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tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more
easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and eambridge,
may be said to terminate in London, whence all places are accessible.
The second line, counting westward, is more tortuous, and has also
a common northern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad-
vantages are materially restricted. This line, descending the Ere-
wash Vale, and passing through Rugby and Oxford, becomes a South-
ampton line by falling into the South-Western Railway at Basing-
stoke.

The third longitudinal line, or the most westerly, is still more de-
fective in design than the preceding; employing the steep and narrow
railway called the Birmingham and Gloucester as its first link, it
traverses nearly in a right line the least populous and most undulating
parts of Gloucester, Barks, Wilts, and Hants; and, properly speaking,
has no independent terminus.
A large longitudinal section of the kingdom—the West Midland
district—a district inviting a similar species of accommodation from
concentrated local advantages, still remains unprovided w ith a chief
trunk line ; and it is contemplated to remedy this deficiency by the
present undertaking, or a fourth longitudinal line.
Adopting Birmingham as a northern terminus of the West Mid-
land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, it is proposed to carry
a line through or near to Stratford-on-Avon, Moreton, Stow, North-
leach, Fairford, Cricklade, and Swindon, where it will merge in the
South and Midlands Junction Railway.
The length of the proposed line will be about sixty niiles, and the
district traversed by it is gently undulating and densely peop'eo. At
its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with th 3 South
and Midlands, by means of which it opens a most direct communica-
tion hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weymouth, Christ-
church, Poole, and Southampton. At its northern terminus, Bir-
mingham, it communicated with a series of lines, projected, in pro-
gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can
ever be constructed between the southern ports of England and the
great manufacturing districts.
In the alliance of lines forming the West Midland, Manchester,
and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages lire-
! gents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin-
gencies also. If it be desirable that the terminus of every railway
should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re-
spect the present project is peculiarly fortunate. If Government be
resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lines, it
will be seen, by laying a role on the map of England from Salisbury
to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these
places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this
prospectus, as being on the proposed line ; and actual measurement
has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and
Manchester by 26 miles.
By the construction, therefore, of little more than 60 miles of
rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tablished—a line, also, however superior in position to others pro-
mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing
with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole,
and Southampton.
In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and
Midlands Junction Railway Company.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the following gentlemen :

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London—Messrs. J. Peppercorn e and Co., 9, Old Broad-street; Mr.
J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Banbury, 4,
Angel-court.
Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co., and Messrs. Neilson.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William

Marshall.
Hull—Messrs. Collinet and Flint.
Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co.
strattbrd-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton.
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford.
Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Fulmer.

Birmingham—Mr. Collis, and Mr. Jo-an Wrigbt.
Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.

Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M`Callum
and ,Co.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARZS.
To the Provisional Committee of the_West Midland, Manchester,

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and Southampton Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot tome
Sharei of 20!. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit theresn, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name (in full) .... •
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Address of Referee..................
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Messrs

Messrs.
Messrs.

IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY,
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
Front London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewafer t espectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 25L each.
Deposit, 21. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
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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., 10, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies.
Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
dl" 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., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, 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 Railway
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
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, 'Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate 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-cross, Director of
the South Midland allway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park. London,
Director of the Dublin,
.Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Edc, Esq., 34, Great Whichester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lonthard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and 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 tke
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Eras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwell Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cutchbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North-read, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways •
George Haminond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London‘Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq. Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of 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-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Weide, Esq., Clopton house, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., , Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromigh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William I Congreve Russell, Esq.' Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector 'of the Warwickshire and 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, Berks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
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 Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, 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 lialcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq. Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberiled, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Holford, Esq.; Rushohn Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field 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
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Win. 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, Wisbeack,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance'-office
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Shffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq.. Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the Londoi and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways

lenry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw,' Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merckant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Cony
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex
William John M`Guire, Esq. Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefevre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chits. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringhans, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
"enry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—ChATICS J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harlbrd, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth

The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
Landon and the Land's End.

Ina national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its position at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. -Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,000 t. to 3;000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased.

The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been
set "on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by
railway.

The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this,
its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project Is distinguished by this—that It is direst. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local Influence commanded
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct
line.; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accornmodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western rtailwly
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wens '
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than
any existing or projected railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence It is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
latelyproposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles that it will trams' rich and populous. agricaltural
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and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro-
jected with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest theft no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, au inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.

Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom ; It may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament.

It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense ; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, an co-operation of
the landowners, and that tke Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
our pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, aid to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.

Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
he solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you:willallOt me shares of 25/. each
in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 2/. 15s.
per skare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated

1845.

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THE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.

Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's
Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed,
the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary.

Sept. 12. 1845.

4QHROPSHIRE 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. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
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: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., Ironniaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di-
rector of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddocs, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kenslngton-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
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Clun, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Highfields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilston, Staffordshire
Fourdrenier, George IL, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwieh, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
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 Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Birr, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, N:sq. J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Summerhlll Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newelmbe, 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
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfrlars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
ltigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millfleld Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton .William, 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, Shiffnal
Silvester 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
Co Spicer,lar iCharlesne, and p
W.,0 rEt
rs u
s q , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
h and Grand London and Dublin Approxi-
mation Railways
Stead, James, Esq , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Weidock
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, l Brentbra„e
• House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos. Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Chin, Shropshire
Williams, Messrs. James and Co., Irournasters, Whittington Iron
Works, near Stoarbridge
Wilson, Lieut.. General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth
Salop (With power to add to their lumber.)

BANKIas.
Messrs. Tones, Loyd and Co., LothburY, London
Messrs. Cockburns and Co., 4, Whitehall,}
Messrs. Adams; Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
The Shropshire Banking Company, and its Branches.
ENGINEER IN emir—Samuel Olegg, Esq.,
ACTING ENSINEER—Francis Briscoe, Esq.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
E. Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretten
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius 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., Burelem, Staffordshire Potteries
Szcarrm—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 Eecleshall, Offiey, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors 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-Haywood, 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 depot proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will be-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 be reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend-
ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be
enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to
the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference
to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight
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 now incurred by the Shrop-
shire ironmastorg,f or the conveyance of lime-stone fl'om 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 communlca•
tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, York and Hull, and
Swansea and South Wales.

Asa junction line alone (connecting as it will such important rail-
ways), s 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 erns
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-operation has been secured, that no oppo-
sition Is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure.
The liability of the Shareholders wail 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 rate of four per cent. per annum
on the amount of the deposit, and upon the further calls, from the
date of each payment until the opening of the line ; and the first
deposit being paid,
a further call will not be made until the Act o
Parliament shall have been obtained.
Maps of the line, prospectuses, &c., are to be obtsined from the
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agents, also the brokers, Messrs.
Mieville and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Messrs,.
Caster* Casenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Solrnes
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, Esq.
Sheffield; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull; to whom applications
for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may o addressed ; sad
it will be necessary that reference be made to a banker, fKiliCitOr, Og
parsoll clrespoiasibility.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXCURSION TRAINS TO CAMBRIDGE.
A Train, consisting of open Second-class and of Third-class Car-
riages, will leave the Shoreditch Station, on Monday, the 22d, and
Monday, :the 29th instant, at Nine o'clock, A.M., and Hertford at
Half-past Nine A.M., returning from Cambridge at Half-past Six
o'clock P.M. The . Trains will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Brox-
bourne, and Ware. Fare to Cambridge and back, from any of the
above stations, ss.
Eastern Counties Railway-office, Sept. 8, 1845.

READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY,
connecting the GREAT WESTERN, SOUTH WESTERN,
LONDON and BRIGHTON, and SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAYS.
Provisionally registered, pursuant to 7 & 8 Viet., c. 110.
Capital, £600,080 in 30,000 shares of £2O each.
Deposit, £2 2s. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Chelsea, M.P. for Reading'
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street
John Humphery, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the City of London
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens
Sir William Young, Bart., Director of the East India Company
Daniel Mildred, Esq., Banker, Nicholas-lane
Colonel Robert Douglas, R.A., United Service Club, Director of the
Bideford and Tavistock Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Twickenham, Deputy Chairman of the Thames
Embankment Company
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith,
and Central Wales Railway
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rushland Hall, Lancashire,
Director of the Tcan and Dove Valley Railway
Major Morse Cooper, Wargrave, Berks
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton-terrace, and Broome Hall,

Dorking ,
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
William Strahan, Esq., banker; Strand, and Ashurst, Dorking
James Garrard, Esq., Pinner, Middlesex
John Leveson Gower, Esq., Bill Hill, Wokingham, Berks
James Hartley, Esq., Leadenball-street, Director of the Peninsular

. .
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
James Hayward, Esq., Wokingham, Berks
Captain Hodges? Connaught terrace, Hyde Park
John Jackson, Esq., Upper Beigrave-place, Eaton-square
Charles Johnson, Esq., Hennerton House, Berks
Captain G. Evans, R.N., Headley Grove, Dorking
John Keene, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland
John Weldale Knollys, Esq., Reading
William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square
David Mocatta, Esq., F.S.A., 32, Brunswick-square
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life-office
Edward E. Molyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, Director of the Shrews-
bury and Hereford Railway
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., 29, Montague-street, Russell-square
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company
John Southgate, Esqi Pebble Coombe, Reigate
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Gros-
venor-square
James Joseph Wheble, Esq.' Bulmarsh Court, Reading, Berks
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Director of the
Leidester and Bedford and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 17, James-street, Buckingham-

gate
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick square, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—SamueI Hughes, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richards and Rogers, Reading.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Wokingham—J. L. Roberts, Esq.
Dorking—Mark Smallpiece, Esq.
Reigate—Thomas Hart, Esq.
Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq.
Bagshot—John Mears, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co.
Reading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co.
Reigate—Messrs. Nash and Neale.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.

Hugh Innes Cameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street.
SECRETARY (pro tern )—Digby Powell, Esq."
Temporary Offices, No. 1, Ohl Jewry.

For particulars see the prospectus and map, which may be ob-
tained at the Offices of the Company, No. 1, Old Jewry, or from the
Solicitors, Parliamentary or Local Agents, or the following Share-
brokers :—Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, Exchange, London; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. T. N. Balne, Gloucester ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter; Mr. Collis, Birmingham; Mr. Neilson, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Newmarch and Withington, Manchester ; Messrs.
Ilingley, Rawson, and Bingley, Leeds ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ;
Messrs. Grayson and Earle, York; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Mr. W. J. Eaglesfield, Leicester ;
Messrs. J. Peet and Son, Nottingham ; Messrs. Pilians and Home,
Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Reading and Reigate Railway

Company.
;11Gentlemen,—I request you will allot me shares of 201. each
in this Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less
number you may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s.
per share, and all future calls thereon, and to execute the Sub-
scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 184
Name in full ... .................
Profession • . • • • •,..•
Reference in full.• .....

READING AND REIGATE RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for
SHARES will be RECEIVED after WEDNESDAY next, the 24th inst.
—Dated 16th September, 1845.
By order of the Board.
DIGBY FOWELL, Secretary (pro tern.)
Offices, I, Old Jewry.

JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON-
TEGO BAY.

_
Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street.
Capital 1,500,000/., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each
Deposit 2/. per Share.

A Reseryation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested is
the Island.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernarvoushire
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard
Sir John J. Hansler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place
Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster
Thomas Fameomb, Esq., Alderman of London
Major Adair, U.S. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng-
land Insurance Company
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwall Railway
John Blvd, Esq. Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director 'of the Commercial
Bank, London
Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell
Lieutenant-Colonel Clines, Cambridge-terrace
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall
D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London
and Manchester ailway
Francis John Lambert, Esq., 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail-
way
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside-and Leyton, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron
Railway
B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St.
Elizabeth's
J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and Western Railways
-W. C. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, ' Director of the Worcester,
Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway
William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and
Cork and Kilkenny Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National
Bank of Ireland
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In-
surance Company
Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coalsden
Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General
Fire and Life Assurance Company
(With power to add to their number.)

Elio?axis—William Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, Esq
C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Elmslle and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.

BANKERS—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane.

The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of
passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter-
mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons
conversant with the islan 1 of Jamaica.
The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King.
ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on
the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest
journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be
traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of
305. per passenger.
The difference in the freights between the northern and southern
sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the
saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern
side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at
much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan-
tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King-
ston, instead of being confined, as they now, are, to the exposed ports
f the east and north of the island.
The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at
Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the
largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or
near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King-
ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Merant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria,
t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego
1 ay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed
h etween the most important and populous places, and facility offered
for carriage of the produce of the most prodactive portion of the
island.

Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are
gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun-
tains, which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the
eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost
level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country,

rising, into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The
whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar-
tcles of sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other
spices, dye wood, drugs, Sec. ; and as more than one-third of the
land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by
the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton,
indigo, cocoa, &c., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again
be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety
abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes
spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vita, ebony, Spanish
elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will
also bring largely into use the valuable painmtt, , and various other
woods for agricultural and household purposes, cad cabinet works.
The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ;
lead ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver ;
whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate
of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com-
posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic.
The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction
of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion
of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material*
necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the
atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut-
tings and embankments will be generally superseded.
A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line,
and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con-
struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ;
—the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction
of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased
to capitalists r the benefit of the Shareholders.
Of the vatic is imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti-
mate can sea cely be given—it will be sufficient to state, that Coals,
Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops,
Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and
Manufactures generally, form important sources of profit.
The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate
per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care-
ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of
railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re-
quired, and the speedy communication established between the
island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, will !enable the Directors in this country to exercise an
efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island.
. .

The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the
Payment of 434 per cent. interest upon the amount paid upon the
shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line.
Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43,
Moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors,
47, Moorgate-street, London; and the following Sharebrokers :
Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Tbrogmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans,
39, Lothbury ; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London;
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. ♦. Brown, and Messrs.
Alston and Gage, Liverpool ; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co.. Leeds; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester ; Mr. F. Stamp,
Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham ; Mr. Samuel llutchinson,
Bradford ; Messrs. Wall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee,
Cheltenham ; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick-
enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax; Messrs.
Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, Jun., Southampton;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh ; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen ; Messrs.
Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street,
Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may
be had.
To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern,

and Northern Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
501. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21.
Per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as
may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l am,
Gentlemen, your obedient servant,

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* Wood Is Dr. Par iltarly as hard as iron, and in that Cemet4 is
na)re durable.

CaZ OUTH MIDLAND, or NORTHAMPTON and
1.3 LEICESTER RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that on and after WEDNESDAY, the 17th
nst., the Offices of this Company will be at No. 3, Princes-street,
Westminster. By order,
GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Secretary.
1, Gray's Inn-square, Sept. 15, 1845.

ISLE OF WIG-HT RAILWAY.
Capital 300,0001., in 12,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, Si. 12s. 6d. per Shr

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
CRAIRMAN—THOMAS GISBORNE, Esq., M,P.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—HENRY TOOTAL, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield
William Collins, Esq., M.P.
Charles Popham Hill, Esq., Lord of the Manor of Bonchurch
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, Hants
N. Barwell, Esq., East Cowes Castle
Captain Thomas Dickinson, R.N.
Thomas Claxton Esq., High Bank Cottage, Ventnor
A. J. Drewe, Esq.. Elm Grove, Ventnor
William Betts, Esq„ Bevois Mount, Southampton
James Durham, Esq., Victoria Park, Manchester, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company
George Sandars, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Trent Valley Rail-
way Company
Joseph Nadln, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Lankester, Esq , Southampton
James Hibbert Wanklyn, Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director
of the Trent Valley Railway Company
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the Manchester, Bux-
ton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway Company
John Barff, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York Rail-
way Company
John Lillie, Esq., Derby House, Manchester, Director of the Shrews-
bury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company
Jame. Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway Company
William G. Beare, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe Railway
Charles Lyall, Esq., 33, Westbonme-terrace, Hyde Park Gardens.

ENGINEERS.
Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S.A., M.R.1.A., Engineer in Chief.
Sherrard and Hall, Acting Engineers.
BANKERS.
In Newport, Cowes, and Ryde—The National Provincial Banking
Company.
In Southampton—Messrs. Maddison and Pearse ; the Hampshire
Banking Company.
In London—The Commercial Bank.
In Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank.

In announcing that the Allotment of Shares is now made, and
that the letters will be posted this evening, the Directors regret
their inability to comply with the wishes of a very numerous and
respectable body of applicants.
JAMES WHEELER, Manchester.
DEACON and LONG, Southampton.
19, Great George-street. Westminster,
September 17, 1845. .

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
(Registered Provisionally.)
THE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,

Connecting with the Great Western Railway OR the one side, and
on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im-
portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Marksbury, Stanton Priory,
Farmborough, Timsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Paulton,Wellon,
Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, KUmersdon, Newberry, Coleford,
Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shepton
Mallet, Crosscombe, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham,
Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell,
Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorlinch, Sutton Mallet,
Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater.
It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near
the station of the Great Western Railway at Keynsham, and proceed
by Burnet to Marksbury and Farmborough. Thence it will pass on
the west side of Timsbury, and go on through the numerous and ex-
tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad-
stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western
side, and thence through Babisgton to the eastern side of Newberry,

from which there will be a bran-ch ling to Frome, passing by Elm on
the southern side. The main line *lll hold its course beside the
Upper and Lower Vobster coal works and Goodeve's coal works,
through Melcombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip.
Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side
of Bodden, and to the eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western
side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sides
of Ham, Crosscombe, and Dinder, to the southern point of the city
of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Coxley and Coxley
Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Pol-
sham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will
cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt
on the northern side Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern
side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell Between Shipwick
and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence
to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to
Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the
southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, and thence spanning, the railway Into the borough of
Bridgwater.

The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that
of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs.
The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga-
tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There
will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be
no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer-
tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in
the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the
regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter
Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand
Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers,
goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject.
A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the
amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the
names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied
by a map of the line and the tuljaceut eountry, laid down upon the
scale of one inch to a mile.

EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 300,0001., In 15,000 Shares of 20/. each.

Deposit 2/. 2s. per share, in accordance with the standing or&rs of
the Houses of Lords and Commons.

No call to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be
answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham
lohn Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton CoMeld
C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re.
gent's Park, London
John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the London Central Terminus Company
George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc-
tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford
Railways
Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham
Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire
It. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park,
Bristol
Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and
Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant
W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and
the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire
David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham
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Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham
John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham
Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Thomas Bollman Upfil, Esq. Birmingham
Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Hall, Staffordshire
Major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Railway
Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerford Park, Wilts, Military Secretary
at Hyderabad
William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Director
of the South Midland ; the Northampton, Banbury and Chelten-
ham ; Leeds and Carlisle ; Manchester and Southampton, and
other Railways
T. R. Wright, Esq„ Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and. Tam-
worth, Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways
J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton
William Boyden Watts, Esq., Birmingham
J. Mee Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Manchester Railway
Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birmingham
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wharstone House, near Birmingham
Capt. M'Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton
John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service,
Euston-place, Euston-square, London
Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance
Company
Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway, &c., &c.
John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Hercules Hanes Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, Glouces-
tershire
William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham
John George Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atherstone, Direc-
tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways
Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham
John Russell, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and
Liverpool Railway'
Joshua Horton, Esq., /Etna Iron-works, Smethwick, Staffordshire
Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham
It. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di-
rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway Companies

(With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
$. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, London.
Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London.
LOCAL AGENTIL

Birmingham—W. H. Bete*, Esq., New-street ; and C. B. Jagger,
Esq., New-street.

BANKERS.
➢fessrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London.
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham.

This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at
the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich-
Uhl, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone,
Sutton Coldfieid, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham.
The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a
glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan-
tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Union Rail-
way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway
jitst below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line,
via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct
route from Manchester to London, but will leave Birmingham on the
west, which can only be reached by the circuitous route through
Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles.
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The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex-
tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected
Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus
save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the
shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de-

As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked, it is
sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income aris-
ing from the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is
very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingham, the
emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated neigh-
bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this
Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must
necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the
lines from Manchester to Lichfield be made.

This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the
North to Birmingham.
The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of
20/. each. A deposit of 21. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid
upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers
of the Company.
No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent.
per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment
until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answerable
beyond the amount of their Shares.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contrast, which
shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with
any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or make
Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present un-
dertaking for the benefit of the Company, as they may deem proper,
will be ready on the day fixed for the payment of deposit, and will
be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged
for certificates e Scrip ; and the shares of any Subscribers making
default in the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of
which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited.
No application for shares can be attended to, unless accompanied
by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the
Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker.
Forms of application for shares, espies of the prospectus, and a
map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offices of the
Company, 60, Moorgate-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from
Local Agents; from Mr. B. B. Williams, 17, Throgmorton-street,
London ; Mr. W. H. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs.
Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington, Liver-
pool ; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Forlay,
Leeds , Mr. Thomas Evans, Milsom-street, Bath ; Messrs. Eilgood
and Harrison, Leicester.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Te the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de-
posit of V. 2s. per share thereon, aid to execute the Subscribers'
agreement and Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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