The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-20 00:00:00

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater respectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 2M. each.
Deposit, 21. 12e. 6d. per Share.
rsovistowst. couturrus.
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The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, MY., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway. leroolstia'Slab, St. James's-street
Franoie 11µgtale Astir, Bart, Everly Rouse, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry ebbs, Bart, 105, Pall-mall --
Itr9k ficeigsen, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
variard Elphinetose, Esq., M.P.,,-10, Eaton-place; London
Ralph Ne4Be, Esq.,M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charletaarry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. hasty Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir John Key, Bart, 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Rank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
' Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Rae ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe •
Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-equare, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. ePhilips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Beg., Meopham Bank, 'Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Howell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Roll,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Char ea Robert Coleman, Ebq., Irongate Wharf
William Bales, 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 Esq.,
Martin Stately, Zoq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin,
_Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Edo, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John %pith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and 01151eraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhlthe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Vilway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Firs and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Thomas Drano, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc-
tor of the Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaater Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembe Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
H. 0. Atkinson,LEsq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regeat's Park
George M'lntosfi, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the. South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Eire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of tho
Licensed Victualler,' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Creicent, 3linories, Director if the London and
Blackwell Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 31, Pall-mall, Linden, 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, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Enston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company •
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N.-Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Wards, Esq., Clopton Home, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert, Main, Esq.. Raveasboarne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
sq-nare, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyett Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martha White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
. Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Barks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Bee. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
• Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
gotinty
Ref. Chat. Fres. Bamrylde, Rector of Duakerten, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
Gems! Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, Jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director if the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collanipton
Rev. John Sydenharn, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsntonth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Win. 11. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Barks •
Thilon Banking Company
William Haleemb, Esq, Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Detre.% Esq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle llaberneld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James 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-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton afappin, 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
Edwerd Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and lianchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, 'N.D., Salford
Sir William lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Cmamittee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Helford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull, Director of the Null and Barnsley-
Junction
John Lite, Esq.. Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq.. iletton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead,y and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. lge-avbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, race, Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
ildwin 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, Esq. Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of ringland Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Har-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq. Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wiebeach,, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and 'erk
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. H. eV. Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
•Rtajer Wornnm, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
3dward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of rthe
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Earl., Hall, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Jnactien
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Liniehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., GraY's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House,7llrentwood, Essex
William John M'Guire, Esq., HILITIptqn Court
John Gray Wilson; Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefenvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton •
Thomas Chai. Ilarrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
0. R. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the

Coventry and Leicester. ailway
Captain Tringharn, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William .Tonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
Jams Whitney, EArt., Shrewsbury
henry rani Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to aid to their number).
Batezir..l-3lcars. Cuiries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Mears. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Eakards and Walker, 29. Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Ila,vnes and Moore, Warwick and London
.1. V. and J. T. flailing, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
Ssicarraar—Thomas Hosier Sounders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SZCIZTARY —Charles J. Whalley, Esq.