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LONDON, MON DAY, OCTOBER 20, 1845.

IRECT SHEFFIELD AN} ) MACCLES-
FIELD It AI LWAY.
The Allttment of Shares has been completet '• Owing to the im-
mense number of applications, it is imy,ossible 1 ar the Committee to
reply to each; it is therefore rolu2sted that part es not having Let-
ters of Allotment will consider this notice as as answer to their ap-
plication, which the Committee regret they NNW ; not able to comply
with

By order,
GEORGE HIRE, Secretary.
Gresham-street, London, Oct. 17, 1845.

GREAT WESTERN ANI.) FALMOUTH
JUNCTION It AILWA..Y.
On the Broad Gauge.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 md 8 Viet., cap. 110.
Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shan ts of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12a. 6d. per Sam e.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE'.
Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, director of the Southampton
and Manchester hallway
Sir John De Beauvoir, fart. Chairman of the I. endon and Birming-
ham Extension and Warwick and Worcester I Zailways
John Brightirnan, Esq. Regency-square, Brigitte a, Chairman of the
Hounslow Railway
Henry William Burgess, Esq. Temple's-park,, 13 .ampstead, London,
director of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Segar Bastard, Esq. Exeter
Abraham Bettridge, Esq. 4, Devonshire -ter. 'ace, Camden-road,
London, director of the Great Grimsby i ant I Midland Junction
Railway
William Banks, Esq. director of the Great L' fedS and London Direct,
and Manchester and Rugby Railways 1 •
John Byng Banks, Esq. Lansdown-road, St. ?tic, director of the
Great Leeds and London Direct Railway
Thomas Canisew, Esq. Flexbury-hall, Stratti in; Cornwall
Frederick Chamier, Esq. R.N. Halkin-street,'brave-square, Lon-
don, director of the Fampoux and Ilazebn ok Railway
Dunbar,-John Cother, Esq. M.A. director oft. he -Brecon and Merthyr
Railway
John Morford Cottle, Esq. Leamington, direct or of the Coventry and
Leicester Railway
John Carter, Esq. Park-lodge, Stockwell; director of the Grand
Trunk, and Oxford, Whitney, and Chelten bait Railways
William (erne, Esq. of Ellenglaze-house, iro, Corawall
Edward Wiliam Cox, Esq. 3, Crown-office -rots 'female, London,
directbr of the Direct Bristol and Exam', ane . the Middlesex and
Surrey Junction Railways
Edward G..Canni Esq. Herdwieke-house, Ho? dsv; 'orthy, Devon
Anthony-William Clarke, Esq. director of the Le' radon and Hounslow -
Railway
William Cole Cole, Esq. Highfleld, Exmouth, D; t von
George Borlasc Childs, Esq. 31, Fore-street, Loa lon
James-Chrt; itaq: 50, Broomsbury, director of ti is Paris and Stras-
Larg, Rugby and Macclesfield; and (Alert-ea aaa faaa Drighton
Railways
James Robins Croft, Esq. Birkenhead, director, of the Tring, Cam-
bridge, and Newmarket Railways
Edward Doubleday, Esq. F.L.S. Great Surrey-:arty etlindon, director
of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, anti tla a Rugby, Warwick,
1111:1 Worcester railways
Philip Davy, Esq: Southcott, Morchard Bishop„
J. Dennis, Esq. Bradiford-villa, Fitton, Devon
John Campbell Dicker, Esq. New-hall, Reston, cneshire, director of
the Birkenhead and Holyhead Railways
William Eccles, Esq. Old Broad-street, London,, .director of the Great
Grimsby and Midland Junction Railway
-•
Alfred Evans, Esq. Exeter
Edward Eagleton, Esq. Newgate-street
F. W. Etheredge, Esq. Park-street, Westminstaa •
11. It. Fowler, Esq. 7, Manchester-square, Londi in, and Filton-park,
Bristol, one of the Committee of the Birmin ;ham and Lichfield
Railway
George Forteseue, Esq. New Hayes, St. Thomas, Eiteter
Charles Fitzgerald, Esq. Jerilyn-street, London director of the Ox-
ford and outhamptoti Railway
Willi ;m Fitzgibbon, Esq. director of the Cork a ad Bandon Railway
Robert Fisher, Esq. Highbury-park, director or the Lincolnsuire and
Eastern Counties Junction, end of, the Live: Tool, Preston and
North Union hallways
Edwar Goddard, Esq. Stonehouse, near Nei rbul Berks
James Golaworthy, Esq. the Mint, Exeter
Edmund Hayoes, Esq. Summerland-place, E Sett r
S. Hutchison, Esq London Gas Works, Van slut'-1, London, director
of the Grand Trunk Railway
John Hill, Esq. Victoria-terrace, Exeter
Samuel Ilaydon, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
Templar James, Esq Brixton-rise, Surrey
John Jameson, Esq. St. George's-place, Brix ton., director of the Ox-
ford and Brighton b ail Way
Wm. Jatneson, Esq. Shelton, Staffordshire, (Flee tor of the Stafford-
shire Potteries Railway
Capt. •.i m. Keats, R.N. Porthill, near Bideford, I fevon
Wm. Kenrsaway, Esq. Barnfled, Exeter
V. Knight, Esq. 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's, rark, London
Lawrance Kortright, Esq. director of thB Barb: tdoes Railway
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq. Abchurch-lane„,director of the Tring,
Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
James Lawford, Esq. Homefield-lodge, Heavi tre a, Devon
G. W. W. Mason, Esq. 33, Bucklersbury, and 12.. Stockwell-common
Surrey
William Morley, Esq. London, Deputy-Chair man of the-Manchester
and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Caleb Norris, Esq. Lancaster-place, Strand, Lardon, director of the
Exeter, Dorchester and Weymouth, and the -Windsor, Slough and
Stables Railways
George R. Peopercorne, Esq. Bexhill, Suss. fx, director of the Paris
and Strasburg Railway
George Pell, Esq. Welford and Northampton
J. Reeves, Esq. 150, Cheapside, London, rearl Leyton, Essex, di-
rector of the Great Manchester, Rugby at; i Southampton Railway
Henry Reynolds, Esq. 45, Connaught-terrac e, Byde-park
J. C. Ridgway, Esq. Roehampton-lodge, near: rutney, Surrey
Richard Richards, Esq. Clualleigh, Devon
Charles Richards, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exett
C. 11. Rogers Benison, Esq. F.R.C.S., Upper tontague-street, Port-
man-square, London, director of the Grand: 2 runt Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
the Hull and Holyhead Direct, the Great .No rthern and Southern,
and the Liverpool and Derby Railways •
John M. S. G. Schank, Esq. Barton-house, Dewlich , and Teignmouth,
Devon
John Slade, Esq. Lan,gtree, Torrington, Devon
W. Sloane, Esq. 37, Wlmpole-street, London •
W. 11. Swinton, Esq. 49, Moorgate-street, Loud on, and Sussex-gar-
dens, Hyde-park
J. W. Snell, Esq. Monte le Grande, Exeter
Rev. J. T. Symons, Rector of Trevalga, Cornwall
Mader Troake, Esq. Topsham, Devon
Nicholas Tuckett, Esq. Exeter
William Wilson, Esq. Devouport-street, Sus square,
Hyde-park,
London, director of the Great Grimsby and Midland Junction
Railway
William Wrentmore, Esq. Mount Radford, E: ceter
ENGINEER—G. H. Julian, Esq.
SURVEYOR - George Braund, Yon. Esq.
AncuiTrcT—Henry Flower, Esq. 39, Re gent's-square, and 18,
Barge-yard Chambers, Buckliersbury.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Keddell, Raker and Grant, 34, Lime-street, London
Thomas Harvey, Esq. 68, Old Broad-street, London
John Stogdon,Esq. Exeter.
BANKERS.
The Union Bank of London.
Bristol—The West of England and South Wales District Bank
Exeter—The National Provincial Bank; West of England and
South Wales District Bank; the Devon and Cornwall Bank, and
all Its Branches.
St. Colunab
Truro
—Messrs. Ricketts, Entlioven, and Co,
Falmouth
Penzance

LOCAL AGENTS.
Bodmin—William Pcarse Esq. Liskearcl—
Truro—J. F. Benallack, Esq. St. Columb—
Penryn—llobert Rinacil, Esq. Wadebridge—
Falmouth—Samuel Bamfield, Esq. Camelford—
St. Ives—Robt. H. Bamfleld, Esq. Launceston—E. Spettigue, Esq.
Penzance—James Pascoe, Esq. Okehampton—
St. Austell—John W. Jeffery, Esq. Tavistock —Messrs. Willesford
Devonport—W. J. Little, Esq. aid Tucker

Cornwall has long been struggling to procure the benefits of rail-
way communication, but divisions amongst its friends have for
several successive years prevented any scheme from being carried
out.
At length, on the 20th August last, at a full county meeting at
Bodmin, presided over by the High Sheriff, it was unanimously
resolved :—" That the general interests of the county of Cornwall, as
well as of the public at large, absolutely requite that no trunk line
should he sanctioned through the county which does not afford the
most direct, central, safe, awl continuous railway communication
from Falmouth and Penzance to London." This decision, in con-
junction with the appearance of the scheme of the North Devon
Company, has appeared to the promoters of the Great Western
and Falmouth Junction railway, to present a favourable opportunity
for bringing before the public a Central Line, on the broad guage,
which, by the combination of four powerful companies, is now, it
may be said, brought almost to the boarders of Cornwall.
The Great Western railway, already open to Exeter, is now being
extended to Creliton, and from thence the North Devon Company
intend to const• net a main line to join their north and south Devon
line, in the neighbourhood of llatitesleigh, thirty miles directly west
front Exeter, and about seventy miles from Falmouth.
The Great Western and Falmouth Junction Railway will com-
mence near Hatherleigh, and will be about seventy miles in length,
and form a direct extension of the line irons Crediton to that place,
proposed by the North Devon Company, and will thence proceed by
Launces on, Bodmin, and Truro to Falmouth ; and in order to pre-
serve the old line of communication from Cornwall to Plymouth, ad-
mitted to be of great local importance, a branch will run from the
main line near Bodmin, through or near Liskeard, to join the South
Devon and Tavistock Railway, near Plymouth.
By means of this railway, and the North Devon, Crtdidto 'and
Exeter, Bristol and Exeter, and Great Western Railways, there will
be a direct and unbi oken line oa the broad gauge :from Falmouth
through Exeter, to London, on the one hand, and to Plymouth and
the South Coast on the other ; and it will also be connected with the
railways and canals already existing in Cornwall, and, by branches,
with all the most important towns in that county and the North of
Devon. It is also intended that the line shall be the best in engineer-
ing qualities which the natural formation of the country will allow,
and that the formidable difficulties, which induced the Board of Trade
to report to Parliament against the late Cornwall and Devon Central
line, shall be avoided.
This scheme has a decided advantage of er any other at present
proposed for giving to Cornwall the benefits of railway c. mmunica-
tion, and is the only line which can with certainty effect the object
to which the county became pledged, by the resolution of the 20th of
August last—no oilier line affords "direct, central, safe and con-
tinuous railway comtnuntcaßon from Falmouth and Penzance to
London." 'ire Cornwall and Devon Central Railway will not en-
sure a continuous line from Falmouth to London, until three other
independent Companies shall have succeeded in obtaining their
Bills ; and these projected lines have also to contend against the op-
position of through and integral lines from London to Exeter. The
'a est of England oelow Exeter, is obviously the country of the
broad gauge, and there is no probability that Parliament will sanction
the introduction of any other gauge into that district, which would be
productive of endless confusion and inconvenience. With the South
Devon line on the one hand, the projected North Devon line on the
other, the Exeter and Crediton and its projected extension westward
to Hatherleigh, and the West Cornwall line from Truro to Penzance,
all on the broad gauge, and all projected or supported by the
Great Western, and its associated Companies—there can be
little doubt that no narrow gauge line will be permitted to run
parallel with those already sanctioned by the legislature, or proposed
for the further accommodation of the country by such influential
companies. In order fully to comply with the expressed wishes of
the county of Cornwall and to accuse that " direct, central, sate, and
continuous railway communication" so much required, the present
line has been projected, and will, when completed. form the Central
link of the great series of lines already under the direction of the
Great Western, and the other associated Companies. It is therefore
confidently presumed that no other scheme for connecting Cornwall
and West Devon with the Metropolis, and the North of England,
can compete with the present line with any probability of success,
presenting as this lisle does the prominent points of national and local
advantage, and possessing all the elements essential to command the
favourable consideration of Parliament.
As a work of national importance, it has been long admitted that a
line of railway to the important Port of Falmouth must be carried
out ; the promoters of this railway do not, therefore, think it neces-
sary to repeat the here the highly satisfactory results of the traffic
over the line, which were long since ascertained. It is sufficient to
say, they prove an ample return on the capital to be invested.
The survey is in progress, and will be completed in time to apply to
Parliament in the ensuing Session ; and the promoters having already
received highly satisfactory assurances of support, as well local as
general, feel justified in expressing their conviction that their appli-
cation will be crowned with success.
The capital will be divided into 50,C00 shares of 251. each, upon
which a deposit of 21. 12s. 6d. per share must be paid upon the allot-
ment. Power will be taken to pay interest on the deposit, and all
calls till the line is opened ; and no subscriber will be liable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then
not beyon 1 the amount of his subscription.
Preference will be given, in the allotment, to landowners, to local
applicants, anti to parties holding shares in the Great Western, Bristol
and Exeter, Exeter and Crediton, North Devon, and West Cornwall
Railways.
Applications for shares, in the form annexed, to be addressed to
the Solicitors of the Company ; or to any respectable brokers in town
or country.
63, Old Broad-street, London, Ist Oct. 1t45.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of Management of" The Great Western

and Falmouth Junction Railway Company."

Gentlemen,—I request you will allot me shares of 25/.
each, in the above railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or
any less number you may appropriata to me, subject to the regula-
Cens of the Company, and to sign the Parliamentary Contract and
subscribers' Agreement, and when required to pay the deposit of
'2l. 12s. 6d. per share.

Name in full
Profession or Business
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KEDDELL, BAKER, and GRANT, 1
THOS. HARVEY, Joint
JOHN STOGDON, Solicitors.
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BRTGH. I ON, LEWES, AND TONBRIDGK _
WELLS DIRECT RAILWAY (ItALLETVS LINE).
Capital 350,000/., in 17,500 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit V. 2s. per Share. •
Provislonall Regis
Shareholders not to be liable beyond thetered. amount
of their Shares.
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman, Lord Alfred Hervey, H.P.
Howard Elphinstoue, Esq. M.P. Stephen Lowden, Esq.
John Villiers Shelby, Esq. Edward Beard, Esq.
Sir George Prescott, Bart. Welland Dutton, Esq.
Edwin James, 'Esq. William H. Lidbettur, Esq.
Valentine Lee, Esq. Alexander Donavan, jun. Esq.
George Rennie, Esq. George Donavan, Esq.
W. S. Potter, Esq. . Jno. Langford, Esq.
James Reeves, Esq. Nelson Kenward, Esq.
Geowe 3lolinens, Esq. Thomas Radford, Esq.
Frederick Seymour, Esq. Juo. Taylor Kellett, Esq. •
John Kenward, Esq. William Kenward, Esq.
Thomas Wisden, Esq. William Nash, Esq.
Edward Churchill, Esq. J. Underwood Esq.
Al2.xandcr Wright, Esq. , • .
ENGINEER—Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W.IIIIRM Hallett, ESQ. C.E•
SOLICITOR—W B. James, }"sq.
SECRETA.EY—r. H. Nalder, ESQ.
RANKERS.
The Commercial Bank, Lothbury
Messrs. Molyneaux and Co. Lewes, and Tonbridge Wells.
LQCAL AGENTS.
William Polhill Kell, Esq. Lewes
Robert Foreman, Esq. solicitor, Tonbridge Wells
Benjamin Hall, Esq. nuxsted Lodge, near Uckfeld.
The Committee of Management beg to state that the Allotmert is
being proceeded with, and the' letters will be issued without delay.
By order, FREDERICK 11. 'CALDER, Secretary.
83, Basinghall-street, 15th Oct. 1845.

THE CARMARTHEN JUNCTION
MINERAL RAILWAY COMPANY.

140,0001, in
Regis ercd.)
Capital
in 7,000 Shares of 201. each.
ral:Pos:fitla:a2sirras,per Share.
PROMOTERS.
The Right Hon: the
D. Morris, Esq. J.P.2 Carmarthen
Emmanuel Cooper, Esq. Southwaik, Dinity--Chairman of the London
and County Joint-stock Bank
Frederick Harrison, Esq. Beaufov-ter7otee;.--Nrol4o-vate, Deputy-
Chairman of the 'Tunbridge Wells, Brighton, afia-Ffastings Fail-
way, and director of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Insurance
'Company
John Morgan, 17.5. Glaurynis, Carmarthenshire
_IIJN-
Aa gs,9. Arderbrookohall, Cardiganshire,
Swinfen Jervis, Esq. Whitehall-plane, Laudoli.
Stafford, director of the WaYeney Valley Railway Company and,
of the Great Yarmouth Railway Company
Captain J. G. Philips, R.N. alderman of C..irmarthen
Morris Sayce, Esq. Mynddinatsr colieries, Carmarthenshire
W. L. Philips, Esq. Carmarthen
D. Edwards, Esq. Glautowy, Carrnarthenshire
Messrs. Wayne, Dunn, and Co. Carmarken iron and tin-plate works
W. Walters, Esq. Pantyfynon calileriea, Cannarthenshira
W. Sauce, Esq. Kingten, Herefordshire
William Cory. Esq. Commerdal-road, Lambeth, dircct,w of the Taw-
. vale Railway, and director of the Lambeth waterworks
Grismond Philips, Esq. Cwmgwilly, Carmarthenshire
John Thomas, Esq. Cwannatir collieries, Carmarthenshire
J. L. Philips, Esq. Carmarthen
Samuel Tardrew, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
.1. ,Jones, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
W. Simons, 1:21. councilman, Carmarthen
Thomas Jones. Esq. councilman, C-rmarthen
Messrs. Lewis and Thomas, in rehants, Carmarthen
John Lewis. Esq. councilman, C.rmarthen •
Messrs. Philipps and Lewis, merchants, Carmarthen
Henry Llowlett, Esq. 15, Cambridge terrace, Eyde-park, -Loam,
director of the Ammon Vale Iron and Coal Company
E. B. Jones, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
John Havers, Esq. 13, "fprk-read, Lambeth
George Thomas, Esq. coroner of Carmarthenshire
Messrs. Jones and Evans, Journal Office, Carmarthen
Joseph Hegintottom, Esq Picton-terrace, Carmarthen
Jobs Adams, Esq. councilman, Carmarthen
William Green, Esq. Le• tonstone, Essex, Director of the .Ammon
Vale Iron and Coal Company
Isatte John Ilorloc';, Esq. -.the Rocks, Marshfield, Gloucestershire,
director of the London and Oxford Railway
(With power to add to their number).
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Emmanuel Cooper, Esq. Chairman Frederick Harrison, Esq.
John Havers, Esq. Deputy-Chair-
.11,J..SIvrviltlfteenr,feErsvgis, Esq.
man
William Cory, Esq. E. Lloyd Williams, Esq.
ENGINEER—Edward Bagot, G.E.
Francis Giles, Esq.
BANEErs.

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THE

The London and County Joint-Stock ranking' Company, 21, Lombard-
stre ct, London.
Messrs. MorriS and Sons,/ Carmarthen.
Messrs. Wilkins and Co.

DENDRE VALLEY RAILWAY AND
CANAL COMPANY,
With concessions of both undertakings for 90 years.
DIRECTORS.
Sir John M`Taggart, Bart., Chairman
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B , Deputy-Chairman
Valentina Knight, Esq.
Ambrose Moore, Eeq.
William Shadbolt, Esq.
' RESIDENT DIRECTOR IN BELGIVBI.

Monsieur A. B. Bruneau, Membre de la lleptttatlon permanent of

East Flanders.
RANKERS.
In London—The London Joint-Stock Bank
In Belgium—Messrs. Tercelin, Sigart, and CO.
ENOINEER—George Rennie, Esq. F.R.S.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Oliver and Lindsell, Moorgate-street Chambers,

City.

The Directors of this Company beg to inform the Shareholders that
their report, containing a detailed account of the present position and
future prospects of the Company, with a second report of Mr. George
Rennie, their engineer, a map of the lints and much statistical infor-
mation subjoined, is now in the press, and will be ready for delivery
at the Company's Of on and after WEDNESDAY next, the 221
instant.

JOHN 111`TAGOART, Chairman.
11, Old JenTy-chamlrs, london, Oct. 17, 1845.

IRISH WEST COAST RAILWAY.
The Committee have much pleasure in stating that the neces-
sary arrangements for proceeding to Parliament next session are
in a state of great forwardness.
The Allotment is being proceeded with, and the letters will be
issued immediately.

By order,
HENRY T. STUART, Secretary.
11, Old Jewry Chambers, October 18th, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION
RAILWAY.

From Nottingham to Syston.
(Provisionally Registered.)
A prospectus, with the names of a most influential Committee, and
other details, will appear i❑ a few days. The line will connect the
Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction, with the
South Midland Railway.

souctToalt
William Unwin. Esq, ; vrtmam Bickley, Esq. Sheffield.
LONDON AGENTS.
Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane.

'IIIE MACCLESFIELD and LICHFIELD, -
A .or CHURNET and BLYTHE.
• -urreny grs e notMee itat tha Allotment
of shares has been completed, and the Letters of Allotment will be
posted on SA'tintDAT, the 18th October instant.
In -consequence of negotiations which have been concluded, the
number of shares at the disposal of the Committee has been con-
siderably rAuced, and they have been utterly unable to comply with
were than a small portion of the numerous applications received,
many of them from persons of the highest respectability.
Partin who have applied for shares, and who do not receive Letters
of Allotment, are requested to consider this advertisement as an
intimation of the inability of the Committee to entertain their
applications. Ity order,
WILLIAM CHALLINOR, Secretary pro tern.
Leek, Oct. 17, 1843.

BIRMIN.GIIAM, NOTTINGHAM,
GAINSBOROITGII, AND HULL RAILWAY.
Capital 1,200,0001.. in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., Cap. 110.)
movISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon:.LordNTiscount Combernicre
The Right lion. Lord Viscount Ingestre, XX.
The Right' Ron. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Cheslaarn-place, Belgrave-

Kin are
n (Right Lord E .Chichester
The Right Heil. Lord Stephen Chichester
The Right Bon. George R. Dawson
The Hon: C4tain Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The lien. Cecil Lawless
Sir James D. H. Hay, Bart., Rose Croft, Surrey
Sir William Lowthorp, Hull
William R. Collett, Esq., M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., M.P.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P., Birmingham
George Frederick Muntz, Esq., M.l'., Birmingham
The Worshipful the Mayor of Hull
C. S. Foster, Esq., High Sheriff of Staffordshire
G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., Shrubbery and Bradley Ironworks, Staf-
fordshire; chairman of the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Michael Grazebrook, Esq., Stourbridge, chairman of the Staffordshire
iron trade
Thomas Bagnall,.Esq., Goldshill Ironworks, Staffordshire
W. H. Allen, Esq., Leadenhall-strect, London
John Aston, Esq., Birmingham
Joseph Ayre, F,sq.,'Hull
Frederick Pratt Barlow, Esq., Director of the Groat Western Railway
James Beech, Esq., .Brandon-lodge, Warwick
Williani Broakes, Esq., Cork-street, Burlington-gardens
Major Frederick Brownlow, United Service Club
William Chance, jun., Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junc-
tion Railway
George A. Hamilton Chichester, Esq., Chesent-place, Belgraye-
sqeare
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors'-commons, London
1 Henry Crane, Esq., Wolverhampton
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Erdingtort-house, Berwickshire
Henry R. Dowinnan, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Duncan Dunbar, Egg., East India-road, Director of the London
Dock Company
Henry John Enthoven, Esq. Director of the Dutch Rhenish Railway
Thomas Hartshorne, Esq., Shkrnoor• house, Stafford
Charles James Heath, Esq.,
London
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seaton Ironworks, Whitehaven
Samuel Wilfred Lucas, Esq., Sandhill-boase, Birmingham, Director
of the Direct Birmingharn and Leicester Railway
William Mathews, Esq., Eclgbaston, Birmingham, and Corbyns-hall
Ironworks, Director of the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton Railway
Thomas Hackett Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
Robert Marsden Massey, Esq., Oxford-square, London
David Montague, Esq., I)irector of the Great Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
William Morgan, Esq., Director 'of the Bristol and Gloucester
Railway
P. H. Muntz, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire and Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railways
Francis Parker, Esq., Manchester
Archibald F. Paul, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of
the Grand Junction and. Midlands Union Railway
John Gibson Reeves, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Direct Bir-
mingliem and Leicester Railway
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Shaw, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway, and Director of the Bristol and Bir-
mingham Railway
Henry Symonds, Esq., Director of the Great Western Railway
Thomas Timmins, Esq., Wolverhampton
Charles Augustus rulk, Esq., Totteridge-park, Hants
Samuel Walker, Esq., Ablove- useho, Wolverhampton, Director of
the South Staffordshire Junction Railway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Bristol and Exeter Railway
John Webster, Esq. 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the
Great Grimsby and Lincoln Railway
Henry Wright, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and
Southampton Railway
John Brearley Pays, Esq., Birmingham
Samuel Keerick, Esq., Handsworth Hall, Staffordshire
Robert Pcasegood Sleight, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the
Hull and Holyhead Railway
William Ayre, sen., Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Lynn and
Ely Railway
Joseph Ayre, Esq., Hull
Wakefield Pim, Esq., Hull, Provisional Director of the Hull and Lin-
coln Railway
Dr. Bell Fletcher, Birmingham
Benjamin Bartleet, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Clark, Esq„ Wolverhampton
James Shaw, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
C. S. Cotterill, Esq., magistrate, Walsall, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Benjamin cliblions, Esq., Shut-end, Dudley, Director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
John Neve, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-
shire Junction Railway
Samuel Underhill, Esq., Wolverhampton
(With power to add to their number).
SOLICITOUS.
Messrs. Edwards, Mason, and Edwards, 8, Moorgate-street, and De-
lahay-street, Westminster ; and.
Messrs. Mottcram and Knowles, Birmingham.
ENGINELR IN CHIEF—Sir Joint Rennie, F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER—W. 11. Purdon, Esq.

BANKERS.

Hull—Messrs. Frost and Moss
Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company, and Messrs
Atwoods, Spooner, and Co.
LOCAL AGENT.—Samuel Maples, Esq., Nottingham.
SECRETARY —Eilwal-d Hart Hart, Esq.
OFFICES—NO. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, London ; and
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II c aitshtt 36, Upper Temple street, Birmingham.
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tion will be completed bythrowing out new lines, where requisite.
Commencing at Birmingham, it is proposed to use the Birmingham
and Derby Railway as far as Whitacre, whence a new line, about 29
miles in length, will be made, passing through Ashby-de-la-Zouch and
Castle Bennington, ...o the Long Eaton or Sawley Station on the Mid-
itmd Counties Railway
The communication being thus perfect to Nottingham, it will be
carried nrward as far as Gainsborough, either by the proposed Not-
, tingham anti Gainsborough Rail Way, or by a line springing out of the
! line from NottinghaM to Lincoln, for which an Act was obtained by
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Humber, or New Holland, in the immediate vicinity of Hull, thereby
rendering complete and entire the chain of communication between
Birmingham and Hull.
By this project the advantages will result to the public of a
Direct line from Birmingham to Nottingham,
Birmingham to Gainsborough,
and from Birmingham to Hull;
and by means of the proposed South Staffordshire Junction Railway,
and the intended extension to Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Alrewas, a
direct line from Wolverhampton and Dudley to Nottingham, and
the other towns already enumerated.
The support of several companies will be enlisted in favour of the
live, which, together with its own merits, will ensure its success in
Parliament.
As a considerable portion of the line of communication is already
made, or in progress, the time required for the completion of this
great national undertaking will be materially shortened.
Independently of the advantages to be derived by a direct commu-
nication between the important seaport of Hull and the mining and
manufacturing districts of Wanylekshire and Staffordshire, a largo
traffic in timber, corn, metals, &c., may be confidently expected.
The revenue of the Company, in addition, will be derived from the
great thorough traffic from Birmingham and the midland counties to
Nottingham and Gainsborough, and the immense traffic from Bir-
mingham to Hull, theport at which the exports are shipped to Ham-
burgh, the German States, and the North of Europe ; and from the
conveyance of merchandise, agricultural produce, and cattle from the
southern, western, and midland counties.
A preference will be given in the allotment of shares to landowners
on the line, and other local proprietors, as well as to directors and
shareholders in railways interested in supporting this undertaking.
No subscriber will be liable beyond the amount of the deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his
subscription. -
The usual power will be taken to allow interest at the rate of four
per cent. from the time of payment upon each call until the opening
of the line.
No applications will be attended to without a reference to a
member of the Committee, a banker, or the solicitors to this Company.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract must be
executed when the bankers' receipts arc exchanged for scrip certifi-
cate partyhi due notice will be given ; and the deposits paid by
for-
feited.
Plans and prospectuses,
with
forms of applications for shares, may
any making default in the execution of those deeds will be
be had of the Solicitce s, and of the following Stock and Sharebrokers,
viz. :—Messrs. Wells Westropp, and Prinsep, 75, Old Broad-street;
Mr. 11. Pritchett, 1, Royal Exchange-buildings; Messrs. Hitchins and
Harrison, 18, Threldneedie-stree,; and Messrs. Peppercorne and Son,
2, Old Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Charles
Myers, and Co., Leeds;
M. Williams, and Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester ;
Messrs. Watson and Co., and Mr. Samuel Phillips, Hull ; Messrs.
3371e.sRsrsid.sdralotei and Leviek, Notting-
: DaviesbMessrs.,i;. and
rr. nsrrsp Son,.andi I,rscocorrd, Liverpoolr: eic;
and Wreford, Bristol ; and Mr.
James Robinson Lane, Blrfrfingham.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Nottingham,
Gainsborough, and Hull Railway Campany.
I request you will allot me shares of 201. each, in the capi-
tal of the above-named Railway ; and I will accept the same, or
1;1'3i:rolls,
any less number, and pay the the deposit of 21. 2s. per share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this

day of 1845.
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