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THE SUN, LONDON,__FRIDAY EVIINING, SEPTEMEI4IR 12 1845,

LANARKSHIRE and LOTHIANS DIRECT
RAILWAY.
FORMING THE SHORTEST RAILWAY COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN THE EAST AND WEST OF SCOTLAND,
Without Tunnels and without Heavy Works.
Capital 400,0001., in 16,000 Shares of 251. each: Deposit, 31. per Share.

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PROVISIONAL comarrxx.
The Earl of Eglinton and Winton
The Lord Bellhaven and Stentoa •
The Hon. James Lniusden, Lord Provost of Glasgow
William Baird, Esq., M.P. for the Airdrie District of Burghs
P. M. Stewart, Esq., 3f.P.
Thomas Maitland, Esq., of Dundrennau and Hermand,
Patrick Graham, Esq., of Limekiln
Andrew Buchanan, Esq., of Mount Vernon
William Forrest, Esq., of Treesbanks
Edward Horsman, Esq., M.P.
Alex. Graham, Esq., of Capellie
Andrew Brown, Esq., of Clerkhill
Christopher Saltmarshe, Esq., Middleton Lodge, Leeds
Alex. Hunter, Esq, W.S., Commissioner for Colonel Norval of

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Alex. Galloway, Esq., of Halleralg, banker, Airdrie
H. E. Crum, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
William Gemmell, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
James Douglas, Esq., West India merchant, Glasgow
Alex. Campbell, Esq., of Bedlay
George Whitmore, Esq., Park•street, London
George Stewart, Esq., of Penang, Blackstone House
Robert de Lisle, Esq., Treesbanks House
Alex. Alison, Esq., of l'ltcon
William Campbell, Esq., of Tilliechewan, merchant, Glasgow
Patrick Graham, Esq., of ltobshill
John Bain, Esq., of Morriston
Matthew Dick, Esq., of Meikle Earnock
John Hamilton, Esq., of Dunllllan
Alex. Cunninghame, Esq., Carnbroc Ironworks
Alex. Baird, Esq., Gartsherfie Ironworks •
Graham Menzies, Esq., distiller, Paisley
John Kerr, Esq., of Shields
Wm. Mutrie, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
David Waddington, Esq., Manchester
William Brown, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
George Glendining, Esq., of Millrigz, Midcalder
John Wilson, jun., Esq., of Westsidewood
John Dick, Esq., M.D., Mid-Calder
James Graham, Esq., of Fereneze.

BANKERS.
The Western Bank of Scotland in Glasgow, Airdrie and Edinburgh
The London and Westminster Bank, London
The Union Bank of Manchester, and
The Royal Bank of Liverpool
SECRET/MY—J. F. Galbraith, Esq., W. S., 48, Queen-street, Glasgow
SOLICITOILI —Messrs. Campbell and Tennents, 40, George-square,

Glasgow
PAELIAXIINTARY AGENT—G. H. Lang, Esq., 37, Great George-street,

Westminster.
This Railway will commence at a suitable point of the Edinburgh
branch of the Caledonian ltnilway, at or near Mid-Calder, and pro-
ceed westwards, by easy and convenient gradients, accommodating
the populous towns and villages of Livingstone, Bathgate, Blackburn,
Whitburn, and Clarkstone, to the Airdrie oistrict, where it will form
a junction with the existing and projected lines to Glasgow and the
West of Scotland.
The populous district traversed by this Railway is one of the rich-
est in Scotland. It abounds In ironstone, coal, limestone, and other
minerals; and it only requires the advantages of railway accom-
modation to develop its resources.
The revenue, as a Mineral line alone, should suffice to yield the
largest return legally exigible by railway proprietors; and when it
is considered that, by the junctions already referred to, this line will
form a direct, short, and uninterrupted route between the cities of
Edinburgh and Glasgow, and connect East, West, and Mid Lothian,
and the whole of the eastern counties of Scotland, not merely with
Glasgow, but with the counties of Renfrew, Ayr, Wigton, and Kirk-
cudbright, and their important seaports, it would be difficult to over-
value the present line as a great national undertaking.
To those acquainted with the district,it is unnecessary to point
out the immense local importance of this line and its dependencies ;
and to the Inhabitants of Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock, and alt
the other towns In the east and west of Scotland, it would be super-
fluous to mention the advantages of such a line, whether as respects
safety and comfort, or economy and expo iition ; but, for the benefit
of those at a distance, it may be well to state that, while it avoids
objectionable tunnels, viaducts, and other heavy works, it is also
shorter, by at least one-sixth of the whole distance, than any other
line between the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and will further
be the means of conveying, without transhipment, passengers and
goods from the east to the west coast.
The largest proprietors along the line have already given their
most cordial assent to this undertaking ; and there cannot be a doubt
that, as it will meet the demands of the public, it will in due time
receive the sanction of the Legislature.
Applications for Shares in the form annexed may be made to the
following brokers :—Messrs. Jackson and )l'Cowan, Foulds and
Cockburn, T. G. Buchanan, and A. W. Forbes, Glasgow ; Alexander
Galloway, banker, Airdrie ; Robert Allan, and Robertson and Co.,
Edinburgh ; Thomas Forsyth, and Massie and Robertson, Liverpool ;
George Harris, Manchester; B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank Buildings,
and J. Shewell and Son, Tokenhouse-yard, London.
Glasgow, Bth Se;t., 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION. _ _

To the Provisional Committee of the Lanarkshire and Lothians Di•

re.-:,t Railway.
Gentlemei,—l hereby apply for Shares of the Stock of
this Company, and bind myself to pay the Deposit of 31. en this, or
any smaller number of Shares that may be allotted to nse, and to
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Deed of Agree-
ment. I am, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
Name ••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • ........ .• •
Designation • • • • • • • • • ...
Residence • • • • • • • • • • • • ... • • ..
?lace of Business ••••••••••• • • • • . • • • • • •
Date • • • • • • • • .

Reference

kaHROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
► 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.)
PROVISIONAL 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 Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kensington-square
Blanford, Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate 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, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cottam, Rev. G., M.A., Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, EM., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas X. C., Esq., Muntaow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thome-, Esq., Clun, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Clab
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Hightields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director ol
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William: Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Itev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq. J.P., Aston, ilopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq.;Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Semmerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloehury 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
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gan 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, Millfield Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton .Williarn, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffilal
Silvcster 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
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Weulock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eccleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eccleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director 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, Mpxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq.,
powerj.tPo
Salop.,adQdutaotfthoredir Vuumillainnr.e)ar Bridgnorth,
narsLERS.

Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury, ILondon
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall, j
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Basking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN CHlEF—Samuel Clegg, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.
LOCAL aceras.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddelcy, Esq., jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavins Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
William Harding, Esq., Bursiem, Staffordshire Potteries
SECILETAILY—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, Offley, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, l'riors 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-Ilaywood, 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 de; Ot proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will he 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 he reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend-
ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be
ttohea,gurreoatthdeerm. amndewimhipochrteLicestaoffotrhisth.e Abl'Qecl preferencedue
weight
enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to
tshwili will have its ti:
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 no .v incurred by the Shrop-
shire ironmastors, for the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh-
bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of
land 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), v 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.
Such important local co-operatt in has been secured, that no oppo-
sition is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure.
The liability of the Shareholders w:O. 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 'farther calls, from the
date oteach payment until the opening of the line ; and the first
deposit being paid, a further call will not be made until the Act of
Parliament shall have bean obtained.
MSS Of 1121 lig% proptotwiso, &CI arc to be MOM from tbo

Secretary, the solicitors, the lord agents, also the brokers, Messrs.
Mievills and Co., Angel.cOtirt, Tirogmerton-street, London ; Messrs.
Cameron, CaSenoVe, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester; Nathaniel Let, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Eolrries
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turfy and Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, Msg.
Sheffield ; Messrs. Brady and Stmiforth, Hull ; to whom applications
for Shares (which must be on priited forms) may be addreased ; and
it will be necessary that reference be made to a banker solicitor, or
person of responsibility.

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY, from
LONDOK to YORK.
At a MEETING of PROPRItTORS, held this day at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, pu!suant to public advertisement, the
following Reports were submitted for adoption :
DIRECTORS' REPORT.
The Directors have called the Shareholders together for the pur-
pose of submitting to them a statement of their affairs, and of con-
sulting them as to their future proceedings.
The Board of Trade having recommended the adoption of a line of
railway from London to York, COmposed of the Northern and Eastern
line to Cambridge, improved br the new terminus proposed by the
Tottenham and Farringdon-street Extension, and of the Cambridge
and Lincoln line, and the northern portion of the Direct Northern
from Lincoln to York, the Directors, in the exercise of the discre-
tion which the Shareholders .se unreservedly vested in them at the
meeting of 14th February last, resolved to submit to Parliament so
much only of their line as was comprised in the scheme recommended
by the Board of Trade, under the impression that the decision of that
Board would be supported by the Legislature. They accordingly did
so, but certain objections to the engineering and engraving depart-
ments having been taken, it was decided that the standing orders of
the House of Commons had not been complied with, and, consequently,
the scheme could only be considered in Committee as a project.
The result was that, after a contest of unexampled duration, the
Committee of the House of Conunons negatived Vie combination re-
commended by the Board of Trade, and reported. in favour of what
at that time was the shortest, and the only continous and inde-
pendent line from London to York before them. The Bill for this
purpose passed the House of Commons, but was arrested in its pro-
gress in the House of Lords, by preliminary objections to the sub-
scription contract on which It was based, which were not finally dis-
posed of when Parliament was prorogued. The position this scheme
may assume next session will depend upon the view the parties pro-
moting it may take of the objections proved to exist, or which it is
known can be established against them. But your Directors are ad-
vised, that even should: the promoters of that scheme take the risk
of continuing their proceedings in Parliament on their present foot-
ing, they will, practically speaking, have no advantage. when their
scheme is brought into competition with one which at the period
when the Committee of the House of Commons reported had not
been considered by them.
Impressed with these views, and holding it to be now settled, be-
yond doubt, that a new•line from London to York will be sanctioned,
irrespective of existing routes, and being convinced that the scheme
of the London and York does not satisfy the main conditions which
ought to attach to such a line, as a communication of great national
importance, your Director,' instructed Mr. John Miller, the distin-
guished engineer of the North British Railway (to whom they have
now committed the entire charge of the engineering department) to
examine the country between London and York, and to report to
them his opinion, with a view to future proceedings. That gentle-
man's report will be read to the Meeting, and the Shareholders will
perceive that he is decidedly of opinion that the scheme of a direct
line from London to York, formed by one Company, should be ad-
hered to, Improving it only by a further approach, where. practi-
cable, to the most direct and shortest line that circumstances will
admit of.

In this opinion the Directors most heartily concur, and they pro-
pose acting upon it, by carrying out the system of railway therein
recommended.
To the North British, the Great North of England, and the other
lines which form the eastern route to Scotland, the formation of the
shortest line from London to York is of vital importance, and the
Directors think themselves justified in anticipating that the scheme
recommended by Mr. Miller will receive the cordial support and co-
operaton of these Companies, as well as of the population generally
of the north-eastern portion of Great Britain.
In Mr. Miller's hands the Directors are confident that they will be
enabled to submit to Parliament a main line, which shall be at least
ten miles shorter than that proposed by the London and York, and
which, combined with the necessary branches, will give a greater
amount of local accommodation.

.....
The through traffic is every day becoming more Important, and
will be recollected that in the report of the Board of Trade it was
stated that " should Parliament be of opinion that the construction
of the most direct line between London and York ought to be ccf-
sidered as a paramount object, the integral scheme of the Direct
Northern would deserve a preference. It reduces the distance to
176% miles, being 42 miles shorter • than by the existing route, and
9% shorter than by the proposed London and York line."
The Directors have used their best endeavours to have all the out-
standing accounts of the Company examined and settled ; but the
progress they have made, although considerable, has not permitted
them to submit these accounts in detail to this meeting. The Direc-
tors are, however, enabled to state that the gross amount of ex-
penses incurred will be about thirty shillings per share, and, conse-
quently, to such Shareholders as may desire to withdraw from the
further prosecution of the undertaking, there will remain the sum of
say from 17s. to 11. per share on their original deposits of 21. 10s. per
share to be returned.
Having maturely considered all the circumstances of the case, the
Directors have come to the determination that the original project
of an integral line from the metropolis to York on the direct prin-
eiple, and under one management, ought to be resumed and proceeded
within the ensuing session of Parliament.
For this purpose the Directors propose that the required capital of
4,000,0001. shall be divided into 160,000 shares of 251. each, those
shareholders who may desire to continue their interest in the under-
taking being entitled, with the sanction of the Directors, to exchange
their scrip certificates of 501. each for two new shares of 251. each,
on paying up such further sum per share as, with the remainder of
the former deposit, will make up 10 per cent. upon the capital 'now
required to be deposited by the standing orders of the House of
Lords. As to any shares that may remain at the disposal of the Di-
rectors, after carrying out this arrangement, they will consider a pre-
ference to be due to approved holders of the present scrip.
ENGINEER'S REPORT.
TO THE PROVISIONAL coseurrrez OF THE DIRECT NORTHERN
RAILWAY.
Gentlemen—Having received your instructions to examine the
country between London and York, and to report to you my opinion
of your proposed line of railwdy, with the view of again proceeding
to Parliament, I lost no time in making arrangements for following
out your instructions, and I accordingly last week examined the
country generally, having reference to the plans of the whole line as
originally contemplated ; and I now beg to report.
In the outset I may remark that since your scheme for a line of
railway between London and York was laid out last autumn, several
important circumstances have occurred which have a most material
bearing on the question, and which, to my mind, show the great ex-
pediency, if not necessity, of having as a line from London to York,
the most direct which the country will admit of.
Since that period the railway system has taken a most rapid
stride, and the public seem now to look forward to that mode of
transit as forming the great means of conveyance through the
country, not limited to the traffic between great towns and manu-
facturing and mining districts, but penetrating into every corner of
the land.
The system when so carried out (as there is now no doubt what-
ever that it will speedily be), will create such an amount of through
traffic as will render great leading lines absolutely necessary, and in
my opinion it will be imperative on the promoters of all thorough
leading lines, if they look to the public advantage and their own in-
terest, to have them laid out as direct as possible. In no line will
thia nrineirdP of action be snore imperatively called for
than in the
great leading inrow..-I.andlOsi, and especially the*. tnwards the
north, where there is such an extent of country before them, the
ramified traffic of which will centre in the main line, seeking the
metropolis by the shortest route.
This principle has already begun to be acted on to a considerable
extent, and there is every reason to believe that it will in the end
prevail generally. In carrying it out, however, I would not hold that
the local accommodation of the country traversed should be altoge-
ther lost sight of, far from it, but I think that in such a line as that
between London and York, the deviation of the direct line for the
sole purpose of placing some particular town on the main line
should not be thought of, and more particularly where such towns
can be brought into immediate connexion with the main line by
means of branches or by local lines, either in existence or certain
to be executed. It appears to me to be in vain to attempt to mix
up with a great leading line from London towards the north a mi-
nute attention to local accommodation. In a scheme based upon
such a principle, both objects would be imperfectly attained, and if
so carried out, it would only be as a temporary measure, the great
interests of the country beyond would press for the most direct line
to the capital, and the local interests of such a rich and populous
country as England will call for accommodation so minute that it
will be impossible for any railway lines to give it, who have also the
struabffiside.iar3kt give, by means of branches and
ithe accommodation, but such must be
thorough traffic to attend to, without prejudicing that through
ssmibinleu
given apart from the great leading measure ; and least of all should
the object of the main lino be made subservient to that of the
branch
Applying this direct principle (if I may so term it) to the question
liisneese,rttaihenitynolft
of a line between London and York, you will at once perceive that,
in my opinion, the line should be laid out as direct as the country
will admit of, embracing such towns only as can on the application
of that principle be included ; but where that cannot be done, their
accommodation should be met by branches, or by the net of local
lines which will sooner or later cover the country.
I have looked over the plans of your line as laid out by your
engineers, and although it appears to have been laid out on the di-
rect principle, carried even further than the general idea of the time
(and that time being only last year), et it appears to me that the
principle could be yet further carried out, and the distance between
London and York still further shortened.
It may be that some towns along the districts may not, by this
means, be included on the main line ; this will now, however, be of
less importance than it would have been last year, for since your
scheme was laid out (and I mention this as another of those circum-
stances which have occurred) so many local lines have been brought
forward, embracing almost every town, that no injury can arise on
that account. Some of these local lines have been anthorised by
Parliament, as for instance, the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole,
the Nottingham and Lincoln and Great Grimsby lines. Some of
them have only so far advanced in Parliament, and others are only
lately brought before the public. It is so far satisfactory, however,
that a direct London and Yorjc line would cross them all, and be
brought into connexion with them, not interfering with them in their
local objects, but aiding them in carrying out a London and North
traffic from their respective districts.
Should you resolve to proceed with Year scheme on the principle
which I have stated, I think such a line can be laid down as I can
scarcely doubt will command success in Parliament, possessing, as it
will, so many advantages over any scheme yet proposed for the same
object
I have the honour to b 3, Gentlemen, your most obedient servant,
London, Sept. 1, 1845. JOHN MILLER.
It was moved by J. B. Lucx. Esq. ; seconded by L. CAOMBIE, Esq.,
and resolved unanimously :
That the report now read be adopted, and that the thanks of this
meeting be given to the Directors for their past services. And this
meeting assures them of its cordial support in their future efforts to
carry into effect the objects contemplated in the report.
Moved by ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Esq. ; seconded by W.

li'Llatzw, Esq., and resolved unanimously :
That the capital of the Company shall be 4,000,0001., divided into
shares of 251. each, with a deposit of 21. 10s. per share ; and that
approved holders of the present scrip shall have the option of receiv-
ing two new shares in exchange for one existing share, receiving
credit for 11. on each existing share ; and also that a preference bo
given to such holder in the allotment of the remaining shares.
(Signed) S. J. CAPPER, Chairman.
The Chairman having vacated the chair,
It was resolved,—That the unanimous thanks of this meeting be
given to the Chairman for his impartial and able conduct in the
chair.
Direet Northern Railway Offloco, 64, Moorgate-street, London,
September 11, 1845.

DIRECT NORTHERN RAILWAY, from
LONDON to YORK.
In conformity with the resolutions unanimously passed at a
GENERAL MEETING of PROPRIETORS in this undertaking,
held at the London Tavern this day, the holders of Scrip Certificates
are hereby informed that, on leaving the same at the office of the
Company, with the numerical list, accompanied by an application in
the form below, No.l, they will, if approved by the Directors, be en-
titled to an allotment of two new Shares of 251. each, in exchange
for each original share, on payment of a deposit of 21. on each new
Share. If they wish for any additional Shares, in accordance with
the preference resolved upon at the Meeting, they will likewise fill
up the form No. 2.
For such shares as may remain for general distribution, applicants
will apply in the annexed form No. 3.
Parties returning scrip are requested to 'mita across each certifi-
cate their name and address, with the words " Returned for ex-
change." "ti. J. CAPPER, Chairman.
Direct Northern Railway Offices, Sept. 11, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION, No. 1.

Direct Northern Railway Company-.
I hereby give you notice that I desire to exchange the scrip certifi-
cates held by me in the Direct Northern Railway Company,
numbered* for new
shares in this undertaking, upon the terms stated in the advertise-
ment, dated the 11th day of September, 1845, and in addition to the
11. per share coming to me on the above Scrip, I undertake to pay the
sum of 2/. per share, as a deposit on such new shares as may be al-
lotted to me, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement when required.
Dated this day of

, 1845.

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Profession or Occupation
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To the Provisional Committee of the Direct
Northern Railway Company.
* Here insert the numbers vecified in the certificates.
FORM OF APPLICATION, No. 2.
Direct Northern Hallway Company.
Raving signified my desire to exchange the scrip certificates held
by me in the Direct Northern Railvey Company for new shares in
this undertaking, I hereby request y.ou will allot to me
additional shares, and I agree to pay the deposit of 2/. 10s. per share
thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary contract ands per
agreement when required.
Dated this day of

, 1845.

Name ••• • • • •..
Residence • • • • • • • ..... • • • • • • ..• • •
Profession or Occupation • • •• .•
To the Provisional Committet of the Direct
Northern Railway Company.
FORM OF APPLICATION, No. 3.
Direct Northern Rttlway Company.
I request you will allot to me shares in this undertaking,
and I agree to take the same, or met of them as may be allotted to
me, and to pay the deposit of 21 10s. per share thereon, and to
execute the Parliamentary cont-act and subscribers' agreement
when required
Dated this

day of 1845.
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Nortlt9ril &lbw Conway.

CHELMSFORD and BURY RAILWAY 1
(STOWMARKET BRANCH).
(Registered Provisionally.)
The Committee of Management beg to inform the Shareholders
that they have determined, under powers existing in the Deed of
Settlement, upon adding to their project a branch from 1. avenham to
Stowmarket, there to effect a junction with the Eastern Union Ex-
tension line, thus forming not only the most direct route to Norwich
hitherto projected, but as may be seen by an inspection of the map, the
shortest within the limits of practicability. The Chelmsford and Bury
Railway, by means of its Thetford Extension, secures the trafficof the
northern, and western districts of the counties of Suffolk and
Norfolk, together with a large portion of that of Norwich, and
by means of its Stowmarket branch, and the connexion thus
formed with the Eastern Union Extension and the Waveney
Valley lines (to both of which it is a most valuable coadjutor),
it secures over forty miles of its length not only the remaining
traffic of Norwich, but the whole of that of the important
port of Yarmouth, to which must be added the towns of
Beccles, Bungay, Harleston, Diss, and Stowmarket, with all the
northern and eastern districts of the above-mentioned counties.
The great increase of traffic secured beyond the reach of
competition by this branch would amply compensate for even
an extravagant outlay in its formation. The committee,
however, have great pleasure in stating, that after a pre-
liminary survey the engineer has reported the locality to be
so unusually favourable for railway purposes as to justify them in
entertaining a confident hope that no additional capital, beyond that
mentioned in their prospectus, will be required for its construction.
A more detailed survey, however, is in course of completion, the re-
sult of which will be shortly submitted to the Shareholders.
By order,
DAVID BARTIE, Secretary.
Company's OMees, 61, Moorgate-strcet, Sept. 1, 1845.
N.B.—The extension from Bury to Thetford, and that now An-
nounced from Laveuham to Stowmarket, will be integral parts of the
original Chelmsford and Bury scheme, and the new Shareholders
stand on the same footing as the original Subscribers.

BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNC-
LP TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001. in 15,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
Le intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,
Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boom, Dartmouth
Sir John Hanger, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy-

Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, Kilye Court, near Minebead, Vice-Chairman of the

_
Somerset Quarter Sessions
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead,Alagistrate ofthe

county of Somerset • -
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton, Devon
It. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,

merchant
W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Colhoun, Esq,, 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter's

chambers, Cornhill, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon.

shire
F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Conihill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-Square

W. Strachan, Esq., Banker, Strand.
Office-3, Alderman's-walk. New Broad-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. 11 Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater..
MANAGING DIRECTORS.
E. F. Dayrell, Esq. James Colhoun, E?q.
W. It .Vipers, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq.
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. Samuel Pocock, Esq.
W. F. Beadon, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
F. W. Green, Esq.
SECRETARY-31T. Edward Parratt.
BANKERS.

Messrs. Strachan and Co. ; and Messrs. Roberts and Co., London.
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, Bridgwater, and Taunton.
Meson. Badcock, Taunton and Dunster.
One of the principal objects this Company has in view, is a great
saving of time in the journey from Ireland and South Wales to
Bristol and London, by avoiding the tedious and dangerous passage
of the Bristol Channel, and at the same time effecting the long
sought-for communication between the English and Bristol Channels,
all of which will be gained by connecting Minehead with Bridge-
water by a Railway, and there forming a junction with the railways
already opened, and also with those now in actual progress between
Bridgwater and the commodious and important port of Poole.
The question of an eligible steam-packet and post-office station on
the Somersetshire coast for Ireland, Wales, and the Westward gene-
rally, from whence vessels may arrive and depart at all times, with-
out reference to tide, has for many years past been regarded as one
of immense importance to the Government and the public.
By making Minehead a post-office station, a saving of twelve
hours will be effected in the delivery of letters between Ireland and
the whole of the west and south of England ; and no other port on
the coast of Somerset (or even on the north of Devon) will be so
safe, and sheltered from all the prevailing winds.
At Minehead, the proposed railway will run down on a pier, which
the largest class steamers may approach, and land and embark pas-
sengers at ail states of the tide, and again proceed at once into the
Western Ocean on their outward voyage.
The public is perhaps hardly aware that, even with the present
imperfect and-rude arrangements for landing passengers at Weston
Super-Mare, it is found that passengers from Ireland and the impor-
tant ports of the south of Wales save several hours by landing at that
place ; whereas, by the proposed pier and railway from Minehead,
passengers would save generally twelve hours, and very often a great
deal more, on their journey to London, avoiding, besides, the dangers
of the Bristol Channel.
It is not among the least striking features of this project that it
forms part of a grand scheme for shortening the communication
between Ireland and Wales with Jersey, Guernsey, Paris, and the
Continent generally, as passengers landed at Minehead will proceed
by this railway to others now in progress via Yeovil and Dorchester
to Poole, from which port the distance to Cherbourg is only sixty
miles, thus rendering the distance from Minehead to Cherbourg easily
performed in eight hours and a half ; and from Cherbourg a railway
is now in course of formation to Paris. The distance also to the
Channel Islands is reduced in the same proportion. A powerful com-
pany, fully alive to the advantages of this mode of transit in prefe-
rence to the more tedious one via Southampton and Havre, is about
to put en a line of packets between the ports of Poole and Cherbourg
and the Channel Islands, thus shortening the route in point of time
by about seventeen hours.
This Company, in showing to the public the probable amount of
traffic which will flow over their line, beg leave to draw attention to
the following extracts, taken from a prospectus of a Company, formed
under the auspices of the Chairman of the Great Western Company,
and the leading bankers and merchants of Bristol, for making a pier
at, and railway from Portbury, to Bristol, and on which no further
comment will be made, save that whatever applies to Portbury, ap-
plies with infinitely greater force to Mmehead, both in the saving of
time, dang r, delay, and expense.
"There are at the present time engaged in the trade with South
Wales, Somersetshire, Devonshire, Cornwall, Liverpool, and Ireland,
twenty-thrne steam-vessels of the aggregate tonnage of upwards of
6,000 tons, making rather better than fifty voyages, or 100 arrivals
and departures per week on an average throughout the year.
"The principal part of the traffic of the whole of these vessels con-
sists of passengers, whilst of their goods traffic an important portion
consists of merchandize brought by, and Intended fer carriage on, the
existing railways, from and to places on either side of Bristol. For
the conduct of this traffic, every vessel will necessarily require to use
the pier and railway on each occasion of departure and arrival, as
the most expeditious, convenient, and economical mode of conveying
such traffic to or towards its place of destination.
" The number of passengers carried by the existing steam-boats
amounts to at least 200,000 per annum ; and when it is considered
that the facilities afforded by the pier of starting and arriving at all
times of the tide, will enable vessels which now perform but one
voyage per diem, or every alternate day, to and from the nearer
ports in South Wales, to make such voyages three odour times in
the same day, at very trifling, if any, additional cost— that on the
voyages to Swansea, Tenby, and Ilfracombe, they will effect a saving
of one-half the time now occupied, and that similar advantages will
be derived by the trade with Cantwell and Ireland, it can neither be
doubted that the expense of conveyance between Bristol and those
places will be considerably reduced, nor that the effect of such re-
duction, combined with the advantage of greater certainty as to the
times of departure and arrival, must have the effect of causing a
great increase in the number of. passengers.
"A large and most valuable portion of the merchandise carried by
the Cornish, Welsh, and Irish steam-beats consists of fish, poultry,
eggs, vegetables, and other articles of provision ; speed and certainty
in the conveyance and delivery of articles of so perishable a nature
are obviously essential, and the facilities in this respect afforded by
the pier are such as to secure this traffic to the undertaking.
" A very considerable revenue will also be derived from the landing
and carriage of Live •• tock brought by the Irish steam boats, which
being imported fat and ready to kill, now suffer much injury from the
detention of the vessels in Kingroad whilst waiting for tide."
Although it is unnecessary to calculate upon the whole of this im-
portant and justly founded traffic, it is nevertheless impossible to
over-estimate the large portion of it that will come over this line,
when it is remembered that by the proposed scheme the harbour of
Waterford will, by means of powerful steamers, be brought within
twelve, and the ports of Dublin and Cork within fifteen hours of the
terminus at Minehead, by which the danger, inconvenience, and un-
pleasantness of travelling by night will be altogether avoided.
So also must the traffic derived from steam-boats, and on the line
itself, be added, which will arise from the immense resort of persons
seeking pleasure in the beautiful vicinities of Nether Stowey, Blue
Anchor, Minehead, Porlock, Linton, Lynmouth, and the far-famed
Valley of Rocks and adjacent country, so aptly termed the Switzer.
land of England, and which only require increased facilities to be
much more than even at present resorted to ; and so great is the
existing traffic that, by the calculations already made, a large reve-
nue will be derived from this source alone.
The present number of cattle sent to Bristol from Ireland alone is
upwards of 150,000 head per annum, and it is only reasonable to ex-
pect that these will be landed at the far nearer port of Minehead,
thereby creating a considerable source of revenue.
The importance of this railway to the agricultural district of North
Somerset is incalculable for disseminating, as manure, in every di-
rection the celebrated lime of Cannington Park, from which, and also
from the carrying of coal, a large revenue will arise.
Memel timber brought into the port of Poole (the harbour dues of
which are very insignificant) can be unshipped, carried across by
rail, and re-shipped at Minehead, at a cost of 7s. per ton less in
freight, than if carried round the Landsend, exclusive of the great
saving in time ; this alone will open a large trade with Wales, as
vessels will bring over coals to Minehead, and take back timber,
limestone, flour, mine, slates, and copper ore.
The blue Has lime-stone of Watchet, so admirably adapted for
aquatic banding, will also produce a considerabl • revenue to this
undertaking.
The flour and provision trade, at present carried on between the
mining districts of South Wales and the coast of Somerset, must ne-
cessarily flow over this line, and create an important feature in its
revenue.
One of the first effects of the formation of this line will be, that
steam communication will be established between Minehead and the
following places :—Swansea. Tenhy. Milford, Neath, Haverfordwest,
Pembroke, and Carmarthen, and with the whole of the South of
Ireland; and this railway, wills a suitable station and wharfs, will
also afford to Watchet all the advantages of which it is capable as a
port.
Depots for goods will be erected at the station at Combwitch
•Reach, where at present all the larger vessels trading to Bridgwater
stop ; and it may be mentioned that 130,000 tons of coasting trade
come into this port annually, exclusively of 10,000 tons of foreign
trade.
From the estimates prepared, it is expected that only a portion of
the proposed capital will be required to carry out the objects of this
Company.
Power will be reserved to allow the shareholders 41. per cent. on
the paid-up capital, and also to construct branches from Minehead or
Watchet to Wiveliscombe, Porlock, &c., and the extensive iron mines
of Sir T. Buckler Lethbridge, Bart., which, with the slate quarries of
StrJohn Trevylyan, are in active working within seven mUes of Mine-
head. From this source, as also from the copper mines of Andrew
Crosse, Esq., a large revenue must arise.
The landowners have been communicated with, and are most
anxious for the successful carrying out of the objects of the Com-
pany ; nor is there reason to expect that any Parliamentary opposi-
tion will be offered.
The line will be twenty-five miles in length, and no engineering
difficulties present themselves.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds of
the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its formation,
and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted to
Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime is hereby
given to the Managing Directors as above, to raise any additional capital,
to abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines, docks, piers,
wharfs, or jetties, or enter into any arrangement with any other
Company or Companies, and also to nominate the first Directors of
the Company.
Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed informa-
tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Alderman's-
walk, City, London; at the Offices of the Company's Solicitors,
Messrs. a Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London ;
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater. And of the
Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton ; Mr. N.
Pearce, solicitor, Wiviliscombe ; Mr. lames Parsons, solicitor, Lang-
port; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorchester; Mr.
Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor,
Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol. And of the following
Stock and Share Brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11,
Birchln-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, London; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ;
Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs.
H. Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ;
Messrs. Wilnson and Earle Hull ; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf-
ford, Dublin; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; and Mr. R. Ball, Taunton.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater and Minehead Junc-
tion Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request yon will allot me Shares of 201.
each in th • above undertaking ; anal I hereby undertake to accept
the same, or any less number you may allot me, on the terms
of the prospectus, and w pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per Share,
and all future calls thereon, and to sign tee Parliamentary contract
and subscribers' agreement, and other deeds, when required so to ds,.
Dated the of 1845.
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CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Through the Forest of Dean (with }branches to the Collieries, Iron
Works, and River Severn), to join the Gloucester .aid Birmingham,
Gloucester and Bristol, intended Cheltenham, Oxford, and London
direct, and Gloucester and Aberystwith Railways.
(Registered Provisionally, according to the Act of 7 and 8 Victoria,
chap. 110.)
Capital 600,0001., in 30.000 shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 21.2 s per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Shares. _
WILLIAM PROTIIEROE, Secretary.
10, Old Jewry Chambers.

CHEPSTOW, ..FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The time for receiving applications for Shares in this Company
having expired on Saturday last, nu applications since received can
bee ntertained, as the shares are in course of allotment.
WILLIAM ntOTHEROE, Secretary.
10, Old Jewry Chambers, Sept. 8, 1845.

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
An estensidn of this line is under survey to connect it with the
heart of the mineral district of South Wales. The project has been
registered, full particulars of which Will appear in a few days.
WILLIAM PROTHEROE, Secretary.
10, Old Jewry Chambers.

EAST AND WEST OF ENGLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
FROM NORTHAMPTON TO CHELTENHAM.
Broad Gauge.
The Committee of Direction of this Company have to announc
that the Parliamentary Deed will lay for signature, and the Banker's
receipt be exchanged for Scrip, on MONDAY, the Bth, WEDNESDAY,
the 10th, THURSDAY, the 11th, FRIDAY, the 12th, and SATURDAY,
the 13th instant, between the hours of Twelve and Four o'clock at
the Offices, 35, Charing-cross.
By Order,
ROBERT WATKINS, jun., Secretary.
35, Charing-cross, Sept. 6, 1845.1

EAST AND WEST OF ENGLAND JUNC-
TION RAILWAY,
FROM NORTHAMPTON TO CHELTENHAM.
Broad Gauge.
The deeds of this Company will lie for signature each day during
Ns week at the Offices, 35, Charing-cross; and they will lie for sig-
nature at the following towns between the hours of Eleven and Four

o'clock :
MANCHESTER, on SATURDAY, September 13, at Messrs. Stang-
land and Leese's, King-street.
LIVERPOOL, on MONDAY, September 15, at Messrs. John Wills
and Co.'s, Royal Bank-buildings.
LEEDS, on TUESDAY, September 16, at Messrs. Wellbeloyed and
Oastler's.
SHEFFIELD, on WEDNESDAY, September 17, at Messrs. Garton
and 'Wright's.
BIRMINGHAM, on THURSDAY, September 18, at J. R. Lane's,
Esq., Stockbroker.
BANBURY, on FRIDAY, September 19, at the White Lion Hotel.
33, Charing-cross, Sept. 11, 1845.

RUGBY, WARWICK, and WORCESTER
Qr RAILWAY.
Provisionally Registered.
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8., Madryn
Park, Caernarvonshire
Sir William Henry Clarke, Bart., Baker-street, Portman-square,

London
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Sir Henry Bromley Henrich, Court Garden, Great Marlow, Bucks
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &e., Alderman of
London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuatioa,
and a Director of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester
Junction, the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth, the
North London Junctean, and the London and Greenwich Railway
Companies
T. Nagger, Esq., Northampton Directors of the South Midland and
J. Freeman, Esq., Ditto Northampton, Banbury, and Chel-
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Ditto tenham Railway Companies
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Methem Villa, } Provuthnal Director
R s of
wthaye
Leamington, So Midland ail
..Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton, Company
Jonathan Dunn, Esq., Ryelands, Lancaster, Director of the Lancas-
ter and Preston Junction and North Western Railway Companies
J. M. Cottle Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton,
and Leicester Railway Company
John Gardner, Esq., Southern, Provisional Director of the Birming-
ham and Oxford Junction Railway Company
William Frederick Beadon, Esq., John-street, Berkeley-square, Lon-
don, Provisional Director of the Essex and Suffolk Railway Company
John Wheselton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster Rail-
way Company
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowanhead, Kendal, Provisional Director
of the Lancaster and Carlisle, the York and Carlisle, and Manches-
ter and Southampton Railway Companies
James Beach, Esq., of 15, Grosvenor-place, London, and Brandon
Lodge, Warwickshire
George Buxton, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway Company
Geor
minge Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Mr-
gbam and Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Companies
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury,
Kent Provisional Directors of
The Rev. D. Robinson, Broinpton the Great North and
South Wales and Wor-
W. W. Mansell, Esq., Dorchester-Place,
Blandford-square, London
Robsrt Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Wor-
cester Railway
cester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway Company
John Satchell, Esq., Warwick, Deputy Chairman of the Leamington
Board of Commissioners
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
Mr. Herbert Atterbury, Thornby, Northamptonshire
John Burnett, Esq., Cheltenham, Coroner for the county of-aloU-
caster *-
a.
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Hill, Surrey
Charles Brandt, Esq., Leamington
Captain Chamier, Halkin-street West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Peter Colston, jun., Esq., Husband's Bosworth, near Market Har-
borough
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Pestling Hall, Leicestershire
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Great Surrey-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq. 39, Lothbnry, and Mayor of Carnarvon
John Eyston, Esq., Welford, Northamptonshire, aud Salford Hall,
Wanvickshire-
Joseph Ellis, Esq., Glenfleld and Leicester
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
George Harper, Esq., Moss Fields, Salop
John Helbert Herbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington
Richard Parry Jones, Esq., Whitchurch, Salop
Mr. George Wortley Lovell, Great Billing, Northamptonshire
William Marshall, Esq., Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Mr. Benjamin Paine, Leicester
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwich,
Surrey
Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, London
James Whitchurch, Esq., Southcliff, Netley Abbey, Hants
William Williams, Esq., Guilsborough, Northamptonshire
Edward Welsh, Esq., Leamington
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington
Mr. John WooLston, jun., merchant, Wellingborough, Northampton.
shire
Robert Chapman, Esq., Park-place, Regent's-park, Director of the
Great Manchester Railway Company
Henry Morgan, Esq., Bristol Directors of the
William Watson, Esq., Burn Grove, Roxbnrgh- Bristol and Exeter
shire Railway Compsny
Mr. Sergeant Adams, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington
J. Watson Prole Esq., 31, Thurlow-square, Bromptcn
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
London—The London and County Bank, Lombard-street
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Rugby—Messrs. Baffin and Son
Lweraarmwittan /Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Banking Com-
k pany
Southern
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co.
ENGINEER IN Cumr—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London—Mr. George Weller, 8, King's-road, Bedford-row
Welford—Mr. George Pell, jun.
Leamington
Warwick t Messrs. Patterson, Haymes, Hanbury, and Gardner
Southam
Worcester—Mr. R. T. Rea
Birmingham—Mr. T. R. T. Hodgson
SECRETARY—MT. George H. Weller.
PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
The object proposed by this railway is, as well to supply the wants
of the district through which it passes, as to complete the chain of
railway communication between the eastern and midland counties
and the western district, including the whole of North and South
Wales.
The country embraced by this line is of the richest description, and
thickly populated.
By means of this, and the existing and proiected lines of railway,
the whole of the ports in the eastern and north-eastern counties, in-
cluding the manufacturing city of Norwich, and towns of Leicester,
Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, and the whole of Yorkshire will be
brought in direct communication with the mineral districts of
North" and South Wales, the salt district of Droitwich, and the
river Severn.
The promoters of this line submit to the public, as a most import-
ant consideration, the abating of those causes of loss and inconveni-
ence which, along the line of country over which this railway will
pass, are experienced from water carriage being from necessity at
present a principal mode of transit for heavy goods and merchandise,
and which, in the winter season, is productive of the most evil con-
sequences to those engaged in commerce.
A. manifest advantage to the Shareholders will be the extent of traffic
which will be secured and appropriated by the present undertaking,
in lieu of that which hitherto has been engrossed by the more
dilatory course of water carriage.
As a public advantage to the inhabitants generally of the
above-mentioned districts, the promoters submit that the equa-
lisation in prices of the produce and merchandise which the
opening of this line of railway is calculated to produce is of the high-
est importance, and one of the principal benefits which this and other
similar undertakings are alone capable of producing.
The proposed line will commence at Rugby, the terminus of the
Midland Counties and Trent Valley Ralways, and also of the pro-
posed Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway, and proceed from
thence near to the towns of Leamington, Warwick, and Alcester, and
end at the City of Worcester. At Worcester this line will form a
junction with the several Welsh railways, the Shrewsbury, Wor-
cester, and Crewe Railway, and the Oxford, Worcester, and Wol-
verhampton Railway.
At Warwick it will unite with the Birmingham and Oxford Junc-
tion Railway, the Warwick and Cheltenham Railway, and the Lon-
don, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidderminster Railway.
And at Rugby with the London and Birmingham, the Midland
Counties, and the projected Rugby and Huntingdon Junction Railway.
To the inhabitants of Rugby as well as to those of the Midland,
Eastern, and Northern Counties this line will afford a direct com-
munication with the fashionable towns of Leamington and Chelten-
ham, as well as the whole of the Western Counties.
To the inhabitants of Leamington and Warwick it will give a
direct communication with the City of Worcester and North and
South Wales, now so much needed.
And to the Inhabitants of Worcester, in addition to providing the
nearest route to London via Warwick, it will be an outlet to the
Eastern Counties and ports, and afford great facilities for the increase
of the manufactories now carried on in that city.
The whole of the country has during the present month, August,
1845, been most carefully surveyed by the engineers, and they report
it to be free from engineering difficulty, and well adapted for a rail-
way; and the provisional Directors entertain no doubt that the
line will be made under the average rate of expense incident to
similar undertakings, and, from the statistics in their possession,
that the traffic will afford an ample return for the capital invested.
The line will not interfere with any ornamental property, and the
landowners are favourable to the undertaking.
The Shareholders in the several Railways proposed to be joined or
intersected will have a preference in the allotment of shares in this
undertaking*.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the Act is
obtained, and power will be applied her to allow interest at 4/. per
centum on all calls, from the time of their respactivo payments, and
to limit the liability of the Shareholders to the amount of their sub-
rcriptions.
The Directors reserve power to themselves to amalgamate with
any existing or projected line of railway ; to vary the route ; to
make all desirable extensions; and to increase the capital as may be
advisable or necessary.
Prospectuses, with a Plan, will be published in a few days,
and may then be obtained on application to the several solicitors,
and to any of the following share brokers, viz., Messrs. Peppercorne
and Co., 2, Old Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Loth-
bury, London ; Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Messrs. Alston
and Gage, Liverpool; Messrs. Freeman and son, Northampton ; Mr.
John Duneaft, Manchester ; Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bris-
tol; Mr. John Watson, Leeds ; Mr. John Cragg, Skipton ; and
Messrs. Atkinson, Newcastle ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ;
Mr. Collis, Birmingham; and Messrs. White and Son, Leamington ;
to any of whom applications in the undermentioned form may be
addressed.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Directors of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester

Railway.
I request you to allot me Shares in this undertaking ; and I
hereby undertake to accept the same or any smaller number that
may be allotted me, and to pay the Deposit thereon, and to execute
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscriber's Agreement when re-
quired.

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Name and Address of Referee

RUGBY, WARWICK, AND WORCESTIR
R AI LWAY.
In consequence of the immense number of applications already re-
ceived, the Provisional Committee give notice that no Applications
for Shares will be received after Tuesday the 16th instant, except
from parties resident in the country, as to whom the time will be
extended to Monday, the 22d instant.
GEO. N. WELLER, Secretary.
conicA pro tem., 8, Eing's-road, Bedford-row,
Lora% SePt. 6,1848.