The Sun. — London, England, 1845-09-17 00:00:00

ittovslhArtd, ( i ' 4 .--- \ - . l' r t. ~,---:.-- 4-7, - - i - ' :4 '1" F.-A. ;,, I Z 4('.34.i i. -!.... I _,,,-;';',.".--:' COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM, AND LEICESTER RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 840,0001., in Shares of 251. each. COVentry, This Railway will connect Leicester. Birmingham , a nd red by the nearest practicable route ; and was proaris malty ..registe and capital subscribed long before any ether scheme was projected for supplying railway accommodation to the district. _ - COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES. Present Propeetet bistance distance. distaltet• saved. leic Lek e .g at t e er r t . o Coventry ßirming ... Birmingham 49 31 . •, 24 :• : :: • 12 . : : This line will commence at Or near the arral.On station the Midland Counties Railway, will pass by or near of tle • manufacturing localities of Narborough, Sapcote, Earl *beton. Barbage. and ;Hinckley, through a distria most favourable . for engineering purpose., to a junction with the Trent Valley at Nun eulg, thence it continues nearly due west to the Whitacre station of th a eMirmlngharn and Derby Railway, and south-west by - Bedworth to the Coventry station of the London and Birmingham Company. The line will communicate with the Swanaington Railway either by 'meows of the proposed Broughton Astley branch of the Midlands, or of a separate branch to be fbrraed by this Company ; thereby opening the entire of the Leicestershire coal-field to the counties south-east of Leicester. The Directors, fbr the last few months, having Used their best exertions fbr the interests of the Company, feel it their duty, now that the surveys, plans, and other arrangements are so far advanced, to acquaint their shareholders with the position and ereapects of the undertaking. The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton line, '.which received the Pliavourable report of the Board of Trade, and •:vas before Parliament • likst session, forms part of the present pr jjected plan for connecting Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham. The Directors have, by personal Inspection, accompanied by their engineer, satisfied themselves el the remarkable facilities presented by the district for executie2 the greater part of the line ; and from eareilai investigation the, "Directors have the pleasure of informing the shareholders that th_ls undertaking eannot fall to prove a profitable investment if stirported by local traffic only, and with the certainty that a through traffic from the eastern and western lines, combined with tie great advantages allbrded by the junction with the Trent Valley for the transit of goOds to and from Liverpool, Scotland, Ire land, and the United States, its importance cannot be over estimated. From the extent of population accommodated by this railway —tem the convenience afforded to the trade and manufactures of the Midland Counties—from the vast mineral resources of the dis tricts traversed, and from its edablished, position in regard to other important, and projected railways, the Directors feel confident that it will be amply remunerative to the Shareholder, and highly advan tageone to the public. The capital has been subscribed, and the Parliamentary deeds have been executed, and the preliminary survey completed. A list of a new and highly influential local direction, and a map of the Ulm, will be pUblished in a few days. By order, H. CASSIA, Secretary pro tem &Dem aurch-eourt, Old Jewry, London, Sept. 10, 1845. WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER, T AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND SWINDON AND JUNCTION, Being no extension of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,200,0001., in 60,000. shares of 20/. each, Deposit 21. 2s. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House t idor Beresford, M.P. Wiam Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Clta!:rman of the Welsh Mid , land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Dire.7',..or of the Welsh Midland, and Director of the South and 31Miands' Junction Railways David K. Ross, Esq. Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the London and Maneile'....ter, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail ways Sir John E. "Seattvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir mingham rextension, and Director of the South and Midlands' Juneti'..n Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director the South and Midlands' Junction Railway air George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts, Director of the Chester and Mancheater Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Hir William Wynn, Ifaesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir John Key, Rart., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir Twy - eden, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dear.' Railway Williurn Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon don, Chairman of the Manchester aid Birkenhead Continuation, and London anti Greenwich Railways, Ike. Itc. Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Thorne) Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon don and Westminster Bank, and Namur and Liege, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Kinnersiey Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Make- Oliver Lindarn, E.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberys twith, an Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junctiou Railways Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Captain James. Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of Dean, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, &c. Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the Legal and Commercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of Bengal. and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth Railway Major Jelf Shar i , Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Richard Wl',iiam Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man shestee, and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc • tar of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Direetor of the Furness and White haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and Rirmitezharn Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail war, Will e .am Shaw. Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag lag Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Carpenter, Esq , Magistrate of the County of Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways 0. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Itritannia Life insurance Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South andillidlands' Junc tion Railways George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches ter Railway Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsiey, Staffordshire Samuel Parish, Esq.. Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England L'fo Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director et the London and Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and south and Midlands' Janction Railways John Cash, Esq. Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Jute- Von, and Northampton and Banbury Railways William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near Bicester, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Bardeen, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways W. R. Cross, Req.. Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation Railway :John Blackburn, Esq , Leeds Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Chairman of the Lincoln, York, and Leo s Railway J. 1). Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Henry Cornfoot, Faq., Old Palace, Richmond James Dorneas, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex G. W. Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdalalquare, Islington Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director . of the South Wales P:Li way Martin Furness, Esq., Director of the Nesstre 'and Sheffield Railway William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director 'of the Lincoln, York and Leeds Railway . Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon P:ouse, Molksham, Wilts, Director of the South and Midlands unction Railway Charles Thomas Ward :Esq.. Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House, Stratford-on-sew ea, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Renew Joaeph Brook, Bee, Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, bewS'ottrY, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc tion, anti South and Midlands' Junction Railways 'George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Previsional Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradibrd Union Rail way. anti Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Ilitchins, H.E.LC.S., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Birmingham and Oxfbrd, and South Midlands' Junction Railways laxnes Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near Coventry, and Director of the Smith and Midlands' Junction Rail way William Watson Prole, Eel., Therlee-square, Brompton, Director of the Jersey, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Thomas Cleobury, Es c., Ziackville-street Major Walker, R. 11.. Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Fredertek James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, and Alfreton, Derby, Plrector of the Trent Adler Continuation, and South and Mid lands Junction Railways J. W. R. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and South aud Midlands' Junction Railways Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's -park, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Underwood, Req., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Me tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London and Birmingham ES:tension Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' 4 - Anctlon Railway W. A. Hill, E.i., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Rloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman c 2 the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director bf the South anti Midlands' Junction Railway %khan% Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Railway, Director of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance I ;enieStny, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rithleay captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South mid Midlands' Junction Railways Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Englis Jertlein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway William Morley, Esq., Blackheath William Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex a 4 Suffolk Railways Thomas och, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway I. Harvey, Esq., Rush-hill, Surrey John Wheelton, Req., Director of the Leicester and Redford R a i lway Thomas Collingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex IL W. Wood, Re q ., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the North Metropolitan Railway William Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society Frederick Collingridgo, Esq., Thuriow-square, Brompton Warren Stormee Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Klngsmill Grove Key, Esq. ?hornets Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham Jeeseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction, and Routh Midlands' Junction Railways W. Lee, Esq., Gloucester-place, l'ortman-square Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May-fair Admiral J. Aysecnieb, Prospect-place House, Sontharaptort,:Direetor of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton, and eolith and Midlands' Junction Railways Major Grubbs, tastweil House, Potterne, Wilts, Magistrate Of the County, anti Director of the South and Midiands'Junction Railway Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and aildlauds' Junction Railways T. G. Newbury. Esq., Director of the Leiceater and Bedford Railway Henry Gerard Ohrly, Vag • Director of the Tr Lion, Valley Continua tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, and of the Legal and Commercial Life insurance Company William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, rah-acto r of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Tirocke Walhancke Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery Willi am Leo, Esq., Director of the Readirg Rail wa y H enr y Ravage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square William T. Thornten, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portm an - square John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway (With power to add to their number.) Barnum—The Commercial Bank of London. Cowsuerreo Exorstrea—Sir John Macneil, LL.D., F.R.S. ACTING ENGIN - ERR—William Mellinger Higgins, Esq., C.E. SoLiciroa—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street. LOCAL AGENTS. It appearsthat England will be divided longitudinally by four great lines of railway, which will become so many main trunks, intersec lase and intersected by numerous lines, both transverse and oblique, rapid and ready commtutiestilet with the intermediate dLs- THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAYEVENING, SEPTEMBER 17. 1845. tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle upon-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and earnbridge, may be said to terminate int elltlon, whence all places are accessible. The second lirie, `cekiriting westward, is more tortuous, and has also a common notthern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad. vast +.,s are materially restricted. This lino, .d ding the tee *ash Vale, and passing through Rugby Ittri ',ld, becomes a South ampton line by falling Into th Sltith-Western R ailway at Ba:sing - - stoke. _ . -- The hlrii htfiludinal line, or the most westgly, is more de ftctiVe in design than the preceding ; efuployttit the steep and narrow railway called the Birmingham rtd Gloucester as its first link, it traverses nearly in a !let iine the least populous and most undulating parts of Olonttger, Berks, Wilts, and Hants ; and, properly speaking, has independent terminus. A large longitudinal section Of Bit itett Miditaid district—a district Inviting it thiiitti iitties of accomrpodatka concentrated local adValitairee l Sti ll remains unproyidW with I chief trunk line And tt iS Otliemplated to remeft tllTh tEficiency by the present undqtakilig, or a fourth longiffedlial line. Adoptlikg Birmingham as a thithern terminus of the West Mid , land, Manchester. and Sirthampton Railway, it is proposed to, taitY a line through et bear to Stratford-on-Avon, Moreton., Stb*', North- Cricklade, and Swintinti, 'where it *ill Merge in the Booth and Midlands Junction Railway. The length of the proposed line will be **Mt sixty miles, and the district traversed by it Is gently unchtlating and densely peopled. At its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with the South and Midlands, by means of which it opens a most direct communica tion hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weymouth, Christ church, Poole, and Southampton. At its northern terminus, Bir mingham, it communicated with a series of lines, projected, in pro gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can ever be constructed between the southern ports of England and the great manufacturing districts. In the alliance of lines forming the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages pre sents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin gencies also. If it be desirable that the terminus of every railway should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re spect the present project is peculiarly ibrtunate. If Government resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lid , it will be seen, by laying a rule on the map of England from Salisbury to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this prospectus, as being on the DwSpesed line ; and actual measurement has shown this line tf, be the shortest between Southampton and Manchester by '2f, miles. By the construction ' therefore, of little more than 60 miles of rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es tablished—a line, also, however superior in position to others pro mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole, and Southampton. In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Company. Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq., Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the following gentlemen : London—Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 9, Old Broad-street; Mr. J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Hanbury, 4, Angel-court. Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co., and Messrs. Neilson. Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William Marshall. Hull—Messrs. Collinet and Flint. Leeds--Messrs. Watson and Co. Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton. Exeter —Mr. Thomas Sanford. Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Fulmer. Birmingham—Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright. Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co. Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Meßore. DrCallum and Co. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, ifancheSter, and Southampton Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot tome Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I tirldertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or Upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undert ake also to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers'•Agreement when required. same (in full). •• • Trade or Profession Address of Referee— • .. • Date THE LEEDS and CARLISLE or NORTHERN TRUNK RAILWAY of ENGLAND, With a Branch from Otley to Bradford, being the completion of a di rect communication from the Midland, Southern, Eastern,. and Western Counties of England to the Northern and Scottish lines. (Provisionally registered.) Capital 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMIBTTEE. The Right lion. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Belgrave square, and the Riding, Northumberland Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Director of the Cork and Water ford Railroad Sir John E. de Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir mingham Extension Railway Major William Beresford, Fall-mall, London Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Rail way, Liverpool and Leeds John Yarde Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., of Holme-park, Devonshire Captain Beare, Porchester-place, Hyde-park, Deputy Chairman of the Great Munster Railroad B. Oliveira, Esq., Upper. Hyde-park-street, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the General Maritime Insurance-office C. Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull Edward H. Barwell, Esq. ' Mayor of Northampton, and Director of the South Midland, and Direct Western Railways Thomas Caney, Esq., Claremont-square, London Richard Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway W. R. Collett, Esq. M.P., Chairman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and Esq., of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Great Western G. Colquhoun, Esq. Walmer Lodge, Regent's Park, 'London, Chair man of the Asturian Mining Company, and Director of the Man chester and Southampton Railway Henry C omfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, London, Director of the Com- mercial Bank of London J. Charretle, Esq., Park Village East, Regent's Park James Clay, Esq., Director of the Furness, and of the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railways C. Cuningham, Esq., 4, Clarges-street, Piccadilly George Faith, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway John Griffiths Frith, Esq., 11, Austin Friars, and Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway Captain S. N. Fisher, Junior United Service Club, and Regent's Park, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Direct Con tinuation Railroad B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway, and Liverpool and and Leeds Sir Andrew Pellet Green, R.N., James's-place, Buckingham-gate Henry Plumptree Gipps, Esq., Montagu-street, Russell-square, Di rector of the London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway, &c. Edmund Gwyer, Esq., merchant, Bristol Captain Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the London and Hounslow Railway Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds, and Direct Western Railways Francis Kiplin, Esq., Darlington John Knill, Esq., London-bridge-wharf; London, Director of the Wor cester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railroad, &c. Thomas Laurence, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London, Director of the Direct Western Railway Edwin Cadman, Esq„ of Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Railway James Steele, Esq.. the Mayor of Carlisle Lumsdon Mackeson, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway Captain James Macdougal, the Grove, North Brixton Joseph Madin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Michael Middleton, Esq., Darlington Robert Millington, Esq., Ordrill House , Retfbrd George Parbury, Erg., Russell-square, Director of the Oxford, South ampton, Portsmouth, and Goeport Railway Archibald Paull, jun., Esq., Devonshire-place, Portman-square, Di rector of the London and York Railway William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford and Witney Railway Colonel Edward Stopford, Director of the Asturian Mining Company Martin Stately, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railway William Tanner, Esq., 84, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, Provi sional Committee of the Direct Western Railroad W. Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the South Midland and Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten ham Railways. J. Wightman, E'sq., Director of the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway W. Al in i ng, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor (tester Railway Thomas Sanger, Esq., Exeter William Hammond Ambler, Esq., Bishop Auckland, William Hawthorn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Robert Hawthorn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Thomas Peacock, Esq., Bishop Auckland, Edward Railton, Esq., Broome Hall, Durham, Samuel Sharp, Es 1., Quarry House, llarperley Park, 4 Durham, Villiers Charles Villiers Sartees, Esq., Newcastle-upon- 1:3, %,B•trn Asg .4.2. U ai .a Tyne, J James Atkinson West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham W. Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway, of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway, and the Direct Western Railway, Edward Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Direct Western -Railway, William Henry Horne, Esq., Blackburn, Chairman of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, and Director of the Blackbnrn, Clitheroe, and North Western Railway, and of the Manchester and Wigan Railway. Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, London, Director of the Great Eastern and Western, and Canterbury, and Dover Railways, The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pniteney, Parliament-street, Whitehall, London, John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and J .P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Ro- Bamel's Great Northern of France Railway, of the Man chester, Liverpool, and Groat North of England Union Railway, and of the National Bank of Ireland, Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Leyton House, Essex, Director of the Direct London and Man chester Railway, Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Director of the Hull and Selby Railway, Thomas Eastham, Esq., Kirkby Lonsdale, Yorkshire, William Thomas Jackson, Esq., Tadcaster, Director of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway, Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hall, Halifax, Director of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, London, Director of the London and Brighton Railway Joseph Underwood, Esq., London, Director of the Commercial Bank of London Sir William Young, Bart., London, Director of the Hon. East India Company, and of the Leicester and Tamworth Junc tion Railway Robert Stansfield, jun., the Breck, near Halifax, ' Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, Christopher Linsdale Bradley, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, John Harland, Esq., Marrick, Richmond, York- shire, . Francis Morley, Esq., Marrick Park, Richmond, Yorkshire, Directors of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England Junc tion Railway. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. S. P. Hook, EM., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury Messrs. Redden, Baker, and Grant, 24, Lime-street. The object of this Company is to shortern the present railway com munication between London and Edinburgh, and to open up a direct railway communication through the populous and wealthy counties of Yorkshire, Westmore'and, and Cumberland, between the impor tant towns of Leeds and Carlisle. This railway will connect the lines south of Leeds with those de parting from Carlisle, thus forming the shortest route between Scot land and the midland counties, and the only remaining link to the midland d l cou s from thentiestocarssieisslte a n n o d rt so hw ut a h rd -e , as an t d of wil England ug leffeetthe th s r a o vin h o o tgrh f ee amittnk lines upwards of forty miles in the distance between the capitals of England and Scotland. In addition to this it presents the important consideration of a di rect line between the Solway Firth and Hull, the chief shipping port in the north-east of England. g. mineral. and an agricul tural district, will traverse waifivers:ffaord railwaymannfactu considerable towns, to those of Wakefield, Keighley, ilunfleet, ley, Otley, Birstall, PudseY, Knaresborough, Skipton, All endale, Appleby, Richmond, Dalton, Kirby Stephen, Hawes, Ripley, Bingley, Brough, Aldstone, Kirby-Malzeard, Aysgarth, Morley, Eceleshill, Silsden, Bedale, Masham, Brampton, Grinton, Carleton, Harrogate, Whiteley, Bewerley, Fewston, Reath, Botoughbridge, Wetherhy, Aberford, Featherstone, Sawley, l'annale, Morten, Thorner, llesket, Linton, Bolton, Kirby-Thore, Grassington, Burnsale, Addingham, Ikley, &c., besides very numerous manufacturing villages scattered along the line, comprising an aggregate population (including the ter mini) of more than 700,000 persons. There are no engineering difficulties, and the line will be one of easy and inexpensive construction, probably considerably under the average cost per mile of railways. wh i l t eh is th a l l s m l o tn i e t m ne u e s t t il e e e ss m t e ful t d v , tt h n t o s t th t h e e e e n e o h rT e o y u e s e pa e e ss e e f n i g ts ertr m affic _ facturing, mineral, and agricultural products will ensure it a highly !enumerative revenue. The Leeds and Carlisle or Northern Trunk Railway of England will form a junction with the protected Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway at Leeds, and by means of the proposed branch line from OBey to Bradford, it will unite with the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway. As this line will effect a saving so considerable in transit to North Britain, it may safely be assumed that her Majesty's mails will be en trusted to it. Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Solicitors, S. P. Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, and Messrs. Keddell, Baker, an Grant, 34, Lime -street ; Messrs Shewell, Stockbrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Taunton and Bush, Austin-friars, Lon don ; Mr. J. N. Balme, King- s t reet, Gloucester ; and Messrs. Wil- million, and Sons, North - street, Hoxton. , D IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY, (Updn the Broad Gauge), Front London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewater t espectivft ~M)ol;tlOhtklit RbiAreßed*.), tiplutt, t,099,0007.; id 120;009 ShareS of 2M. each. Deposit; 2Z 155: pi i Share. fitiVidIONAL COMMITTEE. The Wit, thanes Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. Jam'. o - -•-• ' Sir Francis Dugdale Aso-- . sartAVlrly Ileum Pewtol wilts Sir Henn?, . ; Ab be, Raft; ; it I.roltan Fredoiit4 ilokigabik ? ; • :i hy4rnit4ic,,i . Carltoß. Cleat& ' 1,14 - .; Eatliiilit!it'C% Loaddi 2 - calph- foi sor, Berkeley-square haric,l Barr BildiVin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street MA; reicy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32 3 Itirosvettor:plAce, London William Bradley, Esq. ' , Mannr Caks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchatel and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway S Bart 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griiiin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin- Ster Rank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder minster Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the City of London Edward Harrisson Mandl, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the south Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester•read, Hyde Park, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and South Midland Railways Donald Maclean. 1 1'4., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy Chlikman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and . . George-street, Mansion House John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Boswell Middleton Jonand, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of the South Midland Railway Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South Essex Railways Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-fliers, Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways John Addle, EN., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers' tire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the south Staffordshire Rawer Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembe Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon street, London IL G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George M'lntosh, Esq. ' 127, Seymoar-street, Portman-square Frederick Sony Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of tke Li- . _ censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of tke Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company Patrick Frac Jehaston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the Lenden and Blaqkwall Railway Company W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.SA., 17, Ckarlee-street, St. James's, and Ripon Catchbert Woodstock, Eeq., Grove-road, North-read, North Brixtea Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Brysuistone-street, Portman square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Eitensien Railways , . George Hammond Whalley, Esq., SO, Pall-mall, London, Assistant Tithe Commissioner William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Len • don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwall Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the St. Katherine's Dock Company William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Charles Thomas Wards, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and httibil Woo, Bedfordshire - George Payne, Esq., Sutby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles- street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor- place, London Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union Club,-Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way Company Samuel Baker, Esq., Lypplat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di- rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 34 Light Dragoons _ Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity square, London Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Homsey Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Rey. Chas. Fres. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and firming- . ham Railway Company R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham- shire Railway and Wolverton Junction Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumptou Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Wm. H. Macomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks Union Banking Company William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and Dorset Bank _ Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Tanaton Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dahell, Esq., Wallingford, Berke Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Kerle Ilabertleld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Troup, Esq., Hastings John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Direetor of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, Esq., Leieester, Director of South Midland and North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway James Bart, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and Southampton Railway Edward Norris, Esq., Clairviile, Manchester, Director of the Direct 7 I 7 London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways James Ogden, M.D., Salford Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of Tork and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford Union Railway Charles Bamford, Jun., lisq., Mull, Director of the Null and Barnsley Junction John Lillie,- Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South ampton Railway John Robson, Esq., Iletton-le-Hole, Durham Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and Midland Railway Companies Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool BNewbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office Wm. Thompson, Esq.. Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the Huddersfield and Slieffiela Railway Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of tke East Coast Railway Company Captain Bowyer, R.N., Devonport H. S. Bright, Esq., 1101 Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Mester of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar rowgate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq. Atterc li ff-terraee, She ffi eld, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Esq., Manchester William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rey. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com- missioner John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex William John M'Guire, Esq., Hampton Court John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace Capt. J. I'. Macdougall , Grove, north Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefevre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tringhana, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield (With power to add to their number). BAxgras—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhlll, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bell, Brodriek, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. SECEET.ARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq. ASSISTANT-SzczyrAtur--Charles J. Whalley, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED. At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq. At Trouhridge and Bradford, Messrs. . Stone and Rodway At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole At Tiverton At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth _ The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between London and the Land's End. Ina national point of view such a line is indispensable. With the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its position at the western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased. The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been set 'on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by railway. The object of this prospectus le to show that no other line than the present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of the empire." . - The present project is distinguished by this--that it is direst. It is as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Sheptun Mallet, Wells (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than any existing or projected railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) Is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 miles that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural .: sr. and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro jected with every chante of success. tit% A f osie s co.tplptc l i• of the liiie; it ig" rest jittrtztt niefchreit vessels contlnpaiiy detained in the ' Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at once e- inetr desUnation meang - of this iallwar; andth tr e ans iiib m ise tt_ transmittin g .' wit.m . h u o - utto gooletting nn eithet did' nt.the greet ototivetoi* of the Extd me', 1 # tie' 3 bttlll3 . Pfigttil oti the tXtont to the puns iili S&AliiirintWi cit i l tti *fiat eitetit the lif C9itiWedt, and thniklfiled agricultural fegaticei of lieionitilib tillaY be • 00 5 ,0 4 , ! ._ ,1 4t, the genial dentate of PeOtince dud m ou nci aontpeniet of Engtatid;" outset >i irget otopOr potj.of *inter idsitatitA—it •is Ndvidua Pith ihig Udine both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the amount of which may be - said to be without limit. A glance at the map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex rtaiencirsetroaoftdshmairicdie, accommodation. Recurring comprising rich and populous parts of So ni e, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of war, and of almost Incalculable advantage to the general and packet commerce of the kingdom; it !may not be out of place to quote here the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley, which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway); he is reported to have said :—"I consider that the corn munieation between the metropolis and the great outports to he not a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Fahnouth ; and it may be further observed, that a Proposed line from Plymouth to Fahnouth was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed to interfere with that great national object. The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par liament. _ . . It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, an co-operation of the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the kingdom. Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at our pounds per centum per annum (sl the deposits, and preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected with the Direct Western district. . . Appl cat ons or shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to the solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary. London, September 11, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. TO the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot me shares of 251. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 15s. per Aare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract when required. Dated 1845. Name in full ........ ..... ......... „ Residence • • • • • • . ....... • • • • .• .• Trade or Profession .................. Place of Business (if any) .... • ....... Reference . • • • ...... • • • • • • .. • • • . T HE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. . _ . Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed, the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged fer Scrip. By order, A. BARRETT. Secretary. Sept. 12. 1845. HROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY, 1 3 forn'ing, in conjunction with other existing and projected lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef field, York, and Hall, and Swansea and South Wales. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 700,000/., in 35,000 Shares of 201. sash. Deposit, V. 2s. per Share. (The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House of Commons.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di rector of the South Staffordshire Railway Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longuevllle, near Church Stretton Beamisk, Captain, Kensington-square litiauforls Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Worki, Shropshire and Manchester Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the , Direct London and Manchester Railway Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munsiow, near Ludlow / Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire Evans, Thomas, Esq., Chin, Shropshire Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, nightields Works, Bil ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews bury Junction Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilaton, Staffordshire Fourdrenier, George 11., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock Giiffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven dish-square Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Word, Essex, Director of the Anglo-Belgian Railway Humphreys, William, Xsq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont gomeryshire Humphreys, John, Esq:, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire - Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Elm, Staffordshire Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Ilopesay, Salop Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Millington, William, Esq., ironmaster, Sammerhill Works, Tipton, Staffordshire Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-flelds Ironworks, Dawley, Salop Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and Rotherwas, near Hereford, 7.P., Shropshire Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millneld Works, Bilston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Ryton .Willlam, Esq., Wolverhampton Shaw , William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire aid Life Assurance Company ; Director of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways • Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, fihiffnal &Wester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich Slade, the Rev. H. R., D.D., Wolverhampton Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnerth, Director of the Worcester and Crewe Railway Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi mation Railways Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Dire c t o r of the Ste L ad iv , e Summe r T, oesla : Thomas, nEd'Lgeed EM.,s Railway Much Wenlock Swift, Henry, Esq. , Eceleshall and Wootton Swift, George, Esq. , Elford - hill , Eeeleshall Thacker, Robert, Esq. , Wolverhampton Tildesley, James, Req., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire Tudor, Samuel, Esq., UPPer Thames-street, and Hull, Director of the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway Hendon, Middlesex Turner, Henry, Esq., lirevrood Hall, Staffordshire Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironntaster, Wolverhampton" Wainwright, Richard, Esq., S E ta m nw ., aL i C re o c u t r o t r , C of hu th rc e h N S e tre w t ß to i h rer Com. Esq., Ironmaster, Mosley Steel Works Esq Purslo Weyntan, Thomas, , NY Hall, near Clun, Shropshire Williams, Me ors. Wells,lV p e a b t y e r a rian n,tb k ri D dg . e ß n ul o loc us k e : James and Co., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron Works, near Stourbridge Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., B o lt on - s t ree t, Pi cca dill y and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire Wood, Peter, Esq., mercha n t , Manchester Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of. the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth, Salop (With power to add to their lumber.) as/fawn. Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury, Messrs. Cockburns and Co. 4, Whitehad London Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton - The Shropshire Banking IN C king Hmsa m Company, F_ and its Clegg,Branches.its Eog . EriG C.E. ACTING ENENZER. — Francis Briscoe, Esq. SOLICITOES. Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's lan-Melds, London E. Garbctt, Esq., Wellington, Salop, Local. AGXNTS. Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Jun., Newport Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretten Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries Sacarreav—George Bond, Esq. Offices, Royal Exchange -buildings, London. The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proceed from thence by Eceleshall, Offiey, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, aid Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale; there, crossing the proposed " Wor cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under -Haywood , to Wistanstow, in the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway." The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire coal-field, to a dep6t proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire, and also from whence it will be conveyed by the " Hereford, Shrews bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire and the neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to calculate the extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown and Llanfdloes, the price per ton will be reduced one-half at those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be I enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water. A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop shire ironmastsrg,f or the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of land and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey it direct into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense. By its junction with the " Grand Junction" and the " Hereford and Shrewsbury" Railways, this line will form a direct communica tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Tork and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales. As a junction line alone (connecting as it will inch important rail. ways), s large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving agricultural neighbourhood, it will be obvious that a sufficient local traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of capital required to be embarked. The line, which will not interfere with any property of an orna mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and will be constructed at much less than the average cost. Such important local co-operation has been secured, that no oppo sition is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure. of tic line ; and the lint The liability of the Shareholders whl be limited, by the Act, to the date of each payment until the opening amount of their subscription to the capnitalthsetocrukrt;haerndcpazerrrowmillt: Parliamentdmelpeoymsito b n l d n s g hca p ol a .i i t r a e f e u bel- rt eeo l n l u e rt r ob, call will not be made until the Act e oapuptlhieedutroutontalolofwtheindteerpeosstita,tatuldte upon of four per cent. per annual Maps of the line, prospectuses. • f‘ s o snt gr ehtehatem,b;ro Messrs,k London r brokers Messes. soo am, are to be obtained from the Secretary, the solicitors, the local ag r e n n oß tft il o to whom applications ham, Manchester c C h az es e t n er ov . eN, ;Nathaniel Taunton, LteozELsgiv.e,rpool ; Messrs. Green and Old sanhdemTerildpTlßtoorisstrsol:;BMruedasyraus. dTurstlaueyifanorthd C , oo li p u e u r ; Leeds ; J. Senior, Msg. for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may a addressed ; and it will be necessary that reference be made to a tanker , Solicitor, or person of rosponsibilitt. EEXCURSION TRAINS TO CAMBRIDGE. ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY. A .Train,, cOnststing el open Secon&clags and of Thifd-clats Car= tinges, wui leave the El.hnreditat Ii RA; bh MBtaitiy, tah , b 22di and Monday, :the 29th instant, at Nine o'clock, A.M., add li ettford at Half-past Nine A.M., returning from Cambridge at Half-past Six. ("clock r t ia, The ; Trains will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Brox bourne, and Ware. rare te Cambridge and back, from any of the al: 0 A nations, be. ha§t6fn 6unties STI; Et; 1445,_ itEADING AND REIGATE ItAiLWAY) . . onfieplliii the till__EAT WE ST RN;, SOUTH WESTERN, LONDON arid BRIGHTON; arid SOVTI EASTERN' RAILWAYS. fcgigtetcd, t(ttisafint to T 8i fi,Viet., di 110. Capital, 1600;060 inp,oara Snares of 120 each. Deposit, A 2 2e. pet Ntiftfo: PROVISIONAL COMMITfa. Viscount Chelsea, M.P. for Reading Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street John Humphery, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the City of London Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens Sir William Young, Bart., Director of the East India Company Daniel Mildred, Esq., Banker, Nicholas-lane Colonel Robert Douglas, ILA., United Service Club, Director of the Bideford and Tayrstoek Railway Major Jelf Sharp, Twickenham, Deputy Chairman of the Thames _ _ Embankment Company Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Abcrystwith, and Central Wales Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Bushland Hall, Lancashire, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway Major Morse Cooper, Wargrave, Berks Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton-terrace, and Broome Hall, Dorking Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey William Strahan, Esq., banker, Strand, and Ashurst, Dorking James Garrard, Esq., Pinner, Middlesex John Leveson Gower, Esq., Bill Hill, Wokingham, Berks James Hartley, Esq., Leaclenhall-street, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company James Hayward, Esq., Wokingham, Berks Captain Hodges, Connaught terrace, Hyde Park John Jackson, Esq., Upper Belgrave-place, Eaton-square Charles Johnson, Esq., Hennerton House, Berks Captain G. Evans, R.N., Headley Grove, Dorking John Keene, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland John Weldale Knollys, Esq., Reading William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-squaro Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square David Mocatta, Esq., F.S.A., 32, Brunswick-square Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life-office Edward B. Molyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, Director of the Shrews- . • _ bury and Hereford Railway John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., 29, Montague-street, Russell-square William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman of the Church of England Life Insurance Company John Southgate, Esq., Pebble Coombe, Reigate Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Gros• venor-squaro James Joseph Wheble, Esq., Bulmarsh Court, Reading, Berks John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Director of the Leicester and Bedford and Leeds and Liverpool Railways William Lechmers Whitmore, Esq., 17, James-street, Buckingham- gate Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway (With power to add to their number). ENGINEER—SamueI Hughes, Esq„ C.E. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richards and Rogers, Reading. LOCAL ►GENTS. Wokingham—J. L. Roberts, Esq. Dorking—Mark Smallplece, Esq. Reigate—Thomas Hart, Esq. Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq. Bagshot—John Mears, Esq. RANKERS. London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Reading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. Tteigate—Messrs. Nash and Neale. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Hugh Inns Cameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street. gECRETARY (pro tem )—Digby Fowell, Esq. Temporary Offices, No. 1, Old Jewry. For particulars see the prospectus and map, which may be ob tained at the Offices of the Company, No. I, Old Jewry, or from the Solicitors, Parliamentary or Local Agents, or the following Share brokers :—Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, Exchange, London; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. T. N. Bathe, Gloucester ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. Neilson, Liver pool ; Messrs. Newmarch and Withington, Manchester ; Messrs. Bingley, Rawson, and Bingley, Leeds ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Grayson and Earle, York ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull ; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Mr. W. J. Eagleslield, Leicester ; Messrs. J. Peet and Son, Nottingham ; Messrs. Mans and Home, Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin. FORM OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Reading and Reigate Railway _ _ Company. ItGentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each in this Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less number yell may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and all future calls thereon, and to execute the Sub scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required. Dated this day of 184 Name In full ...... Profession ••••• • • • • • ........ Residence.... •.• • • ......... Refereace in fu11.................. 1- FADING AND REIGATE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED after WEDNESDAY next, the 24th inst. —Dated 16th September, 1845. By order of the Board. DIGBY FOWELL, Secretary (pro tan.) Offices, 1, Old Jewry. JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTFRN, AND NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON TEGO BAY. Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street. Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. per Share. A Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in the Island. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Major-Gen. Sir Lore Parry, K.C.B. Madryn Park, Caernarronshire Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of L ondon,: King's Arms-yard Sir John J. Hansler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-areet, Belgraie-square P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster . _ Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London Major Adair, 11.8._Cluh, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng- land Insurance Company Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway John Mint, Esq., Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial Bank, London Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell Lieutenant-Colonel Ganes, Cambridge-terrace '. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square D. P. Johnson, Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director of the London . _ . and Manchester Railway Francis John Lambert, Esq., G, Kensington Gardens-terrace Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail- way James Reeves, Esq.. Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St, Elizabeth's J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Barbadoes, and Groat Eastern and Western Railways W. C. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Cork and Kilkenny Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National Bank of Ireland -- William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of tho Freemasons' In- _ surance Company Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coalsden Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General Fire and Life Assurance Company (With power to add to their number.) Enonizzas--William Gra'ratt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Plibrow, Esq., C.E.; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., 31.1.C.E. SOLlClTOW—Messrs.Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. BANKEILI--Sir Claude Scott, Bart.; and CO., 1, Cavendish-square; Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane. The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons conversant with the islan I of Jamaica. The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest Journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of 30s. per passenger. The difference in the freights between the northern and southern sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed ports f the east and north of the Island. The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at Kingston Harbour, with *depth of water sufficient for vessels of the largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria, I t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego I ay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed b etween the most important and populous places, and facility offered for carriage of the produce of the most productive portion of the island. _ . _ . Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun tains, which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country, rising into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar ticles of sugar, coffee, rmn, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other spices, dye wood, drugs, &c. ; and as more than one-third of the land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton, indigo, cocoa, &c., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vibe, ebony, Spanish elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will also bring largely into use the valuable palnsetts , and various other woods for agricultural and household purposes, and cabinet works. The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ; lead ore .is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver ; whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic. The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material* necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut tings and embankments will be generally superseded. A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line, and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ; —the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased to capitalists T the benefit of the Shareholders. Of the varic-is imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti mate can sea cely be given—it will be sufficient to state, that Coals, Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops, Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and Manufactures generally, form important sources of profit. The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re quired, and the speedy communication established between the island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, will tenable the Directors in this country to exercise an efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island. The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the payment of 4% per cent. interest upon the amount paid upon the sharescrotn the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line. Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43, Moorgatc-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors, 47, Moorgate-street, London ; and the following Sharebrokers Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London; Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp, Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson, Brtulford ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee, Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax ; Messrs. Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street, Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may be had. To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 501. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21. per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full • • • • ...... • ....... Trade or Profession •• .• • ...... ......... Residence........ • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • .. . Place of business (if any) ...„ ~........ Date• ••• ...... • • • • • • • • Reference .• •••••• • . • • • • ..... * Wood is prepared nearly u hard as iron, amt in that climate more durable. . . . . SOUTH MID L AND, or NORTHAMPTON and LEICESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. Notice is hereby given, that on and after WEDNESDAY, the 17th yist., the Offices of this Company will be at No. 3, Princes-street; ittatinittstef, By order, GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Secretary. 1, Gray's Inn-square, Sept. 13, 1843. ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY. Capital 300,0001., in 12,000 Shares of 25/. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. CIIAIRMAN—TIIO3IAs GISBORNE, Esq., M,P. DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—HENBY TOOTAL, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield William Collins, Esq., 3f. P. gbatieN Popham Hill, Esq., Lord of Manor of Bonchurch Sir RayfflEttld Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, Haag N. Harwell, Esq., East Cowes Castle Captain Thomas Dickinson, R.N. ThonidS Chi Mon' Esq., High Bank Cottage, Ventnor A. J. Drewe, Esq.. Elm Grove, Ventnor William Betts, Esq„ BMA, Mount, Southampton James Durham, Esq., Victoria Park, Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company George Sandars, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Trent Valley Rail way Company Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester Joseph Lankester, Esq , Southampton James Hibbert Wanklyn, Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director of the Trent Valley Railway Company Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the Manchester, Bux ton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway Company John Barff, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York Rail way Company John Lillie, Esq., Derby House, Manchester, Director of the Shrews bury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company Jame= Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company William G. Beare, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway Charles Lyall, Esq., 33, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park Gardens. ENGINEERS. Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S.A., M.R.1.A., Engineer in Chief. Sherrard and Hall, Acting Engineers. RANKERS. In Newport, Cowes, and Ryde—Thc National Provincial Banking Company. In Southampton—Messrs. Maddison and Pearce; the Hampshire Banking Company. In London—The Commercial Bank. In Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank. In announcing that the Allotment of Shares is now made, and that the letters will be posted this evening, the Directors regret their inability to comply with the wishes of a very numerous and respectable body of applicants. JAMES WIIEELEIL Manchester. DEACON and LONG, Southampton. 19, Great George-street. Westminster, September 17, 1845. PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS. (Registered Provisionally.) T HE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, Connecting with the Great Western Railway on the one side, and on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Marksbury, Stanton Priory, Farmborough, Timsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Paulton,Wellon, Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, Kilmersdon, Newberry, Coleford, Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, Crosscombe, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham, Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell, Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorllnch, Sutton Mallet, Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater. It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near the station of the Great Western Railway at Keynsham, and proceed by Burnet to Marksbury and Farmborough. Thence it will pass on the west side of Timsbury, and g 0 on through the numerous and ex tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western side, and thence through Babington to the eastern side of Newberry, from which there will be a branch ling to Frome, passing by Elm on the southern side. The main line (Dill hold its course beside the Upper and Lower Vobster coal works and Goodeye's coal works, through Meicombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip. Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side of Bodden, and to die eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sided of Ham, Crosscombe, and Dirtier, to the southern point of the city of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Coxley and Coxley Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Poi sham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt on the northern side Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell between Shipwick and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and thence spanning: the railway Into the borough of Bridgwater. The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs. The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers, goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject. A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied by a map of the line and the adjacent country, laid down upon the scale of one inch to a mile. EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi. B IRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per share, in accordance with the standing ordBrs of the Houses of Lords and Commons. No call to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham Geo. Frederick 3funtz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham John Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Colfield C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re gent's Park, London John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc tor of the London Central Terminus Company George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford Railways Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warvriekshire R. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Fitton-park, Bristol Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and the Worcester and South Wales Railways Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham Thomas Bollman Updl, Esq. Birmingham Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Hall, Staffordshire Major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Railway Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerfordyark, Wilts, Military Secretary at Hyderabad William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Director of the South Midland ; the Northampton, Banbury and Chelten ham ; Leeds and Carlisle ; Manchester and Southampton, and other Railways T. R. Wright, Esq„ Northampton, Director of the South Midland Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam worth, Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield Railway John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton William Boyden Watts, Esq., Birmingham J. Mee Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Manchester Railway Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birmingham Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wharstone Home, near Birmingham Capt. M'Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service, Euston-place, Euston-square, London Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance Company Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, &c., &c. John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham Hercules Hades Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, Glouces tershire William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham John George Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atherstone, Direc tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham John Russell, Esq., liandsworth, Staffordshire Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and Liverpool Railway Joshua Horton, Esq., YEtna Iron-works, Smethwick, Staffordshire Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham R. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and Liverpool Railway Companies (With power to add to their number.) ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E. JOINT SOLICITORS. J. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, London. Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Birmingham—W. H. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. H. Jagger, Esq., New-street. BANKERS. Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London. Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham. This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich field, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone, Sutton Coldfleld, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham. The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Unloo Rail way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway Just below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line, via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Landon, but will leave Birmingham on the west, which can only be reached by the circuitous route through Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles. The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de vised. As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked, it is sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income aris ing from the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingham, the emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated neigh bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the lines from Manchester to Lichfield be made. This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the North to Birmingham. The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each. A deposit of 2/. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers of the Company. No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent. per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answerable beyond the amount of their Shares. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or make Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present un dertaking for the benefit of the Company, as they may deem proper, will be ready on the day fixed for the payment of deposit, and will be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for certificates of Scrip ; and the shares of any Subscribers making default in the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited. No application for shares can he attended to, unless accompanied by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker. Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, and a map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offiees of the Company, 600 Moorgate-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from Local Agents; from Mr. U. B. Williams, 17, Throgmorton-street, London ; Mr. W. 11. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington, Liver pool ; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Farley, Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Milsom-street, Bath ; Messrs. Ellgood and Harrison, Leicester. BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201. each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de posit of k/. 2s. per share thereon, mad to execute the Subscribers' t.greement and Parliamentary contract when required. Dated this day of 1845. Name in full Profession or Business ... Reference •• •••• • • . Address __._._._.--------------vi-Eo and S aw '', sn r a 3111' B OSTON, NEWAR K, RAILWAY, NOTTINGHAM, 3024-4IEL'' _,_,,,0, s' 9! LANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY. Id s•v•P' o's nd Sbeffi e I teiltri''' Thelfirectors Of the Boston, Newark, a "fiction _.,,, the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands •• - two °ITO "i that $l, Ign,,f happy to inform the shareholders and the pu , •- t c i e motion of interests has been effected be the imponsol upon equal terms. The Directors can only v!sr/ i ub jert of,".; c ei vantages which will arise from this anion 0 ~'' :,,,.i la ndo , t l er congratulation. The Nottingham, Mansfield, an u p the vestt::;,,e Railway will, by its Clay Cross extension, open ul?, h i r e (0 0 ;0 haustless coal fields of Nottinghamshire and Derh.3?._, eof! t i t 6; 0 sun. pton of Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and the eWuTool s„eat through the medium of their seaports create a new omi t .` eng er Cuor and import trade. It will also pour an iinmense IT e, ir on '- 1 _, 6 0 traffic into the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield I,eiieid,l3? ham, Mansfield, and their populous districts to bt fe eerisf 0 :0 field, Manchester, Bradford, and other large manu s 00 0,0 in the counties of Lancaster and Yorkshire, by nier ita tisli . , understanding with the Sheffield and Lincoln:hi flosto „, .. 00 , the amalgamated lines are intended to join. Tb....„,0 the', s' and Sheffield Railway will confer an equal Went ue'",, 00_ ham, Mansfield and 3lidlands Junction ItailwaY,funiestPo,, only the most direct and the shortest mode of CO $0304; Sheffield and the North, but In consequence of the ot enotc l e p will decrease the expense of transit, and ensure ar _,,,,,,,ei in Lincolnshire and Norfolk for the valuable 51'1,0 d''' sources which the Nottingham, 3lanstield, and .."'''" Railway will, in its progress, nec essarily develope :l) ,... , Or . By order, JO HN DENNIS 'secretor!' T. IL RIGBY& Mansfield, September 10, 1845. G I 919' MANCHESTER and RV .- B D. ' RAILWAY, vii MACCLESFIEL .Provisionally Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of tot . Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. et l' il PROTISIONAL COMMITTIE. cbeit The Hon. Howe llnvrne, Chairman of the Hs n Registered.) _„,. to ), Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, -Ad Tild e Parkr•tt, h i d John Masterman , Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lornbard-5,7,0 pa, '.,' ; Sir John Pixie, Bart., Alderman of the City of i' ac i t ete'' rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Stea 0 1 patty Cit/ f the A fO r William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alder Man _,,,_° „ mop. London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late We' Hants ortn iSli."4 I G o eo hn rg ß e a A p d h am aw , James Henry Attwood,Seymour-street. P , E L l q ” ., W D h ir ite ect j or t°l2 o i Railway 4 . an Visg t4g P4 ' . k Joseph Brown, Esq ., Director of the .1 . 4 1. - d 01 of , IsTCoornraililllan 01 .0 . 1 alO I land Junction -.. brae- William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the I. te ..,,,f William Henry Forman Esq., Upper Than:les-An"' or O r Capt. George Probyn, Bryansten.squar• _, „rot I Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the Eat an. ytt i land Railway r c*O in ' J osh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Con O n- , t London, any ..e-el- The Hon. Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Beltrit;„ 40' a Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lovrndes-street, lielgrave-111,-,, _„4O fPr Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southanline"cgair',olr Sr William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pa11M5112.,4 soo North Wales Rawer, and Director of the °''. _ A I and Portsmouth Rail Way rairda'r Sir William Young, Bart., Westboume-street, /•••.• • .„,pl Ol Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London . t OW- u _ A I The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxfan • Portsmouth Railway H eta ° a de John Addis. Esq., of Rotherhithe , Surrey, ," - .0)1 4 ' • Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' •"'" Charles Anstey, Esq., Rugby The Rev. J. Harvey, Ast.worth, Nes\ bury M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester . „, William Fechnes Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-105%nopsw , Director of the Italian and Austrian Rallies,' `"-- Joseph:Browne, Esq., Bedford Catain Burne, R.N., sport a Ore William Bardg y ett, Esq., Go Old Broa d -s treet and dor' ~ Dirac for of the Italian and Ausirian Itilibrsi ear'' Samuel Swann Britta ir , Esq., She flied Charles Baker, Esq., SeuthamptAm __, A li William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the ?:- ve il George Burnand, Esq., Sussex.square, Hyde rar2 at , v William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bend-sw' A l North Wales Mineral Railway fr Jacob 130, Esq. Langham-place London actor of w Ai W. E. Boyce, Esq. Alkerton, ianbury, Du - West of England Railway P al Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch ol d 511 ' I Brady E• Director of th e Sheffle AO, , Pt- William . ley, Esq., - Railway, and Chairman of the Direct WeS te r° George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslam, North Haute Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq. Mark-lane, London H. Buning,.Esq., 11. D., Gosport hest ° John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreeve, Ma ne f o' Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-Place the Pi F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane ~dor 0- ) John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Du- 1 Cornwall Railway O' S S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bride, o f 1 11 Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Direow" O'• Railway . „. / el l t gi Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Manchester ee4, 6s 7 lsct 13 Philip Warner Courtcnay, Esq. , 26, Capel-str- 4 " P Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director 0 1 '- Railway _ i f Francis Carleton, Esq. James Cleft, Esq., Bloomsbury-square John Chu rc hill, eite Robert Cruickshan k hill, Esq., Bay, Esq.sw, Go ate p r, Director of th e sort 0 316°c h ? mingham Continuation Railway ge t William Dredge, Esq., Newbury .. v. Colonel Geo. Disbrowe, Cheater-place , Londolt.flocte, John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Ha, Sheffield , --L' 2 Wstern Railwy 'Min t Capt. e Farrington, a R.N., West Cowes, Isle of - r Nebury W. S. Fitzwilli am sq , Esq ., Old Broad-street, D...--- ret ie Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone-00517.0 Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogs.n-square ~,AfotelPS, Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Psliesr,4l l , Samuel Haines , Esq., Chad Rouse, Edgsbaston, git o So - Director of the East and West Sad Burning shire Railways Joseph Hopgoecl, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Pr England 11.11. urn Hob, Esq., Blackb Ate Ar' Georg C alv e r t Holland, Esq., Sheffield ~t o cil- 0 e- John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, 1, i f William Hill, Esq., Manchester We s ts l ~tIS John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East an d , t , way Company Ol v e l James Ho rn e, Egg., Clapham Common , Director 0 , don Railway Company • ../ John Flemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Ta w 11 Worcester and South Wales Railway ~,too t, st 6 T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle 15.- 65 - , /.., ~ Frederick Hewitt, Esq. Clapnam, Surrey . A t e , William Jacomb, Egg., ' Huddersfield, Director o f ' a sri of England nark Di rec° 4. Kinloch, Esq., Gloncester-road, Hyde "- ' i f ol d . Eq., ; Wales John Knill, E., Thames-street, DlreceOr of the tlll SI j South Wales Junction Railway Or o f . Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, ~"'" , V West of England Railway tor ° f ti 11 , 1 William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Dire° j ? Railway ler Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton , P tert William Lechmere Whitmore, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Bo ° of t 7 Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street t Pir t ec to i, l John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-etre' , , Esq., James-stre(l4oo, _ ,s . mend Railwa James Lees, Es q., Crescent, Salford e WO *" Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of tb Company If 1 G. 11. Leekie, Esq., Richmond 01 'I Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Tirlieg William Mills, Esq., Newbury se el 0 • Joseph Maunder, sq., Ashford John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Direc tor of [tie O ,t, 4 'I Peninsular Railway don, AO W. 7,lalins, Esq. Mansion - house - place, Lon er ele' South Sta ff ordshire Railway feorge Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre PO W° Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington OO P O Si Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill , L earai Se te R. F.Musheti Esq., Dirchin-lane, and Coleford _edp, of John Marshall, Esq. - , Hornforth Hall, near L e t or - NOrwich • p.... 4, '.' De- William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton , I Railway 9 I William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester of tl ' . ft Dirt'..- °f , George Parbury, Esq., Russell-Square, Plry..- o po West of England Railway a Rl° Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines all- Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London le /1 1 / 1r 1 1 John Clake Prescott, Esq., Manchest er r , 9 William Simpson Potter, Esq M ., of Sussex-gsdeeSOil 1 rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltestn Railway ~ B. Price, Esq., Rugby • / James Paxton, Esq., Rugby Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby ntictet c to / N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Stearn . ' 0 1 :i Southamton Stephen Ph ilips, Esq., Director of the Whiten°l6l . le Railway 40 01 1°' William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the ..--- c ie , lisle Railway 11 0 ' ~1 ' Richard Ricketts, ~ ristol - O' George Rougemont, E E sqß sq. 9, Chester-terrace , 11 eg--Kle e es, of the North London junction Railway % s't Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, F of the East and West of England Junction • Charlet Slocock, Esq., Newbury 9,;" Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury / the 0 1 , Chrithipher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director °'coior e pl is Gioucestef, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway 4 .1 t T. Bridge Simpson, Eaq., Deputy Chairman of th e , i De r 4 1 W. Shairp, Esq., Susex-gardens, Hyde Park ~,i . () c f John Stewart, Esq., s M.P. for LyMington, Direcw e l O f West of England Railway _. ifs Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedforu - 1 7 , London and Birmingham Railway P ill °' Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on - Avon J o 4 / et' A 44 Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park li iir Thomas Parley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Mallon (I, Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Se ° r Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort house, 4l" the Richmond R ilway of t r ,r',l) I, , B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay r John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, DireS t° of t ' ij Fire and Life Insurance Company c sirt °.s' / 1 '• George Whitmore, Esq., Austin friars , Deputy - b 4 1 Kent Railway a `. Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester 01 b p d W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Tarns ° Valley Railw (W ay ith power to add to their nuto be f. f. llo l' BANNERS — Messrs . Masterrnan and CO.'," ACTING ENGINEER!. ~. tor or/ Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westnpw , 1, 0 d l I Bracketone Baker, Esq. .Btfe ec ;ri tir :e i l l fiOLlCtTon—John Bethell, Esq., 75, KingWi lliarn II " e That another and a more direct line of railway is n it g Dr . fii , r the metropolis and the manufacturing districts 111.° ,,, u 0te 7- ~t ‘ el d now fully admitted, and the question is, which l' ,vl . ,'/ , 1" adopted. _,,..4t 5",.." /„., ,0, 0- co - ) , The above proposed railway will form the , t here, i ..1 ..,, rect route from London to Manchester, and will ' ot eco, P , " the direct communication with the metropolis at 4 .,•„ 0 -0„, ) !09. 7 ,o 1 diture of capital than by either of the projecte d roal "'" A is, 1 chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst 'e), the __,''o. o tes/51 1 , constructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 13 0 o"" prol e c ele e pr, A careful preliminary survey has determined Ole o INls t) , or ,61 f i railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rll° ll ', ilt ecis l e . , le ,? an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 360, 0001 ' i r- a r ll l IPe t :A the present perfected state of civil engineering, tin, h '' ; 01.4 e:,1 7 of the execution of earth works, will prove in "osc i ,, itOr - c oo t 'o ll real economy, both to the Company itself in th e ~ mon i /1 p d" the annual expense of working, and also, what is o ra l ti ee I, r . ! + to the country in general, by accomplishing, 5t,,, 5 . MS ° ,te l l,/, same end proposed by an entire and distinct u.." t 0 0 offi. Manchester. If IceP fi e 0 P These considerations have not been sufficient to ol et coil other parties who have also proposed to make 9, , r , S e ct IV ' v ps 4 to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the °P, of iig A valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the f c , ° „" o - i ps e velo: ti l e: obviously lose the advantages proposed by this '-'," od° ° 6 eS t ",lo l ..et', The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the 1 1 -' ° , pre p li , ~' r eS i ir Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, a itboug tit isP ti og o i r ly , , difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater ° eo piee,pes „II adopted by Parliament in preference to the msoY , h at n - ‘ ,0 0 :,r in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at ' ti ',I ' l lO fee t a der In the House by very influential parties. h oe I- Should it he found necessary, arrangements sue C i t e oe which additional lines of rails will be laid basc i e c e p n e reOl 0 00 1 ,4 don on the London and Birmingham RailwaY., „,. , ,ifo „,i l ' 1 traffic northwards will he abundantly provide ( ' l'';' e of „ c 01i', 0 , 1 1 ,4 This line also possesses the singular adv11 111° & t . to ',wel t/ vpif, shortest and most direct route from Manclles,_„ no 0 , o f 1 01 0 , S Gosport, and Portimouth, a feature presented ° i ' oea pee i c, , ,o o tc o e. railway. By adopting the Rugby and o%lb rd d osil l i t 'il ep e e f Western as far as Dideot, and thence the proPos e i y o lo v d i d VW . ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance by AP. o ft 0 19 010, Southampton will be twenty-three miles less thoo ly palZ, °,0),', , 0 , and on this account the project has been wo rn ', 'i t ailve. o IP„ptiA Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmou td tW e 'te l r S - ' l ` eb e ell 41 e ire 's The deviations from a perfectly straight lit w oe t er. tl o f P Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, or . . 0 g e ... 1 ,o ro ) t valuable buildings are very slight, and the 1 111° ; o w T0i .41 , 4 engineering difficulties of any magnitude. „'r ft° Ati„ P d if e". interested as a local line are Nuneaton, IlincKL e ' n '' r pe, ft,',.o o ', 0' 0 6, , , 1 t Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tuthury, M r , ll " - it ii_ u t r li c e d t `i tt e , e,:ry ott e , The Company has made arrangements Junction Railway Company, whereby it has se c :,. th e o _l tn e Of station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre o' ro . o' _ 1) 11 0' Os pc ey at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will 9 Ico importance to this line. n ow °c6ll l °e o lllsjj etl Amidst the many railway projects that ,„ res e t .0.4100,,„;,- mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it '117 2 511 t,tso°, t il " that a line that will attain such important r7 t , cov;,,. tis outlay of capital, and the time' required for ,„tertS''' without interfering with any existing vested P' gener hsl a ."tett haat a f I Th e 8 , or uarehol 1 n .,; n , , la th e I e sh Cain r, hoD C deeds w beYond inte;;'' Qn ' a nd A pp l t i all taade c ation 1 Lo ngo to the S e , qtibhi and 4eor e ' and Si ge B urnam 17:11;1ot-street, Mi wa r( ?° 01 ; tile s )ll4 and So h , eh avr narn ; , tsq., n r ethers Mater u P. tb iainpten. To the Provilioi req the ea tha of , n p , tal of th sig n requirecel, MAXCI b a l e h e Pro v i eiot hav e : f g r eat e. tabl e f ati 'ned ti 144, t °r raih ra , th e , 1, 1 1 0 !tt c ont . : Putti ng ° f the (v roviBi4T capita 1 Xes, r . Irdw •arci ell Si 14 ' 1 1don—, Ite I South am WtYcaour Ib LA N thi 'tk t 1 ' 4 1 4 he 4 k1t,:3 kritlh3 Datt 11456,, Iletim, litra, We) Arid Sid e Xzet