The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-18 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 18, 1845.

D IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater nspectlvely.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq-, M.P., 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
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir John Key, Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Fajncomb, 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, Alderman of the

City of London -
Edward Harrisson Btxrwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
south Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Mihes Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and

South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Ran ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-streeZ,
Barnet L. 'Philips, 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 Joßand, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Ma :,istrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director if the

Devon and Cornviail Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of

the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq. 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'

Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitchart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the south Staffordshire

Railway
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon.

street, London
11. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland

Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-eonrt, 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 Fras. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and

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Blackwall Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, Nortk Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-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., 3k Pall-mall, London, Assistant

Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., GO, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Len-
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, Belgraye-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and

Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles•

street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor.

place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d

Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity.

square, London
Robert Millington' Esq., Ordsall House, Betford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hail, Homey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. llarvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

County
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Batk
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Blrmtig-

ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jan., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-

shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. It. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., illculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. IL Macomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks

Union Banking Company
William Haleomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Direotor
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director ofSouth 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 Nadin, 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. 11. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford

Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Beg., 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. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office ,
Wm. Thompson, Esq. Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Mr-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq.' AtterclifT-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
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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 31`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq. Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefeuvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringhate, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
Blxxxas—Messrs. Cutries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Bell, Brodriek, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-flelds, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-flelds, London.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Mews. 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 positioa 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 Railway having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been
set on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the
present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this 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 all the 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-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than
any existing or projected railways between these points, and without
a leased
From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
pro d to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence It Is
Posed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Pen7ane •
lately p roposed i iheei, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
di,anea from
London y way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
\Vita ren,,,,t
needless to say more
clam to justify the tern ; that it will
tothe
to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
traffic between London and Tiverton, it is
c than that there is already thorough traffic' sufli-
onstruetion of this
miles
that
the cut - portion of the Direct Wes-
tern
tame from London to Tiverton .
about 32 it will traverse nth aud PoPulous agricultural

and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now In course of construction as from ethers pro-
jected, with every chance of success.
As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
Insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the ports
on either side of the great promontory of the Land's End may, by
means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively of Bristol
and Southampton ; to what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and
Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger propor-
tion of winter visitants—it 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-
mersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
railroad accommodation.
Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom ; it may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Binningham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railways, he is reported to have said : —"I consider that the com-
munication between the metropolis and the great outports to be not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth; and it may be
further observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
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 lan'lowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
four pounds per centum per annum an the deposits, cad 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 coanected
with the Direct Western district.

Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional*Committee of the Direct Western Railway
.Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot me shares of 251. each in
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d.
per skare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated

1846.

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Reference

LIVERPOOL AND BURY RAILWAY.
CONTRACT FOR SLEEPERS.
he DIRECTORS are READY to RECEIVE TENDERS for the
SUPPLY of RAILWAY SLEEPERS, conformable to Specifications
to be seen at the Company's Offices, 33, Dale-street, Liverpool; or at
the Office of Sir John Macneill and James Thompson, 9, Whitehall-
place, London.
Offers to be forwarded to the Secretary, up to the Ist Novem-
ber next. By order,
JOHN S. HERON, Secretary.
Liverpool and Bury Railway Office, 33, Dale-street,
Liverpool, 6th September, 1845.

MANCHESTER, MIDLAND, and GREAT
GRIMSBY JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Shareholders are respectfully informed that attendance will be
given with the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement,
tor execution by the Shareholders, at the following places, on the
undermentioned days, between the hours of Ten and Five o'Clock,
when the Bankers'
Liverpool—Adelphi Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 19th and 20th
September. Receipts may be exchanged for Scrip.
Manchester—Moseley Arms, Monday and Tuesday, 22d and 23d
ditto.
Bradford—Mr. Mason's Office, Sharebroker, Wednesday, 24th
ditto.
Huddersfield—Mr. Moore's Office, Thursday, 25th ditto.
Leeds—Royal Hotel, Friday and Saturday, 26th and 27th ditto.
London—Castle and Falcon, Aldersgatc-street, Tuesday, 30th
September, and Wednesday, Ist October.
FRANCIS PARKER, Secretary.

Rotherham, Sept. 13, 1845,

YORK AND LANCASTER RAILWAY.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
CHAIRMAN—The Hon. Douglas Kinnairsl Pulteney.
VIOE-CHAIRMAN—Sir Henry Webb, Bart.
Sir Thomas Woollaston White, John Holmes, Esq.
Bart. J. W. llamilton, Esq.
Philip Henry Howard, Esq., M.P. Richard Kelly, Esq.
William Bulkcley Hughes, Esq., John Learrnonth, Esq.
M.P. John Manwaring, Esq.
William Bradley, Esq. Nathaniel Ogle, Esq.
John Chauntler, Esq. John Reginald Riddell, Esq.
Rev. H. R. Fowler i. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq.
Colonel Fitch Joseph Underwood, Esq.
NOTICE.—The Committee of Management are proceeding with
the investigation of the applications for Shares in this Company, but
from the great number applied for, several days must necessarily
elapse before the allotment can be effected.
By order, .

SAMUEL HOLDSWORTH, Secretary.
Palace Chambers, St. James's-street, Sept. 16, 1845.

WILTS, SOMERSET,RAILWAY.AND SOUTHAMP-
TON JUNCTION
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
The DEEDS of this COMPANY will LIE for SIGNATURE as
follows:

In SOUTHAMPTON—At the Offices of W. H. Maberly, Esq., soli-
citor, Portland•street, en Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the
15th, 16th, and 17th 'of September instant, between the hours of
Eleven and Four each day.
In BRISTOL—At the Bush Hotel, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 16th and 17th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.

In SHEFFIELD—At the Tontine Hotel, on Thursday and Friday,
the 18th ant 19th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.

In LEEDS—At the Royal Hotel, on Saturday and Monday, the
20th and 22d instant, between the hours of Eleven and live
each day.
In YORK—At the Black Swan Inn, on Tuesday and Wednesday,
the 23d and 24th instant, between the hours of Eleven and Five
each day.
In NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE—At the George Inn, on Thursday
and Friday, the 25th and 26th instant, between the hours of Eleven
and Five each day.
In EDINBURGH —At the Gibb's Hotel, Princes-street, on Mon-
day and Tuesday, the 29th and 30th instant, between the hours of
Eleven and Five each day.
Returning from Edinburgh, the Deed will be at Manchester, at the
Albion Hotel, on Friday and Saturday, the 3d and 4th October, be-
tween the hours of Eleven and Fi
e each
each day.
By ,

London, August 13, 1845.

H. H. SHERIDAN; secretary.

S OTTE-
HEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, P
RIES, and CREWE RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally under 7 and 8 Victoria, C. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 1/. 7s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. -
John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Blanchester, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Continuation and Welsh Junction
Railway
John Holford, Esq., Rush°lme House, Manchester
John Gaunt, Esq., Banker, Leek
The Rev. Edward Powys, Rector of Bagnall and Cheddletan
John Challenor, Esq., Overton Hall, near Congleton
Josiah Gaunt, Esq., Heaton House, and Leek
Thomas Finehett Maddock, Esq., Cheater
Josiah Gaunt, jun., Esq., Horton Hall, near Leek
Wilsonnr y
Wilkinson,he Rev. James Rostock, Cliffe Park
James Wardle, Esq., Leek
John Macfarlane, Esq., Manchester
John Collier, Esq., Blanchester
George Edensor Marsden, Esq., Manchester
Penrose e
HEsq.,
Endcliffe Hall, Sheffield, Provisional Director. , Old Trafford,
Chairman
ft,e
ther Manchester, Shef-
field, and Midland Junction Railway
Esq.,
Sheffield,
N°Tivi ke s e Nevins,
nd, E
of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
James Robins, Esq., Blakenills, Rugby, and Leek
James Challenor, Esq., Blackwood-hill
Charles Heaton, jun., Esq., Leek
Robert Younge, Esq., Grey Stones, Sheffield, Provisional Director
the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomas Ridley, Esq., Sheffield
Thomas Carr, Esq., Leek
J. A. West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham
Benjamin Smith, Esq., Duckmanton Lodge, Chesterfield
William Newton, Esq., Bakewell
Robert Micklington, Esq., Ordsall Hall, Retford, Notts
John Squire, Esq., Leek
Henry C. Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square
William Wood, Esq., BI.D , Chetvrynd House, Newport, Salop
Thomas Birch, Esq., the Bank, Leek
John Green, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Nathan Davenport, Esq., Leek
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
William Milner, Esq., Leek
Thomas Smith, Esq., De-Bank House, near Leek
Robert Hammersley, Esq., Bridge-end, Leek
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Provisional Director of the
Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway
Josiah Brunt, Esq., Leek
Samuel Young, Esq., Lym House, near Leek
John Ward, Esq., Leek
John Spence, Esq., Manchester
James Ridout, Esq., Leek
Thomas Heaton, Esq., Endon, near Leek
Samuel Butcher, Esq. 7 Provisional Directors bt the Manchester,
George Dawson, Esq. S Sheffield, and Midland Junction Railway.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—CharIes Vignolea, Esq., M.R.I. A. F.R.A.S.
SOLICITOR—Thomas Redfern, Esq., Leek
LONDON AGENT—Thomas Whalley Bolton, Esq., 4, Elm-court,

Tmple
LOCAL PROFESSIONAL AGENT—R.e
H. Wilson, Esq., Solicitor, Moseley.

street, Manchester
BANKERS.
Leek and Congleton—Fowler, Gaunt and Co.
Manchester and Liverpool—The Manchester and Liverpool District
Banking Company
Sheffield and Bakewell—The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking
Company
London—Messrs. Rogers and Co ; Messrs. Smith, Payne and Smith
SECRETARY PRO TEM..—Mr. John Minshull.
Tly and

ee object of this undertaking is to effect the most direct an, com-
prehensive line of communication, by means of existing and projected
railways—the Manchester, Buxton, and Ambergate, the North Der-
byshire Union, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Midland Junction
Lines—between the Potteries, the iron districts of Staffordshire and
Shropshire, Cheshire, North Wales,
Holyhead, Sheffield, the Ports of
Gainsboreugh, Grimsby and Hull, North Derbyshire, and the whole
of the West Riding of the County of York.
Applications for shares in the following form may be made to
Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor,
Leek; Thomas Whalley Bolton,
Esq., Solicitor 4, Ehn-court, Temple, London; Messrs. Wilson,
Younge, and Pierson, Solicitors, Sheffield ; at the Offices of the Com-
pany, Leek; and No. 7, Surrey-street, Sheffield; or to the following
Sharebrokers, from whom Prospectuses may be obtained :
London—Messrs. F. and W. Atkinson, Threadneedle-street
York—Mr. Thomas Johnson
Leeds—Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co.
Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tootal
Liverpool—Mr. Thomas Forsyth
Manchester-111r. Joseph Fernyhongh
Huddersfield—Mr. Burchart
Derby-3lessrs. Eyre and Shaw
Lichfield—Mr. J. W. W. Proffitt.
In consequnce of this Company having been provisionally regis-
tered previous to the 29th of July last, the deposit of U. 7s. 6d. is
sufficient to comply with the Standing Orders of the House of Com-
mons ; hut, in order to comply with those of the House of Lords, a
Rather amount of 1/. ss. will be called for after the Bill has been
read a second time in the Commons, of which duo notice wiil be
given to the shareholders.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, Pot.
the regulations of the Company, teries, and Crewe Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares, of 251.
each in tile above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the
same, or such less number as yon may appropriate tosit me
and , su
si bj
gn the
ect to
Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when required.
Dated this day of 1845. - - - ...... • • -
and to pay the depo,

Nam ein Rill ••• • • • ''
• • •
•
Business or profession .• • • • • • •• • ' • " • • • • • • • • • • • •
Name and residence of a Referee of respectability.

SHEFFIELD, BUXTON, LEEK, POTTE-
RIES, AND CREWE RAILWAY.
Leek, 11th September, 1845.
Notice is hereby Risen, that no further applications for Shares in
this Company will be received after MONDAY, the 2L2d day of Sep-
tember instant, except from parties locally interested, from whom
Applications will be received until THURSDAY, the 25th Instant.
By order of the Committee, ,
JOHN MINSHULL, secretary pro tern.

THE WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER,
AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND SWINDON AND
BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION,

Being an extension of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,200,0001., in 60,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 28. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMIIITTBIL
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
Major Bereaford, M.P.
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and
Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
David R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the
London and Manchester, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-

ways
Sir John E. Do Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Director of the South and Midlands'

Junction Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts, Director of
the Chester and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales,
and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, Director of the Direct Western

Railway
sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Director of the Chepstow and Forest of
Dean Railway
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester mid Birkenhead Continuation,
and London and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c.
Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of
the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, and Namur and Liege, and South and
Midlands' Junction Railways
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and
Midlands' Junction Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con-
tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Major Oliver Lindam, KM., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberys-
twith, and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces-
ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Captain James Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff,
Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director_of the Chester and Forest of
Dean, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways &c

Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal artillery, Reform Club
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the

Legal and Coritinercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of
Bengal, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment
Railway
Richard William Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man-
cheater, and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc-
tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction

Railways
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu-
rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
James Clay, Esq., Brampton, Director of the Furness and White-
haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
ways
William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag-
ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di-
rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Carpenter, Esq , Magistrate of the County of Middlesex,
Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di-
rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
G. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street
John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance
Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of Eagland
Life Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Henry Lewis Smale, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London and Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways

John Cash, Esq.
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham
Robert Richards, Esq., inner Temple, London, Director of the South

and Midlands' Junction Railway
George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Juac-
tlon, and Northampton and Banbury Railways
William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near Bicester, Director of the South

. _
and Midlands' Junction Railway
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director
of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con-
tinuation Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
Peter Fairbairne, Esq., Leeds, Vice Chairman of the Leeds and York
Railway
J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond
James Durness, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex
G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-square,
Islington
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
Martin Furness, Esq., Director of the Newark and Sheffield Railway
William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and

Leeds Railway
Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melksham, Wilts, Director 01

the South and Midlands Junction Railway
Charles Thomas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House,
Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield June-
Hon, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Provisional
Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax. and Bradford Union Rail-

way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Captain Hitching, Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square,
Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Midlands'
Junction Railways
James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near
Coventry, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail-

way
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brompton, Director of
the Jersey, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Thomas Cleobury, Esq., 30, Sackville-street
Major Walker, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, and Alfrcton, Derby,
Director of the Trent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid-
lands' Junction Railways
T. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Me-
tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Company, and Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
W. A. Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberyatwith and
Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Railway, Director of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance
Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway _

Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South
and Midlands' Junction Railways
Frederick Jones, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Englis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester,

Rugby and Southampton Railway
William Morley, Esq., Blackheath
William Lee, Esq , Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and

Essex and Suffolk Railways
Thomas Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'

Junction Railway
J. Harvey, Esq., Rush-hill, Surrey
John Wheciton, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Coilingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

Railway _
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
William Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford

and Worcester Extension
Kingsmill Grove Key, Esq.
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Brades, near Birmingham
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Junction, and
South Midlands' Junction Railways
W. Lee, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Robert Power, Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May-fair
Admiral J. Ayscough, Prospect-place House, Southampton, Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton, and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Major Grubbe, Eastwell House, Potterne, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County, and Director of the South and Midlands'Junction Railway
Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and

South and Midlands' Junction Railways ,
T. G. Norbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua-

Hon, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, and of the Legal
and Commercial Life Insurance Company
William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Brocke Walbancke, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railway
Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery
William Lee, Esq., Director of the Reading Railway
Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square
William T.- Thornton, Eeq., Berkeley-street, Portman-square
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
Joseph Crockett, Esq , Alderman of Devizes, and Director of the
North Wilts Banking Company, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
John Elelbert Helbert, Nsg., Gloucester-place, London, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham Railway •
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London, Director of the Rugby
and Worcester Railway
William Peppercorne, Esq., London, and Bexhill, Sussex
Captain T. Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director of the
Leeds and Carlisle Railway
F. Duffield, Esq., Bolton House, near Bradford
Rev. F. R. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
John Barnett, Esq., Coroner for the County of Gloucester, Director
of the Oxford and Cheltenham Railway
William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway
Alexander Prince, Esq., 14, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the Ber-
net North Junction Railway
James Lees, Esq., Dolph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director of
the Saddleworth Banking Company
(With power to add to their number).
BANKERS—The Commercial Bank of London.
CONSULTING ENGINEER —Sir John Maenell, LL.D., F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mullingar Higgins, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq., 5, Basinghall-street.
LOCAL AGENTS.

It appears that England will be divided longitudinally by four grem
lines of railway, which will become so many main trunks, intersec-
Mg and intersected by numerous lines, both transverse and oblique,
opening rapid and ready communication with the intermediate dis-
tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more
easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and Cambridge,
may be said to terminate in London, whence all places are accessible.
The second line, counting westward, is more tortuous, and has also
a common northern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad-
vantages are materially restricted. This line, descending the Ere-
wash Vale, and passing through Rugby and Oxford, becomes a South-
ampton line by falling into the South-Western Railway at Basing-
stoke.
The third longitudinal line, Or the most westerly, is still more de-
fective in design than the preceding ; employing the steep and narrow
railway called the Birmingham and Gloucester as its first link, it
traverses nearly in a right line the least populous and most undulating
Parts of Gloucester, Berks, Wilts, and Hants ; and, properly speaking,
has no independent terminus.
A large longitudinal section of the kingdom—the West Midland
district—a districrinviting a similar species of accommodation from
concentrated local advantages, still remains unprovided with a chief
trunk line ; and it is contemplated to remedy this deficiency by the
present undertaking, or a fourth longitudinal line.
Adopting Birmingham as a northern terminus of the West Mid-
land, Manchester, and Southampton Railway, it is proposed to carry
a line through or near to Stratford-on-Avon, thence between Moreton,
Stow, Northleach, Fairford, Cricklade, and Swindon, where it will
merge in the South and Midlands' Junction Railway.
The length of the proposed line will be about sixty mile!, and the
district traversed by it is gently undulating and densely peOpled. At
its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with tha South
and Midlands, by means.of which it opens a most lirect communica-
tion liitherto suggested with the harbours of Weyinouth, Christ-
church, Poole, . and Southampton. At its northern terminus, Bir-
mingham, it communicates with a series. of lines, projected,,,in pro-
gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can
ever be constructed between the southern ports of England and the
great manufacturing districts.
In the alliance of Laos forming the West Midland, Manchester,

and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages pre-
sents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin-
gencies also. If it be desirable that the terminus of every railway
should be situated at some commercial or populous plaee, in this re-
spect the present project is peculiarly fortunate. If Government be
resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lines, it
will be seen, by laying a rule on the map of England from Salisbury
to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these
places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this
prospectus, as being on the proposed line; and actual measurement
has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and
Manchester by 26 miles.
By the construction, therefore, of little more than 60 miles of
rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tablished--a line, also, however superior in ptr-ition to others pro-
mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing
with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole,
and Southampton.
In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and
Midlands' Junction Railway Company. _

Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Basinzhall-street ; and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 9, Old Broad-street; Mr.
J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Millbury, 4,
Angel-court.

Liver-pool—Messrs. Mills and Co., and Messrs. Neilson.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William
Marshall.

lull—Messrs Colllnson and Flint.

Leeds—Messrs. Watson and Co.
Stratford-on Avon—Mr. William Bolton.
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford.

Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Pulmer.
Birmingham— Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.

Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. Callum
and Ce.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES

To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, Manchester,
and Southampton Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me
Shores of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name (in MD.. • . • • • • • • • • • . • • • • • • • •
Residence .. • • . • • ..... • • • • • ..... • • • •
Trade or Profession ..... ........
Reference.... • • • • • • • • . • . • • • • • • • • • • •
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Date

BRIDGWATER and MINEHEAD JUNO-
Juri TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the litristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands. _ _ .

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001. in 15,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
is intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE,
Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boom, Dartmouth
Sir John Hansler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy.

Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, near alinehead, Vice-Chairman of the

Somerset Quarter Sessions
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead,Magistrate of the

county of Somerset
John Cridland, Esq., Spring-grove Park, near Wiveliscombe, Magls.

trate for the County of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Bampton, Devon
R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old Cavendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,

merchant -
W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Colhoun, Esq,, 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter's

chambers, COrnhill, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon
shire
F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square
W. Strahan, Esq., Banker, Strand.
Office-3, Alderman's-walk. New Broad-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater.
MANAGING DIRECTORS
E. F. Dayrell, Esq.
W. R .V igers, Esq.
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq.
W. F. Beadon, Esq.
F. W. Green, Esq
SECRETARY—MT. Edward Parrett.
BANKERS.

James Colhoun, Esq.
W. S. Potter, Esq.
Samuel Pocock, Esq.
James Morrison, Esq.

Messrs. Strahan and Co. ; and Messrs. Roberts and Co., London.
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Bristol, Bridgwater, and Taunton.
Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed informa-
tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Alderman's-
walk, City, London; at the Offices of the Company's Solicitors,
Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London ;
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater ; and of the
Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton ; Mr. N.
Pearce, solicitor, Wiveliscombe ; Mr. James Parsons, solicitor, Lang-
port ; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitors, Dorchester ; Mr.
Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham ; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor,
Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol ; and of the following
Stock and Share-brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11,
Birchin-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, London; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ;
Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs.
H. Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ;
Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf-
ford, Dublin; Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater; Mr. E. Ball, Taunton; and Mr.
Richard Neville Parker. solicitor, Cork.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater and Minehead

Junction Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of £2O
each in the above undertaking ; and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, or any less number you may allot to me, on the terms of the
prospectus, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and all future
calls thereon, and to sign the parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement, and other deeds, when required so to do.
Dated this day of , 1845.
?lace of business .•
Residence
Profession or business • . ....
Usual signature .. • .
Name, residence, &c., of referee in full..

BRIDGWATER and MINE HEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no Application for Shares will be en-
tertained, unless the same be made in the form prescribed by the
Managing Directors; and the applicants must also refer either to one
of the Provisional Committee, or t• some person of known respecta-
bility.—Dated September 12, 1845. By or ler,
Messrs. A'BECKETT, SON, and SYMPSON; and
VAUGHAN PRANCE, Solicitors to the Company.

JAMPOUX (ARRAS) and HAZEBROUCK
RAILWAY,(O'.NEILL'3 COMPANY).

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
IN FRANCE.

Le Vicomte d'Abancourt, Peer of France, Director of the Lyons and

St. Etienne Railway
Le Marquis de Flers, Conseiller a la Cour des Comptes
M. Gabriel Heim, Entrepreneur de Transports, Paris
M. Hallette, Proprietaire de Forges et Fonderies. Arras
M. Alphonse Laurent, Banker, Director of the Orleans and Bordeaux
Railway, Ancien President of the Tribunal of Commerce of Blois
M. Felix O'Neil!, Banker, Paris
M. Louis Riant, Maitre do Forges, Paris
Le Baron de Taseher, Membre du Conseil General du Departement
du Cher.