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London, England, 1845-09-12 00:00:00

ItirIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES
LTA_ RAILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON, to
WORCESTER.
In consequence of important arrangements just concluded in con-
nexion with this undertaking, an amended prospectus will appear in
a few days ; in the meantime the allotment of shares is necessarily
postponed.
Dated this 9th day of September, 1845.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall,
F. T. ELGIE, Worcester, Solicitors.
JOHN CHINERY, Leamington,
Messrs. DAY, St. Neots,

OXFORD, SOUTHAMPTON, GOS•
11 PORT, AND PORTSMOUTH RAILWAY.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital, 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Ingestra, M.P.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and Blaming.
ham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, Banker
Sir John Campbell,
et- John Pirie, Bart ,Alderman, Directors of the Peninsular and
Pedro de Zulueta, Esq., Oriental Steam Packet Company
B. M. Wilcox, Esq.,
Sir William Wynne, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chassel-house, Southampton
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, late
M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
John Humphrey, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, and M.F.
for the Borough of Southwark
The Mayor-CI Newbury
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
James Henry Attwodd, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
John Bagshaw, Esq ; Director of the Northern and Eastern Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England '
Junction Railway
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
Samuel Bovill, Esq., Southampton
*smile' Swann Britain, Esq., Shelled, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Junction, and East and West of England
Junction and Crewe Railways
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Banbury, Director of the Birmingham and Oxford
Railway
Robert Barbour, Esq., Manchester
George Barrett, Esq., Southampton
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
C. R. Colman, Esq., Irongate Wharf, and General Steam Navigation
Company, Director of the South Midland Railway
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Samuel James Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
F. F. Clossmann, Esq., Mincing-lane
George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and Mid-
land Junction Railway
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury, Berks, Alderman
Captain Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railways
Edward Farrow, Esq., Newbury, Director of Union Bank
Eamuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Director of the Man-
chester and Birmingham Continuation Railway
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Newington Hughes, Esq., Winchester
William Jaeomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde Park, Director of the North
Wales and the Newry and Enniskillen Railway
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
trues Lees, Esq., Deputy Chairman of Union Bank, Manchester
ptain James Patrick Macdougal, Brixton, Surrey, late Bengal
General Staff
lewin Moseley, Esq., Banker, Liverpool
aptain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
John Clark Prescott, Esq., Manchester
David Price, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Leeds and Bolton
Railway
N. M. Prianlx, Esq., of the South-Western Steam Packet Company,
Southampton
G. Parbury, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way
William Watson Prole, Esq., Director of the Jersey Railway
William Langley Pope, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Woodford, Director
of the Falmouth and Exeter Railway
Clement Royds, Esq., Rochdale, Chairman of the Preston and Wyre
Railway
Major Selwyn, Royal Engineers, Director of the East and West of
England Junction Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and Austin-friars,
Director of the Cobra Mining Company
Benjamin Shaw, Esq., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Dublin and
Kilkenny Railway
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of London
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Railway
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENr.
The Honourable Howe Brown, Chairman
James Henry Attwood. Esq., Deputy-Chairman
John Attwood, Esq., M.P.
John Masterman, Esq.
Sir John Pirle, Bart.
W. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman
George Adam, Esq.
John Bagshaw, Esq.
Joseph Brown, Esq
William Chadwick, Esq.
William Henry Forman, Esq.
Captain George Probyn
Robert Watkins, Esq.
Joseph Underwood. Esq.
William Langley Pope, Esq.
BANKERS —Messrs. Masterman and Co., London
ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF—Joseph Locke, Esq.
ACTING ENGINEERS—Messrs. J. D. and E. Birch
Soracitoae—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London ;
at Southampton, Messrs. Sharp and Harrison
SECRETARY—John Dunlop, Esq.
The Deeds will lie for signature at the Company's Offices, No. 19,
Birchin-lane, on Friday next, from Twelve till Four o'clock, and on
every followihg day until further notice ; and duplicate Deeds will
lie for-signature between the hours of Eleven and Five o'clock, at the
following places :
Manchester—On Saturday, September 13, at Messrs. Houghland and
Leese, King-street
Liverpool—On Monday, September 15, at Messrs. John Wills and Co.
Leeds—On Tuesday, September 16, at Messrs. Wellbgloved and Oast-
lens, Royal Bank Buildings
Sheffield—On Wednesday, September 17, at Messrs. Garton and
Wright
Birmingham—On Thursday, September 18, at Mr. Lane's, share-
broker -
On the execution of the Deeds the Scrip will be delivered.
By order, JOHN DUNLOP, Secretary.
19, Birchin-lane. Cornhill, Sept. 11. 1845.

(Provisionally Registerea.)
Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share in accordance with the standing orders of

the Houses of Lords and Commons.

No call to be made until the Act Is obtained —and no Subscriber to be

answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham
John Wilke Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
orge Unett. Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
illiam Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Colfleld
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C. D. Archibald, Esci., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re-

gent's Park, London
John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-

tor of the London Central Terminus Company
Seorge Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc-
tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford
Railways
Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham
Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, 'Warwickshire
R. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park,
Bristol
Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and
Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant •
W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and
the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire
David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Smith Whiloek, Esq., Birmingham
John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham

Belt Elcock Fletcher, Esq., Birmingham

Thomas Bolimanll, Esq. Birmingham
Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwiek Hall, Staffordshire

Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birmingham
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wharstone House, near Birmingham
Capt. M`Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton
John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service,
Euston-place, Euston-square, London
Sir William kWhite, Director of the Church of England Insurance
Company
Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway, Br.c. &c.
Thhn Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham

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George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Hercules Hailea Hancock', Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, Glouces.
tar—shire
William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham

John George Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atherstone, Direc-
tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways
Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
James RuSsell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham
John Russell, Esq.. riandsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester. Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and
Liverpool Railways
Joshua Horton. Esq., .Etna iron-works, Smethwick, Staffordshire
Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham
R. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di-
rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway Companies
(With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
J. Graham, Esq., GO, Moorgatc-street, London.
Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London.
LOCAL AGENTS.

irmingham—W. H. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. 11. Jagger,
Esq., New-street.
BANICZES.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London.
Messrs. Atwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham.

This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at
the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich-
t: eld, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone,
Sutton Coldfleld, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham.
The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a
glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan-
tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Union Rail-
way,': from "Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway
just below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line,
via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct
route from Manchester to Landon, but will leave Birmingham on the
west,• which can only be reached by the circuitous route through
Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles.
The proposed• Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex-
tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected
Railways, from Lichfleld in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus
save no less than nine miles in the twenty-live, and constitute the
shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de-
vised.

As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked, it is
sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income aris-
ing tram the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is
very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingham, the
emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated neigh-
bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this
Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must
necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the
Ines from Manchester to Lichfield be made.
This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the
North to Birmingham.
The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of
VW each. A. deposit of 21. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid
upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers
of the Company.
No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent.
per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment
until the opening of the nue, and Subscribers will not be answerable
beyond the amount of their Shares.
TheSubscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which
shall eontain a clause empowering the Directors toamat gamete with
any other Railway now formed, or to be formed,
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will being ready on the-lay fixed for the payment of deposit, aproper,
be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts are
xendwill
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for certificates of Scrip; and the shares of any subscribers making
default in the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of
which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited.
No application for shares can be attended to, unless accompanied
by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the
Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker.
Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, and a
map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offices of the
Company, 60, Moorgate-street, London; from the Solicitors ; from
Local Agents ; from Mr. B. B. Williams, 17, ThrOemorton-street,
London ; from Mr. W. H. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington,
Liverpool ; Mr. Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson anti
Furlay, Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Milsom-street, Bath ; Messrs.
Ellgood and Harrison, Leicester.
BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Railway Company.

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Gentlemak request you Will allot me Shares of 201
each in thetrioosukftpx ;:and I undertake to accept the same, or
such smaiter_number &Inlay" bp.akotted to me, and to pay the de-
posit 001. 2s. PerShitrw ;therodili'and to execute the Subscribers'
agree/turd-and Parlismensarlicontract when required.
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