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, 2 ;~ 4 1) 411 :N. _ AND JUNCTION !RAILWAY. Connectinethcatelo4ltar* London and Birmingham, aid Direct 51..,nciesteWZ , PFitin Iteadlrig via Henley-on-Thames, Aylesbury, Buckingham, airMOnhampton. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,250,000/. in 50,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. John Anderson, Esq., Princes-park, Liverpool, Director of the East ern Counties and Southend Railway William Ashcroft, Esq, Bury, Director of the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Railway Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Montagne-place, Montague-square George Alfred Beardmore, [Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Hull and Lincoln Direct Railway, and Nottingham and Peterborough Railway Charles R. Bide, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman o f the Licensed Victuallers' Assurance Company John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Docks William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the New R uss, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway Henry S. Bright, Esq , Hull, Director of the Durham and Sunderland and Direct Western Railway G. A. Brown, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Callao and Lima Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries Railway Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Wrn. Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham District, the Bir kenhead and Holyhead, York and Lancaster, and Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railways Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the York and Lancaster, Rugoy, Derby and Manchester, Staffordshire Potteries Railways John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Richard Clay, Esq., 1, Winchester-buildings, London, Director of the Huddersfield and Eastern Coast Railway John Clampitt, Esq., fiercombe, Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Crediton Railway Ephraim Cocker, Esq., White Coppice, Chorley, Director of the Black burn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway W. H. Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Direct Western Railway Nathaniel Cumberledge, Esq., 3, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Direc of the Leeds and Huddersfield Railway, &c. &c. Newton Crouch, Esq., 13, Southampton-place, Euston-square, Di rector of the Mauritius, and the York and Lancaster Railways Thomas Ferrand Dearden, Esq., Rochdale, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Peregrine Royds Dearden, Esq., Birkenhead, Liverpool J. W. De Wolf, Esq., Liverpool Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Richard Davis, Esq., Knaresborough, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, the York and Lancaster, Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways J. D. Ewes. Esq., Knaresborough Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq., Alder House, near Tamworth, Direc tor of the Leicester and Northampton Railway. The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square, Director of the South Midland Railway The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the Bandon and Bantry Railway William (farrow, Esq., Great George's-square, Liverpool, Director of the Eastern Counties and Southend Junction Railway William Gibb, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Huddersfield, and East and West Coasts Railways James Glover, Esq., Longton, Director of the South Union and Bir mingham Junction Railway Captain Twisleton Graves, Director of the Leicester and Tean and Dov a Valley Railway Charles Haigh, Esq., Broadley Wood, Rochdale and Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway John Lawrence Harris, Esq., 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, Director or the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John George Hammock, Esq., Essex-house, Bow-road, Director of the Direct Western Railway Chas. Harrisson, Esq., 31, York-terrace, Regent's-park John Hawkins, Esq., St. James's-place, New-cross Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester, Director of Reming ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway William Holiday, Esq., Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Direct Western Railway Charles Holland, Esq., of Liscard Vale, Cheshire, and Liverpool John Holmes, Esq., St. James's-street, Westminster, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend, and the Direct Western Railways George Holt, Esq , Willow-hill, Cramps:ill, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Junction, Direct Western, and Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railways Adderly Howard, Esq., Long Sutton, Wisbeach, Director of the East ('oast, and Direct Western Railways William Bulkelcy Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid land Railway Williasn Hunter, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Avon and Severn Valley, and the Circa* Western Direct Railways Ifert.ert Ingram, Esq, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John Charles Jack, Esq., Liverpool C. H. Jagger, Esq., Handsworth, Director of the Great Western, Souther?' and Eastern Counties, and Ipswich, and Ipswich and Southampton Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Kelly-, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and Mid' ands Junction Railway William Kempe, Esq., Tetgn Villa, Teignmouth, Director of the Eastern Co- nties Junction Railway, and the Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railway Thomas Kitties - , Esq. M.D. Sheffield, director of the Eastern Conn- ties and Southend Junction and Direct Western Railways George Lawrie, Esq. Manchester, director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Peter Thomas Legh, Esq., Ridge-hall, county Dublin, Director of the Isle of Man Railway Job Lockyer Seale, Esq., 3f.D., Director of the Direct London,Hast lugs, and Rye Railway, and Great Northern and Southern Direct Railway from Huddersfield to Derby William Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Junction Railway. John Lord, Esq. Standish Hall, Lancashire, director of the Stafford shire Potteries, the Liverpool and Manchester Direct, and Lanca shire, Cheshire and Stafford Junction Railways. Jas. M`Dougall, Esq., Fir-grove, North Brixton James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway A. M. Macmoran, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director of the East and West Junction Railway Major-General Sir Love Parry, Mardyn, Carnarvonshire Director of the North Wales Railway. William Marriott, Esq., Ottercliffe- terrace, Director of the Direct Western and the Isle of Ely, and Wisbeach and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Charles James Mason, Esq.. Fenton Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Mortimore, Esq., Collumpton, Director of the Direct Western Railway Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Direct Western Railway M. Norton, Esq., Mont-house, Brentwood James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Marlborough-square, Manchester, - director of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and Direct Western Rail ways Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane-lodge, Twickenham, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Direct Western Railway Richard William Perry, Esq., Barham Wood, near Elstree, Herts William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway John Pratt, jun., Esq., Fenton Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Strofford, 3fanchesl ter, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Railways Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Chairman of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and Director of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway, &c. James 'Renshaw, Esq., West Heath House, Rent, Director of the Direct Western, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah-house, Enfield, Director of the Direct Western Railway R. A. Riddell, Esq., Director of the Great Western Extension Railway A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John Robson, Esq., Hittoa-in-Hole, Durham, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Rowe, Esq., Beauvoir-terrace, 3faida Vale Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Colne, Director of the East Lan cashire and Andale Junction Railway. Edward Scard, Esq., Kew-green C. J. Selwyn, Major Royal Engineers, Director a the Direct Western Railway William Sidebotham, Esq., Glossop, J.P. for Derbyshire, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway James fihaw, Esq., Salford, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Edward Smith, Esq., Barnsbury Park, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway William Audley, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Henry Taylor, Esq , Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union and Oxford, Chel tenham and London Railways Joseph" Taylor, Esq., Clements-lane John Thompson, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Birkenhead and Ho lyhead, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Railways Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway Charles F. Thornley, Esq., Eastfleld House, Westbury, near Bristol, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Manchester, Settle, and Car isle Railways Thornits Tebbutt, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Edw.-rd Trelfall, Manchester, Director of the Eastern Counties Junc tion and Southend Railway James Troup, Esq., castings, Director of the Direct Western and Direct Hastings Jas. Ttury,Usq., Great Winchester-street, City, London Sir William Twisden, Bart., Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway, and Director of the Commercial Bank of London. George Walker, Esq., Manchester Thomas Uptill, Esq., Edgbaston, Director of the Wolverhampton, Birkenhead and Chester Railway B. P. Ward, Esq., Birkenhead, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Ed ward Westlake, Esq., Southampton, Director ofthe Direct Western _ Railway Wiiiiai7t Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Downs, Director of the Waveney Valley Railway Robert Wynne . Williams, Esq., 29, Bedford-place,Russell-square Thomds Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and South Union andliirminghava Junction Railways Sir Wtlllani Wynne, Suffolk-street. Pall-mall, Chairman of the North WalOs Ralway Sampson Britlgn - ood, Esq., Loughton Thomas Jiollman Vpfill, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Bristol and Dover Railway Georgd Sereombe, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Direct Western Railway John Wm. Yerbury. Ext., Bellomb-house. Bredford (With power to add to their number) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq. William Kempe, Esq. The Rev. H. It Fowler, R. A. Riddell, Esq. William Garrow, Esq. Henry Taylor, Esq. Capt. Twisleton Graves. J. Underwood, Esq. John Holmes, Esq. I 11. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Richard Kefly, Esq. Thomas Wynne, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) CONSULTING ENGINEER—T. Urpeth Rastrick, Req. ACTING ENGINEER.-OMM' Byrne, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Elms,lie and Preston, Moorgate-street J. E. Beales, Esq., 7, John-street, Adelphi WiMain Burdett, Esq., Manchester. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Christian and Jones, Liverpool. Saunders Nash, Esq., High Wycombe Mes,rs. Prickeit and Watson, Aylesbury Messrs. King and Son, Buckingham EANREIts. London.—The Commercial Bank of-London 3finehester—The National Provincial Bank of England. - - SEcRETART—Nichs. J. Keinpe, Esq. k*Oinpany's Offices, Palace-chambers, St. James's. This' rifitira-y will form, as nearly as natty be practicable, a direct line from Reading, in Berkshire—one of the s, ost important and • rsidly improving towns in the kingdom—to the large and populous town tre — Northnmpion, where it will form a junction with the Wort httrupt on • grid •Peterborou gli - Railway Thelifie writ Isruneed fronvhe Reading station of the Great Western Rallwa:b•;' mat by • the way of Ilenl y n Great Marlow, West Wyeri)e. Aylesbury, and B ue e kinlhi Tha d ni th e r s Ough some of the richest an /must fertile districts of England, , from whence vast supplies. of dive Stock. and -agricultural produce are will fur nished to the metropolis ; and from Buckingham it will be continued direct to Blisworth and Northampton. From Blisworth a line proceeds to Wellingborough, and forms a junction Wilh , .the, Direct :Manchester Railway ; and it is intende d. that a branohshall be formed from W es t W ycombe to the station at Slough, 014,14:Great Western Railway The proposed line with the branch will he about seventy-Ilve miles in lengthaigLit -, 140,•1m0n, ascertained that it may be co ns t ructed with unusual fßality, whilst, by means of the iii+.:nded junctions with. the Great Western Railway at Slough and Reading, with the 'London and Birmingham Railway at Blisworth, and the Direct Manchester Railway at Wellingborough, an uninterrupted and most desirable railway communication will be opened between Portsmouth, dos port, the Isle of Wight, iSouthaniPton,lßedforcl, Huntingdon, the g /17-!_"4. Staffordshire Potteries, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Berwick, and with the great manu facturing and mining districts of the north of England. The numerous parishes and districts which will be traversed by the line comprise a population of nearly 1,500,000 persons, and passing, as it will, a portion of the counties of Barks and Oxfbrd, the whole of Buckinghamshire, and by the celebrated Vale of Aylesbury, adn uniting with the several completed or projected railways under mentioned, viz.:— The London and Birmingham The Great Western The Southampton Union The South Mdland The Midland Counties The Northampton and Leicester The Northampton and Peterborough, and thus with The Direct Manchester it cannot be doubted that it must prove extremely convenient and beneficial to the public, and highly advantageous to the proprietors. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be ap plied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Arrangements have been made that the survey shall be completed. and the plans and sections deposited in time for obtaining an Act during the ensuing session of Parliament. Applications for shares may be addressed, in the form annexed, to the undermentioned brokers, viz. :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Princes ■treet, John Shewell, Esq., Threadneedle-street, and Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street, Mr. John Smith. Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, London; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York ; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate ; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle ; Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster; Messrs. Geddes and Drinkwater, and Mr. Henry Waterton, Bank-buildings, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Mr. Peter Leicester, Messrs. Green and Oldham, Messrs. Green and Lockwood, Manchester ; Mr. James Pearson, Birming ham ; 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. Hervey, Halifax ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Brad ford ; 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. Wm. Gordon. Aberdeen ; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth ; of whom prospectuses may be had ; or to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company John iam L owe, p hi i E li p s La N m or b f , o i l : k sci e . r , c o s n- par h;nn Ronne, rd Augustus u - n b, E sq.. we, del, t Sussex, Director of t lurex Edv L the sT s affordshire and Shropshire Junctiun Railway Darnton 1.7.4 ton, Esq , Potter Newton Hall, Mayer of Leeds, Direc tor of the Leeds and York, and Wakefield and Bradford Railways Sir William Lowthrop, Kilt., Hull, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, Shetgeld, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, Lancashire, Director of the Black burn, Chorlev, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway, and of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Manchester and Liverpool Direct Railway James Lamb, Req., Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Railways Thomas Gibbon Moneypenny, Esq., Hole-park, Rolvenden, Kent Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and Chel tenham Direct and the London and Nottingham Railway James Joseph M`Swiney, Esq., Sandal View, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway J. Mee Mathew, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of the Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire Railway Captain Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Read ing, Guildford, and Reigate Railway John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways Joseph Norton, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, tied Bradford Union Railway, and the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Direotor of the West Midland Railway Captain Thomas Ross, 55, Porchester-terrane, Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and 'Western Junction Railway William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the London and Notting ham Railway James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman square, Director of the Direct Leeds and London Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-terrace, Director of the Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, &c., Railw•ty William Spooner, Esq., London, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Henry Scott, Esq., 17, Pail-mall S. E. Sichell, Esq., merchant, Bradford, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway George Turner, Esq., Hinton Hill, Erdington, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Turton, Esq., Bagden Lodge, Clayton West, Huddersfield William Tinker, Esq., Conock, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway George Thomas Thompson, Esq., Dover, Coroner for the Cinque Ports John Thompson, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Birkhen head and Holyhead Railway, of the Manchester and Wigan Rail . B IRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 211. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. PROVI SIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir George Pregeott, Bart. The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Lynbarth, Kildare, and St. James's-street Sir Lore Parry Jones Parry, Major-General, K.H., Madryn, Car narronskire, Director of the Leicester, Bedford, and of the Direct East and West Junction Railways SP: William Twisden, Bart., Dorset-square, Director of the Chepstow end Forest of Dean Railway i r Wm. Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Sir William Wynn, K.C.8., Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway The Sheriff of York, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Ayscough, Rear-Admiral, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Adair, Major, Director of the Church of England Assurance Society, and of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New town, and Indian Peninsular Railways Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's Direct Londoa and Manchester Railway Booth, John, Esq., Park-cottage, Macclesll,ld, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolv‘rhainpton Direct, and Sheffield, Notting ham, and London Direct Railways Brookes, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester, Director of Reming ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Brown, Isaac Baker, 27, Oxford-square, Hyde-park Buck, W. C., Eaq. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Midland Grand Junction Cambridge, John, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's -park, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and .Newtown Railway Chambers, Wm., Esq., Cocks Bench, Derby, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Cook, John, the Rev., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, Director of the Shef field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Croft, Major J. T. Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Crossley, John, Esq., Lumberhuret, Sussex, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway. Cumberlege, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown, and Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways Dalby J. R. Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 251. rach in the Midland Grand Junction Railway, and I hereby undertake to accept that, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 12s. Cd. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required, Name in full Profession or Trade Residence Place of business Reference MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAIL WAY COMPANY. NOTlCE.—Applications for Shares WILL NOT be received after TUESDAY NEXT, the 21st instant. By order, NICHOLAS J. KBIIII3. Secretary. Palace-chambers, St. James's, Oct. 14, 1845. way, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway John Taylor, Esq., Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counlles Railway James Upflll, Esq., The Green, Herefordshire, Director of the Staf fordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Direc tor of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway, and Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railway Thomas Bolman Uptill, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birming ham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway James Vickers, Esq., Mark-lane, Director of the Jersey Pier and Railway Major White, Fall-mall, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Maidstone, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railways William Royden Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railway Thomas Wakefield. Esq., London, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire Railway Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Robert William Watson, Esq., Dover John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, near Tonbridge, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Sir William White, Director of the Stafford, Uttoxeter, and Derby Railway J. W. Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe-house, Wilts, Capt. 3d. Light Dra goons, Director of the Direct Westcrit Railway. Lodge Morris Murray Prior, Esq., Coventry, Director of the Dublin, Tullamore, and Parsonstown Railway Edward Knight, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands' Union Railway William Henry Skelton, Esq., Shadwell, near Leeds Charles William Reynolds, Esq., Captain IGth Lancers, Maidstone, Director of the Worcester, Warwick and Rugby Railway Thomas Braman, Esq., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy Chaiman of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Hughes, Esq. ' Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and Shro ishire Junction Railway Henry - Wenman Newman, Esq., Thornbury-park, near Bristol, De. puty-Lieutenant of Gloucestersshire, and magistrate of Gloucester shire sad Bristol. 'Thomas Foliiott Powell, Esq., 16th Lancers, Lucan-louse, Ripen, Yorkshire Alexander Prince, Esq., London, Director of the Tonbridge Wells, Hastings and Brighton Railway Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and Lon don Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Rail ways Thomas Stocker, Esq., 6t. Ives, Director of the Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Railway John Granville Dewes, Esq., Loxley, Warwickshire George Ewing Scott, Esq., Stoke Bishop, near Bristol Seignelay Thomas Cuthbert, Esq., Clifton Charles Eales, Esq., Richmond-court, Clifton David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Liverpool, Man chester, and Warrington, and the Worcester and Leominster Railway Benjamin Swan, Esq.. Weymouth and Jermyn-street Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Bucks, and Director of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway John James Rippon, Esq., Ealing, Middlesex, Director of the Bir mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction Railway Stephen Mills, Esq., Elstono-horse, Wilts Major Buttenshaw, Bath John Ellershaw, Esq., Grove-house, Searcroft, near Leeds Major W. James, Saltford-house, near Bath, Magistrate for Somer. setshire Robert Bell, Esq., Norris Castle, Isle of Wight. Samuel Perrin, Esq., Temple Cloud, near Bristol Captain Edward Smith, Dorset-square Sankey Gardner, Esq., Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway Thomas Bolton, Esq., merchant,.Hull Robert Cottle, Esq., Basingstoke Captain Page, Charlton-house, Somerton, Director of the South Staf- Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton, and Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railways Daniel, R., Esq , Oakhill, Stoke•upon-Trent, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Darlington, John, Esq., Shipley Hall, Bradford, Director of the Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Dewhurst, Richard, Esq., Apsley House, Huddersfield, Director of the West Riding Union Banking Company, and Director of the West Riding Junction Railway Dent, Edward, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Dent, John, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great erimsby Direct Railway Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Hud dersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Hud dersfleld, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Ellis, John, Esq., Temple Ewart, Francis, of 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Me tropolitan Junction Railways Fitche, George, Lieutenant-Colonel, 36, York-terrace, London, Di rector of the London and Lancaster Railway Franklin, Benjamin, Harley-street, London Garde, Richard, Esq., 16, Steven's-green, Dublin Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Burton-on- Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Grant, Daniel, Esq., Manchester, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Hammond, George, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Heneage, C., Esq., Pall-mall, Cadeley Place, Lincolnshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Herries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Hind, Abraham, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Holdforth, J. D., Esq., Burley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Hughes, Hughes W., Esq., Alderman of the City of London Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Johnson, Richard William, Esq., Moorgate, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham, and Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railways Jones, Edward, Esq., Windmill-place, Camberwell, Director of th e Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Director of tee Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Di rector of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New town Railways King, William, Esq., Stepney, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and Rrighton and Cheltenham Railways Knight, Edward, M.D., Stafford, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and NeWtOWII Railway Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall, Sudbury Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester Mackenzie, T., Esq., Duke-street, Liverpool . _ _ DOVER and BRISTOL RAILWAY in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway, from Reigate to Bristol. Upon the Narrow Gauge. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares, of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor The Right lion. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, Norfolk The Right Eon. Lord Charles Beauclerc, Chesham-place, Belgrave square The Right. Hon. Lord Sussex Lennox, Piccadilly The Right Hon. Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., Uxbridge Mosso Count Bathyany, Audley-square The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkatone Ledge, Poole, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward Stafford Jemingham, Direotor of the London and Nottingham Railway Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, Director of the East and West Junction Railway, and of the Brighton and Cheltenham Di rect Railway The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol George Woodruffe Franklyn, Esq. I Late Mayors of Bristol John Kerte Habertleld, Esq. Major-General W. Innes, C. 8., Bath Sir William B. Johnston, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and South and Midland Railway Admiral 'Sir George Sartorius, Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway Sir Henry Webh, Bart., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Major-General Martin White, Bath William Collins, Esq., M.P., Warwick George Dodd, Esq., M.P.; Maidstone Wynne Ellis, Esq., M.P., Ponsbonne-park, Hutford Colonel Edward Stopford, 9, Manchester-square A. K. Baker, Esq., Longford-house, Cheltenham Directors of the John W. Hughes, Esq., Gloucester Bristol and George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Bir m i ng h am William Cother, Esq., Gloucester Railway The Worshipful the Mayor of Dover The Worshipfhl the Mayor of Bath The Worshlpfhl the Mayor of Devizes The Worshipful the Mayor of Andover The Worshipful the Mayor of Basingstoke The Worshipful the Mayor of Bridport William Kay, Esq M.D., Clifton, Alderman of Bristol John George Mogg, Esq. Manor-house, Farrington, Gurney, near Bristol, Magistrate for the county of Somerset William Kingsmill, Esq. Sidmonton, Hants, Magistrate and Deputy lieutenant of the county of Southampton John Hippesley, Esq. Stone Easton, near Bath, Magistrate for the county of Somerset James Crang, Esq., Timsbury, near Members of the Provisional Bristol Committee of the Bath, Robert Prancis Wright, Esq, Wells and Exeter Jimetioe Rai James Perrino, Esq. Temple Cloud, ' lway rear Bristol Edmund Fillingham King, Esq., banker, Grantham, Director of the Vale of Belvoir Railway Philip Jones, Esq., merchant, Keynsham and Bristol Lieut.-Colonel Wil , lam Swinton, Bath Francis Yerbury, Esq., Bath, and Belcome-house, Bradford, Wilts J. H. Wadham Pigott Smyth Pigott. Esq., Brockley-hall, Somerset shire Major-General Wright, R.E., Gloucester-place, Portman-square John Clarke, Esq. Bellefield-house, Trowbridge, Magistrate for the county of Somerset Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mlles, Porchester-house, Bayswater William Gilbert, Esq., Hippenscombe, near Andover Robert Rawlins, Esq , Bere Hill-house, Whitchurch R. H. Webb, Esq., Mansion-house, Kingsdown, near Bristol Thomas Heard Mortimore, Esq., Andover William Child, Esq., Manor-house, Vernham, near Basingstote John Reeves, Esq., Clatford, Hants, Director of the Oxford, Newbury, Andover, and Southampton Railway Company, and of the Hamp shire Banking Company Turner Poulter Clark, Esq , Andover William Richardson, Esq., merchant, Southampton Daniel Nazer, Esq. Edward Poole, Esq. Town Councillors of Dover William Henry Payn, Esq. Edward Seward, Esq., The Rev. Just Henry Alt, Enford, Wilts, Director of the Manches ter, Southampton, and Poole Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., Rusland-hall, Lancashire, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, and North Eastern Railways George Addison, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway John Anderson, Esq., London, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Joseph Acton, Esq., J.P., Wigan, Direetor of the Manchester and Wigan Railway William Ascroft, Esq., the Willows, Bury, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Austin, Esq., Heddingley-hill, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway William Ackreyd, Esq., Westbourne Lodge, Ottley, Yorkshire, Di rector of the East and West Yorkshire. the Midlands a n d Thirsk Junction, and Leeds and York and Midland Junction James Beech, Esq., Grosvenor-place, and Brandon, Warwickshire, Director of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Cecil Brook Boothby, Esq., Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the South Union William Gabbett Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Connaught-square, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lich field, and Manchester Railway Themes Byrom, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Brown, Esq., Twining-park, Worcestershire Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Robert Bell, Esq., Manor Home, Chiswick, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Junction, and London and Nottingham Railways Robert S. Butterfield, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Luke Butler, Esq., Alderman, Dublin, Director of the Galway and 'Kilkenny, and Cork and Waterford Railways William Clode Braddon, Esq., Regency-square, Brigbton Christopher Bentham, Esq., Birkenhead, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and of the North and South Wales Bank John Benson , Esq., Maida-hill, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction, and the Birken- head and Holyhead Junction Railways Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, Director of the Central Kent Railway Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Temple, Director of the South 'Union Extension, and of the South Staffordshire Junction Railways John James Conway, Esq., Liverpool John Carmichael, Esq., Cork, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway William Henry Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Thomas Cocksey, Esq., Atherton and Bolton, Director of the Man chester and Wigan Railway William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, War wick, and Leamington Railway William Clifford, Esq , Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway William Caldwell, Esq., Alderman, Ince-hall, Wigan, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Henry Coe Coupe, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex, Director of the Man chester, Oxford, and Southampton Junction Railway John Townshend Compton, Esq., Wedhampton, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Fampoux and Hazebrouck Railway Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse Bradford, Magistrate for Wilts and Somerset Esq., New Hall, Neston, Cheshire, Di rec t or John Campbell hCea Birkenheadmp bell Dickers,an and Holyhead, and the Rugby, Derby, and Man- chester Railvrays Thomas Davies, Esq., the Austin, Handsworth, Staffordshire, Di rector of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway W. T. S. Daniel, Esq., Recorder of Ipswich Miles Dormer, Esq., London, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weyrno'uth &last Railway John Doughill, Esq., Lockwood, Huddersfield Joseph Dawson, Esq., merchant, Lambeth Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor ofCarnarvon Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount•street, Grosvenor -Square, anti Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director oft e Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway • John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway William Edwards, Esq., Aston Furnaces, the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Birmingham,s terßa•iNNay Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N., Headly- greve , Reigate Director of John Finals, Esq., merchant, Dover Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., Charles-street, St. James's, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Webster Flockton, Esq., Weybridge, Surrey Bell Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Benjamin Franklin, Esq., 5, Harley-street, Cavendish-square, Di rector if the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway William Tulioh Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Dorking, Brighton, and Arundel Railway Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., Brickwall, Northiam, Sussex William Fitzgibbon, Esq., 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square, Director of the Cork and Passage and Cork and Bandon Railways Major Grubbe, Eastwell-house, magistrate fur Wilts William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Herts Captain Gould, Charles-street, St. James's George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction, the Derby and Crewe, the Macclesfield and Lich field, and the Leicester and Tamworth Railways John Griffith Frith, Esq., merchant, Austin-friars, Chairman of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street, Direetor of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, Manchester, Oxford, and South ampton, and Cheltenham and Brighton Railways William, Gatliff, Esq., merchant, Leeds, Director of the West York shire Railway Joseph Gill, Esq , Potter Newton Mount, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York and Midland Junction Railways John Hall, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and York Railway William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield. and Manchester Railway Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leiceste and Tamworth, and Birmingham and Litchfield, and Mancheste Railways Wlm Wilkes Hill, s Beesten Hall, Leeds LewisJamesStaffordshireiionegmi sn , RE F ic Ist Railway ,Temple, aliy.np Director of the Nottingham and South psootirtathyanmathe:,itaziw,z7i.d., Junction, Director of the „Manchester, and the London, Holyhead, and John Johnson, Esq., R.N., Birraln ILecm,ingt.etienbUairla,rx:oErPiLiWß°TreeighSiteren. Jun c ti on, i Surrey. an D uw, l e r aya ect L e y rX4l? .. beach, and Peterborough and Midhuideeotun'iti''eiSl'R't tordshire Junction Captain Boland, 31arlborough-buildings, Bath ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Francis Giles, ESQ. ENGINEERS—Edward James Maude, Esq.; John Neville Warren, Eacb BANKERS. London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. ; the Union Bank Bristol—Stuckey 's Banking Company Bath—West of England and South Wales District Bank Bradford and Trowbridge—The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company Dover—Messrs. Latham and Co. JOINT ISOLICITORS. Edwin Smith, Esq., and Ileum Lewis and Ford, London ; Edward Burges, Esq., Bristol. Macmillan, James, Esq., 17, Manchester-buildings, Westminster, Di rector of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railway M'Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Mainwaring, John, Esq., Eagle-Hall, Pateley-bridge, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Minn T. Esq., Chapel-cottage, Holloway Maskery, Thos., Esq., Norbury-hall, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Meteyard, Horace W., Esq., Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Moore, Major, Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Burton on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Murray, James T., Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, Director of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton Railway Musgrave S., Esq. Nadin, Joseph, Esq., Stapenhill, Director of Remington's Direct Lon don and Manchester Railway Nadin, Nathaniel, EA., Stapenhill, Derbyshire, Director of Reming ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway Norton, Joseph, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Nottingham and London Direct Railway Ogle, Nathaniel, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Rail way Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, 4, Parliament-street, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, arid Worcestershire Junction Railway Richardson, Joseph, Esq. Riddle, Robert Andrew, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Ox ford and Worcester Extension Railway Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railways Roden, T. C., Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leeds, Huddders field, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway. Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Skidmore, J. A., Esq.,S.tp..,JLoleiena'ssilDiriarkeeefitoerldo, fDtirheectorof Leeds, the Hud Great aers. Leeds and London Direct , and Hull and Holyh ea d Di rec t R ailways Smith, John, Esq., Barton - house , Ashborne, Derb ys hi re solvEasrqh.a' m mptoa Direct, and Li verpool and Leeds Direct Smith, fleid, T a h n o d m is a , Railways smith, Wm., Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham hallway Sneyd, Thomas, Esq., Belmont Spiers, Edward John, Esq., Carlton-villa, Mahla-vale, Director of the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Worcestershire Railway Stanho7e, Lieutenant-Colonel Leicester, Chairman of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Director of the Railwayoite t and Wolverhampton DirectDi rßTeir,Raetajacoi Macclesfield,p RailwayDi Waller, Major James, K. 11., St. J ames's-square, Director of the Walker, sq., Walker, Brighton cG he ao a rr i lg t e ( e l s: C EE h . e sqq l e : illEvhioatmts Wootton -park, Ashborne the Ltohdeg:r,a3nfeahrkesetteD;Hayutdodne,rSsfialeoind, Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Brighton and Cheltenham Railways orercotfortioief RLeeme4isn,gt:iuld'sdeErsofindeiodn, Walters, James, Esq., Bakewell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield Welsh, W V Geaa a r ritdde ao e l e n " , tGiaoT f rirteh o , eicni Grimsby tensyL,sba, Manchester E s q -WaoyafyCompany and W Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway Wilkinson, J., Esq. Wright, i hoinas, Esq., merchant, Derby, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffor,lst ire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway. S OLICITDR —W. Arnold Bainbrigge, E sq . ENGsIENcEREERT—ARGyefI. e Remington, A. Flint, E Esq. Esq. BANKERS—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. Locax. AGENT—B. H. Tarleton, Esq., Birmingham. The title of this line sufficiently and correctly explains the object of the undertaking. The Birmingham terminus will be placed in communication with all the other railways having a station in that town, and will be brought as near as practicable to its centre. Proceeding thence in a northerly direction, and on the west side of the Lichfield road, it will pass within a short distance of Sutton Coldfleld, and to Lichfield, at the latter of which places there will be a tation in communication with the projected Walsall lines. Thence crossing the Trent Valley, near King's Bromley, it will pursue the course of the Blythe Valley, or by or near to Abbots Bromley to Leigh, where it will leave the Blythe Valley, and by a short cutting reach the Teen station on Remington's London and Manchester line at the junction of the Crewe branch, or by a junc tion with whichever of the projected lines to Manchester may be adopted by Parliament. The entire length of the new line to be made will not exceed thirty-four miles, and the whole will be carried over a most favour able country—two-thirds being a water-level. Sections ofa great portion of the line have been made, and the en tire Parliamentary survey will be completed by the 9th ofOctober. This railway will afford a route from Birmingham to Manchester eleven miles shorter than by any existing or projected line. It will also give the best and nearest line between Huddersfield, and Bir mingham. It will also furnish a nearer and more direct route from Birming ham to the Potteries than any line made or projected by several miles, assuming any of the projected Pottery lines to have their ter mini at Colwich, on the Trent Valley, or at Stafford, on the Grand Junction Railway ; thus giving to Manchester, and a:so the Pot teries, the shortest, easiest, and most direct route to Birmingham. It will also give the nearest line between Huddersfield and Binning limn and Southampton. This railway crosses the projected Leeds anti Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Direct Railway. In the Blythe Valley a station will be placed, and communication effected, so as to afford to Birmingham the shortest route by many miles, with Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and the northern parts of England. In allotting shares every legi timate preference will be given to the landholders on the line. It is obvious that the projected line will afford an ample return to the shareholders. . ____ For prospectuses, shares, and every information, apply to the solicitors, W. Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter ; or at the Offices of the Company, No. I, Moorgate, London. BROKERS. Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, New Bank -buildings Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds Messrs. Wellbeloved and Outlet*, Leeds Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull Mr. Richard Baines, Blackburn Mr. George Clark, Bradford Mr. William Mason, Bradford Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax Mr. J. W. Paibley, Gainsborough Messrs. Freeman and Son, Northampton Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester Messrs. A. tirchall and Co., Manchester Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun., Huddersfield Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester J. N. Balme, Gloucester Mr. C. Wood, Uttoxeter FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIARES. To the Directors of-the " Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railwa I request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking; and I agree to pay up the deposit of V. 2s. per share, and sign the necessary deeds when required thereto. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full •• • • ..... ••• • • • Profession or Business Place of Residence • • ..... .. Place of Business • . • . • . • . N 2111169 of Refere'gs..•• • . •• 1102IRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER ail DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY. Company's Offices, 1, Moorgate-street, London, Oct. 13, 1845. Notice is hereby give❑ that no thrther Applications for Shares can received after WEDNESDAY, the 15th instant. By order, A A. FLINT. Secretary. 4 1 11 E SUN, I.ONDoN, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 17 1845. T HE DIRECT WEST. END AND CROYDON RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 800,0001., in 4 ,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Shard. PROVISIONAL comarrzz. The Viscount Ingestre, ALP., Brompton-park, London Sir James Anderson, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director or the Hereford and Merthr Tydvil Railway John Byng Banks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway James Bailey, Esq , Highbury-park, Director of the Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction, and of the Scar borough, Whitby, Stockton-on-Tees, and Newcastle and York Junction Railways William Banks, Esq., 4, Honey lane, Director of the Manchester and Rugby, and great Leeds and London Railways Lieut.-t ;extend Sir R Barton, K.C.8., 2 Montagu-place, Montagu square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Director of the Teen and Dove Valley, and West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways Charles R. ?liege, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square; Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horneastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway William Bland, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the North Wales, and Richmond and West-end Junction Railways William Illanshard, Esq., York ; Chairman of the Liberty of Ripon Quarter Sessions, and Director of the York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; Chairman of the Isle of Ely Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Direc tor of the Grand Trunk Railway Isaac Baker Brown, Esq., Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Director of the Bristol and Dover Direc Junction Railway Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Rail ways William Byrom, Esq., Oldham ; Director of the York and Lancaster, the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railways Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne House, Sheffield, Director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway William Caldwell, Esq., Ince Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire ; Direc tor of the Manchester, Derby, and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver pool Direct Railways William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway E. Turst Carver, Esq., Forest Lodge, Tulse-hill, Director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kent John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-steet, London ; Director of the Chelmsford and Bury, and York and Lancaster Railways Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Clark, Esq., Farnham, Hants George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead, near Croydon, Director of the Chel tenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway Benjamin Collett, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove ; Worcestershire; Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddermin ster; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street ; Director of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London Direct Railways WilliainCroudson, Esq., Manor Cottage. Wigan, director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct, of the Staffordshire Potteries, of the Keighley, HaPfax, and Huddersfield, and the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railways John Croudson, Esq. King-street-house, Wigan, director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct, of the Keighley, Halifax, and Hudders field, of the Staffordshire I'otteries, and of the York and Kenyon Junction Railways Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson,Curzon-street, May-fair; Direc tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great Welsh Central Railway, of the Bath, Bristol, and Dover Railway, of the Hull and Holyhead Railway, &c. Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street ; Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, United Service Club; Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Daniel Ebbetts, Esq., Mincing-lane; Director of the Direct Western Railway Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways Francis Ewart, Esq,., Brick-court, Temple; Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey- mouth Railways Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London ; Director of the London and Westminster Bank, and Director et the London Warwick. Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway Edmurd Al6ani Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, aud Nottingham Robert Fisher, Esq., Ilixhbury Park, Director if the Trent Valley Continuation Railway The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, Manchester-squar , ; Director if the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Henry Glynn, Esq , Garden-court, Temple Captain Twistleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, director of the Easton Counties Junction and Southend and the Midland Grand _ ...- ----- Junction Railways F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di rector if the York and Lancaster Railway C. 11. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square; Director of the Grand Trunk Railway George R. Harrison, Esq., Harlingford-place, Kennington ; Director of the Grand Trunk Railway Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmore-house, Stafford William Hay, Esq., 19, Clifford-street, Bond-street. Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Chelmsford and Bury Railway Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Yew Tree, Liverpool A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place ; Director of the Direct Exe ter, Auxerre, and La Roche Railways G. E. Hodgkin son, Esq., 7, York-terrace, Regales-park Jelin Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester ; rPirector of the York and Lancaster Railway John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street ; Director of the York and Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and London and Greenwich Railways Stephen Hutchinson, Esq., London Gas-works, Vauxhall, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of Linden ; Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, and Swineshead Abbey, Lincoln shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway W. H. Jackson, Esq. 66, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell John Jameson, Esq., St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Cumberland Union Railways Slegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., 6, Cleveland-row ; Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny, and Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railways Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Valentine Knight, - Esq., 5, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Direct Western, Dendre Talley, and Grand Trunk Railway James Lamb, Esq. 25, Hyde-park-square ; director of the Dover and Bristol Railway William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the London and Man- chester and Direct Western Railways William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House, Wootton under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway Captain J, P. Macdougall, Fir-grove, Brixton ; Chairman of the Isle of Man Railway, and director of tb e Leeds and Fleetwood Railway William Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton . , J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Direct Western Railway James Macmillan, Esq. London and Southampton ; director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway, &c. &c. James Meaburn, Esq. ' Grove-hill, Camberwell Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Director of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean and Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction Railway _ . [oratio Nelson, Esq., birector of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wcy mouth Railway William Nevill, Esq. West-green, Stamford-hill G. Parbury, Esq., Russell-square; Director of the Manchester ant Birmingham Railway W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens ; Director of the Grand Trunk, the Oxford and Pitney, and Reading and Reigate Junction Railways Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-flelds ; Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal Company, and York and Lancaster Railway _ _ George Richard Pye - , Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Lewis Pocock, Esq., Moritagu-square, Director of the Souti ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton and Chel tenham Direct Railways - - Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square ; Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, and of the London, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway John Reginald Riddell, F:so., Tiycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex Director of the York and Lancaster Railway R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square ; Director •' tie Trim', Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester Extension Railwsys James Reid, Esq., Beulah Wood, Croydon, Director of the Metropo litan Railways Junction Compar.y A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq. ' Middle Temple, London ; Director of the ;mat Western Extension Atmospheric Railway Richard Rowe, Esq.. Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale H. Sava e, Erq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway Edward H. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plynnuth ; Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway A. Scott, Esq.; Hadley Priory, Middle , ex Julius le Soeuf, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the St. Albans and Hert ford, and Director of the Bristol and Dever Direct Junct.on Ra lways • William Studley, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastie, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railways Martin Stately, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Western, and Grand Trunk Railways Timothy Stewan'i, Esq., Heigliam Lodge, near Norwich Henry Taylor, Esq , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North' Union Railways James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Great Leeds and London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby Railways Sir Henry Webb, Bart, 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the . , .. . York and Lancaster, and Direct Western Railways Davt.d Wheatcroft, Esq. director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man cl.ester, and Nottingham and Gloucester Ways Job.n Lowe, Esq. Norfolk-crescent, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds, I'leetwood, and Liverpool Railway Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the South Midland, and Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railways Si r Thomas Woollasten White, Bart., Walling Wells, Nottingham Thomas Williams, Esq., M.D., Belgrave-street, South Belgrave- square W. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Maryport and Carlisle Hailsqtys Sir William Wynn, }faesynewadd, and Suffolk-pl Ace, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE 01' MANAGEMENT. Major Beresford, M.P. F. W. Hamilton, Esq. William Bulkeley Hughes, M.P. Captain J. P. Macdougall Sir J. Anderson, 31.R.1.A. William Bradley, Esq. Sir J. Key, Bart. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Sir H. Webb, Bart, Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. A. W. Hillary, Esq. , Charles It. Begg, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) BANms.—The Commercial Bank of London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Sir John Macneil, L.L.D., F.R.S., )f.1.C.E., ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins,M.l.C.E.; Messrs.Gough and Roumien,C.E. BrißVEYOßS.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons. SOLICITORS. MeSST a. Chauntler and Westwood, it, Gray's Inn-square. SECRETARY—J. L. Cotton, Esq. The principal objects of *he scheme are-Ist. To remedy the evils of delay and inconvenience to which parties are, at the present time, access, ,rily subjected in proceeding from the west end of the metro polis to Croydon, or the most distant places on the South-Eastern and '..ondon and Brighton Railways, as well as the several sea ports and packet-stations on the coasts of Kent and Sussex; and 2d. To sun ply to the numerous and wealthy inhabitants of the district through which the intended line will,pass (at present wholly with o• at railway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in terchange of communication with the metropolis, and with each other. Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail way, at Hungerford or Waterloo-bridge, the line will take the most practicable route to Kennington, from thence it will follow as near as possible the old turnpike road, passing through or near to the wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton, Tulse-hill, Streatham, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect ing a junction at Croydon with the several existing or projected linos from that place. It is also proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, tile advantages of a direct railway communication with the metropolis. A great porden of the tradic in passengers and goods upon the Brighton and Dover lines is supplied from the west-end of London and the Birmingham and Great Western Railways. The necessity of proceeding to the station at Londc , n-bridge, and by the present circuitous route to Croydon, is a serious and unnecessary inconveni ence, entailing additional expense and delay. The removal of this long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre sent undertaking. They deem it right, however, to observe, in lay ing this scheme before the public, that they have no desire to inter fere. with existing railway interests, further than is absolutely indis pensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield awsistance to, and in return endeavour to secure it, from each COM. Willy with which this line may ultimately be connected. A glance at the map will show, that as a branch or arm of the. London and Brighton Railway, this undertaking completes a straight lime of communication from the west end of London to er,woo r , Reigate, and Brighton, and renders the ports of DoVer and Folk, - atone, as well as the several places on the South-Eastern line, more easily accessiWe from that part et' the metropolis. The grea amount of trade at the present time upat the roads be- LOCAL GOLICITORS, C. F. Thompson, Esq., Dover ; Henry Gilbert, Esq., Devizes; W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Timbrell and :Myrick, Bradford and Trowbridge ; Messrs. Taylor, Kemp, and Kingston, Bath ; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke • Messrs. Hoff man and Son, Reading; Thomas Lamb, Esq , Andover; Mos,rs. J. and W. Rees Mogg, Cholwell, near Bristol PARLIAMENTARY AGENT— Cadwallader F. Waddy, Esq. SECRETARY—CharIes Martin, Esq. This Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate, whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the several port. and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Bristol ; and. by means of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and the north of England. From its proximity to the Continent, the port of Dover will always be the most accessible point of the English coast; an expeditious communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours, and inland towns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily he regarded as a great national advantage. t o o f wo em s, b a a o r d k t e h ti o o v n u f t or nom Cal be st, present the ch Boulogne, pover i 3 Ostend , a t p continental frt already resorting there both on business and pleasure, will be im measurably increased when the railways of France, Belgium, Hol land, and Germany are fully brought into operation. selected Dover as a Barbour of Refuge, and recommended the outlay In addition to which, the Government Commissioners havin g there of 1,500,0001., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the c ows . try, and perhaps the most important town on the southern coast. In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, or for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more conve nient, and accelerated intercourse between t e ns great port and all parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the pro moters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed railway, which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing the chain of railway communication pon the narrow gauge between the south-eastern coast, and Bristol and the western, northern, and midi land counties. The lice will commence at the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, anti Odiham to the Basingstoke station, on the South-Western Rail way. It will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trow bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course through the Somersetshire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards Radstock into the heart of the collieries, terminate in ajunction with the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol. By its course through Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odi ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by those towns, and connect the rich and fertile hop districts of Surrey, Kent, and South 'Hants, and afford the means of conveyance of their produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill. By its junction with the contemplated " Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway," it will afford to the inhabitants of Reading. Oxford, and to the midland counties generally, the best and shortest route to the Continent, as well as to Worthing, Hastings, Brighton, and the other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which will be accomplished by this and the proposed railway from Reading. By its intersection of the South-Westeni Railway at Basingstoke, and of the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway further west, the present line will connect Dover towards the south, with Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.), Gosport, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, alas with Shrewsbury, Chester, and tiolyhead, and in fact with the whole of North and South Wales. At Basingstoke, also, this line w Il join the proposed London, Salis bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to Dover and the south. eastern counties the populous aid wealthy citi. s of Salisbury and Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset, and Devon, the ports of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and the mineral regions of Cornwall. To Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns In the vicinity of its course, the benefit which this line will confer cannot be too highly estimated; to the coal districts of Somerset shire it will open large and constant markets both in Bristol and to the south and east, while to the inhabitants of Bristol especially, con necting its channel with the Straits of Dover and the Downs, pro viding a perfect line for telegraphic communication, and securing to them the whole of the trade between the south-east of England and the west and south of Ireland, it seems difficult, considering the enor mous traffic which must necessarily flow to that city, to conceive a project more deserving of their cordial support. In the -memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two great rival companies, the Legislature for the first time admitted that principle of competition with existing interests which was claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for the protection and benefit of the public ; and it is with no fear of the resu't that the promoters of the present undertaking invite attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be established between Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the narrow gauge than by the devious course of the Great Western, inde ofnetahralyt portion 110 milebs inde pendently of all the advantages of th e proposed central station at Hengerford-bridge, and the conveni en t access to the Thames both there and at Nine Elms, over the distant an d inconvenient station of the Great Western at Paddington. In mp l an en y gt t h o e ( t a. w s e su eo m ß in e g ig t a li t i o s and Dorking, for which plaits have been deposit ed by the South- E as tern Company)—the country through whi c h i t passes does not Co t h h a e v p e ro t fi construc t ion line will be present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any resi dential or ornamental property be interfered with except tinder an imperative necessity. A reserve o f shares will be made for landowners on th e line, and the Committee a lso retain to themselves the power to vary th e course of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests and projected lines that may be considered advantageo us to the shareholders. The capital proposed to be raised is 1,500,000 /. , in 75,000 shares o f 201. each,beaid on with a deposit of 21. 2 s. per share , to allotment. P Power will be taken by the Act to allow interes t, at 41. per cent. ions until the op en i ng of per annum, upon all deposits and su b scr i ptions ble tor more bi a than the the line, end no subscriber shall be answ amount of his deposit until the Act has bees obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. The Subscribers' greeinent and the Parliamentary Contract will be ready for execution, and the scrip issued immediately upon pay ment o.' the deposits. Applications for shares must be addressed to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No. 12, Gray's Inn. place, only but no appli cation will be attended to unless accompanied by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the solicitors to the Company, or a banker. Copies of the prospectus and form of application for shares may be obtained at the Mikes of the Company, or of Messrs. Peppercorne, Old Broad-Street ; Mr. Sym, 9, Tokenhouse-yarA ; and Mr. B. B. Wil liams, Throgmorton-street, stock and sharebrokers, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRES. To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Bristol Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each in this Company, and I agree to accept the same, or aay smaller number which may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this 1845. • day of Name in fall ............ Occupation or rrofeasioa........ ..... Re5ieence............ • . • ...... ..... . Reference" •• •• •••• •••• • . tween Croydon, Mitcham, Tooting, &c., and London. proves at once that the exiting railway facilities do not at all meet the exigencies of the mass of population to whom this line will be available. . . Tile population who re-ide upon or in the immediate neighbour hood of the proposed line, independent of the metropolis, and between the intended termini, exceeds 100,000, whose wants are almost wholly supplied from the London markets, &c., and who have, at the present time, no mode of conveyance but upon the turnpike road. In the transit of building materials, corn, coal, lime, and other heavy goods, from the warehouses and wharfs on the banks of the Thames, and for marketable produce in each direction, this line must become to them particularly useful and convenient. Some idea may be formed of the local necessity of this railway, when it is known that the number ofpassengers who avail themselves of the accommodation afforded by the several omnibuses and other pub (vehicles, running upon the turnpike-road, have been ascer tained to exceed 2,600 daily. An equal number (at least) proceed by private and other conveyances. Of foot passengers, although no accurate estimate can be formed of them, it is considered that they at least number four times that of passengers who travel by con veyance. The tonnage of goods it is calculated will be in full pro portion to the receipt from passengers. Experience has ffilly proved, that on however liberal a scale the probability of future traffic in the transit of goods and passengers has been judged, almost every line of railway has, upon its completion, vastly exceeded the calculated amount. There are, however, in this instance, reasons for supposing that the extended facilities of com munication will cause more than an ordinary increase in the con veyance of passengers. The country which the line of railway will open is singularly picturesque and beautiful, and in addition to the admired districts of Brixton and .itreatham, the long-favoured and much-frequented Beulah and Norwood will be placed within easy access, and become more than ever, objects of interest and delight to the visitor and resident of the metropolis. There can therefore be little doubt but that the present line must become a profitable and eligible scheme for the investment of capital. The promoters of this undertaking have pleasure in announcing that it is approved of, and will be generally supported by local in fluence. They have caused a partial survey to be made, which will be completed shortly, and they have the assurance of their engineers that there are not more than ordinary difficulties to contend with. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted, by Act of Parlia ment, to the amount of their subscriptions; and power will be applied for In the Bill to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per annum on all calls from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Applications for ffirther information, prospectuses, and shares (in he form annexed), may be addressed to the Solicitors; to the Secre tary, at the offices of the Company, No. 34, Gracechurch-street ; or to the following Brokers :—viz., Messrs. L. and M. B‘..yd, Princes street; Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Greystone and Earle, York; Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., and Mr. Henry Benton, Manchester ; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Yews. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Br tcly and Stainforth, Hull ; Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sand ford, Exeter; Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh; Mr. J. W. Carr, Col chester. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Te the Provisional Committee of the Direct West-End and Croydon Railway, Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201. each in the above railway, upon which or noon any less number that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to pay the deposit, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required to do so. Residence Profession or Trade (if any) ..... Place of Business (if any) ....... Reference.. Date ...... • • • • • .......... • • . . THE DIRECT WEST END and CROYDON RAILWAY.—The Provisional Committee give notice that no applieation for Shares in this Company can be received after the 20th instant. By order. J. L. COTTON, Secretary. 34, Cracechurch-street, Oct. 10th, 1845. PRELIMINARY ANNOUN,JEMENT. HALIFAX AND HULL DIRECT, AND HULL, GOOLE, GRIMSBY, AND YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION (at or near Methley) RAILWAY, via, Hipperholme, Lightclifie, Cleckheaton, Mills-bridge, Gomersal, Birstal, Batley, Hanging Heaton, Ardsleys, Lofthouse, Stanley to Methley, with a branch to Wakefield. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 600,0001. in 30,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 21.25. per Share, in compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament. The object of this railway is to provide for the above-named densely populated and rapidly improving mint& cturing towns and villages, a dirict and convenient outlet towards York. Selby, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, and the east. In conjunction with the West Riding Union, Liverpool and Leeds, and other projected railways passing through or near to Halifax, the undertaking. now proposed will form one of the most direct railway commnnications, as well between the ports of Liverpool and Hull, as between the great manufacturing districts of the west, and the agri cultur ai districts of the East. The population residing upon and along the proposed line between Halifax and Methley exceeds 200,000 persons, who are chiefly engaged in manufacturing and mining industry - to such a community a rail way passing immediately through it, giving a nearer and more con venient access to the Irish Channel and the Getman Ocean and the intermediate places, is an object of importance, and promises, when accomplished, to confer great advantages on the inhabitants, and to secure to the shareholders an ample return for the capital invested. By this project the valuable coal fields of Wike, Batley, foothill, East and West Ardsley, Loichouso, and Stanley (containing the well known " Bowling and Low Moor," " High Moor," and Stanley Main," beds which re now wrought to a son siderable extent), will be furnished, for the first time, with the means of cheap and convenient railway transit toHalifax and other large towns westward, and to York, Selby, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, and various other places eastward. The celebrated flagstone quarries of Northowram and Southowram, which annually export from Goole, Selby, and Hull, to the stem coast of England and to the Continent, large quantities of fll, paving stones, and slates, will supply this line of railway with a considerable amount of traffic. By means of the Leeds tend Dewsbury Railway, now in course of construction (which the proposed line will inters( et at Batley), the inhabitants of the clothing districts previously mentioned will hay the readiest access to the Leeds markets and to the country north of Leeds. By a junction at Cleckheaton with the Bradford and Dewsbury branch of the West Riding Union Railway the present scheme will give to Halifax and its populous neighbourhood the shortest railway communication with Dewsbury, and in connexion with other pro posed lines with Barnsley, &c. The same junction at Cleckheaton will give to Bradford and the important iron works at Wibsey, and Low Moor, the nearest route to Selby, Hull, and the east ; consequently this railway company may fairly lay claim to carry a large portion of the raw material and ma nufactured production% need and produced in that densely-peopled portion of Yorkshire Fron a point on the main line at or near Soothill, it is intended to make a branch to Wakefield of about five miles down the Alverthorpe Valley, there to join the Pontefract and Goole, the Wakefield branch of the London and York, and the Midland Railways. It is evident, therefore, that the proposed railway and its intended branch (aided by the West Riding Union line between Bradford and Cleckheaton) will provide the shortest route hitherto projected from Halifax and Bradford to Wakefield, Doncaster, and the eastern counties. From Halifax to the proposed junction at Methley the distance will be about nineteen miles ; and, although the undulating surface of the country along a portion of the line will occasion some expensive works, yet the proposed capital is amply sufficient to complete the whole of the railway, with its branches and stations. And the pro moters are enabled to state most confidently that the through and local traffic in passengers, goods, and minerals, will be such as to relater this urate.taklug One of the most profitable in the kingdom. The gradients are not unfavourable, there are no rivers or canals to cross, and the project does not interfere with ornamented property of any kind, The Parliamentary survey is now in progress and will be ready for the forthcoming session. The liability of the shareholders will be limited by the Act of Par liament to the amount of their shares, and power will be taken to allow interest at 4 per cent. on all deposits and calls from the time of payment to the opening of the line. A more enlarged prospectus, together with the names of an influen tial Provisional Committee, will shortly be published; in the mean time, every information may be obtained of the solicitors, to whom application for shares may be made in the subjoined form. A pre ference will be given in the allotment to landowners en the line and parties locally Interested. By order, CARR and NETTLETON, Solicitors to the Promoters Wake&ld, October 8, 1845. To the Previsional Committee of the Halifax and Hull Direct Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 20.. each in the above proposed railway, and I undertaks to accept the same, or any less number you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement, and to pay, when required, the deposit of 21. 2s. per share. Name in Bill • .. Profession, Trade, or Occupation . Residerce .......................... Place of Business (if any) .•• • .. Name and Address of Referee... ....... THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND CHATHAM RAILWAY, via REIGATE. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,900,0001., in 95,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. • COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Frederick Clarkson, Esq , Cha rman Robert Chapman, Esq., Vice-Chairman Samuel Brown, Esq. Wm. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P. Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. Dovrinnan, Esq. John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq. Thomas Stevenson, Esq. _ . BANKERS. London—The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury Chichester—Messrs. Dendy, Compev and Co., and • The London and County Banking Company Rochester—Messrs. Day and Nicholson Riegate —Messrs. Nash and Neale Portsmouth and Portsea—National and Provincial Bank of England, and Messrs. Grants, Gilman and Long Manchester and Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool Dis. trict Bank Petworth—John Stoveld, Esq. ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of 2, Palace-yard, Westminster. SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANT—Messrs. rontifez and Moginie, 5. St Andrew's-court, Holborn-hill, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate William Minchin, Esq., solicitor, Portsea and Portsmouth Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth Edwin Albery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurst Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerham. William Kin, Esq , Godalming Arthur Daintry, Esq., Petworth SECRETARY—MT. John C. Sommers. Offices of the Company, 1 A, Adelphi- terrace, Strand. In submitting this undertaking to the public, the premoters are influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con necting line between the important towns of Chichester end Ports- - mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in affording a direct communication between the two great naval and military arsenals of Great B-itain--Portsmouth and Chatham. The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the two termini at Chichester and Portsmouth, will extend the facilities of communica tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England, connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton towards the west. By the main line falling into the Brighton Rail way .he advantage of two termini in London will be secured—the one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London-bridge—the latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, and the several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be the best position for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions. 1 he line of railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from London bridge. In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate, Nowdigate, Capel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold, Billinghurst, Wisborongh-green, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingfold, North Chapel, Kirdford, Petworth, Midhurst, Chilgrove, Stoughton, Racton, Westbourne, and Emsworth, at or near which last •mentioned place this projected line will join the Chichesterand Portsmouth Rail way to Portsmouth. At the earnest recommendation of some of the principal land owners, branches are proposed to be made to Godalming and Peters field. The branch to Godalming will be from a point in the main line between Plaistow and North Chapel; and the branch from Petersfield will join the main line at a point between Midhurst and P.epton. These extensions of this undertaking have rendered an in crease necessary in the amount of the capital originally fixed on ; but from the increased accommodation which these branches will afford, the promoters of the undertaking feel confident that a com mensurate profit will result to the shareholder. A branch - is proposed to be made from Dorking to join the main iineat'ntuear Cape!. this', course the entire distance to travel between London and Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected betweei London and Port , mouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing a route, nose populous and productive than any hitherto presented to.,public notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of railway to complete the course between the Redhill station (near Reigate) and Emsworth. From London to Reigate by the London and Brighton Rahroad is .......... The junction to be made by this Company is . . 45 From the paint near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the Chichester and Portsmouth Railway is ...•••• •• • ..... 7 ~ Total distance from London t• Portsmouth.... 73 miles. From Chi Wove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and which will place Chichester in direct communication with London. The distance between Chichester and London by this route will be 62 miles. Trains will run direct between London and Chichester, without stopping at Chilgrove. Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off item the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected line will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth and Dover. From an inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct line between Ports mouth and Chatham, and in pursuing the line of communication to the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this line will pass :through or near to the towns of Bletchingley, Godston, Lirapsileld, Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Town Mailing, Wrotham, Off ham, Snodiand, Lower Hailing, and Wouldham. The distance between Chatham and Reigate ►ill involve the ; ad bttWee° making of 31 miles of railroad, and the 1 Portsmouth and Chatham win eaten 1 over i:e miles the To the naval and military establishme ;; s of thie Lint:don' t fy construction of this projected line will affor the most import cilities in the transit of troops, stores, bug &c. &c., the tardy course of communication which at present necerl exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually e ing over the space of two days, and placing them in that direct munication with each ether which, in two hours, or the reaw will enable the journey between them to be made. e The formation of a direct line of railway bets eon Portstr and Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishin, by electric telegraph, that celerity of communication so importa ut to obtained between places of national importance. art ter part The warm support of the principal landowners on the Pima of the line is pledged to this undertaking. The Provisional Committee abstain fro:n making any .01 the ference to the contemplated print to result from carrying into ` this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent of traffic thNiTs the populous and rich districts over which this line and its bran_c„, are projected to pass Is sufficiently known, and is decisive ori. Inutility of all contment in tat respect. Applications for the sha h res, in the form given below, to the made to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any ° ito a, following Brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and S. 01 4 Royal Exchange, London; Mr. H. Pritchett, of "NIP. 74 40 t. Broad-street ; Mr. Monday, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings ; Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; John Duncuft, Esq., Manchester; Mr. R. M'Ewen, IS, St. Ann's-street, Matta?, ;1 1 ,, John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leedu Messrs. Ridsdale , 31 `0, and Baney, brokers, Leeds; Messrs. Sclititz and Carr, br° lce .,7 o o. verpool ; Messrs. Hope anti Rastrick, brokers, Manchester ; gd Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth"; Messrs. Georg`r o tt wards and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co. Hull ; Meseta' and Leviek, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collie and Son, B FORM OF APPLICATIONS FOR SHARES. , sharebrr_; To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, P•rtsinotrimo Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham - - Coman. I requ p est y you will allot to me above named Company, and I 'hereby undertake accep t or any less number that may be allotted m e, to P off posit of 21. Es. on each such share, and to th ex ith ec are e anW th .df e " P l ari . a r am th'"'hteeisn'trit: Contract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be required of ise• Dated this day of 1845. • Usual signature ••• • ' • • • Name is fu11.... •• • • • .• • • • • .• Profession or Trade ••• • • • ....... ..• Residence— • ........... Place of Business (if any) ....... : .. ..•••• Residence of Reference ..e at* N.B. No application will be attended to except with 11 reir - '7 DI a banker, or from an applicant referring to, and who is kn e giS. some of the Provisional Committee. or the solicitors, or lossi go ELY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAI I ` W : 1 ?; In consequence of the great number of applications for in this Company which are daily received from country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary to to tion o f the Public to the following Clause in the Prospecr e d terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, be coralcm strictly to adhere : sad " As, under arrangements entered into with the Lrin " n anie s Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn an d D ere h am R a ilway Cor,r, o bjer: a large proportion of the capit a l h as b een appropr i ate d to the 001. of shares iu those Companies, a very limited number of ' ll3r at ion f °r is at the disposal of the Provisio na l Di rectors, an d no 111Wilfc00 shares therefore can be attended to, except from parties terested and of the highest respectability. By order, lo• L. F. EDWARDS, Secretor,' r-° - --,---- THE MIDDLESEX and SURREY - 0 4 _ j TION RAILWAY, connecting Uxbridge, Southall , ." AP" Hounslow, Twickenham, Ki ngs t on - u p o n-Thames, CroYd un ' Epsom. Capital 400,0001., in 16,000 Shares 0(25/. each. Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. TEMPORARY OFFICES-19, Ely-place, Holborn' (Provisionally Registered.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. its Anderson, John, Esq., 5, Lothbury, Director of the and Basingstoke Railway Arndt, John Lees, Esq., Ashe-lodge, Farnham, Surrey „,,oesit r p, Armstrong, Benjamin John, Esq. Southall-green, 2" Magis.rate for the County, and a di rector of t h e Grea t Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction Railway tOD ' Ayscough, Admiral John, Prospect-place-house, Son bap rector of the Birmingham and Leice.ter Railway ictor of Barnes, Robert Edward, Esq., 11, Mincing-lane, Dl Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex Junction Rallw a lv.seos Beare, William Gabbett, Esq., 6, Porchester-place, ConlULuf to r o t oi Deputy-Chairman of the Great Munst er Railway, D 07.46 Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe, the Leeds and C. of Hull and Holyhead Railways Bedhorough, James Thomas, Esq., Upton -park, Bucks, P the Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railway „„ Bet ridge , Abraham, Esq ., 4, D evons hi re terrace, ,21.10;0. Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horucastle, Lin ,0 4 land, awl Junction Railway Carter, John, Esq., Park-lodge, Stockwell, Director of 00 Trunk Railway Clowes, Joseph, Esq., Director of the British and Foreigt co ire, and Meter Company Costello, William Bermingham, Esq., Wyke-house, IslevO rt ,to/ tor of the Direct London and Exeter Railway e,P ir " Cox, Edw. William, Esq., 1, Torrington -square, and TeraP l of the Great Western, and Falmouth Junction Rahway Cremer, William, Esq., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the G r " Railway 13 1.1 Elrington, Col., Scots Fusilier Guards, 12, Wyndham - P 1a :40. 9 ston-square, Director of the Direct Leeds and London 1 1 7, Evans, George, Esq., 14, 31 eibury-terrace, Blandtbrd-gl!aole Eli Ewart, Francis, Esq., 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director a pi and Law Life Assurance Company ore et. irt o Fawcett, Edmond Alderson, E sq ., 1, Huggin-lane, W °° ‘ l ; tile V Derby and Nottingham, silk manu f acturer, Directo r 0. Of West-end and Croydon Railway e c. for Hemming, John, Esq., 8, North-b an k , Regent's-park, 4Th.--r ul Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway oft ile Henry, Joseph, Esq., 13, South-street, Finsbury, Dine don, Houn-low. and Direct Western Railway tne , Howlett, Henry, Esq., 18, Cambridge-t errace , Di re ctor°. st Vale Iron and Coal Company PIO ° Hutchison, Stepken, Esq., Lond on G as W or k s, V aux hall, the Grand Trunk, Railway Innis, Thomas, Esq., 29, Fitzroy-square toot Slo i Key, Sir John, Dart., 9, Kin g ' s A rms - yard, Co l em an -5 , a ges, man of London, and a Director of the York and L1 10 '" -- Liverpool and Leeds Railways. King, John, Esq., of Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames , Ths P IS*4 Lamb, James, Esq., 25, Hyde. park- square , Di re ctor 01 Western Railway sod Lawson, J. H., Esq., South-street, Rye-lane, Peekhain , 1 0 4, downs-cottage, Brighton ster' lo l Lewis, Kensington, Esq., 18, S tratford-place, and W°l.cellsiiroof Ewell, Director of the Ch e lt en h am, Oxford, and Brighto n D Lindham, Henry Robert, Esq., 8, New -street, Dorset-square, ti. of the Dorchester, Ex e t er, and Weymouth*Wailway Dr ,m ../ Macdougal, J. P., Esq. (late Bengal Staff), Firgrovet r oyal , Director of the Direct London and Holyhead and r ° she Railway of tine Macguire, W. J., Esq., Hampt on C ourt, Middlesex , Dir6-to r or. Reading and Reigate At mos ph er i c Railway p tln 44-41 Macintosh, George, Esq„ 27, U pper Seymour-street -° r d• - Mansell, W. W., Esq., Dorchester-place, Blandford -04 :1 . "' of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Margetson, William, Esq , Streatham-hill, Brixton, Surrey not' Mercer, William, Esq., Kingston-upon-Thames o f the !:,,11, Di r ectoL r, sp. , Norris, Caleb, Esq., 10, ..ancaster-place, Strand, chester, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway, and Wi nd- cir . 4 . Of and Staines Railway a— , if Parkinson, John, Esq., F.L.S., F.lt.S., 80, Cambridge - W i r t .iiirs iec tsr park, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Phillips, B. Laureuce, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's - p ark ' ~. of Direct ~': fji of the Direct Western Railway __,..„ 4 , , 4 k Ditto i 4 Potter, Wm. Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-ear - 3 445tra. 0 ,1 Pownall, Henry. Esq., Spring-grove, Hounslow, a „% ii . rfar d ' , Middlesex, and Director of the Great Western, Bra r 0 • . Central. Terminus Junction Railway D ir e Pynn, Sir Henry, United Service Club, pall-MA. O % w . the County Fire-office, an d o f t h e Direct Western lia".. go the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway ,, old : Rayner, Charles S. Esq., Kew, Director or the British Gas Light and Meter Company : . ta . oi Sum Raphael, Alexander, Esq. of Ditton Lodge, Thames D"'„" lAlid`t"„jol; Bashford, W.C. L., Esq. Norwood-house, Norwood - r ee q.et Ifr - r o f Reeves, James, Esq., Leyton, Essex, Director of the Di , Dir ect. Rich, Sir George, 43 Lowndes-street. Belgrave-squa re ' the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway D i' and Manchester Railway o rref , Ridgway, Joseph Carringto n , E sq., Roehamptotplodget 5 Fret rector of the Grand Trunk Railway IIA Robinson, John, Esq., 27, Charles-st reet, Middlesex m,, °- • ge for of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Spry, George, Esq., Surbiten, ICingston-upon-Thaures 0 Westbrook, Edward, Esq., Heston, Middlesex ore_,, , a Westmacort, Charles M., Esq., Kingston, Surrey ~.....e 1 14 4 ef T" Whiskin, James, Esq., 10, Upper Bedford-place, ITT.tr r etar Magistrate for the County of Middlesex, and a P . " irecO t Croydon Railway trhil l ' D Wilkinson, W. 4,„ Esq., Woodberrydown, and LudBa of the Waveney Valley Railway eV' Ele;r, Charles, Esq., Ho uns l ow 41 WO' sir It 0j Robett Ow en Al an d , Esq., Greek-street, Soho, and --°sloag one v! the Provisional Committee of the Wrind.4o4 aD i Staines railwayllo4lll Andrew Clar,, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the 0 Portsmonth hsii way Tslewortla . trste f '' t is Horatio Day, Esq., Major Jelf Sharp, of Jr eadow Side, Twickenham, a 311 g the county (With Powe.+o add t o th e i r num ber') Messrs. H Th a lel, Commer c ial Sm s i p t l r i a , b a s n o dC , o a n G , m i a iil'ilcssi L am bert , xt s o b rio g r t - H d ha ;: i... * ;; i i : Osisyro..... 19, SOLICITORS — Messrs. Watts , in K nirste n * Andrew Trimen, Egli* ~.. v et i. Or , and place. eP" :SEcitEmity (pro t em ).....w. Hare, gs4' e. pr oce, ott This railway is proposed to commence at I.llbrigola ) ,: 3 - 0 4.1 thence to the Southall station of the Great Western ~ pror o re• then through Heston to Hounslow, there meeting one oi t he line,4oll. thceeedssouththro-iyugehstWemhitton, Railway,Tw w ic h k e e i n ic h e a i m tw T il e l dding lines to Hounslow from London. Leaving dlounsbo''' a ilata , :,„ of procee d to, a - _ ro e to Kingston, and, crossing the Thames, ' joins the King and tero ton, S t oic etsui'ote at ,Epsom, est lm 00 006 The towns and places through which the line passe' , t it - a h oot diately affects, contain an aggregate population e 0 1 1 persons. vrxbridg .' AR P To the inhabitants of the important town of - „„ o us,, doe , presents the most direct communication with the tnetrToillieg t c it . ' r Hayes, Southall, se &c., contrasting favourably old cou taken by the coaches, viz., thr uug e pree ell AP I trwxibtlrii ~ig:ea- er sr . t :i tt u e , l, west il" 't li 1 „- cuitous rcute to London, by coach or omnibus to - , re sell , ( 0 railwayt ltence by ae accommodation, in G o r Great i o W n , e s t d b e e rn eo ß n e l ti livay. returns With the . F e shOW as of 30 per cent • upon the average of the last ta u j ,. e to ge ts o f The weekly market at Southall is second in imPort u t . r u ; ;; „ ell Pa' field, an 4 it is attended by the graziers and butchers ~, I , en d „, °° the neighbouring country and the metropolis. , cro _to. ' 1 Hour means of this line, and one of the propoSed iloe co unt,' o w to slow, which this will intersect, Brentford, the med iae rise of Middlesex, and the Thames, will be brought into .",.", e d to"aran d flexion with Uxbridge ; the traffic between thee:t-nalia the Ju ß n y eti m on ea C n a s n a al ls . o hitherto materially helped to produce the late lin e (Doll a and ZP °ln l u ir tP lAcei of this line, and the Croy don tOlru' A in course of construction), all the before-naeuu — lge s ' 4 t a - e likewise connected with Croydon. _. uxbrit,,,,ces The importance of connecting two such townajeo of 1110 171 0 c Brentford with Kingston, Croydon, and Epson ], , _,, Acc oura „psi' t th e l'r market-towns in Surrey, between:which the preSeTtt i ce a n ot o ast is extensive, is too obvious to require comment A . N - i o e d is ~,,, will at once show that the communication now Pr of th e ilOratford judicious, but, in order to satisfy' the requirelneuttl„.; dt 1 0 ._ 1 ' „," hie! and populous district involved, is actually imPer„.a o 'itt wit", ores' to Ux b ridge and the towns in Hertfordshire noru.. _....ft tO 0 1 2 , the it will be connected by proposed new lines, direct trr., - . o d o i ; o or, Western, Southampton, and Portsmouth liall w ,tc,tron , '„f , to established lines, southward, to Shoreham, ff.. „arts if„ail Ramsgate, and all the south and south-eealr,,,toreoce°' /bar kingdom, avoiding the loss of time and great in c ,":// 0 onslo!;r e. round by the metropolis. So also as to B rentfor d, Gret a W an d Df v.ctern lin the ft L st o o n n d , o a n nd an E d p ß so i m rm — in i g t hwamill,affaonrdd ictoortthheemrnacanceassLo tu o e w fr . orae , ; ~00;ote: this line, in connexion with one proposed to Bouti n : „.„th sill.__ , „ae tropolis, and the other proposed and established li .nc : i i" t " , " nof i s e to ref ae, of it, easy access will be afforded to IlaruP t ?! 0 doubt , t en , Ise other favourite places of resort. There can De n_ „ Lay A r that the passenger tra ffi c alone will be su ffi cient to F art ili ti's dividend on the outlay. ton - ° ° of O a he summer months amounts to about 18,000 per n „.,,.i o ...,,, t The average number of persons visiting Zi n k ! - dr The supply by the gounty of Kent and westerw.etiv7rot durzit,e, s s o ea u s r o e n e , o w f i o n u e l o d m , b e y sex of the north and north-western markets lt ll ...d oral a" tothitlsleliantlge lit adv OO P '" rta ; o u the .l lines o no' of competing with no line at present establis hed the sel er ` engi n D e it will be the means of connecting and feing the d 41 d, This undertaking presents the additional and inVe con nu . Cnejmbepanimmy. ensaly increasea, merated, and several others that are pr oj ect ed ; untrY , Sn no l' n eas y co a n d t o p• reports that it passes over a particularly r / idle ; 3 to the capable of construction at? about 16,0001. Pe , vocr „Die 0, ,,, , , rc on the line who have been seen, are L" to be dertaking. annexe wo ade in the a d Gals ste Application for shares must begin ValsworthY, an d fet e ri; The length of the line will be about 18 miles. d tbra 3, - r ai l f , solici Vos of the Company, Messrs. Watts, artier locally ilolb° , i e ; to whim also all coma unications from P,, , Ely „ p ioce,.. cib ot should he addressed, at their offices, No. I ,'% rto „, sq. , i nt ,, P u l o ,": also to the following local solicitors', dienrY '_ . 2., J. ge...„oslo e , C. E. Jemmett, Esq., Klngston•upon-Tharn. .cesiooto,,giaro. Hampton; Thomas Etchings, ESQ., Staines ' a 3i,r_ •,,,,d sone, ; t 4ess _, and of the following brokers : —Messrs. n rrilli:%ondollt ',,essirgr, ToWnley and Whitehead, alley, Cornhill ; Mr. A. Syin, TokenboUse-Yaricbeeter,o;_f; y , Tate and Nash, Bristol; Messrs. -Graviton.. .: ( 4 03 pbell „ , he 1 1 .° Liverpool; Mr. Allan. Di Y si r ` Co; Collis, Birmingham ; and Messrs. Borthwlea _.; , b ,„, or - lit Glasgow.; from any of whom PrOsPec tuSes ant' Y lIIP.OO. Thay be obtained. unlesl ac c° rtO No application w;11 be attended tote . rmi dterp, Ur "—a tohreluCQoyfummitandogittee, 'l— I J) °YE] • cmc crivvibloli, Ca No sl~rcl:old 4 1, 440 Co, --- The tov,rent-gari G 'ocAt object hy e I,°f tt 4 i t 't' t . 1. : ea : 8: 1 4 . e h:. I je l : I e 1: t 4: ' l. ' i rPn i. 041°eI ftle:etSei 16t,UC BSI thi b' land t' inhabit mt 'ttell " j°3 7 to, tk other, in atm Sr Det ti. ant bsti, cc % Will b e ' P,etin„ th l !or i , ,7rs, s. N I , - s q., sou 444;x4mes To the pit' qerni tr2 ol ern en, tiadei,each it t°, 4l t ,Larl'„el .to illtratt.4ll2as, k~~F, Sir se Free :11M41.1, ' I A V ta t , Jolm i ti 'var Rail Nay W ay , I n tc,r ato , /4 e a r l. In tzliejP°°l Ea c/a, o t , ta.!s (l e ' rs 4 5 a te ,, ` 11 (1 " Da t Capii D IRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD RAILWAY. No further Applications for Shares can he recelyed. The Allot ment will take place immediately, and th.: letters be issued in a few days. By order, Gresham-street (late Lad-lane ), O c t GEO F. HIRE. Secretary.. R 14, GE 1845. some or me rrovistonat committee. or the solicitors, or DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH , .49 1 1 0 CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTS3IOIJO CHATHAM RAILWAY COMPANY. "let • tbs. The Committee of Management beg to inform the public „ a tioP SATURDAY, the 18th day of October instant, no farther ItlVn id oo, for shares in this Company will be r ece i ve d, exc ept front locally interested ; and that after WEDNESDAY, the 22d c oo October instant, no further application s f or shares from SPY' locally interested in tho undertaking will be received. PONTIFEX and MOQINIE. • St. Andrew's -court, Holborn, Solicitors to the_c_2_,tivviinf E etc