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London, England, 1845-09-24 00:00:00

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

NORTHERN COUNTIES (ROSS, SUTHER-
LAND, AND CAITHNESS DIRECT RAILWAY.
To afford the very important division of the Kingdom the benefits
of railway communication, and to promote and stimulate the pro-
gressively increasing pastoral, agricultural, and commercial, improve-
ments, which of late years have made such rapid strides in these
counties, it is proposed to form, under the sanction of the most
influential patronage, a railway by the most direct practicable route,
to connect these northern and producing districts with the southern
and consuming portions of the empire.
Adopting the line which may be found the shortest to Dingwall
consistent with a due regard to economy in its execution and work-
ing, and to the rights and interests of private parties, and from Ding-
wall by Novar to Bonar-bridge, the distance of the county of Suther-
land from Inverness would be many miles shorter than by any other
route. From Bonar the line would pass by Lairg, through the
valleys of the Brora and of the Frie, and by Strath Helmsdale to the
Thurso water; thus nearly bisecting the county of Sutherland
through its length and passing into the most populous parts of
Caithness, diverging to the right and left to Wick and Thurso.
A branch might be formed to connect the coast of Sutherland with
the trunk line.
In Ross-shire a branch would be formed from the main line to In-
vergordon, and this branch might be extended to the burgh of Tain.
Arrangements .are being made for having the lines (the courses of
which are but generally indicated above) carefully examined by ex-
perienced surveyors and engineers ; and as soon as data which may
be relied on have been matured, a full prospectus, With the names of
the promoters and Provisional Committee and detailed particulars,
will be published.
Meantime communications from parties interested in the proposed
Williamundertakriagekmenyie, ,uEci
psto., of 3luirton, W.S., by Dingwall ; Hughthe Ist of October next, be addressed to
Innes Cameron, Esq., Provost of Dingwall ; G. S. Taylor, Esq.,
Golspie • Peter Wilson, Esq., W.S., Town Clerk of Wick ; M. Snody,
Esq., Thurso ; or to Messrs. Cameron and Bain, 18, Parliament-
street, London.

rrHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capitall,2oo,oool:, in 48,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The importance of connecting remote parts of E,.gland by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line
which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended Railroad the'central points from which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the cast, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.

The Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of commun'cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borough of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom.

Thewant of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, arc thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined to commence the proposedit ne at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place ; and
a perfect Him of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Hungerford and Lodgers-
hall to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts. _ _

A map of the line, and a statistical repert of the whole country
intended to be traversed, is in course of preparation, and with the
names of an influential provisional Committee, will very shortly
be published. In the meantime, further information may be ob-
tained from Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, 3foorgate-street,
London, solicitors to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica-
tion for shares may be made.

W ORCESTER and MERTHYR TYDVI
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir William Wynn, 3laesynewydd, Chairman of the North Walesl

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Railway _
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William Chadwick, Esq., Montagn-square, Director of the North
Wales Railway, and Chairman of the Worcester and South g
Wales Junction
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Widmer Lodge, Avenue. road, Regent's
Park, Director of the Manchester and Southampton .6
Railway
Thomas Farneomb, Esq., Alderman of London
John Knill, Esq., Thames street, Director of the Worcester, 74
Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway
William Lechracre Whitmore, Esq., 19, James-street, Bucking-
ham-gateo
Henry Plumtre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanstone-square, g
Director of the Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction -et
Railways
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London
Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Brixton, Director of o
the North Wales Railway, and Deputy-Chairman of the Wor-
cester and South Wales Junction
John Purchas, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross
The Rev. Edward Higgins, Rosbury House, Herefordshire
John Tanner, Esq., M.D., Ledbury
William Barnes, sq., Foregate-street, Worcester
George Alfred Ellis Wall, Cross House, near Worcester, and
Wortley Park, Hampshire ►
John Hemming, Esq., North Rank, Regent's Park -
Philip Matthews, Esq., Burton-court, near Ross
Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow-court, Worcestershire
Win. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and

Rugby Railway Company
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whltehaven and Furness

Railway _ _
Wm. Bland, Esq., 11, Park?terrace, Brixton-road, Director of tho

North Wales Railway
James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street
Thomas Baylis, Esq., F.S.A., Pryors Bank, Fulham
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse Hill, Brixton, Surrey
Joseph Gillman Barratt, Esq., Ross
James Upllll, Esq., Bromyar, Herefordshire
William Candler, Esq., Newland Court, near Worcester
James Chamberlain, Esq., Green Hill, Worcester.
(With power to add to their number).
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank, Lothhury
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross
Messrs. Webb and Co., Ledbury
Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins, and Co., Ross
Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere and Co., Worcester
t.itteres, Pidlpot-lane, London
The National Provincial Bank, Gloucester
Messrs. Baileys, Graterex, and Williams, Abergavenny.
CalnT
Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street,
Charles G. Jones, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square
Messrs. J. and F. Higgins and Chamberlain, Ledbury.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Worcester
Messrs. Edwards, Ross
Messrs. Gabb and Secretan, Abergavenny.
SECRETARY PRO TEN—William Borrow, Esq.
Offices of the Company, 7, Walbrook.

This railway will commence at the station of the Monmouth and
Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, proceed-
ing through a rich agricultural district, now devoid of railway ac-
commodation, to Abergavenny, and from thence by Llanelly, Nant-
y-Glo, Tredegar, Ebbs Vale, Rumney, and Dowlais, to Merthyr
Tydvil, at which place it will join the Taff Vale Railway. The dis-
tance will not exceed forty miles.
On reference to the map it will be seen that this line, in conjunction
with the proposed Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway, via
Cadbury,
communication from
Ross,Merthyr
Tydvil to London, Gloucester, Bir-
mingham, South Staffordshire, and the north.
will perfect a continuous and direct
The population of Merthyr, and the surrounding mineral districts,
exceeds 120,000, and this line will place it in direct connexion with
the agricultural counties of Monmouth, Hereford, and Worcester.
The line will be laid down so as to render the greatest accommodation
to the principal ironworks in the district through which it will pass,
and a saving of ten Mlles over any other linewill be effected between
Merthyr and Worcester, and other places north and east of that city.
Arrangements are in progress with the Worcester and South
Wales Junction Railway Company, for the mutual advantage of both
Companies.
Applicants for shares, who are personally known to members of
the Provisional Committee, are requested to refer to one of such
Committee; all other applicants will be required to give a reference
to some banker or other persons of known respectability in London or
the town from which the application is made. A preference will be
given to the holders of scrip in the Worcester and South Wales Junc-
tion Railway.
The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at four
per cent. per annum on the amount of subscription paid up, and no
subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond his subscription.
Detailed prospectuses, with the names of a powerful local Provi-
sional Committee, will shortly be published, and may be obtained of
the Solicitors and Local Agents, and of the following Sharebrokers :
Messrs. Ashton and Scott, Throginorton•street, London ; John San-
ford, Esq., Exeter ; Messrs Ridedale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds ;
Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green
and Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; Na-
thaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester ; and
Mr. Andrew Brand, Glasgow
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil
Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201.
each in the proposed Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail-
way, and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit
thereon, or upon any lesser number that may be allotted to me, such
payment to be made within the time limited and prescribed by you,
and I undertake to execute the agreement and Parliamentary con-
tract when required.
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Dated WS of 1845.
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