The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-15 00:00:00

(LONDA Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1845

IRECT ,*E,STERN-RAILAVA.Y,!

I 5 Bioad Gzhigo; ,
rvni tondbit to the LancVs-e,nd;, wjth. Diverging te Bath and
.
t espectiYeo:
tkioyigiOnao ,
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 21. 15s. per Share.
TIOVISIONAL COMMITTEE. _ _

The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
rfaticis fiugdale Astley, tart., Everly House, Peway, Wilts
Sir Henry Wcbbe, Bart., 105, 11.11.ma1l
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Ron, 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
COMpaniesi•
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 Fel ncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tonley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
' minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Aldernsan of the
City of London
Edward Harrisson Barwell, EN., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, 'Deputy
'agistrate for the West -Riding of Yorkshire,
JoLseipehutiAnrmanittaagiei,d
a sq E
3t.
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-rood, 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 Rally. ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Loinbard-street
Barnet L. iPhiliPs, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
and Cornwall Banking Company
• Deputy Lieutenant and Maistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Charing-cross, Director of
• the South Midland Railway
. .
ChDarevolesnD
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-fliars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniski:len 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, Er:Lb, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
-Railway • - -
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
11. G. Atkinson,Ksq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George 31'Intosh; Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-smare
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, Loudon, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsdei-court, Surrey, Chairman of the 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 Fres. 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
Cutchbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 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 Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N.,' 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq„ Wilton-Place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thorne, Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Litton Hoo, Bedfordshire •
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hell, Northamptonshire, and Charlen-
e treet, Berkeley-square
James Beech; Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, minty Cork, Union
Club. Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way eonipany • - ' •
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warvricksh 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, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin White; Marlborough-buildings, Bath
- Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Bursiem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
Osunty
Rev. Chas. Fres. Banffylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chipperiham, Wilts ,
George Tate; Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company •
•ft. Wootten, jun:, Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Monimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collampton -
Rev. John Sydenham, Coliumpton •
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collnmpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Colltimpten,.Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Conempton
Wm. H. Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berke -
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John -Marford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventiy and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways •
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, Esq.,• Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadhi, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Sir •William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the "Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John-Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Rudders-
. 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 of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newberg, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broornhill, 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., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
. Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hun
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Har-
rovrgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attereliff-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 /nutter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major•Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westhank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South :Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
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 House, Brentwood, Essex
William John 111'Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxord-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefevre, Esq., 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 Tringhara,R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Earl., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield.-
- -fiVith power to add to their number).
Mumma—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs-Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker. 29, Lincoln'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—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
-ASSISTANT-SECILETARY—CharIeS J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro • • •
At Penzance • • •
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 advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its position 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 far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,000/. 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 Railways 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-
inated with this Company, 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-
. Ing allthe accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
'triet of Trnwhridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford dire& to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(horn which 'another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
• GlestonburY to taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than
any existing or projected railways between these points, and without
, ' a tunnel. From Taunton the- Beate' 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
I distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern ; that, it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
I nod 32 miles that it will travel*, rich. alid populous agricultural

ftii tilanttfacttiring districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
eel fiom itlittittfe tit*,iii Cbitite of eonstruction as from others pro-
jected
itig.c
of
with every chance gtiecCfg; .
tu°leereihtinetr P-aesrtSeidish 6ekonitniiiiiilBly;'
it it €6i~et t than
~Za. detained tt fire
Channel by-.d.tii-erse winds wotild, effect sit itintienie saving, both. fn
Insurance anti time, by discharging their ctirgoeti 3Zt i itlntottth, and tit
Once transmitting them to their deitlinitten hylneanii of this ittilway;
and therefore—without speculating on the eXttiii tb *lnch the Otte
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 is 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, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
inersetshire, 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 Imay 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, be is reported to have said :—" I consider that the corn-
mimication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
parttcular line, Paillamen tiles already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was prbmoted 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
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
wag last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere wills that •gieat national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, 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 an 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. _ _ _ . .

iowers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
Our 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
tte solicitors to thp Company or to the Secretary.
London, Septemiiir 11, 1845.

„.
• . FORM OF APPLICATION.
To thePiovisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
• ” Company.
•
Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot the shares of 251. each
in the above Company, 'and I undertake to pay the deposit-of 2/. 15s.
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 any) • • • • • • .. •
Reference.. • • ...... ••••• • .. .
5ignature.....................

MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester andi
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park a.
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, hanker ,0
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Corn- zr
pang
William.. Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of 2
London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for g
Hants *
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill eS
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern so, E
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and West of Eng- 0 La'
land Junction o
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway '4l,
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston -square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
laud Railway
Josh: Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London, A
The lion. Geo Browne; Lovrndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndas-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Cheesel House, Southampton
Sir William Wynne 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
The Mayor of Newbdry, Director of the Oxterd, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis. Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office
Charles Afistey, Esq., Rugby -
The Rev. J. Harvey, Ast worth, Nei bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq:, Elmdon Hall
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnez Black, Esq., ' 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford •
Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalton, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Samuel Swann Brittaiv, , Esq., Sh.flield
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
George Burnand, Esq.; Susiex-square, Hyde Park
William Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
Jacob Bell, Esq., Langham-place, London
W. E. Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Banbury, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq. Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Bradley, Esq., Director of the Sheffield and Manchester
Railway, and Chairman of the Direct Western Railway
George Borrett, Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colonel Burelam, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
H. Buning, Esq., LL.D., Gosport
John Burgess, Esq., late lloroughreeve, Manchester
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lano
John Chapman,. Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Manchester
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, eapel-street, Belgrave-square
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis-Carleton, Esq.
James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Directorof the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
George Dawson, Esq., Norfolk-street, Sheffield
Colonel Geo. Disbrow, Chester-place, London
John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great
Western Railway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
E. S. Farrow Eire, Newbury •
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railway
F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Montague-place, Bryanstone-square
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad Mouse, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West ar.d Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England
H. IL Hornby, Esq Blackburn
George Calvert Holland, Esq., Sheffield
John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way Company
James Home, Esq.Mapliam Common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashlield House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick Hewitt, Esq.,*Clapham, Surrey
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales
JohnKnill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
'Sbuth Wales Junction. Rstilway
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
Weit of England Railway
Williain Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham, late
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street
John Dawson LoVeden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Creseent, Salford
Joseph' Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock
Company
G. H. Leekie, Esq., Richmond
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Mills, Esq. Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq.,
Ashford
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. 'Maline, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire Railway •
George Miller, Esq., Director of the Centre Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
R. F. Mushet, Esq., Birchin-lane, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
William Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
William Simpson Potter, Esq., :of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
B. Price, Esq., Rugby
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard. Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Priaulx, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Philips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Railway
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Rickett, Esq.
George Rougemont, Esq. 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, DirOctor
of the North London junction Railway
Major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
T. Bridge Simpsou, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Bl amy
W. Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East land
West of England Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director o the
London and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
J. Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton
Edward 'Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq , Beaufort House, Strand, Direct r of
the Richmond R . ilway
R. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the She old
Fire and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the N rth
Kent Railway
Thomas IVoodham, Esq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the Yarmouth and War ley
Valley Railway
George Young, Esq.' Denmark-hill, Surrey
(With power to add to their number).
ILorezas—Messrs. Masterman and Co., London.
ENGINEER IN CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster
Brackstone Baker, Esq.
Soucrroz—John Bethel], Esq., 78, King William-street, Londo .
That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary bet en
the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Mancheste , is
now fully admitted, and the question is, which is the best line t be
adopted.
The above proposed railway will form the shortest and mos di-
rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore comp ate
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less ex n-
diture of capital than by either of the projected London and 1 n-.
Chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the -Irani distadco to lye
Col3Bthllbto4 sin oat fin, instead of ITO to 130

A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters or this
railway ti adopt iu ally a straight lane from dinghy ti3liscelesfleld, 5
an increased expenditure of 20eie00/. or 350,0001. judicially' tipptied iu
ihe present perfected state of civil enelus,soitc, and at the reduced t'Ogt
(If the elccution of earth works, will prove ftt the end a far great&
foal Ectinhjii V, heal to the Company itself in the SiiVieu effected in
the jtiintikl elipk,te dif,9yking, and also, what is of more inittartance,
to the country iri gthomil, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the
4&6 propelled b 3 min ;Ind distinct line from London to
These considertitions have not been sufficiently kept in view by
other parties who have 1/1- proposed to make a railway from Rugby
to Macclesfield, but who, by eleVialttg from the direct traot to pursue
valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country,
obviously lose the advantages proposed by this-Company.
The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton
Railway 1B a parallel Case, the direct line, although presenting more
difficulties to overcome, and involving a greater outlay, having been
adopted by Parliament in preference to the many competing projects,
in a more or less sinuous direction, Which were at that time supported
in the House by very influential parties.
Should it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by
which additional lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon-
don on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for.
The line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the
shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
Gosport, and Portsmouth, a feature presented try no ether proposed
railway. By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch Of the Great
Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Santini:9u-
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to
Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route,
and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company.
The deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and
Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or
Taluable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no
engineering difficulties of any magnitude. Theitowns more directly
interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market
Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Sutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek.
The Company has made arrangements with the North London
Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their
station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London,
at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost
importance to this line.
Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public
mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded
that a line that will attain such important results at so small an
outlay of capital, and of the time required for its construction, and
without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet
with general approbation, and at the-same time offer a very excellent

nvesiment for capital
The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and
Birmingham Railways, will hare a preference in the allotment of

till shares.
The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent.

interest on all calls.
Application A>r detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at the Office, 78, King William-street, City,
London, and the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton,
G, ilble, and Sutton, 22, North-side Royal Exchange, London, and
George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese 51,
King-street, Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings,
Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an (hier, Leeds ; Messrs. Ed-
wards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ; J. R. Lane, Esq.,
Birmingham ; Mr ssrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield ; J. G. Ker-
shaw, Esq., Huddersfield; F. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry Beaumont and Co..
Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; and Joseph Clark,
Southampton.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Direct

Railway Company.
Gentlemen—l recrUest that you will allot to me • Shares
of 201. each in this Company, and I hereby agree to accept the same,
or any less number that may be alloted to me, and to pay the deposit
of 21. 2s. per_ Share thereon, and also to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full .... • •
Re5idence....................... • • • • • • • • . • • •
Trade or Profession . • • • .
Reference.. •• .. • • •

Registered Provisionally.
F SSEX and SUFFOLK RAILWAY COM-
PANY.
From the,Norwich and Brandon Railway at Thetford, by Bury St.
Edmund's, Lavenham, Milford, Sudbury, Halstead and Braintree, to
the Eastern Counties Line at Chelmsford, and thence to the Port of
Mahlon, with a branch to Cavendish and Clar.
Offices, 24, Moorgate-street, London, and Sudbury, Suffolk.
Capital, 1,000,0001. in Shares of 251. each.
The Provisional Directors beg to inform the Shareholders, that
negotiations are in progress for a satisfactory arrangement with the
Eastern Counties and Norwich and Brandon Railway Companies,
the full particulars of which will shortly be submitted for their con-
sideration. . . _

-.—.—.—.
In tbe meantime, ppplications for Shares may be made to the
Company's offices, 24, Moorgate-street, or the solicitors, 1, Gray's
Inn-square, or Sudbury ; and to the following sharebrokers :
Messrs. Hichens and Harrison, 18, Threadneedle-street, London;
Mr. J. Jameson, Leeds ; Mr. J. Greaves, Liverpool ; Messrs. Card-
well and Sons, Manchester; Messrs. Henry Beaumont and Co.,
Exeter ; Mr. D. Pane, Glasgow ; Messrs. Drury and Richardson,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs. E. 111`Calliun and Co., Edinburgh ;
Mr. John Wright, Birmingham • Messrs. Coliinson and Flint, Hull.
Shareholders in the Eastern &unties, Northern and Eastern, and
Norwich and Brandon Railways, and original subscribers to the
Norwich Direct Railway, will please to notify the same in their ap-
plications.
A preference will be given to them, as far as possible, in the allot-
ment. By order,
R. MAPLETOFT, Secretary.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY COMPANY.
The Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, observ-
ing that, in the Advertisements of the Chelmsfbrd and Bury Railway
Company, It is stated that their particular line is supported and
sanctioned by the Eastern Counties Railway Company, have to an•
nounce that no such support or sanction has been given.
The Company's engineer, Mr. Robert Stephenson, has been In-
structed to examine the entire district, and to advise upon the line
of railway to be constructed through it, which the Eastern Counties
Railway Company must sanction as most conducive to public inte-
rest. By order of the Board,

A BULKELEY, Secretary.
Offices, London Terminus, Aug. 12, 1845.

ESSEX and SUFFOLK RAILWAY OFFICE,
24, Moorgate-street, September 5, 1845.
Notice is hereby given that NO APPLICATION for SHARES in
this undertaking can be RECEIVED after TUESDAY, the 16th inst.,
and:that the Allotment of Shares will take place as soon as possible
thereafter. By order,
ROBERT MAPLETOFT, Secretary.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 25. per share, in accordance with the standing orders of
the Houses of Lords and Commons
No call to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be
answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham

Geo. Frederick Muntz, Esq., for Birmingham
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham
Tolin Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire '
William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton CoMeld _ _

C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re.
gent's Park, London
John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc.

tor of the London Central Terminus Company
George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, IVarwiekshire, Direc-
tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford
Railways

Thomas *eich,. Esq., Birmingham •
Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warwickshire
R. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Filton-park,
_ .

Bristol -
Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Loud* and

Levant House, St. Helen's-place, L(Mdoi, merchant
W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and

the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire

David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Samuel Haines, Esq , Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham
John Boniton, Esq., Birmingham •

Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Thomas Bol'man Up(ll, Esq. Birmingham
Edward Rabone Esq limethwick Hall, Staffordshire

Major Moore, Directier of the Great Indian Railway

Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerford Park, Wilts:Military Seretary

at Hyderabad
William Boyden Watts, Esq., Birmingham

J. Mee. Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
?Manchester Railway
Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birininzham
Thomas Pemberton, Esq.,Wlmrstone House, near Birmingham

Capt. M`Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton
John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service,
Euston-place, Euston-square, London
Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance
Company
' Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway, &c. &c.
John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Hercules Hailes Duncocks. Esq., Manor House, Rempsey,
,Gltruces-

tershire
William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham
John George •Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atherstone, Direc-
tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways
Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Bellelield House, near Birmingham

John Russell, Esq., Nandsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and

_
Liverpool Railway
Joshua Horton, Esq., lEtna,iron•works, Smethwick, Staffordshire
Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham
R. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di-
rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway Companies
(With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E. I
JOINT SOLICITORS.
J. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, London. I
Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London.
LOCAL AGENTS.

Birmingham—W. H. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. B. Jigger,
Esq., New-street.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co.' London.
Messrs. Atwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham.

This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at
the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of 'Lich-
field, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenetone,
Sutton Coldfleld, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham.
The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, tnd a
glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous a van-
tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South.Unioa Rail-
way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway
lust below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley 'Line,
via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct
route from Manchester to London, but will leave Birmingham on the
west, which can only he reached by the circuitous route thiough
Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles. 1
The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex-
tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected
Railways, flora Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus
save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the
shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de-
vised.
As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked,' it is
sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income ; aris-
ing from the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is
very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingharri, the
emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated rrigh-
bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this
Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must
necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the
lines from Manchester to Lichfield be made.
This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the
North to Birmingham.
The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of
201. each. A deposit of 21. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid
upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers
of the Company.

No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 4/. per gent.
per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment
until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answerable
beyond the amount of their Shares.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which
shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with
any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or make
Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present un-
dertaking for the benefit of the Company, as they may deem proper,
will be ready on the day fixed for the payment of deposit, and; will
be required to he executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged
. for certificates of Scrip ; and the shares of any Subscribers making
default in the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of
which fourteen days' notice will he given, will be absolutely forfeited.
No application for shares can be attended to, unless accompanied
by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the
Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker.

Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, and a
map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offices of the
Company, 60, Moorgate-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from
Local Agents; from Mr. IL B. Williams, 17, Throgmorton-street,
London ; Mr. A. Sym, 9, Tokenhonse•yard, Lothhury, London ;
from Mr. W. 11. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs.
Ludlow, Brothers ; and, Messrs. ,Pownall and Worthington, Liver-
pool; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester; Messrs. Robinson and Furlay,
Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Milsom-street, Bath ; Messrs. Ellgood
and Harrison, Leicester.
BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MURES.
To the ProyielQnal Committee of'..the Birmingham and Lichfield

Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de-
posit of V. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Subscribers'
agreement and Parliamentary contract when required.
i)ated this day of 1845.
Name in fall .• •• ••
Profession or Business
-Reference .• .• ••• • . •••• f• • • •I• ••• • • •
114100 11 11 11 11 ea 11 I • n 1.1 1% I'll