The Sun. — London, England, 1845-10-02 00:00:00

I an• ion and ect, - c -, lid P in : tile l'e' view DI i Itugb/ to P ur colO"fi Son And 101 pre , r oit l3l ' Of coo were rigbY 'l9l f P' r)'" o ffers '! directlf herst° ne j ern e, f tte ._ Lon; of a le u 11 l'orn a i n I) TRUNK RAILWAY, r,loi t heto a connecting line between the Midland and Grand -`0). "71)14 with a Branch from Ashby-de-la- Zonch to Capp iAl'rovisienally Registered.) ' o ° o l, in 5 0,000 Shares of 201. each. `/Lin---Str. JOlbli Cii„ Pa°Ovitis , l:fe . a: s *co: eur erSx hEar E.e . EDMUND DE 13EAUVOIlt, Bart., Con- Its:rr.y.c44,_ ‘ naught-terrace, Hyde Park. i s z Jarci eti rIf,"WILLIA.II SIMPSON POTTER, Esq., 7, Stin t- ''nstapio' '''',Yle Park, Director of the Oxford, ,(7,4 vaientni Ladway kir ti' ' tstere lle Lee, sq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director Gosport, and Itil es, spews Counties Railway ittrs 4 I, tth Ir .°4e, Esq., Carlton Ho e terrace Chairman of the ,i)iree„-sqftnce phie„ wra ‘tittellt:Wat''re'x'nfitg4ll;i: Di Directß' '' l s i i l e sl e s {lY r t'i itaCournwtvausyall--terrace, Ile i tit t' i nl lsrr 'll e ci ttT:e':P 9 e?' Railway ' Regent's Park, 3, C or nwall -terrace, Regent's Park, Director Ilan it sY Y , Esq., Director of the Newport and A.bergavellnY ; nle,"ll Willlaiiis o tai i tet eletty Li eut a, Esq., Greenway Bank, Newcastle-under tr . ii ii „ u, „. euant for the county of Stafford keltrn,le,,: - ,7 1 1., Sticoats Cottage, Wakefield Director of the . ddi am ',' el(I, laid Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York, j-ozbee titi...„e enction Railway p a "gusee, uttiiii,tie‘iuvenettoll_xv.ol., London Gas Works, Vauxhall . 'l, ehampon, Director of the South Staffora su.P4suo e . lilvra y 411411}Ti'hirQ, (;nit'lsl,Forl e V es ol t r e e t r s l i i l a lr in e p ß to a i i i i , w D a lr y eeter of the Derbyshire, isiaeh. siker, E 110 4,41_, sq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staf -13,:t Ti,utTou Railway Ip• Slir e 4 , l } tanal e 'Ar4„,(l., Wolverhampton ' 4l ists s ' itir Y end `` rew s , Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the t he , Q • rifti th . ~srand Junction Railway / ,kri k . 4 ' e rsyak r :' ',4 q., Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of tc,lllrsoiu,'ltalf?rdshire, and Worcestershire Railway e4qtrle E`'"vi,., Kidderminster, and Essex-court, Temple 4 'tts pletter, Qt,.,t'aueaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter, ti,rie.aYes, E sq "C3llllollth Railway the ,1. kitson S_outh-flelds, Leicester l osee,init tnicit'i nth-fields, Penton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of I ,_ e iiry, „ aud Birmingham Junction Railway tle - nu , ,„?11:: South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London, Heaton,Ginso''„)estern Railway ii,,is'''.l., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coventry, bire4 ~.(.08t..eilokicester Railway P 4 nti ai I 'M., Wyke House Middlesex, Director of the It,,ayt, , and Exeter Railway ' • „Tt,llSeit'4l7,South Fields, Leicester . te e ' b irce t ',,l'. B l., 6, Ca mbridge-terrace, Regent's Park, Director eobertte,f_ eester, Dublin and Belfast, and London and South I}. 4 ,,litt, nly g e ls ; ~ ,kapt, and e Esq., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, North .ns t , a, annon-street Director of the Oxford, South thizil 11•3,1P0ft and Portsm. outh, and Direct Western Railways. I leat i ,,ss,l e, F4,5(1., Longton, St fr rd 1 ire" Director of the South ,is44,ad,,,,'ZulitaniJunctionaltlivesaly ' l ith,. I nect4i. Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill, Director of the Lodtas,A,sYs Great Western, and South-Western Junction 1 4 11 s ,,t w n tri ,-''' near Lf t ". Esq., the Lodge. Market Drayton, and Con rlttie2• Bank, quite, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool ,•ste, 4 lsY -"' an d Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction ,et,e,"„tstlie Es q. td es k i l ,sPli'e, i ITPPer Montagu -street Montagu-square 1a ees'!utireattlL", Asilb Y - de-la-Zouch ' i S ' iiij . '"gton sq", Ashby-de-la-Zouch 1,.. 01 44 ‘ , 4 ad, i.,. (1, .sbby-tle-la-Zouch 'rliitteti,anteu -1. D., Ashby-de-la-Zouch 4,llatoialte,thew'.:;%, .I,shby-de-la-Zouch ',hi ke nal, L ea , 0., Staunton Harold, Lessee of the Staunton j. fsto,k , E e ',L . , and Lime Works 4 4 1 01.4 st., Breed on - on-the-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon 11,,' 41 i 7", tS,I 1 , - rev t tleheSt r l' o 7°l Cheapside, Director of the Direct London ,Cale,,'",Yati te4dwaY I..te:44l,s,..ili_,,,i.e'::atidsrlteuiit..:4,:i;.,,ilerert:izihl.l,l,,ooStitaffon Rorodu,wDolyroe,catoord of f f th t e he Du T di re e n y t , ‘,13.'),1 1 7 1 3 t , and Iron Bridge Railway ~ Leicester, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, h qsa Bl , waY, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct W i„ Qt a rmor c o „,, 4 uire;l" , il'orees-Te, E sq., Leicester, Director of the RnglaY, War tin a rter nlway er R agwaY, and the Leicester and Birmingham OsZ e l eter, b e t n, P.R . k 8 Park co well Director of the t4wl,ahr ear,,,,Zeste r, r: Rhi•di. P ; St tio e n k Coas ' t Railway 11 : 111 4 P i eote ll , E"g t ral", Esq., Roehampton Lodge Ate ilet r it , ,,i , 8sc 1 sa., Great Heywood, Staffordshire It t ai t'hillers, o,44geleY. Staffordshire • 14, ,e e tan - hot Ingest e, Staffordshire, Agent to the Right t ry 4 te of ' IC- G• ' 4 ‘tle est f , the e el : q., Sketchley Hall, near Hinckley, a MaglF - Ik e , lc eatiwaatY, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and C, itse 1 11 ' i :rie n, E ; . I I lio 'ead R l, St. Glary -at-hill, Director of the Bridgewater ,t,) . "gore ailw a ~ C e A il iariu, „Y 01 eentstea A v „ , , sq., Upper Montage.street, Montagu-square Ne a l Yee ' - 'ernaott, E,,g -4% 4 I laedo INN Lam ngen, Fir O ~ Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle . Vi m• 1,,„„ E . . , . rove, North Beaton ',,' ca. eitilneh Piiil';"tde Park-square 1.°114 Low trau u ;' tsti., Gl oucester-place, Portman-square ulis C ,,, N ~,!' ''''''h Ite geney-square, Brighton I',llltli priih°,,fulk-creseent, llyde Park ' s ior.4 4 aillva y ' zso.., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole lirt, e neral iii tel, , iut .. 'arlby , ' c .E , itt, w4 Y s °flth \rale; Raitilwanayri,"gaatned ,1, 44 Ne e atb M D i a r n e c e t h o e r s t o e f r th a n e d i, o ß n u d g o t n y , s./kut''pra'lloZ'sq., Mansfield House, Russell-square , elnlesi Y, and ,i,"3., Directorof th South d 3lidlands' Junction e t (h !le g p ~:flee , i ,., Ifiti ls, •,, , ,eading, and Basingstoke Railway t h : 'utter, E.'(.l.*, Penn-flelds, Wolverhampton q re. Sbe, "1., Bre w 14 ')' ). Scott lure M' r , °°(l- nall, Breweod, Staffordshire, Director th Is Ad,o3;pil., batilikeerral Railway all ke. l r 't : kille; ''set', Pasfo'relterford, and 17, Pall-mall INbi„ thus 'hit., E,.,... , , a-n.all, Stoke-upon -Trent 'tet Bail " 01 1, E, I F 0 ger, Leicester !l ) . p . ,,, r , 3 , 41 worth ztaer, Es 'I , .8.,C, Director of the Hull and Holyhead •IN wows (1., Tamworth, Director of the Leicester end Tam il • ll ' lie Y allw a , Mad, , ItilNik,:llpion, Esq', Dir:ctor of the Leicester and Tamworih ktlisro Grays, ilar r i s ''.', Great St. Helens ttl,,,,,ray, t5,,),.5q., Leicester e_ad .:I,.rtpti ph'illiklant-street, Broad-street , ...„in,t-m, 1 , ;',4 ku"lek eiiii,P s na, Esq., Director of the Rugby, - , e.---• . ' ‘ l .'ll, 1 8 E gusto, E v aY 41 1.1, 4 Wart, E., r°wne,2o, Cower-street, el u ttl ,Cre i , e , 1. Brick -court, Temple e N'ai k Z i t Itaif,,,l':(l, "turtles, Surrey l , ) Director of the Northern and 11'1111441.-\:an'' Es q . Q `• John's Lodge, Claphitm Rye, and King 44,1itz G r ee t • ...,,.. ih_teles,(eerceiir,l,*;l., Sacombe Park, Herts Pr4es ii, 1,1144, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and elllrt;r-e,flePPercirne P. e• Dirty t Cheer Rail,y, t --- N., Dulwich, Surrey, Director of the Rugby Itteor it unier E ' Y e ev • J. k. Belle ei.'„4„);(1, R.N., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, of Worcester Railway. 4°l) e;t rhe ' t erta'. l itetor g shire 4 0 k, 4 % ; l Pittie r : , Rector of LlaunToeihCeasinlreirdeforrdshire 14 n ,,i,non' ai - i i EN., B arnsdell-hall ' Cheshire, Director of the - Wi)tia 4: l l t e c k, E, t.,!rtninghain Junction Railway 1 1. 1 h iee n, N..: t rin 9k lii 4'h Pr 411d Woree rram gl.tarn, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf -408: ~,,s tril , ker , EN istershire Junction Railway M I Plei 3r °I Stai' ' Y ' w aYs-hall, near Lichfield, Magistrate for 8 W ° l li l 4 4, E °r d teetuu, A1iA.13,n(1., Leicester Director of the Leicester and Tam ths lki,':w4rt ro w , ' aier ~,,, ~,e r, Esq, Aide -1 Tamworth Director of lOUSO, , )0 4 . ed t '`''' .ISOWOrItI Railr' 41141,,,t i t' i udie , Es custUrrtez OF ;I‘AaILIGEMENT. 14 c . (k)1 11, a q. Edward Mammatt, Esq. si.ntY finer,, tag James Morrison, Esq. 1 , 141,5,,i1cti it • ' * ale -• rta tc , Y, 1:, , ,., Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq. pte l !its ri, ~.,- y NZ's v: ti , ll g . ht, e sq 't• William Simpson Potter, Esq. C. H. R. Harrison, Esq. ' 1 *I I ' t ine Le Es Martin Stuteley, Esq. • at :txtg e,. q. John Thompson Esq. tits-The Union Bank of London. Charles II STANDING comesei. J. 3Lee y °Ward Whiteharot, Esq., Q.C. Bo th E IaIhSIVI Rag., _ F.S.A. ' .ll olt s ACTIAT ' ' '' ''' tE a -- - , i• U. Rastrick, Esq. .....k es _- 4 XNGINEER-Robert Nicholson, Esc!' 'rs. Watts, Galsworthy, and GalsworthY, 19, Ely a See- Place, Holborn traav-Sainuel Stanway, Esq. 1 The c.04,,, 1 1 4 1 1 rat i t „,,, esert, roe4l7_q the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the _tar tiotroagh"!tation on the Midland Counties line, and . pro- Ita y, th e t'saLL Vale of Sheepshead. to Pegs Green Collierr . i t i i 'd Cej l e l c i ron t ll l l :tus f the Leicester and Swannington 1 Q.ktdr a ° rton to AtOte through the coal-fields of Swan d ni a n ß e g r 3 t o o s n s It-si,clift CoaLnocialthY-de-la-Zoucli. It will thence proceed of tr ot ,„ oil c„,,,., ...and through the rich agricultural s`, Ivtariii:yine, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby *ill t 'e th e it• will cross near to Eiford Park Farm, and thence t tro41:1 j tiet TY of the 'Caine until it reaches Alrewas, where i n 4' i tora sk e ,f inakin°44llwi!li th branch of the Trent Valley linenow i k T i t l e n ue, by ,Xictlts p . oint it also meLt e s n t fl h e e m pro an po ei d by means 4, 1 %1. e Prekised lines afford Tirt"'svaaial l itreaeh" communicaion with Air % ro il in t oitglib kea a ' SYR ° , °rough the line will be further continued to Asfordby, 1140 Of thisra Peterborough lii44l33towbp. atter line a di re li ct ai l li n w t a e y reo , n u e rs w e w in ill pr b e e gr o es pe a' ne a d ad wi b t y h it y to et e ',lY and the various towns through which that route tso,tita„ 04, iior.ough, l itaf te e Tru nk ' ItS Junction With the Trent Valley line at Alrewas, the ti ;I.l'lBlllre if!aches Colvvich and there meets the proposed North ;eedet tti's^eastie_t'"er: Which procee ' ds through the heart of the Potteries ii 4lrie ,I,"reeirilLYne, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also -sPit'ing 4,°tegh ltegaieV3,l°3' line at Alrewas the Gran i d ts T i 7 u n t t , p and kt,,,ry.. %!, , iting. line itaffYrd' thus .comp lie q, a 41, bran c h el lgin " %pro eteen the blidland le a ti n a d g Grand Junction of the lie.e was formerly surveyed by t Mr t . ,she eer, 4 ,, red of by him as a canal communication, so that .e I,„eeouCh."Ltrienities exist tCll'.e4:l,tatiori:Lan...of the Grand-n Trunk Railway will commence at the ,7 s,,,'en, i t ''' t aking the course of the Derby ei e I , arx esto. re there are extensive plaster-works, and thence Canal proceed to ~,‘hd Z, rl3 ' at I‘Z. tot he river Trent, which it will cross near to li Li lls... —e lhoh " Mon Cliffe; and s proceed to Kings Nowt" .. ae ,„. ..ra e , i he.,„"` Wil so • Prom the latter place it will pass by the thee 4.4? cork s, a °to Ilreedon-on-the-Hill where there are extensive ,4 tithe tllence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicat ollew ;iy. tbs t line with the lead, lime, and coal works there ; e 4l 'etto he line °°ltt Colliery to Worthinnton Rough, where it will rt,,, ~ wi t , t ?! the Cole-Oron and Sw ' annington Railway until its ~. 4 4 1a11e r3 , ' L e lirst line et' the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs ht l i b v ) , . 4 e ' a a l . 1 ~,, 1 _s o .procsed fronl thence to Ashb . y-de-la-Zouch. o intbc.stettion!..uucu the Grand Trunk forms a junction with the lee kr er ~s4bain and Birmingh nu, and with the proposed Greet niilet,Passeu' .3 , aild Southampton Railways. Its importance as &llia 4 ,, , je tleri gers is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a ,y,cl,?sratl°.llt..he...et.W een those two great thoroughfares, the Mid ii`ertf ta..ze,,,,,; non Railways, and by its branch from Derby to 'C of :.', and ,:"..1, anotber direct complete junction between the Great 6.41 aZaluCeuaWern nines now in progress, thus opening a e , s 'stial t to e fo r tr an to all part s of the kingdom. -a lit the I, suL ei the Grand Trunk will form the most direct Itei s.. eld a, to reicestershire St affordshire , and Shropshire iron and kititC l to stotr tenon breweries, to NOrth and South Wales, and v,,,e s r ts,,,, alt d w al' e d ,,;,,td all Parts of the north, and to the eastern, - mier ti - - 1 ino a t ..'"'LL Parts of the empire. It will also be tbe e t all tlazi,fae4L_Lirect co.nurinnication from the east to the norta ,The 4'461 Of t ,', ll _ . ng districts, as well as become the great route atl.fieb,tnerai ree_kingdotn to the midland counties of England, Zon e eo `- is inexZ°_arsces are of the very highest order. The Moir i a d ~Itk 4 BlTDritc thrfle.,t_ible, Whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Hare dale,c.tar„ lister strat,„l"4,7t quality of Kennel to a depth of seven feet, At CQ'et to b a ~;',ll c a 'n COQ to a depth of six feet. The la ri,,,,Q ofs t Orton of 'LL ed. There are beds of Kennel and ma n h _pat 'ilea , ,atantoo , I?q_neial quality, though not of equal depth i wi nn t. - ttl at tat '' o e . rig__,tin fact, lth,eavbhll. the main athStwannndinflteornbyssnire e4toilarcliae fr4oliittilbeealess to deseribee th e e e4 b:n ra efic r i e al a results which At ' it herrl iz , is °Pet ting' of the be coal district to the Lon hl „,tltilate„r arkete. tr , the :ro kiii ,,,:tork i o no ld4l:alke exist rich veins of lead ore, now in tra m ' se' W Ol l)'rti 'l °f tf • 1), -et iztt edon, Staunton Harold, and Ticluiall lime 1rt1414 411,14,hvian:,e_o:riculturists and others, that an extension of Trent to the practical fanner. bi:ii : f t n a o ii ii i; t 17 a.aeonutiodity into mare remote districts must Trent, leaving the lime district, the Grand irit - fer . with most la . et wo,,,Paving .valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser heYDsur, Lod b e f.,,!Llet building PurPoses, and for which a ready in a" ior ~,,,,, along the line. The country also abounds 'Atari-it," ehlewhere thuduntnense quantities are used in Binning t 4t e hena mt . these market s wiu thus become opened for the et h ' o4 W i and ex te °,°' , t ,_, ,,.. e , Eox nsci)ivae:iutlet will also be opened for the earthenware the '' ll th, A . and Griesley p ei,, et e e i nttrot of Park ament b°etteoribteasined, the affairs will be under tki„eot o Tlet the enaltittee of Management to whom P ow er is ?oeNise, 111 PropeTierxeSpeanlsleas apply the funds of the Company in iena, i , ° rill h„, in the formation of the Company and letquilai's`tebertefAialioal,gPelntiedentfor in the Act, and in the meantime the aba t n ai do e i 1411 : 1 , 4 Pitaj el :„ Il ne to power, to alter or extend the lines, eiteQA...., l luPa,,Bto enter into larenr Yp a ft of the line, to raise adili aleattc,„ re an6ements with any other Com mlsPit"i‘e Com p srennst be tha Y-pla,,ny4 Ares roade in the form annexedito the soli laNnoo4o.l : liolb ox , E .rs• Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 3,3, . Adelaide-peanel on ;to the Secretary, at the Offices of 4Theours, Ke en anci I ocAL o CIT ItS : LLlondoon-tridge ; and to the fel _Band Stafford • E....°llEolton ;I,.ere, ,T at ,,„ , eln, Wolverharn to ‘essr,. .n,.., tgq., Hinckley P n r4a s ci 'Y a(1 gilePPard 12. j. d ock, Es 4 .., , Stoke-upon-Trent tin P a in te }-4x,,, ~(I'. 4-snyde-la-Zouch heauvs. Es q,,' .amworth -upon-Trent e ‘ .hari, B r,hr,,, k (l , l l turt o n ...teas,. riesi e , „N., ughhorough to th 7, ixoore'ra',4l'chfield 1.04404,, one wina :..... Greif Leicester. li e , te srs. Thu , p 811-katanoxtns Live lijlrs! hnt.,,, it,.._. aweett and ltill • Deoi,l 4k. 5y.: , , 3 and s o , ,„.., Threadneedle -street -.601....5i Laetira..l,‘, rokertho„.! Yard -alley - Yard 444' 14tetu;414elik;4111Whiteheaci E SU N, L 0 N r H Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronhelm Messrs. Weatierburn and Jennings Birmingham—Mr. J. it. Lane Newcastle—Mr. W. W. Dickinson Bradford—Mr. William Mason Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sens Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp Wakefield—Mr. H. Armitage Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer Worcester—Mr. W. Miles York—Messrs. Grayston and Erie Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Boardman Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Exeter—Messrs. 11. Beaumont and Co. Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes Leicester—Messrs. Williams and Sunderland ; Messrs. Eagletleld and Co Newcastie-under-Lyne--31r. Tomkinson. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Trunk Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above nam . ...d railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay when required the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full .• • • •• • • .......... .. Residence in fu11................................ Profession and Professional Residence in full Reference GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the List for receiving Shares will be closed ou the following days, viz. :—for London, SATURDAY, October 4th, for the Country, MONDAY, October 6th. By order, S. STANWAY, Secretary, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. BRIGHTON AND CHELTENHAM DIRECT RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 1,000,0001., in Shares of 201. eaeh. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. The Right lion. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor, , ..,. ..., The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson Damsr, M.P., 6, i 3 5 Tilney-street, Park-lane, :4 t The Hoe. Robert Gore, M.P. T 5 g Bates, Edward, Esq., 3, Union-place, 1 . i. 4 . m' - ' Cliff, James, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, `'.s " g Coape, Henry Co., Esq., Goldhanger, Maldon, Essex E j%" 4 F itzg erald, Charles, Esq., Charles-street, St. James , Mackmi.lan, James, Esq., Southampton, ? ~ ' g Pocock, Lewis, Esq., F.R.S., Mon , ague-street, RWISCH-3(plare, 1.-: g 4 Willes, George, Esq., liungerford-park, Sir William Wynn, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall, Directors of Hughes, Hughes William, Esq., late M.P. for the Oxford, Oxford, High Sheriff of Hants, and Alderman of Southampton, the City of London, Gosport and Humphrey, John, Esq., M.P., Ald rman of the Portsmouth City of London, Railway Sir Henry B. Hiarich, Great Marlow, Bucks, 1 Directors of the Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, 1 Rugby, War- Chitty, Thomas, Esq , Upper Gower-street, wick, and Greig, Alexander, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave- j Worcester square, Railway Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester Directors of Gutch, John 31., Esq., banker of Worcester Remington's King, William, Esq. London and Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Bedford Manchester Trapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Bedford, Direct Railway Croft, Major, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman Directors of the The Boroughreeve of Manchester Chester Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place and manchea. Johnson, Richard, Esq., Moorgate-street ter Railway Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James's-square, Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brook's Club Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., London and Macclesfield Harris, Samuel, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley Lea, John W., Esq., Worcester Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbonnae Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, _ Atkinson, J.R.W., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds Directors of the Wheelton, John, Esq , late Sheriff of London, Leicester and Bed- Meopham Bank, l'onbrhige ford Railway Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Chairman - Sir Wm. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourno Hall, Der byshire Sir William Lowthrop, Hull Brindley, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter Cutnberlege, A. N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park mously resolved— Directors of the East and West Junction Railway Directors oftho Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Wor cestershire Junction Lambert, Richard, Esq., Syston Hall, Sudbury, Suff.lk, . Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Askew Villa Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, West bourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens The Sheriff of York Crokett, Thomas, Esq., Cannock Allen, Robert, Esq., Sergeant. at-law, Sergeant's Inn May, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire Smith, G. W., Esq., Harbury-hall, Shefile'd Captain Douglas Binnaird Pultensy, Chairman Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall Hamilton, Frederick William, Esq., 59, Gloucester place Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace, Carter, Richard Hodges, Esq., Sherborne House, Directors Gloucester, Deputy-Chairman of the Cowles, John Frederick. Esq., Gloucester Gloucester Heane, Robert, Esq., Gloucester and Trotter, Caleb, Esq., College-green, Gloucester Dean Walker, David Mowbray, Esq , Magistrate for Forest the City of Gloucester Railway . Avery, Charles Thomas, Esq., Gloucester I . Directors of the Worces- Fox, Henry, Esq., Gloucester ter, Hereford, and Glou- Jones, George, Esq., Gloucester cester Railway Directors of the Barry. John David, Esq., Paris and London Tours, Orleans, Mackenzie, William, Esq., Paris and London and Bordeaux Railway Directors of the Galwar are Ennis Grax,.. Junctioußall• wity Direeters of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staf fordshire Railway Directors of the York and Lancaster Railway The Hon. William Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole' Gernon, James, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice- Chairman Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor- square, Keene, John Joseph, Esq., Chairman, Director of the Nat:onal Bank of Ireland, St. John's Wood, Regent's-park, Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman, Bedford Kamer, Samuel, Esq., General Bost-olllee, and Southampton-row, Russell-square Spiers, E. J., Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, Carl- Directors of the Cori( and fermo9 Di rect Railway .., ton Villa% Paddington, Wardle, Henry,' Esq„ Macclesfield The Count Morel, Hereford• street, Park-lane The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrade-square The Hon. Thomas William Gage, Westbury-house, Westmeon, Petersfield The lion, Edward Jerningham Major-Gen. Sir Francis Cockburn, Dover Major-Gen. Sir Love, Parry, Jones Parry, K.C.8., Madryn, Carrw vonshire, Director of the Direct East and West Junction Railway Adair, Maj., Director of the Church of England Assurance Company Anderton, James. Esq., Bridge-street, Blackfrlars Allfree, John, Esq., Brighton Attree, Thomas, Esq., Queen's Park, Brighton Arnett, John, Esq., Cloisters, Gloucester Arnold, Thomas James, Esq., Sergeants' Inn, Temple, revising bar• rister for the City of London Bear, Capt., Porchester-place, Connaught-square Beech, James, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place • Bradley, Lieutenant John, R.N., Marine Villa, Gloucester Brightman, John, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the Direct Northern Railway Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoe Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la•Zouelt Brown, George, Esq., Twyning-park, near Tesvkesbury Brookes, William Philpotts, Esq., M.D., Albion-house, Cheltenham Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner of the County Buscheck, Charles, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street Chambers, William, Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshire Chulow, W. W., Esq., 12, Selwood-place, Brighton Cottle, M. 111., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei cester Railway Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Lilingstone Dayrell, lucks, 111411 Sheriff of Bucks, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway Dowling, John, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester Dowling, James Henry, Esq., Langford-house, Gloucester Elliott, John, Esq., Beaufort -buildings, Spa; Gloucester Everitt, Henry Yarburgh, Esq., Brighton Furner, Robert, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London Farncombe, Mr. Alderman Fladgate, Francis, Esq., Brompton Freeman, Thomas, Esq., Brighton Gates, George, Esq., Steyning Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire. Leicester and Tamworth Railway Greene, The Rev. Hadden, Vicar of Rogate, Petersfield Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Railway Hale, The Rev. William, Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge Haynes, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei cester and Birmingham Railway Heaviside, Richard, Esq. Brighton Heneage,Charles,Esq.,dadeby - house , Lincolns hire Henty, J., Esq. Chichester • Ingrain, Hugh, Esq., Steyniag, magistrate for Sussex Jenkins, Henry, Esq., 47, Woburn-place, Russell-square Jervis Swynfen, Esq., Whitehall-place, Staffordshire Jones, Anthony Gilbert, Esq., Heathcrley Court, near Gloucester, Di rector of the Direct Brecon, Abergavenny, and Monmouth Railway Jones, Samuel, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the Cheltenham and London Direct Railway Lacy, Henry, Esq., Petersfield, Banker Lyon, James, Esq., Dangstein, near Rogate, Petersfleld Macaulay, Captain, R. E , Cheltenham Martineau, Joseph, Esq., Basing Park, Alton Mercer, Major-General, C. 8., Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square Manwaring, John, Esq., Eagle Nall, Pately Bridge Mascary, Thomas, Esq., Norbury Hall, Ashbourne M`Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street Moore. Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish -square, Director of the Indian Peninsular Railway Murray, George, Esq., Chichester Nadin, Joseph. Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire Nadin, Nathaniel, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville Norton, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, near Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Parkingson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Paul, Robert John, Esq., Portland-horse, Worthing, ' Gregahot-park, Stroud, and 218, Strand, London Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Price, the Rev. Thomas, Liarothel Proctor, the Rev. Dr., Chichester-house, Kemp-town, Brighton Purchas, John, Esq., London-road, Gloucester Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway Smith, G. W. Esq., Harbury Hall, Sheffield Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen., C. 8., Shirley-house, Southampton Seymour, Frederick, Esq., St. James's-square, Director of the Lon don and Nottingham Railway Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and Lincolnshire Railway. Stock, Henry, Esq., Bedgellert, N.W., Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro Vaughan, John, Esq., merchant, 26, Austin-friars Waddington, J. Horsey, Esq., Langrush-house, Petersfield Watkins, Robert, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing Whitchurch, James, Esq., South-cliff, Nettley Abbey, Hants Williams, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Whitehall West, Thomas, Esq., Banker, Brighton Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Di rector of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Yearn, J. Borwick, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey. ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, Esq., C.B. ASSISTANT ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, ESQ. SOLICITORS. Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square, London 1 John Owens, Esq., 35, 3loorgate-street, London. Locet. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Attree, Clarke, and M'Whimale, • Brighton. LOCAL AGENTS. William Mitchell, Esq., Petersfleld Messrs. Bailey and Wckham, Winchester. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and . Co., 50, Comhill Messrs. Cockburn, and CO., Whitehall. Cheltenham—Branch of the Nlitional Provincial Bank of England. Brighton—The Union Bank ; Branch of Lordon and County Joint- Stock Banking Company. Poterafteld—Branch of London and County Joint Stock Banking Company PARLIAMENTARY AGENT - Cadwalladar F. Faddy, Esq., Fludyer. street. SECRETARY PRO TEM.—MT. Frederiek Penny. PROSPECTUS. - • • This Important line will COlirneiee - ii Brighton, and (passing through or contiguous to the towns of Steyning, Petworth. Mid hurst, Petersfleld and Alresford) will join at the Andover Road sta tion of the South-Western Railway, the proposed Southampton Manchester and Oxford Junction. An arrangement has been entered into with the latter Company, and it is prorosed by means of their projected line, that the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway shall proceed through Hunger ford to Swindon. From Petersfleld a sho - t branch will be made to Chichester where, nearly at the same point of junction, the London and Ports mouth direct will intersect the line in its way to Portsmouth. From Swindon it is proposed to proceed by the Manchester and Southampton Railway to Chelt nham, and the North of England by the Derbyshire, Worcestershire and Stalforitshire Junction, or other existing and contemplated lines. On reference to the map, it will be seen that the primary object to be obtained by the formation of this line will be the immediate connexion of the northern, western, and the whole of the manufac turing counties, and North and South Wales, with the Southern coast and the populous and fashionable towns of Brighton, Hastings, and Dover. It is unnecessary to observe on the daily Increasing traffic between Brighton and Dieppe, which the railroad from the latter place to Rouen, and thence to Paris, must greatly augment; thus, by means of the projected line, a direct communication with France, either from Brighton or Dover, will be opened with the northern counties of England. It is obvious that with these advantages the traffic must neces sarily be large, the line passing through the centre of Sussex, con taining a population of about 300,000, at present almost devoid of railway accommodation. Power will be applied for in the Act to increase the capitniiir necessary, to alter the line, or to make such deviations or branches thud= as maybe deemed necessary ; also for the pwposes of amal, gamation with other Companies, should the same be found desirable. The Company reserves to itself the option of adopting the broad or narrow gauge, or the principle of atmospheric traction, if preferable. No further call beyond the deposit will be made until the Act shall be obtained. In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to parties locally interested, and to the shareholders in the lines with which this Company will be connected. Application for shares may be made to the Secretary, and to the following Sharebrokers, of whom pros:lectuses, with maps of the line, may be obtained :—London—Messrs. Peppotcorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury. Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Board man. Bradford—Mr. George Clark; Mr. William Mason. Bristol — Messrs. Tate and Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. Junes stokes. Coventry— Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq., 79, Princes-street; Mr. Nicholson. • Exeter—Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy ; Mr. Thomas Sandford. Glasgow—Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr. Williams Cronhelm. Huddersfield — Mr. L. Weatherburu, jun. ; Messrs. Everard and Co. Hull—Mr. Frederick Stamp. Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson ; Messrs. Wellbe loved and Oastier. Leicester—Messrs. Payne and Freer. Liver pool,—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs. Cameron and Co. ; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. Hine. Man chester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Birchen and Co. ; Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spencer. Sheffield Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester—Mr. Miles; Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle. .......................... ..... • • I Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgate. -- • --- , . .. . FORM OF APPLICATIO-NeOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Brighton and Cheltenham Direct Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the sane, or such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay, when re quired, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full • • •• • Profession and Professional Residence in Hill .. .. Private Residence in full ........ ....... • ..„ Usual 5ignature.............................. Reference • • ... Offices,l, Moorgate. REAT EASTERN and WESTERN RAIL WAY. Abergavenny, Sept. 29, 1845. At a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of this town and neigh bourhood, convened by public requisition, and held here this day, The Rev. Will. POWELL, Vicar of Abergavenny, in the Chair, It was proposed by Mr. DANIEL, seconded by Mr. Iseac, and nasal- That this meeting, being deeply convinced of the necessity and ad vantage of direct railway communication between the town of Abergavenny ,and the great iron district of 3lonmouthshire and Breconshire, and finding that this district is embraced in the grand scheme of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company, does most cordiallf approve of its plans, and is determined to render it all the aid it can command. WILLIAM POWELL, Chairman. it was proposed by Mr. J. 11. MORGAN, seconded by Mr. W. W. SECRETAN, and una!mously resolved — That the thanks of this meeting be offered to the Chairman. 'I MMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. JUIP (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, Cl. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Lynbartie Kildare, and St. James's-street Sir William Twisden, Bart., Dorset-square, Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway Sir Wm. Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway The Sheriff of York, Director of tho Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Ayscough, Rear-Admiral, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Adair, Major, Director of the Church of England Assurance Society, and of the- Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New town, and Indian Peninsular Railways Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Booth, John, Esq., Park-cottage, Macclesfield, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, Notting ham, and London Direct Re lvrays Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Buck, W. C., Esq. Cambridge, John, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Chambers, Wm., Esq., Cocks Bench, Derby, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Cook, John, the Rev., Uttctxeter, Staffordshire, Director of the Shef field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Croft, Major J. T. Regent-street , Deputy-Chairman, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Crossley, John, Esq., Lumberhurst, Sussex, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway. Cumberlege, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford,: Shrewsbury, and Newtown, and Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton, and Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railways Daniel, R., Esq , Oakhill, Stoke-upon-Trent, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Darlington, John, Esq., Shipley Hall, Bradford, Director of the Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Dewhurst, Richard, Esq., Apsiey House, Huddersfield, Director of the West Riding Union Banking Company, and Director of the West Riding Junction Railway Dent, Edward, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Dent, John, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Hud dersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Had derstield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Ewart, Francis, of 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Me tropolitan Junction Railways Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Ripon, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Franklin, Benjamin, Harley-street, London Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Burton-on- Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton Ra lway Hammond, George, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Harrison, John, Esq., banker, Ripon, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Herries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Rail way Hind, Abraham, Esq., Director of the Manchester; Huddersfield and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Holdforth, J. D., Esq., Burley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Hughes, Hughes W., Esq., Alderman of the City of London Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Johnson, Richard William, Esq., Moorgate, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham and Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Jones, Ede, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Jones, Edward, Egg., Windmill-place, Camberwell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway • Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Di rector of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New town Railways King, William, Esq., Stepney, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and Brighton and Cheltenham Railways Knight, Ed ward, M.D., Stafford, Director.of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall, Sudbury M'Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Mainwaring, John, Esq., Eagle-Hall, Pateley-bridge, Director cf the York and Lancaster Railway Mann, T., Esq., Chapel-cottage, Holloway Maskery, Thos., Esq., Norbury•hall, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Meteyard, Horace W., Esq., Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Moore, Major, Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Burton on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Musgrave, S., Esq. Norton, Joseph, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Nottingham and Dondon Direct Railway Ogle, Nathaniel, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Rail way Ptilteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, 4, Parliament-street, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Richardson, Joseph, Esq. Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director *of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railways Roden, T. C., Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leeds, Iludelders field, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway. Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scupton, Derbyshire, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Smith, John, Esq., Barton-house, Ashborne, Derbyshire Smith, Thomas, Esq., M.D., Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways Smith, Wm., Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Sneyd, Thomas, Esq., Belmont Stanhoee, Lieutenant-Colonel Leicester, Chairman of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Brighton and Cheltenham Railways Walters, James, Esq., Bakewell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Watts, W. IL, Esq., Birmingham, Direttor of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Welsh, Robert, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company Wilkinson, J., Esq. Wright. Thomas, Esq., merchant, Derby, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffor lseire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway. ENGINEER—George Remington, Esq. The title of this line sufficiently and correctly explains the object of the undertaking. The Birmingham terminus will be placed in communication with all the other railways having a station in that town, and will be brought as near as practicable to its centre. Proceeding thence in a northerly direction, and on the west side of the Lichfield road, it will pass within a short distance of Sutton Coldfield, and to Lichfield, at the latter of which places there will be a station in communication with the projected Walsall lines. Thence crossing the Trent Valley, near King's Bromley, it will pursue the course of the Blythe Valley, or by or near to Abbots Bromley to Leigh, where it will leave the Blythe Valley, and by a short cutting reach the Tean station on Remington's London and Manchester line at the junction of the Crewe branch, or by a junc tion with whichever of the projected lines to Manchester may be adopted by Parliament. The entire length of the new line to be made will not exceed thirty-four miles, and the whole will be carried over a most favour able country—two-thirds being a water-level. Sections of a great portion of the line have been made, and the en tire Parliamentary survey will be completed by the 9th ofOctober. This railway will afford:a route from Birmingham to Manchester eleven miles shorter than by any existing or projected line. It will also give the best and nearest line between Huddersfield, and Bir mingham. It will also furnish a nearer and more direct route from Birming ham to the Potteries than any line made or projected by several miles, assuming any of the Pottery lines to have their termini at Col with, on the Trent Valley, or at Stafford, on the Grand Junction Railway ; thus giving to Manchester, and a:so the Potteries, the shortest, easiest, and most direct route to Birmingham. It will also give the nearest line between Huddersfield and Birmingham and Southampton. This railway crosses the projected Leeds and Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Direct Railway. In the Blythe Valley a station will be placed, and communication effected, so as to afford to Birmingham the shortest route by many miles, with Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and the northern parts of England. In allotting shares every legi timate preference will be given to landholders on the line. It is obvious that the projected line will afford an ample return to the shareholders. For prospectuses, shares, and every information, apply to the solicitors, W. Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter; or at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Moorgate, London. BROKERS. Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, New Bank-buildings Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastier, Leeds Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull Mr. Richard Baines, Blackburn Mr. George Clark, Bradford Mr. William Mason, Bradford Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham Messrs.l% r. L . I E Y e v a e t r h a e r , r d b a u a r d n i u i d u d d e d r e s 7: d e 1 d Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester J. N. Balme, Gloucester. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the " Birmingham and Manchester Direct RailwaY." I request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking and I agree to pay up the deposit of 2'. 2s. per share, and sign the necessary deeds when required thereto. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full Profession or Business ..... , Place of Residence • • • Place of Business Naluex of Itotereec t : • REMINGTON'S MI , T HE LONDON AND ~lANCHESTER. DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY. The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB SCRIBERV AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for the Bankers Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below: — Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant. Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep tember instant. Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem- ber instant. ~ Birmingliam—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of September instant. Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September _ instant. Leicester—At the Three Crowns lan, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant. Bedford— At the Company's Office in tke High-street, on Thursday, the 2d day of October next. Uttoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli citor, en Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant. Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting, Solicitors, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant. Ashby-de-la-Zouch--At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September instant. Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur day, the 27th day of leptember instant. Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday, the 29th day of September instant. Hacclesflcid—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May, Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and Wednesday, the Ist day of October n ex t. . . Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next. Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant. Leeds.—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem ber instant. Bull--At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September instant. Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, oa Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep tember instant. Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oe- Ober next. iverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October Sat. By order, H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary. B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to ith and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. No Shareholder to bo liable beyond the amount of his Subscription Charles Goodwin, Esq. ' Battersea Sir John Hare, F.A., Laugham-place Thomas R. Kemp, Esq.. Abehureh-lane Kuper, Esq., Ciunerwell S. 11. Powell, Esq., Brixton rullE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT izA via ABINGDON, WATTAGE, DUNGERFORD, LUDGEIZSILILL. (Provisionally registered.) Capitall,2oo,ooo/., in 48,000 shares of 231. each, Deposit 2/. 15s. per Share. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. The ins; - ortance et connecting remote parts of E .gland by Rail ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns and districts, can scarcely be be exeinlified than by the Line which is Low proposed to form a short and direct channel of !nter coarse between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury at the south of the Intended Railroad the central points from which various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the co :rse of Railway front the north-eastern parts of the island, requires the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to the western and south-western counties. .... The Oxford and r'alisbury Direst Railway, in addition to the benefits which will he conferred upon the cation at large, by preferring a direct line of commurication be tween the . north-eastern and western and south-western parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon, the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, an d Ludgershall, and the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the kingdom. The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark applies is some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as well as Bangerter(' and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits and advantages produced V railway traffic. It has therettre been determined to commence the proposeill ne at Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingd at a direct rail road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place ; and a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced, through the towns widish have been named, Hangertord and Ludgers hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis tricts. A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country intended to be traversed, is in course of preparation, and with the names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly be published. In the meantime, further information may be ob tained front Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street, London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica tiou for shares may be made. LONDON AND WINDSOR RAILWAY, through Knightsbridge, Kensington, Hammsrsmith, Turn ham-green, Brentford, Hounslow, Bedfont, Staines, and Old Wind sor, to Windsor, with an alternative Line from Staines to pass by Datehet to Windsor. Capital, 500,0001. ProTisionally litgistercd, pursuant to .7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Major CHARLES L. BOILEAU, Castelimn, Barnes, Chairman Captain M. 11. Sweny, Brompton Captain F. Bayly Wardroper, 11.0.5., Brompton Welter White, Esq., Fitzroy-square (With limited power to add to their number). ENG! NEERS —S ir John Macneill and James Thomson, Esq. Sommoa—George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square. This line of railway has met with general approbation, and its im portance cannot be questioned, traversing, as it will, a locality totally excluded from the benefit of railway communication, though, it may be slid, one continuous town, for a distance of ten miles, and a densely-popu'ated neighbourhood, the property around which is open, flat, and of a highly favourable character for the construction of a line of railway. In addition to the advantage of a direct communication between the two royal residences at London and Windsor, avoiding the de lay and inconvenience of three different conveyances, and reducing the time requisite for the entire journey to thirty minutes, the pro posed line will afford to Barnes, Kew, Isleworth, Bagshot, Ascot, Senning-hill, and Egham, all abounding with elegant villas and a wealthy population, an easy access to London, and form the main trunk for a direct communication to Exeter and the whole of the south-west of England. It will also afford a facility to reach Hun zerford-bridge on the south aide of the river by the Richmond Rail way, ay means of a branch from Hounslow to Richmond. The Committee have much pleasure in adding that the surveys are made, the deposits have been duly paid, the parliamentary contract signed and completed. By order, Office, 30, Regent•street. E. W. H. BELL, Secretary. N OTTINGHAM, BIRMINGHAM, AND COVENTRY JUNCTION RAILWAY. Uniting Warwick, Coventry, and Birmingham, with Nottingham, _ . New:tik, and Lincoln. (Provisionally Registered.) ©fees —(temporary), 19, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. Capital 450,0001., in 22,500 Shares of 201. eaeh. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Viscount Lifford, Astley Castle, Coventry Matthew Glsbornc, Esq., Walton Hall, Derbyshire Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S., 5, Gloucester-terrace, Regent Park Sir John Penniston Milbanke, Bart., Great Portland• street William Collins, Esq., M.P. t4r Warwick, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Michael Thomas Bass, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent 31ajer Croft, 15, Reg - ent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and illanchaster Itiree s t Railway - - Fraser B. Henshawe, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway Major Waller, K. 11., Deputy Chairman of the South and Midlands Junctioa Railway - Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, F.R.S., li, Upper 3fontagne-street, Montague-square, Director of the College of Civil Engineers Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Hyde Park-place, D reetor of the Liverpool, Manchester and New o castle Junction Railway T. E.Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square, Director of the Warwick and Cheltenham Raihr : ay The Hon.W. E. Fitzmaurice, M.P., Chosha.m-Street, Belgrave- square Henry Dann, Esq., 42, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe Railway Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herta, Director of the south and Midlands' Janetlea Railway John Clement Reding, Esq.., Director of the If %Nona' sank of Ireland John Rawson, Esq., Halibut, Deputy Lieutenant for Yorkshire, and Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway The lion. Colonel Leicester Stanhope, Ashburnham House, Chairman of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway John Thomas Haworth, Esq., Leicester Thomas Hackett, Esq., Derby, Director of the Great Manchester and Southampton Railway John Sanders, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Crewe Railway John Fisher, Esq., Short-hill, Nottingham, and Watling-street, London Captain Horatio Thomas Austin, R.N., C.B. Nathaniel Nadin, Esq., Stapenhill, Burton-upon-Trent Capt. Gustavus Evans, R.N., Headley Grove, Surrey Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the Leicester and Yarnw.orth Railway Edmund Sharpe, Esq., Swandlincote, Potteries Sheldon Craddock, Esq., Leicester John Gretton, Esq., brewer, Burton-upon-Trent • • Ambrose Moore, Esq., Milk-street, Cheepslde James Arbouin, Esq., Mark-lane, Director of the London and 'York Railway Sir Richard leaking, G.C.8., Director of the East India Company Lieut.-Gen. Taylor, Clarendon-place, Hyde Park George Ledwell Taylor, Esq., 45, Hyde Park-square Douglas Fox, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Crewe Railway Frederick Cayley Worsley, Esq., Imberhorue House, Sussex John Taylor, Esq., Cross-street, City, Director of the Commerc i a l Bank of London Lancelot Llowhellyn Haslope, Esq., Lifford, near Birmingham, Di rector of the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway John Eames, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Captain Beare, Director of the Worcestershire, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway W. Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon Railway Matthew Wyatt, Esq., 1, Upper Hyde Park-street, Director of the Manchester, Oxford, and Southampton Railway John Douglas Cooper, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne John B. Story, Esq., Lockington Hall, Leicester Captain Holden, Locko Park, Derbyshire The Mayor of Nottingham George Bacon, Esq., merchant, Nottingham William Charles Boden, Esq., Apsley Hall, Nottingham Thomas Wakefield, Esq., magistrate, Nottingham Thomas Fisher, Esq., Short Hill, Nottingham Henry Attenburrow, Esq., Nottingham William Hannay, Esq., magistrate, Nottingham William Cartledge, Esq., merchant, Nottingham Lewis Heyman, Esq., merchant, Nottingham David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Alfreton Joshua Harding, Esq., Rosliston, Derbyshire Morris Piddocke, E.g., Stanton, near Burton-upon-Trent it , -bert Collings Silbertson, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent David Melville, Esq., 13, Wood-street, Cheapside, and Nottingham William Clark, Esq., the Mayor of Coventry Alderman Dunn, Coventry Francis Wyley, Esq., Coventry (With power to add to their mamba.) SOLICITORS. Abraham Bass, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent. Messrs. Lacy and Bridges, 19, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. Messrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, _l, Exchange-bandings, PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Messrs. llyscn, Hall, Parkes, and Coates. BANKERS. The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street. The Commercial Bank of Loudon, Lothbury, and 6, Henrietta-street, Coveni-garden. The Burton, Uttoxotar, and Ashbourne Union Banking Company, Burton-upon-Trent, and Ashbourne. Messrs. Evans and Co., Derby. I. and John Charles Wright and Co., Nottingham CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Fox, Esq. ENGINEER—EIijah Galloway, Esq. This lino will commence at the Long Eaton station of the Midland Counties Railway, and will proceed in a direct line to or near Castle Donington, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Measham, and Market Bosworth to Nuneaton ; joining, at Market Bosworth, the Birmingham branch, projected by the Tamworth and Leicester Company, and at Nuneaton, the projected Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway, at the point where that hue crosses tho Trent Valley line. Thus a direct communication will be formed between the important towns of Nottingham, Newark, and Lincoln on the one side, and Birmingham, Coventry, and Warwick on the other side, at the same time a rich mineral and agricultural district will be supplied with railway advantages. A reference to the map will show that this railway will also com mand other collateral advantages. There is no doubt that the proposed railway communication be tween Cheltenham and Warwick will be effected, in which case the proposed line will fill up the railway chasm at present existing be tween the counties of Gloucester and Worcester, and Nottingham and Lincoln, and thus form a direct line from the Severn at Glouces ter to the Humber at Great Grimsby. An amalgamation of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Junction with the Grimsby Dock Company being now determined on, a large amount of capital will be expended in rendering Groat Grimsby a port of the first importance; and it must be obvious that the traffic to that port, from the district south west of Warwick, will he very great. The distance saved by the proposed line between Leamington, Warwick, Coventry, and Nottingham, will be about twenty miles ; and between Birmingham and Nottingham, the saving will be about six miles. Being the shortest route from Birmingham to Not tingham and Lincoln, it must secure the traffic from Birmingham to Nottingham, Newark, Lincoln, and the port of Great Grimsby ; and by joining with the Erewash Valley Railway at Long Eaton, it must command the traffic from Coventry, Warwick, and the district south of those towns to Sheffield, Leeds, York, and the north of England generally. It will also afford a direct communication between Not tingham and the district between Warwick and Worcester, by means of the projected Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, and the Warwick and Worcester Railways. The entire length of the line will be about 23 miles. The Com pany's Engineer has completed his preliminary survey, and lass made his report, that the character of the country through which the line is intended to pass is unusually favourable for engineering purposes. It passes directly through a very productive mineral district, ix- It the Leicestershire coal-fields and lime-works, and will afford communication north and south, to the Derbyshire Potteries. With such an assured immediate and prospective amount of traffic, the profits on the small capital required cannot fail to be highly re munerative. Powers for allmvance of interest at four per cent. en the paid-up capital will be taken, and the liability of shareholders limited to the amount of their subscriptions. TABLE OF DISTANCES Present Distances. miles By proposed I s ay i ng Route. ck to Nottingham, by tpton and Derby .. about 71 ? 51 s2O ck to Nottingham, by )3 , and Leicester . do. 65 3 114 f 43 14 ck to Lincoln ... . do. 97 .ry to Nottingham • • do., 62 42 20 .ry to Lincoln . ..... do '.• .• ,• ~ 20 49 6 ~ ..ham to Nottingham do.I b 5 I .... ......... I 6 el Warwick ‘oria,ls,,teti ,cryky att ono t o dLLinei Nottingham, Hampton and Derby • . about 71 Warwick to Nottingham, by Nottinghamcel i s i te . r . .... .. .. .. .. d (di 0 00 ... 1 ..5 672 Coventry to Lincoln . ..... ..do ••.. ••' Birmingham to Nottlughain—do.( 55 , Birmingham to Lincoln ......do.! ..... • • •1 Cheltenham to Nottingham, bi y Bi rm i ng ham and Derhy....do. 100 I Prospectuses may be had at the Temporary °dices of the Company, i 9, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, London; where also applica tions for shares, addressed to the Provisicnal Committee, will be attended to. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR WARM 8. übject to the ,Birmingharn, and shares of 201. ToGtehnetiremroevil:lialreCcgoonmveesmitltrityytoeeu j o ut f noc tl ua le olln .N ot o ß t m tl au t e ig w ilant y. , each, in the above railway ; and I undertake to ace, 'l 3 t the same, or such loss number as you may appropriate to me, regulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary de, Via, and to pay when required the deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per share. Dated this day of 1845. Name in run - •• ..............;. .. Profession and professional residence :n fall Residence in fu11.... • • :t. • ..... . .. . ~.• •• • Riderences .......• ssssssss $11•••••• , 311-k.NCIIESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. Company's Offices, 19, Great George-street, Westminster, Wednesday, October 1, 1845. The Committee of Management IL;ve much pleasure in announcing that an arrangement has been concluded with the Directors of the Midland Railway, whereby that Company take a proportion of Stock • in the Manchester and Southampton line, and give their zealous sup port to the undertaking, and that George Hudson, Esq., M.P. (the Chairman), John Ellis, Esq. (the Deputy-Cha'rman), John Wadding ham, Samuel Beale, Abel Peyton, and Georg , Byng Paget, Esqrs., members of the Midlands Board, join the Direction of the Company. The Committee feel assured that in thus identifying their interests with those with which the Manchester and Southampton Railway cornea Into most immediate connexion, they are placing the Company In a position most conducive to present success, and laying the foun• dation of those advantages to the public which the railway was de signed to confer. JAMES WALKINSHAW, Deputy-Chairman. JOHN' WHEELER, Secretary. MANCHESTER AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY. The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT give notice, that they have completed the allotment of shares, and that the usual letters will forthwith be issued. The task of deciding upon claims of ex traordinary extent and respectability has been arduous and painful ; but the Committee have felt it to be their duty to give precedence in the allotment to applicants locally interested, and to such parties aa from their position in the railway community, can render bene ficial aid and co-operation to the undertaking, to the inevitable ex. elusion of vast numbers of applicants to whose claims, under otltr circumstances, they would most willingly have attended. The Committee have the pleasurable c uty of recording the fact, that by every town on the line between Cheltenham and South ampton, including both those places, and Marlborough, Cirencester, Stockbridge, Romsey, Andover, as well as the town of Poole, a most favourable expression of opinion has been spontaneously offered, and active assistance tendered; and that from the town of Manchester a highly influential petition of merchants and traders will convey to Parliament a strong expression of interest in the proposed railway. It is, at the same time, satisfactory to the Committee to add, that in the midst of these active demonstrations 111 favour of the under taking, the engineering preparations , relat i ng as well to the line from Cheltenham to Southampton, as to the line by Ludgershall to Salisbury and Poole, have been vigorously prosecuted, and that the surveys are in such a state of forwardness as justifies the announce ment that the project will be brought before Parliament in a way sa- tisfactory to the subscribers. As regards the additional capital required for the extension line to Poole, the Committee will be prepared to announce the mode in which it w ill he raised so soon as importantnegotiatlons, now on foot, shall be concluded JAMES WALKINSHAW, Deputy-Chairman JOHN WHEELER, Secretary. 9, Great George•street, Westminster, Sept. 30, 1845. '/[ANCHESTER RAILWAY.SOUTHAMPTON Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement will lie for execution by the Subscribers at the places and during the period undermentioned : In Westminster, at the Company's Offices, 19, Great George-street, on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, October 13, 14, and 15. In London, at the Offices of the Messfs. Oswyn and Co., 11, Angel court, Throginorton-street,—on Thursday and Friday, October 16th and 17th. In Manchester, at the Offices of Mr. James Wheeler, 55, George strect,—on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, and 17th. In Cheltenham, at the Offices of Messrs. Newman, Gwinett, and Ticehurst,—cn Monday and Tuesday, October 20th and 21st. In Cirencester, at the Offices ofMeesrs. Sewell and Newmarch,—on Wednesday and Thursday, October 22d and 23d. In:Marlborou7h, at the Offices of Messrs. J. B. and W. Merriman, —on Friday and Saturday, October 24th and 25th. Ia Andover, at the Offices of Harry Footner, Esq.,—on Monday, October 27th. In Stockbridge, at the Offices of Henry Llntett Footner, Esq.,—on Tuesday, October 21st. In Romsey,f,at the Offices of Messrs: Stead and Tylee,—on Wednes day, October 22d. In Southampton, at the offices of Messrs. Deacon and Long, —on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, October 231, 24th, and 25th. l'he Committee will strictly enforce the execution of these instru ments at one or other of the abov-named places. In cases in which, from sickness or other inevitable circumstances, parties are disabled from personal attendance, and in such cases only, the necessary exe cution may be by power of attorney, in the form prepared, and by a party approved by the Company's solicitor at Manchester. September 30,1845. JOHN" WHEELER, Secretary. _DIRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD RAILWAY, forming Junctions with all the important Rail ways in Great Britain. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Vic., c. 110.) Capital 800,0001., in 40,009 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. (With power to add to their number.) Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P,, Chairman of the Waterford and Kilkenny, and of the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Rail way Companies William Chaplin, Esq., Lad-lane, London, and Greenhithe, Kent, Chairman of the Iron Steam-boat Company John Chaplin, Esq., Gracechurch-street, and Greenhithe, Kent Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq., Edgehill, Liverpool, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, North-Western, Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England, and Staffordshire Potteries Railways Rowland Ilill Mackenzie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, London, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Cheltenham and Oxford Junction Railways T. S. Richards, Esq., Baker street, Portman-square, Director of the Ipswich and Southampton Railway Edward Scard, Esq., magistrate for Surrey and Middlesex, Kew-green, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., Park, Blackheath, Director of the Cons-. mercial Bank, and of the Metropolitan Life Office John Tall, Esq., Hanoverian Consul, merchant and shipowner, Hull, Director of the Hull Dock Company Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton John Francis Bacon, Esq., Austin-friars, London Captain Crawley, Edghaston, Birmingham Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, Director of the Rugby and War- wick Railway Captain F. Chamier, R.N., Ralkin-streat, Belgrave-square, Director Of the Hazebrouci and Fampoux (French) Railway C. F. Colman, Esq , Shirley, Southampton Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the London and 1101 y head Railway Robert Green, Esq., Birchin-lane, London and Macclesfield William Holloway, Esq., Lime-street-square, London William Jenking, Esq., Balsall-heath, Birmingham Edward Bichards, Esq., 16, New Broad-street-buildings Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Life Insurance I Company George R. Peppercorn, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway Thomas Whitaker, Esq., Captain, R.N., Kirk Ella, near Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsey Junction Railway Isaac Whitaker, Esq., hassle, near Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Thomas Ward, Esq., shipowner, Hull, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, Brosely, and Ironbridge, and of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railways George Robinson, Esq.. Hull, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, Brosely, and Ironbridge, and of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway Thomas Digby, Esq., Banker, Hull, Director of the Hull and Barns ley Junction Railway George Newte, Esq., Director of the Barbadoes Railway Fitzherbert Macquecn, Esq., Great Winchester-street Sir James Anderson, Bart., Buttevant Castle, Director of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway John Corileld, Esq., Southwick-street, Hyde Park-gardens James Adair, Esq., Director of the Church of England Life Assurance Company, and of the Northern and Southern Railway John G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire William Ditmas, Esq., Beverley Colonel W. M. Sloane. Director of the Bristol and Dover Railway Lawrence Kortwright, Esq., Director of the Barbadoes Railway John Upham, Esq., Clarges-street, Director of the Guernsey and Mauritius Railways John Grey Wilson, Esq., Director of the Western Gas Company, and of the Direct Western Railway William Henry Halpin, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Matthew William Staines, Esq., 64, Conduit-street, Hanover-square Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square Bentinck W. Doyle, Esq., Director of the North Jamaica Railway E. D. Warrington, Esq., merchant, New City Chambers, Bishops gate-street John Chandler, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park Edward Power, Esq., Middle Temple Simeon Musgrove, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, and Algoa House, Scarborough, Chair man of the Hull and Barnsley Junction, and Director of the Liver pool and Leeds Railways Captain J. P. Macdougall, Director of the Cambrian Grand Junction Railway W. F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Deputy Chairman of the Ipswich and Brighton Railway G. E. Foster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways Miles Coventry, Esq., Director of the Direct Western Railway William Gordon, Esq., M.D., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Hull and Barnsley Junction Railways Col. Robert Douglas, C. 8., United Service Club Samuel Palmer, Esq., Great Yarmouth, Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horneastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the Britannia Insurance Company John Haigh Esq., Leeds Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways, and Managing Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York Frederick Ramsden, Esq.. Seymour House, Old Trafford, Manchester, Director of the Birkenhead, Holyhead, and Mold Extension • the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union; the Staffordshire Potteries; and the London and Holyhead Hallways Samuel Giles, Esq., Bowden, near Manchester, Director of the Man chester and Birmingham Continuation, and Welsh Junction, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railways P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square, Director of the Great Leeds and London, Direct Ipswich and Southampton, Sligo and Shannon Railways Charles Tottenham, Esq., Magistrate of the county of Wexford, Chairman of the Exeter and Dorchester Railway Robert Bissett Richmond, Esq., M.D., 40, Great Castle-street, Cavendish-square, London Thomas W. George, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway J. Helbert Helbert, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway John Samuel Whitchurch, Esq., Weymouth William Hawtry, Esq., Fulham Richard Rowe, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale James Carroll Wilcocks, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dorchester, Exeter and Crediton, and North Devon Railways Darnton Lupton, Esq., the Worshipful the Mayor of Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, and York and Hull, and Nottinglieun and Gainsborough Rail ways Thomas Minnely, Esq., Leeds Joseph icardson, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, the Midlan ß and d Thirsk Junction, and the London, Hounslow, and Western Railways John Brightman Esq., Cornhill, London, and Regency-square, Brigh ton, Chairman of the London and Hounslow Railway John Barnett, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner for the County of Glouces ter, and Director of the Oxford and Whitney Railway Mathew Pierpoint, Esq., Worcester, Chairman of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and Director of the Welsh Midland. and Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley and Ironbridge Railways F. Duffield, Esq., Bolton-house, Bradford, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway Ja nie II Esq., Balsall-heath, Birmingham Daniel T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, Watling-street, London, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Ri c hd. Clay, Esq., Winchester-street, London, and Lloyd's Klein Grant, Esq., St. James's-street, London, Director of the Direct Western Railway. BANKERS. Commercial Bank, Lothintry, London. The Leede and West Riding Bank, Leeds. National and Provincial Bank, Birmingham. Messrs. Pease and Liddells, Hull. Messrs. Moore and Co., Nottingham. The Sheffield and Retford Banking Company, Sheffield. ENGlNEERS—Sandiforth F. Griffin, Esq , and d. 11. Taunton, Esq 2, Parliament-street. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Cattarns and Fry, 62, Mark-lane, London. G. A. Colman, Esq ., 2, New Inn, Strand, London. LOCAL SOLICITOR. Wm. Bennett, Esq., Chapel-en-le-Frith. SECRETARY. George F. Hire, Esq. This important line, cominnentehinegpaotptuhioeut.ennnutinnttlisraocftutrhinegMtaon‘c,hneoS; Manches ter and Sheffield Railway, l Sheffield, will p roceed, in a direct course, by or through Hope, g , Ci.stleton, Chapel-en - le - Frith , and Whale y (the g reat M trs a l l e _po ae rt of the Potteries), to the terminus of the Manchester and Macclesfield Railway, at Macclesfield, the total length of the line being nearly thirty miles. The importance of connecting these termini would, alane, be suffi cient to ensure full support to the present undertaking, from the dense population, manufacturing influence, and general traffic of the towns in question ; but when it is considered that this connexion, or junction, stands in the very centre of the entire railway system of England, and that it will complete the chain of railway communi cation and transit between the river Humber, the towns of Sheffield and Macclesfield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wiches of Cheshire, the city of Chester, the docks of Liverpool and Birkenhead, Bangor Ferry, and the harbour of Holyhead, the advantages are too manifest to be for a moment questioned. The surveys are now in progress, and will be 'completed without delay, in order to go to Parliament at the ensuing session. In the allotment of shares, the applications from parties resident on the line will be preferred. Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made at the offices of the Company's Solicitors, Messrs. Cattarns and Fry, 62, Mark-lane, London, and G. A. Colman, Esq., 2, New Inn, Strand ; and of the under mentioned Sharebrokers :—L. H. Hazlewood; Angel. court, Throgmor ton-street, London; W. W. Foote, Sheffield; IL E. Hine, Maccles field ; Schofield and West, Hull ; John Waikington and Co., Leeds ; :liebden and Parkinson, Leeds ; Smith, Knowles, and Cooke, Leeds ; I-1 IT It SDA. V M 0 3, 1.4 N OC LO gEa 2 113t5. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, The Hon. F. li. F Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman of tine Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Company Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Choose], near Southampton Lord of . • - - the Manors of Chipping Barnet end East Barnet - The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham•gate, and _ liighwood House, ifighs;rOod Mill, Hendon Samuel Dcndy, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the Manor of Hendon _ Lieut.-Colonel Gillies, Porchester House, Bayswater William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Josiah Healc, Esq., Gray's Inn Major Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester, Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish square Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clerraux Castle, Darlington, Direetor of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School, :Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Citptain Grover, R.N. Captain John tunes, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, 31.1., Incumbent of St. Paul's Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex r. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet Mr. Bruce Johnson, Finclaley Williana Christopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College Cambridge, Holloway Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London, Hounslow, anti Wes tern Railway ' Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet W. J. M'Gwire, Esq , 74, St. James's-street W. Pressor, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds Richard Cowley Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms , Hu tton, Essex 40bert Wright Wood, Esq., Direc tor of the Tring, g: aid • Basingstoke Railway Company Alexander Prince, Esq., Director o f the Tring, Reading, Basing stoke Railway Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's Park William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Alierystwith, aid Central Wales Railway Company J. N. Nicholay, Ksq., Oxford-street John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus Railway Company The Rev. G. A. Walker, Airisthorpa Parsonage. Wakefield, Dire*- , tor of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company John Thomas Raworth, Esq., LeiCeSter, Director of the South Union • and Leicester and Birmingham Railway Thomas Francis Justice, Esq., Berner's-street, Oxford-street George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-street, Russell-square. Director of the Grand Trunk Railway John D. Hopkins, Esq., 25, Bedford-square J. H. Lister, Esq., Director of the iiouth and Midland Junction ' Railway /. P. Wright, Esq., Edinburgh W. Slark, Esq., Rockhalls, Lodge, Cricklewood Charles White, Esq., Willesden Thomas Cope, Esq., Cricklewood (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT. The llon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. Halpin, Esq. Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq. Chairman George Freeman, Esq. Major Lindam, K.H. George Godfrey, Esq. Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq. F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq. CONSULTINS Ernst/ism—Francis Whishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook T.edge, Hendon, and Adelphi, ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, esq., 10, Gray's Inn-square, Barman—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, JOINT sor.daroaa. Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxfbrd-street G. P. 11111, Esq., 21A, Soho-square. LOCAL AGENTS. Henry llammond, Esq., solle;tor, Wentworth Lodge, Finckley John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone. Messrs. Tatham and Son, solieitors, Highgate Thomas Weeks, Esq., solicitor, Tottenham This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglooted town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern .and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lou don and York Railways. i course , wlll unite t u he H t il o i wn , Fi o n f chy, Barnet H lovlidtchr,Whs Bill, Hendon, Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon, o e i n t The e d , o Tnl line, Burrows,tef e rinidig its , liighwood Hill, Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green. Holsdon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne Green, Maida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch :End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap ton, Hlghbury, Holloway, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham, how, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Horton, Homerton, Hackney, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, 'Blackwell, Euston-square, Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith, Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, &e. ; connecting those places with the various railways named, and all those south of the river Thames. The distance fl'om the town of Barnet to the station of the London and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will be 15 miles. The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and the length of the branch lino to Barnet, will be 4% miles. From the junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 9% miles ; from the Decoy (near Brent -street, Hendon), on the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 614 miles- There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance. The line will proceed beyond the range of the llighgate and Hamp stead Hill:, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass through an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large collections of houses and buildings. Upon the completion of this railway, a large and daily-increasing population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses, will be largely benefited, and land an d ag ricultural produce, hit herto affording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad rupled in value. The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barne t, too, will now have a railway cemmunioation of its own, without depend ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any comp an y who may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, fr om some of the trunk linos now contemplated. An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following settrees, amongst others :- 1. From the conveyance of passengers. ' 2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City and Docks, &el., to the several railways which aro intersected by this line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through London ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly 'during the period of the large Barnet fairs. 3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fuel, l and other of which has l com ong been felt b modities of ge yall classes as a neral consumption most , thegrievc great expense The Committee of Management reserve to themselves the power 'of adopting, upon this line , locomotive po wer, or Presser's Railway guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expedient. A pp li ca tions for Shares in the form annexe d ( and communi cations from persons desirous of promoting t he ob j ects of the Com pany), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices of the Company, 69, Newman-street, Oxford-street; to the Joint Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq.. 59, Newman-street, and G. P 11111, Esq., 21a, Soho - square; or to Messrs. Sparks and Clark, 3, Barthoomew-lane ; Messrs. W. and 11. R. Cox , Share - brokers, 16, Throgmorton-street ; 1. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; Charles 0. Neil, Esq., 15, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; Mr. Landford, ,Exeter; John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; and Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oaster, Leeds. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARDS. To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and Nortk Metropolitan • Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also is execute the Perna meutary Contract and Subsc ribers' A g reement when r .. . Name in fall Residence • • • ..... • • ....... ..... ............ Trade or Profession .. • • ..... ...... N am e, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee:: Date . •••••• .. BARNET AND NORTH ` METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAIL. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity, convened by a requisition , numerously signed and dul y published, ' held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of September instant, JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair; Esq., and seconded by It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq , seconded by the Rev. J. D. THOMPSON', and carried unanimously— That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway commu nication between the northern districts of the Metropolis and the town of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now imperatively called for. blionsEEwNjEArr N and Sm re i so rg i; resolved It was p 3 r i o r pos . j e o d nx unanimously 2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other pro jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford to the residents of the town the advantage of a station. and that it deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an in terest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be presented in favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of Parliament ; and this meeting pledges itself to further the views of the Company, and resol ves that a Committee be appcinted toprornote the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet. That the Committee consist of Benjamin Smith Esq. Mr. John Hopewell Mr. Brunt Mr. Spencer Rev. Alexander Stuart Rev. John Dawson Thompson Mr. George Bower Mr. James Hill powerusly— to and dd resolved o t l h v e c i d r 1u ia,n number. im 0 Mr. James Cooper It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART, and seconded by 3. That the . tShPaEnNicc: tEhesqm"eeting be tendered to the Berkeley, the Chairman, and the Deputy-Chairman, and the other members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they have laid before the mee tin g the project of the Company. It was proposed by WILLIAM HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. W. H O LPEN, Esq., an d carried unanimously 4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for his impartial and able condo_ conduct in the chair. _-----_. B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. Notice is h e reby given, receivedno after SA further Applications for Shares in this under taking will be , next. By order of the Committee of Management, EDWARD ELICINS, / j o i n t mem,. G. T. 0, 2(041110 - street , PO. 2511845. Cuff and Fox, Derby ; • William Miles, Worcester ; M. Birkbeck, Worcester ; John Smith, Birmingham ;W. IL Col li s, Birmingham; Messrs. Cook and Co., Bradford; Wrn. Wood, Manchester, J. and D. Wilson, [Manchester ; A. Moffatt, Edinburgh ; Henry Vatcher, Exeter; Hall, Brothers and Co., Cheltenham ; Black and Co., Glas gow • H. Bayliffe, Liverpool ; George Edwards and Son, Bristol; B. P. Clarke, Bristol ; and J. Bamforth, Rotherham. In consequence of the number of shares already applied for, no fur ther town applications will be attended to after the 15th day of Octo ber inst., and from the country after the 18th inst. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Cenun!ttee of the Direct Sheffield and Maccles field Railway Company. - - - Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each In the above-named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the de posit of 2/. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agree ment and Parliamentary Contract when required. Dated this day of 1845. Name in full ... Profession or Business .. Residence, Private and Professional.... Residence of Reference Usual Signature of Applicant QOUTLI r MIDLAND, or LEICESTER, LY NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Midland Railway _ . Company, Chairman .. John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Leys, Leicester 1 Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart , Itoßeston Hall, Burton- i upon-Trent I Directors of the Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster r 311dland Railway John Waddingham, Esq., Leeds Company William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester _1 Edmund Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Directors of the Edward Harrison Harwell, Esq., Northampton } South Midland William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester- I Railway Company road, Hyde Park-gardens, London Josh. Kitten, Esq., Leicester. ErnlNEEß.—Robert Stephenson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, London T. B. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth. BANKERS. Messrs. Currie and Co., London Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester The Union Bank, Northampton SECRETARY—George Newton Browne, Esq. OFFICES—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester. The shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company arc in formed that arrangements have been made by the Committee of Management with the Board of Directors of the Midland Railway Company for carrying out the original South Midland line with the important additions of a line to Bedford and a branch to Huntingdon. the whole being consolidated in one undertaking, and placed under the management of a joint Board of Direction composed of members of the Boards of the two Companies. The objects, therefore, embraced by the present und@rtaking are 1. A direct line front Leicester by way of Market Harborough to Northampton, being .he original South Midland 2. A line diverging therefrom at Market Harborough, and passing by way of Kettering to Bedford ; and 3. A branch froni the last-mentioned line, at or near Kettering, to Huntingdon. _ _ The capital at present belonging to the South Midland Company will form a portion of the consolidated capital (the remainder being contributed by the Midland Railway Company), and in order to com ply with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is necessary that the deposit of 1/. 2s. already paid on the South Midland shares should be increased to 2/. 2s. It is also neces sary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued,and new Parlia mentary deeds executed. The shareholders in the South Midland Company are therefore re quired to pay, on or before the 25th day of October next, the further sum of it. per share on the shares respectively held by them, and for this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the Company's (Mins, Leicester, the scrip now held by them, together win, an application for registry and exchange in the annexed form, on or before the Igth day of October next. The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to rece've the increased deposit will be issued within three days after the registry of the scrip, and on the production of the bankers' receipt and the execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip cer tificates will be issued. . All scrip in respect of Ivhich the shareholders shall fail to take the necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the specified period will be forfeited. Forms of :application for registry and exchange of scrip may be ob tained by applying to the Secretary, at the Company's offices. GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman, G. N. BROWSE, Secretary. Leicester, Sept. 30, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE OF SCRIP. To the Committee of Direction of the South Midland, or Leicester, Northampton, Bedford, and Huntindon Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the above Company, in respect of which I request you to issue me new scrip, and I agree to pay the further deposit of 11. per share on or before the 25th day of October instant, and to execute the new Par liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845 . Name in full .... Description .. • • • • .. • • • • • Address in fu11............ This form must be filled up in the handwriting of the applicant. PROSPECTUS OF TILE R HONDDA and ELY VALUES JUNCTION RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE. (Provisionally Registered.) Promoted with the sanction and support of the Rl:ht Hem the Ball of Dunraven. Capital, 200,000/., in 10,000 Shares of 201. cads, Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PEOVISIONAL COMMITTEE. liseount Adam, MY., DunraTen Castle, Glamorgan Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nanty Glo Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire Riehard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire Sir William Wynn, Mass Eewyeld, Chairman of the North Walea Railway lames G. Barrett., Esq., Ross, Herefordshire lenry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff Villiam Bradley,, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway ;harles Richard Biggs, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent Moulins Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway The Rev. James Cozens, Toys Plwm, Glamorganshire Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenilworth, Director of the Commercial Bank captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of Cambridge arid Lincoln Extension Railway John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Eyrewash Valley Extension Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway The Rev. H. It. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester square Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glarmorganshire Windsor It. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire John Hopkins, Esq , Killely, Glamorganshiro William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway ♦ere Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorganshire William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgeud Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., 1.R.5., Bath, and No. b 5, Lincoln's Inn fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex -gardens, Hyde Park George B. Pyc, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire James Brown, Esq., of Ton Dhu, near Bridgend Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Edward L. Richards, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamor ganshire Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan. BANKERS. Commercial Bank of London National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff. ENGINEER. This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda and Ely Valles, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis tance from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district, one of the richest and most important in South Wales, which is at present without the means of transit for its Immense and valuable products. It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of Cllamorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in Im mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and, obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition to its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at 3rer thyr and Aberdeen, is also, like that of those districts, of the very best description for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although Inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other, that the demand for it far exceeds the supply, and promises accord ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested, as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other less promising rallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro- Auctions. An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other line. This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great market town and port of Cardiff, front whence, at present, they may be said to be almost excluded. It is intended that the line shall commence at Blaen Rhondda, the head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down to a natural pass between the hills at Filwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there join the South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under theinmtbet advantageous circumstances as to distance , with all the po Bristol channel. A preliminary survey has already admits of higcohryPgveltirr:brh; ties, and it is found that the countryy ti a enuy anticipated that the works s ien w ts th sobe executed htesod very y at c l o t n i s s ide co r l' a n b e i :d ' un'naddeee:ttiYiled ad vertk cd ca pital. and the names e 3 a , emnodu the o a f m h e i ti s nt d Of The landowner:falmoigythienliiinucenatlfpaLopurriaebtolarst,ovitilhibsettionludto,klintic,: Provisional Committee. posit until No Suh.sctrhlebeAr will be ane i w ic e d ranh t e i f e o n nd no t t h b e f Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs ef this Until an Act o under the control of the Managing Directors, to et is obtai , :oistrepuntinseyrist,htaiol I:.be whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds of due Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma tion, and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted to Parliament. rower will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make Ibranch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi nate the first Directors of the Company. In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to landowners on the line and other parties locally interested. Prospectuses and Maps may be had of, and applications for Shares may be addressed in the form annexed to, W. B. James, Esq., Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street, Loudon; to W. Morgan, Esq., Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or mort of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers : London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse yard. " Messrs. J. Peppercorns and Co., 2, Old Broad-street. Liverpool—Messrs. Boultt and Co. Manchester—Messrs. lioughland and Leese Leeds—Messrs John Young and Co. Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq.; Messrs. Taste and Nash Birmingham—Mr. Collis Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda .and Ely Va Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 211. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Namein inn .. • • . • • • • • • • •• • • •• • • • • • Residence ............................ Trade or Profession • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • Reference with Addre55 ..........•••• Date of Application ......... • . • • of the 4 1 1, ,10 4 0 0 to e 01 ' sll°. 0 . 410