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rriE Sty, LONDON, WEDNESDAY MORIsTING, SEPTEMBER 24 1845.

WORCESTER AND LEOMINSTER
BAILWA.Y, via Bromyard.
(Registered provisionally.)
Capital 600,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
rsovistorsla. COMMITTEE.
Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company
John Barneby, Esq., M.P., Brockampton, Bromyard
William Barneby, Esq., Clayton Park, Bromyard, Magistrate of
Herefordshire
James Best, Esq., Worcester
Mr. Edward Bannister, wool-merchant and wool-manufacturer, Leo-
minster
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, London
Walker Chamberlayne, Esq., Worcester, Royal Porcelain Manu-
factory
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Mr. James Coucher, wool-merchant, Worcester
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, and Old Palace, Richmond,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway
Captain Charles Dutton, Bredenbury-house, Bromyard
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry-house, Boughton, Morchelsea,
Kent, Director of the Great Eastern anti Western Railway Com-
pany
James Eckley, Esq., Bromyard
John Freeman, Esq., Gains, Bromyard, Magistrate of Herefordshire
and Worcestershire
John Matthew Gutch, Esq., Banker, Worcester, Director of Wor-
cester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Mr. Edwin Gardner, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester
E. W. Howes, Esq., Bromyard
Richard Hemming, Esq., Livington, near Bromyard, and Kingsland,
Leominster
James Hemming, Esq., Church House, Bromyard
Mr. John Hughes, wool merchant, Clopgate, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester
Mr. George Hill, of the firm of Messrs. Hill and Turley, Worcester
Henry James, Esq., Leominster, Mayer of Leominster
John Kempson, Eel., sen., Birchey-fields House, Bromyard
John Kempson, jun., Esq., Rirchey-fields House, Bromyard
ti
John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice Chairman of the Severn Navigation
Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent
Railway
John and a Director of the Great Eastern and Western
John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porce-
lain manufactory.
Edward Lloyd, Esq., Sheriff of Worcester
William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London and
Manchester Direct
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
Mr. F. H. Needham, mercnant, Worcester
Mr. Powell, wine-merchant, Worcester
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, malsters,
Worcester
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, maltsters, Wor-
cester
Jas. Reeves, Esq , Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and Great Manchester and Rugby, and
Southampton Railway Companies
James Robertson, Esq., Worcester
Joseph Sturton, Esq., Munderfield House, Bromyard, and Lincoln's
Inn, London. Magistrate of Hereford.
James ITpffil, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, Director of the Stafford-
shire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
T. P. P. Wight, Esq., Tedstone Court, Bromyard
Philip Warburton, Esq., Bromyard, High Bailif of Bromyard
Philip Warburton, Gent., Bromyard
John Walker, Esq., Luisley Court, Bromyard
Mr. Wells, Hop-merchant, Worcester
Mr. Woodward, Hop-merchant, Worcester
John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester
Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester
(With power to add to their number.)
CHIEF ENGINEER—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate.street, London
Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester
BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Layendar, and Co.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. W. and F. Devereaux, Bromyard
John Bedford, Esq., Leominster
This line will diverge from the line of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway, near Worcester, and proceeding by Brom-
yard, will end at Leominster, at which point it will unite with the
proposed lines connecting Hereford and Shrewsbury with North
Wales.
The communication by railway between these important towns
and the continuous hop and cider districts has been entirely left
unprovided for by existing arrangements, and this line is brought
forward under the auspices of the Great Eastern and Western
Railway Company, on the strong representations and request of a
large arid most influential body of the landed gentry of the neigh-
bourhood.
The object proposed is to make a direct communication between
Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester, which latter town has always
been the natural market for the produce of these districts, and to af-
ford the inhabitants the most direct communication with London, as
compared with other lines, by upwards of 30 miles.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the act is ob-
tained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 41. per cent.
on all calls from the time of their respective payments, as well as to
limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscrip-
tions.
Applications for Shares, in the annexed form, to be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the Office, 5, Gresham-street, London,
or Messrs. John Shewell and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. Jelin Smith, 3,
Shorter's-court, London ; Mr. John Duncuft, sharebroker, Manchester;
Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr,
sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. H.
and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and
Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson, sharebroker, Bir-
mingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., sharebrokers, Brad-
ford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester ; Mr. Robert Allan,
sharebroker, Edinburgh ; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker, Aber-
deen ; Messrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow ;
Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sharebrokers, Glasgow ; and Messrs.
Bruce and Symes, sharebrokers, Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may I
be had.

THE NORTHERN and SOUTHERN
CONNECTING RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital 900,000/., in 36,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 123. 6d. per Share.
Uniting the London and Birmingham, Great Western, the South
Western, the London and Brighton, South-Eastern, and Northern
and Eastern Railways, and accommodating, en route, Hertford, Hat-
field, St. Albans, Watford, Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, West Drayton,
Colnbrook, Staines, Egbain, Chertsey, Weybridge, Le,atherhead,
Dorking, and Reigate.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major Adair, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Goole
and Doncaster Railway
John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the South Midland, and
Birmingham and Lichfield Railways
William Ayrton, Esq. Abbey-square, Chester
William Arnold Bainbligge, Esq., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
John Barnes, Esq., Director of the Union Bank, Cherie), Wood
House, Hertfordshire
William Bristow, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Railway
George A. Brown, Esq., 20, Gower-street
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the Lancaster and
York, Waterford and Kilkenny, and Great Munster Railway
Jasper Capper, Esq , Watling-street
John Castendeick, Esq., 37, Mincing-lane
Walter Chamberlain, Esq., Worcester
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's
London, Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor-
cester Railways
Major John T. Croft, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the
Chester and Manchester Railway, &c.
William Croft, Esq., Chertscy, Surrey
Thomas Clutterbuck, Esq., Red Hall, Watford
Charles John Dimsdale, Esq., Essendon-place, Hertfordshire
Thomas Edward Dyson, Esq., Tollpits, Hertfordshire
Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
Hastings Green, Esq., Sion House, Kilkenny, Director of the Water-
ford and Kilkenny Railway
Captain Hodges, 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the
Mauritius Railway, &c. &c.
Henry Jennins, Esq., Leeds
Swinfen Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Stafford-
shire
Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of
Remington's London and Manchester, the Chester and Manchester
Direct, and the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire
Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National
Bank of Ireland
John King, Esq., Glastonbury, and St. John's•wood, London, Direc-
tor of the Somersetshire Midland Railway
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Pall mall, London, Director of
the Freemasons' Life Assurance Company
George Ltishley, Esq., Clarence Lodge, Shirley, Southampton, Direc-
tor of the Isle of Wight, and of the Oxford, Newbury, Andover,
Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railways
Daniel William Lucas, Esq., Mark-lane, and Crescent Lodge, Stock-
well Park
Horace William Meteyard, Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester, the Chester and Manchester Direct, and the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
Joseph Bostick Massey, Esq., Cottered, Hertfordshire, and 50, Cam-
bridge-terrace, Hyde Park.
Captain Ogle, 44, Eaton-place, Eaton-square, London.
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S. Upper Hyde Park-street, Director
of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways, &c
Hillebrant Meredith Parratt, Esq., Magistrate, Effingham House,.
Surrey
William John Palmer, Esq., Molewood-hill, Bengeo, Hertfordshire
Rev. G. B. P. Pollen, Magistrate, Little Bookham Rectory, Surrey
W. H. Ravenhill, Esq., Pedwell Honse, Worcestershire -
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosamel's Great
North of France Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and the National Bank
of Ireland
J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq., Eastcheap
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Surrey, Magistrate, Director of the
Toronto and Lake Huron, and Jamaica Railways
Julian Skrine, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway
William 11. Swinton, Esq., 49, Moorgate-street, and Sussex-gardens,
Hyde Park
Thomas Stephens, Esq., 4, Lime-street-square
William Tozer, Esq , Bishopsgate-street, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
JTlaimomesaswiffiVetechdounrc,hE.sEqs.,qL,osuoduvit'haitcerliffM,lNils, etiHeyertAfbobredyshire
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John King, Esq.
George Laishley, Esq.
D. W. Lucas, Esq.
H. W. Meteyard, Esq.
George Scard, Esq.

Major Ada!r

John Anderson, Esq.
Jasper Capper, Esq.
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq.
Joseph Graham, Esq.
D. T. Johnson, Esq.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane, London
The London and County Bank
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester.
ENGINEER—Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
LAND AGENT—Layton Cooke, Esq.
LAND SURVEYORS.
W. T. Buckland, Esq.
Messrs. Sanderson and ltyde.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
St. Alban's, Herts—Richard Grove Lowe, Esq.
Chertsey, Surrey—Richard John Cole, Esq.
Dorking, Surrey— Messrs. Hart and Hart.
Hertford—Edward Robert Spence, Esq.
Uxbridge, Middlesex—Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge.
Watford and Rickmansworth—John Sedgwick, Esq.
The object of this undertaking is to form an unbroken link or
communication with all the existing railways, by which means
more particularly the Western, Southern, Eastern, South-Eastern,
and South-Western parts of the kingdom may be traversed from the
Northern Districts, without the necessity of making the metropolis
a resting-place either for passengers or goods : and thus obviating
considerable expense and great loss of time.
The length of the main line will be 62 wiles, commencing at Hert-
ford, (which has already a branch to the North-Eastern Railway),
eontin Ing its course by Hatfield, St. Alban's, to Wattbrd, where it
will cross the London and Birmingham Railway, from thence to
Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, and West Drayton, where it will pass
under the Great Western Railway, proceeding by Colnbrook, (having
a branch to Windsor from the main line at Horton), cross the Thames
at Staines', to Egham,
tildw. ay
Dorking,at t h We.
nedy b
terminatingr i dg e Station,
a t ne iapproachinggate,where Co b
Chertsey, passing into the South Western
junction with the Sou
The great distance 1..t1.1. it will L efearnt hse ra-
Eastern and London and Brighton Railways.
in London.
ha.
foorm each other of the various termini of rail-
waysthe legislature and of the a length of time occupied the attention of
of prorierty has
been
ar,interested Companies ; but the great value
ment : hence the necessrPer
one line to another ; and LIZ' a more direct been deemed the most ancient to
able obstacle to effecting any improve-
Carment Surveys the
communication from
present plan has
surveys thus made, and auo fromeet every desideratum. For the
already taken, there do not pssa.mto tgreet portion of the level
The feature of the country Is agricnourry engineering difficulties°
field to reciprocal commerce, by exehangin ; and it will open a wide
North with the products of the South , togigntlee maaafaeMree of the I
ble mode of obtaining every description of f
reasonable rates. r with a mops accessi- I
°reign EtleTelutrualse at
In consulting the best statistical authorities, and on the
informs.
tion derivable from the only certain mode of obtaining the
exi
and fluctuating traffic on so novel a feature as this projected rallVany,
a considerable, difficulty has necessarily presented itself in arriving
at a maximum of profits, but it can with certainty be announced that
from the mum of Ma; AMU the hAnufsoturing watticts, rs*

procally with the counties through which the railway is intended to
pass, the revenue upon the capital will yield at least 10 per cent.
As the project developes itself, the most cheering patronage is
manifest from influential landowners and other proprietors declaring
that the formation of this line is indispensable to meet the demands ;
and who have promised to give this project their undivided support.
Government for a length of time have deemed it advisable to send
troops with all their materiel by railways, and the facilities which
can be thus afforded will form a communicating medium with ever..
military depot throughout Great Britain.
Sallee It to state that coal, wool, timber, corn, bark, lime, ano
every variety of product or manufacture must inevitably find that
transit by this railway, to meet the demands or exigencies of se-
veral counties hitherto subjected to the impost of incalculable ex-
pense and delay attendant on goods at present being compelled to
pass through London.
Soaicrross—Messrs. Miller and Carr, 47, Esstehesp, London.

Applications for Shares to be made to Messrs. Miller and
Carr, 47, Eastcheap ; and Messrs. Johnson, Longden and Co.,
Tokenhouse-yard ; and to the local solicitors, Messrs. Bart and
Hart, Dorking ; Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge, Uxbridge ; Richard
John Cole, Esq., Chertsey ; Riclfard Grove Lowe, Esq., St. Alban's ;
Edward Robert Spence, Esq., Hertford ; John Sedgwick, Esq., Wat-
ford ; and also to Mr. Crewdson, Liverpool ; Mr. S. Slater, Man-
chester ; Messrs. Watson, Tootal, and Barff, Leeds ; Messrs. Charles
Bell and Co., Leeds; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham • Mr. J. Bowden,
Hull; and Messrs. George Edwards and Son, Bristol.
W. JENKINS, Secretary.
Temporary Ofßces, 47, Eastcheap, London.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Committee of the Northern and Southern (,`cam

necting Railway.

Gentlemea,—l request you to allot me Shares it to
above undertaking ; and I hereby undertake to pay the deposit
upon them or any smaller number that in iy be allotted to me, an
to execute the Parliamentary contract an t subscribers' agrecanot—
when required to do so.
I am, Gentlemen your obedient servant,
Name in full ........... .. .................
Business or profession
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Reference ....... ..........
Date of application • ..... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

TIE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
CONNECTING RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no Applications for Shares in this
Railway will be received from parties resident in London or its vici-
nity after Thumbs; tho 25th, and elsewhere after SATURDAY, the
27th instant.

By order of the Committee of Management,
W. JENKINS, Secretary,
Temporary Offices, 47, Eastcheap, Sept. 19, 1845.

ROYAL NORTH OF SPAIN RAILWAY.
The undersigned Directors, in whom the management of the
affairs of this company is now vested, deem it due to the Proprietors
to state, that measures are In progress which will put the Immediate
and prospective advantages of this undertaking to the severest test.
Should the result be such as the Directors confidently anticipate,
the position of the Shareholders will be materially improved by the
co-operation of parties of the highest experience in railway affairs.
(Signed) WILLIAM R. COLLETT, Chairman.
WILLIAM JACKSON, Deputy Chairman.
JOSHUA WALMSLEY.

United Peninsular Railway Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings,
22d Sept. 1845.

WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or GHEP
STOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER
JUNCTION EXTENSION RAILWAY.

(Registered I
Capital 900,0001., in 45
Deposit, 21. 21
No Shareholder to be liable bey,

)rovisionally.)
,100 Shares of 201. each.
g. per Share.
oud the amount of his Share.

D IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
Upon the Broad
From London a the Land's-end ; w Diverging Lines to Bath and
Brldgewaterra t et! fely.
(Provisionally ,I,tered.)
Capl al, 3,000,0001., in 120,003 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 128. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. _ _ .

The lion. Charles Pelham Villiers, ?,LP., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq , M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy 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, Earl., Griffin's Wharf, To'sley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kiddies-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street Finabury, Alderman of the

City of London
Edward Ilarrisson 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 Railway
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-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
tile Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness Rouse, near Run,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Waling of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Ebq., Irongate Wharf
-William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwal Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-eross, Director of
the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway
Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc-
tor of the Bridpor‘ and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, 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-conrt, Surrey, Chairman of tke Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed 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., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cathbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, 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, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway

Company
Philip Baler, Esq., Euston-square, Loudon, Auditor of the London

and Blackwall Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq. 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, 11 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 Wardc, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and

Luton Hoo, Bedtbrdshire
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., Droiniv,h 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., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Bodoni, Nottinghamshire
John Glllyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Homey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berke
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place. Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

County -
Rev. Chas. Fres. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Blrming•

ham Railway Company
It. IVootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Ringsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, 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, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. IL Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Ilungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Holcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, sq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
games Troup, PAq., 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,
the Potteries, Staffordshire,
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aant iccih
ester Sou a
Dmipr teoent ORr aoi
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Manchester
Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
johainnpstoewn,tßonan3hiauprypinano d Cheltenham Railways
and
Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
JJaopTlinnierselteßtiodurgriftajhyuen,
31. Esq.,
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
M.D., Salford
James Ogden,
Joseph Nadin, Esq.,
Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
Sir William Lowthrop,
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee,
eds
DirectMem Railway Companies of the acti Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Le"
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Blanchester
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 Hull and Barnsley
Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director e 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, /iirkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newberg, Req., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq. Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester 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, Esq., Utiperthorpc, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Devonport
Cantata Bowker;
H. S. Bright, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq.,7Sheffield Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Har-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Es 1., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and
Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. H. IV. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hnbbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Juletion
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 Houselflrentvrood, 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. Lefeuvre, Esq., F R.S., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the

, .
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringharn, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
illlam Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Egg., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
A further list of influential names will shortly appear.
BANKERS—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker. 29, Uncoin's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—MOYERS Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY —CIIRTIOS J. Whalley, ESQ.
LOCAL AGENTS.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Mes,rs. Bateheller, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
and J,
At Truro
At Penzance A. Tome, Esq.
At Tiverton, T. L. T. Itendell, Esq
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advaatage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from it, situation 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 flit 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 Railway having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way 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 that no other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Co:npany, 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-
Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
the manufacturing dis-
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford,trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Froine, 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 railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
tistance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is
sarilte bo igy more tisma tint tirgro LI already thorough tip gum.

dent to Justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles thst it will traverse rich and populous agricultural
and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro-
jected, with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it le obvious that this line will command a
traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, au inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland distri.t, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.

Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom; It May not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said :—" I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
farther observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
c( rre 't estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
IT rdneii, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament.

It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at au unusually small expense ; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.

Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company, or to the secretary, or to any respect-
able broker in town or country
London, September 11, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Westera Railway
Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 25/. each in
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d
per share thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con.
tract when required.
Dated

1845.
Name in full ..........
Residence.. • • ..... • • •
Trade or Profession ...... • • • • •• .
Place of Business (if auy)
Reference • • ... • ....... ...... • • • .. • • •
Signature... • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ..

THE OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTEN-
SION and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY, with
Branches to Shrewsbury and Northwitch. On the Broad Gauge.

(Provisionally Registered.)
()Vital 2,250,0001., in 125,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street. Director
of the Nottingham and Boston Railway
William Beresford, Esq., M.P., 77, Pall-mall, Director of the Tean
and Dove Talley Railway
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director
of the Chester and Forest of Dean Railways
Sir John Edward de Beauvoir, Chairman of the London and Bir-

mingham Extension
Sir Samuel Brown, Director of the Warwick and Worcester Railway
Sir John Hare, Laugham-place, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Railway
Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace,Regent's-park, Director of the South
and Midlands Railway
Sir John Haneler, Deputy Lieutenant of the county of Essex, Wal-
ton, near Saffron Walden, Essex
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the
South and Midland Railway
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the Manchester
and Chester Railway
Major Chase, 31, Nottingham-place
Captain S. M. Fisher, jun., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Captain Ilitchens, H.E.1.C.5., Director of the Birmingham and Ox-
ford Railway
Samuel Kenrick, Esq., banker, Wrexham
Captain F. Chamier, Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Great Paris and Lyons Railway
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
Chairman of the London and Greenwich Railways, &c., &c.
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
Matthew Harrison, Esq., Chester, Director of the North and South
Wales Bank
John Kinneraley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct Railway, and South Midland
Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
Thos. Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Wilson-street, Finsbury
Thos. Sidney, Esq., Alderman of Loudon, Sheriff of London and

Middlesei
Captain Alex. Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club.
John Inglis Jardein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, RugLy
and Southampton Railway
Wm. Morley, Esq„ Blackheath
Wm. Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex
and Suffolk Railways
Rd. Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the South and Midland's Junction
Railway
John Whcelton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Collingridge, Esq., 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 Manchester and
Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple, Director of the Eastern Counties
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment
Railway
Major-General Brooks Parlby, C. 8., 18, Rutland-place
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Director 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., Wilten-place, 13elgrave-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 of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
J. B. Richardson, Esq., Director of the Colchester and Cambridge
Railway
Julian Skreene, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern Railway
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London and Dover Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
R. W. ood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Wm. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway
Wm. Alfred Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
Richard Dutton Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway
Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Railway
Frederick Collingrge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq., Gresham-street
Robert Richards, Esq., 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 Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith
Railway
John Barber, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwlth
Rail way
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Hereford
E. R. Foster, Esq., Director of the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford-
shire Railway
Martin Furnis, Esq., Director of the Nottingham. Newark, and
Boston Railway
Richard Groucock, Esq. Dulwich, Director of the Direct Manchester
Railway
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Birmingham and Manchester
Extension
W. Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stombridge, 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. Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds

Railway - -
James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract
David William Nell, Esq., Leeds, J.P., Director of the Leeds and

Thirsk Railway
Joseph Robert Wilkin Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and
Bedford, and York and Lancaster Railways
John Fagan, Esq., Gloucester-road, Old Brompton
Charles Holden, Esq., Director of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway
J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds. Director of the West Riding Junction
Railway
Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Chairman of the Lincoln, York and
Leeds Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
J. M. Douglas, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weyntonth
Railway
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-strect
John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the South and Midland

Railway
W. Ley, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Robert Power, Esq., Director of the Great Britain Life Assurance-
office, Queen-street, May Fair,
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond
W. Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place
James B7rness, 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 Lees, Esq., Delph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director of
the Saddleworth Banking Company
Arthur Agard Davenport, Esq., Eastwood, Notts, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct Railway
Joseph Lancelot Davenport, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby,
Derby, and Manchester Railway
(Wl.ll power to add to their number.)
The names of an influential Committee formed at Worcester and
Chester will be published in a few days.

BARIUM.
The Commercial Bank of London
ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Engem, BK.
PARLIAMENTAR AGENTS.
Messrs. Parrott and Waimealey.
SOLICITORS.
Potter and Collingridge, 5 Basinghall-street ; W. B. James, Esq.,

5, Basingiiall-street.
SECRETARY—HiIton T. Jenkins, Esq.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Worcester—Charles Creswell, Esq. ; C. G. H. St. Patrick, Esq.
Whltchurch—James Bromfield, Esq.
Chester—John F. Maddock, Esq.
Shrewsbury—W. Cooper, Esq.
Wellington—George Marcy, Esq.
The geographical position of Worcester has caused its adoption as
the point where the broad gauge trunk lines of the west are to have a
common terminus. From Oxford the Great Western Company have
decided on constructing a line of rail :—another projevt 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 doubtful. This undertaking will com-
plete a series of great avenues of iron-road, whose ramification
from 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
Bewdley. This district is one of the chief seats of our carpet manu-
factures, and in the towns here named, exclusive of the intervening
districts, upwards of 30,000 persons are located. Leaving Stourbridge
a little to the east, the line is taken to lridgenorth, a town enjoying
an actlve inland trade, and possessing wwlien marivactures and Iron
works, that give employment to a population of about 15,000. Pass-
ing through or near to Much Wenlock, Broseley, and Madeley, from
which place there will be a branch to Shrewsbury, the line ascends
COON* 12+110, eirl.approadang ip its wane Wale.= Pld Wows

enters Whitchurch. From this central place a branch will be formed
to Norwich via Stoke, forming a junction with the Liverpool and
Crewe Railway. The trunk line will continue from Whitchnrch, and
passing through or near Alaipas, have its northern terminus in the
city of Chester.
In estimet:ng the probable amount 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 Chinas 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 of 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 population, 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 accommcdation for traffic and
travelling. This project constitutes a lengthened link in the chain
that will connect Liverpool with Bristol, the grand trunk or the
West of England ;—its southern terminus, Worcester, is the half-
way station of: the London and Portdynnllaen broad gauge line:—
by projected lines a direct communication will be afforded west-
ward to Swansea and Aberystwith, and, easlward, to Warwick and
Northampton, Cambridge, Peterborough, Harwich, Lynn, Lincoln,
aid 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 structwe of the districts to
be traversed is equally so, and that the want of such a line of com-
munication is acknowledged by the interests seated on its proposed
course. _ _

Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Hasinghall-street ; also of W. B. James,
Esq., solicitor, 5, 13asinghall-street ; of the local agents ; and of the
following gentlemen :
Mr. Samuel Hanbury, 4, Angel-court;
London .. / Mr. Whisten Powell, 12, Copthall-court; and
Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street
Lirerpool.• • . • • ....Messrs. Alston and Gage.
Manchester •••• • • • Mesqrs Houghland and Leese, and Mr.
I
ham Marshall.
_

Fiull ..... Messrs. Collinson and Flint, and James
c Bowden
Leeds • • • ...... • • •
[Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and
J. Young and Co.,
- - -

Stratford-on-Avon-Cir. William Bolton

E xeter • • • .

....Mr. Thomas Sanford.

Plymouth ... . Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer.
Birmingham .• • •Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright,

Glasgow•• • . •• • • ..Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Messrs. Robertson and Co., and
Edinburgh •• •• .
' •• [Messrs.. M.Callumand Co:

Huddersfield . .Messrs. Wilson and Hellawell
Worcester • • • • • • • • Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

THE OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTENSION and CHESTER
JUNCTION RAILWAY, with BRANCHES to SHREWSBURY
and NORTIIWICH.
Capital, 2,250,0001., in 125,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Chester
Railway.

Gentlemen, —I request that you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and
to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be al-
lotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name (in Lull) •• • ...... ..........
Re5idence........................ •••• • • • • ••••••• • • • .
Trade or Profession • • • • • • • ......
Reference.. • • • ......... •• •• • • ..... • •• ••
Address of Referee • • ...... ......... ••
Date. • ..........

OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTENSION
and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further applications for Shares in
this Company will be received after Tuesday, the 30th instant.
By order, HILTON THOMAS JENKINS, Secretary.
5, Basing,hall-street, September 23, 1845.

JAMAICA SOU'T'HERN, EASTERN, AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON-
TEGO BAY.

Office, No. 43, 3foorgate-street.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 21. per Share.
A Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in
the Island.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, K.C.8., Madryn Park, Caernarvonshire
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London, King's Arms-yard

Sir John J. Hamlet, F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place
Sir George Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster

Thomas Fainconuil, Esq:' Alderman of London
Major Adair, U.S. Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng-
land Insurance Company
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial
Bank, London
Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell
Lieutenant-Colonel Gullies, Cambridge-terrace

F. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall

. . .
D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the London

and Manchester Railway
John Francis Lambert, Esq , 6, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple

James Maciniilan,'Esq:, Southampton, Director of the Southampton
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail

way
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London

and Manchester Direct Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron

Railway
B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St.

Elizabeth's -
J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Barbadoes, and Great Eastern and Western Railways
W. G. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Director of the Worcester,

Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway
William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and

Cork and Kilkenny Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St.l oho. 'a
-wood, Director of the National

Bank of Ireland
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons' In.
surance Company

Matthew Richard Scott, Esq., Devonshire-place, Portman-square,
and Jamaica

John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars

Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide•place, London-bridge, and Coulaien
Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General
Fire and Life Assurance Company
Henry Stock, Esq., lieddgelert, North Wales
Major Croft, 15, Regent-street, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and
Manchester Railway Company
John King,Esq., St. John's-wood, London, and Glastonbury, Somer-
setshire
John Lilley, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Somersetshire Midland

Radway-
J. Haines, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham
John Burgess, Esq., the Boroughreeve of Manchester, Director of
the Manchester and Birmingham Continuation ani Welsh Junc-
tion Railway
Captain D. K. Pulteney, Parliament-street
Jeremiah Clark, Esq., Macclesfield
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS—WiIIiam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Pilbrow, F‘sq.,
C.E. ; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., M.I.C.E.
Soticrroas—Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ;
Andrew Graham Dignum, Esq., Jamaica.

lemmas—Sir Claude Scott, Bart., and Co., 1, Cavendish-square;
Messrs. Rogers, Oldiug, an Co., 29, Clement's-lane, London,
The Planters' Bank, Jamaica.
. .

The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of
passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter-
mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons
conversant with the islan i of Jamaica.

The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King-
ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on
the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest
journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be
traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of
30s. per passenger.
The difference in the freights between the northern and southern
sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the
saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern
side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at
much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan-
tage of slipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King-
ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed ports
of the east and north of the Island.

The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at
Kingston Harbour, with a depth of water sufficient for vessels of the
largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or
near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King-
ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Annotto Bay, Port Maria,
St. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego
Bay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed
between the most important and populous places, and facility offered
for carriage of the produce of the most prod.ictive portion of the
island.

Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are
gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun-
tains which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the
eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost
level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country,
rising into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The
whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar-
t:cles of sugar, coffee, rum, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other
seices, dye wood, drugs, &c. ; and as more than one-third of the
land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by
the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton,
indigo, cocoa, &c., and dry stuffs, at present unimpeded, will again
be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety
abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes
spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vitae, ebony, Spanish
elm, line cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will
also bring largely into use the valuable palmetto , and various other
woods for agricultural and household purposes, aid cabinet works.
The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ;
lead ore is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver;
whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate
of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com-
posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic.
The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction
of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion
of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material*
necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the
atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut-
tings and embankments will be generally superseded.
A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated laud required for the line,
and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con-
struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ;
—the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction
of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased
to capitalists for the benefit of the Shareholders.
Of the various imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti-
mate can scarcely be given—it will be safficient to state, that Coals,
Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops,
Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and
Manufactures generally, form important seams of profit.
The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate
per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care-
ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of
railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re-
quired, and the speedy communication established between the
island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, will enable the Directors in this country to exercise an
efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island.
The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the
payment of 4% per cent. interest upon the amount paid upon the
shares from the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line.
Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43,
Moorgate-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors,
47, Moorgate-street, London ; and the following Sharebrokers :
Mr. S. 11. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans,
39, Lothbury; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London;
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs.
Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp,
Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson,
Bradford ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee,
Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick-
enson, Newcastle-on• Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax ; Messrs.
Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs.
Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street,
Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may
be had.

To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern,
and Northern itailway.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
50/. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21.
per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as
may be necessary, in ihrtherance thereof, when required.—l am,
Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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*Wood is prepared nearly as hard as iron, and in that elimato is
more durable.

JAMAICA SOUTHERN, EASTERN, AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further application for shares In
this undertaking., can he received from parties resident in London
after THURSDAY, the 25th day of September instant ; and tl•om Nut Ic.
resident in the country after SATURDAY, the 27th day of September
Instant. By order,
ELMSLIE and PRESTON, 13blicittors,
47. ItleareaMilitti, 6ept IS, 180.