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London, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

WOR CE STER AND LEOMINSTER
Y, via Bromyard.

(Registered provisionally.)
Capital 600,000/., in 30,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Henry Ceorge Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway Company
John Barneby, Esq., M.P., Brockampton, Bromyard
William Barneby, Esq., Clayton Park, Bromyard, Magistrate of
Herefordshire
James Best, Esq., Worcester
Mr. Edward Bannister, wool-merchant and wool-manufacturer, Leo-
minster
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, London
Walker Chamberlayne, Esq., Worcester, Royal Porcelain Manu-
fae tory
George Beauchamp Cole, Esq., Chester-street, Grosvenor-place, Dl-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Mr. James Coucher, wool-merchant, Worcester
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, and Old Palace, Richmond,
Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway
Captain Charles Dutton, Bredenbury-house, Bromyard
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. John's-wood, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Company
Henry Clarke Duppa, Esq., Quarry-house, Boughton, Morchelsea,
Kett, Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway Com-
pany
James Eckley, Esq., Bromyard
John Freeman, Esq., Gains, Bromyard, Magistrate of Herefordshire
and Worcestershire
John Matthew Gatch, Esq., Banker, Worcester, Director of Wor-
cester, Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Mr. Edwin Gardner, corn, hop, and seed merchant, Worcester
E. W. Howes, Esq., Bromyard
Richard Hemming, Esq., Livington, near Bromyard, and Kingsland,
Leominster
James Hemming, Esq., Church House, Bromyard
Mr. John Hughes, wool merchant, Clopgate, Worcester
Mr. John Hood, merchant and carrier, Worcester
Mr. George Hill, of the firm of Messrs. Hill and Turley, Worcester
Henry James, Esq., Leominster, Mayor of Leominster
John Kempson, Esq., sen., Birchey-fields House, Bromyard
John Kempson, jun., Esq., Ilirchey-fields House, Bromyard
John Wheeley Lea, Esq., Vice Chairman of the Severn Navigation
Company, Managing Director of the Droitwich Patent Salt Corn-
pa,ly, and a Director of the Great Eastern and Western Railway
John Lilly, Esq., Alderman of Worcester, Worcester Royal Porce-
lain manufactory.
Edward Lloyd, Esq., Sheriff of Worcester
William Lawrence, Esq., Brixton, Director of the London and
Manchester Direct
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
Mr. F. H. Needham, mercnant, Worcester
Mr. Powell, wine-merchant, Worcester
Mr. James Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, malsters,
Worcester
Mr. J. P. Rea, of the firm of Messrs. Rea and Sons, maltsters, Wor-
cester
Jas. Reeves, Esq., Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester,,and Great Manchester and Rugby, and
Southampton Railway Companies
James Robertson, Esq., Worcester
Joseph Sturton, Esq. Munderfield House, Bromyard, and Lincoln's
Inn, London, Magistrate of Hereford.
James Uptill, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, Director of the Stafford-
shire and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
T. P. P. Wight, Esq., Tedstone Court, Bromyard •
Philip Warburton, Esq., Bromyard, High Bailiff of Bromyard
Philip Warburton, Gent., Bromyard
John Walker, Esq., Luisley Court; Bromyard
Mr. Wells, Hop-merchant, Worcester
Mr. Woodward, Hop-merchant, Worcester
John Henry Walsh, Esq., Worcester
Mr. James Wall, Merchant and Carrier, Worcester
(With power to add to their number.)
CHIEF ENGINEER—WiIIIam Gravatt, Esq., F.R.S.
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—S. F. Griffin, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate.street, London
Henry Foley, Esq., Worcester
BANKERS.
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London—The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
The Commercial Bank of London.
Worcester—Messrs. Farley, Lavendar, and Co.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. W. and F. Devereaux, Bromyard
John Bedford, Esq., Leominster
This line will diverge from the line of the Great Eastern and
Western Railway, near Worcester, and proceeding by Brom-
yard, will end at Leominster, at which point it will unite with the
proposed lines connecting Hereford and Shrewsbury with North
Wales.

The communication by railway between these important towns
and the continuous hop and cider districts has been entirely left
unprovided for by existing arrangements, and this line is brought
forward under the auspices of the Great Eastern and Western
Railway Company, on the strong representations and request pf a
large and most influential body of the landed gentry of the neigh-
bourhood.

The object proposed is to make a direct communication between
Leominster, Bromyard, and Worcester, which latter town has always
been the natural market for the produce of these districts, and to af-
ford the inhabitants the most direct communication with London, as
compared with other lines, by upwards of 30 miles.
No person will be liable for more than his deposit till the act is ob-
tained, and power will be applied for to allow interest at 4/. per cent.
on all calls from the time of their respective payments, as well as to
limit the liability of the shareholders to the amount of their subscrip-
tions.

Applications for Shares, in the ann^xed form, to be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the Office, 5, Gresham-street, London,
or Messrs. John Sheweli and Son, sharebrokers, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Messrs. B. and M. Boyd, 4, Bank-buildings, and Mr. John Smith, 3,
Shorter's-court, London ; Mr. John Duncuft, sharebroker, Manchester;
Mr. John O'Neil, sharebroker, Manchester ; Messrs. Schnitz and Carr,
sharebrokers, and Messrs. Reynolds and Son, Liverpool; Messrs. H.
and C. Beardshaw, sharebrokers, Leeds; Messrs. Tate and
Nash, sharebrokers, Bristol ; Mr. James Pearson, sharebroker, Bir-
mingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co., sharebrokers, Brad-
ford ; Mr. William Miles, sharebroker, Worcester ; Mr. Robert Allan,
sharebroker, Edinburgh ; Mr. William Gordon, sharebroker, Aber-
deen ; Messrs. Black and Co., sharebrokers, Buchan-street, Glasgow ;
Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, sharebrokers, Glasgow; and Messrs.
Bruce and Byrnes, sharebrokers, Dublin ; of whom prospectuses may
be had.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Leominster

Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to Mae shares of
201. each in the above railway; and I hereby undertake to accept
the same or any less number you may allot me, and to pay the
deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of September, 1845.
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Witness

THE NORTHERN and SOUTHERN
CONNECTING RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered under 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital 900,0001., in 36,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
Uniting the London and Birmingham, Great Western, the South
Western, the London and Brighton, South-Eastern, and Northern
and Eastern Railways, and accommodating, en route, Hertford, Hat-
field, St. Albans, Watford, Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, West Drayton,
Colnbrook, Staines, Egham, Chertsey, Weybridge, Leatherhead,
Dorking, and Reigate.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major Adair, United Service Club, Pall-mall, Director of the Goole
and Doncaster Railway
John Anderson, Esq., Lothbury, Director of the South Midland, and
Birmingham and Lichfield Railways
William Ayrton, Esq., Abbey-square, Chester
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoxeter, Staffordshire
John Barnes, Esq., Director of the Union Bank, Chorley Wood
House, Hertfordshire
William Bastow, Esq., Director of the Oxford and Worcester Railway
George A. Brown, Esq., 20, Gower-street
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the Lancaster and
York, Waterford and Kilkenny, and Great Munster Railways
Jasper Capper, Esq , Watling-street
John Castendeick, Esq., 37, Mincing-lane
Walter Chamberlain, Esq., Worcester
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's
London, Manchester, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor-
cester Railways
Major John T. Croft, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of the
Chester and Manchester Railway, &c.
William Croft, Esq., Chertsey, Surrey
Thomas Clutterbuck, Esq., Red Hall, Watford
Charles John Dimsdale, Esq., Esseudon-place, Hertfordshire
Thomas Edward Dyson, Esq., Tollpits, Hertfordshire
Joseph Graham, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
Hastings Green, Esq., Sion House, Kilkenny, Director of the Water-
ford and Kilkenny Railway
Captain Hodges, 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of the
Mauritius Railway, &c. &C.
Henry Jennins, Esq., Leeds
Swinfen Jervis, Esq., Whitehall-place, and Darlaston Hall, Stafford-
shire
Daniel Turton Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of
Remington's London and Manchester, the Chester and Manchester
Direct, and the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire
Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National
Bank of Ireland
John King, Esq., Glastonbury, and St. John's •wood, London, Direc-
tor of the Somersetshire Midland Railway
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Pall mall, London, Director of
the Freemasons' Life Assurance Company
George Laishley, Esq., Clarence Lodge, Shirley, Southampton, Direc-
tor of the Isle of Wight, and of the Oxford, Newbury, Andover,
Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railways
Daniel William Lucas, Esq., Mark-lane, and Crescent Lodge, Stock-
well Park
Horace William Meteyard, Esq., Director of Remington's London and
Manchester, the Chester and Manchester Direct, and the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
Joseph Bostick Massey, Esq., Cottered, Hertfordshire, and 50, Cam-
bridge-terrace, Hyde Park.
Captain Ogle, 44, Eaton-place, Eaton-square, London.
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Upper Hyde Park-street, Director
of the Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways, &c.
Hillebrant Meredith Parratt, Esq., Magistrate, Effingham House,
Surrey
William John Palmer, Esq., Molewood-hill, Bengeo, Hertfordshire
Key. G. B. P. Pollen, Magistrate, Little Bookham Rectory, Surrey
W. 11. Ravenhill, Esq., Pedwell Honse, Worcestershire
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy Lieutenant of the West Riding of York-
shire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Rosamel's Great
North of France Railway, of the Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Union Railway, and the National Bank
of Ireland
J. B. Shuttleworth, Esq., Eastcheap
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Surrey, Magistrate, Director of the
Toronto and Lake Huron, and Jamaica Railways
Julian Skrine, Esq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway i
William H. Swinton, Esq., 49, Moorgate -street, and Sussex-gardens,
Hyde Park
Thomas Stephens, Esq., 4, Lime-street-square
William Tozer, Esq , Bishopsgate-street, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Weedon, Esq., Loudwater Mills, Hertfordshire
James Whitchurch, Esq., South Cliff, Netley Abbey
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John King, Esq.
George Laishley, Esq.
D. W. Lucas, Esq.
H. W. Meteyard, Esq.
George Scard, Esq.

Major Adair

John Anderson, Esq.
Jasper Capper, Esq.
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq.
Joseph Graham, Esq.
D. T. Johnson, Esq.

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BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane, London
The London and County Bank
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Manchester.
ENGINEER—Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
LAND AGENT—Layton Cooke, Esq.
LAND SURVEYORS.
W. T. Buckland, Esq.
Messrs. Sanderson and Ryde.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
St. Alban's, Herts—Richard Grove Lowe, Esq.
Chertsey, Surrey—Richard John Cole, Esq.
Dorking, Surrey—Messrs. Hart and Hart.
Hertford—Edward Robert Spence, Esq.
Uxbridge, Middlesex—Messrs. Riches and Woodbridge.
Watford and Rickmansworth—John Sedgwick, Esq.
The object of this undertaking is to form an unbroken link or
communication with all the existing railways, by which means
more particularly the Western, Southern, Eastern, South-Eastern,
and South-Western parts of the kingdom may be traversed from the
Northern Districts, without the necessity of making the metropolis
a resting-place either for passengers or goods : and thus obviating
considerable expense and great loss of time.

The length of the main line will be 62 allies, commencing at Hert-
ford, (which has already a branch to the North-Eastern Railway),
continuing its course by Hatfield, St. Alban's, to Watford, where it
will cross the London and Birmingham Railway, from thence to
Rickmansworth, Uxbridge, and West Drayton, where It will pass
under the Great Western Railway, proceeding by Colnbrook, (having
a braneh to Windsor from the main line at Horton), cross the Thames
at Staines, to Egham, Chertsey, passing into the South Western
Railway at the Weybridge Station, approaching Cobham, Leather-
head, Dorking, and terminating at Reigate, where it will form a
junction with the South-Eastern and London and Brighton Railways.
The great distance from each other of the• various termini of rail-
ways in London, has for a length of time occupied the attention of
the legislature and of the interested Companies ; but the great value
of property has been an insuperable obstacle to-effecting any improve-
ment : hence the necessity of a more direct communication from
one line to another; and after careful surveys the present plan has
been deemed the most efficient to meet every desideratum. For the
surveys thus made, and also from a great portion of the levels
already taken, there do not appear to be any engineering difficulties.
The feature of the country is agricultural ; and it will open a wide
field to reciprocal commerce, by exchanging the maaufactures of the
North with the products of the South , together with a more accessi-
ble mode of obtaining every description of foreign merchandise at
reasonable rates. . .

In consulting the best statistical authorities, and on the informa-
tion derivable from the only certain mode of obtaining the existing
and fluctuatinglraffic on so novel a featuL e as this projected railway,
a considerable difficulty has necessarily presented itself in arriving
at a maximum of profits, but it can with certainty be announced that
trora the resources of traffic from the nituattfacturing districts, reci-