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greys, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can
ever probably be constructed between the southern ports of England
and the great manufacturing districts.
In the alliance of lines forming the West Midland, Manchester
and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages pre-
sents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin-
gencies also. If it be desirab'e that the terminus of every railway
should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re•
spect the present project Is peculiarly fortunate. If Government be
resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lines, it
will be seen, by laying a rule on the map of England from Salisbury
to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these
places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this
prospectus, as being on the proposed line ; and actual measurement
has shown this line to be the shortest between Southampton and
Manchester by 26 miles.
By the construction, therefore, of little more than 60 miles of
rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tablished—a line, also, however superior in po,ition to others pro-
mising similar advantages, may yet be considered as competing
with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole,
and Southampton.

In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
giving a preference to sharebolderS in the South and Midlands'
Junction Railway Company.
Applications :or prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Bashuhall-street ; and of the following gentlemen:—
London—Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street; Mr. J. B. Har-
rison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Hanbury, 4, Angel-court.
Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co , and Messrs. Neilson.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William

Marshall.
lull—Messrs Collinson and Flint.
seeds—Messrs. Young and Son.

Stratford-on Avon—kr. William Bolton,
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford.

Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer.
Birmingham— Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.

Glasgovr—Messrs Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Messrs. M`Callum

and Co.
Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Co,

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,

To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, Manchester,
and Southampton Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me
Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name (in full)
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Address of Referee
Date

THE WEST MIDLAND, MANUtIESThIt,
AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND BIRMINGHAM,
SWINDON, DEVIZES, AND SALISBURY JUNCTION.
Notice is hereby given, that after the 30th of SEPTEMBER instant,
no applications for shares in this undertaking can be received.
By order of the Board, . G. N. WRIGHT.
5, Basinghall-street, London, Sept. 23, 1845.

LEICESTER AND TEAN AND DOVE
VALLEY JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Honourable the Earl of Uxbridge
The Right Honourable Lord William Graham
The Right Honourable Lord Alfred Paget, M.P.
The Right Honourable Lord George Paget
Sir Richard Dobson, F.R.S., 47, Gloucester-place, Portman-square,
London
The Honourable Francis Curzon, Barrow Hall, Derby
The Honourable Frederick Byron
Edward Buller, Esq., M.P., Dilhorn Hall, Staffordshire
The Right Honourable Colonel George Lionel Dawson Darner, M.P.,
6, Tilney-street, London
Major Beresford, M.P., 77, Pall-mall, London
George Dodd, Esq., M.P., Grosvenor-place, London
William Henry Gregory, Esq., M.P., 5, Cork-street, London
John Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., 10, New-street, Spring gardens.
London, and Holne Park, Devon
William John Blake, Esq., 62, Portland-place, London
The Rev. Reginald Chandos Pole, Radboum Rectory
John Bott, Esq.,-Coton-hall, Staffordshire
Henry Barton, Esq , Rangemoor-house, Burton-on-Trent
Capt. C. Twisleton Graves, Army and Navy Club, London
Wm. Coare Brocklehurst, Esq., Hurdsfield-house, Macclesfield
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford-hall, Lichfield
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., F.A.S., York-terrace,
Regent's-park, and Walney, Lancashire
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq., 55, Chester-square, London
Joseph Hoare, Esq., banker, Hampstead, London
William J. Denne, Esq., 6, Lower Berkeley-street, Portman-square,
London
George Dixon, Esq., Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards, 97, Mount-
street, London
Edward Thomas Coke, Esq., Mansfield Wood-house
Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Hyde-hall, Stockport
Thomas Landor, Esq., the Manor-house, Burton-on-Trent
William Sharp, Esq., Linden-hall, Lancaster
Thomas Webb, Esq., Tutbnry, Staffordshire
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsall-lodge, near Derby
Henry Meakin, Esq., Burton-on-Trent
Moses Cartwright, Esq., Stanton-house, Derbyshire
John T. Raworth, Esq., Leicester
Gebrge Boden, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington
Charles Bemers l'lestow, Esq., Watlington Hall, Lynn Regis, Nor-
folk, and Princes-street, Cavendish-square, London
James Valiance, Esq., 35, Cavendish-square, London, and Sitting-
bourne, Kent
:2.010nel Cheney, Gaddesley, near Leicester
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEERS.
Joseph Cubitt, Esq. J. F. Bateman, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. J. and J. Richardson, Burton-upon-Trent
G. H. R. Cox, Esq., Derby.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Barnett, Hoares, and Co.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co.
Commercial Bank of London
Leicester and Ashby-de-la-Zouch—The Leicester and Leicestershire
Banking Company
Burton-on-Trent--The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourn Union
Bank.
Sscameur—Joseph Richardson, Esq., Burton-on-Trent.

THE LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEF-
FIELD, and SOUTH STAFFORDSIIIRE (or LEEDS
WOLVERHAMPTON, and DUDLEY) DIRECT RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,7C0,000/., in A 5,000 Shares of 20t. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right Hon. the Earl of Shrewsbury, Alton Towers, Staffordshire
Sir William Young, Bart., East India Director, Westbourne-street,
Hyde-park Gardens
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Deputy Chairman of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way, &c.
Sir William Boothby, Bart, Ashbourne-hail, Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburham House, Chairman of
Remington's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Hon. Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and
Lancaster Railway, and Director of the Nottingham and Boston
Railway, Parliament-street, London, &c., &c.
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Remington's London and
Manchester Railway
Bright, Selim. Esq., Buxton
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'Murton, Robert, Esq., banker, Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Direc-
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordslire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Bradley, Septimus, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashboume
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester Direct Railway
Cleobury, Thomas, Esq., Askew Villa, Acton
Cooke, the Rev. J., Uttoxeter, Director of the East and West Junction
Railway, &c.
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Hole,e Cottage, Ashhourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director oi the Team and Dove
Valley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &c.
Cross'ey, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Dalby, John, Robert. Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Maier, Thurston, Ashbourne
Daniel, Richard. Eq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Dent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield
Dent, John, Esq., Northeate, Huddersfield
Dyson, Thomas, Esq.. Well-house, Holmflrth
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield
Eastwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and Halifax Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq., Road-meadow, Ashbourne
Fidler, Pater Pichott, Esq., Higgin Grange, Derbyshire
Fisher, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct

Railway
Frost, Meadows, Esq., Chester
Garle. Samuel, Esq., Uttoxeter
Garle, William, Esq. Uttoacter
Gilpin, awl Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of

the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, Longton, Staffordshire

laden. Joseph, Esq., sudley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-

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shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railway
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbourne
Heroin, John, Esq., Birk's-house, Holmfirth
Hatfield, Thomas, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &e.
Haywood, Richard Howard, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries
Hill, John, Esq., Derby
Hirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield
Ingleby, Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire
Jones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Johnson, John Goodwin, Esq., Bentley Hall Ashbourne
Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, Director of the Ches-

ter and Manchester Railway
Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
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London and Manchester Direct Railway
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Statfordshire,•and Worcester Junction Railway
Keene, John Joseph, Esq.,, St. John's Wood, Regent's Park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, &c.
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons'

Life Assurance, &c.
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, Sudbury
Lawrence, Richard Corbett, Esq., Wandlleld-hall, Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Laughton, Richard, Esq., Barrow-hill, Uttoxeter
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Laseetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lasseter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester, Vice-Chairman of the Severn

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Commission, &c.
Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall
Mason, Charles James, Esq., Staffordshire Potteries
Mason, George Miles, Esq., Wetley Abbey, Ftaffordshire
Meteyard, Horace, Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London aid
Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
M`Mahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton. Director of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Manors, John, Esq. Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
7,Mrainocorr,
jyshphnlo,,,niEEasq,sq,..,E.Tlesqlta.e Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the Derby-
N.m,,so,htitihnr.tef,orSdt,aTffhoordmslaisirje,oiamnd,
EWmo.r,cAeltheborshuirnre.Junction Railway
Moorhouse, Joshua, Esq., Holmflrth
NPbrtrykosiiiiiiyroaeon7,:s:
John,
Staffordshire,
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and Leeds Direct Railway
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Director of tke Itot:thampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-
way, &c.
Phillips, William, Esq., Springfield House, Uttoxeter. Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Roberts, Thomas, Esq., Manchester
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates, Cottage, Wakeflad
Roden, Thomas Clarke, Esq., Birminham
Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, D rector of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Scropton, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, Charles, Esq., Alton, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York

Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the Derby-

shire, Staffordshire Railway, &c.
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dote

Valley Railway
Smith, John, Esq., Barton House, Derbyshire
Smythe, John Vere, Esq., Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Spiers, E. J., Esq., Carlton Villas, London, Director of the East and

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West Junction Railway
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-

surance Company
Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway, Scc.
Tibbits, Thomas, Esq., Norton Manor-house, Leicester
Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq., Bradley Pastures, Ashbourne
Toogood, Rupert, Esq , shbourne
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
the East and West Junction Railway, &c.
Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
Manchester Railway, &c,
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire
Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugeley
Watts, William Royde, Esq., Birmingham
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
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shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds
Willes, George, Esq., Thagerford-park, Berkshire
Williamson, Hugh Henshall, Esq., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire
Potteries
Williamson, Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries
Wise, Thomas, Esq., Ashbourne
Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood, Charles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshice, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Wood William, Esq., 111. D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Wood, William Hurd, Esq., Ashbourne
Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo-
rough Railway.

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BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Oldtng, and Co., Clement's-lane, London
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter
Ditto, Ashbourne

Ditto Ditto,
Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley
Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby

SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttoseter
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Armishaw, J., Esq., Rugeley
Bolton, Thomas, Esq., Wolverhampton
Bolton, John, Esq., Dudley
Eggington, A., Esq., Lichfield
Green, James J., Esq., Walsall.
Lowe, Richard, Esq., Cheadle
Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield and Holmfirth

This line of railway, which is about sixty-five miles in length, is
intended to commence at Uttoxeter (the terminus of the proposed
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway) and
to proceed to Sheffield and Huddersfield. It will form a direct com-
munication between two of the most important manufacturing and
mining districts in England, viz., South Staffordshire, Huddersfield,
and Sheffield, and. Rotherham in Yorkshire ; the South Staffordshire
portion including Dudley, Tipton,Walsall, Bilston, Wednesbury, and
Wolverhampton.
This line will also open a direct railway communication between
Leeds, Huddersfield, and the West Riding of Yorkshire and Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanclly, Caenuarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aherystwith, and with Porthdy-nllaen, the future outport for
Ireland. And also the most direct communication between Leeds
and Southampton.

The line will pass nearly along the Uttoxeter and Caldon Canal to a
point near Prestwood, in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this undertaking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourn. thence near Dovedale, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holuffirth to Huddersfield, where it will
join the Huddersfield and Leeds Railway, and so to Thirsk. It will
open new mines, in addition to those already in work, of lead, coal,
iron ore, barytes, and carboniferous and magnesian limestone on the
route, in addition to forming a direct, speedy, and cheap communica-
tion between the important towns above mentioned.
Arrangements have been 'Made with other companies to run into
this line from Sheffield. This company reserves the right to raise
additional capital to extend the line to Leeds.
Many of the above-mentioned mineral productions are essential to
the mining districts of South Staffordshire and Sheffield. The North
Staffordshire and Derbyshire Limestone is much superior to that of
South Staffordshire in the fluxion of iron (15 cwt. of the former being
equal to a ton of the latter), and producing a better quality of ma-
terial. At present, the mode of transit is very circuitous and expen-
sive, the line from the Caldon Mines having to go by canal round
by Etruria, Leek, and the Potteries, to the Dudley and surrounding
furnaces, when, by this railway, it would be taken in a straight line
to them ; and the Ashbourne, Cromford, Worksworth, and Bakewell
country would have an entirely new trade opened to them. The iron-
stone in the neighbourhood of Sheffield is also becoming very scarce,
and great quantities are introduced from Scotland; the same scarcity
exists in South Staffordshire ; and the route of this line would fur-
' nish a cheap and good supply, at present not worked, and without a
market, both north and south. In - addition to these great advan-
tages, a good local market would be opened along the agricultural
and other parts of the district at present very badly supplied with
lime and coal, and that of an inferior quality, and by expensive car-
riage. It is, therefore, next to impossible to calculate the immense
traffic which would pour down this line and the Derbyshire, Stafford-
' shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway.
The calculations which have been made show a very large profit.
There are large lead and slate quarries on the line which only want
is of a superior quality.
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into Pull work.
Tile coal
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
amnudstnecessarily cause a great
pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abandeftt in the South as in North Staffordshire,
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedale, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line afford
influx of passengers,and vast quantities are sent by the tatialY, eircititous. and expensive
both on ess
canal company, which this and other limes of railway meeting at
Uttoxeter will remedy.
The gypsum formation runs from Staffordshire to the Humber, and
the demand for this article for building, agricultural, and manufac-
turing purposes along this line will be great.
The timber from tileneiilhbollr(lood of the NeedWOod Forest
Banks, Bagots Woods, and • Kingston Woods, tiPwards of 4,000
acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous canal convey-
ance ; whereas this line would open a direct, easy, and cheap
communication to new markets. The line has been viewed prior to
a detailed survey, and there are not more than ordinary engineering
difficulties. In consequence of the late Parliamentary decisions, it is
,letendul to make this line on the broad gauge principle; lint`the pro-
WOO 40 Pt pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
At the unite* 44kpiilign of some of the most influential inhabl-
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r tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
and Galnsborough and Midland Railways
Applications for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 35,
Moorgate-street, London, and William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq.,
Uttoxeter ; and to the following Sharebrokers :-.--Messrs. Preece and
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles, Worcester; Mr. Thomas Henry
Wheeler, Worcester; Messrs: Townley and Whitehead, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Cameron and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Morris Rey-
nolds, Liverpool ; Mr. Richard E. Hine, Macclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler,
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
Mr. William Cronhelm, Halifax; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Messrs. Grayston and Earle,
York; Mr. E. H. PArmltage, Wakefield; Messrs. Kettering
and Marshall,.. Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham; Mr.
Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Messrs, Tate and Nash, Bris-
tol • Messrs. Beaumont and Langworthy, Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
J. S. Holland, Coventry; Messrs, Floughland
'Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester;
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and Sons, Sheffield; Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr.L. Weather-
ourn, jun., Huddersfield ; Messrs, Everard and Co., Huddersfield ;
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester ; Mr.' Nicholson, Edinburgh ;
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, College-green, Dublin ; Mr. James Ross, Perth.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
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To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,

and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.

Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Shares of 20/. each
in the above Railway, and I undertake to accept the same or such
less number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay, when
required, the Deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per Share.
Dated this day of , 184 .
Name In full.. .....
Profession and prcifessional residence
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NORTH KENTRAILWAY.
At a very numerous and highly respectable meeting of the
inhabitants of Canterbury, convened by the Mayor. in pursuance of
a requisition numerously signed, for the purpose of taking into con-
sideration the projected line proposed by the North Kent Company,
held at the Guildhall, in the city of Canterbury, on Monday, the 22d
of September, 1845, and which was attended by a deputation from
the North Kent Company, consisting of Sir I. L. Goldsmid, Bart.,
the Chairman, and five other members of the Committee of Manage-
ment, and by a Deputation from the Great Kent Atmospheric pro-
moters, consisting of W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Chairman of the Lon •
don and Croydon Railway Company, and others,
JOHN BRENT, Esq., Mayor, in the Chair,
the following Resolutions were proposed and carried, with only seven
dissentients :

That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct line of railway,
along the old line of communication, from Dot, -r through Canter-
bury, is greatly required through the wealthy and populous district
of North Kent, by which that p-lrt of the county may be in direct
communication with the metropolis.

That the line projected by Mr. Vignoles, termed the North Kent
Railway, appears to this meeting to be the best adapted to meet the
exigencies and to promote the interests of the county generally, and
of this district in particular.
That it cannot be supposed that the efficient service of the public,
or the local interest of the inhabitants, will be as well attended to by
a company already in possession of a line through another part of
the county, as by an independent and competing company.
That this meeting and the inhabitants of Canterbury view with
distrust and apprehension the scheme proposed by the South-Eastern
Company, and they now renew the pledge heretofore given, to use
their best endeavours to carry out the object of the projectors of the
Vignoles' North Kent Railway.
That the thanks of this meeting be given to the Mayor for his con-
duct in the chair.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT,

NORTHERN COUNTIES (ROSS, SUTHER-
LAND, AND CAITHNESS DIRECT RAILWAY.

To afford the very important division of the Kingdom the benefits
of railway communication, and to promote and stimulate the pro-
gressively increasing pastoral, agricultural, and commercial, improve-
ments which of late years have made such rapid strides in these
counties, it is proposed to form, under the sanction of the most
influential patronage, a railway by the most direct practicable route,
to connect these northern and producing districts with the southern
and consuming portions of the empire.
Adopting the line which may be found the shortest to Dingwall
consistent with a due regard to economy in its execution and work-
ing, and to the rights and interests of private parties, and from Ding-
wall by Novar to Bonar-bridge, the distarce of the county of Suther-
land from Inverness would be many miles shorter than by any other
route. From Bonar the line would pass by Lairg, through the
valleys of the Brora and of the Frie, and by Strati' Helmsdale to the
Thurso water ; thus nearly bisecting the county of Sutherland
through its length and passing into the most populous parts of
Caithness, diverging to the right and left to Wick and Thurso.
A branch might be formed to connect the coast of Sutherland with
the trunk line.
In Ross-shire a branch would be formed from the main line to In-
vergordon, and this branch might be extended to the burgh of Tain.
Arrangements are being made for having the lines (the courses of
which are but generally indicated above) carefully examined by ex-
perienced surveyors and engineers ; and as soon as data which may
be relied on have been matured, a full prospectus, with the names of
the promoters and Provisional Committee and detailed particulars,
will be published.
Meantime communications from parties interested in the proposed
undertaking may, up to the Ist of October next, be addressed to
William
Cameron, Esq.,
Provost of D
i
ofijuirt*ni W.S., by Dingwall ; Hugh
Innes Dingwall ; G. S. Taylor, Esq.,
Golspie ; Peter Wilson, Esq., W.S., Town Clerk of Wick ; M. Snody,
Esq., Thurso; or to Messrs. Cameron and Bain, 18, Parliament-
street, London.

rpHE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
11 RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, HUNGERFORD,
and LUDGERSHALL.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 48,000 Shares of 257. each.
Deposit 2/. 15s. per Share.
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
The importance of connecting remote parts of E gland by Rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the Line
which is now proposed to form a short and direct channel of inter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended Railroad the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the north-west, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the east, south, and west of the latter; and the
proposed Line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of Railway from the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties. _ .

The Oxford and ).alisbury I)irect Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will he conferred upon the nation at
large, by preferring a direct line of commun'cation be-
tween the north-eastern and' western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the boromh of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts .in which they are seated stand in much
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, mantacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdom.

Thewant of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
unfairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Hungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced -by railway traffic.
Rims therefore been determined to commence the proposedli ne at
Oxford, and. to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingcln a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place; and
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named,. Mingo-ford and Ludgers-
hall to Salisbury, and thence to tke south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

A map of the line, and a statistical report of the whole country
intended to be traversed; is in -eourrso of preparation, and with 'the
names of an influential provisional Committee, will very
shortly-
be published. In the meantime,. further information may be ob-
tained from Messrs. Elmslie- and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London, solicitor& to the undertaking, to whom, at present, applica-
tion for shares may be made.

NV °KOESTER.. and MERTHYR. T YDVI
y . JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/..25. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewydd, Chairman of the North Wales"
.a.?
Railway • •
A
William Chadwick, Esq., Montagu-square, Director of the North •a
Wales Railway, and Chairman of the Worcester and South ;-_,,
Wales Junction
Gideon Colquheun, Esq., Weimer Lodge, Avenue. road, Regent's g
Park, Director of the Manchester and Southampton i
Railway . . . . . . ,-,
Thomas Farneomb, Esq., Alderman of London $
John Knill, Esq., Thames street, Director of the Worcester,
Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq.; 19, James-street, Bucking- 4
ham-gate- 5
Henry Plumtre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanstone-square,
Director •of the Trent Valley and Holyhead
Junction
Railways Fs
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate 8
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London '
Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland Lodge, Brixton, Director of S
mr
the North Wales Railway, and Deputy-Chairman of the Wor- 8
cester and South Wales Junction lic
John Purchas, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross
.7.:
The Rev. Edward Higgins, Rosbury House, Herefordshire ~_
°
John Tanner, Esq., M.D., Ledbury
William Barnes, Esq., Foregate-street, Worcester
George Alfred Ellis Wall, Cross House, near Worcester, and 2r,
Wortley Park, Hampshire la
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park - A
Philip Matthews, Esq., Burton-court, near Ross
Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow-court, Worcestershire
Wm. Nicholson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
. ..

Rugby Railway Company
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the—Whitehaven and Furness

Railway -
_
Bland,Esq.,
.11, Park?terrace, Brixton-road, Director of the

_
North Wales Railway
James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street
Thomas Baylis, Esq., F.S.A., Pryors Bank, Fulham
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse Hill, Brixton, Surrey
Joseph Gillman Barratt, Esq., Ross •
James Upfill, Esq., Bromyar, Herefordshire
William Candler, Esq., Newland Court, near Worcester
James Chamberlain, Esq., Green Hill, Worcester.
(With power to add to their number).
CONSULTING' ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. R. and T. Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-cross
Messrs. Webb and Co., Ledbury
Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins, and Co., Ross
Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere and Co., Worcester
The National Provincial Bank, Gloucester
Messrs. Baileys, Graterex, and Williams, Abergavenny.
sostcrroas.
Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, and Gutteres, Philpot-lane, London
Charles G. Jones, Esq., 11, Gray's Inn-square
Borrow,
Esq.
This railway will 'Commence at the station of the Monmouth and
Messrs. J. and F. Higgins and Chamberlain, Ledbury.
LOCAL AGENTS.
- Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Worcester
Messrs. Edwards, Ross
Messrs. Babb and Secretan, Abergavenny.
SECRETARYoit
ces. of
PRtioie TRm—Willl7a, mIVII
Company,
Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, proceed-
ing through a rich agricultural district, now devoid of railway ac-
commodation, to Abergaven sod from thence
nY• by Llanelly, Nant-
y-Glo, Tredegar, Ebbe Vale, Rumney, and Dowlais, to Merthyr
Tydvil, at which place it will join the Taff Vale Railway. The dis-
tance will not exceed forty miles.
On reference to the map it will be seen that this line, in conjunction
with the proposed Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway, via
Ledbury, Malvern, and Ross, will perfect a continuous and direct
communication from Merthyr Tydvil to London, Gloucester, Bir-
mingham, South Stafferdshire, and the north.
The population of Merthyr, and the surrounding mineral districts,
exceeds 120,000, and this linewill place it in direct connexion with
the agricultural counties of Monmouth, Hereford, and Worcester.
The line will he laid Gown so as to render the greatest accommodation
to the principal ironworks in the district through which it will pass,
and a saving of ten miles over any other linewill be effected between
Merthyr and Worcester, and other places north and east of that city.
Arrangements are in progress with the Worcester and South
Wales Junction Railway Company, for the mutual advantage of both
Companies.
Applicants for shares, who are personally known to members of
the Provisional Committee, are requested to refer to one of mat
Committee; all other applicants *III he required to give a reference
to some bankeror other persons of known respectability in London or
the tosvn from which the application is made. A preference will be
given to the holders of scrip in the Worcester and South Wales Junc-
tion Railway.
The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at four
per cent. per annum on the amount of subscription paid up, and no
subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond his subscription.
Detailed prospectuses, with the names of a powerful local Provi-
sional Committee, will shortly be published, and maY be obtained of
the Solicitors and Local Agents, and of the following Sharebrokers :
Messrs. Ashton and Scott, Throginerton•street, London ; John San-
ford, Esq., Exeter ; Messrs Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds ;
Messrs. Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green
and Oldham, Manchester ; , Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol ; Na-
thaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester ; and
Mr. Andrew Brand,•Glasgow
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil
Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of 201.
each in the proposed Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail-
way, and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit
thereon, or upon any lesser number that may be allotted to me, such
payment to be made within the time limited and prescribed by you,
- and I undertake to execute the agreement and Parliamentary con-
tract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name • •. •
Residence..
Description .... *......
Reference •• •••••••• ••
Vsual Signature • • • • , .•

LONDON,-HOUNSLOW, AND WESTERN
RAILWAY.

The PARLIAMENTARY and SUBSCRIBERS DEEDS are
LYING for EXECUTION at the Offices of the Company, and the
scrip is ready for delivery in exchange for the bankers' receipts.
Due notice will be given of the times and places at which the deeds
will lie for e.xecutiOn in the country.
The deposit of 10 per cent. has been paid, being one of the first in-
stances of a compliance with the recent standing order of the House
of Lords requiring a deposit of 10 per cent.

The surveys are in a forward state, and the Committee are pro-
ceeding to enter into conditional contracts for the purchase of the
property on the line.

JOHN MASSON, Secretary.
London, Hounslow, and Western Railway °faces,
7, Walbrook.

REMINGTON'S LINE

THE LONDON AND MANCHESTER.
DIRECT INDEPENDENT RAILWAY. •

The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB-
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for
the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and tunes mentioned below:—
Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September

instant.
Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep-

tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septern-

ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of

September instant.
Lichfield—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September

Instant.
Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of

September instant.
Bedtbrd—At the Company's Office in the High-street, on Thursday,

the 2d day of October next.
Uttoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli-

citor, en Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant.
Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September Instant.
Ashby-de-la-ZoUch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So-
licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September Instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
. . . . .

day, the 27th day of September instant:
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 29th day of September instant.
Macclesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May,
Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and

Wednesday, the Ist slay of October next.
Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday,
the 23d day of September Instant.
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-

ber instant.
Hull—At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September

instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-

tember Instant.
Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc-

tober next.
Liverpool—At the Adolph]. Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October
next. By order,

H. W. MATTHEWS, Secretary.

SHREWSBURY, -WOLVERHAMPTON,
DUDLEY, and BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY.
WM. ORMSBY GORE, M.P.. Chairman.
The Hon. ROBT. H. CLIVE, M.P., Deputy-Chairman.
John Benbow, Esq., MP.
W. Riebford Collett, Esq., M.P.
W. Fechney Black, Esq.
James Clay, Esq.
Richard Norman, Esq.
Stephen Phillips, Esq.
Richard Smith, Esq.
R. A. Slaney, Esq.
Sir W. Young, Bart.
In consequence of the repetition ofAdvertisements signed " Thomas
11. Smith," and an " Original Shareholder," the Committee of Ma-
nagement think it their duty to publish the names of that Commit-
tee, as the best answer to the latter anonymous writer, and to caution
the Shareholders against being misled by any statements which
might be made at any meeting called by Thomas H. Smith, of whom
the Committee of Management know nothing.
The Committee of Management take this opportunity to state, that
the surveys from Shrewsbury to Wolverhampton are nearly completed,
and that the surveys from Wolverhampton to Birmingham are being
made under the direction of a joint Committee representing this
Company, the London and Birmingham Railway Company, and the
London and Birmingham Canal Company, the whole under the im-
mediate superintendence-of Mr. Robert Stephenson.
By order, GEO, KNOX, Secretary.
3, Moorgate-street, Sept. 22, 1845.

GLASGOW via FLEETWOOD and AR-
DROSSAN, every MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, and
FRIDAY, by the new Iron Steamers, " HER MAJESTY" and
' ROYAL CONSORT," 700 tons and 350 horse Tower.
The above Ships leave Fleetwood, on the arrival of the trains that
leave Euston-square, London, at 7.30., 8.45., or 10. A.m. Passengers
can be booked through, to Glasgow in London. Carriages taken by
the 8 45 train only. Daily communication with the Isle of Man.
Further particulars may be had at 8, St. Svrithin's-lane ; or the
Universal-office, Regent-circus, London ; or of the Agents, Kemp
and Co., Fleetwood, and M'Kean and Lamont, Glasgow.

NORTH-WESTERN TRUNK RAILWAY,
FROM CREWE DIRECT TO GLOUCESTER, passing
through the Towns of Market-Drayton, Newport, Shiffnal, Kidder-
minster, Worcester, and Tewkesbury, forming the shortest and most
desirable Communication between Liverpool, Manchester, and the
Northern Parts of England and Gloucester and the Bristol Channel.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,250,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 105. per Share.
(Being in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House of
Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Hon, Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, 4, Parliament-street, White-
hall, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Aslibourn Hall, Derbyshire, Director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester Rillway
John Bloor, Esq., Tutbury, Staffordshire, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries and Manchester and Liverpool Railway, and of the
. _

Derby and Mandsester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
John George Norhury, Esq., Mancetter House, Atherstone,
Director of the Leicester and Bedford and Shropshire Mineral
Railways
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Clement Tabor, Esq , Cornhill, London, Director of the London
and County Bank, and if the National Loan-Fund Assurance

Company
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Abchurch-lane, Louden, Director of
the Chelmsferd and Bury Railway
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Newport, Salop, Director of the
Shropshire Mineral Railway
Alexander Brodie Cochrane, jun., Esq , ironmaster, Holly Hall,
near Dudley, Director of the Dudley, Iladeley, and Broseley
Railway

George H. Fourdrinier, Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries, Direc-
tor of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
John Benson, Esq., Park-place Villa, Maida-hill, London
William Shaw, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Company, Director of the London and Bir-

. .
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Richard Lambert, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk, Director
of the Cork and Fermoy Direct Railway
Ambrose Miller, Esq., Lower Thames-street, and Upper Bedford-
place, Russell-square, London, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
William Millington, Esq., ironmaster, Summerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire, Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
William Holmes, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Kensington, and Kentish-
town _ _

William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the South and Midlands Junc-
tion Railway
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Royd, near Halifax, magistrate, and
Deputy-Chairman of the West Riding of Yorkshire, and Director
of the Manchester, Liverpool, and great North of England
Union Railway; of the Shropshire Mineral Railway, and of the
National Bank of Ireland

Joseph Charles Ridge, Esq., merchant, Manchester, Director of the
London, Holyhead, and Port Dynllaen Railway

William Tomlanson Riley, Esq.,lllleld Works, Bilston, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,. and Worcestershire Junction
Railway

Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Pot-
teries and Manchester amiLiverpool Railway
James Stead, Esq., Bradford, Yorkshire, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds. and Shropshire Mineral Railways
Samuel Tudor, Esq., Upper Thames-street and Hull, Director of the
Derby, Uttozeter, and Stafford Railway
William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Leeds and •Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
Edward Edwards, Esq., Ironbridge, Shropshire, Director of the
Direct London and Holyhead, and of the Dudley, Madeley, and
Broseley Railways
Rev. Matthew Yatman Starkie, Rector of Rushbury, near Church
Stretton
Charles Merritt Rigg, Esq., M.D., York-place, Portman-squars.
Director of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Rev. Thomas Humphreys, Bishops Castle, Director of the Shropshire
Mineral Railway
James McMillan, Esq., Manchester-buildings, Westminster
George Young, Esq., Foley House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Spratslade House, Longton
William Ottey, Esq., Longton
John Ashwell, Esq., Longton, Director of the Nottingham and Gains-
borough, and 'Staffordshire Potteries, Liverpool and Manchester
Railways
William George, Esq., Weston, near Much-Wenloek
Thomas Goddard, Esq., Bank House, Longton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Weaver Lewty, Esq., Wilden Iron Works, near Stourport.
Director of the Dudley, Madeley, and Broseley Railway,
BANICEILL
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and lement's-lane London
The London and County Bank,Co., C
Lombard-street,, London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Shropshire Banking Company, Shiffnall
The National Provincial Bank of England, Newport
Messrs. Farley and Turner, Kidderminster
Messrs. Farley, Lavender, and Co., Worcester
The Gloucestershire Banking Company, Worcester and Tewkesbury

SOLICITORS.
Ingleby Thomas Miller, Esq., 3, Abchurch-lane, London
Edmund Garbett, Esq., Wellington, Salop
William Brinton, Esq., Kidderminster
Gilbert Brown', Esq., Shiffual.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester
Charles G. Brown, Esq., BiLston
Thomas Griffin, Esq., Chelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, junior, Esq., Newport.
SECRETARY—J. Stevens, Esq.
Temporary Offices, 3, Abchurch-lane, London.
This line of Railway will commence at the junction of the Man-
chester and Birmingham, Chester and Crewe, and Grand Junction
Railways, at Crewe, in the county of Chester, and proceed from
thence through or near the towns of Market Drayton, Newport, and
Shiffnal, in Shropshire, thence through the flourishing town of Kid-
derminster, to Worcester and Tewkesbury, and to the Bristol Rail-
way at Gloucester. By this means it will form the most direct
route from Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool, Hull, and Chester to the
important ports of Gloucester and Bristol, indeed the most direct
line from the north of England to the Bristol Channel. It will, also,
In conjunction wtih the proposed Hereford and Worcester, and Swan-
sea, Merthyr-Tydvll, and Hereford Railways, form the most advan-
tageous route from Swansea and the iron districts of South Wales,
to Liverpool, Manchester, and Hull.

The line will cross the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway at
Shiffnal, and the. Shropshire Mineral Railway and the Trent Valley
Union at the thriving town of Newport. It will form a junction
with the two latter railways at Newport, whereby persons and lug-
gage may be conveyed to Stafford, Derby, the Midland Counties,
Staffordshire Potteries, Sheffield, and Hull ; and, in addition to the
carriage of heavy goods from Bristol, Gloucester, Worcester, and
Kidderminster, to Manchester, Liverpool, the whole of the north of
England, and Scotland—will secure a large passenger traffic in the
district through which it passes.

The proposed railway will be about 87 miles in letgth, and be-
tween the two termini of Crewe and Gloucester, will save in distance
at least 20 miles, and the journey can be accomplished, at the pre-
sent rapid rate of travelling, in about two hours. This project as a
junction line, connects itself with some of the most important rail-
ways in the kingdom. It also skirts the large, extensive, and densely
populated iron districts of Shropshire and Staffordshire, and in its
course passes through a rich agricultural country. It must, there-
fore, be obvious that there will be a sufficient traffic to pay a high
rate of interest on the capital required.
There are no engineering difficulties in the country through which
the line is intended to pass,' the whole being nearly on a level, and
on reference to the map of country, taken from the Ordnance survey,
which accompanies the prospectus, the line will appear straight, and
will at the same time show the superior advantages it possesses, and
that it cannot be surpassed by any existing or projected lines, between
the same termini.

It will not Interfere with any ornamental property, and no tunnel-
ling will be required.
The liabilities of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of
their subscriptions, and interest will be allowed on the deposits and
further calls, from the date of the several payments to the opening of
the line.

Prospectuses, with Maps and Forms of Application for Shares, can
be had from the Secretary on application at the temporary offices
of the Company, 3, Abchurch-lane, London; from the Solicitors and
Local ,gents; also from the following Brokers, viz. :—Messrs. Lyon,
2, Birchin-lane, London ; Mr. Andrew Milligan, 2, Lord-street, Bir-
kenhead ; Mr. E. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. W. Whitmore, St.
George, Liverpool; Messrs. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs.
Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; and Messrs. Green and Oldham, Man-
chester ; to whom Applications for Shares may bo addressed.. It will
be necessary that reference be made to a Banker, Solicitor, or person
of responsibility.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Bisectors of the North-Western Trunk Railway,
3, A bchurch-lane, London.
Gentlemen—l request you to allot me Shares in the North-
Western Trunk Railway; and I undertake to pay the Deposit of
2/. 10s., and all further calls upon the same, or such lesser number
as y o
the
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Contract
calledth AgreementeSuupbosncritobedros'so.
and
Dated this day of , 1845.
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DIRECT LONDON AND EXETER RAIL-
WAY COMPANY,
(With Extension to Falmouth and Penzance).
Through Hammersmith, Turnham-green, Brentford, Isleworth,
Hounslow, Staines, Egham, Bagshot, Ascot, Bracknell, Bonfield,
Wokingham, Kingsclere, Andover, and Salisbury ; Shaftesbury,
Sherbourne, Yeovil, Crewkerne,• _Axminster, and Honiton, to
Exeter.

Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 11. 7s. 6d. per Share.
[With further Deposit of 11. ss. per Share after . the Bill has passed
the Bailie of Commous.]
With power to raise 1,000,000/. more, if necessary.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vie., c. 110.)
OFFICES, No. 52, REGENT-STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE,
Adjoining the County Fire Office.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the garl of Mexborough, Dover-street, Piccadilly,
Director of the Direct London and Blancliester Railway
Lord Henry Loftus, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Hervey Bruce, Bart., Montague-square, and Down-hill,
Londonderry - .
The Hon. Cecil J. Lawless, 71, Pall-mall, Director of the Great Man-
chester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Colonel Sir Frederick tiankey, G.C.M.G., Queen Ann-street, Caven-
dish-square, Director of the lonian and Ceylon Banks, and Bor-
deaux, Toulouse, and Cette Railway
J. R. .Philliniore, Esq., LL.D., 42, Clarges-stroet, Chancellor of
Salisbury
John David Chambers, Esq., Lincoln's Dm, Recorder of Salisbury
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, .19, Clifforthstreet, Director of
the County- Fire-office, and South and Midlands Railway
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, near Winchester, Director of
the Manchester and Southampton Railway
The Hon. A. Cape!, Theyden House, Essex, and Park-street, Gros-
venor-square
Charles William Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman-square, Director of the Man-
chester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, Warwick and Wor-
cester, Shropshire Mineral, end Grand London and Dublin Ap-
proximation li.gilways • - -
William Burge, Esq., Q.C., Temple
The Rev. Bourchier Wrey Savile, Oakhampton, Devon
G. Thompson Jacob, Esq., Illandford, Magistrate, and Deputy-Lieu-
tenant fer Dorset
Richard Francis Roberts, Esq., Burton Bradstock, near Bridport
FL 11. Hungerford, Esq., Dingley Park, Market Harborough, and
Dover-street, Piccadilly, Director of the Leicester and Bedford
Railway
Francis Dawson, Esq.. Grosvenor-street
Richard Francis Power, Esq., 73, Eccleston-square, and Leng-
Orchard, Tipperary
Lieutenant-Colonel P. W. Pedlar, Mutley House, Devon, Director of
the Manchester, Southampt4U, and Poole Railway.
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq.,' Marlbdrough-place, St. John's-wood, Di-
rector of the Great Eastern and IVestern, and Manchester and
Birkenhead Continuation Railways
Walter Shairp, Esq., Susiex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, and Portsmouth Railway
The lion. Henry Savile, Dover-street
A. W. Hillary, Esq., 66, Cadogan-place
W. L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex, Director of the. Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
George Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent's Park, Director Of the
London and Holyhead Railway
Francis Lloyd, Esq., Temple, London, and Bingley House, Bir-
mingham
William Thomas Davies Lhoyd, Esq., Lhoydiarth, Anglesey
E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street
John Allen, Esq., 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington
William Birmingham• Costello, Esq., M.D., Wyke House, Bradford
T. Piers Healey, Esq., Elm-court, Temple
William Gunston, Esq., Piccadilly
A. Abrahams, Esq., Member of the Town Council of Southampton
William Lowten Jones, Eeq., Wood Hall,- Hilgay, Norfolk.
Tl*nas Champion, Esq., Stoke Wood House, Dorsetehire
Captain T. C. Forde, Gracefield; Aslene, Dublin
Captain Sir Andrew Pellatt. Green,, K.C.H., 9, St. James's-
street, St. James's-park, Director of the Australasia, British North
America, and the lonian Banks, and Director of the Mutual Life
Assurance Company
Charles Gover, Esq., City Club -•
J. Lane, Esq., LL.D , King's Bench-walk, . Temple, and Keppel-
street
George Waite, Esq., Old Burlington-street, Director of the Chelten-
ham and Brighton Railway
H. Cane Leahy, Esq., St. JaMes'll4quare, Director of the Sheffield,
Buxton, Potteries, Leeke and Crewe, the Rugby; Derby, and Man-
chester, the Direct Birmingham,•Oxford and Brighton, the Bognor
and London Brighton Junction, the Great Leeds, the Great Welsh
Central Railway, the Calais, Dunkirk, and Bruges, and Ghent and
Brussels Railways
John Harvey, Esq., Ruth Hill, Wandsworth, Surrey, Director of the
Commercial Bank of London
Thomas Houghton llardinge, Esq., 23, Park-lane
Edward William Cox, Esq., Crown-office-row, Temple
W. A. Hill, Esq., Deputy Chairman ofthe Oxford and Witney Railway
Company, and Barnet and Metropolitan Railway Company.
Henry Ludnell Dampier, Esq., of Colniskays House, near Bruton
Augustus E. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby,
and Manchester Railway
Gowell Moore, Esq., S.P.D.L., King's County, High Sheriff County
Roscommon
Captain Charles Frederick Parkinson, Polygon, Manchester, Ma-
naging Director of the North Lancashire, and Manchester and
Southamptau Railways
COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT.
Colonel Sir Frederick Hawkey, T. Piers Healey, Esq.'
G.C.M.G. A. W. Hillary, Esq.
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn H. H. Hungerford, Esq.
E. S. Blundell, Esq. W. L. Pope, Esq.
Thomas Dowglasse. Esq. Walter Shairp, Esq.
George Evans, Esq. Charles William Spicer, Esq.
(With limited power to add to their number.)
ENQINEER—John Braithwaite, Esq., C.E., 4, Trafalgar-square.
JOINT SOLICITORS—D. E. Colombine, Esq., 8, Carlton Chambers, Re-
gent-street; Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.
LONDON BANKERS—Messrs. Curries and Co., 29, Cornhill ; London
and Westminster Bank, St. James's-square.
LOCAL BANKERS.

Bath—Tugwell and Co.
Birmingham—Attwood, Spooner, and Co.
Bradford (York)—Banking Company, Bradford
Bridport—Dorsetshire Bank
Bristol—Baillie, Aimes, Baiilie, and Co.
Cheltenham—County of Gloucester Bank
Devonport—Messrs. Hodge and Norman
Exeter—Saunders and Co. ; Milford, Snow, and Co.; West of Eng.
land and South Wales District Bank
Halifax—Joint Stock Bank
•
Hull—East Riding Bank
Launceston—Foster, Bolitho, and Co.
Liverpool—Liverpool Banking Company
Manchester—Scholes and Co.
Newcastle-on-Tyne—W. H. Lambton and Co.
Norwich—Harvey, Hudsons, and Co.
Nottingham—Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Banking Company
Plymouth—Harris, Mudge, and Co.
Salisbury—Everett and Co. ; W. B. Brodie and Co. ; Wilts and

Dorset Bank
Shaftesbury—Messrs. Brodie, Ring, and Macklin
Sherborne—Wilts and Dorset Banking Company
York—Swan, Clough, and Co.

. .
Prospectuses, and plans of the line, with forms of Applications for
Shares, may be had at the offices of the Company as above, and of
the following Stock and Share-brokers, viz. :
Messrs. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange; Messrs.
Taunton and Bush, Austin Friars, London. Also,
Exeter—Henry Watcher ; John Langworthy; Wilkinson and Sons
ltathL—J. B. Munday
Leeds—Potter and Co.; Kirk and Co. ; Ridadale and Co.
Huddersfield—William Moore and Co.
Derby—Eyre and Shaw
Hull—Sibary and Simpson ; Samuel Phillip
York—Grayston and Earle
Wakefield—Henry liillingham
Plymouth—Hopwood and Palmer
Cheltenham—Hall Brothers and Co.
Newcastle-on-Tyne—W. W. Dickinson ; R. F. Bell and Co.
Birmingham—W. 11. Collis
Taunton—Richard Ball
Shaftesbury--Raymond and Son
Manchester—Myers and Rirkbeck ; Wm. Marshall ; Cardwell & Sons
Norwich—John R. Mann and Son
Edinburgh—Muurd and Co ; James Pringle ; A. W. Moffatt
Bristol—Luke Arnold
Coventry—John Thomas Holland
Gloucester—J. M. Balms
Glasgow—Messrs. H. and W. A. Tassie ; James Watson ; Thomas
Gray
Leicester—Williams and Sunderland
Nottingham—Roworth and Shepperly
Liverpool—Messrs. Sudlow, Brothers
Halifax—ll. C. Spenser
Bradford, Yorkshire—W. Mason ; James Clayton
Reading—B. Cowderoy
Settle—Joseph Nelson.
The following gentlemen are appointed as Local Solicitors
in furtherance of the interests of the Company, froth whom
Prospectuses and Applications for Shares may also be obtained:—
Exeter—W. Lambert, Esq.
Egliam—Thomas Harvey, Esq.
Bagshot—John Mears, Esq.
Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq.
Wokingham—Francis Soames, Esq.
Salisbury—Henry Cooper, Esq. ; Messrs. Foot and Radcliffe
Shaftesbury—Messrs. Wills and Burridge
Sherborne—George Hancock, Esq. ; Samuel Foot, Esq.
Bruton—Messrs. Dyne and Son
Yeovil—George Hancock, Esq.
Crewkerne—Robert Lowman, Esq.
Axminster—Walter Hancock, Esq.
Blandford—George Moore, Esq.
Dorchester—George Cull, jun., Esq.
Bridport—S. H. Gunimer, Esq. ; Henry B. Fox, Esq.
Iloniton—lsaac I. Cox, Esq.
Lynn—George Platten, Esq.
Lyme Regis—N. P. Waring, Esq.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
EXCURSION TRAINS TO CAMBRIDGE.

A Train, consisting of open Second-class and of Third-class Car-
riages, will leave the Shoreditch Station, on Monday, the 29th in-
stunt, at Nine o'clock, ♦.M., and Hertford at Half-past Nine ♦.M.,
returning from Cambridge at Half-past Six o'clock P.M. The Trains
will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Broxbourne, and Ware. Fare
to Cambridge and back, from any of the above stations, ss.
Eastern Counties Railway-office, Sept. 8, 1845.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE ASSUR-
ANCE SOCIETY,
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This institution offers important and substantial advan-
tages with respect both to Life Assurances and Deferred Annuities.
The assured has, on all occasions, the power to borr )w, without ex-
pense or forfeiture of the Policy, two-thirds of the premium paid,
(see table) ; also the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion
rd- his interests to meet other conveniences er necessity. Assurances
,cr terms of years are granted on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
The success and increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled
the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a third
Bonus, varying from 30 to 75 por cent. on the premiums paid on
each Policy effected on the Profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

g VI
,PZ Premium . Bonus Bents in a 0 ot w g
R. E
p ' 4 i added. Cash. ,a, o ~k. Is
:t 4 "
. .„. ,4i 0 o
°4 o.
. ----. -- —. ,
A 11137 El9l 13 51E87 13 5 El 3 17 1 .E 395 111
I A I. 'l*i GS 13 0 74 13 8 6 346 2 2
i 0 1000 74 3 4 1883389' 113 10
11.8
13 6 61 14 3 9 210 2% 13 4
:1840, 89 0 0 41 13 4 6 0 0 247 4 5

The division of profits is annual, and the next will be made in De-
.ember of the present year.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX. Sea.

UNITED KIN GDOAI LIFE ASSURANCE
COMPANY,
8, WATERLOO-PLACE, PALL-MALL, LONDON.
Established by Act of Parliament in 1534.
DIVISION OF PROFITS AMONG TIIE ASSURED.
This most
This Company, established by Act of Parliament, or
perfect security in a large paid-up Capital, And int3hazffitredat ',
Iti ANNUALaccess
which has attended it since its commencement in is
INCOME being UPWARDS of 72,0001.
In 1841 the Company declared an addition to the Shareholders of
one-half of their Stock, and also added a Bonus of 21. per cent. per
annum, on the Suns Insured to all Policies of the Participating Class
from the time they were effected.
The nouns added to Policies floor March, 1534, t* December 31,
1840, is as follows :
Sum Time Sum addcd! Sum Time Sum Added
Assured. Assured. to Policy. Assured. Assured. to Policy,
?£11124:0,00un d
£lOOO 6 yrs. 10 rails. £683 6 81 £
5000 4
years
GOO o.ore,
o,slootiOie
most2ynelotrdserate s,
5000 6 years
The Premiums, nevertheless,
only one halfneed be paid fur the first Five Years, wher
ranee is for Life. e me Inti..
Every Information will be afforded on application to the Resident
DiWaterloo-prectors,
lace, Pall Edward
-malßoydl, Lond, Esq.,
on and E. LtntioX Boyd, Esq., of 8,
.

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