The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-20 00:00:00

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater respectively.
(Provisionally 11?.gistered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Stare.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Charles Pelhstm Villiers,Drector of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's Director of the suth md..
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-Street
Sir Francis Ougdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilt*
sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-sqnstie
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir John Rey, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the Loudon, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the

City of London
Edward Harrissou Harwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
south Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Mitres Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-mare, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq.,' Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and

George-street, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Rent, Director of

the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Joßand, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Ma,;istrate for the East Riding of Yorlshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Eat., Irongate Wharf
Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the

Devon and 6ornw7all 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,
Dig e •tor of the Dublin, Belfast, and Colerains, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskinen 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 Rmshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc-
tor of the liridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-

street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Tipper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, 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
Charin Bleaden, Esq., Conladen-court, Surrey, Chairman of the LI-

censed Vletuallers'.iire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Illackwall Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Itipon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
'Oben Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portrnam-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension

Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, Landon, Assistant

Tithe Commissioner -
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Len-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, E:q., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Ruston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq.' 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, 11-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-squaro
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton 1100, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-

street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor.

place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, ciunty Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
Robert IFfillinvon, Esq., Ordsall House, Betford, .Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, liornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath 1
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Eiward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Retry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

County
Rev. Chat. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
Geo- g Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birraing-
. ha n Railway Company
B. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham.
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Ch tries Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., 'Bream Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Macomb, Esq., Chilton, Ilungeribrd, Chairman of the limits
Union Banking Company
William Haleomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland 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 Nadirs, Eel., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
Janies 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-
pooland Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, ant Direetor of the Halifax awl Bradford
Union Railway
Director of the Na
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., ?lull, Fall and Barnsley
Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Req., Iletton-le-Bole, 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
',rm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Hallway Company
Elwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbertch,
and Lincolnshire Hal Nay, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Eel., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rothorhain, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Wm. Thomps,m, Eel., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Ad lerley Howard, Eel., Sutton Wisbcch, Director of the East Coast
Railway- Company
Captain Bowker, R
Hull Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq.,
Samuel Swann Brlttain, Esq., Sheffield, Directar of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Mar-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attercllff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeacli, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Eel., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Earl., Clarendon-agnate, Leamingtan
Rev. H. iv. Cottle, Sgtor of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Woman], Clarence-square, Cheltenham
E I-.vard Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Habbersty, Es 1., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Hairy Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lana
eary Sayer, Esa., Commercial-road, Llmahonse, merchant
Assistant Tithe Corn-
J 1•1 Mae M tthevr, Eq., Gray's Inn-square,
r ii winner
Join Norton, Esq., Moat House,-Brentwood, Essex
W.lliara John M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
.J* in Gray Wilson, Esq. Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringham, Solyhull, Warwickshire
Whjiam 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).
BANKERS—Messrs. Cutries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, 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. T. Harting", 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London,
SECRETART—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
Assisx ANT-SEcar r Aar --Charles J. Whalley, Esq.