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London, England, 1845-10-18 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 207. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
Sir George Prescott, Bart. PRovisIONAL COMMITTEE.
-The Hon. Cecil Lawless, Lynbarth, Kildare, and St. James's-street
Sir Love Parry Jones Parry, Major-General, K.U., Madryn, Car-
narvonskire, Director of the Leicester, Bedford, and of the Direct
East and West Junction Railways
Si William Twlsden, Bart., Dorset-square, Director of the Chepstow
and Forest of Dean Railway
r Win. Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde Park-gardens Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and
London Direct Railway
Sir William Wynn, K.C.8., Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of
the North Wales Railway
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 105, Pall-mall, Director of the York and
Lancaster Railway
The Sheriff of York, Director of the Sheffield, Nottingham, and
London Direct Railway
Ayscough, Rear-Admiral, Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Adair, Major, Director of the Church of England A ssurance Society,
and of the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New-
town, and Indian Peninsular Railways
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's ,Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Park-Cottage, Macclesfield, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct Railways
Brookes, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Frown, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Brown, Late Baker, 27, Oxford-square, Hyde-park
Buck, W. C., Esq.
Cambridge, John, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the
Burton-On-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Chambers,Wm., Esq., Cocks Bench, Derby, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex, Director of the
Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Cook, Johu, the Rev., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, Director of the Shef-
field, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway
Croft, Major J. T. Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman, Director of
Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lumberhurst, Sussex, Director of the Sheffield,
Nottingham, and London Direct railway.
Cmnberlege, N Eso., York-tcrraee, Regent's Park, Director of the
Burton-upon-Treut, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown, maid
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Dalby, J. R., Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Burton-on-Trent.
Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton, and Leeds, Huddersfield, and
Wolverhampton Direct Railways
Daniel, R., Esq , Oakhill, Stoke•upon-Trent, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Darlington, John, Esq., Shipley Hall, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway
Dewhurst, Richard, Esq., .Apsley House, Huddersfield, Director of
the West Riding Union Banking Company, and Director of the
West Riding Junction Railway
Dent, Edward, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Dent, John, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Ctrimsby Direct Railway
Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Hud-
dersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds, Had
derstield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Ellis, John, Esq., Temple
Ewart, Francis, of 4, Brick-court, Temple, Director of the Great
Leeds and London Direct, Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Me-
tropolitan Junction Railways
Fitche, George, Lieutenant-Colonel, 36, York-terrace, London, Di-
rector of the London and Lancaster Railway
Franklin, Benjamin, Harley-street, London
Garde, Richard, Esq., 16, Steven's-green, Dublin
Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of tke Burton-on-
Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Grant, Daniel, Esq., Manchester, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Hammond, George, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway
Heneage, C., Esq., Pall-mall, Cadeley Place, Lincolnshire, Director
of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Berries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Hind, Abraham, Esq., Director of the Manchester,: Huddersfield and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Holdforth, J.,D., Esq., Burley, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Hughes, Hughes W., Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Johnson, Richard William, Esq., Moorgate, Director of the Brighton
and Cheltenham, and Remington's Direct London and Manchester
Railways
Jones, Edward, Esq., Windmill-place, Camberwell, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Di-
rector of the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and New-
town Railways
King, William, Esq., Stepney, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and Brighton and Cheltenham
Railways
Knight, Ed erard, M.D., Stafford, Director of the Burton-on-Trent,
Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston-hall, Sudbury
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester
Mackenzie, T., Esq., Duke-street, Liverpool
Macmillan, James, Esq., 17, Manchester-buildings, Westminster, Di-
rector of the Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railway
MlCann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mainwaring, John, Esq., Eagle-Hall, Fateley-bridge, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Mann, T., Esq., Chapel-cottage, Holloway
Maskery, Thos., Esq., Norbury-hall, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Railway
Meteyard, Horace W., Esq., Director of Remington's Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Moore, Major, Anne-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the Burton-
on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown Railway
Murray, James T., Esq., George-street, Hanover-square, Director of
the Burton-upon-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newton Railway
Musgrave, S., Esq.
Nadin, Joseph, Esq., Stapenhill, Director of Remington's Direct Lon-
don and Manchester Railway
Nadin, Nathaniel, Esq., StapenhW, Derbyshire, Director of Reining-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Norton, Joseph, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Nottingham and
London Direct Railway
Ogle, Nathaniel, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham, Director of
the Burton-on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, and Newtown, Rail-
way
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, 4, Parliament-street, Chairman
of the York and Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Richardson, Joseph, Esq.
Riddle, Robert Andrew, Esq., 23, Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Thug, Reading, and Basingstoke, and of the Ox-
ford and Worcester Extension Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Sheffield,
Nottingham, and London Direct Railways
Roden, T. C., Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leeds, Huddders-
field, and Wolverhampton Direct Railway.
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton,-Derbyshire, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Skidmore, J. A., Esq., St. John's, Wakefield, Director of the Great
Leeds and London Direct, and Hull and Holyhead Direct Railways
Smith, John, Esq., Barton-house, Ashbonte, Derbyshire
Smith, Thomas, Esq., M.D., Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
Smith, Wm., Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Railway
Sneyd, Thomas, Esq., Belmont
Spiers, Edward John, Esq., Carlton-villa, Maida-vale, Director of the
Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Stanho7e, Lieutenant-Colonel Leicester, Chairman of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
W. Wynnie Thomas, Esq., Cross, Oswestry
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's
Direct Landon and Manchester Railway
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Director of the
Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Walker, Charles, Esq., Ellastone
Walker, George, Esq., Wootton-park, Ashbome
Waller, Major James, K. 11., St. James's-square, Director of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, and Wolverhampton Direct, and Brighton
and Cheltenham Railways
Walters, James, Esq., Bakewell, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield
and Wolverhampton Direct Railway
Warren, Jos. Loxdale, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, Salop
Wardle, Henry, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's London
and Manchester Direct'llailway
Welsh, Robert, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Teen, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Wilkinson, J., Esq.
Wright, Thomas, Esq., merchant, Derby, Director of the Derbyshire.
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway.
SoLICITDR—W. Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.
ENGINEER—George Remington, Esq.
SECRETARY—A. A. Flint, Esq.
BANKERS—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
LOCAL AGENT—R. 11. Tarleton, Esq., Birmingham.
of the undertaking.
will be placed In communication with
The Birmingham terminus
a station in that town, and will be
all the other railways having
practicable to its centre. Proceeding thence in a
The title of this line sufficiently and correctly
brought as near as
ldfl Id and to
t distance of Sutton Co e ,Lichfield, at
will
pass within a short
which places there will be a Wien in communication
the latter of
with the projected Walsall lines.
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notby aexjunceeca-
Thence crossing
course of the Blythe Valley, or by or near to Abbots
will
pursue the
Bromley to Leigh, where it will leave the Blythe Valley, and by a
northerly direc.tniognt,hateldTorenutthey,avelleety:idnecoafrthiceinLgi,eshtßerloduaroeadyiitt
short cutting, reachl the Teals station on Remington's Londoa and
teal; dtohftehe whole will be carried over a, most favour-
able with whichever of the projected lines to Manchester may be
adopted by Parliament.
at3hibilTanrtehycceo-hfueeoinsu:ttreirryrmelleitesniw'eg'o-thirds being a water-level.
Sections ofa great portion of the line have been made, and the en-
tire Parliamentary survey will be completed by the 9th ofOctober.
milesrai railway ay
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eleven This
also give the best and nearest line between Huddersfield, and Bir-
mingham. pinrogjhecamtedtolinMean. Blanchester
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It will also furnish a nearer and more direct route from Birming-
ham to the Potteries than any line made or projected by several
miles, assuming any of the projected Pottery lines to have their ter-
mini at Colwich, on the Trent Valley, or at Stafford, on the Grand
Junction Railway thus giving to Manchester, and also the Pot-
teries, the shortest, easiest, and most direct route to Birmingham.
It will also give the nearest line between Huddersfield and Birming-
oTlhviesria
railway crosses ham and Southampton.
projected Leeds and Huddersfield and
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be placed, and communication effected. so as to afford to Birmingham
cDroirssecetsl the projected
In the Blythe Valley a'station will
the shortest route by many miles. with Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and the northern parts of England. In allotting shares every legi-
timate preference will be given to tile landholders on the line.
It is obvious that the projected line will afford an ample return to
the shareholders.
For prospectuses, shares, and every information, apply to the
of the Company, d
No. 1, Moorgste, —n OA.
solicitors, W. Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter ; or at the Offices
BROKERS.
Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, New Bank-bnildinga
Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liverpool
Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool
Mr. Morris Reynolds, Liverpool
Mr. Richard E. /line, Macclesfield
Mr. James Jamieson, Leeds
Messrs. Weilbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Richard Baines, Blackburn
Mr. George Clark, Bradford
Mr. William Mason, Bradford
Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax
Mr. J. W. Paibley, Gainsborough
Messrs. Freeman and Son, Northampton
Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York
Messrs. Kettering and Marshall, Leeds
Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton
Messrs. Tate and Nas, Bristol
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. A. Birchall and Co., Manchester
Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Weatherburn, jun., Huddersfield
Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester
J. N. Hahne, Gloucester
Mr. C. Wood, Uttoxeter
Mr. William Fawcett, Salisbury
Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, Lord-street, Birkenhead
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the " Birmingham and Manchester Direct

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I request you to allot me shares in the above undertaking
and I agree to pay up the deposit of 2t. 2s. per share, and sign the
necessary deeds when required thereto.
Datedthis day of . 1845.
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