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TAE SUN, LONDON, THURSDA MORNING, OCTOBER 2 ) 1845. DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY (Upon the Broad Gauge), From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewater respectively. - (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 3,003,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 1•!s. 6d. per Share. Offices, 20, Poultry, London. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Camperilown, Sidney-place, Bath The Viscount Mandeville, Kimbolton-park, Runts Lord James O'Bryen, Royal-crescent, Bath Lord William Powlett, Bath, and Downham-hall, Brandon, Suffolk General Sir John Slade, Bart., Muntys Court, Taunton Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, Somerset The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid land Railway - , Brookes' Club, St. James's-street Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P., Hill-street, Berkeley-square Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P., 6, Parliament -street Hon. Percy Evans Freks, 3, Belgrave-square Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies Sir Robert Price. Bart., M P Foxier. Herefordshire Sir John Cave Brown Cave Dart Kenilworth, Warwickshire Sir William Young, Bart, W•stheauve veep, Hyde-park, East India Director John Clark, Esq., Benefield House, near Trowbridge, Wilts, Magis trate for the counties of Wilts and Somerset Alfred Batson, Esq., Ramsbury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place Major Hunt Grubbe, Eastwell House, Devizes John Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker John LoYel Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker William Adair Bruce, Esq., Lansdown-crescent, Bath Sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and Loudon and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder minster Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Min's Bridge House, Huddersfield, "Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-read, Hyde Park, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and South Midland Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-suaare, London, Depaty Chairman of tke Trent Valley Continuation Railway Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrays-square, London 3111115 Coventry, Esq., Whitekart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. , Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and, George-street, Mansionkouse Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Hollerness House, near Null, Deputy Lieutenant and 3fa3istrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director *I the Devon and Conniell Banking Company Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cress, Director of the South Midland Railway Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, sad the South Essex Railways Firancis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Vietaallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath Mouse, Erah, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc• tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon- street, London H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Couladen-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex Ileuse, Mile-end-road, Director of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Lilt Assurance Company Patrick Fras. Johnston, Earl., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bitihop, Esq., Crescent, Alinories, Director of the Leaden and Railway Blackwall Company William Downing Bruce, Esq., 1.5. A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, ali.l Ripon Cuthbert Woodcock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryansteue-street, Portman square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London William Hagan, Esq. 60, Baker-street, Portman - square William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Hareis Purcell, Eaq.,Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, imerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwall Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the St. Katherine Docks Company, and of the General Shipowners' Society William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrare-square Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire - George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charlee- street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor- place, London - Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, cennty Cork, Union Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way C(mpany Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di- rector of the Warwickshire and London itailway Henry Lradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcouibe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d Light Dragoons Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity- square, London Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire John Giliyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hernsey Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Barks Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath iks% Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the Ccinety Rev Chas. Fras. Bamffylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath, Magis- trate for Somerset Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Blrraing- ham Railway Company It. Wootten, Jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Bsckingham shire Railway and Wolverton Junction Richard Morthnore, Kingsmill, Collnmptoi Ray. John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton Chsrics Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Rich el Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry Dundee Campbell, North End House, Portsmoeth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hengerford, Chairman of the Becks Union Banking Company William H‘laornb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager •f the Wilts and Dorset Bank _ Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Kerle Hal:writeld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol James Troup, Esq., Hastings John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John lforford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Cempany John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Stalforishire, Direotor of the Manchester and Southampton Railway James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead. and Manchester and Southampton Railways Edward Norris, Esq.. Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direst London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford liir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding antic and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax aid Bradford Union Railway Charles Bamford, Jan., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South ampton Railway John Robson, Esq., 'Lefton-le-Hole, Durham Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and Midland Railway Companies Isaac Holmes, lisq., Liverpoo Win. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company C. Appleby, Esq., Broonthill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manohester Railway Company Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the Huddersfield and Shffield Railway Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast Railviay Company Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport H. 5. Blight, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di rect Railway Samuel swami Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Director of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawoett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield said far- rowgato Railway Company William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Esq., Manchester William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rcv. H. W. Cottle, Vicar et Watford, Northamptonshire Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbauk House, Macclesfield, Director of .the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hall and Barnsley Janette' Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Litnehease, merchant John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square john Norton, Esq., Moat Hosse, Brentwood, Essex William John M'Guire, Esq., Hampton Court John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Flr Grove, North Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq Alderman and Magistrate ofSouthampton Thomas Chas. Hart - L.-on, Esq., F 8.5., York-terrace, Regent's Park G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tringkara, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield The Hon. F. Byron, 21, Eaton-place William Higgins, Esq., Turvey, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak-park, near Winchester, Deputy-Lieu tenant, and magistrate for the county of Hants William Jackson, Esq , Birkenhead, Chairman of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway I. 11. Langworthy, Esq., Manchester Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman, and Sheriff of London and Mid dlesex Nathaniel Gould, Esq., Barge-yard, Backlersbury, and Tavistock- square rAialllntl lAOII4 Welles, Esq., Cadogan-place, and West Moulsey, Surrey Duncan Dunbar Esq., East India-road, an I Limehouse, Director of the h London Dock Company, the Marine Assurance Company, and e General Shipowner's Society William Jackson, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Goole and Doneaster R stlwsy Geor4e F. Earle, Ewl., H u ll et.-;':en K now l es, Esq., Exeter W. Lawrence, Esq., Brixton Learmonth, Req., Edinburgh, Chairman of the Edinburgh and ,la:gow, :m1 North British Railway) Companies Wellington Ross Sermour, Esq., of the Rugby, Derby, nd Montague -place, Russell-squ are , Manchester. Railway William Tanner, I , n —reat Surrey-street, John Booth, Esq., Shcrburn Grange,Durham Blackfriare Matthew Benjamin Robson, Esq., whi.t wti n Gran John Holmes, Esq., St. Jame-.'s-street,Director ; 1,7 ; - I t k, h rc a h ra ester and Weymouth Railway, and York and Lancaster Railway William G. Bernard, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Thomas Smallwood Richards, Esq., 59, Baker-street, Portman square James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Manchester N. M`Cann, Esq., Parliament-street Henry Wellman Newman, Esq., Bristol, Magistrate for that City, and Deputy-Lieuterlant and Magistrate for the county of Gloucester William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury William Empeon Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull Thomas Racket Massey, Esq., Newark-upon-Trent. Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of Axholme, and of the Wlsbeach, Ely and Lin e g ehlre Railways William Ruston, Esq., Catherine-court, Trinity-square Q. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., Temple, London C. I. Selwyn, Esq., Exeter Joseph Hopwood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Falmouth Railway Richard Compton, Esq., Eddiugton House, Hnngerford, Berko, a Magistrate lot the counties of Wilts and Berks Henry Coa Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Malden, Essex Richard Davis, Esq., St. lielen's-place,. Director of the Southididland 114.1 way • Edward Hyde Clarke Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Warwickshire and London Railway The Constable of Hungerfoid Captain William Lionel Lampert, The Highlands, Oxfordshire, and Leamington, Warwickshire Francis Burton, Esq., Milverton House, Warwickshire Captain Stewart, R.N., Leamington, Warwickshire :Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshb e Railway Northage, Esq., Upper Gower-street, Bedford- square John Wodley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the Birmingham and Bristol Railway Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory, Roehampton, Surrey Francis Cole Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, Hyde:Park Algernon Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park ... John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square Richard Groucock, Bow-churchyard, and Dulwich, Director of the Direct Manchester Railway J. B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland-lodge, Brixton Henry BeHerby, Esq„ Sheriff of York Henry Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheapside, Director of the Rugby and Macclesfield Direct Railway John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square. Thomas Grimsditch, Esq , M.P., Macclesfield, Cheshire Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fields, Wolverhampton, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway William Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Erasmus B. Foster, Esq., Birehiu-lano William Bargett, Esq., li:oad-street Peter It. Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester John Reginald Itiddal, Esq., Enfield, Director of the York and Lan- easterßailway Thomas Kidley ' Esq., 31. D., Sheffield James Sheppard, Esq., Jun., White Hart-court, Lombard-street Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Magistrate for Middlesex George Sercornhe, Esq., Exeter Jelin Clampit F.,ereombe, Esq., Exeter William Pearce, Esq., Liverpool W. Holiday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., jun., Tample William Nash, Esq., Capham Common Grey Hazlerigg, Esq., West Carlton Hall, Leicester Captain Twisieton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Diraetor of the Leicester acid Tean and Dove Valley Railway . (With power to add to their *umber). ENGINEERS IN CRIES'. Sir John Mamiell, LL.D., F.R.S. James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E. Belgtuns—Messrs. Cutries and Co., Cornhill, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Londoi _ _ Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inu-fields, Lonioi. SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY —Charles J. Whalley, ESQ. LOCAL SOLICITORS. At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and B. Pinnlger, Esq. - - At Rams!4ury—William Rowland, Esq. At DISViZed, Henry Gilbert, Esq., and John Edwards Hayward, Esq. At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton At Sliepton Mallett—Francis lease Nalder, Esq. At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. - and J. R. Poole At Exeter—William Denis Moore, Esq. At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, and J. A. Toms, Esq. At Launceston—Messrs. Lawrence and Pattii.n At Bodmin At Tram At Penzance At Filmouth—Mesers. Tresidder and Son - ------ --- The object of this line is to effect a direct sommunisation between London and the Land's End. _ . In a national point of 'view such a line is indispensable. With the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its situation at the western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since , have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,800/. per annum. At Bris tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining,; since then they have very considerably increased. The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal mouth by way of, Plymouth ; and various other projects have been set on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by rally ay. The object of this prospectus is to shim that no ether line than the resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard to this, its most important eutport—" the natural Packet Station of the empire." The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than any existing railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole tistance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. With resrect to tho traffic on the upper portion of the line II is needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 miles, that . it will traverse rich and populous agricultural and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as well from railways now in course of oonstraction as from ethers pro jected, with every chance of success. As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway; and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End nay, by means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol and Southampton ; t • what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire may be further developed, et* the genial climate of Penzance and Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the map will make It manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, new altogether destitute of railroad accommodation. _ _ _ Recurring to the features of this prejeet as a national work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance ii the event of war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet commerce of the kingdom; it may not be out of place to quote here the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking if the project of a direct line fun London to Liverpool through the Treat Valley, which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com munication between the metropolis and the great outperts to be not a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed to interfere with that great national object. The survey of the line has been to a great extent cerapleted, and correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are ia a state if for wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next semi*, of Par liament. It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are ne engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have lot been repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be constructed at an unusually small expense ; that tke undertaking will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and ce-operation of the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that this will prove to be one of the mast remunerative railways in tke kingdom. Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament te allow interest at four pounds per centum per anntun on the deposits, and preferenee in the allotment of shares will be given to tke proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected with the Direct Western district. Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, '2O, Poultry, London, or to the local solicitors, or to any re spectable broker in town or country 20, Poultry, London, September, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. • Gentlemen,—l request you will alla me shares, of 25/. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d. per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract when required. Dated 1845. Trade or Profession Place of Business (if any) • • •• • • .. •• • • Reference •••••••••••••••••••••• DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY, with diverging lines to BATH and BRIDGWATER. (Provisionally Registered.) Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after TonsDAT, the 7th of October,inst. T. H. SAUNDERS, Secretary. 20, Poultry, London, Oct. 1, 1845. THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND CHATHAM RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) VIA REIGATE. Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, of Cowdray Park, Bowe. Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth House, Sussex The Hon. and Rev. L. Version Harcourt, of West Dean, Sussex The Right Hon. Lord de Lisle, of Penshurst, Kent The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton Villas, Maida- hill The Right Hon. Lord Ressmore, of the Dell, Windsor Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart. of Hollycombe House, Sussex The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., of 21, Wilton-crescent The Hon. William M. Dawson, Poole Lodge, Dorset The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, Brook-street. The Hon. Percy Freke, 3, Belgrave-square Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbourne-street, Hyde Park, Director of the East India Company Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square Sir James Carmichael, Bart., of 40, Sussex -gardens Sir Robert Schomburgh, of New Kingston, Surrey Howard Elphinstone, Esq., 31. P., of Eaton-place, Di rector of the Direct Western Railway Company, the Thames Embankment Company, &c. William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid tan 1 Railway Robert Wynne Williams, Esq., Director of the Nottington and Gains boroughLe Steer, Esq.,e ßaih o Railway y f Jay's Park, Surrey Captain Charles Shirley, of Midhurst, Sussex Llcut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., of Broom Hall, Surrey Admiral John Ayscough, of Prospect-place House, Southampton Lancelot Archer Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, Emsworth, Hants Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton-street E. T. Dayrell, Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, High Sheriff of Buck inghamshire Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, of Nerth-end House. Portsmouth, Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants Major Snow, of 4, Old Cavendish-street The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbeurne Rectory, Sussex Francis Lysons Price, Esq., of Sydenham, Kent, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, Warwickshire George Grantham, Esq., of Barcombe-place, Sussex Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, Harleyford-place, Kennington Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham, 1 Directors K Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's I the Great Park, Manchester William Watson Prole, Esq., of Thurlow-squared Railway • Brompton, J Company Thomas Chitty, Esq., of 8, Upper Gower-street, Barrister-at-Law, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Company John Napper, Esq., of Ifold House, Surrey Stephan Loudell,Esq., of Lindfleld, Sussex George Barker, Esq., of Stilland, Sussex Jamas Ilitchins, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Company Th Jo i l oo i m n L" Neale, Req., L ,7 e ci zi u s e l: o lt e;, Ei sq ., ., of Montague-street, Russell-square of Reigate, Surrey of Reigate, Surrey Neale, Esq., jun. of Reigate, Surrey Thom items, Esq., of Vaortiilliatallh-hill, Edwaards illrulllelEysq, E .' the Rugby, Warwieltssi,lallWl: William hardy, Req.,Esq. ..S o i cee o s f t G er re ß a a t n tu a rr y ey-street, Director of of Trotton-hmouysdeonne Esq., of Bepton, Sussex. Me tropolitan Junction Company John a ß r u m rr i e d y t:ur D st ireetor of Me- Edrington-house. near Berwick-upon. Anthony ti muntl Sadler, En., Tweed Joseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham Common William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, Roxburghshlre, Director or Bristol and Exeter Railway Company Samuel Brown, Esq., of Clapham Joseph Se4les, Esq., of 3, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, and Upper Clapton John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., of 3Ci, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Directpr. of gio:Roading,an4 Rolgato Hallway Company John Helbert Helbert, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Director of the Lei cester and Birmingham Railway Company Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the Warwick and London Railway Company Captain William Cousins, of Compton-street, Brunswick-square, Di rector of the Doncaster and Goole Railway Company Captain Frederick Chamfer, of Halkin-street, Relgrave-square, Di rector of the Fampoux and Hazebrouck Railway John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of Glou cester John Moreton Cottle, Esq., of Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Birmingham Railway Company John Brightman, Esq., of Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company William Spooner, Esq., of Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company Alexander Greig, Esq., of Lowndes-street, lielgrave-square, Director of the Rug , ly, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Captain Trophinrus Hodges, of 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company George Parbury, Esq., of 37, Russell-square, Director of the Manches ter and Rugby Railway Company George R. i'eppercorne, Esq., of Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company Thomas Henry Evans, Esq.. of Lothbury, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 3, Harley-street Rev. F. 11. Hall, D.D. Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire W. Woods, Esq., of Chilgrove, Sussex Henry Morley, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex William Gambier, Esq., Sumba Park, Berta C. A. Tulk, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts James Peard Ley, Esq., Sey ton Ironworks, Whitehavea John Inglis Jerclein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly H. R. bowman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford-place, Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway Davit Mountague, Esq., of Regent's-park W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Ludgate -hill, Director of the Waveney Valley Raileray Company James Gernon, Esq., Director of the London and Nottingham Rail way Company James Macmilion, Esq., Southampton Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M. of 3 tidhuret Rev. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trotton Rectory, Sussex Major James Adair, Director of Church of England Insurance Company Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway, Managing Director of the West Lancashire Railway, and of the Manchester, Wigan, and Southport Railway Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Clltheroe Junction Railway John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Oxford, South ampton, and Gosport Railway, and of Macclesfield and Ru .by Railway Henry Farrington, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Wigan and Southport Railway, and of York and Lancaster Railway Joaephus Malley Mason, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Chester and Manchester Direct Railway, and of Manchester aid Rugby Ralway Daniel Grant, Esq., of Springside, Bury, Lancaster, Director of Rem ington's Direct London and Manchester Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junetion Railway Thomas Townend, Esq., of the Polygon, Manchester, Director of London and Manchester Direct Railway John Burgess, Esq., of Manchester, Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Company, and of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle, and Carlisle Direct Railway James Shaw, Esq., of Salford, Lancashire, Director of the Mtuleheater and Rugby ; tuiway Edward Parrett, Esq., of the Buttons, Romford John George Hammond, Esq., Essex-house, Bow, Director of the Direct Western Railway Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway Phillip Baker, Esq., Euston-square Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Twyford-hall, Derby John Webster, Esq., 35, 3lecklenburgh-square, Director of the Great Grimsby, and Lincoln Railway The names of other noblemen and gentlemen will appear in a further advertisement, whose support has been promised to the un dertaking. COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT. Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward Parratt, Frederick Clarkson, Esq. Win. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P. Robert Chapman, Esq. Robert Wynne Williams, Esq. Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. Downman, ➢sq. John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq. ENGINEERS—Mews. Drayson, of No. 2, Palace-yard, Westminster. SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANT—Messrs. Pontifex and Moginie, D, St. Andrew's-court, Holborn, London. BANNERS —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate William Minchin, Esq., solicitor, Porisoa and Portsmouth Thomas Bill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth Edwin Aldbery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurat Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerham. T HE CHESTER AND • MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. The Shares in this Railway having been allotted to all Deposits duly paid, the Committee of Management have much pleasure in in forming their Shareholders that the Parliamentary surveys are pro gressing to their entire satisfaction, and that every care is being taken to Insure compliance with the standing orders on going before Parliament. By order, - A. BARRETT, Secretary. 1, Royal Exchange -buildings, London, Sept. 27, 1845. RUGBY, WARWICK, l and WORCESTER The Directors, In consequence of the!r eceivinT daily applications for shares in this Company, announce that the list was finally closed on Saturday last, and that no further applications can be entertained. By order, • September 26th, 1845, GEO. H. WELLER, Secretary. RLTGBY, WARWICK, and WORCESTER RAIL WAY. The Directors in reply to the numerous applications on the subject, beg to inform the public that the shares in this Company are now in course of allotment, and that they, the Directors, intend Issuing the letters of allotment so awn as the requisite examination has taken place into the application for shares. By order, September 27, 1845. GEO. H. WELLER, Secretary. RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTER RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 900,0001., in 43,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. At a meeting of the Provisional Committee, numerously attended, convened by circular, and held at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Guildhall-chambers, Baslngnall-street, London, the 30th September, 1845, W. H. HUGHES, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Sec., in the Chair, The following resolutions were adopted : Resolved,—That the Prospectus issued as that of the Provisional Committee be now approved and adopted. Resolved,---That the following gentlemen do constitute the Com mittee of Management:— William Frederick Beadon, Esq Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq. Peter Colston, jun., Esq. Edward Doubleday, Esq. John Freeman, Esq. Alexander Greig, Esq. Mr. Alderman Ilughes Hughes Thomas Bagger, Esq. John Haddon, Esq. Richard Parry Jones, Esq. E. W. Morris, Esq. Resolved,—That tho following be appointed the Bankers of the Company : The London and Westminster Bank The London and County Banking Company, In London. The Northamptonshire Banking Company, at Northampton. Messrs. Butlin and Son, at Ragby. The Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Company, at Leamington, Warwick, and Southam Messrs. Berwick and Co., at Worcester. The Committee have great pleasure in informing the public of the extraordinary support this Company has received, and they regret that, in o llbol n ty s i : be g; t e u n ihs c s e afito o t f ri t eb h ,ei e number of applicants for shares in this undertaking, many highly respectable and Influential claims must unavoidaThe will be not recedivenletthteercsounilestobef npgleaspredc'eteodaecacewp week • thqse parties, therefore, who do t i w ith, aabondvethaes apolcgy of the Committee.' By order, Guildhall-chambers, B GEO. H. WELLER. S ecre t ary. tusU-strset. Ist October, 1845. James Morrison, Esq. Cornelius Nicholson, Esq. Benjamin Payne, Esq. Robert Rising, Esq. Thomas Sharp, Esq. Joseph Satchell, Esq. John Wheelton, Esq. Edward Waddelove, Esq. Edward Welch, Esq. John Wooleton, jun., Esq. N ORTH LONDON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, 8, Finsbury-place Sosth. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, sap. 110.) Capital, 1,300,0001., iw 65,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Chairman James no:ne, Esq., F.R.S., Clapham Common, Deputy-Chairman Sir John Edward De Beauvoir, Bart., London ,James Henry Attwood, Esq., Upper Seymour-street, Portman-square John Bagshaw, Esq., t.leucester-place, Portman-square Richard Babel], Esq., Queen's Counsel, Lauderdale House, Highgate George Bishop, Esq., South - Villa, Inner Circle, Regent's Park ;tutus Brown, o s anq E u s e q t, , E n s q ir . , ec O t s o i r d g o e f , th Southgatee Trent Valley Continuation JAousgetpishtu Railway George Woodreffe Franklyn, Esq , Clifton, Bristol W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.L.S., Alderman of the City of London Henry Morton, Esq., Biddick, Durham George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., 39, St. dames's-place Georga Rougemont, Esq., 14, Broad-street-buildings Nicholas Wood, Esq., Kellingworth, Newcastle-on-Tyne. BANKERs. 3fessrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills and Co., Loudon Bank of Liverpool The Union Batik, Manchester. ENGINEER —George Parker Bidder, Esq., .licurxecr—Robert Abraham, Esq.,Torrin2,"ton-street, Russell-square, SGLICITOR—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, City. SECRETARY —Harry Burnird Fantail, Esq. The Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Rail way Company have great satisfaction In informing their subscribers that negotiations aro now pending between the Previsional Commit tee of this Company and the Directors of the Railways north of the Thames of such a character as to assure them that the City terminus of this Company will form the Grand Terminus of all the City traffic north of London. To effect this important object, an area of 10 acres of ground (the southern boundary of which Is within 500 yards of the Bank of England) has been most carefully surveyed and valued, and the re port of the architect and engineer is of so favourable a character as to have induced the Provisional Committee to determine on purchasing the entire site, and it has, therefore, been resolved b., them to -amount importance in crease The i th ,r e eyie cap ie tt ai l of c t o l m tis m C i o tt m ee pt e u e ly ns t i o de i r ,3 i o t o, o o f oo p / a . to secure within the limits of their City terminus, the amplest and most complete accommodation for the traffic of each of the railway companies who may co-operate with them, an object which will be effected by opening the very extensive and valuable space of ground alluded to, within the centre of the City of Lendon. In conjunction with this enlarged plan, it is intended to embrace that of a branch line to the present station of the Eastern Counties Railway in Shoreditoh, which will effect an entire junction between the eastern and western parts of the metropolis ; and at the same time afford a direct communication between the whole of the rail. ways, which reach London to the north of the Thames, and give full development to each of their schemes by creating for them a common centre within the heart of the metropolis. Independently, therefore, of the almost incalculable local traffic which the position of their City terminus will ensure to this Com pany-, will be added that of those tompanies aloe who will eventually co-opera c with the North London Junction Railway Company, and the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuable line of railway. A lithographic sketch now publishing will accurately define the entire district through wkich this Company proposes to run this lino; by this means the most atsual observer will be enabled to ascertain that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in immediate communication with the City ; while the dense popu lation of the City will enjoy a fart ity of connexion with its suburban localities, necessarily affording it the greatest accommodation. With such important local resources, therefore, together with the vast traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed capital. That revenue will be derived thus : The daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to 3,345, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and Illr nsing•,ham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thire.a of which reacts the City. The Eastern Counties amounts to 2,400 persons daily, half of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily is 30,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City. Passengers front the suburban districts reaching the City, now un accommodated by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily. From these sources the following products are derived: — Per Ana. Pass engers from the Great Western and Birmingham Rail way, at 6d. each........ • ..... ...... •••••• • • • • .. £52,523 Passengers from the Eastern Counties to the City terminus of this Company, at ad. each .. ••••••• • • • • • • • •• • • 12,061 Omnibus passengers' traffic, at 6d. each, as taken at present... ..... .............................. 142,208 tons of goods and parcels pass annually from the Great Western and the London and Birmingham Rail ways into the City, at an average cost of carriage of 3s. 6d. per ton throughout. For the carriage of those goods and parcels, therefore, at the reduced cost of 2s. 6d. per ton, a revenue may be derived of •••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • 17,776 From the carriage of goods, parcels, and mails, bringing in to the Eastern Counties Railway Company a revenue of 40,0001. a year, may be derived the sum of • . mow The total of their calculations amoants t 0.... £280,289 Deduct 40 per cent. for workers' expenses ••••••• • • • •• • 11'2,115 £168,174 Estimatod Rental to be received from other Companies for the use of Terminus .. £198,174 Being a revenue of more than 15 per oent. on a capital of 1,300,0001. The capital, as now extended, will be divided into 65,000 shares of 201. each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per share will be payable forthwith. A portion of the shares will be allotted to parties locally interested. The reanrinder will be distributed amongst the present shareholders and the public generally, upon application being made by them in a manner hereinafter mentioned. The Directors, in compliance with the advice of their Parlia mentary Agents, deem it expedient, in consequence of the recent standing ordn's of the House of Lords, to require a deposi of 101. per cent. The shareholders are, therefore, requested, in order to carry this arrangement into effect, to deposit their scrip certificate with the Secretary, on or before the Ist of October next, in exchange /or which they will obtain a certificate upon which the bankers of the Company will reoeivc the amount of the difference payable, and, upon producing the receiptand signing the new Parliamentary Deeds, fresh scrip will be delivered to them. Applications for prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to the Secretary, at the Offices, No. 8, Finsbury-place South, and the following sharebrokers : Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North-side, Royal Exchange, London Messrs. Capel, Cuerton, and Lawford, 8, Royal Exchange George Burnand, Esq , Cornhill Messrs. Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester William Marshall, Esq., Bank-buildings, Manchester William II aynes, Esq., Manchester John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. 11. Land, Esq.,"Bristol J. It. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ' Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield J. G Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield F. C. Spencer, Esq , Halifax Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath. tors in London and Dublin ; to the Local Agent's ; to the Secretary, at the office of the Company, IQ, Old Jewry Chambers ; to Scobie Willesford, Esq., Castle-street, Exeter ; and to the undermentioned brokers !—Messrs. Martin and Heseltine, Finch-lane, Cornhill ; Mr. D. B. Major, Change-alley, Cornhill ; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liver pool; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Manor-street, Hull; Mr. S. Grindrod, Manchester; Messrs. Watson and Co., Lezds ; Mr. Eleorge Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. John Beale, Gloucester ; Messrs. Tyeth and Wills, Plymouth ; Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. M`Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. Witham Gor don, Aberdeen; Messrs. Curtis and Power, Dame-street, Dublin; Mr. James Morgan, Cork. of whom Prospectuses may tie had. G AINSBOROUGH AND NOrTINGHAM RAILWAY. (THE TRENT LINE.) (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 300,0 , 01., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. This important line of railway, commencing at the port of Gainsborough, is intended to pass along the Trent flat by Sturton-le-Steeple, North Leverton, South Leverton, Treswell, Bampton, Laneham, Dunham, Bagnal, Fleetborough, Marn bam, Normanton, Grassthorpe, Sutton-upon-Trent, Carlton, Cromwell, Norwell, Bathley, North Muskham, Little Carlton, Kelliam, to Newark, with a connecting branch from Kelliam to Averham, thence by the Midlands Extension line of the Notting ham and Lincoln Railway to Nottingham. by the existing Midlands branch, making the total distance to Nottingham thirty-nine miles, thus effecting, by twenty-four miles of new railway, a direct line from Gainshorough to Nottingham, which will connect Derby, Bir mingham, Gloucester, and the West of England generally , w ith Hull and Great Grimsby. The object of the promoters of this rail way is to afford the existing interests an opportunity of uniting to secure the immense traffic which exists along this line in its original and legitimate course, via Newark-upon-Trent to Nottingham. They propose no unfair interference with the rights and properties of vested companies, but by cutting off the angles and curves of the Aver, render the route the most direct, economical, and speedy of any railway that can be made. It is free Irons any engineering difficulty or obstruction, and its cost of construction will be less by at least one-third than that of ar.y other competing company. "the merits of the line want no extrinsic patronage from distant parties, hut will command a Ifgh station amongst the best railway projects of the day. It will stand the test of public scrutiny as well as the Parlia mentary ordeal. A prospectus and plan are in progress, and will be ready for de livery in a few days, with a most influential Committee of parties locally interested ; and in the meantime further particulars may be had of the Joint Solicitors, G. Esq., 21 a, Soho-square, and J. T. Sanders, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square; at the temporary offices of the Company, 11, Gray's Inn-square, where all communications are to be addressed. G. P. HILL, Esq., } Solicitors J. T. SANDERS, Esq., NoRTH-wEsTERN TRUNK RAILWAY, FROM CREWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, passing through the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidder minster, Worcester, and Tewkesbury, with a branch from Newport to Wellington, forming the shortest and most desirable Communica tion between Liverpool, Manchester, and the Northern Parts of England and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each. ;Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. . . (lielog in aecordaice s withthe Samling Orders of the House of Commons.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird l'ußaney, 4, Parliament-street, White hall, Chairman of the York aad Lancaster Railway Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourn Hall, Derbyshire, Director o the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester R tilway Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, Director of the York and Lan• castor Railway Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the South Midland and North ampton and Banbury Railways The Rev. Charles Leicester, of Whitton Hall, S',ropshire, Magistrate for Shropshire, and Director of the Shropshire Mineral Rail»•ay Jolla Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the Derby and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone Direotor of tke Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Miners' Rail ways Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the Direst London and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways Clement Tabor, Esq., Cornhill, London, and Rayne, Essex, Director of the London and County Bank, of the National Loan Fund Assurance Company, and of the Direct London and Holyhead Railway. Thomas Reginald Kamp, Eeq., .Alchurch-lane, Loudon, Director of the Chelmsford and Fury Railway Dimas Bernard Baddelay, Esq., Newport, Salop, Director of the Shropshire ➢tineral Railway Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Esq , irournitster, Holly Ball, sear Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broscley Railway George H. Fourdrinler, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, Three toief the Shropshire Mineral Railway John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Malda-hill, London, Director of . .. the London and Holyhead Railway William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire and Life Assurance Company, Director of the London and Eir- minghstm Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Director •f the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway Ambrose Miller, Esq., Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford place,•Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway William Millington, Esq., ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton, Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway William Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington, and Kentish- town William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands June- ticsa Railway Thomas Lamle Murray, Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, Di rector of Rosamel's Great Northern Railway, of the National Bank of Ireland, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railway John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, near Halifax, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Director of the Manchester, Liverpool, and great North of England Union Railway, of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the National Bank of Ireland Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the London, Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railway William Tomkinson Riley, Esq., 31illfield Works, Bilston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot teries and Manchester and Liverpool, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railway James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Shropshire Mineral Railways Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Hull, Director of the Deity, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di rector of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways Edward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropshire, Director of the Direct London and Holyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and Ihrot-elery Railways Rev. Matthew Yatman Starkie, Rector of Rushhnry, near Church Stretton, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway 3harles Merritt Rigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-sqaare, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Rev. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway - James Bsq., Manchester-buildings, Westminster George Young, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries Sampson Bridgwoo, Esq., Spratslade House, Longtou William Ottey, Esq., Longton John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and Gains borough, and Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester Railways William George, Esq., Weston, near Mneh-Wenlock _ . • Thomas Goddard, Esq., Bank House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq., Wilden Ironworks, near Stourport, Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway. Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Redford-row, London, Director of the London and Brighton, Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire, and Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railways William Heatrell Dowse, Esq., Chancery-lane, London and Johnson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the Derby, Gainsborough, and Great Grimsby _ alltway William Dutton, Esq., Tittensor Villa, Stone, Staffordshire, and Ebury-street, Eaton-square, Director of the Direct London and Holyhead Railway George Cowen, Esq., Dalston, near Carlisle, Director of the London and Holyhead Railway Robert Foreman, Esq., Abbott's Hill, Derby, Director of the Teen and Dove Valley Railway Joseph Gilham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Teter Wood, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the Shrop- shire Mineral Railway George Swift, Esq., Elford Hill, Eccleehall, Director of the Shrop- shire Mineral Railway John Robertson, Esq., St. Mary's-buildings, Glasgow A. W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Groat Eastern and Western, and Harbadoes General Railways. William Witte Coleman, Esq., Banbury, Oxfordsh:re Panes Austin, Esq., Banbury William Caless, Esq., Banbury BANKERS. Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London _ _ „ The London and County Bank, Lombard-street, London Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton The Shropskite Banking Company, Shiffnall The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport and Gloucoster Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co., Worcester _ _ • The GloncesteVshire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury Esielseen-IN-Cnise—Sainuel Clegg, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. Ingleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abehuroh-lane, London Edmund Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop William Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster Gilbert Brom., Esq., Shiffnal. LOCAL A.OENTS. Henry Him., Esq., Liverpool William Burdett, Esq., Manchester John Brampton, Esq., Worcester Charles G. Brown,, Esq., Bilston Thomas Griffin, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, Esq.,Newport William Harding, Esq., Burslem Henry Saben, Esq., Stafford. SECRETARY—J. Stevens, Esq. Temporary Offices, 3, Abe'larch-lane, London. This line of railway will commence at the junction of the Man chester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and Grand Junction Railways, at Crewe, in the county of Chester, and proceed Prom thence through or Lear the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and Withal, in Shropshire, thence through the flourishing town of Kid derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Rail way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hall, and Chester to the important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct line from the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will also, In conjunction wtih the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swan sea, Merthyr-Tydvil, and Hereford Railways, form the most advan tageous route from Swansea and the iron districts of South Wales, to Liverpool, Manchester, and Hull. The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at Shiffnal, and the Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley Union at the thriving town of Newport. It will forma a junction with the two latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug gage may be conveyed to Stafford, Derby, the midland counties, Staffordshire lotteries, Sheffield, and Hull ; and, in addition to the carriage of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and Kidderminster, to Manchester, Liverpool, the whole of the north of England, and Scotland—will secure a large pacssenger traffic in the district through which it passes. A branch will be made from New port to the important town of Wellington. The proposed railway will be about 87 miles in length, and be tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save in distance at least 20 miles, and the journey can be accomplished, at the pre sent rapid rate of travelling, in about two hours. This project as a junction line, connects itself with some of the most important rail ways in the kingdom. It also skirts the large, extensive, and densely populated iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its course passes through a rich agricultural country. It must, there fore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient traffics to pay a high rate of interest on the capital required. There are no engineering difficulties in the country through which the Hoe is intended to pass, the whole being nearly on a level, and on reference to the map of country, taken from the Ordnance survey, which accompanies the prospectus, the line will appear straight, and will at the same time show the superior advantages it possesses, and that it cannot be surpassed by any existing or projected lines between the same termini. It will not interfere with any ornamental property, and no tunnel ling will be required. Application is intended to be made, in the ensuing session of Par liament, for a direct line of railway (of which a survey has been made) from Southampton to Kidderminster, and by which a ready communication will be afforded to the most southern parts of England. The liabilities of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount 01 their subscriptions, and interest will be allowed on the deposits and thrther calls, from the date of the several payments to the opening of the line. Prospeetusc.s, with maps and forms of application for shares, can be had thorn the Secretary on application at the temporary offices o f the Company, 3, Abehurch-lane, London; from the Solicitors and Local Agents; also from the following Brokers, viz.:—Messrs. Lyon, 2, Birchin-lane, London ; Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, 'Lord-street, Bir kenhead ; Mr. E. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. w. Whitmore, St. George, Liverpool; Messrs. Solimcs and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Man chester; to whom applications for shares may be addressed. It will be necessary that referama be made to a Banker, Solicitor, or pereen of responsibility. NORTH WHSTERN TRUNK RAILWAY, FROM CREWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, Passing through the Towns of Market -Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidderminster, Worcester, and Twkesbury, forming the shortest and most desirable communication between Liverpool, Manchester, and the northern parts of England and the Bristol Channel, (Provisionally Registered.) Crpital 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per share. Being in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House of Commons. . Gentlemen,—l request you to allot mo Shares in the North- Western Trunk Railway; and I undertake to pay the Deposit of 2/. 25., and all further calls upon the same, or such lesser number as yen may allot to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract when called upon to do so. Datos this day of , 1845. I am, Gentlemen, your obedient humble servant, • Christian and Surname in full.. Residence.. • • • • • Reference • • • • • • .. • • • • • ............ Residence of Referee-•• • • . ,• ••,,• • ~ ; To the Provisional Dix ectors of the North-Western Trunk Railway, 3, Abchurch-lane, London, MANCHESTER AND RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via MA CCLESFIELD. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,700,0001., in 85,010 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and - Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Direc tor of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam-packet Company William Hughes Hughes, Esq , Alderman of the City of Lon don, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern Railway Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng land Junction IVil lain Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway William Henry Forman, Upper Thames-street Captain George Probyn, Bry - anston-square Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng land Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square Sir George Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel-house, Southampton Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir John Hare, Langha'n-place The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central Terminus, and of the Lincensed Victuallers' Fire and Lift Office The Rev. J. Harvey Ashworth, Newbury M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich James Atty, Esq., Rugby James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester Henry Barlow, Esq., Highfield, Stockport Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Chester and Man chester Direct Railway Hugh Beaver, Esq.. Manchester William Fechnez Black. Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Di rector of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Brown, Esq., Bedford Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Carshalton, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Charles Baker, Esq., Southamp'on William Bland, - Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway T, wrae Brittain, Esq., Manchester George Burnand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde-park William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the North Witles Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of East and West of England Railway Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct Western Railway George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq., 79, Hark-lane H. Bundy, Esq.. LL.D., Gosport Jo eph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyds, and Avenue-road, St. John's wood Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glou cestershire W. Bailey, Esq. ' Wolverhampton F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Rail way Francis Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen -square, Bloomsbury Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Rail Way Captain Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex ' and Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square John Fawcett, Esq., Broom al], Sheffield, Director of the Great Western Railway J. P. Fernistone, Esq., of Highfields, Wolverhampton George Fernistone, Esq., Lays Ironworks, Stourbridge W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds IL P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanston-square William Gib!), Esq., Manchester John Gould, Esq., Ardwick, Manchester Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey-house, Bedfordshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, near Birmingham, Director of the East and West, and Birmingham South Stafford shire Railway Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Railway W. H. Hornby, Esq., Blackburn George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield John Newington Hughes, Esq., St. Michael's, Winchester William Hill, Esq., Manchester John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail way Company Joseph Haden, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway T. Hodges, Esq. ' Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway James Horne, Esq.,; Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon don Railway Company John Hemming Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway T. A. Hall, Esq., Aslifield-house, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewett, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man chester Railway T. .Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway George Calvert Holland, Esq., 31.D.,,Shefileld John Hyde, Esq., Manchester William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Jenkinson, Esq., Marl' orough-square, Salford George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol V. Clark Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucaster-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales Railway John Knill, Esq„ Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Belson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway M. W. King, Esq., Amblicote-hall, Stourbridge Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Brookville, near Manchester Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock Company Captain J. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde-park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park William Mills, Esq., Newbury Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian Pe ninsular Railway William Malins, Esq , Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Bedford George Miller, Esq., Director of the Central Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton Hill, Leamington R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birehin-lane and Coleford John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway Thomas Markland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester James Marshall, Esq., Brinunigton Mount, Stockport Robert Millington, Esq., Onisall Boise, Retford, Nottinghamshire G: Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury Nicholas M`Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the York and Carlisle Railway Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway P. Oldfield, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool Railway Count Eyre, Director of the South-Western Railway Vincent Eyre, Director of the South-Western Railway George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West of England Railway Apsley Pellat, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Direc tor ofthe Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham Independent Railway Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Belton Railway James Paxton, Esq., Rugby Richard N. Philippe, Esq., Sheffield John, Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South-Western Steam Packet Company, South ampton Stephen Phillips, Esq , Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey John Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol George ROUgCMOIIt, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the North London Junction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maida-hill Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Colne, Yorkshire Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com pany Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Junction James Shaw, Esq., Salford John Sidebottom, Esq., Harewood-lodge, Cheshire William Sidebottom, Esq., Etherton-house, Cheshire David Siltzer, Esq.. Rhodes, near Manchester Ckarles Slocock, Esq., Newbury Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury Christopher Shapland, Esq., Be istol, Director of the Bristol and Glou cester, South Devon and Cornwall Railway Companies Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hull, near Halifax, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway W. Senhonse, Esq., Daventry T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Richmond Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park John Stewart, Esq , M.P. for .Lyrnington, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. H. Sheppard, Esq , Towcester Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield Horatio Smith, Esq., Strangeways Hall, Manchester W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire Charles B. Fripp, Esq , Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten hall, Maiton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton IA biting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway Benjamin Williams, Esq., Banker, 4, Whitehall B. H. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field Fire and Life Insurance Company George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy-Chairman of the North Kent Railway Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveuey Val ley Railway Daniel IVatney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, distiller W. F. Wennington, Esq., IValsall Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol Al e xander H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool Edmund M. Waxen. Esq., Halifax S. Watkins, Esq., Forest-hill, near Worksop Paul Ferdinand Willert, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Man chester Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford-house, Stretford, I ax 0 4 Cf: -,-. .7 0 of .. t 0,.5, r 3{' Alderman of Manchester, and Director of ti /0 Chest chester Railway Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, South am p ton Pirate the Join Woodcock, Esq. ' banker, the Elms , John York, Wig Liverpool Esq., banker, Thra and Bury Railway Pston CompaNyrthamp n tonsAire o J. B. Byron, Esq., Director of the Richmond' C O M MITTEE OF MANAGEM ENT. Willia'n Chadwick, Esq., Chairman Robert Watkins, Esq., Deputy-Chairmail. The Hon. Howe Browne. John Bags haw, ti. Sir John Pine, Bart, Joseph Browne, Et • John .Attwood, Esq., M.P. T. Bridge Simpson, -blkt James Henry Attwood, Esq. Daniel Watney, Ef John Masterman, Esq. James HOME, ESQ.- Win. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Al- James Lees, Esq. derman William Hill, Esq.. George Adam, Esq. George Parbury, BANKERS. Messrs. .M as t e rman and Co., London. The Union Bank, Manchester. ENGINEERS. wed/30SW Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch , Buckstone Baker, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS. John Bethell, Esq., King William-streendon .gig een Messrs. Joseph and Wiliam Heron , t, Lo and Messrs. Robins, Manchester. ie ne eesSfl o.a. That another and a more direct line of railway non dad between the metropolis and the manufacturing districts w a . h is the be e chester is now fully admitted, and the question is, —w lime to be adopted ? A most dir ect rou T t h e e fr a o he m y Lo e p n r d o o p n es t e o d A r l e a i Z a le y st ‘ e vgi r, direct communication with the metropolis at a much of capital than by either of the projected London a ,tiff. of con; afoniarnwilthie, shortest, cato_niicte lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actutiallereditsbtral;ce;,,,idieto7 structed being only seventy-I hree,instead of one-hund d to one-hundred and eighty miles. frs t bi. A careful preliminary survey has determined slob railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby to th e promo i ts cc , diciouelp as an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,000/...i!? e. ,„er leb iogr plied, in the present perfected state of the science of civiiwt.ev.,„ce and at the reduced cost of the execution of earthworks. T e l'' , in t is o the end a far greater real economy, both to the Com P""Y il: saving effected in the annual expense of working, and A t a of more importance to the country in general, by accon.j)lll;t floe much less cost, the same end proposed, by an entire AO al A bf from London to Manchester. in - e These considerations have not been sufficiently kePt nut;bJ other parties who have also proposed to make a railw a y tract to PO' to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating fro m the divect _ th itteo iry, sue valleys, and to avoid the irregul a rities of the face of obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company',,adon and The Parliamentary decision oil the choice of the_, ‘ T ou gh Pr e Brighton Railway is a parallel case; the direct line, to` e ater oa tiaP cola: seating more difficulties to overcome, and involving a g r having been adopted by Parliament in preference to tli!_; wer e pt peting projects in a more or less sinuous direction, it that time supported in the House by very influential bee . n ode ve Should it be found necessary, arrangements which additional lines of rails will be laid between Rugb An Burp. don, on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for. affo rding to ff . This line also possesses the singular advantage of sou thaMP W et i shortest and most direct route from Manches ter to lier pr opos at Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented bY no cli _ f the Gr e „ railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch;_..d, sate.. Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed rq oni Yaa., ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance ss t , i tian by anY chaster to Southampton will be twenty-three miles wA rnatt '' . other route, and on this account the project has hee n os ta ported by the Oxford, Southa Upton, Gosport, and Pa tera sad way Company. n Pig o r The deviations from a perfectly straight line bctwene. n oes, Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, °meow t, ' o ffers 1 , valuable buildings, are very slight, engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns lammotoll interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Iltne kle Ziootull e s in and the line in gener7ro directil Market Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, veal o ft Leek. North taelt The Company has made arrangements wi th the u se se Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured h te e dn , of station (of the extent of six acres), in the centre of the "'"" o f tD don, at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which w ill O n " abJic most importance to this line.oce the „jot Amidst the many railway projects that no w con' mind and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily Aniec,t that a line that will attain such important results at so : 1 _ 1 : 1 lay of capital, and the time required for its construction, ger l e ; interfering with any existing vested interests, must approbation, and at the same time offer a very excmelle." for capital. eo i r i t;i The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport'ebaoter mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the M . a 2 e a tionn ee Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the hO . shares.bb off The e • ii °- The deeds will provide that no call shall be made ea n oeti. , ;re ens beyod the deposit now paid, until the Act of par'_,„r tained, and power will be taken in the Act to allovv 41. 1 , nhs9 be terest in all calls. Applications for detailed prospectus, mans , an d „, i rthun ellares -stretit;ooS. made to the Secretary, at the Offices, 78, King i°- • - 0 1t11 London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester 22 , Sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, an d ce ta Side, Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, E w er s , 11‘&., Messrs. Barclay, Allsop, and Co., Royal Exehang e;3 ! e land and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester; ~,n - An d v.: N I; Royal Bank Buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbelovea lin! J. Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Lan J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garto n and Wright,t, 1 5 a., 1;, ,',. field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. SPen , ce ilenl ,1014 lifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham 4.700ph sari + moot and Co., Exeter; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Esq., Southampton ; ana Messrs. Flint and Toots', THE MANCHESTER and RUGBY RAILWAY COMPANY, via Macclesteld' as A certain number of the shares in this CoMPIMY -n- GosP g irro" tioned to the scripholders in the Oxford, SouthamPtoo.,‘„ty, t At Portsmouth Railway Company, those gentlemen wh o _ tl e r sieS o d duce their scrip, between the 3d and 7th days of u Tonpeili r e ' liir the places below mentioned, will have their scrip t 1 9, te , t oct prnportionate number reserved in this ComparlY 1' lane, Cornhill; or at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; ;.L e 7i; nt :i; ' L iver Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, selicitor, Nev` ,t CO. , r j§t ol; Bailey and Wickham, Winchester ; Messrs. Willis Land' fidate 4 pool; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds, K e ll. h a ty, ts l Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield; I,lr. field ; Mr. Spencer, Halifax; Mr. Lemon, Bath; N res' Tootal, Manchester. VIA / D IREC*I! B E '- LONDON AND EXE - or• Old WAY, with Extension to Falmouth and • um- No further application for shares can be received i n c _ Atn i . o 6 taking. erg s c tt the Committee of Management are now activey tau the duties of allotment, but deem it necessary ta APP i elar f.. it ° in advance, in order to prevent disappointment, tha t n ot 1 0 " mous number of persons who have applied for shAret f one-tenth of even bona applications can be enter tain '" . By order of the Committee, • 1/ ' D. E. COLOMBINE, 0 011"t° STOKES, HOL LINGSWORTD, TYERMAN, and JOHNSTON., 6, Great Winchester-street, Broad-street, Sept. 30, 1645. D 7 ' 0 1. HEFFIELD, ROTHERHAM, / A li *e. - 3 WAKEFIELD, HUDDERSFIELD, and GOOL.:(01. ttls (Passing through and giving the fullest means of translttieidi.) of tha Barnsley, Silkstone, and MortornleY cosl ' (Provisionally Registered.)por gy D I , ‘ " Capital, in Shares of 251 . each. Deposit, 2 /. 125. FROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Master Cutler of Sheffield Sir George Armytage, Bart., Kirkles Hall Sir John L. L. Kaye, Bart., Denby Grange Godfrey Wentworth, Esq., Woolley Park Edward B. Beaumont, Esq., Finningley Park Charles John Branding, Esq., Middleton Lodge Charles Winn, Esq., Nostell Priory Edward Tew, Esq., Crofton Hall Henry Anthony Littledale, Esq., Bolton-hall Richard Thomas Lee, Grove-hall, Pontefract Ralph Creyke, Esq., Rawcliffe-hall Henry Holdsworth, Esq., Manchester Henry Wickham Wickham, Esq., Low-moor J. 31. Laws, Esq., R.N., Crumpsall-hall Robert Gill, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts J. R. Ralph, Esq., Halifax Joseph Hegan, Esq., Liverpool George Anderton, Esq., Cleckheaton Wm. Ash, Esq., Wakefield Edwd. Ackroyd, Esq., Halifax James Audus, Esq., Headingley John Aldred, Esq., Wellgate-house, Rotherham John Barff, Esq., Wakefield John Brackenridge, Esq., Bretton-lodge Thomas Bayldon, Esq., Hollingburst Joseph Brook, Esq., Green Head, Huddersfield Samuel Butcher, Esq., Endcliffe, Sheffield natherin ° Robert John Bentley, Esq., Eastwood-house, -- Henry Briggs, Esq., Overton John Bentham, Esq., Clifton, York Robert Buchanan, Esq., M.P., Pontefract ' Capt. Binstead, R.N., Wakefield Benjamin Badger, Esq., barrister-at-law, Rotherban John C. D. Charlesworth, Esq., Chapelthorpe - h all • Joseph Charlesworth, Esq., Lofthouse-house William Eden Cass, Esq., Goole David Cass, Esq., Goole Richard Clay, Esq., Goole Thomas Chambers, Esq., Chapeltown aii ld George Chambers, Esq., High Green-house, Sheffield John Cordeux, Esq., Barnsley Thos. S. Cordeux, Esq., Barnsley Thos. Cope, Esq., Ilarnsley Jonathan Carnley, Esq., Barnsley William Dandison, Esq., wine merchant, Barn Alexander Dixon, Esq., Cleckheaton George Ellis, Esq., Fingley House Joseph Fletcher, Esq., Goole Jeremiah Bourn Faviell, Esq., Featherstone gall William Gill, Esq., Burley Hall John Green, Esq., Sheffield Bernard Hartley, Esq., Milnthorp William Haxworth, Esq., Barnsley Edward Harper, Esq., York James Hodgson, Esq., Rotherham John Lister, Esq., Goole John Lees, Esq., Staleybridge Aaron Lees, Esq., Vissitt Manor, Wakefield Edward Meynell, Esq., Wakefield William Micklethwaite, Esq., Heresforth Hall , 13 William Moorhouse, Esq., Knottingley William Moxon, Esq., Pontefract Robert Nodes Newton, Esq., Barnsley David Nesbit, Esq., Chapeltewn Ironworks _ Richard Patten, Esq., Goole, Collector cf Custom. George Birks Piggott, Esq., Barnsley John Birs, Esq., Barnsley Edward Parker, Esq., arnsley Rich. a rd Pope, Esq., LoB c wer Thames-street , Len d John Buckingham Pope, Esq., Cliffe - h ouse, Colonel Pollard, Stannary-hall, Halifax Henry Richardson, Esq., Barnsley Thomas Richardson, Esq., Barnsley slay James Russell, Esq., High Royd-hous e, Barn ~eoe George Lewes Ridley, Esq., Banks - ha ll William Rd, Esq., Bradford eid atonl e ' harles Sam an uel Robert Sanford, Esq., N orth Joshua Smithson, Esq., Wakefield Walter Steed, Esq., Leeds John Sykes, Esq. Sheffield Meld William Smith, Esq., barrister-at-law, She William Smith, Esq., Barnes-hall, Sheffield . coo George Walker Smith, Esq., the BorburY, Sn Hamer Stans, Es., Les Thomas Taylo fe r, ld Esq., q Dodw ed orth, near Barns' ° Y . Thomas Edward Taylor, Esq., Barnsley John Twibell, Esq., Barnsley Samuel Thorpe, Esq., Barnsley The Rev. Henry Torre, Thornhill Rectory Henry Wormald, Esq., Wakefield Joseph Wood, Esq., Woolley Moor H. B. Wake, Goole Esq., Henry Wilkinson, Esq., Endcliffe-hal l, Rothe Thomas Wheatley, Esq., South-grove , Mathias Whitehead, Esq., Selby William Walker, Esq., Bradford Robert Younge, Esq„ Sheffield therhara. James Yames, Esq., Barbott Hall, Rot GEmn o. COMMITTEE OF MAN Green , ore ellr, sa . The Master Cutler of Sheffield , ° A ro n Lees , Sheffield Godfrey Wentworth, Esq. Aaro m oo .„. a , WHIM'," ',tor, . P 4o ' Ralph Creyke, Esq. Thos. t, Edward Tew, Esq. G e orge I , D. r 1;54• 4 John Barff, Esq. Jor e n° Harr e ticl' ee l fib J. itl. Laws, Esq., R.N. voia i rd proo lt, James Audus, Esq. • j()sePi jai, Pad, John Brackenridge, Esq. - , c vsel Dr. Buchanan Edw ard George Chambers, Esq. ENGINEBES• John HawkshawLr George Leather , suft vzxoas . E s q to o e ffeld Henry Holt, she Willi a m Fowler, E ans sq l , g ad or B ANi eed , 00 1 ` The Yorkshire Banking Comp any ' d yo The Sheffield Union Bank , Slieffie, hest er an Messrs. Cunliffe and Brooks, Ma.,,„iodeld Messrs. Leatham, Tew, and Co.,- "" Messrs. Beckett and Co., Leeds. sox,iciTos.s. ',ark nd 13° ft Messrs. Atkinson, Dibb, ,A. fil e /1 P pe oke I" • 40" ' Messrs. Leeman and Clark , 1- aca ebe John Marsden, Esq., W" -- wt e ight , d o d. PARLIAMENTARY AGENMessrs• London- v r at lo 3 o , of i r e, to 15, Golden-squ are. flerePailh l i e tc' v t o ric sb o st oe ' SECRITARY.-11/r. Spencer - coo t, t e a 6 0,, A 0 The object of this undertaking Is t° c i t tr ad od, ii , r o t tistf, i o o and Rotherham, as the chief seat of the „ to g ; c mi g p a the other principal towns of the West , . -I;,tootoniatt•Ac :;f_7lll.rof open the important mineral fled' 111 w hoic oa steF s ot))7f connexion, on the one hand, with the .. .. 4t h tie tte fend to , "_ ta t to l N i v i ti s e h a r surround u t „ anal, on the other, eonipliirtito tc4tit,,gof, red most effectual and economical manner, tt` e ver 1 1 ot her, svita co u l e ia resi den i e i s e v o li re te° all the principal towns with each _, e ,101 de o it AS •.. communication to tlooccalompsuleptie)ortht their a f t i , c ets to EA' "il t" and will serve thereby, in an emir` S.- . with the district insures that these %I t degr ee, „iial dot! of Parliament to the undertaking. _d hy ; the except i on line, and persons locally interestoct cwephtololeneaopfitsalucths ahp..ieratidoynsuasbsc!,:rio.feeserf,eue.lll7 SECILETARY—Mi. John C. Sommers. In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters are influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con necting line between the important towns of Chichester and Ports mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in affording a direct communication between the two great military and naval arsenals of Great B.ltain•—Portsmouth and Chatham. The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the t - vo termini at Chichester and Portsmouth. will extend the facilities of communica tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England, connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton towards the west. By the main line falling into the Brighton Rail way the advantage of two termini in London will be secured—the one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London-bridge—the latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, and the several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be tke best position for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions. The line of railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from Loudon bridge. In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate, Newdigate, Cupel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold, Billinghurst, Wisborough-green, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingfold, North Chapel, Kidford, Petforth, Midhurst, Chuigrove, Stoughton Racton, Westbournc, and Emsworth, at or near which last mentioned place this projectedli .e will join the Chich ster and Portsmouth Rail way to Portsmouth. A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking to join the main line at or near Cape!. . . . By this course the entire distance to travel between London and Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected between London and Port4mouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing a route more populous and productive than any hitherto presented to public notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of railway to complete the course between the Redhill station (near Reigate) and Emsworth. From London to Reigate by the London and Brighton Railroad is • ... • 21 miles. The junction to be made by this Company is •.•- • . • ..... 44 From the point near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the Chichester and Portsmouth Railway Is 7 ~ Total dfstance from London to Portsmouth ........ .. 73 miles, From Chilgrove a lino of seven miles will be constructed, and which will place Chichester in direct communication with London. The distance between Chichester and London by this route will be 62 miles, and trains will run direct between London and Chichester. Inasmuch as the existing line of raway to Dover branches off from the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected line will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth and Dover. From an inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct line between Ports mouth and Chatham, and in pursuing the line of communication to the last-mentioned naval ttnd military depot, this line will pass through or near the tow of Bletchingley, Godston, Limpsfleld, Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Town Mailing, Wrotham, Off ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Woodham. The distance between Chatham and Reigate will involve the making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad between Portsmouth and Chatham will extenl over 82 miles. To the naval and military establishments :of this kingdom the construction of this projected line will afford the most Important fa cilities in the transit of troops, stores, baggage, &c. &c., diminishing the tardy course of communication which at present necessarily exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually extend ing over the space of two days, and placing them in that direct com munication with each other which, in two hours, or thereabouts, will enable the journey between them to be made. The formation of of a direct line of railway between Portsmouth and Chatham 'will afford the opportunity of establishing, by the electric telegraphic, that celerity of communication so important to be obtained between places of national importance. The warm support of the principal landowners on the greater part of the line is pledged to this undertaking. The Provisional Committee abstain from making any special re ference to the contemplate I profit to result front 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. It. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange, London; Messrs. Peppercorne and Co., No. 2, Old Broad-street, London ; Mr. Ti. Pritchett, of No. 74, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; Jolm Duncuft, Esq., sharebroker, Manchester ; Mr. It. 11`Ewen, 18, St. Ann's-street, Manchester ; John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, brokers, Li verpool ; Messrs. Hope and Rastrick, brokers, Manchester ; Messrs. Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth ; George Edwards and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Hull ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis and Son, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, Portsmouth, and Chichester, and Direct Portsmo u th an d Chatham Railway Company. _ . I request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the aboTo 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 V. 2s. on each share, and to execute the Parliamentary Con tract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be required of me Dated this day of 1844. Usual signature ..... Aram in full.. Profedsion or Trade ...... ........ Residence.. Place of Business (if any) Residence of Reference •• •• •• •• ........ N.B. No application will be attended to except with a reference to a banker, or from an applicant referring to, and who is known b y some of the Provisional Committee, or the solicitors, or local agents, FORM OF ♦PPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF SCRIP. To the Secretary of the North London Junction Railway Company. Sir,—l herewith transmit to you scrip certificates of shares held by me in this Company nurnSered as at foot, and I undertake to make the further payment of 14s. tid. per share on the said shares, forth with, and to execute the new Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. Christian and surname is full .. Business or Profession . • • • • Residence FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the North London Junction Railway Company. . . - I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the capital of the above - named railway, and I will a cce pt th e s ame o r any less number, and pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired. Dated the day of 1845. Christian and surname in dill . • ...... • • • • Business or Profession Address • • • • ........ Beitrence . - • • • • -- • • • • 0 0 mmma S iy h T.T ar ix es . of 251. each. RAILWAY IRISH WEST COAST (Registered Provisionally.) leecorrib, Mayo bapital, 2, 11 51 e. 0 :p , 1tE 0 .0, 0 1 0 8e / i.sip , ;3o i is n iinNi.trALa l , o l:2: o l4c. , o o o7. 6d. (Ne Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his Skarerr.) Sir Thomas Bernard Going Dancer, Bart., Modreeny House, Clough- JRMoonhbrnekritrl'apltariikliceoknESßoarqmo."ers, Esq., M.P., Sligo Jordon, county Tipperary, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny Railway The Hon. Geoffry Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and Castle M`Garrett, Mayo The lion. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament -street, Whitehall Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway The Right Hon. John Ladaveze Arabin, Lord Mayor of Dublin Michael Gallagher, Esq.. Mayor of Sligo John Netterville Barron, Esq., Resident Magistrate, Sanders Park. Cork Owen Edmond Blake, Esq., J.P., Frenchfort, Galway James F. Burke, Esq., J.P., St. Claance, Galway Dominick Joseph Burke, Esq., J.P., Greenhill, Mayo Teeobald Burke, Esq., J.P., Woodville, Mayo William Campbell, Esq.. Sackvilie-street, and Brighten Men Carmichael, Esq., T.C., Rivertsen House, Cork, Director of the Cork and Killarney Railway Charles Collins, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Thomas Comilla, Esq., iganybrit House, Galway Edward Deane, Esq., J.P., Cnrragowan, Mayo John Campbell Dicker, EM., Now Wall, by Weston, Cheshire, Direc tor of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway James Dillon, Esq., J.P., Cogue, Mayo John Dunn, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., L. and D., Dramena, Leitrim Thomas Edwards, Esq., King William-street, London, Director of the Direct London and Dublin Railway Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, 31onmoutlishire Robert Graham, Esq., J.P., Drumgoon, Fermanagh Klein Grant, Esq., M. 1)., St. James's-street, Pall-mall. Director •( the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Henry Griffith, Esq., D.L., J.P., Port Royal, Sligo, Director et the Sligo and Shannox Railway W. A. 11111, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Deputy-Chairman of the Glowed • ter and Aberystwith Railway Dean John Hoare, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square Edward Hoare, Esq., J.P., Percy-street, Bedford-sqaare,.Director of the Great Welsh Central Railway, &e. T. Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, &e. Robert Hughes, Esq., Ely House, Wexford, Direetor of the Provin cial Bank of Ireland John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple William King, Esq., Spring-gardens, and Putney, Surrey John Knox, Esq., J.P., Greenwood Park, Mayo Joseph Myles M‘Dennell, Esq., J.P., Doocastle, Mayo Rowland H. Mackenzie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Great Wes tern Extension Railways Capt. Charles Carden 3lansorgh, Longraigue, Wexford, Direetor of the Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Railway Capt. Newton, Bruton-etreet, and Lugwardin, Herta Francis R. O'Grady, Req., Terrell*, Mayo Richard O'Grady, Ese.,:elayo Joint O'Hara, Esq., Itaheen Gort, Treasurer, County Galway Charles Ormsby, En., D.L., Cuminin, Sligo Robert Dudley Persse, Esq., Galway Michael Perrin, Esq., Galway Rees Price, Esq., M.D., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, ESSOS Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq , Bromptou, Middlesex Joseph Richardson, Esq., J.P. Summer-hill House, Clones George Rutledge, Esq., J!P., Brabazon Park, Mayo Thomas Seymour, Esq., J.P ., Ballymore Castle, BallinA3loo James Sexton, En., J.P., Limerick John Sainsbury, Esq., Kensington James Shirreffs, Esq M.D., Liverpool-road, Islington Despard Taylor, Esq., Newport, Swords John Walsh, Esq Castlehill. Mayo Captain George E dward Watts, R.N , Langton Grange, Darlington Edward West, Esq., Weston Hill, Surrey (With power to add to their number.) CONSULTING ENGINEER—COIOneI Landman, R. 8., F.A.S., M.1.C.8. ENGINEER—G. M. Lewis, C.B. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Prescott, Grote, and Co. Scotland—Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank Ireland—National Bank and Branohes Provincial Bank and Branches. STANDING COUNSEL—James Monson Carrow, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Langley and Mead, Bedford-row, London. William Thomas Kelly, Esq., 16, Mountjoy-square North, Dublin, cad Castlebar Mayo. LOCAL AGENTS. Cork—James Morgan, Esq., 4, Patrick's-quay Tralee and Killarney—John F. Eager, Esq. Limeriek—David Fitzgerald, Esq., George-street Ennis—J. B. Knox, Esq. Galway—Francis O'Shaughnessy, Esq. Castlebar—James Conry, Esq. Bllgo—Mr. W. C. Tuite. SzeztzTaaT—Henry T. Stuart, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The object of this line of Railway is to complete the chain of coast communication, and form a connexion with lines already established or projected with reasonable hopes of success. It will commence at or near the city of Limerick, and taking a nor therly direction, proceed through the counties ofClare, Galway, May o , and Sligo, terminating at Sligo, by a junction with the Sligo and Ennis killen Railway, and accommodating on itsroute the important cities and towns of Limerick, Ennis, Gort, Loughrea, Athenry, Monivea, Tuain, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Westport, Foxford, Manna, Kilalla, Swineford, Streamstown, and Sligo, which town being co nnected wit h the north, east, and south, by the different lines through Enniskillen, London derry, Coleraine, Belfast, Armagh, Newry , Dundalk , Drogheda, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford,' Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Talentl a, Tralee, and Limerick, the establishment of this line will cause Ire land to present a completeness of locomotive communication which mother country in the world enjoys. _ _ Al , 9ligation fk;r allztra to.be made in the Initial form to the Solid• r-~ I "%Ala (4 4 44 , 4r37