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London, England, 1845-09-29 00:00:00

am, Sir, your very obedient eervait,

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To the Secretary of the Newry and Enniskillen
Railway Company.

WEST MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Connecting the Eastern and Western parts of the kingdom.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,700,0001., in 68,000 shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s, 6d. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir W. Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne-hall
Sir David Scott, Bart., Porchester-terrace, Hyde Park, London
Jedediah Strutt, Esq., Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
Edward Hyde Clerke, Esq., Leamington Priors
John Ashton, Esq., Newton Bank, Hyde, and Manchester
William Bayley. Esq., Lark-hill, Ashton-under-Lyne
The Mayer of Carnarvon, Director of the London and Holyhead
Railway
Edward Valentine Pegge Burnell, Esq., Winkburn-hall, Nottingham-
shire, Vice-Chairman of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Henry Kendall, Esq., Austin-friars, London, Director of the Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Colonel Thomas Wildman, Newetead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, Di-
rector of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands• Junction Rail-
way
John Celthorp Williams, Esq., M.D., Nottingham
Major Ruble, Nettleworth Hall, Nottinghamshire, Direeter of the
Derby and Gainsborough Railway
James salmon& Esq,, Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire,
Chairman of the Boston, Newark and Sheffield, and Director of
the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway
Francis Hall, Esq., Chairman of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and
Midlands Junction Railway
The Mayor of Newark-on-Trent
Henry Boden, Esq., The Field, Derby, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
William Tinker, Msg., Hyde, Manchester
Thomas Horseley, Esq., Pye Bridge, Derbyshire
Major Coke, Woodhouse Grove, Nottinghamshire, nee-Chairman of
the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
John Ray, Esq., Meaner Hall, Derbyshire
George Johnson, Esq., Mansfield
Charles Allis, Esq., Willoughby Hall, Grantham, Director of the
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
John Brown, Esq., M.D., Broadneld House, Boston, ditto
John Coke Fowler, Esq., Duffield Rank, Derby, Director of the Derby
and Gainsborough Railway
John Edward Brodhurst, Esq., Crow Hill, Mansfield, Director of the
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Thomas Fowke Andrew Burnaby, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Charles Holden, Esq., Junior United Service Club, London
David Harrison, Esq., Staieybridge
H. D. Dod, Esq., Mansfi ad, Woodhouse
Lewis Novell', Esq., Manchester
Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ingram Ford, Esq., Abbey-field, Sandbeach, Cheshire
H. Cave Leahy, St. James's-square, London, a Director of the
Shelled, Buxton, Leek, and Potteries Railway, the Great Welsh
Central Railway, and the Grand Trunk Railway
The Rev. Dr. Curaham, Vicar of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Di-
rector of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Richard Greenhalgb, Esq„ Car Bank, Mansfield, Director of the:Ros-
ton, Newark, and Sheffield, 'and Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid-
lands' Junction, and Derby, ant Gainsborough Railways
William Sacheverell Cook, Esq., Langton-hall, Nottinghamshire,
Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Richard Truswell, Esq., Mandrake-house, Sheffield
Edward Dowland, Esq., Mansfield
P. R. Dearden, Esq., Birkenhead
The Rev. John Peatfield, West Bridgeford
Edmund Sykes, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
William Sabine, Esq., Broomhill-grange, Nottinghamshire
Isaac Heywood, Esq., Mansfield. Nottinghamshire
Montagu David Scott, Esq., Porchester-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
William Heywood Paulson, Esq., Mansfield
Thomas Spragging Godfrey, Esq., Balderton-hall, Nottinghamshire,
Director of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
William Hollins, Esq., Pleasly-vale, Derbyshire
Richard Henry Wright, Esq., Mansfield
William Gething, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield, and Derby, and Gainsborough Railway
Sibbald Scott, Esq., 62, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
W. F. Handley, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
Watkin Lees. Esq., Dukinfield
William Sidebottom, Esq., Ethrow House, Hollinrworth
Richard Wharton Myddleton,!Esq., Leasingham Hall
John Dodsley, Esq., Skegby Hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the
Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Robert Watson, Esq., Mansfield
Thomas Burroughs, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gains-
borough Railway
John Hudson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
Henry Brodhurst, Esq., Woodhouse-place
Samuel Wright Fearn, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadeall, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
General Reeve, Leadenham Mall, Director of the Boston. Newark,
and Sheffield Railway
Major Taylor, Radcliffe, Nottingham
Joseph Gilstrap, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Douglas Fox, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
John Johnson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
Willi= Foster, Esq., Sleaford, Director of the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield Railway
William Gill, Esq., M.D., Nottingham
William Houldeworth, Esq., Farnsfield
Jonathan nardeastie, Esq., Blidworth Dal.
John Thorpe, Esq., Newark-on-Trent, Director of the Boston.
Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Captain F. Chamfer, Helin-street, Beigrave-square
Edward Newbatt, Esq., Old-place, Sleaford
Dr. Bent, Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Emanuel Howett, Esq., Farnsfield
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Provisional Director of :the Mid-
land and Eastern Counties Railways.
R. M. Pruce, Esq., Lothbury, and 24, Park-square, Regent's-park
William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London
Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and
Basingtoke, of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction,
and of the Great Western Extension Railway Companies:
Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac Cottage, Duna!, near Leeds,
Director of the West Riding Junction, the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and other Railways
Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Martin Furniss, Esq., ditto
George Boden, Inner Temple, and St. George's-terrace, Kensington
TER FOLLOWING GENTLEMEN WILL POEM TEN COMMITTEE Or
DIRECTION.
Edward Thomas Coke, Esq.
Francis Hall, Esq.
William Tinker, Esq.
Mentagu David Scott, Esq.
James Salmond, Esq.
Richard Greenhalgh, Esq.
Henry Kendall, Esq.
E. V. P. Burnell, Esq.
John Ray, Esq.
John Dodsley, Esq.
LONDON Boxicasts—Messrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co. ;
Messrs. Jones, Leyd, and Co.
COUETET SAWMILL
Manchester—Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Arthur, Heywood, and Sons
Nantwich—Liverpool and Manchester District Banking Company's
Branch
Newcastle-under-Lyme—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking
Company's Branch
Burelem—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's
Branch
Stafford—Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co.
Uttoxeter—The Burton Union Bank
Cheadle—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's
Branch
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Sheffield— The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company
Mansfield and Chesterfield—Messrs. Robinson and Broadhurst
Nottingham—Messrs. J. and J. C. Wright, and Messrs. Moore and
. Robinson's Banking Company.
ENGINEEZ—Joseph Gibbs, Eeq.
SOLICITORS—Mews. Parsons, Benn, and Parsons, and Messrs. G. and
T. Walkden, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
LOCAL AGENTS.
St. G. George Smith, Esq., Derby
Newcastle-under-Lyre
Stafford
Ashbo
Paztrakuirroxy AGENTS—Messrs.urnDorre Ington, Hayward, Elli-
combo, and Co., 16, Parliament-street

The national object of this undertaking is to create a direct and
united communication between the eastern and western parts of the
kingdom.

On reference to a railway map of England, it will at once be seen
that Stafford and Crewe, on the Grand Junction and Derby, and
Helper, en the Midland Railway, are the centres to which a great
number of lines of railway, either already constructed or projected,
converge ; and between these four points no railway exists.
The West Midland Railway proposes to unite these points in the
following way;—By commencing one of its arms at Crewe station,
on the Grand Junction Railway, which will run through or near
Newcastle-under-Lyne, Burnham, Stoke-ipon-Trent, Lane End, and
Cheadle, to Uttozeter, where its other arm from Stafford will meet it
and proceed thence, by Aehbourne to a point near the Belper station
on the Midland Railway, where it will take advantage of the pro-
posed Derby and Gainsborough, Nottingham and Mansfield, and
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railways; thus opening a direct com-
munication between Holyhead and other parts of North Wales,
Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire,!en the one hand, and Sheffield,
Mefferd, Mansfield, Nottingham, Newark, Norwich, and the ports of
Gainsborough, Grimsby, Boston, Spalding, Lynn and Yarmouth, on
the other.
This line will accommodate a very considerable portion of the traffic
proceeding from the west coast of Scotland, Cumberland, and Lanca-
shire, into Lincolnshire and the south-eastern parts of the kingdom,
and by that portion of the line which is proposed to run between
Helper and Stafford, and the whole of the traffic from the east coast
of Scotland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire,
and other populous northern counties passing to the west and south-
west, together with the opulent mineral districts of South Wales, will
be effectually served.
Passing as this line will do, through a densely-populated and ex-
tensive manufacturing district, it must be viewed, even in its local
character, as one of vast importance. The mere enumeration of the
towns affected by it would suffice to show that the traffic over it
will be immense ; but, in addition to this, when credit is taken fin the
thorough traffic passing diagonally over the line from south-east to
north-west, and from north-east to south-west, as well as for the
corn and other agricultural produce from the eastern counties to the
manufacturing districts ; and a return carriage of manufactured
goods, slates from North Wales, salt from Cheshire, earthenware
from Staffordshire, and iron from Shropshire, for the consumption of
the midland counties as well as for export from the eastern ports
of Hull, Grimsby, Boston, Spalding, &c., some adequate idea may
be formed of the advantages which the comple ion of this
comprehensive scheme will naturally develop. All these objects
have been deeply and seriously considered, and deemed of each para-
mount importance to local interests, that the fullest and most in-
fluential support and co-operation have been obtained to effectually
carry out and insure the various objects of this undertaking.
Surveys of the district have been made with much care, and the
result is highly favourable in an engineering point of view.
The Committee in the allotment of shares will give a preference to
parties locally interested, and in all cases satisfactory reference will
Ire required to some person of known respectability.
Power will be taken in the act to allow interest, at the rate of 41.
per cent. per annum, on the deposits, as well as on all Mitre calls,
from the date of each payment, till the opening of the whole line, or
until a dividend be declared ; and the liability of subscribers will be
limited by the Act of Parliament to the amount of their respective
shares.

The shares and all payments made thereon will be forfl.ited with-
out notice, should the holders thereof not sign the Subscribers' Agree-
ment and Parliamentary Contract as soon as required.
Applications for shares In the form annexed may boome to the So-
licitors, or the undermentioned Sharebrokers :
J. S. Yeates, Esq., Bank Chambers, London
Roger Mortimer, Esq., Throgmorton-street, ditto
J. W. Scott, Esq., Bartholomew-lane, ditto
Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester
John Duncuft, Esq., ditto
Messrs. S. R. Healey, Liverpool
Thomas, Forsyth, Esq., ditto
Messrs. Eyre and :Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull
Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull
Tames Thompson, Esq., ditto.
Francis Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham.
J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham.
Messrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol.
William Lee, Esq., Cheltenham
Robert Allan, Esq., Edinburgh.
Messrs. Mein and Cunningham, Glasgow.
Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, ditto.
OF .
To the CommitteeFOßM of DirectionAPPLICATION of the West Midland Railway
• Company.

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Gentlemen—l request you will allot me3ianstield, Notting
Shaha resshire of 25/.
each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, to
pay the deposit thereon. or on any less number that may be allotted
to me, and to execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement in respea thereof when thereunto required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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