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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, forming a connecting line between the Midland Counties and Grand Junction Railways. Capital, 1,000,0001., in 500,000 Shares of 201. each Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. (Provisionally Registered.) CHAIRMAN OF THE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir JOHN E. DE BEAUVOIR, Bart. DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN. WILLIAM SIMPSON POTTER, Esq. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. William Simson Potter, Esq. 1, Sass.x-gardens, Hyde-park Vale-tine Lee, Esq. Chester-place, Regent's park Stephen Hutchison, Esq. London Gas Worts, Vauxhall Mar. in Stuteley, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-Palk Alfred Brodie, Esq. 'Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Daniel M`Mahon, Esq. Wolverhampton Herbert Br om, Esq. Essex-court, Temple John Carter, Esq. F.R.A.S. Park-lodge, Stockwell Edward Mamatt, Esq. Ashby-de J.a-Zouch James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-hill Valentine Knight, Esq. 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park Charles Henry Rogers Harrison, Esq. Upper Montagu-street, Mon tagu-square Barnet Lawrence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park Tohn Thompson, Esq., Great St. Helen's, Broad-street. BAsKEas—The Union Bank of London and its Branches. ENGINEER—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq. ACTING ENGINEER—Robert Nicholson, Esq. SOLICITORS —Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, ce, Hol Ely- Notice is hereby given that the SHARE LIST is CLOSED. The inquiries preceding allotments are being proceeded with as speedily as the Test number of applications received will allow. By order, W. STANWAY, Secretary. 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge. THE GRAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS UNION RAILWAY, connecting Stafford and the Pot te:iec, via Burton-upon-Trent, with Derby, Nottingham, and the Els: ern Counties. Capital, 600,0001.0 n 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. as. per Share. Ne subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription, and no call to be made until the Act is obtained. PROVISIONA2 OMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Chesterfield The Right lion. the Lord Viscount Combermere The Right Hon. the Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton The Right Hon. G. R. Dawson The Hon. Cecil Lawless Sir Arthur De Capel Broke, Bart. Lieutenant-General Sir John Wilson, K.C.D. Thomas North, Esq., Mayor of Nottingham Fred. Ricketts, Esq., London, Director of the Great Western Railway Directors of the Notting- Thomas Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham, 2 ham and Gainsboroug h David Wheatcroft, Esq., Nottingham, S Railway James Sutton, Esq., Shardlow-hall, Derbyshire John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, and Potteries Railway Will'.am R. Collett, Esq., M.P., St. James's-square James Cliff.,rd, Esq., Broughton House, Derbyshire Francis Hall, Esq., Park Hall, Nottingham, Chairman of the Notting ham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., Chilton-hall George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Managing Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway William Eaton Mousley, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, and Derby 11. J. Enthoven, Esq., London F. P. Barlow, Esq., London, Director of the Great Western Railway Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester, Director of the London and York Railway George Emery, Esq., London, Director of But Waterford and Kil kenny Railway William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway Archibald F. Paull, Esq., London, Director of the South Wales Rail way William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Rail- way James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, Director of the South Midland Railway Wm. Watson Prole, Esq.,l Directors of the Great Manchester, Robert Chapman, Esq., .5 Rugby, and Southampton Railway Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington House, Berwickshire Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester Ambrose Moore, Esq., London and Derby William Johnson, Esq., Rickerscote, near Stafford Joseph Ward, Esq., Milford Villa, near Stafford George Russell Eaton, Esq., Cavendish Bridge, near Derby James Upflll, Esq., Bromyard, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Matthew Gaunt, Esq. J.P. Hightleld-house, Staffordshire, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Thomas Hartshorne, Esq. Silkmore-house, Staffordshire Edward Knight, Esq. M.D. Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway William Charles Woodroffe, Esq. Haywood Abbey, Staffordshire Charles Dawson, Esq. Stafford and Abbots -Bromley, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. LORD VISCOUNT INGSESTRE, Chairman. F. P. Barlow, Esq. Archibald F. Paull, Esq. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton IF. Ricketts, Esq. W. Morgan, Esq. W. Watson, Esq. W. W. Prole, Esq. ENGINEER—E. J. Maude, Esq.C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, ands, Dtlahay-street, Westminster. LOCAL AGENTS. Nottingham—Samuel Maples, Esq. Burton-upon-Trent—John Thornewill, Esq. Stafford—Messrs. Bennet and Bowen BANKERG. London—Messrs Denison, Heywood, Kennard, and Co., Lombard-street Nottingham—Samuel Smith and Co. Burten-upon-Trent —Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourn Union Bank Stafford—Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co. The proposed railway is intended to commence on the Trent Iralley Railway near Stafford. and proceeding thence in 'an easterly lirection, to pass through, or near to, Tixall, Haywood, Colwich, and Abbott's Bromley, to the rapidly-increasing town of Burton-upon- Trent, where it will run into the Birmingham and Derby Railway, forming the shortest and best practicable route from Stafford to Derby. Leaving the Birmingham and Derby Railway at Burton upon-Trent, it will proceed along the valley of the Trent by Repton, Swarkestone, and Shardlow, to the Midland Counties Railway at the point where that railway forms a junction with the Derby and Not tingham Railway; and thus, by means of these and other railways in progress, form a complete line of railway communication between the central towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lincoln, Leices ter, Peterborough, and Boston, on the east, and Shrewsbury, Ches ter, and Holyhead, North Wales, and Ireland, on the west. This railway will, therefore, form the only connecting link re quired in the great chain of railway communication from east and west through the heart of the kingdom, uniting the shores of the German Ocean on the east with those of the Irish Sea on the west, and traversing in its course the rich agricultural districts of the eastern, midland, and western counties, and accommodating the important, and populous manufacturing towns of Stafford, Derby, Nottingham, Lei cester, and Shrewsbury. But another most important advantage that will result from the formation of this line will consist in the fact of its affording, in connexion with the proposed South Union, or Manchester and Potteries Railway, by far the shortest and best route between Derby, Nottingham, Newark, Lincoln, Peterborough, Leicester, and Loughborough, and the extensive and populous dis tricts of the Staffordshire Potteries, Macclesfield, Stockport, and Manchester. By the proposed line the distance between Nottingham and Derby and Manchester will be at least from 15 to 20 miles less than by the prosent circuitous route by Sheffield. The traffic on this line must necessarily be equal, if not superior, to that of any line in the district. The length of the line will be about 33 miles, through a country presenting no difficulties of more than an ordinary kind for its con struction. The capital proposed to be raised is 600,0001., in shares of 201. each, upon which a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share must be paid upon the allotment. No call will be made until the Act is obtained, and no subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of his deposit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription ; and the usual power will be taken to allow interest at four per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the line. The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract must be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip cer tificates, of which 14 days' notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be forfeited. G RAND JUNCTION and MIDLANDS UNION RAILWAY. Notice Is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares will be received. By order of the Committee, W. A. ROSS, Secretary, 1, Royal Exchange Bnildings, 11th October, 1845. THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH ♦YD CHATHAM RAILWAY, via REIGATE. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,900,0001., in 95,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per bhare. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Mon. the Earl of Egmont, of Cowdray Park, Sussex Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth House, Sussex The Hon. and Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, of West Dean, Sussex The Right Hon. Lord de Lisle and Dudley, of Penshurst, Kent The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, 16, King-street, St. James's The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton Villas, Maid*. hill The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, of the Dell, Windsor Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., of Hollycombe House, Sussex The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., of 1, Wilton-crescent Sir William Wynn, Knight of the Bath, Governor of Sandown Fort, Isle of Wight The lion. William IL Dawson, Poole Lodge, Dorset The Hon. Percy Freke, 3, Belgrave-square The lion. Stafford Jerningham, Brook-street' hir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbournesstreet, Hyde Park, Direetor of the East India Company Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square Sir Robert Schomburgk, of New Kingston, Surrey Willi a m Bulkeley Hughes , Es q ., M.P., Carlton Club, and Plas Co e h, Angelsea, Chairman of the f t Welsh Mr a d Railway of Eaton-place, Director of the Howard Elphiastonos E iq., P., Company, the Thames Embarkment Direct Western Railway Company, &c. Ch a rl e s Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Su ssex Lee Steere, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey Captain Charles Shirley, of 3fidhurst, Sussex Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, BelgssivessqUare Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., of Broom Hall, Surrey_outhamptern Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect - P lace House, 6 William Leyland Woods, Esq., of Cliilgrove, Sussex Launcelot Archer-Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, EmSwOrth, Pants Rey. John Pannel, Aldsworth House, Sussex R. Bingham Newland, Esq., Boveysand, Plymouth Colonel Forbes, M.A., Seafield House, Emsworth Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bniton-street E. T. Dayrell, Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, High Sheriff of Buck inghamshire Colonel Henry Dundee Campbell, of North-end House, Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbourne Rectory, Sussex Francis Lysons Price, Esq., of Sydenham, Kent, Director of the ' Shropshire Mineral Railway, and Director of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, Warwickshire George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe-place, Sussex William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., of 16, James-street, Bucking ham-gate Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, Harleyford-place, Kennington Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham, - 1 Directors of Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's the Great Park, Manchester William Watson Prole, Esq., of Thnrlow-square, Railway Brompton, Company 'Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 9, Upper Gower-street John Napper, Esq., of Mad House, Sussex Stephen Lowden, Esq., of Lindfield, Sussex Thomas Stevenson, Esq., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street James Hitching, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company George Baker, Esq., of Stillan4, Sussex Jelingor Cookson Symonds, Esq., Radnage, Bucks Mar mad uke Hart Hart, Esq., Totteridge-park, Herta William Ley, Esq., Durrant-house, Bideford Lewis Pocock, Esq., of Montague-street, Russell-square Thomas Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey Samuel Relf, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey Thomas Noah, Esq., jun., of Reigate, Surrey John Lucas, Esq., of Varndall-hill, Haslemere Thomas Bowles, Esq., of 31Idhurst, Sussex Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., of Great Surrey-street, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A., of Croydon, Surrey, Director of the Metropolitan Junction Company John Davidson, Esq., of Trotton-house,near Midhurst Edmund Sadler, Esq., of Bepton, Sussex Anthony Dickson, Esq., of Edrineton-house, near Berwick-en. Tweed Joseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham-common William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, Roxbnrghshire, Director of the Isristel and Exeter Railway Company s Jo rtn , m l) ;, , llrow n , E sq., o f Cl ap h am Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, and Upper Slaptoncales' Esq., of 3, C John Parkinse• r •Thq of 30, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Reading n s d . Reigate Railway Company Robert Wynne Williams, r i: a . s . l e t i l . ;b( of 29, Lower Bedford-place, Director of the Nottingham and Esq.,of 7, Lower,rough Railway Cymric Lloyd,Company -street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the Nottingham ari Bostonr rc°k Railway Company Robert Linc oln' Stilsl, Inn Esq., of Wood Vale, Norwood, gurney, and 5, N ew - square, John Ilelbert Helbert, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Director of t h e Lei - cotter and Birmingham Railway Company Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clopton House, Stratford-en-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, litelgrave-square, Di -rector of the Fampoux and Ilazebrouck Railway John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of Glou cester John Moreton Cottle, Del., of Leamington, Director of tke Coventry and Birmingham Railway Company ,T,shn Brightman, Esq., of Inency-squart. DirCCtOc of the Leal and Carlial3 Eal/wa: , Company, THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14 1845 , William Spooner, Esq., of Chapel-street, Bel,grave- sq uare, Director of the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company Alexander Greig, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Captain Trophimus Hodges, of 65, Connaughtterrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Leeds and square, Director fleorge Parbury, Esq., of 37, Russell-square, Director of the Manches ter and Rugby Railway Company Thomas Henry E v a ns, Esq., of Lothbury, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company Benjamin Franklin, Esq. of 5, Harley-street Rev. F. E. Hall, P.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire enry Morley, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex C. A. Tulk, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Hefts James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks, Whitehavea John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., of 150, Piccadilly Colonel Nicholls, Shooters•hill, Woolwich Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square P.Williamßennett Watkins, Lueas, Esq., ofChichester, 8, Manchest Rectorer-street, 0f Radon Manchester-square to Rev. Abraham Duke, Esq., Chichester C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., York-terrace, Regent's-park John Weston, Esq., 28, Woburn-square Joseph Bulkeley Johnson, Esq., of 10, Coleman-street, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries Railway H. R. Downman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford-place, Director of the , . Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway DaYil Mountague, Esq., of Regent's-Park W. ♦. Wilkinson, Esq., Ludgate hill, Director of the Waveney Valley Railway Company James Gernon, Esq., of 13, Conduit-street, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Company James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton - Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M., of Midhurst Rev. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trotton Rectory, Sussex Major James Adair, Director of the Church of England Insurance Company Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Manchester, Director of the Manchester snd Southampton Railway, Managing Director of the West Lancashire Railway, and of the Manchester, Wigan, and Southport Railway Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Clitheroo Junc tion Railway John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport Railway, and of the Macclesfield and Ruby Railway Henry Farrington, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Wigan and Southport Railway, and of the York and Lancaster Railway Josephus Hurney Higson, Esq., of Manchester, Director of the Chester And Manchester Direct Railway, and of the Manchester and Rugby Railway Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, City Edward Chapman, Esq., Gibson-square, Islington E. T. Grundy, Esq., Rusholme, near Manchester Thomas B. Sands, Esq., the Hamlet, Liverpool Daniel Grant, Esq., of Springside, Bury, Lancaster, Director of Rera ington's Direct London and Manchester Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Thomas Townend, Esq., of the Polygon, Manchester, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Join Burgess, Esq., of Manchester, Boreughreeve of Manchester, Director of the Landon 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 Rugby Railway George Ashlin, Esq., 50, Mark-lane Edward Parratt, Esq., Suttons, Rumford Rev. W. S. Richards, of Terwick Rectory, near Midhurst John Amos, Esq., of Willow Bank, Lower Broughton, Manchester John Stoveld, Esq., Stedham Hall, near Midhurst Captain Ewbank, jun., United Service Club, Director of the Shrop shire Mineral Railway Company John floor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Company, and the Staffordshire Midland Junction J. W. Newcombe, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-rield . _ Iron-works, Dawley, Salop Frank D. Bullock Webster, Esq., Brentbridge House, Hendon, Mid- diesex, Director of the New River Company Charles Halsted, Esq., Chichester Colonel Cir H. Doherty, Senior United Service Club, Sub-GoTernor of St. Vincent's Major O'Doherty, Ring-street, St. James's Captain Hozeaton, R.N., 7, Stafford-street, .Albemarle-street William Birmingham Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Isleworth, Direc tor of the London and Exeter Railway Company Stephen Knowles, Esq., Bridge-street, Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Topsham, and Exmouth Railway Henry Paxton, Esq., West Dean, Chichester Andrew Clark, Esq., of Adelaide-place and Camberwell, Deputy Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' and General Fire and Life Assurance Company John Campbell Dicker, Es., New Hall, Cheshire, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, the Staffordshire Potteries Railway Company, &c. Charles Waite, Esq., 3, Old Burlington-street, and Wellesden, Mid dlesex Edward Bold, Esq., Millbrook, Southampton Mr. John Biffin, Chichester Edward Leach, Esq., Chichester J ame s Lersingham Jellicoe, Esq., 5. IVimpole-street Major Croft, Chichester Thomas Sanctuary, Esq., Killington, Oxfordshire Allen Duke, Esq., Chichester, surgeon Mr. William Norman, Chichester Mr. William Brooks, Chichester Mr. James Athey, Chichester J. A. Burness, Esq., 64, Cornhill Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railway Company Captain Patrick Alexander Reynolds, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park Captain F. }Gayly Wardroper, Baker-street, Portman-square John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Deputy-Lieutenant for the West Riding of Yorkshire James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex John George Hammack, Esq. Essex House, Bow, Director of the Direct Western Railway Joseph Bishop, Esq. Director of the Blackwall Railway Pnilip Baker, Esq. Euston-square John Webster, Esq. 35, MeeMenburg-square, Director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway Major Cocker, Junior United Service Club The names of other noblemen and gentlemen will appear in a further advertisement, whose support has been promised to the un dertaking. - COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Chairman Robert Chapman, Esq., Vice-Chairman Samuel Brown, Esq. Wm. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P. Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. Downman, Esq. John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq. Thomas Stevenson, Esq. BANKERS. London —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbttry Chichester—Messrs. Dendy, Comper and Co., and The London and County Banking Company Rochester—Messrs. Day and Nicholson Riegate —Messrs. Nash and Neale Portsmouth and Portsea—National and Provincial sank of England, and Messrs. Grants, Gilman and Long Manchester and Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool Dis trict Bank Petworth—John Stoveld. Esq. ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of 2, Palace-yard, Westminster. Somcyroas To THE COMPANY—Messrs. rontifez and Moginie. b. St. Andrew's-court. A Holborn-hill, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate William Minchin, Esq., solicitor. Portsca and Portsmouth Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth Edwin Albery, Esq., solicitor, 3lidhurst Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerham. William King, Esq., Godalming Arthur Daintry, Esq., Petworth SECRETART—Mr. John C. Sommers. In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters are influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con necting line between the important towns of Chichester and Ports mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in affording a direct communication between the two great naval and military arsenals of Great Britain—Portsmouth and Chatham. The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the two termini at Chichester aid Portsmouth, will extend the facilities of communica tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England, connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton towards the west. By the main line falling into the Brighton Rail way the advantage of two termini in London will be secured—the one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London-bridge--the latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, and the several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be the hest position for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions. The line of railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from London bridge. In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate, Newdigate, Capel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold, Billinghurst, Wisborough-green, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingfold, North Chapel, Kirdford, Petworth, 31idhurst, Chilgrove, Stoughton, Racton, Westbourne, and Emsworth, at or near which last-mentioned place this projected line will join the Chichester and Portsmouth Rail way to Portsmouth. At the earnest recommendation of some of the principal land owners, branches are proposed to be made to Godalming and Peters fleld. The branch to Godaiming will be from a point in the main line between Plaistow and North Chapel; and the branch from Petersfield will join the main line at a point between Midhurst and llepton. These extensions of this undertaking have rendered an in crease necessary in the amount of the capital originally fixed on ; hut from the increased accommodation which these branches will afford, the promoters of the undertaking feel confident that a com mensurate profit will result to the shareholder. A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking to join the main line at or.near Capel. Itv this course the entire distance to travel between London and Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected betweet London and Portsmouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing a route snore populous and prottuctive than arty hitherto presented to public notice. It will Involve the construction of only 45 miles of railway to complete the coarse between, the Redhill station (near Reigate) and Emsworth. From LOndon to Reigate by the Lohdon and Brighton Railroad is •• • ....• • • • • • • •• • ; . .... .. The junction to be made by this Comp an y i s 45 t . From the point near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the Chichester and Portsmouth. Railway is 7 Total distance frorn London to P0rt5m0uth.......... 73 miles. From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and which. will place 'Chichester in direct communication with London. The distance between Chichester and London by this routs will bs 62 miles. Trains will run direct between London and Chichester, without stopping at Chilgrove. Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off from the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected line will open up a communication by railroad between Pertsmouth and Dover. From an inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill station, near Reigate, lies nearly lu a direct line between Ports mouth and Chatham, and in pursuing the line of communication to the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this line will pass through or near to the towns of Bletchingley, Godst on , Limpsfield, Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Town Mailing, wratthooTh Or Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Wouldham. The distance between Chatham and Reigate will involve tho ' m of this kingdom the making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad betweea To the naval military ex es te ta n b i lis o h v m er e li n t Portsmouth and e a h r a d t the most important baggage, &c. &c., diminishing construction of th:a projected lino will afford fa cilities in the transit of troops, stores, m am ilil v a i r l at present usually extend exists between Portsmouth and Chathaln the tardy co'ase of communication which at present necessarily hours, or thereabout, min - tics:don with each other which, in two lug over t to be made. :no space of two days, and placing them in that direct corn will sable the journey between them The formation of a direct line of establishing, by the awl t to be f communication so important electric telegraph, that celerity o Chatham will afford the opportunity of railway between Portsmouth obtained between places ot national importance. Tho warm support of the principal landowners en the Water part of the line is pledged to this undertaking. The Previsional Committee abstain from making any special re ference to the contemplated prefit to result from carrying into effect this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent of traffic through the populous and rich districts over which this line and its branches are projected to pass is sufficiently known, and is decisive of the Inutility of all comment in that respect. Applications for the shares, in the form given below, to be made to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any of the following Brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange, London ; Mr. 11. Pritchett, of No. 74, Old Broad-street ; Mr. Munday, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings ; Messrs. Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; John Duncuft, Esq., sharebroLer, Manchester ; Mr. R. M`Ewen, IS, St. Ann's-street, Manchester ; John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, brokers, Li verpool; Messrs. Hope and Rastrick, brokers, Manchester; Messrs. Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth:; Messrs. George Ed • wards and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Hull ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis and Son, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, Portsmouth, and Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham Railway Company. I request you will allot to me shares et 20!. each in the above named Company, and I ;hereby undertake to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the de. posit of 21. 2s. on each such share, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be required of roe. Dated this day of 1245. Usual signature • • Name hi full.. •••• Profession or Trade . Residence.• Place of Business (if any) .............. Residence of Reference N.B. No application will be attended to except with a reverence to a banker, or from an applicant referring to, and who is known by some of the Provisional Committee, or the solicitors, or local agents. DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND OHA.TIIM RAILWAY COMPANY. The Committee or Management beg to inform the public that after Sartanar, the 18th day of October instant, no farther applications for shares in this company win be receive& except from applicants locally interested ; and that after WEDNlsnay, the 22d day of l o a Plniesilona for shares from applicants Octber intereste instant, no further . ocally din the undertaking win be tee_erved. poNTlFEXltactz.zrrr.. 5 , st . Angreves-court, Belictstu to ti OVER and BRISTOL RAILWAY _l5 in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway, from Reigate to Bristol. Upon the Narrow Gauge. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares, of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PLOVIIIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerc, Cheaham-place, Belgrare- square The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, Norfolk The Right. Hon. Lord Sussex Lennox, Piccadilly The Right Hon. Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Uxbridge Homo Count Bathyany, Audley-square The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstorie Lodge, Poole, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward itafford Jerniugham, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Director •f the East and West Junction Railway, aid of the Brighton and Cheltenham Di rect Railway The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol George Woodrutre Franklyn, 1 - ,sq. Late Mayors of Bristol John Kerle Haberfleld, Esq. Major-General W. Innes, C.D., Bath hir William B. Johnston, Bart., Director of tie Chepstow, Fereet el Dean, and Gloucester Railway Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton, Director it the Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and South and Midland Railway Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Director if the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Director of the York aid Lancaster Railway William Collins, Esq., M.P., Warwick Colonel Edward Stopford, 9, Manchester-square A. K. Baker, Esq., Longford-house, Cheltenham Directors of the 4 John W. Hughes, Esq., Gloucester Bristol and Bir- George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, miughana Railway The Worshipful the Mayor of Dever The Worshipful the Mayor of Bath The Worshipful the Mayor of Des Biel William Kay, Esq M.D., Clifton Thomas Camplin, Esq. director of the Argus t Aldermen of Bristol Life Assurance Company John George Mogg, Esq. Maner-house, Farrington, Gurney, near Bristol, Magistrate for the county of Somerset William Kingsmill, Esq. Sidmonton, Hants, Magistrate and Deputy lieutenant of the county of Southampton John Bates, Esq. Bristol, director of the West of England Bank John Hippesley, Esq. Stone Easton, near Bath, Magistrate for tke county of Somerset James Craug, Esq., Timebury, near Members of the Provisional Bristol Committee of the Bath, Robert Francis Wright, Esq, Wells, and Exeter Junction James Terrine, Esq. Temple Cloud, Railway near Bristol Edmund Fillingham King, Esq., banker, Grantham, Director of the Vale of Belvoir Railway Philip Jones, Esq., merchant, Keynsham and Bristol Lieut.-Colonel William Swinton, Bath Francis Yerbury, Esq., Bath, and Belcome-house, Bradford, Wilts J. 11. Walhalla Pigott Smyth Pigott. Esq., Brockley-hall, Som. net shire Daniel Nazar, Esq. Edward Poole, Esq. Town Couneillers of Dove. William Henry Payn, Esq. Edward Seward, Esq., The Rev. Just Henry Alt, Enford, Wilts, Director of the Manches ter, Southampton, and Poole Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., Rusland-hall, Lancashire, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, and North Eastern Railways George Addison, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway John Anderson, Esq., London, Director if the Tring, Beading, and Basingstoke Railway Joseph Acton, Esq., J.P., Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan Railway William Ascroft, Esq., the Willows, Bury, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Austin, Esq., Heddingley-hill, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway William Ackroyd, Esq., Westbourne Lodge, Ottley, Yorkshire, Di rector of the East and West Yorkshire, the Midlands and Thirsk Junction, and Leeds and Tork and Midland Junction James Beech, Esq. Grosvenor-place, and Brandon, Warwickshire, Director of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Cecil Brook Boothby, Esq., Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the South Union William Gabbett Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Connaught-square, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lich fold, and Manchester Railway Thomas Byrom, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and Iterth Union junction Railways George Brown, Esq., Twining-park, Worcestershire Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of Om LiYerpeol aid Leeds Direct Railway Robert Bell, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Junction, and London and Nottingham Railways Robert S. Butterfield, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Luke Butler, Esq., Alderman, Dublin, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny, and Cork and Waterford Railvraye William Clode Braddon, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton Christopher Bentham, Esq , Birkenhead, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and of the North and south Wales Bank William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction, and the Birken head and Holyhead Junction Railways Joseph Charles Cohen, Esq., merchant, Birmingham John James Conway, Esq., Liverpool John CarmichaeT,. Esq., Cork, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway • - William Henry Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Thomas Cockney, Esq., Atherton and Bolton, Director of the Man che-ter and Wigan Railway William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, War- wick, and Leamington Railway William Clifford, Esq , Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway William Caldwell, Esq., Alderman, Ince-hall, Wigan, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex, Direct , * of the Man chester, Oxford, and Southampton Junction Railway John Townshend Compton, Esq., Wedhampton, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway Captain F. Chamier, Haikin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Fampoux and liazebrouck Railway Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse Bradford, Magistrate for Wilts and Somerset John Campbell Dickers, Esq., New Hail, Seaton, Cheshire, Director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railways Seignley Thomas Cuthbert, Esq., Clifton Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austins, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Di rector of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway W. T. S. Daniel, Esq., Recorder of Ipswich Miles Dormer, Esq., London, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast Railway John Doughill, Esq., Lockwood, Midderstleld Joseph Dawson, Esq., merchant, Lambeth Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor of earnarvon Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director oft • Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director et the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway William Edwards, Esq., Aston Furnaces, Birmingham, Director if the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and Lon don Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Rail ways Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N., Headly-grove, Reigate John Finnis, Esq., merchant, Dover Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., Charles-street, St. James's, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Webster Flockton, Esq., Weybridge, Surrey Bell Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Thomas Folliott Powell, Esq., 16th Lancers, Lueita-house, Ripon, Yorkshire Benjamin Franklin, Esq., i, Harley-street, Cavendish-square. Dl rector of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway William Tulloh Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Dorking, Brighton, and Arundel Railway Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., Brickwall, Northiam, Sussex William Fitzgibbon, Esq., 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square, Director of the Cork and Passage and Cork and Bandon Railways Major Grubhe, Eastwell-house, magistrate for Wilts William Gambier, Esq.,Sacombe-Park, Herta Captain Gould, Charles-street, St. James's George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway henry Francis Gishorne, Esq., Derby, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction. the Derby and Crewe, the Macclesfield and Lich field, and the Leicester and Tamworth Railways John Griffith Frith, Esq., merchant, Austin-friars, Chairman of the Eond-street, Direetor of the James ondo Reading,on r G ; :y nn,d a f n . a r d Esq.,Coleraine and do C o n d ui t -st r e e t, Reigate, ui ß t - a s i t l e fa. ty anchester, Oxford, and , South ampton, and Cheltenham and Brighton Railways William, Gatliff, Esq., merchant, Leeds, Director of the West York shire Railway Joseph Gill, Esq , Potter Newton Mount, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York and Midland Junction Railway John Hall, Esq., Null, Director of the Hull and Tork Railway William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield. and Manchester Railway Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth and South Staffordshire Junction Railways William Wilkes Hill, Esq., Beestan Hall, Leeds Lewis Hoffman, - Esq., Temple, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshirs,Riffway • James Inglis, Esq. ' M.D., Halifax, Director of th e M anc h es t er, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and the London, Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railways John Johnson, Esq., R.N., Birmingham Kensington Lewis, Esq., Worcester-park, Surrey. Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford and Brighton Junction, and the Lynn, WI.- beach, and Peterborough and Midland Counties' Railways John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk Crescent, Hyde-park William Phillips Lamb, Esq., Ockham House, Sussex Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle. Sussex, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Darnton Lurton, Esq , Potter Newton Hall, Mayor of Leeds, Direc tor of the Leeds and York, and Wakefield and Bradford Railways Sir William Lowthmp, Knt., Hull, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, Lancashire, Direetor of the Black burn, Chorley, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway, and of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Manchester and Liierpool Direct Railway James Lamb. /Mi., 35, Hyde Park-square, Director of tho Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Rowland Mackenzie, Esq.. Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and litssingstoke, and Cheltenham, . . . Oxford, and Brighton Railways Thomas Gibbon Moneypenny, Esq., Hole-park, RoPremien, Kent Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighten and Chel. tenham Direct Railway James Joseph M'Swiney, Esq., Sandal View, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway 3. Mee Mathew, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of the Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire Railway Captain Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Read ing. Guildford, and Reigate Railway John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter-house, Atherstono, Director of the Te en and Dove Valley, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways Joseph Norton, Esq. Clayton West, Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway, and the Wakefield and Harrog ate Railway George Parbu rY, Rsq., Mansfield House, Russell-square, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Peppercorn, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the West Midland Railway Captain Thomas Ross, 68, P orchester-terrace, Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the London and setting -Alexander Prince, Esq., London, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox. ford, and Brighton Railway ham Railway George Ewing Scott, Esq., St o k e near Bristol Thomas Stocker, Esq., St. Ives, Director o f the Wisbeaols, S. Ives, and Cambridge Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Ca rlton-terrace, Director of the the South Staffordshire Railway, and of th e William Spooner, Esq., London. Director of Liverpool, Lynn, Wlsbeach, Peterborough, &c., Railway Manchester, and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Henry Scott, Esq., 17, Fall - mail S. B. Sichell, Esq., merchant , Br adford, Direc tor of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill , Erdin g tol, D irector of the Solttk StiffordshireJancilon Railway Henry Taylor, Esq. ' Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manshester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston , and North Union Junction Railway. George Turten, Esq., Itagden Lodge, Clayton West, l i tuddersileld William Tinker, Eeq., Conock, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, ant tools Railway George Thomas Thompson, Esq., Doter, Coroner fir the Cinque Ports John Thompson, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Birkhen head and Holyhead Railway,_ of the Manchester o.nd. Wig-an Rail way, and Listerpbol, Preston, and North 'Union JUnction Railway John Taylor, Esq., null, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway James Upflll, Esq., The Green, Herefordshire, Director of the Staf fordshireand Shropshire Junction Raillvay George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Strdforishire, Direc tor of the Birmingham, Lichfield, an Manchester Railway, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Psterberoagh Railway Thomas Holman Uptlll, Esq., Birmingham, Direct An' of the Birming ham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Tring, R' jading, and Basing stoke Railway Walter Unett, Esq., Captain id Light Dragoons, Maidstone, Director of the Nottingham and South Stitffordsi Are, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railways William Boyden Watts, Esq., M.D., BirrA ns bain, Director if the Lincoln, Loath; and Great Gritnsbrßa":m a7 Thomas Wakefield. Eel. London, Dire 4 t or o f the Not. in ntafferdahire Railway Smith Whileek, Esq., BirminghiM, Direct/2' cfea k i StaffoZdaire ettrokirO Junction Railway wait= 4 rateet, roci-a Derel inghani and .. , i John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, near Tunbridge, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Sir William White, Director of ihe Stafford, Uttoxeter, and Derby Railway J. W. Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe-house, Wilts, Capt. 3d. Light Dra goons. Director of the Direct Western Railway. Lodge Morris Murray Prior, Esq., 19th Lancers, Coventry, Director of the Dublin, Tullamore, and Parsonstown Railway Edward Knight, Esq., 51. D., Stafford, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands' Union Railway William Henry Skelton, Esq., Shadwell, near Leeds Charles William Reynolds, Esq., Captain 16th Lancers, Maidstone, Director of the Worcester, Warwick and Rugby Railway Thomas Bramall, Esq., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy Chaiman of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Hughes, Esq., Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Wellman Newman, Esq., Thornbury-park, near Bristol, De puty-Lieutenant of Gleucestersshire, and magistrate of Gloucester shire and Bristol. Charles Rates, Esq., Richmond-court, Clifton David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Liverpool, Man chester, and Warrington, and the Worcester and Leominster lila Dray Benjamin Swan, Esq., Weymouth and Jennyn-street b Edinnnd Francis Dayrell, Esq., Liilingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Bucks, and Director of the 3tinehead and Bridgewater Railway John Director of the Bir mingham, nur es Middlesex, , and Walsall Junction ii n J g a h m an e i s , R l ita r p e o it n b , ro E m s A q . . i , et, Ealing, il%,e Railway . • Stephen Mills, Esq., Elstono-house, Wilts Major Buttenshave, Bath John Ellershaw, Esq., Grove-house, Searcroft, near Leeds Major W. James, Saltford-house, near Bath, Magistrate fir Somer. setshire Robert Bell, Esq., Norris Castle, Isle of Wight. Samuel Perrin., Esq., Temple Cloud, near Bristol CONSULTING ENGINEER— . ACTIN* ENOINLER — Edward James Maids, Esq., C.N. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.; the Union lank Bristol —Stuckey's Banking Company Bath—West of England and South Wales District Bank Bradford and Trowbridge—The Wilts and Dorset nanking Company Dever—Messrs. Latham and CO. JOINT SOLICITORS. Edwin smith, Esq., and Messrs, LAW'S and Ford, Lando' ; Edgar Surges, Esq., Bristol. LOCAL bOLICITORS. G. F. Thompson, Esq., Dover ; Henry Gilbert, Esq., Devizes ; W. H . R eece , Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Timbrell and Meyrlck, Bradford and Trowbridge; Messrs. Taylor, Kamp, and Kingston, Bath ; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke Messrs. Hoffman and Son, Heading Thomas Lamb, Esq , Andover Mes,rs. J. and W. Rees Mogg, Lholwell, near Bath PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Wadiiy, SECRETARY — CharIes Martin, Esq. This Company has been formed for the purpose of constricting a line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate, whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the several ports and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Bristol ; and, by meals of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and the north of England. From its proximity to the Continent, the pert of Dover will always be the most accessible point of the English coast ; an expeditious communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours, and inland:towns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily he regarded as a great national advantage. Dover is at present the chief port of embarkation for Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and the vast numbers already resorting there both on business and pleasure, will ►e im measurably increased when the railways of France, Belgium, Hol land, and Germany are fully brought into operation. In addition to which, the Government Commissioners having selected Dever as a Harbour of Refuge, and recommended the outlay therP •f 1,500,000!., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the ccci try, and perhaps tho most important town on tho southern coast. In every point of ♦iew, therefore, whether for national security, or for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more conve nient, and accelerated intercourse between this great port and all parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the pro moters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed railway, which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing the chain of railway communication upon the narrow gauge between the south-eastern coast, and Bristol aid the western, northern, and mid land counties. . _ The lam will commence at the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odiham to the Basingstoke station, en the South-Western Rail way. It will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trow bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course through the Somersetshire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards Radstock hit* the heart of the collieries, terminate in ajunction with the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol. By its course through Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odi ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by those towns, and connect the rich and fertile lisp districts of Surrey, Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means ef conveyance of their produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill. By its junction with the contemplated " Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway ," it will afford to the inhabitants of Reading, Oxford, and to the midland counties generally, the best and shortest rents to the Continent, as well as to Worthing, Hastings, Brighton, and the other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which will be accomplished by this and the proposed railway from heading. By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke, and of the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway farther west, the present line will connect Dover towards the south, with Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.), Gosport, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, also with Shrewsbury, Chester, and Holyhead, and in fact with the whole of North and South Wales. At Basingstoke, also, this line will join the proposed London, Salis bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dever and the south eastern counties the populous acid wealthy cities of Salisbury and Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, the ports of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and the mineral regions of Cornwall. Te Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns in the vicinity of its course, the benefit which this line will confer cannot be too highly estimated ; to the coal districts of Somerset shire it will open large and constant markets both in Bristol and to the south and east, while to the inhabitants of Bristol especially, con necting its channel with the Straits of Dover and the Downs, pro viding a perfect line for telegraphic communication, and securing to them the whole of the trade between the south-east of England and the west and south of Ireland, it seems difficult, considering the enor mous traffic which must necessarily flow to that city, to conceive a project more deserving of their cordial support. In the memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two great rival companies, the Legislature for the first time admitted that principle of competition with existing interests which was claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for the protection and benefit of the public; and it is with no fear of the result that the promoters of the present undertaking invite attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be established between Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the narrow gauge than by the devious course of the Great Western, inde pendently of all the advantages of the proposed central station at Hungerford-bridge, and the convenient access to the Thames both there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and inconvenient station of the Great Western at Paddington. In length the proposed line will be nearly 110 miles (assuming this Company to have the construction of that portion between Reigate and Dorking, for which plans have been deposited by the South- Eastern Company)—the country through which it passes does not present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any resi dential or ornamental property be interfered with except under an imperative necessity. A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and the Committee also retain to themselves the power to vary the course of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests and projected linea that may be considered advantageous to the shareholders. The capital proposed to be ra i sed is 1 ,500,0001., in 75,000 shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, to be paid on allotment. Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest, at 41. per cent. per annum, upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of the line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act has beea obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. p issued immediately upon pay tsanomduustniltieebe addressed to the Secretary, at the The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will No. 12, Gray's Inn-place, only ; hut no appli ssscriaccompanied by a reference to a ee. one of the solicitors to the Offices fil l) e n:At readyaicoptepiofc of fhuttoterobe, deposits.csx.oefte Company , a l dh o nea t y i dt n e Copies of the Prospectus and form of application for shares may be obtained at the offices of the Company, or of Messrs. Peppercorne, Old Broad-street ; Mr. Sym, C m o e m m p b a e n r y. e , o t r h bnler. Provisional Committee, 9, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. S. Wil liams, Throgmorton-street, stock and sharebrokers, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Com mittee of the Dover and Bristol Railway. Gentlemen, —I request you will allot me sha res o f 211. eac h in this Company, and I a g ree to acce pt the same, or :my smaller wa n n u hdi m eie b x e r r eecqu which Dated thisempaayrlibame allottedentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement to Me, to p a y th e d epos i t thereon day of Name in full .• .• ........ Occupation or Profession.. Residence • • • • • • • Reference• • •• • • • • •• 1845. DIRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD RA.I LWAy. No further Applications for Shares can be received. The Allot ment will take place immediately, and the letters be Issued in a few By order, days. GEORGE F. HIRE, Soerstary. Gresham-street (late Lad-lane), Oct. 14, 1845. SOUTH MIDLAND, or LEICESTER kJ NORTHAMPTON, BEDFORD, tuld HUNTINGDON RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in Shares of 20/. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. COJIMITTIE OF DIRBCTION. GEORGE HUDSON, Esq., M.P., Chairmas of the Midland Railway Company, Chairman John Ellis, Esq., Beaumont Legs, Leicester Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., RoLleStOn Hall, Burton- upon-Trent Sir Isaac Morley, Doncaster John Waddingham, Esq., Leeds William Evans Hutchinson, Esq., Leicester Edmond Peel, Esq., Bone-hill House, Fazeley Raikes Currie, Esq., M.P. for Northampton The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Northampton William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester road, Hyde Park-gardens, London Josh. Knight, Esq., Leicester. • Evenian.—Robert Stephenson, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Berridge and Macaulay, Leicester Messrs. N. Stevens and Fearon, 1, Gray's Inn-square, Londo T. E. B. Stevens, Esq., Tamworth. WOMBS. Messrs. Currie and Co., London Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester The Union Bank, Northampton SicarrAav—George Newton Browne, Esq. Orricas—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester. Directors of the Midland Railway Company Directors of the South Midland Railway Company The shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company are in formed that arrangements have been made by the Committee of anagement with the Board of Directors of the Midland Railway Company for carrying out the original South Midland line with the important additions of a line to Bedford and a branch to Huntingdon, the whole being consolidated in one undertaking, and placed ander the management of a joint Board of Direction composed of members of the Boards of the two Companies. The objects, therefore, embraced by the present undertaking are—. 1. A direct line from Leicester by way of Market Harborough to Northampton, being :he original South Midland 2. A line diverging therefrom at Market Yarborough, and passing by way of Kettering to Bedford ; and 3. A branch from the last-mentioned line, at or near t K he cit , erl d g, fo t r o Huntingdon. The capital at present belonging to the South Midland Company will form a portion of the consolidated capital ( and re being contributed by the Midland Railway Company), and in order to com ply with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is necessary that the deposit of it. 2s. already paid on the South Midland shares should be increased to 2/. 2s. It is also neces sary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued, and new Parna. mentary deeds executed. The shareholders in the South Midland Company are therefore re . quired to pay, on or before the 25th day of October next, the furth er sum of IL per share on the shares respectively held by this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the ConsPanY's office s , Leicester, the scrip now held by them, together with an application for registry and exchange in the annexed form, on or before the 18th day of October next. The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to rece've the increased deposit will be issued within three days after the re g i s t ry of the scrip, and oa the production of the bankers' receipt and the execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip cer tificates will be issued. All scrip in respect of which the shareholders shall fall to take the necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the specified period will be forfeited. Forms of application for registry and exchange of scrip may b e eb. tained by applying to the Secretary, at the Company's offices. GEORGE HUDSON, Ch airman, a, N. BROWNE, Secretary, Leicester, Sept. 30, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE P In OF SCRIP. To the Committee of Direction of the S outh Midland, or Lei cester, Northampton, Redford, and Runtind on Railwa y Com pany. Gentlemen,—l herewith transmit scrip for sha res in the S o uth Midland, Northampton, and Leicester Railway Company, in respect of which I request you to issue me new seri the above Company, and I agree to pay the furtherdeposit of 11. per share on or before the 25th day of Oetober instant, and to execute the new Par liamentary Contract and Subscriberis' Agreement when required. Dated this day of , 11145. 'ame in full ....... ....:., . Description , .Address iti fu l ...... . TWA 1 0 %stud lo 404 tu 13:9 limmilsor* Quoit, T HE GRANJ LONDON AND DUBLIN ATPROXINLATIeN RAILWAY. Rastrick's Line. Provisionally Registered pur milt to 7th and lith Victoria, tap. 110, sec. 4.) Designed to avoid the present circuitous route, and so effect a very considerable saving, both of time and distance, between the two capitals of England and Ireland, running in a direct line from Len don to Bangor and Holyhead, through Shrewsbury, and touching or accommodating in its route the following towns and places, namely, Iticknaansworth, Chesham, Wendover, Aylesbury, 131cester, Dud ain;ton, Banbury, Kineton, Stratford-upon-Avon, 'Warwick, Alces zer, Bromsgrovo, Worcester, Kidderminster, Brialgnorth, Wenlock, hroseley, Coalbrookdale, ,lirewsbury, Llau-y-myucch, Welclapool, ~swestry, Llangollen, Llattrahaladr, 3lochtiant, Corwem, Petitre voelas, Capel Cerrig, Bangor, and Holyhead. Capital 6,000,0001., in 120,000 lihares of SO/. each. Deposit 51. ss. per Share. Temporary offices of the Company, 4. Great lYinellester-street, London. PROVISIONAL COMMITTRE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Comberuhro, ta.C.B., Lord Viscount Mandeville Lord Claud Hamilton, 31. P. Hon, Captain Fenton Evan Freke. 13olgrave-square, Director of the . _ Bandon and Bantry Railway Hon. Geoffrey Browne, Castle Margaret, County Mayo, Ireland Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Chairman of the York and Lancsater Railway !Pr Robert Murray, Bart., Ardley Bury, Harts, Director of the Oxford and Cambridge Railway Sir Henry Winston Barron, Esq., Bart., M.P., Belmont, Ireland General Sir John F. Fitzgerald, K.C.8., Montague-street, liryttn ston-square Col. Sir Duncan IPDottgal, K.C.8., Eaten-square Rear-Admiral Sir Sainsbury Davenport, C. 11., Rratuall-hall, Cheshire, and Weedon-hall, Bucks Sir J. Gaspard Le Merchant, K.C.11., Cork Major-General Sir Love Parry, Madryn Park, Carnarvon, Director of the North Wales Railway Col. Sir F. Ilankey, G.C.M.G., Director of the Direct London aid Exeter Railway dir George Rich, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynia. Clifford-street, Director of the London and Exeter Railway Sir James Pitcairn, Cork Sir Janes Eyre, Lower Brook-street Rear-Admiral Ross, C. 11., Mount Wise, Devexpert Thomas Whitmore, Esq., Apley Park, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Sr.:.op John Meredith, Esq., Ilasbora Park, Magistrate for the Counties •f Worcester and Salop Major-General Henry Bowdier, Sidney-terrace, Cork • Captain Robert Peel Dawson, Upper Grosvenor-street, aad Castle dawson, Ireland George Henry Dashwoed, Esq., 11. P., West Wycomb-park, Bucks B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square Jeremiah Pitcher, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway The O'Gorman Mahon, Mahonberg, County of Clare, Ireland Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Bovine, King's County, Ireland, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway The O'Moore, Cheghan Castle, High Sheriff of the County •f Ros common Robert Hart, Esq., Dripshill-lodge, Worcester, Director of the Wor cester, Ludlow, and Tenbury, and the Great North and South Wales Railways W. Hutchins, Esq.. Llsaintflied-ceurt, Monmouthshire Charles William Spicer, Esq., Portman-square, Director ef the Ar magh, Coleraine, and Portrush, Dublin and Armagh Inland, Shropshire Mineral, and Direct London and Exeter Railways The Rev. C. Leicester, Whitton-hall, Magistrate for the County of Salop, Tice-Chairman of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Charles Fox, Esq., D.L., Rutland-square, Dublin, Director of the Dublin and Armagh Inland Railway • William Johnson Neale, Esq., Temple Thomas Meyer Carvick. Esq., Ilighwood, Director ef the Dublin and Armagh Railway William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Dublin aid Gal way Railway, &c. George A. Brown, Esq., Director of the Callao and Lima Railway William Seymour, Esq, Montague-place, Russell-square William John Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Bristol Railway Rev. Pooley Shuldam Henry, D.D., Commissioner of the National Board of Education and Charitable Bequests, Ireland Christopher Wallis Popham, Esq., Trevarno, Cornwall, Director of the Strabane Ship Canal Company. Robert John Lattey, Esq., Claremont-place, Grove End-road, St. John's Wood. William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Dews, Middlesex, Director of the Waveney Valley, Great Yarmouth, mni Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush Railways Colonel Edward Nichols, R.M., Shooter's-till and Coleraine, Direc tor of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo, and Shan non Railways Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq., Charles-street, Manchester-square, Direc tor of the ♦rmagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Sligo and Shan non Railways Captain James Wood, R.M., Woolwich William Justin O'Driscoll, Esq., banker, Dublin Richard Edward Arden, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the Dub- lin and Armagh Inland Railway Captain Rodgers, Cloyenedon-house, Loughsll, Iretaut John Stewart, Esq., Portman-square, Director of the Marina In. surance Office _ _ Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen •square, Bloomsbury John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South Midland Junction Jr.o. J. Freese, Esq., Old House, Shrewsbury G. Hazlerigg, E aq., West Carlton-hall, Leicestershire, Director ef the Rugby and Huntingdon Railway, &e. - '" - • J. M`Millan, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Rugby, and Warwick Railway J. Bright, Esq., M.D., Cambridge-square, London . - Colonel Pereira, Bengal Artillery, Great Coram-street W. Clement, Esq., Shrewsbury Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, and County Cork, Director of the Direct Western, Isle of .Ely, and Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railways. Robert Remmett, Esq., Victoria-square, Grosvenor-place, Director of the Sovereign Insurance Office, kc. Thomas Gresham, Esq., Raheny Park, Dublin, Director of the Dun dalk and Enniskillen, and Irish North Midland Railways F. W. Heath, Esq., Armagh F. F. Pole, Esq., St. John's Grove-house, County Cork George Stevens, Esq., Oak Lodge, High Beach, Essex Edmund Mathew, Esq., Somerset-street, Portman-square Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's Weed, Dl rector of the Direct London and Exeter Railway Major David Fitzgerald, Valentia, Ireland Wm. Sprott Boyd, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's Thomas Gulliver, Esq., Bloxham, near Banbury, Oxoi, Director of the Northampton and Banbury, and Oxford and Witney Railways Win. Gulliver, Esq., Swallcliff, near Banbury, Oxon Captain Julius Newell, R.N., United Service Club Captain Bradshaw, R.N., Hatherley-place, Cheltenluuts Col. Cairnes, C. 8., Coleraine Edward King, Esq., Blackthorne, Oxfordshire Wra. H. Spicer, Esq., Portman-square George Beauclerc, Esq., Grosvenor-street West, Grosvenor-place Robert I. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director of the Great Leeds and London Railway J. A. Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension, and Chester Junction Railways Major Humphreys, Miltown-house, Strabane, Ireland Capt. Thos. P. Newton, Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, and Lugwar dine, Herefordshire,: Director of the Isle of Man, and Irish West Cookst Railways The Mayor of Bridgnorth Benjamin Watts, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Bridgnorth Thomas Glase, Esq. /Members of the Corporation of Bridg- Josiah Minton Glase, Esq. north Edward Richard Pratt, Esq. Samuel Ridley, Esq., 'rid:north Edmund Ridley, Esq., Bridgnorth Henry Cane Leahy, St. James's-square, Director of the Sheffield, Buxton, Derby, and Manchester Railway R. S. Blundell, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square, Direc tor of the London and Exeter Railway Richard Fisher, Esq., Alcester Lodge, Warwick, Director of the War wickshire and London Extension and Worcester Junction Railway Jaraes Whitehouse, Esq., Ipsley Court, Warwick Janes Reading, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire, manufsetture George Hollyoake, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire Christopher Royston, Esq., Redditch, Worcestershire John Onions, Esq., Broseley, Ironmaeter, &c., Director of the Stour kridge,Madeley, Ironbridge, and Breseley, and the Grand June ion and Cambrian Railways n Thorn, Esq., Whitehall, Broseley, Director et the Stearbridge, Madeley, Ironbridge, and Broseley, and the Grand Junction and Cambrian Railways Alexander John Gen don, Esq., Linley Hall near Brossley Thomas Deighton, Esq., Bridgnorth Joseph Southwell, Esq. Briignorth, Manufacturers Williata Southwell, Esq. William Cele, Esq., Bicester Edward Deaking, Esq., Bicester Horace Townsend, Esq., Deputy-Limiteamat, Woodside, County Cork R. D. Freeman, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Castle Cor, County Cork St. Johu Jeffrey, Esq., J.P., Blarney Castle, County Cork Pierce Purcell, Esq., Aitemira, County Cork James Smith Barry, Esq., Lota Lodge, Cork Edward Dean Freeman, Esq.. Sandfleld, county Cork J. H. Bainbridge, Esq., Bear Forest, Mallow St. John Galway, M.D., Mallow George Washington Brazier Creagit, Esq., J.P„ Creagh-castle John Carmichael, Esq., Riverston-house, Celt, Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Bandon and Bantry Railways P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square, Director of the Ipswich and Southampton, and Sligo and Shannon Railways W. H. O'Driscoll, Esq., Clifton, near Bristol The Rev. William Wilson, 8.D., Over Worton, near Deddington, Oxon Charles Faulkner, Esq., F.a.s., Deddington, Oxfordshire Li eu t e nant-Colonel Cr uttenden, Balineollig William Copplager, Esq., Barry's-court W. Reeves, Esq., J.P., Trainor*, Cork • • William D. Whitehouse, Esq., Studley, Warwickshire, Director of the Warwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction Railways George Wyman, Esq., Aleester, Warwickshire • William Henry Rough, Esq., Temple, Director of the Metropolitan Junction Company • Edward Power, Esq., Eccleston-terrace, Eaton-square, Director of the Ipswich and Southampton Railway Colonel Henry Duadas Campbell, North-end-house, Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County of Hants, Director of the Direct Western Railway William Urns, Esq., Bloxham Henry Watson, Esq., High Sheriff of the City of Limerick Robert Baugh Blakemore, Esq., Shrewsbury, Director of the Shrews bury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Railway Henry Keats, Esq., Shrewsbury/ Directors of the Birmingham aid Isaac Taylor, Esq., ditto, S Brighton Railway Major-General Turner, Commander of the Cork District Lieut-Colonel Westropp, J.P., Cork Major North Ludlow Beamish, F.R.S., Ballincurrig, Near Duglas, Cork Joseph Leycester, Esq., Cork Matthew Pierrpoint, Esq., Crow's Nest, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Worcester, and Director of the Rugby, Derby, Man. chaster, and Welsh Midiaa.l Railways John Rowlands, Esq., Tallyllin, Merioneth. Director of the Great North and South Wales Railway George Paul, Esq., banker, 217, Strand M o rgan Culhane, DR., M.D., Worthing, Sussex Charles Thelluson, Esq., Simmer -lodge, Worthing, Sussex James Thomas Thompson, Esq., 35, Gloucester-read, Hyde Park gardens John Green, Esq., Hales Owen. magistrate fbr the *punts of Worcester George Gun Hay, Esq., 127, Sloane-street, Director of the Medical Invalid Insurance Office J. M. Mathew, Esq.. Gray's Inn, Director of the Derbyshire, sq pt. cester, and Stafford, and Direct Western Railway Joseph Farmer4Esq., Mayor of Bewdley John Bedoe, Esq., merchant, Bewdley Tames F. Sugrue, Esq., merchant, Cork Win. John O'Connell, Esq., 32, Upper Seymour-street, Portmaa-square John Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, London Colonel G. Fitch, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the York and Lancaster Railways W. Wyse, Esq., The Manor, Waterford W.K. Rodgers, Esq., late High Sheriff of the smutty:of Cork, and Di rector of the Cork and Passage Railway Pierce Nagle, Esq., Anakissy, Doneraile, London George Hall, Esq., Bridgnorth John Phillips, Esq., Bridgnorth William Lumley Perrier, Esq., Bellaire, Cork Joel Smith, Esq., -, Walsal, Staffordshire Edward Canning, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon Stratford-on-Avon Thomas Ashmead Perry. Esq.. Esq.. New Town Cottage, Stratford I Samuel Hayward, (With power to add to their number). COUNSEL IN ENGLAND. Mr. Sergeant Allen, Sergeant's Inn ; Walter M'Grlgor, Min, Lie. coln's-Inn. COEINSEL IN IRELAND—Joseph Napier, Esq., Q.C. ENGINEER IN CHIEF—J . U. it astrick, Esq. ACTIN• ENGINEERS. W. Mackenzie, Esq., C.E. ; J. W. Eazalgette, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. In London—Measrs. Ogle and Tennghnsband, 4, Great Winchester street, London In Ireland-401m Cutainlag, Esq., 11, Nortk Great George-street, Dublin. IA NUM.!. Messrs. Mastermai, ?eters, and C•. ; the :Leaden and Westminster Bank. swim-mans ix ENGLAND—H. Newell, Esq., and Henry Cowper, E:q. SZOILLSART IN ICELAND—Frederick Francis Pole, Eeq., ii, North Great George-street, Dublin. PAILIADIENTAZT Asir(Ts. Hugh Imes Cameron and George Bain, Eaqrs t , 18, Parliament street, London. J. E. L. Walmsley, Esq., North-street„ Westminster. PROSPECTUS. The imperative necessity, alike in a social, commercial, or political point of view, for drawing as closely together as possible the capitals of England and Ireland, has suggested the formation of the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway, —a line, the value of which it is difficult to over estimate, since it will be found to take a nearly direct course from the English metropolis - to - Holyhead. It will pass through or near the populous and nolele county town of Shropshire (as ye iunprovided with railway communication), and will traverse along its whole extent districts second in wealth, re sources, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire ; bringing them more nearly and immediately in ecntact with London and Dublin, than has hitherto been tbrir.ght possible. This project is wholly in dependent of any ether line already before the public, and as it poslcsses national advantages whie:h none can surpass, must, when earyied, lit, become, wi':.noe Uncap:RA the Most important railway diroonritain. - 0112 ct ,C4 r Acte •ftlge C0131f211,Y Will be to obtain a moot central and accessible terminus iu London, and Farringdon-street has bean fixed upon for that purpose. It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a course as poss,ble to Uolyhead In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns : —Rickmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury; it will then proceed to within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown, thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to birom.sgrove, and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock, near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the Vale of the Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence con tinuo its route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the Vale of the River Vyrnwy, will proceed to Lian-y-mynech, Llaurhaladr, and Mochnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen. At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage into the Vale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round by Conran into the Vale of the River Alwen, from whence it will run nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Mail-coach-road, by Pentre voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale Of Nant Francon to Bangor and Holyhead. This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by tha most consi siderabio railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol ; the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and the South Staffordshire Ittelway. As this last line will connect Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, it would be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of bring , ing all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a doubt, by the obvious fact that it will not only bring the richest mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos sessed of any direct line of railway communication. On the otker hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will give to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist ing railroad ; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire distance in tea hours. It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day. . Up to the point where the lino approaches Corwen, no engineering difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight lino may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will be adopted for the rest of the route to llolyhead ; or, if found de sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continuo an independent lino by Beaun►aris to Holyhead. After a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers, the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct transmission of the mails, the Directors feel warranted in anticipating a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested. A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may be booked throughout, from London to Dublin, including all the inter mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing from the conveyance of ens proprietary to that of another. The railways new in active progress in Ireland, running from Dublin north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of the Directors, and every advancement in science will bo made available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ; while, finally, the very lowest rats of fares will he adopted for both passengers and traffic, and the pnblic will find in the improvement of the inferior carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the first class, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all its details will be rendered worthy au enterprise so national in its character. Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per arinum on the amount of the subscriptions paid ap ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not beyond the amennt of his subscription. Applications for Shares nay be made, in the subjoined form, to the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Messrs. Cameron and Baius, 11, Parliament-street, London ; Mr. Roger Mortimer, Throgmorton-street, London; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton buildings, Mr. Wm. Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool; Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs. _ _ Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield; Messrs. J. and J. Klmpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey, Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol ; . . Messrs, Graystone and Earl,York ; Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter; Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles Calmer, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-burgh ; James Jardine, Esq., Glasgow; Wm. Oliphant, Esq., Perth; and .Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Directors of the Grand London and Dublin ♦pproximation Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 60/. each the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and subscribers' Agreement when required. Witness And his Address Name in full Residence — Profession or Business Reference (two or more) PROSPECTUS OF THE R HONDDA and ELY VALLEYS JUNCTION RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE. (Provisionally Registered.) Preluded with the einction and I;upp;rt of the Right Rea. the Earl of Dunrayen. capital, 200,0001., in 10,(00 Shares of 2SI. sack. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. flaceant Adam, Dunraven Castle, Glamorgaa C'ranshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, lereferdshire Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham, Director of the Great Leeds sad London Direct Railway Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway Sir Wm. Twysden, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire Sir William Wynn, Maws Newydd, Chairman of the North Wales Railway fames G. Barrett, Esq., Rosa, Herefordshire Henry A. Bruce, Esq., DutYryn House, Cardiff Williamllmiley,Esq., Manor Oaks, iihefileld, Director of the Mei field and Manchester Railway Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway The Rev. James Cozens, Tnys Plwm, Glamorganshire Edward Cotton, Esq., 20, Koppel-street, Itussell-square, Director of the Cemtnereial Bank - - - Nicol Came, Esq., D.C.L., Dintland'a-house, Cowbridge, Director of . . . _ . the Vale of Neath Railway Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Direstor of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railway - George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction • Railway William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnaryon, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 1 1 14. 7, Manshester- square Rey. Thomas Granow, 29, Brompton -square and Court Herbert, near Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab EiHs, Glamorganshire Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire John J. Barris, Esq.,, Treverig, Glamorganshire • John Hopkins, Esq , Kißely, Glamorganshire William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting Jahn James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Direeter of the South and Midlands' Junetion Railway Joh' Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Taro Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorganshire William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the National Proiinelal Plink of England James Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Club James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. 55, Lincelu's Inn fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park George B. Pye, Esq., Layenham, Suffolk Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Bridgend Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq ., Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, add South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Randall. Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey. and Garth Mall. Glamor gaushire Renry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London Robert Wright, Esq., Lonsiale-square, Middlesex, aid Bread-street hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway John Williams, Esq., FurnivM's Inn, London, and Llantlhangel, Denbighshire Joseph Underwood, Esq., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Loudon and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Di rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. (With power to add to their number). MANAGIN4 tOMMIrrEE. VISCOUNT ADARE, Chairman. Captain W. J. Dawson, R.N. Crawshay Bailey, Esq. Griffith Llewellyn, Esq. Richard Kelly, Esq. The Rev. H. R. Fowler Samuel R. Pratt, Esq. Henry James, Esq. Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. William Bradley, Esq. John Randall, Esq. The Rey. Thomas Gronow James Morrison, Esq. William Simpson Potter, Egg Nichol Came, D.C.L. Richard Lewis Reece, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq., Middle Temple. SouctToß—W. B. James, Esq., 6, Basinghall-street, London. RANKERS. Commercial Bank of Loudon National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardit. Messrs. Towgood and Co., Cardiff. ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq. SECRETART—John Petherick, Esq., pro tern. This Railway Is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda and Ely Wiles, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis tance from the tort of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district, one of the richest and most Important in South Wales, which is at present without the means of transit for its Immense and valuable products. It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of Glaraorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal In im mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and, obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition to its being of excellent quality for ham making, as is proved at Mer thyr and Aberdare, Is also, like that of those districts, of the very best description for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although Inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other, that the demand for it tar exceeds the supply, and promises, accord ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of traffic, alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested, as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram roads or canals have been constricted to open the mineral resources of ether less promising vallies ia Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro duetiops. _ _ An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any ether line. This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich tales of Ely and Rhondda a mach desired communication with the great market town sad port of Cardiff, front whence, at present, they raay be said to be almost excluded. _ _ _ It is intended that the line shall commence at Rlaen Rhondda, the head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there join the South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the most advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the Bristol channel. _ A preliminary survey has already bcen nude by competent par ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favourable gradients, so much so that it is confidently anticipated that the works will bo executed very considerably under the advertised ca pital. The landowners along the line are favourable to Skis undertaking, and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on tko Provisional Committee. _ . _ No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount et his subscription. Until an Aet of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to whom power is given to allot the Shan s, and to apply the funds of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma tion, and lir the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted to Parliament. Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi tional capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nom'• sate the tot Dir.ectors of the Company. In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to aandowners on the le and ether parties locally interested. 1106teohnefi Wid ktaps may be tad of and apaciktico Shares may may be addressed in the form annex.d to , ; V. E. Ja m es 94' ~ sp Solicitor, 19, Northumberland-street, Strald ; to W. Mort eni_,,,ott Solicitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; an I to the undermeet7on" Brokers ; but no application for Shares w 11 receive the ette_ n _ ,„ore the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one ur ••• of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, o: the Engineers:--_. London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Token house-P•P: " Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-strees. Liverpocl—Messrs. 'gaunt and Co. Manche,ter—Messrs. Houghland and Lease Leeds—Mess. s. John Young and Co. Bristol Luka Arnold, Esq. ; Messrs. Tate and Nash Birmim ham—Mr. Collis Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sens. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. „gip To Le Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and F. 17 '— Junction Railway. Gentlemf n,—l request that you will allet to me each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the sa gb illet res l io icl2 o:l :. pay the de; osit thereon, or upon any less number that ma,' be,; utr at tome ; I also undertake to execute the Parlitunentart and Subscribers' Agreement when required. .... • "" Name in MR .• ...... •• •• •• Residence •• • • ...... ••• • " • • : Trade or Profession •• • • •••• • • .„. Re,.rence with / ddress.• • • " • • Date of Applicatten --0 R LIONDDA AND ELY V AL I JUNCTION RAILWAY. No farther applications for shares in this 0 mpany c an be recd' l4 after FRIDAY, the 10th instant. By order, cranial' JOHN PETHEIOCIC, 19, Northumberland-street, Strand. October 3.184 5 . , FLY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS-BAIL'IVAI; In consequence of the great number of applications lo s t P a to in this Company which are daily received from all P flrt , e OW country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to call l l ,„ t oo tion of the Public to the following Clause in the ProspeetuN;oo terms of which they vrill, in allotting the shares, be comPe lw. strictly tundero adhe L re : a nd fll' " As, arrangements entered into with the P! ini ont Ely and .Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham Railival L'._„ ho ldiP a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to i_at' . .., o filf of shares in those Companies, a very limited number of a1t71, 0 for is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no aPPl i i c o ' c o it shares therefore cm be attended to, except from Par ties ^ terested and of the highest respectability. By ode, ~v pro "is' L. r y. r EDWARDS, Secretary RSA Ito 4 pou N c ER t6 ,..they . 4 nen coi l ''' il itu IV oruer, L. F. EDWARDS, Secretary l'"' vOOl - .., WORCESTER, WARWICK, and -. RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered.) SO' Offices, 5, Gresham-str. et, Bank. London, I ith Octobe e r s. "wet; The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agn ew l o ' f ied, for execution, on the days and at the places underfne".,' .;....• „,, tweeze the hours of eleven o'clock a.m., and four o'clock TT g ie to '''' In London, at the offices of the Company, from th e A 18th of October, both inclusive. WI . " At Worcester, at the offices of the Company, on the 13114 15th of October. nd golf's° as At Droitwich, at the offices of Messrs. Curlier a ° the 16th of October. the 011 At Warwick, at the offices of Mr. A. S. Field, soli cit° r , a' .. • tobe of Ocr. os , At Leamington, at the offices of Mr. A. S. Field, so llo' os els 18th and 20th October. dil l eri At Rugby, at the offices of Mr. W. F. WratislaW , se Octow' ' 21st October. 10' tot e At Leeds, at the Scarborough Hotel, on the 13th au- , 601 O 4 b et, At Manchester, at the Allison Hotel, on the 15th and ; t e Oel e oee At Liverpool, at the Adelphi Hotel, on the 17th an d 1 „soot At Glasgow, at the Wellington Hotel, on the 20th aul te . t`,. ~ •At Edinburgh, at the Royal Hotel, 22d and 23d Oetooe,erre , JOHN HUGHES, s'- 01°- A , a L ANCASHIRE, CHESHIRE, AN D FORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY' • (Provisionally Registered.) ~.„011, Capital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. eli serf ° PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. re d. William AscrofffEsq., director of the Staffordsh ire ,„da Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway dshlt e 11°9" Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan,-director of the Staffo-rse and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway , l ogin. 11 ,4,0 4 William Croudson, Esq., Alderman for the borough 01 An d jiffs' ~, tor of the Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool "- ~,d0 " . Direct Railway , the , William Caldwell, Esq., Ince Hall, Wigan, director olopialorie 'hire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester Direr hire l'''' John Dewhurst, Esq., Preston, director of the Steno. - „ to" and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway „0.0 1 "," O r Colonel Robert Douglas, Esq., United Service Club, ._„,,1 as`'' don, director of the Staffordshire Potteries and Liver i ll' chaster Direct Railway • direc t° 1/ 0" Joseph Glliham, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, of. Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and M andl Railway .‘„ f lye William Uibb, Esq., Victoria-park, Manchester, dire e .,-Troct lt l'' . fordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester ' l o ose' 1 Charles Haigh, Esq., Manchester, a director of the s py t l i '.i teries and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Rail e ct§ l pr John Holford, Esq., Rushohne-hall, Manchester , u „eta e enc. die' Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and A• - Railway i r of t o tl l ,4 _,,, g oi George Holt, Esq., Willow-hall, Crumpsall, a illr ec ,,, - i ' recc'eily fordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester " he els.' ~, John Lord, Earl., Standish-hall, Wigan, a director of '", , ,et 1 ' Potteries and Li pool and Manchester Direct Bal",,, e rir „„{. Christopher Morris, Esq.., Wigan, director of the Ste' ,„ t r t terles and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railivair of ',',10 , „. Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst-hill, Wigan, direlfect''di.,„; fordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Manchester ; e el , L , C. Randall, Esq., Manchester, a director of the She of cheater Railway, and Staffordshire Potteries and • ..As 4 Manchester Direct Rail Way dfc'ell" cord' e/ • Frederickßamsden, Esq., Seymour-house, Old Trs „ e ve A el the Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool, and ill' fel' Railway era fr O re 0 6 John Thomp'sen; Esq., Wigan,,dlrpetor of the St a e rot and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway - meet Henry Taylor, Esq., Wigan, director of the S tella 0 6. and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway William Burdett, Esq., Warrington aireete r 14 the " William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, .-- rre fto field and Manchester Railway Henry Belierby, Esq., Sheriff of York T lyerP" i ' „ f ieff William Byrom, Esq., managing director of the .-- t oie• and North Union Junction Railway h ire On e i ID ° John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, directorof the Shrops , -- - ,nr ' Richard M. Baddeley,'Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire pee , ..40 'gf, Edwin Cadman, Esq., Weatbourne-house, Sheffield' 0 .t4' Direct Western Railway r o 0.. I, Captain James E. Carnegie, Somerset-hous e, director of the Reading fu and Reigate Railway ~,e /-0 ' „e§ James Clarkson, Esq., Cheethrt-hill; director of t° J.,c. caster Railway ini ftos Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, director of B ern p' and Manchester Direct Railway eate f Peregrine Royds Dearden, Esq., Birkenhead „.g D on ,i Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Lancaster, director a u- rf Preston, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railways a' t e , William Fenton, Esq., Meadowcroft, Rochdale . o f i°, i si ° Samuel Giles, Esq., merchant, Manchester, dire Beet, b e and Macclesfield, the Manchester and Rug b y . t• railways f '''' ' Robert Holt,Crescent, Rochdal 111 , an° A William Hughes ' Hughes, Esq., Inner TereP'e' L -, py F.L.S., &c. Oa e John Hunt, Esq., merchant, Manchester (',Dol e • William Jackson, Esq., Sheffield , di rec tor of the caster Railway iten h° f Sir John Key, Bart., alderman of London an d Che , JO t ' ' William atelvele Lomas, Esq., merchant, Livereo°' fon Sir William Magnay, alderman of. London a the ti" ' James Macmillan, Esq., SouthamPion, director _,,,d, Warwick, and Rugby Railway ‘,. e Liv en ' „to' ' Edward Morris, Esq., Chorley, a director of 1... h eti Direct, and other railways ;40' o f i James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, director of t he so 0 Rugby Direct Railway Cli str° § i ' The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, London, ..„4off a. ni°' J ' York and Lancaster Railway, and director of Be ~,ael , and Manchester Direct Railway was AI Richard Raywood, Esq., Barnsley, director of th e 0 1 11 ' , Bradford Railway „,..,cliel ler if James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, director of the •,..." d fill Direct Railway di e t°l. Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, Carnarvon ,re i l'` Eastern and Western Railway 0t 0e 1 4 7 , T. A. Ward, Esq., Town Regent of Sheffield . fi , epalroly 4 Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London, DePnw e oter • ,l' York and Lancaster, an a director of the L an ave „, Railways $ , ,r r eterl , David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, e.- for d ' the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railwaynnitoa , el.- .o‘ . Edmund Woodward, - Esq., Gilnough-house , . ..„44 1 „0, Blackburn, Bolton, and Liverpool Railway A eti ,js w" • Proctor Walker, Esq., Preston, director of the ' Al , Direct and other ailways ~., r a.hol l ' e 'e• Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Lonsoo m ale's est , director of the Chester and Manchester Dirt's' 1 3 uCg , „ c ite" CONSULTING ENGINEER-Geprge WSISOO oici• SuRvEyORS-Messrs. Nevins and Lawt° o ' S JOINT SOLICITORS. Messrs. Dearden and molesworth. he tet • William Burdett, Esq. . fiia nci Company's Offices, 6, Marsden-street , ''' BANKERS. London-The Commercial Bank of Londoo.o/4 th ° Manchester-The National and Provincial ''''- ell s, Rochdale -Messrs. Fentons and Roby. 4" ° o l°)tt o s , PROSPECTUS. t 11 . 1 P r e t o, This important line of railway will commen ee Ho o s s t i • trl c i ' is' Manchester and Bolton Railway, between P°" o ncl h oe 4 01 ° ,0 running thence in a direct line through IVorsleY, grill e , it of,'" se _ point on the Manchester South Junction and ,' t oa d eV , ~41., ,, e 1 with which it will form a junction, to Cheadl e ., se A iica op' with the Macclesfield branch of the Maneliestvinnonde or _ Railway, by which means a direct railway C oal of t ell _als ti s4 o ' opened with Macclesfield and the .various lines ~01 ,7 Aer ler to terminate there.conic {t° so • " -,.• ~. • so The great adeantages to be derived. !rota net ie § ili at,„i• • to Bolton .and Altrincham, and via Ch et ' n et id t ioted fi gor,fe • _ will at once be seen on reference to the mai'. a nd Pr' teo of es and channel Communication between existing ni . direc ie ot .4 of ri p also as supplying the 'link' wantingail the•eba ln l oge e, ° , t .j ps 1 ;0 1 , le; tion between Bolton, Blackburn, and a ver.V. he c en" - i ee g i , tl ect e. l pulous manufacturing districts and towns "' °I. ,tte,..e.,..0,,0. 0, county of Lancaster, with the Staffordshire 1 4 co -ie.:l' o 4 ,a of districts, Birmingham, and the metropolis , a n eo ristls% e Wl'''' fill' termediate places in the lines of the variou s and th ,if fi e railways between Manchester, Macclesfield, ''''' ,011 1 1 `, i y( southern portion of the kingdom. 1 ,, the t ' e Ole Ir e, ' po ri. An important feature in this undertaking 0 iie irey i ,s§, by me ins of existing and projected lines, °P e e r War7.o ,i of o tc,' agricultural and manufacturing population lotion 1 , •;.00 ; 04 ~,, fordshire, and Cheshire, a direct COlnn' a ,%ie on " als", Blackpool, and the Other watering-places she burghthe jo el o f eashire, it will likewise form a continuatir,i, .ne•s its lines from London (via Macclesfield) to !•_,." the P. '" 0 it' either by Fleetwood-upon-Wyre, or by d Ps ite is"4§ l ' n •rti e , Carlisle lines. lesile ld 2 11 01 3isa lc • The saving of distance between lfface important, whilst the great, but unavoidabl.eerdietro) ill 0 ov a O n ,. 'fferent ' in Incurred in passing through the di tit l it t tie will be obviated. . - Ise ls, that °I ll e tfo r Another important feature in this enterer,. line , et . ec ie4 o ,l ,e§ terially affect any existing or contemPltl"' o iher h l i . f ota d vil o se l , able, by uniting itself with them, and l• c ease t",", • a lt i 0 ' lines now in the course of formation, to flan nd 00 , . ' io se 0, to a considerable extent, both in passengerS.a.,, cannot _,l e i s i f o i means of establishing a principle of reciprotu: dive c01:0, , injure any existing interests. . ,_ bou riog e t i e , t fO l/. :40.1 11 1 : 00 5 , ' To the town of Bolton, and its neigu . ~...,„,o r e „ie d _., e• f it is obvious this line will secure the rnost,..' e ' r 7 prol'‘ o o 1/ 1 71,0 4 401 its connexion with existing lines, and u tiiit cl o ds 01ff9, 1 , / centre there. It need hardly be added , __ erg no d g 0 n o _ s o l o n ' rages, a most important traffic for itselfPassen! preselo be c o Se c i independent of which, as the line et' s e op 01,0 . 0 , ▪ difficulties, or other obstacles of importance, was ~ tile 0 ale, i , i an expense far below the ordinary averah , od , 0 ,011 0 , c eo to the capitalist is offered. ail h e °I of I 'l " The deeds will provide that no call MI Ac t ~,, 4 • • holders beyond the deposit now paid unt..il e " A n e e t to al le iao dor ty 'sf obtained, and power will be reserved i n tu the 'fries" 0 d f° l ' ,ire it 1 interest on all calls. re serve w eo is . • A certain number of shares will be e a nd a ds r i • IV ~V o 6 and others having local interests in the I ln ' h e Ai r. f p, r the interests of this company. ~..o g rcIAY s eel e ft, Applications for shares and proseep_r e fotersio&pecoll .. - subjoined form to the solicitors, ato tuare` . _ n r f r,: b Deng , London-Messrs. Fields, Son , and Baile y ' ! afr• r 'd Of' morton-street , ▪ Manchester-Messrs. Green and °„ l l d i h n r i witer , an r Liverpool-hlessrs. Geddes and ai George Bolton-Mr. J. Gorton t R oc hd a l e -Mr. Jonathan Neil d, J an ' , Warrington-Mr. James CawleY _._,,, A Leeds-Messrs. Standish a nd Bieck 3 0 i Preston-Mr. Wren , ttßfl' stiff e ' Hull-Messrs. Flint and Tootal to t York-Messrs. Graystone and Earle. SOB elf•- e - Ois e' La n , ro v el r ' FORM OF APPLICATIIe ei shir , To the provisional Committee of tio,_ vie r, ode 0, ; t Staffordshire dtl_ne w a t e` : 2 ," -- t M i . ne rebi et a se r d o e , Gentlemen-I request that Yon 7, n ," ay , an , " ` a not r ti ' l ,, l's shares of 201. each in the above ref , _ . , ‘ .. on wee_ file n . ~ 1 4' ,/ accept the same, or any less nuireeree•;,, whenondtorieztireo the deposit of 21. 2s. per share t •, o ceenten t ' 9 • ,•• tary contract and subscribers , 045. fi . •• lasio . ., • • Dated this day of in full '' - r 1 11. ‘ • '' §' Nance ...._ basin o .. „..... •1 00 ~ Place of .• •,,„. ......, 0 9 ~ Re sidence ''' r e - ielei— an d P -"‘). 40 or P o Business ,delice , ...• d , Nai ne, r s' „'and p. , referee 'to o ~„-, ..,,e ..,,.. i HESEILE b , T i,wo,stne u „ *"`"i , LANCASHIRE, C Tivcalas m a r e o or° l- 0 0 ,0 11 i FORDSIIIRE du- - the pleas a nd directs it 4 1 The Provisional CoMmittee ihave ir eng ineer I n s whe re 0 fe t4 they have received the report of t h ,: i g , proeet i oadle' ) in atil i gool,r) is highly satisfactory. The on e lion Y il _ i ,se, t er .,,Titsg e re e. 6 P ' Altrincham (preserving ' -- ieeies 11 °" - t sere. - ,ife ,- 0 - 0' unite with therebyffore mast inleerlected l '` ‘ .. siv4.4 D e l place, and aeear tie, th i: distriet s A „ c°l ,r e 11 :nd th e e 'es§ lw to Belton, but to the PoPe- d zest Le- pares' 1 of 13 burn, Damen, add Bolton, an As ,„„bee of ~,.t wil A t In consequence of the W e 'd. the I,l ' Igt riPP-- nitrous application& alreadl -I ‘ ,-. 130 closed is a few day waL s. um st ritai x oT. 0 10,) DEASDIX ad a" - - 000101 8 # 1845 ' -- - -- - ' -" - • ,• , I -,.., t,,.. i L