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PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. DIRECT SHEFFIELD AND MACCLES FIELD RAILWAY, k',ruting Junctions with all Great the B g ri r eata t and important Railways in in. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 600,00010 in 30,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. • _ - h important line, commencing at the terminus of the Man and Sheffield Railway, in the populous manufacturing town • Sheffield, will proceed in a direct course by or through Hope, Hathersage, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Whaley (the great canal-Port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the projected Man chester and Macclesfield Railway, at Macclesfield, the total length of the line being nearly thirty miles. This junction stands in the very centre of the entire railway sys tem of England, and will complete the shain of railway communi cation between the river Humber, the towns of Sheffield and Mac clesfield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wiches of Cheshire, the City of Chester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, Bangor-Ferry, and the Harbour of Holyhead. All the necessary arrangements are in pro gress to procoed,to Parliament at the ensuing session. A detailed prospectus, containing the names of an influential Pro vision al Committee, Sze., will be published in a few days. Meantime applications may be made to the Solicitors, Messrs. .7attarns and Fry, 62, Mark-lane, London ; and G. A. Coleman, Esq., 2, New Inn, Strand By order, GEORGE T. HIRE, Secretary. THE HUDDERSFIELD AND EAST AND WEST COASTS DIRECT RAILWAY, onnecting Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Goole, Great Grimsby, and Hull ; with a communication to the Metropolis, from or near the Cudworth Station of the North Midland Railway. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per Share. In compliance with the Standing Order of the House of Lords. . . . The objects of this undertaking are—first, to establish one con- Urinous, and a more direct and shorter line of railway communica 'ion between Liverpool, Manchester, Huddersfield, Barnsley, Goole, treat Grimsby, and Hull, than at present exists, or is proposed by eny other scheme now before the public ; secondly, to give the be nefit of railways to several populous and important intermediate places now unprovided therewith ; thirdly, to afford increased fa cilities to transit to the whole intervening district ; and fourthly, to apen a communication from Huddersfield, southward, with the me tropolis. The Legislature having, during the recent session, sanctioned the raking of a railway from Manchester to Huddersfield, by the Sad lleworth and Marsden Valleys, a communication is thereby secured aetwixt the port of Liverpool and Huddersfield ; a similar communi zation is now called for with the Eastern Coast, and in order to ac zemplish the same, it is therefore proposed to make a line, corn nencing at, or near, the station in Huddersfield, of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway, passing through the Kirkheeton and Kirk burton Valleys, by way of, or near Barnsley, to or near the Cud worth station of the North Midland Railway, there forming a junc tion with that railway (by which a communication with the metro polls will be obtained), and thence proceeding to Goole, Great Grimsby, and Hull, by the nearest practicable routes. In order to effect the required objects, at as little expense, andlessen the dis tance as much as possible, liberty is reserved to form junctions with any other existing or projected railways. On reference to a map, it will be seen that the construction of the proposed line, with the existing and projected railways, will attain not on'y the several objects before stated, but also that it will pass through, or near, several of the most extensive and celebrated soal-fields, beds of stone, and limestone, and other mineral districts, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. It is impossible, in the limits of a prospectus, to enumerate or estimate the benefits to be derived from this undertaking; making Huddersfield the centre of communication between the two seat, uniting it by means of the Huddersfield and Manchester Railway to Liverpool on the west ; and by the proposed line, to the three ports of Goole, Great Grimsby, and Hull, on the east ; and the line passing through a densely-populated commercial and manufacturing part of the kingdom, as well as a highly-cultivated agricultural district, will afford a ready transport to the natural productions of each locality ; added to which, it is well known that considerable portions of such manufacturing districts have hitherto been very inadequately sup plied with coal, and also that there is a daily increasing demand by the outports of that article for exportation ; whilst on the other hand the superabundant produce of the rich agricultural districts of York shire and Lincolnshire, bordering upon the line, are in equal demand for the manufacturing population. The immense traffic, both through and local, which must pass upon the line, will afford ample remuneration to the capitalist. A great Fart of the line will pass through a country favourable for the construction of a railway, and the remainder presents no difficul ties of a serious character. In the construction of the line, every en deavour will be made to cause the least possible infringement on the rights or claims of existing railways, or injury to private property. A portion of the shares will be reserved, at the discretion of the Committee, for such railway companies at this line may form junc tions, or be connected with. The liability of each Shareholder will be restricted by Act of Par liament to the amount of ihisl subscription ; and power will be taken by the Act to: allow interest, at the rate of 41. per centum per an num upon the paid-up capital, from the date of each payment until the completion of the railway. lApplications.for shares may be addressed, in the annexed form, to either of the undermentioned sharebrokers, viz.:—Messrs. Baily and Hammond, Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, and Mr. John Dobson, Commercial Hall, London ; Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Johnston, Bradley, and Walker, Man chester ; Mr. William Moore, Mr. John Gatliffe, Mr. Frederick Tur ner, and Messrs. John Wilson and Co. Huddersfield ; Mr. James Hervey, Halifax ; Mr. Walter Smith, Ha lifax and Elland ; Messrs. Smith and Perfect, Leeds ; Mr. William Hodgetts, Barnsley ; Mr. John Dails, and Mr, David Foster, Goole ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Mr. Samuel Phillips, and Messrs. William, Caley, jun., and Co., Hull ; Mr. J. P. Loft, Great Grimsby ; Mr. Thomas Firth, Ponte fract ; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle ; Mr. J. W. Haythorn, Notting ham ; Messrs. Williams and Sunderland, Leicester ; Mr. J. N.'Balme, Gloucester ; Messrs. Thomas F. Dickinson and Co., Newcastle upon-Tyne ; Mr. Peter Watt, Glasgow ; and Messrs. Stuart and Murray, and Mr. David Kinnear, Edinburgh ; or to WILLIAM JACOMB, Esq., Huddersfield, Secretary to the Company. Ik e * The names. of the Provisional Committee and of the several officers of the Company will be published in a few days. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES, To the Provisional Committee of the Huddersfield and East and West Coasts Direct Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201. each in this undertaking, and I engage to accept the same, or any less number that you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21.2 e. per share, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and Sub seribers'.Agreement when required. _ Residence • . • • • • • • • . • . • . Profession or Trade Of any) .......... Place of Business (if any) •••••• . • . • • . Date of Application ••.. • . Reference •• • • IRISII WEST COAST RAILWAY. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 2,500,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. (No Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.) Mark Blake, Esq., M.P., Ballinafad, Mayo Robert Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P., Glencorrib, Mayo John Patrick Somers, Esq., M.P., Sligo Sir Thomas Bernard Going Dancer, Bart. ' Mos Weeny House, Clough- Jordon, county Tipperary, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny Railway The Hon. Geotll7 Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and Castle M'Garrett, Mayo The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Whitehall, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway Michael Gallagher, Esq., Mayor of Sligo John Netterville Barron, Esq., Resident Magistrate, Sanders Park, Cork Owen Edmond Blake, Esq., J.P., Frenchfort, Galway William Butler, Esq., J.P., Bunnahow, Ennis (late High Sheriff of Clare) James F. Burke, Esq., J.P., St. Clarence, Galway Dominick Joseph Burke, Esq., J.P., Greenhill, Mayo Theobald Burke, Esq., J.P., Woodville, Mayo William Campbell, Esq., Sackville-street, and Brighton John Carmichael, Esq., T.C., Rivertson House, Cork, Director of the Cork and Killarney Railway Charles Collins, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Thomas Comins, Esq., Ballyhrit House, Galway Edward Deane, Esq., J.P., Curragowan, Mayo James Dillon, Esq., J.P., Cogue, Mayo John Dunn, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., L. and D., Drumsna, Leitrim Thomas Edwards, Esq., King William-street, London, Director of the Direct London and Dublin Railway Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire Robert Graham, Esq., J.P. ' Drumgoon, Fermanagh Klein Grant, Esq., M.D., St. James's-street, Pan-mall, Director of the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway Henry Griffith, Esq., D.L., J.P., Port Royal, Sligo, Director of the Sligo and Shannon Railway W. A. Hill, Esq., Lonsdale-square, Deputy Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith Railway Dean John Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square Robert Hughes, Esq., Ely House, Wexford, Director of the Provin cial Bank of Ireland John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple William King, Esq. ' Spring-gardens, and Putney, Surrey John Knox, Esq., J.P., Greenwood Park, Mayo Joseph Myles M`Dennell, Esq., J.P., Doocastle, Mayo Capt. Charles Carden Mansergh, Longraigue, Wexford, Director of the Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Railway Capt. Newton, Bruton-street, and Lugwardin, Hertz Francis R. O'Grady, Tavrane, Mayo Richard O'Grady, Esq., Tavrane, Mayo Charles Ormsby, Esq., D.L., Cumulin, Sligo Michael Perrin, Esq., Galway Robert Dudley Persse, Esq., Galway Rees Price, Esq., M.D., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex • Richard Polhill, Esq , Brompton, Middlesex Joseph Richardson, Esq., J.P. Summer-hill House, Clones Th o mas Seymour, Esq., J.P., Ballymore Castle, Ballinasloe James Sexton, Esq., J.P., Limerick S. W. Simcockes, Esq., Galway John Walsh, Esq Castlehill, Mayo Captain George E dward Watts, R.N., Langton Grange, Darlington (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEER—CoIoneI Landmann, R.E., F.A.S., BANKERS. London—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co. Seotland—Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank Ireland—National Bank and Branches Provincial Bank and Branches. STANDING Comiszt,—James Monson Carrow, FAlq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Langley and Mead, Bedford-row, London. William Thomas Kelly, Esq., 16, Mountjoy-square North, Dana and Castlebar, Mayo LOCAL AGENTS, Galway--Captain F. O'Shaughnessy Castlebar—Mr. Henry Murphy Sligo—Mr. W. C. Tuite. SECRETARY —Henry T. Stuart, Esq. PROSPECTUS. The object of this line of Railway is to complete the chain of coast communication, and form a connexion with lines already established or projected_ with reaionablehopes of success. -- It will commence at or near the city of Limerick, and taking a nor therly direction, proceed through the counties ofClare, Galway, Mayo, and Sligo, terminating at Sligo, by a junction with the Sligo and Ennis killen It allway, and accommodating on it sro ute the important cities and towns of Limerick, Ennis, Gort, Loughrea, Athenry, Mottivea, Tuam, Ballinrobe, Castlebar, Westport, Foxford, Ballina, Kilalla, Swineford, Streamstown, and Sligo, which town being connected with the north, east, and south, by the different lines through Enniskillen, London derry, Coleraine, Belfast, Armagh, Newry, Dundalk, Drogheda, Dublin, Wicklow, Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Killarney, Valentia, Tralee, and Limerick, the establishment of this line will cause Ire land to present a completeness of locomotive communication which no other country in the world enjoys. The country through which the proposed line travels is most fertile In mineral and agricultural products; it embraces many extensive coal fields, whose advantages it will extend to all parts of Connaught and Ulster ; and intersecting, as it does, so many metropolitan lines of railway, it will develops those advantages in an equal degree to the province of Leinster. The lead, iron, marble, and slate works on its route, will be rendered available to tha most distant parts of the island, and Perhaps not the least advantage, in a national point of view, will be the establishment of an intercourse between the population of the extreme north and that of th e ex t reme sou th, as well as placing the trade of, and c ommunication with, Scotland, within the easy reach of an tow ns of any importance in Ireland . Added to this the cer tainty that on th e completion of the projected southern, eastern, and 'western lines, the noble natural harbours on the Atlantic shore pf Ireland will become the British depots of American traffic, and most probably the established Packeti stations for postal communication between the two countrl etosrasvib„lesetso abundantly the value of this truly national projection. The counties which this pig lw i a rn y English markets with cattle, pigs „ This lino, supply the so many ports, will aZo rn r e d kith:. (ff'reate st facilities t um or theuni cathig with the extent of which may be f shipping of a lute this portion of trade, from the fact of upwards of five hui?ciree fairs being held ormed em, the fair of Ballinasi annually in its immediate vicinity, anion t ,, end cattle in the British isla°end:c. great engineering knowledged the greatest for she It has been ascertained that the country presents way, and in communicationsg acilltiee for the construction of a . which have been received front ter4landowners along the line, the extent of their first greatest anxiety is manifested for its The subscribers will be held liablecol9leotithne and afterwards only deposits until an Act of Parliament is onbytemed, to the amount of their subscriptions. Power will be applied fur in the Act th, m , hereby given to the Cominittee—to alter th a e n e d ap i i n ar, if n m ec ean eas t a ' ry n l L a vary or abandon any part of the line, to enter into arrangements with any other company make branch lines, or or Comp Antes ; and also to nominate' the first directors of the company. The Parliamentary contract and subscribers' agreement will be ready for signature on payment of the deposits. It will be seen from the plan that the railway intersects many lines, and will thus contribute to, and receive front them main a con siderable amount in passenger and merchandise traffic. From the estimates that have been made, a return of at least 10 per cent. must be realised on the capital. Application for shares to be made in the usual form to the Solici tors in London and Dublin ; to the Local Agents ; to the Secretary, at the °flies of the Company, 10, Old Jewry Chambers ; and to .... -e ; . tionei brokers :—Messrs. Martin and Heseltine, Finch. NEWS 7, e , , ; Mr. D. B. Major, Change-alley, Cornhill ; Mr. An- Liverpool ; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Manor-street, _ 1;. ~ . Grindrol, Manchester; Messrs. Watson and Co., % •,..---'_-: Zsads ; * rge Edwards, Bristol ; Messrs. Tyeth and Wills, ~.,`,:„- ---f ro*? ,1.. 4 . Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh ; ,u f vf '''' ;: 4 : - 5 fr e7•: - 1-'11.404,, M'lLw© and Auld, Glasgow; Mr. William Gordon, Aber ( a . - -• ' • I • rs .Curtis and Power, Dame-street, Dublin ; Mr. James . 7 ~, , _ ! , 4W; ,IPiet ( i" ~. i .::: - •KOiltinv.Corli,, ,of whom Prospectuses may be had. ___, ..a mANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD. _Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,700,000!., In 85,000 Shares of 20!. each. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. PEW/MONIS. COMMITTEE. The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andi Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park - lane, Hyde Park o P. John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker 8 Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, DI- t. 7 rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com o ›; William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of SI London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for 'a Hants a 'A James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square 8 , George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill co 7,. - = o John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern s " 0 0 Railway l Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- ' 6 .4 I land Junction ae William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway al, William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street s-• S Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston-square o Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng- s' land Railway 2 Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of P.. London A William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex - The Hon. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndee-street, Belgrave-square Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-street, Hyde-park Sir John Hare, Langham-place Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centre Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office The Rev. J. Harvey Astworth, Nes .bary M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall James Atty, Esq., Rugby Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square , Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company Joseph Browne, Lsq., Bedford Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey, Director of the Italian and Ausirian Railway Company Samuel Swann Brittair, , Esq., Sheffield Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway George Burnand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde Park William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bond-street, Director of the North Wales Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London W. E. Boyce, Esq. ' Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and West of England Railway Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct West ern Railway George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London H. Burney, Esq., L L.D., Gosport John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreeve, Manchester Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. John's-wood Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Vold, Glou cestershire W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond Railway Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Manchester Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave - square Edwin Cadman. Esq.. She ffi eld, Director of the Direct Western Railway Francis Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square Robert Cruickshank. Esq., Gosport John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Bir mingham Continuation Railway Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen -square, Bloomsbury Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London William Dredge, Esq., Newbury James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of the North-Western Railway George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield Robert Dunwoodie, Esq., Manchester Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford John Alcock Dixon. Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great Western Railway W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone-square Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham, 1 Director of the East and West and Birmingham and South Stafford shire Railways Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of England W. H. Homby, Esq.,Blackburn George Calvert Holland, Esq., Sheffield John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester William Hill, Esq., Manchester John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail way Company W. Bayley, Esq., Manchester Charles Haigh, Esq., Manchester James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon-- don Railway Company John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield Rouse, Newcastle, Staffordshire Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey J. 11. lligson, Esq., Manchester Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway William J acomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West of England George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park. Director of the North Wales John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway Charles Kelson, Esq., Telgnmouth, Devon, Director of the East and West of England Railway William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway M. R. Kymer, Esq., Hastings, Sussex Rodward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich mond Railway James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock Company J. H .Leckie, Esq., Richmond Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway James Lamb, Esq„ 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Beainstoke Railway Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park William Mills, Esq., Newbury Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway W. Matins, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the South Staffordshire Railvfay George Miller, Esq., Dirtetor of the Centre Railway Terminus Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, F.sq., blelverton-hill, Leamington R. F. Mnshet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford John Marshall., Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of Norwich John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway R. Moore, F.sq., St. John's Priory, Banbury William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings Railway William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman of the York and Carlisle Railway Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Company Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester George Parbury, Esq., Russellssquare, Director of the East and West of England Railway Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, i Esq., :of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent Railway James Paxton. Esq., Rugby Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company, Southampton Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway Charles Phillips, 'Esq., Camberwell, Surrey Edwin Preston, Esq., Manchester William Rair.es, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car lisle Railway Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol George Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the North London Junction Railway Thomas Rolls, Esq., Bank, Chipping Norton Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Middlesex Hospital David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maida Hill Hartley Sager, Hall Grove, Coln*, Yorkshire Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director of the East and West of England Junction Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies W. Senhouse, Esq., Daventry T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park E. Shawcross, Esq. Manchester John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and West of England Railway T. H. Sheppard, Esq., Towcester W. Tebbntt, Esq., Manchester Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the London and Birmingham Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon J. Tinker, Esq., Manchester Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway B. M. Wilcox, Esq., HantsvLUe, Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield Fire and Life Insurance Company George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North Kent Railway Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and Waveney Valley Railway Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey W. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall Smith Willock, Esq., Bi rmingham W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol • A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool George Young, Esq., Denmark Hill, Surrey, and Mark-lane (With power to add to their number.) BaNagas—Messrs. Masterman and Co., London. ENGINEEE-IN-CIIIEF. ACTING ENGINEEIts. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster Brackstone Baker, Esq. SoLtcrres.--John Bethel, Esq., 78, King William-street, London. That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is now fully admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be adopted. The above proposed railway' will form the shortest and most di rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man ccohLcheater carefulr eted pbreeinligmoinnlayry7!,,irvinsetey et t er lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be i of the executione railway to adopt real econ o myt o o ! tha C ad has of l7OtolBo mile& determined the promoters of this an nearly a straightline from Rugby toMacclesfleld, s inc reased pre,eape expenditu re of 200,000 d. or 300,000/. judicially applied in Olt annual ex ' the t o ld state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost bothearth works, will prove in the end a far greater Company Itself in the saving effected in to the count Ma en country in w o rkin g, genera and also, what is of more importance, d proposed by au , accomplishing, at a much leas cost, the Manchester.entire and distinct line from London to ' These considerations ha other parties who have also * not been a ufficiently kept in view by to Macclesfield, but who, b ' y dr4posea to make a railway valleys and to avoid the irrerev i lating from the direct tract from Rugby obviously lose the advantages 4 aritles of the faceof to pursue prothe country, The Parliamentary decislonont posed by this Compan Railway is a parallel case, the dir h e e c e t ll'ice 'ftheLcin Y. don and Bri ht difficulties to overcome, and involvinline, although presentin g "I adopted by Parliament in preference foattlreater outlay, h a v ingg more , been in a more or leas sinuous direction, which many competing p ro j,,, in the House by very influential parties. were at that SW:mid it bo found necessary, arrangements have been which additional lines of rails will be laid between ' Lon don on the London and Birmingham Railway, 1 traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for. time supported made by Rugby and whereby the surplus This line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the ebortat and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton, Skt. 18, 1845 Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great 1 Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route, and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company. The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The towns more directly interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market Bosworth, Barton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek. The Company has made arrangements with the North London Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London, at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost importance to this line. Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded that a line that will attain such important results at so small an outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very exeellent investment for capital The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of the shares. The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 4/. per cent. interest in all calls. , W a i V ia s m ha -s res tree , may be maAdpeptliocathtleonsefeorretdaertya,ilaetd tpxreoospinecetuse, 78, e8 London, and the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, G. ibble, and Sutton, 22, North-side Royal Exchange, London, and George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an 1 ()ostler, Leeds ; Messrs. Ed wards and Son, and W. H. Laud, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Ker shaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq. Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co. , Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; and Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway Company, via Macclesfield. I request that you will allot to me of 201. each in the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same, or any less number and will pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Dated the day of 1845. Name . •••••• ....... •••••• Address . • • ...... .• ••• • • • •• • . Profession .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • . . Reference...................... MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT RAILWAY, viA MACCLESFIELD. The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and have satisfied the Committee that the country is perfectly practi cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus putting the matter of time andmoney beyond a doubt. PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT. LY and WISBEACH DIRECT RAILWAY, through Littlefort, Welney, Upwell, and Outwell ; to com mence at the City of Ely, where it will form a junction with the Eastern Counties and Norfolk Railways, and proceed from thence to the important Town and Port of Wisbeach. (Registered Provisionally.) Capital, 250,0001., in 12,500 Sharer of 201. each. Deposit, 21. per Share. Distance, Twenty-four Miles. This railway will be the nearest route from London to Wisbeach. Prospectuses, with the names of the Provisional Committee, and other particulars of this important branch of railway, will be pub lished with as little delay as practicable. In the meantime, ap, lice tions for shares may be addressed to HENRY F. RICHARDSON, Esq., Solicitor to the Promoters, 36, Coleman-street, London. ORTHAMPTON, BANBURY, AND CHELTENHAM RAILWAY. Offices, No. 3, Princes-street, Westminster. Notice is hereby given, that the Deeds of this Company will, on Monday next, be sent into the country for signature, and conse quently no scrip can be issued at these offices after Saturday, the 20th inst., until Wednesday, the let of October. Sept. 18, 1845. j M AIC A, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND ft, NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON TEGO BAY. Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street. Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 2/. per Share. A Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in the Island. - - PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernarvonshire Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard Sir John J. Hansler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place . _ _ Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square P. S. Butler, Esq., 3f.P., Queen-square, Westminster Thomas Farncoliii, Esq., Alderman of London Major Adair, U.B. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng- land Insurance Company Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial Bank, London Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell Lieutenant-Colonel Glues, Cambridge-terrace F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London and Manchester Railway _ Francis John Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Cr.'.sirri Oflice-rOw, Temple James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail- way James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London .. . and Manchester Direct Railway ,Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St. Elizabeth's J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Ilyde Park, Di rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and astern Railways W. C. Beare, Esq. ' Porchester-place, Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Cork and Kilkenny Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. fella 'fi-wood, Director of the National Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In. Bank iam of Ki Ireland ig, William Esq., nuance Company Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime street, and Barnes, Surrey John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars _ . Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coulsden Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General Fire and Life Assurance Company Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and Manchester Railway Company John King,Esq., St. John's-wood, London, and Glastonbury, Somer• setshire John Lilley, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway' J. Haines, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham John Burgess, Esq., the Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junc tion Railway CaptainD,K.Pnlteney, Parliament-street Jeremiah Clark, Esq., Macclesfield .(With power to add to their number.) EN,,NEERs—William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, Esq.. C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., SoLtcrrois—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. BANICIaa—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square; Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane. The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons conversant with the islan I of Jamaica. The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of 30s. per passenger. The difference in the freights between the northern and southern sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at much lass expense than at present, and will afford them the advan tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed ports f the east and north of the island. The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man chloneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria, t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego I ay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed b etween the most important and populous places, and facility offered for carriage of the produce of the most prodactive portion of the Wald. _ _ Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun tains, which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost and other level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country, than one-third of the rising into hills separate from each . other by spacious vales. The and cotton, whole of tile country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar ported, will again t s : p c i l e es es, o d f y s e ug w a o r, od c , off d ee ro , ge r , u Br m e , .r a l o as d se as s, m gi o n r g e er t , laud still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by indigo, increased go, eeo o& fa c e . i a t n y d fo d r r y t rsat stuffs, beat presentgreatly increasedo be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes spontaneously, there aro mahogany, I*nm - a vita`, ebony, Spani s h elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will also bring largely into use the valuable palmett) , and various other woods for agricultural and household purposes, aid cabinet works. The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ; lead ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver ; whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic. The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material* necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut tings and embankments will be generally superseded. A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line, and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ; —the mineral wealth, which may b e developed by the construction of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased to capitalists r the benefit, of the Shareholders. Of the varic is imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti mate can scs:cely be given —it will be sufficient to state, that Coals Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, B r i c k s, H oops , Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, H ar d wares, and moderate andcare_ perM a T n he u f een a wt c a go t ur roki, es nang g d e e n nn e .o r em a n ll s y easl , l fo toh rm f e thecitirnrcp important ew s e o is e u r al e rr e ee s r o d f yr p e s r tb o au fi tt t e . da, nil inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re quired, and the speedy communication established between the island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, will 'enable the Directors in this country to exercise an efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island. The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the payment of 4% per cent. interest upon the amount paid upon the shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line. Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43, 3foorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors, 47, Moorgate-street, London ; and the following Sharebrokers : Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London ; Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs. Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp, Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson, Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee, Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick eCßnhrseadointre,onrahn Newcastle-on -Tyne ; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax ; Messrs. Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs. Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street, Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may be had. To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern, and Northern Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 501. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 2/. per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l Gentlemen, your obedient seama rvant, full Trade or Profession • • • • • Residence • • • . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Place of business (if any) Reference .. Wood is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that climate it more durable, JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND NOR T RAILAY. Notice is herebygiven, that R n N o farther W application for shares in this undertaking can be received from parties resident in London afterresident l thr , the co t a h a d e a r y s o A f T S u e ß p ro t A e my,b the i n 2 s 7 t an t h t d ; a a y n d o f fro s m e p t p e a m r t b i e es r instant. By order, ET NtSLIR and PRESTON, Solicitors. THE S TIN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19. 1845. D IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY (Upon the Broad Gauge), From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewater respectively. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit, 21. 12a. 60. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105 , Pall-mall Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square Thomas Hagen ban, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London William Bradl ~ Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and A. ester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies Bar 9, King's Arms-yard, Ald erman o f t h e Cit y o f Director of the Direct Manchester and L on d on and Direct Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, To o ldy- s t ree t, Alderman John ol ;O1 and Leeds Railway Company Key, SJlLL of jioNe the no. City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder minster Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the City of London Edward Harrisson Harwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Althea Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester -road, Hyde Park, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and South Midland Railways Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rails ay Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitchart-court, Lombard-street Barnet L. • Philips, Esq., - Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and George-street, Mansion House John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Haiderness House, near Hull, Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the Devon and Cornwall Banking Company Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of the South Midland Railway Martin Stately, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South Essex Railways Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon street, London IL G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland Railway Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company Patrick Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and Blackwell Railway Company W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixtea Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanetene-street, Portman square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 39, Pall-mall, London, Assistant Tithe Commissioner William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square William Breynon, E sq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Eq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Easton-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwell Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R N., 11, Eaton -square Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the St. Katherine's Dock Company William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor place, London Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way Company Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, 'Wiltshire, Captain 3d Light Dragoons Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity- square, London Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berke Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Belle Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming ham Railway Company R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham shire Railway and Wolverton Junction Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, rortsmouth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Ilungerford, Chairman of the Berks Union Banking Company William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the wilts and Dorset Bank Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dalzcll, Esq., Wallingford, Berks Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol TrOup, Esq., Hastings John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland cud North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Sheffield, end Midland Railwa y Com p an y John Ridgeway, Esq. , C auldon- p lace, the P otteries , Staffordshire, Director of the Manches ter and Southam p t on Railway junß., E sq ., Manchester, Director o f M anc h ester and ailway James Ew Southamptonßurt, a a Norris,E s q., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Di rec t London and Manche ster, and North Cheshire Railway C ompan i es Joseph and Manchester and Southampton Railways James Ogden, M.D. , S alford Sir William Lowth ro p , Hull, Magistrate for the Ea st Riding of York N Wigan adi: n, Esq., Manchester, Director of th e M anchester and and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the " Liver- C. Hull, Director of the Eull and Barnsley John Holford, Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders field and Sheffield, and Director a the Halifax and Bradford p a;a. Jones,and LeedsEEsq.,gq . , Direct s hon Railway H a Hall, Manchester Companies" Union Railway John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South ampton Railway Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham John Robson, Cornelius Randall, Esq., Charlesjunctißonamford, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Companies of the Manchest er , Bi rkenhead, and Midl an d Railway Wm. B. NewberY , Esq., Manchester, Directo r o f th e Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company Esq., C. Appleby, Esq. , Broomhill, Sheffield, Director o f the Sheffield and Manches t e r Railway Company Edwin Cadman, Liverpool shefnel Isaac Holmes, d, Director of the Isle of El y , Wi s b eac h, a n d Lincolnshire Railw a y , and Salisbur y and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., M ac hin Bank, Sheffield, Dir ec t or of the Sheff i el d , Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance -office Wm. Thompson, Esq ., upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Add er l e y Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast Railway Company Devonport Captain Bowker, H. $. Bright, Esq. , Hull Samuel Swann Brittain , Bell., Sheffield, Director of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and War rowgate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Direetor of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway. Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York and East Lincolnshire Railways John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool David Price, Esq., Manchester William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon -square, Leamington Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire - are Major Wornum, Clarence squ , Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the South Midland and the 'Northampton and Cheltenham Railways Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Juiction Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant • John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com- missioner John Norton, Esq., Moat House:Brentwood, Essex William John M`Guire, Esq. , Hampton Court John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park G. B. Millbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the Coventry and Leicester Railway Captain Tringham, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury Henry Paul Harwood, Esq:, M.D., Sheffield • (With power to add to their number). BANknas—Messrs. Citifies and Co., Cornhill, London. JOINT OLICITORS. Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, S Bow Churchyard, London Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London Messrs. J. Y. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. SECRETA.RY—ThOMaS Hosier Saunders, Esq. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq. At tt 1 3 3 1 1 Z . , e 1 V w 1 ::;:. m B es at s e rs he . ll G o . r s , .Ittniarafojrd. R. LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED. At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq. At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway At Tiverton At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth and Staunton at least been the The object this line is to effect a direct communication between London and the Land's End In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With the western of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from it+ position at the t its imports from 200 000/ to h extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since aeast 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition Principal port on that coast. With the advantage of as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Wotern Railway, in creasedm, Fal mouth by way of Plymouth ; 01, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining g ; since then they have very considerably increased. 3,000,000!. per annum. ..kt Eris- The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great , Yestern . and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fel .et on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by railway. The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the and various other projects have been present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of the empire." The present project is distinguished by this—tha t it is direct. It is as nearly as pos s ibl e a straight line from Landon to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company. The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the m anufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (from which affiverging line will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), W e stbury, Frome, S he p ton Mallet, Wells (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than any existing or projected railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and E xeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direet Wes tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton Owl 32 rigl6l PIS it will traverse rich and pop etBTlChlturP.l and manufhOuring d receive well inn, t mr.v con jetted, with every chance of success As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in insurance and time, by dlschargingtheir cargoes at Falmouth, and at once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway; and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a traffic both In goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of railroad accommodation. construction as Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet commerce of the kingdom ; It 'may not be out of place to quote here the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley, which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may he further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed to interfere with that great national object. The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par liameut. It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the kingdom. Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at four pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected with the Direct Western district. Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary. London, September 11, 1845. FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot me shares of 251. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/.123. 6d. per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract when required. Dated 1845. Name in full Residence.... • • • ....• • • .. Trade or Profession ............ Place of Business (if any) Reference.. .............. • • Signature...... B ARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.) Capital, 400,000/., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each. Deposit, 21.25. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Hon. F. H. Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company Sir Jahn Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Company The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belly Hatch House, Henley William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, and Highwood Hill, Hendon Lieut.-Colonel Mlles, Porchester House, Bayswater William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn Major Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester, Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish square Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway Thomas Hemming Johnson, Esq., Older's Hall, Hendon, Middlesex Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex Captain Grover, R.N. Captain John Inns, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex The Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's, Mill 11111, Hendon, Middlesex Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet Mr. Bruce Johnson, Finchley William Christopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, Holloway Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet W. J. M`Gwire, Esq., 74, St. James's-street W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway Company George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, Essex Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing stoke Railway Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-read, Regent's Park William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway Company Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Company J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus Railway Company The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe, Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company (With power to add to their number.) COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT. The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. Halpin, Esq. Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq. William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq. Chairman George Freeman, Esq. Major Lindam, K.H. George Godfrey, Esq. Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq. F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Wishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook Lodge, Hendon. ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, Esq., 10, Gray's Inn-square. BANKERS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, JOINT SOLICITORS. Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street G. P. Hill, Esq., 21a, Soho-square. LOCAL AGENTS. Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Mueller John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone. Szcarraar (pro tem.)—A. Doull, Esq. This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon don and York Railways. The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet stone, Totteridge, Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finchley, Holder's Hill, Hendon, Burrows, Goider's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon, Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green, Holadon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne Green, Maida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton, Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap ton, Highbury, Holloway, Kingaland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham, Bow, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch, Blackwall, Euston-square, Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith, Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, &c. ; connecting those places with the various railways named, and all those south of the river Thames. The distance from I he town of Barnet to the station of the London and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will be 15 miles. The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4% miles. From the junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 9% miles ; from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Hendon), on the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 64i miles. There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance. The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet thus the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass through an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large collections of houses and buildings. Upon the completion of this railway, a large and dally-increasing population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses, will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto affording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad rupled in value. The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too, will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who nay hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of the trunk lines now contemplated. An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following sources, amongst others :- 1. From the conveyance of passengers. 2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City and Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through London ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly during the period of the large Barnet fairs. 3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne, fuel, and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grievous evil. The Committee of Management reserve to themselves the power of adopting, upon this line, locomotive power, or Prosser's Railway guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expedient. Applications for Shares in the form annexed (and communi cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Com pany), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices of the Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to the Joint Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street; and G. P. 1811, Esq., 21A, Soho-square. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name in full ...... Residence .. ..... Trade or Profession Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee.. ... . BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN JUNCTION RAILWAY. At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and its vicinity, ' convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published, held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of Sep tember instant, JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totteridge, in the Chair; It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq. ; seconded by the Rev. J. D. THOMPSON, and carried unanimously 1. That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway communication between the northern districts of the metropolis and the to ivn of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now imperatively called for. It was proposed by BENJAMIN SMITH, Esq. ' • seconded by Mr. JOHN lIOPEWELL, and resolved unanimously 2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, and on comparing the same with the other prg jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet, and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an interest in Barnet and its vicinity; and that a petition he pre sented in favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of Parliament. And this meeting pledges itself to further the views of the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed to promote the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet. That the Committee consist of Benjamin Smith, Esq. Mr. Brunt Mr. John Hopewell Mr. Spencer Mr. George Bower The Rev. Mr. Stewart Mr. James Hill The Rev. John DawsonThomp- Mr. James Cooper son With power to add to their number. It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER SMART ; and seconded by J. SPENCER, Esq., and carried unanimously 3. That the thanks° f the meeting be tendered to the Honourable T. H. F. Berkeley, the Chairman, and to the Deputy-Chairman, and the other members of the dopntation from the arnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they have laid before the meeting the project of the Company. It wag proposed by W. HILL, Esq. ; and seconded by W. H. HALPIN, Esq., and carried unanimously 4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John hey Puget, Esq., for 1111 impartial anti Able ceaduct hint chair. ER rFIE WEST MID ..aiL AND SOUTH I,alPTO.la - BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION, Being an extension of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,200,0001., in 60,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. is. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House Major Beresford, M.P. William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways David R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the London and Manchester, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail ways Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Huts, Director of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Director of the Direct Western Rail way Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the Londen and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir William Twysden, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest cf Dean Railway William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation, and London and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c. Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon don and Westminster Bank, and Namur and Liege, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways ' Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberys twith, and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Captain James Patrick Maedougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of Dean, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, &c. Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the Legal and Commercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of Bengal, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth Railway Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Richard William Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man chester, and , Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail way James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Furness and White haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail ways William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Carpenter, Esq , Magistrate of the County of Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Exterision, Di rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways G. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the Oxford; Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches ter Railway Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbr.dge, Staffordshire John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England Life Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director of the London and Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Cash, Esq. Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Juac tion, and Northampton and Banbury Railways William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near Biceater, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation Railway John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Vice Chairman of the Leeds and York Railway J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond James Durness, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-square, Islington Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway Martin Furness, Esq., Direetor of the Newark and Sheffield Railway William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and Leeds Railway Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melksham, Wilts, Director of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Charles Thomas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Provisional Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hitching, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Midlands' Junction Railways James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near Coventry, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail way William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brompton, Director of the Jersey, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Thomas Cleobury, Esq., 30, Sackville-street Major Walker, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, and Alfreton, Derby, Director of the Trent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid lands' Junction Railways I. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Me tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London and Birmingham Extension Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway W. A. Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman of the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds Railway, Director of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways John Englis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby and Southampton Railway William Morley, Egq. Blackheath William Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex and Suffolk Railways Thomas Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway J. Harvey, Esq., Rush-hill, Surrey John Wheelton, Eq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Thomas Collingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director ofthe South and Midlands' Junction Railway C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the North Metropolitan Railway William Stark, Esq., Directo; of the Guarantee Society Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton Warren Stormes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension Kingsmill Grove Key, Esq. Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction, and South Midlands' Junction Railways W. Lee, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-sciunre Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, M a y -f a i r Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place House, Southampton; Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major Grubbe, Eastwell House, Potterne, Wilts, Magistrate of the County, and Director of the South and Midlands'Junction Railway Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways T. G. Norbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua tion, and %oath and Midlands' Junction Railways, and of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance Company William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Brocke Walbancke, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery William Lee, Esq., Director of the Reading Railway Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square William T. Thornton, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portman-square John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway Joseph Crockett, Esq , Alderman of Devizes, and Director of the North Wilts Banking Company, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway John Delbert Helbert, Esq., Gloucester-place, London, Director of the Leicester and Birmingham Railway Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London, Director of the Rugby and Worcester Railway William Peppercorne, Esq., London, and Bexhill, Sussex Captain T. Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway F. Duffield, Esq., Bolton House, near Bradford Rev. F. R. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge John Barnett, Esq., Coroner for the County of Gloucester, Director of the Oxford and Cheltenham Railway William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Alexander Prince, Esq., 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the Bar net North Junction Railway James Lees, Esq., Dolph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director of the Saddleworth Banking Company (With power to add to their number). BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London. CONSULTING ENGINEER—Sir John 3laeneil, LL.D., F.R.S. ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E. SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street. LOCAL AGENTS. It appears that England will be divided longitudinally by four great lines of railway, which will become so many main trunks, intersec ing and intersected by numerous lines, both transverse and oblique, opening rapid and ready communication with the 'uteri • ediate dis tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle upon- Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and Gambridge, may be said to terminate in London, whence all places are accessible. The second line, counting westward, is more tortuous, and has also a common northern terminus with tile preceding, by which its ad vantages are materially restricted. This line, descending the. Ere wash Vale, and passing through Rugby and Oxford, becomes a South ampton line by falling into the South-Western Railway at Basing stoke. The third longitudinal line, or the most westerly, is still more de fective in design than the preceding; employing the steep and narrow railway called the Birmingham and Gloucester as its first link, it traverses nearly in a right line the least populous and most undulating parts of Gloucester, Betts, Wilts, and Hants ; and, properly speaking, has no independent terminus. A large longitudinal section of the kingdom—the West Midland district—a district inviting a similar species of accommodation from concentrated local advantages, still remains unprovided with a chief trunk line ; and it is contemplated to remedy this deficiency by the present undertaking, or a fourth longitudinal line. Adopting Birmingham as a northern terminus of the West Mid land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, it is proposed to carry a line through or near to Stratford-on-Avon, thence between Moreton, Stow, Northleach, Fairford, Cricklade, and Swindon, where it will merge in the South and Midlands' Junction Railway. The length of the proposed line will be about sixty miles, and the district traversed by it is gently undulating and densely peopled At its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with tha. South and Midlands, by means of which it opens a most direct communica tion hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weymouth, Christ church, Poole, and Sauthampton. At its northern terminus, Bir mingham, it communicates with a series of lines, projected, in pro gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can ever be constructed between the southern ports of England and the great manufacturing districts. 141 the attune 9( Aneq Pguling the Welt Midland, Manchester, qD, MAN CI-11 ,WAY, AYD SWItif,ON AND an , lSovtliampton Rai scuts advat ne, but of , gellcies also. If it be desire.h;e that tcailinus of even TA should be situated at some commercial or populous place. in Ul4s be spect the present project Is peculiarly fortunate. If G , Nern ine it resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct 11,istiri will be seen, by laying a rule o n the map of England fro m they to Manchester, that a course due north and south betwee• - . t his places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned inar„t prospectus, as being on the proposed line ; and actual measure so,i has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton Manchester by 26 miles. By the construction, therefore, of little more than 60 miles °f eit rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convette,tl.. communication between Manchester and Southampton will t tablished—a line, also, however superior n po ,'ti o n to o thers P % e ",, i r mising similar ,advantages, may y e t be considered a s coo hot with none, but "as an independent work, originating at Diru lin ,c9le, and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christc hurch, and Southampton. rol o In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors P, an d to give a preference to the original shar e h o lders of the Soli° Midlands' Junction Railway Company. form s Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made , au- t]sci., of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. Jame'' -- Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the following, gentlemen: It London—Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 9, Old B ro ad-stree t 4, 4, J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas tl4 Haub Angel-court. Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co., and Messrs. Neilton. 000 Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and 3. 1 r• Marshall. Hall—Messrs Collhison and Flint. Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co. Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton. Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford. Plymouth —Messrs. Heyward and Palmer. Birmingham— Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright. Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co. 3101111° Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and MOOS. and Co. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. ches ter , To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, Man and Southampton Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me ttb Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to acct, tr.+ l , same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less n un l. may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute ti . ) Wintery Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when req uile :,..•" Name (in full) . • • • • • • • """" Residence..... ••••••• • • • • •• ; Trade or Profession • • • • • Reference . • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Address of Referee Date UN BRIDGWATER and MLNEHEAD and for • /..11 TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the B risto l ell to lists Channels, and forming a direct communication betloo South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, an_ c l a t oc lll). the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, rtu -, Channel Islands. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 300,000/. in 15,000 shares of 201. 8 301 ' t! Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share. Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscripAi n o, ; nt is intended to make no further call until the Act a I at . obtained. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE, Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boom, Dartmouth we' , Dat a l' Sir John Hansler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron With.— A+ Lieutenant of the county of Essex KOoof Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near Minehead, e Somerset Quarter Sessions John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead,3gaiiis"-te of° county of Somerset John Cridland, Esq., Spring-grove Park, near WiveliscOM trate for the County of Somerset ~,yoll Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton , R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole r Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole alen E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Llllingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old - P street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire _ h ot A, W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, rne.`"„ , e-1 1 '" W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderly•- merchant W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park reo James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant st. re- James ColhounEsq., 5, Half-moon-street, PiccaffillY, an chambers, Comhill, merchant wits7,ll', Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bri"`% 13 1 '"" Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk Oo ze ' . . _ shire F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square W. Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand. Office-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-stre et. SOLICITORS. 'ore. Messrs. A'Beckett. Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden - s c l Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and 13riclgwa' • MANAGING DIRECTORS. E. F. Dayrell, Esq. W. It .Vigers, Esq. W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. W. F. Beadon, Esq. F. W. Green, Esq. aaammm. Cl:3lCoPltj°ctrheri:rtit4;l44l. SECRETARY—Mr. Edward Parrett. BANKERS. 10 4 Messrs. Strahan and Co.; and M essrs. Robarts an d Co.; 0. Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, Bridgwater, and Taunfinfor°,, Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detaile.l;deopet tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3.,i'5,a10;,,, walk, City, London ; a t the Offices of the Compa n Y pond! Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-squa re ',,d Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater "" Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton l or, pr o „, Pearce, solicitor, Wivelisconabe ; Mr. James Parsons, 5 011e ,.. 1 teolcitor,, port ; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorrih- Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham Mr. M. Welch' ' oo o* • Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol ; and of "• O Vlik,rge Stock and Share-brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, an d yeE , ' , ; l; , Birchln-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, London ; Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morco u ". )(o_,'; Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Mancheste r ,', , Yee",fi H. Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. Chantrell and 1 30 ., i d S t g r , Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertouch e 'rod ford, Dublin; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; Mr. R. Ball, Taunton Richard Neville Parker, solicitor. Cork. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater and rid Junction Railway Company. it sh'i re2 ePt Gentlemen,—l request you wi allot me ke to n ce of t n each in the above undertaking and I hereby undertake same, or any less number you ma of y allot to me, on tcrv' t°, prospectus, and to pay the deposit 2l. 2s. per share, ~ ••,,bscri calls thereon, and to sign the parliamentary contract agreement, and other deeds, when required s o to do. Dated this day of 1845. N • ..••• .•• Place of busin • •• •• • •• • Residence.. • business . . ''' ' '' • • •• • • Profession or.b•us mess •• •••• :• • • •• • • Usual signature • ..• "• • • c: ,`"".• Name, residence, 'of referee B RID GWA TER and .1111NE - tiFa'- - TION RAILWAY. 'll Notice is hereby given, that no Application for snares vci, pf tertained, unless the same be made in the form prescrib . ea, lo o Managing Directors; and the applicants must also refer eithroe,,ct% of the Provisional Committee, or to some person of known l e bility.—Dated September 12, 1845. By or, ler, rco ,l; Messrs. A'BECKETT, SON, and SY I4I- , VAUGHAN PRANCE, Solicitors to the 1,. Dv n iip L EICES TE R AND TEAN AND VALLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 800,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. eac b * Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right. Honourable the Earl of Uxbridge The Right Honourable Lord William Graham The Right Honourable Lora Alfred Paget, M.P. The Right Honourable Lord George Paget -- ortal w " - - Sir Richard Dobson, F.R.S., 47, - Gloucester-place, London The Honourable Francis Curson, Barrow Hall, Derby The Honourable Frederick Byron Edward Buller, Esq., M.P., Dilhorn Hall, Staffordshire Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall, London George Dodd, Esq., M.P.,Grosvenor-place, London William Henry Gregory, Esq., M.P., 5, Cork-street, Len:';',.sllP. John Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., 10, New-street, SP"' ..w London, and Hohie Park, Devon • William John Blake, Esq., 62, Portland-place, London The Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radbourn Rectory John Bott, Esq., Cotton-hall, Staffordshire Henry Barton, Esq . Rangemoor-house, Burton-on-Tren t Capt. C. Twisleton Graves, Army and Navy Club, Lond° l2 , Wm. Coare Brocklehurst, Esq., Hurdsfield-house, Mace k Richard Dyott, Esq., Freefo-hall, chfield oir Charles Dickson Archibald, rd Esq., Li F.R.S., F.A.S., Regent's-park, and Walney, Lancashire Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Chester-square, London • te 1 4 ' Joseph Hoare, Esq., bank e r, H amps t ea d , London William J. Dense, Esq., 6, Lo wer B er k e l ey - stree t , Porten°A itt London lOC George Dixon, Esq., Colonel S co t s F us i l i er Guar ds, 97, street, London Edward Thomas Coke, Esq., Mansfied Wood-house Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Hyde-hall, Stockport Thomas Lander, Esq., the Manor-house, Burton-on-Tre nt William Sharp, Esq., Linden-hall, Lancaster Thomas Webb, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsall-lodge, near Derby Henry Meakin, Esq., Burton-on-Trent Moses Cartwright, Esq., Stanton-house, Derbyshire John R. Haworth, Esq., Leicester George Boden, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington (With power to add to their number). ENGINEERS. Joseph Cubitt, Esq. J. F. Bateman! SOLICITORS. Messrs. J. and J. Richardson, Burton-upon - T reat G. H. R. Cox, Esq., Derby. BANKERS. London—Messrs. Barnett, Mares, and Co. Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co. Commercial Bank of London „Ater 3l Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch—The Leicester and L eh " — 10 41 0 Banking Company Burton-on-Trent—The Burton, Uttoxeter, and AshbO Bank. Sacarrear—John Richardson, Esq., Burton-on-Vent. Pd' PROSPECTUS. cOrl e r "1 This short but important line of railway is intended to I at a point in the Tean and Dove Valley Railway. at or i t e tr . te Snareston, and extend to Leicester. on . ,31r41 It will thus urnsfsh a link necessary for carrying 13e , te',4 brought to Leicester by means of the South Midlands , t" 4 . or is and the Peterborough Railways (all of which terminate Slav of Leicester), to the Staffordshire Potteries and the great t ot ocs l ;l44 7 cashire and Cheshire, and complete an unbroken line a r 40 ,p0v tile best and nearest practicable route, from the various ' ol 15 0 st' ' railway termini at Leicester to Manchester and Liver P o p ' s the , This great line of railway, it will be observed, trave r L r tofrj t ol coal fields in the country, and embraces the towns of `T A O, 14,i Trent, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Leek, Macclesfield, Lune _ o rta o ".a upon-Trent, and Newcastle-under-Lyme, and the 1 11 W its ttror rapidly-increasing potleries of Swadlincote and Greeley. 4 41 ) , A those of Sta. n Inspection of ordshire the map will show that the junction # 4 ; proposed is essential for the accommodation of the public, t w , 0 .. not fail to be exceedingly remunerative .to the proprietors._ 0 ,4 ' 4 The undertaking has the cordial support of the Tea r ' ler Valleyhe Railway Company. In t allotment of shares preference will be given to , -"G r e , 4 in that Company, and to parties locally interested in the',,to 1 "' pv, The capit it of the Company will be 300,000/., divided ,d of Vt shares of 201. each ; a deposit of 2/. 2s. per share must be 1 .) ,;. pa! lotment, and each original subscriber must execute the u,S.l'Weites. mentary and Subscription Contract, or his shares will be seer't if Copies of the prospectus and- map may be had from % t ie 10 r,''; and Solicitors; and applications for shares must be "' o f tile r t ti• Secretary only, accompanied by a reference to a meMb e ., r 4to ts visional Committee, a banker, or to one of the sou c ' ✓ Company. t oo ' 11 ;1.1' Shareholders in the Tean and Dove Valley RailWaY t Co at) will please to state the number of shares they hold 111 t" Burton-on-Trent, Sept. 18, 1845 F AMYOUX (ARRAS) and HAZ Rv Em .- RAILWAY (O'NEILL'S COMPANY). PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. IN FRANCE. P r° Le Vicomte d'Abancourt, Peer of France, Director of St. Etienne Railway Le Marquis dc Flers, Conseiller a la Cour des Comptes M. Gabriel Heim, Entrepreneur de Transports, Paris le l s: M. Hallette, Proprietaire de Forges et Fonderies. Arras d oor 0 M. Alphonse Laurent, Banker, Director of the Orleans and o f P Railway, Aucien President of the Tribunal of Commerce Ai M. Felix O'Neil!, Banker, Paris M. Louis Riant, Maitre de Fores, Paris Le Baron de Tascher, Membre g du Conseil General du D eP artip• du Cher. p iree t ' ' IN ENGLAND. Frederic Chamfer, Esq., R.N., Senior United Service CI UD, of the Great Paris and Lyous Railwa 0 James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., No. 28, Old Broad - street iOn Andrew Spotttswoode, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the -11" Chairman of the Namur and Liege Railway iDO fe- J., William Strithan, Esq., Banker, Strand , i tit, t George Whitmore,Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Nort h Railway. , stilt od• BANKERS—Messrs. Strahan, Panls, and Bates, 21 " SOLICITOR—E. Benham, Esq., 20, Austin - fr iar. s liv", SECRETARY—W. Freeling Jordan, Esq• „,yeb, l ies ,- $. The English Provisional Committees of the Company '—; 110 ' 'ea' their Shareholders that, on the 9th instant, the lease 0 " f 31 Y o ri , , railway was adjudicated to their Company for the terlr', o , :ki e . .„0: 1 ;," and 316 days, being 49 days only under the term tendereo:_s";, Cs': 1 ! Rothschild and others, representing the United '‘ Northe , ll „:„.ie: O s nies. Notice is therefore hereby - given, that the I r r ' e yvire:',l;aro Shares issued by the English Provisional Directors al'e tt pe_r„:oo . 4 11 ' or befere the Ist day of October next, to pay a Call of '',A. :''',l' tin' on their respective Shares, at the Banking-house of 3 1 e 5 7,ers ' , Penis, and Bates, No. 217, Strand, the English 13s ' i ' „ e tiq Company. 'lll 3 "" o ,no. „. 1.1 1,,_,. 0 0, The Provisional Directors also give notice, that a of the Shareholders will be held on WEDNESDAY the t : a t T D / o', not, as first adv•rtised on TUESDAY, the 23d in st l o lic o ;o 7l o'clock in th, , afternoon, at the offices of th'ir 0 a l e P ° the purpose of receiving the Report of the Directors : and prospects of the Company. O rli ByW W. order, seer FREELING ,TERDAJ" 20, Austin- Tara, September 15, 1845. b'TREcT F4l eernaienein it g atl Capital, 800, ate i 164 e s hereby give] re ceived after IN (3143 of the Compan Gabon sT.— -- - Se I— )t 111 ' Lr e_ c_ S t 1 r o r S s T of ° N the I DI . , th:;b etl ll ) le t".:h te lls oil ' i 1, 1 i n r'l2 , p ll. 4 lS ti . "4 : l: n e e l : r rribc i t ti : i , t- a nnlyl4:-la. the n: nY d O b . i o e l D efeT oi st ri r e il E v l i ' rbeuts. 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