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Z - THE SUN, LONDON, IVEI)NESDA MORNIN“ OCTOBER 1 1845 BANKERS. Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, Leaden Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter Ditto Ditto, Ashbourne Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby Ripen—Messrs. Terry, Harrison and Co. Bradford—The Leeds and West Riding Bank Messrs. I. and Hamilton Richardson, solicitors, Leeds SOLICITORS. John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttozeter ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. George Remington, Esq., C.E. LOCAL AGENTS. Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley Eggington, A., Esq., Lichfield Green, James J., Esq., Walsall. Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield and Hohnfirtk BROKERS. Messrs. Ditching and Marshall, Leeds Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds • Mr. Thomas Oskwith, Ripon This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com munication between two of the most importsnt manufacturing and mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield, and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and Wolverhampton. This line will also open a direct railway communication between Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West. Riding of Yorkshire and and Exeter, and with L u dl ow , L eom i nster, Hereford, Brecon, Kidder minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenh am , Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton, Car diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish guard, Aberystwith, and with Port Dynnllatn, the future outport for Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds and Southampton. The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter an d C a ld on Canal to a point near Prestwooje 'in case the canal be purchased by the pro moters of this 'undertelking. It will proceed through Ellaston and Mayfield to Ashbourne, thence near Dovedaoe, Buxton, and Chapel en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holutfirth to Huddersfield, where it will join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal, iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the route, in addition to forming a direct,• speedy, and cheap communica tion between the important towns above mentioned. Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise additional capital to extend the line to Leeds. Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous au expen sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line to them ; and tie Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very scarce, and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity exists in South Staffordshire ; and the route of this line would fur nish a cheap and good supply, at present not worked, and without a market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, mid Worcestershire Junction Railway. The calculations which have been made show a very large profit. There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into Mil work. The coal is of a superior qttality. There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne, Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire is the resort of vast numbers of tourists; and particular care will be taken, in passing of the line near Dovedrde, not to interfere with or change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience, therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure. Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire, and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive canal company, which this and other lines of railway meeting at Uttoxeter will remedy. The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac turing purposes along this line will be great. The timber from the,, neighbourhood of th e N eedwood Forest, Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,009 acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous *tonal convey ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering . difficulties. In consequenee of the late Parliamentary decision., It is intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so. At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi tants of Ashbourne the Committee have ordered a survey of ai sue ultltootorgxeatteer-r gedt,toLtohnedofonnowailitidg tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, and Gainsborough and Midland Railways .A.pplleations for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 3 5 , PreeceS W h r itr ill e ia b m rok A erZ o — ld M ß es ai sr n s b . rige' and Worcester ; Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler, Worcester ; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Miteclesfield ; Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Welibeloved and Coaster Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ; Mr. William Crouhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ; W ill k e e s fi er e s l . d ; Gra m y e s u to n n aa lc d et E te ar rin ie g , york Messrs. ; fr.. Eyre E a. nd R. Sh Shaw, i te g r e b , y ; and Marshall, Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham, Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Mews, Tate and Nash, Buis tol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Lan fees=, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry ; Messrs, Houghland and Leese, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; Messrs. A. Birchen and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell ; Mr.L. Weather. Co., Huddersfield; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Nieholson, Edinburgh; Horn, an dS os jun., Sh e ffie l d ; Huddersfield; 11' 3 Messrs. Coll i s , r s.E e Bir mi nghame ra an d Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin; Mr. James 'loss, Perth. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Hud,lersfiuld, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Siures of 2el. each in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or Such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when required, the Deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share. Dated this ' day Cf , 184 . John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, DireCtor of Manchester and South ain pion hallway John Robson, Esq., Hetton-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, Esq., Liverpoo Win. B. Newbery, Eeq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester 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, Di rec t or o f th e Huddersfield and Shffield Railway Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast Railway Company Captain Bowker, Devonport H. '5.3. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di rect Railway Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Director of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and War roweate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq., Attereliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and Y or k and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Esq., Manchester William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rev. 11. IV. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of ,the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways Henry llubbersty, Esq., Hull John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hell and Barnsley Junetion Henry Siiaw, Esq., 'Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Bssex William John M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court Jobe% Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace C4pt: - J. I'. Macdougall, Fir Grove, Worth Brixton, Surrey J. Lefeuvre, Esq , Alderman and Magistrate ofSouthampton 'Brumes Chas. Hari eon, Esq., I' R.S., York-terrace, Regent's Park .40. B. linnbary, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the •' Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tring,kam, R.N., SolyhulkWarwicksialre 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 E. H. Langworthy, Esq. Manchester Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman, and Sheriff of London and Mid diesex Nathaniel Gould, Esq., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, and Tavistock _ square 1845. Name in full —......• • • . . Residence . •• Trade or Profession ........... Place of Busi ness (i f any) . .. • • • • Signature.... T HE LEEDS, n FIELD, and OUTH (or L WOLVERIIA.MPTOIST, and DUDLE STAFFORDSHIRE 1) DIRECT RAILWAY. EEDS (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COM3IITTEE. The Right Hon. th e Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street, Hyde -park Gardens Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction &c. Sir William Boethby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Di rector ef the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc tion Railway Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburharn House, Chairman of Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway Hon. Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Nottingham and Boston Railway, Parliament-greet, London, &c., &c. The Sheriff of York Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Resnington's London and Manchester Railway Bright, &lira, Esq., Buxton Barrett, H., Leeds, Director of the Reighley, Halifax, and Hudders field Union Railway Buck, W. C., Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway Riurton, Robert, Esq., banker ' Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Dina, tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Juncti on Railway Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton Bradley, afford Septimus,shire, Worcestershire and Esq., As hbourn j e an , D cu ir o e n ctit orailwolaythe Derbyshire, Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon don and Manchester Direct Railway Cleobury, Thomas, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction Railway, &c. Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &s. Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Cumberlege, Nathaniel, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park Daiby, John, Robert. Esq., Ashbourae, Director of the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Dale, Major, Thurston. Ashboume Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne Dent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield Dent, John, Esq., Northgate, Huddersfield Darlington, J., Esq., Bradford Dyson, Thomas, Esq.. Well-house, Uolmfirth Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford. shire, and Worcestershire Railway Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield Fantwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders.. field, Sheffield, and Relx Railway Edensor, Richard, Esq.. Road-meadow, Ashbourne • Elershaw, John, Esq., Leeds Fidler, Peter Piehott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Frost, Meadows, Esq., Chester Garle, Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter Gilpi t, wad Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Gisborne, Henry Francis,..Esq, Derby, Director of the Staffordshire, Leicester, and Tamworth Railway, &c. Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, Longton, Staffordshire "laden' Joseph, Req., Dudley. Director ef the Derbyshire, Sts ord se, and W orcestershire Junction Railway Baines, Samuel, Req., Chad-house, Edg haston, Director of the Lei- Harlan, Joh n , E sq., Birk's-hou 0,3'1101m-firth Lei cester and Bi rm i ngham Railwa Roulet.% Thomas, Esq., Rwv,i Y netion . Railway, &c. Director of the D er by s hi re, St af- Ha fo m rd m s o h I r n d e , , : e o n . o ci r . e s L t e e e rk re RDirecitp::,oentihree Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway er, H and Leeds Direct Railway ctor of the Liverpool Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbeurao F4ll;ind Lionel Welles, Esq., Cadogan-place, and West Moulsey, Surrey Duncan Dunbar, Esq,, East India-road, and Limehouse, Director of the London Dock Company, the Marine Assurance Company, and the General Shipowner's Society WlLlrtra Jackson, Esq., Sheftleld, Director of the Goole and Deneaste'r Railway George F. Earle, Esq., Hull Stephen Knowlesi„Esq., Exeter W. Lawrence, Esq., Brixton John Learroontli, Esq., Edinburgh, Chairman of the Edinburgh and Glas;ow, unit North British Railway Companies Wellington Ross Rt Seymour, Esq., M on t ague -place, Russell-square, Director of the gby, Derby, and M anc h ester Railway William 'fann er , Esq., Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars John Booth, Esq., Sherburn grange, Durham Matthew Benjamin Robson, Esq., Whitwell Grange, Durham John Holme., Esq., St. Jame.'s-street, Director of the Dorchester and Weymouth Railway, and York and Lancaster Railway Williaiii G. Bernard, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Thomas Smalwood Richards, Esq. 59,11a ker - street, Portma n - square James Shaw, Esq.. Salford, Manchester N. M'Cann, Esq., Parlfarnent-street Henry Wellman Newm an , Esq., Bristol, Magistr a t e f or that City, and • Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for the county of Gloucester William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunb ury William Ernpson Jalland, Esq., Hokierness House, near Hull Thomas Racket Massey, Esq., Newark-upon -Trent' Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Gainsborongh, Goole, and Isle of Axholme, and of the Wisbeaeh, Ely and Lin e A ashire Railways William Ruston, Esq. Catherine-court, Trinity-s quare G. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., Temple, London C. I. Selwyn, Esq., Exeter Joseph Hopwoorl, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Falmouth Railway Richard Compton, Esq., Eddington House, •Hungerford, Berks, a Magistrate for the counties of Wilts and Berks Henry coa Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Maiden, Essex Ric Lard Dania, Esq., St. Helen's-place, Director of the South Midland Railway . - Profession and professional residence • • Residence in full .. . ............... Iteforence ..... • .• LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY. Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. The Acting Committee of Direction have agreed: " that a Branch Line from Ashbourne to Derby be adopted by this Company, and that the capital of the Company be increased from 1,700,0001. to 2,000,0001. for that purpose." JOHN OWENS, 7 Joint WM. ARNOLD BAINBRIGGE,j Solicitors. Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgate. Sept. 26, 1846. LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY. Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 20/. each. Notice is hereb Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. y given, that no applications for shares in will be received a ft er S ATURDAY, the 4th day of October. this line. WM. ARNOLD BAINBRIGGE, f Joint JOHN OWEN S , 6olicito s. Mos of the Company, 1, Moorgate, Sept. 26, 1841. D IR L CT WESTERN RAILWAY Edw ar d Hyde Clarke, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of I Haywood, Richard Howard, E (Upon the Broad Gauge),sq., Staffordshire Potteries s the Warwickshire and London Railway Holdforth, Joseph Deuipser, Esq., of Burley, Leeds, Director o f th e From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and The Constable of Hurgerfoid Leeds and Liverpool R a il way Bridgewater respectively. Capfain 1 • Lionel Lampert, The Highlands, Oxfordshire, a n d B err i es, R o b ert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool e all s _m (Provisionally Registered.) Leamington, War mickshire Direct Railway Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 shares of 251 each. Francis Burton, Esq., 31ilverton Haase, Warwickshire Hill , John, Esq., Derby ~... . Captain Stewart, Inis.l., Leamington, Warwickshire llirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield Deposit, 21. Its, 6d. per Share. Offices, 20, Poultry London. Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingha m , Di rec t or Ingleby, J .Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Stafford s hi re ; PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. of the South Staffordshire Railway Johnson, John Goodwin, E The Right Hon. the Earl of Camperdown, Sidney-place, Bathsq., Bentley Hall, Ashbourse William Northege, Esq., Upper Gow e r -street, B e df or d- square Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director ea the Ches. John Weelley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the tinningliani ter and Manchester Railway The Viscount Mandeville, Kimbolton-park, Hunts am! Bristol Railway - Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's Lord James O'Bryen, Royal-crescent, Bath • Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory, Roehampton, Store e re - London and Manchester Direct Railway Lord William Powlett, Bath, and Downham-hall, Brandon, Suffolk Frarnis'COle Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, HydeePark ~ a ; - Atones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of General Sir John Slade, Bert., 31untys Court, Taunton Algernon Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace s Hyde Park 1 -seethe Derbyshire,Staffortishire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Colonel Luttrell, Kilvo Court, Somerset ' an . 'Jolies, Edward, Req., Windmill-place, Camberwell The lion. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid- John Pnrkineon, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square na I Knight, Edward, Esq., 31.1), Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire, land Railway; Brookes' Club, St. James's-street Richard Groucock, Esq., - Bow-churchyard, and Dulwich, Director ' Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart. Evenly House, Pcwsey, Wilts of the Direct Manchester Railway Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 10a, Paliemall Kingdom, Wm. Esq., Westbourniatenetce, Hyde Park, Director of Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gard ens J. B. Simpson, Es q ., R u tl an d-l o d ge, B r i xton the Birmingham and Manch es t er Di rec t R a il way Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London • Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of Y or k Johu Jose, Esq., St. 's W Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P., Hill-street, Berkeley-square licitly Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood- s t ree t , Ch eapside, Director of the Keene, of the National Bank of Ireland,Jelm ood, Regent's Park, 'Director &e. - Charles Beery Ballwin, M.P., 6, Parliament-street Rugby and Mecelesfiele Direct Railway King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square. Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, leelgrave-square Life Assurance, &c. Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London - Thomas Grimsditch, Esq , M.P., Maccleslield, Cheshire Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, sudbury William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fleids, Wolverhampton, Director of the Laughton, Richard, Esq., Barrow-lell, Uttoxeter Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Liverpool and Leeds Railway Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der- William Miller, inn., Esq., Leicester Companies byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P . Feeley. Herefordshire Edward IVestiake, Esq., Southampton Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf- Sir Joen Cave Brown Cave Part Reuilworth, Warwickshire . Erasmus It Foster, Esq., Birchin-lane fordshire, and I, Vorcestershire Junction Railway Sir William Young, Bart., Waetneorne green, Hyde-park, East India William Bargett, Esq., Broad-street Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stan Director Peter R. Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank fordehire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Joen Clark, Fan, Benefield Motes, etar Trowbridge, Wilts, 3lagis. Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester', Vice-Chairman of the Severn trate for the counties."( Wilts and Somerset John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Enfield, Director of the York and Lan- Commission, &e. Alfred Batson, Esq., Ramebury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place caster Railway Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall maj.a. hunt Grubb°, Eastwell House, Devizes Thomas Kidley, Esq., 31. D., Sheffield Mason, Charles Jame , s, Esq., Staffor d Potteries .Toha Sealy, Esq., Bridgwat e r, b an k er Janice Sheppard, Es Go q., jun.. White Hart-conrt, Lombard-street Mason, George Miless Eq., IVetley blny, Oteffordshire John Los-el Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Magistrate Meteyard, Y, orate Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and William Adair Bruce, Esq., Lansdown-crescent, Bath for Middlesex Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place Sir John Key, Bart, 9, king's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter 31`31ahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct John Clampit Sercombe, Esq., Exeter Staffordehire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company William Pearce, Esq., Liverpool Manors, John, Esq. Rugcley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford- Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman W. Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westanin- Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., jun., Temple Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeicy, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder- William Nash, Esq., Capham Common shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway m linter Railway Grey Hazlerigg, Esq., West Centon Hall. Leicester Muegrave, Simeon, Esq., Kirketall, near Leeds, Director of the Thirsk Thomas Challis, lesra, Enfield, Alderman of the City of Loudon Captain Twisleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the and Midland Junction Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq,, Deputy Chairman of the North- Leicester aed Tean and Dove Valley Railway Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the (IVith power to add to their number). Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway South Midland Railway ENGINEERS IN CHIEF. Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the East Joseph Armitage, Esq., Milled Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Sir John Macielell, LL.D., F.R.S. and West Junction Railway Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., 31.R.1.A. 3lountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway • BANnons--Messrs. Clarice and Co., Cornhill, London. Moorhouse, Joshua, Esq., Holmfirth William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde l'ark, JOINT SOLICITORS. Maskery, Thomas, Clay E ton West Norbury, Derbyshire , Huddersfield Director of the Northampton, Banb ur y, an d Ch e lt en h am, an d Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchy ar d, L on d on Not th, Joseph', Es q ., South Midland Railways Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 23, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Norton, George, Esq.. Clayton West, Muddersfield,Director cif the Li- Donall Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy Messrs. Haynes and Moore, War w i c k an d L on d on verpool and Leeds Direct Railway Chairman of the Trent Valey Continuation Rata ay Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. Orion, James, Esq,, Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der- Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe SECRETARY—MOH:IAS Hosier Saunders, Esq. byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London ASSISTANT-SRCRETARY--ChaTICS J. Whalley, ESQ. Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Camhridge-terrace, alyde-park, Di- Main Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street LOCAL SOLICITORS. Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail- Banta L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and B. Finnigan Esq. way, &c. George-street, Mansion Mouse At Remsaury—William Rowland, Esq. Phillips, William, E Springfield House, Uttoxeter. Director of the Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holclerness House, near Hull, At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq., and John Edwards Hayward, Esq. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rselway Roberts, Thomas, Esq., Manchester Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riaing of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Ebel., Irongate Wharf At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Mefferd, and Staunton Robinson. John, Esq., Silcoatus, Cottage, Wakefield William Eales, Esq., 31incing.lane, London, late Director of the At Shepton alallett—Francis Isaac Nalder, Esq. Roden, Thomas Clarke, Esq., Birmingham Devon and Cornwal Banking Company At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. It. Poole Richardson, Joseph, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York At Exeter—William Denis Moore, Esq. Railway • Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of the South Midland Railway , . At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq , and J. A. Toms, Esq. Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshiree Stafford 3lartin Stutely, Esq. 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, At Launceston—Messrs. Lawrence and Pattison shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South At Bodmin Shipton, Robert, Esq., Seromon, ieerbyshire, Director of the Derby- At Tram shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Essex .Railways Francis Ede, Esq. 34, Great Winchester-street At Penzance John Addis, resq.;Rothethithe and Mark-lane, London, Direetor of At Falmouth—Messrs. Tresidder and Son shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed 'Victuallers' The object of this line is to effect a direct eommunheatdon between Smith, Thomae, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Fire and Life Insurance Company London and the Land's End. Railway James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der- Heath House, Er.th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire the advantage of a dire c t ra il roa d , F a l mouth, from ite situation at the byshire, Stafford-hire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Rail way western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Thomas Drane, Esq., Pallonall, an d St . M ary Ch urch, Devon, Direr-. have been the principal p or t on th at coast. With the advantage of shire, Stafibrdshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Derby tor of the Briciport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways at least 230 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po- Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove RO!„!rt Bramwell, Esq., Bretabo Ironworks, Wrexham, tied Cannon- sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with Mr less natural ad- Valley Railway street, Yometon vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in- Smith, John, Req., Barton House, Derbyshire H. G. Atkieson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,6001. per annum. At Brie- Smythe, John Vere, Leq:. Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the George aPftetinsh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-ennare tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports eDerbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Frederick Soily Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London were declining,; since.then they have very considerably increased. Sidney, Thomas, Esq.,. Alderman and Sheriff, City of London, Dime- Major - White, 103, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ea- tor of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways Railway phi a l , i t was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great Spier s , E. J., Req., Carlton ' Villas, London, Director of the East and Clnialea r rilendehn Esq., Cou/sden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li- Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached West Junction Railway enlace Vic ale:lens' Fire and Life Assurance Company Exeter, it has been in colitemplation to extend that line to Fal- Stephenson. 'Moines, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As- J. G. liarnmack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the month by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been suratice Company teem:sea Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company set on foot on the conviction that Fahuoutla must be reached by Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby ) lane: Free. Johnston, Esq,, Great Cumberland-place railway. shire, Staffordshire, line Worcestershire Railway, Re. ea' Welter', Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and The object of this prospectus is to show thattno other lino than the Tibbits, Thomas, Esq., .e.erton Manor-house, Leicester Leeenvell Railway - Company resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq. iandley Pastures, Ashbourne Willinn Downing Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles- s t ree t, St. James's, to this, sits most important sapert—" the natural Packet Statio n o f Toogood, Rupert, Esq , A ' slibourne ami ilieme the empire." Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire Cuthbert Woodcock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton Tee present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of Robert - Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman- as nearly as pos,sible a straight 11110 from London to the Land's End. the East and West Junction Railway, Re. square, Director of the Exete r , D orc h es t er, an d W eymouth, and The London, Bath, and B r id gewa ter Comp an y h av i ng amalga- Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and the Great Western Extensi on R a il ways mated with this Co m p an y, the Jinn - tense local influence commanded M anc h es t er Railway, fee, George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, P a ll- ma ll, L on d on by them :rill now contribute , to the great national object of a di rect Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire 00, Baker-street, Portma n - square Willia Heeen, EstV. line; while menus ha ve b een t a k en f or secur i ng the traffic and afford- W a l ters, J . T., Esq., Rugsley en :,' Willioni Ilreynton, Esq., Mo n tp e li er , Ch e l ten h am, and Temple, Lon- lug all the accommodation contemplate by that Compa n y. Watts, William Royde, Esq., Birming don, Director of fhe L e ic es t er an d T amworth Railway ham The Direct Western. availing itself of the Gre a t Western Railway Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds so far as Reading, pursiies its course by or near Newbury, Hunger- Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby- Rielesiel ilarls Purcell, Eel., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon .ford, Great Bedw . in, Marlborough, Deviz . es, the manufacturing die. shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway tract of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by Willes, George , Thagerd-park, Berkshire Company Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury,. Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells Williamson, Hugh Henshall, Req., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire Philip Baker, Eon, Easton-square, London, Auditor of the London (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Potteries and Blackwell Railway Company Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two Williamson , Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries miles than any existing railways between these points, and without Wise, Thomas,S r, Esq., Ashbourne t 1. From Taunton the Bristol anti • Anthon Ridley, Esq. ,Queen -square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the a -althe Exeter Railway (now Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne St. Katherine Docks Company, and of the General Shipowner., leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth,Society St. fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the Wood, C ' harles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stan Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire iistance from - London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. 1 Vood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di- George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles- With resreet to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire June . , . street, Berkeley-square needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi- tion Railway James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor- (dent to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes- Wood, William Hurl, Esq , Ashbourne place - , London. tern : that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton Wilkinson J a Eo m sq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Nicholas Phllpet Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union about 32 miles, that It will traverse rich and populous agricultural Direct Railway Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail- ' and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo. way Company - well from railways now in course of construction as from ethers pro.. rough Railway. Samuel Baker, Esq., Lypplat Park, Gloucestershire, and London jected, with every chance of success. William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, 1)1- As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the Henry leradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombo House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at Light Dragoons once transmitting them to th e i r d es ti nat i on b y means of this railway; Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity- and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the pon y square, London on either side of the great promontory of the Land's Eud by Robert Millinnton, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively ofßrixtol John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey and Southampton ;t o what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire Rev. T. Harvey Aehworth,Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and Col. Brirsiem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger proper- Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the map will make it manifest that no competing trunk lino can ever be Couety established between Tiverton a n d th e Land's End. As between Rev Chas. Fras. Bamffyide, Rector of Dtmkerton, near Bath, Magis- Taunton and Reading, an impaction of the map will show a vast ex trate for Somerset tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So- Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts mersetshire, Dorsetehire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Binning- railroad accommodation. ham Railway Company Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Hanker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham- the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of shire Railway and Wolverton Junction war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet Richard Mortimore, Esq„ Kingsmill, C o ll ump t on commerce of the ki ng d om; it may not be out of place to quote here Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton the following expressions of Si r R o b er t P eel. Speaking of the project Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton of a direct line f rom L on d on to L i verpool through the Treat Valley, Charles Justiee, Esq., Collumpton, Devon which bore much the same re l a ti on t o th e Bi rmingham and Grand Richard Marker, Esq., Ufctilm Cottage, Tiverton Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth Railways, he is reported to hive said :—"I consider that the cont- George Pearce, Esq., Bratininch House, near Collumpton munication between the metropolis and the great outperts to be not Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this Union Banking Company particular line, Parliament has a l rea d y expresse d an opinion; for in the William Heicomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and report of the* Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth Dorset Bank line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunten it was stated that th a t C ompany h ad been required to pledge itself Relied Parsons, Esq., Taunton neet hereafter to oppose a di rec t line to Falmouth ; and it may b e John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks farther observed, that a prop ose d li ne f rom Plymouth to Falmouth Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Esq., Clifton, Bristol Clifton, Bristol was last session re j ec t e d, on t h e ground that it might be supposed John Kerte Habertield to interfere with that great national object. James Troup, Esq., Hastings The survey of the line has been to a great extent compl e t e d , and John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a s t a t e o f f or- John Mefferd Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director wariness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par of Coventry and Leicester Railway liament. Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North- It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no aumton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railway s engineering difficulties in any part o f th e li ne w hi ch have not been John Newton 3lappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will tie Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of the landowners, and that th e Di rec t ors are j ustified in asserting that Director of the Manchester and Southampto n R a il way James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of the Che s t er an d this will prove to be o ne o f th e most remunerative railways in the Birkenhead, and Manchester and Southampton Railways kingdom. Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Di rec t or o f t h e Di rect Powers will be taken in the Act of P ar li amen t t o a ll ow i nterest at . and • four pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, preference London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies proprietors of the land Joseph Nadirs, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and in the allotment u t i s e f slt i n i r e esz n i l ll p t s giv a c the n n tl to to the shareholders in Wigen, and Manchester and Southampton Railways throughwhichthe Bristolan d andother railways Great Western, E xe te r, James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the Ea s t Riding of York with the Direct Western district. Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, t o b e addressed to and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, at the Company's Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the Liver- Offices, 20, Poultry, Lond o n, or t o th e local solicitors, or to a y re pool amid Leeds Direct Railway Companies" spectable broker in town or coun t ry John Belford, Esq., Rusbelm Hall, Manchester 20, Poultry, Lond on , S ep t em b er, 1845. Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Rudders- C. It. Jones, Esq. , FORM 01' APPLICATION. Ina and nhetlield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradf or d Inane Railway To the Provisional Co mm itt ee o f th e Di rect Western Railway Chines Bamford, jun,, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Company. Junction Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. eac h i n the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d. per satire thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con. tract when required. Dated OXFORD, NEWBURY, ANDOVER, MAN CHESTER, AND SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Southampton, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1945. At a meeting of the Hirough Council, held this day at tha Audit House, or Council Chamber, in Southampton, WILLIAM HOOKE STEE TIE, Esq., Alderman, is the Chair; It was moved by FRANCIS COOPER, Esq. ; seconded 'by A. AB3Ail AM, Esq., and resolved That the proposed Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway, is calculated essentially to benefit the town and port of Southampton, as well as to be of great public advantage ; and that in the opinion of this Cout.cil the proposed un dertaking is deserv . ng their utmost support. It was moved by R. Minsox, Esq.; seconded by JOSEPH BALL, Esq., Sheriff, and resolved— That the Committee. appointed at the meeting of the Council on the 30th July last, to secure the particular interest of the town of Southampton, be requested to promote the same object with respect to the proposed railways, viz.:— The Mayer Mr. Stebbing Mr. Le leuvre Mr. J. Lankcster Mr. Bernard Mr. F. Cooper Mr. Mabson Mr. Spooner Mr. Davies • Mr. Tucker. Mr. Cosw.-11 i t was moved by HENRY Woo:Limnos, Esq. ; seconded by Dr. ORE, and resolved— That the thanks of this Committee are due, and are hereby pre sented, to Ralph Etwall, Esq., M.P., Chairman to the Oxford, New bury, Andover, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway Company, for the manner in which he has explained the objects of the Company. CHARLES E. DEACON, Town Clerk, rrilE OXFORD, NEWBURY, ANDOVER, lL MANCHESTER, AND SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. • (Provisionally 00 Registered.) Capital, 600,000/. in 30,0 Ahares of 20/. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. CO3IMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Chairman—Ralph Etwall, Esq., M.P. for Andover Deputy-Chairman—Richard liirley, Esq., Manchester George Peel, Esq. William Lankester, Esq. John Thomas Price, E.g. Richard Jorlan, Esq. George Royle Chappell, EN. Henry Buchan, Esq. George Laishley, Esq. Jolla Reeves, Esq. Robert Ogden, Esq. H enry Clark, Esq., M.D. Thomas Hamilton, Esq. John Parsons, Esq. Jonathan Beaver, Esq. William Etwail, Esq. Notice is hereby given, that no further applications for shares in this Company will be received after TUESDAY next, the 7th October. By order of the Committee of Management, L. FERNANDEY, Secretary. Rh Sept., 1845. I I, Bridg6-street, W6stminster: THE EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION AND SOUTIIEND RAILWAY, Forming a Direct Communication between Dngland and Belgium, and Holland, and the Rhine, from the Essex coast, with a Branch via Tilbury, to Gravesend. (Registered Provisionally, pursuant to the Act of Parliament.) Capital, 550,8001., ill 22.000 Shares of MI. each. 3d. The traffic arising from the carriage of coal from the coast to ,be distributed on the course of-the line. 4th. The carriage of the celebrated lime of Purfleet for agricalthra and for building purposes, along the course of the line, and through , out the eastern counties. Besides the traffic of passengers and merchandise which will be de rived from the local population, it is certr.in that cheap and expedi tions travelling to and from Southend will estabish it as a place of recreation and resort for the population of the rnetropo'is, scarcely second to Gravesend, and form a source of revenue almost Incalculable. The estimated traffic, as shown in the annexed table, from the above sources, shows a clear profit of more than ten per cent. upon ' the capital, and the payment of Interest at four per cent. upon the calls between the passing of the Act and the construction of the rail way will form one of the clauses of the Bill. Applications for shares may be addressed to the Provisional Com mittee, at the tempsrary offices of the Company, 6, Laurence Pount ney-place, London, the Solicitors, or through any of the Brokers un dermentioned, viz.:—Messrs. Thomas and Sons, 50, Threadneedle street, London; Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York ; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle; Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster; Mr. Anthony Laurie, and Mr. May, Liverpool ; Mr. Peter Leicester, Messrs. Cardwell and Co., and Messrs. Houghland :11 I Leese, Manchester; Mr. Jams Pearson, Birmingham; Messrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co., and Messrs. E. King and CO., Leeds; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull; Mr. J. A. Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr. J. W. Carr, Culver-street, Colchester ; Mr. Hervey, Halifax; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Bradford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. G. R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply mouth ; Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr. David Kinnear, and Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle, Leith; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow; Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth; of whom prospectuses, plans, and forms of application may be obtained. Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. per Share, (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTNE. and Director t,f th e R ug b y, . , Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 103, P a ll -mall, London, Vice-Chairman of the York and Lancast er Railwa .9 Warwick, and Worcester liallway Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, John Anderson, Esq., Princes Park and South Castle William Ashcroft, Esq., The Willows, Bury, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Railway Charles Richard Bigg, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man chester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies Edwin Cadwin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Great Western and Isle of Ely Railways Captain Carnegie, Director of the London and Hounslow Railway Company John James Cavan, Esq., 7, Charles-street, St. James's-square John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, London, Director of the Chelms ford and Bury Railway Frederick George Cox, Esq., Doctors'-commons, and Stockwell Gideon Colqultoun,'Esq., Wilmer Lodge, Regent's Park, Director of the Mattel-tester and• Southampton Railway Company Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Ladbrook-terrace, Bayswater Mdt.; Dormer, Esq., 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street, Chelsea, Director ~ f the Larn, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway Company Colonel Itolvtat Douglas, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Director of the Bide ford and Tavistock Railway Joint iwards, Esq.,!Chester Coloael George Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's Park David Fitzgerald, Esq., Travellers' Club Rev. II: IL.. Fowls 7; Manchester-square The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the Bandon and Bantry Railway William Carron, Esq., merchant, Great George-square, Liverpool Matthew Gill, Esq., Kuaresaororgh, Yorkshire Captain Twlsleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the Leicester and Teen and Dove. Valley Railway, and of the British Mutual Life Office F. W. Ilamiltonasq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham and London Direct, and the Burton on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, t.nd Newtown Railway John Lawrence Harris, Escf.; 4,'Frederick's-place, Old Jewry William George Harrison, Esq., ey. Hill House, Upper Tootin g , S urr T. Charles Harris on , Esq., F.R.S., 31, York-terrace, Regent's Park William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam worth Rail Way Company Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford and Bury Rail ,vay John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street, Director of the Isle of Man and Direct Western Railways William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., 3f.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid land Railway Herbert Ingram, Esq., Swinshead Abbey, Lincolnshire, Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Hallway Company William Jackson; Esq.,' Sheffield, Director of the Goole and Don caster Railway Richard Kelly, ESQ., Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kil kenny Railway William Kemp, - Esq., Teign Villa, Teignmouth George Laurie, Esq., Talavera-place, Broughton, near Manchester John Manwaring, Esq., Eagle Hall, Pately Bridge, Yorkshire, Direc tor of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway John Nixon, Esq., Lloyd's Edward Norris, Esq:, Clairville, near Manchester, Director of the Direct Western, and Direct London and Manchester The Mayor of Nottingham Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham Apsley Pellatt, Esq.o Holland-street, Blackfriars, and Staines, Direc tor of the Richmond and Staines Railway William. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Direc tor of the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Railway Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and Lan caster Railway George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, the Direct Western and Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railways Robert A. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Bryanston-square, Di rector of the Direct Western Railway T. Ridley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Lincoln and North ampton Railway A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Baslngstolce Railway Julian Skrhia, Dag., Lensileld •Hou.se, Cambridge; Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich Thomas Tebbutt, Esq., Plate-terrace, Rushohn, near Manchester, Director of the Rugby and Manchester Direct Railway William Alexander Thomas, Esq., Maunden, Essex Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Edward Threlfall, Esq., cotton-manufacturer, Manchester Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool and Direct Manchester Railways, and the Com mercial Bank S. P. Wald, Esq., Birkenhead, Cheshire Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta House, Worthing, and Lower Brook street, Grosvenor-square Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Soulh Midland Railway Robert Vaughan Wynne Williams, Esq., 29, B e df ord-place, Russell. square W. A. Wilkinson, EN. 11. Woodhead, Esq., 1, Jameastreet, Adelphi, London William Wright, Esq., 8.A., Great Portland-street, Portland-place Sir William Wynne, Chairman of the North Wales Railway (With power to add to their number). COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. John Holmes, Esq. William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., Herbert Ingram M.P. John Nixon, Esq. A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq. Robert A. Riddell, Esq. W. Alexander Thomas, Esq. Joseph Underwood, Esq. William Wright, Esq. PliovisiellAL COMMITTEE. CHAIRMAN—Sir JOHN ED.MCND DE BEAUVOIR, Bart., Con- naught-terrace, Hyde Park. DEFT:TT - CHAIRMAN—WILLIAM SIMPSON POTTER, Esq., 7, Sus sex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the Oxford, Gosport, and Southampton Railway Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director of the Eastern Counties !Wiwi) , Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the Irish North Midland Railway Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Direct Western Railway George Hammond Whalley, Esq., Pall-mall, Director of the Direct Western Railway Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Dendre Valley Railway Henry o:lrrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and Abergavenny Railway Hugh Henshall Williamson, Esq., Green way Bank, Neweastle-under- Lyne, Deputy Lieutenant for tile county of Statibrd John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York, and al idland Junction Railway Stephen Hutchison, Esq., London Gas Works, Vauxhall Henry Cave Leary, Esq., 5, St. James's-square, Director of the Great Welch Junction Railway John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction Railway Daniel M'Mahon, Esq., 'Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staf fordshire Junction Railway Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton Thomas Randle Andrews, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway William Griffiths, Esq., Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Herbert Broom, Esq., Kidderminster, and Essex-court, Temple Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway John Hayes, Esq., South-fields, Leicester Charles J. Mason, Esq., Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway Joseph Henry, Esq., South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Edward Gulson, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coveatry, Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway William B. Costello. Esq., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director of the Direct Lond. n and Exeter Railway Martin Stutly, Est., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Direct Western, Dublin and Belfast, and London and South Essex Railways. Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, North Wales, and Cannon-street, Director of the .Oxford, South ampton, Gosport and rortsmoutle and Direct Western Railways. Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway Henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill, Director of the Grand Junctioa, Great Western, and South-Western Junction Railways Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con seil Hall, near Cheadle, Director of the 31anehegter and Liverpool District Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Robert Chaplin, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Edward Mammatt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch John lleavington, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch T. S. Kirkland, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Thomas Cantrell, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch William Mathew, Esq., Staunton Harold, Lessee of the Staunton Harold Coal, Lead, and Lime Works Joseph Rostock, Esq., Breedon-on-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon Lime Works James Reeves, Esq., 150, Chcapside, Dlrectier of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Harvey Wyatt, Esq., Acton-hill, Stafford, Director of the Trent Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railways, and of the Dudley, Madeley. Brossely, and Iron Bridge Railway Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct Railway Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, War wick, azsl Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct Railway John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Joseph Carrington Ridgyray, Esq., Roehampton Lodge Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire William Field, Esq., Rugeloy, Staffordshire Samuel Ginders; Esq., Ingestre, Staffordshire, Agent to the Right lion. the Earl of Talbot, K.G. R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley-Hall, near Hinckley, a Magis trate of the County, Director of the Ceyentry, Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway James Morrison, Esq., St. Marysat-hill, Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway C. JI. Rogers Harrison, Leg., Upper Montagu •street, Montagu-square George Augustus M'Dermott, Esq.; Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle under-LYn Captain Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton James Lamb, Esq., Hyde Park-square Wm. Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Wm. Clode Braddon, Esq, Regeney-square, Brighton Ge , rge Parhury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk-en scent, Hyde Park John Griffith Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole raine Railway Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the London, Bristol, and South Wales Railway, and Manchester and Rugby Railway John Thompson, Esq., Great St. Helens, Broad-street Walter Unett, Esq., Captain of 3d Light Dragoons, Director of the Dover and Bristol, Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough, Notting ham, and - South Staffordshire Railways George Unett, :Esq., Hundsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the Bir mingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, and Dovor, and Bristol Railways George Augustus Browne, Esq., 20, Gower-street, Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple William Cremer, Esq., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Northern and Southern Railway Jeremiah Evans, Esq., St. John's Lodge, Clapham Rye, and King William-street Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Director of the Rugby, Leamington, and Warwick Railway William Gambier Esq., Sacombe Park, Herta Admiral Asycon;h, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway James W. Peppercorne, Esq., Dulwich, Surrey, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway Rev. J. K. Hall, Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothes, Herefordshire COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Alfred Brodie, Esq. Edward Mammatt, Esq. Hubert Broom, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. John Carter, Esq. Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq Henry Garrett Key, Esq. William Simpson Potter, Esq. Valentine Knight, Esq. C. H. Rogers, Esq. Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. Martin Stutly, Esq. Daniel M'Mahon, Esq. John Thompson Esq. Basczas—The Union Bank of London. STANDING COUNSEL. • Charles Howard Whitehuret, Esq., Q.C. J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A. ESTIMATE OF TRAFFIC. The number of passengers travelling by steam-vessels to and from the port of London to Southend, Sheer ness,Herne-bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, amounted in the year 1844 to 282,332 ; and being the average of three former years, it is estimated that tiro-thirds will travel to Southend by the proposed railway, and embark from thence, at Id. per mile per pas senger will produce... ••• • . •••• •••••• • • .. • . The number of passengers embarking and landing at Southend from 23 coasting and Irish steamers, and those embarking and landing from 22 Continental steamers, averaged at 10 passengers each vessel, passing to and from London and the Eastern Coun ties via Romferd by the proposed railway, at Id. per mile per pa55enger............ •• . ..... From official Custom h ouse re t urns obtained fors the. years 1843 and 1844, ft appears that in the year 1844, 47,469 British and foreign ships proceeded from and entered the mouth of the Thames: it is estimated that one passenger only per ship will be derived from this source at Id. per mile per pas senger .. In the year 1843 upwards of 1,500,000 persons landed at Gravesend, and in 1844, 2,000,000 ; it is estimated that one-sixteenth of that number go and return by the proposed railway to Southend in preference to Gravesend, Id. per mile per passenger will produce 25,000 0 0 The number of passengers travelling by coach between the Eastern Counties Railway anti Southend, ave rage 12 miles, estimated to amount to 6,570, at Id. per mile per passenger.. •• • • • • • • • • •• • • Of the average number of persons who visit Graves end, It Is estimated that live per cent. of that num ber will go and return to Gravesend by the route of this line via Tilbury, Id. per mile per passenger will produce .........• • • ....... . Passengers from the Eastern Counties to and from Gravesend via Tilbury, estimated at 11,250 Id. per mile per passenger will pr0duce............ Five per cent. on the amount of passenger traffic for parcels and luggage (only one-half the usual alloWance) will produce ••• • • •••••• • • • .. 3,297 18 0 An annual average of 5,000 voyages of vessels engaged in fisheries supply the London markets through the medium of the Thames, estimated to convey 200,000 tons of fish, one-fourth only of that amount of ton nage, at 2d. per ton per mile, will produoe . The carriage of 100,000 tons of coal and lime, .an average of 12 miles, at 134 d. per ton per mile, will The county of Essex sends to the London market on an average 800,000 quarters of grain. Potatoes are likewise extensively cultivated for the London markets ; it is estimated that 50,000 tons only from the above sources will be carried on the proposed railway, an average of 12 miles, at I).A. per nele, :will produce ... In the foregoing statement, no Estimate of Revenue is shown from the following sources of traffic :- 1. The carriage of the Mails .. 2. The carriage of Troops and Government Stores.... 3. The carriage of Merchandise and Luggage that will he put on board and landed at Southend, from ships proceeding from and entering the mouth of the Thames . .. 4. The carriage of Live Stock from the Southern part of Essex and Kent to the London and Romford Markets . . • .... •• • • ..... 5. The carriage of Purfleet Lime for building purposes 4,680 0 0 William Bradley, Esq. Frederick George Cox, Esq. Gideon Colquiloun, Esq. Nutlnudel Cooke, Esq. John James Cavan, Esq. Miles Dormer, Esq. S NG I NIERS. Arthur Dean, Esq. BArixEns. London—The Commercial Batik, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street Romford—London and County,Bank. ilatcyroas. John Gibbs, Esq. Causton, E Esq. Messrs. Pering, Mlnet, anet•smith, Laurence Pountney-place AGENT—n orthA . i .r n —lt. Eastern Counties Messrs. Chauntler and IM.twood, Gray's Inn-square Sq, ROEllford. 5, Laurence Pountney-place, London. This Temporary r ai LOCAL Iaw siol lEff icßeformeE: r way, near the important market town of Romford, in Essex, and proceed from thence, by way of the populous agricultural district 4 of Hornchurch, 17mninster, Cranham, North and South Ockenden, Langdon, Bulnham, Hornden, Stanford, Basilden, Pitsey, South Ben fleet, Thundereley, Raleigh, Hasley, Leigh, Eastwood, Rochfort, and PritUewell, to the agreeable and much-frequented watering -place of Southend. Independently of its numerous local advantages, it will open a nearly direct communication between the Essex coast and many of the most important places in Holland and Belgium, and more par ticularly with Hamburgh, the Rhine, Ostend, Middleburgh, Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. ' • - The extraordinary facilities of intercourse and communication which will thus be provided will form a most important source of revenue; and it is intended that a branch line shall be hereafter formed from Orsett, by Baker's-street, Chadwell, Thurrock, and Little Thurrock, via Tilbury, to Gravesend, which cannot fall to pro cure a large amount of traffic, and will enable parties to proceed from London to Gravesend in less than an hour I Southend is situated at " the mouth of the Thames," and by means of a pier, is accessible to steam-vessels, at all times, for land ing and embarking passengers and gen era l merc h and i se, and the construction of this railway cannot fail to establish it as a packet station of the highest importance to Belgium and Holland as well as to England. The value of this line to the shipping interests of the City ofLon don can scarcely be overrated ; it will afford a ready communication with all vessels entering or departing from the mouth of the Thames ; and by enabling persons to travel between the metropolis and South end in one hour only, will expedite the delivery of the foreign mails by the space of three hours, and enable passengers to avoid the tedious navigation of the river, and the numerous inconveniences attendant thereupon. The advantages which the Government must derive from the for _ oration of this railway are obvious, and the proposed line is warmly supported by the principal landowners, it being an established fact, that railway communication considerably enhances the va!ue of land. The distribution of coal throughout the southern portions of the county of Essex and other localities more inland will form an im portant item of revenue, as will the carriage of Purfleet lime for building and agricultural purposes. The great fisheries on the Essex ooast will also form a considerable source of profit, and an immense number of persons will avail themselves of the means of this railway to go to and from the metropolis and the following places, viz., Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Rams gate. It is also important to observe that by the aid of the Graves end and Rochester, and the proposed Rochester and Maidstone Rail ways, this line will also provide a valuable medium of communica tion between the centre of Kent and London and the eastern coml. ties 657 0 0 [0,833 6 8 ,218 15 0 0,000 0 0 7,500 0 0 3,750 0 0 ENGINEE—. U. ck, Es Sorairrens—Messrs. Watts , Ga J lsworth ßast y, rl and Ga q. lsworthy, 19, sly. place, Holborn SECRETARY-84E311E1 Stanway, ESQ. The engineers of the line have reported " that neither tunnels nor heavy embankments, nor large excavations will require to be made on any portion of the proposed line ; that it is wholly free from engineering difficulties, and may be constructed at a compa ratively small cost." The promoters of this railway have great pleasure in stating that" The Eastern Counties Railway Company," in a letkr to the Solicitors of this Company, dated 9th June, 1845, have signified " that, in the event of the proposed line being con structed, they will be very happy to co-operate in affording it all the usual facilities." The Chelmsford anti Bury Railway Company, have also expressed their willingness to co-operate in the under taking. A comparative statement of the distances of the following places from London, and the time required for transit under the present mode of travelling by steam-vessels, and of that by the proposed railway, is subjoined : PRESENT MODE, ST STEAM-VESSIMS. The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the Loughborough station on the Midland Counties line, and pro ceed through the Vale of Sheepohead, to Pegs Green Colliery, near to the terminus of the Leicester and Swannington Rail way, and from thence through the coal-fields of Swannington and Cole-Orton to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. It will thence proceed across the Moira Coal-field and through the rich agricultural districts of Seal, Clifton Campville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby Railway, which it will cross near to Elford Park Farm, and thence traverse the Valley of the Tame until it reaches Alrewas, where it will form a junction with the branch of the Trent Valley line now in progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South Staffordshire line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by means of one of the proposed lines it will afford communication with Bir mingham. By means of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrawas, the Grand Trunk reaches Colwich, and there meets the proposed North Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potterita to Newcastle -under-Lyre, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also of the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford, time completing its route, and forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction Railways. This branch of the lh,e was formerly surveyed by Mr. Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that no engineering difficulties exist. The second line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the Derby station, and taking the course of the Derby Canal proceed to Chellaston, where there arc extensive plaster-works, and thence by Swarkestone to the river Trent, which it will cross near to the ferry at Weston Cliffe, and so proceed to Kings Newton and Melbourne. From the latter place it will pass by the village of Wilson to Breedon-on-the-Hill, where there are extensive lime-works, and thence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicat ing by a branch line with the lead, lime, and coal works there thence by the Lount Colliery to Worthington • Rough, where it will follow the line of the Cole-Orion and Swannington Railway until its junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs Green Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Grand Trunk forms a junction with the proposed Nottingham and Birmingham, and with the proposed Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways. Its importance as a line for passengers is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a complete junction between those two great thoroughfares, the Mid land and Grand Junction Railways, and by its branch from Derby to Ashby-de-la-Zouch another complete junction between the Great Northern and Southern lines now in progress, thus opening a direct line of communication to all parts of the kingdom. As a line for traffic, the Grand Trunk will form the most direct transit to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire iron and coal fields, to the Burton breweries, to North and South Wales, and Ireland to Scotland, and all parts of the north, and to the eastern, southern, and western parts of the empire. It will also be the nearest and most direct communication from the east to the north western manufacturing districts, as well as become the great route from all parts of the kingdom to the midland counties of England. The mineral resources are of the very highest order. The Moira coal- field is inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Harold alone comprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of seven feet, with a super stratum of main coal to a depth of six feet. The sub stratum is yet to be worked. There are beds of Kennel and main coal at Cole Orton of equal quality, though not of equal depth with those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal at Swannington is un rivalled, being, in fact, the bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire coal strata. It is needless to describe the beneficial results which must arise from this opening of the midland coal district to the Lon don and southern markets. At Staunton Harold and Calke exist rich veins of lead ore, now in fill] course of working. The nroperties of the Rreedon, Staunton Harold, and Ticknall lime are so well known to agriculturists and others, that an extension of traffic for so valuable a commodity into mare remote districts must be of the utmost importance to the practical farmer. In approaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand Trunk will fall In with most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser viceable for paving and building purposes, and for which a ready market would be found along the line. The country also abounds in gypsum, of which immense quantities are used in Birming ham and elsewhere : these markets will thus become opened for the quarries at Chellaston. A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware of Wooden Box and Griesley Potteries. Until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs will be under the control of the Committee of Management, to whoixt power is given to allot the shares and apply the funds of the Company in payment of all proper expenses in the formation of the Company and otherwise. Power will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime the Committee of Management take power, to alter or extend the lines, to make branch lines, to abandon any part of the line, to raise addi tional capital, and to enter into arrangements with any other Com pany or Companies. From London to Southend . ......... 15 .. 44 Dittos. Hours " Sheerness ........ ..... 50 5 64 Herne Bay ............ 65 .. 61 A " Margate .............. 75 .. 7 1 ,0 " Ramsgate 85 .. 834 BY THE PROPOSED RAILWAY. Application for shares mast be made in the usual term to the soli citors to the Company, Messrs, Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy, 19, Ely-place, Holborn, Loudon ; to the Secretary, at tho Offices of the Company, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; and to the fol lowing LOCAL SOLICITOES. *Messrs, Keen and Hand, Stafford Thomas Bolton, Esq., Wolvethampton E. Kern Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley Messrs. Keary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent Thomas Piddock, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth John Perks, Esq., Barton-upon-Trent Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough Charles 2riesley, Esq., Lichfield Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester. Also to the following : Miles. Hours. From London to Southend ••• • • 35 • • 1 44 Sheerness .............. 40 134 " Herne Bay ............ 55 .. 3 Si Margate .............. 65 .. 4 14 " Ramsgate .............. 75 .. 5 " Gravesend, via Tilbury .. 25 .. 1 And a summary of the chief sources from which the trade will be derived. SHAREBROKERS. London—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change -alley Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson end Mr. W. Cronhelm Messrs. Weatuerburn and Jennings Birmingham —Mr. J. It. Lane Newcastle—Mr. W. W. Dickinson Bradford—Mr. William Masoa Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sens Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp Wakefield—Mr. S. H. Armitage Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer Worcester—Mr. W. Miles York—Messrs. Grayston and Erie Blackburn —Mr. Thomas Boardman Southampton —Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Exeter —Messrs. H. Beaumont and Co. Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes Leicester —Messrs. Williams and Sunderland Messrs. Eaglofleld and Co lst. From passengers proceeding to and from the port of London to the Continent and all parts of the world. • , 2d. From passengers proceeding by steam and other vessels, to or from the port of London to all the eastern and northern pore of the kingdom. 3d. From passengers now proceeding by steam-vessels to and from the port of London to Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness, Berne Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate. 4th. The carriage of the mails, merchandise, luggage, and agricul tural produce.ll Besides these sources of traffic, a direct communication will be opened between the north-eastern counties and llerne Bay, Margate, Rantsgate, and the ports of Ostend, Rotterdam, and the Rhine. The local advantages, from which a large source of revenue Must also arise, are as follow: GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the List for receiving Shares will be closed on the following days, viz. :—for London, SATURDAY, October 4th, for the Country, MONDAY, October 6th. By order, _ Ist. The opening to the agriculturists of the districts which this railway will traverse, of a cheap and direct communication with the most important markets of the county of Essex. 3d. The carriage of flak to the London market and elagtrhere. S. STANWA.Y, Secretary, 8, Adidaide-plia, Loudon-bridge. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY, Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction Railways, with a Branch from Ashby-de-la •touch to Derby Norton, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, near Htfdde rSlll Of °l° the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union . fl uecter Parkingson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace , Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham stailwaY Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch toe Price, the Rev. Thomas, Llarothel Thrio til Proctor, the Rev. Dr., Chichester-house, Kemp-tow n, ,.. e ctor Robinson, John, Esq.; Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield , .u." Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen., C. 8., Shirley-house, Southami.4oll of the Seymour, Frederick, Esq., St. Jam es 's- squa re, Director don and Nottingham Railway Caro mfdie Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of tlue Lincolnshire Railway Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro field Waddington, J. Horsey, Esq., Langrush-house, Peon -4 u s ots Whitchurch, James, Esq., South-cliff, Nettley Abbe)", Williams, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Whitehall West, Thomas, Esq., Banker, Brighton sale , Wood, William, Esq., M.D , Chetwynd-house, I s TeWP A " rector of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Yearn, J. Borwick, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey. ENGINEERS. , Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington, ASSISTANT ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, Esq' SOLICITGRS. L ondon ; Augustus Walter Arnold, E sq ., 31 , Golden-Square' Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, LOM103:00011* LOCAL SOLICITORS-6lessrs. Attr ee , Cl a rke, aild Brighton. LOCAL AGENTS. William Mitchell, Esq., Petersfield Messrs. Bailey and Wickham, BANKERS. A Cora' London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Col. O r/ Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehco• d County Brighton—Me Union Bank ; Branch of London An - ut od , Stock Banking Company. Bank of i ng ,iver Cheltenham—Branch of the National Provincial ra PARLIAMENTARY AGENT— Cadwallader F. Wat l4 o street. SECRETARY PRO TEM.—Mr. Frederick ren n Y' PROSPECTUS. fl ocl This important line will commence at Brighton , _, -- wa rtb,, through or contiguous to the 'towns of Steyning, Itocu hurst, Petorsfield and Alresford) will join at the And a n - n tilara" tion of the South-Western Railway, the proposed c'" ill Manchester and Oxford Junction. ColiWifel f Winchester. ; A negotiation has been entered into with the latter ~hat , lens', I. ar and it is proposed by means of their projected Brighton and Cheltenham Railway shall proceed thr ° "" s ton ford to Swindon. From Petersfield a short branch will be made to an d ro where, nearly at the same point of junction, the Lorld c.n oth• mouth direct will intersect the line in its way to Portsmcboter sa d From Swindon it is proposed to proceed by the M„, an Southampton 'Railway to Ch e lt W h am , an d the lsrorta Tuo cticin by the Derbyshire, W erces t ersh i re and StafforOshiro . c$ other existing and contempl a t e d li nes. e l der/ . _ A la °bi to On reference to the map, it will be seen that the P ie tottn_a to be obtained by the formation of this line will be fulnn, - ast ._ the connexion of the northern, western, and the who. „. at kern `"" o itl turing counties, and North and South Wales, with the ".., - ,0101 5, and the populous and fashionable towns of Brighton , Dover. be"; - to It is unnecessary to observe on the daily increasing — A off Brighton and Dieppe, which the railroad from the lc. — by 11 , !..0 thtls, site Rouen, and thence to Paris, must greatly augment; Fr cow _„„tieo of the projected line, a direct communication will , *-* from Brighton or Dover, will be opened with the northern ee e°- of England. mos t 1t „or It is obvious that with these advantages theOf sarily be large, the line passing through the centre of ore. alin es taming a population of about 300,000, at present railway accommodation. the C/IP eb e° Power will he applied for in the Act to increase or bri o _,' necessary, to alter the line, or to make such deviation , ' 0r n ,, 0 . urpo , therefrom as may be deemed necessary ; also for the P a des o r gamation with other Companies, should the same be Lbuitite broadpl The Company reserves to itself the option of adopting re fora A ct narrow gauge, or the principle ofatmospheric traction , , i2 t o the No further call beyond the deposit will be mad' tfei traffic giisso,si, shall be obtained. en In the allotment of shares, preference will be .2', witt°h 111/1") locally interested, and to the shareholders in the lin es Oa this Company will be connected. c,crtAff.toffP. Application for shares may b e ma d e to the w ith „ n d to the following Sha re b ro k ers, o f whom pro spectuses , orw rao of the line, may be obtained:—London—Messrs. Dotb b _.4- Co., 2,2, Old Broad-street ; Thom Messrs. Preece and Evan s, 13g nt as Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. 13ris, man. Braord—Mr. eorge Clark Mr. Wiliam Co ';'4o. Messrs Tate and Nash. G Cheltenham— ; Mr. James l SteNe s" c ; Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. D u l, pg., an Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Fri„l aut oorli at a Princes-street ; Mr. Nicholson. Exeter—Messrs. so . Langworthy ; Mr. Thomas Sandford. Glasgow—niadde o „,, ll and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr. William Cronhelni. sisfo - c.by Br. L. Weatherburn, jun. ; Messrs. Everard and Co. Wee__ Frederick Stamp. Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson 15 .; loved and Oastler. Leicester-3lessrs. Payne and Freer 'atot i tae pool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs. Camer on e •on • ~ co.• Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. a i l O. chester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Di tch , bea le It er. clef Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spenc Jos eph gr Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. SouthamptonM r ' -. Mlle s; jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester —M .; B ole. Thomas Henry Wheeler. York—Messrs. Grayoton and Offices of the Company, I, Moorgate. TrES. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIA— ,, c heitenl iglia To the Provisional Com m itt ee o f th e B r ighton an d iu of 0/ e 3el l Direct Railway • shar es -- 2 " such -, f Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the saca e r , eg % r fs t t i i o l.:. number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the ...,, wheo the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to P 4/ quired, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share. ..• Dated this day of ,••••• .• r X r am ofe e ss i i n on fall and Plofes ' s si l o S n 4 al ..ll : Idcnc.e. ! j111 : 1. • Private Residence in full ...... •• • "• • •••• . • ..... . •• • Usual Signature. ..... • • • • • • •• ..... • " . Reference ..... ....... •• • • .... Offices.l, Moorgate. fi""~ -_ ;~~ Deducting 37% per cent. for working expenses X 90,505 19 8 33,972 2 6 ,533 17 Will leave upwards o f 10 per cent. on the capital of the £s6 Company. 2 FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 251. each in the proposed Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway; and I hereby undertake to accept that or any less number ; and pay the deposit of 21. 12s. 6d. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Namein • • .... • ..... Trade or Profession .................. Residence • ...... ........ Place of Business (if any) .. Reference...... i 'UN BRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON, AND IL HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the numerous appli cations for shares in this undertaking, none can be received after TUESDAY, the 7th October. HENRY L. FREUND, Secretay, pro tern. Temporary Offices, 76, Basinghall-street, September 30, 1845. LONDON and NOTTINGHAM RAILWAY, Connecting London, Nottingham, Sheffield, and Leeds. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict. c. 110.) Capital 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. (In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of Parliament.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Sir George G. De Hochepied Larpent, Bart., Chairman. Rev. Henry Robert Fo w l er , Deputy Chairman. Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq. James Gerson, Esq. Joseph Braithwaite, Esq. William Hannay, Esq. James Brand, Esq. Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq. Capt. Adamson George Parker Lieutenant-Colonel Elriugton Samuel Parsons, Esq. William Edmond Ferrers, Esq. William Raines, Esq. EisorNEF:a.zzi-Cinsr—Charles Hutton Gregory, Esq 4, C.E. ACTING ENGINEERS — Nathtudel Print, Esq., C.E. STANDING Couxstr,—Mr. Sergeant Clarke. SOLICITOUS. Messrs. Birch and Bramah, Great Winchester-street Messrs. Forbes and Drake, Warnford-court Messrs. Freeth and Rawson, Nottingham. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Parker and Smith, Sheffield C. S. Busby, Esq., Chesterfield. PARLIAMENTART:AGENTs--MesSrs. Gregory, Faulkener, and Co., 11, Parliament-street. BANKERS. Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co., 15, Lombard-street, London Messrs. Moore and Robinson, Nottinghamshire Banking Company, Nottingham The Sheffield and Hallamshire Banking Company, Sheffield. SECRETARY, Imo TEM.—Mr. William R. Drake. Offices of the Company, No. 8, Warnford-court, London. No further application for shares in this Company will be received after MONDAY, the 6th day of October next, except from parties locally interested in the line, from whom applications will be received up to WEDNESDAY, the Bth day of October next. Copies of the prospectus, with forms of application, may be had at the offices of the Company ; Messrs. Edward Ellis and Co., 53, Threadneedle -street, London; of the Solicitors and Local Agents ; and of the following persons :—Messrs. Stocklsy and Thompson, Solicitors, Liverpool; Messrs. Johnson, Bradley, and Co., Share brokers. Manchester ; Mr. Guy, Sharebroker, York ; Mr. A. Brand, Sharebroker, Glasgow; lir. Charles Cowper, Sharebroker, St. Andrew's-square, E dinburgh ; Messrs. Allardyce and Jopp, Brokers, Aberdeen • Alexander Scott, Esq., Perth ; M essrs. B ruce and Symes, Sharebrokers, Dublin; and Messrs. Ridsdale, of Leeds. By order of the Committee of Management, wiLLIAat R. DRAKE, Secretary. PORT of WISBECH, PETERBOROIfai, BIRMINGHA3I, and MIDLAND COUNTIES UNION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 300,0001., in Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. ss. per Share. 10 Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John Humphery, Esq., 3f.P., Alderman of the City of London, Di rector of the Central Kent Railway Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director o: liastriek's Direct Manchester Railway D. It. Ross, Esq., M.P., Director of the London and Manchester, and South Midland Railways George Danby Palmer, Esq., magistrate for the county of Norfolk, and borough of Great Grimsby; Director of the Waveuey Valley, and Great Yarmouth, and the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railways Richard Hammond, Esq., magistrate for the borough of Great Yar mouth, Director of the Waveney Valley Railway John King, Esq,, Director of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railway. The Rev. H. R. Fowler. 7, Manchester-square, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway W. A. Campbell, Esq., Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and Va le:lna Railway F. Barrette, Esq., Portland-place, London Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway Joseph Uaderwood, Esq., Norwich, and Blackheath Park, Kent, Di rector of the Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury W. S. Potter, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Ambrose Miller, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Railway Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Northamptom, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Frederick White, Esq., R.N., Sheerness, Director of the Metropolitan Junction Railway George Parbury, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, London John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Capt. Heathorn, Director of the South Metropolitan Gas Company It. Gray, Esq., 5, Adam's-court, Old Broad-street, London X. C. Colman, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direst Railway Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway Henry Chator, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway W. C. Duppa, Esq., Director of the Canterbury and Dovor Railway William G. Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting, Surrey George R. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk William Tulioch Fraser, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS. London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury Wisbeeh—Messrs. Gurney, Peckover, and Co. Lynn—Messrs. Gurney, Cresswell, and Co. ENGINEERS. B. Albano, Esq., M Inst. C.E., and Win. Laxton, Esq., C.E. Souciroa—lngleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, Lom bard-street, Lonon. SECRETARY PRO TE3I.—W. 0. J. Wollaston, ESQ. This line is intended to commence at the Port of Wlsbech, by a junction with the line of railway now forming from Lynn, and pro ceed by Thomey to Peterborough, there uniting with the branch of the London and Birmingham Railway to Northampton, and the Peterborough and Syston branch of the Midland Counties Railway, forming a through line from Yarmouth, Norwich, Derehain, Swaff ham, Lynn, and Wisbech, to Northampton, Birmingham, Derby, Nottingham, and the whole of the northern and western parts of England. The entire distance being completed in about 18 miles. The importance of this railway, though only 18 miles in length, will be at once seen by an inspection of the map, when the following points will be self-evident 1. That the port of Wisbech is the nearest sea-port for Birming ham, Staffordshire, and the Midland districts of England. 2. That this line will open the whole of the manufacturing and mineral districts of the Midland Counties and the Potteries to Wis bech, the nearest port for Belgium, Holland, Germany, and the nor thern States of Europe. 3. That by the formation of this line a direct railway ommunica- Bon will be opened between the port of Wisbech, and the ports of Southampton, Bristol, Gloucester, and Liverpool. 4. That this line will unite the Birmingham and Midland Counties system of railway with those of Norfolk, communicating with Nor wich and Yarmouth. Application for shares (which must in all cases he in the usual form, and accompanied by a reference to a banker or to a member of the Provisional Committee) or prospectuses, may be made to the Pro visional Committee, at theollices of Mr. I. T. Miller, solicitor to the Company, or the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. Shewell and Son, Tokenhousesyard ; Messrs. Lyon, 2, Birchin-lane, London ; Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich ; Messrs. Cruso and Son, Ls nu ; Messrs. Peet, Son, and Potter, Nottingham ; Mr. Collis, Birmingham; Mr. F. C. Spencer, Halifax; and Mr. Carr, Culver-street, Colchester. FON!' OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Port of Wisbech, Peterborough, Birmingham, and Midland Counties Union Railway. I request you will allow shares in this undertaking, and I agree to take the same er such less number as may be al lotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and sign the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full Residence • • .. . • • • • Profession or Occupation Usual Signature • • • • • • • . • • . Reference (Name in fall ... Address.... •...•. •..•.•.........• 4,746 18 0 _____----- ~,L,E „ N T HE LEEDS and CARLISt TRUNK RAILWAY of E.'-' lOl ', A- ' ' (Provisionally Regis te• ved '!,, 2 sl. each. Capital 2,009,000/. in 80,000 SI: ales y. , . :glare- Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per .•., . ,E,or , 1•T D O R-LAI COMMITTEE OF MANACI. Mb . 2 . 7: eb e rt nall• IVILLIA.M BEIIESFORD, Esq., ' JOSEPH UNDERWOOD, Esq., I 11) 4 3 ,,a ( ' 11' 11 ifse al f 131Atur 'f Datuton . Pill , • William Arming, Esq. Leed s Charles Bamford, jun., Esq. W. G. Beare, Esq. J. Yard e Buller Yrade Buller, Esq. . A Jo rt se h p u h r .- 11!i i i - 34 i ci d Ll'e' tEsq "i ' s,q -E4 . . 04. George Fa i-411.Y ' rotten .E W. Bradley, Esq. William. Situp' " i James Clay, Esq. vs, a. W. R. Collett, Esq.. M.P. Henry Cornfoot, Esq. Lawson, ••••• Maya u Richard Dutton, Esq. Henry Plumptre Gipps, Esq.- IC ATI(.4 Join c : ar -,, 4th of °deter' Notice is hereby given that NO 11 trther AIAPI . SHARES can be received after SATZ-1E1)A Tr ..... 0 n „,01, / oge , c id • By order of the Committee c4' 3 141 .„ 1 ~,,,,, ,t,e,cr James Steel, lisle 33, Gresham-street. -- -------,,, natllit' CHAS. " L se OC PI ( I )C III : :::I I.. :Eigi. -:, , icr B RIGHTON AND C HELY glilli t ' `. RAILWAY. (Registered Froyision iilY.)_. __„, i. Capital, 1, , 00,0001., in Shares of 201. es' . Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Sh a re. rsovisiosae CO)IMITi 31E. For shorter distances, Si. Cl ,ence. O A The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-: le uare .. _°use, / co The Hon. Thomas William Gage, West bun 'I ' Petersfleld _ • - The lion, Edward Jerningham ! d':' , The Right Hon. Lord Ros s more, the Dell, W. ississ r, ,,,z, (,1 8 f , The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson flal nsr• '" i ,r.'i g Tilney-street, Park.lane, 1 ~..; - ::-:, -3 The Roo. Robert Gore, M.P., r " . : ; , 5 I . Bates, Edward, Esq., 3, Union-place, ; P ,.., CM, James, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, vsam I 3 0 Coape, Henry Co,, Esq., Goldhangs r, Mallon,. - . I . s ~ , ....g I , itzgerald, Charl es , E sq ., Charles-strcet, St. J " ire '' il' s 2 Macklin lan, James, Esq., Southampton, 11-89 011 g Pocock, Lewis, Esq., F.R.S., Mon 4 ague-street, R J esse , _ of Willes, George, Esq., liungerford-park, ._ pireet c , ° ,7 f ord, 1 .....• V ,.. el Sir William Wynn, Suffolk-place, Pall-mall, the in to. Hughes, Hughes William, Esq., late M.P. for [ sei tee mi d Oxford, High . Sheriff of Hants, and Alderrm 1,13' o f GosPs rt oo tli the City of London, roris n ' o • Humphrey, John, Esq., M.P., Alderman of ;the j onr of ii i. City of London, 1 „ ire otoll w o r- Sir Henry B. Hinrich, Great Marlow, Bucks , ! ' llag b ., h nd Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, w iem _ et Chitty, Thomas, Esq , Upper Gower-street, ~,c proo t 1 Greig, Alexander, Esq., Lowndes-street, BelgTal' e- " .eysY It•'-' square, ,r _ Chulow, W. W., Esq., 12, Selwood-place, Brigh tz a tors ` : f . Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester - 1 1 1 ; e — o beli; Gutch, John M., Esq., banker of Worcester I,,,arl.n 3te r King, William, Esq. man olte o -o1 Trapp, Benjamin, Esq , banker Be df or d i D i r ect A . '" f tilt Trapp, Thomas, Esq., banker, Ledford, c lot Croft, Major, R e gent-street, Deputy Chairman p Clitt o olisS'' The Boroughreeve of Manchester Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-Pia' and 0 ~- Johnson, Richard, Esq., "Moorgate-street ter e Waller, Major James, K. 11„ St. James's-square , , Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. W es t en ra, M.P., Broo IG 81 r , !,e Club ~,rectors a no , Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., London and Macclesfield. - ,'_ l _ v i ol , u ,,, Harris, Samuel, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley the Ju no. Lea, John W., Esq., Worcester ROWS/ Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbonrne Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Atkinson, J.R.IY., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeda P.i rct . c e ea t ° o r r ° 4 1134 7 Wheelton, John, Esq., late Sheriff of London , s'' p,. -4 115 Meopham Bank, Tonbridge Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadcby-house, Lincolnshire - Sir George 1191:lam Prescott, Bart., Chairman 1 JO Sir Wm. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Der- I pirec tors so p byshire perbYs nil L'diCo r- Sir William Lowthrop, Hull fOrdsbire, ...,re Brindley, Thomas, Esq Uttoxeter ee ,:or , " l , Cumberlege, A. Esq " , York-terrace, Regent's I eel: - Park N., . Lambert, Richard, Esq., Syston Hall, Sudbury , of Suffolk, pire ct ee l s, • Cleohury, Thoinas Mortimer, Esq., Askew Villa . 1 the l ' 011 Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Wel., ilu ddell 0 4 bourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens Sile gi b el sof' The Sheriff' of York s ' 3'.. i.ti ' o Crokett, 'Thomas, Esq., Cannock . 4 .,,,, Allen, Robert, Esq., Sergeant-at-law, Sergeant's 11111 flail' s° Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire of Esq., Harlury-hall, Sheffield tors 1 vir lo op Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman ; 00a rr ,tei . Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall Hamilton, Frederick William, Esq., .59, Ra. place . rs " f ill' Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace, Ihrecteorions Barry. John David, Esq., Paris and Lo; adon ~0 Bei Gloucester-f L ~;70, Tours , Jetat t Mackenzie, - William, Esq., Paris and 1.,_ mdon ' BoilOY ol . the _,,, e -, ihrec Nr !,. s il l The lion. William Dawson, Parkstone-I.ldge• Kr — , Galw — Gro - Gernon, James, Esq., 13, Conduit-str , let, Vic. - 1 ,- ,eni o 4 lol l ' Chairman Jena , .. Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, GI osvenor- way, square, 1 Kesue, John Joseph, Esq., Chairman. Dir,e,t,tor oil the IS atonal Bank of Ireland, St. John's: Wn °d ' fa ° 1 , Re,,en Dire _ t's-Park, etOrl ° od Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman, Bedford Cor, 0 , Flamer, Samuel, Esq., General Post-office. an d i. ferAcsolf Southampton-row, Rhssell-square ' rot 10' Spiers, E. J., Esq. Director of the Derbr S!,! jre- ' ' Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, Carl ton ton Villa , , Paddington, Wardle, Henry, Esq„ Macclesfield .. The Count Morel, Hereford. street, Park-lane Major-Gen. Sir Francis Cockburn, Dover ..,, CO " n rt lia l t"',, ors,,, r Major-Gen. Sir Love, Parry, Jones Parry, 1C. , - , • - ,!' `„, , ,a1.." ' .,50i10 vonshire, Director of the Direct East and W 'eat .a n " - Ti ' c o Co.'. Adair, Maj. Director of the Church of England 402 ' 14- Auderton, lames. Esq., Bridge-street, Blackil WO Allfree, John, Esq., Brighton „z NW Attree, Thomas, Esq., Q ueen ' s P ar k, B r i g hton ,„ reco .- Arnold, Thomas James, Es q ., S ergean t s ' Ina, Ternl ) . -, lister for the City of London Bear, Capt., Porchester-place, Connaught-sqursr e o f to Beech, James, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place Brightman, John, Req.. Regency-square, Brig Mon, D ireet°t . Direct Northern Railway Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoe Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zoncli County Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner of the 4 ,. r et Buscheck, Charles, Esq., merchaht, 133, Feitchurc ll4- I,* Chambers, William, Esq., Cocksbench, Derbyshir i ' r ,„,, o etrY arid Cottle, H. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of Ishii ‘'' v ' of Sii eriff caster Railway , SO Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Lilingstone Dayrefi. irs in— ,,,', Ti Bucks, Chairman of tile Minehead and 13ridgess r•- Everitt, Henry Yarburgh, Esq., Brighton Furner, Robert, Esq., Fitzroy-square, London Faracombe, Mr. Alderman Fladgate, Francis, Esq., Brompton Freeman, Thomas, Esq., Brighton 6 Gates, George, Esq., Steynin g t h 5 tAf (lsl'lf Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director .0 1 - . Leicester and Tamworth Railway Greene, The Rev. Hadden, Vicar of Rogate, l'etet•A ge „ l ,, ci gair 6sl Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Z 4 . ...Ili' Hale, The Rev. William, Rector of Fulbourne, Cam iY• -1 7';',. of so' Haynes, Samuel, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Di IVe cester and Birmingham Railway Heuty, J., Esq. Chichester Ingram, Hugh, Esq., Steyniag, magistrate for Sasser Jenkins, Henry, Eaq., 47, Woburn-place, Russell-sque‘ re Jervis Swynfen, Esq., Whitehall-place, Staffordshire Lacy, Henry, Esq., Petersfleld, Banker Lyon, James, Esq., Dangstein, near Rogate, Peterafte rS Macaulay, Captain, R. E , Cheltenham Martineau, Joseph, Esq., Basing Park, Alton e diell 4osr. Mercer, Major-General, C.F., Queen A nn -street,'Cave' , - Manwaring, John, Esq., Eagle Hall, Pately Bridge Mascary, Thomas, Esq., Norbuty Hall, Ashbourne 0 . M'Cann, Nicholas, Esq. 50, Parliament-street Noe tpt Moore, Major, Queen Ann -street, Cavendish-Squar e, Indian Peninsular Railway Murray, George, Esq., Chichester Nadin, Joseph, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire Nadin, Nathaniel, Esq., Stapenhill, Derbyshire Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville .... fror of told, to! C o Co, • kt('; 76 th 14,2 I °!1 41 kn, // , tel 3 e De `44 441 l .`~' J:, l v G 3 6. H *"..., 4i A 4 1. 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