The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-03 00:00:00

lipe will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth
and Dover.
From an inspection of the . map, it will be seen that the Redhill
station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct line between Ports-
mouth and Chatham, ad in pursuing the - line of communication to
the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this line will pass
through •or near the towns of Bletchingley, Godston, Limpsfield,
Weeterham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Town Malting, Wrotham, Off-
ham, Snodland, Lower Halting, and Woodham.
The distance between Chatham and. Reigate will involve the
making of 31 miles of railroad, and the line of railroad I etween
Portsmouth and Chatham will extent over 82 miles.
To the naval and military establishments ',of this kingdom the
construction of this projected line will afford the most important fa-
cilities in the transit of troops, stores, baggage, &c. &e., diminishing
the tardy coarse of communication which at present necessarily
exists between Portsmouth and Chatham, at present usually extend-
ing over the space of two days, and placing them in that direct com-
munication with each other which, in two hours, or thereabouts,
will enable the journey between them to be made.
The formation of of a direct line of railway between Portsmouth
and Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishing, by the
electric telegraphic, that celerity of communtcatiOn so important to be
obtained between places of national importance.
The warm support of tile principal landowners on the wester part
of the line is pledged to this undertaking.
The Provisional Committee abstain from making any special re-
ference to the contemplate 1 profit to result from carrying into effect
this undertaking, feeling convinced that the extent of traffic through
the pOpulous and rich districts over which this line and its branches
are projected to pass is sufficiently known, andAs decisive of the
inutility of all comment in that respect.
Applications for the shares, in the form given below, to be made
to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any of the following
Brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange,
London ; Messrs. Peppercorne and . Co., No. 2, Old Broad- street,
London ; Mr. H. Pritchett, of No. 74, Old Broad-street ; Messrs.
Neilson, sharebroters, Liverpool ; John Dunctift, Esq., sharebroker,
Manchester ; Mr. R. M'Ewen, 18, St. Ann's-street, Manchester ;
John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; Messrs. Ritistiale, Myers,
and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schnitz and Carr, brokers, Li-
verpool ; Messrs. Hope and Restrict, brokers, Manchester ; Messrs.
Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth ; George Edwards
and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Hull; Messrs. Pott and
Levick, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis and Son, Birmingham.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London, Portsmouth, and'
Chichester, and Direct Portsmouth and Chatham Railway
Company.
I request that you will allot to me shares *l2Ol. each in the
above named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same,
or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the de-
' posit of 21. 2s. on each share, and to execute the Parliamentary CAA-
tract and Subscriberit' Agreement as may be required of me.
Dated this day of 1845.
Usual signature • • ••••••••• • • • • • • " • •
Name in full •• .. •• • •
Profession or Trade • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • "
Place of Earliness (if any)

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No application will be attended to except with a reference to
a banker, or from an applicant referring to, and who is known b y
some of the Provisional Committee. or the softeners, or local agents,

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BIRMINGHAM. AND MANCHES'I'EIt
DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provielonally. Registered.)
Capital, 900,0001., in 43,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
PRovlslosaL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Lynbarth, Kildare, and St. James's-street
Sir William Twisden, Bart., Dorset-square, Director of the Chepstow
and Forest of Dean Railway
Sir Wm. Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde Park-gardens, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and
London Direct Railway
The -Sheriff of York, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and
London Direct Railway
Aysoough, Rear-Admiral, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Adair, Major, Director of the Church of England Assurance Society,
and of the Burton-upon-Trent, Statiosd, Shrewsbury, and Now-
town, and Indian Peninsular Railways
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Park-oottage, Macclesfield, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct Railways
Brown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Buck, W. C., Esq.
Cambridge, John, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the
Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury-, and Newtown Railway
Chambers, Wm., Esq., Cocks Bench, Derby, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Derbyshire,
• Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of the
Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Cook, John, the Rev., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, Director of the Shef-
field, Nottingham, and London Direct Ralleray
Croft, Major J. T. Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman, Director of
Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lumberhurst, Sussex, Director of the Sheffield,
Nottingham, and London Direct Railway.
Ctunbarlege, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the
Burton-upon-Trent, StaffordZ Shrewsbury, and Newtown, and
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Burton-on-Trent,
Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton, and Leeds, Huddersfield, and
Wolverhampton Direct Railways
Daniel, R., Esq , Oakhill, Stoke-upon-Trent, Dtrector of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Rail ay
Darlington, John, Esq., Shipley Hall, Bradfbrd, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway
Dewharst, Richard, Esq., Apsley House, Huddersfield, Director of
the West Riding Union Banking Company, and Director of the
West Riding Junction Railway
Dent, Edward, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Dent, John, Esq., "Direetor of /the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Had-,
dersfleld, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Eaq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Had
dersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Ewart, Francis, of 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Great
Leeds and London Direct, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Me-
tropolitan Junction Railways
Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Ripon, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Franklin, Benjamin, Harley-street, London
Gisbome, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby. Director of the Burton-on-
Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton Ra lway
Hammond, George, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Moot
Railway
Harrison, John, Esq., banker, Ripeni, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Berries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Dliector of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Hind, Abraham, Esq., Director of the Manchester,: Huddersfield and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Holdforth, J.D., Esq., Burley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Hughes, Hughes W., Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Johnsoli, Richard William, Esq., Moorgate, Director of the Brighton
and Cheltenham and Remington's Direct London and Manchester
Railway
Jones, Ede, Esq., Camberwell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Jones, Edward, Esq., Windhaill-place; Camberstell, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Di-
rector of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New-
town Railways
King, William, Esq., Stepney, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and Brighton and Cheltenham
Railways
Knight, Edward, M.D., Stafford, .Director of the Burton-bn-Trent;
Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall, Sudbury
M'Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mainwaring, John, Esq., Eagle-Hall, Pateley-bridge, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Mann, T., Esq., Chapel-cottage, Holloway
Maskery, Thos., Esq., Norbury-hall, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Railway
Meteyard, Horace W., Esq., Director of Remington's Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Moore, Major, Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Burton-
on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Musgrave, S., Esq.
Norton, Joseph, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Nottingham and
Dondon Direct Railway
Ogle, Nathaniel, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham, Director of
the Burton-on-Trend Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Rail-
way
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, 4, Parliament-street, Chairman
of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Richardson, Joseph, Esq.
Robinson, John, Req., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director 'of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield,
Nottingham, and London Direct Railways
Roden, T. C., Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leeds, iluddders-
field, and Wolverhampton-Direct Railway.
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scupton, Derbyshire, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Smith, John, Esq.; Barton-house, Aahborne, Derbyshire
Smith, Thomas, Esq., 11.D.,-Leeds, Director of the I eeds, Hudders-
field, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
Smith, Wm., Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director sf the Brighton and
Cheltenham Railway
Sneyd, Thomas, Esq., Belmont
Stanhoee, Lieutenant-Colonel Leicester, Chairman of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Director of the
Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Waller, Major James, K.H., St. James• S-square, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Brighton
and Cheltenham Railways •
Walters, James, Esq., Bakewell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
watts, W. R., Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leeds, Iludderstield,
Ivry etr srgh Robert,
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Wilkinson, J., Esq.
Esq., merchant, Derby, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway.E msea—George Remington, Esq.
The title of this
line sufficiently -and correctly explains the object
of the undertaking.
The Birmingham terminus will
sbepiloancedin linhactomumunication with
thence
c weil be
all the other railways having a tat
brought es near as practicable to its centre. Proceeding,
northerly direction, and on the west side of the Lichfield road, It a a
will
pass within a short distance of Sutton Coldfleld, awl to Lichtleldat
the latter of which places there will be a station in communication
with the projected Walsall lines.
Thence crossing the Trent Valley, near King's Bromley, It will
pursue the course of the Blythe Valley, or by or near to Abbots
Bromley to Leigh, where it will leave the Blythe Valley, and by a
short cutting reach the Tean station on Remington's London and
Manchester line at the junction of the Crewe branch, or by a junc-
tion with whichever of the projected; lints to Manchester may be
adopted by Parliament. will not
thirty-four miles, and the whole will be carried over a most favour-
The entire length of the new line to be made
exceed
Sections ofd great portion of the line have been made, and the en-
countrytvro-thirtis being a water-level.
tire Parliamentary survey Manchester•
frordta route from Birmingham to
This railway will a will be completed by the 9th ofOctuber.
eleven miles shorter than by any
est line between Hudderefield, a nd Bir-
existing or projected line. It will
also give the best and near
mingham.
Ing-
ham to the Potteries than any line made or projected by several
It will also furnish a nearer and more direct route from Birming-
agies, assuming any of the Pottery lines to have their termini at Col-
wich, on the Trent Valley, or at :Stafford, on the Grand Junction
Railway ; thus giving to Manchester, and also the Potteries, the
shortest, easiest, and most direct route to Birmingham. It will
also give the nearest line between Huddersfield and Birmingham and
Southampton.
This railway crosses the projected Leeds and Huddersfield and
Wolverhampton Direct Railway. In the Blythe Valley a station will
he placed, and communication effected, so as to afford to Birmingham
the shortest' route by many miles, with Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and the northern parts of England. In allotting shares every legi-
timate preference will be given to landholders on the lino.
It is obvious that the projected line will afford an ample return to
the shareholders.
For prospectuses, shares, and every information, apply to the
solicitor., W. Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Uttoxeter; or at the Offices
Of the Company, No. 1, Moorgite, London.
BROKERS.
Messrs. B. and If. Boyd, New Bank-buildings
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool
Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool
Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield
Mr. James JamiesoM Leeds
Messrs. Wellbeloved and ()miler, Leeds
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull -
Mr. Richard Baines, Blackburn
Mr. George Clark, Bradford
Mr. lVilliam Mason, Bradford
Mr. William Cronheim, Hale= • •
Messrs. Gmyston and Earle, York
3:essrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds
Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Southampton
Messrs. Tato and Nash,- Bristol
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
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To the Directors of the
FOR SHARES,
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APPLlCATlONeßr.trraingham anti Manchester'RES• Direct
I request 3,3 u to allot me RatiwasYhar' es In the above undertaking; hP the deposit
deals when required of 2 . 2e. per share, and sign the
thereto.
and I agrte to pay
necessary
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