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GRANI) TRUNK RAILWAY, forming a cont. ccting line between the Midland Counties and Grand Junction Railways. Capital, 1,000,0001., in 500,000 Share of 201. each Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. s (Provisionally Registered.) CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir JOHN E. DE LEAUVOIR, Bert. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM SIMPSON POTTER, Esq. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. William Simzon Potter, Esq. 1, SussFx-gardens, Hyde-park Valentine Lee, Esq. Chester-place, Regent's park Stephen Hutchison, Esq. London Gas Works, Vauxhall Martin Stuteley, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace , Alfred Brodie, Fsq. Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Daniel M'Mahen, Esq. Wolverhampton Herbert Br.lom, Esq. Essex-court, Temple John Carter, Esq. F.R.A.S. Park -lodge, Stockwell Edward Mamatt, Esq. Ashby-de .la-Zonch James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-Hill Valentine Knight, Esq. 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent'spark Charles Henry Rogers Harrison, Esq. Upper Montagn-street, Mon tagu-square Barnet Lawrence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall -terrace, Regent's-park Tohn Thompson, Esq., Great St. Helen's, Broad-street. BANkxas—The Union Bank of London and its Branches. ENGINEER —John Urpetla Itastrick, Esq. Actin:a Errors-me—Robert Nicholson, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely place, Holborn. Notice is hereby given that the SHARE LIST is CLOSED. The inquiries preceding allotments are being proceeded with as speedily as the vast number of applications received will allow. By order, W. STANWAY, Secretary. 3, Adelaide-Place, London-bridge. THE GRAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS UNION RAILWAY, connecting Stafford and the Pot teries, via Burton-upon-Trent, with Derby, Nottingham, and the Eastern Counties. Capital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. If•• subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription, and no call to be made until the Act is obtained. PROVISIONAI oxmrrrez. The Right Hon. the Earl of Chest( ifte' d The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount combermere The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson The Hon. Cecil Lawless Sir Arthur De Capel Broke, Bart. Lieutenant-General Sir John Wilson, K.C.B. Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham Fred. Ricketts, Esq., London, Director of the Great Western Railway Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham, Directors of the Notting ham and Gainsborough David Wheatcroft, Esq., Nottingham, Railway James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire John moor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, and Potteries Railway Wiliam It. Collett, Esq., M.P., St. James's-square James Cliff rd, Esq., Broughton House, Derbyshire Francis Hall, Esq., Park Hall, Nottingham, Chairman of the Notting ham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Manag;ng Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway William Eaton Monsley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, and Derby R. J. Enthoven, Esq. London F. P. Barlow, Esq., I:ondon, Director of the Great Western Railway Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester, Director of the London and York Railway George Emery, Esq., London, Director of the Waterford and Kil kenny Railway William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Archibald F. Paull, Esq., London, Director of the South Wales Rail way William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Rail way James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, Director of the South Midland Railway Wm. Watson Prole, Esq.,l Directors of the Great Manchester, Robert Chapman, Esq., s Rugby, and Southampton Railway Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington House, Berwickshire Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicest , r Ambrose Moore, Esq., London and Derby William Johnson, Esq., Rickerscote, near Stafford Joseph Ward, Esq., Milford Villa, near Stafford George Russell Eaton, Esq., Cavendish Bridge, near Derby James 17pfrn, Esq., Bromyard, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Matthew Gaunt, Esq. J.P. Hightield-honge, Staffordshire, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Thomas Hartshorne, Esq. Silkmore-house. Staffordshire Edward Knight, Esq. M.D. Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway William Charles Woodroffe, Esq. Haywood Abbey, Staffordshire Charles Dawson, Esq. Stafford and Abbots-Bromley, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. LORD VISCOUNT INOSESTRE, Chairman. F. P. Barlow, Esq. Archibald F. Paull, Esq. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton F. Ricketts, Esq. W. Morgan, Esq. W. Watson, Esq. W. W. Prole, Esq. ENGINEER—E. J. Maude, Esq. C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and A, Delahay-street, Westminster. LOCAL AGENTS. Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq. Burton-npon-Trent—John Thornewill, Esq. Stafford—Messrs. Bennet and Bowen BANKERS. London—Messrs Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co., Lombard-street Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Burten-upon-Trent —Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourn Union Bank Stafford—Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co. The proposed railway is intended to commence on the Trent Valley Railway near Stafford, and proceeding thence in "an easterly direction, to pass through, or near to, 'Pixel], Haywood, Colwich, and Abbott's Bromley, to the rapidly-increasing town of Burton-upon- Trent, where it will ran into the Birmingham and Derby Railway, forming the shortest. and best practicable route from Stafford to Derby. Leaving tli . L. l ,l3 4 krminghtun and Derby Railway at Burton upon-Trent, it will - P . "l.'o'66dd along the valley of the Trent by Repton, Swarkestone, and Shardlow, to the Midland Counties Railway at the point where that railway formsAiunction with the Derby and Not tingham Railway ; and thus, .byfxneans of these and other railways in progress, form a complete line of railway communication between the central towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Leices ter, Peterborough, and Boston, on the east,. and Shrewsbury, Chea ter, and Holyhead, North Wales, and Ireland; on the west. This railway will, therefore, form the only connecting link re quired in the great chain of railway communication from cast and west through the heart of the kingdom, uniting the shores of the German Ocean on the east with those of the Irish Sea on the west, and traversing in its course the rich agricultural districts of the eastern, midland, and western counties, and accommodating the important, and populous manufacturing towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lei cester, and Shrewsbury. But another most important advantage that will result from the formation of this line will consist In the fact of its affording, in connexion with the proposed South Union, or Manchester and Potteries Railway, by far the shortest and best route between Derby, Nottingham, Newark, Lincoln, Peterborough, Leicester, and Loughborough, and the extensive and populous dis tricts of the Staffordshire Potteries, Macclesfield, Stockport, and Manchester. By the proposed line the distance between Nottingham and Derby and Manchester will be at least from 15 to 20 miles less than by the present circuitous route by Sheffield. The traffic on this line must necessarily be equal, if not superior, to that of any line in the district. The length of the line will be about 33 miles, through a country presenting no difficulties of more than an ordinary kind for Its con struction. The capital proposed to be raised is 600,0001., in shares of 201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share must be paid upon the allotment. No call will be made until the Act is obtained, and no subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of his deposit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription ; and the usual power will be taken to allow interest at four per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the line. The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract must be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip cer tificates, of which 14 days' notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be forfeited. G RAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS UNION RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares will be received By order of the Committee, W. A. ROSS, Secretary. 1, Royal Exchange Bnildings, 11th October, 1845. THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND CHATHAM RAILWAY, via REIGATE. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,900,0001., in 95,000 Shares of 201. extols. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, of Cowdray Park, Susses Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth House, Sussex The Hon. and Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, of West Dean, Sussex The Right Hon. Lord de Lisle and Dudley, of Penshurst, Kent The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, 16, King-street, St. James's The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton Villas, Maida-hill The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, of the Dell, Windsor Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., of Hollycombe House, Sussex The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., of 21, Wilton -crescent Sir :William Wynn, Knight of the Bath, Governor of Sandown Fort, Isle of Wight The Hon. William M. Dawson, Poole Lodge, Dorset The Hon. Percy Froke, 3, Bel,lrave-square The Hon. Stafford Jeruingham, Brook-street' Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbourne-street, Hyde Park, Dlreetor of the East India Company Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square Sir Robert Schomburgk, of New Kingston, Surrey William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Carlton Club, and Plas Cock Angelsea, Chairman of the Welsh Midland Railway Howard Elphiastone, Esq., 3f.P., of Eaton-place, Director of the Western Railway Company, the Thames Embankment Company, &c. Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex Lee Steere, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey Captain Charles Shirley, of Midhurst, Sussex Lient.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-Square Andrew Spottlswoode, Esq., of Broom Hall, Surrey Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect-place House, Southampton William Leyland Woods, Esq., of Cltilgrove, Sussex Launcelot Archer-Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, Emsworth, Hants Rev. John Pannel, Aldsworth House, Sussex It. Bingham Newland, Esq., Boveysand, Plymouth Colonel Forbes, R.A., Seafield House, Enasworth Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton-street E. T. Dayrell, Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, High Sheriff of Buck inghamshire Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, of North-end House, Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbeurne Rectory, Sussex Francis Lysons Price, Esq., of bydenham, Kent, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and Director of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, Warwickshire George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe-place, Sussex William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., of 16, James-street, Bucking ham-gate Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, Harleyford-place, Kennington Frederick Clarkson , Esq., of Tottenham, - 1 Directors of Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's the Great Park, Manchester William Watson Prole, Esq., of Thurlovr-square, Railway Brompton, Company Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 9, Upper Gower-street John Napper, Esq., of Ifold House, Sussex Stephen Lowden, Esq., of Lindfleld, Sussex Thomas Stevenson, En., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street James Hitchins, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company George Baker, Esq., of Stilland, Sussex Jelinger Cookson Symonds, Esq., Radnage, Bucks Matmad'ulie Hart Bart, Esq., Totteridge-park, Herta William Ley, Esq., Durrant-house, Bideford Lewis Pocock, Esq., of Montagae-street, Russell-square Thorns' Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey Samuel Relf, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey Thomas Neale, Esq., jun. of Reigate, Surrey John Lucas, Esq., of Varrrdall-hill, Haslemere Thomas Bowles, Esq., of Midburst, Sussex Edward Doubleday, Esq , F.L.S., of Great Surrey-street, Director of the 'Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway William Hardy, Rsq., r.S.A., of Croydon, Surrey, Director of the Metropolitan Junction Company John Davidson, Esq., of Trotton-hease, near Midhurst Edmund Sadler, Esq., of Bepton, Sussex Anthony Dickson, Esq., of Edrinzton-house near Berwick-en. Tweed Joseph Earle, Esq., of Clapham-common William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, Roxbarghshire, Director of the aristel and Exeter Railway Company Samuel Brown, Esq., of Clapham Jowoh Scales, EN., of 3, punster-court, Minciag-lane, and tipper Clapton John Parkinson, Em,, pats , of 30, Ca mbridge - terrace, Hyde Park, t Director of he Reading and Reig a t e Robert Wynne Williams, E sq ., o f 29, Railwayver Bedfo rd -place, "'a Pany Company Robert Director of the Nottingham and Gaimborough Railw a y e Company yaric Lloyd, Esq., of 7, Lower B n ok street, Director of the Nottingham and Rost oil Hallway Company Robert Still, Esq., of Wood Vale, Norwood, Surrey, an d 5, N , _ square, Lincoln's Inn John Hebert Helbert, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Director of the Lei cester and 'Birmingham Railway Company Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clopton House, Stratford.e n - A von , Director of the Warwick and London Railway Company Captain William Cousins, of Compton-street, Brunswick-square, Di rector of the Doncaster and Goole Railway Company Captain Frderiek , '.harrier, of lialkin-street. Belgrave-square, Di rector of the Fampoux and Hazehrouck Railway John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of G:ou .. tester of Leamington, Director of the C oventr y John Moreton Cottle. Esq. , and Birmingham EaIIWAY Company John Brightman, Esq., of Itegeney-square, Brighton, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company, &c. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY MORNENG, OCTOTIFIR 14 1345. William Spooner, Esq., of Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company Aid:milder Greig, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Captain Trophimus Hodges, of 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company George Parbury, Esq., of 37, Resell-square, Director of the Manches ter and Rugby Railway Company Thomas Henry Evans, Esq., of Lothbury, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 5, Harley-street Rev. F. H. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire Henry Morley, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex C. A. Tulk, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks, Whiteharea John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., of 150, Piccadilly Colonel Nicholls, Shooters-hill, Woolwich Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., 8, Manchester-street, Manchester-square Rev. William Watkins, of Chichester, Rector of Radon Abraham Duke, Esq., Chichester C. D. Archibald, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park John Weston, Esq., 28, Woburn-square Joseph Bulkeley Johnson, Esq., of 10, Coleman-street, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries Railway H. It. Downman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford-place, Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway David Nountagne, Esq., of Regent's-park W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Ludgate-hill, Director of the WaTaney Valley Railway Company James Gernon, Esq., of 13, Conduit-strut, Director of the Londol and Nottingham Railway Company James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M., of Midhurst Rev. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trottnn Rectory, Sussex Major James Adair, Director of the Church of England Insurance Company Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Manchester, Director of the Manchester snd Southampton Railway, Managing Director of the West Lanzashire Railway, and of the Manchester, Wigan, and Southport Railway Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Clitheroe Jane tion Railway John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport Railway, and of the Macclesfield aid Rueby Railway Henry Farrington, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Wigan and Southport Railway, and of the York and Lancaster Railway Josephus Homey Higson, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway, and of the Manchester and Rugby Railway REY. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, City Edward Chapman, Esq., Gibson-square, Islington E. T. Grundy, Esq., Rusholme, near Manchester Thomas B. Sands, Esq., the Hamlet, Liverpool Daniel Grant, Esq., of Springside, Bury, Lancaster, Director of Rem ington's Direct London and Manchester Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyno Junction Railway Thomas Townend, Esq., of the Polygon, Manchester, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway John Burgess, Esq., of Manchester, Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Company, and of the Manchester, 8ur41(7, Settle, and Carlisle Direct Railway James Shaw, Esq., of Salford, Lancashire, Director of the Manchester and Rngby i:ailway George Ashlin, Esq., 50, Mark-lane Edward Parratt, Esq., Sutton. Romford Rev. W. S. Richards, of Terwick Rectory, near Mid/milt John Amos, Esq., of Willow Bank, Lower Broughton, Manchester John Stoveld, Esq., Stedham Hall, near 3iidhurst Captain Ewbank, jun., United Service Club, Director of the Shrop shire Mineral Railway Company John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Company, and the Staffordshire Midland Junction J. W. Newcombe, Esq., Upper Gloucester - place , and Langley-field Iron-works, Hawley, Salop Frank D. Bullock Webster, Esq., Brentbridge House, Hendon, Mid- diesex, Director of the New River Company Charles Halsted, Esq., Chichester Colonel Sir R. Doherty, Senior United Service Club, Sub-Governor of St. Vincent's Major O'Doherty, King-street, St. James's Captain Hozeaton, R.N., 7, Stafford-street, Albemarle-street William Birmingham Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Isleworth, Direc- tor of the London and Exeter Railway Company Stephen Knowles, Esq., Bridge-street, Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth Railway Henry Paxton, Esq., West Dean, Chichester Andrew Clark, Esq of Adelaide-place and Camberwell, Deputy Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' and General Fire and Life Assurance Company John Campbell Dicker, Esq., New Hall, Cheshire, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, the Staffordshire Potteries Railway Company, &c. • Charles Waite, Esq., 3, Old Burlington-street, and Wellesden, Mid dlesex Edward Bold, Esq., Millbrook, Southampton Mr. John Biffin, Chichester Edward Leach, Esq., Chichester J ame s Lersingham ellicoe, Esq., 5. Wimpole-street Major Croft, Chichester Thomas Sanctuary, Esq., Kidlington, Oxfordshire Allen Dukc, Esq., Chichester, surgeon Mr. Willinm Norman, Chichester Mr. William Brooks, Chichester Mr. James Athey, Chichester J. A. Burness, Esq., 64, Con hill Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railway Company Captain Patrick Alexander Reynolds, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park Captain F. Bayly Wardroper, Baker-street, Portman-square John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Deputy-Lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex John George Hammack, Esq. Essex House, Bow, Director of the Direct Western Railway _ Joseph Ilishop, Esq :, DireCtor of the Blackwall Railway Pnllip Baker, Esq. Euston-square John Webster, Esq. 35, Mecklenburg-square, Director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway Major Cocker, Junior United Service Club The names of other noblemen and gentlemen will appear in a further advertisement, whose support has been promised to the un dertaking. _ COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Chairman Robert Chapman, Esq., Vice-Chairman Samuel Brown, Esq. Wm. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P. Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. Downman, Esq. John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq. Thomas Stevenson, Esq. BANKERS. London —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury Chichester—Messrs. Dandy, Comper and Co., and The London and County Banking Company Rochester—Messrs. Day and Nicholson Riegate —Messrs. Nash and Neale Portsmouth and Portsea—National and Provincial Bank of England, and Messrs. Grants, Gilman and Long Manchester and Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool Dis trict Bank Petworth—John Stoveld, Esq. ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of 2, Palace-yard, Westminster. SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANY—Messrs. Tontifex and Mozinie, 5. St. Andrew's-court, Holborn-hill, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate William Minchin, Esq., solicitor. Portsea and Portsmouth Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth Edwin Albery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurat Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerham. William King, Esq., Godalming Arthur Daintry, Esq., Petworth SECRETARY—Mr. John C. Sommers. In submitting, this undertaking to the public, the promoters are Influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con necting line between the important towns of Chichester and Ports mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in affording a direct communication between the two great naval and military arsenals of Great B.ltain —Portsmouth and Chatham. The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the two termini at Chichester and Portsmouth, will extend the facilities of communica tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England, connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton towards the west. By the main line falling into the Brighton Rail way the advantage of two termini in London will be secured—the one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London•bridge—the latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, and the several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be the best position for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions. The line of railway Intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from London bridge. In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate, Newdigate, Capel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold, Billinghurst, Wisborough-green, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingfold, North Chapel, Kirdford, Petworth, Midhurst, Chilgrove, Stoughton, Radon, Westbourne, and Emsworth, at or near which last mentioned place this projected line will join the Chichester and Portsmouth Rail way to Portsmouth. At the earnest recommendation of some of the principal land owners, branches are proposed to be made to Godalming and Peters field. The branch to Godalming will be from a point in the main line between Plaistow and North Chapel ; and the branch from Petersfleld will join the main line at a point between Midhurst and Bepton. These extensions of this undertaking have rendered an in crease necessary in the amount of the capital originally fixed on ; but from the increased accommodation which these branches will afford, the promoters of the undertaking feel confident that a com mensurate profit will result to the shareholder. A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking to join the main line at or-near Capel. By this Course the entire distance to travel between London and Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected betweet London and Portsmouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing a route more populous and productive than any hitherto presented to 'public notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of railway to complete the coarse between the Redhill station (near Reigate) and Emsworth. From London to Reigate by the London and Eri , xlitan Railroad is • ......... 21 miles The junction to be made by this Company is .. From the point near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the Chichester and Portsmouth Railway is ............. .. 7 „ Total distance from London to Portsmouth.... ••• • • • 73 .niles. From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and which will place Chichester in direct communication with London. The distance between Chichester and Loudon by this route will he 62 miles. Trains will run direct between London and Chichester, without stopping existing line of railway to Dover this off Inasmuch u a c t h C a h i s 1 gr t h o e ve . isprojected Portsmouth from the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, lice will open up a communication by railroad between and Dover. From an inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct line between Ports mouth and Chatham , and in p ursuin g the line of c ommunication to the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this line will pace through or near to the towns of Bletchingley, Godston, Limpstiola, Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ightbasi, Town m ulling, Wrotham, Off ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Wouldham. The distance between Chatham and Reigate will involve the making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad between Portsmouth and Chatham will extenl over 82 miles. To the naval and military establishments of this kingdom the construction of this projected line will afford the most important fa cilities in the transit of troops, stores, baggage, &c. &c., diminishing the tardy course of communication which at present recessarily exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually extend ing over the space of two days, and placing them in that direct com munication with each other which, in two hours, or thereabout, will enable the journey between them to be made. The formation of a direct line of railway between Portsmouth and Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishing, by the electric telegraph, that celerity of communication so important to be obtained between places of national importance. The warm support of the principal landowners on the greater part of the line is pledged to this undertaking. The Previsional Committee abstain from making any special re ference to the contemplated profit to result from carrying into effect this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent of traffic through the populous and rich districts over which this line and its branches are projected to pass is sufficiently known, and is decisive of the inutility of all comment in that respect. Applications for the shares, in the form given below, to be made to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any of the f o llowing Brokers :—Messrs. It. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Excharwe, London ; Mr. H. Pritchett, of N.. 74, Old Broad-street ; Mr. Munday, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings ; Messrs. Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; John Duncuft, Esq., sharebroker, Manchester ; Mr. R. M'Ewen, 18, St. Ann's-street, Manchester ; John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, brokers, Li verpool; Messrs. Hope and Rsstrick, brokers, Manchester; Messrs. Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth; Messrs. George Ed wards and Sots, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co. Hull ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Nottingham • and Messrs. Collie and Son, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, Portsmouth, and Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham Railway Company. I request yon will allot to me shares of 201. each in the above named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the de posit of 21. 2s. on each such share, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be required of nee. Dated this day of 1845. Usual signature ....... ..... ..... Name in full. ... Profession or Trade ..... Residence.. Place of Business (if any) ............ •. Residence of Reference ...... • • ...... • • Nitl. No application will be attended to except with a refe.ence to a hanker, or from an applicant referring to, and who Is known by some of the Provisional Committee, or the solicitors, or local agents. DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CIIICRESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND CHATHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. The Committee of Management beg to inform the public that after SATURDAY. the 18th day of October instant, no farther applicat:(ns for abares in this Company will be received, except from appilearts locally inter: stcd ; and that after WEDNESDAY, the 22d day of October instant, no further applications for shares from applicants locally interested in the p o undertaking NTiFl x w a : , l d 1, 1 3 e , o r e G e i e N i v i e E d 5, St. AndreW'S-COurti Uolboru, Solicitors to the Company. (OVER and BRISTOL RAILWAY in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway, from Reigate to Bristol. Upon the Narrow Gage. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,500,0001, in 75,000 Shares, of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. PEOVIVIONA.I. COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor The Right Mon. Lord Charles Beauclerc, Chesham-place, Belgrave • square The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, Norfolk The Right. Hon. Lord Sussex Lennox, Piccadilly The Right Hon. Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., 'Uxbridge House Count Bathyany, Audley-square The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstone Lodge, Poole, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward Stafford Jendngharn, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, 3f.P., Director of the East and West Junction Railway, and of the Brighton and Cheltenham Di rect Railway The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol George Woodruffe Franklyn, Esq. Late Mayors of Bristol John Berle Halierfield, Esq. 31 ijor-General W. limes, C.D., Bath Sir William B. Johnston, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, }West of Dean, and Gloucester Railway Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and South and Midland Railway Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Director of the York and Laicas!er Railway Willi= Collins, Esq., M.P., Warwiek Colonel Edward Stopford, 9, Manchester-square A. K. Baker, Esq., Longferd-house, Cheltenham iDirectors of the John W. llughes, Esq., Gloucester Bristol and Bir- George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, mingham Railway The Worshipful the Mayor of Dever The Worshipful the Mayor of Bath The Worshipful the Mayor of Dc izer William Kay, Esq M.D., Clifton Thomas Camplin, Esq. director of the Argus 111dermen of Bristol Life Assurance Company John George Hogg, Esq. Maner-house, Farrington, Gurney, near Bristol, Magistrate for the county of Somerset William Kingsmill, Esq. Sidmonton, Hants, Magistrate and Deputy lieutenant of the county of Southampton John Bates, Esq. Bristol, director of the West of England Bank John Hippesley, Esq. Stone Easton, near Bath, Magistrate for tke county of Somerset James Crang, Esq., Timsbnry, near Members of the Provisional Bristol Committee of the Bath, Robert Francis Wright, Esq, Wells, and Exeter Junction James Perrin; Esq. Temple Cloud, Railway near llris' ol Edmund Fillingham King, Esq., banker, Grantham, Director of the Vale of Belvoir Railway Philip Jones, Esq., merchant, Keynsham and Bristol Lieut.-Colonel William Swinton, Bath Francis Yerbury, Esq., Bath, and Belcome-horse, Bradford, Wilts J. H. Wa'lham Pigott Smyth Pigott. Esq., Brockley-hall, Somaset shire Daniel Nazer, Esq. Edward Poole, Esq. Town Counelllors of Dover William Henry Payn, Esq. Edward Seward, Esq., The Rev. Just Henry Alt,Enford, Wilts, Director of the Manekeii . ter, Southampton, anti Poole Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., Rusland-hall, Lancashire, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway J. It. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, and North Eastern Railways George Addison, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway John Anderson, Esq., London, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Joseph Acton, Esq., J.P., Wigan, Direotor of the Manchester and Wigan Railway William Ascroft, Esq., the Willows, bury, Director of the Stafford shire I'otteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Austin, Esq., Ileddingley-hill, Leeds, Director of the Leeds - and York Railway William Ackroyd, Esq., Westbourne Lodge, Ottley, 'Yorkshire, Di rector of the East and West Yorkshire, the Midlands and Thirek Junction, and Leeds and York and Midland Junction James Beech, Esq., Grosvenor-place, and Brandon, Warwickshire, Director of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Cecil Brook Boothby, Esq., Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the South Unien William Gabbett Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Connaught-square, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Linton Railway John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lich- geld, and Manchester Railway Thomas Byrom, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Brown, Esq., Twining-park, Worcestershire Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Robert Bell, Esq., Manor Hou3e, Chiswick, Director of the Great Easters and Western Junction, and London and Nottingham Railways Robert S. Butterfield, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Luke Butler, Esq., Alderman, Dublin, Director of th. Galway and Kilkenny, and and Waterford Railways William Clode Braddon, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton Chf stopher Bentham, Esq , Birkenhead, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and of the North and South Wales Bank William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction, and the Birken head and Holyhead Junction Railways Joseph Charles Cohen, Esq., merchant, Birmiagham John James Conway, Esq., Liverpool John Carmichael, Esq., Cork, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway William Henry Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Thomas Cocksey, Esq., Atherton and Bolton, Director of the Man chester and Wigan Railway William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, War wick, and Leamington Railway William Clifford, Esq , Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway William Caldwell, Esq., Alderman, Irce-hall, Wigan, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex, Direc:"r of the Man chester, Oxford, and Southampton Junction Railway John Townshend Compton, Esq., Wedhampton, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway Captain F. Chamier, Malkin-street, Bebgrave-square, Director of the Fampoux and Hazebrouck Railway Henry Toozood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse Bradford, Magistrate for Wilts and Somerset John Campbell Dickers, Esq., New Hall, Neston, Cheshire, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railways Seignley Thomas Cuthbert, Esq., Clifton Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austins, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Di rector of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway W. T. S. Daniel, Esq., Recorder of Ipswich Miles Dormer, Esq., London, Director ef the Exeter, Dorchester, Weymouth and Coast Railway John Doughill, Esq., Lockwood, Huddergield Joseph Dowson, Esq., merchant, Lambeth Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor of Carnarvon Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director of t e Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway William Edwards, Esq., Aston Furnaces, Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and Lon don Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Rail ways Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N., Headly-grove, Reigate John Finnis, Esq., merchant, Dover Charles Fitzgerald. Esq., Charles-street, St. James's, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Webster Flockton, Esq., Weyhridge, Surrey Bell Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham,Direeter of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and kaneheiter Railway Thomas Folliott Powell, Esq., 16th Lancers, Lucaa-house, Ripon, Yorkshire Benjamin Franklin, Esq., 5, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, Di rector of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway William Tulloh Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Dorking, Brighton, and Arundel Railway Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., Brickwall, Northiam, Sussex William Fitzgibbon, Esq., 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square, Director of the Cork and Passage and Cork and Bandon Railways Major Gmbhe, Eastwell-house, magistrate for Wilts William Gambier, Esq.,Sacombe-park, Berta Captain Gould, Charles-street, St. James's George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of tho Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Francis Gisbonie, Esq., Derby, Director of th• Sonth Stafford shire Junction, the Derby and Crewe, the Macclesfield and Lich field, and the Leicester and Tamworth Railways John Griffith Frith, Esq., merchant, Austin-friars, Chairman of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street, Direetor of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, Manchester, Oxford, and South ampton, and Cheltenham and Brighton Railways William, Gatliff, Esq., merchant, Leeds, Director of the West York- shire Railway Joseph Gill, Esq , Potter Newton Mount, Leeds,Directer of the Leeds and York and Midland Junction Railway John Hall, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Tork Railway William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield. and Manchester Railway Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth and South Staffordshire Junction Railways William Wilkes Hill, Esq., Beesten Hall, Leeds Lew i s Hoffman, Esq., Temple, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire Railway James Inglis, Esq., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and the London, Holyhead, and Porblynllaen Railways John Johnson, Esq., R.N., Birmingham Kensington Lewis, Esq., Worcester-park, Surrey, Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford and Brighten Junction, and the Lynn, Wis beach, and Peterborough and Midland Counties' Railways J o t,n Lowe, Esq., Norfolk Crescent, Hyde-park William Phillips Lamb, Esq., Ockham House, Sussex Edward Augustus Lamb. Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Darntox Lorton, Esq , Potter Newton Hall, Mayer of Leeds, Direc tor of the Leeds and York, and Wakefield and Bradford Railways Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, Lancashire, Director of the Black burn, Chorley, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway, and of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Manchester and Liverpool Direct Railway James Lamb, Esq., 35, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Railways Thomas Gibhon Moneypenny, Esq., Hole-park, Rolvenden, Kent Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighten and Chel tenham Direct Railway James Joseph M'Swlney, F.sq., Sandal View, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway J. Mee Mathew, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of** Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire Railway Captain Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Read ing,nNao,ridbuDryo,vEesqv.a, u l e l y a , ne a e n t d ter s - o h u o t u h se s , t A aff tl o te rd rs s t hi on r: , J D u i n re o c u t o o n r Guildford, and R e l eate Ra i lway the e T r L e Jo o h f n Railways Joseph Norton, E.g., Clayton West, Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway, and the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-agnate,D of !rector the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, gessex, Director of the West Midland Railway Captain Thomas Ross, 58, Porchester-te rrace ,Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the London and Netting- Alexander Prince, Eq., London, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox ford, and Brighton Railway hare Railwaq George Ewing Scott, Esq., Stoke Bishop, near Bristol Thomas Stocker, Esq., St. Ives, Director of the Wisbeach, it. Ices, and Cambridge Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-terrace, Director of the Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, &c., Railway William Spooner, Esq., London, Director of the South Staffordshire Junctionand Rallwar of the Liverpool, Manch es t er, and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Henry Scott, Esq., 17, Tall-mall S. E. Sicheli, Esq., merchant. Bradford, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways Geerge Turton, Esq., Bagden Lodge, Clayton West, Huddersfield William Tinker, Esq., Conock, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway George Thomas Thompson, Esq., Dover, Coroner fbr the Cinque Ports John Thompson, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Birkhen head and Holyhead Railway, of the Manchester and Wigan Rail way, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway John Taylor, Esq., Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway James Upflli, Esq., The Green, Herefordshire, Director of the Staf fordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Direc tor of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railway Thomas Dolman Upflll, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birm'ng ham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Major White, Pail-mall, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Walter Unett, Esq., C mptain 3,1 Light Dragoons, Mabistene, Director of the Nottingham and South StafTardshire, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railways William Boyden Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln. Louth, and Great Grimshy Railway Thomas Wakefield, Esl., London, Director of the Not:lngham and South Staffordshire Railway ilmithMileck, Esq., Birmingham, Director ofthc Staffordshire and no T t ro rt p___ye Junction Rail wa y W llll O2ll Watson, Esq., Dover John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, near Tonbridge, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Sir William White, Director of the Stafford, Uttoxeter, and Derby Railway J. W. Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe-house, Wilts, Capt. 3tl. Light Dra goons, Director of the Direct Western Railway. Lodge Morris Murray Prior, Esq., 19th Lancers, Coventry, Director of the Dublin, Tullamore, and Parsonstown Railway Edward Knight, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands' Union Ralway Henry William Skeltou, Esq., Shadwell, near Leeds Charles William Reynolds, Esq., Captain 16th Lancers, Maidstone, Director of the Worcester, Warwick and Rugby Railway Thomas Bramall, Esq., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy Chaiman of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Hughes, Esq. ' Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Wenman Newman, Esq., Thornbury-park, near Bristol, De puty-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire, and magistrate of Gloucester shire and Bristol. Charles Rides, Esq., Richmond-court, Clifton David Bryan, Esq., N o rthampton, Director of the Liverpool, Man chester, and Warrington, and the Worcester and Leominster llalway Benjamin Swan, Esq., Weymouth and Jermyn-street Edmnnd Francis Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Wynn, High Sheriff of Bucks, and Director of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway John James Rippon, Esq., Ealing, Middlesex, Director of the Bir mingham, Westbromwich, Wedncsbury, and Walsall Junction Railway Stephen Mills, Esq., Eletone-house, Wilts Major Buttenshaw, Bath John Ellershaw, Esq., Grove-home, Searcroft, near Leeds Major W. James, SaltfOrd-house, near Bath, Magistrate for Somer setsh ire Robert Bell, Esq., Norris Castle, Isle of Wight. Samuel Perrin', Esq., Temple Cloud, near Bristol CONSULTING ENGINEER— . ACTING ENGINEER—Edward James Maude, Esq., C.X. RANKERS. London—Mesgrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.; the Union Bank Bristol —Stuckey's Banking Company Bath—West of England and South Wales District Bank Bradford and Trowbridge—The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company Dover—Messrs. Latham and Co. JOINT SOLICITORS. Edwin Smith, Esq. and Messrs, TAwls and Ford, London ; Edwar Burges, Esq., Bristol LOCAL bOLICITORS. G. F. Thompson, Esq., Dover ; Hairy Gilbert, Esq., Revues; W. IL Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Thnbrell and Meyrick, Bradford and Trowbridge; Messrs. Taylor, Romp, and Kingston, Bath; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke Messrs. Hoffman and Son, Reading Thomas Lamb, Esq , Andover Mes rs. J. and W. Rees Mogg, Cholwell, near ll,th PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddy, E sq. SzcarreaT- - Charles Martin, Esq. This Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate, whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the several ports and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Bristol ; aid, by means of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and the north of England. From its proximity to the Continent, the port of Dover will always be the most accessible point of the English coast; an expeditious communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours, and inland towns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily be regarded as a great national advantage. Dover is at present the chief port of embarkation for Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and the vast numbers already resorting there both on business and pleasure, will be im measurably increased when the railways of France, Belgium, Hol land, and Germany are fully brought into operation. In addition to which, the Government Commissioners having selected Dever as a Harbour of Refuge, and recommended the outlay there of 1,500,0001., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the cows try, and perhaps the most important town on the southern coast. In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, or for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more couve nie.nt, and accelerated intercourse between this great port and all parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the pro moters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed railway, which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing the chain of railway communication i.pon the narrow gauge between the south-eastern coast, and Bristol and the western, northern, and mid land counties. The lime will commence at the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking', Godalming, Farnham, and Odiham to the Basingstoke station, on the South-Western Rail way. It will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trow bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its coarse through the Somersetshire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards Radstock into the heart of the collieries, terminate in a junction with the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol. By its course through Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odi ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by those towns, and connect the rich and fertile hop districts of Sarrey, Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means of conveyance of their produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill. By its junction with the contemplated a Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway," it will afford to the inhabitants of Reading, Oxford, and to the midland counties generally, the best and shortest route to the Continent, as well as to Worthing, Hastings, Brighton, and the other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which will be accomplished by this and the proposed railway from Reading. By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke, and of the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway further west, the present line will connect Dover towards the south, with Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.), Gosport, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, also with Shrewsbury, Chester, and Holyhead, and in fact with the whole of North and South Wales. It Basingstoke, also, this line will join the proposed London, Salis bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dover and the south eastern counties the populous and wealthy cities of Salisbury and Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, the ports of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and the mineral regions of Cornwall. To Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns in the vicinity of its course, the benefit which this line will confer cannot be too highly estimated ; to the coal districts of Somerset shire it will open large and constant markets both in Bristol and to the south and east, while to the inhabitants of Bristol especially, con necting its channel with the Straits of Dover and the Downs, pro viding a perfect line for telegraphic communication, and securing to them the whole of the trade between the south-east of England and the west and south of Ireland, it seems difficult, considering the enor mous traffic which must necessarily flow to that city, to conceive a project more deserving of their cordial support. In the memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two great rival companies, the Legislature for the first time admitted that principle of competition with existing interests which was claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for the protection and benefit of the public; and it is with no fear of the result that the promoters of the present undertaking invite attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be established between Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the narrow gauge than by the devious course of the Great Western , inde pendently of all the advantages of the proposed central station at llungerford-bridge, and the convenient access to the Thames both there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and inconvenient station of the Great Western at Paddington. In length the proposed line will be nearly 110 miles (assuming this Company to have the construction of that portion between Reigate and Dorking, for which plans have been deposited by the South- Eastern Company)—the country through which it passes does not present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any resi dential or ornamental property be interfered with except under an imperative necessity. A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and the Committee also retain to themselves the power to vary the course of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests and projected lines that may be considered advantageous to the shareholders. The capital proposed to be raised is 1,500,0001., in 75,000 shares of 20/ each, with a deposit of 21. 2s. per share, to be paid on all o tm en t. Power will be taken by t he Act to allow interest, at 41. per cent. per annum, upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of the line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more titan the amount of his deposit until the Act has been obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will fthe solicitors to the b be ready for execution , a nd the scrip issued immedi a t e ly upon pay ment of the deposits. Applications for shares mu st be addressed to the y Se a cr r e e t f a er r e y n , c a e t t t o h a e Offices Offic of the Company, No. 12, Gray's Inn-place, only ; but 110 appli cation oemm Company, nrwillyofor h the ae attendedbanProvisionale r t o unless Committee, oneo m Copies of the prospectus and form of application for shares may be obtained at the offices of the Company, or of Messrs. Peppercorne, Old Broad-street ; Mr. Sym, 9, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. B. Wil liams, Throgmorton-street, stock and sharebrokers, London. FORM OF APPLICA TION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Com mittee of the Dover and Bristol Railw ay. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each in this Company, and s agree to accept the same, or may smaller number which may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of Name in full •• • • • • • • •• • • •... Occupation or Profession..., Residence • • • • • • ..... Reference • • • • • • • ...... 1545. D IRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD RAILWAY. No further Applications for Shares can be received. The Allot ment will take place immediately, and the letters be issued in a few days. By order, GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary. Gresham-street (late Lad-lane), Oct. 14, 1845. OUTH MIDLAND, or LEICESTER kJ NORTHAMPTON, B E DFORD, and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Cepital, 2,000,0001., in Shaes of 20/. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per r Share. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Midland Railway Company, Chairman John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Leys, Leicester Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., Rolleston Hall, Burton- Directors of the Midland Railway Company upon-Trent Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster John Waddingham, Esq., Leeds William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester Edmund Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley Itaikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Northampton William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester road, Hyde Park-gardens, London Josh. Knight, Esq., Leicester. ExatNEza.—Robert Stephenson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, Londo T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth. Directors of the South Midland Railway Company BANKERS. Messrs. Currie and Co., London Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester The Union Bank, Northampton SmarrAsa' —George Newton Browne, Esq. OrncEs—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester. The shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company are in formed that arrangements have been made by the Committee of Management with the Board of Directors of the Midland Railway Company for carrying out the original South Midland line with the important additions of a line to Bedford and a branch to Huntingdon, the whole being consolidated in one undertaking, and placed under the management of a joint Board of Direction composed of members of the Boards of the two Companies. The objects, therefore, embraced by the present undertaking are 1. A direct line from Leicester by way of Market Harborough to Northampton, being he original South Midland 2. A line diverging therefrom at Market Yarborough, and Passing by way of Kettering to Bedford ; and 3. A branch from the last-mentioned line, at or near Kettering, to lluntingdon. The capital at present belonging to the South Midland Company will form a portion of the consolidated capital (the remainder being contributed by the Midland Railway. ..ompany), and in order to com ply with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is necessary that the deposit of 1/. 2s. already paid on the South Midland shares should be increased to 2/. 23. It is also neces sary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued, and new Parlia mentary deeds executed. The shareholders in the South Midland Company are therefore re quired to nay, on or belbre the 25th day of October next, the further sum of 11. per share on the shares respectively held by theta, and for this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the Company's of Leicester, the scrip now held by them, together with an application for registry and exchange in the annexed form, on or before the 18th day of October next. The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to rece've the increased deposit will be Issued within three days after the registry of the scrip, and oa the production of the bankers' receipt and the execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip cer tificates will be issued. All scrip in respect of which the shareholders shall fail to take the necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the specified period will be forfeited. Forms • - .f application for rezistry and exchange of scrip may be ob tained by applying to the Secretary, at the Company's offices. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, G. N. BROWNE, Secretary. Leicester, Sept. 30, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION Fon REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE OF SCRIP. To the Committee of Direction of the South Midland, or Leicester, Northampton, Bedford, and Huntindon Railway Company. Gentle:sen,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the South Ml . lll lA, Northampton, anti Leicester Railway Company, in respect of which I request 3on to issue me new scrip in the above Company, all i I agree to pay the further deposit of IL per share OR or before the 25th flay of o,qober instant, and to execute the new Par liamentary Contract an .I Subscribers' Agreement when requited. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full .. •••-• • • • • • Description .. • • • • • • • • • • • • Address in full • • • • • • • • • • • • This form must be filled up In the handwriting of the applicant. SHE GRAN..) LONDON AND DUBLIN APITOXIM 4.TP/N RAILWAY. Rastrick's Line. Provisionally Registered pur_uant to 7th and 't.h Victoria, cap. 115, :CC. 4.) Designed to avoid the present circuitous route, and so effect a very considerable saving, both of time and distance, between the two capitals of England and Ireland, running in a direct line from Lon don to Bangor and Holyhead, tbrolgh Shrewsbury, and touching or accommodating in its route the following towns and places, namely, Rickruansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Ay:esbury, Bicester, Dod atnton, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwick, Alcoa ter, Broms,groye, Worcester, Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, Wenlock, laroseley, Coalbrookdale, hrewsbury, Llan-y-mynech, Weichpool, .:swestry, Llangollen, Llanrahaiadr, Mochnant, Corwen, Pentre voelas, Capel Cerrtg, Bangor, and Holyhead. Capital 6,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 50/. each. Deposit 5/. ss. per Share. Temporary offices of the Company, 4, Great Winahester-street, London. PROVISIONAL COMIIITTILE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermere, G.C.8., Lord Viscount Mandeville Lord Claud Hamilton, M.P. Hon. Captain Fenton Evan Freke, Belgrave-square, Director Of the Bandon and Bantry Railway Hon. Geoffrey Browne, Castle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland Hon. Douglas Kinnard Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway Sir Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Hertz, Director of the Oxford and Cambridge Railway Sir Henry Winston Barron, Esq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, laryan ston-square Col. Sir Duncan M`Dougal, K.C.8., Eaton-square Rear-Admiral Sir Sainsbury Davenport, C. 8., K.C.H., Bramall-hall, Cheshire, and Weedon-hall, Bucks Sir J. Gaspard Le Merchant, K.C.H., Cork Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Direeter of the North Wales Railway Col. Sir F. Hankey, G.C.M.G., Director of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Sir George Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Clifford-street, Director of the London and Exeter Railway Sir James Pitcairn, Cork Sir James Eyrc, Lower Brook-street Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 8., Mount Wise, Davenport Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Salop ' John Meredith, Esq., Hasbora Park, Magistrate for the Counties of Worcester and Salop Major-General Henry Bowdler, Sidney-terrace, Cerk Captain Robert reel Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, aad Castle dawson, Ireland George Henry Dashwoed, Eaq., M.P., West Wycomb-park, Bucks B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square Jeremiah Filcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway fhe O'Gorman Mahon, Mahonberg, County of Clare,. Ireland Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Bovine, King's County, Ireland, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway Thg O'Moore, Choghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County of Ros ales:men Robert Hart, Esq., Dripshill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury, and the Great North and South Wales Railways W. Hutchins, Esq., Llsaintfried-court, Monmouthshire Charles William Spicer, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Ar magh, Coleraine, and Portrush, Dublin and Armagh Inland, Shropshire Mineral, and Direct London and Exeter Railways The Rev. C. Leicester, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of Salop, Vice-Chairman of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Charles Fox, Esq., D.L., Rutland-square, Dublin, Director of the Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple Thomas Meyer Carvick, Esq., Highwood, Director of the Dublin and _ _ Armagh Railway William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dahlia and Gal way Railway, &c. George A. Brown, Esq., Director of the Callao and Lima Railway William Seymour, Esq, Montague-place, Russell-square William John Macguli e, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Bristol Railway Rev. Dooley Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissioner of the National Board of Education and Charitable Bequests, Ireland Christopher Wants Popham, Esq., Trevarno, Cornwall, Director of the Strabane Ship Canal Company. Robert John Lattey, Esq., Claremont-place, Grove End-road, St. John's Wood. William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq. ' Woodbury Dews, Middlesex, Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, and Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railways Colonel Edward Nichols, R.M., Shooter's-hill and Coleraine, Direc tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo, and Shan non Railways Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Direc tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Shan non Railways Captain James Wood, R.M.,Woolwich William Justin O'Driscoll, sq., banker, Dublin Richard Edward Arden, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the Dub lin and Armagh Inland Railway - . Captain Rodgers, Cloyenedon-house, Loughall, Ireland John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the ➢larine In• surance Office Joseph Cragg, Egg., Queen-square, Bloomsbury John Anderson, Esq., Director of the south Midland Junction way, &c. J. Freeine, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury G. Hazlerigg, Esq., West Carlton-hall, Leicestershire, Director of the Rugby and Huntingdon Railway, &c. J. 31‘Millan, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick Railway J. Bright, Esq., 11. D., Cambridge-square, London Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Coram-street W. Clement, Esq. Shrewsbury Richard Hanle Esq., Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of Ely, and Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railways. Robert Remmett, Esq., Victoria-square, Grosvenor-place, Director of the Sovereign Insurance Office, &c. Thomas Gresham, Esq., Raheny Park, Dublin, Director of the Dun dalk and Enniskillen, and Irish North Midland Railways F. W. Heath, Esq., Armagh F. F. Pole, Esq., St. John's Grove-house, County Cork George Stevens, Esq., Oak Lodge, High Beach, Essex Edmund Mathew, Esq., Somerset-street, Portman-square Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Wood, Di rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland Wm. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's Thomas Gulliver, Esq., Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxon, Director of the Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways Wm. Gulliver, Esq., Swallcliff, near Banbury, Oxos Captain Julius Newell, R.N., United Service Club Captain Bradshaw, 11. N., Hatherley-place, Cheltenham Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire Wm. 11. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square George Beauclerc, Esq., Grosvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place Robert A. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director of the Great Leeds and London Railway J. A. Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways Major Humphreys, Miltown-house, Strabane, Ireland Capt. Tito.. P. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lugwar ' dine, Hereforthhire,; Director of the Isle of Man, and Irish West Coast Railways The Mayor of Bridgnorth Benjamin Watts, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnorth Thomas Glase, Esq. /Members of the Corporation of Bridg- Josiah Minton Glase, Esq. north Edward Richard Pratt, Esq. Samuel Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth Edmund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth Henry Cane Leahy, St. James's-square, Director of the Shereld, Buxton, Derby, and Manchester Railway E. S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc tor of the London and Exeter Railway Richard Fisher, Esq., Alcester Lodge, Warwick, Director of the War wickshire and London Extension and Worcester Junction Railway James Whitehouse, Esq., Ipsley Court, Warwick James Reading; Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire, manufaeturer George Holiyoake, Esq., Redditch. Worcestershire Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire John Onions, Esq., Broseley, ironmaster, &c., Director of the Stour e,Madeley, Ironbridge, and Breseley, and the Grand June kr and Cambrian Railways taltorn, Esq., Whitehall, Broseley, Director of the Stourbridge, Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and Cambrian Railways Alexalder John Got don, Esq., Linley Hall near Broseley Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgiorth Joseph Southwell, Esq. I Bridgnorth, Manufacturer's William Southwell, Esq. William Cole, Esq., Bicester Edward Decking, Esq., Bicester Horace Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Woodside, County Cork R. D. Freeman, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork St. John Jeffrey, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, Comity Cork Pierce Purcell, Esq., Altemira, County Cork James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandfieta, county Cork J. 11. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow St. John Galwey, M.D., Mallow George Washington Brazier Creagh, Esq., J.P„ Creagh-eastle John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-house, CdPk, Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Bandon -and Bantry Railways P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square, Director of the Ipswich and Southampton, and Sligo and iihannon Railways W. H. O'Driscoll, Esq., Clifton, near Bristol The Rev. William Wilson, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington, Oxon Charles Faulkner, Esq., F.G.S., Deddington, Oxfordshire Lieutenant-Colonel Cruttenden, Balineollig William Coppinger, Esq., Barry's-court W. Reeves, Esq., J.P., Tremors, Cork William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of the Warwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction Railways George Wyman, Esq., Alcester, Warwickshire William Henry Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan Junction Company Edward Power, Esq., Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of the Ipswich and Southampton Railway Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Hants, Director of the Direct Western Railway William Toms, Esq., Bloxham Henry Watson, Esq., High Sheriff of the City of Limerick Robert Baugh Blakernore, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews bury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway Henry Keate, Esq., Shrewsbury 1 Directors of the Birmingham and Isaac Taylor, Esq., ditto, Brighton Railway Major-General Turner, Commander of the Cork District Lieut-Colonel Westropp, J.P., Cork Major North Ludlow Beamieli, F.R.S., Ballincurrig, near Dulles, Cork Joseph Leyeester, Esq., Cork Matthew Pierrpoint, Esq., Crow's Nest, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Worcester, and Director of the Rugby, Derby, Man chester, and Welsh Midlita 1 Railways John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllin, Merioneth, Director of the Great North and South Wales Railway George Paul, Esq., banker, 217, Strand Morgan Culhane, Esq., M.D., Worthing, Sussex jimmies Thelluson, Esq., Summer-lodge, Worthing, Sussex James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 35, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park gardens John Green, Esq., Hales Owen, magistrate for the county of Worcester George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical Invalid Insurance Office J. M. Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, Wor cester, and Stafford, and Direct Western Railway Joseph Farmer,lEsq., Mayor of Bewdley John Bedoc, Esq., merchant, Bewdley Tames F. Su;rue, Esq., merchant, Cork Wm. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portman-Square John Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, London L'olonel G. Fitch, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the York and Lancaster Railways W. Wyse, Esq., The Manor, Waterford W.K. Rodgers, Esq., late High Sheriff of the ' , aunty:of Cork, and Di rector of the Cork and Passage Railway Pierce Nagle, Esq., Anakissy, Doneraile, London George Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth William Lumley Perrier, Esq., Bellaire, Cork Joel Smith, Esq., -, Walsa, Staffordshire Edward Canning, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon Thom is Ashmead Perry, Esq., Stratford-m-Avon Samuel Hayward, Esq., New Town Cottage, Stratford-on-Avon (With power to add to their number). COUNSEL IN ENGLAND. Mr. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Tnn ; Walter 11`Crigor, Esq., Lin. COUNSEL IRELAND—Joseph NaNier, Egg. (Ix, E N GINEER IN CHIEF—J. U. Rastrick, E sq, ACTING ENGINEERS. W. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E. ; J. W. Mazalgette, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. In London—Messrs. Ogle and Yeringliusband, 4, Great Winchester , street, London In Ireland—John Curtaining, Esq., 111, North Great George-street BANKEMS. Messrs. Masterman, ?eters, and es. ; the :Loudon and Westminster , . Dank. SECRETARIES IN ENGLAND—H. Newell, Esq:, and Henry Cowper, E , q. SECRETARY IN IRELAND—Frederick Francis I'ole, Esq., il, North Great George-street, Dublin. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Hugh Dines Cameron and George Bain, Esqrs.. 11, Parliarasm street, London. J. R. L. Walt=ley, Esq., North-street, Westminster. PROSPECTUS, The imperative necessity, alike in a social, eommercial, or political point of vlew; for drawing as closely together as possible the capitals of England and Ireland, has suggested the formation of the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway,—a line, the value of which it Is difficult to over estimate, since it will be found to take a nearly direct course from the English metropolis to Holyhead. It will pass through or near the populous and no'ele county town of Shropshire (as ye •.•:..aprovided with railway communication), end will traverse along its whole extent districts second in wealth, re sources, trade, and commerce, Sc none in the empire ; bringing them more nearly and immediately in contact with London and Dublin, than has hitherto !.ten tit,',;.glit possible. This project is wholly in dependent of any tsther !lite already before the public, and as it posNcsses national s,tvstatages ',With none can surpass, must, when carried qta, become, wi.noirteze.gbit the most important railway great Britain. One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtaia a most central and accessible terminus in London, and Farringdon-street has bean Ixed upon for that purpose. It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as poss.ble to I tolyhead In its pr , gress it will pass through or near to the following towns : —Riekinanswerth, Chesham, Wendover, and AyleL:tatry ; it will then proceed to within a short distance of Ilicester anti Deddington, and from thence to Banbury; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown, thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Uromsgrove, and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock, near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury; it will thence con tinue its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale of the Elver Vyruwy, will proceed to Llan-y-mynech, Llaurhaladr, and alschnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llaugollex. At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by Corwen into the Vale of the River Aiwen, from whence it will run nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre yoelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale of Nant Francon to Bangor and Holyhead. This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most consi siderable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and the South Staffordshire Railway. As this last line will connect Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbucy, Walsall, and Lichfield with the Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of bring- log all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and other traffic, and the ♦ast coal and iron fields of Shropshire Into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and quickest means of transit between tke minerals of Shropshire and the furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a doubt, by the ob►ious fact that it will not only bring the richest mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro duce of these districts the Intermediate country not at present pos sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the other hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation hallway will g've to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire distance in ten hours. It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day. . . Vpicrt7;p;lY;l;;r; the line approaches Corwen, no engineering difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line will be resumed to Bangor, where that already is construction will bo adopted for the rest of the route to Holy - head ; or, if found de sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent line by Beaumaris to Holyhead. Atter a ()ireful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers, the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct transmission of the mails, the Directors fe. I warranted in anticipating a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested. A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance in ten hours, without the Inconvenience so painfully felt of changing from the conveyance of one proprietwy to that of another. The railways now in active pr,gress in Ireland, running from Dublin north and south throughout the heart of the island, render• it self evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once eomplete and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of this Company is to sate time and distance, every attention of the Directors, and every advancement in science wil be made available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ; while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both passengers and traffic, and the public will and in the improvement of the inferior carriages, and some additi , nal comforts for those of the first class, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise so national in its character. Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company early in the next session. The usual power will lee taken by the Act to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per a num on the amount of the subwriptions paid ep ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. Applications for Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents:—Messrs. Cameron and Bains, 18, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer, Throgmorton-street, London; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton buildings, Mr. Wm. Keel, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool ; Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield ; Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey, Halifax ; Win. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; B. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ; Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter; Messrs. Munro and Co., 41, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles Coupe'', Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-burgh ; James Jardine, Esq., Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin. FORM OF APPLICATION, To the Provisional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 50/. each the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when-required. Name in full Residen •e — Profession or Business Reference (two or more) Witness And his Address Shares may be addressed lithe form annexed to, 7. B. James, Esq.. S:dicitor, 1.9, Northumberland-street, Strand; to W Morgan, EfA? Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorgans:Cre ; and to the unt!ermentionea_ Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of the Comtnittee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers: London—Messrs. John Shewell and Sun, 25, Tokenhouse - yar d • " Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street. Liverpool—Messrs. Botdtt and Co. Manchester—Messrs. Houghiand and Leese Leeds—Messrs. John Young and Co. Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq. ; Messrs. Taite and Nash Birmingham—Mr. Cells Sheffield—Messrs. BardweU and Sons. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Rhsndda and Ely Valley's Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same. ali-, II pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that „iv be allotted to me ; mad I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Counso and inbscribers' Agreement when required. Name in MU • .. •• **** Re5idence...................... Trade or Profession • • • • • • • • • • • • • Reference with 4% ddresa • • • • • • • • " Date of Application R HONDDA AND ELY VALLE YS JUNCTION RAILWAY. No further applications for shares In this Company can be rseeiYed after FRIDAY, the 10th instant. By order, JOHN PETHERICK, Seoretars• 19. Northumberland•street, Strand, October 3, 1845. ELY and BURY ST. EDM UNDS RAILEWA In consequence of the great number of applications for sbatre: in this Company which are daily received from all parts often, country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to c all the to tion of the Public to the following Clause in the Prospectus, to t'!: terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, be coropell2d nto" strictly to adhere : "-As, under arrangements entered into with the Lyn n and fpgf: Ely and ,Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereliam Railway CortleOr... a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to the bolo io! of shams in those Companies, a very limited number of shares .7. is at the disposal of tile Provisional Directors, and no application for shares therefore can be attended to, except from parties loan/ I " terested and of the highest respectability. By order, L. F. EDWARDS, Seeretary WORCESTER, WARWICK, and RUCeBT RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) Offices, 5, Gresham str et, Bank. London, 11th Octobe r, Will 18. 0 The Parliamentary Conlract and Subscribers' Agreeme nt for execution, on the days and at the places undermentio ned, tween the hours of eleven o'clock A.m., and four o'clock P.m. :— the In London, at the offices of the Company, from the 13th t° 18th of October, both inclusive. At Worcester, at the offices of the Company, on the 13th, 14th, in 15th of October.oA At Droitwich, at the offices of Messrs. Cutler and Holy" lte ' the 16th of October. +be 1 7° At W arwick, at the offices of Mr. A. S. Field, solicitor, 00 of October. on t it. At Leatnington, at the offices of Mr. A. S. Field, solicit or, 18At R th and 20th October. ugby, at the offices of Mr. W. F. Wratisiaw, solicitor , oa °l° 21st October. WO' At Leeds, at the Scarborough Hotel, on the 13th and 1 4 th Oet " At Manchester, at the Albion Hotel, on the 15th and 16th _:: At Liverpool, at the Adelphi Hotel, on the 17th and 18th O c to o 20,. At Glasgow, at the Wellington Hotel, on the 20th and 21 s t O ‘ t At Edinburgh, at the Royal Hotel, 225 and 235 October. JOHN HUGHES, secreto'- ---- - e --- -,, ---- r.IF. LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE, AND D i ''' . FORDeHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) lesipital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 281. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. William Ascroft, Esq., director of the Staffordshire Toitterles 5n4 Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway rater ° Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, director of the Staffordshire - - and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway a OS William Croudson, Esq., Alderman for the borough of Wigan , hest". for of the Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Di an Direct Railway SO . William Caldwell, Esq., Inca Hall, Wigan, director of the Staff shire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Raibvg tt erieg John Dewhurst, Esq., Preston, director of the Staffordshire r e and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway ,ei le , Colonel Robert Douglas, Esq., United Service Club, Pall - lwelpity don, director of the Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool °- chaster Direct Railway ,„,. o f lbi Joseph GM im, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, director OM" Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Mancheer" • Railway Sii i‘ William Gibb, Esq., Victoria-park, Manchester, director 0., ,h --.0.1 fordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direc t -nee pot' Charles Haigh, Esq., Manchester, a director of the Stafforailln teries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway f l l° John Holford, Esq., Rusholme-hall, Manchester, director o , ev et • Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester pSSCI Railway George Holt, Esq., Willow-hall, Crumpsall, a director of t il !vs/ . fordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct 1 11 . 40 John Lord, Esq., Standish-hall, Wigan, a director of the S tatio Potteries and Lliesepool and Manchester Direct Railway ._,..p rot' Christopher Morris, Esq., Wigan, director of the Statfordw" teries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst-hall, Wigan, director of theeyfee fordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct 10,`,Pper, C. Randall, Esq., Manchester, a director of the Sheffield alleui re chester Railway, and Stafihrdshire Potteries and LiverPu" of Manchester Direct Railway Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour-house, Old Trafford, o'4o the Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool, and Manchester v Railway eotle riej John Thompson, Esq., Wigan, director of the Staffordshi re and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway pette lic° Henry Taylor, Esq., Wigan, director of the Staffordshire . and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway William Burdett, Esq., Warrington „ me Sri William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of *— field and Manchester Railway Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York e,e r eal'll, William Byrom, Esq., managing director of the Liver - eve' r and North Union Junction Railway • ~. .10 '4 John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, director of the Shropshire Mule -- Richard M. Baddeley, Esq., Hanky, Staffordshire e of 1116 Edwin Cadman, Esq., IVestbourne-house, Sheffield, dire °. „. Direct Western Railway ._....,e. 4 1 ''''' Captain James E. Careegie , Somerset-house, POTII..'" 9 director of the Reading and Reigate Railway sad l ' 'ir James Clarkson, Esq., Cheetham-hill, director of the Yorit caster Railway , Lon don Jeremiah Claikc, Esq., Macclesfield, director of Reraingtoh 5 and Manchester Direct Railway sta` i Peregrine Royds Dearden, Esq., Birkenhead e ater Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Lancaster, director of the Lan - Preston, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railways ell William Fenton, Esq., el eadowcroft, 'Rochdale Samuel Giles, Esq., merchant, Manchester, director of el--d oe and Macclesfield, the Manchester and Rugby, Direct , - railways Robert Holt, Esq., Crescent, Rochdale r. 5 • A ' William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Inner Temple, London, F.L.S., &c. John Hunt, Esq., merchant, Manchester and Psll William Jackson, Esq., Sheffield, director of the Goole - caster Railway Sir John Key, Bart., alderman of London and Cheltenha m William Melville Lomas, Esq., merchant, Liverpool ,ed t ., Sir William Maguey, alderman of London , ll'O c '' James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, director of the e ll Warwick, and Rugby Railway .„„ e Ol, l' " Edward Morris, Esq., Choiley, a director of the arse" 00 1 Direct, and other railways , •n c hest er James Ogden, Esq , M.D., Salford, director of the 31— of 0' Rugby Direct Railway ee teman 0 05 The lion. Douglas Kinnairel Pultency, London, Ce.- - , - „ 1 , York and Lancaster Railway, and director of Reining"' oil and Manchester Direct Railway waed° Richard Raywood, Esq., Barnsley, director of the - e gil Bradford Railway + e Old °'.. James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, director of the Manche se- t ool Direct Railway Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, Carnarvon, director o f the 0 Eastern and Western Railway or!", T. A. Ward, Esq., Town Regent of Sheffield et esa c , l Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London, D epu ty_Cbe. d York and Lancaster, and a director of the LAIICRSICP al ° of Railways airy"' David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Alfreton , 1 of one the Nottingham and Gainsboreugh Railway direc t° _ fo ol Edmund Woudward, Esq., Gilnough-house, Bolton, Blackburn, Bolton, and Liverpool Railway Id l' 1"" Proctor Walker, Esq., Preston, director of the Leeds 10 .0 Direct and other Railways Alt rilicji Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford-hou ge, director of the Chester and Manchester Direct RailwaY,s,, CONSULTING ENGINEER—George Watson Buck,4soe. SERVETORS—Messrs. Nevins and Lawton, 3,10 0° JOINT SOLICITORS. Messrs. Deerden and Molesworth. William Burdett, E Company's Offices, 6, sq. Marsden-street, Manc l a estet BANKERS. London—The Commercial Bank of London _,.• Manchester—The National and Provincial Ba n ' Rochdale —Messrs. Fentons and Roby. 0 15 , on de PROSPECTUS. „„le I. _.,or This important line of railway will commence at a (On to 5 Manchester and Bolton Railway, between Bolton ant trie ret4 o le! running thence in a direct line through Worsley and r e s, a , lb l ! a ell e point on the Manchester South Junction and Altrioeuejt ,010100,01 with which it will form a junction, to Cheadle, wh er d e pirie, l .io 1 1 with the Macclesfield branch of the Manchester an wet P ro Railway, by which mecca a direct railway comm w et P opened with Macclesfield and the various lines or . I Ve 0 0 0a 01. 1, to terminate ere. cornin g° cel e ' Je t The great t adantages to be derived from a •th 31a Opel tween Bolton and Altrincham, and via Cheadle , w i ,„ so ~,,e_,, will at once be seen on reference to the map, not °P' l ,ted D' t e and channel communication between existing and Pl•lrct c° no ee also as supplying the link wanting in the chain of dlr lte et re o f 00 tion between Bolton, Blackburn, and a very larg e e to i pi,, e r '' i d i r ,. county manufacturing districts and towns of the ten the g'" t ee r e d county of Lancaster, with the Staffordshire Potterlege„oolll24o,,o districts, Birmingham, and the metropolis, and consee" an d p a to termediate places in the lines of the various existill „o l eic 040, railways between Manchester, Macclesfield, and i thern ortion of the kngdom. d i e t !te southern portiou of the kingdom. thllt An im p i Is, that . rt 1 1 : pO: fns feature in this undertaking n -ev u . Pel°lo. by me ins of existing and projected lines , o p en agricultural and manufacturing population of e. • ___„e le_ O e , fordshire, and Cheshire, a direct communicat ion Xeo u a .„o 7e : Blackpool, and the other watering-places situate roe 7 . 1 lines from Lonion (via Macclesfield) to Edin T oe l a cashire, it will likewise fonn a continuation obfle.l),,..edot'erer the '''' either by Fleetwood-vpon-Wyre, or by fl ow t 5. Carlisle lines. an e 61 t unavoidable delays 31+m Satn' w in il i l o be curr ob e important, asnatv,in,f.hiolfstdtishteangcreeatb,etbwueen Macclesfield . s ' l _ o 7, nt - , et , „ ov „ v d ia in ted p . assing t ll ‘ vi'' ° II° is, tha ,t ee _ Another important feature in this enterprise , _ad that, 1,,,0c terially affect any existing or contemplated line, and jil' terially affect any existing or contemplated line, p,tjcctct a t tr t ee through the different termini e' ~., is!, able, by uniting itself with them, and with other . 12' n', ire i t e e _i i ig ee r lines now in the course of formation, to increase this le' ; e n I n o se. to a considerable extent, both in passengers and g ot in sill Of injure any existing interests. NOW' ,tai‘ e' 'ael ll means of establishing a principle of reciprocity, cello coa l fi D e To the town of Bolton, and its neighbouring ell . et a desi „ Ic e ie e it is obvious this line will secure the most imoortaue‘o r.,. e e j e i ee d its connexion with existing lines, and others Preee',o If ly e r e ";,,g centre there. It need hardly be added, that eveLf e e e in ,?,,pie_,, 5 1 tages, a most important traffic for passengers anelt is eon eta ti' upon, independent of which, as the line itself pros`r ill b e le oecw an expense far below the ordinary average, the '" ad oh the elet difficulties, or other obstacles of importance , a e n_ d e ,,,, e t OP le to the capitalist is offered. • Ibe n la-- Pa" - c''' -' the .A.c. __ 4 - , holders beyond the deposit now paid until tto t allo w A cee r° The deeds will prove - le that no call shill A e e 1 -er do to the 1 ° di/ interest on all calls. wed for frieo obtained, and power will be reserved in the Ae A certain number of shares will be reset w ho „ r po ar e OA itl ... _ s ole . 4 : the interests of this company. s ma y be hate-"prO%-rOir and others having local interests in the line, and Applications for shares and of ourt, 1 London—Messrs. Fields, Son, and Bailey, , Ce ltict:, r lir• 5° subjoined form to the solicitors, of to the f 11 ,,,:;,:i0rd -c 'Dorton-street , . Mr. .a • sr.i , ' Manchester—Messrs. Green and Oldhat ,a, ter, and Liverpool—Messrs. Geddes and Drinlen George Bolton—Mr. J. Gorton Rochdale—Mr. Jonathan Neild, jun. Warrington—Mr. James Cawl e y L ee d s —Messrs. Standish and Bla cken Preston—Mr. Wren _A 1." Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal A O5. shir e ' FORM OF APPLICATION FO Lanceshire, e' the e I° To the Trovisional Committee of _ on utinwa y, . ux fork—Messrs. Graystone and Earle._ ts o ,iis Staffordshire Juocti der' c O7 aY' and I per Ine' and of 201. each in the above relive amt ‘, a the r , less number 370 e to SO. I accept the same, or any Gentlemen—l request that You the c...re d. ~ the deposit of 21. 2s. per share . will allot ine , iera ey. ith a d to _ e , einent when r cii , tary contract and subscribers' sgre , 1845 . ~....., __ day of rlclaainceeolfnb ig in i es - 5 i . 0 i . • .p r0c0 55 .. 1 :. 1 .. , :ii ,: f Dated this Residence • • • ' 'i e ssion •' '' r ofc o ', Business or residence. aud P • .... • Name, .. • • , referee • • '' ' T AY• tahveeirtrigggrsta.iltred .1i..,-;;,,oroffoiicitil LANCASHIRE, CHESHIRB, 11';,(1. e th at FORDSILIRE JUNCTION lI.AILWA.%I .nriounr4ll, eoinvaled C o o e rn r i e n p i t o t j 7 of is highly satisfactory. The line will proceed 11 0 7,,N wllere ~ OS , Altrincham (preserving its connelcion with Ch o'rufoting . 0 i ci d unite with the Staffordshire Fotteries RailwaY, y_c,,,ecs, 00; place, and thereby secure the most important a y t',,s; t he to Dolton, but to the populous districts connected..l,`,; vri nn' In consequence of the limited number of Shares_ii of De ce merous applications already received, the list Iv. closed in a few days• ICit a* tbhue:y:he DaPvarwreovreicseni }Join t S Q . and Bolton, and East Lancashire ilan;a tio sooty De WILLIA.3I BURDETT, DEARDEZT and 31014g$NVOLITill October 8, 180. PROSPECTUS OF THE R HONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION RAILWAY, GL AMORGANSH IRE. (Provisionally Registered.) Prmeeted with the sanction and support of the Right Hen. the Earl of Dunraven. Sapital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of gel. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. risconnt Adare, Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway Sir Win. Twypien, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire Sir William Wynn, Mae. Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales Railway lames G. Barrett, Esq., Rose, Herefordshire Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Dutlryn Mouse, Cardiff William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oake, kehefilekl, Direstor of the Saw field and Manchester Railway Charles Richard Bilge, Esq., 1., Bryanston-square John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway Tho Rey. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire Edward Co:ton, Esq., 20, Keppel-street, Russell-square, Director of the Commercial Bank Nicol Came, Esq., D.C.L., Dimland's-house, Cowbridgc, Director o: the Vale of Neath Railway Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway Richard Dutton, Esq., Director •f the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbrldge, Glamorganshire Thomas IL Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway Thu Ret. ii. R. Fowler, Felton. nut* Bristol, and No. 7, Manshester. square Rev. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton-square and Court Herbert, near Neath, Director or the 'Vale of Neath Railway Captain Hewitt, Tyr 31 ab Ellis, Glamorganshire Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glaraorganshire John Hopkins, Esq , Killely, Glamorganshire William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Direeter 01 the South and Midlands' Junetion Railway John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of tho Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Yero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardans, Director of the _ South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorganshirs William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England James Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Club James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower "'remains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Lincoln's Inn flelds, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Bridgend Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamor ganshire Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Middlesex, and Bread-street hill, London, Director of the Gnat Trinidad Railway John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanilliangel, Denbighshire Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Di rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. (With power to add to their number). MANAGING GOMMITTZE. VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. William Bradley, Esq. John Randall, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Gronow James Morrison, Esq. William Simpson Potter, Esq, Nichol Came, D.C.L. Richard Lewis Reece, Esq. Captain W. J. Dawson, RIC Crawshay Bailey, Esq. Griffith Llewellyn, Esq. Richard Kelly, Esq. The Rev. H. R. Fowler Samuel R. Pratt, Esq. Henry James, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple SOLICITOR-IV. E. Jams', Esq., b, Basinghall-street, London. BANKERS. Commercial Bank of Loudon National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff. Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff. ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq. SECRETARY—John Petherick, Esq., pro tem. This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis tance hem the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district, one of the richest and most important In South Wales, which is at present without the means of transit for its immense and valuable products. It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of Glarnorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in im mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and, obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition to its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at 3ler thyr and Aberdare, is also, like that of those districts, of the very best descriptlnt for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other, that the demand for it tar exceeds the supply, and promises, accord ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super sede all others for purposes of steers navigation. This source of traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested, as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other less promising Tallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro ductions. An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other line. This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great market town and port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may be said to be almost excluded. It is intended that the line shall commence at Bitten Rhondda, the head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there join the South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the most advantageous circumstance* as to distance, wills all the ports in the Bristol channel. A preliminary survey has already been made by competent par ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favourable gradients, so much so that it is confidently anticipated that the works will be executed very cousiderably under the advertised ca pital. The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking, and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the Provisional Committee. No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount el his subscription. Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to whom power is gives to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma tion, and in the preparation of the plans aid sections to be submitted to Parliament. Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise.any addi tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi nate the first Directors of the Company. In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to landowners on the line and other parties locally interested. ProspeCtUnea and Maps may be had of and appliCatlolls k N 41k1 \ i\