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R 17,

1845.

BIRMINGHAM 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 the present 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 •.••• • • • . ......
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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
00011VinI1G2
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sTharesitof A251.11AW 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.)
THE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Connecting with the Great Western Railway on the one side, Z11(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.

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RAILWAY, NOTTINGHAM, 3,1',14.. ='• ,
'si'DS JUNCTION RAILWAY. ' dRA114.4
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!...„ortary r.,
upon equal terms. The Directors can only v!ew thve-et a ro:,:;
vantages which will arise from this anion Al A V lawitolo4",
congratulation. The Nottingham, Mansfield, 01 .1 cot Pi I
Railway will, by its Clay Cross extension, open up t.
eff;
haustiess coal fields of Nottinghamshire and Derbyslureeni,,,,,
sun.pton of Norfolk, Lincolnshire, and the adjoining
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through the medium of their seaports create a new and I" „d
adjoining
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and import trade. It will alsd pour an immense Pass- 40.00,,
traffic into the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield line„cid, 00474
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
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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 eclnTlaigallist,
and the North, but in consequence of the Ad'tcoite
~,,
will decrease the expense of transit, and ensure An '1,4 aed c':,‘
in Lincolnshire and Norfolk for the valuable minera „ Joy
sources which the Nottingham, Manstielti, and Midlli'
Railway will, in its progress, necessarily develops. ...s., soul
By order, JOHN DENNISTO,
c'''"' ,r,
T. IL RIGI3YE, Se ,
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Mansfleld, September 10, 1845.:
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MANCHESTER and RlT,'_:,„
RAILWAY, via MACCLESD-A,'"
.Provisionally
Capital, 1,700,000/., In 85,000 Shares of 2n. "--
Deposit, V. 2s. per Share.
priovistorraL COMMITTEE.
_Nor 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'
Of Lonqcor
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 01,`"cherill.' i
London, late ALF. for Oxford, and late HIP "
.aily
Hants Port,,,in-...
James Henry Attwood, Req., Seymour-sleet, - _iii
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornbni .„d ps7
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern '-
Railway Welt of PI.
'1
Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and oi
-
land Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the 81e,...."°
fand Bala
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 CoMMere
LoHon.ndon, - 400
The Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, BelgraTe.
,ofd, ,
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrove-squar,,
Mr Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Soutbanll4o-, v1310,;,02,
Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mail, ci, put' .
North Wales Railway, and Director of the OAM.
And Portsmouth Rahway d 10409 :
Sir 7.7jiliam Young, Bart., Westboume-street, 111-e' ton,i/
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London goOt 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
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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 Caton'o
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway C°°'
I/
Samuel Swann Britta ir, , Esq., M.l:field
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Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton ' rtb
William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director or ;be I\l'
George Burnand, Esq., Sussex square, Hyden“;:pet, lim.
William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bond-1,4-
North Wales Mineral Railway
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London

;tor of

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W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Direct
West of England Railway
od Pin*
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, Director
Cornwall Railway
S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
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 or 00.
John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director
Western Railway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight toti
Farrow, Req., Newbury of it°
W. S. Fitzwilli am, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director
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-nditre yr
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-squareedfoni!b~0
nal+°
0
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, la— a,,er
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
„het
John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Win.-- Ar
William Hill, Esq., Manchester Pr ter
Nest de
,J oairbmna,
; Haddon,CompanyHorne,
EE Esq.,
Clapham
pr
he Director r ofe Common,
East
Da 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
IW.olliKfilni4Eninocg.hjlaa,ncinisqb.: Egg"
sOt
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 th.
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
oDfi rector
John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director
or
mend Railway
James Lees, Esq., Crescent, Salford
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Seti tiP°Pt,
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 Malluesnon, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the
Peninsular Railway Difet°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 lap
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 ket
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 Manche°
lis.:;" Railway
Richard IZ!cketts, Esq., Bristol
George Rougemt, Esq. 9, Chester-terrace, Regent 'Sr
of the North London. Railway irme
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-etliel
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, Westminster
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-street'
The above proposed railway will form the ehos. roes ve
met route from London to Manchester, and will thereu. jeoa It pi
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much, 01 el
ditties of capital than by either of the projected Lee dietae elt
chester lines (Remington's and Aahurst's), the actual di 0.
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constructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles. ,
A careful preliminary survey has determined the Pr°'- ee'4o:
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railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby te °ld tso
an increased expenditure 0(200,0001. or 310,000/. judler, redecgreli,
the present perfected state of civil engineering, and at Or ete
of the execution of earth works, will prove in the enitt,g elferetli
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 Intle,,o) rot
same end proposed by an entire and distinct line ese ef
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Manchester.
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These considerations have not been sufficientlYft ete pile
other parties who have also proposed to make a railwe' et t°
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to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tr tee tee
valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of „v ere,
obviously lose the advantages proposed by this ComPa;;;;ed,g11_1„,11
The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the Lotale.,eocetl;r le
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although liav„'relP ,
difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outt"e'ling ee
adopted by Parliament in preference to the many conferee et' pi
in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at IllB' '
011
in the House by very influential parties. been lei ',lei
Should it be found necessary, arrangements hal, igey
which additional lines of rails will be laid betwweehtleric'hi,? the.,oo
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don on the London and Birmingham Railway,
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for. f 00111:06.1
This line also possesses the singular advantage sea° reVILAS
'shortest and most direct route from Manchester te„therge
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Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented by ne:ce cif iffy t`i
railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford lgfoed,
Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed -010,-her tll`
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance free."o,l We,
Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by aril,
pat 013 oti
and on this account the project has been warlolYeay CO3):1 et
Oxford,
deviations, Sutlsampfrtoemn, Gaopseprofrete,talynd Portsmouth Raiser, itsleires,
Macclesfield to avoid high rangesstroafiglhfltlisl,inoerlblearate4rlo`Ddirltleilt
valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in s ipora
engineering difficulties of any magnitude. The telinerseelee'i, od
interested Burton a local line arc Nuneaton, Hinckley', At and ! I,OSOO
Bosworth, -upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourhe' Sort'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 - toe
at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prev. 0 11,0
importance to his line. the c
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mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it
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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-

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