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London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

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P` 0 S TON, GRANTHAM, LEICESTER, and
I- MIDI, AND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.
Capital 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share..
In consequence of the numerous Applications for Shares in the above
liaLway, no further applications can he received after WEDNESDAY,
the 22d instant, when the Lists will be finally closed for allotment.
J. A. J. MACGREGOR,
Solicitor to the Company.
5. Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street, Oct. 14th, 1845.

Messrs. 11. Monro and Co., Edinburgh ; W. 11. Collis, Esq., Birming-
ham ; Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Mr. Frederick
Wheatcroft, Broker, Derby ; Mr. I. M. Balme, Gloucester.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Gwendraeth Vale and Welsh
Junction Railway Company.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each, in the
capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, on the terms of the prospectus, and pay the
deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
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THE EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION
_X_ and CA3IBRIDGE and WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY,
from t =bridge through Bedford, Blisworth,yenny-Compton, Strat-
ford-on-Avon, to Worcester, connecting the Eastern and North-
Eastern Counties with North and South Wales, South Staffordshire,
Cheshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, the West of England,
and Le Midland Counties.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.

Samuel Anderson, Esq.} Directors of the Eastern Counties Rai
F. Valentine Lee, Esq.,
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8.,
Madryn-park, Caernarvonshire
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman
of London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead
Continuation Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster
Railways
James Beach, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, London, and Bran-
don-lodge, Warwickshire, Director of the South Midland
Railway Company
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Worcestershire
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Pro-
visional Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway
Company
Admiral A yscough, Southampton.
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Captain Chamfer, Halkin -street West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Ctitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Thomas Henry Evans, Esq., 30, Lothbury, and Mayor of Caer-
narvon
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square,
London
John Ilelbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
James Watts Peppereorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Du;

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Williams. Philip -Henry, Esq., M.D., Worcester
Wood, John: Esq., Wednesburr Director of the Derbyshire, Staf
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house,
Di-
rector of the Shropshire Mineral, and of the Leeds, uddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Newport, Salop, H
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcesters Lire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Woodward, John, Esq., Worcester
Yzarn, J. Borwick, Herne-hill, Surrey.

ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., and
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
RANKERS.

Bed ford
Cambridgc-3fessrs. Foster
N•rthampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company.
Leamington, Warwick, and Southam—The Leamington Priors and
Warwickshire Banking Company.
soLicrTOBS.
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street
3eorge Pell, Esq., jun., Northampton.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Worcester—Messrs Gilham and Sons
Leamington. Warwick, and Southam—Messrs. Patterson, Haymos,
Hanbitry, and Gardner
Lo don—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., 50, Cornhlll ; Messrs.
Cockburn and Co., Whitehall; Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., Wa•
terloo-place

SECRETARY—D.C. Riggs, Esq.
Offices of the Company, No. 34, Moorgata-skeet.
PROSPECTUS.

Commencing at Cambridge, which has now become the traffic-
centre of the Eastern Counties, by the line of railway intended to be
formed by that Company, this line will proceed to Bedfoid, there
passing near Olney it will cross at or near the Blisworth Statioa of the
London and Birmingham Railway, where it will communicate with
the Northampton and Peterborough line; it will thee proceed west-
ward, crossing the Oxford and Rugby line at or near Fenny-Compton
to Stratford-on-Avon, there Joining the proposed lice from Warwick
and Leamington to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, anti the West of
England; continuing its course through Akester, the line Will go di-
rect to Worcester, and thus terminate at the great centre of traffic

for the mineral and manufacturing districts of South Staffordshire,

Shropshire, and North and South Wales. This proposed line does
not Interfere with any existing railways, and presenting, as it does,
an unbroken line between two great centres of traffic, the importance
•f the undertaking needs no further comment.
Negotiations have been entered into with tb• Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company, by which their support and co-operation will
be ensured for obtaining the line now proposed.

An arrangement has also been made with the proposed Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Company, which this line will join at Al-
cester, and by means of which the Eastern Counties' traffic will pro-
ceed to Worcester.

Power will be reserved to the Directors to amalgamate with any
ether existing or projecting Companies, .r to vary the line.
Application for shares may be made to the Secretary, and to the fol-
lowing Sharebrokers, of whom prospectuses, with maps of the line.
may be obtained :—London—Messrs. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old
Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Messrs.
Boyd. Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas
Boardman. Bradf.rd Mr. G. Clark ; Messrs. Tate and
Nash. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—Mr. J. S.
Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Dublin—Messrs.
Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Fringle, Esq.,
79, Princes-street; Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy.
Glasgow—Messrs.Duncan and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr.W.Cronhelm.
HuMersfleld—Messrs. Everard and Co. Hull—Mr. Frederick Stamp.
Leeds—Messrs Wellbeloved and Oastier. Leieester—Messrs. ?ante
and Freer. Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs.
Cameron and Co. ; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard
E. Hine. Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A.
Birchen. and Co. ; Mr. Chilies O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles
Spencer. Sheffield—Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. South-
ampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage.
Worcester—Mr.Miles. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle.

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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Eastern Countia Extension,
and Cambridge and Worcester Direct Railway.
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such less number as yon may appropriate to me, subject to the regu-
lations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay
when required the deposit thereon of 2/. 28. per share.
Dated this day of 1845,
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Profession and Professional Residence in full.
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Offices, 34, Moorgate-street,