The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

MIDLAND GRAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
Connecting the Great Western, London and Birmingham, and Direct
Manchester. From Reading via Henley-on-Thames, Aylesbury,
Buckingham, and Northampton.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,250,000/. in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Jahn Andsson, Esq., Princes-perk, Liverpool,Direetor of the East-
ern Counties and SoutherM Railway
William Ashcroft, Esq., Bury, Director of the Lancashire, Cheshire,
and Staffordshire Raillevay
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Montagne-place,
Montague-square
George Alfred Beardmore, iEsq., Nottingham, Director of the Hull
and Lincoln Direct Railway, and Nottingham and Peterborough
Railway
etriston-square, Director of the York
Charles R. Rime, Esq., 19, Bry
and Lancaster Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the
Licensed Victuallers' Assurance Company
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London
Docks
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the
Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man-
chester Railway
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the New Ross,
Carlow' and Kilkenny Railway
Henry S. Bright, Esq , Hull, Director of the Durham and Sunderland
and Direct Western Railway
G. A. Brown, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Callas and Lima
Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries
Railway
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the York and Lan
caster Railway
Wm. Byrom,Elq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham District, the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead, York and Lancaster, and Cheltenham,
Oxford, and London Railways
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the York and Lancaster,
Rugby, Derby and Manchester, Staffordshire Potteries Railways
John Chattntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Richard Clay, Esq., 1, Winchester-buildings, London, Director of the
Huddersfield and Eastern Coast Railway
John Clampitt, Esq., Sercombe, Exeter, Director of the Exeter and
Crediton Railway
Ephraim Cocker, Esq., White Coppice, Chorley, Director of the Black-
burn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway
W. H. Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Eastern Counties
Junction and Southend Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Nathaniel Cumberledge, Esq., 3, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Direc-
ef the Leeds and Huddersfield Railway, &c. &c.
Newton Crouch, Esq., 13, Southampton-place, Euston-square, Di-
rector of the Mauritius, and the York and Lancaster Railways
Thomas Ferrand Dearden, Esq., Rochdale, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and Liverpool Spa era,,,,,e5t.... lateeet Railway
Peregrine Bores Dearden, Ems., Birkenhead, Liverpool
J. W. De Wolf, Esq., la-verpool
Miles Dormer, E.e.1., Hans-place, Sloane-street, Director of the
Eastern Ce;:inties Junction and Southend Railway
Richard Davis, Esq., Knaresborough, Director of the Wilts, Somerset,
Southampton Railway
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Dickson, Curzon-street, May-fair, Director
of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway, the York and Lancaster, Staffordshire Potteries,
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
J. D. Ewes. Esq., Knaresborough
Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq., Alder House, near Tamworth, Direc-
tor of the Leicester and Northampton Railway.
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square, Director of the South
Midland Railway
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Bandon and Bantry Railway
William Garrow, Esq., Great George's-square, Liverpool, Director of
the Eastern Counties and Southend Junction Railway
William Gibb, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Huddersfield, and East and West
Coasts Railways
James Glover, Esq., Longton, Director of the South Union and Bir-
mingham Junction Railway
Captain Twisleton Grave., Director of the Leicester and Tean and
Dove Valley Railway
Charles Haigh, Esq., Broadley Wood, Rochdale and Manchester,
Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
F. W. Hamilton, Esq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director
of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
John Lawrence Harris, Esq., 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,
Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
John George Hammock, Esq., Essex-house, Bow-road, Director of
the Direct Western Railway
Chas. Harrisson, Esq., 31, York-terrace, Regent's-Park
John Hawkins, Esq., St. James's-pktce, New-cross
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of
the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester, Director of Renting-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
William Holiday, Esq., Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Charles Holland, Esq., of Liscard Vale, Cheshire, and Liverpool
John Holmes, Esq., St. James's-street, Westminster, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and Southend, and the Direct Western
Railways
George Holt, Esq , Willow-hill, Crumpsall, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England Junction, Direct Western, and Reading, Guildford, and
Reigate Railways
Adderly Howard, Esq., Long Sutton, Wisbeach, Director of the East
Coast, and Direct Western Railways
William Buliteley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land Railway
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Avon and Severn
Valley, and the Great Western Direct Railways
Herbert Ingram, Esq., Director of the Eastern Counties Junction
and Southend Railway
John Charles Jack, Esq., Liverpool
C. H. Jagger, Esq., Handsworth, Director of the Great Western,
Southern and Eastern Counties, and Ipswich, and Ipswialt and
Southampton Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and
Midlands Junction Railway
William Kempe, Esq., Teign Villa, Teigamouth, Director of the
Eastern Co nties Junction Railway, and the Leeds, Fleetwood,
and Liverpool Railway
Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D. Sheffield, director of the Eastern Coun-
ties and Southend Junction and Direct Western Railways
George Lawrie, Esq. Manchester, director of the Eastern Counties
Junction and Southend Railway
Peter Thomas Legh, Esq., Ridge-hall, county Dublin, Eirector of the
Isle of Man Railway
Job Lockycr Seale, Esq., M.D., Director of the Direct London,Hast-
logs, and Rye Hallway, and Great Northern and Southern Direct
Railway from Huddersfield to Derby
William Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Lancashire,
Cheshire and Staffordshire Junction Railway.
John Lord, Esq. Standish Hall, Lancashire, director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, the Liverpool and Manchester Direct, and Lanca-
shire, Cheshire and Stafford Junction Railways.
Jas M`Dougall, Esq., Fir-grove, North Brixton
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway
A. M. Macmoran, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director of the
East and West Junction Railway
Major-General Sir Love Parry, Mardyn, Carnarvonshire Director of
the North Wales Railway.
William Marriott, Esq., Ottercliffe- terrace, Director of the Direct
Western and the Isle of Ely, and Wisbeach and Lincolnshire
Junction Railway
Charles James Mason, Esq.. Fenton
Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Collunwton, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Id. Norton, Esq., Mont-house, Brentwood
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Marlborough-square, Manchester; director
of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and Direct Western Rail-
ways
Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane-lodge, Twickenham, Director of
the York and Lancaster Railway
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Direct Western Railway
Richard William Perry, Esq., Barham Wood, near Eistree, Herts
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
John Pratt, jun., Esq., Fenton
Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Strofford, Mancbesa
ter, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and the Liverpool"
Preston, and North Union Railways
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Chairman of the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, and Director of the Sheffield and Man-
chester Railway, &c.
James Renshaw, Esq., West Heath House, Kent, Director of the
Direct Western, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., BycUllah-house, Enfield, Director of the
Direct Western Railway
It. A. Riddell, Esq., Director of the Great Western Extension Railway
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hitton-in-Hole, Durham, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beauvoir-terrace, Maida Vale
Hartley Sager, Esq., Ball Grove, Collie, Director of the East Lan-
cashire and Andale Junction Railway.
Edward Scard, Esq , Kew-green
C. J. Selwyn, Major Royal Engineers, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
William Sidelbotham, Esq., Glossop, J.P. for Derbyshire, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Director of the Manchester and Rugby
Direct Railway
Edward Smith, Esq., Barnsbury Park, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
William Studley, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Henry Taylor, Esq
l Direct, the Liverpoo, Preston, and North Union and Oxford, Chel-
tenham and London Railways
Joseph Taylor, Esq., Clements-lane
Jolla Thompson, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Birkenhead and Ho-
lyhead, Manchester and Wigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North
Union Railways
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway
Charles F. Thornley, Esq. Eastfleld House, Westbury, near B,
Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Manchester, Settle, and
Car isle Railways
Thomas Tebbutt, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Edward Trelfall, Manchester, Director of the Eastern Counties Junc-
tion and Southend Railway
James Troup, Esq., Nivaings, Director of the Direct Western and
Direct Hastings
Jas. Truey, Esq., Great Winchester-street, City, London
Sir William Twisden, Bart., Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle
Railway, and Director of the Commercial Bank of London.
George Walker, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Upfill, Esq., Edgbaston, Director of the Wolverhampton,
Birkenhead and Chester Railway
S. P. Ward, Esq., Birkenhead, .Director of the Eastern Counties
Junction and Southend Railway
Edward Westlake, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Direct Westent
Railway
William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Downs, Director of
the Waveney Valley Railway
Robert Wynne Williams, Esq., 29, Bedford-place,Russell-square
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds
and Carlisle, and South Unison and'Birmingham Junction Railways
Sir William Wynne, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Loughton
Thomas Bollman Upflll, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Bristol
and Dover Railway
George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
John Wm. Yerbury, Esq., Bellomb-house, Bradford
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq. William Kempe, Esq.
The Rev. H. R Fowler, R. A. Riddell, Esq.
William Garrow, Esq. Henry Taylor, Esq.
Capt. Twisleton Graves J. Underwood, Esq.
John Holmes, Esq. M. A. Wilkinson, Esq.
Richard Kelly, Esq. Thomas Wynne, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING ENGINEER—T. Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
ACTING EszotNEEß.—Oliver Byrne, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, Moorgate-street
J. E. Beales, Esq., 7, John-street, Adelphi
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester.
LOCAL AGENTS.
3lessrs. Christian and Jones, Liverpool.
Saunders Nash, Esq., High Wycombe
Messrs. Prickett and Watson, Aylesbury
Messrs. King and Son, Buckingham
BANKERS.
London—The Commercial Bank of London
Manchester—The National Provincial Bank of England.
SECRETARY—Nichs. J. Kempe, Esq.
Company's Offices, Palace-chambers, St. James's.
This railway will form, as nearly as may be practicable, a direct
line from Reading, in
Berkshire—one of the 1. ost important and
raisidly improving towns in the kingdom—to the large and populous
it
town of Northampton, where the
Northampton form a junction with
Northampton and Peterborough
The line will proceed fronktho Readingßailway
ystation of the Great Western
ames, Great Marlow,
Railway, and by the way of Henley-on-Thames,
West 'Wycombe, Aylesbury, and Buckingham, through some of the
richest and most fertile districts of England,'
from whence vast
supplies of live stock and agricultural produce are constantly fur-
nished to the metropolis ; and from Buckingham it will be continued
direct to Ellsworth and Northampton.
From Blisworth a line proceeds to Wellingborough, and forma
Junction with the Direct Manchester Railway ; and it isintendeda
that a branch shall be formed from West Wycombe to the station at
Slough, on the Great Western Railway
The proposed line with the branch will be about seventy-five miles
in length, and it has been ascertained that it may be constructed
with unusual facility, whilst, by meals of the intended junctions with
the Great Western Railway at Slough and Reading, with the London
and Birmingham Railway at Blisworth, and the Direct Manchester
Railway at Wellingboroinh, an uninterrupted and most desirable
railway communication will be opened between Portsmouth, eos-
port, the Isle of Wight, ,SoutharaPton, Bedford, Liuntividoot the