The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

BANKERS.

Messrs. Masterman, Peters, andCO.7the London and Westminster
Bank.
SECRETARIES IN ENGLAND— 11. Newell, Esq., and Henry Cowper, E
SEC2ETART IN IRELAND—Frederick Francis Pole, Esq., 51, Nortli
Great George-street, 1)11101i11.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.

Hugh Times Cameron and George Bain, Esqrs , 18, Parliament
street, London. '
J. It. L. -Vlralmsley, Esq., North-street, Westminster.

PROSPECTUS.

The imperative necessity, alike in a social, commercial, or political
point of view, for drawing as closely together as possible the capitals
or England and Ireland, has suggested the formation of the Grand
London and Dublin Approximation Railway,—a line, the value of
which it is difficult to over estimate, since it will be found to take a
nearly direct course front the English metropolis to Holyhead. It
will pass through or near the populous and noble county town of
Shropshire (as yet unprovided with railway communication), and
will traverse along its whole extent districts second in wealth, re-
sources, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire ; bring them
more nearly and immediately in contact with London and Dublin,
than has hitherto been thanght possible. This project is wholly in-
dependent of any other line already before the public, and as it
Possesses national advantages which none can surpass, must, when
carried out, become, without exception, the most important railway
i❑ Great Britain.

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It Is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great Western
s'ation, from whence the line will be continued In as direct a course as
possible to llolyhead
In its progress it will pass through or near td the following towns:
—Rickmansworth, C.:hesitant, Wendover, and Aylesbury ; it will then
proceed to 'within a short distance of Bicester and Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury ; It will touch upon Kineton or Kingtcwn,
thence proceed onward to Stratford-on-Avon, approach within a
short distance of Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, whcre it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to RroinFgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kidderminster, Bridgnorth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalhrookdale; will enter the Vale of the
Severn, which it will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence con-
ed to LIII-y-tnyneth, Ll-tvirhaladr,
(titntub3c i,t_isferOulter.u.rplawythet cvo,ttuirspercOcfcthe Severn, and passing Into the Vale

and Mochnant, accommodating Weichpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
it remains for the engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the Yale of the River Dee, when the line will proceed round b.)

Corwen into the Vale of the River Aiwen, from whence it will run
nearly parallel with the great Holyhead Ilail-uach-road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the Vale of Nant Francon
't o Bangor and Holyhead.
This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most consi-
siderable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxf
Worcester, and Wolverhampton ; the London and Birmingham ; and
the South Staffordshire Railway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, Bilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Lichfield with the
Derby Railway • and the Grand Junction Railway, it would
be superfluous to expatiate on the advantages of bring-
lag all those important centres of the coal and iron trade and
other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of Shropshire
into close intercourse, and thus establishing the cheapest and
quickest means of transit between the minerals of Shropshire and the
furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of Dublin, London, and
Birmingham. The success of the undertaking is secured beyond a
doubt, by the obvious fact that it will not only bring the richest
mineral and manufacturing portions of England much nearer to the
two capitals, but it will open for the carriage of the valuable pro-
duce of these districts the intermediate country not at present pos-
filmed of any direct line of railway cominanication. On the other
hand, the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will
gave to London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to
Dublin shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other exist-
ing railroad ; and filially, enable travellers to complete the entire
distance in ten hours.
It will also ensure 'two mail deliveries in the day.

Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may be requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or,• if found de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bi l to continue an independent
line by Beaumaris to Holyhead.
After a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors fe. I warranted in anticipating
a return of at least ten per cent. on the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout from London to Dublin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten hours, without the inconvenience so painfully felt of changing
from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The
railways now in active pr gress in Ireland, running from Dublin
north and, south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister countries
is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once eomplete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of
this Company is to save time and distance, every attention of
the Directors, and every advancement in science wilt be made
available to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, com-
patible with safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end
while, finally, the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both
passengers and traffic, and the public will find in the improvement t.f
the inferior carriages, and some additic.nal comforts for those of the
first t lass, that the Grand London and Dublin Approximation Rail-
way will be placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all
its details will be rendered worthy an enterprise so national in its
character.

Application will he made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will be taken by the Act
to allow interest at 41. per cent. per a..num on the amount of the
Subscriptions paid up ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then not
beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications tor Shares may be made, in the subjoined form, to the
following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Mr. Roger Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London ; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Mr. Wm, Kerl, and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. It. Lane, Birmingham; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax ; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; R. I'. Clark, Esq., Bristol ;
W. H. Cooper, Esq., Shrewsbury; Messrs. Graystone and Earl,York ;
Henry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter; Messrs. Munro and Co., 44, George
street, Edinburgh ; Charles Couper, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edin-
burgh; James Jardine, Esq., Glasgow; Wm. Oliphat, Perth; and
Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin.

FORM OF

APPLICATION,

To the Provisional Directo-s of the Grand London and Dublin
Approximation Railway Company.
_ _

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me
shares of 50/.
each In this undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less numter that may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit
thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required.
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Witness
And his Address

Name in Bill
Residen e —
Profession or Business
Date
Reference (two or more)

PROSPECTUS OF THE

R lIONDD A and ELY VALUES JUNCTION
RAILWAY, GLAMORGANSHIRE.

(Provisionally Registered.)

Promoted with the sanction and support of the Right Hon. the Earl

of Dunraven.
Capital, 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
;iscount Mare, M.P., Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan
Crawshaw Bailey, Esq., Iron-works, Nantyglo
S r Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Sir John Osborn, Bart., Fulham .Director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway
Sir Wm. Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, London, Director
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Railway
Sir Wm. Twystien, 41, Dorset-street, Portman-square
Rfettar.l Price, Esq., M.P., Radnorshire
Sir William Wynn, Maes Eewyeld, Chairman of the North Wales
Railway
lames G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
Henry A. Bruce, Esq., Duffryn House, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef..
field and Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanstone-square
John Castendieck, Esq., Lewisham, Kent
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Director of the Rugby and Worcester
Railway
The Rev. James Cozens, Ynys Plwm, Glamorganshire
Edward Cotton, Esq., St. James's-square and Kenilworth, Director
of the Commercial Bank
Captain Dawson, R.N., Barnes, Surrey, Director of Cambridge and
Lincoln Extension Railway
George Dennis, Esq., Director of the Great Leeds and London Direct
Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Edmondes, Esq., of Cowbridge, Glamorganshire
Thomas H. Evans, Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the Rugby and
Worcester Railway
The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and Ne. 7, Manchester-
square
The Rev. Thomas Gronow, 29, Brompton-square
Captain Hewitt, Tyr 3lab Etas, Glamorganshire
Windsor H. Humphreys, Esq., Garth Hall, Glamorganshire
John J. Harris, Esq., Treverig, Glainorganshirc
John Hopkins, Esq . Killely, Glamorganshire
William Harrison, Esq., Hill liouse, Upper Tooting
John James, Esq., Secondary of tile City of London, and Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Ingles Jerticin, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,

and Southampton Railway
Vero Clarke Kernball, Esq., Hyde-park-gardens, Director of the
South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq., Baglan Hall, Glamorganshiro
William Llewellyn, Esq., Director of the Bridgend Branch of the
National Provincial Bank of England
James Mackirdy, Esq., City of London Club
James Morrison, Esq., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
Thomas Morris, Esq., of Newport, Monmouthshire
Leyshon Morgan, Esq., Lower Tremains, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Samuel P. Pratt, Esq., E. 8.5., Bath, and No. 55, Lincoln's Inn-

fields, Director of the Kennet and Avon Canal
WiMaul Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
George B. Pyc, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
Evan Prichard, Esq., CoHenna House, Glamorganshire
James Brown, Esq., of Ton Ddu, near Brhlgend
Richard Fowler Rickards, Esq.. Lantrissent House, Glamorganshire
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Edward L. Richards, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire
John Randall, Esq., Ohl Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshlre
Richard Lewis Recce, Esq., County Coroner, Cardiff
Edward Scard, Esq., of Kew Green, Surrey, and Garth Hall, Glamor.
ganshire
Henry James, Esq., Finsbury-square, London
Robert Wright, Esq., Lone !ale-square, Middlesex, and Bread-street.
hill, London, Director of the Great Trinidad Railway
John Williams, Esq., Furnival's Inn, London, and Llanflhangel,
Denbighshire
Joseph Underwood, Eel., the Hall, Blackheath, Director of the
London and Birmingham Extension Railway Company, and Di-
rector of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.
(With power to add to their number).
STANDING COUNSEL—Edward Lewis Richards, Esq.
SOLICITOUS.
W. B. James, Esq., 5, Bas ngtall-street, London
William Morgan, Esq., Bridgend, Glamorgan.
BANKERS.
Commercial Bank of London
National Pro\ Bank, Bridg,end and Cardiff.
ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Barnard, Esq.

This Railway is projected for the purpose of uniting the Rhondda
and Ely Yanks, with the South Wales Railway, at a few miles dis-
tance from the Port of Cardiff; and to open a new mineral district,
one of the richest and most important in South Wales, which is at
present without the means-of transit for its Immense and valuable
products.

It will pass through the central portion of the great coal-field of
Glamorganshire, where iron-stone also abounds with the coal in im-
mense quantities, and laying, geologically speaking, nearly fiat, and,
obtainable, for the most part, by proper levels. The coal in addition
to its being of excellent quality for iron snaking, as is proved at Mer-
thyr and Aberdare, is also, like that of those districts, of the very
bast description for steam purposes, being nearly smokeless, although
inflammable, indeed so pre-eminently is the superiority of this de-
scription of coal established for steam purposes over any other,
that the demand for it tar exceeds the supply, and promises, accord-
ing to the opinion of the most eminent marine engineers, to super-
sede all others for purposes of steam navigation. This source of
traffic alone will afford a handsome return for the capital invested,
as has been demonstrated in every instance where even tram-roads or
canala have been constructed to open tlsa mineral resources of other
less promising vaPies in \Vales than the Rhondda, which is cele-
brated for the abundance, quality, and facility of obtaining its pro-
ductions.

An inexhaustible supply of limestone (so necessary fir the manu-
facture of iron and for agricultural purposes) may be obtained by
means of this Railway, much nearer and cheaper than by any other

This line will afford to the increasing population of the rich vales
of Ely and Rhondda a much desired communication with the great
market town •ui3 port of Cardiff, from whence, at present, they may
be said to be almost excluded.
It is intended that the line shall commence at linen Rhondda, the
head of the Rhondda Valley, and proceed down by a natural pass
between the hills at Ffrwd Ainws, a distance of eight miles, where it
will enter the Ely Valley and proceed down (a further distance of
six miles) to Lanelay-bridge, near Lantrissetit, and there join the
South Wales Railway, thus opening a communication under the most
advantageous circumstances as to distance, with all the ports in the
Bristol channel.
A preliminary survey has already been made by competent par-
ties, and it is found that the country admits of highly favouraide
gradients, so much so that it is confidently anticipated that the
works will be executed very consiierably under the advertised ca-
pital.
The landowners along the line are favourable to this undertaking,
and the names of many influential proprietors will be found on the
Provisional Committee.
No Subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his de-
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of
his subscription.
Una! an Act of Parliament shall be obtained, the affairs of this
Corpany shall be under the control of the Managing Directors, to
whom power is given to allot the Shari s, and to apply the funds
of the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred in its forma-
tion, and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted
to Parliament.
Power w:11 be applied for in the Act (and in the meantime is
hereby given to the Managing Directors as above), to raise any addi-
tional c vital, o
tor
enterextend ct
into or abandon
arrangements, any a ofby the
amalgamation line, to makeor
branch lines,
the first Directors of the C
inwteirliesbt:d.given
otherwise, with any other comp.oamnypaonrycompanies, and also to nomi-
nateto
,paia.tipersefoceraenneey
landowners on the line and
may be had of, and applications for
Prospectuses and Mans
form
annexed
to, W. _
B James,
In the allottment
hall-street, London; to W. Morgan, Esq.,
Esq., Salleitor, 5, Basing
, • and to the undermentioned
Glamorgansh rt, ,
Solicitor, Bridgend,
Shares will receive the attention of
Brokers ; but no application for
°f Sobtal tree;
Shares may be addressed in the
or the Engineers:—
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, , o et-touse.yaril.
2'•) T k •11
the Committee, unless accompanied by a reference to one or more
of the Provisional Committee, Solicitors,

Messrs. J, Peppereorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.
Liverpool—Messrs. Beultt and Co.

Manchester—Messrs. Houg,hland and Leese
Leeds—Messrs John Young and Co.
Bristol Luke Arnold, Esq.; Messrs. Talte and Nash
Birmintharn—Mr. Collis
Sheftleld—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Rhondda and Ely Wallies

Junction Railway.
Gen tlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of 20/
each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, acid to
pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be allotted
to ins ; and I also undertake to execute the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name in thll ........ •
Residence. • • • • • • ...... • • •
Trade or Profession ..........
Reference with Address.. •
Tate of Appllcathn .............

RHONDDA AND ELY VALLIES
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
No further applications for shares in this Company can be received
after FRIDAY, the 10th instant. By order,
JOHN rETHERICK, Secretary.
Buinnan-StTeet 34 October, 18 W.

D
IRECT SHEFFIELD and MACCLESFIELD
RAILWAY, forming Junctions with all the important Rail-
wirs n Great Britain.
(Pi ovisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Vic., c. 110.)
Capital 800,0001., in 40.008 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to. add to their number.)

Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P. Chairman of the Waterford and
Kilkenny, and of the City of Toronto and Lake Huron Rail-
way Companies
William Chaplin, Esq., Lad-lane, London, and Greenhithe, Kent,
Chairman of the Iron Steam-boat Company
John Chaplin, Esq., Gracechurch-street, and Greenhithe, Kent
Edwin Ward Jackson, Esq., Edgehill, Liverpool, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds, North-Western, Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England, and Staffordshire Potteries Railways
Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square,
London, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of
the Cheltenham and Oxford Junction Railways
7. S. Richards, Esq., Baker street, Portman-square, Director of the
Ipswich and Southampton Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., magistrate for Surrey and Middlesex, Kew-green,
Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Palk, Blackheath, Director of the Com-
mercial Bank, and of the Metropolitan Life Office
John Tall, Esq. Hanoverian Consul, merchant and shipowner, Hull,
Director of tile Hull Dock Company
Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-place-house, Southampton
John Francis Bacon, Esq., Austin-friars, London
Captain Crawley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, Director of the Rugby and War-

wick Railway - -
Captain P. Chamier, R.N., Halkin-streot, Beigrave-square, Director
of the Hazebrouck and Fampoux (French) Railway
C. F. Colman, Esq , Shirley, Southampton
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster
Railway
Thomas H. Evans, Esq., Mayor of Carnarvon, Director of the
London and Holyhead Railway
Robert Green, Esq., Birehin-lane, London and Macclesfield
William Holloway, Esq., Lime-street-square, London
William Jenkinel•,' Esq., Balsall-heath, Birmingham
Edward Richards, Esq., 16, New Broad- street-buildings
Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Life Insurance
Company
George 11. Peppercorn, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the ,Rugby
and Worcester Railway
Thomas Whitaker, Esq., Captain, R.N., Kirk Ella, near' Hull,
Director of the Hull and Barns'ey Junction Railway
Isaac Whitaker, Esq., Ilesposle,,,nieur7HHuullll: DpirireecetotorrototfhethTeorki;
and East and Wes.t,eln'sodhrikirsoliiiirberiJdugieic,tiaonndltoafilitAh-
:Hull and Barnsley
Thudley,
morandaesiolyV,aßrdr,osEo7l,,
Junction Railways
George Robinson, Esq.. Hull, Director of the Dudley, Madeley,
Brosely, and Ironbridge, and of the Hull and Barnsley- Junction
Railway •
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Railway
Thomas Dighy, Esq., Banker, Hull, Director of the Hull and Barns-
ley Junction Railway
Thomas .Newte, Esq., Director of the Barbadoes Railway
Fitzherbert Macqueen, Esq., Great Winchester-street
Sir James Anderson, Bart., Buttevant Castle, Director of the Cork
• and Fermoy Direct Railway
John Cortleld, Esq., Southwick-street, Hyde Park-gardens
James Adair, Esq., Director of the Church of Ern,lar.d Life Assurance
Co.npany, and of the Northern and Southern Railway
John G. Barrett, Esq., Ross, Herefordshire
William Ditmas, Esq., Beverley
Colonel W. M. Sloane. Director of the Bristol and Dover Railway
Lawrence Kortwright, Esq., Director of the Barbadoes Railway
John Upham, Esq., Clarges-street, Director of the Guernsey and
Mauritius Railways
John Grey Wilson, Esq., Director of the Western Gas Company, and
of the Direct Western Railway
William Henry Halpin, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke Railway
Matthew William Staines, Esq., 64, Conduit-Street, Hanover-square
Samael Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Bolan& W. ])oyle, Esq., Director of the North Jamaica Railway
E. D. Warrington, Esq., merchant, New City Chambers, Bishops-
gate-street
John Chandler, Esq., Connaught •terrace, Hyde-park
Edward Power, Esq., Middle Temple
Simeon Musgrove, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, and Algoa House, Scarborough, Chair-
man of the Hull and Barnsley Junction, and Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Railways
Captain J. P. Macdougall, Director of the Cambrian Grand Junction

Railway
G. B. Foster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension,
and Chester Junction Railways
Miles Coventry, Esq., Director of the Direct Western Railway
William Gordon, Esq., M.D , Hull, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and Hull and Barnsley Junction Railways
Col. Robert Douglas, C. 8., United Service Club
Samuel Palmer, Esq., Great Yarmouth, Director of the Great Grimsby,
Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland Junction Railway
Peter Morrison, Esq., Director of the Britannia Insurance Company
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, Chairman of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny Railways, and Managing Director of the
Yo!k and Lancaster Railway
Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York
Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Trafford, Manchester,
Director of the Birkenhead, Holyhead, and Mold Extension ; the
Liverpool, Preston, and North Union; the Staffordshire Potteries;
and the London and Holyhead Railways
Samuel Giles, Esq., Bowden, near Manchester; Director of the Man-
chester and Birmingham Continuation, and Welsh Junction, and
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railways
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Great Leeds and London, Direct Ipswich and
Southampton, Sligo and Shannon Railways
Charles Tottenham, Esq., Magistrate of the county of Wexford,
Chairman of the Exeter and Dorchester Railway
Robert Illssett Richmond, Esq., M.D., 40, Great Castle-street,
Cavendish-square, London
Thomas W. George, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Yorkshire

Railway
J. Helbert Helbert, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director
of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway
John Samuel IVbitchurch, Esq., Weymouth
William Hawtry, Esq., Fulham
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beaufoy-terrace, Maida Vale
James Carroll Wilcocks, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter,

Yeovil, and Dorchester, Exeter and Crediton, and North DCYOI

Railways
Daniton Lupton, Esq., the Worshipful the Mayor of Leeds, Director
of the Leeds and York, and York and Hull, and Nottingham and
Gainsborough Railways
Thomas Muneley, Esq., Leeds
Joseph Richardson, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, the
Midland and Thirsk. Junction, and the London, Hounslow, and

Western Railways
John Brightman Esq., Conlin% London, and Regency-square, Brigh-
ton, Chairman of the London and Hounslow Railway
John Barnett, Esq., Cheltenham, Ctroner for the County of Glouces-
ter, and Director of the Oxford and Whitney Railway
Mattlmv Plerpoint, Esq., Worcester, Chairman of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester, and Director of the Welsh ;Midland. and Dudley,
Made!ey, and Broseley and Ironbridge Railways
F. Duni Esq., Bolton-house, Bradford, Director of the Cambridge
and Lincoln Extension Railway
F. B. Hamilton, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester and Bandon

Railwrt,s
James Ha Hilton, Esq., Raisin-heath, Birmingham
Daniel T. Johnson, Esq., Aldermary-churchyard, Watling-street,
London, Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester
Railway
Richd. Clay, Esq., Winchester-street, London, and Lloyd's
Klein Grant, ESC], S. James's-street, London, Director of the

Direct Western Railway.
William Pritc!lard, Esq., Doctors'-zommons, London, High Bailiff of
Southwark

BANKERS.
Commercial Bank, Lothbury, London.
The Leeds and West Sliding Bank, Leeds.
National and Provincial Bank," Birmingham.
Messrs. Pease and Liddells, Hull.
Messrs. Moore and Co., Nottingham.
The Sheffield and Itetfard Banking Company, Sheffield.
ENGlNLERS—Sandiforth F. Griffin, Esq , and J. H. Taunton, Esq.,
2, Parliament-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Cattarns and Fry, 62, Mark-lane, London.
G. A. Colman, Esq., 2, New Inn, Strand, London.
LOCAL SOLICITOR. •
Wm.
BlEi Bennett, Esq., Chapel-en-le-Frith.
.—George F. Hire, Esq.
This important commencing at the terminus of the Manches-
terETAKT and Sheffield Railway, in the populous manufacturing town of
Sheffield, will proceed, in a direct course, by or through Hope,
Hathersage, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Whaley (the great
canal-port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the Manchester and
nacd„fleid Raqway, at 3lacelesfield, the total length of the line
being nearly thirty miles.
The importance of connecting these termini would, aline, be suffi-
cient to ensure full support to the present undertaking, from the
dense population, manufacturing influence, and general traffic of the
towns in question ; but when it is considered that this connexion, or
junction, stands in the very centre of the entire railway system of
England, and that it will complete the chain of railway communi-
cation and transit between the river Humber, the towns of Sketlield
and Macciesfleld, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wiches of
Cheshire, the city of Chester, the docks of Liverpool and Birkenhead,
Bangor Ferry, and the harbour of Holyhead, the advantages are too
manifest to be for a moment questioned.

The surre, s arc now in progress, and will be completed without
delay, in order to go to Parliament at the ensuing session.
in the allotment of shares, the applications from parties resident
on the line will be preferred.
Applications for prospectuses and shares to be made at the offices of
the Company's Solicitors, Messrs. Cattarns and Fry, 62, Mark-lane,
London, and G. A. Cohnan, Esq., 2, New Inn, Strand ; and of the under-
mentioned Sharebrokers:—L. liazlewood, Angel-court, Throgmor-
ton-street, London; W. W. Foote, Sheffield; R. E. Hine, Maccles-
field ; Schofield and West, Iluil ; John Walkinton and ('o., Leeds ;
Ilelalen and Parkinson, Leeds ; Smith, Knowles, and Cooke, Leeds ;
Cuff and Fox, Derby; William Atiles, Worcester; C.ll. Birkbec,
Worcester ; John Smith, Birmingham ; W. H. Collis, Birmingham, ;
Messrs. Cook and Co., Bradford ; Win. Wool, Manchester, j. an!
I). Wilson, Manchester; A. Aforratt, Edinburgh; Henry Vatcher,
Exeter; Hall, Brothers and Co., Cheltenham ; Black and Lorimer,
Gla gow ; E. Ilaylifle, Liverpool ; George Edwards and Son, Bristol;
It. P. Clarke, Bristol ; and .1. Bamtbrth, Rotherham
In consequence of the number of shares already applied for, no fur-
ther town applications will be atten4ed to after the Dint day of Octo-
ber inst., and from the country after the t Bth Inst.
FORM OF A.'PL !CATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Comm tte of the Direct Sheffield and Maccles•

field Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot Inc shares of 201. each
in the above-named Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, to pay the de-
posit of 2/. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agree-
ment and Parliamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in cull
Prof•ssion or Business .••• - • • • •
Residence, Private and Profeseonal....
Residence of Reference
Usu'ti Signature of Applicant