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Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart. 6, Connaught-place, Hyde-park
John Rawson, Esq. J.P. Stoney Royd, Halifax, director of the Leeds
and Liverpool Direct Railway
Thomas A. Dale, Essq. Birkenhead, and Malvern-house, Cheltenham agents, to whom application for shares may be made in the follow-
Sir John Key, Bart. chairman of the Mauritius, and director of the ing form :
Direct Western and York and Lan:aster Railways
Matthew Harrison, Esq. Chester, director of the North and South
Wales Bank
John Kinnensley Hooper, Esq. Alderman of the City of London
Henry Arnold Homer, Esq. Leamington
Edward Cooper, Esq. Henley in Arden, Warwickshire, director of
the South Staffordshire Railway
Thomas Harris, Esq. Higlifield House. Edgbaston
John Knowles, Esq. Burnley, director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton, director of the Portsmouth and
Chatham Railway
Joseph Rogers Clarke, Esq. Stoke Newington, London
Thomas Hall, Esq. Tulsa Hill, Surrey, director of the Blackwell
Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq. Croome's-hill, Greenwich, chairman of the
London avid Greenwich Railway Company, and director of the
London Joint-Stock Bank
Emanuel Cooper, Esq. banker, 29, Lombard-street, director of the
Waveney Valley, and Great Yarmouth Railways
George Danby, Esq. magistrate for the county of Norfolk and borough
of Great Yarmouth, director of the Waveney Valley and Great
Yarmouth, Great Grimsby, Lincoln, Louth, liorncastle, and Midland
Junction Railways
Thomas G. Davies, Esq. Bellefield-house, Staffordshire, director of
the South Staffordshire Railway
Robert Fisher, Esq. Highbury-park •
Charles Bleaden, Esq. Coulsden-court, Chairman of the Licensed
Victuallers' Insurance Society, and director of the Direct Western
Railway
Peter Bruce Turner, Esq. London
Hugh Francis Burman, Esq. M.U. Henley in Arden, Warwickshire
Robert Wrightson, Esq. Highgate, near Birmingham
Samuel Palmer, Esq. late Mayor of Great Yarmouth, acting director
of the Great Grimsby, Louth, Horncastle, Lincoln, and Midland
Junction Railway Company
Thomas Pemberton, Esq. ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Waller Augustus Lewis, Esq. Wolverhampton
Edward Nelson Alexander, Esq. Halifax
liplden Hamsnerton, Esq. Halifax
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq. Pycullah.house, Enfield
Samuel Ilaines, Esq. Birmingham
W. Lawrence, Esq. Brixton, Surrey
Daniel Watley, Esq. W2ndswortli, Surrey
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-lane
Thomas Head, Esq. M.D. Hanley
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq. 3, Oxford. square, London
Francis Parker, Esq. Great Yarmouth
William Bradley, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield
Robert Frederick Welchman, Esq. Southam
Richari Spraggett, Esq. Southam
Henry Ilyley, Esq. Birmingham
Robert Jones Hughes, Esq. Plas Llangoed, high sheriff of Anglesey
Samuel Bankart, Esq. Leicester
Thomas Bailey Rose, Esq. stipendiary magistrate for the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and director of the Staffordshire Potteries and
Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Theophilust Hodges, Esq. Connaught-terrace, Hyde•park, London
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq. Bryanston-street, Perlman-square,
London
William Simpson Patter, Esq. Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, London
George Peppercorn, Esq. London, and Bexhill, Surrey
Josiah Chahhinor, Esq. Normanton, near Derby
E. Hyde Clarke. Esq. Hyde Hall, Cheshire, and Tickford-park Beds,
director of the South Midland Railway
William Gambier, Esq. Sacombe-park, Hertfordshire, director of the
Portsmouth and Chatham Railway
George Robinson, Esq. director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction,
and the Great Leeds Railways
Thomas Upflll, Esq. Edgbaston, Warwickshire, director of the
South Staffordshire Railway
Edward Middleton, Esq. Edgbaston director of the South Stafford•
shire Railway
Captain Waiter Unett, 3rd Light Dragoons, director of the Dover and
Brighton Railway
Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq, Alder-house, near Tamworth, director
of the Northampton, Banbury and Chester, and Leicester and Tam-
Worth Railways
George Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Wolverhampton and Birmingham and Notting-
ham Railways
F. h. Garty, Esq. 9, Chepstow-place, Camberwell-new-road, Surrey,
director of the Birmingham, Oxford, Beading, and Brighton and
Coventry, Banbury, and Oxford Junction Railways
James Fisher, Esq. ironinaster, Bilston, director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway Cempany
Henry Homer, Esq. M.D. Leamington
I. M. Cottle, Esq. Leamington, director of Coventry and other
Railways
Jelin Haddon, Esq. Leamington, director of Coventry, Nuneaton,
and Leicester Railway
David Dugdale, Esq. Burnley
Jeremiah Sharp Browse, Esq. Carlton-place, Halifax, director of the
Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railway
A. Alexander, Esq. Wellsford-house, director of the Worcester and
Warwick, and Eastern Counties Railways
John Ashwell, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire, director of the Peter-
borough and Nottingham Railway
George Young, Esq. Foley-house, Longton, Staffordshire, director of
the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Thomas Goddard, Esq. Bank-house, Longton, director of the North
Western Trunk Railway
-Henry Mayhew, Esq. Shrubberies, King's-road, Parson's-green,
Fulham
James Glover, Esq. Longton, Staffordshire, director of the South
Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Robert Foreman, Esq. Hanley, director of the Tean and Dove Valley,
and Derby, Gainsborough. and Great Grimsby Railways
Joseph Stocks, Esq. Shibden•hall, director of the East and West
Yorkshire, and Leeds and Carlisle, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
B. W. Spurgeon, Esq. Derby
John Alcock Dickson, Esq. Burnley
William SlOanes, Esq, Weinpole-street, Cavendish-square, London
John Thompson, Esq. Alderman of Wigan, director of the Birken-
head and Holyhead, the Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railways
John Lord, Esq. Standish Hall, Wigan, director of the Blackburn,
Chorley, and Liverpool, the Manchester and Wigan, the Leeds and
Liverpool, and the Wigan and North Union Railways
Joel Edens, Esq. Northampton, director of the Sheffield, Nottingham,
and London Direct Railway
William Deakin Whitehouse, Esq. Studley, Warwickshire, director of
the Warwickshire and London Extension, and Worcester Junction
Railways
Abraham Jubb, Esq. Halifax, Yorkshire, director of the Keighley,
Halifax, and Huddersfield Railway
director of the Leeds and Esq. Slipo
ighileyt, isnalifax,
aid Huddersfield Rail-
ways
Thomas Henry Walker, Esq. Blurton-house, near Longton, Stafford-
shire, direotor of the South Union and Birmingham Junction

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 150,00 W., in 6,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Joseph Jones, Esq., Mayor of Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and
East and West Yorkshire Junction, Eastern Counties Junction
Railways, Re.
W. B. Carrick, Esq., J.P., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley,
Rugby and Leamington and Warwick, and Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railways.
William Priest, Esq., Alderman of Hull, Director of the York Hull,
and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways, Re. ,
T. B. Turton, Esq., Alderman of Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Wortley, Silkstone and Wakefield Railway
W. B. Brownlow, Esq., Alderman of Hull, Director of the Hull and
Barnsley Junction, and York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire
Junction Railways
W. Illanshard, Esq., barrister-at-law, York, Director of the York,
Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
W. durlock, Esq., Great Ouseburn, near Boroughbridge
Thomas Smith, Esq., M.D., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York,
and Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and Wolverhampton Railways
Thomas England, Esq., Hadingly, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and
York, and Silkstone, Wakefield, and Horbury Railways
Simeon Musgrove, Esq., Kirkstall, Leeds, .Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield and Wolverhampton Railway
John Hudson, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland, Leeds, York, and Midlands'
Junction, Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield, and
Brighton and Cheltenham Railways
Thomas Skelton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway -
Roger Sedgwick, Esq., Boroughbridge
Robert Gleddow, Esq.,, Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and
East and West Yorkshire Junction, and Hull and Holyhead Direct
Railway
Henry Jennlns, Esq., Park-place, Leeds, Director of the York and
Carlisle, and Northern and Southern Connecting Railways
John Tall, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull Dock Company, and the
Hall and Barnsley, and York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire
Junction Railways
Robert Herries, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and Leeds, Huddersfield. Sheffield, and Staffordshire
Railways
John Darlington, Esq., Shipley-hall, Bradford, Director of the
Leeds, York, and Midlands, and Huddersfield, Halifax, and Brad-
ford Ilitlon Railways
Richard Pearson, Esq., Melmerley, near Boroughbridge
John Simpson, Esq., Farmville-lodge, .Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railways
Richard Hargrave, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Bradford, Wake-
field, and Midlands, and Manchester, Southampton, and Poole
Railways
Geo. Barkworth, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and East
and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Jeremiah Stead, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Great Western, Southern,
and Eastern Counties, and Midland and Thirsk Junction Railways
Thomas Stubbs, Esq., Boroughbridge
I. H. Massey, Esq., 3, Oxford-square, Hyde-park, London, Director
of the Dudley, Madeley, Broseley, and Iron Bridge, Lincolnshire,
and Eastern Counties Junction, and Huddersfield and East and West
Coast Direct, and Direct Western Railways
Joseph Cliffe, Esq.,;Wortley:Leeds, Member of the Town Council, and
Director of the Leeds and West Riding Junction Railway
William Green, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction, and Hull and Swansea Railways
George Robinson, Esq., Burley, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds and
York Railway
Samuel Warburton, Esq., Hunslet, near Leeds, Director of the
Wakefield and Harrogate Railway
William Pick, Esq., Grassgall, near Boroughbridge
Thomas Dalton Hammond, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull,
• and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Westbourne-house, Sheffield, Director of the
Direct Western. Wilts, Somerset and Southampton, Isle of Ely,
Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railways
John Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Leeds
Joseph Richardson, Esq., Leeds, Member of the Town Council, Di-
rector of the London, Hounslow, and Western, Leeds and York,
Midland and Thirsk Junction, and Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Railways
William Dixon., Esq., Howley Mills, Morley, near Leeds
John Hall, Esti., MW,-131rector- Or the York, Min, and—East and
West Yorkshire Junction, Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone and Wake-
field, Lincolnshire, and Eastern Counties, and Hull and Holyhead
Railways
Theophilus Carrick, Esq., Hull
Win. Hornby-, Esq., Leeds, Member of the Town Council
Thomas Haigh, Esq., Aire-villa, Newlay, near Leeds, Director of the
lidlaad and Thirsk Junction Railway
George Crow, Esq., Ornhams
John Moorhouse, Esq., Springfield Mount, Leeds, Director of the
Leeds and York Railway
George Bucton, Esq., Hull, Director of pie York, Hull, and East and
West Yorkshire Junction, and York and Kenyon Junction
Railways
William Chadwick, Esq., Leeds
W. 11. Pearson, Esq., Portland-house, Hull, Director of the
Direct Western, York, Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junc-
tion, Huddersfield, and East and West Coasts Direct, and Hull
and Barnsley Junction Railways
Robert Beverley, Esq., Quarries-house, near Leeds, Director of the
Midland and Thirsk Junction Railway
John Brodrick, Esq., Hull, Director of the York, Hull, and East and

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ewis Athuna, Esq. Watiands, aearNewcastle-under-Lyne, Stafford-
shire, director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Sampson Bridgwood, EM. Spratslade-house, Longton, Staffordshire,
director of the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway,
and also of the North Western Trunk Railway
John Dehane, M.D. Wolverhampton, magistrate for the county of
St afford
James Duncan, Esq. director of the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and
Staffordshire Potteries Railways
Thomas Wynne, Esq. Longtoe, Staffordshire, director of the Leeds
and Carlisle Railway
Wm. Bland, Esq. Brixton, Surrey, direetor;of the North Wales and
Richmond Railways
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, London
Lord Massey, Esq. Burnley, director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect Railway
Charles Knyvett, Esq. 9, St. James's-place, London, director of the
Leeds and Liverpool Railway
William Roberts, Esq. North-parade, Burnley, director of the Leeds
and Liverpool Direct Railway .
James Male, Esq. Leamington
James Roberts, Esq. Tarleton-house, Lancashire
F. Gamble, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Wolverhampton and Birmingham and Notting-
ham Railways
William Holliday, Esq. Chad•valley, Edgleaston

West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Thomas Craven, Esq., Leeds, Mrector of the Midland and Thirsk
Junction Railway
James Joshua M'Swiney, Esq., Sandal-view, near Wakefield, Di-
rector.of the Wakefield and Harrogate, Rugby, Derby and Man-
chester, Sheffield, Wortley, Silkstone, and Wakefield Railways, &c.
G. Holmes, Esq., Hull, Direetor of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Hull

and York Railways
W. Christopher Buck, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York,

and Huddersfield and East and West Coasts Direct Railways
Thomas Emsley, Esq., Rodley, near Leeds, Director of the North
and East Riding Junction Railway, &c.
Joshua A. Skidmore, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, Liver-
pool and Fleetwood, And Lecids and London Direct Railways
Henry F. Lockwood, ES4, F.S.A., Hull, Director of the York, Hull,
and East and West YorkAire Junction, and Hull and Holyhead

Railways
W. Bevorley, Esq., Potternewipn, near Leeds, Director of the Hod•

dersfield and Derby Railway
IV,King, Esq., Stepney, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham

Direct Railway
Thomas Burton, Esq., Brunswick-plaCe, Leeds and Turnham-hall,

ACTING COMMITTEE.
Edmund Tunter, Esq; M.P. Truro, Chairman.
Edward Cooper, Esq. Henley-upon-Arden, Deputy-Chairraan.
William Shadbolt, Esq.
Ambrose Moore, .Esq.
Thomas Hall, Esq. London.
Joshua Rogers Clarke, Esq.i
Sir John Key, Hart.
Waller A. Lewis, Esq. F.G.S. Wolverhampton
Matthess'Harrison, Esq. Chester
Sa/huel liankart, Esq. Leicester
Jelin Rawson, Esq. Halifax
John Knowles, Esq. Burnley
Edward Middleton, Esq.
Robert Wrightson, Esq.
Samuel Haines, Esq. Eirmingham.
Thomas Upllll, Esq.
Thomas Harris, Esq.
(With limited power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS.
Edward James Maude, Esq. C.E.
Charles A. Parker, Esq. C.E.
SOLICITOR.
John Smith, Esq. and C. J. Noble,S
Esq. Birmingham
W. S. Vardy, Esq. 18, Finsbury-place, Finsbury-sqattre, London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Messrs. Macdougal and Upton, 44, Parliament-street.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Henry Turner, Esq. Wolverhampton
John Hostage, Esq. Chester
Edward Challinor, Esq. Hanley
Messrs. Cotterill and Gwynn, Walsall
Messrs. Alexander, Halifax
William Cowden, jun. Esq. Hinckley • -
Thomas Harding, Esq. Newcastle-under-Lyn°
W. E. Twlgg, Esq. Burslem.
BANKERS.
Birmingham—The Midland Banking Company
London—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co., and the London Joint-

near Selby
John Hall, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Lincoln, and York,
Hull, and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
J. R. Bywater, Erq., Middleton Grange, Leeds, Director of the Great

Northern and Southern Direct Railway
John Whitehead, Esq., Holbeck, Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Liver-
pool and Fleetwood Direct Railway
Gao. Fearnley, Esq., M.D , Grove house, Dewsbury, Director of the
Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, Dewsbury, and Bradford Railways
John Pollard, Esq.. Holbeck, Leeds, Director of the Leeds, Liverpool,
and Fleetwood Direct Railway
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Wm. Blanshard Esq. Simeon Musgrave, Esq.
Thos. Smith, Esq. John Tall, Esq.
Thomas England, Esq. Samuel Warburton, Esq.
W. B. Carrick, Esq. John Hall, Esq.
Wm. Henlock, Esq. J. J. M'Swiney, Esq.

Stock Bank
Wolverhampton—Messrs. R. and W. F. Fryer
Chester—Messrs. Dixon, Wardle, and Co.
Liverpool—The Liverpool Banking Company
Manchester—Manchester and Liverpool Banking Company
Ilalifax—Halifax Joint-Stock Banking Company, and iluddersfield
Union Banking Company