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

|E tt 61 I D IRE CT WESTERN RAILIVIAT (Upon the Broad Gauge), From London to the La itEs-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewater respectively. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 3 000 000/. in 120,000 Shares of 251. eacb. Deposit, 21. 125. 6d. per Share. Offices, 20, Poultry, London. PROVISIONAL COILMITTEE. The Right Holt. the Earl of Camperdowu, Sidney-place, Bath The Viscount Mandeville, Kimbolton-park, Hunts Lord James O'Bryen, Royal-crescent, Bath Lord William Powlett, Bath, and Downham-hall, Brandon, Suffolk General Sir John Slade, Bart., 3funtys Court, Taunton Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, Somerset The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts Sir Henry Wobbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardena Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P., Hill-street, Berkeley-square Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P., 6, Parliament-street Hon. Percy Evans Treks. 3, Belgrave-square Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies Sir Robert Price, Bart., 1l P Foxlay. Herefordshire Sir John Cave Brown Cave Bart Kaailworth, Warwickshire Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourna -green, Hyde-park, East India Director John Clark, Esq., Bellofield House , near Trowbridge, Wilts, Magis trate for the counties of Wilts and Somerset Alfred Batson, Esq., Ramsbury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place Major Hunt Grabbe, Eastwell House, Devizes John Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker John Loyd Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker William Adair Bruce, Esq. , Lansdown-crescent, Rath Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company Thomas Faracomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder- Waster Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London Edward Rarrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq. ' 3flin's Bridge Home, Huddersfield , Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Pladdorstleld and Sheffield Railway William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road. Hyde Park, Director of the Nortitanspton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and South Midland Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrays-square, London Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. ;Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and George-street, Mansion Mouse Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, laspaty Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf William Eines, Esq., Mincinglane, London, late Director of the Devon and Cornwal Banking Company :nutlet; Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-views, Director of the South Midland ailway Martin Stately, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park , Landon, Director of the üblin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South Essex Railways Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers' lire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath Rouse, Rath, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole aud Doncaster Railways Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brscabo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannons street, London A. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George 3Platosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square Frederick Sony Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Conlsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the Licensed Victualler? Fire and Life Assurance Company Patrick Fras. Johnston, Eaq., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and Blackwell Railway Company William Downing Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon Cuthbert Woodcock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways George Hammond Whalley, P,sq., 30, Pall-mall, London William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square William Plreynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Enston-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwall Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane Captain R. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square Anthony Ridley, 84q., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the St. Katherine Docks Company, and of the General Shipowners' Soeie.y William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Charles Thomas Wards, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and Litton Hoo, Bedfordshire George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor place, London Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagit Castle, county Cork, Union Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way C. inpany Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway Henry aradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., Bolcombo House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d Light Dragoons Robert Main, Esq., Ravenshourno Park, Lewisham, and Trinity- Claws, Londea, Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall Monte, Rettbrd, Nottinghamshire Jabs ()Myatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Ilernaey 'Major-Gan. Martin White, Mariborongh-buildings, Bath Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyies House, seer Newbury, Berks Col. iturslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath ift v. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath want Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Rev Chas. Fras. Damffside, Rector of Dual:erten, near Bath, Magis trate for Somerset Richard Mortimer°, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Diming ham Railway Company R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Brxkingham shire Railway and Wolverton Junction Riehird Mortimore, Esq., Kingsruill, Collumpton Rev. John Spienharn, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton (talie; Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Urculm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry I)andas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth George Pearce, alsq., Bradni itch House, near Collumpton Win. H. Haleornb, Esq., Chilton, Hanger:ord, Chairman of the Berks Unioa Banking Company Wiliam :Talcomh, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and Dorset Bank Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton Robert Parsons, Req., Taunton John Dalzell, Esq., llallingford, Barks Thorium Carlisle, Esq. Clifton, Bristol Joint Kerte Haber - ilea, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Jams Troup, Esq., Hastings John Robaon, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Morforil Cottle, Req., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland aid North ampton, lianbary and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mappin, Earl., Sheffield, Director of the Manohoster, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon -place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway James Burt, jun., Esq. Manchester, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead, and Manchester and Southampton Railways 144wara Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direst Lontiom and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies Joseph Nadia, Esa., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Wizen, and Manchester and Southampton Railways Jninen Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford Sir William Lowthrop, Hun, Mag!strate for the East Riding of York and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" Joha Holford, Esq., ltusholin Hall, Manchester C. N. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Headers gal and itheMeld, ani Director of the Halifax awl liradlerci Colon Railway Lherleg Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Janet ion John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South ampton Railway John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Denham Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and Midland Railway Companies Ilia:16 Holmes, Esq., Liverpoo Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company C. Apelehy, Egg., Broeinhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Hallway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office Woe. Thompson, Esq., Hppertherpe, near Sheffield, Director of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Adderiey Howard, Esq., Mutton Wisbech, Director elite East Coast Railway Company Captain Bowker, It.N., Devonport 11. S. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di rect Rai lway Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Director of the East and West of England Railway Company John F4weett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Mar rewgsts Railway Company William Marriott, Esq. Attercliff- terrace, She ffi eld, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisheach , and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York and East Lincolnshire Railways John .Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Req., Manchester • William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rcv. 11. ff. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire Major Wornuns, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of 'the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Bull John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hall and Barnsley Janette* Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane Zenry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-read, Linaehease, merchant John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square John Horton, Esq., Moat Nouse, Brentwood, Essex William John M'Cluire, Esq., Hampton Court John Gray Wilson, Esq. Oxfbrd-terrace _Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Grove, North Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate ofieouthampton Thomas Chas. Harr:lon, Esq., F R.S., York-terrace, Regent's Park G. B. Bulbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tringisara, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire William Jenson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury Henry Paul Harwood, Eaq., M.D., Sheffield The Hon. F. Byron, 21, Eaton-place William Higgins, Esq., Turvey, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak-park, near Winchester, Deputy-Lieu tenant, and magistrate for the county of Hants William Jackson, Esq., Birkenhead, Chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway E. 11. Langworthy, Esq., Manchester Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman, and Sheriff of London and Mid dlesex Nathaniel Gould, Esq., Barge-yard, BacklershurY. and TaTistook square Edmund Lionel Welles, Eeq., Cadogan-place, and West Monkey, Surrey Dunoan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, full Lineehouse, Director of the London Dock Company, the Marine Assurance Company, and the General Shipowner's Society William Jackson, Esq. Sheffield, Director of the Gosh and Doncaster Railway George P. Earle, Esq., Hull Stephen Knowles, Esq., Exeter W. Lawrence, P.m. Brixton John Learmonth, Edinburgh, Chairman of the Edinhttrgh and Glasgow, and North British Railway Companies Wellington Ross Fie , Montague -place, Russell-square, Director of the , ER.que.b. ya r D ea ' e t ri s y sq , and Manchester Railway William Tanner, Burley-street, Blackfriars John Booth, Esq., Sherburn Gruen."-Durham eEesq..,utgrWelnivell Grange, Durham Matthew Benja E ra m iu , R St ° . l)s° Ja n m' John Holmes, Weymouth Railway, and York and 'L Director of the Dorchester and William G. Bernard, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Railway Thomas Smallwood Rlchards,Exq- 59,1. , Port -a er-street James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Manchester man-eg em .„ N. M'Cann, Esq., Parliament-street . • Henry Wenman Newman, Esq., Bristol, Magistrateforthat C tv Deputy-Lientenant and Magistrate for th e county of Gloucester William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury William Empson Jalland, Esq., Holderuess House, near Hull Thomas Racket Massey, Esq., Newark-upon-Trent Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Gainshorough, Goole, and Isle of Axholme, and of the Wisbeach, Ely and Lin ealnshire Railways William Ruston, Esq., Catherine-court, Trinity-square G. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., Temple, Loudon C. I. Selwyn, Esq., Exeter Joseph Hopwood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Falmouth Railway Richard Compton, Esq., Eddlngton House, Hungerford, Barks, a 3faglatrate for the counties of Wilts and Berka Henry Coa (oape, Esq., Goldhanger, Malden, Essex Richard Davis, Esq., St. Helen's-place, Director of the South Midland Railway THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 2, 1845. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate William Minchin, Esq., solicitor, Portsea and Portenouth Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth Edwin Aldbery, Esq., solicitor, )fidhurst Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerhata. SECRETARY-31r. John C. Sommers. In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters are influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con necting line between the Important towns of Chichester and Ports mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in affording a direct communication between the two great military and naval arsenals of Great B stain —Portsmouth and Ckatham. The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the two termini at Chichester and Portsmouth, will extend the facilities of communica tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England, connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton towards the west. By the main line fhlling into the Brighton Rail way the advantage of two termini in London will be secured—the one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London-bridge—the latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom house, and the several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be tke best position for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions. The line of railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from London bridge. In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate, Newdigate, Cupel, Oekiey, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Aliold, Billinghurst, Wisborough-greon, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingfold, North Chapel, Kidford, I'etforth, Midhurst, Chulgrove, Stoughton Racton, Westbourno, and Emsworth, at or near which last mentioned pl , ce this projectedli a will join the Chich ster and Portsmouth Rail way to Portsmouth. A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking to Join the main no at or near Civet. By this course the entire distance to travel between London and Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected betwees London and Port , mouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing a route more populous and productive than any hitherto presented to public notice. It will involve the construction of only 43 miles of railway to complete the coarse between the Redkill station (near Reigate) and Emsworth. From London to Reigate by the London and Brighten Railroad is The junction to be 'mule by this Company Is • • From the point near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the Chichester and Portsmouth Railway Is 21 ratles, 4h r ~ Total distance from London to Portsmouth.. From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and which will place Chichester in direct communication with London. The distance betweei Chichester and London by this route will be 62 miles, and trains will run direct between London and Chichester. Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off ilrom the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected line will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth and Dover. From an inspection of the map, It will be seen that the Redbill station, near Reigate, lies needy in a direct line between Ports mouth and Chatham, and in pursuing tha line of communication to the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this line will pass through or sear the towns of Bletchingley, Godston. Limpeflehl, Westerham, Seven Oaks, lghtham, Town Mailing, Wretharn, Of ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Woodham. The distance between Chatham and Reigate will involve the making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad between Portsmouth and Chatham will oaten 1 over 82 miles . To •the naval and military establishments :of this kingdom the construction of this projected line will afford the most important fa cilities in the transit of troops, stores, baggage, Sze. dm, diminishing the tardy course of communicatioa which at present necessarily exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually extend ing over the space of two days, and placing them in that direct com munication with each other which, in two boars, or thereabouts, will enable the journey between them to ho made. The formation of of a direct line of railway between Portsmouth and Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishing, by the electric telegraphio, that celerity of communication so important to be obtained between places of national importance. The warm support of the principal landowners on the greater part of the line is pledged to this undertaking. The Provisional Committee abstain from making any special re ference to the contemplate i profit to result from carrying into effect this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent of traffic through the populous and rich districts ever which this line and its branches are projected to pass is sufficiently known, and is decisive of the Inutility of all comment in that respect. Applications for the shares, in the form given below, to be made to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any of the following Brokers :—Mesars. It. Sutton, Dribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange, London ; Messrs. Peppercorns and Co., No. 2, Old Broad-street, London ; Mr. H. Pritchett, of No. 74, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; John Duncuft, Esq., sharebroker, Manchester ; Mr. It. ll'Ewen, 18, St. A nn ' s - street, Manchester ; John speaerdes ; hr ok er, Leeds ; Mess rs . Rid s d ale, Myers, at o ld hi Messrs. Schultz and C arr , b ro k ers, Li verpool ; Messrs. Hope and Rsstrick, b ro k ers, Manchester ; Messrs. Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Ply mouth ; Deorge Edwards nB Watson, ailey, brokers, l.:sg" aid Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Hull ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis and Son, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, Portsmouth, and Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham Railway Company. I request that you will allot to me shares et 201. cads in the above named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the de posit of 21. 2s. on each share, and to execute the Parliamentary Con tract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be required of me. Dated this day of 1845. Usual signature .................... Name in • ....... ...... Profession er Trade ................ •• Residence.. ........... Place of Business (if any) ...... Reference ...• .. • ...... .......... Residence of Reference ...... • • N.B. No application will be atte n d e d t o except with a reference to a banker, or from an applicant referring to, and who is known by some of the Provisional Comaiitteo, or the solicitors, or local ageats. • T HE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. The Shares in this Railway having beei allotted to all Deposits duly paid, the Committee of Management have much pleasure in in forming their Shareholders that the Parliamentary surveys are pro gressing to their entire satisfaction, and that every care is being taken to insure compliance with the standing orders on going before Parliament. By order, .11".. 1, Roy a l E xc h ange - buildings , London, Sept A BRRE. 27, 1845.TT, Secretary. RUGBY, WARWICK, and WORCESTER RAILWAY. The Director s , I n consequence of their receiving daily applications for shares In this Company, announce that the list was finally closed on Saturday last, and that no further applications can be entertained. By order, September 26th, 1845 GEO. 11. WELLER, Secretary. RUGBY, WARWICK, and WORCESTER The Directors in reply RAILWAY. to the nu merous app li cat i ons on the subject, beg to inform the public that the shares in this Company are now in course of allotment, and that they, the Directors, intend issuing the letters of allotment so soon as the requisite examination has taken place into the application for shares. By order, September 27, 1845 GEO. 11. WELLER, Seeretary. RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. At a meeting of tho Provisional Committee, numerously attended, convened by circular, and held at the Offices of the C ompany, No. 1, Glau4lls,d hall-chambers, Basingnall-street, London, the 30th September, W. H. HUGHES, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., in the Chair, The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved,—That the Prospectus issued as that of the Provisional Committee be now approved and adopted. Resolved,—That the following gentlemen do constitute the Com. mittee of Management:— William Frederick Beadon, Esq Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq. Peter CoLston, Jun., Esq. Edward Doubleday, Esq. John Freeman, Esq. Alexander Greig, Esq. Mr. Alderman Hughes Hughes Thomas Nagger, Esq. John Haddon, Esq. Richard Parry Jones, Esq. E. W. Morris, Esq. Resolved,—That the following be appointed the Bankers of the Company : The London and Westminster Bank The London and Cou n ty B an ki ng Company, } In London. The Northamptonshire Banking Company, at Northampton. Messrs. Butlin and Son, at Regby. The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, at Leamington, Warwick, and Southam Messrs. Berwick and Co., at Worcester. The Committee have great pleasure in informing the public of the extraordinary support this Company has received, and they regret that, in consequence of the number of applicants for shams in this undertaking, many highly respectable and influential claims must unavoidably be unsatisfied. The allotment is now being proceeded with, and the letters will be issued in the course of a week ; thqse parties, therefore, who do not receive letters, lutist be pleased to accept the above as the apology of the Committee. By order, GEO. H. WELLER, Secretary Guildhall-chambers, B asinallail-etreet, lit October, 1845. * Janes Morrison, Esq. Cornelius Nicholson, Esq, Benjamin Payne, Esq. Robert Rising, Esq. Thomas Sharp, Esq. Joseph Satchel!, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq. Edward Waddelove, Esq. Edward Welch, Esq. John Woolston, jun., Esq N ORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place South. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cAp. 110.) Capital, 1,300,0001., in 65,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John 4ttwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman James Ho:Tie, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bad., London James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper SOymour-street, Portman-square John Bagshaw, Esq., t.loucester-place, Portman-square Richard Bethel], Esq. ' Queen's Counsel, Lauderdal e House, Highgate George Bishop, Esq., South Villa, Inner Circle, Regent's Park Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., osidgetSouthgate Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway George Woodreffe Frauklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of the City of London Henry Morton, Esq., Blddick, Durham George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. James's-place George Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings Ni c h o l as wood, Esq., Kelllngworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. BARRER!. Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., London Bank of Liverpool The Union Bank, Manchester. ENGINEER — George Parker Bidder, Esq., 8.1.C.8. AacurrEcv—Robert Abraham, Esq., Torrington-street, Russell-square. SGLICITOR—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, City. SaCIRTARY—Harry Burrard Farnall, Esq. The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail way Company have great satisfaction in informing their subscribers that negotiations are now pending between the Previsional Commit tee of this Company and the Directors of the Railways north of the Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City tralhc north of London. _ . --- To effect this important object, an area 0(10 acres of ground (the southern boundary of which is within NO yards of the Bank of England) has been mest carefully surveyed and valued, and the re port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved by than to in crease the capital of this Company to 1,300,000/. The Provisional Committee consider it of paramount importance to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and most complete accommodation for the trade of each of the railway compan i es w h o may co-operate with them, an object which will be effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground alluded to, within the centre of the City of London. . . . In conjtinetion with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Connties Railway in Shorediteh, which will effect an entire junction between the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same thee aflord a direct communication between the whole of the rail ways, which reach London to the north of the Thames, and give full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a common centre within the heart of the metropolis. Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local trail% which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com pany, will be added that of those cempaniee also who will eventually co-operate with the North London Junction Railway Company, and the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable line of railway. _ _ A lithograihie sketch now publishing will accurately define the entire district through which this Company proposes to run this line; by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in immediate communication with the City ; while the dense popu lation of the City will enjoy a facl'ity of connexion with its suburban localities, necessarily affording it the greatest accommodation. With such important local resources, therefore, together with the vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly anticipated, filly commensurate with the outlay of the proposed capital. That revenue will be derived thus : The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to 3,30, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Bir mingham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirds of which reach the City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persens daily, half of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City. Passengers from the suburban districts reaching the City, now un accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily. From these sources the folowing products are derived: — Per /ask Passengers from the Great Western aad Birmingham Rail _ way, at Gd. each ... . 7 . ..... . X-52,823 Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus of this Company, at 3d. each •• • • • • • • •• Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each. as taken at 142,206 ices of goods and _ . parcels pace annually from the Great Western and the London and Birrelnghara Rail- ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of as. Gd. per ton throughout. For the carriage of these goods and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per ton, a revenue may bo derived of .... .. From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing in to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of 40,0001. a year, may be derived the stun of •••• • • • . The total of their calculations ammtnts t 0.... £280,289 Deduct 40 per cent. for workers' expenses ••••••• • • • •• •• 112,118 £168,174 Eotlmateil Rental t• be receiver] front •then Corapailes for trio us• of Terminus .. • 12,06 10,000 „„..•.. . . • • • 80,000 £198,174 Being a revenue of more than 15 per cent. on a capital 0 1,3119,0001, The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 115,000 shares of 201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share will be payable forthwith. portion of the shares will be allotted td parties locally interested. The remainder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders and the public generally, upon application being made by them in a manner herelaafter mentioned. The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their Parlia mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent standing orders of the House of Lords, to require a &post cf 101. per cent. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in order to carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip certificate witk the Secretary, on or before the Ist of October next, in exclumge for which they will obtain a certificate upon which the bankers of the Company will receive the amount of the difference payable, and, upon producing the receiptand signing the new Parliamentary Deeds, fresh scrip will be delivered to them. Applications for prospectuses, maps, end shares, may be made to the secretary, at the Offices, No. a, Finsbury-place South, and the following sharebrokers : Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, • and Sutton, 22, Nerth-side, Royal Exchange, London Messrs. Cape', Cuerton, and Lawford,. 3, Royal Exchange George Burnand, Esq., Cernhill Messrs. lionghland - and Lease, 61, Ring-street, Manchester William Marshall, Esq., Bank-buildings, Manchester William Haynes, Esq., Manchester John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool Messrs. Wellheloved and Oastler, Leeds Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. 11. Land, Esq., Bristol J. It. Lan*, Esq., Birmingham Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield J. 15 Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield F. C. Seencer, Egg , Halifax . • Messrs. Henry reaumont and. Co., Exeter R. P. Lemon, Esq., Stith. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF SCRIP. To the Secretary of the North London Junction Railway. Company. Str,—l herewith transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by mo in this Company numSersd as at foot, and I andertako to make the further payment of 14e. 6d. per share on the said shares, forth with, and to execute the new Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. Christian and surname la ftEll . Business or Profession ....... . Residence ................ . FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARE/4. To the Provisional Committee of the North London Junetion R.tllwar Company, p tr a a y et th a e n d d epo su s b l e t c o r f ibe S re l. per share, and sign Agreement when re. I revest you will allot to rae shares of 2?I. each in the oapital of the above-named railway, am will accept the same Sr quired. Dated the t a h n e y P le a a r a lia n no nm entr r' y andContract day of 1846. Christian and surname in fhll Business or Profession Address ......... ............ Rettreneo ......... IRISH. IVI ST COAST RAILWAY (Registered Provisienally.) Sapital. 2,500,11001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each. Esq..al m lin p ar . a , d ( hts e T orr o ib, Mayo Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. N. Subscriber to !se liable beyond the amount of his Skates.) PROTISIONAL COMNITTEN. Dancer, Bart., Modreeny llouse, Clough :4)lr b T er h t . D i n te l rn iro a w G e, oiag Jordon, coanty Tipperary, Director of Use Galway and Kilkenny John Pat rick ßlake ti mers, E : Esq . , 31. P. , Sligo Railway The lion. Geoffry Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and Castle M'Garrett, Mayo The lion. Douglas Kinnaird Pultenoy, P arliament -street, Whitehall Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railw a y The Right lion. John Ladarezo Arabin, Lord Mayor of Dublin Michael Gallagher, Esq.. Mayor of Sligo . John Notterrillo Barron, Esq., Resident Magi—..rate, Sanders Park, Cork Owen Edmond Blake, Esq., J.P., Frenehfort, Galway James F. Burke, Req., J.P., St. Clarence, Galway Dominick Joseph Burke, Esq., J.P., Greenhill, Mayo Theobald Burke, Esq., J.P., Woodville, Mayo William Campbell, Esq.. Sackvillc-street, and Brighten Jelin Carmichael, Esq., T.C., Rivertsen House, Cork, Director of the Cork and Killarney Railway Charles Collins, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Thomas Comins, Esq., lallybrit House, Galway Edward Deane, Esq., J.P., Carragowan, Mayo John oof the Campbell Dicker . Rugby, Derby, E r 1 1 and .'N.wlVall'by Weston, Cheshire, Manchester Dire ctor Rralvrar James Dillon, Esq., J.P., Cope, Mayo John Dunn, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., L. and D., Drsmsna , Leitrim Thomas Edwards, Esq., King William-street, London, Director of the Direct London and Dublin Railway Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmenthshlre Robert Graham, Esq., J.P., Drumgoon, Fermanagh Klein Grant, Esq., M.D., St. James's-street, Pall-mall, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Henry Grifiith, Esq., D.L., J.?., Port Royal, Slim Direct or of the Sligo and Shanntre Railway W. A. Hill, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Deplty-Chairman of the Glances • ter and Aberystwith Railway Dean John Hoare, Esq. Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square Edward Hoare, Esq., J .P., Percy-street, Bedford-sqaare,: . Director of the Great Welsh Central Railway, &o. T. dodges, iEsq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, &e. Robert Nughes, Esq., Ely House, Wexford, Director of lie Provin cial Bank of Ireland John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple William King, Esq., Spring-gardens, and Putney, Stirrer J•bn Knex, Esq., J.P., Greenwood Park, Mayo Joseph Myles M'Dennell, Esq., J.P., Dooeastie, May* Rowland 11. Mackenzie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Great Wes tern Extension Railways Capt. Charles Carden Mansergh, Longraigue, Wexford, Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and Talentia Railway Capt. Newton, Bruton-street, and Lugwardin, Herta Franels R. O'Grady, Req., Tanen*, Moro Richard O'Grady, Esq.,:Mayo John O'Hara, Esq., Rakeen Gort, Treasurer, Cennty Galway Charles Ormsby, Esq., D.L., Cummin, Sligo Robert Dudley Persse, Esq., Galway Michael Perrin, Esq., Galway Rees Price, Esq., M.D., Tyne Ma ll , Great Ilford, Essex Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq , Brompton, Middlesex Joseph Richardson, Esq., J.P. Summer-hill House, Clones George Rutledge, Esq., J.P. Brabazon Park, Mayo Thomas Seymour, Esq., J.P., Ballymore Castle, Ballinasioe James Sexton, Esq., J.P., Limerick John Sainsbury, Esq., Kensington James Shirreffs, Esq , M.D., Liverpool-road, Isiingtoß Despard Taylor, Esq., Newport, Swords John Walsh, Esq , CasUehill, Mayo Captain George Edward Watts, It.N , Langton Grange, Darlington Edward West, Esq., Weston Hill, Surrey (With power to add to their umber.) CAINSULIENS Erroussita---Colenel Landman'', R. 1., M.I.CJA• ENGINEER—G. M. Lewis, C.D. RANKERS. London—Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. Scotland—Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank Ireland—National Bank and Branches Provincial Bank and Branches. STANDING COUNSEL—James Monsen Carroty, Est. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Langley and Mead, Bedford-row, London. William Thomas Kelly, Esq., 16, Mount Joy-square North, Dublin, and Castlebar Mayo. LOCAL sassiTs. Cork—James Morgan, Esq., 4, Patrick's-ON' Tralee and Killarney—John F. Eager, Esq. Limeriek—David Fitzgerald, Esq., George-street Ennis—J. B. Knox, Esq. Galway—Francis O'Shaughneesy, Esq. Castlebar—James Conry, Esq. Sligo—Mr. W. C. Tuite. SzcazzAar—Henry T. Stuart, Esq. PROSPECT US. The object of thi s li ne of Railway is to complete the chain of coast communication, and form a connexion with lines already established or projected with reasonable hopes of success. It will commence at or near the city of Limerick, and taking a nor therly direction, proceed through the counties ofClare, Galway, Mayo, and Sligo, terminating at Sligo, by a junction with the Sligo and Knnls killen Railway, and accommodating on its route the important ci ties and towns of Limerick, Ennis, Gort, Loughrea, Athenry, Monivea, Tuam, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Westport, Foxford, Ballina, Kilalla, Swineford, Streamstown, and Sligo, which town being connected with the north, east, and south, by the different lines through Enniskillen, London derry, Coleraine, Belfast, Armagh, Newry, Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin, Wicklow, IVexford, Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Yalentia, Trapp, and Limerick, the establishment of this line will cause Ire land to present a completeness of locomotive communication which no other country in the world enjoys. Application for skate to be rage iu the taut form to the solici tors in London and Dublin ; to the Local Agents ; to the Secretary, at the office of 4 the Company, 10, Old Jewry Chambers ; to Scoble Willesford, Esq., Castle-street, Exeter ; and to the Undermentioned brokers .—Messrs. Martin and Heseltine, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; Mr. D. B. Major, Change-alley, Cornhill ; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liver pool ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Manor-street, Hnll ; Mr. S. Grindrod, Manchester; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leds ; Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. John Balme, Gloucester ; Messrs. Tyetk and Wills, Plymouth ; Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; Messrs. M`Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. William Gor don, Aberdeen; Messrs. Curtis and Power, Dame-street, Dublin; Mr. James Morgan, Cork, of whom Prospectuses may be had. G AINSBOROUGH AND NOTTINGHAM RAILWAY. (TIIE TRENT LINE.) (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 300,0 01., in Shares of ROL each. Deposit 21. Is. This important line of railway, commencing at the port of Gainsborough, is intended to pass along the Trent flat by Sturton-le-Steeple, North Leverton, South Leverton, Treswell, Bampton, Laneham, Dunham, Bagnal, Fleetborough, Marn ham, Normanton, Grassthorpe, Sutton-upon-Trent, Carlton, Cromwell, Norwell, Bathley, North Muskham, Little Carlton, Kellam, to Newark, with a connecting branch from Kelliam to Averham, thence by the Midlands Extension line of the Notting ham and Lincoln Railway to Nottingham, by the existing Midlands branch, making the total distance to Nottingham thirty-nine miles, thus effecting, by twenty-four miles of new railway, a direct line from Gainsborough to Nottingham, which will connect Derby, Bir mingham, Gloucester, and the West of England generally, with Hull and Great Grimsby. The object of the promoters of this rail way is to afford the existing interests an opportunity of uniting to secure the immense traffic which exists along this line in its original and legitimate coarse, via Newark-upon-Trent to Nottingham. They propose no unfair interference with the rights and properties of vested companies, but by cutting off the angles and curves of the elver, render the route the most direct, economical, and speedy of any railway that can be made. It is free from any engineering difficulty or obstruction, and its cost of construction will be less by at least one-third than that of at.y other competing company. The merits of the line want no extrinsic patronage from distant parties, but will command a high station amongst the best railway projects of the day. It will stand the test of public scrutiny as well as the Parlia mentary ordeal. ♦ prospectus and plan are in progress, and will be ready for de livery in a few days, with a most influential Committee of parties locally interested ; and in the meantime further particulars may be had of the Joint Solicitors, G. P. Hill, Esq., 21 A, Soho-square, and J. T. Sanders, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square ; at the temporary offices of the Company, 11, Gray's Inn-square, where all communications are to be addressed. G. P. HILL, Esq., 3 Solicitors J. T. SANDERS, Esq., NORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY, FROM CREWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, passing through the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffeal, Kidder minster, Worcester, and Tewkesbury, with a branch from Newport to Wellington, forming the shortest and most desirable Communica tion between Liverpool, Manchester. and the Northern Parts of England and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital. 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares if 201. each. ;Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. (Reks is asoordance with the Standing Orders of the House of Commons.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTBE. • The His. Douglas Rinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, White , hall, Chairman of the York aid Lancaster Railway Sir William Beothby, Bart., Ashbeurn Hall, Derbyshire, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway Mr Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the South Midland and North ampton and Banbury Railways The Rev. Charles Leicester, if Whitton Hall, Shropshire, Magistrate for Shropshire, and Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Jelin Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the Derby and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone, birector of the Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral Railways Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the Direst London and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways Clement Tabor, Esq., Cornhill, London, and Rayne, Essex, oirector of the London and County Bank, of the National Loan Fund Assurance Company, and of the Direct London and Holyhead Railway. Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane, London, Director if the Chelmsford and Bury Railway theme Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Newport, Salop, Director if the Shropshire Mineral Railway Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Fag , Ironmaster, Holly Hall, near Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseloy Railway George H. Fourdrinler, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, Diree ter if the Shropshire Mineral Railway John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida-hill, London, Director of the London and Holyhead Railway William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire and Life As surance Company, Director of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways Richard Lambert, Esq., Lytton Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Director if the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway Ambrose Miller, Esq., Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford place, Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway William Millington, Esq., ironmaster, Summerhlll Works, Tipton, Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway William Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington, and Kentish town William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands Junc tion. Railway Thomas Lamle Murray, Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, Di rector of Rosamei's Great Northern Railway, of the National Bank of Ireland, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railway John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Boyd, near Halifax, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Director if the Manchester, Liverpool, and great North of England Union Railway, of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the National Bank of Ireland Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq.. merchant, Manchester, Director of the London, Holyhead, and Portdynll ten Railway William Toinkinson Riley, Esq., Millfield Works, Bilston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot teries and Manchester and Liverpool, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railway James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Mester of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Shropshire Mineral Railways Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Hull, Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di rector of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways Edward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropsh're, Director of the Direct London and Ilolyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and Drop eley Railways Rev. Matthew 'Tatman Markle, Rector of Rushbury, near Church Strettou, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Atari.; Merritt Rigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-square, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Rev. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway James M`Millan, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Westminster George Young, Esq., Falsy Howie, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Spratelade House, Longton William Ottey, Esq., LongtOn John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and Gains borough, and Stafferd , hire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester Railways William George, Esq., Weston, near Much-Wenlock Thomas Goddard, En., Bank House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq., Wilden Ironworks, near Stourport, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broecley Railway. Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Redford-row, London, Director if the London and Brighton, Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, and Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railways Heatrell Dowse, Esq., Chancery-lane, Loudon and Johnson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, aid of the Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby nallway William Dutton, Esq., Tlitensor Villa, Stone, Staffordshire, and Ebary-street, Eaton-square, Director of the Direct London and Holyhead Railway George Cowen, Esq., Dalston, near Carlisle, Director of the London and Holyhead Railway, Robert Foreman, Esq., Abbott's 11111, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway Joseph Gilham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Peter Wood, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the Shrop shire Mineral Railway George Swift, Esq., Elford Hill, Eceleshall, Director of the Shrop shire Mineral Railway John Robertson, Esq., St. Mary's-buildings, Glasgow A. W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Director o the Great Eastern and Western, and ilarbadoes General Railways . William W 1 Rte Coleman, Esq., Bantury, Oxfordshire Parries Austie. Esq., Banbury William Caless, Esq., Banbury SANIENRS. Messrs. Rogers, Oldbitg, and Co., Clement's-lane, London The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Draytosi The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall The National Crovincial Bank of England, Nowpost and Gloucester Mess's. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co., Worcester The Gloacestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. Tugleby Thomas Miller, Esq. 3, Abchureh-lane, London Edmund Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop William Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster Gilbert Brows., Eaq., Shiffnal. LOCAL AGENTS. floury Mine. Esq., Liverpool William Burdett, Esq., Manchester John Brampton, Esq., Worcester Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston Thomas Griffin, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Junior, Esq., Newport William Ilarding,'Esq., Burslent Henry Saben, Esq.,•Stafford. Sectrrsav—.T. Stevens, Esq. Temporary Offices, 3, Abchurch-lane, Loudon. This line of railway will commence at the junction of the Man chester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and Grand Junction Railways, at Crewe, in the county of Chester, and proceed from theme through or near the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and Shiffnal, in Shropshire, thence through the flourishing town of Kid derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Rail way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hall, and Chester to the important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct line from the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will also, in conjunction with the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swan sea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form the inset advan tageous route from Swansea and the iron districts of South Wales, to Liverpool, Manchester, and Mull. The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Talley Union at the thriving town of Newport. IS will form a junction with the two latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug gage may be conveyed to Stafford, Derby, the midland counties, Staffordshire Potteries, Sheffield, and Hull ; and, in addition to the carriage of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and Kidderminster, to Manchester, Liverpool, the whole of the north of England, and Scotland—will secure a large passenger traffic in the district through which it passes. A branch will be made from New port to the important town of Wellington. The proposed railway will be about 87 miles in length, and be tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save in distance at least 20 ranee, and the journey can be accomplished, at the pre sent rapid rate of travelling, in abeat two hours. This project as a junction line, connects itself with some of the most important rail ways in the kingdom. It also skirts the large, extensive, and densely populated iron districh; of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its course passes through a rich agricultural country. It mast, there fbre, be obvious that there will be a sufficient trellis to pay a high rate of interest on the capital required. There are no engineering difficulties in the country through which the line is intended to pass, the whole being nearly on a level, and on reference to the map of country, taken from the Ordnance survey, which accompanies the prospectus, the line will appear straight, and will at the same time show the superior advantages it possesses, and that it cannot be surpassed by any existing or projected lines between the same termini. It will not interfere with any ornamental property, and no tunnel ling will be required. Application is intended to be made, in the ensuing session of Par liament, for a direct line of railway (of which a survey has been made) from Southampton to Kidderminster, and by which a ready communication will be afforded to the most southern parts of England. The liabilities of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount et their subscriptions, and interest will be allowed on the deposits and thrther calls, from the date of the several payments to the opening of the line. Prospeetuses, with maps and forms of application for shares, can be had from the Secretary on application at the temporary offices of the Company, 3, Abehurch-lane, Landon; from the Solicitors and Local Agents; also from the following Brokers, viz.:—Messrs. Lyon, 2, Birchin-lane, London; Mr. Andrew Milligan. 2, Lord-street, Bir kenhead ; Mr. E. R. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. W. Whitmore, St. George, Liverpool; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds; and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Man chester ; to whom applications for shares may be addressed. It will be necessary that reference be made to a Banker, Solicitor, or person of responsibility. NORTH WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY, FROM CREWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, Passing through the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Kidderminster, 'Worcester, and Twkesbury, forming the shortest and most desirable communication between Liverpool, Manchester, and the northern parts of England and the Bristol Channel. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,250,000/., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per share. Being in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares in the Nerth- Western Trunk Railway; and I undertake to pay the Deposit el 28., and all further calls upon the same, or each lesser number as yea may allot to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract when called upon to do so. Dated this day of , 1845. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, Christian and Surname in full , ...... Residence ...• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •••••• Reference............................. Residence of Referee • • • • • • • . • ......... To the Provisional Directors of the North-Western Trunk Ram, 8, Abohurch-nano, London. MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTED. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and , Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas •lane, Lombard-street, banker d Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of Loudon, Direc tor of the Peninsular anti Oriental Steam-packet Company William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of Lon- g den, late M.P. for O x f or d, an d l ate Hi g h Sher i ff for Hantss James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square e - -". George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern w Railway Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- t g la2d Junction Wil eio Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway 0 William s:enry Forman, Upper Thames-street Captain Geen;re Probyn, Bryanston-square Robert Watkini, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- 0 land Railway Joseph Underwood, .Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London .1 ) .7 William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, J The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, 13elgrave-square Sir George Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel-house, Southampton Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-.street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir John Hare, Langham-place The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway John Addle, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central Terminus, and of the Lincensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office The Rev. J. Harvey Ashworth, Newbury M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich James Atty, Esq., Rugby James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester Henry Barlow, Esq., Highfield, Stockport Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Chester and Man chester Direct Railway Hugh Beaver, Esq.. Manchester William Fechnez Black. Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, rector of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Brown, Esq., Bedford Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Carshalton, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., SlloE:id Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway T. •etLi Brittain, Esq., Manchester George Bumand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde-park William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the North Wales Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London W. E. Boyce, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury; Director of East and West of England Railway Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct Western Railway George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq., 79, Mark-lane H. Bumly, Esq.. LL.D., Gosport Jo • eph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Bevil!, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyds, and Avenue-road, St. John's wood Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow.on-the-Wold, Glou cestershire W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Rail way Francis Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Captain Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Pie of Wight E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq.. Stratford-on-Avon William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great Western Railway J. P. Fernistone, Esq., of Highflelds, Wolverhampton George Fernistone, Esq., Lays Ironworks, Stourbridge W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanston-square William Gibb; Esq.; Manchester John Gould, Esq., Ardwiek, Manchester Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey-house, Bedfordshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Director of the East and West, and Birmingham South Stafford shire Railway Joseph Ilopgo(xf, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Railway W. H. Hornby, Esq., Blackburn George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Newington Hughes, Esq., SL Michael's, Winchester William Hill, Esq„.Manchester John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail way Company Joseph Haden, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railivay T. Hodges, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway James Horne, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon don Railway CoMpany " - John Hemming, Esq.,' North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway T. A. Hall, Esq., Aslifield-house, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewett, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. 11. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway T. Hodges, Esq , Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Hyde, Esq., Manchester William Jaeomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West of England Railway . ' William Jenkinson, Esq., Marl , orough-square, Salford George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol V. Clark Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales Railway John Kalil, Esq„ Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway M. W. King, Esq., Amblicote-hall, Stourbridge Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham -gate, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Brookville, near Manchester Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock Company Captain J. H. Leckie, Richnfond, Surrey Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq , 25, Hyde-park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park William Mills, Esq., Newbury , Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian Pe- Wnsular Railway William Matins, Esq , Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Bedford George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton Hill, Leamington R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane and Coleford John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway Thomas Markland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester James Marshall, Esq., Brinnnigton Mount, Stockport Robert Millington, Esq., °nisei' House, Retford, Nottinghamshire G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury Nicholas M'Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Beatings Railway Cornelius Nicholson. Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the York and Carlisle Railway Captain Alexander Nairn', Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Joseph Nadel], Esq., Dudley Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester James Ogden, Egg., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway P. Oldfleld, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway Count Eyre, Director of the South-Western Railway Vincent Eyre, Director of the South-Western Railway George Parhury, Esq„ Russell-square, Director of the East and West of England Railway Apsley Pellet, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Direc tor of the Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham Independent Railway Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen and Bolton Railay James Paxton, Esq., Rugby Richard N. Philipps, Esq., Sheffield John, Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South-Western Steam Packet Company, South. ampton Stephen Phillips, Esq , Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway Charles Phillips. Esq., Camberwell, Surrey John Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the North London Junction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-read, Maida-hill Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Coins, Torkshire Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com- pany Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Junction James Shaw, Esq., Salford John Sidebottom, Esq., Harewood-lodge, Cheshire William Sidebottom, Esq., Etherton-house, Cheshire David Slltzer, Esq.. Rhodes, near Manchester Ckarles Slocock, Esq., Newbury Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bi istol, Director of the Bristol and Glou cester, South Devon and Cornwall Railway Companies Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hull, near Halifax, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway W. Senhouse, Esq., Daventry T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Richmond Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. H. Sheppard, Esq , Towcester Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield lloratio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire Charles B. Fripp, Esq , Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Ilall, Mallon Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway Benjamin Williams, Esq., Banker, 4, Whitehall B. M. Wilcox ' Esq., Hantsvill Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field Fire and Life Insurance Company ' George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy-Chairman of the North Kent Railway Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveney Val ley Railway Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, distiller W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol Alexander H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool Edmund M. Wavell, Esq., Halifax S. Watkins, Esq., Forest-hill, near Worksop Paul Ferdinand.Willert, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Man chester Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford-house, Stretford Alderman of Manchester, and Director 31021. sad 0 Chester Railway Morris Were, Esq., Moerlands Southampton cd John Woodcock, Esq., banker ' , the Elms, Wigan, Liverpool and Bury Railway Company John York, Esq., banker, Thrapston, Northamptons hire J. B. Byron, Esq., Director of the Richmond Itriiway. • COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman Robert Watkins, Esq., Deputy-Chairm an. The Hon. Howe Browne. John BagSbilir, Esq' f the Chts.cr Sir John Pixie, Bart. Joseph Browne, Es q; John Attwood, Esq., M.P. T. Bridge Simpson, LE+ t? James Henry Attwood, Esq. Daniel WatneY, Esq. John Masterman, Esq. James Home, Egl• a Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Al- James Lees. Esq. Ge d o e r r g m e a A n dam, Esq. William Bill, Est George ParburY, beg• BANKERS. E Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. The Union Bank, Manchester. ENGINEERS. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westmlneter Buckstone Baker, Esq., C.E. SOLICITOUS. John Bethell, Esq., King William-street, London MP ° Messrs. Joseph and %Villain Heron, and Messrs. - Robins, Manchester. is , ,ccesee r f That another and a more direct line of railway ilau between the metropolis and the manufacturing diatricf r 0.116 best cheater is now fully admitted, and the question is, — whiftcht Ine line to be adopted ? s t dire ct The above proposed railway will form the shortes t and Mo,„„ Lae route from London to Manchester, and will, therefore, conniors direct communication with the metropolis at a mach less TT iche stef of capital than by either of the projected Loudon and cow lines (Remington'. and Ashurst's), the actual distance ti,0.,,011 strncted being only seventy-three, insteadof one-hundred al a to one-hundred and eighty miles. in ours of thif A careful preliminary survey has determined the Pr° ~f acci estie ' railway to atWpt nearly a straight line from Ragby to „ay ar as an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,00 0 plied, in the present perfected state of the science a Civil in and at the reduced cost of the execution of earthworks• vrin e r f, i n the its wt , s , the end a far greater real economy, both to the Company saving effected in Ike annual expense of working, and *l 7 l ° ,:hing, e t accon , P. DRS of more importance to the country in general, by d die from less cost, the same end proposed, by an entire an from London to Manchester. f 1 01( These considerations have not been sufficiently koP- to other parties who have also proposed to make a railway fr° ,„ par to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct traer'onntry, sue valleys, and to avoid the irregularities of the face of al ,‘ obviously lose the advantages proposed by this CoMPARY' adon a nd The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the Lo_ pre- Brighton Railway is a parallel case ; the direct line, ° eith .st:r 6 ee ttel ' jadelon ering. seining more difficulties to overcome, and 111•01Cillg ST - . n y cols" having been adopted by Parliament in preference to the m7,; er n at which - peting projects in a more or less sinuous direction , that time supported in the House by very influential Pe r '„' ;yid. ikr Should it be found necessary, arrangements have bobs an a Leap which additional lines of rails will be laid between Bug , ' ot aph , don, on the London and Birmingt,am Railway, the traffic northwards will be abundantly provi d for c e • a b i ding This line also possesses the singular advantage of a Tha mplOS , shortest and most direct route from Manchester to 0 0 °' pro poset Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no er Wee' the railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch 0 op Western as far as Dideot, and thence the proposed War ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance 11 % by nnl where', the cheater to Southampton will be twenty-three miles lees 0 51y .... ,,eer other route, and on this account the project has bee n - o ath N l "' ported by the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and For/s0 way Company. rai sdbf of The deviations from a perfectly straight line hetwe - i ii i p uke, Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ,orname ntal De valuable buildings, are very slight, and the line in gen e '7,.,airee• engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns inll uer stollei interested as a local line are Nuneaton, IlinckleY,;orie, en' Market Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, O lt Leek.ij The Company has :made arrangements with the -- IT ° l4 -- h Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the 11 °' o f Dor station (of the extent of six acres), in the centre of the el o f the et' don, at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which win P rove most importance to this line. the I .;,,dal eblic Amidst the many railway projects that now °coup,' cos mind and involve a vast outlay of capital, It will readily b e ., a n 0_ 1 . ; that a line that will attain such important results at so 01 2:A - trillion lay of capital, and the time required for its co nstruction , ±V b eneT. interfering with any existing vested interests, must inee"yeatleej" approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent o rt sn s , for The capital. An d r shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gos Port. ha ter 1 mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the manc i° uncu t o Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the shares. The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the ' en t is e" - ers beyod the deposit now paid, until the Act of Farlisre tained, and power will be taken hi the Act to allow 41. Per terest in all calls. n , b. Applications for detailed prospectus, maps, and share';,, , CO. tr loo fa made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 78, King William -e London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; sand the 22, s.rtb Sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton , cor oal; Side, Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand , 0 11 Soug Messrs. Barclay, Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; 94 land and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester; John d pas Royal Bank Buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbelovv - -11 poo.. Leeds; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Vgl i t, P eP J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and "OIL., lie" field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Haaa ers flod ' F. C. spencer , ii " r i Seer Wax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co. , Cheltenham Cle rm mont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Esq., Southampton ; ana Messrs. Flint and Tootal, 111 G+ T HE MANCHESTER and RUGBY D ICE RAILWAY COMPANY, via Macelosflold',„ b e aPP ° I S A certain number of the sh a r es i n this Company timed to the scripholders in the O x f o rd, Southampton, (,-.0,11)'"; Portsmouth Railway Company, those gentlemen who apply' i e st, , t h duce their scrip, between the 3d and 7th days of ° q.t e ped, the places below menoned, will have their scrip el.. - Ilire; - 0 At 19, n pmportionate number reserved in this Company lane, Cornhill ;or at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; g 11 3 1 ‘ 7? Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, Newbury Bailey and Wickham, Winchester; Messrs. Willis and . jirie."„ pool; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, L eeds; M. Le° Messes. Garton and Wright, Sheffield; Mr. Kcfshe ly '. 1 110 1 — field ; Mr. Spencer, Halifax ; Mr. Lemon, Bath; Messrs. 'ootal, Manchester DIRECT LONDON AND EXETE R " P-- 41 : WAY, with Extension to Falmouth and Hen , " ° , t1 ;10 MO ' No further application for shares can be received 11l I' tak. e / — 4 Th in e g Committee of Management are sow ac tively ri „ Olt e O oof' 40 'n the duties of allotment, but d eem it necessar y to APP— the s from • in advance, in order to prevent disappointment, that a we mous number of persons who have applied for shareo , , n° one-tenth of even bona applications can be entertaine d ' By order of the Committee, D. E. COLOMBINE, gelVW ° STOKES, HOLLINGSWOR TH ' TYERMAN, and JOHNSTON , 6, Great Winchester-street, Broad-street. Sept. 30, 1845 i BARB f! 4,1 HE FPI ELD, ROTHERHAM 0 0%4 , LE i dols hi., WAKEFIELD, HUDDERSFIELD, and 60 0 , t 0 it tor (Passing through and giving the fullest means of trans. ..„o) of the Barnsley, Silkstone, and Mortomley Coal "'^ ion Registerd.) Capital, in Shares of 211 (Provi . s each.all y Deposit, e 21. 12s. 4- A • per SO" • - PROVISIONAL comas - rim The Master Cutler of Sheffield Sir George Armytagc, Bart., Kirkles Hall Sir John L. L. Kaye, Bart.. Denby Grange Godfrey .Wentworth, Esq., Woolley Park Edward B. Beaumont, Esq., Finningley Park Charles John Branding, Esq., Middleton Lodge Charles Winn, Esq., Nostell Priory Edward Tow, Esq., Crofton Hall Henry Anthony Littledale, Esq., Bolton-hall Richard Thomas Lee, Grove-hall, Pontefract Ralph Creyke, Esq., Rawcliffe-hall Henry Holdsworth, Eeq., Manchester Henry Wickham Wickham, Esq., Low-moor J. M. Laws, Esq., R.N., Crumpsall-hall Robert Gill, Esq , Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts J. R. Ralph, Esq., Halifax Joseph Regan, Esq., Liverpool George Anderton, sq., Cleckheaton Win. Ash, Esq., Wakefield Edwd. Ackroyd, Esq., Halifax James Audus, Esq., Headingley John Aldred, Esq., Wellgate-house, Rotherham John Bard', Esq., Wakefield John Brackenridge, Esq., Bretton-lodge Thomas Bayldon, Esq., Hollinghurst ' 1- 'l. Joseph Brook, Esq., Green Head, Huddersfield - 4 , rf,,, Samuel Butcher, Esq., Endcliffe, Sheffield ..., , Robert John Bentley, Esq., Eastwood-house, Rotherhal. ' -' '',e , Henry Briggs, Esq., Overton John Bentham, Esq., Clifton, York ~,,,, Robert Buchanan, Esq., M.P., Pontefract • • 4 1 ' Capt. Binstead, R.N., Wakefield ' • `;:we Benjamin Badger, Esq., barrister-at-law, Rotherhani . ,- , s John C. D. Charlesworth, Esq., Chapelthorpe-hall - • ','..et Joseph Charlesworth, Esq., Lofthouse-house . . : •`, l , William Eden Cats, Esq., Goole • ;:: David Cass, Esq., Goole Richard Clay, Esq., Goole Thomas Chambers, Esq., Chapeltown George Chambers, Esq., High Green-house, John Cordeux, Esq., Barnsley Thos. S. Cordeux, Esq., Barnsley Thos. Cope, Esq., Barnsley Jonathan Carnley, Esq., Barnsley . William Dandison, Esq., wine merchant, Barnsley Alexander Dixon,, Esq., Cleckheaton George Ellis, Esq., Fingley House Joseph Fletcher, Esq., Goole Jeremiah Bourn Faviell, Esq., Featherstone Nall William Gill, Esq., Burley Hall Sheffield John Green, Esq., Sheffield Bernard Hartley, Esq., Milnthorp William Haxworth, Esq., Barnsley Edward Harper, Esq., York James Hodgson, Esq., Rotherham John Lister, Esq., Goole John Lees, Esq., Staleybridge Aaron Lees, Esq., Vissitt Manor, Wakefield Edward Meynell, Esq., Wakefield narnelef .ti' William Micklethwaite, Esq., Heresforth Hall, .-, . a William Moorhouse, Esq., Knottingley , 4 1 William Moxon, Esq., Pontefract ~• •1.0 Robert Nodes Newton, Esq., Barnsley • -1=. ? '; ‘ ,00. 1 David Nesbit, Esq., Chapeltewn Ironworks .-, Richard Patten, Esq., Goole, Collector of CustoMs -, • ... 44i io George Birks Piggott, Esq., Barnsley John Birs, Esq., Barnsley Edward Parker, Esq., Barnsley Riche rd Pope, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Londoilrnorne John Buckinghant Pope, Esq., Cliffe-house, Cr i gg le"l Colonel Pollard, Stannary•hall, Halifax Henry Richardson, Esq., Barnsley Thomas Richardson, Esq., Barnsley James Russell, Esq., High Boyd-house, Barnsley George Lowes Ridley, Esq., Banks-hall Dere William Rand, Esq., Bradford es 11D8 Charles Samuel Robert Sanford, Esq., North Fie ld-11°W ! .• s Joshua Smithson, Esq., Wakefield , ~,- „,,,,,-. Walter Steed, Esq., Leeds - •, ^l''' of John Sykes, Esq., Sheffield 7,40 WilliamlVill i am Smith, i h Esq.,Esq B b e a r: , 1 s e t s e - r h - a a l t i itt! . 's ,- George Walker Smith, Esq., the Horbury, She Hamer Stansfeld, Esq., Leeds • :',3os Thomas Taylor, Esq., Dodworth, near Barnsley .0 Thomas Edward Taylor, Esq., Barnsley '.* ,d John Twibell, Esq., Barnsley barrister-at-law, ... Samuel Thorpe, Esq., Barnsley -. .Alf The Rev. Henry Torre, Thornhill Rectory Henry Wormald, Esq., Wakefield Joseph Wood, Esq., Woolley Moor • 11. B. Wake, Esq., Goole Thomas Henry Wheatley, Wilkinson, Es l. , Esq., Esnoductlhiff- South-grove, o h y al e l , , Mathias Whitehead, Esq., Selby William Walker, Esq., Bradford Robert Younge, Esq„ Sheffield James Yames, Esq., Barbott Hall, Rotherham. _. COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT ~,/, The Master Cutler of Sheffield John Orecti,_!;_. Aaron LeeS, t a g , zA . Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. William 111°1' Et* Ralph Creyke, Esq. for, Thos. TALY:;.EA., $S4' Edward Tow, Esq. Rotherham George F ,A,`" ractl John Bari?, Esq. Jeremie" -- nen • 1 " -- 4 J. M. Laws, Esq., R.N. Edward • 1181. i, Egl' bete l James Audi's, Esq. Joseph Broo __,.., 5 John Brackenridge, Esq. h l '" IA it--i op t, Dr. Buchanan Edward A° George Chambers, Esq. - ENGINEERS. • John Hawkshaw, Egli. George Leather, Esq. SURVEYORS. Henry Holt, Esq., Wakefield .. William Fowler, Esq., Shell& The Yorkshire Banking CoßnAiNprnyßs,'Leeds a nd F°nt---lci The Sheffield Union Bank, Sheffield „nodalMessrs. Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks, Manche ster and '- Messrs. Leathern, Tew, and Co., Wakefield Messrs. Beckett and Co., Leeds. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Leeman and Clark, York Leeds 0 6 ' Messrs. Atkinson, Dibb, and 13olland, .` o'ol John Marsden, Esq., Wakefield. ~,"t h , and PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.—MeSSYS. Wright, r". - „, ~,a y l 15, Golden-square, London . wi aefiel ° 0 00 0 ;01 1 SECRETARY.—Mr. Spencer HerePath' he N al° Ili te ' t° The object of this undertaking is to connectedtc _,..-1-orlts,,ourset I, and Rotherham, as the chief seat of the iron tr o n i n its . : o jen c o the other principal towns of the West Riding' a nd I,:diS P iite open the Important mineral fields of Slikstonc_facturino.rts. t o connexion, on the one hand, with the whole Inns' which surround it, and, on the other, wit h the , eh this ° sn ' terc!,,,s9 tern foct la t .q of lines are laid out in such awa t accolP , l' the '" on' to 3 ' as ° to un ite 1 Ong of t o most effectual and economical other,'manner u these .' 0 0 ea all the principal towns with each and -Y,,, rY_ . co tie_wc, communication to complete their connexion ,"I' en tietq u il if in'i c ion kingdom. The local support of the resident _ Ite pt 1',.., On with the district insures that these objects and will serve thsreby, in an eminent ree deg sha , 1 to De s eca' u' o ft" 4- . in OW * e _, off of ParliameLt to the undertaking. botan. -1 ;roe' • The whole capital is already subscribed hY pd Su for l ande the exception of such portion as Is reserv ed line, and persona locally interested. il trt ' 4 4 1 Fh k R em • 4 4 4 JTa .11 kn .. 4 t `' k 44 1 •••.1., N Edward Hyde Clarke Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Warwickshire and London Railway The Constable of Hungerford Captain William Lionel Lampert, The Highlands, Oxfordshire, and Leamington, Warwickshire Francis Burton, Esq., Milverton House, Warwickshire Captain Stewart, R.N., Leamington, Warwickshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Northage, Esq., Upper Gower-street, Bedford-square John Wodley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the Birmingham and Bristol Railway Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory, Roehampton, Surrey Francis Cole Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, Hyde:Park Algernon Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square Richard Groucock, Esq.,l Bow-churchyard, and Dulwich, Director of the Direct Manchester Railway J. B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland - lodge , Brixton Henry Bellerby, Esq„ Sheriffof York Henry Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheapside, Director of the Rugby and Macclesfield Direct Railway John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square. Thomas Grimsditch, Esq., M.P., Macclesfield, Cheshire Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fields, Wolverhampton, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway William Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester Edward lVeetlake, Esq., Southampton Erasmus It. Foster, Esq. Birchin-lane William Bargett, Esq., Esq., Peter R. ilforrison, Req., Princes-street, Bank Thomas Miller, jun. Esq., Leicester John Reginald Ridd ell, Esq., Enfield, Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Thomas Kidley, Esq., Sheffield Janice Sheppard, Esq., jun.. White Hart-court, Lombard-street Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Magistrate for Middlesex ' George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter John Clampit Scrcombe, Esq., Exeter William l'earce Esq., Liverpool W. Holliday, Eaq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., jun., Temple William Nash, Esq., Capham Common Grey Hazlerigg, Esq., West Carlton Hall. Leicester Captain Twisleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the Leicester and Tean and Dove Valley Railway (With power to add to their number). ENSINSER3 IN CHIRP. Sir John Macniell, LL.D., F.R.S. James Thomsen, Esq., F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A. Baxxess--Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and I,ondon Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's lan-fields, Lento'. Smarr . ..my—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq. AssisTANT-Szertzzaar—Charles J. Whalley, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS. At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and B. Pinniger, Eaq. At Ramsbury—William Rowland, Esq. At DOViZie, Henry Gilbert, Esq., and John Edwards Hayward, Esq. At Trowbridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Redway At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton At Shepton Mallett—Francis Imes Nalder, Esq. At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole At Exeter—William Denis Moore, Esq. At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq., and J, A. Toms, Esq. At Laanceuton—Messrs. Lawrence and Pattisen At Ballwin At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth—Messrs. Tresidder and Son The object of this line is to erect a direct eoamtudeation between London and the Land's Ent. In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from it. situation at the western extremity of the' kingdom, would undoubtedly long since have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far lees natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,6001. per annum. At Bris tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased. The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ea- pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached Exeter, it hag been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various ether projects have been set on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by railway. The object of this prospectus is to show that ne ether line than the resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard to this, its most important eutport—" the natural Packet Station of the empire." The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (front which a diverging line will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than any existing railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed te carry this line direct te the Land's End, Falmouth, fit. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles that the lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, its the wnole distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. With tearect te the traffic on the upper portion of the line Is is needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes tern : that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 miles, that it will traverse rich and populous agriealtural and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as well from railwayenow in course of construction as front ethers pro jected, with every chance of success. As to the trafile en the lower portion of the line, it is evident that the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saying both in insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at once traninnittlng them to their destination by means •f this railway; and therelbre—without speculating on the extent to which the ports on either side of the great pretnontery •f the Land's Bad may, by means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectiv , dy of P,rist•l and iiontliainpten ; t • what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth of Cornwall, awl the unrivalled agrioulteral res•arces •f Devonshire may be further developed, •r the genial climate •f Penzance and Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier •f England," attract a larger propor tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a traffic both in goods and passengers, from its weetern ters7l7u; ' the amount of which may be said to be withont limit. A glance at the map will make it manliest that no competing trunk line can ever be established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between Taunton and heading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex tent of midland distriot, comprising rich and populous parts of So inersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, a* w altogether destitute of railroad accommodation. Recurring to the features of this projeet as a natlenal work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance la the event of war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet commerce of the kingdom; it may net be oat of place to quote here tke following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking e the project of a direct line Item London to Liverpool through the Treat Talley, which. bore much the same relation to the Itirmingha►a and Grand Janctlon that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, he is reported to hare said :—"I consider that the com munication between the metropolis and the groat mallets to he not a question °Mears, hat a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particalar line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; fir in the report et the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth lino, which was promoted by the Great Weatera Railway Company, it was stated that that Company hint been required to pledge itself net hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth; and it 'nay be farther observed, that a ?reposed line from Plymouth to Falmonth was last session rejected, on the groand that it might be supposed to iaterfere with that great National object. The snrvey of the line has been t• a great extent completed, and correct ectiriates of the expenditure and returns are is a state •f Mr nardiess, cad the whole will be ready Mr the next session •f Par liament. It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are ne engineering difilculties in any part of the line which have sot been repeatedly surmounted in ether cases ; that the first portion will be constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and es-operation of the landowners, and that the. Directors are jastifled in asserting that this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the kingdom. Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at four pounds per centmn per annum an the deposits, and preference in the allotment of shares will he given to the proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders In the Great Western, the Bristol . and Exeter, and other railways connected with the Direct Western district. Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to he addressed to the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 20, Poultry, London, or to the local solicitors, or to any re spectable broker in town or country 20, Poultry, London, September, 1345. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request yon will allot me shares of 25/. each I■ the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/.128.64. per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers Agreement and Parlianewitary Con tract, when requires': Dated 1845. Name in full ResMance—. • • •• •• • • • • • • • • • • • • • Trade or Profession ...... • • • • •• • Place of Business (if any) Reference • . .. • • .. • • .. . • • • • • • • • • . Siznature.... • . ..... ............ DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY, with diverging lines to BATH and BRIDGWATER. (Provisionally Registered.) Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares In this Company will be received after TUESDAY, the 7th of October, inst. T. H. SAUNDERS, Secretar 20, Poultry, London, Oct. 1, 1845. y. T HE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND CIIATIIA3I RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) VIA REIGATE. Capital, 1,700,000/., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTBE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, of Cowdray Park, Sussex Colonel George Wyndham, of Pctworth House, Sussex The Hon. and Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, of West Dean, sas scx The Right lion. Lord de Lisle, of Penshurst, Kent The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton Villas, Makin. hill The Right lion. Lord Ressntere, of the Dell, Windsor Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart. of Hollycombe House, Su ssex The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., of Bart., Wilton-crescent The Hon. William M. Dawson, Poole Lodge, Dorset The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, Brook-street, The lion. Percy Freko, 3, Belgrave-square Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbourne-street, Hyde Park, Director of the East India Company Sirir James Jame Bart., of 40, James Carmichael,Eyre,of Brook-street, s G us r s o e s x v . e g n a o r r d - e eq ns uare s Sir Robert Schomburgh, of New Kingston, Surrey Howard Elphlastone, Esq., M.P., of Eaton-place, Director of the Direct Western Railway Company, the Thames Embankment Company, &c. William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid. land Railway Robert Wynne Williams, Esq., Director of the Nottington and Gains. borough Railway Lee Steere, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey Captain Charles Shirley, of Midhurst, Sussex Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-streot, Belgrave-square Andrew Spottiewoode, Esq., of Broom Hall, Surrey Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect-place House, Southampton Lancelot Archer Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, Entsworth, Banta Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton -street E. T. Dayrell, Esq., 13, Old Cavendish-street, High Sheriff of Buck inghamshire Colonel Henry Dundee Campbell, of North-end House, Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants Major Snow, of 4, Old Cavendish-street The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbsurne Rectory, Sussex Francis Lysons Price, Esq., of Bydenham, Kent, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, Warwickshire George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe-place, Sussex Charles Hurst, Eeq., of Midhurst, Sussex George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, Harleyford-place, Kennington Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham, Directors of Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's the Great Park, Manchester William Watson Prole, Eeq., of Thurlow-squared Railway Brompton, J Company Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 8, Upper Gower-street, Barrister-at-Law, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Company John Napper, Esq., of Ifold House, Surrey Stephen Londell, Esq., of Lindfield, Sussex George Barker, Esq., of Stilland, Sussex James Hutchins, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company Lewis Pocock, Esq., of Montague-street, Russell-square Thomas Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey i t i h n e L u Samuel Reif, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey Thomas Neale, Esq., jun., of Reigate, Surrey JoThomas Bow l es , Esq.. of Midimrst, Sussex tropolltan Ju iaet t" F, o ' S ' A " ic E t sq .. ...F d . W L. o S r ., ce o s f te G r re ß a an t Surrey-street, way Director of John Davidson -,Etszt, William Hardy, E of Croydon, Surrey, Director of Me- Co o f f ra ct n to y n-house, near Midhurst ~ of Varndall-hill, epton, Sussex Rugby,e antmEl;vll Haslemere A Ed . m th u o n n d y Sadler , 1154 Edrington-house, near Berwick-upon. oxburgluthire, Dfrector of Tweed .Toseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham Com mon William. Watson. Esq.. of Burn- rove, R Bristol and Exeter Railway. Company Samuel Brown, Esq., ef Clapham Joseph Scales, E5T.,..0.t . X .Punster -court, Clapton ant., an,l Upper John Parkinson, Esq. F.R.S., of 30, Cambridge - terrace, llya P ar k, Director of the MAW and Reigate Railway Company John Helbert Holbert, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Director of the Lei cester and Birmingham Railway Company Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clepton House, Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the Warwick and London Railway Company Captain William Cousins, of Compton-street, Brunswick-square, Di rector of the Doncaster and Goole Railway Company Captain Frederick Chamfer, of Halkin-street, Beigrave-square, Di rector of the Fampoux and Hazebrouck Railway John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of Glou cester John Moreton Cottle, Esq., of Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Birmingham Railway Company John Brightman, Esq., of Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company William Spooner, Esq., of Chapel-street, Beigrave-square, Director of the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company Aleiander Greig, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Captain Trophinrus Hedges, of 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park . Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company George Parbury, Esq., of 37, Russell-square, Director of the Mandles ter and Rugby Railway Company George R. Peppercorne, Esq., of Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company Thomas Henry Evans, Esq.. of Lothbury, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 6, Harley-street Rev. F. H. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire W. Woods, Esq., of Chilgrove, Sussex Henry Morley, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex William Gambler, Esq., Sacombe Park, Herts C. A. Tulk, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks, Whitehaven John Inglis Jerdcin, Esq., 150, Piccadilly H. R. Dowman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford-place, Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway David Mountague, Esq., of Regent's-park W. A. Wilkinson ' Esq., Ludgate-hill, Director of the Waven e y Valley Railway Company James Gernon, Esq., Director of the London and Nottingham Rail way Company James Macmillon, Esq., Southampton Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M., of Midhurst Rev. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trotton Rectory, Snssex Msjor James Adair, Director of Church of England Insurance' Company Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson. of Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway, Managing Director of the West Lancashire Railway, and of the Manchester, Wigan, and Southport Railway Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Cilantro° Junction Railway John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Oxford, South ampton, and Gosport Railway, and of Macclesfield and Rugby Railway Henry Farrington, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Wigan and Southport Railway, and of York and Lancaster Railway Josephus Harney Higson. Eel., of Manchester, Director of Chester and Manchester Direct Railway, and of Manchester and Rugby Railway Daniel Grant, Esq., of Bpringside, Bury, Lancaster, Director of Rem ington's Direct London and Manchester Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Thomas Townend. Eeq., of the Polygon, Manchester, Director of London and Manchester Direct Railway John Burgess, Esq., of Manchester, Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Company, and of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle, and Carlisle Direct Railway James Shaw, Esq., of Salford. Lancashire, Director of the Manchester and Ruby Hallway Edward Parrett, Esq., of the Buttons, Romford John George Hammond, Esq., Essex-house, Bow, Director of the Direct Western Railway Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway Phillip Baker, Esq., Euston-square Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Twyford-hall, Derby John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Direetor of the Great Grimsby, and Lincoln Railway The names of other noblemen and gentlemen will appear in a thrther advertisement, whose support has been promised to the un dertaking. COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT. Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq. Fredorick Clarkson, Esq. Wm. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P. Robert Chapman, Esq. Robert Wynne Williams, Esq. Joseph Scales. Esq. H. R. Downman, Esq. John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq. ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of No. 2, Palace-yard, Westminster. SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANY—Messrs. Pontifex and Moginlo, 6, tit. Andrew's-court, Holborn, London. BANKERS —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury • •