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Mi"! erd TIsG• 'Coa ird o 3D. „ Q . At rnorn ;, - , a -vice' ier w jsusi ,f warde v s lades 1 1 ° ,d ate!). Mellor Chloe es, • the us d. beep tu iroug”' t be d le the f° ll ;j r e rim e' '1 job° el 0) 114 '; F St- : tor 0 * fre, pin 5 1, i ce the ate is rum ° e of n is ° bolo bt the - - bflY il3 4l 3 ty meIDUP try re i o t a; ! r ios t 'j f ,of i , riDeir;bP )$1 of E % eter tbe jr ycl, ti; so " 4 ,0 , 15 Joe, of 1 100 SS 001 P ROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. G. ItE AT- LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT RILWAY. By a J unction with the Ea A stern Counties Railway at Bedford. Distance, 120 miles. capital, 2 , 5 00,000/., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 128. 6d. er Share. e - it to the Standing Orders of p the House of. Commons. The?he Lerltigiditsltlon. Lord DP"unvisbo;°nNe" Club, COMMITTEE. Ste lea Chictester. Ornieau, Belfast, and Army and Navy hir exander, air g ohe ' u no J on Eaft., Charles-street, Manchester-square sr th e NlTwisden, Bart., Dorset-street.Portman-squarc, Director te,_ - ,..1 3 Ai0w, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and Sir Th. ma 't alley Extension Railways et':iltlaoni.wil,‘tcon Johnsion, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the south and ; ?rest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and of the SI, hilland Junetion, and West Midlands RailwayB airj o h n Bart., Earl's -court; Brompton th e ,„_ e e t Y,ll . art., Director of the Manchester and London, and of va h ,„flEa r Lte erPool and Leeds Railway kaJOf Freda Polhill,Bedford General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Director of the York and .rer Railway .• . • . kairr..enerl Thomas Morgan, Singleton-house, Torquay newel AYright. Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Portman -s" t 'a r t a Westbourne Lodge, Otley, Director of the R:Lealy'sYork, Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Leeds and Fant ly S kikti Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and Continuation Railwa y s - ze e, Alliott, Esq., N o tti ng h am , Di rec t or o f th e Amber the 1 , and Boston,' and Eastern Junction, and one of • 55,.oNisionala ter, of the Nottingham and Gainsborough ' n elire Cu nManies k i k A nd•iler, E sq. Li n ear Ilahf • worsted spinner and manufactnrer, , Nyatki . nson .. - c ver psol ax, Director of the West I orkshireitanway and „ ow and Leeds Direct Railway 14i hr '4°ll, Es€l upper Clapton, Director of the South Midland (4 °l'Re ne Achlin Director of the Liverpool and Newcastle-upon arito", on- Railway ; T 42. e, Esq., Huddersfield and Great Grimsby, Director RudderYsilehester and Great Grimsby, and Keighley, Halifax and ,Vd . Junction Railways `ali Atex'alrles Edward Armstrong, M.A., ffemsworth kicknell, Esq., Brandon-cottage, Bristol, Director of tito,rthe,e°llllbar_na..aeenrril Worcter Extension Railway , A !!"(18 anc l i n ( I, Jun., Esq., Director of the Hull and Barn.sley, and C ar lisle Railways llarG b''ltagn„ .. , e:-sq., Winchester-hous e , B r oad-street, Director of l ieliw ass --' and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttometer, and Stafford t.. m tank, / 4,1: and • 9 Honey-lane-market, Director of the Msuaches *7 lin, Dur . ect Railway, via Macclesfield L' 4l to Esq., Stockwell, Surrey rtd tli a - P' e Y Black, Esq, Wilton-plac e , B e lgrave-square, Direc t7itways Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction W eerh Temple's-park, llampstead, Director of Doncaster, and Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Great 1- Ziak " 411,1 bUr H arrow Y Butler, Esq.,the Lodge, Upper Clapton _tub, Castle-house, Gomersall, near Leeds it Gornersall near Leeds, Director of the Leeds ' li dt l i ti unig Junction Railw ' ay, and of the Liverpool and Leeds tia tat way et,ZI'Do., • Mend rtn2 Leeds Direct Railway Esq., Crort-honse, near Bradford, Director of the , 419 . way 'aright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Selby JAayL;,Nstc.tit, Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester ,r""Ph ow g t , r Esq., Bedford Es sq., 4, New Broad-street, Directo r of the Cambridge E ' a nd Great Luxemburg Railway Tutbury, Director of the Team and Dove Valley, hil,, 4 ! l . l vite: l ',l ainsborough, the Shropshire Mineral Railways, &c. '4,7, „tint' East Retford 4 %2 nom,' Sandiacre, Derbyshire tL". Pum a "„ - ' B l., merchant, Woodville, Notts or l ltigh„ ' ' B 4 , banker, West Field-house. Rugby, Director of t.,111e _ r an d Huntingdon, and one of the Provisional Committee P,Znigi tti la and Birmingham Junction Railway Companies 447.. .„,ERI, merchant, Nottingham merchant, Nottingham Ntt M.. merc ' lBl ' O P, Esq., merchant, Nottingham ant,adle Not Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Not h grad;l Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway x 4541,N, 1;1; sle 8 11.9 Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct kitak,Near ....0 ufrbidge Ely and Lincolnshire Junction Railways 4 ec t. w. Mayor of Grantham, Director of the 08 Notting Esq., ham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Ru „ of rt o, - merchant, Carrington, Nottinghamshire , taid,...,"' e' lfettingha m and Gainsborough Railway IrrLY, ar ,_," I n. Carrick Esq magistrate, Hull, Director of the 111, 4 ' 4 1 : ihni . "'el; and Leamington, and of the Liverpool and Leeds or ay ., 1;': " 44 48 4 (:11- 7 114 r, i t lig Eig • Alderman of London t‘ t. t4 (AN Knottingley iN t Tanshelf, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon ssarrioe, 11' 4 1 hreiltr y Esq., Holmfl,!ld-honse, near Ferrybridge (I .4 B „,Ningt; -44 1, Director, of .he South and Midland Junction, ~liry• t. to Extension Railways tt , t 4.11188.*(1.. Lowndes-square, Director Of the Western Ja- L ik4 , C* Z k ' t a ar r Y G ainsbormigh, Director of the Manchester, Mid -41,„• ',,441th-;,__Orimsby Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of .4kx -444' - mobeach, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire Junction 4 0. t s „ 4 -'l B, t ' , East R e t ford t' q., Little Bardtield-hall near Braintree, Essex i t t , e4t e u et tier 5 , Director of the Paris ' and Strasburg, Southampton, 41 . ` a ''' t Oxford, and the Manchester, Rugby, and Mac h? 49 'ways , P. It''rk N., Director of the London and Birmingham 4::( ,41 kr, "%it, Eolenian, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street t. , 7) , a. the J I r , Esq., Woodgreaves-house, near Wakefield, Di- I - te ' n ellester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct i .4:44, 11 4k ' t H a n a milton Chichester, Efq., Oakfield, Donegal, liWalesand elgrave-square, Director of the Grand 1 8 S Irlpi i ,„'""en and Exeter Direct Railways " .... E sq., Worksop Esq'' merchant, Nottingham t, 'e, Rs . Mansfield, Nottinghamshire 4,,14e841; • Stratford Essex 41 * 43: Director ' of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys June -1,/IQ4, ' I Ribston-hall, Wetherbe: Magistrate for the 4, 4 l ‘ td kl ttt,""Tg of Yorkshire Wor -.. " ( 1 , Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exton -4,lLes, It • eester Junction Railways -N •iii k 'the:Durt, Esq. Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, t.„ ' ";„•4 4 ielt b t ,„," Railway' l ' t kll . : °,l , Esq., Burnley, Lancashire, Director of the Li ,;•...",at,fiTs Direct Railway t"., - 4' t i"erhy e C I , Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Birector of the , ~.Ip4 as Manchester of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, 1 1' 02 %18 (6 4 weY, Halifax and Huddersfield Junction Railways'l, "5r R Director of the Rugby, Warwick, ktti aleke n ailway 11 .,,,w1.. Pontefract % , km' tY/ In '' S q.9 reVakefield, Director of the Peterborough, kLkai t , h %Vak er i n and Boston, and the Sheffield, Wortley, Silk- Railw 74 ; e s w-hall, by Neston, Director of the ,7)0411,a- Il°l Yli s e cl ad, and the Birmingham, Oxford, and E sa 1,,,,,.-4:p.l;,,(Lre,i"G`4l._ake.lleld, Director of the Manchester, Hudders tat e 144', psci Direr or and '44t any "ireClOr of the Exeter, Dorchester, Wey y, "'head -house, Rochdale Qrk 7', Y ork-terrace Regent's-park, Managing Direc t‘,."4, tste, Lancast e r Railway :'plie•4'.'s(l.. Director of the Oxford and Worcester Ex -44; 1, , Pri g , Pp,,,71(1 1 4„, Director of the Nottingham, Mans t;-, J unction Railway ' B,4t.tti t l 4 l , - ` l '. Mansfield, Director of the Erewash and Shef -1 k , 4 Avi PPrih -4 1, Austin-friars, Chairman of the London -1.,-s4ll:,.amnd Leeds and Carlisle Railways e s _ cotts-house, near East Retford 4 a t . %,;•e 'lzta tt '1•• Merchant, Nottingham • ( 4 'li rick, Esq., barrister-at-law,Gloucester-road, ( 114 z, 11 uie rOntefiract (%:eL4,OlOi-`4(l .Alderman, and Magistrate for Hertford Glasgow AIN; rZlet h 3 t iithreetor of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway a, Llr' lo n R' ‘ ,5' 3 1., Friday-street, Cheapside lr k k 11E4" F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool and D eves, Ely Bank-lodge, Halifax Ackworth k-'')o,ny,k2amberwell, Director of the South Metropolitan 41, t . 4 • l 7 l4. , 4l ll ;: l at : i i tt o l e t h u m ng o b n a d yn , Yorkshire, Director of the Leeds and I•ct4 taq ° . -l i n uliberland and Lancashire Railways .4ueknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. Director of and Boston, and Eastern Junction, %.„ and G ainsborough Railway Companies ‘l, 14. p E 1 I, ap 1 l •r 1 , Mayor of Bedford •41,41,. ,arn arvon-hall, Stratford, Director of the Strat- Itti;lsli t t ,N. Munction, and North Woolwich Railways 11 pl,t,n, near Bawtry eti;4,;,-,,e11410,''.4.. Inner Temple, Director of the Erewash „and \Vest Midland Railways Si,e„4., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing ,r. g_ •uela are , Macclesfield Railways Z• et;l'oni . 11% orwtch I ,N.',ifo ki tato4;: i l . .. Leeds 4 .411,',1),„ ,y, , Esq., Director of the Direct Western, Mid w 6 rth, t,"etlon Railways Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieutenant and J.P.letkilleo,„,, o g of York s h ire N 141, 1i f ' t rth ' N., Eden-place. Ackworth, J.P. for the t ogertborpe-hall, Badsworth );', l _ ,ortir ,skipton Castle, Skipton, Director of the Lanca , ' 4 l 4 4, - ; l „c'f th e 'c ur kshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire North p2, r erPool and Leeds Direct Railways Fan" -- ".L Relford : 4 ! • 111,,,,, ast-street Leeds, Director of the Liverpool e l ll, reok -t i It uit '48(1. Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and tryott;4ll, g,,--60Yal Foundry, Bedford ,4.01,,,titint0,.:1; ' Wakefield, late High Constable of Wakefield ealn, L'',,, ba nker, Grantham, Director of the Amber .4tie „ "o, g Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway st,',pgflel(l-liouse, near Bedford 4‘ , ,•;54 4 : 1 141 't,, q,..g' 5 i , St. Cuthbert's, Bedford Wake: tbrd Nna r Hudson, Rectory, Saundby, near Gains -11, iir ' ; ), Esk l k i7 Redfo r d t N t i :4 ,?,to",, e , l). e4 te S heriff of London and Middlesex, and DI -4._ Lo r i, ”alia n ", i and Stafford Railway VOtt Eg g., Holderness Ilonse, near Hull, Director B t et 4, 1 Railw ay 71,1"_ s q..Holderness-house, near Hull, Maßh re"on' gis )‘ p v erp oQ Y a ork and Borough of Hull, and Ig.„ e u u,ee , 8, and Hull and Barnsley Railways tk Es c , Y r , l une-niarket ott er , 4 , Shelton, Staffordshire', Director of the 114t,z,44Nteiel,,cil ' and Liverpool and Manchester Direct bi741".8q., irEn. Bedford ~.4, 4,4 rie t . } ,a aa , 4 4 3 3 , 0 r of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and tr. A,OO l . ken hp~Director of tke Blythe and Churnet PA q., Lichfield Railways na,l7 l ! l :!'sfie . ld and Great Grimsby, Director DP4, , i,liettim ,tarn " firimsby, and Keighley, Halifax, and -vaifia, Rear East Retford )141 ( of ponce rraet ai , 4 :9_itehl e Vs, Essex, Director of the Chepstow, tt..AK4148,419,, st. oucester' Junctio Railway t J a mes' s . ,h W aning -street, London N• 1 / 4 7,Y, Lee e i i Mfora 4 Nt ‘ qt: ' : 4. I° ' ' C; l l %q. ' Bur y St Edmunds „, It eh ,....oucesteplace . Portman-square, Director of • t s ',. tu • ilroad-street, Director of the Western Ea Direct F, Dt or of the Sligo and Shannon, the Ips "nn the C or k Passage and Kinsale to il , kid N., 25 „ ‘1 1 4.1 1 4 _ , ~, tile b r ',..Yde-p„,,, 11" 0 ,..4 eet Ar este - r T i arare, Director of the Scottish 1,,,k 11 }4r 4 1., iirt,;l;t, (!heapsialleways 4 ,4 1.0 4 . pi, !laley , itaulrd. Director of the Liverpool and Leeds awr eha gx and Huddersfield Junction Railway k4 4 et Ned, n a n d 'oiled ford k at ?, g„ and 1,4‘4.,...,-,"ruve, North Brixton, Director of the .„ , tt L , adm - -01 , and Isle of Man Railways k l.„ ( 141 / 4 1ee " ) , 1 5. tri g ew ark - upon-Trent, and Bedford 11,eleg g h Nt-fi,,t lletiro rd • near East Retford, Director . p. sn . • 4 11fty Knottingley, a Provisional '111 :1• 7 - 1, ; . ,, i , :, Irezt or rt o 7 l ey. and 'Wakefield Railway and Midlands Junction, and j u elltteto .;l . l o p f !Con Railways 4 4 : 4 11.. lai, „ th e c,'`_"7, Magistrate for the Borough, a Pro- N iq ,tylway"-,lord and Worcester Extension and ng 1 / 4 „, 11 e, 441 1 "I , ta 'lncktt--a.. Patel_ •,eYiriour-street, Portman-square •,; (1 .4 1 - 4; ' , lt ,U l levay Y-br iage, Yorkshire,Director of Le 45., 11 4 4 14 4 ' t he lit --' • nur nleY Dire tof the Liverpool k i 1 8ti X, a " iekh urn eh eor rect orley, and Liverpool, and ,Inddersn • it,h 4. wakeenideldJunction Railways ovitiep, YZ4,:4411, M ' an iC er in ' Th ain Park tia ti, en jßter d Railwaysr of the Manchester and • _ Bedfordshire • of flier (lr tm e l t s e t r e n r , I(tt n4)son..k Dairendet3Broaaitl-- TWE SUN, LOVDON, SATURDA Y EVENING, OCTOBER 11, HO Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham Henry Gerard Ohrly; Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation and Helyhead Junction, and West Midland and South Midland and Oxford Extension Railways . . John Ostler, Esq., Director of the Hall and Barnsley, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways Robert Oxley, Esq., M.D., Pontefract George Osgood, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn Charles Frederick I'algrave,•Eeq., Bedford Bennett Pell, Esq., 12, Finsbury-place North . John ,Phillips, Esq., Mayor of Pontefract George Parbury, Esq., Manstield-house, Russell-square Willi:nil Patterson: Esq., Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire Robert Power, Esq., Director of the Great Britain Life Assurance Society [Thomas Ingham Raynor, Req., Blrstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways Jolm Thomas Raworth, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Binning ham Direct, Leicester, Iron and Dove Valley Railways Edward Rawlins, Esq., Bedford Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah-house, Enfield, Managing Director of the York and Lancaster Railway James Robson, Esq., Tansheif, Magistrate for the Borough of Pon tefract Frederick Redden, Esq., Bedford Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymoath Junction, the 'I ring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and the Direct Western Railway George Robinson, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction, and of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railways John Richardson, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate, the East and West Yorkshire, and the Midland and Thirsk Junc tion Railways ' Thomas Routlidge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton, of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railways • Edward Sankey, Esq., Canterbury Henry Savage,' Esq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway _.. _.. . Benjamin Thaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnel and Blythe Valleys Railways J. E. 3ichel, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Crvendish-square, Director of the South Midland Junction Railway,. &c. &c. George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury-hall, Sheffield, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., 30, North-street, Leeds,Director of the Leeds and York, and Liverpool and Leeds Railways Joseph Smithson, Esq , Kirkless Mills, near Halifax John Sanders, Esq., Bedford' J. W. Striven, Esq., Throstlenest, near Otley, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway Richard Shaw, Esq., Tulledge, near Burnley,- Director of the Keigh ley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railwa3 James Henry Simpson, Esq., M. 8., Pontefract Joshua -Minable Skidmore, Esq., St. Johrei-place, Wakefield William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort ley, Silkstoue, and Wakefield, and the Leeds and York Railways William litewart, Esq., Horhury, near Wakefield George Eaton Stanger, Esq. Nottingham Samuel Herrick Surplice, Esq., Beeston, Notts John Streets; Esq., merchant, Spring Field-house, Sandiacre, Derby shire William Surplice, Esq., Nottingham SamueLJames Sykes, Esq., Hull Jiittlea. Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Staffbrd Railway Thoiami 6 . .Trapp, Esq., banker,Bedford John Best Trapp; 'Esq., Bedford Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, Hull, Di rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway Thomas Turney, Esq., Park-lodge, near Halifax William Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Gorbals, Hull Joseph Francis ,Tempest, Esq., F.S.A., the Mount, Ackworth Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract, Director of the Manchester, Hud dersfield, ,tuid Great Grimsby Railway Win. Watson;Esq , Daybrook, Nottinghamshire, Director of Amber gate, Nottingham and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway ' Samuel Warburton, Esq., Ilunslet, Leeds, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway The Rev. Richard Whitelock, M.A., Saddleworth, Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire Joseph Whitaker, Esq., Ramadale, Nottingnamshire William White, Esq., Bedford John Williams, Esq.,' M.D., Magistrate for Yorkshire, Director of the York, Hull, and East and West Riding Junction Railway Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale, F.R.C.S. Joseph Wyles, Esq., Grantham, Director of the Amber-gate, Not tingham, and Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway David Wheateroft, Esq„ Iluckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of • the Rugby, Kerby, and Manchester; and Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railways Williaun Williams, Req., Royal Foundry, Bedford Charles Waite, Esq., Willesdon-house, Middlesex John Wheelton. Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and _ . Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Thomas Willett, Esq., Bradford The Rev. H. Burdett Worthington, Bedford G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed y Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale square. London, Director of the Thames Valley Railway George Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax (With power to add :to their number). ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF—Sir John Macneil, LL.D., and F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Id ullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E. LONDON SOLICITORS. J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court. Owen Gray, Esq. - 23 , Great Tower-street. J. B. Midge, Esq. .LOCAL SOLICITORS. Leeds—Charles Naylor, Esq., and Pontefract—Henry John Coleman, Esq, Rotherham—Jolin Oxley, Esq., and John Wright Potter, Esq. East Retford—Messrs. Mee, Bigsby, and Mee. Nottingham—Messrs. Fox and Butlin. Oakham—Henry Hough,'Esq. Kettering—Thomas Marshall, Esq. Bedford—Ezra Eagles, Esq. SECRETARY—J. B. Owen, Esq. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT —j. M. Widdicombe, Esq. BANKERS. Londen—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Company Doncaster The Yorkshire Banking Company. Pontefract . - The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course, the important and increasing manufacturing town of Leeds with the metropolis, the want of which has long been felt, and is too univer sally adknowledied to need any comment, and it is under this con viction that this important undertaking, Inter several minute exa minations of the country through which it will pass, has been brought forward. The proposed line will commence at the jnnction of the Manchester and Leeds, and York and North Midland Railways, near Wakefield, and will terminate by means of a junction with the Eastern Coun ties Railway, at Bedford (to which place it is the intention of that Company to extend their line in the ensuing session of Parliament), and by thus availing itself as far as possible of the existing railways, will eemplete.the most direct and least expensive 'trunk line, from London to Leeds, York, and Hull. It will pass in its route within an available distance of Wakefield, Pontefract, Doncaster, Rotherham, East Redford, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Melton Mowbray, Oakham, and Stainford, The importance of such a line Is obvious, both from the nature of its cow se (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within its limits), as also from the absence of any direct Communication for the conveyance of passengers and merchandise. . By the construction of this railway, railway communication to London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester (by means of the Syston and Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham, (by the Nottingham and Lincoln line(, and to Sheffield and Gains borough, )by the Sheffield and Gainsborough line), by a much shorter route than by any existing railwaj s. Independently, of the advantages offered to the towns in the seve ral counties,through which this line will pass, the line in itself, con sidered its a direct trunk line between London and Leeds, is sufficient to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic between these two places would produce such a returis on the capital required, as to admit of g dividend equal to that of any railway in operation; but when it is borne in mind that a company is being formed for the purpose. of conneatin; Glasgow and Leeds by of ? junction with the York and Carlisle Railway, no better line cats be pregented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct communication from Glasgow and the -western parts of Scotland to London, but would also eeisneet Edinburgh and the eastern parts of Scotland, its well as Durham and Newapstle (by the York and North Midland. and Great Not th of England-Raliwa) a) with the metropo lis, which would he considerably shorter than the accommodation offered by any other Company ; and when cost of construction is con sidered, there cannot be a doubt but that preference would be given to the Great'Leeds and London Direct, Railway. The fact of the Eastern' Counties Runway being connected by a branch line wills the. East and West India Docks on the river Thames, and the Railway Company having recently -leased for 999 years the extensive pepper Warehouses belonging to those docks, which are capable of receiving MOD tons of goods, together with wised; adjoining, *here the shipment awl trans -shipment of goods from all parts of the world can take place, is a most important fea ture in favour of the direct communication from the manufacturing towns of Glasgow and Leota offered by the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway and, by branch FaijWays to the main trunk line, through which all goods from the Maintfaelliring districts could be ennveyed at opge to these warehouses for shipttiplt, thereby avoiding the present delay alp" expense of cartage, and in reality establishing an almost direct and incehiaVie ConnexiOn' between the rivers Clyde and Thames. It has been ascertained that there era 40 engineering difficulties, that the w irks will be easy, and the gradients resnarkelily good, and that it will not materially interfere with any orilamentel property. The subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first deposits, until an Aet of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only to the amount of their subscriptions, It is proposed to take power in the Uhl to filloW Interest at 4 per cent, per annum on all calls until the opening of the line, and also to extend the line to Hertford on the Eastern Counties lisle, in the event of that Company not prosecuting their line to Bedford. ism:meas. London—Messrs. Marten and Heselline, 9, Finch-lane Leeds—Messrs. Hopes and Co. Liverpool—Messrs. Jpseph King and Son Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons Bradford—Mr. Josiah Scholefield Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's- square. G REAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT RAILWAY. The Managing Committee of this Railway hereby give notice that they are now proceeding In the Allotment of the Shares in the above undertaking, and that all the Letters of Allotment will be issued in the ensuing week. I. B. OWEN, Secretary. Temporary Oakes, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. LE LYNN, WISBCH, and PETERBOROUGH, MIDLAND COUNTIES, and BIRMINGILA.M JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. At a numerous and most highly respectable and influential meeting of the bankers, merchants, tradesmen, and other inhabitants of the borough of King's Lynn, Norfolk, held in the Guild-hall, on Monday, October 6, 1645. The Worshiphd the MAYOR in the Chair, A deputation from t‘ the Lynn, Wisibech, and Peterborough, Midland' Counties and Birmingham Junction Railway Company," together with the solicitor and engineer, having attended this meet ing and explained the intended objects of the Company, it was re solved. without a dissentient vole" " That the proposed Lynn, Wisbech, find Peterborough Railway, is entirely Uncalled for by the wants of the district, and therefore utterly undeserving trio support of the town of Lynn.' The'Muyer having left•the chair, it was unanimously resolved, "What the thanks of , the meeting be given to the Mayor for his able end impartial conduct in the chalet" ANDSPALDING. BRANDON JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 500,000/,, hi 25,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share: PROVISIONAL imikeiroas. Adana Duff, Esq. Captain Tyndale } Dirsctoc,! of the Norfolk Railway Company Captain Wirdell, Sir George Larpent, Bart.) Directors of the Grand Union Railway Wynn Ellis, Esq., M.P. (Nottingham) Company Thomas Wakefield, Esq., BArikEns—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, sold Co. ENGINICERS—Robert Stephenson, Esq. ; Charles Ylguolos, Esq. ; • George Parker Bidder, Esq. , SOLICITORS. Messrs. Capes and Stuart, Field-court, Gray's Inn. SEcarrAntEs—Ricbard Till, Esq.; Alfred Beeston, Esq. Company's Offices, 78, Cornhill, Loudon. This line is projected ,by the Norfolk Railway Company and the Grand Union Railway Company, and it will form a connecting link between those two lines. Leaving the station of the Norfolk Company at Brandon, the line proceeds via Downham Market to Wisbech, and from thence to Spald ing, being a distance of about 40 miles. At the latter town it joins the-Grand Union Rai'lvey, which continues via Grantham to Not tingham, thus completing a direct and independent lino of communi cation between Yarmouth and Norwich, and Nottingham and the manufacturing districts. The distance 'between the termini will bo as short by the proposed route as by the Lynn and Ely and Lynn and Doreham lines ; whilst the traMe between Nottingham, Yarmouth, and Norwich, and the central, west, and south parts of Norfolk, the north of Cambridge shire, and the.countles of Suffolk and Essex, being under the control Of friendly Companies, will be secured for this undertaking. Eltimittes for the traffic are In emirs° of preparation. In the mean time it may be stated that, from the data already furnished respecting, some of the important locattles through whieh the line passes, added to the fact that it forms part.of a .direct course of railway communi cation betwetti Manchester and the surrounding manufacturing dis tricts, and the ports of Yarmouth and Lynn, there is no doubt an ample remuneration will be secured for the shareholders. Satisfactory arrangements have been made with the Eastern Counties Railway Company in referenee to that portion of the line between Wished' and Spalding, which has been agreed to be leased by them (row the Wisbech and St. Ives ConinaltY , If the Wisbeeh and St. Ives Company succeed in their application to Parliament, the nue to be made by this Company will be limited to that part between WisbeelLand Brandon ; and in either case the two Companies promoting tide line have agreed to take a lease of it at a rental equal to 4 per cent. on the outlay, and a moiety of the sur plus pronto, la Ora, 41114100 a et; Wee pyoference Oren to the share-, holders of the Norfolk and Grand Union Railway Companies. . Applications to be addressed to Richard Till, Esq., Norfolk Rail way Company, Guildhall-1400UP ; or to Alfred Beesten, Esq., 74, Coratill. --; MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via MA CCLESFIELD. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Ingestre, M.P. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andl Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park • John Mastcrman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker 0 Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Direc tor of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company William Hughes Hughes, Esq , Alderman o f th e City o f Lon den, late M.P. for O x f o rd, an d l a t e Hi g h Sh er iff f or H an t s a a James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square ,••• George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of th e N or th ern an d E as t e rn ' 4 Railway be Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- a land Junction Wiliam Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway 4 , O Pa William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square w 5 Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng land Railway 2 Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Rank c , of London William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Mlle Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square Sir George Rich, 43, Losvndes-street, Belgrave-square Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel-house, Southampton Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford. Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A.Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir John Hare, Langham-place Sir William Ilastey Stanley, Bart., Horton-hall, Cheshire The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central Terminus, and of the Lincensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office The Rev. J. Harvey Ashworth, Newbury M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwiek James Atty, Esq., Rugby James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester Henry Barlow, Esq., Highfield, Stockport Samuel Barton, Esq., Didabury, Director of the Chester and Man chester Direct Railway Hugh Beaver, Erq.. Manchester William Fechnez Black. Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Beigrave-square, Di rector of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford Captain Burney, lt.N., Gosport William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Carshalton, Surrey, Director of the Italian and - Austrian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Waled Railway Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester George Burnand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde-park William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Mester of the North Wales Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langhatn-place, London W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of ]fast and West of England Railway Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, D:rector of the Shef field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct Western Railway George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq., 79, Mark-lane H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louis Bile:land, En., Lloyds, and Avenue-road, St. John's wood Robert Beman, •Esq., Donnington House, Stow -on-the-Wold, Glou cestershire W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton J. B. Byron, Esq., Director of the Richmond Railway. F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Rail way Francis Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Count Eyre, Director of the South-Western Railway Vincent Eyre, Esq., Director of the South-Western Railway Captain Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Pie of Wight E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Bread-street, Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great • Western Railway J. P. Firmstone, Esq., of ilighfields, Wolverhampton George Firmstone, Esq., Lays Ironworks, Stourbridge W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryaneton-square William Gibh, Esq., Manchester John Gould, Esq., Ardwick, Manchester Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey-house, Bedfordshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edghaston, near Birmingham, Director of the East and West, and Birmingham South Stafford shire Railway Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Direetor of the East and West of England Railway W. H. Hornby, Esq., Blackburn John Hamp, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent John Smith Hamp, Esq., Catton, Burton-upon-Trent George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.P., Sheffield John Newington Hughes, Esq., St. Michael's, Winchester William Hill. Esq., Manchester John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail- way Company Joseph Haden, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway Jame. Horne, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon don Railway Company John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfleld-house, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewett, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Cheater and Man- cheater Railway T. Hodges, Esq Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of tha Leeds and Carlisle Railway George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.P., Sheffield John Hyde, Esq., Manchester William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Jenkinson, Esq., Marl"orough-square, Salford George Jones, Esq., Pedland, V. Clark Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch. Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales Railway John Knill, Esq„ Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway __.... _— William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway M. W. King, Esq., Amblicote-hall, Stourbridge Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham -gate, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway - -- - Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich- _ mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Brookville, near Manchester Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock Company Captain J. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq , 25, Hyde-park-square, Director of the Trlng, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq.', Bedford F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park William Mills, Esq., Newbury _ . Joseph Maunder, Esq., AshfOrd-house, Staines John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian Pe- ninsular Railway William Malino, Eaq , Mansion-house-place, London, Director or the South Staffordshire Railway William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Bedford George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton Hill, Leamington R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane and Coleford ' John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich • John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway Thomas Markland, Esq., MaMeld, Manchester James Marshall, Esq., Brinnuigton Mount, Stockport !Writ Millington, Esq., Grilsell Heise, Retford, Nottinghamshire G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury Nicholas 111`Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Leaves, and Hastings Railway Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the York and Carlisle Railway 'Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley Edward -Norris, Esq.,. Manchester Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Maltehester Direct Railway • P. Oldfield, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester. and ' Liverpool Railway George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West of England Railway Ansley Pellat, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Esq.; Manchester William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Direc tor ofthe Oxtbrd, •Witney and Cheltenham Independent Railway Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway James Paxton, Esq., Rugby Richard N. Philippe, Esq., Sheffield John, Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South-Western Steam Packet Company, South ampton Stephen Phillips, Esq , Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway Charles Phillips. Esq., Camberwell, Surrey John Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car . lisle Railway Richard Klcketts,,Kgq., Bristol George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the North London Junction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-read, Maida-hiR Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Coble, Yorkshire Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com pany Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Eieter, Director of the East and West of England Junction James Shaw, Esq., Salford John Sidebottom, Esq., Flarewood-lodge, Cheshire William Sidebottows, Eaq.. Etherton-house, Cheshire David Sillier, Esq., Bhodps. r i cer Manchester Charles Sloeook, Esq., Newbury , Edmund Slocock, Esq. ' Ne w b ur y Chr i s t o pher Shapland, }:sq. ' RI istol, Direetor of the Bristol and Glou cester, guutb Devon and Cornwall Railway Companies . Joseph Stooks, Bsq., Shibden . Hall, near Halifax, Director of the Liverpool and Les4s Direct Railway W. Senhouse, Esq„ Devout"; T. Bridge Simpson, Esq„ Detinty:Chairman of the Richmond Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex gardens, Hyde PIA John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Dlreater of the East and West of England Railway . T. li. Simapperd, Esq , Towcester Joseph Shaw, En. Illtdderslield Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester W. Tebhutt, Esq., Manchester Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. Tinker, Esq„ Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire harles B. Fripp, Esq , Bristol,, Director of the Jersey Railway Thomas Farley, Esq., Shorsten ilia Melton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway Benjamin:Williams, Esq., Banker, 4, Whitehall R. M, Wilcox, Esq., Hantsvill •' Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field Fire and Life Insurance Company George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy-Chairman of the North Kent Railway Patil Ferdinand Willert, Esq., Alderman of the. Borough of Man chester Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford-house, Stretford, Alderman of Manchester and Director of the Chester and Man chester-Railway Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, Southampton John Woodcock, Esq:; • banker, ,the Elms, Wigan, Director of the Li carpool' and litinoßailway Company . .• , John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapston, Northamptonshire Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester r 77- W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveney Val ley Railway • Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, distiller W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall h Whilock, Esq. Birmingham W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol Alexander H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool Edmund M. Wavell, Esq., Halif ax S. Watkins, Esq., Forest-hill, near Worksop COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman Robert Watkins, Esq., Deputy-Chairman. The Hon. Howe Browne. John Bagshaw, Esq. Sir John Pirie, Bart. Joseph Brown, Esq. John Attwood, Esq., M.P. T. Bridge Simpson, Esq. James Henry Attwood, Esq. Daniel Watney. Esq. John Masterman, Esq. James Horne, Esq. Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Al- James Lees, Esq. Berman William Hill, Esq. George Adam, Esq. George Parbury, Esq. - • ---- BANKERS. - Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. The Union Bank, Manchester. ENGINEERS. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster Brackstone Baker. Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. John Bethel, Esq., King William street, London 3leasrs. Joseph and %Villain Heron, and Messrs. Higson and Robins, Manchester. LOCAL AGENTS. At Leek—Thomas Heathcote Hacker, Esq. At Burt on , upon-Trent--John Perks, Esq. THE MANCHE-STERarid RUGBY DITtECT RAILWAY COMPANY, 19, Birchin-lane, London. • The Allotment of Shares is completed, and the Letters of Allot ment will be issued forthwith. The Directors regret, from the numerous Applications lor Shares, they are compelled to molt very many most Influential persons, By order, JOHN DUNLOP, Secretary, 31 ANCIIESTEIZ, HUDDERSFIELD , AND GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECi.. RAILWAY, via BARNS LEY AND DONCASTER. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. (In compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.) paovistoNae COMMITTEE. Lord William Paget, Uxbridge House, London, M.P. Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire Sir John P. Milbanke, Bart , Halidane Hall, Yorkshire Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Dorset-square Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London The Mayor of Doncaster William Brook, Esq., Gledholdt, Huddersfield, J.P. John Sutcliffe, Esq. Huddersfield, J.l'. JTJ.ohbleiinißßHevaaw.rßistincn,h,laE:srsdqq.‘,.vi:BsiitirtoksenicoyHekoß,lFe..,tcHl.%oislirmaaidflidfraitexh,,,,, J.P. orth, James Lees, Ewe, Delph Lodge, Saddleworth, J.P. William Alexander, Esq., Halifax, M.D., Director of the Midland and Thirsk, and other Railwte - s James George Atkinson, Esq., Wakefield, M.D. Richard Armitage, Esq., Fenay Lodge, Huddersfield, timber merchant Joseph Alibi, Esq., Wakefield John Allison, Esq., Huddersfield Joseph Atkinson, Esq., Lake Lodge, Wakefield William Green Annytage, Esq., Spring-gardens, Huddersfield George Addison, Esq., Hall Fiekl, Bradford Spencer Cook Asinine, Esq., Sandtoft Grove, near Epworth Jolla j3ll,,ise.r:tniFsilei.i,ki,iitaEl:,,,., Barnsley.Esq.,barrister-at-law, Temple, London John Henry Ambler, Esq., Wat kit ison-house, near Halifax Tho Joseph Birl,y, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster, late Mayor of Doncaster The Rev. John Birkett, M.A., Laceby Rectory, near Brig; Esq., Scawby-grove, near Brigg William Bealby, Esq., Kenichi; near Epworth William Charles Roden, Esq., Ansley Hall, Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham and Bedford, and Nottingham and Gaineborough Railways Thomas Beaumont, Esq., Bradford, Deputy-Chairman of the Mid land and Thirsk Junction Railway William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hell, near Ashton-under-Lyne Benjamin .Bradshaw, Esq., Upperthong, Hola:firth George Baun, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsberough Railways John Fillingliouse Bishop, .Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union, Nottingham and Mansfield, and Nottingham and Gahisbo rough -Railways George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham,' Director of the Leeds and Carlisle •,Railway Joseph Beaumont, jun., Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield Griffith Briscoe, Esq., I)oncaster William Bent; Esq., Royd-house, Huddersfield, merchant John Bennett, Esq.' Belgrave - terrace, Huddersfield, merchant' James Bates, Esq., Whiney Bank, Holmfirth Benjamin Becley, Esq:, Holmfirth Richard Battye, Esq., Holmfirth, drysalter John Bellingham, Esq., Wakefield Joseph Brook, Esq., Stamp-office, Huddersfield Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq., Pall-mall, London, Director of the United Kingdom Life Assurance-office Rebell Blow, Esq. Grimsby, merchant Jelin Blow, Esq., Esq., merchant William Bingley, r, sq., Ellersley-lodge, near Pesistone James Bottomley, Esq., Greenfield-house. Saddleworth, merchant Christopher Lonsilale, Bradley, Esq., Richmond William Cooper, Esq., Doncaster Samuel Cartledge,„ Esq., Mapperley, near Nottingham, Deputy- Cita:a - man of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway William Cartledge, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham and Ambergate, Nottingham and Mansfield, Nottingham and Gainsberough, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways T. M. Carter, Woolgreaves, Wakefield John Cowburn, Esq., Settle, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway William James Clarke, Esq.,. Huddersfield 11,, William a in Carter, clmin r3ss,qE. req., ik)bounretaositi eaer, conrunf-afeateutroerr J T tii m iC a s o i- deu Scalesx, c Esq )i.d ., e , l i tru E s s i g ey , Bar Thomas Cope, Esq , Barnsley Joseph Clarke, Esq., Sherburn, near Ferry-bridge, and Harborough house,-near Barnsley • Robert Cooke, Esq. 'M.D., Geinsborongh Henry Dalton, Ete;., Hull and Grimsby, merchant William Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort ley, Silkstone, and akefield Railway Henry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield William Dryden, Esq. ; Hell Joseph Dransfielii, Esq. Mold Green, Huddersfield, merchant Richard Dransfield, Es q.; West-place, Dalton, Huddersfield, mer chant, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the Liverpool and Leeds Railways Thomas Dyson, Esq:, Wellhouse, Holmfirth, manufacturer John Dent, Esq.; Huddersfield, merchant John Dougill, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Director of the Dover and Bristol Railway Edward Dent, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant George Dyson, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant Richard Dewhirst, Esq., - Apsley House, Huddersfield Thomas Dowse, Esq., Skelmanthorpe, near Penistone Isaac Dewhirst, Mount Pleasant, °vendee, near Halifax, worsted spinner John Dean, Esq., Spring-gardens, Manchester, merchant Francis Duffield, Esq., Bolton-honse, near Bradford Peter East, Esq., West Carr-house, near Epworth Joshua Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner John Elliott, Esq.. Town Head-house, Rochdale Edward Ellis, Esq., Kirkburton, manufacturer John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways Joseph Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner Mark Faviel, Esq., Ameotts Lodge, Lincolnshire Frederick Fisher, Esq., Westfield-house, Doncaster J. L. Fernandez, Esq:, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway Charles Gervas, Esq., Wroot, near Epworth Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Directors of the Nottingham merchant and South StaffordshireJunc- George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, tion, and Nottingham and merchant Gainsborough Railways Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railways • • A. G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railway William Gill, Esq., Richmond, .Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and. Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railways Joseph Gill, Esq., Potternewton Mount, near Leeds, merchant, Di rector of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways Williain Greenwood, Esq., Huddersfield Joseph Gartside, Esq:, Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer William Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer Abraham Hirst, Esq., York house, Huddersfield, wool merchant John Hannah, Esq.; Finthorpe, Huddersfield, merchant, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway Samuel Hall Esq., , Doneaster, merchant William Harrison, Esq., Stanningley, near Leeds, merchant Edward Reigate, Esq., Storton, near Brigg 11. P. Harwood, Esq., Sheffield, M.D., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway • John Haigh, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway John II::: ilcastle, Esq., West Field House, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Bat nsley Union Banking Company Captain John L. Hulme, R.E., Director of the Yeovil and Dorchester, and ot the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway Thomas Aederson Hanson, Esq., stuff merchant, Bradford Wm. Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, J.P. John Horsfall, Ewe, Wakefield . • George Hinehliffe, Esq., Nab, Holmfirth, merchant John Holdsworth, Esq., Shaw Lodge, Halifax. merchant David Hlncheliff, Esq Marble Hall, Holmfirth, me rc h an t Edward I.ake Hese, isq., Huddersfield George Hirst, Esq., Digley Mills, Holmfirth, manufacturer Joseph Hirst, Esq., Wilshaw Cottage, Meltham, woollen manufac- , furor John Haigh, Esq., Wood Royd House, near Huddersfield, coal mer chant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway George Armitatre Haigh, Esq., Gynn View, near Huddersfield, coal merchant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Charles Hirst, Esq., Clare 11111, Huddersfield, woodstapler Thomas Esq., Req.,lt y near m e l r l c u i d ia d n e t refield William John Haigh, Esq., Shelley Hill Top, near Penistone William Haigh, Esq., Gynn Cottage, near Huddersfield, merchant T Esq., Marton-house, nepr Skipton, Jr.,. Di rectorn gs asti o n fth i e n C g l i ge ' roe Junction, and Lancashire and N or th York shire Railways J o hn Hudson, Esq., Itull, merchant Michael D. lItal•;on Esq., Hull, merchant Thomas Haigh, Esq., Wak e field John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London James Hopper, Esq., Shipley-hall, near Bradford James I ngliss, Esq., Halifax, M.D., Director of the North and South Junction, and London, Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railways Thomas Ing,leby, Esq., Lawkland-hall, near Settle, Director of the Northumberland and Lancashi re Janet ion, North Western, Clitherce Junction, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways Thomas Ibbetson, Esq., Bent's-house, Huddersfield Thomas Iveson, Esq., Holmfirth Charles Jackson, Esq., Doncaster, banker Thomas Johnson, Esq., Alderman of Doncaster Joseph Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway Jere Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, timber-merchant Thomas Kilner, Esq., Carr-house, Huddersfield, m e r c h an t William Kilner, Esq., Beigrave-house, Huddersfield, oil merchant John Knowles, jun., Esq., Trafford Bank-house, Manchester, merchant John Lancaster, Esq., Huddersfield James Campey Lay eoc k , Esq , Huddersfield Win. Livingstone, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant Julias Lowenthal, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant Charles Locke, Esq., Snapethorpe House, Wakefield, Director of the Waken, lel and Ilarrogate Railway Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Leeds and JColisah:uleas LL:tetikzoodd: Esq., Doncaster D D e a n m c - as ho te u r se, York - , and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways William Lockwood, Esq., Spring Villa, Holmflrth, woollen manufac turer Edward Lees, Esq., Ilonley, near Huddersfield Holmflrth Henry Ludolph, , Esq„ Headingley, near Leeds, wool merchant Henry F. Lockwood, Esq. E.S.A. Hull Edward Lancaster, Esq., Barnsley James Leslie, Esq., Hull, merchant William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton John Littlewood, Esq., Armthorp, near Doncaster Frederic Marsland, Esq., Birch-hall, near Manchester Sidney Morehouse, Esq., Morecroft, Holmflrth, Director of tho Hali fax, Huddersfield, and Bradford Railway Joshua Moerhouse, Esq., Holmflrth, Director of the Leeds, Hadders field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway William Heywood Morris, Esq., Doncaster, merchant Robert Milner, Esq., Doncaster John Morley, Esq , Eustoft Hall, near Crowle Luke Marsden, Esq., Huddersfield Rowland Hill M'Kenzle, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, Chelten ham, Oxford, and other Railways Henry James Morehouse, Esq., Stoney Bank, Holmflrth Thomas Mellor, Esq., Spring Cottage, Holmfirth, manufacturer Joseph poorhouse, Esq., Holmflrth Wi.liam L.; Moffat, Esq., Doncaster Benjamin Micklethwait, Esq., Billingley, near Barnsley John Earnshaw Morehouse, Esq., Springbottom, Holmflrth John Joseph Moody, EN., Edgley, near Stockport John Maw, Esq., Doncaster, Director of the Doncaster and Goole Railway William Micklesthwalt, Esq., Keresforth, near Barnsley Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham, Chairman of the Not : tingliam and Gainshorough Railway John Nall, Esq., Ashby, near Brig.' William Newmarch, Esq., Great Grimsby, merchant William Naylor, Esq., Leeds Edward Nicholson, Esq., Doncaster Robert Norfolk. Esq., Louth, Lincolnshire John Nowell, Esq., Farnley-wood, near Huddersfield Thomas Nowell, Esq., Dalton, near Huddersfield, merchant George Peel. Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield, Director of the Wake field and Harrogate Railway Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-street, Russell-square, London Albert Piling, Esq., Wheat House, Huddersfield, merchant Charles Pitchforth, Esq., Boothroyd Park, Halifax Captain William Rawson, Doncaster Thomas Redmaine, Esq., Taitlands, near Settle, Director of the NorthWeitern,Clitheroe Junction, and Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England Railways Henry Rolling, Esq., Oxspring, near Penistone John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield, Bradford, and Midland, and other Railways <leorge Robinson, Esq., Huddersfield James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, London John Robinson, Esq., Henley, near Huddersfield Wright Rhodes, Esq., Springfield-hou,e, Kirkburton Samuel Routledge, Esq., Huddersfield, dyer J. W. Roberts, Esq., Farnley Tyas, near Huddersfield The Rev. Thomas Skipworth, Belton Rectory, near Epsworth William Skipworth, Esq., South Kelsal-house, near Brigg Robert Storrs, Esq., Doncaster William Stockit, Esq., Doncaster Bentley Shaw, Esq., Woodfield-house, Huddersfield William Shaw, Esq., Wentbridge, near Pontefract Edmund Smith, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Yorkshire and Glasgow Railway William Statter, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wake field, and Midlands, Wakefield and Harrogate, and York, Dom, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways William Starkey, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midlands, and Sheffield, Wortley, rind iiiilkstone Railways Matthew Sykes, Esq., Mill-row, near Huddersfield William Shaw, 'Esq.,l3ottom.hall, near Huddersfield, merchant Benjamin Ledger Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant Thomas Salkeld, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant L John Shaw, Esq., oeltwood, near Huddersfield, merchant William Shaw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant S. E. Whet, Esq., Bradford, merchant, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool. and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways Foster Shaw, Esq„ Huddersfield, merchant James Shaw, Esq., Priest Royd House, H u dd ers fi e ld , merc h an t David Sykes, Esq., Marsh, near Hudd ers fi e ld, merc h an t David Smirthwalte, Esq., Wakefield John Annable Skidmore, Esq.. St. John's, Wakefield William Sheardown, Jim., Esq., Doncaster William Stewart, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield John Smith, Esq., Manningham-ledge, near Bradford Robert Torr, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster William Taylor, sq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Mon, and s William Turnbull, Esq., Nottingham and Gainshorough Rallw. Huddersfield, M.D. Edwin Unwin Esq Leavy GreaN -e Sheffield, Managing Direct of the Shefiielti Gai Company Henry Umvm, Esq., Orchard-place, Sheffiell Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract John Batley Wrigley,.Esq.,Croft HOllBO, Netherton, 110.1 Tstlrld William Steel, Esq., Bradforq Major-General Wright, R.E., Gicucester-place, Portman .sqs lam London • ' Joseph WriOey, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant James Wafter. Eeq , Leeds Thomas Cockhfll Wrigley, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant Robert Welsh, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant, Director of the Leeds and West ItAling Junctien Railway The Rev. Eldred Woodland,Hohne-bridge Parsonage, near Holmfirth Geor,re liudswell Westerman, Esq., Sandal-grove, Wakefield, wool merchant, Director of the Leeds, Yerk, and Midland Railway David Wheatcroft, Esq., Dockland Hollow, Helper, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester, and other Railways J. Webster, Esq., Doncaster Francis Wragg, Esq."; Doncaster Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale • Witham Ward, Esq., Welton, near Hull, merchant William Roden Watts, Esq., St. Phillip's-square, Birmingham, M.D. Smith Wormald, Esq., Tipton-Grange, Beverley, Director of the Leedif and York Railway • Edward Woolmer, Esq., Mayor of Exeter, Chairman of the Exeter and Dorchester Railway Wm. Walker, Esq., • LongwOod, near Huddersfield, merchant Messrs. Arthur William Goodwin, • John HutchinsOn, Francis Ingrain, Jonathan Allison, Members of the Corpora. .T. Rogerson, • tion of Doncaster John Armstrong, William Carlton, Thomas Webb, COMMITT.EE OF MANAGEMENT. John Sutcliffe, Esq., Chairman J. E. Morey, Esq., Mayor of Doncaster, Deputy-Chairman John Harpin, Esq. • Joseph Birley, Esq. Abraham Hirst, Esq. ; Frederick Fisher, Esq. John Hannah, Esq. • • W. li. Morris, Esq. Sidney Morehouse,,Esq. , Edition I smith, Esq. Joshua Moorhosise, Esq: Besitley Shaw, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) • BANKERS. London—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co. Huddersfield—The Hallta'x and Huddersfield Banking Company Doncaster—Sir W. Cooke, Hart., and Co. Messrs. Latham, Tetv and Co. '- The Yorkshire [linking Conspany ENGINEERS. ENGINEERS IN CHIEF—Sir Joists L.L.D., F.R.S. James Thompson. Esq.. F.R.t , ..E. and M.R S.A. • ACTING ENGINEER -Mr. Billington, Esq., C.E. • SOLICITORS —Messrs. Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield. •t: • LONDON AGENTS—AIessi - Ft: Sudl.,w, Sons, and Torr, • • • 20; ehAncers-lane. PARLIAMENTARY Au HNTS —Mgssrs Sddlow and KingdOn, ;:stew .rll.ee-yard. • 'Lair. AGENTS. Edward Shearde.'wn, Esq., Doncaster C. I'. 110 We,, Esq., 'Barnsley John Dra,insttel.l; Esq., , Pefilstone G. H Cape+ Esq.,Apworth, Robert. Owstou, Esq„ : 4rigg.r • Prospectuses with plans of the and itts),':fisrtlser Information, may be obtained on application; Al tlfealicel de' solicitors, and of their Loudon' and' local l aseri4;'•thid-applieatiotis tbr shares (for a limited time only), in thefonn.antiexed,. aecoinfiauted with satisfac-. tory references, may also be addressed ito' the i ni,ror to any of the following Brokers, viz.—Mes§rs,..Mill, Fawcett and Ilill, Thread needle-street, London ; David: RIM*, 'Edinhurgb ; Lloyd and Price, Liverpool ; Sbits' t IfinclieSter ; I. N. 'Udine, Gloucester ; nd Ledger, Leeds ; Garton and Wright, Sheffield; J. Crawshaw, Doncaster; J. Tee, Juts., Barnsley ; George _.Dowlby, Mull ; Charles Claye, Halifax ; John Cragg, Skipton ; John •Gilstoons . Settle ; :F, .and -C. C. Crossley, Bradford ; Henry Dellhigliam:Wakefleld-; George Ticker, Holm firth ; Wilson and Hellawell, Wiliam Wore and C 0.,. John Gatliff and Co., Fred. turner; 8. - "OfissiinVelmS. Fitton; J. Ti. Taylor, and Thomas l'arratt and Co., Hodder:Mehl.' - • - FORM-OF .APPLICATION TOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Ilmiderfield, and Great Griinsby.Dlrpct Railway Company. I request that you wilt allgf to . me - shares of 201. each in the above undertaking ; 'and I I• tigiee ti 'aeeept the same, or any less number that may be allotted• td . inel and also to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share thereon ;?and: 14Yraig,n the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' 4greenienU when - rdqbired. ' Dated the day of • - • 1845 niine :01 ..... Itesideace .............. ..... ..... ' Trade or"Prote:AAion .... Referent',. ••• •• •• .. • ATANCHESTER,, HUDDERSFIELD, AND GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY. ' (Registered Provisionally.) Notice is • hereby giren, that in consequence of the immense iinmber of Applications for Shares aßeddy received, no further Ap plications will be entertained, except ' , from landowners, after SATURDAY, the llth r day of October instant. Huddersfield, Oct. 1. FLOYD and BOOTH. Solicitors. THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY. Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 401: each. Deposit 2/.25. per Share. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and a Vict., Cap. 110.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combennere The Right Hon. Lord Viseount Ingestrie, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Belgrave- square The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton The Right Hon. Lord E Chichester • The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester The Right Hon. George R. Dawson The Hon. Frederick Byron - - The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square The Hon. Cecil Lawless Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey Sir William Lowthorp, Hull William R. Collett, Esq., M.P. Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P. • George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. • W. H. Allen, Esq., Leaden hall-street John Aston, Esq., Birmingham Joseph Ayre, Esq., Mill Fiederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway James Beech, Esq., Brandon-160e, Warwick John Bloore, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire • Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthorpe.hall, Notts William Broaks, Esq., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens Major Frederick Browidow, United Service Club William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham Robert Chapman, Esq.; Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc tion Railway , ' George A. Hamilton, Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgrave square Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Poctors'•commonS Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton ; • Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edringtou-house, Berwickshire Henry R. Downinati, Esq:, Director of the Cambiran and Grand Junction Railway - , • - Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London Dock Company . Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Harley-street, Cavendish-square Thomas Hartshorne, Esq, Silkmour-house, Stafford Charles James Heath, Esq ; London' - • Frazer B. Heushavr; Esq„ 'Director of tie Great Manchester and Southampton Railway , • James L'eard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehayen Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sauditill-hones, Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway William Mathews, Esq., Edgbaston and 0.. - hyns-hall Ironworks, Director of the 0xr,..-a, wort , c4stcr, and Wolverhampto n R a il way Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq„ Oxford-square Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square David Montague, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South ampton Railway William • Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway W. E. Mousley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn and Derby P. H. aluittz, Esq., Director. of the South Staffordshire and Oxford. Worcester, and IVolverliampton Railways # Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester, • Archibald P. Paull, Eat., Director of the South Wales Railway William Watson Prole, Esq.; Thurlow-aptare, Brompton, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway John Gibson Reeves, Esq., ltirmingham Theophilus Richards, Esq., Birmingham Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway John Shaw, Esq., IVolverhampton Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Cheinnan of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhatnpton• ItailWay- James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire Henry Symonds, Esq., D l reeter of the Great Western Railway Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Augustus Totteridge-park, Hants Samuel Walker, Esq:, Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway William Watson ' Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway Henry Wright, Esq., Direct= of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Thomas Nugeut Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall, Suffolk, and 32 Grosvenor-place (With power to add to their number). SOLICITORS. - Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards. 8, Moorgate-street, and De lahay-street, Weetminster ; and Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. ENGINEER IN CHIEF—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER—W. H. Purdon, Esq. BANKERS. Teh Commercial Bank of London ; and The Birminglu,m Banking Company. LOCAL AGENTS. Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq. Il urton- upon -Trent— SECRETARY—Mr. Edward Hart Hart. OFFICES—NO. I, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and 36, Upper Temple. street, Birmingham. It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu nication between Birmingham, Nottingham. Gainsborough, and Hull, at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica tion will he completed by throwing.out new lines, where requisite. Commencing at Birmingham, it, is proposed to use the Birmingham and Derby Railway as far as. Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29 miles in length, will be Made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid. land Counties Railway The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, It will be carried forward asfar as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not tingham and Gaitishorough Railway, or by a line springing oat of the line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by the Midland Counties COmpany during the last session of Parliament. From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the- Humber, or New Ilollaud, he the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between Birmingham and Hull. By this project the advantages will result to the public of a Direct line front Birmingham to Nottingham,. •• Birmingham to Gainsborough, and from Birmingham to Hull; and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and the intended extensioli to Ashby-de-la-Xnuch, a direct line from Wolverhampton to Nottingham, alai the other towns already enu merated. The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the lice, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success la Parliament. '-:F-eT As a considerable portion of the Rae of communication is already made, or in progr e s s , th e t i me required for the completion of this great national undertaking will be materially shortened. Independently of the advantages to be derived.by a direct commu nicationi between the importa n t seap or t o f D u ll a nd the mining ao manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, t alarge co rr u om nties ui t r e . traffic in timber, corn,:metal s , S t s., ma y b e confldentle4d from the Pcee The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be great thorough traffic from Ilirmixigiiani time and l Nottingham and flainsbotough, and Immensentemidland ,traffic mingham to Hull, the'port at which the exports are slliKte4 to Ham burg!), the German State& and . the North of I;:urope ; and from the conveyance of merelionuise, agricultural prodnce, and cattle from the Southern, western, and midland connties. • Agiven The allotment of share s t o landowners on th i proprietors, as Well MI to directors an d the line, nce and will o tli b e e r 111c4i shareholders in railways interested in suppurting this undertaking. No subscriber will be liable heyGhd the amount of the deposit until the Act is obtained, and Then not beyond the atnonnt of his subscription. The usual power will be taken to aIIOW interest at the rate of taw payment ltpeat ttach call until th OOPea l ng per cent. Irani the time of of the line. No applications will, bF miended to without a reftrence to a member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company. The Subscribees% Agreement and Pltrilinnentary Contract must be executed when the bankers' receipts -are exchanged for scrip certifi cates, of which dna notice W fl be given.; and the deposits paid by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will betbr felted. ' Plans and prOspectuses, With ?Onus of applications ibr shares, maY be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stook and SharebTiter t s: viz.: —Messrs. VMS., Westrepp, and prtusep, is, Old Breath* 'Mains and Mr. 11. Pritchett, )..Ttoyal Exchana.e.buildings; Messed. Th e ,1 son, liarrison,' ThreidneedleAtreett audattessrs. PetaM r a i ,, , Aid Broad-street, l t o,ncliln Xessrs..carditior Parser, Manchester; Charles Messrs. M. Williams, and Ntsars. Bradley, /era. an i l hll ;, s,; Messrs. WittliOn and Co., and Mr, SaHl ud i Myers, and Co., Leeds; Davies and Son, Liverpool :;.Itesars. ladsd ;ot e i and Levick, Notting- Messrs. Earp and Son, -MOW t Messrs . Bristol ; Mr. Collis, Notting ham ; Messrs. W4cfo,rd, Nicholls, anu tuamin; and Mr. Jellied Jial„,ns°AnultrLatinFe'4lll4l4./CATION. Nottingham, Gainsbotvagb. H • will allot To the Provisional ' I request ono shares of 201. each, in the catti- Cs'"--i;°l442e±6ful; t i na le ill i r l a ir l li w g p a any ln, two! named Railway ; luta will accept "the same, os tal of the a number, and pay the the deposit of 21, Ss. per share, and any less num s ign the Parliani , c' ~strict and. Subsorlbers' ..kgreentout when required. DatCd da tame in full • •I'lttee . Of Business or Profession— R*sklonce ••••••••• • • • . • . . .. Trade or Professi on • ••••• • • • . .. • • .•• • • *; l , l 44Are ••• • • • •••• • • • .. .. ipatte,rtesidenee, l arid Profession .• •. •• britereree 1845. THE 4 1 AM.14SGHAM, NO TI,NGHAM, T • GANSBPII9.I, N i D HULL- RAILWAY. No Appleati on f or 'S 'arcs - hi tti sConniany can be received after MONDAY, the 20th instant. EDWARDS, MASON', and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate-street. MOTTERAM and KNOWLES, Birmingham. Oct. 10, 1845. VWORCESTER, 'WARWICK, an RUGBY RAILWAY COMPANY. (Pri,vision , illy g:stcred.) Offices, G, Gresham. str et, ecauk. London, 11th October, 1845. The parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will He for sliecution, on the days and at the if aces undermentioned, be tween the hours of eleven o'clock A.M., and flaw o'clock r.m. • In London, at the offices or the Company, from the 13th to the lgth Of October, both inclusive. At Woiuster, at tre - tilliciFTMEe Company, on the 13th, 14th, and 55th of October. At Droitwlch, at the offices of Messrs. Curtler and llolyoake, on the.l6tlt of October. At Warwick, at the oftlcell of Arr. A. 8. Field, solicitor, on the 17th of October. At Leamington, at the omeN of Mr. A. S. Field, solicitor, on the 18th and 20th October. At Rugby, at the offices of Mr. W. F. Wratislaw, solicitor, on the 21st October. A.V.Leeds, at the Scarborough Hotel, on the 13th and 14th October. At Manchester, at the Albion Hotel, on the 15th and 16th October. At Lii , erpool, at the Adelphi Ih4el, on the 17th and 18th October. 'At Glittow; at the Wellington hotel, on the 20th and 21st October. 'At Edinburgh, at the Royal 221 and 231 October. JOHN 11U - GIIES, Secretary. PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED. MAN CIIESTEII, ASHTON- UN DER-LYN Tz„ S LYBRIDGE, and NORTH DERBYSHIRE RAILWAY. Capital 1,000,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 25/. each. Deposit 2' 12s. od. per Share. As repuired by the Standing Orders 0:' the House of Lords. PIi.OVISIONAL comaiirrEE. John Wh:te, Esq., J.P., Park Stall, Hayfield John Wood, Esq., Glossop William Sidehottom, Esq , J.P., Etherow-house, Cheshire John Shuttle. worth, Esq.; J. P., Ilathersage, Derbyshire William Tinker, Esq., Hyde, Provisional Managing Director of the West 3lidland Railway henry Wardle, Esq., J.P., Macciesfiel I, Provisional Managing Di rector of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway James Foulds,. Esq., J. P., Tzawden-house, Director of the Ninth Yorkshire Railway ' ' • Jain es • Sideho i tom, - Esq., Manor-house, ID )11i ngwort h Robert Shepley, Esq., Marple Abel Harrison, Esq.,•Staleybridg, John Sittebottoin, - Esq., J.P., llarew,od-lotige, Provisional Director of the Manchester anti Rugby Direct Railway Joint Yateli, ESq., Rock-house, New Mille John Wood, jut. Esq., Glossop Richard' Redlern,Esq., Retiro, Oldham, Prov:slonal Director of the Manchester and Olaam District Pailway John Cook, Esq., Macclesfield, Provisional Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Richard Bennett, Esq., New Mills Francis Sunnier, Esq., Primrose-bank, Glossop William Henry Turner, Esq., the Clitte, Mellor William Byrom. Esq., Oldham, Provisional Director of the Birken head, Holyhead, and Mold Junction Railway Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Provisional Director of the Lon . don 'and Manchester Direct (Remington's Line) Railway Janice Digitate, Esq., New Mills Thomas Chadwick, Esq., Chadwick-place, 'Regent-road James Potter, Esq., Oldham, Provisional Director of the Oldham Dis trict Railway • John Booth, Esq., Macclesfield, Provisional Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway (itemington's Lime) Charles Lucas, Esq., Hayfield Thomas Ward, Esq., Macclesfield Joseph Buckley, Esq., Oliillaiii, Provisional Director of the Oldham ' District Railway • James Yates, Esq., New Mills.. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Thompson and .Jepson, (llossop ➢lessrs. Edward and R. William Bennett, Manchester The promoters of this undertaking contemplate, as their first object, to supply a very populous and rapidly-increasing manufacturing dis trict with the advantages which will.l,c afforded by the intended line of railway, and which have long been sought for. The line will diverge front the Sheffield and Manchester Railway at or near Dukinfield, taking its course near the densely populated and extensive manufacturing districts of Newton, Hyde, Compstall, and Marple, passing thence near New Millr, Hayfield, Whaley -bridge, and Chapel-en-le-Frith (with a short branch to Buxton), it will follow the course of the valley of the Der went, and to a point at or near Belper, where it is propestd to join the Great Midland and also the West Midland Railways. By the construction of this railway; a saving of twenty miles will be effected over any other line in existence between the manufacturing districts of Oldham, Rochdale, Ashton, Staley, Newton, and llyde, with their population of 300,0 0, and the favourite places of resort, Buxton, Matlock, and the picturesque scenery of North Derbyshire. The minerals of Derbyshire, with which the country abounds, will, by the proposed line of railway, be brought into more extensive use, and at a much cheaper rate in the manufacturing districts. The saving distance between Manchester and Derby with the eastern coast will be ilfty-lour miles. The line has been carefully examined, and with the greatly-im proved facilities for the construction and working of railways, a good. line may be made at an average cost. The local traffic alone will pay eight per cent. on the cost of on. struction. negotiations are now in progress with important c.oinp an i es which there is every reason to believe will be satisfe.ctorily con cluded ; if so, they will render this the most complete project that has been offered to the public. Applications for shares, of which there is only a limited number at disposal of the Provisional Committee, may be made in the subjoined form to the solicitors and to the undermentioned brokers :—➢iessra. Cardwell and Sons, Messrs. Johnson, Bradley, and Walker, and Mr. Thomas Ellison, Manchester. A more detailed prospectus, with the complete list of the Provi— sional Committee, will be issued shortly. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester, Ashto;44lllder- Line, Stalybridge, and North Derbyshire Railway Co,Apany. Gentlemen,--I request you will allot me shares of 251. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of al. 10s. per share thereon, or on any less numlne you may appro priate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parlia mentary Contract when required. Dated 184.5. Name at full length ....... Residence • . .............. Trade or Profession •... Place of Business (Ifarty) . Reference Signature (PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.) PROSPECTUS OF THE K ENT and ESSEX UNION RAILWAY, connecting the Southern Coast of Essex with Dover and the, Continent, via Sheerness, Faversham, and Canterbury, with a June. tion Line to Herne Bay, Margate, Itamsgate, and Deal. • Capital 550,0001., in 27,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT, With power to add to their number. John trough, Esq., Herne Bay George Burge, Esq., Herne Bay John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of lianchester, Director cf London and Manchester Railway th Thomas Camplin, Esq., Herne Hay, and Alderman of Bristol Edward B. Davis, Esq., Rochester Lewis Levy, Esq., Taviatoolt-square Joha Wheeley Lea, Worees,ier, Vice-Chainnan of the Sc era WS, •• The Hon. Capt, Douglas iCinnaird Palteney, Chairman of Vie Yori and Lancaster Itailway Bev. D. RobinsQ7t, Itrompton Edward Sherman, Esq., St. Martin's-le-Grand. ENGINZI4I4 - -Willtam Ticrney Clark, Esq., M.I.C.E. and F.R.S. SURVEYOR—J. 21. Davey, Esq. BA ice, Rank of London, Princes -street and Pall-mall East. SOLICITORS. George Smith, Esq., 24, (:olden •square William Rogers, Esq., l, 310orgate, London James White, Esq., canterlairy. Temporary Oftices of the Conipai.,v, 34, Coleman -street. , This railway will commence at Sheerness in conjunction with a short steam-terry communication from a point at or near to South end, on the opposite Essex coast, and will proceed from Sheerness by Queenborough to Faversham, where it will form a junction with one of the proposed Linos from London by that twit to Canterbury and Dover. The integral line will be continued from Faversham to or near to Herne Bay, • and from thence to the South-Eastern Extension Railway (now being made), at a point near Sarr, and will then pro ceed on that line direct to Ramsgato eastwards, and direct to Deal south-eastwards.. From a point between Herne Bay and Sarr the line will also be carried by a short extension to Margate. By this project Margee will be placed within 75 miles of the me tropolis, instead of more than 100, as at ?resent, and that, too, by a direct line through Faversham, at which place it will meet the Lon don llnes, The Important town of Ramsgate, now so extensively commeted with continental communication, will also be thus afforded a much nearer overland route'to London ; and Deal, Ramsgate, Margate, Herne Bay, Sheerness, Chatham, Rochester, Gravesend, Woolwich. Greenwich, and London, will all be placed in immediate or easy con nexion upon one continuous line of railway. By means also of this undertaking, in conjunctim with the exist ing and projected railways proceeding to the south coast of Essex, the whole of the passengers and trafte from Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Hull, York, and the :Northern, the Midland, and the Eastern Counties, will be conveyed to Dover and the Conti nent via Sheerness, in preference to a lengthened and cir cuitous route through the !metropolis, whereby the journey will be shortened more than 50 miles, travelling expenses will be curtailed, and the serious inconvenience and delay of transhipment and con veyance from ene part of London to another wholly avoided. A glance at the map also will show the immense advantage 'which the metropolis itself will enjoy by its being thus afforded other routes to the coast of Kent. The millions who annually seek pleasure in excursions to Gravesend, Sheerness, Southend, Herne Bay, Margate, Ranisgate, Deal, and Dover, will have a choke of different routes. They may proceed by railway, on the Ess'Cfc side of the Thames, to the Thames Haven Tilbury Fort, or South en d — pass over to Sheer ness by water, and thence proceed direct by this railway —or they may midi Sheerness wholly by water, and then avoid the sea —Or, may pass at once from London, on the Surrey side of the Thames, to Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, by railway in a direct Rile, consuming only about two hours in the journey, and may vary their pleasure by going in one direction and returning by another. Independently of the vast multitudes who will thus seek health and recreation, the importance, as a national object, of connecting al 1 the above-mentioned towns, :and giving a direct line from Sheerness to Dover, together with the immense ,xisting traffic in the direction of the undertaking, and the great increase which the improved and enlarged modes of communication throughout: Kent will occasion, must be too apparent to need flirt/ter observation ; and the Commit tee. from careful inquiry, feel confidence in stating that no scheme of railway has yet been offered to public attention combining greater public and private advantages. About thirty-six miles of new railway only will embrace all the above important objects—viz., from Sheerness to Faversham about • ****** " 12 mile Faversham to Herne Bay 10 Thence to Sarr •• The extension to margaig ~...... ......... 36 lenlidilereled,thlinall lerYalmarst Y a e d d e ' ad flat from and fsund to Ilelkof: l di ii 'g:nt.ils oyi bould be accomplished, and it is at the request of many y 3 l : a fi a rg s tv a o a t u lr e r e . a aa bl y e. - proprietors are not only 'Willing but desirous that the the promoters have determined on prosecuting it. thatonib'e.f:Tl(Ttvi'lheuxihei'rter'::;:ommittee reserve the power of making branches to Cknter bury and to Deal, If circumstances shout: hereafter render it ad visable. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be applied for in the 13W to allow interest, at 4 per cent. per iumum un all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Applioations for prospectuses, m: - .ps, and shares, i may be made to e,,, 34 , Coleman the Solicitors or secretary, at the tempora r y Coleman street, or at No. 9, Hercules-passage, City; a brok ars : the following share id o Mr. Miles, Worcester Messrs. ry I‘l l r r Messrs. [ l o o r T C m : i a a :n sl i i Cameron Liverpooll and t Liverpool ee ? 14 n Yd e ° Liverpool t Worcester olds, 13.1 k Messrs. rrrr, Frederick glm i eel a s.re. Richard neaosi . r, oaltk i e ; ,e f ol i i nop.ld and orte::;lceilsi. Leedseb:lrit: Th t inif t a b x igitam Messrs.3l3 IM3%fjrerr.i. Messrs.sEl r lV s i. h.nmazEl*:.lrace3 Kettering s i r e it yr 7 n i r e t s lo o i h i l i tz t lel il e ga n S a en en : r l . ; i r d ' d a al :i id v 3E, ar° , a l l aak i rrielesefihr,ebally,l,llo: Leeds. Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol Messrs. Beaumont anti Langworth,y, Exeter Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventrl• Messrs. Houghland and Imase, Manchester Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester Messrs. T. N. Rardwell and Sons, Sheffield W. H. Collis, ilitmingliam Mr.-L: Weallierturn, jun., Huddersfield Messrs. 'Everard anti Co., Huddersfield Messrs. P`.4Yne and Freer, Leicester Mr. ICl.'nolson, Edinburgh Me'.,srs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ' essrs. Labertouehe and Stafford, College-green, Dublin Mr. James Ross, Perth, To the Provisional Cominittee of the Kent mid Essex union Railway. I request you will lallot me. shares in the proposed Kent and Essex 'Union Railway, and I agree to take all smell shares, or so many atmay be alloted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract mid Subscribers' Agreement when required so to do. Description ltel4 - tvxkae" to KENT and ESSEX UNION RAILWAY_ No further Applications for Shares will be received after FRIDAY NEXT, the 17th of October instant. C. W. 'WALLACE, Secretary pro tern. 34, Coleman-street, Loudon, Oct. aa, ts4s. ►IIHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT 11 RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD, and LUDGERSHAL L. • (Provisionally Registered.) Bapitall,2oo,ooo/., in 44,009 Shares of 251. each Deposit 21. 12s. fid. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarliugton The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park. Oxon The Right Hon. Lord Softball, Gunton-park, North Walshana The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley The Right Hon. Lord A. Conyngliam, Mickleham-hall, Dorking The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Danner, M.P., 6, Tllney street, Park-lane, Director of the Brighton ant Cheltenham Direct Railway The Right Hon. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, 31. P., 13, Coaduit-street, Di rector of the East and West Junction Railway The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningliam, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart. Sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard,. . Alderman of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway E. F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Buckingham shire, Chairman of the Minehead and •Rriclgewater Railway Lieut.-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryanston 7 square, Director of the Groat Western Extension • • • v ....... Atmospheric Railway B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director of the Central Kent Railway James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director 'of the Dover and Bristol Railway Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, I)irector of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Major J. T. Croft, 15, Regent-street, Vice-Chairman of Remington's Lodeon and Manchester Direct Railway Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway Major Graham; late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Manchester Railway The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester square, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully-castle Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Dover and Bristol Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester Thomas Ferrand.Deaden, Esq., Rochdale Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire Thomas Dowglaste, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood 1 Directors of the E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Direct Lon- W. L. Pope, Esq., W oo df or d, Essex don and Exe- G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's -park I ter Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde -park, J John Allen, Esq., 12, Gloucester -place, Kensington Francis Roose, sq., Upper Montague - street, Montague-square Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equitable and Law Life Assurance Companies, and of the Exeter, D orc h es t er, an d Weymouth Railway William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Herts Benjamin Swan, Esq., Jermyn-street, St. James's Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough, Direct o r o f th e London and South Wales irect Railway Robert Cook, Esq., Gainshorough Charles Finch, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury William Doe Belcher, Esq., Mayor of Abingdon John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alderman of Abingdon John Tomkins, Esq. John Harris, Esq. Members of the Town Council, Abing- Thomas Copeland, Esq. don Edwin James Trendell, Esq., John King, Esq., Abingdon John Aldworth,Esq.,Frilforcl, Berks Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon Isaac Grubb. Esq John Towle, Esq. Samuel Steane, Esq. Members of the City Council, Oxford Richard Chaundy, Esq. Charles Hickman, Esq. John Weaving, Esq., R. C. Godfrey, Esq. J James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford, a Justice of the Peace for Oxon and Berks, and Director of the Lon do and Cheltenham Direct Railway Captain H. Strong, Manager of the London and County Bank, Ox ford and Worcester Extension Railway. William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford John Looker, Esq., Oxford William Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon Mr. Charles Shillingford, wine -merchant, Boxier Town, Oxon Mr. A. Williams, Somer Town, Oxon Mr. Wm. Miller, Oxford Mr. John Price, Oxford Mr. H. Hitchcock, chemist, Oxford Mr. John Alden, Oxford Mr. H. Dormer, Oxford Mr. R. Smith, Oxford Mr. Charles Miller, Oxford , Mr. Joseph Steele, Oxford • Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford Mr. Win. Thompson, Oxford Mr. R. T. Jones, Oxford Jonathan Fiske, Esq., Oxford C. Vincent, Esq., Oxford Mr. Jno. Birt, Oxford Mr. C. Lipscomb, Binsey, Berks Mr. Jno. Franklin, Coroner, Berks James Wickens, E•q., Oxford John Brightman, Esq , Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the Hounslow Railway David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of tha Eastern and Midland Counties Railway F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley Capt. James Edward Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portman-square, and Bower-hall, Inverness, Director of the Reading and Reigate Railway Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Docks _ Bartow, ESq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the Commercial and General Life Assurance Association Robert Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway John King, Esq., St. J•hn's-wood, London, Director of the Somcr setshire Midland Railway Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary - churchyard, Director of the Direct Independent London and Manchester Railway John Bloor, Esq., Tatbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railway T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir kenhead and HolyheAd Junction, and South St a ff or dshire and Pot- teries Railways Charles Johnston, Esq., Aldersgate-street, Director of the Lynn, Thetford, and Ipswich Railway Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and - . ----- ---- - Leicester Railway Frederick Chamfer, Esq., 1? llalkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway George R. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby and Warwick Railway (With power to add to their number). ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Charles Brees, Esq. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT — Cadwallader F. Waddy, Esq. BANKERS. London—The London and Westminster Bank. Oxford—The London and County Bank. Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank. Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. Wantage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney. LOCAL AGENTS. Oxford—George P. Hester, Esq., Town Clerk, and Jno. Francis Wilde, Esq. Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq. Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son Wantage—William Ormond, Esq. Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb, Esq. SECRETARY—Z. Hubbersty, Esq. The importance of connecting remote parts of E.:gland by rail ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns and districts, can scarcely be beater exemplified than by the line which is Low proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury at the south of the intended railroad, the central points from which various radii will diverge to the north -west, north, and north-east of the former, and to the south and west of the latter ; and the proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the ecvirse of railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires , d and Lugershall, and the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to the western and south-western counties. The Oxford and t-altsbury Direct Railway, i n addition to the benefits which will he conferred upon the nati on at large, by preferring a dir ect line of communication be tween the north-eastern and western a n d south-western parts of England, f W will afford to thefoyr boretivli of accommodation, Abingdon, i g lw er a d thee i le a m adjacentarket t o villages,rs o an important ntu ge' iiuran of which the agricultural districts in wh i c h they are se ated stand in much need, and will provide a fac ilit y for the intercha nge of produce be tween the rural, manufactur in g , and commerci al population of the kingdom. The projected line will bring the C athedral City of Sails- u Sails bury into immediate connexion with the City and University of Oxford, combining also the advantage of a dire c t communication with the sister University a Cambridge ; thus strengthening the ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be essentially enhanced. The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The Same remark applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as well tie Hungerford and Ludgershw all, trclaims a shar e o f the profits and advantages produced by railay affic. It has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail road to London. By continuing the projected railway to \Vantage, the same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place; and a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc tion with the projection iroM Cambridge to Oxford, be produced, through the towns which have been named, Hangerlbrd and Lodgers. hall, to Salisbary, and thence to the Oath and western ports and dis tricts. Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs. Mingle and Preston, 47, moorgate-street, and to the following Brokers:—Messrs. Peppercorn. 2, Old Broad-street, and Messrs. Preece and Evans, Lothbury, London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Mr. John Duncuft, and Mr. M es srs. A. and C. John O'Neil, Manchester; Br adshaw, and Messrs. Welibelovcd and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co , Bradford ; Mr. Win. Miles, Wor cester ; Messr s. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thoma s Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Hasty and Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; Messrs Black and Co., and Messrs. RUOI4IIBII and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; and Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committe Railw ay the Oxford and S al i sbury Direct . Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking ; and I hereby- agree to accept th e same, or any .A less number which may be all otted to me, and also to pay the de posits thereon, and to execut e the Subscribers ' Agreement, Parlia mentary Contract, ;and all other necessary instruments, w h en re quired so to do. I am , Gentlemen, your obed;ent Servant, Name in full Re ddence . • ' post Town . ▪• ' ' Occupation ....... ...... • • • Reference ....... . • • Usual - Signature Aiwa!, and p„,t )„, 47 ; Moorvute-street ? Laudon. • '~..:~ + , f?