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Julius Lowenthal, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders- I
field, Manchester, and Great Grimsby Direct Railway
Wm. Thomas Jackson, Esq., Tadcaster, Director of the East and
West Yorkshire, and Liverpool and Leeds Direst Railways
John Ostler, Esq., Hull
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square
John Jervis Garrard, Esq., Queen-square, Bristol
Samuel Garlick, Esq., Park-square, Leeds
Cuthbert Johnson, Esq., Avenue-road, Regent's-park
James Goren, Esq., The Priory, Battersea
Rev. Francis Thornburgh, Kingswood, Wilts
James Yearsley, Esq., Saville-row, Piccadilly
Alfred Parker, Esq., Park-road, Regent's-park
James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Manchester, Director of the Manches-
ter, Liverpool, and Great North of England ; of the Newcastle,
Durham, and Lancashire; and of the Bolton and Bury Railways
Captain James Wood, R. M., Woolwich, Director of the Dublin
Approximation Atmospheric Railway
Benjamin Casson, Esq., Hull
John Holmes, Esq., Hull
Richard Hands, Esq., Coventry, Director of the Birmingham West
Branch, Wednesbury, and Walsall Railway
Thomas Ferrand Dearden, Esq., Coroner, Rochdale, Lancashire
Charles Ralph Broadley, Esq., Rochdale
James Clarkson, Esq., Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Rugby and
Manchester, via Macclesfield Railway
J. J. Godfrey, Esq., Liverpool
J. H. M`Mahon, Esq., Limerick, Director of the Cheltenham, Ox-
ford, and Brighton Junction, and the Galway and Ennis Grand
Junction Railways
Henry Chaytor, Esq , Clairvaux Castle, Darlington, Director of
the Warwick and Worcester, and the Hull and Holyhead Rail-
ways
Robert Bourne, Esq., Parliament-street, Whitehall
Alfred Parker, Esq., Park-road. Regent's-park
William Cremer, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the Grand Trunk ;
and Northern and Southern Connecting Ritilways
William Bousfield, Esq., Colebrook-terrace
John Yearsley, Esq., merchant, Fenchureh-street
James Robertson, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Warwick and
Rugby, and Leominster Railways
John Batley Wrigley, Esq., Croft.house, near Huddersfield, Director
of the Manchester, Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Direst
Railways
Samuel Deshayes Saunders, Esq., Ivy-cottage, Syneembeehill, Bath
George Barons Notthcote, Esq., Somerset-court, Somersetshire,
Director of the Somersetshire Midland Railway
Thomas Dixon Burrow, Esq., Settle, Yorkshire
George Watts, Esq., Mount Radford, Exeter, Director of the
Exeter and Exmouth, the Great Western Extension, and the
Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railways
William Henry Samweli George, Esq., Exmouth
Edward Greaves, Esq., Leeds
John Bowes, Esq., Hull, Director of the Rugby, Leamington, and
Warwick Railway
Thomas Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and
Holyhead Railway
William Priest, Esq., Hull, Director of the York and Hull, and
the East and West Yorkshire Junction Railways
Thomas Holmes, Esq., Hull .
Benjamin Willsher, Esq., Waterloo-place. Pall-mall
Richard Power, Esq., Euston-square, and Long Orchard, Tipperary
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton.place
Arthur Heymes, Esq., Methuen Villa, Leamington, Director of
the South Midland and Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Rugby
Derby, and Manchester Railway
Joseph Brook, jun., Esq., Huddersfield
Julian Skrine, Esq., Linsfield-house, Cambridge, Director of the
Cambridge and Lincoln, and the Northern and Southern Con-
necting Railways
Rev. G. M. D'Arcy Irvine, LL.D., Redclifk-parade, Bristol
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Great Manchester,
Rugby; and Southampton, the Shropshire Mineral, the London
and Holyhead Direct, the Liverpool, and Derby Direct, the
London and Liverpool Direct, and the Derby and Gainsborough
Railways, &c.
Edward Gaubert, Esq., Park-villa, Richmond, Director of the
Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway-
William James tee, Esq., Northampton-square, Director of the
Rugby, Swindon, and Weymouth Railway
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., Upper Hyde-park-street, Director of the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction, the Chester and
Manchester Direct, and the West Midland, Manchester, and
Southampton Railways
Abraham Alexander, Esq., Lullington-house, Leamington, Dirtc-
tor of the Birmingham, Oxford, Reading, and Brighton, the
Worcester, Warwick, and Rugby, and the Lincolnshire and
Eastern Counties Railways
Joel Edens, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Sheffield, Notting-
ham, and London Direct, the Liverpool and Derby Direct, the
Direct Northern, Eastern, and Western Junction, and the Mid.
land and Eastern Counties Railways, ske.
F. Valentine Lee, Esq.
P. Taylor, Esq , Knaresborough
Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York, and
the Direct Liverpool and Leeds Railways
G. I. Brandon, Esq., Finsbury-square, Director of the Direct
Manchester, Leeds, and York; and the Grand Trunk Railways
William Driffield, Esq., Bond-house, Knaresborough, Director of
the Liverpool and Leeds Direct; the East and West Yorkshire,
and the Leeds and Thirsk Railways
Wm. A. Long, jun., Esq., Kingswood, Wotton-under-Edge
Rev. Stephen Isaacson, 111. A., Berners-street, Director of the
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton; the Cambridge and Lin-
coln Extension ; the Hull and Holyhead ; and the Leeds, Fleet-
wood, and Liverpool Railways
Thomas Dorton, Esq., Blackburn, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct, and of the Blackburn, Chorley, and Liverpool
Rai I ways
John Joseph Allnatt, Esq., Wallingford, Berke
Edmund Alderson Fawcett, Esq., Huggin-lane and Nottingham,
Sic., Director of the Direct Liverpool and Derby, the Direct
West End and Croydon, and the Middlesex and Surrey Junction
Railways
Capt. T. C. Newton, Lueuardine, Herefordshire, Director of the
Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool, the Hereford and Merthyr
Tydvil, the Hull and Holyhead Direct, and the Grand London
and Dublin Approximation Railways
Wm. Fitzwilliam Hume, Esq., Hume wood, Wicklow, Deputy
Lieutenant, J. P., and High Sheriff of the County of Wicklow
Edward Irwin. Esq., Ratlibide-house, Kildare
Christopher Carter, Eel, Belmont-house, Knaresborough
Walter Watson, Esq., Leamington
James Peard Lye, Esq., Seaton ironworks, Whitehaven. Director
of the Mull and Holyhead Railway
Arthur Ley, Esq , Bideford, Devonshire, Director of the Hull and
Holyhead Railway
John Albutt, Esq , Leeds
William Muschamp, Esq., Sunderland
Joseph Henry Oates, Jun., Esq., Meanwood, near Leeds
George Mitchell, Esq., Sandbed-house, Ossett, near Wakefield,
Director of the Wakefield, Ossett and Dewsbury Railway, also
of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield, and Leeds Railway
William Mien. Eve. Chappletown, near Leeds
William Standidge, Jun., Esq., Barkaton Ash, near Ferrybridge
Samuel Warburton, Eel„ Hunslet, near Leeds. Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway, and of the Wakefield and
Harrowgate Railway, &c. &c. &c.
George William Oates, Esq., Carr House, Meanwood, near Leeds
George Newsome, Esq., Cross Banks, Batley, near Dewesbury
James Kitchen, Esq., Burmanstofts, Leeds
William Fieldhouse, Esq., St. Mark's-place, Leeds
William Beaumont, Esq., Crawahaw House, Pudsey, Director of
the West Yorkshire, Midland and Thirsk Junction, &C. &c. &c.
John Pawson, Esq., Chappleton, near Leeds
John Lawson, Esq., Town Knawl Cottage, Ossett, near Wakefield
John Sheard, Esq . Bonfire-cottage, near Dewsbury
Joseph Thompson Fenton, Esq., Chesterfield
John Haley, Esq., Stanningley
David Gummersall, Esq., Stanningley Mills
William Dixon, Esq., Howley mills, Morley, near Leeds
Joe Dransfield, Esq., Rookery-mills, near Hudderißeld
Joseph Jubb, sen., Esq., Batley-mills, near Dewsbury, Director of
the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield and Leeds Railway, Bcc.
Henry Lodge, Esq., Sheffield
Josiah Burrows, Esq., Castle-house, Gommersall, Director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct, and the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct
Robert Bell, Esq., Elmwood-house, Leeds
George A. Hauston, Esq., Paisley
Frank Mitchell, Esq., Ryecroft-cottage, near Ossett
Alexander Majoribanks, Esq., of Majoribanks, NB.
Major-General White, Bath, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Andrew Clarke, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Cam-
berwell, Surrey
John Wheelton, Esq., Afeophani Bank, Tonbrdge, Kent
Stephen Hartley Knowles, Esq., merchant, Ten Lands, Gernersall,
near Leeds
Lionel William Knowles, Esq., merchant, West-house, Gemmel],
near Leeds
James Sutcliffe, Esq., Nowland-hall, near Halifax, Director of the
Leeds and Thirsk Railway
George Fearnley, Esq., M.D., Grove-house, Dewsbury
Thomas Hadfield Gloyne, Esq., Prospect-house, Dewsbury
Samuel Burnley, Esq., merchant and manufacturer, Havereroft-
house, Batley, near Dewsbury
Thomas Dean, Esq., Healey house, Dewsbury
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq., M.D., Leamington
James Brehm, Esq., Torquay, Devon
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r.. ,od
Thomas Biaet,h,
Christopher Carter, Esq., Belmont-house, Knaresborough
Frederick
E. Goddard,sl.
y, Esq.,
near Leeds, Directei of the North.
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Farmer's Life Assurance Company
Wm. Wation,),F.sq., Leamington
Thomas Rogers, Esq„ Bradford
John Lloyd, Esq. Newington
Edward Elarke, Esq., Temple, and Dover-street, Piccadilly
Samuel Geo. Beamish, Esq. Kennington• square
( With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street, Bank,
and 69, Pall-mall.
ACTING ENGINEER—Henry Renton, Esq, C.E.
ARCHITECT AND SURVEYOR.—CharIes Lee, Esq., Galen-KUM,
SOLICITOR—J. D. Wells, Esq., No. 13, George-street, Mansion.
house.
SECRETARY—R. IL Gadesden, Esq.
Genets—No. 70, King William-street, Mansion-house, London
The object of the promoters of this Company is to form a direct
line of railway, from Bristol and Bath to Dover; and thus, in efteet,
unite, connect, or reciprocate with, all the existing and projected
lines of railway in the south and south. west and west of England, as
well also as form a complete communication with Ireland and all
the western and Welsh railways, and most of those in the northern
and great manufacturing districts, by whicb passengers and goods
to and from Folkestone and Dover, France and Belgium, may
be conveyed without the necessity of passing through the me-
tropolis.
The main line to be laid down by the Company will be considerably
lees than 100 miles, throughout which the strongest encouragement
and support have been manifested towards this railway by the landed
proprietors, many of whom have determined to invest capital in the
undertaking ; and the engineer's report precludes any apprehen-
sion of engineering difficulties. The great public utility and com-
mercial advantages of railway communication between the important
places and ports which it is now contemplated to unite must be at
once appreciated by reference to a map of the country, and they
will be forcibly illustrated by the ohjecta to be attained by this
Company.
This line is Intended to begin at Bristol by means of the Great
Western Railway, and passing through Bath to Bath Hampton
it will skirt the valley of the Avon, to Bradford, and thence to
Trowbridge. It will then take as straight a direction as can be
obtained to Devises, All Cunnings, Pewsey, Burbage, Shaltorne,
West Woodhay, High Clere, and Overton, on to Basingstoke,
Where it will unite with the South Western Railway, and thus
from the western counties the distance will be several miles
shorter to the metropolis than by any other existing line. It will
then, by means of the South Western Railway, proceed on to near
Farnborough (a distance of fourteen miles) whence, leaving
Farnham to the south, it will pass onward to Aare, Guildford,
Gomshall, and Dorking to Riegate, where It will unite with the
South Eastern and Dover Railway—(the latter, eighteen miles
from Guildford to Reigate will in all probability be constructed by
another Company.)
In its course it will thread its way through the lines of many of
the railways already constructed or projected—the junction of
which will not only be estimated as a great public convenience, but
prove highly advantageous to the several Companies interested,pre-
dueing an immense traffic, that must stream from Ireland—from
our great manufacturing districts in the north—the cloth and corn
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markets of the west of England—the mineral and coal fields of
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tinent generally. Triisi:adt.ion with France, Belgium, and the con-
exceed thirty miles front to be saved by this railway will '
Dover ; while to many of thaeht
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will be entirely obviated, and manufacturers and merchants in most
parts of the country, west and north, or south, will be thus en•
abled to forward and receive goods direct from and to Dever and
Dolkstone, avoiding the present inconvenient mode and expense of
transference from railway to railway across London.
Any attempt to distinguish the number of passengers proceed-
ing to or from London, or the provinces and the continent by the
South Eastern and Dover RaiLvay, would be abortive; but the
published statements of that Company show that the traffic ex-
ceeds 8,0001. weekly, and the accounts of arrivals at, and departures
from Calais, Boulogne, and Ostend, exhibit an Astonishing number
of persons as passengers to and from England weekly, by Dover
and Folkenstone, throughout the whole of the year. Yielding to
the metropolis one.half of the number as a large proportion, the
remaining half will belong to the provinces and Ireland, who will
probably prefer to be conveyed from or to their localities without
the annoyance of being compelled to pass through London. es-
pedially as the saving of distance alone will considerably diminish
expenses.

Hollingworth, James, Esq. London-terrace, Derby

Isaacson, Rev. Stephen. Berners-street, Director of the Chelten-
ham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company. &e.
Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's place, Brixton, director of the

Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Johnson, Samuel, Esq. Halifax, director of the Leeds, York, and

Midland Railway
Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct

London and Manchester Railway Company
Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Ross and
Kilkenny Company, &c.
Kidley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield
Kuper, William, E q. Camberwell, director of the London and

Windsor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies
Lowtkrop, Sir William, Hull, Chairman of the Hull and Barnsley,
and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Corn-
panies
Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Morton, F. F.sq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company
Morton, H. J. Esq. C. E. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of th• Hull,
Mahon, and Northern Union Railway
M'Crea, H. 0. Esq. The Haugh, Halifax
Mesham, W. R. Esq. St. Loyes, Bedford, director of the North-
ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company
Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and
Midland Railway Company
Magnay, Sir William, Bart alderman, London
M'Swinney, Jo.eph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company, &c.
Newen, George, Esq. Hyde Park terrace
Needham, the Hon. Francis, Fairfield-ludge, Kensington

The construction of this line of railway can hardly fail to meet
the full approvol of the Government ; as, besides its great com-
mercial utility, the convenience it will afford for the speedy tran.
sport of troops from Ireland, or the north, south, or west of Eng-
land to Dover, in a direct manner, avoiding the present necessity of
marching them across Loildon or (Aber towns, after they are once
platted in railway carriage's, must be greatly appreciated ; and where
it is expedient that expedition and secrecy should be observed in
the removat of troops, the means offered by this Company will
greatly assist the authorities in facilitating their objects.
The railways already constructed or projected with which this
line of railway will effect a union or communication, and recipro-
cate, advantages exceed fifty in number (as will be seen by examin-
ing any railway m2p), and all of them must be in direct commu-
nication with, and will feed, or be fed by The Southern Counties
Union, and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Lirect Railway ; the most
important junctions being those leading to this line from the north
and the manufacturing districts by Oxford to Dovor and Brighton,
those from Ireland, North Wales by Cheltenham or Oxford and
this railway to Dover or Brighton, and those from the south and
west of England by Salisbury to Dover ; thus effecting a con-
tinuance and direct intercourse with nearly every part of Eng-
land, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and the continent.
The census returns show that this railway will pass through a
country containing a population of upwards of one million, and this
number, though large, may be fairly multiplied several thnes,if all
the other parts of the kingdom which will benefit by it be con-
sidered.

Pollock, Robert, F.sq. Leeds, provisional director of the 'weds,
York, and Midland Railway Company
Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and
Liverpool Railway Company
Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Direct Western Railway Company
Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester
Powell, S. H. Esq. Foxley-cuttag,s, North Brixton, director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company
Preston, Thomas B. Skipton
Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby •
Reyno:ds, James, Esq. merchant, Manchester
Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West
Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, chairman of the Manchester, Wigan,
and Southampton Railway Company
Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director of the York and Lancaster

With these facts before them, the promoters have not deemed it
necessary to put forth estimates of traffic; the soundness of the
project being guaranteed by the truths already given in this brief
exposition, and the great objects intended to be compassed by this
Company.

LOCAL ♦GRNTS.
Basingstoke and Odiham—Messrs. Cole, Lamb, and Brooks
Bath—Messrs. Mant and Harvey
Bristol—Matthew Perkins, Esq.
Devizes—John Raikes Bayly, Esq.
Farnham—B. Nichols, Esq.
Hawkhurst —Messrs. Beecham and Upperton
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb, Esq.
Melksham—Messrs. Moule and Gore
Newbury—Robert Baker, Esq. and Messrs sunny and Son
Reading—Rupert Clarke, Esq.
Reigate— William Burt, Esq.
Trowbridge—John Brent, Esq.
Whitchurch, Hants—Thomas Pain, Esq.

Railway
Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-square, chair-
man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail-
way Company
Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester.place, Portman.square
Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq. Bristol near Leeds, director of the
Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the
Great Western and Southern and Eastern Railway Company
Ramsden, Thomas, Esq. Cothingley, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Renshaw, James, Esq Lombard-street, London. and West Heath.
house, Erith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South

Staffordshire Junctifin Railway
Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley,

Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company
Rogers, Thomas, Eq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and

Applications for shares (which must be necessarily restricted in
consequence of the immense number that have already been
applied for under guarantee of persons of the highest respectability)
with prospectuses and plans, to be made to the secretary, at the
offices of the Company, 70, King William-street, City; to
J. D. Wells, Esq., 13, George-street, Mansion-house, and
to the following sharebrokers :—Lotidon, S. H. Ellis, Esq.,
1.7, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Price and Brown, Change-
alley ; L. H. Hazlewood, Esq., Angel-court, Throgmor-
ton.street ; and T. C. Mundey, Esq., 17, Royal Exchange,
Bath. R. P. Lemon, Esq., Thomas Evans, Esq , and J. B. Mundy,
Esq. ; Birmingham, J. R. Lane, Esq., W. H. Collis, Esq. ;
Blackburn, Thomas Boardman, Esq., James Senior, Esq ; Bridge-
water, Edward Lilly, Esq. ; Bristol, Messrs. Tat, and Nash, Messrs.
George Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq. ; Burton-on-
Trent, W. Wisby, Esq. ; Cheltenham, Messrs. Hall Brothers, and
Co.; Coventry, Messrs. Browne and Clarke, and John T. Holland,
Esq. ; Dewsbury, John Brooke, Esq. ; Dublin, Messrs. Bruce and
Symes ; Edinburgh, Charles Cowper, Esq ; Exeter, Messrs. H.
Beaumont and Co. ; Halifax, F. C. Spencer, Esq , and James
Hurry, Esq. ; Huddersfield, Messrs. John Gatliff and Co , and John
Butchart, Esq.; Hull; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Messrs. Charles
Wikinson and Earle; Leamington, T. W. Powell, Esq.; Leeds,
Chantrell and Boyes ; Messrs. Wellbeloved, Barwick and Co.,
Messrs. J. and G. Rhodes, Messrs. Read, Broadbent and Co., and
James Jamieson, Esq.; Leicester, Messrs. Payne and Freer ; Liver-
pool, Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Messrs. Davies and Co., H. W.
Lucas, Esq., and John Wills, Esq ; Manchester, Messrs. Hough_
land and Leese, Messrs. Lynil and Berlyn, Messrs. Johnsen, Brad-
ley, and Walker, Messrs. O'Neil and Nosworthy, Messrs. Ner,
Gardiner, and Heap, John Dunmit, Esq.; Newcastle.upon-Tyne,
Messrs. Kimpster ; Plymouth. Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer;
Sheffield, Messrs. Garton and Wright; Southampton,Joseph Clarke,
jun., F..sq. ; Stratford-on-Avon, W. Bolton, Esq. ; Taunton, Richard
Ball, Esq. ; Worcester, William Miles, Esq. ; York, Messrs. Gray.
stun and Earle.

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Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Belgrave- square
Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moore.house, near Tuxford, Notts
Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln

.. ... . .
Sloane, W., Esq. 57, Wimpole-street
Scriven, J. W., Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds

and London Railway Company
Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds
Smith, George Walker, Esq. HorburY.hall, Sheffield, director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London, Direct Railway Company
Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmonsburgh, Y orkshire, director of the
Great Northern and Southern Railway Company
Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shiliber-hall, Halifax
Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble Coombe, near Dorking
Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, London, director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South. Western Railway
Company
Savage, H. Esq. Dorset place, Dorset-square
Swiney, J. Janes, Esq Sandal-view, near Wakefield, director of
the Rugby, Derby, and l‘fanchester, London and Liverpool,
Leeds, York, and Midland, Bristol and:Dover, Sheffield, Silkstone,
and Wakefield, Hull and Holyhead Railway Companies
Scott, William, Esq. Heworth, New York, a provisional director of
the Leeds, Yotk, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomson, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and

Liverpool Company
Taylor, Peter, E:q. Knaresborough
Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tuxford, Notts
Wright, Major-General, R.E. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Whitehead, William Dossa, Esq. Derby-house, Chetwood, Man-

chester
Wilson, William, Esq. 3, Devonport.street, Sussex.square
Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire
Wigglesworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax

Wright. T. S. Esq. Northampton
Ward, Thomas Asline, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Sheffield and

Manchester Railway Company
Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endcliffe•hall, Sheffield.
White, W. Eiq. Fitzroy-square, director of the London and Wind

sor Railway
Witham, James, Esq. Eaton square, director of the Direct London

and Liverpool
Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Wale, Edwin, Esq. York, a provisional director of the York,
Leeds, and Midland Junction Railway
Yates, George, Esq. Halifax
ENGINEERS—Francis Giles, Esq., Alfred Giles, Esq.
BANKERS—London : Messrs. Cox and Co.

SOLICITOR—London ; George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-squara,
and No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall.street.
Offices, No. 2, Guildhall.claambers, Basinghall-etreet.

This company is formed for the purpose of establishing direct
railway communication between the important ports .of Hull,
Great Grimsby, and Southampton.
It is intended to effect this desirable object by the construction
of a line of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham,
Oakham, Uppingham, near to Rockingham and Rothwell, and
joining the South Midland Railway between Market Harborough
and Northampton ; thus forming, in connexion with projected
lines of railway from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and from
Northampton to Southampton the connecting link in one uninter.
rupted chain of railway communication from Hull and Grimsby
to Southampton, Gosport, and Poole, and the whole of the south-
western coast of England.
It will also form the most direct route from Hull, Great
Grimsby, and the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, Northamp,
tonshire, and past of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Chel.
tenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter, and the South and West of
England. _

An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of
this undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of
view, forming as it will an intimate connexion between London
and the South generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshi e
and the adjacent counties, at present without railway accommo.
dation ; while its value to the South Midland, the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway
Companies, and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which
it will form a most profitable adjunct) must be obvious.
This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected
line from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and
Grimsby, the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed
lines running to Lincoln ; at Grantham with the Nottingham,
Vale of Bclvoir and Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakham
with the Syston and Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford,
and Birmingham and Undon, and Manchester Direct.
One great and important feature in this railway is, that it does
not run parallel with, or in opposition to, any existing line of
railway.
The ground has been surveyed, and found to be practicable, pre.
renting for the most part no engineering difficulties.
Satisfactory communications for mutual co-operation have been
opened with the several companies, whose interests will be affected
proposed
line. In the meantime the Committee of Manage-
ment power to amalgamate with any other company, or
deviate
the Proposed line, or make such extensions and
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reserve
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they may hereafter deem advisable.
The Subscribers will be held liable only to the amount of their
subscriptiow, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum on all calls from
the passing of the Act.
In consequence of a great portion of the Shares having been
already applied for, the period for application must necessarily be
very limited.
Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed form to the
following Sharebrokers :—London : Mr. W. West, Capel.court,
Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Ex-
change-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and
Co.. Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Potter and Smith, York; Messrs.
Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply.
T. Sandford Exeter; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham;
Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield;
mouth ; Mr.
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Chelten-
ham ; to the Secretary, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers; and to George
Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street.
To the Frovisional Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton

Railway CoMpany.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares in
the above Company, and I agree to take all such shares, or so many
as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon; and to
execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement,
when required so to do.

Name
Description
Residence ...
Date
Reference to

BRISTOL AND ENGLISH CHANNELS
DIRECT JUNCTION RAILWAY; with a Branch to
Wiveliscombe ; in Continuation of the North Dimon, Bristol and
Exeter, and Great Western Railways. —...,_
( Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000.0001, in 40,000 Shares of 251. each.
It Deposit,' 21. 12s. id. per Share.
No other Call is intended to be qail the Act has been ob-
tained. Parties' !.abilitieswi: etffilTed to the extent of their
Shares.

Till?. SUN, LONDON, TBURSDA Y MORNING, OCTOBER 16 1845,

William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde.
park, director of the South Midland, and Northampten, Ban.
bury and Cheltenham Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge terrace, Regent's park, director
of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railways
Henry Rendell Wotton, Esq„ Fitzroy-square, London
I A devisee in trust of
the late Earl of Egre.
Lawrence Walker, Esq., King's..road, Inont, owner of the
Gray's Inn, London Harbour of Watchet,
and extensive adjacent
manors and estates

William Eales, Esq., Mincing-lane
Frederick William Drewe, Esq., Woodlands house, near Stormy,

Somerset
Joseph Gundry, Esq., Hyde.house, near Bridport, merchant and ship.

owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Robert Longhorn, Esq., C:ttesbrooke, Northampton
John Hill, Eq., Fairfield-house, Lyme Regis, Dorset, merchant
William Tucker, Esq., Coryton-park, near Axminster, Devon
Thomas Hoskins, Esq., Haselbury, Plucknett, near Crewkerne,

Somerset
Thomas Fox, Esq., Beaminster, Dorset, Commissioner of Bridpori

Harbour
William Loveridge, Esq., Paradise lodge, near Chard
Charles Warre Loveridge, Esq., Crewkerne, banker
Benjamin Pearkes Gundry, Eisq , Bridport, merchant
William Trevelyan Cox, Esq., Cheddington.court, near Beaminster
R. Walter, Esq., Coomhe.hcad, near Chard
William Colfox, Esq., Rax.house, Bridport, merchant and ship.
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Stephen Whetham, Esq , Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn.

missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Pike Stephens, Esq., Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn

missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Kenway, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Thomas Colfox. Este., flax-house, Bridport, merchant
William Kinglzke, Esq., Wilton.house, Taunton
William Beadon, Esq., Gotton-house, near Taunton
James Bunter, Esq., Taunton, banker
Henry Hooper, Esq. (late Mayor of Exeter), architect, director of
the North Devon Railway, and Deputy Chairman of the Exeter
and Crediton Railway
Richard Carver, Esq., Taunton, architect, county surveyor for So.
mersetshire
James Carrot Wilcocks, Esq , Exeter, director of the North Devon
Railway, and of the Exeter and Crediton Railway
James Marsh, Esq., Alphington, Exeter, director of the North
Devon Railway
John Hancock, Esq., liaise, near Taunton
Henry Daubney Harvey, Esq., Wiveliscombe, director of the
North Devon Railway
Phillip Hancock, Esq., Ford-house, near Wiveliscombe
James Thomas Benedictus Notley, Esq., Coombe, Sydenharn-house,
near Watchet
George Notley, Esq., Chillington, Somerset
Joseph Hitchcock, Esq., The Grove, Taunton
H. D. King, Esq., Taunton
Stephen William Whetham, Esq., Bridport, merchant and ship-
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Walter Eustace Gundry, Esq., Bridport, banker and merchant
Alfred Nicholetts, Esq., Woederwell, near Bridport
William Battiscombe, Esq., East Cottage, near Bridport, brewer,
Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Thomas Ewens, Esq., Allington, near Bridport, merchant and ship-
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
William Hounsell, Esq., Wykes•court, near Bridport, merchant
Richard Hayward, Esq., West Chinnock, Somerset, merchant and
Max-mill owner
John Hounsell, Esq., Bridport
Theophilus Miller Gunn, Esq., Bridport
James Brown, Esq., Burton, Bradstock, near Bridport
Joseph Hounsell, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Richard Tucker, Esq., Bridport, merchant
William Tucker, Esq., Allington-villa, near Bridport
Richard Turle, Esq.. Taunton, merchant
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton, merchant
Thomas Powell, Esq., The Gaer, near Newport, Monmouthshire,
coal proprietor ; a director of the Taff Vale Railway
Thomas Hughes, Esq., Kingshill, Newport
Franklin Meager, Esq., Swansea, Glamorganshire, of the firm of
M. I. Michael and F. Meager
George Buckneli, Esq., Crowcombe, near Watchet
John Southcomb Ling, Esq., Stogumber near Watchet
Henry Foote Ling, Esq., Stogumber, near Watchet
George Elers, Esq., Stogumber, director of the North Devon Rail-
way
John Williams, Esq., Buckland, near Farringdon, Berks
William Cockburn, Esq., Minehead, Somerset
Robert Hole, Esq., Alcombe, near Minehead
Henry Cadell, Esq., Stampford Brett, near Watchet
Frederick William Rossiter, Esq., Williton, near Watchet
William Avery, Esq., Barnstaple, member of the Provisional Corn.
mittee of the North Devon Railway
Alfred Marriott, Esq , Broadlands- lodge, Taunton
John William Marriott, Esq., Taunton
Henry Alford, Esq.. Taunton
John Eales White, Esq., Taunton, brewer
Jonathan Payne, Esq., Norton, near Taunton, corn-factor and
mill-owner
William Middleton, Esq , Chard, brewer
Silvanus Stephens, Esq., Bridport
William Manley, Esq., Bridport
James Haydon, Esq. Flax-manufacturers,
Robert Turner, Esq. 5 Greenham mills, Crewkerne
James Hill, Esq., Chard
Thomas Llewellyn, Esq.. Taunton
Thomas Stoate, Esq., Wash ford .mills and Watchet, merchant
and ship-owner
Wiaiam Stoate, Esq.. Watchet-mills, merchant and ship-owner
William Gimblett, Esq., merchant and ship-owner, Watchet
William G. Hole, Esq , merchant and ship.owner, Watchet
J. Wansbrough, Esq., t Paper-makers, Paper-mills, Watchet
John Date, Esq., and Bristol
William James, Esq., Doniford, near Watchet
Henry George Hole, Esq„ merchant and ship-owner, Watchet
Joseph Williams, Esq., banker, Williton, near Watchet
Thomas Hawker, Esq., land agent and surveyor, Williton, near
Watchet

(With power to add to their number )
CONSULTING ENGINEER—C. B. Vignoles, Esq., F.R.B A.
ENGINEERS W. C. Mylne, Esq., F.R.S., Principal Engineer to the
New River Company; R. W. Mylne, Esq.
LONDON RANKERS.
Messrs. Cocks, Blddulph and Biddulph, 43, Charing-cross
Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill.

COUNTRY BANKERS.
Stuckey's Banking Company, at their various branches
The West of England and South Wales' District Bank, at their
various branches
Messrs. Williams and Co., Bridport, Dorchester, and at their variou

branches
Messrs. S. and W. E. Gundry, Bridport, and at their various

branches
Messrs. H. R. and I. Badcock, jun., Taunton.
STANDING COUNSEL—A. W. Kinglake, Esq., 24. Old-square,

Lincoln's Inn.
SECRETARY—Mr. Charles P. Meryon.

SOLICITORS IN LONDON—Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34

Lime-street.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlnw and Kingdon,
Palace-yard.

SOLICITORS IN TIM. COUNTRY.
Mr. Edwin Nicholetts, Bridport
Mr Baruch Fox, Bearnister
Messrs. Rowcliffe and Son, Stogumber, near Watchet.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Mr. Samuel Walter, Chard
Mr. Woodland, Taunton
Mr. W. Bridge, Dorchester
Mr. F. Napier Bower, Wiveliscombe
Mr J F. Knight, Axminster.
The object of this Company is to establish a
_direct line of rail-
way for passengers, goods, and commercial, mining, and agricul.
tural produce between the harbour of Watchet on the Bristol
Channel, and the harbour of Bridport on the English Channel, and
provide means of inland transit for a large proportion of the pro-
duce at present necessarily sent by the dangerous and uncertain
Passage round the Land's End, and at the same time afford to the
intermediate rich and populous districts ready and convenient rail-
way communication.
The direct line will be 48 miles in length, and will proceed from
Watchet to Taunton, and thence by I-latch Beauchamp, and by
Ilminster to Chard, and by Crewkerne and Beaminster to Bridport
harbour. A branch will proceed out of the line, about mid-way
between Watchet and Taunton, directly to Wiveliscombe. All
these towns and their neighbourhoods are populous and opulent,
and many of them very much so, and the localities are remarkable
for their richness, fertility, beauty, and numerous resident gentry.
At Wiveliscombe this line will avail itself of the North Devon
Railway to Taunton, and also westward; at Taunton it will
enter the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and thence
proceed to Mangerton, four miles short of Bridport, where it will
unite with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, one of the
Great Western lines of Railway, and thence proceed on that line
to Bridport Harbour.
It will also cross the proposed line from Yeovil to Exeter
about two miles west of Crewkerne.
The junction of the two Channels was long since deemed an im-
portant object. To effect it, surveys were successively made for e
shipuitnna,cl awin,hoaoil:bt
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ilAnt r .t
hßee ni ipeo,
rlAt tarn.
c'er col fforsd, such
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atni fiac_
the design was matured, and in 1824 an Act
of Parliament was passed; and it stands recorded as the opinions of
Mr. Telford and Captain Nichols, that the canal would afford a
remuneration to the subscribers of 16 per cent. on a capital of
1,712,844/.
The sum required for this work, being so much less than that
for the Ship canal ; the increased demand of a greatly increased
population, and the present vast commercial energies of the
country, make it manifest that goods may be conveyed by this
railway at far less than half the charge upon which Mr. Telford
and Captain Nichols formed their opinion.
The intended line from Minehead to Bridgewater, Trill meet
and cross this line near Watchet.
No railway, either made, or being made, or projected, will serve
the purposes which this important and favoured line will serve.
The country it will pass through possesses a population exceed.
ing 150,000. It leads to marine watering places of much resort—
Weymouth, Lyme, and Seaton on the English Channel shore, and
Linton, Minehead, and Blue Anchor on the shore of the Bristol
Channel. Taunton, which may now be considered the county
town of Somersetshire, has always been the market and trading
town of the country north-west of it, including Watchet and its
surrounding district ; the route to which, from London and the
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER. north, is through Taunton.
The Hon. William Dawson, Parkstone, Dorset A well remunerating passenger traffic may hence be expected.
Sir Robert George Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland, 1 The country also contains between 80 and 100 mills and fac.
near Farringdon, Barks
tories, many of which are worked by steam in aid of water-power,
Sir John Trevelyan, Bart, Nettlecombe Court, near Directors of
the North and many more of the proprietors will avail themselves of steam.
Watchet, Somerset, and Wallington, Northum.
Devon power when coals shall be procurable at a reduced rate by this
Berland Railway railway. The millers are most desirous of having the markets of
Lieut. General Sir George Pownell Adams, K.C.H., South Wales opened to them. Several influential coal proprietors
Ockington House, near Wiveliscombe of South Wales are members of the Provisional Committee.
Lieut. Colonel Sir Henry Bayly, K.H., Burley-villa, Lyme Regis, The country also possesses several extensive lime quarries, for
Dorset manure; the lime is burnt with culm brought from Wales ;
Henry John Reuben Dawson Darner, Milton Abbey, Dorset the conveyance both of the culm and lime is at present attended
Edward A yshford Sanford, Esq., Nynehead Court, Somerset, di. with much expense to the agriculturist. The line will also be of
rector of the North Devon Railway high importance to this agricultural district by opening to it the
Humphry Weld, Esq., Chidcock House, near Bridport, Commis. markets of Taunton, Tiverton, South alolton, Barnstaple, in the
sinner of Bridport Harbour north of Devon, Exeter, and London. The towns of Taunton,
Walter Cilverle Trevelyan, Esq., Nettlecombe Court llminster, Chard, Crewkerne, Bearninster, Broadwindsor, Brid.
John Knight, Esq., Wolverley-
bo, Worcestershire, and Simons- port, Axminster, Charmouth, and Lyme Regis, will be connected
bath, Somerset, director of the North Devon Railway by the line, and derive from it supplies of coals, culm, timber, dry
Frederick Wynn Knight, Esq., M.P., Wolverly-hall, director of goods, and other articles of import. The line will afford to those
towns and their populous neighbourhoods, increased facilities of
the North Devon Railway
Thomas Ale candor Mitchel, Esq., M.P. for Bridport communication with other lines of railroad.
near Chard The usual prevalence of westerly winds during the winter months
Robert Aitchison, Esq., Captain, R.N.,
Maperton-house, near is so great as to render the passage round the Land's-end very un-
Lieutenant Colonel Bragge, Sadborrow-house,
Bridport certain. The facilities offered by the proposed railway will obviate
rid out such uncertainty, save many hundred miles of dangerous sea pas.
Alexander Ramsay, Esq., Beaminster, near B
John Dorrien Magens, Esq., 29, Cornhill, London sage, and more than compensate for the charges attending re-ship-
Joseph Barrow Montetiore, Esq., York-street, Portman-square ment at Bridport from Watchet, particularly in the article of
Thomas Laurence, Esq., St. Mary Axe, London, director of the Welsh coals, now in great demand in and about London for steam.
Leeds and Carlisle Railway engines. steam-boats, and other purposes.
John Charritie, Esq., Park-village East,
Regent's-park, directo, The harbour of Bridport admits vessels at spring-tides of 350
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway tons but then; it receives large supplies of coals, cuing, Max, hemp,
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and Baltic and American timber, iron, slate, tallow, staves, and rm.
York and East Lincolnshire Itailway merous other articles ; which, in the aggregate, last year, amounted
Thomas Challis, Esq Alderman of London, director of the Liver- to nearly 40,000 tons, a large portion of which consisted of Max
pool and Derby Railway j and hemp, for the numerous manufactories of yarns, sailcloth,
John Knill,
Esq.. London Bridge-wharf, London, director of the sacks, nets, lines, twines, and linen goods, which when wrought
Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Railway
•
would pass along the line to the two ports, for shipment, or to
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, director of the Liver- other railways.
pool and Derby and East and West of England Railways The harbour of Watchet, at spring.tides, admits vessels of 200
Henry M. Kenisheatt Esq , Westbourne heuset Paddington • tons burthen, and carries on an extensive and important daily tracts,
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull; director of the Leeds and with the ports of Tenby, Llanelly, Swansea, Neath, Cardiff, New.
Carlisle, and Hull and Barrisley Junction Railway port, arid Merthyr 'Tydvil, in coals, culm, corn, flour, and other
William Tanner, Esq.. 84, Great Surrey-street, director of the provisions, cattle, sheep, salt, timber, slates, iron, and other articles
Leeds and Carlisle Railway of merchandise ; employi,g twelve vessels belonging to the harbour
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham. regularly and exclusively; one trading with Liverpool. It has
gate, director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway I also a considerable corn, malt, flour, and goods trade with Bristol,
The Hon, Charles Pelham Villiers, Id. F. for Wolverhampton and employs therein several vessels regularly

Both the harbours are capable of being much improved, and
belong to proprietors able and willing to improve them to meet the
increased wants of the community,
The port of Watchet, as it is, has the largest and most important
trade on the English side of the Bristol Channel. This Railway
will increase that trade fourfold, and therewith ita own prosperity.
The shore contiguous to Watchet exclusively abounds with lime
of the most celebrated description, both for water- works and ex-
terior building, being the same as the universally known and cele-
brated Aberthaw lime, which also is on the directly opposite coast;
and at and around Watchet are extensive corn and flour mills,
paper mills, and clothing mills.

The foregoing facts show that the line must have a very exten-
sive goods traffic.
It is not intended to put forward Watchet as a packet station
either for Ireland or South Wales; nor does this measure require
such aid. No portion of the coast of the Bristol Channel, east of
Ilfracombe, can have the slightest pretension to be, or be
made, a packet station. In 'the first place, it is obvious that
the railway in actual progress from the Government Deck.yard
at Pembroke (or Hobbe's Point, 100 miles further down the Bris.
tol Channel) will take all the packet trade from the south of Ireland :
Liverpool takes Dublin;whilst Ilfracombe ( 50miles west of Watchet),
and Swansea (directly opposite to Ilfracombe), maintain a regular
steam packet passenger and goods traffic ; and in the second place,
all the harbours on the English side east of Ilfracombe are dry. and
for a great length, at low water, the shores being very fiat, and to
construct a harbour on them, to admit large class steamers and to
land passengers at all times of the tide, would, if not impracticable,
cost an enormous sum. To hold out expectations that either of
them might be such packet station, would for the above reasons t•
delusive.

The extended North Devon line of railways will serve the port
of Ilfracombe and its packets.

A survey has been made by the engineers, who have reported
that the line is easy of construction, and will not interfere with any
park.

It affords great satisfaction to the promoters to be erfabled to
announce that the directors of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
Company have promised to give this measure their favourable con-
sideration, and the promoters entertain a sanguine expectation that
it will receive their support.
The neighbouring landowners and gentry are favourable to the
measure, and all the merchants and traders both at Watchet and
Brldport, as well as the principal coal proprietors in South Wales,
and all persons throughout the line, entertain a high opinion of its
merits, and earnestly desire it.
Many extensive landowners on the line, whose names do not
appear on the Provisional Committee, have yet expressed them-
selves as friends to the measure.

The Act will be applied for next session, and the liabilities will
be limited to the amount of subscriptions, and interest at four
per cent. will be paid on all calls from the time of payment until
the opening of the line.
An early allotment of the shares will be made, and the usual
Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be exe.
cuted by the Shareholders when called upon.

Applications for shares to he made, in the form annexed, to
Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34, Lime-street; to either of
the solicitors in the country ; Messrs. George Burnand and Co.,
Cornhill John Mocatta, Esq., Copthall-chambers ; H. J. Barker,
Esq., Tokenhouse-yard ; John Brewer, Esq., New Market-hill, Man.
cheater; Messrs. Francis and James Mill, Liverpool; Messrs.
Wreford, Nicholls, and Co., Bristol ; or John Bannehr, Esq.,
Exeter.
Taunton, Se it. 29, 18'45. --
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Bristol and English Channels Direct Junction Railway.

I request you will allot to me shares in this under-
taking, and I agree to take the same or such of them as may be
allotted to me upon the terms stated in the prospectus, and to pay
the deposit there.in, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and
Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of • , 1845.

Name
Residence ...
Profession or Occupation

Reference{ Name
Address
To the Committee of the Bristol and English Channels
Direct Junction Railway Company.

CHEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Offices of this Company are Re-
moved to No. 25, Bridge-street. Parliament-street, Westminster.
WM. PROTHEROE, Secretary.
Octiber 16, 1545.

r p iIE DIRECT LONDON and EXETER
JIL RAILWAY (with EXTENSION to FALMOUTH and
PE:iZANCE),

The Committee of Management hereby give Notice that they
leave COMPLETED the ALLOTMENT of SHAMES, and that the
usual letters are this day issued. In the arduous duty of deciding on
claims unprecedented, it is believed, in their number and respecta-
bility, the Committee have been obliged to give a preference to ap-
plicants locally interested, or likely to bring to bear for tha Company
a large share of legitimate influence. The numerous persons, with
undoubted claims on the score of wealth and social standing, whose
applications have either been passed over or cut down, are requested
to accept this reason as the Committee's apology.
The Committee desire to add, that while attestations of public
support are daily reaching them from the most influential quarters,
the engineering, preparations, under Mr. Braithwaite, are so far ad-
vanced, that the project cannot fail to be placed before Parliament in
a manner the most satisfactory to the Shareholders.
E. S. BLUNDELL, Hon. Sec.

rrHE LONDON, BIRMINGHAM, and BUCK-
INGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of the Houses of
Parliament.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
(With power to add to their number.)
The Right Hon. John Earl of Portarlington
The Light Hon. Edward Vernon, Lwrcl Suffield
The Right Hon. Henry Robert Lord Rossmore
Tt:e Right Hon. James Lord Dunboyne
Lord Sussex Lennox
The Right Hon. G. L. D. Darner, M.P.
Edmond Francis Dayrell, Esq. High Sheriff of Bucks
The Hon. W. Dawson Darner, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Tile Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Grenadier Guards, 3, Belgrave-
square
The lion. Colonel Henry Hutchison, Weston, Northamptonshire
The lion. Stafford Jenthigham
The Hon. Cecil Lawless
The lion. Michael W. Bellew Nugent, Ifigham Grange, Leicester.-
shire
The Hon. Colonel Westenra, M.P.
Tile Hon. Henry St. John, 20, Bolton-street, Piccadilly
Count Bathyany, 5, Audiey-square, London
Sir Henry Sea'e, Bart.
•
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. 41, Dorset-street, London
Sir J. Egliuton Anderson. F.R.I.A. New Burlington-street
Sir James H. Annesley, Albany
Abraham Alexander, Esq. Lullington• house, Milverton, Warwick-
shire
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-hall, Warwickshire, and 15, Grosvenor-
place, London
Emile Benassit, Esq. 66, Mark-lane
James Brand, Esq. New Broad-street, London
William Bradley, Esq. the Oaks, Sheffield
Henry Austin Bruce, Esq. Duffryne-house, Cardiff
William Downing Bruce, Esq. 17, Charles-street, St. James's-
square
George R. Bimbury, Esq. Leamington, director of the Coventry,
Nuneaton, Birmingham, and Leicester Railway
Edward Burton, Esq. Milverton-house, Leamington
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house, Sheffield
George Gunning Campbell, Esq. 37, Montagu-square, London
R.: Chapman, Esq. Coombe lodge, Hants
G. A. H. Chichester, Esq. 15, Chesharn-place, London
Edward Hyde Clark, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington, and Tick-
ford-park, Bucks
F. F. Clossman, Esq. Mincing-lane, London, Chairman of the Great
Luxembourg Railway
Henry Coe Coape, Esq. Union Club, London
John Morton Cottle, Esq. Clarendon-square, Leamington
Major John T. Croft, Deputy-Chairman of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-
place, London
Henry D. Erskine, Esq. 93, Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
The Rev. Henry Robert Fowler, Manchester-square, London
Francis Boyle Garty, Esq. Chepstow-house, Camberwell, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
James Gernon, Esq. 13, Conduit-street, Loudon, director of the Lon-
don and Nottingham Railway
Joseph Gill, Esq. Potternewton Mount, near Leeds
Major J. R. T Graham (tate Scots Greys), Grove, Clapham-common
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadeby house, Lincolnshire, and 17, Pall-
.

mall, London
Captain George James Hunter, Bertie-teriace, Leamington, director

of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
William Hunter, Esq. 21, Clarendon-square, Leamington, director of
the Direct Western, Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railways
Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D., Sheffield
Captain Lionel Lampet, Leamington, Warwickshire, and Highlands,

Oxon _
Robert John Lattey, Esq. Claremont Villa, St. John's•wood
George Lawton, Esq. director of the Chepstow and Forest of Dean
Railway
William Lowndes, Esq. Chesham, Bucks
John Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield
Jacob Mo:iteflore, Esq.
Major J. A. Moore, Queen Aunc-street, London
Evan W. Morris, Esq. Pemhury, Tunbridge, director of the North

and South Wales Railway
W. Nash, Esq. Clapham-common, Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes,

and Hastings Railway
B. Oliveira, Esq. Upper Byde-park-street, London
Samuel Parsons, Esq. Sackville-street, London
Matthew Pierpoint, Esq. Crown East, Worcester
William Raines, Esq. the Temple, London, director of the London
and Nottingham Railway
Cornelius Randall, Esq. Manchester
James Saunderson, Esq. Lansdown-place, Leamington, Warwick..
shire, and Castle Saunderson, Cavan, Ireland
Frederick William Seymour, Esq. St. James's-square, London
Thomas George Smith, Esq., Doughty-street, London
Captain William Tringham, R.N. Solyhull, Warwickshire
Joseph Underwood, Esq. Blackheath-park, Kent, director of the COM-

. „
mercial Bank
Edward Welch, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire
B. B. Williams, Esq. Wyndham-place, London
Henry Williams, Esq. Chalk-farm, London
Captain William Alexander Willis, R.N., Vicar's-hill, near Lyming-
ton, Hants.

ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq. C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Forbes and Drake, Warnford-eourt, London

Messrs. Birch and Branaah, Great Winchester-street, London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. F. Waddy, ESQ.
BANKERS—Commercial Bank of London.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—A. W. Harnett, Esq.
Offices, 127 Leadenhall-street.

By this Company it is proposed to supply railway accommoda-
tion, through an independent channel, to all the pr:ncipal towns in
Buckingtumshire, and to many In the other counties through which
the projected line is to run, hitherto destitute of this now indispen-
sable mode of transit.

The project known by the name of " The Buckinghamshire Rail-
way and Oxford and. Wolverton Junction" is announced in their
Ipro-
spect
s as being under the direction and superintendence of the Lon-
don a id Birmingham Railway Company, as their lessees in perpetuity,
recei ing four per cent. on the outlay, with a conditionl arrange-
ment as to the surplus profit.
FroM this arrangement it nmst be obvious to every one that the
monopoly of the London and Birmingham Company, which it was a
principal object to destroy, is more strongly secured than before, and
the profits which would accrue to an independent line, after payment
of the 4/. per cent. interest, is virtually thrown into their hands.
In addition to this, the arrangement to make use of the termini of
the London and Birmingham Company, together with a considerable
portion of their line, reduces the Buckinghamshire Railway in fact to
a mere extension of the older ccmpan", and confers on the latter the
means of absolutely and entirely controlling the traffic, and conse-
quently the
.profits, of the projected line; so that the reservation as
to the surplus profits in truth amounts to nothing. _ ..

The adoption of the projected Unekingham;hire Railway by the
London and Birmingham Company proves their consciousness of the
necess ty of a railway communication through the country proposed
to be traversed; and to prevent a continuance of their monopoly,
and to secure both to shareholders and to parties locally interested
the benefits cf an independent line, the present Company has been
formed, and has met with the strenuous support of many landed pro-
prietors in the counties through which it will pass, who have hitherto
withheld their co-operation from the Buckinghamshire Railway
Company for the reasons enumerated.
The line will proceed through or near to Uxbridge, by the Valley
of Chalfont, to Amersham and Wendaver, and thence to Aylesbury,
by Winslow, to Buckingham. It will take a course from thence
through Brockley and Banbury, by Leamington and Warwick, to
Birmingham, having _the advantage of being the shortest route
hitherto proposed between Birmingham and London.
Applications for shares, in the annexed form, may be made to the
Secretary, at the temporary Offices of the Company, or to Messrs.
Edward Ellis and Co., Sharebrokers, 53, Threadneedle-street.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOlt SHARES.
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To the Provisional Committee of the London, Birmingham, and
Buckinghamshire Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each in
the proposed London, - Birmingham, and Buckinghamshire Rail-
way, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, or such smaller
number as mar be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, when
required.
Dated this day of , 1845
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