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MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY. Connecting the Great Western, London and Birmingham, and Direct Manchester. From Reading via Henley-on-Thames, Aylesbury, Buckingham, and Northampton. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 1,250,000/. in 50,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Jahn Andsson, Esq., Princes-perk, Liverpool,Direetor of the East ern Counties and SoutherM Railway William Ashcroft, Esq., Bury, Director of the L ancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire Raillevay Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Montagne-place, Montague-square George Alfred Beardmore, iEsq., Nottingham, Director of the Hull and Lincoln Direct Railway, and Nottingham and Peterborough Railway etri s t on -square, Director of the York Charles R. Rime, Esq., 19, B r y and Lancaster Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' Assurance Company John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London Docks William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the New Ross, Carlow ' and Kilkenny Railway Henry S. Bright, Esq , Hull, Director of the Durham and Sunderland and Direct Western Railway G. A. Brown, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Callas and Lima Railway Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries Railway Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Wm. Byrom,Elq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham District, the Bir kenhead and Holyhead, York and Lancaster, and Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railways Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the York and Lancaster, Rugby, Derby and Manchester, Staffordshire Potteries Railways John Chattntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan caster Railway Richard Clay, Esq., 1, Winchester -buildings, London, Director of the Huddersfield and Eastern Coast Railway John Clampitt, Esq., Sercombe, Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Crediton Railway Ephraim Cocker, Esq., White Coppice, Chorley, Director of the Black burn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway W. H. Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Direct Western Railway Nathaniel Cumberledge, Esq., 3, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Direc ef the Leeds and Huddersfield Railway, &c. &c. Newton Crouch, Esq., 13, Southampton-place, Euston-square, Di rector of the Mauritius, and the York and Lancaster Railways Thomas Ferrand Dearden, Esq., Rochdale, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, and Liverpool S pa era,,,,,e5t.... lateeet Railway Peregrine Bores Dearden, Ems., Birkenhead, Liverpool J. W. De Wolf, Esq., la - verpool Miles Dormer, E.e.1., Hans-place, Sloane-street, Director of the Eastern Ce;:inties Junction and Southend Railway Richard Davis, Esq., Knaresborough, Director of the Wilts , Som erset, Southampton Railway Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, the York and Lancaster, Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways J. D. Ewes. Esq., Knaresborough Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq., Alder House, near Tamworth, Direc tor of the Leicester and Northampton Railway. The Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square, Director of the South Midland Railway The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the Bandon and Bantry Railway William Garrow, Esq., Great George's-square, Liverpool, Director of the Eastern Counties and Southend Junction Railway William Gibb, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and Huddersfield, and East and West Coasts Railways James Glover, Esq., Longton, Director of the South Union and Bir mingham Junction Railway Captain Twisleton Grave., Director of the Leicester and Tean and Dove Valley Railway Charles Haigh, Esq., Broadley Wood, Rochdale and Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway John Lawrence Harris, Esq., 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John George Hammock, Esq., Essex-house, Bow-road, Director of the Direct Western Railway Chas. Harrisson, Esq., 31, York-terrace, Regent's-Park John Hawkins, Esq., St. James's-pktce, New-cross Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester, Director of Renting ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway William Holiday, Esq., Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Direct Western Railway Charles Holland, Esq., of Liscard Vale, Cheshire, and Liverpool John Holmes, Esq., St. James's-street, Westminster, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend, and the Direct Western Railways George Holt, Esq , Willow-hill, Crumpsall, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Junction, Direct Western, and Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railways Adderly Howard, Esq., Long Sutton, Wisbeach, Director of the East Coast, and Direct Western Railways William Buliteley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid land Railway William Hunter, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Avon and Severn Valley, and the Great Western Direct Railways Herbert Ingram, Esq., Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John Charles Jack, Esq., Liverpool C. H. Jagger, Esq., Handsworth, Director of the Great Western, Southern and Eastern Counties, and Ipswich, and Ipswialt and Southampton Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and Midlands Junction Railway William Kempe, Esq., Teign Villa, Teigamouth, Director of the Eastern Co nties Junction Railway, and the Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railway Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D. Sheffield, director of the Eastern Coun ties and Southend Junction and Direct Western Railways George Lawrie, Esq. Manchester, director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Peter Thomas Legh, Esq., Ridge-hall, county Dublin, Eirector of the Isle of Man Railway Job Lockycr Seale, Esq., M.D., Director of the Direct London,Hast logs, and Rye Hallway, and Great Northern and Southern Direct Railway from Huddersfield to Derby William Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Lancashire, Cheshire and Staffordshire Junction Railway. John Lord, Esq. Standish Hall, Lancashire, director of the Stafford shire Potteries, the Liverpool and Manchester Direct, and Lanca shire, Cheshire and Stafford Junction Railways. Jas M`Dougall, Esq., Fir-grove, North Brixton James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway A. M. Macmoran, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director of the East and West Junction Railway Major-General Sir Love Parry, Mardyn, Carnarvonshire Director of the North Wales Railway. William Marriott, Esq., Ottercliffe- terrace, Director of the Direct Western and the Isle of Ely, and Wisbeach and Lincolnshire Junction Railway Charles James Mason, Esq.. Fenton Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Mortimore, Esq., Collunwton, Director of the Direct Western Railway Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Direct Western Railway Id. Norton, Esq., Mont-house, Brentwood James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Marlborough-square, Manchester; director of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and Direct Western Rail ways Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane-lodge, Twickenham, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Direct Western Railway Richard William Perry, Esq., Barham Wood, near Eistree, Herts William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway John Pratt, jun., Esq., Fenton Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Strofford, Mancbesa ter, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and the Liverpool" Preston, and North Union Railways Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Chairman of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and Director of the Sheffield and Man chester Railway, &c. James Renshaw, Esq., West Heath House, Kent, Director of the Direct Western, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., BycUllah-house, Enfield, Director of the Direct Western Railway It. A. Riddell, Esq., Director of the Great Western Extension Railway A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London, Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway John Robson, Esq., Hitton-in-Hole, Durham, Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Rowe, Esq., Beauvoir-terrace, Maida Vale Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Collie, Director of the East Lan cashire and Andale Junction Railway. Edward Scard, Esq , Kew-green C. J. Selwyn, Major Royal Engineers, Director of the Direct Western Railway William Sidelbotham, Esq., Glossop, J.P. for Derbyshire, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Edward Smith, Esq., Barnsbury Park, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway William Studley, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Henry Taylor, Esq l Direct, the Liverpoo, Preston, and North Union and Oxford, Chel tenham and London Railways Joseph Taylor, Esq., Clements -lane Jolla Thompson, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Birkenhead and Ho lyhead, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Railways Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway Charles F. Thornley, Esq. Eastfleld House, Westbury, near B, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Manchester, Settle, and Car isle Railways Thomas Tebbutt, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Edward Trelfall, Manchester, Director of the Eastern Counties Junc tion and Southend Railway James Troup, Esq., Nivaings, Director of the Direct Western and Direct Hastings Jas. Truey, Esq., Great Winchester-street, City, London Sir William Twisden, Bart., Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway, and Director of the Commercial Bank of London. George Walker, Esq., Manchester Thomas Upfill, Esq., Edgbaston, Director of the Wolverhampton, Birkenhead and Chester Railway S. P. Ward, Esq., Birkenhead, .Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Direct Westent Railway William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Downs, Director of the Waveney Valley Railway Robert Wynne Williams, Esq. , 29, Bedford-place,Russell-square Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and South Unison and'Birmingham Junction Railways Sir William Wynne, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Loughton Thomas Bollman Upflll, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Bristol and Dover Railway George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Direct Western Railway John Wm. Yerbury, Esq., Bellomb-house, Bradford (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq. William Kempe, Esq. The Rev. H. R Fowler, R. A. Riddell, Esq. William Garrow, Esq. Henry Taylor, Esq. Capt. Twisleton Graves J. Underwood, Esq. John Holmes, Esq. M. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Richard Kelly, Esq. Thomas Wynne, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) CONSULTING ENGINEER—T. Urpeth Rastrick, Esq. ACTING EszotNEEß.—Oliver Byrne, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate-street J. E. Beales, Esq., 7, John-street, Adelphi William Burdett, Esq., Manchester. LOCAL AGENTS. 3lessrs. Christian and Jones, Liverpool. Saunders Nash, Esq., High Wycombe Messrs. Prickett and Watson, Aylesbury Messrs. King and Son, Buckingham BANKERS. London—The Commercial Bank of London Manchester—The National Provincial Bank of England. SECRETARY—Nichs. J. Kempe, Esq. Company's Offices, Palace-chambers, St. James's. This railway will for m , as nearly as may be practicable, a direct line from Reading, in Berkshire — one of the 1. ost important and raisidly improving towns in the kingdom — to the large and populous it town of Northampton, where the Northampton form a junction with Northampton and Peterborough The line will proceed fronktho Reading ßailway y station of the Great Western ames, Great Marlow, Railway, and by the way of Henley-on-Thames, West 'Wycombe, Aylesbury, and Buckingham, through some of the richest and most fertile districts of England , ' from whence vast supplies of live stock and agricultural produce are constantly fur nished to the metropolis ; and from Buckingham it will be continued direct to Ellsworth and Northampton. From Blisworth a line proceeds to Wellingborough , and forma Junction with the Direct Manchester Railway ; and it isintendeda that a branch shall be formed from West Wycombe to the station at Slough, on the Great Western Railway The proposed line with the branch will be about seventy-five miles in length, and it has been ascertained that it may be constructed with unusual facility, whilst, by meals of the intended junctions with the Great Western Railway at Slough and Reading, with the London and Birmingham Railway at Blisworth, and the Direct Manchester Railway at Wellingboroinh, an uninterrupted and most desirable railway communication will be opened between Portsmouth, eos port, the Isle of Wight, ,SoutharaPton, Bedford, Liuntividoo t the Staffordshire Potteries, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle and Berwick, and with the great manu facturing and mining districts of the north of England. The numerous parishes and districts which will be traversed by the line comprise a population of nearly 1,500,000 persons, and passing, as it will, a portion of the counties of Berks and Oxford, the whole of Buckinghamshire, and by the celebrated Vale of Aylesbury, adn uniting with the several completed or projected railways under mentioned, viz.:— The London and Birmingham The Great Western The Southampton rnlon The South Midland The Midland Counties The Northampton and Leicester The Northampton and Peterborough, and thus with The Direct Manchester It cannot be doubted that it must prove extremely convenient and beneficial to the public, and highly advantageous to the proprietors. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted by Act of Par liament to the amount of their subscriptions, and power will be ap plied for in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per cent. per annum on all calls, from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Arrangements have been made that the survey shall be completed, and the plans and sections deposited in time for obtaining an Act during the ensuing session of Parliament. Applications for shares may be addressed, In the form annexed, to the undermentioned brokers, viz. :—Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, Princes street, John Shewell, Esq., Threadneedle-street, and Messrs. Wells, Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street, Mr. John Smith. Shorter's-court, Throgmorton-street, London; Messrs. Graystone and Earle, York; Mr. Thackray, Harrogate; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle; Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster; Messrs. Geddes and Drinkwater, and Mr. Henry Waterton, Bank -buildings, Castle-street, Liverpool ; Mr. Peter Leicester, Messrs. Green and Oldham, Messrs. Green and Lockwood, Manchester; Mr. James Pearson, Birming ham ; Messrs. Joshua Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co., and Messrs. E. King and Co. Leeds ; Messrs. Brady and Fitaniforth, hull ; Mr. J. A. Butehart;Huddersfield ; Mr. Hervey, Halifax ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., Brad ford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. G. R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply mouth ; Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr. David Kinnear, and Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle, Leith ; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow ; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth ; of whom prospectuses may be had ; or to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Midland Grand Junction Railway. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot to me shares of 251. each in the Midland Grand Junction Railway, and I hereby undertake to accept that, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. 12s. fd. per share thereon, and te execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required, Name in full Profession or Trade Residence Place of business — Reference TIOVER and BRISTOL RAILWAY in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway, from Reigate ►o Bristol. Upon the Narrow Gauge. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,500,0001., In 75,000 Shares, of 201. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, Warwick Castle The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, Norfolk The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerc, Chesham-place, Belgrave- square The Right. Hon. Lord Sussex Lennox, Piccadilly The Right Hon. Lord Alfred Paget, M.P., ITabridge House Count Bathyany, Audley-square The Hon. William M. Dawson, Parkstone Ledge, Poole, Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningham, Director of the London and Nottingham Railway Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, m.r., Director of the East and West Junction Railway, and of the Brighton and Cheltenham Di rect Railway The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Bristol George Woodruffe Franklyn, Esq. 1 Late Mayors of Bristol John Kerle Haberileld, Esq. Major-General W. Inner, C. 8., Bath Sir William B. Johnston, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, Forest ef Dean, and Gloucester Railway Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway, and South and Midland Railway Admiral Sir George Sartorius, Director ef the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Major-General Martin White, Bath William Collins, Esq., M.P., Warwick George Dodd, Esq., M.P., Maidstone Wynne Ellis, Esq., M.P., Ponsbonne-park, Hutford Colonel Edward Stopford, 9, Manchester-square A. K. Baker, Esq., Longford-house, Cheltenham Directors Of the John W. Hughes, Esq., Gloucester Bristol and George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Birmingham William Cother, Esq., Gloucester Railway The Worshipful the Mayor ef Dover The Worshipful the Mayor of Bath The Worshipful the Mayor of Devizes The Worshipful the Mayor of Andover The Worshipful the Mayor of . Basingstoke The Worshipful the Mayor of Bridport William Kay, Esq 3f.D.,:Clifton, Alderman of Bristol John George Mogg, Esq. Manor-house, Farrington, Gurney, near Bristol, Magistrate fer the county of Somerset William Kingsmill, Esq. Sidmonton, Hants, Magistrate and Deputy lieutenant of the county of Southampton John llippesley, Esq. Stone Easton, near Bath, Magistrate for the county ef Somerset James Crang, Esq., Timsbury, near Members of the Provisional Bristol Committee of the Bath, Robert Francis Wright, Esq, Wells and Exeter Janctiom James Perrin, Esq. Temple Cloud, ' Railway near Bristol Edmund Fillingham King, Esq., banker, Grantham, Director of the Vale of Belvoir Railway Philip Jones, Esq., merchant, Keynsham and Bristol Lieut.-Colonel William Swinton, Bath Francis Yerbury, Esq., Bath, and Belcome-house, Bradford, Wilts J. IL Wadham Pigott Smyth Pigott. Esq., Brockley-hall, Som rat I shire Major-General Wright, R.E., Gloucester-place, Portman-square John Clarke, Esq. Benefield-house, Trowbridge, Magistrate for the county of Somerset Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Mlles, Porchester-hoise, Bayswater William Gilbert, Esq., Hippenscombe, near Andover Robert Rawlins, Esq , Bare Hill-house, Whitehurch R. H. Webb, Esq., Mansion-house, Itingadown, near Bristol Thomas Heard Mortintore, Esq., Andover William Child, Esq., Manor-house, Vernham, near Basingstoke John Reeves, Esq., Clatford, Hants, Direetor of the Oxford, Newbury, Andover, and Southampton Railway Company, and of the Hamp shire Banking Company Turner Poulter Clark, Esq , Andover William Richardson, Esq., merchant, Southampton Daniel Nazer, Edward Poole, Esq. Town Connoillers of Dover William Henry Payn, Esq. Edward Seward, Esq., The Rev. Just Henry Alt, Enford, Wilts, Director of the Manches ter, Southampton, and Poole Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., Rusland-hall, Lancashire, Pireoter of the South Staffordshire Railway J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds, Director of the Lancashire and North Yorkshire, and North Eastern Railways George Addison, Esq., Bradford, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway John Anderson, Esq., London, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Joseph Acton, Esq., J.P., Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan Railway William Ascroft, Esq., the Willows, Bury, Director of the Stafford shire Potteries. Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Joseph Austin, Esq., Reddingley-hill, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway William Ackroyd, Esq., Westbourno Lodge, Ottley, Yorkshire, Di rector of the East and West Yorkshire, the Midlands and Thirsk Junction, and Leeds and York and Midland Junction James Beech, Esq., Grosvenor-place, and Brandon, Warwickshire, Director of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway Cecil Brook Boothby, Esq., Ashboume-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the South Union William Gabbett Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Connaught-square, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway' John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lich- field, and Manchester Railway Thomas Byrom, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Brown, Esq., Twining-park, Worcestershire Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Robert Bell, Esq., Manor Home, Chiswick, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Junction, and London and Nottingham Railways Robert S. Butterfield, Esq., Bradford, Yerkshire, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Luke Butler, Esq., Alderman, Dublin, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny, and Cork and Waterford Railways William Clode Braddon, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton Christopher Bentham, Esq , Birkenhead, Director of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and of the North and South Wales Bank John Benson , Esq., Maida-hill, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction, and the Birken- head and Holyhead Junction Railways Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, Director of the Central Ken Railway Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Temple, Director of the South Union Extension, and of the South Staffordshire Junction Railways John James Conway, Esq., Liverpool John Carmichael, Esq., Cork, Director of the Cork and Waterford Railway William Henry Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of . . _ the Staffordshire and StirOpskire JunctiOn Railway Thomas Cocksey, Esq., Atherton and Bolton, Director of the Man chester and Wigan Railway William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, War wick, and Leamington Railway William Clifford, Esq , Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern y Esq., William Alderman, Ince-hall, Wigan Director of the Counties ai ß dw ail e w iL a ' St a ff o rdshire Potteries, Liverpool, and Manchester Direct Railway Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex, Director of the Man chester, Oxford, and Southampton Junction Railway John Townshend Compton, Esq., Wedhampton, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Poole Railway Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Fampoux and Hazcbrouck Railway Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse Bradford, Wilts and Ssmerset New Hall, Weston, Cheshire, Di rec t or John Campbell Dickers , E s q ., of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Rugby, Derby, and Man chester Railways Thomas Davies, Esq., the Handsworth, Staffordshire, Di rector of the Birmingham, ,Lichfield, and Manchester Railway W. T. S. Daniel, Esq., Recorder of Ipswich Miles Dormer, Esq., London, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Coast Railway John Doughill, Esq., Lockwood, Huddersfield Joseph Dawson, Esq., merchant, Lambeth Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor ofCamarvon Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director of t e Birmingham, Lichfield, and ifanCliester Railway Joht! Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Llyerpool and Leeds Direct Railway William Edwards, Esq., Aston Furnaces, Birmingham, Director et the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N., Headly-grave, Reigate John Finn's, Esq., merchant, Dover Charles Fitzgerald, Esq., Charles-street, St. James's, Director of the • London and Nottingham Railway Webster Flockton, Esq., Weybridge, Surrey Bell Fletcher, Esq., 1%1,D., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester Rail;fay Benjamix Franklin, Esq., 5, Harley-street, Cavendish-square. Di rector of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway William Tulloh Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director •f the Dorking, Brighton, and Arundel Railway Charles Hay Frewen, Esq., Brickwall, Northiam, Sussex William Fitzgibbon, Esq., 21, Cambridge-street, Connaught-square, Director of the Cork and Passage and Cork and Bandon Railways Major Grubbe, Eastwell-house, magistrate for Wilts William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Berta Captain Gould, Charles-street, St. James's George Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the South Stafford shire Junction, the Derby and Crewe, the Macclesfield and Lich field, and the Leicester and Tamworth Railways John Griffith Frith, Esq., merchant, Austin-Mars, Chairman of the . . , Londonderry and Coleraine Railway James Gernen, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street, Direetor of the Reading, Guildford, and Reigate, Manchester, Oxford, and South- ampton, and Cheltenham and Brighton Railways William, Gatliff, Esq., merchant, Leeds, Diroctor of the West Tort shire Railway - - Jeseph Gill, Esq , Potter Newton Mount, Leeds,Director of the Leede and Teri and Midland Junction Railways John Hall, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and York Railway William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield. and Manchester Railway Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Direstor of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leceste an d Tamworth, and Birmingham and Litchfield, and Mazcheste Railway. Witham Wilkes DM, Esq., Beecton Hall, Leeds Lewis Hoffman, Esq., Temple, Director of the Nottingham and South. Staffordshire Railway James Inglis, Esq., M.D., Halifax, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and the London, Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railways John Johnson, Esq., R.N., Birmi ng h am Kensington Lewis, Esq., Worcester-park, Surrey. Director of the Cheltenham, Oxford and Brighton Junction, uel the Lyrua,Wis beAcb, and Peterborough and Midland Counties' Railways E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVEN I NCB OCTOBER 17 1845 John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk Crescent, Hyde-park William Phillips Lamb, Esq., Ockham House, Sussex Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Darnton Lurton, Esq , Potter Newton Hall, Mayer of Leeds, Direc tor of the Leeds and York, and Wakefield and Bradford Railways Sir William Lowthrop, Rat., Hull, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct Railway John Lord, Esq., Standish Hall, Lancashire, Director of the Black burn, Charley, Wigan, and North Union Junction Railway, and of the - Staffordshire Potteries, and Manchester and Liverpool Direst Railway James Lamb, Esq., Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Tring, Reaing, and Basingstoke, and Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Railways Thomas Gibbon Moneypenny, Esq., Hole-Park, Rolvenden, Kent Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director .f the Brighten and Chel tenham Direct and the London and Nottingham Railway James Joseph M'Swiney, Esq., Sandal View, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway J. Mee Mathew, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of the Worcestershire, Derbyshire, and Staffordshire Railway Captain Macdougall, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Read ing, Guildford, and Reigate Railway ' John George Norbury, Esq., Mancetter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Teen and Dove Valley, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways Joseph Norton, Egq., Clayton West, Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway, and the Wakefield and Harrogate Railway George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the West Midland Railway - Captain Thomas Ross, 58, Dorchester-terrace, Director of the Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction Railway William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the London and Notting ham Railway James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman -square, Director of the Direct Leeds and London Railway Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-terrace, Director of the Lynn, Wisbeach, Peterborough, &c., Railway William Spooner, Esq., London, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool, Manchester, and New castle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway Henry Scott, Esq., 17, Pall-mall S. E. Sichell, Esq., merchant, Bradford, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Director of the South Staffordshire Junction Railway Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman, Wigan, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railways George Turton, Esq., Bagden Lodge, Clayton West, Huddersfield William Tinker, Esq., Conock, Wilts, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, aril Poole Railway George Thomas Thompson, Esq., Dover, Coroner for the Cinque Ports John Thompson, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Birkhen head and Holyhead Railway, of the Manchester and Wigan Rail way, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Railway John Taylor, Esq., Hull, Director of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway James Upfill, Esq., The Green, Herefordshire, Director of the Staf fordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Stafibrashire, Direc tor of the Birmingham, Lichfield. and Manchester Railway, ana Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railway Thomas Bolman Upfill, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birming ham, Lichfield, and Manchester Railway James Vickers, Esq., Mark-lane, Director of the Jersey Pier and Railway Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Maidstone, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railways William Boyden Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln, Louth, and Great Grimsby Railway Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire Railway Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Robert William Watson, Esq., Dover John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, near Tonbridge, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Sir William White, Director of the Stafford, Uttoxeter, and Derby Railway J. W. Yerbury, Esq., Belcornbe-house, Wilts, Capt. 3d. Light Dra goons, Director of the Direct Western Railway. Lodge Morris Murray Prior, Esq., Coventry, Director of the Dublin, Tullamore, and Parsonstown Railway Edward Knight, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Grand Junction and Midlands' Union Railway William Henry Skelton, Esq., Shadwell, near Leeds Charles William Reynolds, Esq., Captain 16th Lancers, Maidstone, Director of the Worcester, Warwick and Rugby Railway Thomas Braman, Esq., Mayor of Tamworth, Deputy Chaiman of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Hughes,. .Esq., Stafford, Director of the Staffordshire and Shropshire Junction Railway Henry Wenman Newman, Esq., Thornbury-park, near Bristol, De puty-Lieutenant of Gloucestersshire, and magistrate of Gloucester shire and Bristol. 1 homas Folliott Powell, Esq., 16th Lancers, Lucan-konse, Ripen, Yorkshire Alexander Prince, Esq., London, Director of the Tonbridge Wells, Hastings and Brighton Railway Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and Lon don Direct, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Rail ways Thomas Stocker, Esq., St. Ives, Director of the Wisbeach, St. Ives, and Cambridge Railway John Granville Dewes, Esq., Loxley, Warwickshire George Ewing Scott, Esq., Stoke Bishop, near Bristol Seignelay Thomas Cuthbert, Esq., Clifton Charles Rates, Esq., Richmond-court, Clifton David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Liverpool, Man chester, and Warrington, and the Worcester and Leominster Railway Benjamin Swan, Esq., Weymouth and Jermyn-street Edmund Francis Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, High Sheriff of Bucks, and Director of the inehead and Bridgewater Railway John James Rippon, Esq., Ealing, Middlesex, Director of the Bir mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction Railway Stephen Mills, Egg., Elstono-house, Wilts Major Buttenshaw, Bath John Ellershaw, Esq., Grove-house, Searcroft, near Leeds Major W. James, Saltford-house, near Bath, Magistrate for Somer. setshire Robert Bell, Esq., Norris Castle, Isle of Wight. Samuel Perrin, Esq., Temple Cloud, near Bristol Captain Edward Smith, Dorset-square Sankey Gardner, Esq., Neath, Director of the Vale of Neath Railway Thomas Bolton. Esq., merchant, Hull Robert Cottle, Esq., Basingstoke Captain Page, Charlton-house, Somerton, Director of the South Staf fordshire Junction Captain Boland, Marlborough-buildings, Bath ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Francis Giles, Esq. ENGINEERS—Edward James Maude, Esq.; John Neville Warren, Esq. BANKEWiI. London—Messrs. Rogers, Oldlng, and Co.; the 'Union Bank ltristol Stuckey's Banking Company Bath—West of England and South Wales District Bank Bradford and Trowbridge—The Wilts and Dorset Banking Company Dover—Messrs. Latham and Co. JOINT SOLICITORS, - _ Edwin Smith, Esq., and Messro, v Lawis and Ford, London ; Edward Burges, Esq., Bristol. BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 291. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Sir George Prescott, Bart The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Lynbarth, Kildare, and St. James's-street Sir Love Parry Jones Parry, Major-General, K.H., Madryn, Car narvonskire, Director of the Leicester, Bedford, and of the Direct East and West Junction Railways Sir William Twisden, Bart., Dorset-square, Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway I r Wm. Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street, Hyde Park-gardens, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Sir William Wynn, K.C.8., Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway The Sheriff of York, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Ayscough, Rear-Admiral, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and Loudon Direct Railway Adair, Major, Director of the Church of England Assurance Society, and of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New town, and Indian Peninsular Railways Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Booth, John, Esq., Park-cottale, Macclesfidd, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, Notting ham, and London Direct Railways Brookes, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester, Director of Reming ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Brown, Isaac Baker, '27, Oxford-square, Hyde-park Buck, W. C., Esq. Cambridge, John, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Chambers, Wm., Esq., Cocks Bench, Derby, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Cook, John, the Rev., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, Director of the Shef field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Croft, Major J. T. Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Crossley, John, Esq., Lumberhurst, Sussex, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway. Cumberlege, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown, and Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways Dalby, J. R., Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Burton-on-Trent. Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton, and Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railways Daniel, R., Esq , Oakhill, Stoke. upon-Trent, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Darlington, John, Esq., Shipley Hall, Bradford, Director of the Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Dewhurst, Richard, Esq., Apsley House, Huddersfield, Director of the West Riding Union Banking Company, and Director of the West Riding Junction Railway Dent, Edward, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Dent, John, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Hud dersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, llud dersfleld, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Ellis, John, Esq., Temple Ewart, Francis, of 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Me tropolitan Junction Railways Fitche, George, Lieutenant-Colonel, 36, York-terrace, London, Di rector of the London and Lancaster Railway Franklin, Benjamin, Harley-street, London Garde, Richard, Esq., 16, Steven's-green, Dublin Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of tke Burton-on- Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Grant, Daniel, Esq., Manchester, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Hammond, George, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Heneage, C. Esq., Pall-mall, Cadeley Place, Lincolnshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Herries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Hind, Abraham, Esq., Director of tke Manchester,: Huddersfield and Great Grimsby Direct Railway Holdforth, J. D., Esq., Burley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Hughes, Hughes W., Esq., Alderman of the City of London Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Johnson, Richard William, Esq., Moorgate, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham, and Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railways Jones, Edward, Esq. Windmill -place, Camberwell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Di rector of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New town Railways King, William, Esq., Stepney, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and Brighton and Cheltenham Railways Knight, Ed ward, M.D., Stafford, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall, Sudbury Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester Mackenzie, T., Esq., Duke-street, Liverpool Macmillan, James, Esq., 17, Manchester-buildings, Westminster, Di rector of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railway M'Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street M'Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Mainwaring, John, Esq., Eagle-Hall, Pateley-bridge, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Mann, T., Esq., Chapel-cottage, Holloway 3laskery, Thos., Esq., Norburphall, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Meteyard, Horace W., Esq., Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Moore, Major, Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Burton on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway Murray, James T., Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, Director of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton Railway Musgrave, S., Esq. Nadin, Joseph, Esq., Stapenhill, Director of Remington's Direct Lou• don and Manchester Railway Nadir', Nathaniel, Flca., fitaponhiil, Tierh3ralallry ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway Norton, Joseph, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Nottingham and London Direct Railway Ogle, Nathaniel, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham, Director of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Rail way Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, 4, Parliament-street, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Richardson, Joseph, Esq. Riddle, Robert Andrew, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Ox ford and Worcester Extension Railway Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, RodNeontt,inTg.hca.m, E , sqaud, BLiorldionnghDaimre,etpßailways Roden, T. c. , Req., Birmingham, Director of the Leeds, Iltedders field, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway. Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of Remington's Esq., Barton-h ouse, A shborne, Derbyshire Di re ct London and Manchester Railway Skidmore, J. A., Esq , St. John's, Wakefield, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and Hull and Holyhead Direct Railways , Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Hudders field, and Wol verham p t on Direct, and Liverpool - and Leeds Direct Railways Smith, Wm., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of the Brighton and Che lt en ham Railway Smith, Smith, Thomas,Jolm, Esq., Ist.D. Sneyd, Thomas, Esq., Belmont Spiers, Edward John, Esq., Carlton-villa, Maida-vale, Director of the Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Worcestershire Railway Stanho-e, Lieutenant-Colonel Leicester, Chairman of Remington's Meet London and Manchester Railway Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway -place, London, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway Walker, Charles, Esq., Eliastone P Walker, George , Esq., Wootton-park, Ashborne , alnp q ßa to: Direct Railway Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Brighton Esq., Bakewell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield 11 3 w Itt a c y c s lestield, Director of Remington's London Warren, Jos. Loxdale, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, Salop Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and W Direct Railway Company and Manchester Direct Railway Esq., Tean, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, sttejli.:lesoaE,sialicum—W. Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq. Esq', Staffordshire Railway Wardle, a a a dde rWalters, Henry, ne Cheltenhamrr James,yh merchant, Derby, Director of the Derbyshire, Weston, Sheffield,Ge l r s e h a , t Ro T eh Grimsbyoar t uin , dass Worcestershire Junction Railway. Wright.s Wilkinson,tairor,ii ENGINEER —George Remington, Esq. SECRETARY—A. A. Flint, Esq. BANEEtts—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co. LOCAL AGENT—R. IL Tarleton, Esq., Birmingham. of - Ttarrairas. The title of this line sufficiently and correctly explains the object of the undertaking . The Birmingham terminus will be placed In communication with all the other railways having a station in that town, and will be n orther as near as practicable to its centre. Proceeding thence hi a northerly direction, and on the west side of the Lichfield road, it will pass within a short distance of Sutton Coldfield, and to Lichfield, at the latter of which places there will be a tation in communication with the projected Walsall lines. Thence crossing the Trent Valley, near King's Bromley, it will pursue the course of the Blythe Valley, or by or near to Abbots ill'omley to Leigh, where it will leave the Blythe Valley, and by a short cutting reach the Tean station on Remington's London and Manchester line at the junction of the Crewe branch, or by a junc tion with whichever of the projected lines to Manchester may be adopted by Parliament. The entire length of the new' line to be made will not exceed thirty-four miles, and the whole will be carried over a most favour able country—two-thirds being a water-level. Sections ofa great portion of the line have been made, and the en tire Parliamentary survey will be completed by the 9th of October. This railway will afford.a route from Birmingham to Manchester eleven miles shorter than by any existing or projected line. It will also give the best and nearest line between Huddersfield, and Bir mingham. It will also furnish a nearer and more direct route from Birming ham to the Potteries than any line made er projected by several miles, assuming any of the projected Pottery lines to have their ter mini at Colwich, on the Trent Valley, or at Stafford, on the Grand Junction Railway ; thus giving to Manchester, and also the Pot teries, the shortest, easiest, and most direct route to Birmingham. It will also give the nearest line between Huddersfield and Birming ham and Southampton. This railway crosses the projected Leeds and , Huddersfield and Wolverhampton Direct Railway. In the Blythe 1 alley a'station will be placed, and communication effected, so as to afford to Birmingham the shortest route by many miles, with Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and the northern parts of England. In allotting shares every legi timate preference will be given to the landholders on the line. It is obvious that the projected line will afford an ample return to the shareholders. For prospectuses, r to pro N s v p . ec A t rn us o e l s d , Bshaainrebsr,iggane,dEesqve.,ry information, apply to the Uttoxeter ; or at the Offices so of the Company, No. 1, Moorgate, London. BROKERS. Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, New Bank -buildings Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool•• Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds Messrs. Wellheloved and Oastler, Leeds Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull Mr. Richard Baines, Blackburn Mr. George Clark, Bradford Mr. William Mason, Bradford Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax Mr. J. W. Paibley, Gainsborough Messrs. Freeman and Son, Northampton Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham Mr. L. Weatherhurn, jun., Huddersfield Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester J. N. Balmo, Gloucester Mr. C. Wood, Uttoxeter FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Directors of the " Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railway." I request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking ' • and I agree to pay up the deposit of 21 . 2s. p er share, and si gn the necessary deeds when required thereto. Dated this day of , 1845. Name in full .. ••••.• • • • • • Profession or Business Place of Residence Place of Business • • • • • • • • Names of Refers. • • • • BIRMINGHAM AND M ANCHE STER DIRECT RAILWAY COM PANY. Company's Offices, lications for Shares can Notice is hereby given that no further A pp 1, Moorgate-stree t, London, Oct. 13, 1845. received after Wont - WAY, the 15th instant. . By order, A A.FLIN T, Etcretsu7. THE DIRECT WEST-END AND CROYDON RAILWA Y. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 800,000/., its 4 ,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Viscount Ingestre, M.P., Bromptou-park, London Sir James Anderson, M. R. I. A., New Burlington-street ; Director of the Hereford and Merthr Tydvil Railway John Byng Banks, Esq., Lansdown-road, Stockwell, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway James Bailey, Esq , Mis, , hbury-park, Director of the Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction, and of the Scar borough, Whitby, Stockton-on-Tees, and Newcastle and York Junction Railways William Banks, Esq., 4, Honey lane, Director of the Manchester and Rugby, and great Leeds and London Railways Lieat.-General Sir R Barton, K.C.11., 2 Montagu-place, Montagu square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway _Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Director of the Tean anti Dove Valley, and West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railways Charles R. Biggs, Esq., 10, Bryanston-square; Director of the Great Grimsby,L uth, tlorneastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway William Bland, Esq., Brixton; Director of the North Wales, and Richmond and West-end Junction Railways William Blanshard, Esq., York ; Chairman of the Liberty of Ripon Quarter Sessions, and Director of the York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield ; Chairman of the Isle of Ely Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Sheffield Railway Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square Direc tor of the Grand Trunk Railway Isaac Baker Brown, Esq., Oxford-square, Hyde-park, Director of the Bristol and Dover Direct Junction Railway Thomas Byrom Esq. Wigan, director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Junction Rail ways William Byrom, Esq., Oldham ; Director of the York and Lancaster, the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railways Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne House, Sheffield, Director of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway William Caldwell, Esq., Ince Hall, near Wigan, Lancashire ; Direc tor of the Manchester, Derby, and Rugby, and Leeds and Liver pool Direct Railways William Carr, Esq., Blackheath-park John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway E. Turst Carver, Esq., Forest Lodge. Tulse-hill, Director 'of the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, and Brighton Railway John Castendieck, Es 4., Lewisham, Kent John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-steet, London ; Director of the Chelmsford and Bury, and York and Lancaster Railways Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the Direct Western Railway Richard Clark, Esq., Farnham, Hants George Clive, Esq., Sanderstead, near Croydon, Director of the Chel tenham, Oxford, and London Junction Railway Benjamin Collett, Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove, Worcestershire; Director of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddermin ster; and Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway Millis Coventry, Esq., White Hart-court, Lombard-street ; Director of the Birmingham Extension and Great Leeds and London Direct Railways William Croudson, Esq., Manor Cottage, Wigan, director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct, of the Staffordshire Potteries, of the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield, and the Cheltenham, Oxford, and London Railways John Croudsen, Esq. King-street-house, Wigan, director of the Li verpool and Leeds Direct, of the Keighley, Halifax, and Hudders field, of the Staffordshire Potteries, and of the York and Kenyon Junction Railways Lieutenant-Colonel Lothian Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair; Direc tor of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway Charles R. Dodd, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Great Welsh Central Railway, of the Bath, Bristol, and Dover Railway, of the Hull and Holyhead Railway, &c. Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street ; Director ef the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, United Service Club; Director of time London and Birmingham Extension Railway Daniel Ebbetts, Esq., Mincing-lane ; Director of the Direct Western Railway Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple; Director ef the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Exeter,. Dorchester, and Wey mouth Railways Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London ; Director of the London and Westminster Bank, and Director et' the London Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway Edmund Aldam Fawcett, Esq., London, Derby, and Nottingham Robert Fisher, Esq., Highbury Park, Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Raiway The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Manchester-square ; Director if the Direct Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton Railway George Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Henry Glynn, Esq , Garden-court, Temple Captain Twistleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend and the Midland Grand Junction Railways F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square; Di rector of the York and Lancaster Railway C. H. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square ; Director of the Grand Trunk Railway George It. Harrison, Esq., Harlingford-place, Kennington ; Director of the Grand Trunk Railway Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Silkmore-house, Stafford William Hay, Esq., 19, Clifford-street, Bond-street. Josiah Ileale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square; Director ef the Chelmsford and Bury Railway Lawrence Heyworth, Esq., Yew Tree, Liverpool A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place ; Director of the Direct Exe ter, Auxerre, and La Roche Railways G. E. Hotterkinson, Esq., 7, York-terrace, Regent's-park Jelin Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester ; Director of the York and Lancaster Railway John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street ; Director of the York and Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and London and Greenwich Railways Stephen Hutchinson, Esq., London Gas-works, Vauxhall, Director of the Grand Trunk Railway John Kynnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Herbert Ingram, Esq., 198, Strand, and Swineshead Abbey , Lincoln shire ; Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, Boston, and Eastern Junction Railway W. H. Jackson, Esq. 66, Red Lion-street, Clerkenwell John Jameson, Esq., St. George's-place, Brixton, Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct, and of the Cumberland Union Railways Slegerich C. Kreeft, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorcheiter, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway Richard Kelly, Esq., 6, Cleveland-row; Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny, an.a Director or the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension Railways Sir J. Key, Bart., Alderman of London ; Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Direct Western, Dendre Talley, and Grand Trunk Railway James Lamb, Esq. 25, Hyde-park-square ; director of the Dover and Bristol Railway William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton ; Director of the London and Man chester and Direct Western Railways William Alexander Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood House, Wootton under-Edge ; Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway Captain J, P. Macdougall, Fir-grove, Brixton ; Chairman of the Isle of Man Railway, and director of tb e Leeds and Fleetwood Railway William Margetson, Esq., Streatham-hill, Brixton J. Mee Mathew, Esq., 4, Gray's Inn-square; Director of the Direct Western Railway James Macmillan, Esq. London and Southampton • director of the Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway, &c. James Meaburn, Esq., Grove-hill, Camberwell Thomas Morris, Esq., Fairhurst Hall, near Wigan ; Director of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean and Rhondda ant Ely Valleys Junction Railway Horatio Nelson, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey mouth Railway William Nevill, Esq. West-green, Stamford-hill G. Parbury, Esq., Russell-square; Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens ; Director of the Grand Trunk, the Oxford and Witney, and Reading and Reigate Junction Railways Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., 1.R.5., Bath, and 55, Lincoln's-inn-fields ; Director of the Kennet and Aron Canal Cofnpany, and York and Lancaster Railway George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-square, Director of the South ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction and Brighton and Chel tenham Direct Railways Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square ; Director of the Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, and of the London, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Middlesex ; Director of the York and Lancaster Railway R. A. Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square ; Direct& ef the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and Oxford and Worcester Extension Railways James Reid, Esq., Beulah Wood, Croydon, Director of the Metropo litan Railways Junction Compaq , A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London ; Director of the Great Western Extension Atmospheric Railway Richard Rowe, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale H. Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square ; Director of the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway Edward H. 0. Scott, Esq., Hoe Garden House, Plymauth ; Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and. Weymouth Railway A. Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Middlesex Julius le Soeuf, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the St. Albans and Hert ford, and Director of the Bristol and Dover Direct Junction Railways William Studley, Esq., Alfred-place, Brixton ; Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railways Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, Direct Western, and Grand Trunk Railways Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich Henry Taylor, Rag , Wigan ; Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North Union Railways James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director ef the Great Leeds and London, and Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railways Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath Park ; Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta-house, Worthing, Director of the Oxfcrd, Southampton, and Gosport, and Liverpool and Derby Railways Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, London ; Director of the York and Lancaster, and Direst Western Railways David Wheatcroft, Esq. director of the Rugby, herby, and Man chester, and Nottingham and Gloucester Railways John Lowe, Esq. Norfolk-crescent, Ilyde-park, Director of the Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railway Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the South Midland, and Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool Railways Sir Thomas Woollasten White, Bart., Walling Wells, Nottingham Thomas Williams, Esq., M.D., Belgrave-street, South Belgrave square W. S. Wilson, Esq., Norwich, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Maryport and Carlisle Railways Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, and Suffolk-place, Pall-mall ; Chairman of the North Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways (With power to add to their number). COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Major Beresford, M.P. F. W. Hamilton, Esq. William Bulkeley Hughes, M.P. Captain J. P. Macdougall Sir J. Anderson, M.R.I.A. William Bradley, Esq. Sir J. Key, Bart. Joseph Underwood, Esq. Sir H. Webb, Bart. Nathaniel Cooke, Esq. A. W. Hillary, Esq. Charles R. Begg, Esq. (With power to add to their number.) BANKERS.—The Commercial Bank of London. CONSULTING ENGINEER. Sir John Macneil, L.L.D., F.R.S., 11.1.C.E., ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins,l.l.l.C.E.; Messrs.Gough and Roumieu, C.E. SURYETORS.—Messrs. Shuttleworth and Sons. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Chauntler and Westwood, $, Gray's Inn-square. SECRETART—J. L. Cotton, Esq. _ _ The principal objects of the scheme are—lst. To remedy the evils of delay and inconvenience to which parties are, at the present time, necessarily subjected in proceeding from the west end of the metro polis to Croydon, or the most distant places on the South-Eastern and London and Brighton Railways, as well as the several sea ports and packet-stations on the coasts of Kent and Sussex; and 2d. To supply to the numerous and wealthy inhabitants of the district through which the intended line will pass (at present wholly with out railway accommodation), a greatly improved means for the in terchange of communication with the metropolis, and with each other. Commencing at the intended terminus of the South-Western Rail way, at Hungerford or Waterloo -bridge, the line will take the most practicable route to Kennington, from thence it will follow as near as possible the old turnpike road, passing through or near to the wealthy and populous districts of Stockwell, Clapham, Brixton, Tulle-hill, Streatham, Norwood, Beulah, and Thornton-heath, effect ing a junction at Croydon with the several existing or projected lines from that place. It is also _proposed to form a branch or branches from the neigh bourhood of Streatham to Mitcham and Tooting, and thus to extend to those places, and their respective neighbourhoods, the advantages of a direct railway communication with the metropolis. A great portion of the traffic in passengers and goods upon the Brighton and Dover lines is supplied from the west-end of London and the Birmingham and Great Western Railways. The necessity of proceeding to the station at London -bridge, and by the present circuitous route to Croydon, is a serious and unnecessary inconveni ence, entailing additional expense and. delay. The removal of this long-felt grievance is a leading object with the promoters of the pre- - sent xndertaking. They deem it eght, however, to observe, in lay ing this scheme before the public, that they have no desire to inter fere with existing railway interests, further than is absolutely India bensable, but that on the other hand it will be their object to yield assistance to, and in return endeavour to secure it, from each com pany with which this line may ultimately be connected. A glance at the map will show, that as a branch or arm of the London and Brighton Railway, this undOrtaking completes a straight line of communication from the west end of London to Croydon , Reigate, and Brighton, and renders the I.'orts of Dover and Folke stone, as well as the several places on the sOuth-Eastern line, more easily accessible from that part of the metropOLig• The pea amount of traffic at the present ti me PM. the roads he- THE DIRECT WEST END and CROYDON RAILWAY.—The Provisional Committee give notice that no applieation for Shares in this Company can be received after the 20th instant. By order, - J. L. COTTON, Secretary 34, Gracechurch-street, Oct. 10th, 1845. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNOEMENT, ALIFAX AND HULL DIRECT, AND HULL, GOOLE, GRIMSBY, AND YORK AND. NORTH MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION (at or near Methley) RAILWAY, via, Hipperholme, Lightclifie, Cleckheaton, Mills-bridge, Gomersal, Birstal, Batley, Hanging Heaton, Ardsleys, Lofthouse, Stanley to Methley, with a branch to Wakefield. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 600,0001. in 30,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 21.25. per Share, in compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament The object of this railway is to provide for the above-named densely populated and rapidly improving manufacturing towns and villages, a dirict and convenient outlet towards York, Selby, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, and the east. . In conjunction with the West Riding Union, Liverpool and Leeds, and other projected railways passing through or near to Halifax, the undertaking now proposed will form one of the most direct railway communications, as well between the ports of Liverpool and Hull, as between the great manufacturing districts of the west, and the agri cultural districts of the East. The population residing upon and along the proposed line between Halifax and Methley exceeds 200,000 persons, who are chiefly engaged in manufacturing and mining industry—to such a community a rail way passing immediately through it, giving a nearer and snore con venient access to the Irish Channel and the German Ocean anq the intermediate places, is an object of importance, and promises, viten accomplished, to confer great advantages on the inhabitants, and to secure to the shareholders an ample return for the capital invested. By this project the valuable coal fields of Nike, Batley, Soothill, East and West Ardsley, Lofthouse, and ;Stanley (containing the well known " Bowling and Low Moor," " High Moor," and Stanley Main," beds which re now wrought to acon siderable extent), will be furnished, for the first time, with the means of cheap and convenient railway transit tollalifax and other large towns westward, and to York, Selby, Hull, Goole, Grimsby, and various other places eastward. The celebrated flagstone quarries of NorthOwram and Southowram, which annually export from Goole, Selby, 'and Hull, to the eastern coast of England and to the Continent, large quantities of flags, paving stones, arid slates, will supply this line of railway with a considerable amount of traffic. By means of the Leeds and Dewsbury Railway, now in course of construction (which the proposed line will intersect at Batley), the inhabitants of the clothing districts previously mentioned will hav the readiest access to the Leeds markets and to the country nortk of Leeds. By a junction at Cleckheaton with the Bradford and Dewsbury branch of the West Riding Union Railway the present scheme will give to Halifax and its populous neighbourhood the shortest railway communication with Dewsbury, and in connexion with other pro posed lines with Barnsley, &c. The same junction at Cleckheaton will give to Bradford and the important iron works at Wibsey, and Low Moor, the nearest route to Selby, Hull, and the east; consequently this railway company may fairly lay claim to carry a large portion of the raw material and ma nufactured productions, used and produced in that densely-peopled portion of Yorkshire From a point on the main line at or near Soothill, it is intended to make a branch to Wakefield of about five miles down► the Alverthorpe Valley, there to join the Pontefract and Goole, the Wakefield branch of the London and York, and the Midland Railways. It is evident, therefore, that the proposed railway and its intended branch (aided by the West Riding Union line between Bradford and Cleckheaton) will provide the shortest route hitherto projected from Halifax and Bradford to Wakefield, Doncaster, and the eastern counties. From Halifax to the proposed junction at Methley the distance will be about nineteen miles ; and, although the undulating surface of the country along a portion of the line will occasion some expensive works, yet the proposed capital is amply sufficient to complete the whole of the railway, with its branches and stations. And the pro moters are enabled to state most confidently that the through and local traffic in passengers, goods, and minerals, will be such as to render this undertaking one of the most profitable in the kingdom. The gradients are not unfavourable, there are no rivers or canals to cross, and the project does not interfere with ornamented property of any kind. The Parliamentary survey is now in progress and will be ready for the forthcoming session. The liability of the shareholders will be limited by the Act of Par liament to the amount of their shares, and power will be taken to allow interest at 4 per cent. on all deposits and calls from the time of payment to the opening of the line. A more enlarged prospectus, together with the names of an infinen tial Provisional Committee, will shortly be published; in the mean time, every information may be obtained of the solicitors, to whom application for shares may be made in the subjoined form. A pre ference will be given in the allotment to landowners on the line and parties locally interested. By order, CARR and NETTLETON, Solicitors to the Promoters, Wakefield, October 8, 1845. To the Provisional Committee of the Halifax and Hull Direct Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above proposed railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations of the Company, to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement, and to pay, when required, the deposit of 21. 2s. per share. Name In full ........ • • .... •. • Profession, Trade, or Occupation ..... Place of Business (if any) ........... Name and Address of Referee THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTSMOUTH, AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTH AND CHATHAM RAILWAY, via REIGATE. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,900,0001., in 95,000 Shares of 201. cash. Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Chairman • Robert Chapman, Esq., Vice-Chairman Samuel Brown, Esq. Wm. B. Hughes, Esq., M.P. Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. Downman, Esq. John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq. Thomas Stevenson, Esq. BANKERS. London —The Commercial Bank of London, Lothbury Chichester—Messrs. Dendy, Comper and Co., and The London and County Banking Company Rochester—Messrs. Day and Nicholson Riegate —Messrs. Nash and Neale Portsmouth and Portsea—National and Provincial Bank of England, and Messrs. Grants, Oilman and Long Manchester and Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool Dis trict Bank Petworth—John Stoveld. Esq. Enotrizzas—Messrs. Drayson, of 2, Palace-yard, Westminster. SOLICITORS TO TUE COMPANY—Messrs. Pontifex and Moginie, 5. St. Andrew's-court, Holborn-hill, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate William Minchin, Esq., solicitor, Portsea and Portsmouth Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth Edwin Albery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurst Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerhasa. William King, Esq , Godalming Arthur Daintry, Esq., Petworth SECRETARY—Mr. John C. Sommers. Offices of the Company, I A, Adelphi- terrace, Strand. In submitting this undertaking to the public, the promoters are Influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con necting line between the important towns of Chichester and Ports mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in affording a direct communication between the two great naval and military arsenals of Great Britain.—Portsmouth and Chatham. The projected undertaking, by proceeding to the two termini at Chichester and Portsmouth, will extend the facilities of communica tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England, connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton towards the west. By the main line falling into the Brighton Rail way the advantage of two termini In London will be secured—the one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at Londondaridge—the latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, and the several docks on the Thames, is acknowledged to be the best position for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions. The line of railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lon don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from London bridge. In its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate, Newdigate, Capel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold, Billinghurst, Wisborough-green, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingfold, North Chapel, Kirdford, Petworth, Midhurst, Chilgrove, Stoughton, Radon, Westbourne, and Emsworth, at or near which last mentioned place this projected line will join the Chichester and Portsmouth Rail way to Portsmouth. At the earnest recommendation of some of the principal land owners, branches are proposed to be made to Godalming and Peters field. The branch to Godalming will be from a point in the main line between Plaistow and North Chapel ; and the branch from Betersfield will join the main line at a point between Midhurst and !lepton. These extensions of this undertaking have rendered an in crease necessary in the amount of the capital originally fixed on ; but from the increased accommodation which these branches will afford, the promoters of the undertaking feel confident that a com mensurate profit will result to the shareholder. A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking to join the main linelatloemear Capel. Ilv this-tourse the entire distance to travel between London and Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected between Londo&and Port-mouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing a ronterniore populous and productive than any hitherto presented topublic notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of railway to complete the course between the Redhill station (near Reigate) and Emsworth. From London to Reigate by the London and Brighton Railroad is • • The junction to be made by this Company is . From the point near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the 21 miles, 45 „ Chichester and Portsmouth Railway is ..• .• .• • • 7 „ Total distance from London to Portsmouth .•.. .. 73 miles. From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and which will. place Chichester in direct communication with London. The distance between Chichester and London by this route will be 62' miles. Trains will run direct between London and Chichester, without stopping at Chilgrove. Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off from the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected line will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth and Dover. From en inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct line between Ports mouth and Chatham, and in pursuing the line of communication to the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this line will pass through or near to the towns of Bletchingley, Godston; Limpsileld, Wcsterham, Seven Oaks, If, , ,hthain, Town Mailing, Wrotham, Off ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Wouldham. The dLetance between Chatham and Reigate will lnyolve the LOCAL SOLICITORS, G. F. Thompson, Esq., I;;;;; Henry Gilbert, Esq., Devizes; W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Timbrell and Meyrick, Bradford and Trowbridge; Messrs. Taylor, Kemp, and Kingston, Bath ; Joseph Charles Shebbeare, Esq., Basingstoke ; Messrs. Hoff man and Son, Reading ; Thomas Lamb, Esq , Andover; Mes,rs. J. and W. Rees Mogg, Cholwell, near Bristol PARLIAMENTARY AGENT —Cadwallader F. Waddy, FAQ. SEORETARY—CharIes Martin, Esq. This Company has been formed for the purpose of constructing a line in continuation of the South-Eastern Railway at Reigate, whereby a direct junction will be effected between the whole of the south-eastern coast, including the port and harbour of Dover and the several ports and towns of Southampton, Gosport, Portsmouth, and Bristol ; and, by means of the Bristol and Birmingham Railway, with Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, and the north of England. From its proximity to the Continent, the port of Dover will always be the most accessible point of the English coast; an expeditious communication therefore between that and the other ports, harbours, and inland:towns of the United Kingdom, must necessarily be regarded as a great national advantage. Dover is at present the chief port of embarkation for Calais, Boulogne, Ostend, and other continental towns, and the vast numbers already resorting there both on business and pleasure, will bo im measurably increased when the railways of France, Belgium, Hol land, and Germany are fully brought into operation. In addition to which, the Government Commissioners having selected Dover as a Harbour of Refuge, and recommended the outlay them • of 1,500,000/., it cannot fail of becoming a place of the greatest resort for the shipping and commercial interests of the coun try, and perhaps the most important town on the southern coast. . _ In every point of view, therefore, whether for national security, er for travelling excursions, or the invaluable interests of our shipping and commerce, the paramount importance of a cheaper, more conve nient, and accelerated intercourse between this great port and all parts of the kingdom, must be sufficiently obvious. This the pro moters fully anticipate will be attained by the proposed railway, which will form a portion of a grand trunk line, completing the chain of railway communication upon the narrow gauge between the south-eastern coast, and Bristol and the western, northern, and mid land counties. The line will commence at the terminus of the South-Eastern Rail way at Reigate, proceed thence by Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odiham to the Basingstoke station, on the South-Western Rail way. It will then proceed by Andover towards Devizes, Trow bridge, and Bradford, with a branch to Bath, and pursuing its course through the Somersetshire coal-field, throwing off a branch towards Radstock into the heart of the collieries, terminate in ajunction with the Bristol and Birmingham Railway at Bristol. By its course through Dorking, Godalming, Farnham, and Odi ham, it will supply the railway accommodation so much required by those towns, and connect the rich and fertile hop districts of Surrey, Kent, and South Hants, and afford the means of conveyance of their produce to the great Hop-fair at Weyhill. By its junction with the contemplated " Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway," it will afford to the inhabitants of Reading, Oxford, and to the midland counties generally, the best and shortest route to the Continent, as well as to Worthing, Hastings, Brighton, and the other watering-places in Sussex and Kent ; and a vast increase of visitors will undoubtedly be attracted to those places from the interior of England by the accommodation and facilities for travelling which will be accomplished by tlils and the proposed railway from Reading. By its intersection of the South-Western Railway at Basingstoke, and of the proposed Manchester and Southampton Railway farther west, the present lino will connect Dover towards the south, with Southampton (the packet station for the East and West Indies, &c.), Gosport, and Portsmouth, and towards the north, with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Worcester, Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, also with Shrewsbury, Chester, and Holyhead, and in fact with the whole of North and South Wales. At Basingstoke, also, this line will join the proposed London, Salis bury, and Yeovil Railway, and throw open to. Dover and the south eastern counties the populous and wealthy cities of Salisbury and Exeter, the rich agricultural counties of Wilts, Dorset, Somerset. and Devon, the pJrts of Plymouth, Devonport, and Falmouth, and the mineral regions of Cornwall. To Devizes, Trowbridge, Bradford, and Bath, and the other towns in the vicinity of its course, the benefit :which this line will confer carnet be too highly estimated; to the coal districts of Somerset shire it will open l arge an d cons t an t mar k e t s b o th i n B r i s t o l an d t o the south and eas t , w hil e t o th e i n h a bit an t s of Bristol especially, con necting its cha nne l w ith th e St ra it s o f D over an d th e D owns , pro viding a perfect lino for telegraphic communication, and securing to them the whole of the trade between the south-east of England and the west and south of Ireland, it seems difficult, considering the enor mous traffic which must necessarily flew to that city, to conceive a project more deserving of their cordial support. In the memorable Parliamentary contest last session between two great rival companies, the Legislature for the first time admitted that principle of competition with existing interests which was claimed by the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Company for the protection and benefit of the public ; and it is with no fear of the result that the promoters of the present undertaking invite attention to one distinguishing feature it contains, viz., that by the construction of the line from Bristol to Basingstoke, the Box Tunnel will be avoided, and a new and independent communication will be established between Bristol and London, by a shorter line on the narrow gauge than by the devious course of the Great Western, inde pendently of all the advantages of the proposed central station at Hungerford-bridge, and the convenient access to the Thames both there and at Nine Elms, over the distant and inconvenient station of the Great Western at Paddington. In length the proposed line will be nearly 110 miles cpoluanntsryhave throughbe en w d h e i p c o h sit it ed pas. by e t s h d e thoSeosunot (assuming this Company to have the construction of that p or ti on between Reigate ) lie EanadsteDrnorckinomgp, Company)—the which present any engineering difficulties of moment, nor will any resi dential or ornamental property be interfered with except under as imperative necessity. A reserve of shares will be made for landowners on the line, and the Committee also retain to themselves the power to vary the course of the line with reference to any arrangements with existing interests and projected lines that may be considered advantageous to the shareholders. The capital proposed to be raised is 1,500,0001., in 75,000 shares of 201. each, with a deposit of 21. 2e. per share, to be paid on allotment. Power will be taken by the Act to allow interest, at 41. per cent. per annum, upon all deposits and subscriptions until the opening of the line, and no subscriber shall be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit until the Act kas been obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his subscription. The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will be ready for execution, and the scrip issued immediately upon pay ment of the deposits. Applications for shares must be addressed to the Secretary, at the Offices of the Company, No. 12, Gray's Inn-place, only ; but no appli cation will be attended to unless accompanied by a reference to a member if the Provisional Committee, one of the solicitors to the Company, or a banker. Copies of the prospectus and form of application for shares may be obtained at the offices of the Company, or of Messrs. Peppercorne, Old Broad-street ; Mr. Sym, 9, Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr. B. B. Wil liams, Throgmerton-street, stock and sharebrokers, London. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Dover and Bristol Railway, Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each In this Company, and I agree to accept the same, or aey smaller number which may be allotted to me, to pay the deposit thereon, and execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated this day of 1845. Occupation or rr0fe55i0n.............. Residence .• • • • • • • • • • ...... • • • • • • • • • • . Rbference..... .. • • •• • • • • • ....... • • • • ween Croydon, Mitcham, Tooting, Ste., and London, proves at once :hat the existing railway facilities do not at all meet the exigencies of the mass of population to whom this line will be available. The population who reside upon or in the immediate ne!ghhour hood of the proposed line, independent of the metropolis, and between the intended termini, exceeds 100,000, whose wants are almost wholly supplied from the London markets, 8.c., and who have, at the present time, no mode of conveyance but upon the turnpike road. In the transit of building materials, corn, coal, lime, and other heavy goods, from the warehouses and wharfs on the banks of the Thames, and for marketable produce in each direction, this line must become to them particularly useful and convenient. Some idea may be formed of the local necessity of this railway, when it is known that the number ofpassengers who avail themselves of the accommodation afforded by the several omnibuses and other pub (vehicles, running upon the turnpike-road, have been ascer tained to exceed 2.600 daily. An equal number (at least) proceed by private and other conveyances. Of foot passengers, although no accurate estimate tan be formed of them, it is considered that they at least number four times that of passengers who travel by con veyance. The tonnage of goods it is calculated will be in full pro portion to the receipt from passengers. Experience has fully proved, that on however liberal a scale the probability of future traffic in the transit of goods and passengers has been judged, almost every line ef railway has, upon its completion, vastly exceeded the calculated amount. There are, however, in this instance, reasons for supposing that the extended facilities of com munication will cause more than an ordinary increase in the con veyance of passengers. The country which the line of railway will open is singularly picturesque and beautiful, and in addition to the admired districts of Brixton and Streatham, the long-favoured and much-frequented Beulah and Norwood whl be placed within easy access, and become more than ever, objects of interest and delight to the visitor and resident of the metropolis. There can therefore be little doubt but that the present line must become a profitable and eligible scheme for the investment of capital. The promoters of this undertaking have pleasure in announcing _ _ that it is approved of, and will be generally supported by local iv fluence. They have caused a partial survey to be made .which will be completed shortly, and they have the assurance of their engineers that there are not more than ordinary difficulties to contend with. The liability of the shareholders will be restricted, by Act of Parlia ment, to the amount of their subscriptions; and power will be applied for In the Bill to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per annum on all calls from the passing of the Act until the opening of the line. Applications for further information, prospectuses, and shares (in he form annexed), may he addressed to the Solicitors; to the Secre tary, at the offices of the Company, No. 34, Gracechurch-street ; or to the following Brokers :—viz., Messrs. and M. Wyd, Princes street ; Mr. H. J. Williams, 80, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Grey-stone and Earle, York 5 Mr. Anthony Laurie, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Co., and Mr. Henry Benton, Manchester ; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. lar idy and Stainforth, Hull ; Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ; Mr. Thomas Sand ford, Exeter ; Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. J. W. Carr, Col chester. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Provisional Committee of tho Direct West-End and Croydon railway,_ Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 20/. each in the above railway, upon which or unon any less Humber that may be allotted to me, I hereby agree to pay the deposit, and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required to do so. Residenco.... •• Profession or Trade (if any) ...... Place of Business (if any) ...... • • Reference• • Date• • • • • ...... • • • • ..... • • • • • • • • making of 31 miles of railroad, and the Enc of Portsmouth and Chatham will exten 1 over S 2 mile To. the naval and military establishments of construction of this projected line will afford the in dillies in the transit of troops, stores, baggage, Sze. the tardy course of communication which at pr. exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at presen ing over the space of two days, and placing them in munication with each other which, in two hours, will enable the journey between them to be made. The formation of a direct line of railway bet' and Chatham will afford the opportunity of est electric telegraph, that celerity of communication obtained between places of national importance. The warm support of the principal landowners OP of the line is pledged to this undertaking. The Provisional Committee abstain from makin: ference to the contemplated profit to result from cal this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent the populous and rich districts over which this line are projected to pass is sufficiently known, and Inutility of all comment in that respect. Applications for the shares, in the form gi" ) made to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or following Brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribl Royal Exchange, London ; Mr. H. Pritchett, Broad-street ; Mr. Munday, I, Royal Exchange - b 1 Neilson, sharebrokers, Liverpool ; John Duncuft, Manchester ; Mr. It. M'Ewen, 18, St. .Antes-stre e, John Watson, Esq., sharcbroker, Leeds ; Messrs. and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schultz and verpool ; Messrs. Hope anti Rastrick, brokers, 313 , 1 Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth.; NI wards and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co., B and Levick, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis and So l FORM OF APPLICATIONS FOR gil To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London: Chichester, and . Direct Portsmouth and CI Company. I request yon will allot to me shares above named Company, and I ;hereby undertake to. or any less number that may be allotted to me, Ana , 18a posit of 2/. 2s. on each such share, and to execute thb ire d of F Contract and Subscribers' Agreement as may be r e 4, • Dated this day of ..•••' Usual signature ...... • Profession or Trade •••• '' ......,,' '- Residence.. Place of Business (if any ) .. ''''' ''' l't ... • - , .., I Reference .... •. • ... . .... ,4 1 r Residence of Reference •.;.,. 3 r ef e'o! *: N.B. No application will be attended to except Win I s t•%.,1 , a banker, or from an applicant referring to, and I , :i' : .i o p some of the Provisional Committee, or the solicitors, e' Oi 114+ 7 ii DIRECT LONDON, PO RTSMOIT Avo c CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORT' ,be CHATHAM RAILWY Management ,_. n blit t/' !4 It 'llw Committee of beg to inform tul t a 0 4 ;1 .. SATURDAY, the 18th day of October instant, no fai t ; n i ~, , ;, for shares in this Company will be received, excep t he Pel locally interested ; and that after Wow:Est:4v+ t t .,„ t n ar t October instant, no flirther applications for shares ' locally interested in the undertaking will be receivcdas ) 1 4 PONTIFEX and MOGINIF" i ., e Coif I 8, St. Andrew's-court, Holborn, Solicitors to 1 AO ' • FLY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS n . o forilS k A In consequence of the great number of aPPlitnor ° ,4 in this Company which are daily received from ,„ 0 111,04 country, the Provisional Directors feel it necessary2yl,,,f tion of the Public to the following Clause in the ;silt e, terms of which they will, in allotting the shares, b JP; I strictly to adhere:- WV' " As, under arrangements entered into with the 4, ) Ely and .Huntingdon, and Lynn and Derehani B ai te d 4+4 ', a large proportion of the capital has been approPr ia ' of 0 0 i#, I of shares in those Companies, a very limited n umbe r , o plid is at the disposal of the Provisional Directors, a° 9 00 0 IL shares therefore cm be attended to, except froth P I terested and of the highest respectability. 10 * , By order, ' 1 Score 10 1 L. F. EDWARDS , -- ji; . „.++ , EY soY , THE MIDDLESEX and S URN ollt_s, TION RAILWAY, connecting Uxbridge, 8" ° (Tor i Hounslow, Twickenham, Kingston-upon-Tha mes ' ' Epsom. cll. Capital 400,0001., in 1 4 .000 Shares of 25 1 ' e' Deposit, 21. 12s fid. per Sharci p ootli• : TEMPORARY OFFICE..--1 ), Elr-place , I , ' (Provisiona, y Registered.) i 4, PROVISION AL COMMITTEE. ~,, fy - Anderson, John, Esq., 5, Lothbury, Director of '" S i and Basingstoke Railway o rt o Ire ' " Arndt, John Lees, Esq., Ashe-lodge, Farnham+ , deli , a r t• .. Armstrong, Benjamin John, Esq. Southall - P - 4; O ~, r Magistrate for the County, and a director et, `,.;,.,,,,, 4 Brentford, and Central Terminus Junction itA b 'soor l l '' Ayscough, Admiral John, Prospect-pace-hous e + 4 ~,„, 4 , rector of the Birmingham and Leices.ter Rail‘f,t, P„;+',,, Barnes, Robert Edward, Esq., 11, :Alincing - b w ,;s o :4t4 Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, and Essex JunciP'X lt ec . ; Beare, William Gabbett, Esq., 6, Porchester-pl O6 O, ,'Ca y i Deputv-Chairman of the Great Munster Rage' 4 7 4 e , Shrewsbury, Worcester, and Crewe, the Le'''' 11 ' 4,1 , Hull and llolyhead Railways I, 1, le r ji* Bedborough, James Thomas, Esq., Upton-par. , 0 1° 0 o, the Windsor, Slough, and Staines Railway . 4 0 p l ' ,p 1 Bettridge, Abraham, Esq., 4, Devonshire teV ~ C.' Director of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Hotr g O. , ot land, and Junction Railway tot 3 , V. Carter, John, Esq., Park-lodge, Stockwell, P iro` Aisu ‘ Trunk Railway , fo" toP ~IC lowes,l v. Joseph, Esq., Director of the British us" , ~,,f and Meter Company ~,, 1 51 ' pr Costello, William Bermingham, Esq., Wyke• llo ' ~se r o; tor of the Direct London and Exeter Railway ~,i '. f „I Cox, Edw. William, Esq., 1, Torri ng t on - squ are, lisintay h e of the Great Western, and Falmouth Junction 0 00 it Cremer, William, Esq., Barnes, Surrey, Director w1.,,i Railway t ~,ndi, ,, , 1 Elrington, Col., Scots Fusilier Guards, 12, l'',, , t0 rY,, ° 4 0. - ,,,f , e ston-square, Director of the Direct Leeds an d ,iforinf " r Evans, George, Esq., 14, Melbury-terrace, 13 14 „ i n i re ete r ,i Ewart, Francis, Esq., 4, Brick-court, Temple ,or and Law Life Assurance Company tall e r I C , or AO .Fawcett, Edmund Alderson, Esq., 1, Huggin - ,reet .- „r Derby and Nottingham, silk manufacture r, ''' - plf , i ,t West-end and Croydon Railway „ a rt+ d o He John, Esq., 8, North-bank, Itegen t' ''' of 'toy Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway po et i Henry, Joseph, Esq., 13, South-street, Finsbury' AO don, Hounslow. and Direct Western Railway ,ree tore' „ „le HEsq., Howlett, Henry, lB, Cambridge-terrace, D I A ' Vale Iron and Coal Company VIP ' i Hutchison, Stephen, Esq., London Gas Works, k the Grand Trunk Railway 40° I ;Ic'' Innis, Thomas, Esq., 29, Fitzroy-squar e , en niS, Je t Key, Sir John, Hart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Coi ~,i I, , eS til l 4 L m i a v n er o p f oo L l o a n n el t o i n i, , e a od r s i R a o ilw Directoroys. of the York s'' I +,' „ Ti t of v , King, John, Esq., of Norbiton, Kingston-uPco - et° , 0 ,1 4 Lamb, James, Esq., 25, Hyde-park-square, Dire Western Railway , , Os ° if Lawson, J. H., Esq., South-street, Rye-lane, '''''' i trA downe-cottage, Brighton 'o rid 'OA le Lewis, Kensington, Esq., 18, Stratford-plaee, 3 , itrig 4 ) Ewell, Director of the Cheltonhain, Oxford, .I",..,'.et•S‘i' fa 4S Lindham, Henry Robert, Esq., 8, New-street , l'', - ,01 ,e,„tte' of the Dorchester, Exeter, and Weymouth BO' of or Macdougal, J. P., Esq. (late Bengal Staff)+, .01 44 Director of the Direct London and Holylleau - ,10 1 j Railway I) 3 ' (/ 310 0 ' 0.7,C Macguire, W. J., Esq., Hampton Court, Mid- „„alo 7 Reading and Reigate Atmospheric Railway „..„ . t, i";',,to Macintosh, George, Esq„ 27, Upper Seyrnour•st,'Z..-4-sr Mansell, W. W., Esq., Dorchester-place, Blanal; , rte' P' of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Ruihn,o,•" J O'," Margetson, William, Esq , Streatham-hill, 11-ri' - to t , tv , Mercer, William, Esq., Kingston-upon-Tinunl, pir e f o li° ol Norris, Caleb, Esq., 10, Lancaster-place, Stran_ n d ii' ti ., , cheater, Exeter, and Weymouth Railway , ' t0 efL.0 3 ,4 , and Staines Railvvay ,-• ntbrqe-ect r,l €l Parkinson, Jotm, Esq., F.L.S., F.R.S., 8 0 , . 4 To V', p9il park, Director of the Brighton and Chelteoluictest 9 ~, ii , Phillips, B. Laurence, Esq., Cornwall-terrace+ll ift,!;'firl, of the Direct Western Railway ilyite-P' or Potter, Wm. Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, 'ore ° f rownall, Henry, Esq., Spring-grove, o : 4 '.ireter f ' Or Middlesex, and Director of the Great i 0, 3 f 4 Central Terminus Junction Railway ra/ 1 1;10 o.' a Pynn, Sir Henry, United Service Cluh. , , es teto' „ilf the County Fire-office, and of the Direct i 0' r ce, the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railicav g rit e s,' Rayner, Charles S., Esq., Kew, Director of ti „ato fi 'lli''' . ,,, , , Gas Light and Meter Company se , 0 t l , • 11111-ree'n ,a ill Raphael, Alexander, Esq. of Ditton L05...g e ..-„rw ~,e eel r, Bashford, W. C. L., Esq. Nonvood-honse, •`;',, r of .' t ee , Reeves, James, Esq., Leyton, Essex, Dite, c .,„"' s ve•f q r ~, . Rich, Sir George, 43, Lowndes-street, B` l a y tli . 1 / the Manchester and Rugby Direct Rail ivaJ Of' . .o' l and Manchester Railway w oe' ~,ta Ridgway, Joseph Carrington, Esq., Roeha i I 0 tie' rector of the Grand Trunk Railway ~011„e',40 Robinson, John, Esq., 27, Charles-street , ''.:,i 10"",,se° r tor of the London, Hounslow, and Wesie' s ,lb - e Spry, George, Esq., Surbiton, Kingston -00 4 11 40 Westbrook, Edward, Esq., Heston, Midill`oey v10.5;0(14; Westmaeott, Charles M., Esq., Kingstoo , t' t 4 ,lo, e ' s P I t o' Whiskin, James, Esq., 10, Upper Bedfo rd 00" h ili, Magistrate for the County oh' .11iddlc 9e- ' diat e. t, Croydon Itailway old I ' 9 4 , , O t t Wilkinson, W. &., Esq., Woodberrydow o+ of the Waveney Valley Railway SIV J Eley, Charles, Esq., Hounslow sonvi tt pei n j or, 40 , Robert Owen Aland, Esq. Greek-street, *ha one of the Provisional ' Committee et . '''' Cr - Staines Railway or a 0 Andrew Clark, Esq., Camberwell, D irect Portsmouth Railway 0 3f/ Horatio Day, Esq., Isleworth IP 11°9°' , Major Jelf Sharp, of Meadow Side, 'rifle the county Der ail' ' (With power to add to their ham RANK NSERS• 0. 0 0' • The Commercial Bank of Lon d° ii ,,g5.- Hall, Smith, and Co:, Uxbridget'd c o., ), :g it Messrs. Sprabsole, Lambertf i r o poi„,' , 4e . 01,1' ENGINEER-lIRMIIIOII 1 , •• . en , P. .40 SURVEYOR-Andrew Truro, 0 0, „,,,, SOLICITORS-Messrs. Watts, Galsworthb ler. 1."1 :If e ' P ii °l place. w j i a rrs; o r; 0 , r ,,,, SECRETARY (pro tern) ---- at 1 .: cri l (li e vi'„! This railway is proposed to commetirCrecat is e , one oi tti ep,,.: thence to the Southall station of the ° t onal " r o d Poiti then through Heston to Hounslow, there ....,., itotii i A 00 0, 1 lines to Hounslow from London. LenVoinqt;dJ l 4 ceeds through Whitton, Twickenharn, , ~s the A to, 0 ,0 0 % f to Kingston, and, crossing the Thames, Jo"' p r ocee d _ 9 _..e.5,10ti i , the South-Western Railway, whence it 1 011 P at ,Epsom. nne Pof i ' el The towns and places through which theimp:o J o, 0 , ",) diately affects, contain an aggregate Pe% of ~,,ii: bfl : l li i i: i oV l , l persons. pros To on t t h s e th in e h n a i l e d o t t an d t i s re e o f t o t o h m e ti r o n p i o c rl t l n o t iL t ,F c h i z tr ti t il t f o il i t , /, ing the old course taken by the coue•;-;tity 1% 0 rs eo o , , Hayes, Southall, &c., contrasting rav" Dib us t ° oo P o 0 4 , .1, cuitous route to London, by coach or Orn with o itig,,esi t ' t , :• , ' , O thence by the Great Western Railway s of t . ' ' t VO s ee if e railway accommodation, the corn retu ..,. te 1a , .,,,rt0 .4 0 , crease of 30 per cent. upon the a veragc l ".',, 10101i:0 a' , I,r The weekly market at Southall is se nd T pa ten' 5 ~,i1 field, and it is attended by the grazier°„. . , ju g s ',,5t the neighbouring country anti the metr Pr„ O scel,":o, . 10 - o it! 0 By means of this line, and one of the . .,"..7,,., - tfor. ( . , o l o ' ..te lifel , to Hounslow, which this will into sect ' b Pr on ght .. . i ' fr as;ol i ~, of Middlesex, and the Thames, will 10 .. ,. n the I ,?;i t tel , ' i iii nexion with Uxbridge ; the traffic betwe',.,rge a' 09 „, 'd r / Junctionh it 1 rtonlate Canal. rially helped to produce tile"' ,i vi. f .„(o4 a iii , By means also of this line, and the Cr..oyll°.!'tfeel ec ''' ,„,,, 0 7 / in course of construction), 01l the before Ill'" 0 t o o ti o ill i o , i , are likewise connected with Croydon. „eh t ° Ic , th re r ica lt o t , The importance of connecting Ova ... sd EpsouZ i tag . .oe ~O„.i Brentford with Kingston, Croydon , .tt,' the pres' A gi%ed ', O l/1 market-towns in Surrey, between lybic c i i ....3fl ent•_ aopritie. Alp, i w s i e l x l t a en t s o i n v o e e , i s s h t o oo w ofibiviatetuhsetooroemqinniirienicroit;:f,,r.tentooir ~ j o g ~ ,,, :i, , ./i. judicious, but, in order to satisfy actually 'lf tr a 1 3 , o fi . i t to N I, and populous district involved, is tp _ .. , t e no t oo. , ii o , t , t) to Uxbridge and the towns M Heel Ji e ' s, direct ~,.$ 1 , , , ,t e i,, . , it will be connected by proposed nelvt"..ato Rail prlV;af.y,eit,;o kingdom, avoiding the loss of tim e a ' Ist acts Drenti o the tiff,., irf f ) Ramsgate, and alninde s,aall Southampton, southward,t asnodu south and itl:,;;stitilt:arsiai f1..,c__;.. , coo, reop pt liefi. c eo or to:o; _, , ,,6, , round by the metropolis. So also as i aceessiotere fr o e'l la thisst Londono n ,l line, an e Epsom-itd.olilnaconnexionßirmingham, a th fla t ird n d e t p\ i rtt 6 leen i o edn b Ss : 4 l d o t li .. ra c 'e : l ; ; : t o'Dici: 4;4 ; tropolls, and the other proposei on to H airP' he P° Pa ° 0 of it, easy access will be afforded re can 4 to ..a ti other favourite places of resort.. big ,„fgelei tend, 4, ilatil o f y 4,/ d t l i i v a rri t hd t eo h n e ad, p ,oe as iri a s passenger number r uu mu t r ob affl 3e,.r c alone of per w s i o 1 1 n.5,..,,i : oi `: I,negr c.,Le %xi.," ~, ~,, 1 0 lit ,ti . 0, summer months amounts to about I , s a ,„ e stel;,,h ;;; LI V The supply by the county .of Kent i n n u a J o ts _J et % t , sex of the north and north-westernnselYineteA' ri' °‘ ie '," season, would, by this line, beam i 01 ,4 0 ',, ti r o li . source of income to the CornpanY• dditiousl I .' c ed fr iA e` This undertaking presents the r a ._,. esto p. g ~,, and ~.,,, of competing with no line at P .. __ 1 ;:;. 0 teeditoite'S; op o ir t it will be the means of connecting - 6 0 0° Pe a el to cor m ea: e pi r oa:i t l e s ; l ot , ot. ihf a at n eth k o l eint ' im s it e pn, . v ai c e,s r ,te a .ihso l ono o S t i, a : others aboutp beenal lt t iel t af e rni P ,yi r . : e J a e : y r f c 0 0c, i d ol ei grist;le to , 0) f a i l ' o il dertaking. tl B n illes. ll ll°e ' 0 11 / should be addressed, at their it u ors• ' l°l9l eS i 1. 0 1" 0. / also to the following local solic • o _Thata _,... ye . ~, gt f al it toh 1 also o eor for t,t Company, l l l seh e l a o i ri m ee `gillrn Messr s, mustc a l s' er ri : :o: l t tf r s ut :4 1L 1 O al . t :I 1 ,,J 1 e 'lr. ! ) r 'e t . : 1111 0, 1 ° c i A J I"'IIS4I , ,r i ti t '''''': • n gston-tiP o . es ; .31! pa ~,t0, , . C tsoo . lAli E 'c' sip:i.htepoo.lllrimeecslian:mett, Esq., K ) EA. Stain 440 0 o- t ct i Hampton; Thomas Richings, .........• gessrs. ...e._...i.d. ..e, _ i and of the following brokers- TokehtnatslX34e, .1 alley, Cornhill : Mr- A TTooltvne and Mess rs ' toes 3P . . 4 01 Collis, Birmingham; whom prove Glasgow ; from any of ual es 'lt v '' may be obtained. ~ to ll be CO ;ten.e- to the 6- No application 'avid laeLaNndasl'lhaijitiriehsewald;, 31eYvsemsr:pseoGI :ri.33,.sl,orsr.tioAhni:icti_ctigilioppi: Pardier 9r Other PereOU " 149 n" a reference to one of the o.....iltazoittee, , : it i 1 i.1414,4 ' . 0,14'1,1 \''er-4:;:s'iultata:)e:llA.ll,ol,ektC. seSI etAho-rf:t t;• P. noco i4 t i : m i in s 1 %o o a , sb il :to, fi; alye a ci, 1 .4 41 1, 1 rotin g b, )i.,,, f Than e : S'i to ''''' of inn 41 1 id 4 s nDPly. ~ 'ok . o -I%, t ':', Unioi LN. 'e ent ‘. • i acne gabStio)%lbr o th h em well th i to4 k ki kliT u th For VTI I . ,,P g ' i ted th titTitio:titileivreriles kpl, ' l,' i fici o r i:i tkll' es ielto r ,ll . sr a. six t c ,„ 1 , N ti , OR NI 0 ,rorisiOn - V l4 '4ll, 4ltii, al k l.4444 t 4lt L re a 4 . 2 0 3.ateepi ' l l4 , Der s] 111)Seri 111- 11 k t 1,7 :h4 11, 41 ta ki 11 . 1 u, ain " h a'ad li o er iek 111 111: 4 Ilm w "CuiB 4 1 4 11 ' : 4 8 ,helfo ' r( ) ; t .„C log ell a n " l), ' C g Ift n a t 41 14 .t1;. 1 ' 0 11-'II eSS„ 101. 0°01 ' Lir t q ri ti 4 e n i /I. 1 ~~t t n be k t ° Da s b tt4: l 4 l (At I u\TP 11 Ng/ I "nany it 'eg' i f C RT! Ca " tre( 18 fallroad ' C b - e o r . this lia, cost itnP or ,. ..' h t II hi nu a u n.. Lord P A R It resent Beare Loorc rd Pug nt usually h,st lot d*ltt ',tot R ail , r t ., or the r "' N',"er 24aYer ji lf waY rertgly • , . , twee t s LtAire 'i• tablislio*, I. 3.and High cLor o f ti so ituPo l° Dci p nty Alea. Ift the gr"t zt F sA ll n igh Co . ,I, , ^4l l• Aldcrip P e `' asd lteigate ing . 3 a :.O zrrying lir , IHgh C c , tof tratte 'AI Esq. /roc c and its C:tirlitritnt,Y ltorma4 decisiv@ Esq. 1.1 - ( an below., *at i ',./ickson to sill AtiT, ' Cape Dickson, able, 3n " DO N ,43 . , it o f NO. ‘‘, , 'RION , 4 3 . , Esq. buildings ; "herie , 1 * owl Ecq., share • ' •V..4 41 , 1 a11,11, ▪ e1t,16,1,,1e, 3r : 'try. \Tor Fooq• J.l) • brag, v 4 rd, Di OM P Gore xnchester ta m) oing, l freers. efrc.' ' it , l ll l - o " r u ti rS and o p ti Son, Oym e , R E 6. alnottel, ' ▪ ports o w • • t re `°msgate bath o , n, pscl• c acti ° cotk,'"sht hunt, D( clllorjnp, 9 a ° tn°:(lll:2e,tOcore„.PPariliatil:l,''Elolly aal 01 tx „the 1,, annat or MIDLAND GILAND JUNCTION RAIL WAY COMPANY. NOTlCE.—Applications for Shares WILL NOT be receiTed after TUESDAY NEXT, the 21st instant. By order, NICHOLAS J. REMPB, Secretary. Palace-chambers, St. James's, Oct. 14, 1845. D IRECT SIIEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD RAILWAY. No further Applications for Shares can be received. The Allot ment will take place immediately, and the lettens be issued in a few days. By order, GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary. Gresham-street (late Lad-lane), Oct. 14, 1845.