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PROSPECTUS OF THE ' F AMPOUX (ARRAS) and HAZEBROUCK .A. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
Joan Carter, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth
RHONDDA and ELY VALUES JUNCTION RAILWAY (O'NEILL'S COMPANY). Junction Railway
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
IRE. • IN FRANCE. John-Williams, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSH
(Provisionally Registered.) John Chapman, Esq., Langham-place
r101310t441 with the sanction and support of the Right Hon. the Earl Le Vicomte d'Abancourt, Peer of France, Director of the Lyona and
St. Etienne Railway Samuel Hall Egginton, Esq., North Feiriby, Yorkshire
of Dunraven. Joseph Annable Skidmore, Esq., St. John's, Wakefield
Le Marquis de Flers, Conseiller Ila Cour des Comptee
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each. Thomas Haigh, Esq., Wakefield
M. Gabriel Heim, Entrepreneur de Transports, Paris .
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share. William Stewart, Esq , Horbury, near Wakefield
M. Hallette, Proprietaire de Forges et Fonderies, Arras
FROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. Valentine Knight Esq. 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Direc-
M. Alphonse Laurent, Banker, Director of the Orleans and Bordeaux , ,
Theioant .A.tiare, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan tor of the Dendre Valley Railway
Railway, President of the Tribunal of Commerce of Blois
Crawsbaw Bailey, Esq. Iron-works, Nerd y Glo Ambrose Moore, Esq., Milk-street, Director of the Dendre Valley
M. Felix O'Neill, Banker, Paris
Six Robert Prise, Bart,'M.P. Feeley, Herefordshire Railway
31. Louis Riant, Maitre de Forges, Paris
Itielnird Prices Esq., M.P., Radnorshire'John Egleton Money, Esq., Mayor of Doncaster
91: William Wynn, Maes Eewyeld, Chairman a the North Wales Le Baron de Teacher, Membre du Conseil General da Departement
(With power to add to their number.)
du Cher, Paris.
Railway IN ENGLAND. ENGINEER-W. H. Smith, Esq., C.E., Adam-street, Adelphi.
lames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff Frederic Chamier, Esq., R.N., Senior United Service Club, Director BANKERS-London and Westminster Bank ; Union Bank of London.
SOLICITORS-L. Jacobs, Esq., 2, Winchester-buildings, London;
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef- of the Great Paris and Lyons Railway
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., No. 2, Old Broad-stree t Messrs. Frost and Moss, Hull.
field and Manchester Railway
*Arles Richard Biggs, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Deputy-Governor of the Union Bank PARLIAmeNTARY AGENTS-Messrs. Yates and Turner, Great George-
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham, Kent of London . street, Westminster.
Local, Atm:cm-Samuel Higginbotham, Esq., Macclesfield ; Win.
Monies Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester William Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand
Railway George Whitmore, Esq., Depaty-Chairman of the North Kent Benson Beckett, Esq., Thorne and Doncaster.
The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire Railway. SECRETARY-Wm. Tyler, Esq.
Office of the Company, 2, Winchester-buildings, Great Winchester-
Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenilworth, Director BANKERS-Messrs. Strahan, Paula, and Bates, 217, Strand.
of the Commercial Bank SOLICITOR-E. Benham, Esq., 20, Austin-friars. street, London.
This railway will connect the North Sea with St. George's Channel,
Gnome Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great:Leeds and London Direct SECRETARY-W. Freeling Jerdan, Esq.
Railway At a meeting of the English Shareholders in this Company, held and form a direct route from Holyhead to Hull. It will commence
at Chester, where it will forma junction with the Chester and Holy-
Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of Cambridge and this day, at the offices of the solicitors of the Company,
head and Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and passing between
Lkicoln Extension Railway ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Req., in the chair;
Northwich and Middlewich to Macclesfield, Sheffield, Rotherham,
Itiehard Dutton. Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction the first report of the English Provisional Directors having been
Doncaster, and Bowden, by a junction with the Hull and Selby line,
Rail way read ;
it will proceed to Hull.
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire It was moved by S. D. SCOTT, Esq. • seconded by G. K. Porn
Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and Esq. ; and unanimously resolved- °ex' By the proposed saving of distance will be effected, between
line a
Chester and 3lacelesfield, of 17 miles ; between Macclesfield and
Worcester Railway That the Directors' report then read be adopted, printed, and cir- Sheffield, 23 miles ; and between Sheffield and Hull, of 30 miles ;
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and No. 7, Manchester- culated among the Shareholders. making in the aggregate a saving of 60 miles between Chester
Square It was moved by GEORGE PAUL, ESQ.; seconded by W. 3110UNTFORD
and hull.
Captain Hewitt, Tyr Mab Ellis, Glarmorganshire NURSE, Esq. ; and unanimously resolved- This line will connect itself at Macclesfield with the Manchester ,
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire That the thanks of the Shareholders were eminently due and were and Crewe ;at Sheffield with the proposed Leeds, Wakefield, Barns-
John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glamorganshire thereby presented to the Directors generally, and to Captain Charnier
ley and Sheffield, and also with the proposed line from Sheffield
John Hopkins, Esq., Killely, Glamorganshire in particular, for their strenuous and successful efforts to obtain the
through Gainsog to Great Grimsby; and at Howden it will
William Harrison, Esq., Hill House, Upper Tooting concession of this important lino. forma junction with the York and Selby, Leeds and Selby, and the
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, and Director of It was moved by E. BENHAM, Esq. ; seconded by S.D. Scow, Esq.; Great Northern Railways.
the South and Midlands' Junction Railway and unanimously resolved- The direct transit with this line will afford between the ports of
John Ingles Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, That the resolutions be published in the usual newspapers. Hull and Dublin, combined with the immense traffic arising from the
and Southampton Railway ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE, Chalmers. Baltic and Great Northern trade of Europe, the densely populated
Vero Clarke Kemball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the The Chairman having vacated the chair, it was proposed, seconded, and highly commercial and manufacturing districts of Sheffield, Mac-
South and Midlands' Junction Railway and carried by acclamation-That the thanks of this meeting were clesfield, and the saltworks of Cheshire, together with the communi-
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway due to the Chairman for his able conduct is the chair. cation it will open for conveying the produce of the inexhaustible
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Raglan Hall, Glamorganshire By order, mines& Wales across the entire kingdom, will render this line one
William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the W. FRERLING JERDAN, Secretary. of the most lucrative and pre-eminently desirable for permanent in-
National Provincial Bank of England EASTERN COUNTIES, BARKING, vestment.
tames Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean THE It is no slight advantage in this undertaking that, whilst it forms
and THAMES JUNCTION RAILWAY, and COAL and
Railway a connecting line with so many railways, it will not interfere with
COASTING DOCK, with STEAM-BOAT WHARF.
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire any of those in existence, but will, on the contrary, afford additional
(Registered provisionally.)
layshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremble, Bridgend, Glamorganshire accommodation to their general traffic.
6d. per Share. 12s 21 . .
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., F.R.S. Bath, and No. 55, Lincoln's Inn- The surveys will be completed without delay ; and in the mean-
fields, Director of the Kennet' Capital, 500,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 251. each.
and Avon Canal Deposit,time it is reserved to the Committee of Management to make such
OVLSIONAL COMMITTEE.
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park TR alterations in the line, or amalgamations with other companies, as
George B. Pye, Esq., Lavenharn, Suffolk James Adam, Esq., Thames-street may be deemed most advantageous to the interests of this Company.
Henry Beech Burgess, Esq., Temple's Park, Hampstead, Director
Evan Prichard, Esq., Coilenna House, Glamorganshire Power will be applied for to allow Intel est at the rate of four per
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Dhu, near Bridgend of the Great Leeds and London Direct Railway, and Goole, Don- cent. on the calls from the passing of the Act to the opening of the
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq, Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire caster, and Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyre, and Great Grimsby Rail- line, as well as to limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct, way, and of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford Railway of their subscriptions only.
John James Cavan, Esq., 7, Charles-street, St. James's-square, Di-
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways Prospectuses and forms of application for shares may be had of
Edward L. Richards, Este, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire rector of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway the Solicitors, and of the following brokers :-London, S. H. Ellis,
John Randall, F. Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire Miles Dormer, Esq., 31, Mans-place, Sloane-street, Chelsea, Director 17, Throgmorton-street, and T. Uzielli, 75; Old Broad-street ; Liver-
of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend and Exeter,
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff pool, Messrs. Schroeder and Co., Asplin Highfield and Withers ; Ged-
Edward Seard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamor- Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways, des and Drinkwater, Manchester, Ridsdale, Hurst, and Ridsdale,
gaashire Colonel Robert Douglas, C. 8., R.A., Director of the Bideford and Messrs. Gardner and Heap, and Augustus Nahn ; Leeds, Messrs.
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London Tavistock Railway Whalley and Sons, Messrs, J. Young and Co., J. Smith, and Messrs.
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall. Director of the London and Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Chantrell and Boys ; Bradford, William Tuke, Messrs. Smith and
Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Director of the Railway Minton ; Halifax, Messrs. Crowther and Brook, James Harvey ;
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company Rev. H. R. Fowler, Manchester-square, Director Of the York and Lancaster, W. Welsh; Preston, T. Wren; Birmingham, J. R. Lane
(With power to add to their number.) Lancaster Railway and James ; Hull, Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle ; Leicester, Messrs.
SOLICITORS. Captain Twistieton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the Williams and Sunderland ; York, J. Newborn, John Nutt, and
W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street, London British Mutual Life Office Messrs. Graystone and Earle ; Bristol, John Morcom, and Messrs.
William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan. John Holmes, Esq., St. James's-street, Director of the York and Edwards and Son ; Coventry, Messrs. Brown and Clarke; Chester,
BANKERS. Lancaster, and Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railways John P. 3laddock ; Sheffield, Messrs. Garton and Wright; Hudders-
Commercial Bank of London D. B. Major, Esq. Albert-terrace, Knightsbridge field J. Andrews and Co., Mr. Gatliffe, Messrs. Wilson and Retie-
Rational Provincial Bank, Bridgand and Cardiff. Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham, Director of well,; Dublin, Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford ; Macclesfield,
ENGINEER. the York and Lancaster and Eastern Counties Junction, and Messrs. Brocklehurst and Co., and R. E. Hine.
This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda Southend Railways N.B. No application can be extertained unless accompanied by an
and Ely Vallies, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles die- Alexander Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Director of the York and Len- unexceptionable reference.
Lanes from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district, caster Railway FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
one of the richest and most important in South Wales, which is at William Shaw, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham Ex- To the Provisional Committee of the Hull and Holyhead Direct
present without the means of transit for its immense and valuable tension, and South and Midlands Junction Railways, and Managing Railway Company.
Director of the Royal Farmers' and General Fire and Life and
products. Gentlemen,-I request that you will allot me shares in
It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of Plait Insurance Company in the proposed Hull and Holyhead Direct Railway Company ; and I
Glamorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in im- Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden, Director of the Great Western, hereby agree to accept that or any less number that yon may
mime quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly flat, and, Southern, and Eastern Counties, and Ipswich and Southampton
- please to allot me, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 12s. 6d.
obtainab'e, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition Railways per share, and all further calls on the same, and to sign the Parlia
to add to their number.) power
to its being of excellent quality for iron making, as is proved at Mer- (With mentary Contract when required.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
thyr and Aberdeen, is also, like that of those districts, of the very Dated this day of 1845.
Henry Beech Burgess, Esq. B. D. Major, Esq.
best description for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although Name .... •
Miles Dormer, Esq. William Shaw, Esq.
inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de- Residence ..
John Holmes, Esq. Charles Waite, Esq.
scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other, Place of Business (if any) ......................
Nathaniel Ogle, Ens. Captain Fisher.
that the demand for it far exceeds the supply, and promises, accord- Trade or profession ....... ..... . .
CONSULTING ENGINEER-Col. Landman, F.S.A., M.I.C.E.
frig to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super- Reference ...... •• . ....... ...... .... ........
ENGINEER-George Montgomery Lewis, C.E.
sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of BANEERs-Commercial Bank of London. Usual Signature • •
traffic alone vrM afford a handsome return for the capital invested,
Sotterroßs--Messrs. Reed and Robinson, 31, Moorgate-street.
as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or PARLIAMENTARY AGENT-Thomas Baker, Esq., Spring-gardens.
canals have been constructed to open the mineral resources of other
The attention
.of the public and of the civic authorities of this greto
lees promising vailies in Wales than the Rhondda, which is cele-
metropolis, through the powerful medium of the public press, has
orated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro-
ii tr II Mbittton
upon several occasions been excited by the detail of numerous and
Quenon'. almost daily occurring accidents on the River Thames. With a view
In inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary for the menu-
to abate, if not altogether remove an evil of enormously growing SUN OFFICE, Seven o' Clock.
filature of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by
magnitude, the dangerous navigation of the river, the present project
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other
line is put before the public. --see-
.
This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales Although the chief cause of this danger is acknowledged to be the
blocking up the navigation, by the numberless tiers of colliers and LATEST PRICES OF SHARES
of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great teir attendant barges, and their ingress and egress to and from their
market
town and port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may IN BANKS, ASSURANCE, AND OTHER COM-
be said to be almost excluded. station, still no efficient remedy has hitherto been proposed.
It is intended that the line shall commence at Risen Rhondda, the It is admitted by all that the only mode by which this great and PANIES' STOCK.
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down to a natural pass dangerous nuisance can be removed is by a dock, ;at a considerable ---..--
between the hills at Ffrwd Amws, a distance of eight miles, where it distance from the Pool, and a suitable and most convenient site has
been selected in every way adapted for the object contemplated ; and From tie Official List,
will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of
six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissent, and there join the which not only combines facilities in no ordinary degree, for coal and PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING
South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the most coasting vessels to enter at all times of the tide, at a distance far re-
moved from the Pool (about three miles below Woolwich), but also at
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the
a locality, by the aid of a railway, from which the various produce LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26.
British ehennel. may be transmitted within half an hour into the very heart of the
A preliminary survey has already been made by competent par- 30INT-STOCK BANKS.
ties, and it is found that the country, admits of highly favourable City*
gradients, so nsnch so that it is confidently anticipated that the It is proposed to construct a dock at a point in that part of the
works will be executed very considerably under the advertised ca- river, four and a halt miles below Blackwell, called Gallion's Reach, Dividend Amount
pital. and thence to carry a railway four miles long, through East Ham, Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Plaistow,
The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking, and West Ham, to the Eastern Counties Railway at Strat- Annum. Share.
and the names of many influential proprietors will be foua4 on the ford, whore it will join the Northern and Eastern Railway, and form
Provisional Committee. a central point from which goods may be transmitted to the various 4 a. d. X s. d.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de- parts of the country which those railways traverse, and to London. Australasia .......... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of The spot at which the dock and works will be constructed has been Britsh North American 4/. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 48
big subscription. selected as being a part of the river where, at the lowest state of the Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24
Until an Ant of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this tide, there will always be a sufficiency of water to permit the ingress Colonial .•. • .......... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15%
Covpany shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to and egress of vessels, as a reference to the Admiralty charts will Londn and Westminstr 6/. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27U
whom power is given to allot the Shares, and to apply the funds demonstrate ;by this arrangement they will be enabled to discharge London Joint-Stock .• • 61. per cent. 50 0010 0 0 14%
et the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma- their cargoes, leave dock, and take in ballast (which is in the imme- Metropolitan - 25 0 0 710 0
eon, and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted diate vicinity where the Trinity House dredge is generally working), Provincial of Ireland.. 8L per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49
to Parliament. almost before they could have even reached their ordinary station in Ditto, New .. 8/. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20
Power will be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is the Pool, as at present. The great saving in time thus effected, it is National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 20%
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi- manifest, will be of the utmost consequence and advantage to the Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 37
tonal capital, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make owners of these vessels ; and, by materially decreasing the costs, Ditto, New... - 31. per cent. 120 0 0 10 0 0
would enable them to supply the consumer at a much less rate than Union of Australia -..
branch lines, or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or- 25 0025 0 0 25
et present. Union of L0nd0n..... 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13%
otherwise, with any other company or companies, and also to norm- -
It is intended also to erect saes-wall and wharf, 1,500 feet long,
este the first Directors of the Company. for the accommodation of passengers by steam-packets and other DOCKS.
In the allottment of Shares, a preference will be given to
vessels passing to and fro. The economy of time thus effected will
landowners on the line and other parties locally interested.
very considerable ; for, by the aid of this railway (bringing Shore-
Prospectuses and Maps may be had of, and applications for b.? era 1 Dividend 1 Amount
ditchand the intended terminust Finsbury within twenty minutes),
Shares, en a
, may be addressed in the form annexed to, W. B. James,- - Name of Company.
nearly three-quarters of an hour will be saved over every other mode per of Paid. Price.
Esq., Solicitor, 5, Basinghainstreet, London; to W. Morgan, Esq.,l Annum. Share.
Solteitor, Bridgend, Glamorganshire ; and to the undermentioned °' conveyance. _
It is moreover to be remarked, that from this spot Gravesend can -
Brokers ; but no application for Shares will receive the attention of X s. d. X s. d.
be reached in forty minutes, consequently the time consumed, from
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more Jommercial .... -
ot the Provisional Committee, Solicitors, or the Engineers:- Finsbury to Gravesend, by this route, would be about one hour. 4. and West India • 5%1. pr cent. Stock. 139
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London-Messrs. John Shesvell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard. As the Eastern Counties Railway will be united to all the other ""t
East Country ... 1 1/. per sh. 'lOO 0 0 - 21
" Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street. great trunk lines, by means of the Northern and Southern Connecting
London .... - 118
tiverpool-Messrs. Boultt and Co. Line just projected, it may be justly said that the Steam-packet St Katharine ........ 1 5 per cent. Stock. - , 110
Manchester-Messrs. Houghland and Leese Wharf now proposed will be the only metropolitan continental ter-
minus. Southampton • • ...... 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 ; 30
Leeds-Messrs John Young and Co.
Bristol Luke Arnold, Ens. ; Messrs. Tait' and Nash By the construction of this railway, with its very important adjunct
Blrmingham-Mr. Collis a coal and coasting dock, a most valuable addition will be made to INSITILILICCEI COMPANIES.
Sheffield-Messrs. Bardwell and Sons. the Eastern Counties revenue, by calling into existence a traffic
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. • which, under any other circumstances, could not be created ; thereby Dividend Amount
T the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and.
Ely Tallies developing to the proprietors of that extensive line, that its cepa- Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Junction Railway. bilities have hitherto lain dormant, and only required the necessary Antrum Share.
Gentienseu,-I request that you will allot me 'shares of 20/. extension to the Thames with a dock to secure to it a national depot
*soh In this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and to for produce from all parts of the globe to be disseminated through the £ a. d. X s. d.
numerous and increasing extension of the parent line. Mbion .. ........ 3/. His 500 0 0 50 0 0 73
pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted
to me ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract The carriage of coal alone would add no insignificant sum to the Alliance Brit. and For. 6 per cent. 100 0 0 11 0 0 20
hitherto declared dividends of the Eastern Counties, when it is con- Ditto Marine. ••• • • • 6/. per cent, 100 0 0 5 0 0 6%
Ind golaaribers' Agreement when required.
Name in full sidered that more than two-and-a-half millions of tons are annually Atlas .... ...
imported into the port of London, which amount would be greatly British Commercial .. 7s. per share 50 0 0 5 0 0 7
. ___. • increased by means of the facility of railway transmission thus Clericl,Med. & Geu.Life 51. per cent. 100 0 0 210 1 6%
Trade or rrotession ••••••••• • • • • • • • • • afforded. County ........
Crown
sr 41 40 0 0 5 0 0 -
Reference with Address . • • • • • • • • • • • • • It may be proper to remark that it would be difficult to find, so
Date of Application ••.. • ...... • • • • • •
0o 250 0° 0° 5%
near the metropolis, four miles course in every sense so eligible for a
ss railway, so free from obstruction, and so cheap of construction, that Eagle ......
100050
00
SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, PO TT.L- Ike coal traffic of itself would yield an ample return for the outlay. Economic Life ...
51. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 3
RIES, and CREWE RAILWAY . Prospectuses, plans, and shares, may be had upon application to the
Eng. & Scot. Law Life
(Registered Provisionally under 7 and S Victoria, C. 110.) solicitors, 31, Moorgate-street, London, and to Mr. D. B. Major, 27,
800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 251. each. Change-alley, Cornhill, London; and to those partios applying from European Life
Capital, • 5% per cent. 20 0 0 All paid. 20
Deposit, 11. 7s. 6d. per Share.
61. per cent. Stock.
the country, to D. B. M. they will be forwarded by post. Refer- Freemasons' •• •••• • • • • 51. per cent. 20 0 0 3 0 0
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. rences will be required. Globe • .
Guardian .......... ::
Imperial Fire
ohs Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the - 142%
121. per cent. 500 0 0 50 0 0 235
n
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Janet's!) HULL AND HOLYHEAD DIRECT
Railway Imperial Life
RAILWAY COMPANY, via SHEFFIELD, lUACCLES- Indemnity••••••••• 128. 100 0010 0 0 16%
John Milford, Esq., Rusholmo House, Manchester, Director of the FIELD, and CHESTER. Marine. - • 11. sh. & be. 100 0 0 513 1 28%
Derbyshire. Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway (Provisionally Registered.) Law Life •• •• IL ss. 100 0 0 10 0 0 51
John Gaunt, Esq., Banker, Leek Capital, 2,500,0001., in 130,000 Shares of 2iil. cash. Legal and General Life - 50 0 0 20 0 6%
The Rev. Edward Powys, Rector of Bagnall and Cheddielon Deposit, 21. 12s. 611. per Share. London Fire .........
55/1..
perper
cent.
1
10s.
200205
000
000
11252
11000
000
11206:
25 0 0 12 10 0 16
John Challenor, Esq , Overton Hall, near Congleton ritovISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Dun boyne, Bell-hatch House, Henley-on-Thames London Ship .. ...... 10s.
Josiah Gaunt, Esq., Heaton House, and Leek Marine . .
Med. Inv.ll.d. Ss. G.en. Life -
Thomas Finchett Maddock, Esq., Chester The Right Hon. Lord Albert D. Conyngham, K.C.H., &litigate, Kent National Loan Fund..so 0 0 20 0 3
Josiah Gaunt, jun., Esq., 'Torten Hall, near Leek Sir James E. Anderson, New Burlington-street
The Rev. James Rostock, Cliffe Park Sir Samuel Brown, Vanburgh Lodge, Blackheath, Director of the National Life....
James Wardle, Esq., Leek Warwick and Worcester Railway Palladium Life 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 2 0 0 21. 2s.
John Macfarlane, Esq., Manchester Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square Phcenix • • - - 210
John Collier, Esq., Manchester The Worshipful the Mayor of Macclesfield Protector Life.. ... •• • 5/. per cent. 20 0 0 1 A 0 I. 2s.
George Edensor Marsden, Esq., Manchester Provident Life
Thomas Grimsditch, Esq M.P., Park Brook, Macclesfield
Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the London Penrose Nevins, Esq., Old Trafford, Manchesterßock Life 4s. 50 0 010 0 4%
henry Wilkinson, Esq., Endeliffe Hall, Sheffield, Provisional Director and Westminster Bank Royal Exchange 5/. per cent. Stock. 186
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington ; Director of the Sun Fire . - -
-
James Robins, Esq., Blakenills, Rugby, and Leek Warwick and Worcester Railway Ditto Life ... •••• •• • 611 i. 167.• - - 18
James Chalienor. Esse., Blackwood-hill Universal Life ..
William Shadbolt. Esti.. Chairman of the London and areenwich 10%J. pr cat. 100 0 615 0 18

Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price
Annum. Share.
4 s. d. X s. d.
Australasia .......... 61. per cent. 40 0 0 40 0 0 32
Britah North American 41. per cent. 50 0 0 50 0 0 48
Commercial of London 51. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 24
Colonial. •. • ..... 51. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 15%
Londn and Westminstr 61. per cent. 100 0 0 20 0 0 27U
London Joint-Stock... 61. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 14%
Metropolitan 25 0 0 7 10 0
Provincial of Ireland.. 81. per cent. 100 0 0 25 0 0 49
Ditto, New Bl. per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 20
National of Ireland .. 5/. per cent. 50 0 0 17 10 0 20%
Nat. Provncial of Eng. 51. per cent. 100 0 0 35 0 9 37
Ditto, New......... 31. per cent. 20 0 0 10 0 0
Union of Australia.... 25 0 0 25 0 0 25
Union of London— W. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 13%

ohs Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction
Railway
John Holford, Esq., Rueholme House, Manchester, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Sohn Gaunt, Esq., Banker, Leek
The Rev. Edward Powys, Rector of Bagnall and Cheddletoa
John Challenor, Esq , Overton Hall, near Congleton
Josiah Gaunt, Esq., Heaton House, and Leek
Thomas Finchett Maddock, Esq., Chester
Josiah Gaunt, jun., Esq., 'Torten Hall, near Leek
The Rev. James Rostock, Cliffe Park
James Wardle, Esq., Leek
John Macfarlane, Esq., Manchester
John Collier, Esq., Manchester
George Edensor Marsden, Esq., Manchester
Penrose Nevins, Esq., Old Trafford, Manchester
Flenry Wilkinson, Esq., Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield, Provisional Director
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
James Robins, Esq., Blakenills, Rugby, and Leek
James Challenor, Esq., Blackwood-hill
Charles Ileaton, jun., Esq., Leek, Director of the London and Man-
chester Direct Independent Railway
Robert Younge, Esq., Grey Stones, Sheffield, Provisional Director of
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Wilson Overend, Msg., Sheffield
Thomas Ridley, Esq., Sheffield
Thomas Carr. Esq., Leek, Provisional Director of the Macclesfield
and Lichfield, or Churnet and Blythe Junction Railway
. A. West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham, Director of the Northum-
berland and Lancashire Junction Railway
Benjamin Smith, Esq., Duckmanten Lodge, Chesterfield
William Newton, Egg., Bakewell
Robert 3ficklington, Esq., Ordsall Hall, Retford, Notts
John Squ!re, Esq., Leek
Henry C. Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square
William Wood, Esq., M.D , Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Birch, Esq., the Bank, Leek
John Green, Eq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the Manchester,

The Right Hon. Lord Dun boyne, Bell-hatch House, Henley-on-Thames
The Right Hon. Lord Albert D. Conyngham, K.C.H., Sandgate, Kent
Sir James E. Anderson, New Burlington-street
Sir Samuel Brown, Vanburgh Lodge, Blackheath, Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Beigrave-square
The Worshipful the Mayor of Macclesfield
Thomas Grimsditch, Esq M.P., Park Brook, Macclesfield
Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London; Director of the London
and Westminster Bank
Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington ; Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq., Chairman of the London and Greenwich
Railway
Robert Ward Gleadow, Esq., merchant, Hull ; Director of the York,
hull, and East and West Junction Railways
Joseph Charlesworth, Esq., Lofthouse, near Leeds; Director of the
Wakefield and Harrowgate Junction Railway
J. C. D. Charlesworth, Esq., Chapelthorpe Hall, near Wakefield
William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Ilelgrave-square, Di-
rector of the General Maritime Insurance Company
Thomas Broderick, Esq., Macclesfield
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Extension Railway
The Hon. Fltzhardinge Berkeley, M.P.
William G. Beare, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Great Munster, and
Director of Rastrick's Direct Manchester, and of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railways
Henry Crichley, Esq., The Heys, Lancashire and Macclesfield
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Sheriff of London
The Worshipful the Mayor of Beverley
Thomas Norbury, Esq., Park House, Macclesfield
Thomas Itchenod Watts, Esq., Macclesfield
Matthew Whitehead, Esq., Park House, Selby; Director of the
Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole Railway
S. J. Waiey, Esq., 22, Devonshire-place ; Director of the Madrid and
Valentia Railway
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Warwick
James Joseph lii`Swiney, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Her-
rowgate Junction, and the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Rail-
ways
John Snelling, Esq., Upton Hall, Northamptonshire
G. F. Gregory, Esq., Seacombe ; Director of the Staffordshire and
Shropshire Junction Railway, &c.
James Scott, Esq., M.D., Grove End Lodge, St. John's Wood
Rees Price, Esq., Director of the Irish Coast Railway, Re.
John Pickersgill, Esq., 31, Tavlstock-square, Director of the Direct
Northern Railway, Re.
Elias Davis, Esq., Finsbury-circus
John Douglas Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, London, Director of
the Birmingham Extension and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Charles M. Rigg, Esq., York-place, Portman-square, London, Director
of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, Re.
W. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Com-
pany, &c,
John Buckingham Pope, Esq., Cliffs House, Crigglestone, near
Wakefield
George Walker Smith, Esq., llorbury Hall, Sheffield, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
John Timm, Esq., Sheffield ; Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Railway
William Statter, En, Wakefield; Director of the Bradford and
Wakefield, and Hull and York Railways, &c.
William Gatliffe, Esq., Leeds
Captain S. W. Fisher, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham
Continuation, and Birmingham Extension Railways
James Astley Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle
Lidale Elliot, Esq., The Beeches, Newcasle
Smith Wonnald, Esq., Tickton Grange, near Beverly
Geo. Harris,n, Esq., Harleyford-place, Kennington
W. Hotham, Esq., York
J. Alcock Dickson, Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and

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Sheffield. and Midland Junction Railway
Nathan Davenport, Esq., Leek
John !Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director Of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
'William Milner, Esq., Leek
Thomas Smith, Esq., De-Bank House, near Leek
Robert Hammersley, Esq., Bridge-end, Leek, Provisional Director
of the Macelestleld and Lichfield, or Churnet and Blythe Junction
Railway
Samuel SwanVvittaln, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Josiah Brunt, Eng., Leek
Samuel Young, Esq., Lyra House, near Leek
Jells' Ward, Esq., Leek
John Spence, Em., Manchester
James Wont, Esq., Leek
Thomas Heaton, Esq., Endon, near Leek
Samuel Butcher, Esq./ Provisional Directors of the Manchester,
George Dawson, Esq. j Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway.
James Basket, Esq., the Hall, Bakewell, Director of the Manchester,
Bastes, Matlock, and Midlands Railway, and of the Manches-
shelter, Sheffield, and Midlands Junction Railway
Sidney Smithers, Etq., Churchdale, near Bakewell, Director of the
Manchester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway
Philip Tfeaecck, Esq., Buxton, Director of the Manchester, Buxton,
Matleek, and Midlands Railway
Joseph Wass, Esq., Lea Villa, near Matlock
John Elias Slocombe, Esq., Dudley
John Parsons Flrraston, Esq., Bilston, Provisional Director of the
fahrowsbury, Wolverhampton, and Soutk Staffordshire] Junction
Railway
Thomas Lester, Req., Dudley, Director of the Dudley and Broseley
Railway

(With power to add to their number.)
liscusEßß Charles Vignoles, Esq., 111.R.1.A., F.R.A.S.
SOLICITOR—Thomas Redfern, Esq., Leek
loin** Aoßbcr —Thomas Whalley Bolton, Esq., 4, Elm-court,

Temple
1004 ranrisslov it AGENT—IL 11. Wilson, Esq., Solicitor, Moseley-
. .

street, Manchester
BANKERS.
TAMA eongleton —Fowler, Gaunt, and Co.
Manehester and Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool District
Banking Company
Sheffield and Bakewel—The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking
Company
Xondon—Messrs. Rogers and Co. ; Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith
Sr-cal:Tsai (pro tem).—.llr. John Minshull.
_ _

Leeds Railway
William A. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman of the Armagh, Portrush,

and Coleraine Itailw.ay,
Daniel T. Johnston, Esq., Director of Remington's London and

➢ianchester Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Director of the Isle of Jersey Rail-

way, &c.
Robert Chapman, Esq., Regent's-park, Director of the Great Man-

SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE-
RIESS, AND CREWE RAILWAY.
Office of the Company, Market-place, Leek,
25th September, 1845.
wee/nonce of the Immense number of Applications for Shares
which continue to be daily received, the Committee beg to inform
the public that the time of closing having arrived, no more can pos-
sibly be entertained.
It is respeetfully requested, therefore, that no further applications
be made.
The allotment will take place next week.
By order,
JOHN MINSHULL, Secretary pro tem.

chester and Southampton Railway, Bcc.
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbcarne-house, Sheffield, Director of the

josDelpileicGt
rWaheesimtern,
ERsq-ail.,wCalyapham, Surrey
Samuel Adams, jun., Esq., Colat-hall, Ware
William Cramer, Esq., Barnes, Surrey
W. H. Ravenhill, Esq., Pedwall House, Somersetshire
William Ayrlin, Esq., Abbey-square, Chester
John King, Esq., St. John's Wood, Director of the Somersetshire
Midland Railway
Lewis Levy, Esq., TavLstock-square
Capt. Ogle, Eaton• place, Belgrave-square
J. Clarke, Macclesfield, Director of the London and Manchester
Railway
John Cook, Esq., Macclesfield
John Booth, Esq., Macclesfield
Capt. T. C. Newton, Lugwardine, Herefordshire, Director of the Isle
of Man Railway
Rev. Stephenson Isaacson, Director of the Oxford, Cheltenham, and
Brighton Railway, &c.
;
Surrey, Director of the Sheffield,
Rißchararndslreyo,pe a Esq,
W,a Camberwell,
id kefield Railway
H. R. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the York and
Lancaster Railway
B. Williams, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool, the London
and Manchester, and the Leicester and Tamworth Railways
John Utley, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company

114EICE—STER and TAMWORTH JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
The Direetors of this Company have the Satisfaction to announce
to their Shareholders that they have Just concluded terms of amal-
gamation with the Coventry, Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester
Rat/Way Company.
Under this arrangement every Shareholder in each of the Com-
panies will be entitled to exchange share for share in the amalga-
rostad Company, or to receive back his deposit, of which due notice
bi By order,
J. E. RATHBONE, Secretary.
4, Cohifinial-Street, City, 26th September, 180.