The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

SOUTH MIDLAND, or NORTHAMPTON and
LEICESTER RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that on and after Wiensizsisav, the 17th
tspst., the Offices of this Company will be at No. 3, Princes-street,
Westminster. , By order,
GEORGE WEWTON BROWNE, St'Crotary.
1, Gray's Inn•square, Sept. 15; 1845.

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY, •
An extension of this line is under survey, to connect it with the
heart of the mineral district of South Wales. • The project has been
registered, fUli particulars of which will appear in a few day&
WILLIAM PROTIIRROE, Secretary.

10. Old Jewry Chambers.

11111 E OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTEN-
A.- SION and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY, with
Smashes to films/rebury and Northwitch. On the Brood Gismo.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 2,250,0001., in 12.5,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit V. 2s. per Share.
PEOVISIONAL COMMUTES.

Lord George Paget, Uxbridge How*
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Poultney, 4, Perliament-stmet. Director
of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
Major Reresford, M.P.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director.
of the Chester and Forest of Dean Railways
Sir Win. Wynn, Maesyneward, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir Samuel Brown, Director of the Worcester and Warwick Railway,
Sir John Edward de Beitavoir. Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Rare, Langham-place. Director of the London anti Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London. Director of the Landon
and Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
Volonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Railway
•
Colonel Fitch, 3d, York-terrace, Director of the South and Midland
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prespect-plaee, Southampton, Director of the
South and Midland
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy. Chairman at' the Manehester
and Chester Railway
Major Chase, 31, Nottingham-place
Captain S. M. Fisher, Jun., Director It the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Captain Hitching, Director of the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Railway
Captain F. Chamfer, Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Great Paris and Lyons Railway.
Hughes Hughes, Esq., F. 3.1., F.L.S., Aldernlsn of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
Chairman of the London and Greenwich Railways, &c., tee.
Thomas golly, Esq.. Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
John Klianersley Hooper. Esq. Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direr t Railway, and South Midland
Thee. Farncomls, Esq., Alderman of London. Director of the Smith
didland Railway
'rhos. Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Wilson-street,_ Finsbury
Thos.' Sidney, Esq., Alderman of Louden, Sheriff -Sr London and
Middlesex
Captain Alex. Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club.
John Inglis Jardein, reft:, Director of the Great Manchester, Ruby
and Southampton Railway
Wm. Model, Esq„ Blackheath
tee. Esq.. Director of the Gravesend and Roeheider. and Essex
and Suffolk Railways
Rd. Cmpenter. Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Char: Robt. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Rait-
--way
Henry Wright, Esq.. Dire for of the South and Midland Junction
Railway, &c.
John WheeltOn. Esq., Director et the Leicester and Bedford Rallwar
Thomas Collingridge, Highgate, Middlesex
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq,, Director of the South Midland Railway
John Brocke Walbancke, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
Rd. Wm. Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Mancherter and
Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple, Director of the Eastern Counties
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy Chairmen of the Thames Zmbankment
Railway
- '
Major-General Brooks Parlby, C. 8., 18, Rutland-place
W. Simpson l'otter, Esq.. D4actor 'of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
Joseph Underwood. Esq., Director of the London and Manchester
Direct and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Railway
W. F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Italian and Austrian Railway
W. G. Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway:
John James, Esq., Secondary of London
Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director Of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway •
Robert Andrew 'Riddell. Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director ef the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway -.
J. Ft. Richardson, Esq.„ Director of the Colchester and Cambridge
Railway
Julian Skniene, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistoek Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndall, Director of the South-Eastern Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., 'Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Henry Lewis %ale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of Uri London and Dover Railway
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
Wemd, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood. Director of the
North: Metropolitan Railway
Goorxe Parbury, Esq. Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
lux! Birmingham Railway •
'Wm. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway ,
Win. Alfred Hill, Esq., Director Of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
Richard Dutton. Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York; and Leeds
-Railway-- -
Wm. Slark, P.sq., Director of the Guarantee Society
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Railway
Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Warren S. Hale, Esq., Greesham• street
Robert Richards, Req., Temple, Director of the Birmingham and Lon.
• don Extension Railway
Kingsmill Grove Key, Esq., Wandsworth Common
The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Falbourne, Cambridge •
Daniel Penton Johneon, Esq., Director of the London and Mastahu-
ter Railway
Charles Green. Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
John Barber, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aherystwith
Railway
Rev. Thomas Price; Rector of Llanrothel, Hereford
Z. R. Foster, Esq., Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford-
shire Railway
Martin Funds, Esq., Director of the Nottingham. Newark. and
Boot' Itslivray
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Manchester
"Extension Railway
NV. Ilardgett, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway
Richard Parish, Esq.' Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Runnel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Wm. ('adman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway
James Museroft, Esq.. Pontefract
David William Nell, Esq., Leeds. Director of the Leeds and
Thirsk Railway
Joseph Robert Wilkie Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and
Bedford, and York and Lancaster Railways
John Fagan, Esq., Gloucester-road, Old Bromptoa
Charles Holden, Esq., Director of the Great Grimsby and Shenield
Railway
J. I). Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-yr:ere, Director or the London and
iiirnunghain Extension Railway'
Joseph Gill, Bsq., Leeds, Direetor of the West Riding Junction
Railway
Peter Falrbairne, Esq., Leeds, Chairman of the Unooln, Tork and
Leeds Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
J. M. Douglas, Esq.. Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street
John Anderson, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Railway
W. Len Esq , Gloucester-place, Portman-equare
Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May Fall'
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond
V. Psstow, EN-1., Surrey-place •
James Harness, Esq., Leyton. Essex
G. N. Wright, M.A.
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Extension Railway
James bees, Esq., Delph, Saddleworth, near;Manehester, Director of
the Manchester Banking Company
(WPh power to add to their number.)
The names of an Influential CoutnAlttee formed at Worcester and
Chester will be published In a for, days.

swami's.
The Commercial Bank of London
Excimma—Williaro ullingar Maine, Esq.
Totter Awl ColUngridgc, Basinghall-street ;W. B. Janne. Eaq
3, Basinghall-street.
uCT'~rAIy Hilton Thomas Jenkins, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Whitchurch —James Bromfield, Esq.
Wellington—George Marcy. Eeq.
Shrewsbury—W. Cooper, Esq.

The geographical position of Worcester has eansed its adoption as
the point where the broad gouge trunk lines of the west are to have a
eommon terinirMe. From Oxford the Great Western Company have
decided on constructing a line of rail :—another project under the pa-
tronage of the same powerful direction is now before the public,
uniting Worcester with Warwick ; and, that the broad gauge will be
carried from Worcester Into Wales, and to the Irish packet stations
on that coast, is now no longer dont:Anil. This undertakillff will com-
plete a series of great avemtes of iron-road, whose ramification
front Worcester will render every part of the kingdom directly
accessible from that city. Passing up the Severn Vale, where
it will disclose a succession of picturesque scenes, it reaches
stourport, and proceeding thence through Kidderminster, arrives at
newdley. This district is one Of the chief seats of our carpet manu-
facture*, and in the towns here named, exclusive of the intervening
districts, upwards ef 30,000 persons are located. Leaving Stourbridge
a little to the east, the line is taken to Bridgenorth, a town enjoying
en active inland trade, and possessing woollen manufacture@ and iron
works, that gives employment to a population of about M 00& Pass-
ing through or near to Much Wenlock, Broseley, and Madeley, from
which place there will be a branch to Shrewsbury, the line ascends
Colebrook Dale, and approaching in its course Wellington and Wem,
enters Whitehurch. From this central place a branch will be formed
to Norwich via Stoke, fbrming a junction with the Liverpool and
Crewe Railway. The trunk line will continue from Whitchureh, and
passing through or near Malpas, have its northern terminus in the
city of Chester.

In estimating the probable ern ,unt of revenue which the Worces-
ter and Chester Railway may be expected to yield, many sources of
profit present themselves, such are the dense population located along
the length of the Severn Vale, and the enriching works of industry
In which they are engaged. Amongst the latter may be mentioned
the China manufactories of Worcester ; the iron, coal, and earthen-
ware works at Broseley and other places; the agricultural produce
brought to Stourport market ; the inexhaustible fields of coal and
mines of iron ore in the vicinity of Colebrook Dale, Ironbridge, and
the districts to the east of Shrewsbury generally.
In calculating the cost or construction unusual advantages are also
obvious. The line traverses a district affording levels of several
miles in extent, and with a surface peculiarly favourable. The resi-
dent popaiation, disappointed by the postponement of promised pro-
jects, have warmly espoused the present, and the labouring popula-
tion being familiar with mining operations, will be found better
qualified for the execution of railway works here than in many other
localities.
As a link in the railway network of England, or as auxiliary
to existing or projected lines passing in various directions, few
schemes hitherto proposed appear to afford greater inducement
for investment, or a wider range of accommodation for traffic and
travelling. This project eonstitates a lengthened link in' the Clain
that wilt co:inect Liverpool with Bristol, the grand trunk of the
West of England ;—lts southern terminus, Worcester, is the half-
way station of the London and Port Dynnllaen broad gauge line:—
by projected lines a direct communication will be afforded we...A-
lward to Swansea and Aberystwith, and, eastward, to Warwick and
-Northampton, Cambridge, Peterborough, Harwich, Lyn's, Lincoln,
ant Hull.

The line has been repeatedly and carefully examined by the Com-
pany's acting engineer, who reports that the rail for many miles may
be laid on the natural level—that the gradients are In every in-
stance favourable—that the geological structure of the districts to
be traversed is equally so, and that the want of such a line if com-
munication is acknowledged by the Interests seated en Its proposed
'nurse.
APPiluatione for prospectuses and plans may be made, and trine
of application for shares had at the ofilces of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; also of W. B. James,
s'Alcltor, a, Rasinghall-street ; of the local agents; and of the
follA"4"- Zentlemen ;
London

Mr. Samuel Hanbury, 4, Angli-nottrt,
•• • ••• • i Mr. Whiston Powell, Copthall-court and
Messrs. Peppercorns, 2, Old Broad-street
Liverpool. • • • • • • • • • Messrs. Alston and Gags.
anshester
..... f Mayors. Honghland and Leese, and Mr. Wll-
Hull•• • • • • • ..... Ham Marshall.
. • )(tsars. Collinson and Flint.
Leeds
...........• [Meters. Watson and Co., and
Messrs. Sm Boltnd Perfect
Stratford-en-Avon—Mr. William n
Exeter Mr. Thomas Sanford.
llymouth Mess s. Hayward and Palmer.
Birmingham • • • • • • Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright.
Glasgow • • • •
Edinburgh • • • • • • • •Messrs. Robertson and Os., and Mosses. M'Cal.
lum and Co.
Huddersfield
Worcestor

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
70 the rrovistonAl Committee of the Worcester sad Chester
Railway.
4entlemen,—l request that allot to me Mures of
20/. each in this Company, and I undertake to sc.:opt ale same as
to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be el.
lotted to me; and I undertake also to execute the Partiamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.

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IRECT
I.rWESTERN. RAILWAY,
ee,al Ginge),
From Landon to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Linea to Bath and.,
Bridgewater t espectively. • - •
(Provisionlly Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., Ina 120,000 Shares of 214, each' co
Deposit, V, lea, pee ettefe.,
The Hon. Chaffee Pelham Niftier*, M.P.., Director of the South Mid
land Rallitaiy, Brookes' Club, St. lamee't-street
air Frauds Dugdale Astley, Bart" Everty tithes Presley, Wilts
Sir Henry Webb., Bart, lea;
Frederick Modireell, E*4".M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Garda:*
Howard Elphitardnel Raft, M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
lialehlfeaille, Req., M.P. for Witiellor, Hill-street, Berkararkaills
-Gharies Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Paellitheht-street
Hob. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Beigtavearqaelii
Thomas Nugent Vaughaa-,-Iteq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Ear" Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Dirk. Wl' Of the
• Sheffield and Meneheiter and Huddersfield and Sheffieldltallway
Ceneoaniel.
Sir Jnhn Key, Bart , 9, King's Mine-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, Tuohy-atetta, Alderman
of the City of London, and biretta of the tendon and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the Leaden, Wareilek; Leamington, and Kidder=
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, ..
..Tho.„" imOri..4oll-Street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
Edward Harrisson Burwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the :If orth-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltelhalli. Railway, .and Director of the
geuth Midland Railway_.
Joseph Armitage, E'sq., M'in'a Bridge House, Huddersfield, 'Deputy
Lieutenant end a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairmen elf the Huddersfield and Sheffield RailwayWiiliatit
nordon Thomson, Reg" 33, Gloucester-road, .Hyde Park,.
Director of the Northeliipton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Iteilways
Donald -Matlertn, Esq., 37, Brunewick-aquare, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rain ay * .
, Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe . •
Philip W. Courtney, Esq. Chapel-street, Belgraveaquare, London -•
Millis Coventry, Esq.,' Whitebait-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., Holdernese
•House, near Hull,
- - Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman.. Esq., Irongate Wharf
Willisais Rake, 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 Railway
Martin Stately, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent'. ,Park;Tondon,
Director of the Dublin, „Belfast, and Coleraine, and- the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griftith-Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
- —end Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railwayi• •
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Vietnallerle
• Fire and Life Insurance Company - -
Jame* Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
.13, G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square.
Frederick Sony Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, Lendon
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esc!, Cealaden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
' .4)nsed Victuisilere Fire and Life Assurance Company •
J. G. Haranlick, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Litensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company • .
Patrick Fras. 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., J7,.Charles-Atreet; St. James's, and Ripon.
Catchbert
_Woodstock, Esq.; Grove-road, North-road, North -Britton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Eeq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
- square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoks, the Eze-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways - •
George Hammond 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 the Leicester and Tamworth Railway, • -
Richard Harris Purcell, Elm., 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 ailway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain. N. Trowbridge,.R.N., -11, Eaton-square
Anthony
Riffle)", Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
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, Werwickshire, and Grosvenor-
. • place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, ceunty Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Hail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di
rector of the Warwickshire anLondon Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq-, Leamington, Warwickshire •
John William Yerbary, Esq., Belcombe Howie, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravenabourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London •
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordeall HOuse, Retford, Nottinghamshire •
John Giliyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berk/
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berko
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath •
„Rev: Dr; Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath •
Edward Cooper, Esq. Stiveoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County.
Henry TregrOod Davis,t
, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate Of, the
County • __ . •
Rev. Chas. Free. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts' •
George Tate, Esq., Teerkeebtiry, Director of the Bristol and -firming:
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingintm-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collnmpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collnmpton
•
Rey. It. A. Roberts, Rector of -Rentisbere, Cellumpton •- •
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon -
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufeidm Cottage, Tiverton •
Colonel Henry Dundee Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collurnpton
Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, liungerford, Chairman of the Berke
Union Banking Company
William Haleomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N.; Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq.. Taunton
John Dalzeg, EU4., Wallingford, Berke
Thomas Esq., Clifton, Bristol
..lbhn Kerle Haberneld, 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.
Mnpton, 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 Nadirs, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hall 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. 11. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman' of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Req., HU% Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction
John
.Lillie, Esq.. Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
- amptori Railway •
John:Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
•
Cornelius Randall, Esq" Manchester, Director of the 'Sheffield and
Manehester, and Chairman- of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
..Midland. Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
-Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Mancheater, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
[ C. Appleby, Esq,, Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
r • 'Maireheiter Railway Company • •
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely,- Wisbeach,
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, Req., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway •
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport • • •
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
' 'lsle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Tho Mas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
r 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 Wornnm, Clarence-square, Cheltenham •
Edward Hall, Esq., Westhank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
' South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways'.
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hall
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road. Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-
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 Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq.. Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringhano, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonsson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
Janie! Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number). •
BANgaas—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields,London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London • .
Metiers. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SscsmAav—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECIETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq. -
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED.
At Devisee, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. It. Poole
At Tiverton •
At Truro
At Penzance • • •
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to effect a direct eommunicatibn -between
London and the Land's End.
.In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from it. 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 200,0001. 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 !ray 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 thatnoi ry in regard
other line the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the
to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station et
the empire."

as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's En
Tits present project is distinguished by this—that It is direct. Itd .is
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 accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so tar as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Itedwin, 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, Wells
(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
atunnal. From Taunton the Btistel and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry thia line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzanoe, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed 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 sufli-
dent to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 33 thut it will troves's rict and poptilbus sericiatinz