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PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. the Earl of ShrmvsbuTy,Alton Towers, Staffordshire
The Right Hon. Lord Ingestrie, M.P.
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westboume-street,
Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way, &c.
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Sir- William Lowthrop, Knt., hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway •
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
-Benwell, George, Esq , Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Blurton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Direc-
• for of. the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway, &c.
Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Direct Railway
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction
Railway, &c.
Cooper, John Douglas, jup., Esq., Moline Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c,
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lambcrhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Dalby, John, Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Dawscin, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Dewhurt, Richard, E,q., Apsley-house, Huddersfield, Director of the
Leeds and West Junction Railway, &c.
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire -Junction Railway
E-densor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Iliggin Grange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Garle, Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter
Gilpin, and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shit e, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Hartshorne, Thomas, Esq., Silkmoor-house, near Staff=
Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Hill, John, Esq., Derby '
Jones, the Itev. J. P., 'Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnsoh, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall, Ashbourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-
ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight. Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
.Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons'
Life Assurance, &c.
Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandfleld-hall, Uttoxeter, Direc-
tor of 'the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction
Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire,- and 'Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, Joists Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
Meteyard, Horace, Wm.. Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
Dl'Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire
Staflordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Diehard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Slinors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the East
and %Vest Junction Railway
Mathew, John 3lee, Esq., Assistant Tithe Commissioner, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway
Milner, William, Esq., Team Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
Martin, Joseph, Esq., Walsall, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Maskery, Thomas, Esq. Norbury, Derbyshire
Orton, James, Esq., Wc:odford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., CanThridge-terrace, I.lyde-park, Di-
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-
way, &c.
Ptilteney, Douglas Kinnaird, Captain, Director of the Nottingham
and Boston Railway, Parliament-street, London, &c., &c.
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter. Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, ECq., Silcoates Cottage, Wakefield
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, .uerbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Chhrles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Biore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Stafford hire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Teen and Dove
Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vete, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, Loudon, Director of the East and
West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
surance CoMpany
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, &e.
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq , shbourne •
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
. Waller Major, K.H., St.
-James's-square, Director of the Chester and

Manchester Railway, &c,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Waiters, J. T., Esq., Rug-ley
Welsh. Robert, ESq., Huddersfield, Director of the Keighley, Halifax,
and Huddersfield Junction Railway
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Teen, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wise, Thomas; Bag., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbottrne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hard, Esq., Ashbourne
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
ro ugh Railway.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
SECRETART—R. Shelton Mackenzie, D.C.L.
ENGINEEES.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL ♦GENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rageley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Eggington, A., Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.

This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com-
munication between two of the most important manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tipton,Waball, Bibton, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.

This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermartheu, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystwith, and with Port Dynnßeen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication betweex Leeds
and Southampton.

The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will probeed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourne, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holmfirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magmeslan limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements have been made with other companies to run Into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned Mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen-
' sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very seance,
and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire ; and the route of this line would fur-
nish a cheap and good supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultnnil
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, aF d Wore 2 tershire Junction Railway. -
The calculations which have been made shoW a very large profit.
There are large lead and slate quarries on the linewhieh only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them lntq fall work.
The coal is of a superior gnat?,

There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company; which this and other limes of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building; agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.
The timber from the neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest,
Banks, fagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tartly and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
Communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Ashbourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a junc-
tion to comicct that town with Derby, and with the Derby and
Gainsborough and Midland Railways
Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 35,
Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
Uttoxeter; and to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs. l'reece and
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry
Wheeler, Worcester; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver
pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. . Richard E. Hine Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
Mr. William Crenhelm, Halifax; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York ;
Mr. E. 11. Armitage, Wakefield ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ;
Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Messrs, Tate and Nash, Bi is-
lol • Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry; Messrs, Iloughland
and Leese, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwe and Sons, Manchester
Messrs. A. fireball and Co., Manchester; Messrs. T. N. Bardwel
and Sons, Sheffield; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr.L. Weather
sum, jun., Huddersfield ; Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield;
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Labertouchc
and Stafford, College-green, Dublin.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield
and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 20!. eaei
in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or sucb
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
required, the Deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per Share.
Dated this day of , 184 .
Name in 11111...... • • • • .. • • • • • • • - ......
Profession and professional residence
Residence in full

LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD,
and SOUTH STAFTORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, SOLVER
HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
The Acting Committee of Direction have agreed " that a Brand,
Line from Ashbourne to Derby be adopted by this Company, nisi
that the capital of the Company be increased from 1,700,0001. to
2,000,0001. for that purpose."
By order, R. SHELTOIT MACKENZIE, Secretary.

LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD,
and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER-
HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.
Capital, 2,000,0001., In 100,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.

Notice is hereby given, tina no applications for slutree in al line
will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th day of October.
By order, IL SHELTON MACKENZIE, Secretary.
Offices of the Company, I, Moorgate Sept. 26, 1845.

DIR

ECT WESTERN RAILWAY
• (Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater respectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,000/., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. Pls. 6d. per Share.
Offices, 20, Poultry, London.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
•
The Right Hon. the Earl of Camperdown, Sidney-place, Bath
The Viscount Mandeville, Kimbolton-park, Hunts
Lord James O'Bryen, Royal-crescent, Bath
Lord William Powlett, Bath, and Downham-hall, Brandon, Suffolk
General Sir John Slade, Bart., Muntys Court, Taunton
Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, Somerset
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P., Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Ballwin, M.P., 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 Robert Priee,'Bart., M P Feelay. Herefordshire
Sir John Cave Brown Cave Part Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Sir William Young, Bart., westheuree greet]. Hyde-park, East India
Director
John Clark, Esq., Bellefleld Horse, near Trowbridge, Wilts, Magis-
'trate for the counties of Wilts and Somerset
Alfred Batson, Esq., Ramsbury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place
Major Hunt Grubte, Eastwell House, Devizes
John Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker
John Level Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker
William Adair Bruce, Esq., Lansdown-crescent, Bath
Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and Loudon and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tolley-street, Alderman
of the City of London; and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London
Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's 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-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rails\ ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtney, 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
Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq-, Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Ma;istrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cress, Director of
the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, aid the South
Essex Railways
Francis'Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
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 Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Er.th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Diree•
tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, aid Cannon-
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire 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, Eeq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the Loudon and
Blackwell Railway Company
William Downing Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's,
and Ripon
Cethbert Woodcock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and
the Great Western Extension Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-sane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine Docks Company, and of the General Shipowners'
Society'
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Braudon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Drotnagh Castle, county 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 an London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park; Lewisham. and Trinity-
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Herb
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Isev. Dr. Godftey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rev Chas. Fras. Bamffylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath, Magis-
trate for Somerset
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway. Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckinghtun-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingemill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Halnomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berke
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Merle Haber-field, 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 the Chester and
Birkenhead, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
Edward Norris, Esq., Clair-vino, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadir, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, Esq., 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-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Madders-
aeld and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley

Junction ,
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester,•Director of Manchester and South-
aMpton Railway.
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham •
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies •
lean Holmes, Esq., Llverpoo
WM. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Mal:mach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Wahl, Esq:, MaChin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Wen. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wlsboch, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Capt4ll3 Bowker, . Delonport.. _

H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool end ..
rect Railway inalo
Samuel Swann Britt ain, Esq., Sheffield Director of the Eat
of England Railway Company a 0.
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield sa
t
rowgaMarriott,y Com pan sr '''
William Esq., Attey rcliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railitai.
n. , 0
Thomas tn.'etherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone II amilton, Esq., Liverpool

David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Etcv. 11. W. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major IVornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham of it'
Diyeard Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield. sri
tef
South Midland and the Northampton and Chelteuham
Henry Hubbersty, Es., Hull Je04.1
John Ostler, Esq., Hulql, Director of the Hull and Barnett/
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane hea
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merc
John Moe Mathew, Esq., Gray's Lon-square
Cohn Norton. Esq., Moat Howse, Brentwood, Essex
William John M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court

John Gray Wil.on, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton,
,Surrel
W. J. Lefeavre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate
:3 of 3outplut,ThiPtTivta
Thomas Chas. Ilartoti, Esq., F R.S.,
of
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Die'`
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringham, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire •
William Jonsen Neale, Esq., King's Bench-vralk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
puul "" wood, Er M.D., Sheffield •

Henry Paul Ham, ~ Esq., —., 0“--
T --
he Hon. F. Byron, 21, Eaton-place
W - :-
,
r
illiam Higgins, Esq., Turvey, High Sheriff of Bodfords Wner.dy
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak-park, near Winchester. 1)0 di
tenant, and magistrate for the county of Hants „,,,,ter -
William Jackson, Esq , Birkenhead, Chairman of OA '-''
Birkenhead Railway
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman, . Pd.
E. H. Langworthy, Esq., Manchester
owt•
(Rolex d TA
Nathaniel Gould. Esq., Barge-yard, BucklersburY, An-
square it 3101416
Edmund Lionel Welles, Esq., Cadogan-place, and. We ,r
Surrey pirectn
Duncan Dunbar, Esq., East India-road, anl Linrehottse, _,,, r
the London Dock Company, the Marine ABilirAliCe C011,24'
the General Shipowner's Society d D'D
William Jackson, Esq., Shetlle!d, Director of the Goole sin
and Sileriff of London sfia

Hallway
George F. Earle, Esq., Hull
Stephen Knowles, Esq., Exeter

otegb 'll

W. Lawrence, Esq., Brixton
John Learmonth, Esq., Edinburgh, Chairman of the R:0000' ,
Glasgow, and North British Railway Companies g •• •
Wellington Ross Seymour, Esq., 31ontague-placer.
Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester IT._
William Tanner, Esq., Great Surrey-street, Blackmer
John Booth, Esq., Sherburn Grange, Durham .0r001;',
Matthew Benjamin Robson, Esq., Whitvvell Grange, m— ,
John Holmes, Esq., St. Jame i's-street, Director of the_ sv,
Weymouth Railway, and York and Lancaster Roll!' J
William G. Bernard, Esq., Clifton, Bristol 1'0241
Thomas Smallwood Richards, Esq., 59, Baker-street, ro
James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Manchester $O4
at CI f
N. M'Cann, Esq., Parliament-street te for t h cegfe
Henry Wellman Newman, Esq., Bristol, Magistra , atoa
Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for the county 0'
William Horatio Harrison Esq., Sunbury ~.. 11011
William Empson Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, no"" at,,
Thomas Racket Massey, Esq., Newark-upon-Trent ~xolTve•
Robert Cook, Esq., Galnsborough, Director of the
I:It A
Goole, and Isle of Axholme, and of the Wisbeach'
c Ji as hi re Railwas are
William Ruston, Esyq., Catherine-court, Trinity-giu
.A
G. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., Temple, London j slo*
Selwyn, Esq., Exeter .., ter en- r
Joseph Hopwood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the DO Beth
Railway ... At
... TO
Richard Compton, Esq., Eddington House, non.
jospi
Magistrate for the counties of Wilts and Berke
Henry Coa Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Malden, E"ette PO .i
Richard Davis, Esq., St. Helen's-place, Director of • _or
Du"
.Railway . • -
Edward Hyde Clarke Esq., Leamington; W0rW14.1111.4 01
the Warwickshire and London Railway
The Constable of Hungerfoid °lf°
rdO,
Captain William Lionel Lampert, The Highlander
Leamington, Warwickshire
ekshir. pi,
Francis Burton, Esq., Milverton House, Warwl
Captain Stewart, R.N., Leamington, Warwickshire ,06100
Samuel Haines, Esq.. Chad-house, Edgbaston, DIM"
of the South Staffordshire Railway 0141°
.AfOrd- .01
William Hugh Upper Gower-street, IS--‘
00 v-
~
John Wodleyes, Esq., Gloucester, Director °' LION
and Wt
oo
Bristol Railway Rlian'A
Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory,. ~„,.
Francis Cole Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, HlYl;deeef:irdite ro
~f
Algernon Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace,
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, 1') ve
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square
and uloia'
Richard Groucock, Esq., Bow-churchyard, j)
of the Direct Manchester Railway • t 0
J. B. Simpson; Esq., Rutland-lodge, Brixton
T"r o
Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York .i. ._
Henry Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheri'
Rugby and Macclesfield Direct Railway
o°
John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square. „,...bire ter
Thomas Grimsditch,Esq , 31.1'., Macclesfield, t',„ Do-
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fields, Welverhalnlw'
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
William Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester

Edward Westlake, sq., Southampton
Erasmus It. Foster, Esq., Birchin-lane
William Bargctt, Esq., B•oad-street

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_
Peter R. Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank
Thomas Miller, Jun. Esq., Leicester
of
ort
John Reginald Ridde'll, Esq., Enfield, Director the
caster Railway tet
Thomas Kidley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield L reb3t"Pi°
James Sheppard, Esq., jun., White Hart-court, rotl4
Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Itegula"
for Middlesex
George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter

_ . ..
John Clampit Scrcombe, Esq., Exeter
William Pearce, Esq., Liverpool __.inellOg
W. Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birt..—
Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., jun., Temple i It"
William Nash, Esq., Capham Common
_.„,.dtor v
Grey Hazlerigg, Esq., West Carlton Hall, LeiceStqo pu•
Captain Twisleton Graves, Duke-street, St. Jain°. '
Leicester and Tean and Dove Valley Railway .
(With power to add to their minim ,

ENGINEERS IN CHIEF.
Sir John Mamiell, LL.D., F.R.S•tog.l;:ao;.
James Thomson, Esq., F. 8.5.8, 1 rig
BANKERS—Messrs. Cul ries and Co;,.Coriu.'
d°l
JOINT SOLICITORS. D04
1,001,
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow ChurchYa,
Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-p' ask'
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and Londo% olds,' •
Mesirs: J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's lan_,
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier SeundeLk,
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J •
l
LOCAL SOLICITORS. piaaig sot
At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and D.`
100+
At Rainsliury—William Rowland, Esq. 311°
At Devizes Henry Gilbert, Esq., and John Edwalosf
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and
At Bath, Messrs. Batchellor, Harford, and Stauniv'
At Shepton _Hallett—Francis Isaac Nalder, Esq.

At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Exeter—William Denis Moore, Esq.
At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq., and J. A. 14*"' 94'
At Launceidon—Messrs. Lawrence and l'attben

At Bodmin
At Truro

At Penzance
At Falmouth—Messrs. Tresidder and Son estiolgsii°
The object of this line is to effect a direct WO 01.!. et .„
London and the Land's End. I diel°'
In a national point of view such a line is 'n toii°lolll,
the advaetage of a direct railroad, Fahnouth, r0,91,,ted1/400!;ie,
western extremity of the kingdom, would till"°,,t' eel Po 101if'
have been the principal port on that coast. Wit;',,,etel 'fletsy,;,:"
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has ge.'2't. lefiis9llel'
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, t
vantages, has, since the opening of the South- rr
creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,01/0,80°1„' etirtelP .tcre*,ef
tol, before the opening of the Great Western 'ltd
were declining; since then they have very cefunt;.oo-,jlll--107
The merits of a line to the Land's End as „ecr•
pital, it was not left to the present Company to L."; .31116„"e t
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway havin'thet nly`ejo,
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend „o
rat
set as foot on the conviction that Falmouth in totech
mouth
,by way of Plymouth ; and various other P.V ee T
' 0°4;1
rai
The fo
tner o object of this prospectus is to show that no` _mo gteo°
resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of th iT.oeit'
to this, its most important outport-4. the natural _l,s
th
The present
e emire." .A I
g
project is distinguished by this—til thesLeg
as nearly as possible a straight line from London `°t.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater CoinPal„,ece "o(l•ese'
mated with this Company, the Immense local 1 ,"ottjeel•_,Or
by them will now contribute to the great nation
;roc!' ot.
line ; while means have been taken for secttring tiropirsa,;, Pre
fug all the accommodation contemplated by that ; wresig' 11?;
The Direct Western availing itself of the Cirgtiewha,P.,.tarl.lll4
so rar as Reading; pursues its course by or near -_,,,0fe3-orf, ter;
ford, Great liedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the peooetvee;
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging ling :on 3teieg .fgt
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, FrOltle, SheP to priffolo,o,;
(from which another diverging line will be taken 000,40 aisle
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by „iote,,oesl li,t
miles than • any existing 'railways between these itleoelo, ;
„
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and x-egO-n, reog it °I,.
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tivc fie tertoe
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's Z;',, telle,go teediesii,
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about settoorig,
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, arid g,".sheat !Ai", OoA
ilistance from London to Fahnoutb, a saving of 0. ee
ode ect toff
With reseect to the traffic on the upper 9 orea jeer
tots
needless to say more than that there is alrendyth r the ; 1 or
cient to justify the construction of this Porti°V;idoa
tern : that- it will shorten the distance IMO eleng of are r
about 32 miles, that it will traverse rich and rP,„teit solo" ;
and manufacturing districts, and receive a largo 0010 , 10.
well from railways now in course of construction
jected, with every chance of success. „it is ef ;';
As to the traffic on the lower portion a the dietA,ol)oo
the vast number 'of merchant vessels continualgo #.OO -'e,
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an illunat reiniog, poo
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoea
cans er,co
oneo t eeitthtransmittinghe
eoeumgtr
great
pao theirproamot
ngt.
ryn destinationtohfe tot
do slo,,dof: a r 511•4
uses•flectiv7;etaf
means of this railroad, attract the commerce rep',,ie nero_, •_
and Sonthampton ;t o what extent the luexhaff 'ires
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural re-407. of rcr-get
may be further developed, or the genial cliTteact a Tic° 0, to
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," a. ,tta et to
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this Lei aro te4,ceer.,
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its•r_,t, clef _tee;
amount of which may be said to be without litfruijok iitiem rots
map will abet it manifest that
andmei pid• el re(
established ween Tiverton the Land _O.AD
Taunton and Reading, an iespection of tile mfi.p)7.4,' west. Potlr
tent of midland district, comprising rich and 1117gethe .0
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, sgvr 4, oi
railroad acg
to tcommodation. nooce „tig°4ia °gee eifg
Recurrinhe features of this ilreiee, rttee secs
the' greatest in point of magnitude, of vital ilaP;liio geoero rr.i
war, and of almost incalculable advantage
out or pics
commerce of the kin,gdom; it may not be ,)olsiattieeeta 4.lr7ef
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. tee read eee.,
of a direct line from Loudon to Liverpool 01'0,0001:i
which bore much the same relation to the 0,;ll o'd itrisTot rie
Junction that this bears to the Great Western...o.oler orts.tooilto;o
Railways, he is reported to have said :--` „.„et 061,010;ri0,0
in between the metropolis and the orate rfito;, too 4,
a question of hours, but a question of minutes.
„, iut -04„...554
particular line, Parliament has already exPres'n'esisteg°", C°l:riteL
report of the Committee on the -Wilts, Son]; rttlf,?1,0014;ei.111;
line, which was promoted by the Great Wei..teequieed tgoe
it was stated that that Company had been.,,,%;outik ,at to I..pr
mot hereafter to oppose a direct line to e ea
further observed, that a proposed line from taiga
toj,
was last session rejected, on the ground. that
toTihnteesrufervreeywoltflitutchalitngerietants
bnottniontoal
correct estimates of the expenditure and relefe_.7o,et $` o.;#
waedness, and the whole will be ready for to
that
the 114
llameat. stet. htoic! °Alll$l,
It is sufficient, as to these points, here _ ,orogirtvitia
engineering difficulties in any part of the Irthefiest4o we.
redo
repeatedly surmounted is other cases ; .; infit Iceeerctiat toe
sobgjete.4.....exatrltiosol:,;lo/0.:
constructed at an unusually small exPeilrr'elloo, ond; asser
will meet with the cordial support, coact
are fastifiede'rooef
the landownera, and that the Directors
eretlf tere'd
caul) oe
this will prove to be one of the Most r
to stioie
od
kingdom.
. to the Pr"hareb°l eee°
ifon Powersthoaullnodtwsmipleilbtecoetfnastkiuleatnnrin e
ftyhinel
nl
be
ecu
goi fvf'f_itrultei ao :a
1,71). et gri' to6tisct, irtroitl
to
and ey
othoe railer4„,
through which the line will Pass,
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, an"
to 10, op Are
if
with the Direct Western district. d, the C°
theAsoppllticciatotirsonstoftohreschaormeps,anityi,lloire
loeal g° -
Offices, 20, Poultry, London, or to the
spectable broker in town or country
c tee" A.--
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€ • 00.
20, Poultry, September,LontlFono,RoF
rifiL4,5.,,...ct
wee
To the Provisional Committee of the I tae
bare° •
Company. 0- o,oet cer
the deupSrollu'teri
the above Company, and nd
mber you ma"elee-
per share thereon, or on any less nu
cement a.
and to execute the Subscribers' e.irr
Gentlemen,—l request
Iyuou wertillaaklelottoopieay
elect-
_on
tfoontiniesSlVreta6ghoarot 0
tract when required. 1845.
Dated le in full ........... • • ,
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IRECT WESTER ovlos • 0
with diverging lines to BATH and BRIT)
N ItAl.j'lt
r 01091*
(Provisionally Registered.) ,0,0 fo7;,:fts•e_,
Not,cc is hereby given, that no further Appic4n. ofOcs- •
this Cenipany will berecetved after TussDAY, helng,
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