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London, England, 1846-09-17 00:00:00

THE LONDON, OXFORD, and CHEL-
TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
CAPITAL 1,500,0001. in 75,000 SHARES of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
(With power to add to their number.)
The Right Hon. Lord Dunally, Cheltenham
Henry Thomas Hope, Esq., Deepdene, Surrey, and Mansfield-street,
London
James Aspinall, Esq., Liverpool and Cheltenham
Henry Bell, Esq., Chalfont Lodge, the Park, Cheltenham
John Burton, Esq., Andover Lodge, Cheltenham
Mr. William Bidmead, Cheltenham
Samuel Carrington, Esq., Cheltenham
Thomas Aquila Dale, Esq., Malvern House, Cheltenham
John Eldridge, Esq., Promenade, Cheltenham
Baynharn Jones, Esq., Cambray House, Cheltenham
Mr. Henry Haines, Cheltenham
Major Charles Pratt Kennedy, Lansdowne-crescent, Cheltenham
James Brough Lawson, Esq„ Pine Villa, the Park, Cheltenham
John Smith Riviere, Esq., Cheltenham
Richard Scholes, Esq., Polefleld, Cheltenham
James Webster, Esq., Matherly Court, Cheltenham
Richard Warwick, Esq., Wyddrington house, Cheltenham
Mr. George Arthur Williams, Cheltenham
John Wadley Hughes, Esq., Mayor of Gloucester
William Montague, Esq., Gloucester
William Washbourne, Esq., Gloucester
Mr. Henry Akers, Witney
William James Clinch, Esq., Witney
J. S. Browning, Esq., Oxford
Henry Hall, Esq., Seswell Barton, Oxfordshire, and Mansfield-street,
London
Thomas Mallam, Esq., Oxford
Charles Tawney, Esq., Oxford
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Steeple Claydon House, Bucks
The Hon. Philip Sydney Plerrepont, Evenly Hall, Brackley, Nor-
thamptonshire
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq , Buckingham
Robert Benson, Esq.
James Brownell Boothby, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
Frank Somerville Head, Esq.
,Toseph llornby, Esq.
Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P.
Cant. Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N.
Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Smith, Esq.
Sir James Duke, 31. P., 1, Devonshire-ter-1 Directors of the Oxford,
race, London
Witney, Cheltenham,
Peter Davey, Esq., 1, Sussex-terrace, Re-
gent's Park
and Gloucester Inde-
'
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Pendent Railway
Company.
Park, Kent

Directors of the London
and North- Western
Railway Company.

Henry Thomas Hope, Esq.
James Webster. Esq.
Mr. George Arthur Williams
J. S. Browning, Esq.
Sir James Duke, 31. P.
William James Clinch, Esq.
Joseph Underwood, Esq.
Robert Benson, Esq.

OF MANAGEMENT.
J. B. Boothby, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
Frank Somerville Head. Esq.
Joseph Hornby, Esq.
Ross Donelly Mangles, Esq., M.P.
Captain C. R. Moorsom, R.N.
Patrick M. Stewart, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Smith, Esq.

ENGINEER.
Robert Stephenson, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Militia, Mills, and Company.
Oxford—Messrs. Wootten and Company.
Pitney—Messrs. John Williams Clinch and Company.
Cheltenham-1 The County of Gloucester Bank,
Gloucester j The Gloucestershire Banking Company.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticehurst,
and Cheltenham.

James Boodle, Esq.

Messrs, Parker, Mayes, Barnwell, and Twisden, 1, Lincoln's Inn-

fields, London. , , -.............
Samuel Carter, Esq., Birmingham.
Messrs. 11. and W. Toogood, 22, Parliament-street, London.

SECRETARY PRO TEM.
Wyndham Harding, Esq.
PROSPECTUS.

The object of this Company is to construct a direct and continuous
line of railway, on the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham, through
Northleach, Burford, and Witney, to Oxford, and thence, by Thame,
to form a junction with the Loudon and Birmingham Railway, at
once opening the shortest route from those towns and the surround-
ing districts to the metropolis, and by means of the Oxford and
Bletchley, and other lines in connexion therewith, to Bedford, Cam-
bridge, Norwich, and the whole of the eastern side of the kingdom.
The undertaking is promoted by parties locally interested in the
district through which the line will pass, in conjunction with the
Shareholders in the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester
Independent Company, who introduced a Bill into Parliament during
the session which has just closed for making the line between Oxford
and Cheltenham, which failed upon technical objections only. It
will be the anxious desire of the Committee to consult the wishes of

the Inhabitantras to the terminus and mode of approaching the town
of Cheltenham.

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A large proportion o fthe capital will be subscribed by the London
and North-Western Railway Company, who have also agreed to
lease the line in perpetuity, at a rent equal to four and a half per
cent. upon the outlay, with an equal division of surplus profits.
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Thislino will rethice the distance between Cheltenham and London
to 100 miles, being a saving of twenty-two miles as compared with
the present route, and the distance between Oxford and London will
be shorter than by the Great Western Railway, without taking into
account the saving in time arising from the more convenient position
of the London Terminus at Euston •square as compared with Pad-
dington, which, to parties going to the City and most parts of the
metropolis, may be considered as nearly equal to ten miles of rail-
way travelling. An unbroken narrow gauge communication will
also be effected by means of this line between the Docks and Port
of London and those of Gloucester, and there is no doubt eventually
with Bristol, an object of considerable commercial importance.
Worcester, and the important district of which it forms the centre,
will also be brought by this line within the same distance of London
as by any other lines sanctioned by Parliament.
It having been decided by Parliament that (with some exceptions,
not applying to the present case) all new lines of railway shall here-
after be constructed on the narrow gauge, it is obvious that the traffic
of the districts accommodated by the proposed line will be best deve-
loped by a Company in connexion with the existing narrow gauge
lines, giving, at the same time, to the public the advantages of that
competition whichthe Legislature have recently evinced their anxiety
to establish between rival Companies.
Applications for Shares may be made, in the form given below, to
the Secretary, at the Temporary Offices of the Company, 29, Great
George•street, Westminster. In the allotment of Shares, a prefer-
ence will be given to parties resident on the line, or having local
interest.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the London, Oxford, and Chelten-
ham Railway (provisonally registered).

Gentlemen,-1 request Youwill allot me - shares in the
above undertaking on the terms of the Prospectus, and I agree to
accept the same or such less number as you shall allot to me. And
I undertake to pay the deposit thereon, and to execute the Sub-
scriber's Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required so
to do.
Dated this day of 1846.

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