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2 • N ORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, and HULL RAILWAY, commencing at Northampton, and proceeding TAt. way of Kettering, Uppingham, Oakham , Grantham , and Lincoln , tu:vat to Hull. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 2 000 000/ in 100.000 Shares of 201. each. . 9 f l 7:t*trA 'f ; Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. CaVairral Ayscough, Southampton he Right Hon. R. V. Smith, M.P. for Northampton Banes Currie, Esq. M.P. for Northampton J. R. W. Atkinsen, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lei cester and Bedford Railway Company Mr. Joseph Adnitt, merchant, Northampton Francis Simes Alllott, Esq., Nottingham Thomas J. Arnold, Esq., Revising Barrister for the City of London John Abbey, Esq. Grange, Wellingborough, Northampton Sir Arthur de Capel Broke, Bart., Oakley-hall. near Kettering Robert M. Bates, Esq., banker, Strand Robert Bell, Esq., Manor house, Chiswick John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton-hill, Surrey John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton Mr. Alderman Brooks, Manchester C. Buachek. Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street, London Jonathan Barton, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Companies William Batchellor Brownlow, Esq., merchant, Hull Charles Holt Bracebridge, Esq. Atherstone-hall, Warwickshire George Buxton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton Union Bank J. D. Barry, Esq., London and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway Company Charles Britten, Esq., Northampton Mr. Alderman Bean, Nottingham John Bradley, Esq., the Park, Nottingham William Holston, Esq. merchant, Northampton Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln Thomas Chitty, Esq., Upper Gower-street Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-square, London Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex Thomas Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Acton, Middlesex N. Camberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park Mr. Edward Cotton, merchant, Northampton J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington Peter Coniston. jun., Esq., Husbands Bosworth, near Welford Robert Cook. Esq., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Edward Cook, Esq. merchant, Northampton John Robert Dolby, Esq., .kshbourne, Derbyshire The Right Hon. George Lionel Dawson. M.P., 6, Tilney-street, Park-lane Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone lodge, Pole • Edmund F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingstone Dayrell, Iligh Sheriff of Bucks F. S. Doubleday, Esq. Great Surrey-street, London - John Eyston, Fsq. , Welford and Salford-hall, Warwickshire Richard Ellison, Esq. Boultham-hall, Lincolnshire Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square Benjamin S. Fowler, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Northampton. Banbury, and Cheltenhim Railway Company John Fardell, Esq. Lincoln • Edward Fowler, Esq. Lincoln ,~~_ ~_ Edward Fisher, Esq. Little Bowden, near Market Barborough, Di rector of the Leicester, awl Bedford, and Rugby, and Huatiugdon Railway Companies William Gambier, Esq., Seacombe-park, Hertfordshire Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., Wilton-crescent Afajor-General Greenstreet, Northampton :john Cooper Gotch, Esq.. banker, Kettering James Genion. E qt., Conduit-street, Bond-street Alexander (ireig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London Frederick William Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill, London The Rev. George Edwari Hamner, Rector of Loddington and Over stone, Northamptonshire Frederick William Hamilton, Esq. Gloucester-place, London Henry Hensinan, Esq , Pytchley, Northamptonshire George Harper, Esq., Moss-debts, Salop William Herbert, Esq., Nottingham Thomas Hagger, Esq., Northampton, Director of h Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company Thomas Hopkins ' Esq., Nottingham Arthur Illymes, Esq., Methuen-villa, Leamington John halbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, London Mr. William Thomas Higgins, merchant, Northampton John Baron Hosse, Esq., Irthlingborough-grange, Northampton shire Mr. Alderman Trolls, Northampton Hon. Edward Jerninghiun . _ Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitehurch, Salop William Laycock, Esq.. Sheffield, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough, and Grand Union Railway Companies F. Valentine Lee. Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, Director of the Eastern Conties Railway Company George Wortley Lovell, Esq., Great Billing, Northamptonshire Charles Leavers, Esq.. the ark, Nottin;ham Major-General Mercer, C. 8., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square Christopher Markham, Esq.. Northampton William Mackenzie, Esq , Liverpool and Paris, Director of the Or leans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway Company James Morrison, Esq., St. Mars -at-hill, London G. Marshall, Esq., Godaltning, Surrey E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury, Kent Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square George Murray, Esq., Chichester Samuel Ogenham, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London Sir George Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Hefts Samuel Percival, Esq., hanker, Northampton Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire EthvitiPell, Esq., Sywell-hall, Northamptonshire George Ryder Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex Vaughan Prance, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somersetshire Henry Pysvell, Esq., Northampton John Phipps, Esq., Northampton Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester Wm. Rudgard, Esq. Lincoln The Lord Rossmore, the Levi, Windsor Mr. George Rands, merchant, Nottingham The Rev...T . ohn Lucas Sutton, Rector of Weekly, Northamptonshire F. Cairsven Smith, Esq., Frognall-hall. Hampstead inomas Sharp, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton, Danbury, and Chltenham Railway Companies Major-General Sleigh, Shirley-house, Southampton Thomas Bridges Simpson, Esq tutland-lodge, Brixton Frederick Seymour, Esq., St. James's-square G. W. Smith, Esq., Harbury-hall, Sheffield William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrare-square, London James Robert Spiller, Esq., banker, Northampton Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grantley Castle William Strong, Esq., Northampton Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall, London Major James Waller, St. James's-street Mr. Alderman Williams, Northampton Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, manufacturer, Nottingham David Whcatcroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Company George Willes, Esq., Flungerford, Betts John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of the Leicester and Bedfird Railway Company Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton-house, Stratford-on-Avon, and Luton 800, Bedfordshire The Rev. C. F. Watkins, Vicar of Brexworth rthamptonshire Mr. John Woolston, merchant, Wellinborongh Mr. Joseph Wykes, merchant, Northampton Mr. Mannaduke Wetherell, merchant, Northampton Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Matket Drayton, and Consall-hall, Staffordshire Lieutenant-Colonel Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., Brooks's Club Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London Allen Allicocke Yonng, Esq.. Orlinglittry, Northamptonshire T. Borwick Yzarn, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey Chadwick, William, Esq., Montague-square, Chairman of the Rich mond Railway Carlile, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hall Digby, Thomas, Esq., banker, Hull Sleight, Robert P., Esq., Hull Atkinson, John, Esq., merchant, Hull Bamford, Charles, inn., Esq., merchant, Hull Bamford, Charles, Esq., merchant, Hull Coley, William, Esq., merchant, Hull Grutt, Thomas Charles, Esq., merchant, Hall Garthorne, John, E q., merchant, Hull Hammond, Charles, .sq., merchant, Hull Hammond, Thomas Dorton, Eel., merchant, Hull Hall, -John, Esq., merchant, Hull Hubbersty, Henry, Esq., merchant, Hull Holmes, George, Esq., merchant, Hull Norman, Win. 0. Esq., merchant, Hull Ostler, John, Esq., merchant, Hull Pearson, William Hunt, Esq., merchant, Mull Petchell, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull Thompson, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Hull Whittaker, Isaac, Eq., merchant, Hull George Abbey, Esq., Northampton Mr. Thomas Atherton, merchant, Northampton Henry Broadwood, Esq., M.P., 5, Whitehall-yard Edmond Singer Burton, Esq., Daventry, Northamptonshire Mr. W. Bunting, wool merchant, Spratton, Northamptonshire Sir Francis Cockl urn, Dover John Callis, Eec., M are Ashby, Northamptonshire, Director of the Northampto: V t ion Bank John Chowns, Esq., Eriestou-house, Claythorpe, near Grantham The Rey. Thomas Clayton, Rector of Cottingham-cnm-Middleton, Northamptonshire The Rev. Thomas Cook, Rector of Grafton Underwood, Stanior, and Briggstock, Northamptonshire Mr. John Groom, merchant, Northampton Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Park-place, St. James's-street, Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peso'-, and High Sheriff of the County of Wicklow Hon. Colonel Hutchinson, Weston-house, Worcester Charles Heneage, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire H. H. H. Hungerford, Esq : , Dingley-park, Northamptonshire, DL - rector of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company Mr. S. J. Hobson, manufacturer, Leicester Ambrose Isted, Esq., Ecton, Northamptonshire Major Thomas Ishaut, Lamport, Northamptonshire Joffery, Egg., Northampton Thomas Michael Keyworth, Esq., Lincoln Jolla Lovell, Esq., Towcester, Northamptonshire Herbert Longhorn, Esq., Cottesbrooke-hall, Northamptonshire Rev. Robert Montgomery, Rector of Holcot, Northamptonshire John Nethercoat, Esq., Moulton-grange, Northamptonshire John Percival, Esq , Woollands, Isle of Wight Mr. Francis Parker, manufacturer, Northampton Archibald Robertson, Esq., M.D., Northampton John Reddall, Esq., Dallinp. , ,ton-hall, Northamptonshire The Rev. Henry Rokehy, Rector of Arthingworth, Northamptonshire Richard Whitton, Esq., Lincoln Thomas Wood, Esq., Arthingworth-hall, Northamptonshire H. B. Whitworth, Esq., Northampton Major Maidwell Young, Northamptonshire The Rev. Humphrey Waldo Sibthorpe, Washingborough, near Lin coln, Director of the London and York Railway Company George Smith, Esq., Oakham Rutland Mr. Matthew Sooby, jun., merchant, Gainsborough The Rev. Thomas Sanders, Vicar of Moulton, Northamptonshire Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lncoln, Director of the London and York Railway Company Rev. Zacharia Shrapnel Warren, Rector of Ancaster, near Grantham. Thomas Adams, Esq., Lenton-firs, Nottinghamshire John Coupland, Esq., Shellingthorpe-hall, near Lincoln Robert Carr Andrew, F,sq., Brixworth, Northamptonshire George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham Mr. Alderman Cullen, Nottingham John Eagleton, Esq., Belton-hall, Rutlandshire Rev. E. R. Earle, Rectory, Belton, Rutlandshira J. F. Edmonds, Esq , Ry2-hills, Northamptonshire Richard Field, Esq. Leigh-house, Lower Tooting, Surrey Smith Fowler, Esq. Nottingham John Gladstone, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company Captain Twlstleton Graves, director of the Leicester and Tean and Dove Valley Railway Thomas C. Higgins, Esq. Turvey-house, Bedfordshire John Harrison, Esq. Nottingham T. Richard Tucker Hodgaou, Esq. Birmingham R. S. Hutchinson, Esq. AL D. Nottingham Robert Hawley, Esq. Oakham Mr. Alderman Hooper, director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company Mr. J. K. Higgins, wine merchant, Northampton John Judkins, Esq. Stowe-hill, Northamptonshire Godfrey Kemp, Esq. Belton, Rutlandsbira William Lawrence, Esq. director of the Direct London and Manches ter Railway Company John Leavers, Esq. the Park, Nottingham Edward Lynch Hough, Esq. Grantham Robert Lee, Esq. Grantham John Manning, Esq. llarpole, Northamptonshire James Morley, Esq. Baaford-hall, Nottinghamshire N. M'Cann, Fal. 50, Parliament-street, director of the Brigh ton and Cheltenham, and Manchester and Rugby Railroads Mr. Fletcher Mercer, merchant, Gainaborough "larke Morris, Esq., the Grange, Oakham Charles Miller, Esq. Grantham The Rev. J. A. Nash, 27, Wastbonme-terrace, Hyde-park-gardens, London George Payne, Esq., Sulby-tall, and Pitsford-house, Northampton- shire Thomas Pell, Esq., Northampton Mr. James Pell, Sywell, Northamptonshire Frederick Perne Newcombe, Esq. Grantham Mr. Thomas Parsons, Uppingham William Perrin, Esq. Northampton William Wright Pell, Esq. Tlelesthorpe, Leicestershire William Quintet's, Esq. Knuster-hall, Northamptonshire Robert Rising, Esq., the Shrubbery, Worcester John Ridgway, Esq. Cauidon-placc, Staffordshire Potteries John Shepperson, Esq., Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company Mr. Thomas Shaw, beach proprietor, Northampton Jchn Tresham, Esq. Red Lodge, Old and Broughton, Northampton Robert Turner, Esq. J. P., Grantham W.lliam Turner, Esq. M.D. Grantham William White, Esq., Director of the Direct I,onsion and Manchester Railway Company Air, Alderman Walker, Northampton William Walker, Esq., Leawood, near Matlock Walkin;ton, Esq. banker, Grantham The Rev. C. F. Watkins Vicar of Boixwortb Northamptonshire John Weston, Esq. Hardingstenc, near Northampton Mr. John Whiting, Northampton N.B.—No addition will be made to the above list, unless any landed proprietor residing in the neighbourhood of the line, or other influential party, shall he desirous, either on his own account, or in order to represent the locality in which he resides, of having his name added to the Provisional Committee, and intimate the same to one of the Solicitors. BANKERS. I fowlon—Messrs. Cures and Co., Cornhal fforthampton—The 'Union Bank, and thelforthamptonsbire Banking Company rettoring—Messrs. Gotch and Sons ljapingham—The Stamford, Spalding, and Boston Banking Company '` ham—Messrs. Eaton and Cayley ,rantham—Messrs. Hardy, Walkington, and Hardy Lincoln, Gainsborough, Market Raisen, Bring, Groat Grimsby, Cats. tor—Messrs. Smith, Ellison, WA Co. En117:310511. &UM And Co. T 11 Stanaferd—The Northamptonshire Banking Company ENGINEER—Joseph Urpeth Rastriek, JOINT SOLICITORS. London—Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square Kettering—Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship Northampton and Welford—George Pell, jun. Esq." SECIETABT—Thomas James Searle, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS. Uppingham—W. Gilson, Esq. Oakham—Messrs. Ades and Adam Grantham—Fred. Malim, Esq. Lincoln—Richard Carline, Esq. Nottingham—Arthur Wells, Esq. Hull—Messrs. England and Shackells Offices of the Company, 34, Moorgate-street, London. PROSPECTUS. The objects intended to be accomplished by this undertaking are 1. The formation of a direct line of railway between Hull and rile metropolis. 2. The supply of local railway accommodation to the important districts embraced by the line. 3. The benefit of railway communication with the metropolis ex tended to a district of country, west of Grantham, upwards of 50miles in length at present unprovided with that accommodation. 4. The completion of the chain of railway communication between Bristol, Gloucester, the river Severn, and the southern and western counties, and the north-eastern districts of the kingdom and the river Humber, and its ports, including that of Hull. 5. The connecting of the two Important ports of Hull and South ampton by one continuous chain of railways. Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the London and Birmingham, the Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten ham, and the other lines of railway proposed to converge at that town from the west, from Worcester and from Warwick, the line will proceed in a direct course to the market town of Kettering, by which place all the companies competing for the line of railway between London and Manchester propose to pass. It will then pro ceed, also, in a direct course by the market towns of Uppingham, Oakham, and Grantham, to Lincoln. The Country lying between the towns of Northampton and Gran tham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo dation, not only to the south, but also to the north. From Lincoln the line will proceed bylthe shortest and best practi cable course to Hull. The sources of traffic vkich this line will secure are various and very considerable ; semi!' of them only can be here enumerated. They are, — Starting froth Hull the line will appropriate to itself the whole of the traffic thence to the Metropolis, Bristol, Southampton, Glouces ter, Oxford, Cheltenham, and the hole of the Southey n and Western districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it will secure the very im portant and increasing local traffic between Hull and Lincoln and the intermediate towns. In the event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not obtaining their Act of Parliament, then the traffic from the before mentioned places and Lincoln to the south and west, also to the me tropolis, will pass along this line of railway ; the former the whole distance, and the latter in any event to Grantham, a distance of about twenty-five miles ; and should the London and York Company not succeed, such traffic will proceed further toKettering or Northampton. The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance of more than forty miles, and including the market towns of Oakham and Uppingham, is without railway or water-carriage accommoda tion, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over this line of railway, which will be in the direct course not only to the west but also to London. At Kettering this line will unite with that one of the now com peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to London which shall he successful before Parliament. From the singularly important advantages which this undertaking presents to the capitalist, as well as to the public at large, the Pro visional Directors do not think it necessary, with reference to the supposed traffic or otherwise, to say more than that they fully be lieve that the return will be, upon the capital require], highly re munerative. The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the very favourable gradients of by far the create: portion of the line ; indeed, for many nines the line will run upon a water level. The lice will not interfere with any ornamental property. The promoters have made every necessary arrangement for the active prosecution of the undertaking, and for applying to Parlia ment in the ensuing session. No call will be made, with the exception of the deposit, till the Act is obtained, and power will be applied for in the Act of Parliament, to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum on all calls from the date of their payment, and to limit the liability of each share. holder to the amount of his subscription. The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking. The promoters reserve power to alter and vary the route, to'ex tend the proposed line of railway to Great Srinasby or elsewhere, and to increase the amount of capital, as may be necessary or ad visable. Prospectuses and Plans may be obtained on application to any of the several Solicitors or Local Agents, the Secretary, or to the fol lowing Brokers, viz.:—Messrs. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; or Messrs. Edward Ellis and Co. 33, Threadneedle-street, London; Messrs, Freeman and Son, or Mr. Cornfield, Northampton ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Messrs. Tarbottom and Whiting, or Mr. Simpson, Hull ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. John Watson or Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs Tempest and Butchart, Huddersfield ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, or Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. John Duncuft, or Mr. Joseph Fernyhough, Manchester ; Mr. James Scott, Birmingham ; Messrs. Tassie and Co., Glasgow; Messrs. Robertson and Co., Edin burgh ; Messrs. Thomas Atkinson ad Newcastle ; Mr. John Cragg, Skipton ; or Mr. Bamforth, Rotherham ; to any of whom applica tions for Shares In the under-mentioned form may be addressed. FORM OF APPLICATION. To t!-e Provisional Commfttee of the Northampton, Lincoln, and Ilull Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. on each allotted share, and to sign the necessary deeds when required. Dated this day of 1845. Usual Signature .... ....• • • ..... Name in full Business or Profession Place of Business . .. Name, Residence, and Business or Profession (if any) of Referee .. ..... •• • Offices of the Company, 31, Moorgate-street. - NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, and H ULL RAILWAY. No further Applications for Shares can be received after Four o'Clock on TUESDAY, the 28th instant. By order, THOMAS JAMES SERLE, Secretary. 20th Octocer, 1843. LAN CA SHIRE, CHESHIRE, and STAF. FORDSHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. C. Randall, Esq. Manchester, a director of the Sheffield and - Manchester Railway Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq. Edge-hill, Liverpool William Gibb, Esq. Victoria-park, Manchester Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan John Dewhnrst, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan John Lord, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan Wm. Caldwell, Esq. Ince-hall, Wigan Wm. Croudson, Esq. alderman of the borough of Wigan Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan Wm. Ascroft, Esq. Bury Charles Haigh, Esq. Manchester John liolfard, Esq. Rusholme-hall, Manchester George Holt, Esq. Willow-hill, Crumpsall Thomas Inglehy, Esq. Lawkland-hall, Settle Christopher Morris, Esq. Wigan ' Thomas Morris, Esq. Fairhurst-hall, Wigan Frederick Ramsdell, Esq._ Seymour-house, Old Trafford John Thompson, Esq. Wigan Colonel Robert Douglas, United Service Club, Pall-mall, London Joseph Gilliam, Esq. Hargreaves-house, Oldham, W. 11. Hornby, Esq. Blackburn - a Directors of Charles Potter, Esq. Darwenthe Black- Adam Roxburgh, Esq. Know Mills, Entwistle } burn, Dar- Eccles Shorrock, Esq. cotton spiner, Over Darwen Wen, and Thomas Eccles, Esq. cotton spinner, Lower Darwen Bolton j Railway. Edward Woodward, Esq. Gilnough-house, Bolton, a director of the Blackburn, Bolton, and Liverpool Railway - John Langshaw, Esq. the Honing, Bolton John Fletcher, Esq. Vale-bank, Bolton Harold Potter, Esq. Darwen William Gray, Esq. Wheat-field, Bolton Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Macclesfield, a director of Remington's Lon don and Manchester Direct Railway Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq. Longford-house, Altrincham, a director of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway Proctor Walker, Esq. Preston, a director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and other Railways David Wheatcroft, Esq. Buckland-hollow, Alfreton, a director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Pall-mall, London, deputy-chairman of the York and Lancaster, and a director of the Lancaster and Carlisle Railways T. A. Ward, Esq. Town Regent of Sheffield Jonathan Dunn, Esq. Lancaster, a director of the Lancaster and Preston, and Lancaster and Carlisle Railways William Fenton, Esq. Meadowcroft, Rochdale James Gidlow, Esq. New-hall, Ince Samuel Giles, Esq. merchant, Manchester, a director of the Sheffield and Macclesfield, the Manchester and Rugby Direct, and other Railways Robert Holt, Esq. Crescent, Rochdale William Hughes Hughes, Esq. Inner Temple, London, F.S.A. F.L.S. &c. John Hunt, Esq. merchant, Manchester William Jackson, Esq. Sheffield, a director of the Goole and Doncas ter Railway Sir John Key, Bart, alderman of London, and Cheltenham William Melville Lomas, Esq. merchant, Liverpool Sir William Magnay, alderman of London William Burdett, Esq. Warrington William Bradley, Esq. Manor-oaks, Sheffield, a director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway Henry Bellerhy, Esq. Sheriff of York William Byrom, Esq. a managing director of the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway John Bloc:, Esq. Tutbury, a director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway Richard M. Baddeley, Esq. Hanley, Staffordshire Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield, a director of the York and Lancaster Railway James Clarkson, Esq. Cheetham-hill, a director of the York and Lan caster Railway Peregrine Royds Dearden, Esq. Birkenhead Edmund 'Vernon Mackinnon, Esq. Lieutenant of her Majesty's 6th Dragoon Guards, Manchester James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, a director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway Edward Morris, Esq. West-cottage, Chorley, a director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and other Railways James Ogden, Esq. M.D. Salford, a director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Richard Raywood, Esq. Barnsley, a director of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway James Shaw, Esq. Pendleton, a director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Henry Stock, Esq. Beddgelert, Caniarvon, a director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway. Consuvrixo ENGINEER—George Watson Buck, Esq. SURVEYORS—Messrs. Nevins and Lawton, Manchester. JOINT SOLICITORS. William Burdett, Esq. Company's offices, 6, Marsden- Messrs. Dearden anti Molesworth street, Manchester. SOLICITORS AT BOLTON—Messrs. Winder amid Broadbent. SECRETARY—W. B. Harrison, Esq. BANKF:BS. London —The Commercial Bank of London Bolton — ;Messrs. k Rochdale—Messrs. Fentons and Roby. PROSPECTUS. This important line of railway will commence at a point on the Manchester and Bolton Railway, between Bolton and Farnworth, running thence In a direct line through Worsley and Patricroft to a point on the Manchester South Junction and Altrinchain Railway, with which it will farm a junction, to Cheadle, where it will unite with the Macclesfield branch of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway, by which means a direct railway communication will be opened with Macclesfield, and the various lines of railway proposed to terminate there. The great advantage to be derived from a communication between Bolton and Altrineham, and via Cheadle with Macclesfield, will at once be seen on reference to the map, not only as a feeder and chan nel of communication between existing and projected lines, but also as supplying the link wanting in the chain of direct communication between Bolton, Blackburn, and a very large extent of the populous manufacturing districts and towns of the central part of the county of Lancaster, with the Staffordshire Potteries, the great iron dis tricts, Birmingham, and the metropolis, and consequently the inter mediate places in the lines of the various existing and projected railways between Manchester, Macclesfield, and the whole of the southern portion of the kingdom. An important feature in this undertaking is, that whilst it will, by means of existing and projecting lines, open up to the immense agri cultural and inanufacturing population of Warwickshire, Stafford shire, and Cheshire, a direct communication with Southport, Black pool, and the ether watering-places situate on the coast of Lanca shire; it will likewise form a continuation of the proposed direct lines from London (via Macclesfield) to Edinburgh and Glasgow, either by Fleetwood upon Wyre, or by the Lancaster and Carlisle lines. 'the saving of distance between Macclesfield and Bolton being im portant, whilst the great Int unavoidable delays which must be in curred in passing through the different termini in Manchester will be obviated. Another important feature in this enterprise is, that it will not materially affect any existing or contemplated lines, and that it will be able, by uniting itself with them, and with ether projected lines, and lines now in the course of formation, to increase their mu tual traffic to a considerable extent both in passengers and goods ; and being the means of establishing a principle of reciprocity, cannot in any manner injure any existing interests. To the town of Bolton and its neighbouring extensive coal fields, it is obvious this line will secure the most important advan tages by its connexion with existing lines, and others projected which will centre there. It need hardly be added that with all these advantages, a most important traffic for passengers and goods may be relied upon, independent of which, as the line itself presents no engineering difficulties, or other obstacles of importance, and will be executed at an expense far below the ordinary average, the most i ample security to the capitalist is offered. The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliament is obtained, and power will be reserved in the Act to allow 4/. per cent. interest on all calls. A certain number of shares will be reserved for the landowners and others having local interests in the line, and who are friendly to Ws interests of this Company. SZN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVEN! PROSPECTUS OF THE LINCOLN -- A - K - YORTHAMPTON RAILWAY (Originally registered under the name of the Hull, Great Grimsby, and Southampton Direct Raiway), connecting Great Grimsby with the South Midland Railway, forming a direct communication be tween the ports of Hull and Southampton. Capital 1,500,000/., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. (Provisionally Registered pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.) raovistortar. COMMITTEE. _tyre, —, Esq. M.D. Hull Alexander, Abraham, Hull, Lullington-house, Leamington Acton, Joseph, Esq. Wigan Addison, George Wilson, Esq. Hall-fleld, Bradford, director of the West Yorkshire Ralluray Company Ackroyd —, Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds and Carlisle Rahway Company, &c. Ashpitel, William Hurst, Esq. 11, Clement's-lane, Lombard-street, magistrate for the county of Middlesex Bradley, William, Esq. Manor-oaks, Sheffield, director of the Shef field and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companics Brittain, Samuel Swan, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Oxford, South ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the East and West of England, and the Ely and Wisbeach Railway Companies Burgess, John, E q. Boronghreeve of Manchester, director of the London and Manchester Direct, and the Direct Manchester and Chester Railway Companies Betteridge, Abraham, Esq. London, dhector of the Metropolitan Junction, and the Great Grimsby and Midland Railway Company Bicknell, J. A. Esq. Bristol, director of the Stafford and Shrewsbury, and of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway Company Byrom, William, Esq. Oldham, director of the Oldham District, the York and Lancaster, and London, Bristol, and South Wales Rail way Coml. antes Byrom, Thomas, Esq. Alderman, Wigan, director of the Cheltenam, Oxford, and London Railway Company Brown, Joseph, Esq. Bedford Burrows, Josiah, Eeq. Castle-house, Comersal, Leeds Bullivant, Job, Esq. East Rettbrd, director of the Sheffield and Lin- colnshire Railway Company Bateman, Samuel, Esq. Croft-house, near Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Midland and Thirsk Railway companies Bramall, Thomas, Esq. Tainworth Butterfield, John, Esq. Keighlty Brook, Joseph, jun. Esq. Greenhead, near Huddersfield Beverley, William, Esq. Potter Newton, near Leeds, director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company, &c. Beloley, Joseph, Esq. 14, Stanhope. street, Regent's-park Betts, William, Esq. Bevis-mount, Southampton Bentley, Nathan, Esq. Horton, near Leeds, director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway Burgiss, John, Es 4. St. James's-square, Manchester Barnsby, Thomas, Esq. Gomersal Cadman, Edwin, Esq Weetbourne house, Sheffield, director of the Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire, and Salisbury and Swindon Rail way Companies Cameron, J. Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and Mid land Railway Company Caldwell, William; Esq. Alderman, Wigan, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the York and Lancaster Railway Com panies, &c: Crowdson, William, Esq. Wigan Clark. Jeremiah, Esq. 11 l/ s , Union-court, Broad-street, London, director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company Coventry, Millis, Esq. White Hart-court, Lombard-street, London, director of the Britannia Life Assurance Company Cook, —, Esq. Gainsborough Carlisle, Thomas, Esq. Clifton, Bristol, 6, Hyde Park-place West, Chairman of the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings Railway Company Chapman, E. Esq. Gibson-square, London, director of the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction Coupland, Edward, Esq. Boston Collinson, William, Esq. Hull Chapman, R. Esq. director of the Manchester, Rugby, and South ampton Railway Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Peasling-hall, and Leicester Darlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire, director and treasurer of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Com pany, &c. Duffield, Francis, Esq. Bolton-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Searroft-lodge, Leeds, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Keighley, Halifax, and Hud dersfield Railway Company Daykene, the Rev. J. 0. Lircoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c. magistrate of the county Douglas, Samuel, Esq. l'octors'-commons, director of the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South Western Railway Junction Downes, C. Esq. Warwick-street, Golden-square, London, director of the South Midland, and Northampton and Banbury Railway Company Dizon, John Alcock, Esq. Burnley, Lancashire Assurance Com pany Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse-hill, director of the Grand Trunk Railway Driffield, William, Esq. Bondbud-house, Knaresborough Eccles, William, Esq. 59, Old Broad-street, London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midlands, and of the Metropolitan Junction Railway Companies Eaton, James, Cleckheaton, York Elsworth, E.; Esq., Sandford-house, Kirkstall, near Leeds Edens, Joel, Esq. Northampton Etheredge, F. W., Esq. Park-street, Westminster, director of the Liverp ol and Derby Railway Company, &c. Farrar, Timothy, jun., Esq. Wragley-house, Wakefield Fitch, Colone', York-terrace, Regent's-park, director of the York ancliganchester Railway Gordon, Esq. M.D. Hull Green, George, Esq. Pontefract, director of the Great Leeds and Lon don Direct Railway Company Golismith, Charles, Esq. Friday-street, London, director of the Man chester and Rugby Railway Company Garty, F. 8., Esq. Chepstow-place, Camberwell, director of the Lin colnshire and Eastern Counties, and the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Railway Company Greaves, A. G. Esq. Derby Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham Graves, Henry Swan, Esq. Exley-bank-lodge, Halifax, director of the Great Leeds and London, and the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Keighley Railway Companies Hattersley, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire Ideeles, Thomas, Esq. Skipton Castle, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, and the Lancashire and North Yorkshire Railway Companies Hillyard, Clark, Esq. Thorpclands, near Northampton, President of the Northamptonshire Farming Society Hewlett, T. B. Esq. Northampton Holmes, Isaac, Esq. Liverpool Halferd, John, Esq. Itusholm-house, near Manchester Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield, director of Manchester, Hudders field, and Great Grimsby Railway Company Haigh, Thomas. Esq. Newlay, near Leeds, director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway Company Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke-street, St. James's, director of Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, Midland Counties, and Birmingham Railway Companies Heygate, R. B. Esq. Market Harborongh Hollingworth, James, Esq , London-terrace, Derby Isaacson, Rev. Stephen, Berners-street, director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c. Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c. Johnson, Samuel, Esq. Halifax, Director of the Leeds, York. and Midland Railway Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct Lon don and Manchester, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Ross and Kil kenny, and director of the York and Lancaster Railway Com panies Kidley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield Kuper, William. Esq. Camberwell, director of the London and Wind sor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies Lowthorp, Sir William, Hull, chairman of the Hull and Barnsley, and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan Morton, F. Esq. Bootle; near Liverpool, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Morton, 11. J. Esq. C. E. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Hull, Halton, and Northern Union Railway M'Crea, H. C., Esq. the Haugh, Halifax Mesham, W. 'R. Esq. St. Loyes, Bedford, director of the North ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Magnay, Sir William, Bart. Alderman, London M'Swinney, Joseph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company, &c. &c. Newen, George, Esq. Hyde-park-terrace Needham, the Hon. Francis, Fairfield-lodge, Kensington Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds, director of the Leeds, York, and 3114 land Railway Company Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and Liverpool Railway Company Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the Direct Western Railway Company Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester Powell, S. H. Esq. Foxley-cottages. North Brixton, director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company Preston, Thomas B. Skipton Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby Reynolds, James, Esq., merchant, Manchester Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley Junction Railway Company, &c. Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West Yorkshire Railway Company, &c. Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, Chairman of the Manchester, Wigan, and Southampton Railway Company Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director of the York and Lancaster Railway Riddell. R. A. Esq. 23, 13ryanstonsstreet, Portman-square, Chair man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail way Company Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq., Birstal, near Leeds, director of the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c. Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the Great Western, and Southern and Eastern Railway Company Ramsden, T. Esq. Clothingley, sear Bradford, Yorkshire Renshaw, James. Esq. Lombard-street, London, and West Heath house, Erith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South Star fonishire Junction Railway Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company Rogers, Thomas, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the Liverpool and Derby, and the North and Eastern Riding Junction Railway Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moor-house, near Tuxford, Notts Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln Scriven, J.W. Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds 'and London Railway Company Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmondwicke, Yorkshire, director of the Great Northern and Southern Railway Compaq Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shilliber-hall, Halifax Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble-coombe, near Dorking, director of :the Reading and Reigate Railway Company Southgate, John, Jun. Esq. Old Change, director of the Grand Junction, Great Western, and South Western Railway Junction Scott, William, Esq. Haworth, near York, a provisional director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway Thorns m, Janice, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Rail way Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tux ford, Notts Wright, Major-Gen. It. E. Gloucester-place, Portman-square Whitehead, William Dossa, Esq. Derby-house, Cheetwood, Mans chester Wilson, William, Esq. 3, Devonport-street, Sussex-square Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire Wiggleaworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax Wright, T. S. Esq. Northampton, director of the South Midlands, and the 111111 and Lincoln Direct Railway Companies Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endcliffe hall, Sheffield White, IV. Esq. Fitzroy-square Witham, James, Esq. 49, Eaton-square, director of the Direct London and Liverpool Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire Wade, Edwin, Esq. Yo r k, a provisional director of the York, Leeds, and Midland Junction Railway George, n l d a E G u s l q r , e . a E li t sq a G l . d ifa l Huddersfield, Railway Companyersfield, director of th e M anc h es t er , England,a I Yates,f Midland, an W. d Marshall, John, Esq. Northampton, magistrate for the borough Robinson, Henry, Esq. Gainsborough Baldrey, Robert G. Esq. Halifax Groom, John, Esq. Northampton Wilkinson, J. Esq.' Wakefield Waller, Thomas, Esq. the Rookery, Woodbridge Dennis, Geo. Esq. 43, Pall-mall, director of the Erewash Valley R ail way Company Walker, T. K. L. Esq. York Evans Chas. Esq. Kennington Willett, Thee. Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company ENGINEERS. Francis Giles, Esq. Alfred Giles, Esq. BANKERS. Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Cocks, Charing-cross. SOLICITOR—George Smith, Esq. 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Gun:t han Chambers, Basinghall-street. Secarrany—Joshua Brandon, Esq. Offices, No. 2, Guildhall Chambers, flasinghall-street. This Company is formed for the purpose of establishing direct rail way communication between the important ports of Ha, Great Grimsby, and Southampton. It is intended to effect this desirable object by the construction of a line of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham, Oak ham, Cppingharn, near to Rockingham and Rothwell, and joining the South Midland Railway between Market Harborough and North ampton ; thus forming in connexion with projected lines of railway from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and from Northampton to Sonth ampton, the connecting link, in one uninterrupted chain of railway communication, from Hull and Grimsby to Southampton, Gosport, and Poole, and tire whole of the south-western coast of England. It will also form the most direct route from Hull, Great Grimsby, and the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Northamptonshire, and part of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter, and the south and west of England An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of this undertaking, whether considered in a local di. national point of view, forming as it will an intimate connexion between London and the south generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire and the adjacent counties, at present without railway accommodation; wh;lst its value to the South Midland, the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham. the London and Birmingham Railway Companies, and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which it will form a most profitable adjunct), must be obvious. This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected line from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and Grimsby, the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed lines running to Lincoln; at Grantham with the Nottingham, Yale of Belyoir, and lOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, AND 1, - 7 BRISTOL, BATH, AND DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY. 70, King William-street, City (Entrance in Clement's-lane). Capital, 1,500,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 2/. 12s. 61. COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION. Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.8., E.LD., Chairman. W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.A.S., F.L.S., Alderman, Dep.-Chairman. R. Hopkins Allnatt, Esq., M.D. George Harrison, Esq. William Bradley, Esq. Frederick Hewitt, Esq. Geo. Augustus Brown, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq. James Clift, Esq. Colonel Nicholls Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq. I Thomas S. Richards, Esq. The Committee have the gratification to announce the accession of Sir Richard Jenkins, , as Chairman of the Coin parry, and of William Bradley, Esq., of Manor-oaks, Sheffield, Chair man of the Direct Western Railway Company, as a member of their Direction. They have also to state, the Engineer and Surveyor of the Company, in their Reports, furnished by order twice a week, continue to give the most satisfactory assurances, which place it beyond a doubt that they will be in every respect prepared to go to Parliament in the en suing session. Notice.—The Share List closed on the 16th inst. In consequence of the extraordinary number of applicatir - Shares in this Company, and the anxiety of the Com , an impartial and fair allotment, some (la' before their laborious duties es which notice will be ro-- Letters of Ail- for ~,tee to render ,oust necessarily elapse uc Convicted, immediately after by advertisement, of the clsy on which --,voPellt will be issued. N only of the Board, 4. S. OsiDLSDEZ*TI f6eCretArif N(,-, OCTOBER 21, 1845. PROSPECTUS OF THE OXFORD, THAME, HIGH WYCOMBE, AND UXBRIDGE JUNCTION RAILWAY. Length, about Forty Miles. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 500,0001., in 25,0001. Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. TEMPORARY OFFICES —CarIton Chambers, 8, Regent-street PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. CnAntuAN—Hubert de Burgh, Esq. iippar Brook-street, Grosvenor square, and West Drayton, Uxbridge, Deputy-Lieutenant for the CouLty of Middle-sex DEPUTT-CHAlRMAN — viscount Curzon, South -Luclley-street, and Pen, Buckinghamshire T. N. Allen, Esq. the Vache, Chalfont, Bucks George Augustns Broom, Esq. Old Broad-street, City, director of the Isle of Man, Callao and Lima, and Bath, Bristol and Dover Railway Joseph Brook, Brook, Esq. Rusholm-lodge, Lancashire, director of Ilthe Northam andofieuthern Connecting Railway William Campbell, Esq. director of the Irish West Coast Railway Emanuel Cooper, Esq. Deputy-Chairman of the London and County Bank, director of the Waveney Valley, and Great Yarmouth Rail way, Sec. Charles Collins, Esq. King William-street, City, director of the Great Welsh Junction and Direct London and Dublin Atmospheric Rail ways, &c. William Cory, Esq. director of the London and County Bank, and of the Taw Vale Extension Railway, &c. Major Croft, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Manchester Railway, &c. Thomas Edwards, Esq. King William-street, City, director of the Great Welsh Junction, and Direct London and Dublin Atmospheric Railways, &c. Frederick William Etheredge, Esq. Park-street, Westminster, direc tor of the Metropolitan Railways Junction Company Klein Grant, M.D. St. James's-street Thomas Griffith, Esq. New Place-house, Southampton, director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway John Hemming, Esq. Regent's-park, director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway W. A. Hillary, Esq., Cadogan-place, Beigrave-square, director of the Direct London and Exeter, Direct West•end and Croydon, and Auxere and La Roche Railways Deane John Mare, Esq. Witnpole-street, Cavendish-square, director of the Great Welsh Junction, and Direct London and Dublin At- moapheric Railways, &c. Swyrfen Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-place, and Darlaston-hall, Stafford shire, director of the London and County Bank, director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway, &c. John Lane, Esq. Upper Southwick-street, Hyde-park, director of the Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex Junction Railway, &c. Robert Norton, Esq , Oxford-terrace, Hyde-park, and Uxbridge Alexander Popham, Esq. the Albany, Piccadilly Richard Christopher Preston, Regent-street John Sanisbury, Esq. Kensington, director of the Irish West Coast Railway - Robert William Sievier, Esq., Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square Sir Warwick H. Tonkin, George-street, Hanover-square, and Teign. mouth, director of the Dartmouth, Torbay, and Exeter Railway Richard Twiss, Esq. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodberrydown, director of the Erewash Valley Extmsion Railway, &c. Mathew Wyatt, Esq. Upper llyde•-park-street, director of the Not tingham, Birmingham, and Coventry RAllway, &c. (With power to add to their number). ENGINEER—iIaMiIiOn H. Fulton, Esq. • SURVEYOR AND ARCHITECT —Andrew Trimen, ESQ. BANKERS. London—The London and County Batik, Lombard-street Country— STANDING COUNSEL—H. Reddell, Esq. Temple. SOLICITOR—Francis Thomas Gell, Esq. Carlton Chambers, Regent- street. LOCAL AGENTS. Henry Norton, Esq. Uxbridge William handy, Esq. High Wycombe Messrs. Dudley and Son, Oxford. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. This line of railway is proposed to commence at the city of Ox ford; to pass through the towns of Thame, Pr' nces Risborough, High Wycombe, and other intermediate places in the counties of Oxford and Buckingham ; and to pass on through Uxbridge to West Drayton, in the county of Mithllesex, where it will join the Great Western Railway. From the town of Thame, through which it will pass, a railway has been projected to Aylesbury, which will, by means of the pre sent Aylesbury Junction, form a connection between the proposed line and the London and Birmingham ; while other railways are proposed, which will further extend the communication to the pro posed London and York Railway (or any other which may be carried northwards from London), to the Northern and Eastern, and lastly to the Eastern Counties Railway. Thus the line at pre sent proposed will complete the communication (partially produced by existing and other proposed lines) between Oxford and many im portant and populous places in Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Hert fordshire, and Essex, embracing the seaports and watering-places of Maldon, Colchester, and Harwich. By the connexions formed with other railways, the various im portant and manufacturing towns and districts of the northern, cen tral, and eastern parts of the country wit be placed within ready access of Oxford, its immediate neighbourhood, and the west of England generally, and this important object being effected by so short a line, cannot fail to secure considerable profit, as the mercan tile and agricultural traffic will be very great, as well as that of passengers. One very prominent advantage arising from the connexion with the London and Birmingham Railway, will he the ready and cheap upply of coal in a district where this essential article is at present exorbitantly dear; and, as the consumption in Oxford only must be very considerable, the carriage of it will prove an extensive source of profit to the line. Uxbridge is the largest corn market in England; and the com municating medium with that town and the agricultural districts of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, and the surrounding counties, must secure a large remunerating traffic. At West Drayton, where this line will terminate, the Great Western Railway furnishes the connecting link to the metropolis, the emporium of the world ; other railways are already projected,' in a continuous direction with that of the proposed line, to the proposed London and Exeter Direct, and (crossing the river Thames) to the South Western, the proposed Portsmouth Direct, and the Brighton and Dover Railways. Thus Oxford and its locality will be directly , connected by railway with the west of Middlesex, Kingston-upon- Thames, Dorking, Reigate, Brighton, and Dover ; and, indeed, with the counties of Surrey and Kent generally, avoiding the delay, dis tance, and expense, resulting from the present route by way of London. _ . . But, by the connexion formed with the Great Western Railway above alluded to, a most important object will be attained, namely, a direct railway communication between Oxford and the metropolis, which cannot fail to secure the whole of the traffic from the one place to the other, as the present line, formed by a junction with the Great Western at Dideot, is very circuitous, and the route will be shortened twelve miles or more. The proposed line may also be re garded as an extension of the projected lines fro.n Oxford to Glouces ter and Worcester, and of all other lines westward of Oxford, not only towards the metropolis, but to the whole of the country and various railways to which it forms a communication. Oxford, celebrated as a large and splendid city, and mere espe cially as being the seat of one of our principal Universities, and con taining about 25,000 inhabitants, should undoubtedly be furnished with a good railway communication, both with London and with the country at large ; and as no line could be projected which would embrace both these objects so extensively and successfully as the present, there is every reason to believe the business done on it will be considerable, and will yield considerable return on the capital invested. A large amount of local traffic may also be expected on the line, as it will pass through a rich and populous tract of country, containing, within six miles distance from the site of the proposed railway, about 180,000 inhabitants, who are yet, for the most part, unaccommodated with the advantages of a railway. This tract of country, being chiefly of an agricultural character, highly cnitivated and produc tive, a ready and cheap conveyance to Oxford and other market towns in the immediate vicinity will be found very desirable. There are no peculiar difficulties presented to engineering con structions along this line, the surface is comparatively level, and the geological formation favourable ; the expense will be small compared with that of many others, and the greatest portion of the line does not approximate any ornamental or residential property. The usual powers will be applied for in the Act, to allow four per cent per annum on all calls until the completion of the undertaking, and no liability will attach to any subscriber beyond the amount of his subscription. Parties locally interested, and shareholders in the Great Western, the Aylesbury, and Thame Railway, and other proposed tires in conjunction with the present, to have the preference as applicants for shares in this undertaking. Applications for Shares on the printed forms, to be made to the Solicitor ; to the Secretary, at the Company's offices ; to the Local Agents ; or to Richard Haighton Wilkins, Esq. Stockbroker, 4, Bank Chambers, London. In all instances refereace must be given to a member of the Com mittee, a banker, or a solicitor of known respectability. It. MORTON CALEY, Secretary. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Oxford, Thame, High Wycombe, and Uxbridge Junction Railway. _ Gentlemen—l request yon will allot :me shares in the above undertaking, and I hereby engage to accept the same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree• ment when required. Dated day of , 1845. Name in full ..... ••• .. •• • . Residence .•.•• • • • • • Business or Profession (if any) • • . • Reference.. • ....... • . • • . • . • • • • • .. Usual Signature of Applicant.. • ... rrHE LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and BUCK INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 110.) Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. (In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of • Parliament.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. (With power to add to their number.) The Right Hon. Edward Vernon, Lard Suffield The Right Hen. Henry Robert Lord Rossmore The Right Hon. James Lord Dunboyne The Hon. George, Viscount Cnrzon, Penn-park, Bucks Lord Sussex Lennox The Right Hon. G. L. D. Darner, M.P. Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq. High Sheriff of Bucks The Hon. Henry Berkeley, M.P. Berkeley-house The Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone-lodge, Poole The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Belgrave square The Hon. Colonel Henry Hutchison, Weston, Northamptonshire The Hon. Stafford Jerningham The Hon. Cecil Lawless The Hon. Michael W. Bellew Nugent, lligham Grange, Leicester shire The llon. Colonel IVestenra, M.P. The Hon. Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street, Piccadilly Count Bathyany, 5, Audley-square, London Sir Henry Seale, Bart. Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart. Sir William Twysden, Bart. 41, Dorset-street, London Sir J. Eglinton Anderson, F.R.I.A. New Burlington-street Sir James Annesley, Albany Abraham Alexander, Esq. Lullington-house, Milverton, Warwick shire James Beech, Esq. Brandon-hall, Warwickshire, and 15, Grosvenor place, London Emile Benassit, Esq. 66, Mark-lane James Brand, Esq. New Broad-street, London William Bradley, Esq. the Oaks, Sheffield Henry Austin Bruce, Esq. Duffryne-house, Cardiff William Downing Bruce, Esq. 17, Charles-street, St. James's square Frank D. Bullock, Esq. Brentbridge-house, Hendon George R. Bitnbury, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway Edward Burton, Esq. Milverton-house, Leamington Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield George Gunning Campbell, Esq. 37, Montagu-square, London It. Chapman, Esq. Coombe -lodge, Rants Colonel Cheney, C.B. Gaderby-hall, Leicester G. A. 11. Chichester, Esq. 15, Chesham-place, London Edward llyde Clark, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington, and Tick ford-park, Bucks, and Hyde Hall, Cheshire, director of the South Midland Railway Henry Coe Coapc, Esq. Union Club, London John Morton Cottle, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Man chester Railway Nathaniel Cumberledge, Esq. 3, York-terrace, Regent's-park John R. Dalby, Esq. Ashbourne Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham place, London Hubert De Burgh, Esq. West Drayton, Bucks Henry D. Erskine, Esq. 93, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square The Rev. Henry Robert Fowler, Manchester-square, London Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. Chepstow-house, Camberwell, director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway James Gernon, Esq. 13, Conduit-street, London, director of the Loa f don and Nottingham Railway Joseph Gill, Esq. Potternewton Mount, near Leeds Major J. R. T. Graham (late Scots Greys), Grove, Clapham-common Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadeby house, Lincolnshire, and 17, Pall mall ,London Captain George James Hunter, Leamington, Warwickshire William Hunter, Esq. 21, Clarendon-square, Leamington, Warwick shire Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D., Sheffield Robert John Lattey, Esq. Claremont Villa, St. John's-wood George Lawton, Esq. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway William Lowudes, Esq. Chesham, Bucks James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, Deputy-chairman of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway A. M. 3lacutoran, Esq. 58, Cambridge-street, Hyde Park-square John Newton Muppin, Esq. Sheffield Jacob Monteflore, Esq. Major J. A. Moore, Queen Anne-street, London Eva ( t ia l ss V ho . ,u 3orris, Et, W. Clapham Esq. a t ni way common, Tunbridge, director of the North B.aonidivleliarsat,inEgiqs Railwaypperlryde-park-str. Condon mon, Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, Matthew Pierpoint, Esq. Cro Samuel Parsons, Esq. s ite h ti . -c, cliV.'_et, London William Raines, Esq. th e T wn .Elt.V., Worcester and Nottingham Rail.- . e . 1910, London, director of the London Cornelius Rana-'• —way James Esq. Manchester . ..,aunderson, Esq. Lansdown-place, Leamington, Warwick shire, and Castle Saunderson, Cavan, Ireland Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James's-square, London Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, London Captain William Tringham, R.N. Solyhull, Warwickshire Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheath-park, Kent, director ofthe Com mercial Bank Edward Welch, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire B. B. Williams, Esq. Wyndham-place, London litUrY Wiuiluas, L§q. Chalk-Win, London Captain William Alexander Willis, R.N., Vicar's-hill, near Lyming ton, Hants. Eroanams—George Rennie, Esq. C.E. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Forbes and Drake, Warnford-court, London Messrs. Bitch and Bramah, Great Winchester-street, London. PARLIAMEI:':AT.Y AGENT—C. F. Waddy, BANKERS—Commercial Bask of London. SECRETARY no TEM.—A. W. Harnett, Esq. Offices, 127, Leadenhall-street. By this Company it is proposed to supply railway accommoda tion, through an independ cut channel, to all the principal towns in Buckinghamshire, and to many in the other counties through which the projected line Is to ran, hitherto destitute of this now indispen sable mode of transit. The project known by the name of " The Buckinghamshire Rail way and Oxford and Wolverton Junction" is announced in their pro spectus as being under the direction and superintendence of the Lon don and Birmingham Railway Company, as their lessees in perpetuity, receiving four per cent. on the outlay, with a conditional arrange ment as to the surplus profit. From this agreement it must be obvious to every one that the monopoly of the London and Birmingham Company, which it was a principal object to destroy, is more strongly secured than before, and the profits which would accrue to an independent line, after payment of the 41. per cent. interest, is virtually thrown into their hands. In addition to this, the arrangement to make use of the termini of the London and Birmingham Company, together with a considerable portion of their line, reduces the Buckinghamshire Railway in fact to a mere extension of the older cc rnpair , and confers on the latter the means of absolutely and entirely controlling the traffic, and conse quently the profits, of the projected line ; so that the reservation as to the surplus profits in truth amounts t" nothing. The adoption of the projected Buckinghamshire Railway by the London and Birmingham Company proves their consciousness of the necesiety of a railway communication through the country proposed to be traversed; and to prevent a continuance of their monopoly, and to secure both to shareholders and to parties locally interestesl the benefits of an independent line, the present Company has been formed, and has met with the strenuous support of many landed pro. prietors in the counties through which it will pass, who hare hitherto withheld their co-operation irom the Buckinghamshire Railway Company for the reasons enumerated. Tile line will proceed through or near'to Uxbridge,/ by the Valley of Chalfont, to Amersham and Wenduver, and thence to Aylesbury, by Winslow, to Buckingham. i It will take a course from thence through Brockley and Banbury, by Leamington and Warwick, to Birmingham, having the advantage of being the shortest route hitherto proposed between Birmingham and London. Applications for shares, in the annexed firm, may be made to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, or to the following Stock and Sharebrokers : London—Messrs. Edward Ellis and Co. 53, Threadneedle-street Liverpool—Mr. Morris Reynolds Manchester—Mr. Charles O'Neill, and Mr. J. Dunraft Leeds—Messrs. J. and T. Rhodes Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Cowper Glasgow—Mr. Andrew Brand Aberdeen—Messrs. Allerdyce and Jepp Dublin—Mr. A. M'Neill, Dame-street, and Ely-place; Mr. Edward Fottrell, 45, Fleet-street FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Railway Company. Gentlemen ' —I request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the proposed London, Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Rail way, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required. Dated this day of , 1845. Signature .... . . Name in full . ..... Residence and place of Business • . Profession or Trade ........ • . • • ...... - Names and Addresses of two ... . . well-known Referees • • • • • • • • • • • THE BIRMINGHAM, NOTTINGHAM GAINSBOROUGH, AND HULL RAILWAY. • Capital 1,600,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21.25. per Share. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vict., cap. 110.) PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Combermero The Right Hon. Lord Viscount Ingestre, M.P. The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerit, Chesham-place, Belgravia square The Right Hon. Lord Thomas Pelham' Clinton the Right Hon. Lord E Chichester The Right Hon. Lord Stephen Chichester The Right Hon. George It. Dawson The Hon. Captain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square The lion. Cecil Lawlesg Sir James p .1. Iy , Bart., Bose Croft, Surrey Sir Willignti - biftthorp, Hull William R: Collett, Esq., Ml'. Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham George Frederick Hunt; Esq., M.P., Birmingham The Worshipful the Mayor of Hull C. S. Foster, Esq., High Sheriff of Staffordshire G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf fordshire, chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire Junction Railway Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stourbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire iron trade Thomas Bagnall, Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshire W. H. Allan, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London John Aston, Esq , Birmingham Fiederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway James Beech, Esq., Brandon-lodge, Warwick William Broackes, Esq., Cork -street, Burlington-gardens Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club William Chance, Jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand June- _ tion Railway George A. llamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgrave• square Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, Loudon Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdington-house, Berwickshire Henry B. Downinan, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, Director of the London Dock Company Henry John Enthoven, Esq., Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Saudhill-house, Birmingham, Director of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway William Mathews, Esq., Edghaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp ton Railway Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London David Montalite, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and South ampton Railway William Morgan, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Gloucester Railway. P. 11. Muntz, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway • Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands Union Railway John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Direct Bir mingham and Leicester Railway Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Ratilvray John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Bristol and Bir mingham Railway Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton Charles Augustus Tulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Hants Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablow-house, Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway 'William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway John Brearley Pay n, Esq., Birmingham Samuel Kearick, Esq., Handsworth Hall, Staffordshire Robert Peasegood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Holyhead Railway Ayre, sen., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and _ Ely Railway Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull Wakefield Pim, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Liu. coin Railway - Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham Thomas Clark, Esq., Wolverhampton James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham C. S. Cotterill, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf fordshire Junction Railway Benjamin Gibbons, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway John Neve, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction Railway Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton (With power to add to their number). SOLICITOUS. Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De. lahay-street, Westminster ; and Messrs. Motteram and Knowles, Birmingham. ENGINEER IN CIIIEF-Sir John Bennie, ACTING ENGINEER—W. IL Purdon, Esq. BANKERS. The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs. Attwoods, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham. LOCAL AGENT.S Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss Nottingham.--Samuel Maples, Esq. SECRETARY—Edward Hart Hart, ESQ. OFFICES—NO. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; ant 36, Upper Temp street, Birmingham. It is proposed by this Company to establish a direct line of commu nication between Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainsborough, and Hull, at the smallest outlay of capital, and with the least possible injury to existing interests. To effect this object, use will be made of existing or projected lines, as far as practicable, and the chain of communica tion will be completed by throwing out nes , lines, where requisite. Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29 miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Castle Donnington, to the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid land Counties Railway The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be earned forward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not tingham and Gainsborough Railway, or by a line springing out of the line from Nottingham to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by the llldland Counties Company during the last session of Parliament. From Gainsborough this railway will proceed to Barton-on-the- Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between Birmingham and Hull. By this project the advantages will result to the public of a Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham, Birmingham to Gainsborough, and from Birmingham to Hull; and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Airewas, a direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and the other towns already enumerated. The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the Ilse, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in Parliament. As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this great national undertaking will be materially shortened. Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu nication between the important seaport of Hun and the mining end manufacturing districts of Warwickshire and Staffordshire, a large traffic in thnber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected. Tile revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the great thorough traffic from Birmingham• and the midland counties to Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir mingham to Hull, the'port at which the exports are shipped to Ham burgh, the German States, and the North of kurope ; and from the conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the southern, western, and midland counties. A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking. No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit until the Act Is obtained, and then not beyond the qinount of his subscription. The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening of the line. No applications will be attended to without a reference to a member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged for scrip certill catcs, cf which due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by any party making default in the execution of those deeds will be for fel ted. Plans and prospectuses, with forms of applications for shares, may be had of the Solicitors, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers, viz. :—Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans 39, Lothbury ; Mr. H. Pritchett, 1, Reyal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitchins and Harrison, 18, Threldneedle-street ; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son, 2, Old Broad-street, London; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester; Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs. Davies and Son, Liverpool; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and CO., Leeds; Messrs. Earp and Son, Derby ; Messrs. Pott and Levick, Notting ham ; Messrs. Wreford, Nicholls, and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr. James Robinson Lane, Birmingham. FORM OF APPLICATION. TO the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham, Gainshorough, and Hull Railway Campany. I request you will allot Inc shares of 201. each in 'the capi tal of the above-named Railway; and I will accept the same, or any less number, and pay the the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. Name in full .... .. . ......... . ..... Place of Business or Profession • • .. • • Business or Profession • • • • • • • • • • .. • • Signature ............ ..... ..... : • • Name, Residence, i ..... ....... .. .. and Profession • • • • .. • • .. • • .. • • of Referee .. • • • • .. • • • • • • • • • • • • T HE BIRIIIN GH AM, NOTTINGHAM, GAINSIIOItOLT. 11, AND HULL RAILWAY. No Application for Shares in this Company can be received after MONDAY, the 27th instant. EDWARDS, MASON, and EDWARDS, 8, Moorgate•!trcet moTTERAN and KNOWLES, Birmingham. 00,10, 1345, E H ASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTIOI,v 9 SOUTEND RAILWAY, d0 y forming a direct communication between England an l ot) Bran,th olland (via Tilbury) aud H and the Rhine, from the sex Coast; jp ' Crouch. to Gravesend, and a Branch W the COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. ~, Chairman—The Right Hon. the Earl of Morningw— Deputy-Chairman—Rebert A. Riddell, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. Wm. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P. JMoilliensßpegorminaeirSlfirdell, r 4 William Bradley, Esq. John Holmes, Va. Gideon Colquhotm, Esq. Herbert Ingram , E 541 W. A. Campbell, Esq. John Nixon, Req. e...e. Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. A. Macdonald Ritchie,Pz John James Cavan, Esq. W. Alexander Thcinas, r''' Charles Grant, Esq. William Wright, LS'b At a meeting of the Committee of Management , GIDEON COLQUEIGIJN, Esq. in the Chair, A letter from the Right Hon. the Earl of Morniagl ° : ,;gitt Viscount Wellesley addressed to th e so licitors to th , • i was read. i O n Resolved—That the Right Hon. the Earl of "'"-- ‘G,ra nittet• Lord Viscount Wellesley be added to the Pt ()visional Centra n ,_ ~,,01l Also, Resolved—That tee Right Hon. the Earl of Mor.a1:01. Chairman of the Committee of Management, and Robert -, Esq., be Deputy-Chairman. i otilt The Commitiee of Management have the satisfaction 00,60 that the Allotment of Shares is proceeding with idl the _ '_::A td that tile immense number of s pplicatians will admit of. , ii i ; tl! Letters of Allotment will be shortly issued. In the rn „ , 00 engineers and surveyors are actively engag ed in their tiarla other preliminaries are progressing fpr the purpose of Pr' .e. an Act of arlament in he en-suing sesion. l CHAUNTLEtI and WESTWOOD, B,is PERIN P t4, i MINET, t and SMITIL,s 5, Laurence l'onntn_el. Gray's Ina - L'.4lllA ' Oct. 14, 1845. n BOL I TRENT VALLEY, CHESTER, AN'" (Provisionally MEAD i) Registered CONTINUATION' pursuant Preliminary Announeemenf- ,_ , the 7; This line is intended as a connecting link betrrat_,,, A ` 0 / Valley and Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkeime..`:oo/.4 toe 7tßh'elleiLdlSVtlti 11;icto-nn, r'll6) Railways. It will commence at Stafford and termit I p esr" Drayton, and is essentially requisite to perfect the COO 0 4 between London, Chester, and.Holyheld. Though the line will not exceed 13 miles in length, .10: 0 1 immense accommodation to an important district of ~,, of ire, and Shropshire, through which it win pass, and by n!,e j a " - e ociv; lines with which it is intended to communicate. it '''' ..010 0 ... shortest possible route from London to Liverpool, front IA im Birkenhead, and from London to Ireland. A s avin4 _„-e 4 than 30 miles will thus be accomplished. It will hence a most important a s; Wolverhampton, - Chester, and Birkenhead Junction hurl„„ st a the prominent feature in the scheme is this, that by brn d l i g e ttr,; into Immediate conjuction with Market DraYtrat an ~-.... L ipo,, the advantages of the proposed Trent Valley Continnan, ° ,!:.or f,.._ - djunct Holyhead, will be realised without the enormous s acrillec, , ;;, 4 0•19' t• the P . . 0 01 s it capital inseparable from the carrying out of such aP m o f en however, is impracticable. the utraos t e g , s pit# It is obvious that such a scheme will be of benefit, as it will materially shorten the distance between, meat of , d lt: of England and Ireland, and teed to a still further deveraP ve gol 0 great industrial resources of the two countries. As a ", ZiwaY t " - „ h ats eligibility cannot be disputed, as the following lines a; "41;1110 . ',, - toe Important tributaries to its revenue :-The London and 'il erif.'„,p. Trent Valley, Great Western, Birmingham, Oxford a t " l '. ol ,.e,rl o. r i r Birmingham and Southampton, Oxford, Worcester ton, Birmingham, Dudley, tied Wolverhampton, Bil ia „ 11 ,00e 5 a t tol, and Gloucester, and Grand Junction Relive t ya• ";,,,... t it• mi ci vicinity of Liverpool will also become valuable tribilt ar ' - iro ° l o ' - fet Although this line is propcsed by a Company distinet„„iaesr'nies the Wolverhampton, Chester, and Birkenhead Junctionr contao. If it should be found expedient _and pe.4o4f..thie, one twin the t ra ....,b 44,,,ae,...aared. At all events the shareholders 0015 verharnpton, Chester, and Birkenhead, will have the Pratt SO allotment. an , d I t 1 0 and I bow, so Prospectuses and plans will be Issued In a few daYs , v . re f . 1 meantime, applications for shares, or for inform/tat :111 ; e es.l•!.•* dvssed to the solicitprs, John Smith, Esq., mingliam ; g• 1 W. S. Valley, Esq., 18, Finsbury-place , F las London. C. J. Noi,: u y.se • 4s. Asa FORM OF APPLICATION FOR Sll , ----,,„,,,ter, To the Provisional Committee of the Trent Valle'', i."` age° Holyhead Continuation Railway. ',O Gentlemen,-I hereby request that you will allot me to to P'„.ll' of 201. each in the above railway, and I hereby underta;„ ii ,sy .4t. deposit thereon, or on any number of shares l' 6 'lt ic ",t ol;es, lotted to me, and to exec te e the Parliamentary Contra c t scribers' Agreement when required to do so.-I ara ' your most obedient servant, ...''' Name fin full)• • • • • • g n*'' . :.•'" Profession, Trade, or Occupa °- ..., ltesidenee (in full) • • • • • • '' :.• "'.,," Place of Business (if any) • • • ' "' . •"' Name and Address of Refe ree. C• Date • • . • • • • • - y Prd F- HE MIDDLESEX and SURRE- efts ° 4 . TION RAILWAY, connecting Uxbridge, a,,,i .-- pre tbalk p „,i, Hounslow, Twickenham, Kingston-upon-Thames , Epsom. Capital 400,0001., in 16,000 Shares of 251. e ach. Deposit, 21. Ins. Gd. per Share. Offices, 9, Gresham-street, Guildhall' (Provisionally Registered.) f ilet'' ~.. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. cioto ' ' . l.' O ij Aland, Robert Owen, Esq., Greek-street, Soho, an d ", ilea _, one of the Provisional Committee of the Windsor' lie 3.10 ~,, Staines Railway Anderson, John, Esq., 5, Lothbury, Director of the 1."--' s and Basingstoke Railway _,9 4ftac s ,s Arndt, John Lees, Esq., Ashe-lodge, Farnham, Sum/ 3hu",\•, , tte - ' Armstrong, Benjamin John, Esq. Southall-green,,,ot'- z Magistrate for the County, and a director of the u 4 , 9 ' . Brcntford, and Central Terminus Junction Railwai t oe ~,, Aa scough, Admiral John, Prospect-place-house, So a-' ,of rector of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway „ l a' , Barnes, Robert Edward, Esq., 11, Mincing-lane, .y.,',00' ~,iief4 ' Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex Juuction Es 4„„, ll''„asr . Bashford, W. C. L., Esq. Norwood-house, Norwood•gr ts ZsDl'` . E ll Beare, William Gabbett, Esq., 6, Porchester-place, C° l ;ittrlC,l r e l , s r Deputy-Chairman of the Great Munster Railway, csrl , ' , Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe, the Leeds a n ' te te Hull and Holyhead Railways ~ Or e' Bedborough, James Thomas, Esq., Upton-park, Du e-- ' the Windsor, Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railway Caa la i e : . ? Betiridge, Abraham, Esq., 4, Devonshire terrace , 4 ;ace , ' , Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horneastle, '' t.,,r 00 land, and Junction Railway f the Carter, John, Erg., Park-lodge, Stockwell, Director o or Trunk Railwa Chat t°l3 Clark, Andrew, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the - flibt Portsmouth Railway ~,„ Gas '- Clowes, Joseph, Esq., Director of the British and Forels' and Meter Company ‘raalese a 61f C Coleman, Matthew Trolioft, Esq. Hampton Wick, ... 1 , - ,.. o ethr Costello, William Bermingham, Esq., Wyke-house, Isia'" 0 1 tor of the Direct London and Exeter Railway 9 Cox, Edw. William, Esq., 1, Torrington - square , a nd TeWPie' of the Great Western, and Falmouth Junction ltailwaf,. 3 o la - Cremer, William, Esq., Barnes , Surrey, Director of the (... Railway Day, Horatio, Esq., Isleworth il Eley, Charles, Scots ounslow lac e ' Elrington, Col., Fusilier Guards, 12, Wyndham-Plat stou-square. Director of the Direct Leeds and London l ''' re d Evans, George, Esq., 14, Melbury-terrace, BlandfOrd - 5 10 , 3 010 1.-lr Ewart, Francis, Esq., 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director 0 ' - 0 1 and Law Life Assurance Company „,,,d tre t i) ece / Fawcett, Edin!:nd Alderson, Esq., 1, Iluggin-lane, W-- - -' tr,e .• Derby and Nottingham, silk manufacturer, Director of ty West-end and Croyion Railway _„,tor a l Hemming, John, Esq., 8, North-bank, Regent's-park , 1 -'"''' o w Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Henry, Joseph, Esq., 13, South-street, Finsbury, Director of tlic l• sp inal don, Hounslow. and Direct Western Railway Howlett, Henry, 18, Cambridge-terrace, Dfrectorof the of pu Vale Iron and Coal Esq.,Company cclr r Hutchison, Stephen, Esq., London Gas Works, 'Vau xhall ' the Grand Trunk, Railway Innis, Thomas, Esq., 29, Fitzroy-square t, • tid •ll 4er Key, Sir John, Bart., 9, King's Arnis-yard, Coleman-strer.,te, man of London, and a Director of the York and Lauea' Liverpool and Leeds Railways. ni he Y King, John, Esq., of Norbiton, Kingston-upon-Thames , Lamb, James, Esq., 25, Elyde.park-square, Director of ~• or Western Railway and i ' Lawson, J. H., Esq., South-street, Rye-lane, Peckham, fro downe-cottage, Brighton , c estrt - 4"' Lewis, Kensington, Esq., 18, Stratford-place, and Wn,„' „ ean'',.tof Ewell, Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and BriX 111 ",;, pn''' Lindham, Henry Robert, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset -s W ° ' , e s, of the Dorchester, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway , 131'L t ',es Macdougal, J. P., Esq. (late Bengal Staff), Firg,rS ; rtd.r a " , Director of the Direct London and Holyhead an d f ilts Railway nirent° ' Macgulre, W. J., Esq., Hampton Court, Middlesex, .--- ~ds -e' o f Reading and Reigate tmospheric Railway It tlin rer t Macintosh, George, Esq,, 27, Upper Seymonr-street , Po ri ~ DI Mansell, W. W., Esq., Dorchester-place, Blandford•sq a. ' of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway ..„ Margetson, William, Esq , Sitreatham-hill, Brixton, SUP ef Da r Mercer, William, Esq., Kingston-upon-Thames e of tbe ad le Norris, Caleb, Esq., 10, Lancaster-place, Strand, Direct° or, :31 elie;ter, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway, and Wi nds tir : SY and Staines Railway terr ace Parkinson, John, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge' , jo in ' s',, of ,t a • park, Director of the Brighton and tlieltenhamDirer`,.. , -, P" ,- Phillips, B. Laurence, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-P- _,,,0 of the Direct Western Railway ~k Entra wt Potter, Wm. Simpson, Esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-Pa . ., - ,'gisti -e sa. '. I'ownall, Henry, Esq., Sprint ; grove, Hounslow, a ,r,,,,tforw , Midd!esex, and Director of the Great Western, P r w r e' • Central Terminus Junction Railway . i t Etlr ceto Pynn, Sir Henry, United Service Club, Pall-mall' . i the County Fire-office, and of the Direct Western Rai" a er ai° the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway and Rayner, Charles S. Esq., Kew, Director of the British - ~ Gas Light and Meter Company .„ eirr t Cfal • :AMP, il , " 1 Raphael, Alexander, Esq. of Ditton Lodge, Thames n., - „ e t 1 ,0 , 4 0 Reeves, James, Esq. Leyton, Essex, Director of the n' t. "o,rer w • Rich, Sir George, 43, ' Lowndes-street, Belgrave-squa ra. the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Pi' and Manchester Railway Sor rel' Ridgway, Joseph Carrington, Esq., Roehampton•lodge. rector of the Grand Trunk Railway Rippon, John James, Esq. Ealing, Middlesex 11 11 Rooinson, Thomas, Esq., 27, Charles-street, Middies‘ fer , Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Ilail v &str at ,..o Sharp, Major Jell, of Meadow Side, Twickenham, a 3 -l' i c t fore , the county, and a Director of the Great Western , D rc Central Terminus Junction Railway Spry, George, Esq., Stutiton, Kingston-upon-Thames d spe l l . ' Strutt, Hammel Ingold, Esq., Cranford, Middlesex, l e -n ie l t " ly Rants, director of the Reading and Reigate AtmosP•le r 4. Westmacott, Charles M., Esq., Kingston, Surrey _„.„n-tela w ill , Whiskla, James, Esq., 10, Upper Bedford-place, Illar o r • Magistrate for the County of Middlesex, and a D•''`'' Croydon Railway Ludgate" of 1311:14 ' Wilkinson, W. 9., Esq., Woodbeerydown, and Ludffa of the Waveney Valley Railway (With power to add to their numb er ' ) BANKERS. The Commercial Bank of London. Hall, Smith, and Co., Uxbridge. „ fl i,l l' Messrs. Shrubsole, Lambert, and Co., King,steiver- ENGINEER-Hamilton H. Fulton, Esq. .a. str SURVEYOR-Andrew Trimen, Esq. .... SOLICITORS-Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsw ort... place. A SECarrear (pro tern)-W. R. Harrs, Esq• Aid This railway is proposed to commence at Uxbridge, 1 . 1 1 ',41, t'";1 thence to the Southall station of the Great Western lt,„ 4 „ i prof°, then through Heston to Hounslow, there meeting 008 ()fin; l ine r,„;, lines to Hounslow from London. Leaving Hounslow ifittuer'd ceeds through Whitton, Twickenham, Teddington, an u eatio t ae to Kingston, and, crossing the Thames, joins th e Kingst°°d tern the South-Western Railway, whence it will proceed to, s ' s _„,te• at ,Epsom. rN" ost 1 ,.,700 0 . The towns and places through which the line assp cs, o - ot 200 , diately affects, contain an aggregate population a A 0 persons. coridg e ,.:est The importance of connecting two such towns as r toe ergs Brentford with Kingston, Croydon, and Epsom, three of "...of' market-towns in Surrey, betweenlwhich the present ag'rle at tile — i y is extensive, is too obvious to require comment. - p & ro glr o . c c e d iLnf o t r i °' :a! will at once show that the communication now judicious, but, in order to satisfy the requirements of the . _l u atiffo l l and populous district involved, is actually - iraperative. 1 1,: th ,r1 1 1.'; to Uxbridge and the towns in Hertfordshire north of it, .7'w art it will be connected by proposed new lines, direct transit t o by 1 1 . : . . , Western, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railways, t" , po e i : o es.ablished lines, southward, to Shoreham , 13righ tt rts 0f tag Ramsgate, and all the south and south-eastern P _ce of go ~.. ' kingdom, avoiding the loss of time and great i n couvell ici s i los r, 1 , ; 9 1 t, round by tile metropolis. So also as to Brentford, 110un en t Nes te of ston, and Epsom—it will afford to them access to then F,_,. ; e ial ie... London and Birmingham, and Northern and Easteline the n t o this line, in connexion with one proposed to Hounslow __ _,,,1 son ~ tropolis, and the other proposed and established fines nortb; ; a, s r ll_. , of it, easy access will be afforded to Hampton ccarttibt, thercfo_co other favourite places of resort. There can be no do a wr y lam that the passenger traffic alone will be sufficient to P. .ant e dividend on the outlay. important ad, _...,,, This undertaking presents the additional and coatn of competing with no line at present established ; on ..era t onesy - eet . it will be the means of connecting and feeding the se , "d the enga, be meratcd, and several others that are projected ; a-- thewill a. ..untrv , •-- len reports that it passes over a particularly cast c - " e nd .._ t or capable of construction at about 16,000/. per mile' ow ,, ers on the line who have been seen, n nittc • dertaking. ~ A n d the . _, l o l'ue length of the line will be about 18 ini.cs. , , c o A forwa•:A tO are happy to announce that the surveys are til still be 0" ab ,.. 0 1'. 51/ 10 dition as to justify them in stating that they w so as to e nable comply - , comply, in all respects, with the - standing to th e them to aply for the Act in the ensuing session. __ o __, a 1,,, de in the usual f rrod a Application for shares must be ma GalswortnY, cart' solicitors of the Company, lilessrs. Watts, .___ Aso tic ..nd t are favourable to the worthy, to the Secretary, at the Offices, to whorl ddre,_ • mnoioatione from parties locally interested shotuo_. i p t br:!_ l6 7:, also to the following local solicitors, Henry N'ortotl2. x...,,a 4 . j e ,t,, ti E r r_l 6 C. E. Jemmett, Esq., Kingston•upon-Thames /,;,,,..•. .n r ras Bic [ v s Hampton ; Arthur Wm. Woods, Esq., ' ^ of tile Cornb a ll {os Esq., Staines ; Mr. reisley, Hounslow ; —s - _ . 2i ney, brokers: —Messrs. Harris and Sons, Chanegero. ToW nle/ Ind Epsom; 'l..‘, Mr. A. Sym, Tokenlionic-yard, London ; 'M ss,, ,:isr ,. , rcte_ . _,,,, , 'Whitehead, Liverpool, l'slr. Allan, .ManehesteL; 2' me ors... , -;7;1 Nash, Bristol; 3lessrs. Graystone anti Erie. pork; . Ca mpbell and Smith, Birmingham; and Messrs. Borthivit.x AI le 11 Co., Glasgow. accoMP - so. No application will be attended to unless acre 0 a reference to one of ar Committee, to the gollqav o Maker or other perm of known standipic. Grantham, and the Grand Union; at Oakham *ith the Syston and Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham and London, and Manchester Direct. One great and important feature in this railway is, that it does not run parallel with, or in opposition to, any existing line of railway. The ground has been surveyed and found to be practicable, pre senting for the most part no engineering difficulties. Satisfactory communications for mutual co-operation have been opened with the several companies whose interests will be affected by the proposed line. In the meantime, the Committee of Manage ment reserve power to amalgamate with any other company, or deviate from the proposed line, or make such extension and branches as they may hereafter deem advisable. The subscribers Will be held liable only ta the amount of their sub scriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on all calls from the passing of the Act. In consequence of a great portion of the shares having been already applied for, the period for application must necessarily be very limited. _ _ Applications for shams may be made, in the annexed form, to the following sharebrokers :—London, Mr. W. West; Capel-court ; Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Exchange buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and Co., Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Potter and Harrison. York; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham; Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull ; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield ; Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Cheltenham; to the Secretary, 2, Guildhall-chambers ; and to Georga Smith, Esq., soli citor, 24, Golden-square, and 2, Guildhall-chambers. Basinghall street. _ _ To the Provisional Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton Rail- Way Company. Gentlemen,—l reqcest that you will allot me shares in the above Company ; and I agree to take all such shares, or so many as may be allotted to me, and pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired so to do Name .. Description .. .. .. Residenc.3... . Reference to.. ... T HE DIRECT LONDON AND DUBLIN RAILWAY COMPANY. (PILBROW'S ATMOSPHERIC.) (Provisionally Registered). Offices, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house. Capital, 2,000,0001., in 800,003 Shares of 25/. each. Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. UNDER THE SPECIAL SUPPORT OF The Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Cashiobury-park, Watford, Herts The Right Hon. the Viscount Massarene and Ferrard, Oriel Temple, Louth Hon. Colonel Edward Gordon Douglas Pennant, M.P. Penryn Castle, Bangor Thomas Asheton Smith, Esq. Vaynol-house, Bangor AND TILE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. J. P. Wright, Esq. Edinburgh John Aulljo, Esq. Nool-house, Kensington Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B. Montague-place George Buckley Bolton, Esq. Pall-mall John Bowes, Esq. Hull Charles Holte Braccbridge, Esq. the Hall, Atherstone, Warwick Sir John Campbell, Bart. of Ardnamurchan Captain Frederic Chamier, R.N. Halkin-place, Belgrave-square Anthony W. Clarke, Esq. Queen-square, Cheapside Charles Collins, Esq. Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire D. Davies, Esq. Brynhafod, Carmarthenshire D. Davies, jun., Esq. ditto, ditto John Davies, Esq. Vronlieulog, Corwen, Merionethshire Thomas Edwards, Esq. Camberwell James Godfrey Eister, Esq. Han's-place, Sloane-street Griffith Evans, Esq. Bodgunen, Corwen Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire John Fowler, Esq., Belmont-house, Clifton William Green, Esq., Walthasnstow, Essex John Griffith Griffith, Esq. Llanfair-hall, Caernarvon George Harris, Esq. Temple Dean John Hoare, Esq. Wimpole-street Edward Hoare, Esq. Percy-street, Bedford-square William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq. M.P., I'las-Coch, Anglesea William Humffreys, Esq. Liwyn, Llanfyllin Sir David Kinloch, Bart. Gilmerton, near Hadlington Francis John Lambert, Esq. Kensington-gardens -terrace Henry Lawrence, Esq. M.D. Preston-terrace, Carmarthen William Price Lewes, Esq. Carmarthen Henry Robert Lewis, Esq.l2, Upper Montague-street Major Oliver Tandem, K.H. Charles street, St. James's-square Oliver Lloyd, Esq. Cardigan Richard Thomas Lloyd, Esq., Upper Brook-street, Grosvenor square, and Aston-hall, Shropshire Nicholas 31`Cann, Esq Parliament•street Charles Carroll APTavish, Esq., 22, Rutland-gate, Regent's -park John Murray Esq., 54, Lincoln's Inn-fields Thomas North, Esq. Mayor of _Nottingham Cornelius O'Brien, Esq. M.P., County Clare Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. Walbrook, and Brompton, Middlesex F. B. Price, Esq., Bryn-y-pys, North Wales Alexander Prince, Esq. 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields Edward Scard, Esq. Kew, Surrey, an ! Glamorganshire William Corbet Smith, Esq. high-sheriff of Leicestershire, Bit's:- well-hall, erworth William Southwell, Esq. Bridguorth Joseph Southwell, Esq. Bridgnorth Edward Spence, Esq. Tllworth, near Hall John Wheelton, Esq. Meopham-bank, Tonbridge, Kent (With power to add to their nrunher). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. George Buckley Bolton, Esq. Francis J. Lambert, Esq. Charles Collins, Esq. C. C. M'Tavish, Esq. James Godfrey Elster, Esq. It. C. Polhill, Esq. Thomas Edwards, Esq. Edward Scard, Esq. D. J. Hoare, Esq. S. Eardley Wilmot, Esq. ENGINEERS. Frederick Braithwaite, Esq. James Pilbrow, Esq. C.E. BANKERS—London Joint-Stock Bank SOLICITOR—George John Shaw, Esq. SECRETARY—Mr. WilliamKocher. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Poole and Powell, solicitors, Carnarvon Isaac Gilbertson, Esq. solicitor, Bala Humphrey Lloyd Williams, Esq. Llanfryn, Merionethshire Thomas Lloyd Boyle, Esq. solicitor, Llanfyllin, North Wales Wm. Griffith, Esq. solicitor, Dolgelly Mr. Carnegie, of Pulwelli Messrs. Lockley, solicitors, Shrewsbury. The most direct and speedy communication between the English and Irish capitals has been declared, by influential members of the present and former Governments, to be a great desideratum ; acid possessing, in addition to this valuable authority, the sapport and sanction of many, or nearly all, the principal noblemen, gentlemen, and landholders in North Wales, this Company is established for the purpose of ultimately forming a line of railway which will effect this long-desired object. .i v The importance, nay, the necessity, of smell a line has long been felt by the public at large ; it must, therefore, ise looked at not as merely a private speculation, but also as a great national undertak ing, opening, as it will, facilities for the most expeditious transit be tween the two capitals, and at the same time offering a most direct communication with the south of Ireland, via Wicklow, thereby conferring an immense benefit on both kingdoms. The proposed line will commence at Shrewsbury, by a junction with the Birmingham and Shrewsbury Railway, and proceed thence as nearly as possible in a straight direction to Port Dynllaen, pass ing through, or by, Bala, and the other principal towns on the route, being a distance of about eighty-four miles. A very important fea ture in tkis line is, that the expense and difficulty of passing the Menai Straits are avoided, and all impediment to navigation pre vented. It is estimated that the cost of the entire line will not exceed 2,000,0001., but in consequence of the impossibility, from the nature of the country, and the lateness of the period, of completing the whole of the surveys in due time, it has been determined to apply to Parliament in the ensuing session, for the first section of the line lying between Port Dynllaen and Port Madoc, being a distance of about 24 miles; the surveys for which are nearly completed. Hitherto the mountainous nature of some of the districts through which the line must pass, has been generally considered as opposing obstacles too formidable for locomotive transit, which accounts for the principality having so long continued without the advantages of a railway. Happily, however, these difficulties are surmounted by the application of the atmospheric system, which it is therefore pros posed to adopt. The considerations for employing the atmospheric principle are founded not only on the strong opinion in its favour expressed in the report of the Select Committee appointed by Parliament to examine into Its merits, but also on its peculiar suitableness to several of the gracilente to he encountered on the line, its superior speed, safety, and economy, and its absence from the possibt:ity of tile occurrence of those frightful accidents by collision which have so frequently happened of late, and to which locomotive engines must ever be liable. The distance between Porth Dynllaen and Kingstown is only about six and a half miles farther than between Kingstown and Holyhead ; but in consequence of the position of the latter place, being two or three points to leeward of the acknowledged prevailing gales of St. George's Channel, a shorter passage can be made on an average throughout the year from Perth Dynllaen. This is con firmed by Captain Beaufort, as referred to in the mastery report of Sir John Rennie on the subject; in which, after going into details (coinciding in every material point with the opinions Cf Mr. Page and others), Sir John thus concludes with a general summary of the case hi reference to Porth Dynllaen :—" That it is two points farther to windward than Holyhead, and, to use the expressive words of Captain Beaufort, has a fair wind both ways, to and from Kings town.' This is particularly important, because it enables the pas sage to Ise made in equal, if not less time than from Holyhead, although the distance is rather greater ; and it is not less important to maintain the communication between the two countries during the winter season with as much speed and as little interruption as possible." Taking this project in a remunerative point of view, we have to bear in mind not only the great amount of traffic which it is certain to command, when the entire line is completed, and the journey be ween the two capitals can be accomplished in twelve hours (thus ensuring much of the Irish, American, and West Indian trade), but also with oilier railways now in progress; the vast mercantile traffic it must bring, from its opening the most convenient outlet for the wealthy mineral and agricultural productions of the counties of Caernarvon, Merioneth, Montgomery, and Denbigh. The extensive and apparently inexhaustible quarries of Caernar von, Bangor, Ffestiniog, &c., will supply all the 3lidiand Counties of England with slate, &c., at a much less cost than at present ; and the carriage of the important articles of lime, coal. and colo nial produce to Wales, will also form an importaut source of revenue. Another very important consideration presents itself in the cer tainty of this line being adopted for the transmission of the mails, affording, as it assuredly will, ample facility for the dispatch of let ters from either metropolis, and the return of answers within twenty-six hours. In fact, such are the advanat 'es which must ac crue from this undertaking, that every expectation may be enter tained of its receiving the most cordial approbation of the Legisla ture, who, during the session just closed, have showis their anxiety to bring the postal communication in this direction. Lower will be applied fir in the Act—and in the meantime is given to the Committee of Management—to increase the capital, if necessary, to alter or abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, to enter into arrangements with any other company or com panies, and generally to manage the affairs of the Company. In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to landholders and others loeally interested. The subscribers will be held liable only for the amount of their first deposit, until an Act of Parliament be obtained, and afterwards only to the amount of their subscrip tions ; and power will be applied for in the Bill to allow interest at the rate of 41. per cent. per annum, on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Application for prospectusus and shares may be made to the soli • citor, 8, Furnival's-inn ; or the secretary, at the Offices of the Com pany, Charlotte-row, Mansion-house ; and the following share brokers :-3lr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Thy ogmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, Lotnhury ; Mr. Robert Allen, 11, St. Andrew's-square, Edinburgh; Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., 46, George-street, Edin burgh ; Mr. James Pringle, 79, Princes-street, Edinburgh ; Messrs. Hoare and Newenham, 1, Fownes-street, Dublin ; Messrs. Curtis and Power, Dame-street, Dublin ; Mr. John Wright, Birmingham ; Mr. R. P. Clark, Bristol; Mr. Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. Tyath and Wills, Plymouth ; Mr. John Elwell, Exchange, Liverpool ; Mr. J. O'Neil, 27, Cross-street, Manchester; Messrs. Kirk and Co., 28, Albion-street, Leeds ; Messrs. Brown and Clarke, Coventry ; Mr. J. N, Balms, King-street, G!oucester ; Mr. James Hewson, Hull ; Mr. W. W. Dickinson. Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. W. Lee, Cheltenham; Mr, J. B. Murday, Bath; Mr. John Pearson, Birmingham; Messrs. N. Smalipage and Co., Burnley, Lancashire. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Dublin Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l hereby request that you will allot me shares, of 251. each, in the above railway ; and I hereby undertake to pay the deposit thereon, or on any less number of shares which may be allotted to me, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required to do so. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, Namein full . ..... ............ ••• • • . Profession, trade, or occupation ••• • • • Residence in full .. Place of business, if any..... • • Name and address of referee • • • • a ~~;4 THE ( Provisional Designed otnioldnable capitals of E don to Bang( Iteconamod at Riot answo Q ivgton ter, Brontsgt '' .°B e l eY, Co ' 3w , e strY, LI *ems, Capel r elriporary 0 I 7 e, • ! 1 1 . ~R . Rightirg h_t Ito lt a .... 40 .0rd vi r , roiaii ~,erd Claud 11, Hon CliEtain ~,. Bandon and urton. 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