The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-27 00:00:00

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management of this Railway hereby giye no-
tice, that in consequence of the unprecedented number of applications
already made for shares in this important undertaking, they hare
determined upon rejecting all further applications made atter the
29th September instant. Immediately after that day they will
proceed to make the allotment of the shares and procure the execu-
tion of the Parliamentary contract and subscription deeds.
Signed by order of the Committee,
J. R. GIBSON,
OWEN GRAY, Registered Solicitors.
J. B. MUDGE,
29th September, 1845.

SHREWSBUR Y, WOLVERHAMPTON,
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
WM. ORMSBY GORE, M.P.. Chairman.
The Hon. ROOT. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
John Benbow, Esq., MP.
W. Richford Collett, Esq., M.P.
W. Fechney Black, Esq.
James Clay, Esq.
Richard Norman, Esq.
Stephen Phillips, Esq.
Richard Smith, Esq.
It. A. Slaney, Esq.
Sir W. Young, Bart.
In consequence of the repetition ofAdvertisements signed " Thomas
H. Smith," and an " Original Shareholder," the Committee of Ma.
nagement think it their duty to publish the names of that Commit-
tee, as the best answer to the latter anonymous writer, and to caution
the Shareholders against being misled by any statements which
might be made at any meeting called by Thomas H. Smith, of whom
the Committee of Management know nothing.
The Committee of Management take this opportunity to state, that
the surveys from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton are nearly completed,
and that the surveys from Wolverhampton to Birmingham are being
made under the direction of it joint Committee representing this
Company, the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the
Birmingham Canal Company, the whole under the immediate super-
intendence of Mr. Robert Stephenson.
By order, GEO, KNOX, Secretary.
3, Moorgate-street, Sept. 22, 1845.

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and

Bridgewater respectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 21. Its. 6d. per Share.
Office, 20, Poultry.
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 Elphiustone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq M.P., Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Ballwin, M.P., 6, Parliament-street
Yon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, itelgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-plaee, London
William Bradley, Esq., 31ano; Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Sir John Cave Brown Cave, Bart., Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Sir William Young, Bart., Westbourne-green, Hyde-park, East India
Director
John Clark, Esq., Benefield House, near Trowbridge, Wilts, Magis-
tr ate for the counties of Wilts and Somerset
Alfred Batson, Esq., Ramsbury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place
Major Hunt Grubbe, Eastwell House, Devizes
John Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker
John Lovel 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 London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farnconab, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of tile 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, ')eputy
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 Rally, ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., hitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. Philips. Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and

George-street, Mansion Rouse
Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Liodenant 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-cross, Director of
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the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and 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 Chard", Devon, Direc-
tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, sad 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, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwall Railway Company
William Downing Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's,
and Ripon
Cuthbert 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 Breyuton, 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 Blackwall 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 Docks Company, and of the General Shipowners'
.Socieey
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., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh 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-
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rector of the Warwickshire and London Bailway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-

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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 Ne w bury, Barks
Col. Bursiem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

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County -
Rev Chas. Fras. Bamffyide, 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
B. 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 Duudas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Hab,omb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager tof the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berk.,
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Habertield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Mortbrd Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
ef 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., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadi'', Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Mag,lstrate 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 Hudders-
field and ,;hetlield, 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., Hatton-le-Bole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, FAQ, Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Dirkenlicad, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool