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THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1845. e,ser aseneemessay PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND MACCLES- RAILW .Pr A visi Y, via MACCLESFIELD. FIELD RAILWAY, oonally Registered.) 001., oin Shares of 201. each. Great Britain. 85,0 00 ro J unc tions with all the great a nd im p ortant Railwa y s in Capital, 1,700, Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. (Provisionally Registered.) PEOVLSIONAE COMMITTEE. Capital 600,000/., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andl Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. ' Birmingham Continuation Railway 1 h important line , com mencin g at the terminus of the Man- John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park and Sheffield Railway, in the populous m a nufacturin g town John Masterman, Eaq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street. banker s Sir Sheffield, will proceed in a direct course by or through Hope, John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di- e 7 Hathersage, Castleton, Chapel - en - le - Frith , and Whale y (the great rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com *anal-port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the projected Man- panY o:. W illiam Hughes Hughes, Esq., Aldernitem l of the City of g c h e ater and Macclesfield Railway, at Macclesfield, the total length of London, late M.P. fur Oxford, and late High Sheriff for the line being nearly thirty miles. Hants This junction stands in the very centre of the entire railway eye- o tern of England, and will complete the chain of railway communi- James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square o cation between the river Humber, the towns of Sheffield and Mac- George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill re et cleefield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wiches of Cheshire, thee .6° John Bags h aw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern City of Chester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, Bangor-Ferry, and the Railway o Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- 0 74 Harbour of Holyhead. All the necessary arrangements are in pro gress to proceed:to Parliament at the ensuing session. land Junction 4: A detailed prospectus, containing the names of an influential Pro- William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway visional Committee, Re., will be published in a fbw days. William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street v...• 5 Meantime applications may be made to the Solicitors, Messrs. Capt. George Probyn, Bryansten-square lattarns and Fry, 62, Markaane, London ; and G. A. Coleman, Esq.. Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng a, New Inn, Strand. land Railway Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex The Hon. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton air William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-street, Hyde-park Sir John Hare, Langham-place Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centre Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office The Rev. J. Harvey Astworth, Nev. bury M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall James Atty, Esq., Rugby Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Browne, Eaq., Bedford Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport William Berdgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalton, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittair, Esq., Sheffield Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway George Burnand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde Park William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bond-street, Director of the North Wales Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London W. E. Boyer, sq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the Bast and West of England Railway Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct West ern Railway George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreeve, Manchester Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louis 13uckla.nd, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. John's-wood Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-011-the-Wold, Gloit cesterildre W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton P. F. Glassman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Manchester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square Edwin Cadman. Esa.. Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Raileray Frantic Carleton, Esq. James Cliff, Esq., Bloomsbury-square Robert Cruickshank. Esq., Gosport John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater. Director of the Manchester and Bir mingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury Colonel George Disrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Robert Dunwoodie, Esq., Manchester Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford John Alcock Dixon. Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon William Tulloeh Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great Western Railway W. E. Gray, Esq,, Newbury Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone-square Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Etlgsbaston, near Birmingham, Director of tits East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford shire Railways Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England W. H. nornby, Esq.,Blackburn George Calvert Holland, Esq., Sheffield John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester William 11111, Esq., Manchester John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail way Company W. Bayley, Esq. Manchester ' Charles Haigh, Esq. Manchester James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon don Railway Company John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South - Wales Railway T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfleld House, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West of England George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North Wales John Knit], Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place. Director of the Richmond Railway M. R. Kymer, Esq., Hastings, Sussex leftward tomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late Director of the Worcester and So uth Wales Railway Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock Company J. H *Leckie, Esq., Richmond Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basinstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park William Mills, Esq., Newbury Joseph Maunder, sq., Ashford John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway W. Mains, Esq., Mansion-horse-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., Meiverton-hill, Leamington R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin.lane, and Coleford John Marshall, Esq., Homforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway el. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, 'Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the York and Carlisle Railway Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West of England Railway Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens.. London John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, ;Esq., *of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent Railway James Paxton. Esq., Rugby Richard Burton Phillipson, Req., Rugby N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-paeket Company, Southampton Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey Edwin Preston,* Esq., Manchester William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the North London Junction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maids Bill Hartley Sager, Hall Grove, Coins, Yorkshire Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director of the East and West of England junction Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies W. Senhouse, Esq., Daventry T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway Waiter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park E. Shawcrose, Esq., Manchester John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. H. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Birmingham Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-an-Avon I. Tinker, Esq., Manchester Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Malton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway B. M. Wilcox. Esq., Hantsville, Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield Fire and Life Insurance Company George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North Kent Railway Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveney Valley Railway Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall Smith Willock, Esq., Birmingham W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool George Young, Esq., Denmark 11111, Surrey, and Mark-lane (With power to add to their number.) Baximas—Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. EI,TGINEER-IN-CHIEF. ACTING ENGWERES. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster Brackstone Baker, Esq. SOLICITOR—John Bethell, Esq., 71, King William-street, London. That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is now fully admitted, arid the question is, which is the best line to be Adopted. The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man chester lines (Remington's and Ashnrst's), the actual distance to be constructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles. A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby to 3facelesfield, s arneailncreased expenditure of 200,0001. or 360,0001. judicially applied in t,,thfheetar:ieeneexuLatifie.xetr.fpeecntsed. of f tate of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost economy, both earth works, will prove in the end a far greater to the Company itself in the saving effected in lz; ftened:orZd fti e o n n e s ra h l' a b y: working, and also, what is of snore importance, Sam© country in 1.7; eli,gtg..,ikedsaiwdhno hav e accomplishing, m:een sufficiently a m k u e less viewco st, the by Manchester. by an entire and distinct line from London to pt in alsoz,ep,ruirepaerseditie.tofrornmakthe: railway from Rugby o n the choice of thefdll;en vobalvileoyussla;laostoe t a h v' e 'ot ad i7 v lt'h ati °'. by deviating and direct line, although oft t h nn e z.ce of the country, p t an tr y ae . t to pursue don and Brighton parties. titre were at thattlm projects, is a outlar, having been Rnuni adoptedc difficulties al P ri ii:7:runeatarlamlertoremnedrece::, ;:::::Drrennp . c e e s ed by grater by nvolvlng preventing more in a more or less sinuous direction, which t? th w e inar 'Y eemeeting whereby th e Shonld'it be found necessary, arrangements have beeenSu in the House by very Influential support ed which additional lines of rails wi ll be laid between Rugby ix do a n m o c n n th orth e LOstivarddognwianlldbßeirambulillgdhanamuy provided for. anT2 ‘ dadLbl r - This line also possesses the singular advantage of rdi shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Soafruothamltoth:, By order, GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary. T HE HUDDERSFIELD AND EAST AND WEST COASTS DIRECT RAILWAY, onnecting Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Goole, Great Grimsby, and Hull ; with a communication to the Metropolis, from or near the Cudworth Station of the North Midland Railway. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital. 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2 s. per Share. _ _ fn compliance with the Standing Order of the House of Lords. The objects of this undertaking are—first, to establish one con 'inuous, and a more direct and short'r line of railway communica 'ion between Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Goole, Treat Grimsby, and Hull, than at present exists, or is proposed by my other scheme now before the public ; secondly, to give the be nefit of railways to several populous and important intermediate places now unprovided therewith ; thirdly, to afford increased fa cilities to transit to the whole intervening district ; and fourthly, to *Pen a communication from Huddersfield, southward, with the me tropolis. The Legislature having, during the recent session, sanctioned the making of a railway from Manchester to Huddersfield, by the Sad lleworth and Marsden Valleys, a communication is thereby secured betwixt the port of Liverpool and Huddersfield ; a similar communi sation is now called for with the Easter' Coast, and in order to ac mnplish the same, it is therefore proposed to make a line, com mencing at, or near, the station in Huddersfield, of the Huddersfield sad Manchester Railway, passing through the Kirkheaton and Kirk barton Valleys, by way of, or near Barnsley, to or near the Cud worth station of the North Midland Railway, there forming a junc tion with that railway (by which a communication with the metro- polis will be obtained), and thence proceeding to Goole, Great Grimsby, and Hull, by the nearest practicable routes. In order to effect the reqdired objects, at as little expense, andlessen the dis tance as much as possible, liberty is reserved to form junctions with any other existing or projected railways. On reference to a map, it will be seen that the construction of the proposed line, with the existing and projected railways, will attain not only the several objects before stated, but also that it will pass through, or near, several of the most extensive and celebrated eoal-fields, bads of stone, and limestone, and other mineral districts, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It 18 impossibi; in the limits of a prospectus, to enumerate or estimate the benefits to be derived from this undertaking; making Huddersfield the centre of communication between the two seas, uniting it by means of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway to Liverpool 011 the west ; and by the proposed line, to the three ports of Goole, Great Grimsby, and Hull, on the east; and the line passing through a densely-populated commercial and manuflicturing part of the kingdom, as well as a highly-cultivated agricultural district, will afford a ready transport to the natural productions of each locality ; added to which, it is well known that considerable portions of such manufacturing districts have hitherto been very inadequately sup plied with coal, and also that there is a daily increasing demand by the outports of that article for exportation ; whilst on the other hand the superabundant produce of the rich agricultural districts of York shire and Lineolushire, bordering upon the line, are in equal demand for the manufacturing population. The immense traffic, both tligugh and lees!, which must pan upon the line, will afford ample remuneration to the capitalist. A great Tart of the line will pass through a country favourable for the construction of a railway, and the remainder presents no difficul ties of a serious character. In the construction of the line, every en deavour will be made tc cause the least possible infringement on the rights or claims of existing railways, or injury to private property. A portion of the shares will be reserved, at the discretion of the Committee, for such railway companies at this line may form junc tions, or be connected with. The liability of each Shareholder will be restricted by Act of Par liament to the amount of phis subscription ; and power will be taken by the Act to: allow interest, at the rate of 41. per eentum per an num upon the paid-up capital, from the date of each payment until the completion of the railway. tApplicationsjor shares may be addressed, in the annexed form, to either of the undermentioned sharebrokers, viz. :—Messrs. Baily and Hammond, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, and Mr. John Dobson, Commercial Hall, London ; Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Johnston, Bradley, and Walker, Man chester ; Mr. William Moore. Mr. John Gatliffe, Mr. Frederick Tur ner, and Messrs. John Wilson and Co. Huddersfield ; Mr. James Hervey, Halifax; Mr. Walter Smith, Ha lifax and Eland ; Messrs. Smith and Perfect, Leeds ; Mr. William Hodgetts, Barnsley ; Mr. John Dans, and Mr, David Foster, Goole ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Mr. Samuel Phillips, and Messrs. William, Caley, jun., and Co., Hull ; Mr. J. P. Loft, Great Grimsby ; Mr. Thomas Firth, Ponte fract ; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle ; Mr. J. W. Haythorn, Notting ham ; Messrs. Williams and Sunderland, Leicester ; Mr. J. N. Balme, Gloucester ; Messrs. Thomas F. Dickinson and Co., Newcastle upon-Tyne; Mr. Peter Watt, Glasgow; and Messrs. Stuart and Murray, and Mr. David Kinnear, Edinburgh ; or to WILLIAM JACOMB, Esq., Huddersfield, Secretary to the Company. %IP The names of the Provisional Committee and of the several officers of the Company will be published in a few days. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. Ta the Provisional Committee of the Huddersfield and East and West Coasts Direct Railway Company. Gentlemen,-1 request that you will allot mo shares of 201, each in this undertaking, and I engage to accept the same, or any Lees number that you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21.25. per share, and to siga the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement when required. Name in full •• —..—••—•••••• •• •• •• Residence .. Profession or Trade (lfany) •• .• Place of Business (if any) .... Date of Application Reference .......... IRISH WEST COAST RAILWAY.I (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. (Ito Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.) esovistoriA.l. COMWTT". Nark Blake, Esq., M.P., Baninafad. Mayo Robert Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P., Glencorrib, Mayo John Patrick Somers, Esq., M.P., Sligo Sir Thomas Bernard Going Dancer, Bart., Modreeny House, Clough- Jordon. county Tipperary, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny Railway The lion. GeoffTy Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and Castle M'Garrett, Mayo The lion. Douglas Kinnaird Palteney, Parliament-street, Whitehall, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Michael Gallagher, Esq., Mayor of Sligo John Netterville Barron, Esq., Resident Magistrate, Sanders Park, Cork Owen Edmond Blake, Esq., J.P., Frenchfort, Galway William Butler, Esq., J.P., Bunnahow, Ennis (late High Sheriff of Clare) James F. Burke, Esq., J.P., St. Clarence, Galway Dominick Joseph Burke, Esq., J.P., Greenhill, Mayo ,alleobald Burke, Esq., J.P., Woodville, Mayo William Campbell, Esq., Sackville-street, and Brighton John Carmichael, Esq., T.C., RiTertson Lions°, Cork, Director of the Cork and Killarney .ailway Charles Collins, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Thomas Comm a , Esq., Ballybrit House, Galway Ed ward Deane, Esq., J.P., Curragowan, Mayo James Dillon, Esq., J.P., Cogue, Mayo John Dunn, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., L. and D., Drumsna, Leitrim Thomas Edwards, Esq., King William-street, London, Director of the Direct London and Dublin Railway Robert Flake, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire Robert Graham, Esq., J.P., Drumgoon, Fermanagh Klein Grant, Esq., St. James's-street, Pall-mall, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Henry Griffith, Esq., D.L., J.P., Port Royal, Sligo, Director of the Sligo and Shannon Railway W. A. 11111, Esq., Lonsciale-square, Deputy Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith Railway Dean John Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square Robert Hughes, Esq., Ely Rouse, Wexford. Director if the Provin cial Bank of Ireland John Kerschner, Esq.. Middle Temple William King, Esq., Spring-gardens, and Putney, Surrey John Knox, Esq., J.P., Greenwood Park, Mayo Joseph Myles 3L.Dennell, Esq., J.P., Deocastie, Mayo Capt. Charles Carden Mausergh, Longraigue, Wexford, Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Railway Capt. Newton, Bruton-street, and Lugwardin, Ilerts Francis R. O'Grady, Esq., Tavrane, Mayo Richard O'Grady, Esq., Tavrane, Mayo Charles Ormsby, RM., Cummin, Sligo Michael Perrin, Esq., Galway Robert Dudley Persse, Esq., Galway Roes Price, Esq., M.D., Tyne Hall. Great Ilford, Essex Richard Polhill, Esq , Brompton, Middlesex Joseph Richardson, Etta., J.P. Summer-hill House, Clones Thomas Seymour, Esq.. J.P., BallymOre Castle, Bailin:taloa James Sexton, Esq., J.P„ Limerick S. W. Simcockes, Esq.. Galway John Walsh, Esq , Castlehill, Mayo • Captain George Edward Watts, R.N., Langton Grange, Darlington (With power to add to their number.) Landmann, R.E., F.A.S., London—ifsosrs. Williairts, Deaco BANK n, . ERS and CO. Scotland — Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank Ireland—National Bank and Branches Provincial Bank and Branches. STANDING Couteser.—James Monson Carrow, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Langley and Mead, Bedford-row, London. William Thomas Kelly, Esq., 16, Mouutjoy-square North, Dublin, and Castlebar, Mayo. LOCAL AGENTS. Galway—Captain F. O'Shaughnesay Castlebar—Mr. Henry Murphy Sligo—Mr. W. C. Tune. CBcarrinT—Henry T. Stuart, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The object of this line of Railway is to complete the chain of coast communication, and form a connexion with lines already established or projected with reasonable hopes of success. It will commence at or near the city of Limerick, and taking a nor therly direction, proceed through the counties ofClare, Galway, Mayo, and Sligo, terminating at Sligo, by a junction with the Sligo and Ennis killen Railway, and accommodating on itsroute the important cities and towns of Limerick, Ennis, Gort, Loughrea, Athenry, Monivea, Tham, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Westport, Foxford, lsallina, Kilalla, Swineford, Streamstown, and Sligo, which town being connected with the north, east, and south, by the different lines through Enniskillen, London derry, Coleraine, Belfast, Armagh, Newry, Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Valentia, Tralee, and Limerick, the establishment of this line will cause Ire land to present a completeness of locomotive communication which no ether country in the world enjoys. The country through which the proposed line travels is most fertile In mineral and agricultural products ; it embraces many extensive coal fields, whose advantages It will extend to all parts of Connaught and Ulster; and intersecting, as it does, so many metropolitan lines of railway, it will develope those advantages in an equal degree to the province of Leinster. . . _ The lead, iron, marble, and slate works on its route, will be rendered available to the most distant parts of the island, and perhaps not the least advantage, in a national point of view, will be the establishment of an intercourse between the population of the extrema north and that of the extreme south, as well as placing the t rade Of, and communication with, Scotland, within the easy reach of all towns of any importance in Ireland. Added to this the cer tainty that on the completion of the projected southern, eastern, and western lines, the noble natural harbours on the Atlantic shore of Ireland will become the British depots of American traffic, and most probably the established packet stations for postal communication between the twe countries, it is impossible to over-rate the value of this truly national projection The counties which this ; English mark ets with cattl traverses abundantly supply the so many ports, will afford r allway i i i i P e ita. &e. This line, communicating with this portion of trade, some idea gtFeatest facilities for the shipping of the extent of which may be formed frinomiutihmemfazitiaotfeuvipwciarnstl;,ofamtivone'g them, the fairs being held annually knowledged the greatest for shee eahidniCatitl: ifnal t r he of 4l a t i l l s inas h isl i an e d ' s ae ; It has been ascertained that th i : acilitieo for the construction of a ra ilw a y , Pre"nt* great engineering Y, and in commanicatlorui which have been received front the l and owners along the line, the greatest anxiety is manifested for its c The snbscribers will be held liable onl;igias extent of their first dtposits until an Act of Parliament is obtained, and afterward. only to the amount of their subscriptions. Power will be applied for in the Act —and in the meantime Is hereby given to the Committee—to alter,thte. capital, if necessary; to make branch b em ran tp c a h ni l e in s es. or vary or abandon any part of the line enter into arrangements with any other eom also to nominate the first directors of the pu n y ; and The Parliamentary contract and subscribe ' Y. re ready for signature on payment o f the deposits. agreement will b e It will be seen from the plan that the railway intersects man y linos, and will thus contribute to, an d receive from them main con siderable amount in passenger and merchandise traffic. From the estimates that have been made, a return of at least 10 per cent. must be realised on the capital. Application for shares to be made in the usual form to the Solid tars is London and Dublin ; to the Local Agents ; to the Secretary, At the office of the Company, 10, Old Jewry Chambers ; and to the undermentioned brokers :—Messrs. Martin and Heseitinc, Finch lane, Cornhill ; Mr. D. B. Major, Change -alley, Cornhill ; Mr. An thony Laurie, Liverpool ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Manor-street, Bull ; Mr. S. Grindroi, Manchester ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds; Mr. George Edwards, Bristol; Messrs. Tyeth and Wills, Plymouth; Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. M`Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. William Gordon, Aber deen ; Messrs. Curtis and Power, Dame-street, Dublin ; Mr. Janes Morgan, Cork, of whom Prospectans may be had. .....:,-„,,ua.,„,,, Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route, and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company. The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and 3facclesfleld to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek. The Company has made arrangements with the North London Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London, at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost importance to this line. Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded that a line that will attain such important results at so small an outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent investment for capital The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of the shares. 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 taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent. interest in all calls. Application for detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be made to the Secretary, at the Office, 78, King William-street, City, London, and the followipg sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, G: ibble, and Sutton, 22, North-side Royal Exchange, London, and George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ; Messrs. Honghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an l Oastler, Leeds ; Messrs. Ed wards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield; J. G. Ker shaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; and Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Dire* Railway Company, via Macclesfield. _ . . I request that you will allot to me of 201. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same, or any less number and will pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated the day of 1845. Name .• • • • • • • • Address . ......... • Profession . • ..... • • Reference AXANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT _kV A, RAILWAY, vii MACCLESFIELD. The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and have satisfied the Committee that the country is perfectly practi cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus putting the matter of time and money beyond a doubt. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. ELY and WISBEACEI DIRECT RAILWAY, through Littlefort, Welney, Upwell, and Outwelll to com mence at the City of Ely, where it will form a junctim4 b with the Eastern Counties and Norfolk Railways, and proceettetst'thence to the important Town and Port of Wisbeach. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 250,0001., In 12,500 Sharer of 201. each. Deposit, 21. per Share. Distance, Twentylptir Miles. This railway will be the nearest route from London to Wisbeach. Prospectuses, with the names of the Provisional Committee, and other particulars of this important branch of railway, will be pub lished with as little delay as practicable. In the meantime, ap, Ilea tions for shares may be addressed to HENRY F. RICHARDSON, Esq., Solicitor to the Promoters, 36, Coleman-street, London. N ORTHAMPTON, BANBURY, AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY. Offices, No. 3, Princes-street, Westminster. Notice is hereby given, that the Deeds of this Company will, on Monday next, be sent into the country for signature, and conse quently no scrip can be issued at these offices after Saturday, the 20th inst., until Wednesday, the Ist of October. Sept. 18, 1845. JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON TEGO BAY. Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street. Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 2/. per Share. A. Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in the Island. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Aladryn Perk, Caemarvon.shire Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard Sir John J. Hensler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-street, Ilelgrave-square P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London Major Adair, U.S. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng land Insurance Company Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Docks Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial Bank, London Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell Lieutenant-Colonel Gillies, Cambridge-terrace F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall D. J. Hoare Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London And Manchester Railway Francis John Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace .. ___......... Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-r ow, Temple James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway .... Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail. way James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway _ Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway 13. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St. Elizabeth's J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and Western Railways W. C. Beare, Esq., Dorchester-place, Director of th e W orces t er , Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway William Fitzgibbon, Esq. Director of the Cork and Band on , an d Cork and Kilkenny Ra ilways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St.lchu 'li-wood, Director of the National Bank of Ireland William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In surance Company Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Con Udell Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General Fire and Life Assurance Company Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and Manchester Railway Company John King,Esq., St. John's-wood, London, and Glastonbury, Somer setshire John Lilley, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway J. Haines, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham John Burgess, Esq., the Boroughree-re of Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junc tion Railway Captain D. K. P u lt e n ey, Parliament-street . ._ _ _ _ jeismlah Clark, Esq., Macclesfield ___(With power to add to their number.) ENG! MUMS —Wit' a m eravatt, EN., F.R.S. ; Jame's PilbrOW, Esq.. C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E. Sotacrroas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. BAN/MU—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, denimlVs:la-We: The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons conversant with the islan I of Jamaica. The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of 30s. per passenger. The difference in the freights between the northern and southern sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed porta f the east and north of the Island. The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock Fort, Yallaha, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria, I t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego I sty. By these means a line of inte rcommunication will be formed b etween the most important and populou s pl aces, and facility offered for carriage of the produce of the most prod salve portion of the Wand. Through the southern portion of the li ne, the physical features are gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun tains, which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country, rising into hills separate fl•om each other by spacious vales. The whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar ticles of sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other spices, dye wood, drugs, &c. ; and as more than one-third of the land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton, indigo, cocoa, &c., and dry stuffs, at prese n t unimported, will again [ ' enormous bulk. Th e li ne will llgnum yam, e b ony, Spanish 'be brought into extensive cultivation. Timb er of great variety abounds along the line ; besides the pimento t ree, which flourishes spontaneously, fine cedar, enrde other r m t a r l e m e g s o an also bring largely into use the valuable palxsv-tt) , and various other woods for agricultural and household purposes, aid cabinet works. The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ; lead ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver; whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic. The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion of the capital demanded will not be required, as every materials necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut tings and embankments will be generally superseded. A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line, and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con struction, will, it Is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ; —the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased to capitalists .• r the benefit of the Shareholders. Of the yane is imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti mate can acs • cely be given —It will be sufficient to state, that Coals, Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops, Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and Manufactures generally, form important seances of profit. The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re quired, and the speedy communication established between the island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mall Steam Packet Company, will 'enable the Directors in this country to exercise an efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island. The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the payment of 4% per cent. Interest upon the am oun t pa id upon the ' shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line. Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43, Moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, solicitors, 47, Moorgate-street, London ; and the following Sharebrokers : Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London ; Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Mika, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp, Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson, Bradford ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co.,'and Mr. William Lee, Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Mr. Spenser. Halifax; Messrs. F. C . May Thomas and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. . Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street, Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster„ Cork • and of whom prospectuses may be had. To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 501. each In this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21. per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l tun, Gentlemen, yoar obedient servant, Name in full .• .• .. Trade or Profession • • • • ..... • Residence.. Place of business (if any) Reference • * Wood is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that climate is more durable, JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that no further application for shares In this undertaking can be received from parties resident in London a fter Turasoair, the 25th d a y of S e pt em b er i ns t an t ; and from parties ident 1,1 the country after SATURDAY, the 27th day of September By order, Fir ItSLIE and mum Solicitors. Sept. is, 1845, IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY (Upon the Broad Gauge), From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewater respectively. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 3,000,000/., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. _ - The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens Howard El. phinstonc, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament street Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies _ Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Direct Manehester and London and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder minster Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the City of London Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway; and Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester -road, Hyde Park, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and Valiel;ruConsnwtinicukariolunaßreai' lm Lo_ u ndon, Deputy ThomasDl 'llCBni South tdi l hr m V Lawrence, Midland Courtney,efeanntdnhee,e Trent a EE E sswl . 3 , 33 C ,3 h : ' a t p el-s _Mar y r e A x e t , B elgra ye-square, London Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and George-street, Mansion House John Wheelton, Esq., 3leopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near null, Deputy Lieutenant and 3lkistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Ebq., Irongate Wharf William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of the South Midland Railway Martin Stately, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South Essex Railways Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester -street John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of , the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon. street, London H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Ulmer Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esg., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company Patrick Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and Blackwall Railway Company W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London, Assistant Tithe Commissioner William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltealtam, and Temple, Len don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Easton-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwall Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the St. Katherine's Dock Company William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor place, London Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Caste, eeunty Cork, Union Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way Company Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di rector of the Warwi c k s hir e an d London Railway Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, EM., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d Light Dragoons Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity- square, London Robert Millington ' Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming ham Railway Company R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director ef the Buckingham shire Railway and Wolverton Junction Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpten Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumptos Charles Justice, Esq., CoUnmpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Union lliineockoiminnbb,,EDmpsqsg..,,aCn Witham llalcomb, Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks Banking Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and Dorset Bank Captain W. 0. Maclean, R.N., Taunton Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berta Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Kerle Haberdeld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Troup, Esq., Hastings John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland aid North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mapp!n, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Ensßa:snai,:cl.El7l3ficleCaslayt.a'neircr:ester, Director of the Manchester and Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company John Ridgeway, Esq., C a lt u l a d n o e n h - e p ate lace r t roe .Director Potteries , ofm Staffordshire, a3ichoter and M an e d ' North Cheshire Railway Companies Director of the Manchester and m S l o in u o th h a es m te p r t , on p ßailway of the Direct James Ogden, M.D., Salford Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York jElailitSTnajughtdadhooNßanN,admurtaaopinrrilintddo'sjnMEM,uanchester and Southampton Railways and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver pool Esq. , Rusholm Hall, Manchester C. H. Jones, Esq. , Hu ddersfield, De John Haonifdord,Direct Railway Companie s " Leeds Deputy Chairman of the Hudders field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford Union Railway Charles Bamford, jam, Esq., Null, Director of the Null and Barnsley Junction John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South- Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Cjooairniraneplt°lusn Ra ndall, i Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and Midland Railway Companies Cls.alAaroepnpilleoblyra,eEs'sEq.sq,BrLooerPhilShellield, Director of the Sheffield and Company Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the She ffi eld, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the Manchester Railway Company E W d m vri . n B C B. a lCr dm idegwe a b n itaile , rY E ' sq wEa . ,ys :h . lideurdldeyersHtleolwdaardnd, Sutton Wisbech, Director of the E as t C oas t R a il w ay Company Devon port Captain Bowker, R.N. , H. S. Bright, Esq., Hu ll Ad E S e h g e . Teld Railway Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Nar rowgate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the • and Lincolnshire Junction Isle of Ely, Wisbusch , Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York of Johnf Eng l and Falvcet t E a i s q l w . y Company and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., 'Liverpool NDvailvilidam Hunter , Esq., Manchester Esq ., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rev. Charles Cottle, Rec tor of Walton, Northamptonshire Major Wornum, Clarence -square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., West bank House, Macclesfield, Director of the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Dire ctor of the Hull and Barnsle y Jaactien Henry Hubborsty, Esq. , Hull Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commer cial-road, Limehonso, merchant John Mee Mathew, Esq. , G ra y 's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Cam- _ missioner John Norton, Esq., Moat House,:Brentwood, Essex William John M'Cittire, Esq., Hampton Court John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Grove, North Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefenvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tringham, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire William Jenson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield (With power to add to their eembov). BANKERS-31essrS. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Messrs. llaynes and Moore, Warwick and Loudon Messrs. J. V. and J. T. H ar ti ng , 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders , Esq. ASSISTANT-.S ECRETARY —CharIes J. Whalley , Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPO INTED. At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq. At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and ROdWay Attt B Bath, Messrs. Bateh e ll or , Harford, and Staunton ridgewater, Messrs 0 5 and J. R Poole the e n a national point of view such a line is i ndis p ensable. With At Tiverton ' * *S. R. At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth The object of thi s li ne is to effect a direct com munication between London and ti l e L an d' s End. advantage of a di rec t ra il roa d, F a lmouth, from its posit ion at the western extremity o f t h e k i ngdom, wou ld undoubtedly long s ince have been the principal port en that coast. With the advantage of at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South -Western Railway, in creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris tol, befor e the opening of the Great Western Ra ilwa y , the imports were, d eclining ; Sines then they have very cons id er ably increased. The merits of a li ne to the Lan d' s E n d as an investment for ca pital, it w as not left to the present Company t o discover. The Great Western and Brist o l and Exeter R a il wa y having already reached Exeter, it has b een i n contemplat i on t o extend that line to Fal mouth by way set 'on fo o t on the conviction that Falmou th must be reached by railway. of Plymouth ; and various other p ro j ects have been The object of thi s prospectus i s t o c h e w that as other line than the present can ultim a t e l y sat i sfy t h e ex igencies of the country in regard to this, the empire." important eutport—the na t u ral Packet Station of its most " , , Tile present proj ec t i s di s ti ngu i s hed by this—that it is direct. It is as nearly as p oss ib le a straight line f rom London to the Land's End. The London Bath and Bridgewater Company having amalga mated with this Company, the immense local inf luence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway so far as R ea di ng , pursues its course by or near Newbury , Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging li ne will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), W es tbury, Frome, She P ton 3lallet, Wells (from which another di verg i ng line will be t a ken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thi rt y -two miles than any existing or proj ec t e d ra ilways between these po ints, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the distance from London to Falmouth, a saving lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in ninety the whole With respect to the traffic bete/nen London and Tiverton, it is needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi cient to justify the construction of this port ion of the Direct Wes tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 RIO that it will traverse rich and populeus agricultural and mannfleturing districts, e" ' receive a large ani,ait of trafflc well from railways now in colt: ,f construction as from ethers pro jected, with every chance of success. As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained In the Channel by adverse winds, would effect an Immense saving both in insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway; and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor tion of whiter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the map will make It manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex tent of midland distrivt, comprising rich and populous parts of So mersetshire, Dorsctshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of railroad accommodation. Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance In the event of war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet commerce of the kingdom ; it . may not be out of place to quote here the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Treut Valley, which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, he is reported to have said : —" I consider that the com munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it-may be further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed to interfere with that great national object. The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par liament. It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the kingdom. Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at four pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected with the Direct Western district. Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary. London, September 11, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d. per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract when required. Dated 1845. Residence .. •• • • • • •.• Trade or Profession ...... Place of Business (if any) Reference Signature.— • • . • •• • • . B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. F. H. Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman of the Oxford, Walley, and Cheltenham Railway Company Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Company The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belly Hatch House, Henley William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham -gate, and Highwood Hill, Hendon Lieut.-Colonel Glides, Porchester House, Bayswater William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn Major Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester, Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish square Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Thomas Hemming Johnson, Esq., Older's Hall, Hendon, Middlesex Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Captain Grover, R.N. Captain John Innes, 11.C.5., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet Mr. Bruce Johnson, Finchley William Christopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, Holloway Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet W. J. M'Gwire, Esq., 74, St. James's-street W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, Essex Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's Park William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus Railway Company The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OP atAllaamtENT. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. 11. Halpi n , E sq . Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. William Alfred Hill,Esq.,Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq. Chairman George Freeman, Esq. Major Lindam, K.H. George Godfrey, Esq. Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq. F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq. Hendon, Delito Denton, E 10, Gray's Inn-sq uare . CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Wishaw, E sq ., C . E ., Brook Lodge, ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Thaarxxas—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, JOINT SOLICITORS. Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street G. P. Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square. , . LOCAL AGENTS. Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Finchley John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone. SIiCXXTAIIT (pro tem.)—A. Doull, Esq. This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon don and York Railways. The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet stone, Totteridge, Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finchley, Holder's Hlll, Hendon, Burrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon, Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green, Holsdon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne Green, Maida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch End, Hornsey, 3iuswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap ton, Highbury, Holloway, Klngsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham, Bow, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney, Shacklewell, Daiston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Biackwall, Euston-square, Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith, Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, &c. ; connecting those places with the various railways named, and all those south of the river Thames. The distance - from *he town of Barnet to th station Of the Loudon and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will be 15 miles. The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4% miles. From the junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Bernet, 9% miles ; from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Hendon), on the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 63! mires. There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance. The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet; thus the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass through an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large collections of houses and buildings. Upon the completion of this railway, a large and daily-increasing population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses, will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto affording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad rupled in value. The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too, will now have a railway cemmumcation of its own, without depend ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of the trunk lines now contemplated. An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may be safely anticipated, and will ariso from the following sources, amongst others : 1. from the conveyance of passengers. 2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City and Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through Loudon ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly during the period of the large Barnet fairs. 3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne, fuel, and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grievous evil. Tile Committee of Management reserve to themselves the power of adopting, upon this line, locomotive power, or Presser's Railway guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expedient. Applications for Shares in the form annexed (and communi cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Com pany), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices of the Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to the Joint Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street ; and G. P. 11111, Esq., 21e, Soho-square. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford street, London. Gentlemen,—l request that yen will allot to me Shares of 20/. each In this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in full ...... Residence • ..... Trade or Profession .. .... Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee.. • • B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity, convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published, held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of Sep tember instant, JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, In the Chair; It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq. ; seconded by the Rev. J. D. THOMPSON, and carried unanimously-- I. That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway communication between the northern districts of the metropolis and the to em of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now imperatively called for. It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITH, Esq. ; seconded by Mr. Jour; IloeeweLL, and resolved unanimously 8. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other pro jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet, and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an interest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be pre sented in favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of Parliament. And this meeting pledges itself to further the views of the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed to promote the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet. That the Committee consist of Benjamin Smith, Esq. Mr. Brunt Mr. John Hopewell Mr, Spencer Mr. George Bower The Rev. Mr. Stewart Mr. James Hill The Rev. John DawsonThomp- Mr. James Cooper sou With power to add to their number. It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART; and secended by J. SPENCER, Esq., and carried unanimously-- 3. That the thanksof the meeting be tendered to the Honourable T. H. F. Berkeley, the Chairman, and to the Deputy-Chairman, and the other members of the deputation from the varnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they have laid before the meeting the project of the Company. It was proposed by W. BILL, Esq. ; and seconded by W. IL HALPIN, Esq., and carried unanimously 4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for his impartial aid ably ccmdact atlis chair. Vl►, MANCHISTER, `TDON AND THE WEST MID AND SOUTHAMPTON BlttMtNGMali JU.NaiTION, Being au extension of the South and Midlands' Jaaetion Railway (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,200,0007., in 60,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 2/. 2s. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House Major Beresford, M.P. William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Webb. Mid laud, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways David It. Ross, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the London and Manchester, and Smith and Midlands' Junction Rail ways Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts, Director of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales, and Direetor of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Director of the Direct Western Railway Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir William Twysden, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest if Dean Railway William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and Loudon and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c. Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' June tion Railways Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon don and Westminster Bank, and Namur and Liege, and South and 3idlands' Junction Railways John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberys twith, and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Captain James Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of Dean, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, &c. Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the Legal and Commercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of Bengal, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth Railway Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Richard William Johnson, Esq. ' Director of the London and Man chester, and Derbyshire a n d South Staffordshire Railways William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Furness and White haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail ways William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Carpenter, Esq , Magistrate of the County of Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways G. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches ter Railway Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbf dge, Staffordshire John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England Life Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director of the London and Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Cash, Esq. Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham Robert Richards, Esq. ' inner Temple, London, Director of th e S ou th and Midlands' Junction Railway George It. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Juac tion, and Northampton and Banbury Railways William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near Bicester, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation Railway John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Vice Chairman of the Leeds and York Railway J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond James Durness, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-square, Islington Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway Martin Furness, Esq., Director of the Newark and Sheffield Railway William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and Leeds Railway Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melksham, Wilts, Director of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Charles Thomas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhend, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Provisional Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Machias, H.E.1.C.5., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Midlands' Junction Railways James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near Coventry, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail way William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brompton, Director of the Jersey, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Thomas Cleobury, Esq., 30, Sackville-street Major Walker, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, and Alfreton, Derby, Director of the Trent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid lands' Junction Railways T. It. W. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Mi ilands' Junction Railways Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Me tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway W. A. Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman of. the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Railway, Director of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Englls Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway William Morley, Esq., Blackheath William Lee, Esq ., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex and Suffolk Railways Thomas Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway J. Harvey, Esq., Rush-hill, Surrey John Wheelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Thomas Collingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director ofthe South and Midlands' Junction Railway C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the North Metropolitan Railway William Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton Warren Stormes Hale, Esq. Gresham -street, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Kingemill Grove Key, Esq. Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction, and South Midlands' Junction Railways W. Lee, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen -street, May-fair Admiral J. Ayseough, Prospect-place House, Southampton, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton. and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major Grubbe, Eastwell House, Potterue, Wilts, Magistrate of the County, and Director of the South and 3 fidlands'Junction Railway Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlamds' Junction Railways T. G. Norbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway , Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, and of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance Company William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Brocke Waibancke, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery William Lee, Esq., Director of the Reading Railway Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square William T. Thornton, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portman-square John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway Joseph Crockett, Esq , Alderman of Devizes, and Director of the North Wilts Banking Company, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Gloucester-place, London, Director of the Leicester and Birmingham Railway Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway William Peppercorne, Esq., London, and Bexhill, Sussex Captain T. Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway F. Duffield, Esq., Bolton House, near Bradford Rev. F. R. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge John Barnett, Esq., Coroner for the County of Gloucester, Director of the Oxford and Cheltenham Railway William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Alexander Prince, Esq., 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the Bar net North Junction Railway James Lees, Esq., Delph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director of the Saddleworth Banking Company (With power to add to their number). BANKEss—The Commercial Bank of London. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John 3laonell, LL.D., F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E. SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street. LOCAL AGENTS. It appears that England will be divided longitudinally by four great lines of railway, which will become so many main trunks, intersec ing and intersected by numerous lines, both transverse and oblique, opening rapid and ready communication with the intermediate dis tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle upon- Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and Gamliridge, may be said to terminate in London, whence all places are accessible. The second line, counting westward, is more tortuous, and has also a common northern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad vantages are materially restricted. This line, descending the Ere wash Vale, and passing through Rugby and Oxford, becomes a South ampton line by falling into the South-Westem Railway at Basing stoke. The third longitudinal line, or the most westerly, 'is still more de fective in design than the preceding; employing the steep and narr ow railway called the Birmin g h am and Gloucester as its first link, it traverses nearly in a right line the least populous and most undulating parts of Gloucester, Berks, Wilts, and Hants ; and, properly speaking, has no independent terminus. A large longitudinal section of the kingdOrn--the West Midland district—a district inviting a similar species of accommodation from concentrated local advantages, still remains unprovided with a chief trunk line ; and it is contemplated to remedy this deficiency by the present undertaking, or a fourth longitudinal line. Adopting Birmingham as a northern terminus of the West Mid land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, it is proposed to carry a line through or near to Stratford-on-Avon, thence between Moreton, Stow, Northleaeh, Fairford, Cricklade, and Swindon, where it will merge in the South and Midlands' Junction Railway. The length of the proposed line will be about sixty miles, and the district traversed by it is gently undulating and densely peopled At its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with Utz South and Midlande, by means of which it opens a most direct communica tion hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weymouth, Christ church, Poole, and Southampton. At its northern ternibms, air mingliarn, it communicates with a series of lines, projected, in pro gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can ever be constructed between the southern ports of England and the great manufacturing districts. In tile allianOo of linen fOrixtizig tla Won Midland, bfauttroider, IND SWII jft o' l BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD Bristol fitr e TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the e t wee „, lish Channels, and forming a direct communication u ^ O 6 South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London , the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, P" Channel Islands. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 300,0001. in 15,000 shares of 201. eac h ' Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. floe su i.s Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscr i P is intended to make no further call until the Act of . 1". " . obtained. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, ti' Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boom, Dartmouth Sir John Hansler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron W—Ela r°ll. 944 0 Lieutenant of the county of Essex ~.arrasn 'f Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near Minehead, Vice -C. — ci ty Somerset Quarter Sessions *bil l" John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead,—N. air )1 county of Somerset m be, John Cridland, Esq., Spring-grove Park, near Wivellse° trate for the County of Somerset .. De ° Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose Home, Ramp 4.„ -- R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall _ . .. The Mayor of the . Town and County of Poole O . Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole cl C afe° E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 1 5 , 01 street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire i eroO D AO W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, 1 1, _ .. .,0'5' W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Aid''' . merchant W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park tei f James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary -at-hill, merchant ~ St , fe James Colhoun, Esq. 5, Half-mom-street, Piccadilly , and chambers, Cornhill, merchant wride' o4l 1i;,,0r Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. .-,-, e , Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., alantisk JO — . shire F. W. Green, Esq., shipewner, Cornhill W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-squar e W. Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand. Office-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-stree t ' SOLICITORS. Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden - sqlt r e e i , Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridr r MANAGING DIRECTORS. E. F. Dayrell, Esq. James Colhoo, J s W a a m m . S e U s el:P o t uce t : iso ' W. R .Vigers, Esq. W. S. Fitzwilllam, Esq. W. F. Beaton, Esq. F. W. Grien, Esq. SECRETARY—Mr. Edward Parma. BANKEIIS. coo LOPS' Messrs. Strahan and Co.; and Messrs. Robarts an d fil e d la/ Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, Bridgwater, and 1% 3 4 la/ o 'r Applications made hares, O ffices o f and detr,`lJell U ci toll tion, may be at the Offices of the Company, NO. JO walk, City, London; at the O ffi ces of the CompanY yo/l f Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-salo u ol_°,.. Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwat er ,,, ; n; It 'or Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Tallm4itor, )0' Pearce, solicitor, Wiveliscombe ; Mr. James Parsons, ester;B";:` or , port ; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, por cu 11 '44 Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham ; Mr. M. 1C- We i r foll?'11 , Poole; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol; and of t ,/ Stock and Share-brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, an Pre Peigtol; Birchin-lane ; and Messrs. lium,ings and Lang, T• °! ,,, ul „ °- Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John M ° ._'": te lu' ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, 3fallenf',' - o r y-s, b etP l H. Davies and Co., Liverpool; Messrs. Chantrell and ,' - ‘ ,"" f ol" A Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull; Messrs. Labertoll e t; an" ford, Dublin; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; Mr. R. Ban, Tallow— _A Richard Neville Parker, solicitor, Cork. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHATCV'. 31 113°' To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater an r 0 4 e Junction Railway Company'. s h o ar:_: ep t the Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me each in the above undertaking ; and I hereby underlak. e . t te rs c l , same, or any less number you may allot to me, on to'„ n a a 11 ,4 10 prospectus, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, _`, g oscP calls thereon, and to sign the parliamentary contract an"' agreement, and other deeds, when required so to do. Dated this d a Y.Nit R esi den ce... Place i deon i n f fcbe t 1 . u. 1 18.1. . n . .. es . 8 .. . 4 . . 5 : 1: t rr s o n f ai ess s l ig on na o t r u l r 3 e u.s . lnes, • •• • 'is' ni ‘ Name, residence, &c., and--, - , k /p iv , Na BRIDGWATER MINB"'"'" " Notice is hereby given , Win bi # T t i ll ° a N' t n lotAAl.AriCtTiOn for P " -ar .:c s rW eu- 1.90 111 ‘ .1 tertained, unless the same be made in the form P r- r - r eltp" Managing Directors ; and the applicants must also l' el _ w is 1 of the Provisional Committee, or to some person or ' cliv 0 billty.—Dated September 12, 1845. 1 l'idl t or Messrs. A'BECKETT, SON, and S „„ A VAUGHAN PRANCE , Solicitors to the ." 11 0)(Y By or ler, ,_ .. :::p LEICESTER AND TEAN AND ji VALLEY JUNCTION RAILNVAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. Wit. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMAIITTEE. The Right Honourable the Earl of Uxbridge The Right Honourable Lord William Graham The Right Honourable Lord Alfred Paget, M.P. The Right Honourable Lord George Paget P 0 0...- Sir Richard Dobson, F. 8.5., 47, Gloucester-place, - London The Honourable Francis Curson, Barrow Hall, DerbY The Honourable Frederick Byron Edward huller, Esq., M.P., Dilhont Hall, Staffordshir e Major Beresford, M.P., 71, Pall-mall, London A George Dodd, Esq., M.P., Grosvenor-place Len London dolt V William Henry Gregory, Esq., M.P., 5, Cork-street John Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., 10, New-street , m' London, and Holne Park, Devon William John Blake, Esq., 62, Portland-place, London The Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourn Rectory John Bott, Esq., Cotton-hall, Staffordshire Henry Barton, Esq , Rangemoor-house, Burton-en"*' do et Capt. C. Twisleton Graves, Army and N a vy Club, Lee ies eel. . Wm. Coare Brocklehurst, Esq., Hurdsfield-house, Mee' Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford-hall, Lichfield ya rt" .- Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.A.S. , Regent's-park, and Walney, Lancashire Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Chester-square, London or e ' Joseph Hoare, Esq., banker, Hampstead, London verire °' 011 V Willia - n J. Denne, Esq., 6, Lower Berkeley-street, - - 3 toe London George Dixon, Esq., Col one l S cots F usilier Guards, 91, street, London Edward Thomas Coke, Esq., Mansfied Wood-house Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Hyde-hall, Stockport t Thomas Landor, Esq., the Man or -h ouse, Burton-on -Tree William Sharp, Esq., Linden-hall, Lancaster Thomas Webb, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsall-lodge. near DerbY Henry :Makin, Esq , Burton-on-Trent Moses Cartwright, Esq., Stanton-house, Derbyshire John R. Raworth, Esq., Leicester George Boden, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington (With power to add to their number). ENGINEERS. %O . Joseph Cnbitt, Esq. J. P. Batew , SOLICITORS. Tre nL Messrs. J. and J. Richardson, Burton-upon - G. H. It. Cox, Esq., Derby. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co. Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, and Co. A O tt Commercial Bank of London e l ' -e J ot/ Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch—The Leicester and ' t r Banking Company , A her ° Burton-on-Trent—The Burton, Ettoxeter, anti B kan. Tr ee , SECRETARY—John Richardson, Esq., Burton -on' t ,lea PROSPECTUS. to ccin i ,r This short but important line of railway is intended oc 6 at a point in the Tean and Dove Valley Railway, at tfv,9 Snareston, and to extend to Leicester. on It will thus furnish a link necessary for carrying the e c e brought to Leicester by means of the South Midlands , -l o t ' 0 '0, 0 ,4 and the Peterborough Railways (all of which terinin. et t e eve s aleoi Leicester), to the Staffordshire Potteries and the great f sall'ory cashire and Cheshire, and complete, an unbroken line o _, eel i the best and nearest practicable route, from the vow:. If,o railway termini at Leicester to Manchester and LiverP e° o ' e s tli g t ete This great line of railway, it 'will be observed, treve i v ott e ato l S l, coal fields in the country, and embraces the towns of 1,1 14 ,: 0 't1y , Trent, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Leek, Macclesfield, 1 40 ,:w0ft` . .,, , 0P upon-Trent, and Nowettatle-u, ider-Lyme, and the a 9 0( rapidly-Increasing potteries of Swadlincote and Gressel' ~ those of Staffordshire. lieotioelt An inspection of the snap n ill show that the jun tic , nd ? proposed is essential for the ac :,•ommodation of the • Pu j o b ors' not fail to be exceedingly remiunerative to the proPr- t T - e of The undertaking has the cordial support of the iv o t o Valley Railway Company. In the allotment of shares, preference will be given tO „lie'," Oar in that Company, and to p: arties locally interested in ie, t 4 The capital of the Comp any will be 300,0001., pat, ePt V shares of 201. each ; a depc sit of 21. 2s. per share meet b t usti"„lteV, lotment, and each original subscriber must execute U.% r ei t pe mentary and Subscription ( kintraet, or his shares will b`the Seto Copies of the prospectus and map may be had freL n oellee and Solicitors ; and aliattiems for shares must ber of of Secretary only, accompanied 'by a reference to a Ine n 2 4 leito visional Committee, a banker, or to one of the Company. OD ' , no , , o Shareholders in the Teen and Dove Valley Re•-• tuet will please to state the numb sr of shares they hold i n Burton-on-Trent, Sept. 18, 1845. F AMPOUX (ARRAS) and IV: itoam RAILWAY (O'NEILL'S COMPANY) . , rao - visx.oNAL DIRECTORS. Of PRANCE. Le Vicomte d'Abancourt, Peer of France, Director of tb° St. Etienne Railway Le Marquis de Flers, Cons eW er 31a Cour des CoinPt e° M. Gabriel Helm, Entreprent :ur de Transports, Paris 1 , ttori ii M. Ileliette, Proprietaire (le 'Forges et Fonderies. Arr ag ,,, t d , -',.el , ' M. Alphonse Laurent, Ban Rot ', birector of the Orleans ';';,.. LA Railway, Ancien President of the Tribunal of Comor e ' e lO 1 M. Felix O'Neil , Banker, Par is I .tea s 1 M. Louis Riant, Maitre de For ges, Paris , e.. p 0 Le Baron do Tascher, Mem•bze du Conseil General e" '" du Cher. , O re 1.1 - ENGLAND. Cla p ' Frederic Chamfer, Esq., R.:tr., Senior United Service ; of the Great Paris and 1,3 •ons Railway est 1 e James Watts Pepperconte, .1 iLsc.., No. 28, Old Broad-str ~,,,joi Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., De•iuty-Governor of the v 0 „de Chap man of the Namur a act L ' iege Railway ' t ( Y. William Strahan, Esq., Ban' Ter, Strand _,, geO George Whi tmore, Esq., Depu 7t -Chairman of the Net"' tra eLl• Railway. 217, 9 BANKERS—Messrs. Strain' to, Pauls, and Bates, ,wars• ot/ SOLICITOR—E. Ben ham, Evq., 21), Austin - "' ,p 1 , SECIRETARY—IN '. Freeling ,Tenian, Vs‘ l ",,,ere p: ; 4 l lP f The English Provisional Co: limitteee of the Compiloo'of ti - . 31 y or e their Shareholders that, on ti le 9th ine taut, the letoe o r , P * 11.1 railway was adjudicated to th eir Com' patty for the tern 1 1 4 4 1 ',,, and 316 days, being 49 days on ly unde r the term te n .. t eer° p. e t . ,°`... Rothschild and others, represe 3ting te United " I C° ' rra r ti irpo , " nies. Notice is therefore he wellV g iven, that th e .., rol,„t ',,d s ' Shares issued by the English 1 ) rovisie aal Directors s'',. _il r:4O:P d of October Aext, to pay a call J.!e55r,!...6 of or before the Ist day on their respective Shares, at - The Ban) zing-house of j u na ,11.. 40 l i d Paull, and Bates, No. 217, Strand, the Englis h w e, ni l 'it.' fe d Compauy. w oe l it 01, 0( • The Provisional Directors also give 7 notice. tint 3 .,. tlle 1 i 0 , a , ~, of the Sh.trehoblets will be held o n WeDSF. , ° -& .'„,,,atiVAt i i i ep/' not, as first advPrtised on Turs.DAl .-. the 23( 1 1 1 - sol. - o'clock ;n tit:: afternoon, at the , offices of il ' e ,:: . on the _, the purpose of receiving the Repart. of the Edreclo*- ~s ef elo and prospects of the Company. order W. F iztrE4l7,•G ago- - 20, Avlstin-friAri, S'epternber 18416.. j IRECT Commencing Capital, E ZA I ce is hereby g be received fitlC ° Zees of the Com si I D SYSTO FORAr To the c o 7 nali OP tte 4t e n Oe loel er Ptinvo' axton . qo aglie yo oi Pay so D rna.) , r :41111.1 7 i In re4t ie : 'Opt,act a Zree t o itaa Pt slabß 4ADRIIS py authoris( C aPit a i 2,400,0( 41 1e` e ',‘,41: ti t,he tatia 4 fi rig of 1 t egr i , ir iere h as Le add e e, d !i: t a h a g. : o t n r s th e G 0 ,4 Der Celt From ,4,111, Of Way, To V I gent tack 'tatt le, c D 49 th i Date tn pr ,- ject, of a , " " I,:s c. 1F r;!' tie-; ,1 41, at t ut ° i ; r ows/ iienCe.3 alc). If' it be the - tertniaus of cver n _: s fe be situated at some comint-reial or populous spect the present project is peculiarly tOrtunate. If ( j'' N 'T Imes, i t resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direc.,,,,,brt placc,„ will be seen, by laying a rule on the map of England from "__`' th e se to Manchester, that a course duo north and south betwefn,_ th is places will p.t.ss very nearly through the towns mentioneau;el•o3t prospectus, as being on the proposed line; and actual Ir."' ton and has shown this line to be the shortest between SouthamP Manchester const 26 miles. Ineeni Iles c ' t By theruction, therefore, of little more than 60 en t rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and c°l es. communication between Manchester and Southampton Wt ers pr& tablished--a line, also, however superior in po4tion to oto ,neta raising similar advantages, may yet be considered as with none, but as an independent work, originating at BIN I ' Wei and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchureli, and Sohamon. In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors u P. r6 ,.1 1 to give a preference to the original shareholders of t he So 1" M Applic idlands' ations Junctiofornprospectu Railway ses and plans may . nd b e made, 8 es, Eli of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. Jam 0 1:-' Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the following gentleln Mfr London—Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 9, Old Broad-501 10 " y , I. J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas lialw Angel-court. Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co , and Messrs. Neilson. Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and gr• Marshall. ,• Hull—Messrs Collinson and Flint. Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co. Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton. Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford. Plymouth —Messrs. Heyward and Pulmer. Birmingham— Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright. Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co. r e i alitS° Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Mess—' and Co. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIARES.„,• „„ e teo To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, oi"" ,• and Southampton Railway. ac cept Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 20/. each in this Company, and I undertake to s 'perwr, same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less 1 1 1 polo • may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to exectltel.m, mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when reci — ..• R esidence ... ••• • • " •" „ Trade or Profession • • • • • ' • Reference.. • • • • • • • • ******* • :• • Address of Referee • • • • Date gir