subscription. Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. Deposit (to comply with the standing orders of Parliament) 21. 2s. per Share. Length of line, twenty-four miles. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir W. Browne Folkes, Bart., Hillington-hall, Norfolk, Chairman of the Lynn and Ely Railway Company Francis Cresswell, Esq., Lynn, Director of the Lynn and Ely Rail way Company William Hverard, Esq., Lynn, ditto William Seppings, Esq , Lynn, ditto Henry C. Lacy, Esq., Kenyon-house, Manchester, Chairman "of the Ely and Huntingdon Railway Company Frederick Ingle, Esq., ;.Lynn, Director of the Ely and Huntingdon Railway Company Henry Champion Partridge, Esq., Snare-hill House, Norfolk, ditto Edward Self, Esq., Lynn, ditto Henry C. Lacy, Esq., Kenyon-house, Manchester, Chairman of the Lynn and Dereham Railway Company Thomas Neville Abdy, Esq., Albyns, Essex, Director of the Lynn and Dereham Railway Cpmpany Sir H. Roddam Calder, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's-park, ditto Joseph Bridgwell Whiting, Esq., Lynn, ditto Sir H. E. Bunbury, Bart., Barton, near Bury William D. Christie, Esq., 31. P., Ecclestone-street, Chester-square The Worshipful the Mayor of Lynn Joseph Andrews, Esq., Mildenhall, Suffolk Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde, Manchester Wyrley Birch, Esq., Wretham-hall, Norfolk James Bowker, Esq., Lynn Charles Burckam, Esq., Lynn Thomas A. Carter, Esq., Lynn William Clifton, Esq., Lynn Frederick Edwards, Esq., Barnham, Suffolk William Edwards, Esq., Framlingham, Suffolk Mr. Thomas Ellington, merchant, Barton, Suffolk Mr. Richard Ellington, merchant, Barton, Suffolk Mr. Philip Fuller, merchant, Barton-mills, Suffolk John Turner Hales, Esq., Herringswell, Suffolk George Gataker, Esq., Mildenhall, Suffolk William Lowten Jones, Esq., Woodhall, Hilgay, Norfolk E. B. Manning, Esq., Lynn Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester Charles Neville-Rolfe, Esq., Sedgeferd-hall, Norfolk William Ship, Esq., Lynn Mr. Philip Smith, merchant, Soham, Ely Mr. Thomas Steel, Tuddenham, Suffolk John Teather, Esq., Alstonby, Cumberland John Wayte, Esq., M.D., Lynn William Layton, Esq., Wood House, Ely William Tinker, Esq., Hyde, Manchester Thomas Waller, Esq., The Rookery, Eyke, Suffolk. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Chairman Sir Henry Roddam Calder, Bart. Thomas Neville, Abdy, Esq. William Everard, Esq. Frederick Ingle, Esq. Henry Champion Partridge, Esq. J. B. Whiting, Esq. ENGINEERS. J. 11. Itastriek, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., C.E. J. S. Valentine, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Goodwin, Partridge, and Williams, Lynn Messrs. Isaacson and Son, Mildenhall Messrs. Itooper, Birch, and Ingram, 68, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London , BANKERS. Messrs. Curries and Co., Cernhill Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn Messrs. Gurneys and Co., Lynn Messrs. Oakes, Bevan, and Co., Bury St. Edmunds SECRETARY (pro tem.)—L. F. Edwards, Esq. PROSPECTUS. This railway will commence by a junction with the lines of the Eastern Counties, the Lynn and Ely, and the Ely and Huntingdon, Railways, at the city of Ely, and proceed thence, via Mildenhall, to Bury St. Edmunds, forming there a junction with the railway from that town to Ipswich, now in course of construction. The town of Bury St. Edmunds and the adjacent districts, and all the country through which the line will pass, have for generations drawn their supply of coals, timber, deals, wine, oil-cake, tar, flag stones, and other general merchandise, from the port of Lynn, and have transmitted thither their own corn, flour. wool, fruit, and other agricultural produce, for shipment to the northern markets. While the proposed line will affect the local object of preserving the mercantile connexion that has so long subsisted between the coanty of Suffolk and the port of Lynn, it will effcet the national one of affording to the ports of Ipswich and Harwich, and the im portant towns of Colchester and Bury St. Edmunds, a direct com munication with Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the north, and, by means of the Ely and Huntingdon, and the proposed Rugby and Huntingdon Railways, with Birmingham and the west. From these sources a most ample return on the capital required for the undertaking may be confidently relied on. The line is singularly easy of construction, the estimated cost, in cluding every contingency, being little above 8,0001. per mile ; it will not interfere with ornamental grounds of any kind, and it is not anticipated that any opposition will be offered by the landowners. The Provisional Directors are to be at liberty to take all such measures as they may deem requisite for obtaining the necessary powers to construct the line or any part thereof, with such branches. extensions, or alterations, as they shall be advised to adopt ; and for such powers, or any of them, they are to have power to increase the amount of the capital, to lease or sell the line to, or amalgamate the same with, the Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railway Companies, or any or either of them, or any other company or companies. It is proposed 'to raise the capital by issuing 10,000 shares of 201. each, a deposit of 21. 2s. per share (in compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament) to be paid on allotment. There will be an interval of two months between the calls, and not more than 51. per share will be called for at one time. A Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, in such form and with such clauses as the Provisional Directors may think right, will lie for signature at the offices of the Solicitors, in London and Lynn, on payment of the deposit. Arrangements will be made for transmitting the deeds to the principal provincial towns in or near which the shareholders may reside, due notice whereof will be sent to every shareholder by post. As under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham, Railway Companies, a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to the holders of shares in those companies, a very limited number of shares only is at rile disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no application for shares, therefore, can be attended to, except from parties locally interested and of the highest respectability, by whom applica tions may be made, in the annexed form, on or before the 13th October, 1845, to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk, or to the respective solicitors ; no application, however, can in any case be attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one of the Provisional Committee, or to the Solicitors or Bankers of the Company. To the Provisional Committee of the Ely and Bury St. Edmunds Railway. I request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above undertaking, and I hereby engage to accept the same, or any less number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree meat when required. sated the day of Name in full • • .• • • • Private Residence • • • • Business or Profession (if any) . Place of Business • • • • Name of Referee 1845. iddreot ot Ream ...0.10..• NVWOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND ,- BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. :Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.) Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. • PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. • • - - The great principle on which the projectors eithis important scheme have acted, is the establishment of a direct line of communi cation between Birmingham and Birkenhead, by the nearest possible route, and at the smallest possible outlay. To effect this object, it is proposed to make use either of the Grand Junction, or the Birming ham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway, as far as Wolverhamp ton, and thence to throw out a new line in as straight a direction as possible to Chester, where a junction will be formed with the railway already existing between that city and Birkenhead.. A most impor tant saving of distance will thus be effected. It is obvious that such a scheme is fraught with consequences of the highest possible import to the commercial interests of the respec tive districts. The growing prosperity of Birkenhead even now demands a more direct communication with the Midland, Southern, Western, and Eastern Counties ; and when her magnificent docks shall ire completed, and the town itself shall have arrived at its des tined greatness, this line will take a prominent position among the most lucrative of these undertakings. The Directors, therefore, conscious of the great. traffic which will flow from the densely populated termini, propose to construct this line in as straight a direction as possible, and thereby secure the im mense through traffic which will resort to this railway for shortness and expedition, from the great manufacturing and agricultural ditg tricts of South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worces tershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Leicestershire, Nottingham shire, Northamptonshire, and in fact the whole of tjie Eastern Counties, as well as from London and the important districtkto the South, East, and West of the Metropolis. Irrespective of the immense population of the termini, it is evident that this projected line commends itself to the entire inhabitants of the counties already referred to. The scheme also possesses this further and great advantage—that it will, in reality, form a shorter and more direct line to the neighbourhood of Liverpool and the dis trict adjacent, than any which has hitherto been projected ; and by means of the contemplated line from Chester to Holyhead, it will open the shortest possible route from London to Ireland, and thereby avoid the delay and inconvenience of a protracted sea voyage. A cursory inspection of the map of England and a reference to the plan of this line will also show that the Trent Valley, London and Birmingham, Birmingham and Gloucester, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, as w.ll as the projected Staffordshire and Shrop shire Railways, will necessarily be valuable tributaries to this im portant line gif railway. The line to be constructed by this Cempany will commence at Wolverhampton, and proceed through an agricultural district, by way of Market Drayton to Chester, and alt hough in its direct course it may not pass through many towns of importance, the engineering difficulties of every other route will be avoided, and powerful local in fluence brought into co-operation with this Company. In the formation of this ine the extensive iron district of Lilles hail has bevn especially regarded ; and by means of the facilities of transit afforded by this Company, the iron-masters of South Stafford shire will be enabled to compete with the Scotch market, which they have hitherto been unable to do in consequence of the heavy charges for freight. The Provisional and Managing Committee are in the course of se lection, and will be published in a few days, with other particulars. Applications for Shares to be made to Mr. W. S. Vardy, solicitor, 18, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square, London ; or Mr. John Smith or Mr. C J. Noble, solicitors, Birmingham. MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via BARNS LEY AND DONCASTER. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit V. 2s. per Share. (In compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Lord William Paget, Uxbridge House, London, M.P. Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire Sir John P. Milbanke, Bart , Halidane Hall, Yorkshire Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Dorset-square Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London The Mayor of Doncaster William Brook, Esq., Gledholdt, Huddersfield, J.P. John Sutcliffe, Esq., Huddersfield, J.P. John Harpin, Esq., Birks House, Holmfirth, J.P. John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Rhoyd, Halifax, J.P. The Rev. Richard Whitelock, M.A., Saddleworth, J.P. James Lees, fleq., Delph Lodge, Saddleworth, J.P. William Alexander, Esq., Halifax, M.D., Director of the Midland and Thirsk, and other Railways James George Atkinson, Esq., Wakefield, M.D. Richard Armitage, Esq., Fenny Lodge, Huddersfield, timber merchant Joseph ..Allin, Esq., Wakefield John Allison, Esq., Huddersfield Joseph Atkinson, Esq., Lake Lodge, Wakefield William Green Armytage, Esq., Spring-gardens, Huddersfield George Addison, Esq., Hall Field, Bradford Spencer Cook Ashline, Esq., Sandtoft Grove, near Epworth Thomas Ayre, Esq., Barnsley Joseph Birley, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster, late Mayor of Doncaster The Rev. John Birkett, M.A., Laceby Rectory, near Brigg John Berwick, Esq., Scawby-grove, near Brigg William Bealby, Esq., Kelfield, near Epworth William Charles Boden, Esq., Apsley Hall,•Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham and Bedford, and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railways Thomas Beaumont, Esq., Bradford, Deputy-Chairntan of the Mid land and Thrisk Junction Railway William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hall, near Ashton-under-Lyne Benjamin Bradshaw, Esq., Upperthong,Hohnfirth George Bann, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham and _ _ GainaboroUgh Railways John Fillinghouse Bishop, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union, Nottingham and Mansfield, and Nottingham and Gainabo rough Railways George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle . ... Railway Joseph Beaumont, jun., Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield Griffith Briscoe, Esq., Doncaster William Bent, Esq.,leyd-house, Huddersfield, merchant John Bennett, Esq., Belgrave-terrace, Huddersfield, merchant' James Bates, Esq., Winney Bank, Holmfirth Benjamin Beeley, Esq., Holmfirth Richard Battye, Esq., Holmfirth, drysalter John Bellingham, Esq., Wakefield Joseph Brook, Esq., Stamp-office, Huddersfield Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq., Pall-mall, London, Director of the United Kingdom Assurance-office Robert Blow, Esq., Grimsby, merchant John Blow, Esq., Grimsby, merchant William Cooper, Esq., Doncaster Samuel Cartledge, Esq., Mapperley, near Nottingham, Deputy- Chairman of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway William Cartledge, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham #nd Ambergate, Nottingham and Mansfield, Nottingham and Gainsborough, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways T. M. Carter, Woolgreaves, Wakefield John Cowbum, Esq., Settle, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway William James Clarke, Esq., Huddersfield William Carter, Esq„ Kirkburton, manufacturer William Chambers, Esq., Doncaster, corn-factor Henry Dalton, Esq., Hull and Grimsby, merchant William Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort ley, Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Henry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield William Dryden, Esq., Hull Joseph Dransfield, Esq., Mold Green, Huddersfield, merchant Richard Dransfleld, Esq., West-place, Dalton, Huddersfield, mer chant, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the Liverpool and Leeds Railways - Thomas Dyson, Esq., Wellhouse, Holmfirth, manufacturer John Dent,Esq., Huddersfield, merchant John Dougill, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Director of the rover and Bristol Railway Edward Dent, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant George Dyson, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant Richard Dewhirst, Esq., Apsley House, Huddersfield Thomas Dowse, Esq., Skelmanthorpe, near Penistone Isaac Dewhirst, Mount Pleasant, Ovenden, near Halifax, worsted spinner John Dean, Esq., Spring-gardens, Manchester, merchant Peter East, Esq., West Carr-house, near Epworth Joshua Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner John Elliott, Esq., Town Head-house, Rochdale Edward Ellis, Esq., Kirkbnrton, manufacturer John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways Joseph Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner Mark•Faviel, Esq., Amcotts Lodge, Lincolnshire Frederick Fisher, Esq., Westfield-house, Doncaster J. L. Fernandez, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway Charles Gervas, Esq., Wroot, near Epworth _ . _ - . Directors of the Nottingham and F r ancis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborongh, merchant South Stafford shire Junction, George Gamble, Esq., GainSborough, merchant, 1 and Nottingham and Gainsbo ' L rough Railway* Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railways A. G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railway William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railways Joseph Gill, Esq., Potternewton Mount, near Leeds, merchant, Di rector of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways William Greenwood, Esq., Huddersfield Joseph Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer William Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer Abraham Hirst, Esq., York House, Huddersfield, wool merchant John Hannah, Esq., Finthorpe, Huddersfield, merchant, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway Samuel Hall Esq., Doncaster, merchant William Harrison, Esq., Stanningley, near Leeds, merchant Edward Holgate, Esq., Stnrton, near Brigg H. P. Harwood, Esq., Sheffield, M.D., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway John Haigh, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway John Hardcastl e, Esq., West Field House, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Barnsley Union Banking Company Captain John L. Hulme, R.E., Director of the Yeovil and Dorchester, and of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway Thomas Anderson Hanson, Esq., stuff merchant, Bradford Wm. Hepworth, Esq., Pontefra ct, J.P. John Horsfall, Esq., Wakefield George Hinchllffe, Esq., Nab, Holmflrth, merchant John Holdsworth, Esq., Shaw Lodge, Halifax, merchant David Hinchclifr, Esq., Marble Hall, Holmflrth, merchant Edward Lake Hesp, Esq., Huddersfield George Hirst, Esq., Higley Mills, Holmflrth, manufacturer Joseph Hirst, Esq., Wilshaw Cottage, Meltham, woollen manufac tnier John Haigh, Esq., Wood Royd House, near Huddersfield, coal mer chant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway George Armitage Haigh, Esq., Gynn View, near Huddersfield, coal merchant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway Charles Hirst, Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield, woodstapler Thomas Haigh, Esq., Royds Hall, near Huddersfield William Hinchcliff, Esq., Holmflrth, merchant John Haigh, Esq., Shelley Hill Top, near Penistone William Haigh, Esq., Gynn Cottage, near Huddersfield, merchant T. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Marton-house, neer Shipton, J.P., Di rector of the Clitheroe Junction, and Lancashire and North York shire Railways James Ingliss, Esq.. Halifax, M.D., Director of the North and South Junction, and London, Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railways Thomas Ingleby, Esq., Lawkland-hall, near Settle, Director of the Northumberland and Lancashire'Junction, North Western, Clitheroe Junction, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways Thomas Ibbetson, Esq., Bent's-house, Huddersfield Thomas Iveson, Esq., Holmfirth Charles Jackson, Esq., Doncaster, banker Thomas Johnson, Esq., Alderman of Doncaster Joseph Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway Jere Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, timber-merchant Thomas Kilner, Esq., Carr-house, Huddersfield, merchant William Kilner, Esq., Belgrave-house, Huddersfield, oil merchant John Knowles, jun., Esq., Trafford Bank-house, Manchester, merchant John Lancaster, Esq., Huddersfield James Campey Laycock, Esq., Huddersfield Wm. Livingstone, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant Julies Lowenthal, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant Charles Locke, Esq., Snapethorpe House, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways William Lockwood, Esq., Spring Villa, Holmfirth, woollen manufac turer Charles Lockwood, Esq., Doncaster uddersfield Joshua Littlewood, Esq., Dam - h ouse, Hol mflrth Ludolph, Esq.. Heading le y , near L eeds , wool merchant Edward Lees, Esq., Honley, near H Henry F. Lockwood, Esq., F.S.A., Hull Edward Lancaster, Esq., Barnsley Frederic Marsland, Esq., Birch-hall, near Manchester Sidney Morehouse, Esq., Morecroft, Holmflrth, Director of the Hali fax, Huddersfield, and Bradford Railway Joshua Moorhouse, Esq., Holmflrth, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway William Heywood Morris, Esq., Doncaster, merchant Robert Milner, Esq., Doncaster John Morley, Esq., Eastoft Hall, near Crowle Luke Marsden, Esq., Huddersfield Rowland Hill M'Kenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish. square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, Chelten. ham, Oxford, and other Railways Henry James Morehouse, Esq., Stoney Bank, Holmflrth Chairman of the Not- Thomas Mellor, Esq., Spring Cottage, Holmflrth, manufacturer Joseph Moorhouse, sq., Hohnfirth John Maw, Esq., Doncaster, Director of the Doncaster and Goole Railway William Micklesthwait, Esq., Keresforth, near Barnsley Tl t to ii m ig as ham Nolh h Railway John Nall, Esq., Ashby, near Brigg G R a gl ins . Edward Nicholson, Esq., Doncaster Esq., Ma} of . Nottingham, Robert Norfolk, Esq., Louth, Lincolnshire John Nowell, Esq., Fernley wood, near Huddersfield, Thomas Nowell, Esq., Dalton, near Huddersfield, merchant George Peel, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield, Director of the Wake field and Harrogate Railway Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-street, Russell-square, London Albert Pilling, Esq., Wheat House, Huddersfield, merchant Charles Pitchforth, Esq., Boothroyd Park, Halifax Captain William Rawson, Doncaster Thomas Redmaine, Esq., Taitlands, near Settle, Director of the North Western, Clitheroe Junction, and Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England Railways Henry Rolling, Esq., Oxspring, near Penistone John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director 91 the Wakefield, Bradford, and Midland, and other Railways George Robinson, En., Huddersfield Wright Rhodes, Esq., Sprhigfield-hou,e, Kirkburton Samuel Rodledge, Esq., Huddersfield, dyer J. W. Roberts, Esq., Fernley Tyas, near Huddersfield The Rev. Thomas Skipworth, Belton Rectory, near Epsworth William Skpworth, Esq.. South Kelsal-house, near Prigg Robert Stors, Esq., Doncaster William St<ekit, Esq., Doncaster Bentley Slew, Esq., Woodfield-house, Huddersfield William Slew, Esq., Wentbridge, near Pontefract Kdmund Snitb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Yorkshire and Glasgowßailway William Satter, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wake field, ant Midlands, Wakefield and Harrogate, and York, Hull, and East ant West Yorkshire Junction Railways William Sarkey, Esq.. Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midlands, and Sheffield, Wortley, and Silkstone Railways Matthew Sykes, Esq., Miln-row, near Huddersfield William Etursy,Esq.,Bottom-hall, near Huddersfield, merchant" Benjamin Ledger Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant Thomas talkeld, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant John Shaw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant William 'haw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant S. E. Siclel, Esq., Bradford, merchant, Director of the Leeds and Liverpol. and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways Foster Slaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant James Slaw, Esq., Priest Royd House, Huddersfield, merchant David Sikes, Esq., Marsh, near Huddersfield, merchant David Snirthwaite, Esq., Wakefield Robert lOrr, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster William Taylor, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand "Union, and Nottirgham and Gainsboro - u,gh Railways WilliamTurnbull, Esq., Huddersfield, M.D. Edwin Inwin, Esq., Leavy Greave, Sheffield, Managing Director of the Sleflield Gas Company Henry linwin, Esq., Orchard-place, Sheffield Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract John Miley Wrigley,Esq.,CroftHouse,Netherton, near Huddersfield Thomas Cockhill Wrigley, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant Robert Welsh, Esq., H.uddersileld, merchant, Director of the. Leeds and Test Riding Junction Railway The Itcv. Eldred Woodland, Holme-bridge Parsonage, near Hohnfirth George Hudswell Westerman, Esq., Sandal-grove, Wakefield. wool merchant, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway David Wheateroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Helper, Director of the . . Birningham and Leicester, and other Railways J. Web3ter, Esq., Doncaster French Wragg, Esq., Doncaster Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale WiMau Ward, Esq., Welton, near Hull, merchant Willia n Roden Watts, Esq., St. Phillip's-square, Birmingham, M.D. Smith Wormald, Esq., Tipton-Grange, Beverley, Director of the Leeds and York Railway Edward Woolmer, Esq., Mayor of Exeter, Chairman of the Exeter and Dorchester Railway Wm. Walker, Esq., Longwood, near Huddersfield, merchant Mesas. Arthur William Goodwin, John Hutchinson, Members of the Corpora- Francis Ingram, tion of Doncaster Jonathan Allison, J. Rogerson, (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. J. E. Morey, Esq., Mayor of Don caster John SutcliffP, John Hatpin, Esq. Abraham llirst, Esq. John Hannah, Esq. Sidney Morehouse, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. Joshua Moorhouse, Esq Joseph Burley, Esq. Frederick Fisher, Esq. W. B. .Morris, Esq. Edmund Smith, Esq. Bentley Shaw, Esq. Loudon—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. Huddersfield—The Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company Doncaster—Sir W. Cooke, Bart., and Co. Wakefield—Messrs. Latham, Tew, and Co. ENGINEERS. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Si* John L.L.D., F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER--W. Billington, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield. LONDON AGENTS —Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr, 20, Chancery-lane. PARLIAMENTARY A GENTS —MCSSTS. Sudlow and Kingdon, 6, New Palace-yard. LOCAL AGENTS. Edward Sheardown, Esq., Doncaster C. T. Mence, Esq., Barnsley John Drainsfield, Esq., Penistone G. H. Capes, Esq., Epsworth Robert Owston, Esq., Brigg. The object of the proposed undertaking is to complete a. direct chain of railway communication between the western and eastern coasts ; and by means of the Liverpool and Manchester, and part of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railways, with the contemplated new line of forty-six miles in length, or there abouts, passing immediately through the town of Doncaster, will form one grand trunk line direct from Liverpool to Great Grimsby. It is intended to commence the present line at or near the junc tion of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway with the Sheffield, Ashton-under-L3 ne, and Manchester, near Penistone, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. and to proceed in a direct eastern line through or near the extensive and inexhaustible coal-fields of Silkstone, Dod worth, Worsbrough-dale, and others in the Barnsley district, thence to the south of and near to the town of Barnsley, thence to continue in adirect course through or near to Wombwell, Darfield (where it will cross the Midland Railway),'Billingley and its coal fields, Gold thorpe, Hickleton, Barnborough, Marr, and their extensive limestone field, Cusworth,, h ; he town of Doncaster, where it is intended to cross the London and York Railway on the level, and thence will proceed through or near to A rmthorpe, Cantley, Brampton, Wroot, where it will enter and cross the Isle of Axholme, and pass through or near to the town of Epworth, -Belton, East and West Butterwick, Messingham Mill, Scawby, and then finally terminate in a junction with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Rail;vay, which was sanctioned by the Legislature during the last session of Parlia ment, at or near to the town of Glanford Brigg, in the county of Lin coln ; thus connecting the great manufacturing, mineral, agricultu ral, and populous districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire with Lincoln shire and its rapidly improving port of Great Grimsby, so as to afford the products of the several counties a most direct and speedy course of transit ; thereby also greatly facilitating the latroduction of fo reign merchandise, and by this means perfecting the channel of communication between the Irish Sea and the German Ocean. The existing routes from Manchester to Great Grimsby are very circuitous ; so much so, that the proposed line will effect a saving of about twenty miles, when compared with the Manchester and Leeds, the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and the proposed Goole and Great Grimsby Railways ; and of about fifteen miles compared with the Sheffield and Manchester, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railways, and the relative distances from other places will be proportionally shortened ; even from Sheffield, via the Midland, with a branch from Swinton, on to the proposed line, the distance would be less by five or six miles than by the Sheffield and Lincolnshire, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield lines. The saving of distance is most material, when it is considered that the proposed shorter and more direct line will, in addition, accommodate the towns of Barnsley, Doncaster, Epworth, and Brigg, and afford ex tended markets for their staple commodities. To show the advantage of this line of transit, wools and other merchandise landed at the port of Great Grimsby, and forwarded by the proposed line of railway, would be delivered in the manufacturing districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire before they could be landed at Hull, and the great loss of time, and the dangerous navigation of the river to Goole, besides the extra expense, would be thus entirely obviated, and passengers by this line, in conjunction with the steam packets from New Holland to Hull, would also be conveyed from Manchester and other places, in less time than by any other route. Several railway schemes are now before the public, to connect, in the best practicable manner, Keighley, Halifax, and Bradford, with Hudderdield ; and there are also the contemplated lines from Ash ford-under-Lyne to Stockport, and from Chester to Manchester, the latter by means of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway, with a branch to Birkenhead. When these desiderata shall be accom plished, the proposed line will open facilities for the shipment of merchandise at Great Grimsby, from Manchester, Huddersfield, Halifax, and the places northwards, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stayley bridge, Hyde, Stockport, Chester, Birkenhead, Liverpool, and the in termediate places to Germany, Holland, Belgium, the Baltic, and the north of Europe ; added to which the increased traffic brought to bear upon the proposed line to and from the contemplated new Staffordshire and Derbyshire lines, by uniting with the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway at or near Holmflrth, must considerably en hance the value of the undertaking. Independently of the above, and of the superior advantages af forded by the proposed line for the shipping of coal from the rich coal fields of Silkstone and Barnsley to the London and other mar kets, a considerable augmentation of passengers and traffic may be expected from the Midland and the London and York Railways ; and particular benefit will be rendered to the agricultural districts o Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Lincolnshire, by the opening of the ex tensive limestone districts in the neighbourhood of Doncaster, through which the line is intended to pass ; and by the cheap transit of corn and cattle to the manufacturing districts of Sheffield, Rother ham, Wakefield, Leeds, Huddersfield, and Manchester, the im mense agricultural produce of Lincolnshire (including the Isle of Axholme), together with that of Doncaster, being by this project thrown open to the great consumers of the west. Again, from the recent reduction of the duty on Baltic timber, there is no doubt the consumption of that article (superseding the inferior Canadian timber) will be greatly increased in Lancashire and Cheshire. From coal, lime, and timber, therefore, a large and 'very remunerative traffic may justly be calculated upon ; and even the internal resources of the country through which the line will pass, in coal and lime alone, would be sufficient to justify the present undertaking, The important agricultural town of Doncaster, hitherto compara tively isolated and its market crippled for want of proper railway communication, will, by the proposed line, become the principal corn mart for the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and Cheshire ; and also, with the aid of the London and York Railway, both lines passing direct through the town, be at once brought in connexion with all the main railway arteries in the Kingdom. Doncaster has long felt the want and desirableness of a direct west communication, and this is the only line hitherto projected that is essentially calculates to servo the interests of that town, The value of the stock in all the above-mentioned lines to which a favourable reference has been made, must necessarily be greatly enhanced by the proposed line, whilst the increased facilities given for the transit of goods from Liverpool and Manchester, and from Huddersfield, northwards, and other manufacturing and agricultural places, to Great Grimsby, must especially most materially add to the importance and benefit of the Sheffield and Manchester and the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railways. The large manufacturing district of Holmtirth will receive the ut most advantage from a constant and cheap supply of coal, whilst the agricultural portion of that district, equally with Lincolnshire, will prove a ready market for the valuable limestone in the neighbourhood of Doncaster. The country through NVltiCh the lino will pass is well adapted for carrying out the design of the promoters, and a great portion of the land will be greatly improved by the construction of this line of railway. Nothing beyond ordinary engineering difficulties is to be met with. A very satisfactory survey of the entire line, by the acting engineer, has already been made, and the necessary sections are nearly com pleted, so as to leave no doubt that the scheme will be fully perfected in due time for the approaching session of Parliament. The line, for about three-fourths of its whole length, is nearly level. The whole tunnelling required will only be about 1,800 yards. The prevailing gradient is about 1 in 380, and very favourable for work ing of locomotive power. • The navigation of the river Trent will not be interfered with, nor the residence of any nobleman or gentleman, and very little altera tion will be required in any drains or Turnpike roads. The expense of constructing the line, it is considered, will be less than the engineer's estimate. The success attending the project has been unexampled since its first very recent announcement, and before even the names of the Provisional Committee appeared, many times the number of Shares required have been subscribed for ; the Committee do not, therefore, feel Justified in continuing the application of shares open beyond a very limited time. In the allotment of shares, a preference will be given to parties locally interested in the line. The promoters,have it in contemplation, at a future time, to form some very desireable branches in connection with their main line, for which purpose power will be reserved to raise increased capital to meet the requirements. The favourable opinions so generally expressed as to the eligibility of the line, and its perfect adaptation to the wants of the important district which it will traverse, together with the gratifying assurances of support received from parties locally interested, leave no room to doubt of the success of the undertaking. And, unlike many railway schemes of the present day, this undertaking has no really competing line to contend with, inasmuch as It extends from point to point en ground neither pre-occupied nor contemplated by any other Com pany ; and is, unquestionably what it purports to be, the most direct route possible from west to east. A reference to the Map will at once conclusively establish this fact. Power will be applied for in the Act, to allow interest at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the further calls, until the line shall be completed. Prospectuses with plans of the line, and any further information, may be obtained on application, at the offices of the solicitors, and of their London and local agents ; and applications for shares (for a limited time only), in the form annexed, accompanied with satisfac tory references, may also be addressed to them, or to any of the following Brokers, viz.—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett and Hill, Thread needle-street, London; David Kinnear, Edinburgh; Lloyd and Price, Liverpool ; Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; I. N. Balme, Gloucester ; Wellbeloved and Go., Bell and Ledger, Leeds ; Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. Crawshaw, Doncaster ; J. Tee, Jun., Barnsley; George Bowlby, Hull; Charles Claye, Halifax; John Cragg, Skipton ; John Gibbons, Settle ; F. G. and C. C. Crossley, Bradford ; Henry Bellingham, Wakefield ; George Tinker, Holm firth ; Wilson and Hellawell, Wi'liam Moore and Co., John Gatliff and Co., Fred. Turner, B. Casson, Chas. Fitton, J. H. Taylor. and Thomas Parratt and Co., Huddersfield. Huddersfield, 30th September, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the ➢ianchester, Hudderfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company. _ _ I request that you will allot to me shares of 20/.each in the above undertaking ; and I agree to accept the same, or any less number that may he allotted to me, and also to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share thereon ; and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. Dated the day of 1845 Name (in full). . • • • • • Trade or Profession • • ........ ....... MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the immense number of Applications for Shares already received, no further Ap plications will be entertained, except from landowners, after SATURDAY, the 11th day of October instant. FLOYD and BOOTIE, Solicitors. Thalderstleld, Ist October, 1845. E XETER, DORCHESTER, AND WEY MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY. The Committee of Management beg to inform the public that the shares in this Company are now in course of allotment, and that they (the Committee) Intend issuing the Letters and Allotments as soon as the requisite examination has taken place into the application for By order, Oct. 2, 1845. FRAIWIS MEW, Secretary, B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 400,000/., In 20,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription PROVISIONAL COMMITTER The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company William Alfred.lllll, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Company Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Cheese!, near Southampton Lord of the Manors of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, and Highwood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon Samuel Dendy, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the Manor of Hendon Lieut.-Colonel Gillies, Porchester House, Bayswater William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Josiah Ifeale, Esq., Grayi Inn K _ Major Lindam, 11., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company [enry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester, Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, CaTenclish- square Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School, Hendon, Middlesex - The Rev. H. J. Cramp, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Captain Grover, R.N. Captain John limes, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon, I IMlddlesex . _ _ 4;7W Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet _ . Mr. Bruce Johnson, Finchley William Christopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College Cambridge, Holloway Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet W. J. 31`Gwire, Esq, 74, St. James's-street W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, Essex Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing- stoke Railway Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's Park William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus Railway Company The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe Parsonage, Wakefield, Direc tor of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union and Leicester ar.d Birmingham Rt :way Thomas Francis Justice, Esq., Berner's-street, Oxford-street George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-street, Russell-square, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway John D. Hopkins, Esq., 25, Bedford-square J. H. Lister, Esq., Director of the south and Midland Junction Railway J. I'. Wright, Esq., Edinburgh W. 81ark, Esq., Rockhalls, Lodge, Crieklewood, Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden- •• a. Thomas Cope, Esq., Cricklewood Captain F. N. Fisher, United Service Club, Whitehall George Howell, Esq., Finchley-common George Hayes, Esq., Vincent-villa, Finchley-common Robert Henry Lindham, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset-square Alexander James Geddes, Esq., Parade, Thames Bank. (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. Halpin, Esq. Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq. Chairman George Freeman, Esq. Major Lindam, R.H. George Godfrey, Esq. Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq. F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Whishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook T.odge _ Hendon, and Adelphi. - ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, Esq., 10, Gray's Ins-square. BANKERS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, JOINT SOLICITORS. Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street G. P. Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square. LOCAL AGENTS. _ _ Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Fine,hley John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone. Messrs. Tatham and Son, solicitors, Highgate Thomas Weeks, Esq., solicitor, Tottenham This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon don and York Railways. The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet stone, Totteridge, llighwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finchley, Holder's Hill, Hendon, Burrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon, Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green. Holsdon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne Green, Maida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap ton, Highbury, Holloway, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham, Bow, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Heston, Homerton, Hackney, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Blackwall, Euston-square, Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith, Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, Scc. ; connecting those places with the varjous railways named, and all those south of the river Thames. The distance frona the town of Barnet to the station of the London and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will be 15 miles. The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be I I miles ; and the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 494 miles. From the junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 934 miles • from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Hendon), on the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 6% miles. There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance. The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan line of railway, for thAbove reason, and because it will pass through an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large collections of houses and buildings. " • Upon the completion of this railway, a large and daily-increasing population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses, will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto afiording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad rupled in value. The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too, will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of the trunk lincs now contemplated. An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following sources, amongst others :- 1. From the conveyance of passengers. 2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise Prom the City and Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through London ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly during the period of the large Barnet fairs. 3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fuel, and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grieve,. evi.. The Committee el Management receive to themselves the power of adopting, upon t his line, locomotive power, or Presser's Railway guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed erpedicnt. Applications for Shares in the form annexed ;aril , oremuni cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Care pany), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices of the Company, 69, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to the Joint Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, and G. P Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square; or to Messrs. Sparks and Clark, 3, Bartholomew-lane ; Messrs. W. and H. R. Cox, Share-brokers, 16, Throgmorton-street ; I. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; Charles 0. Net . Esq., 15, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; Mr. Landford, Exeter; John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; and Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oaster, Leeds. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. -- • To the Previsional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in full . ••••••••••••••••••••. 000000 ••• Residence •••• Trade or Profession .. • • ...... ......... ......... Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee.. Date :. B ARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and Its vicinity, convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published, held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of September instant, JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totterldge, in the Chair ; It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq , seconded by the Rev. J. D. THOMPSON, and carried unanimously— That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway commu nication between the northern districts of the Metropolis and the town of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now imperatively called for. It was proposed by BENJAMIN Sams, Esq., and seconded by Mr. JonN HOPEWELL, and resolved unanimously 2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, and on comparing ,the same with the other pro jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an in terest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be presented in favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of Parliament ; and this meeting pledges itself to further the views of the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed to promote the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet. That the Committee consist of Benjamin Smith Esq. Mr. John Hopewell Mr. George Bower Mr. James Hill Mr. James Cooper With power to add to their number. It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART, and sliconded by J. SPENCER, Esq., and resolved unanimously 3. That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, the Chairman, and the Deputy-Chairman, and the other members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they have laid before the meeting the project of the Company. It was proposed by WILLIAM HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. W. lIOLPEN, Esq., and carried unanimously 4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for his impartial and able conduct in the chair. Mr. Brunt Mr. Spencer Rev. Alexander Stuart Rev. John Dawson Thompson BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in this undertaking will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th October next By order of the Committee of Management, EDWARD ELKINS, G. P. HILL, 1 Joint Solicitors. 59 Newman-street. Sept. 25, 1845. PORT of WISBECH, PETERBOROUGH BIRMINGHAM, and MIDLAND COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 300,0001., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. ss. per Share. No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription. for the mineral and manufactaring districts of South Staffordshire, shropshire, and North and South Wales. This proposed line dope not interfere with any existing railways, and presenting, as it does, an unbroken line between two great centres of traffic, the importance of the undertaking needs no farther comment. Negotiations have bean entered into with the Eastern Coun ties Railway Company, by which their support and co-operation will be ensured for obtaining the line now proposed. An arrangement has also been made with the proposed Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Company, which this line will join at Al cester, and by means of which the Eastern Counties' traffic will pro ceed to Worcester. Power will be reserved to the Directors to amalgamate with any other existing or projecting Companies, or to vary the line. Application for shares may be made to the Secretary, and to the following Sharebrokers, of whom prospectuses, with maps of the line. may be obtained :—London—Messrs. Peppercorn and Co., 2, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury:; 3io'srs. Boyd. Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Boardman. Bradford—Mr. George Clark ; Messrs. Tate and Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs. La bertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq., 79, Princes-street ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langvrorthy Glasgow— Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson. Halifax Mr. W. Cronhehn. Huddersfield—Messrs. Everard and Co. Hull—Mr. Frederick Stamp. Leeds— Messrs Wellbeloved and Oastler. Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer. Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; ;Messrs. Cameron and Co. ; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richer dE. Hine. Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Birchall and Co. ; Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spencer. Sheffield—Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. South ampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester—Mr.Miles. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES To the Provisional Committee of the Eastern Counties Extension, and Cambridge and Worcester 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 yo. may appropriate to me, subject to the regu lations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay when required the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share. Dated this day of , 1845, Name, in full .. • • .. • • • • • • Profession and Professional Residence in fall. Private Residence in full • . • • • • • • • • Usual 5ignature.............. Residence • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • And Profession of Referee .. • • • • • • Offices, 34, Moorgate-street, DIRECT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY, BJ a Junction from Chester to Wolverhampton, through Newport and Whitchurch. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.) Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,008 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. _- . The Bight Hon. Lord — Danboyne, Belle Hatch-horse, Henly-on- Thames The Hon. H. F. Berkeley, x t r., 6, Spring-gardens Sir John P. Alillbanke, Bart., Halidane-hall, Yorkshire Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde-park, a Di rector of the East India Company, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Company Sir William Twysden, Bart., a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean and Gloucester Junction Railway Sir John J. Hansler, Saffron Walden, Essex, Deputy-Lieutenant of Essex, and a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Rail way Company Sir James Eyre, 11, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor-square George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P., Ley-hall, Staffordshire Wynne Ellis, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Leicester and Bedford, and a Director of the Grand Union and several other Railways Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham John Parkinson, Esq , F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park ; a Director of the Irish Great Western, the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Hyde park a Director of the Irish Great Western, the Reading and Rei gate, and Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways Matthew Pierpoint, Esq., Crown ; East Worcestershire ; Deputy- Lieutenant of the county of Worcester, and a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Lient.-Col. Gullies, Porchester-house, Bayswater Rear-Admiral John Wight, Teignmouth, Devon James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, London, and of Windsor; Director of the Great Leeds and London Ap proximation Major-General Wright, R.E., Gloucester-place, Portman-sqitare, Director of the Great Leeds and London Approximation William Chance, Esq., Spring Grove, Birmingham ; Deputy Chair man of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway, Director of the Trent Valley Midlands, the Manchester and Southampton Junc tion, and Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., a Director of the Hudders field and East and West Coast Direct, and of the Thames Valley Railways William Shaw, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham Ex tension, and Worcester and Warwick Railways William Seymour, Esq.,,Montague-place, Russell-square; a Director of the Grand London and Dublin Approximation, the Southamp ton, Manchester and Oxford Junction, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways Alexander Prince, Esq., 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields, a Director of the Tying, Reading, Basingstoke and Barnet, and North Metropolitan Railways, and one of the Provisional Committee of the West Mid land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway Dr. William Wilson, R.N., Cob Croft, Dartford Wellington Ross Seymour, Esq., Conservative Club, London, a Di rector of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Francis Ewart, Esq., 4, Brick-court, Temple, a Director of the Great Leeds and London Railway James Witham, Esq., Eaton-square, a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Derbyshire, a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Joseph Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon-cottage, Bristol, a Di rector of the Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester Junction Railway William Holt, Esq., Great Coram-street , and The Elms, Watford, a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and Lynn, Wis beach and Peterborough Railways Joseph W. Moore, Esq., Sandon-lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-park William Pople, Esq., Stanhope-street, Regent's-park Captain Seth Fisher, Junior United Service Club David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, a member of the Provisional Committee of the Midland and Eastern Counties Railway Josiah Beale, Esq., 3, Gray's Inn-square, a Director of the Exeter, Dorchester and Weymouth Railway George Wilson, Esq., Director of the Great Westera Extension Railway James Ellis, Esq., Ravenswood.house, Bromley, Kent George Worgen, Esq., a Director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway W. Stuart Farquharson, Esq., D.C.L., Springfield-house, Honiton, Devon ; on the Provisional Committee of the Great Western Ex tension Railway Captain W. Cousens, R.N., a Director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway George Lawton, Esq., Ditchleye, Essex, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway John Hervey, Esq., Elliott-house, Blackheath Captain Hensler, Saffron Walden, Essex Francis Ingrain, Esq., St. John's-wood-terrace Samuel Smith, Esq., Southampton-buildings ; a Director of the Chel tenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Charles Green, Esq., Baker-street, Portman-square; a Director of the Cheltenham and Aberystwith Railway Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty•street, I%tecklenburgh-square ; a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and of the Lynn, Wisbeach. and Peterborough Railways Stanhope Dawson, Esq., Cookham, Berks W. A. Hill, Esq., Lonsdale-square ; Deputy Chairman of the Glou . cester and Aberystwith Railway William Henry Halpin, Esq., Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square ; a Director of the Tring, Readig, and Basingstoke Railway John Harrison, Esq., Eastbourne, Kent ; a Director of the Chelten ham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway -- Wight, Esq., Marylebone-street, London ; a Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Nicholas 3l`Cann, Esq., Parliament-street Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington Major Adair, United Service Club, a Director of the Goole and Don- caster Railway Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., a Director of the Great Leeds and London ; Dudley, Madely, and Iron-bridge ; Hull and Lincoln ; Nottingham and Birmingham ; and Lincolnshire and Eastern Coun ties Junction Railways Thomas Hemsley, Esq., Melbourne, Derbyshire ; a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway John Robinson, Esq., Silcoates Cottage, near Wakefield, a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester; Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland; and Leeds and York; and Midland Junction Railways John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Samuel Simpson Esq., the Greaves, Lancaster; a Director of the Manchester and Leeds Direct, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railways James J. Wawiney, Esq., Sandal View, near Wakefield; a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester; the Sheffield, Barnsley and Wakefield ; Wakefield and illarrowgate ; and Whitby, Pickering, Think and Great North of England Railways Edward Lucas, Esq., Mount-street, Birmingham ; a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway John Campbell Dicker, Esq., New Hall, by Neston, Cheshire ; Direc tor of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways James Consterdine, Esq., Rosin Hall, Manchester ; a magistrate and a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway John Groom, Esq. ; Member of the Town Council, Northampton, and a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway James Osborne, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire ; a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway T. S. Richards, Esq., 59, Baker-street, Portman-square ; a Director of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties Railways Henry Orton, Esq., King's Newton, Derbyshire ; a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester H. Btigstock, Esq., M.D., Derby ; a Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter and Stafford, and of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway Charles Wines, Esq., Dale-house, Matlock, Derbyshire, a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway Themes Byrom, Esq., Wigan, a Director of York and Lancaster, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the Keighley,• Halifax -and Hudders field Junction, and the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways William Byrom Esq., Oldham Henry George Gascoyne, Esq., Lee-hall, Rugeley, Staffordshire, a Di rector of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, a Director of the Leicester and Birmingham, the London, Bristol and South Wales, and-the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railways William Atkinson Gardner, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Midland Union, Director of the Preston, Fleetwood and Wyre, Leicester and Birmingham, and Great Northern and Southern Railways John Grant Morris, Esq., merchant, Liverpool Perry Dicken, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch; a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Samuel Dawson, jun., Esq , Walton-bank, Ashbourne; a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway F. R. Hodgson, Esq., Oakley, near Manchester; a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway William Caldwell, Esq., Ince Hall, Wigan ; alderman ofthe borough of Wigan, and Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the Staf fordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester Direct, and Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railways Henry Taylor, BK., Wigan, a Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the York and Lancaster, the Eastern, Western and Southern, or Ipswich and Southampton, Reigate, the Halifax and Rudders field, Liverpool, Preston and North Union Junction, Staffordshire Potteries and Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railways Richard Dransfield, Esq., West-place, Dalton, Huddersfield ; a Direc tor of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction, and Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railways A. Inderwick, Esq., Brompton, Middlesex ; a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway John Bond, Esq., Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and Howland-street, London James Ceske% Esq., Bernard-street, Russell-square Arthur Davenport, Esq., Eastwood, Nottinghamshire T. Folliott Powell, Esq., Hastings , a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Pen-fields, Wolverhampton; a Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Railway: George Clarke, Esq., Rusholm-park, near Manchester, and Wynd ham-house, Brighton, a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Man chester Railway C. Kelly Cooper, Esq., Ashbourne, a Director of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway John Ostler, Esq., Hull, a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railway Joseph Lancelot Davonport, Esq., Derby, a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Edward Mammutt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, a Director of the Rug by, De,by and Manchester Railway T. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Marton-house, near Skipton, a magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, and a Director if the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Company John Bainbrigge Storey, Esq., Lockington-hall, Leicestershire, a Di rector of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway George Robinson, Esq., Hull ; a Drector of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and other Railways R. D. Goodwin, Esq., Ashboume ; a Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway (With power to add to their number). ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq., C.E. Frederick J. C. Parkinson:Flag.lWilliam Wilkinson Wardell, Esq. SOLICITOR TO THE COMPANY.—Thomas Gibson Brewer, Esq., 13, Gray's Inn-square. STANDING COUNSEL.—WiIIiam Holt, ESQ. COUNTRY Soucrroas—Liverpool : Messrs. Littledale and Bards well. Birmingham : Messrs. Spurrier and Chaplin. Manchester : Messrs. Crossley and Sudlow, PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Thomas Baker, Esq.. Spring-gardens. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company Liverpool—The Royal Bank. AGENTS. London—Thomas George Smith, Esq., 2, Warnford-court Birmingham—J. R. Lane, Esq., Waterloo-street Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal Edinburgh—Messrs. Stewart and Murray Leicester—Messrs. Ellgood and Harrison. TEMPORARY OFFICES-13, Gray's PECTUS. Inn-square, London. The Direct London and Liverpool Railway is also a Direct Liver pool and Birmingham Railway It uses the London and Birmingham Railway the whole distance to Birmingham. From thence it proceeds to Wolverhampton either on the Grand Junction, or on the Wolverhampton, Dudley and Bir mingham Railway. From Wolverhampton commences the new portion of railway, consisting of 65 miles only, and passing through Newport and Whit church, on to Chester. At Chester the Direct London and Liverpool Railway proceeds on the Cinder NA Birkenhead Railway to Birkenhead .- PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE John Humphery, Esq7, - 31. - F.,TAlderan of the City of London, DJ rector of the aentrai Kent Railway Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director 01 Rastrick's Direct Manchester Railway D. R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and Manchester, and South Midland Railways George Danby Palmer, Esq., magistrate for the county of Norfolk, and borough of Great Grimsby ; Director of the Waveney ValleY, and Great Yarmouth, and the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railways Richard Hammond, Esq., magistrate for the borough of Great Yar mouth, Director of the Waveney Valley Railway John King, Esq„ Director of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railway. The Rev. H. R. Fowler. 7, Manchester -square , and Nottingham Railway W. A. Campbell, Esq., Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and ya. lentia Railway F. B a rrett°, Esq., Portland-Place, London Joseph Thompsop, Esq., Director of the London and Bright on Railway Jose ph Underwood, Esq., Norwich , of and th the Oxford, and Di rector of tho Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury W. S. Potter, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Rai l way Cheltenham, Ambrose Miller, Esq., Direc tor Gloucester Railway ►irector of the Londoi 31;:jor Whit), Pall-nall, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Frederick White, Esq., R.N., Sheerness, Director of the Metropolitan Junction Railway George Parbury, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, London John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Capt. Ileathorn, Director of the South Metropolitan Gas Company R. Gray, Esq., 5, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, London U C. Colß, lc., Director of the Leeds and Liyerpool Direct Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway Henry Chator, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway W. C. Duppa, Esq., Director of the Canterbury and Dover Railway William G. Harrison, Esq., 11111 House, Upper Tooting, Surrey George R. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Director of the Mancheater and Rug Direct Railway (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lotlibary Wisbech—Messrs. Gurney, Peckover, and Co. Lynn—Messrs. Gurney, Cresswell, and Co. ENGINEERS. /3. Albano, Esq., M. Inst. C.E., and Wm. Lawton, Esq., C.E. SOLICITOR—IngIeby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, Lod bard-street, London. SECRETARY PRO TEM.—W. 0. J. Wollaston, ESQ. This line is intended to commence at the Port of Wisbech, by a. junction' with the line of railway now forming from Lynn, and pro ceed by Thomey to Peterborough, there uniting with the branch of the London and Birmingham Railway to Northampton, and the Peterborough and Syston branch of the Midland Counties Railway, forming a through line from Yarmouth, Norwich, Dereham, Swaff ham, Lynn, and Wisbech, to Northampton, Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, and the whole of the northern and western parts of England. The entire distance being completed in about 18 miles. The importance of this railway, though only 18 miles in length,. will be at once seen by an inspection of the map, when the following . points will be self-evident. 1. That the port of Wisbech is the nearest sea-port for Birming ham, Staffordshire, and the Midland districts of England. 2. That this line will open the whole of the manufacturing and mineral districts of the Midland Counties and the Potteries to Wis bech, the nearest port for Belgium, Holland, Germany, and the nor thern States of Europe. 3. That by the formation of this line a direct railway ommunica tion will be opened between the port of Wisbech, and the ports of Southampton, Bristol, Gloucester, and Liverpool. 4. That this line will unite the Birmingham and Midland Counties system of railway with those of Norfolk, communicating withNor wick and Yarmouth. Application for shares (which must in all eases be in the usual form, and accompanied by a reference to a banker or to a member of the Provisional Committee) or prospectuses, may be made to the Pro visional Committee, at theoffices of Mr. I. T. Miller, solicitor to• the Company, or the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Shewell and Son, Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Lyon, 2, Birchin-lane, London; ; Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich ; Messrs. Cruso and Son, L 3 nn ; Messrs. Peet, Son, and Potter, Nottingham ; Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. F. C. Spencer, Halifax; and Mr. Carr, Culver-street, Colchester. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Port of Wisbech, Peterboroulgh, Birmingham, and Midland Counties Union Railway. I request you will allow shares in this undertaking,. and I agree to take the same or such less number as may be al lotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. Dated this day of , 1845. Residence Profession or Occupation • • .• • • • • • -- Usual Signature •..... •. • Reference (Name in full Address.... ••• • • • • • To THE HOLDERS OF SCRIP in the LONDON AND- WORCESTER, AND RUGBY AND OXFORD RAILWAY—aIso called the LONDON, WORCESYLIL, AND SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY. The holders of Scrip Certificates of the above Company, com— monly designated as the "Tring and Worcester," who have not already delivered their Certificates, to be exchanged for Bucking hamshire Shares, In conformity with the terms of the notice of 26th of August last, are informed, that SATURDAY next, the 4th instant, is the last day on which such Certificates can be received, and that from and after that date the holders will for feit all claim to an Allotment of Shares in the Buckinghamshire Cota pany in right of their Tring and Worcester Scrip. HENRY MORGAN, Secretary. Office, 28, Waterloo-street, Birmingham, Oct. I, 1845. riIHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WASTAGE, HUNGEIIFORD, and LUDGERSHALL. (Provisionally registered.) Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,009 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 15s. per Share. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. The imrortance of connecting remote parts of E,.gland by Rail ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns; and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the course of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to the western and south-western counties. The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at large, by preferring a direct line of communication be tween the north-eastern and western and south-western parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon.. the -market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, an& the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much• need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the kingdom. The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits and advantages produced by railway traffic. It has therefore been determined to commence the proposedli ne at Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the.. same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place ; mitt a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced, through the towns which have been named, Hungeriord and Ludgers hall to Salisbury, and thence to tke south and western ports and dis tricts. A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country intended to be traversed, Is in course of preparation, and with the names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly. be published. In the meantime, further information may be ob tained from Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,. London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica tion for shares may be made. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY, AND OXFORD AND BETCHLEY JUNCTION. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 2,250,0001., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21.25. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. His Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G. The Right Hon. Lord Nugent, the Lilies, Aylesbury, Bucks Sir John Chetwode, Bart., M.P., Chetwode Manor-house, Bucks Sir Thomas Digby Aubrey. Bart., Oving-house, Bucks Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Claydon-house, Bucks The Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley-hall, Brackley, North amptonshire Sir James Watson, K.C.8., Wendover _ . Charles John Bailie Hamilton, Esq., 31. P., Thame-park, Oxfordshire Rice Richard Clayton, Esq., M.P., Hedgerley-park, Bucks John Deering, Esq., the Lee, Bucks George Morgan, Esq., iliddlesden-park, Bucks Robert Bullock 3larshiun, Esq., LL.D., CAversfield-house, Oxford• shire Walter Henry Bracebridge, Esq., Morville-house, Warwickshire, and Chetwode Priory, Bucks E. W. S. Lowndes, Esq., Winslow G. Cooke, Esq., Winslow John Barnes, Esq., Chorley-wood, Herts William Osmond Hammond, Esq., St. Alban's-court, Wingham, Kent Benjamin Price, Esq., Westbury, Bucks Col. John Hall, Life Guards-barracks, Hyde-park, London John Newman, Esq., Brand's-house, Hughenden, Bucks Thomas Newland Allen, Esq., The Vache, Chalfont, Bucks Henry William Beauclerk, Esq., GI, Chester-square, London Robert Fox, Esq., Wendo% er-lodge, Bucks William James Bailey, Esq., Shenloy-house, Bucks Thomas Sands Chapman, Esq., The Park, Aston Clinton, Bucks, Robert Marriott Freeman; Esq., Stoney Stratford, Bucks George Parrott, Esq., Castle-farm, Buckingham Captain Edward Dewes, Buckingham Humphrey Humphreys, Esq., Buckingham William Stowe, Esq., Buckingham William Davis, Esq., Bicester, Oxfordshire ean oodtaiinioWrwilliam Esq., les,tleta.Nne.,-pßaricko Brackley,ester,o orth Oxfordshire Johnamptonshire John Henry Butterfield, Esq., Brackley William Henry Mantis, Esq., Brackley Alfred Hoperaft, Esq., Brackley Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford Richard Wootton, jun., Esq., Oxford Jonathan Samuel Browning, Esq., Oxford Henry William Tancred, Esq., M.P., London Timothy Rhodes Cobb, Esq., Banbury, Oxen Zacharias Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks Joseph Ashby Gillett, Esq., Banbury, Oxon - George Carr Glynn, Esq., London, Director of the London and Bir mingham Railway Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq., Birmingham, ditto Edward Cropper, Esq., Liverpool ditto Thomas Smith, Esq., Reigate-lodge, Surrey, ditto Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London, ditto Ross Donnelly Mangles, Esq , M.P., London, ditto Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N., Birmingham, ditto Robert Benson, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester, ditto (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Sir Harry Verney, Bart. J. E. Ledsam, Esq. The Hon. P. S. Pierrepont Edward Cropper, Esq. Z. D. Hunt, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq. Captain Edward Dewes Captain C. R. Moorsom, Humphrey Humphreys, Esq. Robert Benson, jun., Esq. J. It. Cobb, Esq. Thomas Younge, Esq. J. Samuel Browning, Esq. Ross D. Mangles, Esq. G. C. Glynn, Esq. (With limited power to add to their number). ENGINEER—Robert Stephenson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Parker, Hayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London ; Mr. Samuel Carter, Birmingham, and 37, Great Georv . , street, Westminster; Mr. William Meyrick, 2, Furnival's-Inn, London; Messrs. Rose and Messrs. Tindal, Aylesbury; Messrs. Hum and Nelson, and Mr. Henry Smith, Buckingham. SEcurrear —Wyndham Harding, Esq. BANKERS• London—Messrs. Glynn, Halifax, Mills, and Co., Lombard-street Aylesbury—Messrs. Bickford and Hunt, The London and County Bank Buckingham - 3fessrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn The London and County Bank Banbury—Messrs. Cobb and Co. Messrs. Gillett and Tawney Oxford—Messrs. Wootton and Co. The London and County Bank. Bicester— Messrs. Tubb. The object of this undertaking is to supply railway' ommunication to the towns and districtslying between the London and Birmingham and the Great Western Railways, giving them the best means of ac cess to the metropolis, and connecting them also with Birmingham and the north-west of England, with the eastern lines of railway, with Oxford and the south, and with Worcester and Wales. The main line will communicate from the London and Birming ham Railway, near Harrow, and, passing to Ithe north of Uxbridge, will proceed up the Valley by Chalfont, near Amersham and Chesham, to Missenden and Wendover, and thence to Aylesbury, from which place it will extend to Buckingham, and, approaching Brackley, willi, terminate by a junction with the proposed Warwickshire frtdheLlinned,oit Railway, near Banbury. In connexion with this is Londonprop o proposed taking i ng improvea direct the linefrofrom A communicationesba Aylesbury In addition to the line above described. s it i da i a n and Birmingham struct a railway from the station of the on ctio the Bedford an t ß o a ß ilw ed a r y o Bamfordart i,, F g r h o c a m o m m i 1 : i l e a u t i In 1 . h : 1 a e : . ttrtreepriiiilayoleessobutroy caot,iid and from London and Birmingham Com p any tlons eastward am proposed. havebeen taken by Mr. Robot , m at a ß r l at etc w hloi s t i h n ro c u o g use ß d i o c Lf e o s cn t . c dn r o , stn t ru o : f ß o n d. The proposed Buckingham a Co A m ec p f importance presents its elf. The king has already received the sanction and support o' The undertaking Stephenson, and it has .biejeen_.ascertained that no engineering difficult: a very l ar ge proportion of the nobility, gentry, and proprietors c • land, through or near whose property it is intended to pass. auirlyatiessaumrvalegyans o'fattedl withc,,,u country t this r y Company it is proposed that these lines should be made with the co-opera Bon and under the direction and superintendence of the London an( Birmingham Railway Company, under a lease in perpetuity, at fou ' per cant. per annum on the outlay, with an equal division of the Mt • plus i profits. It t i s d to allot the shares to the hold e r s o f scr i p i n tt . London, Worcester, and South S' afforshire Railway Company ) certain proportions, subject to the approbation of the Committee Management, such shares as may be required for parties having lot interest being excepted. No further applications for Shares can be received. Oct. 1, 1845. G REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY 0_ FRANCE. (LAFFITTE'S COMPANY.) FRENCH ALLOTMENT. The HOLDERS of FRENCH CERTIFICATES issued by above Company, are invited to deposit them forthwith, at tin offic of Messrs. C. Laffitte, Blount, and Co., 4, Castle-court, Birchb lane, London, in order that the same may be arranged and e), changed for the definitive shares. The amount of the deposit to be returned (In consequence of tI reduction in the original allotment), will be paid here so soon as ti certificates have been examined. Particulars, &c., may be obtained on application as above, betwet the hours of 11 and 3. Notice.—As the last day for depositing shares in Paris expires the 15th instant, none can possibly be received after that day i , London. I _London, October let, 180. _~ ,~_ \ 3 -