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London, England, 1845-09-29 00:00:00

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY,
By a Junction with the Eastern Counties Railway at Bedfont.
Distance, 120 miles.
Capital 2,500,000%., in 100,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
(Pursuant to the Standing Orders of the House of Commode.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Portman-square, Directo.
of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction, and
Erewash Valley Extension Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Parthenon Club, Director of the
Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway, and
of the South and Midland Junction, and West Midland Railways
Major-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Director of the York and
Lancaster Railway
Thomas Alexander, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian, and
Trent Valley Continuation Railways
Henry Ambler, Esq., worsted spinner and manufacturer, Watkinson
Hall, near Halifax, Director of the West Yorkshire Railway, and
Liverpool and Leeds Direot Railway
C. H. Anderson, Esq., Upper Clapton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Comae, Bristol, Director of
the Oxford and Worcester Extension Railway
Bardgett, Esq., Winchester-street, Broad-street, Director of
the Italian and Austrian, and the Derby, Uttoxeter, and Stafford,
Railways
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William Banks, Esq., Honey-lane Marked
John Byng Banks, Esq., Stockwell, Surrey
William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Di-
rector of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midland Junction
Railways
Henry Weech Burgess, Esq., Temple's Park, Hampstead, Direetor of
the Sheffield, Button, Leek, Potteries, and Crewe Railway
Charles Salisbury Butler, Esq., the Lodge, Upper Clapton
Josiah Burrowes, Eeq., Castle House, Gorneroall, near Leeds
Thomas Burnley, Esq., Gomersall, near Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction Railway, and of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Samuel Bateman, Esq., Croft House, near Bradfoid, Director of the

Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
henry Smith Bright, Bsq., Hull, Director of the Ball and Selby

Railway
Joeeph Browne, Beg., Bedford
Dr. Brigstoek. Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manekeeter

Railway -
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the Cambridge

and Lincoln, and Great Luxembourg Railway
Job Bullinart, Esq., East Redford
William Baldwin Carrick, Esq., J.P., Hull, Director of tke Rugby
Warwick, and Leamington, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railways
John Carter, Esq., Knottingley -
Thermos Carter, Esq., Tanshelf, J.Pjor the Borough of Pontefract
Charles Charnock, Esq., Holmfield House, near Ferrybridge
Millis Coventry, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Junction,
and Birmingham Extension Railways
E. Clemente, Eaq., Lowndee-equare, Director of the WesternJamalea
Railway
J. Cottam, Esq., East Redford
Robert Coek, Req., Gainsborough, Director of the Manchester, Mid-
land, and Great Grimsby, Gainsborough, Goole, and Isle of Axholme,
and the Wisbeach, Isle of Ely, and Lincolnshire Junction Railways
John Cutts, Esq., Little Barfield Hall, near Braintree, Essex
James Cliff, Esq., Director of the Paris and Strasbourg, Southampton
Manchester, and Oxford, and the Manchester, Rugby, and Maccles-
field Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Loudon and Birmingham Etxten-
sion
Henry dherard Coleman, Esq., Crown-court, Old Broad-street
Francis Deere, Esq., Stratford, Essex
J. Dawson, Esq., Pontefract
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the West Midland, and Thames Val-
ley Railways
Joseph Dent, Esq., Aibston Hall, near Leeds, Magistrate for the
North West Riding of Yorkshire
A.. A. Davenport, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Eaten-
eton, and Worcester Junction Railways
Joseph L. Davenport, Esq.,Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
John Alcock Dixon, Esq., Burnley, near Leeds, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Richard Dranstleld, Esq., Dalton, Huddersfield, Director of the
Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect, and of the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction
Railways
Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Wey-
mouth Railway
Lieut.-Col. Fitch, sr,, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Managing Direc-
tor of the York and Lana.tster Railway
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Exten-
sion Railway
Solomon kloster, Esq., Maneileld. Director of the Nottingham, Mans-
field, anti Midlen.t Junction Railway
Martin Farniss, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Erewash and Shet
field Railway
John Griffiths Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Chairman of the London•
derry and Coleraine, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Goetze Green, Esq., Pontefract
Client.' Gibson, Esq., Holland-place, Clapham
Jau.,ee Gilbertson, Esq., Hertford
Gibson, Esq., Glasgow
H. p Gripps, Esq., Director of the Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
Charlet Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Cheapside
William Gordon, Eisq., M.D., F.L.S., Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Henry Sw an Graves, Esq., Ely Bank Lodge, Halifax
Jolla Gully, Esq., Ackworth Park, Ackworth
Richard Hall, Esq., cernarvon Hail, Stratford, Director of the Strat-
ford and Thames Junction, and North Woolwich Railways
John Charles Hall, Esq., New Grove-street, East Redford
$. Hall, Ecq., Wiseton, near Bawtry
r. Hall, Eeq., F.S.A., Inner Temple, Director of the Erewash Val-
. le>" ExtensioM and West Midland Railways
swiss., Hammond, Del., Leeds
John C:orge Ilamiusek, Eel., Director of the Direct Western and
the !et.ropolitan Junction Railways
William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, a Deputy-Lieut. and J.P. for the
West of Yorkshire
John Miss& ilepsvorth, Esq , 1114.e:1-place, Ackworth, J.P. for the
W eat lUdini; or Yorkshire
Joshua Ilepsvorlk Rogerthorpe Hall, Bedsworth
Thomas Heelis,
pi.i.,„S'kipton Castle, Skiptou, Director of the Lan-
cashire and North
.:orkshire, Lancashire and Yorkshire North-
Eastern, and of the Llv'Srp )01 and Leeds Direct Railways
Leeds, Director of the Liverpool
Robert }terries. Esq., East.,:treet,
and Leeds Direct Railway
Clunks Holbrooke, Ley., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Ilischester
Jelin tlolmes, Esq., East Redford
John lilleae, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, and Direc-
tor of the Derby and Stafford Railway
EMpaoti Jalland, Esq., Holdernass House, near Hull, Di-
rector of the York and Hull Hallway
Barweil Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull, Ma-
gistrate for the East Riding of York and Borough of Hull, and
Director of . the Liverpool and Leeds, and Hull and Barnsley

Railways
John Jameson, Esq., lleney-lane 3larket
William Jameson, Esq.,• Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf-
fordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
Joseph Joneo, ?sq., Mayor' Of Hull, and Director of the Liverpool and
• • " "

Leeds Direct Railway
Thlinas Reginald Kemp, Esq.; Director of the Blythe and Churnet
V.illeys, or Macclesfield and I..;clifleld Railways
Ooorhe Lawton, Esq., Ditclileys, Essex, Director of the Chepstow,
Forest of Dean, and Gloucester anction Railway
Leahy, Esq., St. James's-square
Moses Edward Legg, Esq., Watling-st,”eet, London
Captain Henry Leech, Bedford
William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director Of
the iteatitsg and Reigate Railway
L. Stephens Lyne, Esq., Broad-street, Director Of the Western Ja-
maica Railway
P. li4nnett Lucas, Esq., Director of the Sligo and Shannon, the
Ipswich and Southampton, and the Cork Passage and Kinsale
Railways
John B. Mann, Esq., Leeds
Thomas Hackett Maieey, Beg , Newark-upon-Trent, and Bedford-
square, Hyde Park
Thomas 11"fark, Esq., Hull
William Mos, Esq., East Redford
W. R. Mesham, Esq., M.D., Bedford
Robert Melliagton, Kerb, Ordshali House, near East Redford, Director
of the Leeds and Carlisle Ithilway
William poorhouse, Esq., Marine Villa, Knottingley, Provisional
Director of the Sheffield, Barnsley, mad Wakefield Railway
Teter Morrison, Esq. Director of South and Midlands' Junction, and
London and Birmingham Extension Railways
James Muscroft, Esq., Pontefract, J. P. for the Borough, a Provi-
sional Director of the Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester

Junction, Railway
Jasoph Nadln, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Smithampton, and the Leeds and Carlisle Railways
.jVillifinn Joseph Nash, Esq. Bedford
John Norton, Esq., 1, St. George's-square, Westminster, and Moat
Holm, Brentwood, Director of the Great Western Direct Railway
Henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley and Con-
tinuation and Holyhead Junction, and West Midland and Bouth
Midland and Oxford Extension Railways
Robert Oxley, Esq., M.D., Pontefract
Bennett Pell, Esq., 12, Finsbury-place North
William Perfect, Esq., Monkhill, near Pontefract
John Phillips, Esq. Mayor of Pontefract
Thomas Ingham Raynor. Esq., Birstal, Leeds, Director of the Leeds
and West Riding Junction, and the Liverpool and Leeds Direct

Railways
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Birming-
ham Direct, Leicester, Iron, and Dove Valley Railways
Robert Richards, Esq., Director of the West Midland Railway
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Bycullah House, Enfield, Managing
Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester,
and Weymouth Junction, the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke,

and the Direct Western Railways
James Robson, Esq., Tanshelf, J. P. for the Borough of Pontefract
George Robinson, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junc-
tion, and of the Rugby, Derby. and Manchester Railways
John Richardson, Esq., Director of the Wakefield and Harrogate,
the East and West Yorkshire, and the Midland and Thirek Junc-
tion Railwsy
Thomas Rontlidge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract
James Russell, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director o.
the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton, of the Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railways
Henry Savage, Eeq., Director of the Irving, Reading, and Basing-

stoke Railway
Benjamin Shaw, Esti., Kilburn Priory, Director of the Churnet and

Blythe Valleys Railways
J. E. Sichel, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and
of the Leeds and York, and MidliOnd Railways
William Sloss', Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Director of
the South Midland Junction Railway, kc., Etc.
George Walker Smith, Esq., Horbury hall, Sheffield, Director of tie _ _

Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Smith, Esq., ALD„ 30, North-street, Leeds, Director of Me

Leeds and fork,'ind Li;erpi)ol and Leede Railways
Joseph Smithson, Esq., Kirklees Mills, near Halifax
James Templer, Esq., Brixton-rise, Director of the Derby, tatelater,

and Stafford Railway.
Thomas S. Trapp, Em., Banker, Bedford
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Garbsls, Hall, Di-
rector of the Derby and Stafford Railway
William Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Gorbala, Hall
Thomas Turney, Esq., Park Lodge, near Halifax
David Wheatcrott, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and Direct Birmingham and
Leicester Railways
Major-General Wright, Royal Engineers, Gloucester-place, Portman-

square
William Williams, Eel , Royal Foandery, Bedford
Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden House, Middlesex
John Wheolton, Esq., late Sheriff of London and Middlesex, as
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Thomas Willett, ltsq., Bradford
dleorge Yates, Esq., merchant, Halifax
(With power to add to their number.)
Etramint-or-Cnier—Str John Ac`Neil, L.L.D., and F.R.S.
AIkINO ENGINEER—WiIIiam Mnllingar Higgins, Esq.
LONDON SOLICITORS.
J. R. Gibson, Esq., 9, Copthall-court
Owen Gray, Esq., _
J. B. midge, Em., 3 2a, Great Tower-street,

BANKERS.
London-3,les4rs. Rogers, Olding, and Co.
:Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.

The object of this railway is to connect, in the most direct course,
the important and increasing manuflictaring town of Leeds with the
Metropolis, the want of which hes long been felt, and is toe univer-
sally acknowledged to need any comment, and it is under this con-
viction that this important undertaking, after several minute exa-
minations of the country through which it will pass, has beta brought
tbrward.

The proposed line will commence at the junction of the Manclres-
ter and Leeds, and York and North Midland Railways, near Wake-
field, and will ternsinate by meansm of a junction with the Rastern
Counties Railway at Bedford which place it is the intention of
That Company to extend their line in the ensuing seesion of Parlia-
watt), asn. dwbityl
oothumsres.jtaolitlini::
most as. far as possible of the existing
railway
and Hull.
least expeesivo trunk
Mite, from London to Leeds, York, will pass in its route
wi bin an available distance of Wakefield,. Pontefract, Doncaster,
Rotherham, East Redford, Nottingham, Newark, Grantham, Melton
Mowbray, Oakham, and Stamford.
The importance of such a line Is obvious, both front the nature of
its coarse (embracing, as it does, a most extensive population within
its limits) as also prom the absence of any direct
commnim(uubtntyliceanatititosnn for
the conveyance of passengers and merchandise.
By the construction of this railway, railway
London will be given to Peterborough and Leicester
the Syston anti Peterborough Railway), to Newark and Nottingham
(by of
(by the Nottinghani and Lincoln line), and to Sheffield and Galina:
rough (by the Sheffield and Gainshorough line), by a much shorter
route than by any existing Railways.
Independently of the advantages offered to the towns in the several
mantes through which this Line will pass, the Line in itself consi-
tiered as a direct trunk line between London and Leeds, is sufficient
to justify its formation, it being well known that the existing traffic
between these two places would produce such a return on the capital
required. as to admit of a dividend, equal to that of any railway in
operation : but when it is borne in mind, that a Company is being
formed for the purpose of connecting Glasgow with Leeds by means of
Is junction with the York and Carlisle Railway, no better line can be
presented to the public, as it will not only effect a direct communica-
tion from ellatigow and the Western parts of Scotland to London, but
would also connect Edinburgh and the Eastern parts of Scotland as
well as Durham, and Newcastle (by the York and North Midland, and
Great Northof England Railways), with the Metropolis, which would
be coilerably shorter Man the accommodation offered by any
other Company, and when cost of construction is considered there

cannot be a doubt but that preference would be given to the Great
Leeds and London Direct Railway.
The fact of the Eastern Counties Railway being connected by a
branch line with the East and West India Docks on the river
Thames, and the Railway Company having recently leased for 999
years the extensive pepper warehouses belonging to those docks,
which are capable of receiving 12,000 tons of goods, together with
wharfs adjoining, where the shipment and trans-shipment of goods
from all parts of the world can take place, is a most important fea-
ture in favour of the direct communication from tile manufacturing
towns of Glasgow and Leeds offered by the Great Leeds and London
Direct Railway, and by branch railways to the main trunk line,
through which all goods from the whole of the manufacturing dis-
tricts could be conveyed at once to these warehouses for shipment,
thereby avoiding the present delay and expense of cartage, and in
reality establishing an almost direct and an invaluable connexion
between the rivers Clyde and Thames.
It has been ascertained that there are no engineering difficulties,
that the works will be easy, and the gradients remarkably good, and
that it will not materially interfere with any ornamental property.
The Subscribers will be held liable only to the extent of their first
deposits until an Act of Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
to the amount of their subscriptions.
It is proposed to take power in the Bill to allow interest at 4 per
cent. per annum on all calls until the opening of the line, and also to
extend the line to Hertford on the Eastern Counties line, in the event
of that Company not prosecuting their line to Bedford.
Applications for Shares (in the form annexed) may be made to J.
B. Gibson, Esq.' 9, Copthall-court, and Messrs. Owen Gray and
Midge, 25, Great Tower-street, the joint solicitors to the Company,
at the Company's temporary offices, 9, Copthall-court, London ; or
to the following sharebrokers :
London--Messrs. Marten and Heseltine. 9, Finch-lane
Leeds—Messrs. Hoppe and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Joseph King and Son
Hull—Messrs. Flint and Tooted
Manchester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons
Bradford—Mr. Josiah Scholefield
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square
No application will be attended to unless accompanied by a satis-
factory reference.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Great Leeds and London Direct
_

IRISH GREAT WESTERN (DUBLIN to
GALWAY) RAILWAY.
The deeds of this Company will lie for signature on and after
WEDNESDAY, the Ist of October, at No. 19, Ifoorgate-street, London,
where also the new scrip may be had.
The letters of allotment for the exchange of scrip are in course of
issue according as the respectability of the applicants is ascertained.
FITZSTEPHEN FRZNCH, Chairman.
September 25, 1845.

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and

Bridgewater respectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share..
Offices, 20, Poultry, London.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Camperdown, Sidney-place, Bath
The Viscount Mandeville, Kimbolton-park, Hunts
Lord James O'Bryen, Royal-crescent, Bath
Lord William Pewlett, Bath, and Downham-hall, Brandon, Suffolk
General Sir John Slade, Bart., Muntys Court, Taunton
Colonel Luttrell, Kilve Court, Somerset
The Hen. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-

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land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugiale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Fewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. far Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardena
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq., 31.2., Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.?., 6, Parliament-street
Hen. 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, anciiiuddersileld and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P., Foxley, Herefordshire
Sir John Cave Brown Cave, Bart., Kenilworth, Warwickshire
Sir William Young, Bart., Westboume-green, Hyde-park, East India

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Director
John Clark, Esq., Benefield House, near Trowbridge, Wilts, Magill-

Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot ma Shares, of 251.
eaeh, in the above undertaking, and I undertake to pay the deposit
thereon, or upon any less lumber that may be allotted to me, and
also to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment whea required. Name in full ... • ..... • • • • • • • • • •
Address In full ... • • .. • • • ...... •
Occupation ...... .. • .

tr ate for the counties of Wilts and Somerset
Alfred Batson, Esq., Itamsbury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place
Major Hunt Grubbe, Eastwell House, Devizes
John Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker
John Lov-el Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker
William Adair Bruce, Esq., Lansdown-crescent, Bath
iiir 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 Irarncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Toeley-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., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London
Edward Harriason Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge Meuse, Heddersfleld, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 23, Gloucester-read, Hyde Park.
Director of the Northampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham, and

GREAT LEEDS AND LONDON DIRECT
RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management of this Railway hereby give no-
tice, that in consequence of the unprecedented number of applications
already made for shares in this important undertaking, they have
determined upon rejecting all • further applications made after the
29th September instant. Immediately after that day they will
proceed to make the allotment of the shares and procure the execu-
tion of the Parliamentary contract and subscription deeds.
Signed by order of the Committee,
J. R. GIBSON,
OVEN GRAY, Registered Selicltors.
J. E. ILLIDGE,
29th September, 1545.

South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Bsq., 37, Brunswisk-square, Leaden, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Talley Continuation Railway
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgraye-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Bamet L. "Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion Mouse
Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holierness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Eeq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq. Mincing.lame, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-crow, 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 Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Itailway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'

MADRID AND VALENCIA RAILWAY,
authorised by an Ordinance of her Majesty the Queen of

Spain.
Capital 2,400,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 201. each, Spanish reals
(Vellon) 2,000, fr. 500, of which 80,000 will be allotted in this
country.

Deposit 21. per Share, reels 200, fr. 50.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Most Noble the Marquis of Winchester, 27, Cavendish-square
The Lord de l'lsle and Dudley, 16, New Burlington-street
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
The Right Hon. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square, and the Riding, Northumberland
The Right lion. George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P., 6, Tilney-street
The lion. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., 27, Regent-street
Sir William Wynn, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
C. Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street, Chairman of the
Paris and Strasbourg Railway
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker (Messs. Cockburn and Co.)
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Reform Club
Edward Bates, Esq., Managing Director of the Argus Life Assuranee
Company
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Beesthorpe Hall, Newark, Notts, and 8, Great
Ryder-street, St. James's
John Capper, Esq., merchant, 1, Adelaide-place, London-bridge
William Chadwick, Esq., Montagu-square, Chairman of the Rich-
mond Railway
John Charretie, Esq., Park Village East
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer Lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-
park, Director of the Worcester and South Wales Hallway
Company
William Cooper, Esq., merchant, 20, Mark-lane, and Ringswood
Lodge, Dulwich
Edmund F. Dayrell, Esq., 15, Old Cavendish-street, and Lillingstone
Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff of Bucks, Deputy-Lieutenant of the
County, Chairman of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Railway and
Bridgewater and Minehead
W. Eales, Esq., merchant, Mincing-lane, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of the City of London, Director
of the London and Westminster Bank
Richard Forman, Esq , Upper Thames-street
James Gernon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street
Major Graham, 16, Grove, Clapham
John Joseph Keene, Esq , St. John's-wood, near London, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland
Win. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Aseerauce Com-
pany
James Jehn Kinloch, Esq., 21, Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director
cf the North Wales Railway Company
John Knill, Esq., Fresh-wharf, Thames-street, Director of the
Worcester and Crewe Railway
T. Laurence, Esq., St. Mary-axe, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Major James Oliver Lindam, ICH., 8, New-street, Dorset-square,
Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales
Railway. and Director of the South Midland Junction Railway
Nicholas ll`Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street, Director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Direst Railway
Charles Carroll Mactavish, Eel., 22, Rutland-gate
J. B. Montetlore, Esq., 2, Winchester-buildings, Director of the
Australian Mining Company
William Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Railway
S. P. Pratt, Esq., 55, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the Kennet and
Avon Canal Company
George Clavering Redman, Esq., Limehouse
Colonel Edward Stopford, 9, Manchester-square, Director of the
Barbadoes Railway Company
William Gordon Thompson, Esq., Direeter of the South Midland
Junction
S. J. Waley, Esq., 22, Devonshire-place
William Lechmero Whitmore, Esq., 19, James-street, Buckingham-
gate, Director of the London Central Railway Tenninus.
RANKERS.
London—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill ; Messrs. liaatenuan and
Co., Nicholas-lane ; Messrs. Cockburn and Co., Whitehall.
Madrid—Bank of Isabella 11.
STANDING COUNSEL---JRCOU Waley, ESQ., Lincole's Ina
Soracrroas—Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 04, Lime-street.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—P. Prichard Italy, Esq.
SECRETARY—F. Kirkham lowan, Esq.
Offices of the Company, 37, Moorgate-street.
The present Company has been formed for the construction of a
line of railway from Madrid to the cityand port of Valencia, the most
central seaport on the Mediterranean. It will open out the re-
sources of an extensive district of country, eastward from the capital,
remarkable for the richness and fertility of its soil, the varied abun-
dance of its productions, and the commercial spirit of its inhabitants.
This railway is authorised by a special ordinance of her Majesty
the Queen of Spain ; and from its vast importance as a national route
of intercommunication her Majesty has been pleased to accompany
the gr,ant with all the privileges and immunities which the Crown is
emposrefed to confer upon a railway compels'. Amongst these may
be enumeraled-
1. A lease Of Ilte line and of its branches for 99 years.
2. The gratuifeus grant of such Government and corporation lands
as may be required for the railway.
3. The free use of all timber, the property of the State, that may be
necessary for the works, or for other purposes.
4. The exemption for ten years, to be computed from the com-
mencement of the wofe.s, of all import duties on the machinery,
rails, and other articles requisite for the completion of the railway.
5. The entire exemption from all national and local taxes that
could otherwise be levied upon the railway, works, or buildings of
any description, and. upon the capital represented by the shares.
6. The Government is not to interfere with the Company's tariff
of charges for the space of forty years from the completion of the
works ; and no revision thereof is to take place on the expiration of
that period that can sink the profits below IS per cent.
7. The line is to be classed, by a special law, under the title of a
" work of public utility," and as such to enjoy the royal patronage
and protection, and all the peculiar privileges attached to important
national undertakings.
The proposed line, thus largely endowed, to about 240 miles in
lesnfth, being upwards of 150 miles nearer the capital than the ports
of Cadiz and the north coast of Spain, and generally nearer than any
other port in the kingdom. Although it has not yet been minutely
surveyed, it is well known that there is no similar district of equal
extent in the kingdom which presents so few engineering difficulties.
For upwards of 80 miles the One will traverse the almost level plain
of Valencia ; and emerging fto,m the boundaries of the province, it
will follow es nearly as possible the course of the rivers which flow
east and west from the central plateau in the province of Cuenca,
and approach Madrid by the valisty of the Manzanares. The line
will either pass through or accommodate the most important towns
in the two provinces, which will thus be brought into rapid com-
munication with the capital OR the one 'side, a seaport on the other.
This railway will be the means of supplying Madrid, containing
300,000 inhabitants, entirely dependent for provision., upon the con-
tiguous provinces, at a cheap rate, with the rich products of the pro-
vinces of Valencia, which abounds in most valuable mlZes, and is
beyond comparison the most fertile district of Spain.
Valencia, brought by this communication within ten hoUre dis-
tance of the chief market of Spain, must necessarily become Jhe
port at which all vessels with supplies for the metropolis will unload,
and the centre of the coasting trade along the whole sea-line front
Barcelona to Gibraltar.
The traffic in passengers and goods now existing between Madrid
and Valencia has been correctly ascertained, showing the following
results :
The annual number of passengers travelling between
Madrid and Valencia, and the intermediate towns, is
upwards of 42,000 ; but taking that number at the
present cost of conveyance by stage coaches, private
'''earrlagee, galena, and waggons, the amount will be .07,808
The annual weight of goods conveyed between the two
cities and We intermediate localities is 4,900,000 cP, t..
from which the return is estimated at .. 1,223,400

Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Wkitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Er:th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire

Railway
Thomas Drano, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direc-
tor of th• Bridport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, aid Cannon-
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-sqnare
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland

Charles Bleaden, Esq., Couladen-court, surrey, Chairman of the Li•

. . ,
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life .Issurance 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 Leaden and

Rfackwall Railway Company
William Downing Bruce, Esq., F. 8.1., 17, Charles-street, St. James's,

and Ripon
Cuthbert Woodcock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and
the Great Western Extension Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, Leaden
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 Illackwall 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 Docks Company, and of the General Shipowners'
Society
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Wards, 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., Drontagh Castle, minty Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lypplat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-

rector of the SVarwickshfre and London ltallway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Holcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d

Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., arrensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, Londeu
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hernsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rey. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burin's House, near Newbury, Becks
Col. Burslein, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the Connty
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

Couaty
Rev Chas. Fres. Ramifylde, Rector of Dunkerten, Rear Bath, 3lagia-

trate for Somerset
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Binning.

hal Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Eusklagitom-
shiro Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingemill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentistoere, Collumpton •
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Liculin Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portamoath
George Pearce, Req., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hangerford, Chairman of the Berke

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 Daizell, Esq., Wallingford, Bouts
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kale Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director

of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland aid 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 the Chester and
Birkenhead, an Manchester and Southampton Railways
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadiu, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, Esq., 11. 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 aid Bradford

Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jan., Esq., Hull, Director of tke Hull and Barulay

Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South•

At Bodmin

At Truro
At Penzance

ampton Rallw;.Y
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
1101 mes, Esq., Liyerpoo
Win g, Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bx7ldge Railway Company
C. Appleby, .Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester _nailway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshko 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., Uppertherpe, near Sheffield, Diroctor of the
Haddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director atlas But Coast

X 1,291,290
Assuming that t -fifths only of the existing charges
become a source of revenue to the railway, and that
the tariff be reduced considerably below the state
tariff of Belgium, ,`ltere will be deducted .. 752,320

Remains • • • •doubled. £539,880
Sapposing that the present ,traffic will only be
xxperienee has proved the
by the railway, although'
increase to be equal to 300 .td 400 per cent., there will
itt•
be added • • .. • • • • • • • • 648,88 t,

Railway Con tpany
Captain Bowke r, R.N., Devon Port
H. 9. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Direeter of the East audWest

Ofinilanaßallway Company
John Fawcett, E..4•+ Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Nan

- _
reweate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wlsbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York

And add 21,077,700
For the transport of troops, minter stores,4e., Which
the Government will substitute for the conveyance 137
waggons .. .. • • . • ~ 50,080
25 per Cent., at the least, for the Aiies,nt traitio .. 215,952
.....

and East Li neolnshire Railways
John Johnstoi to Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool

David Price, 3E.sq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. 11. eV. C.sttle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wormultl, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midla id and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
, Henry Hubbell ity, Esq., Hull
1 John Ostler, E: sq., Hull, Director of the Mall and Barnsley Jnnetien
Henry Shaw, 1.15 q., Fetter-lane
L ,tnry Sayer, lusq., Commercial-road, Lbriehonse, merchant
Joi
- Mee itiathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square
John Norton, 'Esq., Moat Howse, Brentwood, Essex
Willia it John. M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John G.
nay Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. r. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. L., `i re, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate ef Sontharapton
Thomas C.
Vis. Harrison, Esq., F R.S., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Runb
'try, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry, ,74 Leicester Railway
Captain Trio B:4ank R.N.'
Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jena on ....41eAle,
Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whttn ey, i.'sq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul II Arwoot:, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
The Hon. F. i won 21, Eaton-place
William Higgi ria, isq., Turrey, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
Sir Raymond • l'asTts, Fair 04Vpark, near Winchester, Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, and magi:strop for the °minty of Hants
William Jacks on, Esq, Thitenhead, Chairman e the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway
E. 11. Laiirvor thy, Esq., Manehsater
Thomas Sidney '' DR., Alderman, and Sheriff of London and Mid-
dlesex
Nathaniel Goul d. Eel., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, and Tavistoek-
square
Esq., Cadogan-place, and West MoulseY,
Edmund Lionel Welles..
Surrey Eos
t India-road, and Limehouse, Director of
Duncan Dunbar ', Esq., the Marine Assurance Cempar.y, and
lety
the
ee London General s) D. a
)c.poic Cwontnerp,sa.'t:Y•oe,
William Jackson „Esq., Shefile.'d, Director of the Goole and Doncaster

£1,84t,712
From which deduct nearly 0 per cent. for maintenance
of way, &c. • . .. • • • • .. • • .. 671,C5.%

Leaving a net profit of „ £671,856
Or of nearly 28 per cent. upon the capital.
The capital now proposed to be raised has been estimated, by
competent authority, to be amply sufficient for the completion of the
railway, including stations, a double line for rails, and the working
plant.
The royal ordinance authorises the erection of an electric tele-
graph along the line, which will answer the double purpose of placing
the railway under the special protection of the Government, and
closely uniting it with all the railways that intersect the kingdom
and have their common termini in Madrid, to which capital maritime
and mercantile information from the Mediterranean can be instan-
taneously communicated.
One-third of the shares are, by the terms of the concession, con-
ceded to Spain.
The locale of the Company will be in Spain, and it will be framed
on the principle of a companies anontna, agreeably to the commercial
code of that country.
The affairs of the Company will be conducted by a Board of Di-
rectors in London, assisted by a highly influential Committee in
Madrid. The remuneration to the Directors will b• made in ac-
cordance with the plan usually adopted in continental railways, and
that to the Concessionaires consists of a mere contingent interest in
two-twentieths of net profits, after five per cent. shall have been se-
cured to the shareholders.
A deposit of 2/. per share is payable on allotment, and no future
call will exceed 21. per share, of which two months' notice at least
will be given.
Applications for shares, according to the subjoined form, to be ad-
dressed to Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, solicitors, 34, Lime-
street, London ; to Messrs. Hutchinson and Son, stockbrokers, Loth-
bury ; Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street ; Messrs.
Johnston, and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead,
Liverpool ; Messrs.Wreford, and Co., Bristol ; Mr. N. Lea, Birming-
ham; Messrs. Watson, and Co., Leeds; Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle,
Hull ; Messrs. Buchan and Aitkin, Glasgow ; Mr. W. Gordon,
Aberdien ; ~(essrs. Labertonclie and Stafford, Dublin ; and to the
Secretary, at the office, 37, Moorgste-street, London.
London, Sept. 10, 1845.

Railway
George F. Earle, .Esq., Hull
Stephen Knowles . Esq., Exeter
W. Lawrence, E, it 1., Brixton
John Learrnenth, 1 Esq., Edinburgh, Cflerman opanies f the Edinburgh and
ta
Glasgow, ui n wth British Railway
Wellington 12c ss Seymour, Esq., Montitgue-place, Russell-square,
Com
Director oft he: Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
William Taunt x,l ,:sq., Great Surrey-street, plackfriars
John Booth, E wt • Sherburn Grange, Durham
Matthew Benj snit Robson, Esq., Whitwsll Grange, Durham
John Holmes, Esq.; St. Jame,'s-street, Director of the Dorchester and
Weymouth 1 tailwa.-, and York and Lancaster Railway
William G. Be man], Lsq., Clifton, Bristol
James Shaw, I :sq., Salfors 'I,
Thomas Small' wood Ricl.,ards, Esq., 59, Baker-street, Portman-square
Manchester
Deputy-Lieu tenant and 51.
N. M'Cann, EE Kt., Parliam, .nt-street
Robert Cooat,e
Henry Wenmu n Newman, }...sci., Bristol, Magistrate for that City, and
tgistrate for the county of Gloucester
William William Horat to Harrison, Esc', Sunbury
in Jalland, Esq., . tiolderness House, mar Hull
Tomas ridn"
Esq., Gainsborough . Director of the Gainsboro h
t Massey, Esq., 11,, wark-upon-Trent
Goole, and I de of Ail, ini f the lig 0
0 e, an&
~,) le Wisbeach, Italy, and Lin-
colnshire Es IN 4tyi
•

OF APICATION'.
To the Directors ofFORM the Madrid and PL
Valencia Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me s. arcs of 20/.
each iu the above Company ; and I hereby undertaketo accept the
same, or any less number which you may appropriate to I. e, and to
pay the deposit thereon of 2/. per share.
Dated this day of 1845.

Name •• • ..... • •• •
Residence . .•••••• • • • • • • •
Profession or Trado
Plate of Business ..... • • • •
Reference • .........

MADRID and VALENCIA RAILWAy._
No APPLICATION FOR SHARES will be received after
WEDNESDAY', the First day of October next.
By order,
F. KIRKHAM FOWLER Secretary.
Office 37, Moorgate-street, Sept. 25, 1845,

E SUN, LONDON, MONDA► Y EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1845.

William Ruston, Esq., Catherine-court, Trinity-square
G. Wiugrove Cooke, Esq., Temple, London
C. I. Selwyn, Esq., Exeter
Joseph Hopwood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Falmouth

Railway
Richard Compton, Esq., Eddington House, Hungerford, Berks, a
Magistrate for the counties of Wilts and Barks
Henry Coa Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Malden, Essex
The Constable of Hungerford
Richard Davis,Esq., St. Helen's-place, Director of the South Midland

Railway
Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of

the Warwickshire and London Railway
Captain William Lionel Lampert, The Highlands, Oxfordshire, and
Leamington, Warwickshire
Francis Burton, Esq., Milverton House, Warwickshire
Captain Stewart, R.N., Leamington, Warwickshire
Samuel Haines, Esq.. Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director
of the South Staffordshire Railway . _

William Northage, Esq., Upper Gm-ver-street, Bedford-square
John Wodley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the Lirmingham

and Bristol Railway
Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory, Roehampton, Surrey
Francis Cole Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, Hyde:Park
Algernon Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
John Parkinson, Esq., 1.R.5., Cambridge-terrace,'Hyde Park
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square
Richard Grouceck, Esq.,l Bow-churchyard, and Dulwich, Director
of the Direst Manchester Railway
J. B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland-lodge, Brixton
Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York
Henry Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheapside, Director of the
Rugby and Macclesfield Direct Railway
John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square.
Thomas Grimsditch, Esq., M.P., Macclesfield, Cheshire
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fields, Wolverhampton, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
William Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton
Erasmus R. Foster, Esq., Birchin-lane
William Bargett, Esq., Broad-street
Peter R. Morrison, Esq., Princes-street Bank
Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester
John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Enfield, Director of the York and Lan-
cas"..er Railway
Thomas Kidley, Esq., 3f.D., Sheffield
James Sheppard, Esq., jun.. White Hart-court, Lombard-street
Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Magistrate
for Middlesex
(leorge Sercombe, Esq., Exeter
John Clampit Sercombe, Esq., Exeter
William Pearce, Esq., Liverpool
W. Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., jun., Temple
William Nash, Esq., Capham Common

Grey Hazlerlgg, Esq., West Carlton Hall, Leicester
Captain Twisieton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the
Leicester and Tean and Dove Valley Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEERS IN CHIEF.
Sir John Macniell, LL.D., F.R.S.
James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A.
BANKERS—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Row Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-Belds, 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.
ISSISTANT-SECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and B. Pinnigor, Esq.

At Ramsbury—William Rowland, Esq.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq., And John Edwards Hayward, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodvray

At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Shepton Mallett—Francis Isaac Nalder, Esq.
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. g. and J. It. Poole

At Exeter—William Denis 3foore, Esq.

. .
It Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq., and J, A. Tome, Esq.

At Launceston-3fesors. Lawrence and Pattison

Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-hone, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Harpin, John, Esq., Birk's-house, Holmfirth
liatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Hammond, :G., Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
Harrison, John, Esq., Banker, Ripon, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Haywood, Richard Howard, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries
Holdforth, Joseph Dempsey, Esq., of Burley, Leeds, Director of the
Leeds and Liverpool Railway
Herries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Hirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield
Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall, Ashbourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-
ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq.. Meorgate, Director of Remington's
London and Manchester Direct Railway
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Jones, Edward, Esq., Windmill-place, Camberwell
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Kingdom, Wm. Esq., Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of
the Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c:
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons'
Life Assurance, &c.
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury
Laughton, Richard, Esq., Barrow-hill, Uttoxeter
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn
Commission, &c.
Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall
Mason, Charles James, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries
Mason, George Miles, Esq., Wetley Abbey, Staffordshire
3feteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Rernington's London and
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Musgrave, Simeon, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds, Director of the Thirst
and Midland Junction
Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the East
and West Junctien Railway
Mountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
lioorhouse, Joshua, Esq., Holmfirth
Maskery, Thomas, Esq., Norbury, Derbyshire
North, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfield
Norton, George, Esq., Clayton West, Huddersfield,Director of the Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Orton, James, Esq., Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Ryde-park, Di-
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-
way, &c.
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Roberts, Thomas, Esq., Manehester
Robinson. John, Esq.,lSilcoates, Cottage, Wakefield
Rodeo, Thomas Clarke, Esq., Birmingham
Richardson, Joseph, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
Railway
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scroptoe, ierbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and 'Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Tork
Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Wore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Teau and Dove
Talley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Sidney, Thomas, lesq.,sAldennan and Sheriff, City of London, Direc-
tor of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and
West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
surance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, &e.
Tibbits, Thomas, Esq., Norton Manor-house, Leicester
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq , Ashbourne
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, &c,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley
Watts, William Roycle, Esq., Birmingham
Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Willes, George, Esq., Thagerford-park, Berkshire
Williamson, Hugh Henshall, Esq., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire
Potteries
Williamson, Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne
Wilkinson John, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
rough Railway.

A.t Falmouth—Messrs. Tresidder and Son
The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
Landon 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 situation at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port en 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 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then tkey 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 ether line than the
resent 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 aflbrd-
iag all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of tile Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, llunger-
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 railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol 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
distance from London Is Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
'With real-sect to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is
needless to seylmore than that there is already thorough traffic sulli-
cleat to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern : that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles, that it will traverse rich and 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 ; t • what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
may be further developed, er 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 :lance 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 ef 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 cut 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, 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, bat a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
reriort 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
net 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 aro iu a state of for-
„.ardnees, aid 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 landow-ners, 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 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
the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, at the Company's
Offices, 20, Poultry, London, or to the local solicitors, or to any re-
spectable broker in town or counts,
20, Poultry, London, September, 1545.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Proyisional Committee of the Direct Wester* Railway

Company.

Gentlemen,—I request you will allot ine shares of 251. each in
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 12s. Gd.
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

1845.
Name in full ........
Trade or Profession
Place of Business (if any) • • • • • • ..
Reference • • • • • • .. • • . • • • • • • • • .....

THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE (or LEEDS
WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLE Y) DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Weetbourne-street,

Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way, &c.
Sir William Beethby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, and Alga-house, Scarberough, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Hon. Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and
Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Nottingham and Boston
Railway, Parliament-street, London, &c., &c.
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoseter, Director of Remington's London and

Manchester Railway
Bright, Selim, Esq., Baxton
Barrett, H., Leeds, Director of the Keighley, Halifax, and Madders-

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourno, Union Bank, Uttoxeter
Ditto Ditto, Ashbourne
Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley
Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby
Ripen—Messrs. Terry, Harrison and Co.
Bradford—The Leeds and West Riding Bank
Messrs. I. and Hamilton Richardson, solicitors, Leeds
SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter
ENGINEERS.
gir John Rennie, F.A.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Eggington, A., Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.
Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle
Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield and Holmfirth
BROKERS.
Messrs. Bitching and Alarshall, Leeds
Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds
Mr. Thomas Oskwith, Ripon

field Union Railway
Buck, W. C., Req., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway
Biurton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Direetor of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Xailway
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Direct Railway
Cleobury, Themes, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Juaetion
Railway, &c.
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tem and Dove
Valley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire;
and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Cumberlege, Nathaniel, Ashbourne,.ii"ork-terrace, Regent's Park
Dalby, John, Robert, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston, Ashbourne
Daniel, Richard, Req., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., ten., Ashbourne
Dent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield
Dent, John, Esq., Northgate, Huddersfield
Darlington, J., Esq., Bradford
Dyson, Thomas, Esq., Well-house, Holmfirth
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Statibrd-
shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield
Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., 111iddersfield, Director of the Hudders-
field, Sheffield, aild Halifax Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Elershaw, John, Esq., Leeds
Fidler, Peter Pichott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derby-shfro
Fisher, Thomas, FA., Director of the Liverpoal awl Leeds Direct
Railway
Frost, Meadows, Esq., Chester
Garle. Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoxeter
Gilpin, and Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Olsborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire.
Leicester, And Tamworth Railway, &c.
Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, Longton, Staffordshire
Haden, Joseph, Esq., Dudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Sta ord-
Pire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway

This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com-
munication between two of the most important manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South gtaffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilsten, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystwith, and with Port Dynnllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds
and Southampton.
The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourne, thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and llolmfirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Iluddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirst. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned,
Arrangements have been made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staftbrds'aire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous stud expen-
sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Pottories, to th,e Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line,
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, WorkswOrtb, and Bakers en
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming Very scarce,
and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire ; and the route of this line Would fur-
' nish a cheap and good supply, at ?relent not worked, and without a
market, both north and south, In addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large peat.
There are large lead awl slate quarries on the line which only want
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring theta into fall work.
The coal is of a superior quality.
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The acenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists ; and particular care will ise
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company, which this and other lines of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.

The gypsum formation runs from Staftbrdshlre to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.

The' timber from the neighboarhood of the ifeedwood Forest,
Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequent). ofthe late Parliamentary decisions, it is
intended to make this IWO on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
At the urgeut *mg/ration of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of -asalsourne, the Committee have ordered a survey of a Auc-
tion lie* to connect that town with OA Herby, and with the Derby
and Gainsborough and Midllo4 ItutlWayS
Applications for &Ives tie, be made to John Owens, Esq„ 85,
Ifoorgate-street, Loo dOll, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
Uttozeter ; and tea the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs, Preece and
Evans, 39, /44tIthltry Mr. Miles, Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry
wheelop,Worcester ; Messrs. Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard K, Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Measrs‘ Wellbeloved and ()mistier

Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Titull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradtbrd ; Mr. William Masao, Bradford ;
Mr. William Crq4lreltu, Halifax; Mr. Charles Spencer, Rottingham;
Messrs. and Skew, Derby ; Messrs. Graystoat and Earle,
Yorl
1/4t."..`"1*. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield.; Messrs. Kettering
Ilyaarshall, Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr.
Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Messrs, Tate and Nash, Bris-
tol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Laugworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter; Mr. J. Si Holland, Coventry; Messrs, Houghland
and Leese, Manchester-; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester;
Meters. A. Btrc;4ll and Co., Manchester; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell
and Sors, aireftleld; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr.L. Weather.
ourn, pu., Huddersfield ; Messrs. Everard and Co., Huddersfield;
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leigester ; Mr. Nicholson, Edinburgh;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, Collbge-zgeen, Dublin ; Mr. James Roes, Perth.
FOAM OM' APPLICATION FOR ;SHARES.
To the PrAvititOnal Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Direot Railway.
Cieuttenten,—l request you to allo4 xne Shares of 201. each
in the above Railway, anti I undertake to accept the same or such
less number as you may appropriate to tee, subject to the regulations
of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and In pay, when
required, the Deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per Share.
Dated this, day of , 184 .
Name in full
Profession and professional residenc-e •• . •
Residence in fu11........................
Reference.. • ...... ..........

LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD,
and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER-
HAMPTON, and DUDLEY. DIRECT RAILWAY.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
The Acting Committee of Direction have agreed: " that a Branch
Lim" from Ashbourne to Derby be adopted by this Company, and
that the capital of the Company be increased from 1,700,0001. to
2,000,0001. for that purpose."
JOHN OWENS, Joint
WM. ARNOLD BAINBRIGGE,j Solicitors.
Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgate, Sept. 26, 1845.