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London, England, 1846-09-22 00:00:00

THE LONDON, OXFORD, and CHEL-
TENHAM RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registerel.)
CAPITAL 1,500,0001. in 75,000 SIIARES of 201. each.
Deposit 21. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
(With pOwer to add to their number.)
HENRY THOMAS HOPE, Esq., Deepdene, Surrey, and Mansfield-
street, London, Chairman
The Right Hon. Lord Dunally, ChePenham
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
Joint Eldridge, Esq., Promenade, Cheltenham
Baynham Jones, Esq., Canibray 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., Poletield, Cheltenham
James Webster, Esq., Matherly Court, Cheltenham
Richard Warwick, Esq., Wyddrington House, Cheltenham
Mr. George Arthur Williams, Cheltenham
John Wadley Hughes, Esq., Mayor of GiouCester
William Montague, Esq., Gloucester
Will'am 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 Mallom, Esq., Oxford
Charles Towney, Esq., Oxford
Sir Harry Verney, Bart., Steeple Cla3 don House, Bucks
The Hon. Philip Sydney Pierrepont, Evenly Hall. Brackley, Nor-
thamptonshire
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq , Buckingham
Robert Benson, Esq.
James Brownell Boothby, Esq.
Edward Cropper, Esq.
Frank Somerville Head, Esq. Directors of the London
Joseph Hornhy, Esq. and North Western
Ross Donclly Mangles, Esq., M.P. Railway Company.
Capt. Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N.
Patrick Maxwell Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Smith, Esq.
Sir James Duke. M.P., 1, Devonshire-ter-,
Directors of the Oxford,
race, London
Peter Davey, Esq., 1, Sussex-terrace, Re- Witney' Cheltenham,
gent's Park
and Gloucester
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath.] C pendent
ompany.
Park, Kent

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
IL T. Hope, Esq., Chairman. J. B. Boothby, Esq.
James Webster, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq.
Mr. George Arthur Williams Frank Somerville Head. Esq.
J. S. Browning, Esq. Joseph H.i ruby, Esq.
Sir James Duke, M.P. Ross Homily Mangles, Esq., M.P.
William James Clinch, Esq. Captain C. R. Moorsom,
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Patrick M. Stewart, Esq. M.P.
Robert Benson, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq.

ENGINEER. •
Robert Stephenson, RS(I..
BANKERS.
London Messrs. Glyn, Ilallifax, Mills, and Company.
oxford—Messrs. Wootten and Company.
Witney—Messrs. John Williams Clinch and Company.
Cheltenhaml The County of Gloucester Bank,
Gloucester S The Glouce-stershlre Banking Company.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Newman, Gwinnett, and Ticehurat,
and Cheltenham.

James Boodle, Esq

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

lields, London.
Samuel Carter, Esq., Birmingham.
Messrs. IL and W. Toogood, 22, Parliament-street, London.

SECRETARY PRO TEM.
Wyndham Harding, Esq.
PROSPECTUS.

The object of this Company is to construct a direct anti continuous
line of railway, on the narrow gauge, from Cheltenham, through
'Northleach, Burford, and Witney, to Oxford, and thence, by Theme,
to form a junction with the London 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 %hole 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 inhabitants as to the terminus and mode of approaching the town
of Cheltenham.
lhA large proportion of the capital will be subscribed by the London
and
the outlay,
nu Railway Company, who have also agreed to
lume the line in perpetuity, at a rent equal to four and a half per
cent. upon
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of London and those of Glon-Cesier, and there is no doubt eventually
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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 which the 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,—[ request you will 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•
tcriber's Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required so
to do.
Dated this , day of 1846.
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