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GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY 4
Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction RailWkSl, with a Branch from Derby, to Ashby4de-ht•
rZott.:ll. L. I .

(Provisionally- Registered.)
Capital 1,000,000/., in 50,000 shares ot W. each.
Depositw 21. 2s. per Share.
tltovisrosi AL COMMITTEE.

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Sir John fidtnund De Beauvoir, Wart., Connaught-terrace, Hyde
Pak
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director
of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Simpson Potter, Esq., 7, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Gosport, and Southampton Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the
Irish North Midland Railway
James 'Beech, Esq., the Shawe, Staffordshire, and Brandon Hall,
Warwickshire
Barnet Laurence Phillips, En, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park,
Director of the Direct Western Railway
George Hammond Whaley, Esq., Pall-mall, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the Dendre Valley Railway
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and ..kbergavenny
Railway
Hugh Henshall Williamson, Esq., Greenway Bank, Newcastle-under-
Lyue, Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield; Director of the
Bradtbrd, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York,
and Midland Junction Railway

Stephen Ilutchisou, Esq., London Gas Company, Vauxhall
Henry Cave Leahy, Esq., 5, St. James's-square, Director of the
Great Welch Junction Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-

shire Junction Railway
Daniel di'Mahou, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and orcestershire Railway
Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhanipton, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Timmine ' Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Randle Andrews, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the

Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway
William Griffiths, Esq., Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Herbert Broom, Esq., Kidderminster, and Essex-court, Temple
Caleb Norris, sq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter,

Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Hayes, Esq., South-fields, Leicester
Charles J. Mason, Esq., Fenton, StaftlYrdshire Potteries, Director o 1

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the North Staffordshire Railway
Joseph Henry, Esq., South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London,

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Hounslow, and Western Railway
Edmund (Alison, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coventry,

uneaton, and Leicester Railway
William B. Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director of the

Direct Lend. n and Exeter Railway
Martin Stutly, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, Director

of the Greili Western, Dublin and Belfast, and London and South
Essex Railways.
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, North
Wales, and Cannon-street, Director of the Oxford, South-

atapton, Gosport and Portsmouth, and Direct Western Railways.
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South
Union and Birmingham J unction Railway
Henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill
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Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con-
sail Hall, near Cheadle, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool
District Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction
Railway •
Aimed Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
Robert Chaplin, Esq., A.shby-de-la-Zouch
Edward Maininatt, Esq., Ashby-de,la-Zouch

John tieavington, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
T. S. Kirkland, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch

Thomas Cantrell, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Mathew, Esq., Staunton Harold, Lessee of the Staunton
Harold Coal, Lead, and Lime Works
Joseph Rostock, Esq., Breedon-on-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon Lime

Works
James Reeves, Esq., 150, Cheapside, Director of the Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Harvey Wyatt, Esq., Acton-hill, Stafford, Director of the Trent

Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railways, and of the Dudley,
Madeley, Brossely, and Iron Midge Railway
enjainin Payne, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham Direct
Railway
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, War-
wick, and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham
Direct Railway
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park-Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coast Railway
Joseph Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge
Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire

C. 11. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu •street, Portman-square
James Morrison, Esq., bt. Mary-at-hill, Director of the Bridgewater
and Winehead Railway
George Augustus M`Dermott, Esq., Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle-

under-Lyne
William Field, Esq., Rugeley, Staffordshire

Samuel Binders, Esq., Ingestre, Staffordshire, Land Agent to Lord

Talbot o
It. e. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley Hall, near Hinckley, a Magis-
trate of the County, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and
Leicester Railway
BANKEas—The Union Bank of London.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Charles Howard Whitehumt, Esq., Q.C.
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A.
ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS—MeSsrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and GaLswOrilly, 19, Ely-
place, Holborn
SECRETARY—S.B,IIIII6 Stanway, Esq.
The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Loughborough station on the Midland Counties line, and pro-
ceed through the Vale of Sheepshead, to Pegs Green Colliery,
near to the terminus of the -•Leicester and Swannington Rail-
way, and . from thence through the coal fields of Swannington
and Cole-Orton to Ashby-de-la-'touch. It will thence proceed across
the Moira Coal Field and through the rich agricultural districts of
Seal, Clifton Campville, and Ediugale to the Birmingham and Derby
Railway, which it will cross ',tear to Elford Park Farm, and thence
traverse the valley of the Tame until it reaches Alrewas, where it
will form a junction with the branch of the Trent Valley Inc, now in
progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South
Staffordshire line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by means
of one of the proposed lines it will afford communication with Bir-
mingham.

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means of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrewas the
Grand Trunk reaches Coiwich, and there meets the proposed North
Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potteries
to Newcastle-under-Line, Leek, and 31acclesfield. )3y means also
t,f the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro-
ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford, thus completing its route, awl,
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction
Railways. This branch of the line was formerly surveyed by Mr.
Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that-
no engineering difficulties Mist.
The second line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Derby station, and taking the course of the Derby Canal proceed to
Chellaston, where there are extensive plaster-works, and thence
by Swarkestone to the river Trent, which it will cross near to
the ferry at Weston Cline, and proceed to Kings Newton
and Melbourne. From the latter place it Will pass by the
village of Wilson to Breedon-on-the-Hill, Where there are extensive
lime-works, and thence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicat-
ing by a branch line with the lead, lime, and coal works there ;
thence by the Lount Colliery to Worthington Rough, where it will
follow the line of the Cole-Orton and Swannington Railway until its
junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs-
green Colliery, and so proceed froni thellee to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Geallel-Trunk forms a junction with the
proposed Nottingham and Birmingham, and with the proposed Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways. Its importance as
a line for passengers is too obvious for comment, fbrming as it does a
complete junction between those twO great thoroughfares, the Mid-
land and Grand Junction Railways, and by its branch from Derby to
Ashby-de-la-Zouch another complete junction between the Great
Northern and Southern lines now in progress, thus opening a direct
line of communication to all parts of the kingdom.
As a line for traffic, the Grand Trunk will earth the most direct
transit to the Leicestershire, Staffordshil% and Shropshire iron and
coal fields, to the Burton brewerieS. to North and South Wales, and
Ireland to Scotland, and all parts of the north] and to the eastern,
southern, and western parts of the empire, It will also be the
nearest and most direct communication (Yom the east to the north-
western manufacturing districts, as well as become the great route
from all parts of the kingdom to the midland counties of England,
The mineral reeotirces are of the very highest order, The Moira
coal field is itiexhaustible, whilst the coal bedt% dt litatmton Harold
alone coMprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of Soren feet,
with a super stratum of main coal to a depth of six feet. The gib-
stratum is yet to be worked. There are becla of Retitle.' and main
coal at Cole Orton of equal quality, though net of equal depth with
those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal at Swannington is un-
rivalled, being, in fact, the bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire
coal strata. It is needless to describe the beneficial results Which
must arise from this opening of the midland coal district to the Lon-
don and southern markets.

At Staunton Harold and Calte exist fidit *dna of lead ore, now in
full course of working,

The properties of tile Bitedon, Staunton Harold) and TiCknall lime
are so well known to agriculturists and others) that an extension of
traffic for so valuable a commodity into More remote districts must
be of the utmost importance to the practical farmer.
In approaching the Titht, on leaving the lime district, the Grand
Trunk will fall in With most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser-
viceable fot Nving and building purposes, and for which a ready
market Would be found along the line. The country also abounds
in gypsum, of which immense quantities are used in Birming-
ham and, elsewhere t these markets will thus become opened for the
V..arites at Chellasten.
A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware
of WbOden Box and Griesley Potteries.
until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs will be under
the control of the Committee of Management, to whom power is
given to allot the shares and apply the funds of the,Company in
payment of all proper expenses in the formation of the Company and
otherwise, _

Poi Will be applied for in the Act, and in the meantime the
Committee of Management take power, to alter or extend the lines,
to make branch lines, to abandon any part of the line, to raise addi-
tional capital, and to enter into arrangements with any other Com-
pany or Companies.
Application for shares must be made, in the form annexed, to the
solicitors to the Company, Messrs. Watts, Galsworthy, and Gale-
wortby, 19, Ely-place, Holborn, London ; to the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, 3, Adelaide-place, Loudon-bridge ; and to
foll6wing

LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs, Keen and Hand, Stafford
Thomas Bolton, Esq., Wolverhampton •
E. Kem Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
Messrs. Keary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
i; Thomas Piddock, A.snby-de-la-touch • i
F. J:Hamel, Esq., Tamvrorth , •
John' Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent .
'BeauVolt:Brock, Iveq., Loughborough
Charlei Siriesley, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

BIIAREBAOKERS.
London—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street
Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change-alley
Mr. A. Sym, Tokcnhouse-yard
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and 'Whitehead
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash
Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronhelm

Messrs. Weatherburn and Jennings
Birmingham—Mr. J. R. Lane
Newcastle—Mr. W. W. Dickinson
rrcitaval r. William AL 1400.
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sens
Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp
Waliefield—Mr. A. H. Armitage
Nottingham—Mr. C. Spencer
Worcester—Mr. W. Miles
York—Messrs. Grayston and Erie
Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Boardman
Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun.
Exeter—Messrs. H. Beaumont and Co.
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square
Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes
Leicester—Messrs. Williams and Sunderland ; Messrs. Eagleileld
and Co.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201. each
in the above-named railway ; and I undertake to accept the same or
such less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regu-
lations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay
when required the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in full ..
Residence in full • • . •
Profession and professional residence in full•
Reference.. • • • • • •• • • • • • ..... • • .. • • • • • .

THE LONDON, BRISTOL, and SOUTH
• WALES DIRECT RAILWAY.
Provisionally Registered under the `th and Bth Vic., cap. 110.
Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,050 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir Arthur De Capel Broke, Bart., Oakley Park, Northamptonshire
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, Landon, Director of the South
Union Railway
Th,, Rev. Sir Erasmus Henry Grilles 'Williams, Bart., Marlborough'
Major-General Sir Dudley Hill, High Cliff House, Dorsetshire
Colonel Sir Frederick Hankey, G.C.M.G., Queen Ann-street, London
William Collins, Esq., M.P., Director ofthe South Union Railway, and
Deputy Chairman of the Warwielshire and London Extension
Railway
Ralph Etwall, Esq., M.P., Nursling Mount, Hants, Chairman of the
Oxford, Newbury, Andover, and Southampton Railway
C. D. Archibald, Esq.' Rushland that, Lancashire, Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
J. It. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway
Joseph Bailey, Esq., Cloth Manufacturer, Caine
W. G. Beare, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Bandon and /Santry
Railway
The Mayor of Caine
Robert Walter Carden, Esq., Director of the. South Midland and
South Union Railways
George Clive, Esq., Sandersfoot. House, Croydon
Henry Coe Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Essex, Director of the South-
ampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
George Robert Colman, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the South
Midland Railway.
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Chairman of the .Asturian Mining Com-
pany, and Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junction
Railway
Richard Compton, Esq., Eddington House, Hungerfont
Henry Dann, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and London Ex-
tension, and Dudley and Iron Bridge Railways
Joseph Davies, Esq., Merchant, Chepstow, Director of the Bristol
and Liverpool Junction Railway
John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., Hampton, Director of the Birming-
ham and Lichfield Railway
James Evans, Esq., Greenway, Neath, South Wales
Thomas Fothergill, Esq., Bedford-square
James Grignon, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
1.- Henry Greville, Esq., Hobart-place, Beigrave-square
William Henry Halcomb, Esq., Chilton, near Hungerford
Thomas Halcomb, Esq., Alderman of Marlborough
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough
Richard Heath, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and London Ex-
tension Railway
Abraham Henley, Esq., Caine
Dugdale Houghton, Esq„ Forch, Dwm Colliery, South Wales
The Constable of Hungerford
Joseph Jacksen, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Rock Life Assurance
Company
John Knill, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales Junc-
tion Railway
Rev. Robert Knight, Tythegston Court, Bridgend, South Wales
Henry C. Leahy, Esq., 5, St. James's-square, Director of the Rugby,
Derby, and Manchester Railway
William Matins, Esq., Mansion House-place, London, and Dan y
Graig Ironworks, South Wales'
John Matthews, Esq., Hungerford
William McMichael, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Hugh Monteith, Esq., Glasgow
George Shadforth Ogilvie, Esq., Ridgeway House, near Bristol
Benjamin Oliviera, Esq., London, Director of the Liverpool, Man-
chester, and Neweastle-upon-Tyne Junction Railway
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury,
and Crewe Union Railway
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Director of the South Staffordshire Rail-
way
George Henry, 'Phlekney, Esq., Marlborough •
William Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
George Penrese,, Esq., Eagle's Bush, Neath, South Wales
George Rawlinson, Esq., Dan y Graig Ironworks, South Wales
John Thomas Aaworth, Esq., Director of the Warwickshire and
London Extension Railway
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., Marlborough
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Portman-square,
Director of the Great Western Extension Railway
Joseph Rusher, Esq., Glyn Leiros, South Wales
James Russell, Esq., Director of the Manchester, Rugby, and South-
ampton Railway
George Randle Hooky, Esq., Pont Ebbw Colliery, Newport, South
Wales/
William Tanner, Esq., Blackland's House, Caine
William Thorns, Esq., Hungerford
George Willes, Esq., Hungerford Park
Major-General Wright, Windsor..
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir Arthur de Capel Broke, Bart. The Rev. Sir Erasmus Williams,
Sir Frederick Hankey Bart.
Ralph Etwall, Esq.., M.P. Sir Dudley St. Leger Hill
Richard Compton, Esq. • William Collins, Esq., M.P.
Major-General Parlby George Clive, Esq.
William Simpson, Peter, Esq. Henry Dann, Esq.
ENGINEER—Francis Giles, Esq.
STANDING COUNSEL—WiIIiam Monteith, Esq., Paper-buildings.
Scocciron—Netlam Giles, Esq., 4, Verulam-buildings, Londom.
LOCAL AGENTS.
E. T. Clarkson, Esq., Caine
John Halcomb, Esq., Hungerford and Marlborough
• John Edwards Hayward, Esq., Devizes
John Trenfield, Esq., Chipping Sodbury
SECRETARY.—Frank W. Sykes, Esq.
- BANKERS.
Messrs. Hankey and Co., London
Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney, Hungerford and Caine
The Wilts and Dorset Ranking Company, Marlborough -
The North Wilts Banking Company, Chippenham
South Wales, abounding is natural harbours and mineral pro-
ductions, and celebrated for the magnitude and excellence of its
manufactures, is justly esteemed, both in a naval and commercial
point of view, as one of the most important districts of Great
Britain.
Its connexion with London has become of such paramount Im-
portance as to demand the most direct and perfect communication
that can possibly be established. Tide is the main object of the pro-
posed undertaking.
This Railway will proceed from London to Hungerford by the
Great Western Railway, there leaving that railway and running
almost in a straight line by Marlborough, Caine, and Chippenham,
where it will again join the Great Western Railway thus giving to
the towns of Marlborough and Caine (which at present have no
railway) a direct communication with London ; and also with Bath,
Brietol....the South Western Counties of England and South Wales.
From chipesubam the line will pass near Chipping Sodbury,
and proceed to the Mristol and Gloucester Railway at Westerleigh
(about eight miles from Bristol), and by a junction with that rail-
way the direct line from London to Bristol will be completed.
From Westerleigh the line will be continued to the river Severn at
Aust, and be carried across that river by means of the fixed bridge of
the Bristol and Liverpool Junction Railway. On the Monmouth-
shire side of the river it will proceed for another half mile over the
river Wye, direct to, and terminate at, the South-Wales Railway,
near to Hunger Pill. This last half mile will of itself effect a saving
in distance between London and South Wales of about four miles.
By taking advantage, as far at possible, of existing railways, this
project will complete at once the most direct and best trunk-line
from. London to Bath, Bristol, and the South-Western Counties of
England ; but more especially to Chepstow, Newport, Cardiff, Swan-
sea, Milford Haven, the whole of South Wales, and Ireland.
The fOliowhig are the savings in distance effected by the proposed
line

Between London and Bath, via Hungerford, the pro-
posed line as - far as Chippenham, and the Great
Western Railway .. • • ........... ....... about 7 miles.
Between London and Bristol, via Hungerford, the
proposed line as far as Westerleigh, and the Bristol .
and Gloucester Railway. •• • • ................... about 8 miles.
Between London and the whole of South Wales, via
• the Great Western Railway, the proposed tunnel
Under the Severn at Hock Crib, and the South
Wales Railway to Hunger Pill ............. ..... about 16 miles.
Between London and the whole of South Wales, via
the Great Weatern, and the Bristol and Liverpool
Junction Railways • ... • ....................... about 23 miles.
These great savings in distance are by no means the principal
featured of the undertaking. By this direct communication between
London and Bristol the Box tunnel will be entirely avoided, an im-
portant fact which will no doubt have a most powerful effect with
AideoVer passengers to and from South Wales will be eihibled to
travel at all times'by means of the fixed bridge over. the Severn at
the Aust or Old Passage; thus avoiding on the one hand the well-
known dangers inconveniences, delays, and difficulties of the open
ferry tit two Miles and a half; at the New Passage, proposed by the
Bristol and South Wales junction hallway Company I and, on the
other hand, the tunnel of about a mile under the Severn, proposed by
the Fouth Wales RallWay Company, which (even if capable of con-
struction) unisteVer leave the public apprehensiVe of accident.
Reference to a- Map will clearly demonstrate that the great Stream
-of passengers and traffic between London, Bristol; the South-Western
Counties and Ireland will flow through the proposed line and South
Wales to Milford Haven and,Fishguard Harbour. The establishment
of Valentin, as the chief out-port to the dariadas and the United
States', Will moreover create a traffic, via South Wales, never hitherto
contemplated. But supposing Valentia should not become that out-
port, there tan be no doubt that Milford llrtsien, from its extreme
western position.and natural advantages, that. •
Independently of the passenger traffic above referred to, the faci-
lities which the line will afford to the unequalled iron works of
South Wales, and the extensive copper and tin works of Swansea and
Neath Mist induce the Manufacturer to transmit his goods with"
safety, economy, and rapidity by rail, rather than with hazard and
delay by sea.
A new and most important market will be opened to the dwners
of collieries in South Wales. Newport will be brought Within 129
miles of London; and it may be confidently itadefted Mgt the Ibitro••
polls will draw an immense supply of coal from that neighbourhood,
inasmuch as coal of most excellent quality can be delivered in Lon-
don from the Welsh collieries at about 153. per ton.
The principal advantages of direct railway communication between
important termini are now too Universally adriiitted both by Nitta-
Ment and the public to need.argument. Many importarit difebt lints
have been already favourably received; but when the savings in distance
—the avoidance of a ferry and tunnels—the new channels for traffic—
the giving of railway accommodation to a large district—and the
establishment of the most direct and complete communication be-
tween London and Bath, Bristol, and South Wales are recollected—
and especially that these important benefits can be obtained by the
formation of a line fifty-two miles only in length—it is confidently as_
serted that the proposed railway holds out advantages superior to
any hitherto projected, and will at the same time prove,. if not the
most, one of the most profitable Investments ever offered to the
public.
The subscriber/ruin be held liable only to the extent 'of their first
depositd, until'an'Aefof Parliament is obtained, and afterwards only
to'the amount' of their subscriptions. •
• - Übtil.an Act of Parliament-shall be obtained, the affairs if the
Company shall be under the management and control of the Corn-
mittee of Management, as appointed.
Power will be applied for in the Act—and in the meanurne is
hereby given te the • Committee of Management—to increase the
capital, if necessary ; te alter or abandon any part of the line, to
make branch lines, or enter into arrangements with any other.com.
pany or companies ; and also to nominate the first Directors of the
Company.
The Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement will be
ready for signature on payment of the deposits.
Applications for prospectuses and shares may be mad. to the soli-
citor ; or to Messrs. Carden and Whitehead, Threadneedle-street ;
Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham : Mr. S. Grindrod, and Messrs.
uttrawen and Pa_ ItonehP_StE'r: WWI. rr Davie. "rid. Ca., and
Messrs. Haselden and Son, Liverpool ; Messrs. Watson and Co.,
Leeds ; Messrs. Wilkinson and Earle, Hull ; Mr. Butchard, Hud-
dersfield; Messrs. Buchanan, Aitken and Co., Glasgow; Mr. Luke
Arnold, Bristol; Mr. William Gordon, Aberdeen; and Mr. James
Pringle, Edinburgh.
No application for Shares can.be received after the 20th inst.' nor
will any be attended to, unless reference be made to one of the Pro-
visional Committee, the solicitor, bankers, or brokers of the Company.
4, Verulamb-uildings, September 8, 1845.
FORM. OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Directors of the
Railw Londay Company. on, Bristol, and South Wales Direct
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me Shares of
201. each in the above Railway Company ; and I undertake to pay
the deposit, and sign the necessary deeds when called on.
Name in full
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MIDLAND AND EASTERN COUNTIES
. RAILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON, to
WORCESTER.
In consequence of important arrangements just concluded in con-
nexion with this undertaking, an amended prospectus will appear in
a few days ; in the meantime the allotment of shares is necessarily
postponed.
Dated this 9th day of September, 1845.
W. 0. and W. HUNT, 10, Whitehall,
F. T. ELGIE, Worcester,
JOHN CHINERY, Leamington, Solicitors.
Messrs. DAY, St. Neoth, •