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OvENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM, AND LEICESTER RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 840,0001., in Shams of 251. each. . _ This Railway will connect Leicester, Birmingham, Mid Coventry, by the nearest practicable route ; and was provisionally registered and capital subscribed long before any other scheme was projected for swing railway accommodation to the district. COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES. Present Proposed Dlltance distance. distance, saved. teieester to Birmingham •• • • 49 • 7 Leicester to Coventry ••• • • . 31 This line wlll commence at or near th e Wi gston stat i on of the 'Midland Counties Railway, will pass by or near the m anufacturing localities of NaMrough, Sapcote, Earl Shiltou, Burbage, and :Hinckley, through a district most favourable for engineering purposes, to a junction with the Trent Valley at Nun eaton, thence it continues nearly due west to the Whitacre Station of the Birmingham and Derby Railway, and south-west by Bedworth to the Coventry station of the London and Birmingham Company. The line will communicate with the Swanaington Railway either by means of the proposed Broughton Astley branch of the Midlands, or of a separate branch to be formed by this Company ; thereby opening the entire of the Leicestershire coal-field to the counties south-east of Leicester. The Directors, for the last few months, having used their best exertions for the interests of the Company, feel it their duty, now that the surveys, plans, and other arrangements are so far advanced, to acquaint their shareholders with the position and prospects of the nd e rt a Ring . The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton line, which received the fitvourable report of the Board of Trade, and was before Parliament List session, forms part of the present projected plan for connecting Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham. The Directors have, by personal inspection, accompanied by their engineer, satisfied themselves of the remarkable facilities presented by the district ibr executing the greater part of the line ; and from careful investigation the Directors have the pleasure of informing the shareholders that this undertaking cannot fail to prove a profitable investment if supported by local traffic only, and With the certainty that a through traffic from the eastern and western lines, combined with the great advantages afforded by the junction with the Trent Valley for the transit of goods to and from Liverpool, Scotland, Ire land, and the United States, its importance cannot be over estimated. From the extent of population accommodated by this railway —from the convenience afforded to the trade and manufactures of the Midland Counties —from the vast mineral resources of the dis tricts traversed, and from its pasittOn in regard to other important, estashed, and projected milwars, the Directors feel confident that ft will be amply renl ne:atiVe to the Shareholder, and highly advan tageous to the public The capital has h subscribed, been executedand the Parliamentary d ee d s h ave A . end the preliminary survey completed. l ist or new and highly influential local direction, and a map of the line, ',sin be published in a few days. Oakes By order, H. CAS SIN, Secretary pro tern. 3, Church-eourt, Old Jewry, London, Sept. 10, 1845. THE WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER, AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND SWINDON AND BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION, Being an extanslea of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 1,900,0001., in 60,000 shares of 201. each. Deposit 21. 2s. per share. Ho w co statrprxx. Lord George P age t , Uxbridge Housq Valor lleresford, M.P. William IRulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid il land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways itichard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and David Director of the South and Midlands' Junction R a il ways R. Ross, Esq., " Ar.p., London a nd Chairman of the Belfast, Di rec t or o f the ways Manche.ster, and South an d Midl an d s ' Junction Rail air Jolla N. ~•43 Beauvoir, Bart. Chairman of the London and BI N Mlnghtrat Extension, and Di rector ' of the South and Midlands' junction Railways Sir Ar. illiam Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberd IVeenshire, Director the South and Mi dlands ' Junction Railway )itr George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herta, Director of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Sir William Wynn, Maasynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways VII' John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London I and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Sir William Twysden, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean Railway William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon don, Chairman of the Manchester aid Birkenhead Continuation, and London and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c. T homas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways Thenlo 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 Seuth and Midlands' Junction Railways T h"tnas Kelly, Eaq.. 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 twit!), and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways Major-General Parlhy, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Captain James Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff, Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of Dean, and &mith and Midlands' Junction Railws, &c. Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artiller y 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 .Jeff Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Richard William Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man- William chester, and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways 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 ranee Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Furness and White haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail ways William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Ifchard Carpenter, Esq , Magistrate of the County of Middlesex, Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di rector of tbo Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' ;Janet lon Railways 11. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary Of the City of London Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K. 0.8., 31, Harley-street Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.lt.S., 9, Upper Hyde -park-street John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Dircfctor of the Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc tion Railways William Singletqa, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds, and South arid Midlands' Junction Railways Erasmus Folster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance Compar.y, and Derby and Stafford, and South anallfidlands' Junc tion 1 2.ailways Georae Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches ter Railway Richard Pariah, Esq., Bank Rouse, Wordsley, Staffordshire Petmuol Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire John Araierson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England LI, Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway Henry Lewis Simla, 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 7 10bert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junc tion, and Northampton and Banbury Railways William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near Bicester, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester Reuse, Broad-street, Director of tho Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway* W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con tinuation Railway John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds lister Fairbairno, Esq., Leeds, Chairman of the Lincoln, York, and Leo is Railway J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Direct or o f thq London and Birmingham Extension Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond James Durnese, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex G. N. Wright. X.A., Coed Celyn, De nbigtshire, and Lonsdale-square, Islington Stephen Lewis, Esq., Direct* of the South Wales Railway Martin Furness, Esq., Dfreet'or of the Newark and Sheffield Railway William Cadman, Esq., I.reeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and Leeds Railway . Edmund Phillips, ?All., Avon Hous e , M o lk s h am, Wilts, Director of the South am Midlands Junction Railway Charles Themas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House, etratft,rd-on-A-von, Director of th e S outh and Midlands' Junction Ra i lway lo',eph Brook, pen., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Dewsbie; y, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Junc tion, hnd South and Midlands' Junction Railways Georo Henry Brook, Esq., Edguiln-lodge, Huddersfield, Provisional Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hitching, 11.E.1.C.5., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Midlands, Junction Railways darnels Beech, Emq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near tionentry, and Director of the South and Midlands' JWlction Rail way 'William Watson Prole, Esq., Thnrloe-square, BrOtipton, Director of the Jersey, and South and Midlands Junction Railways Thomas Cleabury, Esq., Sackville-street Maior Walker, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction ItailwaYl Frederick James Hall, Esq , Torrin Director of the Trent I s alleY Cont i nuation, South and Mid lands' Junction Railway s d an d Alfreton, D erby, J. W. R. Atkinson, Esq., Dire' s :tor of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands' Jia".ction Railways Colonel Fitch, Yor k - te.race, Regent's-park, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Underwr',xj, Esq., The Ball, Blackheath, Director of the Me tropolitan J_,ife Insurance Company, and Director of the London and B irraingham Extension Company, and Director of the South mad Midlands' Junction Railway W. A . Hill, Eaq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and entral Wales, and South and Midland s ' J unct i on Railways 'William Sloane , Wirnpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman of tho Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway Rieilard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Le e d s Railway, Director o f the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway aptain 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, ltagby and Southampton Railway :11iint Morley, Esq., Blackheath William Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex asil Suffolk Railways Thoir,is Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway 1 . Harvey, Esq., Rush-hill, Surrey John Wheelton, Req., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Thomas Collingritige, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South and 3lidiands' Junction Rally, ay C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex R. W. Wool, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the North Metropolitan Railway William Stark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society Frederick Collingritige, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton Warren Stones Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension ikingsmill Grove Key, Esq. Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction, and South Midlands' Junction Railways W. Lee, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman :square Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May-fair Admiral J. Ayseough, Prospect-place House, Southampton, Director efshe South and Midlands' Junction Railway Joseph Thom pson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton, and eonth and Midlands' Junction Railways Major Grata*, Eastwell House, Pottenie, Wilts, Magistrate of the County, and Director of the South and Midlands'Juriction Railway Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways T. G. orbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua anti of th e L egal tion, and Pouth and Midlants' Junction R ailways, and Commercial Life Insurance Company W and Midla n ds ' Jan tt, Esq etion R a ilw ay ' Tow Bri ghton, Director o f the South John Brocke Wallet...eke Esq.. Direeto: of Ihe South and Midlands' Junction Railway Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery William Lee, Esq., Director of the Readirg Railway Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square William T. Thornton, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portma n square John Denns, BM., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension R a il way (With power to add to their number.) BAxxxxs—The Commercial Bank of London. ComarkTino ENGINEER -Sir John airmen, LL.D., 7..R.5. Amino ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E, SoLicirn-- , W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basingball-stret. LOCAL AGENTS. • If appearsthat England will be divided longitudinally by four great Lines of railway, which will become so many main trunks, intersec ts, and intersected by nnmerons lines, both transverse and oblique, .1412114 rapid riAtl ready communisation with the intermediate (MI- S 24A1 Date tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more easterly of these, whreh is also the longest, originating, at Newcastle tverr-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborotigh; and Gambridke, ms, he Said to termin a t e i n London, whermAll pineeis are accessible. The second line, counti ng westwardt t.) Mote tortuous, and has she a common northern tenninua ivith the preceding, by which its ad vantages are matevr*ll,y restricted. This line, _descending the wash 17..t0,, Dasslng through Rugby aad Okfertt, bWetilif6 Math; atittUn line by fall!ng into tht %nth-Western Itaik . o* at biting stoke. The third longitnclinid Vine,* the llintt westerly, is still more de fective In destgn than tife pietettlng; employing the steep and ati'okt , railway called the Oirthingham and Gloucester as, its t' ink, it traverses nearly in a right line the leastpopetenS alid inOktfuidalitthik parts of Gloucester, Berks, Wilts, and WWII and,pieptriyip'eakingl halt ho Independent termiowl% A large longitntitlial Section of the kingdem-dill West Midland district—a district inviting a similar tPtileS of accommodation from concentrated local advantrrees, still remains unprovided with a chief trunk line ; and it is Miltemplated to remedy this deficienty by tilt present undertakillg, or a fourth longitudinal lititl. Adopting itirtningham as a north.erii tthitinitS d the West Mid land, "Itianehester, and Soutitsittptnii ilailWaYot is pitrs. ed to carry a line through or near ti Stratford-on , AVOn s Mbreton, Stow, North leach, Fairford. Crieklade, and SWlvldinz, where it will merge in the South and Midla n d s Junction itailwa.y. The length of the poaptSed line will be about sixty MIMS, and the district traversed tl• it is gently undulating and densely peopled. At Its southern terminus, Swindon, it Itetnines identical with the Sentil and Midlands, by means of Witith it opens a most direct geffirnunica- Bon hitherto suggested With the harbours of Weymouth, Christ church, Poole, and li:nthampton. At its Iffirthern terminus, Bir- Mingham, it Onntnunieated with a :Mies of lines, projected, in pro gress, or winpleted, which 'Tin form the most direct line that Can ever be Constructed between the southern ports of England and the great manufacturing districts. fln the alliance of lines forming the We'd Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway prcdect, a combination of advantages pre sents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of centli gencies also. If it be dealtabre that the terminus of every railway should be situated at EfOitiO eOmmercial or popul , All place, in this re spect the present projett is peculiarly fortttttate. If Government be resolved en countenancing the shortest and most direct lines, it will be Seen, by laying a rule, On the map of England from Salisbury to Manchester, that a Course due north and south between these places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this prospectus, as being on the proposed line ; and actual measurement has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and Manchester by 26 miles. By the constructio, therefore, of little more han 0 mes of rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, t 6 and convenient communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es tablished—a lino, also, however superior in position to others pro mising similar advantages, may yet be considered as competing with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham and terminating in the Seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole, and Southampton. In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and Midlands Junction Railway Company. Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, E. Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the followi ng gentlemen:— sq, London—Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 9, Old Broad-street; Mr. J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Hanbury, 4, Angel-court. Liverpool—Messrs. I—Mesess. Mills and CO., and Messrs. Nelson. Manchester—Marg. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William Marshall. Hull—Messrs. Collinet and Flint. Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co. Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton. Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford. Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Fulmer. Birmingham—Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright. Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co. Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M'Callum and Co. FORM OF APP FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee LICATION of the West Midland, Manchester, and Southampton Railway. Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot tome Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required. Name (in ftill) Trade or Profession ..... ........ Address of Referee • A I HE' LE EDS and CARLISLE or NORTHERN TRUNK RAILWAY of ENGLAND, With a Branch from Otley to Bradford, being the completion of a di rect communication from the Midland, Southern, Eastern, and Western Counties of England to the Northern and Scottish lines. (Provisionally registered.) Capital 2,000,000/., in 80,000 Shares of 251. each. Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauelerk, ham-place, Belgrave square, and the Ridi ng , N orthumberland Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Director of the Cork and Water ford Railroad Sir John E. de Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir mingham Extension Railway Major William Beresford, M.P., Pall-mall, London Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Rail way, Liverpool and Leeds John Yarde Bailer Yarde Buller, Esq., of Holme-park, Devonshire Captain Beare, Porchester-place, Hyde-park, Deputy Chairman of the Great Munster Railroad B. Oliveira, Esq., Upper Hyde-park-street, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the General Maritime Insurance-oftice C. Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull Edward H. Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, and Direct or o f the South Midland, and Direct Western Railways Thomas Canny, Esq., Claremont-square, London Richard Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway W. It. Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Great Western G. Colqnhoun, Esq., Weimer Lodge, Regent's Park, London, Chair man of the Asturian Mining Company, and Director of the Man chester and Southampton Railway Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, London, Director of the Com mercial Bank of London J. Charretie, Esq., Park Village East, Regent's Park James Clay, Esq., Director of the Furness, and of the Birmingham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railways C. Cuninghtun, Esq. ' 4, Clarges-street, Piccadilly George Faith, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway John Griffiths Frith, Esq., 11, Austin Friars, and Director o f th e Londonderry and Coler aine Railway Captain S. N. Fisher, Junior United Service Club, and Regent's Park, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Direct Con tinuation Railroad B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway, and Liverpool and and Leeds Sir Andrew Pellet Green, R.N., James's-place, Buckingham -gate Henry Plumptree Gipps, Esq., Montagu-street, Russell-square, Di rector of the London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway, Sec. Edmund Gwyer, Esq., merchant, Bristol Captain Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the London and Hounslow Railway Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London and Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds, and Direct Western Railways Francis Kiplin, Esq., Darlington John Knill, Esq„ London-fridge-wharf, London, Director of the Wor cester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railroad, &c. Thomas Laurence, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London, Director of the Direct Western Railway Edwin Cadman, Esq„ of Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western Railway James Steele, Esq., the Mayor of Carlisle Lumsden Mackeson, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Reading and Reigate Junction Railway Captain James Macdotir,ll, the Grove, North Brixton Joseph Madin, Req., Manchester, Director of the M anc h ester and Southampton Railway Michael Middleton, Eeq., barlington Robert Millington, Esq., Ordrill House, Retford George Pariatry, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Oxford, South ampton, Portsmouth, and Gosport Railway Archibald Paull, jun., Esq., Devonshire-place, Portman-square, Di rector of the London and York Railway William Simpson Potter, Esq, Sussex-gardens, Hyde -park, Director of the Oxford and Witney Railway Colonel Edward Stopeord, Director of the Asturian Mining Company Martin Stately, 'gm. Cambridge-terrace, Regent' s - par k , Di rector of the Dublin, Itelfast , and Coleraine, and South Essex Railway William Tanner, Esq., 84, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, Provi sional Committee of the Direct Western Railroad W. Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the South Midland and Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten. ham Railways. J. Wightman, Esq., Director of the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway W. Anning, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor , chester Railway Thomas Sanger, Esti., Exeter William Hammond Ambler, Esq., Bishop Auckland, William Hawthorn, Esq.' Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Robert Hawthorn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Thomas Peacock, Esq., Bishop Auckland, 0 Edward Railton, Esq., Broome Hall, Durham, Samuel Sharp, Es 1., Q uarry H ouse, Harperley Park, o va 0 Durham, Villiers Charles Villiers Stirteee, Esq., Newcastle-upon. , 0 .h Tyne, A A '-' James Atkinson West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham W. Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield anti Blanchester Railway, of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway, and the Direct Western Railway, Edward Crulman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Direct Western Railway, William Henry Home, Esq., Blackburn, Chairman of the Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, and Director of the Blackburn, Clitheroe, and North Western Railway, and Of the Manchester an d Wi gan Railway. Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, London, Director of the P 4 Great eastern and Western, and Canterbury, and Dov er *4 Railways, The lion. Douglas Rinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, A Whitehall, London, John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the We s t Ridi ng of Yorkshire, and J.., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Ro timers Great Northern of France Railway, of the Man- •cs cheater. Liverpool, and Great North of England Union g Railway, and of the National Bank of Ireland, Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Leyton g House, Essex, Director of the Direct London and Man chester Railway, Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Director of the Hull and Selby 40 Railway, Thomas Eastham, Req., Kirkby Lonsdale, Yorkshire, William Thomas Jackson, F.sq., Tadcaster, Director of the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway, Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shilxlen Hall, Halifax, Director of the Ee, East and West Yorkshire Juneticn Railway Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, London, g Director of the London and B r i g ht on R a i lway Joseph Underwood, Esq., London, Director of the Commercial Bank of London Sir William Young, Bart., London, Director of the Hon. East India Company, and of the Leicester and Tamworth Junc tion Railway J Robert Stanfield, un., the Breck, near Hallfax,i Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway, Christopher Linsdale Bradley, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire, John Harland, Esq., Marrick, Richmond, York shire, Francis Morley, Esq., Marrick Park, Richmond, Yorkshire, BlEi. Directors of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Great North of England Junc tion Railway. (With power to add to their number.) SOLICITORS. S. P. Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-ya r d, L o thb ury Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 24, Lime-street. The object of this Company is to shortern the present railway com munication between London and Edinburgh, and to open up a direct railway communication through the populous and wealthy counties of Yorkshire, Westmore'and, and Cumberland, between the impor tant towns of Leeds and Carlisle. vaTrthialsgrfroallwmacyawrliilsllecotnhnieuctfotrhmeilninelesosuhtohrtoesftLroeeudtsewlthwlietelFst e doe great trunk lines from the west and south-east Scot land and the midland' counties, al g al the only remainingo England n through the the midland counties to Carlisle northward, and will effect the saving g of upwards of forty miles in the distance between the capitals of England and Scotland. In addition to this it presents the important consideration of a di rect line between the Solway Firth and Hull, the chief shipping pore in the north-east of England. This line will traverse a manufacturing, mineral, and an agricul tural district, anti will afford railway Accommodation, among other considerable towns, to those of Wakefield, Keighley, Ilunfleet, Guis ley, Otley, Birstall, Pudsey, Knareshorough, Skipton, .Allendale, Appleby, Richmond, Dalton, Kirby Stephen, Hawes, Ripley, Bingioy, Brough, Aldstone, Kirhy-Malzcard, Aysgarth, Morley, Eccleshill, Silsden, Bedale, Masham, Brampton, Grinton, Carleton, Harrogate, Whiteley, Bewerley, Fewston, Reath, Boioughbridge, Wetherby, Aberford, Featherstone, Sawley, Pannale, Morton, Thorner, Hesket, Linton, Bolton, Kirby-There, Grassington, Burnsale, Addingham, Ikley, &c., besides very numerous manufacturing villages scattered along the line, comprising an aggregate population (including the ter mini) of more than 700,000 persons. There are no engineering difficulties, and the line will be one of easy and inexpenalre construction, probably considerably under the average cost per mile of railways. It is almost needless to advert to the enormous passenger traffic which this line must command, whilst the conveyance of its manu facturing, mineral, and agricultural products will ensure it a highly remunerative revenue. The Leeds and Carlisle or Northern Trunk Railway of England will forma junction with the protected Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway at Lee ds, AM by means of the proposed branch line from Otley to Bradford, It wul unite with the Huddersfield, Bradford Union Beltway As this line will etrect.a Ravi , nc, so considerable in tr ans it to North Britain, it may Safely be ass trusted to it. assumed that her Majesty's mails will be en- Applications for Shares to be addressed Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury,to the Solicitors, S. P. Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street; Messrs. Shand Messrs. Keddell, Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Taunton and Bush,‘ ewell, Stockbrokers, Mine, King-street, mo o . cester Austin-friars, Lon , and Messrs. wit. insoh, and Sone, Nerth-strtet, Hcixtou. THE SUN, LONDN WE - - - O - - 11 littoT WESTERN RAILWAY,. (Upon the Broad Gauge), From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and Bridgewater i espectively. jrtoxishma4 14pgiMbi:e4:) .. . Metal, 5*M%; in 10„009,8lial Of 25r.edelt DOPtisit .2`/, ss.„pea: • • . . , , , . , .. alovniihsrai, e,... The Mat ;Cfilttlet Pt.iiii4iin Villiers, M.P.; *met of the South Mid: land Pall Way; Broekes' Club . ,,St..filnes'4l4ee p ~,, •,.‘ 111 81r I'rencis Dugdale.Astler, ari l ' 4kTrly Houeei PeWity, Willa Sir lie ory .ehbe',, Itart.', 15', Pi.114 - liati redelUk odfiell; Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens ownia phinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London ph Neville, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square i Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street ii Hon. Percy Evens Freke; 31, lititntvelleitigiffi Thomas hitteilt Vaikliiii; W I 32, Grosvetior-place, London Wit* .113hdlii i ii Ekil., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the 8 'ellteid And anchester • and Huddersfleld and Sheffield Railway ' ttltipanies. Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City Of London, Director of the Direct MatiChetter and Lthidoit and Direa Liverpool and Leeds Railway Cbitipany Tiloinia kailicointa Elea.; Ciriffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman tit the City tlf istaidell, and Director of the London and Westmin ster Batik, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder ininSter Railway Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the City of London Edward Harriett.% Harwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the South Midland Railway Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway William thiltdon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park, Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and South Midland Railways Donald Maclean, Msg., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Depaty Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rails ay Thomas Lawrence, Eaq., 3, St. Mary Axe Philip W. Courtney, Esq. Chapel-street, Belgrave-squ are , L ondon Millie Coventry, Esq., Esq., Lombard-street Barnet L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and George-street, Mansion House John Wheelton, Esq. ' Meopham Bank, Tunbrid ge , K en t, Di rector of the Leicester and Bedford Railway Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holdemess House, near Hull, Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Main 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 Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South Essex Railways Francis Ede, Eltl., 34, Great Winchester-street John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Insurance Company James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon street, London H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park George 31.'Intosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-sqnare 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 Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and Bladtwall Railway Company W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon Catchbert Woodstock, Eeq., Grove-road, North-read, North Brixton Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman square, Director of Tring, Esq., and Basignstoke, the Exe ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension Railways George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 31, Pall-mall, London, Assistant Tithe Commissioner William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Chelte n h am, and Temple, Lon don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway Company Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London and Blackwell Railway Company Charles James Heath, Esq. ' 6, London-street, M ar k- lane Captain 11, 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 Wards, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and Luton Moo, Bedfordshire George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles street, Berkeley-square James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor place, London Nicholas Phdpnt Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, U n i on Club, Treihlgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail way Company Samuel Baker, Esq., Lypplat Park, Gloucestershire, and London William CongreVe Rinleell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di rector of the Warwickshir e and London Railway Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain ad Light Dragoons Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity square, London Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire John Glllyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough -buildings, Batk Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Barks Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the County Rev. Chas. Fres. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming ham Railway Company R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham shire Railway and Wolverton Junction Richard 3fortimorc, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton Rev: John Sydenham, Collumpton Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm C ottage, Tiverton 1 Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks •Union Banking Company . William lialoornb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and Dorset Bank Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Tenets& Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berta Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Kerle Haberneld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol Troup, Esq., Hastings John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Direotor of Coventry and Leicester Railway Joseph Knight, •Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and Southampton Railway Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways James Ogden, M.D., Salford Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the "Hull and Barnsley" Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies" John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders field. and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford Union Railway Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South ampton Railway John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and Midland Railway Companies Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and Iron Bridge Railway Company C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Manchester Railway Company Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wiabeach, and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield, Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office Wm. Thompson, Esq. Upperthorpe, near She ffi eld, Di rec t or o f the " Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast Railway Company Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Direeter of the East and West of England Railway Company John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Har rowgate Railway Company William Marriott, Esq. Attercli ff - terrace, Sheffield, Dire c t or 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 Major Wonturn, Clarence-square, Cheltenham Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, 3facelesfield, 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 Jnactien 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 WilsonlrEsq., Oxford-terrace Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey W. J. Lefevre, 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 Tringhant 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). ' Botmas—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London. JOINT SOLICITORS. Messrs. Bell, Brodriek, and Beil, Bow Churchyard, London Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London Messrs. J. V. and J. la )carting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. Sec/malty—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq. ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—Charles J. Whalley, Esq. LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED. At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq. At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodney At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Hayford, and Staunton At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole At Tiverton At Truro At Penzance At Falmouth The object of 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 advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from it., position at the western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in creased its imports from 200,000!. to 3,000,000/. per annum. At Bris tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased. 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 Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been set '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 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--that it is direct. It is as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End. The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company havihg 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 NVestere Railway so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells (from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than any existing or projected railways between these points, and without a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St. Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the 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 Direct Wes tern; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton about 32 miles that it will traverse rah and populous agrictilbaral DNESDAS E PTEMBE as ,at:w VENING SE 1845. Name In full .....• . ...... Residence ...... ...... Trade or Profession .. Place of Business (if ally) Reference .. .. .... ...... Sept. 12. 1845. we a r n h d am M p - . et BANICER.I. impCanomy,pand its Branches. Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury, 7 London ar to k Drayton n Messrs. Cockburns and Co. 4,: Whitehall,l Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury any, The The s i3 hro ilst po on hh. D o is ß tri a e ß t h ß in a g o c k o iil ENGINEES IN CHlEF—Ssunuel Clegg, Esq., C.E. ACTING ExamsEn—Francis Briscoe, Esq. • souciroits. Messrs. Yarborough And Adams, Lincoln's Imo-gelds, London E. Garbctt, Esq., Wellington, Salop. • 100 AL AGENTS. Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, LUdloit Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall Thomas Beraard Baddeley, Esq., Jun., Newport Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stratton Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire Philip Octavius Jervis, Eiq., Bishop's Castle Thomas Griffiths, Esq. Clun and Bishop's Castle Thomas Walker, Esq.:Wolverhampton T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries SacaaTAßY—George Bond, Esq. Offices, Royal Exchange -buildings, London. The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proceed from thence by Eccleshall, Oftley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, and Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale ; there, crossing the proposed " Wor cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under-Haywood, to Wistanstow, in the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway." The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire coal-field, to a depot imposed to be formed at Wistanstow , for the supply of South Shropshire, p ar t o f R a d nors hi re a nd Herefordshire, and also from whence it will be conveyed by the "Hereford, Shrews bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire and the neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to calculate the extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown and Llanidloes, the price per ton will be reduced one-half at those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water. A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop shire ironmaster,;,f or the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of lam( and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey it direct Into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense. By its junction with the " Grand Junction" and the " Hereford and Shrewsbury" Railways, this line will form a direct communica. tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales. As a junction line alone (connecting as it will such important rail ways), s large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely_ populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving agricultural neighbourhood, It will be obvious that a sufficient local traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of capital required to be embarked. The line , whiCh will not interfere with any property of an orna mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and will be constructed at much less than the average cost. ..... .....,.. ........ .a/Ul• 1.•••-• , ... Such Important local co-operation has been secured, that Wir oppo sition is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure. The liability of the Shareholders wii: be limited, by the Act, to the ' amount of their subscription to the capital stock ; and power will be applied for to allow interest at the rata of four per cent, per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the itrther calls, from the date of each payment until the opening of the line ; and the Brat deposit being paid, a further can will not be made until the Act s Parliament shall have b een o b ta i ned. Maps of the lin e , prospectuses. &c., are to b e o bt a i ned from the Secretary, the s o li c it ors, the local agents, also the brokers, M essrs. Mieville and Co., An ge l- court, Throgmorton - s t ree t, L on d on ; Mesh. Cazcnov e , an d Taunton, Liverpool ; M essrs . G reen and Old ham,Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Sohnes and Tripp, Bristol ; M essrs. Turley and Cooper, L ee d s ; J. Senior, ICsq. Sheffield ; Messrs. Br a d y and Staniforth, H u ll ; t o w h om applications for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may e addressed; and it will be necessary that reference be made to a banker , solicitor, at person Of reepon.sibili 7, and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro jected with every chance of success. M to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that tke Vast ,ninnien . ,?f,yrierehlrit .vessels continually detained In the A lrl4l.lsi' I 417). 1 ,14 'e ritic*, krei4d, ar.46L litirtng both In fdtirdoe tipie,,bj , discharging di**. eargoei, at talidotitli; i 4ll,cl.4 orlon Oanspilttlpg them to ; th9h. Acstinationhi inomit Zatlwcill Ancltlwefpre -- r,williou!TgWit4tiflg,O4 tieagent, to qv igc the ports op either side of, the , great proihijiithit of till LA t i t ta E t i 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 Montpellie.of England," Attract a lArger propopr ti,m WintryrWintry—it thii line will comnidlid 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 Ite,ading, an inapeetitin of the itiap witi silo* a vast ex tant or Ihittland filstritt, compriting rich and populous parts of So inorsetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, noW altogether destitute of railroad accommodation. Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of the greatest in point of magnitude ) of vital importance in the event of war. and Of alitioat iiiettletilabie &Wattage to the general and packet COMinerce 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 outporis to be not a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for In the report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company, it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth Was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed to interfere with that great national object. The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par liament. It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there arc no engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be small expense ; that the und er t a ki ng N c V o i n ll st lll n e with at thean unusually cor n d a ial nal s i u y pport, concurrence, and co-operation of the landoivner.4, 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 our 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 25!. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/. 15s. per skare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con tract when required. Dated 'HE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER DIRECT RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, apon signature of the deed, the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip. By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary. SHROPSHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY , SHIRE forming, in conjunction with other existing and projected lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef field, York, and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. eaeh. Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. (The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House of Commons.) PECKISIONAL COMMITTEE. Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di rector of the South Staffordshire Railway Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longuevillo, near Church Stretton Beamish, Captain, Kensington-square Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames ?late Glass Company Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire and Manchester Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square . Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Direct or o f the Direct London and Manchester Railway Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, GoldshW, near Ironwoods Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire Evans, Thomas, Esq., Ciun, Shropshire Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, 1311- ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews bury Junction Fisher, James, Esq., Irenmaster, Bileton, Staffordshire Feurdrenier, George H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven dish-square Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of the Anglo-Belgian Railway Humphreys, William, Xsq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont gomeryshire Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle Jones, Robert, Esq., Stafford , near Church Strett on Lambert, Richard, ali., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop Loyeri4ge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Sammerhill Works, Tipton, Staffordshire Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields Ironworks, Dawley, Salop Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and Rotherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Mithield Works, Bilston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Ryton . William, Esq., Wolverhampton Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal iarmers' Fire and Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffual Silveater and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich Slade, the Rev. H. R., D.D., Wolverhampton Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnorth, Director of the Worcester and Crewe Railway Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh, Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi mation Railways Stead, James, Rag , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the LiverPSummers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and W ootton George, and Leeds Railway Swift, Elford-hill, Ecelesha ll Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampto n Tildesiey, James, Esq., Merchant, Will en h a ll , Staffordshire e, Esq., Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-:street, and Hull, Direoter of the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Irorunasters, Whittington Iron Works, near Stourbridge Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester Wood, William, Esq. Chetwynd House, N ewpor t , S alop, Director of the Derbyshire, St affordshire, and Worcestershire Railway Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., Quatford Vill a , near Bridgnorth, Salop (With power to add to their Ember.) FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Reading and Reigate Railway Company. if Gentlemen,—l request You will allot me shares of 201. each lit thus Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less number you may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and all thture calls thereon, and to execute the Sub scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required. Dated this day of 184 Name in full ..... Profession .................. . ..... Residence ......... • • • • • • • • • • • Reference in hill .. . • • • • • • • • READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY. Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for SHARES will be RECEIVED after Wm:Qum:4:r next, the 24th inst. Dated 16th September, 1845. By order of the Board. DIGBY FOWELL, Secretary (pro tern.) Offices, 1, Old Jewry, JAMAIGA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON TEGO BAY. Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street. Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each. Deposit 21. 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, Caernarvoashire 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, Relgrave-square P. S.-Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London Major Adair, U.S. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng land Insurance Company Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway John Blunt, Esq.., Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial Bank, London Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell Lieutenant-Colonel Gillies, Cambridge-terrace F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London and Manchester Railway Francis John Lambert, Esq , 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway Thomas Newts, 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, Hyde Park, Di rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and Western Railways W. C. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Director of the Worcest e r, Shrewsbury, andCrewe Railway William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and Cork and Kilkenny Railways John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National Bank of Ireland William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In surance Company Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars Charles Bieaden, Esq. Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coilsden Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General Fire and Life Assurance Company (With power to add to their number.) ENGINEERS—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrovr, Esq. C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., 111.1.C.E. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street. BANKERS—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 less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed 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 chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria, t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego 1 ay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed b etween the most important and populous places, and faculty offered for carriage of the produce of the most predictive portion of the island. 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 level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country, rising into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar t cles of sugar, ceffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other spices, dye wood, drugs, Sm.; and as more than one-third of the land Is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by the increased facility for traffic, bo greatly increased ; and cotton, indigo, cocoa, &e., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vita, ebony, Spanish' elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will also bring largely into use the valuable palmetto , and various other woods for agricultural and household purposes, asd 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 et 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 be developed by the construction of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased to capitalists r the benefit of the Shareholders. Of the vatic as imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti mate can see cely be given —it will be safficient to state, that Coals, Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops, Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and Manufactures generally, form important sources of profit. The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re quired, and the speedy communication established between the island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal 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 ►he passing of the Bill until the opening of the line. Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43, Moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors, 47, Moorgate-street, London; and the following Sharebrokers : Mr. S. 11. 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, Bradford; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and ,Co., and Mr. William Lee, Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. 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 21. per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l am, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full • • ...... ••••••• • • • • • • • ~ • Trade or Profession •• • • • Residence • • • • •• • • • • •• Place of business (if any) . . * Wood Is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that climate is more durable, • • • EAS.TE ,tO.UN.TiES . RAILWAY. I Eit.CIThiSION TRAINS' TS C.A3tHHTHGE, A Train, consisting of operi Secondiciats arid Of Third-claSs Car riages, will leave the Shoreditch Station, on WI - 16:y, the 2*l and Monday, 'the instant, at Nine o'clock, A.m., and Hertfoid dt iir.Mpftllt. Nine A.M., returning from Cambridge at Half-past Si x p.iL. tHils Will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Brox noWnedyrid ate. raf6 tb Cattltiriclge and back, from any of the riboye statins; Eastern Counties ticitivrtiY-0116 ; ggfi; 1; lAIB READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY connecting the GREAT WESTERN, SOUTH WESTERN, LONDON and BRIGHTON, and SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAYS. Ilovitimially registered, pursuant to 7 & 8 Viet., c. 110. Capital, X 600,000 in 30,000 shares of 420 each. Deposit, 22 2s. per share. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Viscount Chelsea, M.P. for Reading Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street John Humphery, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the City of London Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens Sir William Young, Bart., Director of the East India Company Daniel Mildred, Esq., Banker, Nicholas-lane Colonel Robert Douglas, R.A., United Service Club, Director of the Bideford and Tavistock Railway Major Jelf Sharp, Twickenham, Deputy Chairman of the Thames Embankment Company Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and Central Wales Railway Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rushland Hall, Lancashire, Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway Major Mors , : Cooper, Wargrave, Berks Andrew gpot::', oo clei gni Carlton-terrace, and Broome Hall, Dorking Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey William Strahan, Esq., banker, Strand, and Ashurst, Dorking James Garrard, Esq., Pinner, Middlesex John Leveson Gower, Esq., Bill 11111, Wokingham, Berks James Hartley Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company James Hayward, Esq., Wokingham, Berks Captain Hodges, Connaught terrace, Hyde Park John Jackson, Esq., Upper Belgrave-place, Eaton-square Charles Johnson, Esq., Hennerton House, Berks Captain G. Evans, R.N., Headley Grove, Dorking John Keene, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland John Weidale Knollys, Esq., Reading ;William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square David Mocatta, Esq., F.S.A., 32, Brunswick-square Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Li fe•offico Edward E. Molyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, Director of the ShrewS bury and Hereford Railway John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., 29, Montague-street, Russell-square William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman of the Church of England Life Insurance Company John Southgate, Esq., Pebble Coombe, Reigate Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Gros • venor-square James Joseph Wheble, Esq., Bulmarsh Court, Reading, Berks John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Director of the Leicester and Bedford and Leeds and Liverpool Railways William Lecluners Whitmore, Esq., 17, James-street, Buckingham gate Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway (With power to add to their number). ENGINEER—SamueI Hughes, Esq., C.E. SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richards and Rogers, Reading. LOCAL AGENTS. Wokingham—J. L. Roberts, Esq. Dorking—Mark Smallpiece, Esq. Reigate—Thomas Hart, Esq. Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq. Bagshot—John Mears, Esq. BANKERS. • London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co. Reading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co. Reigate—Messrs. Nash and Neale. PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS. Hugh Times Cameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street. SECRETARY (pro tem )—Digby Fowell, Esq. Temporary Offices, No. 1, Old Jewry. For particulars see the prospectus and map, which may be ob tained at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Old Jewry, or from the Solicitors, Parliamentary or Local Agents, or the following Share brokers:—Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, Exchange, London; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. T. N. Balne, Gloucester ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Collis, Birmingham; Mr. Neilson, Liver pool ; Messrs. Newmarch and Withington, Manchester ; Messrs. Bingley, Rawson, and Bingley, Leeds ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Grayson and Earle, York ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull ; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Mr. W. J. Eaglesfleld, Leicester ; Messrs. J. Peet and Son, Nottingham ; Messrs. Pillans and Home, Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin. R 17, 1845. B IRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. (Provisionally Registered.) Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. cads. Deposit 21. 2s. per share, in accordance with the standing orders of the Houses of Lords and Commons. No eall to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription. PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham The Right Worshipful the ayor of Birmingham John Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Colfield C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re gent's Park, London John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc tor of the London Central Terminus Company George Turner, Esq., Bunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford Railways Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire R. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park, Bristol Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and the Worcester and South Wales Railways Thos. Davies, Esq., The Anstens, Handsworth, Staffordshire David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham Thomas Boilman Uptil, Esq. Birmingham Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Hall, Staffordshire Major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Railway Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerford_Park, Wilts, Military Secretary at Hyderabad William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Director of the South Midland ; the Northampton, Banbury and Chelten ham ; Leeds and Carlisle ; Manchester and Southampton, and other Railways T. R. Wright, Estb, Northampton, Director of the South Midland Railway William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam worth, Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield Railway John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton William Boyden Watts, Esq., Birmingham J. Mee Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Manchester Railway Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgba.ston, near Birmingham Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wharstone House, near Birmingham Capt. M'Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service, Euston-place, Euston-square, London Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance Company Griffith Frith, Esq,, Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine Railway, &c., &c. John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham Hercules Hailer Duneocka, Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, Glouces tershire William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham John George Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atheratone, Direc tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham John Russell, Esq., flandsworth, Staffordshire Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and Liverpool Railway Joshua Horton, Esq., .tEtna Iron-works, Smethwick, Staffordshire Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham R. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and Liverpool Railway Companies (With power to add to their number.) ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E. JOINT SOLICITORS. J. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, London. Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London. LOCAL AGENTS. Blrmingham—W. H. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. H. Jagger . Esq., New-street. BANKM. Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London. Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham. This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich leld, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone, Sutton Coldfleld, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham. The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Union Rail way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway just below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line, via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct route from Manchester to London, but will leave Birmingham on the west, which can only be reached by the circuitous route through Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles. The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex- tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de ♦ised. As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked, it is sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income aris ing from the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingham, the emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated neigh bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the lines from Manchester to Lichfield be made. This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the North to Birmingham. The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each. A deposit of 2/. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Rankers of the Company. No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent. rer annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answerable beyond the amount of their Shares. The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or make Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of th e p resen t un dertaking for the benefit of the Company, as they may deem proper, will be ready on the day fixed for the payment of deposit, and will be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts arc exchanged for certificates of Scrip ; and the shares of any Subscribers making default In the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited. No application for shares can be attended to, unless accompanied by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker. Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, and a map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary oftiees of the Company, 60, Moorgatc-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from Local Agents ; from Mr. lit. B. Williams, 17, Throgmorton-street, London ; Mr. W. IL Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs. Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington, Liver pool ; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Finlay, Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Evans, blilsom-street, Bath ; Messrs. Ellgood and Harrison, Leicester. BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield Railway Company. Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201. each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de posit of V. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' agreement and Parliamentary contract when required. gated this day of 1845. Name in full —• •• •• • • • • Residence Profession or Business Reference •.••• • • • . ...... • Address ••••• • • • • ........... S OUTII MID L AND, or NORTHAMPTON and LtICIOSTER RAILWAY 'COMPANY. Notice Is hereby giVen, that an and after WEDNESDAY, the 17th nst., the Offices of this Company will he at No. 3, Princes-street, WASltminster. By order, GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Secretary. 1, Gray's Inn-square, dept. 15, 1845. I I S L Capital 000 1 1 V in I 1 G 2 00 H 0 s T hares it of A 251. 11AW A Y. each. Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share. Plwv/sioNAL DIRECTORS. CitantmArt---.THOMAS GISBORNE, Esq., M,P. • DEpurv-CHAIRMAN-1 - lENRY TOOTAL, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield William Collins, Esq., M. P. Charles Popham Hill, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Bonchurch fir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, Hants 14. Tint Well, Esq., East Cowes Castle Captain Theilles Dickinson, R.N. Thomas Claxton tag., nigh Bank Cottage, Yentnor A. J. Drewe, Esq.. Elm Grove, Ventnor William Betts, Esq„ Bevois Mount, Southampton James Durham, Esq., Victoria Park, Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company George Sandars, Esq , Wakefield, Director of the Trent Valley Rail way Company Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester , Joseph Lankester, Esq , Southampton James Ilibbert Wanklyn, Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director of the Trent Valley Railway Company Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the Manchester, Bux ton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway Company John Barff, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York Rail way Company John Lillie, Esq., Derby House, Manchester, Director of the Shrews bury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company Jame- Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company William G. Beare, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway Charles Lyall, Esq., 33, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park Gardens. ENGINEERS. Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S.A., M.R.1.A., Engineer in Chief. Sherrard and Hall, Acting Engineers. RANKERS. In Newport, Cowes, and Ryde—The National Provincial Banking Company. In Southampton—Messrs. Maddlson and Pearce; the Hampshire Banking Company. In London—The Commercial Bank. In Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank. In announcing that the Allotment of Shares is now made, and that the letters will be posted this evening, the Directors regret their inability to comply with the wishes of a very numerous and respectable body of appliettiltS. JAMES WHEELER, Manchester. DEACON and LONG, Southampton. 19, Great George-street, Westminster, September 17, 1845. PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS. (Registered Provisionally.) T HE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY, Connecting with the Great Western Railway on the one side, Z 1 1(1 on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Marksbury, Stanton Priory, Farnborough, Timsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Paulton,Wellon, Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, Kilmersdon, Newberry, Coleford, Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shepton Mallet, Crosscombe, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham, Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell, Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorlinch, Sutton Mallet, Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater. It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near the station of the Great Western Railway at Keynsham, and proceed by Burnet to Marksbury and Farmborough. Thence it will pass on the west side of Timsbury, and go on through the numerous and ex tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western side, and thence through Babisgton to the eastern side of Newberry, from which there will be a branch Hue to Frome, passing by Elm on the southern side. The main line Will hold its course beside the Upper and Lower Vobster coal works and Goodeve's coal works, through Melcombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip. Thence it will proce,ed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side of Bodden, and to the eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sides of Ham, Crosscombe, and Dinder, to the southern point of the city of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Coxley and Coxley Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Pol sham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt on the northern side Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell between Shipwick and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and thence spanning, the railway Into the borough of Bridgwater. The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs. The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers, goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject. A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the names of the officers, will be published hi a few days, accompanied by a map of the line and the adjacent eountry, laid down upon the scale of one inch to a mile. EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi. ..--.-............-.-..-... OSTON, NEWARK, a nd FIELSTD, . L: tL. IJ ) ;1:. RAILWAY, NOTTINGHAM , 3 , 1' , 14 . . ='• , 'si'DS JUNCTION RAILWAY. ' dRA 114.4 The Directors Of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffiel „4,,,,, the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction NA",,,,, blic that an _,. happy to inform the shareholders and the pu , e 0 cr', mation of interests has been effected between tit ts! ... „ or tary r ., upon equal terms. The Directors can only v!ew thv e - e t a ro:,: ; vantages which will arise from this anion Al A V l aw itol o4 ", congratulation. The Nottingham, Mansfield, 0 1 . 1 cot Pi I Railway will, by its Clay Cross extension, open up t . e ff ; haustiess coal fields of Nottinghamshire and Derbyslureeni,,,,, sun.pton of Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and the adjoining ..:45 through the medium of their seaports create a new and I" „d adjoining ten ~.. s ot and import trade. It will alsd pour an immense Pas s- 4 0 . 0 0,, traffic into the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield line„ ci d, 00 4 74 ham, Mansfield, and their populous districts to Shet“,...eloty? field, Manchester, Bradford, and other large manufaett sof al fA / in the counties of Lancaster and Yorkshire, by mean e ,,,, 04 understanding with the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Rtn;:c.s...,, the amalgamated lines arc intended to join. The 13 % the .S .l?- f and Sheffield Railway will confer an equal benefit Boa the ham, Mansfield and Nidlands Junction Railway, min'icatice'C Sheffield most direct and tke shortest inode of ecl n T l a igalli st , and the North, but in consequence of the Ad' tco ite ~,, will decrease the expense of transit, and ensure An ' 1 , 4 a ed c':,‘ in Lincolnshire and Norfolk for the valuable minera „ J oy sources which the Nottingham, Manstielti, and Mid lli' Railway will, in its progress, necessar il y develops. ... s . , so ul By order, JOHN DENNISTO, c'''"' ,r, T. I L RIGI3YE, Se , _....,!„/ Mansfleld, September 10, 1845 . : (l ily D i MANCHESTER and Rl T, '_:,„ RAILWAY, via MACCLESD-A,'" .Provisionally Capital, 1,700,000/., In 85,000 Shares of 2n. "-- Deposit, V. 2s. per Share. priovistorraL COMMITTEE. _ N or sod] The lion. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Hans" Birmingham Continuation Railway John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park ~ Of , RegistereV ..f -mh. John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-strect._, p' O f Lonq c or Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City rector Of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam racket of 1 pany , Me Citi a William HughCS Hughes, Esq., Alderman 0 1 ,`" che rill . ' i London, late ALF. for Oxford, and lat e HIP " .aily Hants Port,,,in-... James Henry Attwood, Req ., Seymour-sleet, - _ iii George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornbni .„d ps 7 John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern '- Railway Wel t of PI. '1 Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East a n d oi - land Junction William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the 81e , ...."° fand B ala 4. i William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thainel4tree° of Capt. George Probyn, Bryansten -square d Brost ~ Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the EaSt an ' ' Of ' land Railway laiP $ nt , Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the CoM Mere LoHo n. ndon, - 40 0 The Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Belg raTe . ,of d , , Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrove - sq uar ,, Mr Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Soutbanll 4o- , v13 10,;,02 , Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mail, ci, put' . North Wales Railway, and Director of the O AM. And Portsmouth Rahway d 104 09 : Sir 7. 7 jiliam Young, Bart., Westboume-street, 111- e ' ton,i / Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London go Ot A The Mayor of Nelrbury, Director of the Oxford , ' C. - Portsmouth Railway John Addis, Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, of ° Utile° pireetL Oft Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Pr" a- Charles Anstey, Esq., Rugby The Rev. J. Harvey, Ast worth, Nev. bury M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham 0 ," W. C. Alston, Esq., Elmdon Hall Huah Beaver, Esq., Manchester relit' William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-Pbte_. ,min.f Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Co' - ' d Joseph:Browne, Esq., Bedford + ' Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport 41"° William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Ca t on' o Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway C° ° ' I/ Samuel Swann Britta ir, , Esq., M.l:field 10 16 Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton ' rtb William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director or ;be I\l' George Burnand, Esq., Sussex square, Hyden“;:pet, l im. William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bond -1,4- North Wales Mineral Railway Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London ; tor of . „ W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Direct West of England Railway od P in* Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch William Bradley, Esq., Director of the Shefftet,d.oo9 Railway, and Chairman of the Direct Western George Borrett, Esq., Southampton Lieutenant-Colonel Burslam, North Hants Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester Henry .Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London H. Buning, Esq., .D., Gosport • beetet John Burgess, Esq., late Boroughreeve, loan, Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane Of John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Direct or Cornwall Railway S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London -bridg e Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director o' Railway Sheldon Cradoek, Esq., Manchester 13e11r.."4 i Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street , pp- - • Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Railway Francis Carleton, Esq. James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square jir7 Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport r . ne ,beow' John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director Of the at -- • mingham Continuation Railway f- William Dredge, Esq., Newbury Colonel Geo. Disbrowe, Chester-place, London o r 0 0. John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Directo r Western Railway Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight to ti Farrow, Req., Newbury of i t° W. S. Fitzwilli am, Esq., Old Broad-street, Direct or Suffolk Railway P. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone-n ditre y r Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-squareedfoni!b ~ 0 nal+° 0 Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, la— a , , e r Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad Mouse, Eslgsbaston, sof , " 01 Director of the East and West 'Led Birmingham end j _ shire Railways tgi Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the s' s England H. H. Hornby, Esq., Blackburn George Calvert Holland,Sheffield „ h et John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Win.- - A r William Hill, Esq., Manchester Pr ter Nest de , J o air b m n a, ; Haddon,CompanyHorne, E E Esq., Clapham p r h e Director r ofe Common, East D a and Director de of° tlt don Railway Company John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Pad, Worcester and South Wales Railway 1 (1 T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfleld House, Newcastle, Stafford Frederick ilewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey I W . o lli K f i l ni 4 E ni n oc g . h j la a , n c i ni sq b . : Egg" sO t 4 of Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, i Huddersfild, Director of the , Wales John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director the I" ' South Wales Junction Railway rof t" Charles Kelson, Esq. Teignmouth, Devon, Direct() West of England iailway of t h. William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director Railway Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street , Director of the Worcester and South Wales Relit"' 01 Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street df o D f i rector John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Directo r or mend Railway James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Se ti tiP°P t, Company G. H. Leekie, Esq., Richmond 41 Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales EA William Mills, Esq., Newbury fit Joseph Mader, Esq., Ashford John Mall u es n on, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of t he Peninsular Railway Dife t°C W. Malins, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, - South Staffordshire Railway feorge Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington R. F.,Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford la p John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, • Norwich William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Leeds' Railway William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester the George tarbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of • West of England Railway Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richt° Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester William Simpson Potter, Esq., :of Sussex-gardens' rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Railway B. Price, Esq., Rugby James Paxton, Esq., Rugby ' Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby ke t N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steem-pae Southampton and Stephen Philips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven Railway 'William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manc he° lis.:;" Railway Richard IZ!cketts, Esq., Bristol George Rougemt, Esq. 9, Chester-terrace, Regent ' Sr of the North London. Railway i rme Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, of the East and West of England Junction Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director 0- etlie l Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the El W. Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park tttl John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lyrnington, Director of West of England Railway 1)1 Joseph Thompson, Eaq., John-street, Bedford-roe , London and Birmingham Railway Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon v Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jerse , J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Malton Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, gr. - the Richmond Railway kf. Wilcox, EsHantsville, Torquay John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Fire and Life Insurance Company George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Ch.... — Kent Railway Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth gol Valley Railway (With power to add to their number.) AOO , BANKERS —Messrs. Masterman and Co., 1. 90 ' ACTING ENGINEERS. Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminste r Brackstone Baker, Esq. SOLICITOR—John Bethel], Esq., 78, King That another and a more direct line of railway is the metropolis and the manufacturing districts 'trout now ftilly admitted, and the question is, which is the adopted. shortest - Willlam - s treet ' The above proposed railway will form the ehos. ro es v e met route from London to Manchester, and will there u . je o a It pi the direct communication with the metropolis at a much, 0 1 el ditties of capital than by either of the projected Le e d ieta e elt chester lines (Remington's and Aahurst's), the actua l d i 0. • I, constructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles. , A careful preliminary survey has determined the Pr ° ' - ee' 4 o: ‘ , o cc railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby t e ° l d ts o an increased expenditure 0(200,0001. or 310,000/. judl e r, r ede c g rel i , the present perfected state of civil engineering, and at O r ete of the execution of earth works, will prove in the en i tt , g elf e r etli real economy, both to the Company itself in the sat., - .oeli:mt, t 0 r the annual expense of working, and also, what is of la% less 010 to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a Intl e ,, o) rot same end proposed by an entire and distinct line e se e f el a Manchester. kep t in fl otis These considerations have not been sufficientlYft et e pile other parties who have also proposed to make a railw e ' et t ° a co to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct t r t ee te e valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of „ v ere, obviously lose the advantages proposed by this ComPa;;;;ed, g 1 1 _ 1 „,11 The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the Lotal e ., eo cet l ;r le Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although lia v „'relP , difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outt" e 'ling ee adopted by Parliament in preference to the many conferee e t ' pi in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at I llB ' ' 01 1 in the House by very influential parties. been lei ',le i Should it be found necessary, arrangements hal, ig ey which additional lines of rails will be laid betw w ee h tl er i c ' h i , ? the .,oo , ]; 0 , don on the London and Birmingham Railway, traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for. f 001 11 : 0 6.1 This line also possesses the singular advantage sea° reV I LAS 'shortest and most direct route from Manchester te„therge PP Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by ne : c e cif iffy t` i railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford lgf o ed, Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed - 0 10 , - h er tl l ` ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance fr e e . " o ,l We , Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by aril , pat 0 13 oti and on this account the project has been warlolYeay C O 3): 1 et Oxford, deviations, Sutlsamp fr to em n, G a o p s e p r o f r e t e , t a ly nd Portsmouth Rais er , itsle ir es, Macclesfield to avoid high ranges str o a f ig l h fl t lis l , in o e rl b l e a r a t e 4 r lo ` D d ir ltle il t valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in s i pora engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The teli n ers eel e e 'i, od interested Burton a local line arc Nuneaton, Hinckley', A t an d ! I, O SOO Bosworth, -upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourh e ' Sor t ' e 7joe' The Company has made arrangements with the 0. „e Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the u/ station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the - t oe at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will pre v. 0 11,0 importance to his line. th e c 0 001 1 „, col i A vA Amidst the t many railway projects that now mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it r w es ill ui r r ootou t o % o d : t ee that a line that will attain such important outlay of capital, and the time' required for the, e .„40, without interfering with any existing vested hue's- ts Sou IP - ilevress :,:lll: t of t h e Creil of 'ti lon, pie.c"ro [neon ktr Leeds, late ootiN , Le Aes , all 6 t° l or Of • tio f v .d Rioholo o pt 11, - deP' dens, p tenlo ,sl CJ rn.pac iot thaTen aria t Manche' er i Pi fe' r _ ' Pt t era, iC eit6rf o f tile t. to[ „ enirPC 6 l ,l l° )1 Riclgn m f t for of ' 1161 ,0( 19 P ifecte !•rsef DiCetPfi f strun-i , ,il jl for of the shina a°f uth f aid er.) w oo- • stir i 0" t, n 0 in -s ec tree ficolifte;lo and I ths O' t o r test '.. —.tor... 1Z 1 .' 4 IC; it tie Zaql ho ld ?I le deed s ers Obt & b el .eyo ktt rest ani A DPltc 'n, made to a"° ' %ondothe: G eor bi' ' and kin ge BUM; ; )34 , tu i l uld u ghani all , °ter' • ler Southa,n 7 ° the p„.. `4," r the l 1 1t ti an " i Ntal f•f tign n„ reeNi re l . 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