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W ORCESTER and MERTHYR TYDVIL 'WOR CE STER AND LEOMINSTER JUNCTION RAILWAY. RAILWAY, via Bromyard. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.) (Registered provisionally.) Capital, 800,0001., In 40,000 Shares of 201. each. Capital 000,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir William W ynn, Maesynewydd, Chairman of the North Wales i;'Henryee George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and Railway Western Railway Company Williame sßailway, Chadwick, John Barneby, Esq., M.P., Brockatnpten, Bromyard al Esq., Montagu-square, Director of the North .. i and Chairman of the Worcester and South ee William Barneby, Esq., Clayton Park, Bromyard, Magistrate of Wales Junctlqo se Herefordshire Gideon C obaelhotin, Req., Walmer Lodge, Avenue- road, Regent's .2 e James Best, Esq., Worcester Gi tark, Director or the Manchester and Southampton .... Mr. Edward Bannister, wool-merchant and wool-manufacturer, Leo Railway e,'• minster Thomas Farneomb, F—sq., Alderman of London William Bestow, Esq. Surrey-place, London Walker Chamberlayne, Esq., Worcester, Royal Porcelain Mann- John Knill, Esq., Thames- street, Director of , the Worcester, i Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway „k: factory William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 19, James-street, Bucking- . George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di barn-gate n rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company Henry Phuttre Gipps, Req., Montagu-place, Bryanstone-square, o Mr. James Coacher , wool-m erc h an t , W orcester Hallways en Director of the Tre4 Valley and H > Holyhead Junction los Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copth a ll- cour t , and Old Palate, Richmond, g Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate 'el Captain Charles Dutton, Bredenbury-house, Bromyard Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London Thomas Dow lasso Esq., Marlborough -place, St. John's-wood, Di- Thomas' B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Brixton, Director of g rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company tile :forth Wales Railway, and Deputy-Chairman of the Wor- o Henry Clarke Dupm, Esq., Quarry-house, Boughton, Morchelsea, e easter and South Wales Junction ''' John Perches, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross PAY Kent, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com- C) e The Rev. Edward Higgins, Rosbury House, Herefordshire 1. James Eckley, Esq., Bro m y ar d John Tanner, Esq , 3i. D., Ledbury William Barnes, Esq., Foregate-street, Worcester John Freeman, Es q ., Gains, Bromyanl, Magistrate of Herefordshire o and Worcestershi re George Alfred Ellis Wall, Cross House, near Worcester, and *a Wortley Park, Hampshire 1 John Matthew Gutch, E e ßanker, sq Worcester, Director of Wor- John Hemming, Esq., North sank, Regent's Park tester, Warwick, a n d R ug b y R a il way Philip Matthews, Esq., Burton-court, near Ross • , -1 Mr. Edwin Gardner, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow-court, Worcestershire E. W. Howes, Esq., Bromyard Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Richard !lemming, Esq., Livington, near Bromyard, and Kingeland, Rugby Railway Company Leominster James Este Church House, Bromyard Stepbea Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whiteharen and Furness . Hemming, '' Railway John Hughes, wool merchant, Clopgate, Worcester Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester Wm. Bland, Esq., 11, Park terrace , Brixton-road, Director of the North Wales Railway 3lr. George Hill, of the firm of Messrs. and Turley, James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street Henry James, Esq., Leominster, Mayor of Leominster Thomas Baylis, Es John Kempecu, Esq., son ., Bi re h e y-fields Reuse, Bromyard Esq., F.S.A., Pryers Bank, F u lh am Henry Garrett Key, Es q ., T u l le H ill, Brixton, Surrey • John Kempson„ jun. Esq., Rirchey-flelds House, Bromyard Joseph Gillman Barrett, E sq. , It em John Wheeley Lea, jun., Vice Chairman of the Severn Navigation Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Corn- James 17pflli, Esq., Bromy ar d , H erefordshire William Candler, Esq., Ne w l an d C ourt, near Worcester pa y, and a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway James Chamberlain, Esq., Green Hill, Worcester. Johu Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porce lain manufactory. Iliajamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde Park-street, Three- Edward Lloyd, Esq., Sheriff of Worcester for of Liverpool, M anc h ester, and Newcastle, and Leeds and Li- William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London and evrpoOl Direct Railway Manchester Direct Charles Grant, Esq., Fitzroy. square James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, John Jennings, Esq., Elm Grove, Hammersmith, Director of the Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Seetthamptore Manchester, and Oxford Railways Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern (With power to add to their number). and Western Railway CONSULTING ENGINEER. Mr. F. 11. Needham, mercnant, Worcester ENGINEERS—Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins, M.I.C.E. Mr. Powell, wine -merchant, Worcester BANKERS. Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea ant Sons, malaters, The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury Worcester Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Bidduiph, and Co., Charing-cross Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, maltsters, Wor- Messrs. Webb and Co., Ledbury meter Means. Morgan, Hosklas, and Co., Ross Jas. Reeves, Esq., Cheapeide and Layton, Director of the Direct Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere and Co., Worcester London and Manchester, and Great Manchester and Rugby, and The National Provincial Bank, Gloucester Southampton Railway Companies Messrs. Baileys, Graterex, and Williams, Abergavenny. James Robertsqn, Esq., Worcester SOLICITORS. Joseph Stnrton, Esq., Mundertield House, Bromyard, and Lincoln's Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, and Gutteres, Philpot-lane, London Inn, London, Magistrate of Hereford. Charles G. Jones, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square James Upflll, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, Director ef the Stafford. Messrs. J. and F. Higgins and Chamberlain, Ledbury. shire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways LOCAL AGENTS. T. P. P. Wight, Esq., Tedstone Court, Bromyard Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Worcester Philip Warburton, Esq., Bromyard, High Bailif of Brosoyard Messrs. Edwards, Ross Philip Warburton, Gent., Bromyard Messrs. Gabb and Secretan, Abergavenny. John Walker, Esq., Luisley Court, Bromyard SOCRETART PRO TEM—William Borrow, Esq. Mr. Wells, Hop-merchant, Worcester Offices of the Company, 7, Walbrook. Mr. Woodward, Hop-merchant, Worcester This railway will commence at the station of the Monmouth and .Tehn Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, proceed- Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester ing through a rich agricultural district, now devoid of railway ac eommo (Wish power to add to their number.)dation, to Abergavenny, and f rom th ence b y Ll ane ll y, N ant- CHIEF ENGINEER—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.A.S. y-Glo, Tredegar, Ebba Vale, Rumney, and Dosviais, to Merthyr ASSISTANT ENGINEEE—S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E. Tydvil, at which place it will join the Taff Vale Railway. The dis- SOLICITORS. lance will not exceed forty miles. . On reference to the map it w ill be seen that this line, in conjunction Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgat e .st rec t, Londo n Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester with the proposed W orces t er an d S ou th Wales Junction Railway, via Ledbury, Malvern, and R ose , w ill per f ec t a cont i nuous and direct BANKERS. London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury communication from Merthyr Tydvil to London, Gloucester, Mr mlngharn, South Stafford s hi re , an d the north. The Commercial Bank of London. The population of Merthy r , an d th e surronm li ng m i neral d i str i cts, Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co. exceede 120,000, and thi s li ne w ill pl ace it i n di rect connexion with LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. W. and F. Devereaux, Bromyard the a ;rieultaral counties of Monmouth, Hereford, and Worcester. John Bedford, Esq., Leominster The tine will be laid down so as to render the greatest accommodation This line will diverge from the line of the Great Eastern and to the principal ironworks in the district through which it will pass, Western Railway, near Worcester, and proceeding by Brom and a saving of ten miles over any other llnewill be effected between yard, will end at Leominster, at which point it will unite with the Merthyr and Worcester, and other places north and east of that city. proposed lines connecting Hereford and Shrewsbury with North Arrangements arm in progress with the Worcester and South wales. Wales Junction Railway Company, for the mutual advantage of both The communication by railway between these important towns Companies. and the continuous hop and cider districts has been enti re l y l e ft Applicants for shares, who are personally known to members of nuprovided for by existing arrangements, and this line is brought the Provisional Committee, are reqnested to refer to one of such forward under the auspices of the Great Eastern and Western Committee ; all other applicants will be required to give a reference Railway Company, on the strong representations and request of a to some bankeror other persons of known respectability in London or large and most influential body of the landed gentry ef the neigh the tows from which the application is made. A preference will be bourhood. given to the holders of scrip in the Worcester and South Wales Juno- The object proposed is to make a direct communication between Bon Railway. Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester, which latter town has always The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at four been the natural market for the produce of these districts, and to af per cent. per annum on the amount of subscription paid up, and no ford the inhabitants the most direct communication with London, as s u bs the er will b btaie ansnwera andble for more than the his amount of his deposit compared with other li nes, b y upwards of 30 miles. until Actoed, then not beyond subscription. Detailed prospectuses, with the names of a powerful local be obtained rov of No Person will be liable for mo re th an hi s d epos i t t i ll the ac t i s o b - Pi- • sional Committee, will s h or tly b e p u bli s h e d, and m tamed, and pow er w ill b e applied for to allow interest at 41. per cent. ay ton all calls fr om th e thus of their respective payments, as well as tothe Solicitors and Local Agents, and of the following Sharebrokers : Messrs. Ashton and Scott, Thregmerton-street, London ; John San- t limit the liability of the sharehold ers t o th e amoun t o f th e i r su b scr ip- fend, Esq., Exeter ; Messrs Ridssiale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds ; ions. Applications for Shares in the ann,xed form, to be made to the Messrs.. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green Provisional Committee ilt the Office, 5, Greaham-street, London, and Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs. Sohnees and Tripp, Bristol ; Na- , , or Messrs John Eshewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ; A l Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester; and Mr. Andrew Brand, Glasgow Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3, FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES . Shorter's-court, London ; Mr. John Duncuf;, sharebroker, M anc h e To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and M er th yr Tydvil Mr. John O'Neil sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Schultz a n d C arr Junction Railway. sharebrokers , and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; M essrs. H . and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds ; M e s srs . T ate and Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me s h ares o f 20/. Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson, sharebroker, Bir each in the proposed Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail- minghent ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co , sbarebrokers, Brad way, and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit ford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester ; Mr. Robert Allan, thereon, or upon any lesser number that may be allotted to me, such sharebroker, Edinburgh ; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker, Aber payment to be made within the time limited and prescribed by you, (leen ; Messrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow ; and I undertake to execute the agreement and Parliamentary con- Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sharebrokers, Glasgow ; and Messrs. tract when required. Dated this day of 1845. Bruce and Symes, sharebrok ers , D u bli n; o f w h om prospectuses may be had. Name .. • • • ..... . • .......... Residence.. ... Description .................. Usual Signature.. .i. • . ... procally with the counties through which the railway is intended to pass, the revenue upon the capital will yield at least 10 per cent. As the project developes itself, the most cheering patronage is manifest from influential landowners and other proprietori declaring that the formation of this line is indispensable to meet the demands ; and who have promised to give this project their undivided support. Government for a length of time have deemed it advisable to send troops with all their materiel by railways, and the fecilitiee which can be thus afforded will form a communicating medium with ever; military depot throughout Great Britain. Suffice it to state that coal, wool, timber, corn, bark, lime, any: every variety of product or manufacture mast inevitably Dad their transit by this railway, to meet the demands or exigencies of se veral counties hitherto subjected to the impost of incalculable ex pense and delay attendant on goods at present being compelled to pass through London. Souctioas—Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47, Easteheap, London. Applications for Shares to be made to Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47, Eastcheap ; and Messrs. Johnson, .Lengden and Co., Tokenhouse-yard ; and to the local solicitors, Messrs. Hart aid Hart, Dorking ; Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge, Uxbridge ; Richard John Cele, Esq., Chertsey ; Richard Grove Lowe, Esq., St. Alban's ; Edward Robert Spence, Esq., Hertford ; John Sodgwick, Esq., Wat ford ; and also to Mr. Crowdson, Liverpool ; Mr. S. Slater, Man chester ; Messrs. Watson, Tootal, and Barff, Leeds ; Messrs. Charles Bell and Ce., Leeds; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham ; Mr. J. Bowden, Hull; and Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bristol. W. JENKINS, Secretary, Temporary Mess, 47, F.asteheap, London. FORM OF APPLICATION, To the Previsional Committee of the Northern and Southern _Car nectin g Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares ip ti►e above undertaking ; and I hereby undertake to pay the deposit upon thorn or any smaller number that miy be allotted to me, an to execute the Parliamentary contract arta subscribers' agreemen when required to do so. I am, Gentlemen your obedient servant, blame in Rill . ....... ........... Business or profession . Residence Reference ..... Date of application ............... THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN CONNECTING RAILWAY. Notiee is hereby given, that no Applications for Shares in this Railway will be reesived from parties resident in London or its vici nity after THURSDAY, the 25th, and elsewhore after SATURDAY, the 27th instant. By orier of the Committee of:Management, W. JENKINS, Secretary. Temporary Oftlces, 47, Eastcheap, Sept. 19, 1845. WELM SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP STOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER JUNCTION EXTENSION RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital 900,000/., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. 3to Shareho'dor to be liable beyond the amount of his Share, PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore William Hughes Hughes, Alder. The Right Hon. Col. Dawson man of London Darner, M.P. Col. Hugh Caldwell The Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, M.P. George Lawton, Esq. The Hon. Robert Gore, MI.?. W. P. Andrew, Esq. The Hon. Col. Weetenra, M.P. C. R. Coleman, Esq. Sir Henry Hunleke, Bart. Joseph Davies, Esq. Sir Henry Webb, Bart. John IVheelton, Esq. Sir William Twysden, Bart. George Hall, Esq. Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart. Major IVhite Sir Henry Seale, Bart Captain J. P. Macdengall William Collins, Esq., M.P. William Shelford Fitzwilliam, Esq. 'J homas Gill, Esq., M.P. William Frederick Beadon, Esq. Edmund Dayrell, Esq., High Hartley Kennedy, Esq. Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. James Beech, Esq. William Strahan, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Edward Francis Dayrell, Esq., 1 Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Al. Chairman derman Edward Hall, Esq., Deputy-Chair- George Lawson, Esq. man W. P. Andrew, Esq Sir William Bacon Johnsto n , Bart. C. E. Coleman, E sq .. Sir William Twysden, , 3art. W. S. Fitzwilliani, Esq. Major White W. F. Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq. ENGINEER. William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. LONDON BANKERS Messrs. Glynn and Co.; and Messrs. Similar), Paul, and Co., Strand PROVINCIAL Messrs. Bromage and Co„ Chepstow BANKERS. Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Monmouth Messrs. Williams and Sons, Newport The West of England Banking Company and Eranches The Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company and Branches The National Provincial Banking Company and Branches The Gloucestershire Banking Company and Branches The County of Gloucester Banking Company and Branches. SOLICITORS. Mr. W. T. 11. Phelps, Newport. Monmouthshire Messrs. A'Beekett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London LOCAL AGENTS. Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors Gloucester —Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors SECRETARY. Mr. William Prothero, 19, Old Jewry Chambers, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Leominster Railway. Geutlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 201. each in the above railway; and I hereby undertake to accept the same or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of September, 1843. Name in full •••••••••• •• • • .. •• . ..... Place of business or profession ............ Business or profession • • ..... • • • • ..... Signature ....... .. ....... Name, residence, and profession of referee.. Wtness ..... ............... ..... Residence.... ... • • ..... •••• • • •• •• • • THE StiN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER t 5, 1845. .D IRLCT WESTERN RAILWAY Upon the Broad C snob From I.nn,!on n the Land's-end with Divergin; Lines o Bath and Bridgewater rei 1. eti rely. (Provisionally 1 .6 ,itered.) Capi al, 8,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of MI. oath. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. imovisioNsn COMMITTEE. el ent to Justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes tern : that It will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 miles that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as well froth railways now In cOurge of Cotlatrtietion as from ethers pro jected, with every chance of success. As to the trade on the lower portion of the line, it is evident fluff 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 Laud'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 bo further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract alarger propor• tion of winter 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 district, comprising rich and populous parts of So mersetshire, Dorsetshire, 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 Trent Valley, which born much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exoter Railways, he is reported to have said : —"I consider that the com munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not a quest ion of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for iu 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 cot 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 lino lies boon to a great extent completed, and correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for wan-Mesa, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par- Battle*. • It is suflicleut, as to these points, here to state that there are ne engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have Rot 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 ii 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, or to any respect able broker in town or country Louden, September 11, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Wester' Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 25/. each is the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 12.5. 6d. per skare thereon, or oa any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract 'when required. Dated 1845. Name in full Residence.. Trade or Profession ...... •• • • . Place of Business (If any) Reference .......... . •• . LONDON AND WINDSOR RAILWAY, through Knightsbridge, Kensington, Hammersmith, Turn ham-green, Brentford, Hounslow, Bedfent, Staines, and Old Wind sor, to Windsor, with an alternative Line (mill Staines to pass by Datehet to Windsor. Capital, 500,0001. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to :ith and Bth Victoria, cap. 110. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Major CHARLES L. BOILEAU, Castelnau, Barnes, Chairman Charles Goodwin, Esq., Battersea Sir John Hare, F.A., Langham-place Thomas R. Kemp, Esq.. Abehurch-lano William Kuper, Esq., Cam4envell • S. H. Powell, Esq., Brixton Captain 3f. H. Sweny, Brompton Captain F. Bayly Wardroper, H.C.S., Brompton Walter White, Esq , Fitzroy-square (With limited pOwWto add to their number). ENGINEERS—Sir John Macneill and James Thomson, Esq. SoractToa—George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square. This line of railway has"met with general approbation, and its im portance cannot be questioned, traversing, as it will, a locality totally excluded from the benefit of railway communication, though, it may be said, one continuous town, for a distance of ten miles, and a densely-popu'ated neighbourhood, the property around which is open, flat, and of a highly favourable character for the construction of a line of railway. In addition to the advantage of a direct communication between the two royal residences at London and Windsor, avoiding the de lay and inconvenience of three different conveyances, and reducing the time requisiteffor the entire journey to thirty minutes, the pro posed line will afford to Barnes, Kew, Isleworth, Bagshot, Ascot, Sinning-hill, and Egham, all abounding with elegant villas and a wealthy population, an easy access to London, and form the main trunk for a direct communication to Exeter and the whole of the south-west of England. It will also afford a facility to reach Hun gerford-bridge on the south side of the river by the Richmond Rail way, by means of a branch (rem Hounslow to Richmond. The Committee have much pleasure in adding that the surveys aro made, the deposits have been duly paid, the parliamentary contract signed and completed. _ _ By order, Office, 30, Regent street, E. W. H. BELL, Secretary, THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE (or LEEDS WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLE 1) DIRECT RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right lion. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street, Hyde-park Gardens Sir George William Prescott, Part., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail way, Re. Sir William Roothby, Hart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire Sir William Lowthrop, Rut., Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Di rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire June- Hon Railway Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham Mlles, Chairman of Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway Hon. Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pelteney, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Nottingham and Boston Railway, Parliament-street, London, Re., Re. The Sheriff of York Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and Manchester Railway Blurton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Direc tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield Bright, Salm, Esq., Buxton Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon don and Manchester Direct Railway Cleobury, Thomas, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction Railway, Re. Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, Rc. Croft, Major J. T., 16, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Dalby, John, Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne Dent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield Dent, John, Esq., Nortligate, Huddersfield Dyson, Thomas, Esq.. Well-house, Hohnfirth Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Railway Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders • field, Sheffield, and Halifax Railway Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne Fidler, Peter Picbott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Frost, Meadows, Esq., Chester aerie. Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter aerie, William, Esq. Uttoxeter Gilpin, aid Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, Longton, Staffordshire Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei cester and Birmingham Railway Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne Harpin, John, Esq., Birk's-house, Holmfirth Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, Szc i , Haywood, Richard. Howard, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries Hill, John, Esq., Derby Hirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall, Ashbourne Johnson, D. T., Ecq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches ter and Manchester Railway Johnson, Richard Win., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway Keene, John Joseph, Esq.„ St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Director of the National Bank of Ireland, Re. King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance, Re. Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandfield-hall, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway Laughton, Richard, Esq., Barrow-hill, Uttoxeter Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice Chairman of the Severn Commission, Re. Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall Mason, Charles James, Esq., Staffordeldre Potteries Mason, George Miles, Esq., Wetley Abbey, Staffordshire Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place lii`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford- shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttozeter, Director of the East and West Junction Railway Mathew, John Mem, Esq., Director of the East and ,'Neat Junction IRISH WEST COAST RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 25/. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. (No Sabsca - iber to be liable beyond tho amount of his Shares.) PROVISIONAL COSIMITTKE. Mar Blake, Esq., M.P., Ballinafad, Mayo Robert Dillon Browne, Esq.. M.P., Glencorrib, Mayo John Patrick Somers, Esq., M.P., Sligo *r Thomas Bernard Going Dancer, Bart., Modreeny House, Clough- Jordou. county Tipperary, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny Railway The lion. Geoff)" , Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and Castle M'Garrett, Mayo This lion. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Whitehall, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway - The Right Hon. Jotin ladareze Arabin, Lord Mayor of the City of Dublin Michael Gallagher, Esq.. Mayor of Sligo John Nettorvillo Barron, Esq., Resident Magistrate, Sanders Park, Csrk Owen Edmond Blake, Esq., J.P., Frcnchfort, 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, May. T.tiobald Burke, Esq., J.P., Woodville, Mayo William Campbell, Esq.. Sackville-street, and Brighton John Carmichael, Esq., T.C., Rlvertson House, Cork, Director of the Cork and Killarney Railway Charlea Collins, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Dlteetor of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Thomas Coming, Esq., Ballybrit House, Galway Edward Deane, Esq., J.P., Curragowan, Mayo James Dillon, Esq., J.P., Coque. Mayo John Dunn, Esq., 31. 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 Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire Robert Graham, Esq., J.P., Drumgoon, Fermanagh Klein Grant, Req., M.D., St. James's-straet, Pall-mall, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Henry Griffith, Esq., D.L., J.P., Port Royal, Sllgo, Director of the Sligo and Shannon Radvray W. A. Hill, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Deputy-Chairman of the Glouces ter and Aberystwith Railway Dean John Iloare, Esq., Percy-street, Bcdtbrd-square Robert Hughes, Esq., Ely House, Wexford, Director of 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 Styles ll`Dennell, Esq., J.P.,Doocastle, Mayo Capt. Charles Carden Mansergh , ngraigua, Wexford, Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Railway Capt. Newton, Bruton-street, and Lugwardin, Herte Francis It. O'Grady, Esq., Tavrane, Mayo Richard O'Grady, Earl., Tavrane, Mayo John O'Hara, Esq., Raheen Gort, Treasurer, County Galway Charles Ormsby, Esq., D.L., Cummin, Sligo Robert Dudley Persse, Esq., Galway Michael Perrin, Esq., Galway Rees Prlee, Esq., M.D., Tyne Ball, Great Ilford, Essex Richard Cowley Polhill, Egg , Brompton, Middlesex Joseph Richardson, Esq., J.P. Summer-hill House, Clones Thomas Seymour, Esq., J.P., B.lllyrnore Castle, Bantu/Woe James Sexton, Esq., J.P., Limerick g, W. simeoxes, Esq., Galway Despani Taylor, Esq., Newport, Swords John Walsh. Esq Castlehill, Mayo Captain Gorge Edward Watts, R.N., Langton Grange, Darlington (With power to add to their number.) • Co:est - Mtge ENGINEER -- Colonel Landmann, R.E., ENGINEER—G. M. Lewis, C.E. BANKERS. Lendra—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co. Scotla n inl—Edinbnrgh and Glasgow Bank Ireland—National Bank and Branches Provincial Bank and Branches. STANDING Conarset--James Monson Carrow, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Langley and Mead, Bedford-row, London. William Thomas Kelly, Esq., 16, Moantjoy-square North, Du waid and Castlebar, Mayo. LOCAL AGENTS. Galway-LCaptain F. O'ShaughneSsy Castlebar—Mr. Henry Murphy Sligo—Mr. W. C. Tulle. SECRETARY—Henry T. Stuart, Esq. PROSPECTUS. She object of this line of Railway is to complete the chain of coast gommanication, and form a connexion with lines already established dr 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 its route the important cities and towns of Limerick, Ennis, Gort, Longhrea, Athenry, Monivea, Tuara, P,allinrobe, Castieber, Westport, Foxford, Bettina, Rilalla, Swineford, Streanastown, 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, Duhltn, Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Valentin, Traloo, and Limerick, the establishment of this line will cause Ire- I iod to present a completeness of locomotive communication which , other country in the world enjoys. The country through which the proposed line travels is most fertlie in mineral and agricultural products ; it embraces many extensive coal fields, whose advantages it will extend to all ptrts of Connaught and Ulster; and intersecting, as it doei, so many metropolitan lines of railway, It will develops those advantages in an equal degree to the province of Leinster. The lead, iron, marble, and slate works on its route, will be reAlcred 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 extreme north and that of the extreme south, as well as placing the trade of, and communication with, Scotland, within the easy reach of ali towns of any Importance In Ireland . Added to this the cer taint Y that oh the completion of the projected southern, eastern, sad "stern lines, the noble natural harbours on the Atlantic shore of ' l m end will become th e B r i t i sh depots of American traffic, and most between y the the teswotablished packet stations for postal c o mmun i ca ti on this truly nationale°purntries, it is impossible to over-rate the value of The conutte. which raguah market. vott, this railway traverses abundantly supply the so many porta, will atm a r tt a le t , pigs, &c. This line, communicating with this portion of trade, some mile greatest facilities for the shipping of ea v of the extent of which may be formed from the Let of upwards ,ofarnonc hundred fairs being held annually in its immediate vicinit and cattle In the British islands. knowledged the greatest for sileegp the the fair of Ba"in"1"' ac. It has been ascertained that the corauiriary presents great engineering futilities for the construction of a way, and in communications whts,h have been received from the la the line, the wreast anxiety is manifested for its connoTdrietleonin.al°arg to the extent of their first The subscribers will be held liable deposits until an Act of Parliament is obYtained, end afterwards only to the amount of their subscriptiems. power will be aplied Committee the Aet—and in the meantime Is hereby even to the to alter the capital if necesaary ; t o vary or abandon any part of the line, to make . : companies ; and enter tnte arrangements with any other company o branch lines, °T also to nominate the first directors of the company The Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement will be really for signature ma payment of the deposits. It will be seen kem the plan that the railway intersects many main tines, and will thus contribute to, and receive from them a con siderable amount in passenger and merchandise traffic. From the estimates that have been made, a return of atleast 10 per cent. must be realised on the capital. Application for shares to be made in the usual term to the Solici tors 1n London and Dublin ; to the Local Agents ; to the Secretary, at the race of the Company, 10, Oid Jewry Chambers; and to the undermentioned brokers •—Messrs. Martin and Heseltine, Finch bsse, cornhill ; Mr. D. B. Major, Change-alley, Cornhill ; Mr. An thony Laurie, Liverpool ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Manor-street null; Mr. $. Grindrod, Manchester ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Lads ; Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Messrs. Tyeth and Wills, plymonth ; Mr. T. Sandford, Exettr; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow; Mr. William Gordon, Aber deen ; Messrs. Curtis and Power, Dame-street, Dublin ; Mr. James ARCM COS% of ?anal Prospectuses may be had. TIRE NORTHERN and SOUTHERN CONNECTING RAILWAY. (Provls'onally Registered under 7 and S 'Viet., cap. 110.) Capital 900,0001., in 36,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 123.6 d. per Share. Uniting the London and Birmingham, Great Western, the South Western, the London and Brighton, South-Eastern, and Northern and Eastern Railways, and accommodating, en route, Hertford, Hat field, St. Albans, Watford, Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, West Drayton, Colnbrook, Staines, Egham, Chsrtsey, Weybridge, Leatherhead, Dorking, and Reigate. PROVISIONAL CO3fM/TTER. Maks Adair, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway Jolla Anderson, Esq., Lothbgry, Director of the South Midland, and Birmingham and Lichfield 'Railways Wl!ham Ayrton, Esq., Abbey-square, Chester William Arnold Bainrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire John Barnes, Esq., Director of the Union Bank, Chorley Wood House, Hertfordshire William Bastow,Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Railway gorge A. Brown, Esq., 20, Gower-street Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the Lancaster and York, Waterford and Kilkenny, and Great Munster Railway Jasper Capper, Esq , Watling-street John Castendeiek, Esq., 37, Mincing-lane Walter Chamberlain, Esq., Worcester Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's London, Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor cester Railways Major John T. Croft, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Manchester Railway, &c. William Croft, Esq., Chertsey, Surrey Thomas Clutterbuck, Esq., Red Hall, Watford Clutrles John Dimsdale, Esq., Essendon-place, Hertfordshire Thomas Edward Dyson, Esq., Tollpits, Hertfordshire Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Surrey Hastings Green, Esq., Sion House, Kilkenny, Director of the Water ford and Kilkenny Railway Captain Hodges, 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the Mauritius Railway, &c. &c. Henry Jennins, Esq., Leeds Swinfen Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Stafford shire Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of Remington's London and Manchester, the Chester and Manchester Direct, and the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National Bank of Ireland John King, Esq., Glastonbury, and St. John's-wood, London, Direc tor of the Somersetshire Midland Railway William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Pall mall, London, Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Company George Laishley, Esq. Clarence Lodge, Shirley, Southampt on, Diree tor of the I s l e of Wight, and of the Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railways Daniel William Lucas, Esq., Mark-lane, and Crescent Lodge, Stock well Park Horace William Meteyard, Esq., Director of Remington's London and Manchester, the Chester and Mancheister Direct, and the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways Joseph Bostick Massey, Esq., Cottered, Hertfordshire, and 59 C Captain Ogle, 44, Benjamin Oliveira, Eaton-place,e, Cam bridge-terrace, Hyde Park. Southampton,o f the Manchester, Manchester, L ver Liverpool, , Oxfordand Eaton-square, London. Upper Hyde Park-street, Director - a T y y s n a,c e, and Hillebrant Meredith Parrett, N J e n w nc eas tio t n ie ß -n arlw n Esq.. Magistrate, Eflingham , HOuse, Surrey 'AM" Bengeo, Hertibrdshire William John Palmer, Rev. G. B. P. Pollen, :Magistrate, Little kham Rectory, Surrey W. IL Ravenhill, Esq. Pedweil John Rawson, Esq., Deputy Lieuntaelnifaanxt,ol;f:irrtelrethWr West Riding of torshire ' s r a e n a o t , York shire, and J.P., Stoney Boyd, North of France Railway, of the Ma ne a h n e c ist t e h r f , e ß L °6 ie n :- n r p o % Great North of England Union Railway, National Bank of Ireland J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq., Eastcheap Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Surrey, Magistrate, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron, and Jamaica Railways Julian Skrine, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway William H. Swinton, Esq., 49, Moorgate-street, and Sussex-garam, llyde Park Thomas Stephens, Esq., 4, Limo-street-square William Tozer, Esq , Ilishopsgate-street, Director of the South Sea( fordshire Junction Railway Thomas Weedon, Esq., Leudwater Mills, Hertfordshire James Whitcherch, Esq., South Cliff, Netley Abbey (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. John King, Esq. George Laishley, Esq. D. W. Lucas, Esq. H. W. 3feteyard, George Scard, Esq Major Adair Jelin Anderson, Esq. Jasper Capper, Esq. Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Joseph Graham, Esq. D. T. Johnson, Emi. CoMessrs. Rozers, Oldi ng , and 0., 29, Clement's-lane, London The London ar.a County Bank Manchester , And Liverpool District Bank, Manchester. Exotsamt--Joseph Gibbs, Esq. LAND AGENT—Layton Cooke, Esq. LAND SURVETORS. W. T. Buckland, Esq. Messrs. Sanderson and Ryde. LOCAL SOLICITORS. St. Alban's, Herts—Richard Grove Lowe, P.M. Chertsey, Surrey—ltichard John Cole, Esq. Dorking, Surrey—Messrs. Hart and Hart. Hartford—Edward Robert Spence, Esq. Uxbridge, Middlesex—Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge. Watford and Rickmansworth—John Sedgwick, Esq. The object of this undertaking is to form an unbroken link or communication with all the existing railways, by which means more particularly the Western, Southern, Eastern, South-Eastern, and South-Western parts of the kingdom may be traversed from the Northern Districts, without the necessity of makinz the metropolis a resting-place either for passengers or goods : and thus obviating considerable expense and great loss of time. The length of the main line will be 62 miles, commencing at Hert ford, (which has already a branch to the North-Eastern Railway), eontin ing its coarse by Hatfield, St. Alban's, to Watford, where it will cross the London and Birmingham Railway, from thence to Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, and West Drayton, where it will pass under the Great Western Railway, proceeding by Colnbrook, (having a branch to Windsor from the main line at Horton), cross the Thames at Staines, to Egham, Chertsey, passing into the South Western Railway at the Weybridge Station, approaching Cobham, Loather head, Dorking, end terminating at Reigate, where it will form a junction with the South-Eastern and London and Brighton Railways. The great distance from each other of the various termini of rail ways in London, has for a length of time occupied the attention of of the property and of the interested Companies ; but the great value ze e nitin: pe elitoe ty n has been an insuperable obstacle to effecting any improve one otit r i rc a es na sit a y fte o r f e tt arefu morei surveysdireet ttie communication presentpla n fr has o m been deemed the most efficient to meet every desideratum. For the already taken, there do not a s° pefrom a great portion of the levels surveys thus made, and al ear to be any engineering difficulties. The feature of the country iPs ;xrierttiral; and it will open a wide reciprocal prcommucnttseroefet.hebyasoutti,a,nreg the maaufactures of the ottheforrwelitnh aram,ocri merchandise na,eiciseessait fiel Held North t.° with ble mode of obtaining every description' the best statistical authorities, and on the inform*. rer e n o a i b is lej t a in te g s. tlon derivable from the only certain mode of oblaini and fluctuating traffic on so novel a featine as this prto'ffectli rexkl.42,,g a considerable difficulty has necessarily presented itsenVn arrinwvf„-; at a maximum of profits, but it can with certainty be announ a ced ttui - 1 from the resources of traffic from the Inauufaeturing districts, m. 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 Rouse, Pewsey, Wilts Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Qarlton Gardens Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, 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 fir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Teoley-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, F..sq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the Smith Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Min'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 South Midland Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, Londen. Depaty Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rallis ay Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Londe* Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and George-street, Mansion House John Wheelton, Egg. ' Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Lailway Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Hclderness House, near Null, Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Indies of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Eaq., Irongate Wharf William Eales, Esq., Mincing.lane, London, late Director of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cress, Director of the South Midland Railway Martin Stately, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrase, 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 Enniskrden Railways John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and if the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath House, Er.th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Chalet:, Devon, Direee tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon street, London H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portinan-square Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Replan Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Conladen-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company Patrick Fras. Johnston, Evq., Great Curnboriand-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Mlnories, Director of the Linden and Blackwell 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 the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, Louden, Assistant Tithe Commissioner William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Len don, Director of the Leicester and Tamwerth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwell 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 Home, 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 Castle, county Cork, Union w Cl a n y b, C Tr om a p fal an g y ar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way Company Baker, congr c E v sg e ~R L u y s sp e p l i l , atEPsgar.k,LGelnemucinesztteorit ll irg , , a a rw l e t i o t n ,i d r e e n , Dl rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., 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 Dunkerten, 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, Fsq., Kingamin, Collumpton Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Ufealm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., CWlton, Huugerford, Chairman of the Berke Union Banking Company William Haleomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager if the Wilts and Dorset Bank Captains W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Belts Thomas Carlisle, Esq. Cli ft on, Bristol John Kerte Ilaber fi eld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol James 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 and North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mappin, Esq., - Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and Southampton Railway Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies Joseph Nadia, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester aad Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways James Ogden, M.D., Salford Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford Union Railway Charles Bamford, jun„ 'Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director if Manchester and South ampton Railway John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and . Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and Midland Railway Companies Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool Wm. B. N ew b ery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company a s n l d ieffi Sw el i d n , do D n ir ß e a ct il o w r a o 3;s the C. Appleby, Esq. Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the She ffi eld and Manchester Railway Company e„ lisb n u ea ry r Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire::: John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, She ff ield, Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office Wm. Thompson, Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway idderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast Railway Company Captain Bowker, R.N., Devon Port H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di wfUapyp, e andr thoSrpa rect Railway Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq.,:Sheffield Director of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar rowgate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq. Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Directo r o f th e Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Esq., Manchester William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington Rev. 11. IV. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director if the South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways Henry Hubbarsty, Esq., Hull John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com missioner John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex William John M`Guire, Esq. Hampton Court John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., F R.S.,Alderman and Magistrate ofSouthampton Thomas Chas. llarrison, 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 Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury 7enry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield (With power to add to their number). A further list of influential names willohortly appear. Thotsas--31essrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Ilaynes and Moore, Warwick and London J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. SECRETARY—ThOIIII.B Hosier Saunders, Esq. Assisrsnr-Srearrestr--Charlea J. Whalley, ESQ. Messrs Messrs. Messrs Messrs, LOCAL AGENTS. At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq. At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway At Bath, Mes.rs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. B. Poole At Tiverton, T. L. T. Bendell, Esq , and J, A. Toms, Esq. At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth The object of this line is to tired a direct communication between London and the Land's Ignd. In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from it, gintatioft at the western extremity of the kingdom, would tindotibtedit lung Sine° have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place 11a.4 attained ltd high Po sition as a Packet Station. Sotithaninton, With nit lads natural ad vantages, has, since the opening or the South-Western Railway, in creased its imports/ roni 200,0001. to 3,000,000/. per annum. At Bris tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining ; since then they have very considerably igereit.itd, moTultii b) The merits. ny of a line to th e L an d' s E n d as an I n vestment for ca pital, it w as not left to the present Company to discover. The Great Western and Brist o l an d Exeter Railway hav i ng alrea dy reac h e d Exeter, it has be en i n contemplation to extend that li ne t o P al . way of Plymouth; and various other projects have been set cei foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reaelimi b,y railway. .... The object of this prospectus is to that ne ether line than the present can ultimately satiefY the exigencies of the country in regard to this, its most IMpottant eutport—" the natural Packet Station of the empire,'' The preeent project is distinguished by this—that It is direct. It is as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having aniSigd mated with this Company, the immense local Influence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and atibrd. ing all the acc ommo d ation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway so far as Reading, pursues Its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis. trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury' to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-tiro miles than any existing railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and .Exeter Railway (now leased tothe Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, an 4 effecting, in the whole tistanee from London toTalmouth, a savin; of about ninety miles. With net , to the traffic on the a 'ft/on of the line it i eeditaa to tiar fibre thou that there is ''y elDieurfll trailic safti PROSPECTUS OF THE R HONDDA and ELY VALUES JUNCTION RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE: (Provisionally Registered.) Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hen. the Bari of Dunraven. Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Viscount Adare, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glainorgan Crawahaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nant-y-Glo Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire Sir William Wynn, Maes Eewyeld, Chairman of the North Wales Railway James G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff William Bradley, - Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenilworth, Director of the Commercial Bank John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Eyrewash Valley Extension Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Edmonde.s, Esq., if Cowbridge, Glamorganshire Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester square Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mabb Ellis, Glarmerganshire Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire John Hopkins, Esq., Killely, Glamorganshire William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Raglan Hall, Glamorganshire William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the National Provincial Bank of England James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S., Bath, and No. b 5, Lincoln's Inn fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Evan Prichard, Esq., Collenna House, Glamorganshire James Brown, Esq., of Ton Dhn, near Bridgend Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq., Lantriesent House, Glamorganshire James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Edward L. Richards, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire John Randall, Esq., Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff Edward Scan], Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamor ganshire Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Directer of Cambrike and Lincoln Extension (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan. BANKERS. Commercial Bank of London National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff. ENGINEER= This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis tance from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district, one of the richest and most important In South Wales, which is at present without the means of transit for its Immense and valuable products. It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of Glamorganshire, where iron-atone also abounds with the coal in im mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and, obtainab'e, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition to its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at Mer thyr and Aberdeen, is also, like that of those districts, of the very best descriptian for -team purposes, being nearly smokeless, although inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other, that the demand for It far exceeds the supply, and promises, accord ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested, as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of ether loss promising vallies in Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele brated for the abundance, quality, and ficility of obtaining its pro ductions An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the manu facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other This line will afford to the increasing population ~.of the rich vales of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great market town and port of Cadriff, from whence, at present, they may be said to be almost excluded. It is intended that the line shall commence at Bitten Rhondda, the head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down to a natural pass between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further dietance of six miles) to Lanelay- bridge, near Lantrlssent, and there Join the South Wales Railway, tints opening a communication under the most advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the British channel. A preliminary survey has already been made by competent par ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favourable gradients, so much so that It Is confidently anticipated that the works will be executed very considerably under the adVertised ca. pital. The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking, and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the Provisional Cottimittce, No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the aitiotint Of his de- Matt Until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the atriotlnt of hit Subscription, Until flit Art Of Parliament Shall be obtained, the affairs of this Company shall be under the control of the managing Directors, to to Whoiti poWei is given to allot the Pharos, and to apply the Inn& Of the Cori - Many in payment of all the expenses incurred in MS ferttifts tion, and in the preparation of the planS and tieetiOnit to be submitted to Parliament. tsbWer will be applied for In the Act (and in the meantime II hereby given to the Managing Director§ as above), to raise any addi tional capital, to extend Or abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines ) . pr enter Into any arrangement 10, by amalgamation or uthilWitt!, tt9in dtiy Bthe, ei,itvily eompattios, rind 14150 to Mr*. nate the first Difectcht of the Coniptin. In tilt a lotinietit ofSlistre*, Piefirenee will be glifen 50 land.o*hefti Oil tile ihia grid tither Paffiee tlicaily interenteth Prospectuses and Maps May be had of, and applicant - tug fbt Shares, tti# addtesSed in the forth annexed to, W. B. James, E 5 , Soheitor, 5; Ilatiingliall-street, London ; to W. Morgan, Esq., Solieitor ; Atidgetid t OlemOrkiftnehire and to the Undermentioned i but no application ter Maros will receive the attent ion of the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more Of the Provisional Committee, Flolieltors, or the Engineers: — London —,Messrs. John She Well and Son, 25, Takenhouse-yard. Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-Street. Liverpool—Mews. Boultt and Co. Manchester—Messrs. Itoughiand and Leese Leeds—Messrs John Young and Co. Bristol —Luke Arnold, Esq.; Messrs. Taite and Nash Birmingham—Mr. Collis Sheffield —Messrs. Bardwell and Sons. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.! To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Val li : Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201. each in this Company, anti I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in Mil • • • • • .• .............. Residence • • Trade or Profession . -A Reerence with Address .• • • pato of Appliution ••OaI• 96 94. e• • ~ t. This Line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to Plercifield, the far-famed Windcliff, and Tintern Abbey, to the towns of Usk and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and e - al field of South Wales. passing near to and through the midst of the extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor ganshire, to join the Aberdare branch of the Taff Yale Railway, which connects Merthyr Tydvil and Aberdare with Cardiff—thus forming a much more direct and almost straight Line—by means of the railways already made and projected between those immensely populous districts, and the centre of the kingdom and London, by means of which the journey by land will be shortened between the metropolis and this great seat of industry to four and a half, and between Newport and Cardiff to dye hours, which at present, even by the aid of existing railways, cannot be performed in Ws than from ten to twelve hour,. It will be found by reference to the official census of 1831 and 1641, that the average increase of population of the county of Mon mouth exceeded that of any other county in England or Wales ; this fact is referred to as illustrative of the rising importance of the country through which this railway is intended to pass, and of the very large passenger traffic which may reasonably be ealculated upon. The town of Usk, with Ragland, and the rich agricultural district for many miles around, are supplied by carts from the vicinity of Pontypool with coal and lime, which are there obtained at a cheap rate, and in return cattle and provisions of all kinds, hay, corn, and pit timber to an enormous extent, arc sent to the iron works and collieries, where the consumption is immense. This traffic alone must necessar4 ensure a considerable revenue to the Company, in dependent of the great traffic from the manufactured iron, fire bricks, and paving sto ne , w hi c h i s of superior quality, and in great abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and tin plates ftom the works to London, including transit to the port, shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts to little less than 20s. per ton, whilst by this railway, and those it is intended to join, the average cost at the rate usually charged for such goods on rail ways will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., and be conveyed within twenty-four hours, instead of the average voyage round the Land's End of three, and not unfrequently six weeks, and with the very important advantage of delivering the iron free from rust, which is unavoidable on a sea voyage, in small bars more particu larly, causing a deterioration of from 15s. to 20s. per ton at least. This railway, by means of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways, will open Birmingham as a market for the manufactured iron of South Wales, from which it has been in a measure excluded, from the difficult and expensive transit by the RiVer Severn and Canals. Large quantities of iron ore, known as" Htematete ore,"is imported into Wales, from Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for Iron making, exists in abundance in the Forest of Dean, and may be raised and delivered from thence by means of this and the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway to the different iron works in Monmouthshire and Glamorganshire at an average of from 25 to 30 per cent. less than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a handsome remuneration to the Railway Companies. The Committee of Management have gone very carefully into estimates of the goods traffic eseecially, and they feel justified in expressing a decided opinion that the revenue from this source alone will yield 5 per cent. on the proposed capital of the Company, in adaition to the revenue to be derived from the other traffic. This Railway will pass close to, and within a few miles of, all the iron and tin works of Monmouthshire, and the principal part of those in Glamorganshire ; and the following short statistic of the extent of those stupendous undertakings will give an idea of the vast importance of the present project. The iron awl tin works com mence at Pontypool, and are 1. The Pontymeile Tin and Iron Works of Capel Hanbury Leigh, Esq. 2. The Blaendare Iron and Coal Works of R. J. Blewitt, Esq., M.P. 3. The extensive Tin Works of Messrs. Conway, Messrs. Tether gill, and Messrs. Jenkins 4. The Pentwyn, Golonos, and Varteg Iron Works and Rolling Mills of Messrs. Williams 6. The British Iron Company 6. The Blaenavon Iron Company 7. The Nantylylo, Messrs. Bally, Brothers a. The Coalbrooke Vale, Messrs. Brewer "9. The Cwn Celyn and Blaine Company 10. The Beaufort, Messrs. Bally, Brothers 11. The Ebbw Vale, Messrs. Darby 12. The Victoria Company 13. The Abbellarne, Poutymister, and Tydee Tin Works, Messrs. Lewis 14. The Tredegar Iron Company 15. Thi Shirhowey, Messrs. Darby 16. The Rhymney and Bute Company 17. The Dovvlais Iron Works, Sir John attest, Bart., M.P., and Company 18. Carfartha. Wm. Crawshay, Esq. And added to which, in the vicinity, are the extensive works and collieries in the Aberdare Valley. And on either side of the intended railway are collieries raising and vending about one million and a;half tons of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to expect will be greatly extended, by the facilities offered through the intended railway. In the districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and westward, there exists an inexhaustible abundance of a peculiar description of coal, which, though inflammable, is nearly smokeless, and is found to be superior in quality for steam purpose. to any yet known. In the London market it meets with a ready sale at 30 per cent. higher than any of the best north country Hartley's ; and notwithstanding the high price, so highly is it esteemed, that the present importation amounts to nearly 100,000 tons per annum. This coal fbr the most part is brought from a distance of 24 miles, and shipped at Cardiff, from whence freights to London have averaged from 10s. to 1 le. per ton during the past year; but so uncertain is the supply to the metropo lis, owing to the scarcity of ships on the Welsh coast, and the long and precarious navigation round the Land's End, that many who are udo& to adopt their engine grates for its use, are deterred from the too great uncertainty which exists against obtaining a regular and constant supply; these difficulties will be entirely superseded by the proposed railway, and those it Is intended to join, with the great additional advantage And impetus to increased use and consumption, that it may be delivered to the consumer at from 2s. to 3s. per ton less price than at present. Under such circumstances, it will not appear unreasonable to those unacquainted with the trade, to expect that the consumption in the metropolis alone will be increased four fold, whilst a new-found trade will be opened out with Ckepstow, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Witney, Oxford, and the numerous inter- Mediate towns to London, where steam coal is used. It MIA been considered more judicious tokerm a separate Company for the Extension line from Chepstow to the Taff Vale, than to alter the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway Company at present, but powers are proposed to he taken for uniting the two Companies hereafter, with the assent of their respective Boards of Direction. Preference will be given to those locally interosted, and to the holders of Shares in the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloacestet mi , i l ler r al efe d re ig n t c r e ict to o t f he 3fmo. Junction Railway. atn will hth l , s roew atandGa Importance morganith of this forming a direct li ne of railw ay communication between the great ire, with the :' e heart of the Kingdom and London. It may confidently be stated that in connexion with the Chep stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, there is not a line of railroad in th e Ki ngdom which offers greatr advan tages to the Shareholders than the present. Provision will he made in the Act of Parliament which will be applied for in the next ses sion to limit the liability of the Shareholder to the amount of his shares, and to allow four per cent, on the calls. Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this whom Compatamerny shalis given to allot l be under the c theontrol of the Managing Directors, to Shares, anti to apply the fund s o f the Company is payment of all the expenses Incurred in its forma tion, and in the preparation of the Plans and Sections submitted to Parliament. Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi tional capital, to extend or abandon any branch of the line, to make branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to nomi nate the first Directors of the Company. Applications for Shares, in the form annexed, to be made to the Solicitors, or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle Street, and Messrs. Backhouse and Co.. No. 4, Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, London ;—Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co.. Cheltenham ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; —Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath;— Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester; —Messrs. H . D avies and Co., Dale Street, Liverpool ;—Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ; —Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ;—and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin. To the Provisional Committee of the Welsh South Midland or Chep stow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway Extension. I request that you will apportion me shares of 201. each, in the Welsh South Midland or Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glouces ter Junction Extension Railway ; and 1 d hereby undertake to lic i, cept the same, or any l ess num b er you ma_ lot me, and to p a y t h e deposit of 21. 2s. per sh are , and all future ca thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re quired. Dated this Name in fu11.... .. Residence • Business or Profession Name, Residence, and Profession of Referee..... ...... Usual Signature of Ap p li cant .............. day of WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP TION STOW, FOREST of DEAN, and GLOUCEST ER JUNG. EXTENSION It A I LIVAY. 11°toe herebY given that n o Application for Share in ttliisobl g , cluz rintivcci Inter the let of October next._ Railway Milner, William, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbonme Moorhonse, Joshua, Esq., Holmflrth Maskery, Thomas, Esq., Norbury, Derbyshire North, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfield Norton, George, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfleld,Director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct Railway Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Parkinson, John, Esq., F R.S., Cambridge-terrace, ilyde-park, Di- Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail way, &c. Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter. Director •f the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Roberts, Thomas, Esq., Manchers'er Robinson, John, Esq., Slice:no— *:lottage, Wakefield Roden, Thomas Clarke, Esc- ninham Sant, Edward, Esq., Canzwi•A'. r rector of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershir.l.o. , hsn Railway Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scroptor, werbyshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway Smith, Thomas, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, , Derbyshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction. Railway Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove Valley Railway &e. Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire Smythe, John Were, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and West Junction Railway Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As surance Company Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, &c. Tibbits, Thomas, Esq.. Norton Manor-house, Leicester Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashboume Toogood, Rupert, Esq , shbourne Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of the East and West Junction Railway, &c. Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and Manchester Railway, Ike, Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire Walters, J. T., Esq., Burley Watts, William Royde, Esq., Birmingham Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Willes, George, Esq., Thagerford-park, Berkshire Williamson, Hugh Henshall, Esq., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire Potteries Williamson, Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourns Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf. fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Wood, Charles, Esq., Utt oxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Star _ . fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc tion Railway Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of• the Derby and Gaiusbo rough Railway. BANKERS. Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London The Burton, Uttometer, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter Ditto Ditto , Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby SOLICITOES. John Owens, Esq., 3.5, Moorgate-street, London William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter ENGINEERS. Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. George Remington, Esq., C.E. LOCAL AGENTS. Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugelcy Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley Eggington, A., Esq., Lichfield Green, James J., Esq., Walsall. Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield and Holmfirtk This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is Intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com munication between two of the most important manufacturing and mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield, and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wedttesbury, and Wolverhampton. This line will also open a direct railway communication between feeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder- minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton, and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon. Car diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish guard, Aberystwith, and with Porthdynliaen, the future outport for Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds and Southampton. The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a point near Vreativood, in case the canal he purchased by the pro moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through r Ellaston and Mayfield to Ashbourne. thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel en-la-Fritb, Woodhead and Holmfirth to Huddersfield, where it will join the Uttfidorsfleld and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal, iron tn'e, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica tion between the important towns above mentioned. Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise additional capital to extend the line to Leeds. Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to the mining &Arida Of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North Staffordshire and Derbyeltire Limestone is much superior to that of South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma terial. At Meant, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen sive, the line t'fchtt the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round by Etruria, Leek, and tile Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding furnaces, when, by this railtray, it would be taken in a straight line to theta 1 and the Ashbourne, Croinford, Worksworth, and Bakewell country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron stone in the neighbottrhOod of Sheffiel,.l is also becoming very scarce, and gfaat qnantities are introduced from SO. Viand; the same scarcity exists in South I.4.taffordshire ; and the route ix' this line would fur nish a cheap and g ood supply, at present not worked, and without a market, both north and south. In addition to these gr ,.lt advan tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricii2Nral and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied wish lime and anal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car riage: It is, thercfbre, next to impossible to calculate the immemze trlffie which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, g , d Worcestershire Junction Railway. The calculations which have been made show a very large profit. There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into full work. The coal is of a superior quality. There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne, Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire Is the resort of vast numbers of tourists ; and particular care will be taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience, therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great index of passengers, both on business and pleasure. Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire, and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive canal company, which this and other lines of railway meeting at Uttoxeter will remedy. The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac turing purposes along this line will be great. The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000 acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to a detailed, survey, awl gore are not more than ordinary eneering =WA. obrettutatt (40.0 hate rarliamtntary dmiaus, ft is - - .....—____. - hitmded to make this line on the broad moters do not.pledge themselves absolutely to do s, 1. • fial Whit bi- At the urgent suggestion of some of the most ii I file, •i _ , ____ o.. tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a F D ryer of a 2.11.. gauge pa leiptle , but me p.... tion lire to connect that town with the Derby, and Gainsborough and 30dlancl Railways E.g. 35t Apprezt:ons for Shares to be made to John , )vvens, - .:,.„ , Moorgate-strcet, London, out William Arnold Bainbrigrg,e,iZi ant l Isla', the .u.... Uttoxeter ; and to the followinzt Sharebrokers :--3! esrs. l' , " Wheeler, Worcester; Messrs. To wnley and IN Ilitehea •i 51,1711. Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. 3111eg, Worcester; 31: ... Thens 11.eari. pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., .i.iverpool ; : Yin folds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, / faccleolielddas:!eir James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Itiellbelo red and voila. Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Th'ol nas r°ardm3ll' Word 1 burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. Wh'lLAra. 3 fason, Bra( . r Nottingham, Mr. William Cronlielm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles We" e ''' , - , Earle, Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. t lrayr. tou ai d twin, 31orr I `_ _ r. York; Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield; Ms ''"" e . 3r. and Marshall, Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, (1 eltenbanr• _i.s. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Messrs, Tate' ~, nd Nashi b l i o tol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworth xe. 3 l r ' jod Sandford, Exeter ; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry; - hester , and Leese, Manchester Messrs. Cardwell and I I°"°' Mail' dwell Meters. A. Birchen and anchester ; Meson LT. l'r• r r eat h e r. and Sons, Sheffield; Mr. W. 'Co.,,H, Collis, Birmingham , e 1 1 r• I '' Id • ./ iddersde , °urn, jun., Huddersfield 21essre. Everard -.A L- h• Wogs, Hough . Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leic,esier Mr. Niclu WM T hertoeche Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Olasgow ; Mc asrS. -,-,__,har and Stafford, College-green, Dublin ; jr. James B De's, Fen"' _Ediburg FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAR E 5.,,, .wisold, To the Provisional Committee of the Leecis , HudJer die" '- and South Staffordshire Dined: , RaillveY '. , 2 01 each in the above Railway, and I undertake to a L ., - .ept the s an 2 e - , Along Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shal .`"' (). - ar . Ilia less number as you may appropriate to me, of the Company, and to sign the necessary De sae. ant I to PAY , " 6 " required, the Deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per Share. Dated this day of , 184 . ••••••••10 Name in full.. .... ..... ... .• • r'' ', A *,,,,„, • ..• •• cu IVect to • the OP' __..... Profession and professio: itai ret b " --. .. ... Residence in full.• ••• • • •'• ••••••___.:•• '. Reference.. •••••- • • • • • :::-..- . -: -::--- nta MIDLAND AND THIRSIC JUNCO/A' RAILWAY. ~,,,t sorra 00 Wanted, a SECRETARY to this Company, wit* 7 hal; ..-- ....f - e o va perience in Railway business, and can give satisi IttiorY *--j for character and ability. Salary 3001. er annum. Applications, by letters only, addressed No. 64 l 5 oi, • - -Pmt..°l"4 Bradford, Yorkshire _.....--. ISLE OF MAN RAILWAY- COW Capital 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares of $Ol. 50 011 * Deposit 2'. per Shate. (Provisionally Registered.) PROVISIONAL. COMMITTEE IN THZ ISLE OS A, 11 ,' ; Chairman.--Captain BACON, C. 8., Se; iltow George Adams, Esq., Douglas Thomas R. Bridson, Esq., J. Pag ig° Thomas Bridson, Esq., Director of the Commercial F. B. Byne, Esq., Burleigh, Kirk Braddan Captain Campbell, Castletown Clarence Carey, Esq., Springvalley William Chi:istie, Esq., R.N., Castletown Archibald China, Esq., Douglas ...fa J. W. S. Clucas, Esq., Ballycraggan, and MaryWOAr, P.... George Cookson, Esq., M.D., Douglas Thomas Creighton, Esq. , Castletown Philip Elliot, Esq., ,Douglas Henry Faulder, Esq., Castletown F. L. Gelling, Esq., Castletown Samuel Harris, jun., Esq., Doutaas George Jefferson, Esq., Stanley-terrace, Douglas John Kelly, Esq., High Bailiff, Cm - tletown R. Maingay, Esq., Castle-lawn, DottglaA Captain Martin, Woodville, Douglas John Moore, Esq., Douglas Captain M. Richardson, Castletown kite eir George M'Gregor Skinner, Esq., Mount Marra: , 1: 1 0--. tary to the Flax Improvement Society for Ireland. J. 11. 11. Spencer, M.D., Douglas Major Tenison, Douglas AA J. Underwood, Esq., Physician to the Govennnent, C agl e° William Wilders, Esq., Woodville, Douglas (With power to add to their nui tlber)• PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE IN LON. 00 11. , The Right Honourable the Earl of Uxbridge, r•-• , - tom Davellyn, Herta °— id Robert Ross, Esq., M.P. for Belfast, Directar cr to d Union Railway irec l°l. The Honourable Percy Evans Freke, Belg,rave-squ -' the Bandon and Bantry Railway W. J. Macguire, Esq., Hampton Court, Director of tire Ong, P W° ing and Basingstoke, and Wilts, Somerset, and P'" Railways Dire ct" of Peter Thomas Legh, Esq., Ridge Hall, County Dublin , o f the Clonmel and Kilkenny Railway Sir Win. Bacon Johnston, Baru, Hilton, Aberdeenshire , ' the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, And Gloucester Junction William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal I .l _‘!,Zi of General Fire and Life Insurance Company, and Dicorxidlo nt London and Birmingham Extension Railway, and S e "' Junction Railway o a 0 "; John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the Warwick • cester Railway, and Birmingham and Liciiteld Railway lafe ° Richard Lea Wilson, Esq., Milk-street, City, and StreathauLoa ber of the Honourable Court of the Common Counci l of I,o' PI Captain James Patrick 3l'Dougal, Fir-grove, North Blo2ficioin" rector of the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Fw — d Railway Dire fpr Green, Esq., Walnut Tree House, Ley.tonstone, - ° E E. t • he Amman Vale Company High }l ola F. Dayrell, Esq., lron Lillingstone Dayrell, Bucks, g" oil' Bucks, and Director of the Bucks Railway, and Oxford verton Junction uso Sir William Twisden, Bart. Cavendish-street, Cavendish-sclirectsf The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-strec t i,oo.4 : the London and Manchester, and Liverpool and Leeds - ' - ' B v o rt, •- William Kuper, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the Lee" Midland Junction Railway vileo"" J. S. Powell, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London an d _A Railway John Holmes, Esq., St. James's-street, Director Ofßails Lancaster, and the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymsenti':,,r '"" • Captain Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Difv -- Reading and Reigate Railway a 1 4 1 G. A. Brown, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the CellS „ Railway thAlfOrt' Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., Kensington-square, Direct's:C . Warrenpoint, and Rosstrevor Railway (10' . Captain Sweeny, R.N., Brouipton, Director of the Lond.o/1 Railway tonda S William White, Esq., Fitaroy-Square, Director of the Windsor Railway On i John Kerr, Esq., Stranraer, Banker TuabA r l i Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Northampton, fan the Cheltenham Railway Ire etef Isaac Holmes, Esq., Great George-square, Liverpool, D .. g r e Direct Western and North Cheshire Railways .. e fora r- Captain T. H. Newton, Burton-street, and Lugwardine, Robert Lang, Esq., Dumfries, Banker John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherston, e, or of the Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham and South SP - ' Railways. ' BANKERS. London—The Union Bank of London Liverpool—The Bank of Liverpool fed Manchester—The Manchester and Liverpool District Rem -- pally Dumfries —The Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank Isle of Man—The Commercial Bank and its Branches. -pee C 5• ACTING ENGlNEER.—Sandiforth F. Griffin, ' tr..? • RESIDENT SURVEYOR IN THE ISLAND—John Jefrerg" . SOLICITOR—R. H. Hill, Esq., 62, Moorgate-street.doe LOCAL LAW AGENT—L. Craigie, Esq., Douglas. Is le of •e'' SECRETARY—A. B. Blackie, Esq. of LOCAL SECRETARY—P. C. Wood, Esq., Caetielawee - CO I 'ea b The proposed line of railway will run from DotlePee s f Mills, Crosby, Ballaeraine, and Saint John's, to Peel, wO",-, Co to on the north from Saint John's by Kirk Michael Dis h° e s° "l. te Ballaugh, and Sulby to Ramsey, end branch line 0 n tn r„, 0 3 through Ballassalla to Castletown, with continuatio lo ". Mary. ou e st PcPul' Dglas is the principal, most commercial, and in- 0° town in the island, and visitors generally arrive there. -- AO' tll de admits vessels drawing 18 feet water, and affords shelter ieiflot north, west, aid south ; and, although exposed to eas ter rol.• there is not a more secure refuge in St. George's Ch an ter William Hilary first drew public attention to the n ecessitY,, A ft°_, strutting a good central harbour of refuge, and the sit e ta_e wards surveyed by Sir John Rennie. The establishment of (I,'o, jte posed line will lead to the formation of harbours (wh ich of t e ct ceived the attention of Government), accessible at all tittle: obi tide to vessels and steamers of any burden. This importaaeo. at will undergo the serious consideration of the present CorriPl gre,„ pier and two lighthouses have already been erected Ted " cost. The town is populous, end the neighbourhood erevr".. vesr mansions and villas. Many first-class steamers and othei a are yearly built at Douglas. t ee 15 111 Peel is celebrated for its great cod and herring fisheries, 5. 1,„, enjoying in the former the largest in the British domieO n se d immediately opposite to Douglas, on the western side e_ e to r O . sengers landing at Douglas might be immediately convey eee,,e d s ii , which faces the north-eastern parts of Ireland ; and Along:in t i r i o gerous sea-passage would thus be saved. It also ahollaueefe' quities, and is generally known from its being the locality ar ' the pen of Sir Walter Scott has so highly dilated. the bro Ship-building is also largely carried on at Ramsey , „ i ce 15 . which is one of the finest in the British Channel, and i s por s o sorted to by homeward-bound vessels. An active and bel. ) 1 0 to 0, Hoe reside here ; but tee want of good roads to the Pri?:evel l to and the other parts of the island has been found very a c i tai reci i ',o The Liverpool and Glasgow steam boats regularly cal l , e3 ,,eic t ele' embark and disembark passengers, and an extensive ( 1- 0, carried on, which is, however, capable of much improv er " i pe will be facilitated by the operations of this Company. en d i 5 o tt Castietown is the residence of tho Lieutenant-Governote jilt scot of government. It is on the road to Port le Mari tt elte l et Erin and the celebrated Calf of Man. Visitors invariably ive route to view the Calf of M.an and the remarkable chest 0 0 exist in this neighbourhood, And which are unparal leled phenomena. ,o; tea se oW The island is bounded by the folloeeing counties, viz.. "f ie t, e e e. Kirkcudbright, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Lancashire, por4 high, Carnarvon, and Anglesea, l Dublin' Meath, Louth, e ls e , p re9 The railways proj,eted from the several counties with l ti oife S od line of steamers, and the contemplated extensions of them, ; Ens the island accessible in a short period of time from every l' a t r ie ,se, to most of Scotland and Ireland will be, shortest,cheapest, and most pleasant route. tile 1131 1 5 In establishing the railway, one great object has been it meat of the obviously great internal resources of the Wal l % po 01 :00 all respects a producing island. Corn, cattle, poeatoes , u tits AAA &c., are shipped to Glasgow, Liverpool, Fleetwood, ane e . d t he erne' coast of England. Locally, the aim will be to tran:Ve'e„, oi t ie of the northern and southern districts—eminently tete ;", er e oo 4, by this r " to Douglas, the central and principal market. DailY la` e leete l eee now extensively carried on with Liverpool, Whitehaveleef4 and the Scotch and Irish ports, by first-rate steamers a' vessels. od ' Cr At present, the number of travellers who visit the is-slatiog gnat, but when a ready means shall be afforded of abbre , t t osti.o. tances between Douglas and the more romantic districts, ,;(ieeetrote presumed that the increase will be very coneiderable. Tbe„ p bathing in the world, its antiquities, and the salubrity of PP -re l a are among its prominent attractions. 00° e , e 0, TUB fhe island coutains 130,000 square acres, of IVI"'" 000' cultivation. The rivers are numerous, and the bills di g i l i ca'', all° . tinuously so as not to interfere with the plan of a ra , island is one of the richest in minerals in her MajeetY r Lead, copper, and iron ore are worked in consider S-able. ties, and many thousands of tons are annually exPor l ie c•al ,° o ,l 6 stone, granite, marble, manganese, and the finest potterYce4va ' op ee Superior water power also exists. 'which will be lua u e `ie for manufactories when the facility for transit by railer , '" no e h e ration. In "Bethwick's Vein," between Castletown and St. J ,6/ of the largest bodies of ore ever discovered in Great Bri ' e i i Pao depth of the level is 43 fathoms, driven through horizonr ec el. e re fathoms, and the ore is strong in the sole of the present..thetelo excellent lead vein is worked on the Ellerslie estate, r: r o A oa r numerous valuable mines at Laxey. In brief, g reat mi of pE is a characteristic of this island. The mines pay tenth. It may be mentioned that in the lead ore 90 t tla f• silver per ton are found. 30, 01 e ci eff' The produce in wheat is about 30,000 quarters, barleY_„ m g 1 15- t ot , ters. There are 4,000 fishermen employed in tile het — o e Cli r S it tse and 80,000 barrels are annually produced. The surig . ":, e e dues returned to England is 25,000/. a year. The impereseice „c manufactures are estimated at the value of 30,0001. anneitbries It is of consequence to reflect that the Isle of Man is ee d ite"..ene resting-place on the great high sea-way between Trete. , irief ectej o north of England and Scotland, and that the passenge rs t royso 130 0. dime, and mail-packet communication by which it ill be od must raise it high in statistical estimation.ffh a S OO ' line. 00 lord in No engineering difficulties exist on the proposed line y in many parts is obtainable at a cheap rate, and no riva l the _ tee island is to be anticipated. The Committee arc advised h oe oi d authorities, with the sanction of the home Governin_ecorltmetyi, 0 01 power to grant the line, in which case the delay, un arlia zae" 0 heavy expense attendant upon obtaining an Act of P be avoided. ; s el ls that th Doi By a careful calculation, it has been aecertained _ sDs fe be , be a highly remunerative one, and the liabilities of the e ,„ ic er 72, OA I will be restricted to the amount of their subscription• ee,' o eroPe i be ; I applied for to allow interest at four per cent. on l e c . s i t ',Wes I : os .l 'ted• granting of the line until its opening. A reserve 0 ' inte'de to , trade for the inhabitants of the island and parties loea ti ( 3 ( rce in v o y. 69, p L empectuses may be had of, and applications for the SecieetarY, orHill, Esq., Solicitor to the_` s ; t, 1),,, 1 fi 1 e of Moorgate-s,,:e•eet, City; L. Craigie, Esq., local la w. If e hlva' end Isle of Man; Z. C. Wood, Esq., local secretary, mere, O. Man ; and of the following brokers : —London- -- ae c ;changT t orl o : Boyd, 4, ee e w n ee k_e:llldings ; Mr. Charles EdMilif s i nt houY leroCt l , „ and Mr. A. Sym, Tokentieelse-yard. lie ti egh „ and Messrs. J. Power and R. Lowndes. Manchestel vdine mita house ; Mr. Thomas Ross, jun. • and Mr. Waiter Bat_l'A t ild.. i t - e C . 0 ,; Mr. Robert Allan. Gia.sgow _3lessrs. M'Ewan a es ""otelc ... ' c i3O ete" fries—Mr. J. 3Pleinnell. Aberdeen- - Messrs . J e am a „d 1 111 ..':otor'' ' Lancaster—Mr. W. Welsh. Leeds—l.:vises - ". - B one. Mr. Richard Binney. Gloucester-111x. J. d Tau ' ARE an Messrs. Wilkinson and Sons. Br i s t o l—Messrs • N era. i leval• ( pl.l FORM OF APPLICATON FON - ran Ra 5 0 To the Provisional Committee l of the Isle o f 3 sh ere 0( t It o Gentlemen,—l request you will ellot me tile tcri lreil° sl :ol. l each in the proposed Isle of Man Railway , lePt- the ei ,ts annexed prospectus ; and I hereby undertake to p a y ag eeesv 21. per share thereon, and to execute all n ecessary deeds when required. Name in full • • • • '' Trade or Profession . • • . • Residence•. • • • • • •„' f as " y ).• • • '• .• • • Place of business l+ Reference • • • • •'i i • ii ;e4 .. aCCOO L N. application for shares can bo attended to l a Ationotory reference. ibourne Ar li o , er e2t w A:, 4 ;l:4 ,o i tti tt o ite t t t tlt , it 8 / 11 1 NN4 44 1 , 11 y, tti t t h e it 4, l S 4l ) ;LO ttir At:: - 1)Z -111 411 4 t Oti