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London, England, 1845-10-01 00:00:00

The traffic through this district is immense.

A careful survey of the line and branches has been made by the
engineer, and the scheme will be submitted to Parliament at the ap-
proaching cession.
Power is reserved to continue the line northward to Bradford, If
the Company should think fit.
Provisions will be inserted in the Act of Parliament to allow inte-
rest at 4 per cent. on the deposits and calls, from the passing of the
Act, until the opening of the railway; and for limiting the share-
holders' liability to the amount of their subscriptions.
meantime is
Power will also be applied ler In the Act (end in the
reserved to the Managing Committee), to abandon or alter any part of
the line, and to make branches ; and also to enter into any arrange-
ments with any other company er companies.
A liberal portion of the shares will be reserved for the landbeowners
and others having local interests ; and such companies as this line
may form Junctions, with, or with whom this Company may
con-
nected.
Applications for shares (in the form gili:rep.:Jsrsohnbe.
mlorißirls•roo)o,nakanend,dfnoiroriekiear:
pro-
spectuses, may be made to the Solicitors, and also to Mr. Charles
Dyson, Sharebroker, Boar-lane, Leeds ;
well, Sharebrokers, Huddersfield ; and
Dewsbury'.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Midland, Barnsley, Sheffield,
Dewsbury, Leeds, and Bradford Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each
in the above Company; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or
any less number, and to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share thereon,
and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
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THE DIRECT LONDON, PORTS' :10TTI
AND CHICHESTER, AND DIRECT PORTSMOUTIL
AND CHATHAM RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
VIA REIGATE.
Capita', 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 207. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Egmont, of Coworay Park, Sussex
Colonel George Wyndham, of Petworth House, Sussex
The Hon. and Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, of West Dean, Sussex
The Right Mon. Lord de Lisle, of l'enshurst, Kent
The Right Hon. Lord Pelham Clinton, of Carleton Villas, .Maida-
The Right Hon. Lordßossmorei of the. Dell, Windsor
Sir Charles William Taylor, Bart., of Ilollycombe lloase, FUJSIX
The Hop.. Robert Gore, M.P., of 21, Wilton-crescent
The H. William M. Dawson
The lion. StaffordJerningham, Brook-street
Sir William Young, Bart., 7 Westbourne-street, Hyie Park, Dir :etot
of the East India Company
Sir James Eyre, of 11, Brook-street, Grosvenor-equare
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., of 40, Sussex-gardens
Sir Robert Schomburgh, of New Kingston, Surrey
Howard Elphiastone, Esq., M.P., of Eaton-place, Director of flys
Direct Western Railway Company, the Thames Embruallment
Company, Sec.
Leo Steore, Esq., of Jay's Park, Surrey
Captain Charles Shirley, of llidhurst, Sussex
Lieut.-Colonel Eden, 1, Lowndes-street, Belte-square
Andrew Spottiswoode, gra
Esq., of Broom Hall, Sureey
Admiral John, Ayscough, of Prospect-place House, Southampton
Lancelot Archer Burton, Esq., of Woodlands, Ellsworth, Hants
Charles Dixon, Esq., of Stanstead Park, Sussex
Archibald Douglas Stewart, of Bruton-street
E. T. Dayrell, Esq.Alligh Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
Colonel Henry Dt.ndas Campbell, of North-end House, Portsmouth,
Deputy-Lieutenant for Hants
' Major Snow, of 4, Old Cavendish-street
The Rev. Henry Garrett Newland, of Westbourne Rectory, Sussex
Franels Lysons Price, Esq., of Sydenham, Kent, Director of the
Shropshire Mineral Company
James Beech, Esq., of Brandon Hall, Warwickshin3
George Grantham, Esq., of Bareombe-place, Sussex
`William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 16, James-street, Buckingham-
gate
Charles Hurst, Esq., of Midhurst, Sussex
George Harrison, Esq., F.S.A., 7, Harleyford-place, Kennington
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., of Tottenham Directors of
Robert Chapman, Esq., of 1, Park-place, Regent's j the Great
Park Manchester
William Watsoit Prole, Esq., of Thurlow-square, Railway
Brompt on, J Company
Tloimas Chitty, Esq., of 0, Upper Gower-street, Barrister-at-Law,
Director of the Birmingham and Leicester Railway Company
Jelin Napper, Esq., of Ifold House, Surrey
Stephen Louden, Esq., of Lindfleld, Sussex
Thomas Stevenson, Esq„ 37, Upper Grosvenor-street
George Baker, Esq., of Stillandi Sussex
James Hitehius, Esq., of Lincoln, Director of the Manchester and
Southampton Railway Company
Lewis Pocock, Esq., of Montague-street, Russell-square
Thomas Neale, Esq., of Reigate, Surrey
Samuel Reit; Esq., Reigate, Surrey
Thomas Neale, Jtsq., jun., of litigate, Surrey
0:41n Luca* Esq., or i'arnihril-11€11. flaslemere
Thomas Boa les, Esq., of Aidliurbt, 6w.:sex
Edwanl Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., of Great Surrey-street, Director of
the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
William Hardy, Esq., F.S.A., of Croydon, Surrey, ,Director of Me-
tropolitan Junction Company
John Davidson Esq., of Trotton-house, near Midhurst
Edmund Sadler,'Esq., of Bepton, Sussex
Anthony Dickson, Esq., Edrington-house, near Berwick-upon,
Tweed
Joseph Eade, Esq., of Clapham Common
William Watson, Esq., of Burn-grove, Boxburglishire, Director of
Bristol and Exeter Railway Company
Samuel Brown, Esq., of Clapham
Joseph Scales, Esq., of 3, Dunster-court, Mincing-lane, and Upper
Clapton
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., of 30, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park,
Director of the Readinig and Reigate Railway Company
John Helhert Helbert, Esq., of Gloucester-place, Director of the Lei—
cester and Birmingham Railway Company
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., of Clopton House, Stratford-on-Avon,
Director of the Warwick and London Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, of Compton-street, Brunswick-square, Di-
rector of the Doncaster and Goole Railway Company
Captain Frederick Chamfer, of Halkin-street, Belgrave-square, Di-
rector of the Fampoux and Hazebrouck Railway
John Barnett, Esq., of Cheltenham, Coroner of the county of Glom-

cester
John Moreton Cottle, Esq., of Leamington, Director of the Coventry
and Birmingham Railway Company
John Brightman, Esq., of Regency-square, Brighton, Director of the
Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company
William Spooner, Esq., of Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, Director of
the Newcastle and Liverpool Railway Company
Aleiander Greig, Esq., of Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director
of the Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway
Captain Trophinrus Hodges, of 65, Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park,
Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway Company
George Parbury, Esq., of 37, Russell-square, Director of the Manches •
ter and Rugby Railway Company
George R. Peppercorne, Esq., of Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the
Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester Railway Company
Thomas Henry Evans, Eeq., of Lothbury, Director of the Rugby
Warwick and Worcester Railway Company
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., of 5, Harley-street
Rev. F. H. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
W. Woode, Esq., of Chilgrove, Sussex
Henry Morley, Esq., of 311dhurst, Sussex
William Gambier, Esq., Seacombe Park, Herts
C. A. Tulk, Esq., of Totteridge Park, Herts
James Peard Ley, Esq., Seyton Ironworks, Whitehaven
John Inglis Jardein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly
H. R. Dowman, Esq., of 47, Upper Bedford-place, Director of the
Cambrian and Grand Junction Railway
Davit Montague, Esq., of Regent's-park
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Ludgate-hill, Director of the Waveney
Valley Railway Company
James Gernon, Esq., Director of the London and Nottingham Rail-
, way Company
James Macmillon, Esq., Southampton
Rev. Cecil Greene, A.M., of Midhurst
Rev. Charles Edward Twyford, of Trotton Rectory, Sussex
Major James Adair, Director of Church of England Insurenee
Company
Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, of Manchester, Director of
Manchester snd Southampton Railway, Managing Director of the
West Lancashire Railway, and of Manchester, Wigan, and South-
port Railway
Robert Sykes, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Clitheroe Junction
Railway
John Clark Prescott, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Oxford, South.
ampton, and Gosport Railway, and of Macclesfield and Ru ,by
Railway
Henry Farrington, Esq , of Manchester, Director of Wigan and
Southport Railway, and of York and Lancaster Railway
Josephus Hurney Iligson, Esq., of Manchester, Director of Chester
and Manchester Direct Railway, and of Manchester aid Rugby
Railway
Daniel Grant, Esq., of Springside, Bury, Lancaster, Director of Rem-
ington's Direct Loudon and Manchester Railway, and of the
Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Junction
Railway
Thomas Townend, Esq., of the Polygon, Manchester, Director of
London and Manchester Direct Railway
John Burgess, Esq., of Manchester, Boroughreeve of Manchester,
Director of the London and Manchester Direct Railway Company,
and of the Manchester, Burnley, Settle, and Carlisle Direct
Railway
James Shaw, Esq., of Salford, Lancashire, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby I:allway
Edward Parrett, Esq., of the Suttons, Romford
John George Hammond, Esq., Essex-house, Bow, Director of the
Direct Western Railway
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway
Phillip Baker, Esq., Euston-square
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Tydyford-hall, Derby
John Webster, Esq., 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Director of the Great
Grimsby, and Lincoln Railway
The names of other noblemen and gentlemen will appear in a
further advertisement, whose lupport has been promised to the un-
dertaking.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Samuel Brown, Esq. Edward Parratt, Esq.
Frederick Clarkson, Esq. William L. Whitmore, Esq.
Robert Chapman, Esq. Thomas Stevenson, Esq.
Joseph Scales, Esq. H. R. Downman, Esq.
John Parkinson, Esq. David Montague, Esq.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. Drayson, of No. 2, Palace-yard, Westminster.
SOLICITORS TO TEE COMPANY—Messrs. Pontifex and Moginie, 5, St.
Andrew's-court, Holborn, London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Rhoades and Greene, solicitors, Chichester
Thomas Hart, Esq., solicitor, Reigate
William Minchin, Esq., solicitor. Portsea and Portsmouth
Thomas Hill, Esq., solicitor, Chatham
Daniel Smart, Esq., solicitor, Emsworth
Edwin Aldbery, Esq., solicitor, Midhurst
Thomas Holmes Bosworth, Esq., solicitor, Westerhom.
SECRETARY—Mr. John C. Sommers.
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In submitting this midertaking— to the public, the promoters are
influenced no less by a conviction of its importance as a direct con-
necting line between the important towns of Chichester and Ports-
mouth and the metropolis, than by its grand national importance in
affording a direct communication between the two great military and
naval arsenals of Great B 'taw—Portsmouth and Chatham.

The projected undertaking, by prOCeeding to the two termini at
Chichester and Portsmouth, will extend the facilities of communica-
tion with the coast branches of railways along the south of England.
connecting itself with Brighton to the eastward, and Southampton
towards the west. By the main line failing into the Brighton Rail-
way the advantage of two termini in London will be secured—the
one at the Bricklayers' Arms, and the other at London-bridge—the
latter of which, from its proximity to the Custom House, and the
several docks on the Thames, Is acknowledged to be tke best position
for a London terminus for merchandise of all descriptions.

The line of railway intended to be constructed by:this Company will
commence at or near the Redhill station near Reigate, on the Lou-
don and Brighton Railway, a distance of 21 miles from London•
bridge.

lii- its course to Portsmouth it will pass through or near Reigate,
Newdigate, Cupel, Ockley, Ewhurst, Rudgwick, Cranley, Alfold,
Billinghurst, Wisborough-green, Plaistow, Haslemere, Chiddingiold,
North Chapel, Kidford, Petforth, Midhurst, Chulgrove, Stoughton
Racton, Westbourne, and Emsworth;at or near which last-mentioned
place this projected lk e will join the Chich ster and Portsmouth Rail-
way to Portsmouth.

A branch is proposed to be made from Dorking to join the main
line at or near Capel.

By this course the entire distance to travel between London and
Portsmouth will be abridged to 73 miles, a distance considerably
shorter than that by which any line hitherto projected between
London and Portsmouth has proposed to pass, and also pursuing
a route more populous and productive than any hitherto presented
to public notice. It will involve the construction of only 45 miles of
railway to complete the course between the Redhill station (near
Reigate) and Emsworth.
From London to Reigate by the London and Brighton
Railroad is
The junction to be made bythis Company is •••••• • • • • • • 48 „
From the point near Emsworth to Portsmouth by the
Chichester and Portsmouth Railway is .• • • • • ....... •

7 „

Total distance from London to Portsmouth ••••• • • ~ 73 miles.
From Chilgrove a line of seven miles will be constructed, and
which will place Chichester in direct communication with London.
The distance between Chichester and London by this route will be
62 miles, and trains will run direct between London and Chichester.
Inasmuch as the existing line of railway to Dover branches off
from the London and Brighton Railroad at Reigate, this projected
line will open up a communication by railroad between Portsmouth
and Dover.

From an inspection of the map, it will be seen that the Redhill
station, near Reigate, lies nearly in a direct line between Ports-
mouth and Chatham, and in pureeing the line of communication to
the last-mentioned naval and military depot, this Una will pass
through or near the toffs of Bletchingley, Godston, Limpsfield,
Westerham, Seven Oaks, Ightham, Town Mailing, Wrothan2, Off
ham, Snodland, Lower Hailing, and Woodham.
making
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Portsmouth and Chatham will extend over 82 miles.
To the naval and military establishments :a this
construction of this projected line will afford
the most importan st-
age, &c. &c., diminishing
the
is in the transit of troops, stores,
baggage.
the at present necessarily
the tardy course of communication which kingdom t the
tend-
ing over the space of two days, and e placing
hi h, in two hours, or thereabouts,
munication with each other w
them _
made.
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exists between Portsmouth and Chatham,
will enable the journey between
efter:sneway
between Portsmouth
The formation of of a direct line
elarity of communication so important to be
electric telegraphic, that c
national Importances
obtained between places of
principal landowners on the greater part
The warm support of the
and Chatham will afford the opportunity of establishing, by the
of the line is P
the contemplate I profit to result from carrying into effect
ference to
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The Provisional Committee abstain from making any special re-
ference to this undertaking.
the populous
are projected to pass is sufficiently known, and is decisive of the
inutility of all comment in that respect.
feeling
ng
districts co
this undelertueakeinngd,
Applications for the shares, in the form given below, to be made
to the Solicitors and Local Agents, or to any of the following
Brokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange,
London ; Messrs. Peppercorn and Co., No. 2, Old Broad. street,
London ; Mr. H. Pritchett, of No. 74, Old Broad-street ; Messrs.
Neilson, sharehrokers, Liverpool ; John Duncuft, Esq., sharebroker,
Manchester ; Mr. B. M'Ewen, IS, St. Ann's-street, Manchester ;
John Watson, Esq., sharebroker, Leeds ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers,
and Bailey, brokers, Leeds ; Messrs. Schultz and Carr, brokers, Li-
verpool ; Messrs. Hope and Rastrick, brokers, Manchester ; Messrs.
Tyeth and Luscombe, stockbrokers, Plymouth ; George Edwards
and Son, Bristol ; Messrs. Watson and Co., Hull ; Messrs. Pott and
Levick, Nottingham ; and Messrs. Collis and Son, Birmingham.

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