The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-01 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, IVEI)NESDA MORNIN“ OCTOBER 1 1845

BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., Clement's-lane, Leaden
Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Co., Cornhill, London
The Burton, Uttoxeter, and Ashbourne, Union Bank, Uttoxeter
Ditto Ditto, Ashbourne
Dudley and West Bunwich Banking Co., Dudley
Derbyshire Banking Co., Derby
Ripen—Messrs. Terry, Harrison and Co.
Bradford—The Leeds and West Riding Bank
Messrs. I. and Hamilton Richardson, solicitors, Leeds

SOLICITORS.
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, London
William Arnold Bainbrigge, Esq., Uttozeter
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 Hohnfirtk
BROKERS.
Messrs. Ditching and Marshall, Leeds
Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds
• Mr. Thomas Oskwith, Ripon

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 importsnt 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
and Exeter, and with Ludlow, Leominster, Hereford, Brecon, Kidder-
minster, Worcestershire, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Taunton,
Car-
diff, Neath, Swansea, Llanelly, Caermarthen, Milford Haven, Fish-
guard, Aberystwith, and with Port Dynnllatn, 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 Prestwooje 'in case the canal be purchased by the pro-
moters of this 'undertelking. It will proceed through Ellaston and
Mayfield to Ashbourne, thence near Dovedaoe, Buxton, and Chapel-
en-la-Frith, Woodhead and Holutfirth 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 au
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 tie 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, mid 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
an outlet like the one now contemplated to bring them into Mil work.
The coal is of a superior qttality.
There are also extensive barytes and paint-works at Ashbourne,
Cromford, and other places on the line. The scenery of Derbyshire
is the resort of vast numbers of tourists; and particular care will be
taken, in passing of the line near Dovedrde, not to interfere with or
change its beautiful and romantic character. The convenience,
therefore, which this line will afford must necessarily cause a great
influx of passengers, both on business and pleasure.
Ironstone is not so abundant in the South as in North Staffordshire,
and vast quantities are sent by the tardy, circuitous, and expensive
canal company, which this and other lines 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 the,, neighbourhood of the Needwood Forest,
Banks, Bagots Woods, and Kingston Woods, upwards of 4,009
acres, chiefly finds its way to the Manchester market by a
like objectionable route of tardy and circuitous *tonal 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 consequenee of the late Parliamentary decision., It is
intended to make this line on the broad gauge principle, but the pro-
moters do not pledge themselves absolutely to do so.
At the urgent suggestion of some of the most influential inhabi-
tants of Ashbourne the Committee have ordered a survey of ai sue-
ultltootorgxeatteer-r gedt,toLtohnedofonnowailitidg
tion line to connect that town with the Derby, and with the Derby
Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Mr. Miles,
and Gainsborough and Midland Railways
.A.pplleations for Shares to be made to John Owens, Esq., 35,
PreeceSWhritrilleiabmrokAerZo—ldMßesaisrnsb.rige' and
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, Miteclesfield ; Mr.
James Jamieson, Leeds ; Messrs. Welibeloved and Coaster
Leeds ; Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull ; Mr. Thomas Boardman, Black-
burn ; Mr. George Clark, Bradford ; Mr. William Mason, Bradford ;
Mr. William Crouhelm, Halifax ; Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham ;
Willkeesfieresl.d
;Gramyesutonn aalcdetEtearrinieg,
york Messrs.;
fr.. Eyre Ea. ndR.Sh Shaw,
itegreb,y ;
and Marshall, Leeds ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham, Mr.
Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton; Mews, Tate and Nash, Buis-
tol ; Messrs. Beaumont and Lan fees=,
Exeter ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter; Mr. J. S. Holland, Coventry ; Messrs, Houghland
and Leese, Manchester ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ;
Messrs. A. Birchen and Co., Manchester ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell
; Mr.L. Weather.
Co., Huddersfield;
Messrs. Payne and Freer, Leicester; Mr. Nieholson, Edinburgh;
Horn,an dS os
jun., Sheffield;
Huddersfield; 11'3
Messrs. Collis,r
s.E e Birminghame ra an d
Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson, Glasgow ; Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford, College-green, Dublin; Mr. James 'loss, Perth.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Leeds, Hud,lersfiuld, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Direct Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me Siures of 2el. 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 21. 2s. per Share.
Dated this ' day Cf , 184 .

John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, DireCtor of Manchester and South-
ain pion hallway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpoo
Win. B. Newbery, Eeq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Shffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, Devonport
H. '5.3. Bright, Esq., Hull, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Di-
rect Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and War-
roweate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attereliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. 11. IV. Cottle, Vicar of Watford, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of ,the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry llubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hell and Barnsley Junetion
Henry Siiaw, Esq., 'Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Bssex
William John M`Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
Jobe% Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
C4pt:-J. I'. Macdougall, Fir Grove, Worth Brixton, Surrey
J. Lefeuvre, Esq , Alderman and Magistrate ofSouthampton
'Brumes Chas. Hari eon, Esq., I' R.S., York-terrace, Regent's Park
.40. B. linnbary, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
•' Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tring,kam, R.N., SolyhulkWarwicksialre
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
The Hon. F. Byron, 21, Eaton-place
William Higgins, Esq., Turvey, High Sheriff of Bedfordshire
Sir Raymond Jarvis, Fair Oak-park, near Winchester, Deputy-Lieu-
tenant, and magistrate for the county of Hants
William Jackson, Esq , Birkenhead, Chairman of the Chester and
Birkenhead Railway
E. H. Langworthy, Esq. Manchester
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman, and Sheriff of London and Mid
diesex
Nathaniel Gould, Esq., Barge-yard, Bucklersbury, and Tavistock-
_ square

1845.

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THE LEEDS, n
FIELD, and OUTH (or L
WOLVERIIA.MPTOIST, and DUDLESTAFFORDSHIRE 1) DIRECT RAILWAY.EEDS
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., in 85,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COM3IITTEE.
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
&c.
Sir William Boethby, Bart, Ashbourne-hall, Derbyshire
Sir William Lowthrop, Knt., Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Di-
rector ef the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junc-
tion Railway
Col. the Hon Leicester Stanhope, Ashburharn 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-greet, London, &c., &c.
The Sheriff of York
Arnold, Henry, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of Resnington's London and
Manchester Railway
Bright, &lira, Esq., Buxton
Barrett, H., Leeds, Director of the Reighley, Halifax, and Hudders-
field Union Railway
Buck, W. C., Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York Railway
Riurton, Robert, Esq., banker' Smallwood Manor, Uttoxeter, Dina,
tor of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Booth, John, Esq., Macclesfield
Bright, Selim, Esq., Buxton
Bradley,afford Septimus,shire,
Worcestershire and Esq., As hbourn
jean, Dcuiroenctitorailwolaythe Derbyshire,
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buxton, John Harry, Esq., Ashbourne
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., Holme Cottage, Ashbourne
Cox, Walker, Esq., Breadsall, Derby, Director of the Tean and Dove
Valley Railway
Crockett, T. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire Junction Railway, &s.
Croft, Major J. T., 15, Regent-street, Deputy-Chairman of Reming-
ton's London and Manchester Direct Railway
Crossley, John, Esq., Lamberhurst, Sussex, and Uttoxeter, Director
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railway
Cumberlege, Nathaniel, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
Daiby, John, Robert. Esq., Ashbourae, Director of the Derbyshire
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Dale, Major, Thurston. Ashboume
Daniel, Richard, Esq., Oak Hill, Stoke-upon-Trent
Dawson, Samuel, Esq., sen., Ashbourne
Dent, Edward, Esq., Westfield, Huddersfield
Dent, John, Esq., Northgate, Huddersfield
Darlington, J., Esq., Bradford
Dyson, Thomas, Esq.. Well-house, Uolmfirth
Earp, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford.
shire, and Worcestershire Railway
Eastwood, Edmund, Esq., Huddersfield
Fantwood, Abraham, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Hudders..
field, Sheffield, and Relx Railway
Edensor, Richard, Esq.. Road-meadow, Ashbourne •
Elershaw, John, Esq., Leeds
Fidler, Peter Piehott, 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. Uttoxeter
Gilpi t, wad Co., Messrs. William, Wedges Mills, Cannock, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Gisborne, Henry Francis,..Esq, Derby, Director of the Staffordshire,
Leicester, and Tamworth Railway, &c.
Goddard, Thomas, Esq., Bank-house, Longton, Staffordshire
"laden' Joseph, Req., Dudley. Director ef the Derbyshire, Sts ord-
se, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Baines, Samuel, Req., Chad-house, Edg haston, Director of the Lei-
Harlan, John, Esq., Birk's-hou 0,3'1101m-firth
Lei-
cester and Birmingham Railwa
Roulet.% Thomas, Esq., Rwv,i
Ynetion
.Railway, &c.
Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
Hafomrdms
oh I rn
de, ,
:eon. ocir. e sLteeerk re
RDirecitp::,oentihree Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway
er,
Hand Leeds Direct Railway ctor of the Liverpool
Hartshorne, Robert James, Esq., Ashbeurao

F4ll;ind Lionel Welles, Esq., Cadogan-place, and West Moulsey,
Surrey
Duncan Dunbar, Esq,, East India-road, and Limehouse, Director of
the London Dock Company, the Marine Assurance Company, and
the General Shipowner's Society
WlLlrtra Jackson, Esq., Sheftleld, Director of the Goole and Deneaste'r
Railway
George F. Earle, Esq., Hull
Stephen Knowlesi„Esq., Exeter
W. Lawrence, Esq., Brixton
John Learroontli, Esq., Edinburgh, Chairman of the Edinburgh and
Glas;ow, unit North British Railway Companies
Wellington Ross
Rt Seymour, Esq., Montague-place, Russell-square,
Director of the gby, Derby, and Manchester Railway
William 'fanner, Esq., Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars
John Booth, Esq., Sherburn grange, Durham
Matthew Benjamin Robson, Esq., Whitwell Grange, Durham
John Holme., Esq., St. Jame.'s-street, Director of the Dorchester and
Weymouth Railway, and York and Lancaster Railway
Williaiii G. Bernard, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Thomas Smalwood Richards, Esq. 59,11aker-street, Portman-square
James Shaw, Esq.. Salford, Manchester
N. M'Cann, Esq., Parlfarnent-street
Henry Wellman Newman, Esq., Bristol, Magistrate for that City, and
•
Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate for the county of Gloucester
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury
William Ernpson Jalland, Esq., Hokierness House, near Hull
Thomas Racket Massey, Esq., Newark-upon-Trent'
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Gainsborongh,
Goole, and Isle of Axholme, and of the Wisbeaeh, Ely and Lin-
e A ashire Railways
William Ruston, Esq. Catherine-court, Trinity-square
G. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., Temple, London
C. I. Selwyn, Esq., Exeter
Joseph Hopwoorl, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter and Falmouth
Railway
Richard Compton, Esq., Eddington House, •Hungerford, Berks, a
Magistrate for the counties of Wilts and Berks
Henry coa Coape, Esq., Goldhanger, Maiden, Essex
Ric Lard Dania, Esq., St. Helen's-place, Director of the South Midland
Railway

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Profession and professional residence • •
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Iteforence

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LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD,
and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER-
HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.

Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
The Acting Committee of Direction have agreed: " that a Branch
Line from Ashbourne to Derby be adopted by this Company, and
that the capital of the Company be increased from 1,700,0001. to
2,000,0001. for that purpose."
JOHN OWENS, 7 Joint
WM. ARNOLD BAINBRIGGE,j Solicitors.
Offices of the Company, 1, Moorgate. Sept. 26, 1846.

LEEDS, HUDDERSFIELD, SHEFFIELD,
and SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE, or LEEDS, WOLVER-
HAMPTON, and DUDLEY DIRECT RAILWAY.
Capital, 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Notice is hereb Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
y given, that no applications for shares in
will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th day of October. this line.
WM. ARNOLD BAINBRIGGE, f Joint
JOHN OWENS,6olicito s.
Mos of the Company, 1, Moorgate, Sept. 26, 1841.

DIR L CT WESTERN RAILWAY Edward Hyde Clarke, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of I Haywood, Richard Howard, E
(Upon the Broad Gauge),sq., Staffordshire Potteries
s the Warwickshire and London Railway Holdforth, Joseph Deuipser, Esq., of Burley, Leeds, Director of the
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and The Constable of Hurgerfoid Leeds and Liverpool Railway
Bridgewater respectively. Capfain 1 • Lionel Lampert, The Highlands, Oxfordshire, and Berries, Robert, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
e all s
_m
(Provisionally Registered.) Leamington, War mickshire Direct Railway
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 shares of 251 each. Francis Burton, Esq., 31ilverton Haase, Warwickshire Hill, John, Esq., Derby
~... .
Captain Stewart, Inis.l., Leamington, Warwickshire llirst, Abraham, Esq., York-house, Huddersfield
Deposit, 21. Its, 6d. per Share.
Offices, 20, Poultry London. Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director Ingleby, J .Joseph, Esq., Cheadle, Staffordshire
;
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE. of the South Staffordshire Railway Johnson, John Goodwin, E
The Right Hon. the Earl of Camperdown, Sidney-place, Bathsq., Bentley Hall, Ashbourse
William Northege, Esq., Upper Gower-street, Bedford- square Johnson, D. T., Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director ea the Ches.
John Weelley Hughes, Esq., Gloucester, Director of the tinningliani ter and Manchester Railway
The Viscount Mandeville, Kimbolton-park, Hunts
am! Bristol Railway - Johnson, Richard Wm., Esq., Moorgate, Director of Remington's
Lord James O'Bryen, Royal-crescent, Bath •
Lewis Bruce Knight Bruce, Esq., The Priory, Roehampton, Store ere - London and Manchester Direct Railway
Lord William Powlett, Bath, and Downham-hall, Brandon, Suffolk
Frarnis'COle Humbert, Esq., Oxford-street, HydeePark ~ a; -Atones, the Rev. J. P., Vicarage, Alton, Staffordshire, Director of
General Sir John Slade, Bert., 31untys Court, Taunton
Algernon Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terraces Hyde Park 1 -seethe Derbyshire,Staffortishire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Colonel Luttrell, Kilvo Court, Somerset
'an. 'Jolies, Edward, Req., Windmill-place, Camberwell
The lion. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid- John Pnrkineon, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde-park-square na I Knight, Edward, Esq., 31.1), Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
land Railway; Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Richard Groucock, Esq.,- Bow-churchyard, and Dulwich, Director ' Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railway
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart. Evenly House, Pcwsey, Wilts
of the Direct Manchester Railway
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 10a, Paliemall
Kingdom, Wm. Esq., Westbourniatenetce, Hyde Park, Director of
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens J. B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland-lodge, Brixton the
Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railway
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 19, Eaton-place, London • Henry Bellerby, Esq., Sheriff of York
Johu Jose, Esq., St. 's W
Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P., Hill-street, Berkeley-square licitly Ledgard, Esq., 39, Wood-street, Cheapside, Director of the Keene,
of the National Bank of Ireland,Jelm ood, Regent's Park, 'Director
&e. -
Charles Beery Ballwin, M.P., 6, Parliament-street Rugby and Mecelesfiele Direct Railway King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of the Freemasons'
John Williams, Esq., Eaton-square.
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, leelgrave-square
Life Assurance, &c.
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London - Thomas Grimsditch, Esq , M.P., Maccleslield, Cheshire Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, sudbury
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Penn-fleids, Wolverhampton, Director of the Laughton, Richard, Esq., Barrow-lell, Uttoxeter
Sheffield and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Liverpool and Leeds Railway Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway House, Cheadle, Director of the Der-
William Miller, inn., Esq., Leicester
Companies
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Sir Robert Price, Bart., M.P. Feeley. Herefordshire Edward IVestiake, Esq., Southampton Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
Sir Joen Cave Brown Cave Part Reuilworth, Warwickshire . Erasmus It Foster, Esq., Birchin-lane fordshire, and I,Vorcestershire Junction Railway
Sir William Young, Bart., Waetneorne green, Hyde-park, East India William Bargett, Esq., Broad-street Lassetter, James, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stan
Director Peter R. Morrison, Esq., Princes-street, Bank fordehire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Joen Clark, Fan, Benefield Motes, etar Trowbridge, Wilts, 3lagis. Thomas Miller, jun., Esq., Leicester Lea, John Wheeley, Esq., Worcester', Vice-Chairman of the Severn
trate for the counties."( Wilts and Somerset John Reginald Riddell, Esq., Enfield, Director of the York and Lan- Commission, &e.
Alfred Batson, Esq., Ramebury, Wilts, and Upper Bedford-place caster Railway Marlow, Joseph, Esq., Walsall
maj.a. hunt Grubb°, Eastwell House, Devizes Thomas Kidley, Esq., 31. D., Sheffield Mason, Charles Jame, s, Esq., Stafford Potteries
.Toha Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker Janice Sheppard, Es Go
q., jun.. White Hart-conrt, Lombard-street Mason, George Miless Eq., IVetley blny, Oteffordshire
John Los-el Sealy, Esq., Bridgwater, banker Valentine Knight, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Magistrate Meteyard, Y, orate Wm., Esq., Director of Remington's London and
William Adair Bruce, Esq., Lansdown-crescent, Bath for Middlesex Manchester Railway, Middle Temple, and Chatham-place
Sir John Key, Bart, 9, king's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of George Sercombe, Esq., Exeter 31`31ahon, Daniel, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct John Clampit Sercombe, Esq., Exeter Staffordehire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company William Pearce, Esq., Liverpool Manors, John, Esq. Rugcley, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman W. Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westanin- Robert Henry Hurst, Esq., jun., Temple Mellard, James, Esq., Rugeicy, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
ster Bank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder- William Nash, Esq., Capham Common shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
m linter Railway Grey Hazlerigg, Esq., West Centon Hall. Leicester Muegrave, Simeon, Esq., Kirketall, near Leeds, Director of the Thirsk
Thomas Challis, lesra, Enfield, Alderman of the City of Loudon Captain Twisleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the and Midland Junction
Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq,, Deputy Chairman of the North- Leicester aed Tean and Dove Valley Railway Minors, John, Esq., Eaton Dovedale, Derbyshire, Director of the
ampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the (IVith power to add to their number). Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
South Midland Railway ENGINEERS IN CHIEF. Minors, John, Esq., The Parks, Uttoxeter, Director of the East
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Milled Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy Sir John Macielell, LL.D., F.R.S. and West Junction Railway
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire, James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., 31.R.1.A. 3lountford, Thomas John, Esq., Ashbourne
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway • BANnons--Messrs. Clarice and Co., Cornhill, London. Moorhouse, Joshua, Esq., Holmfirth
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde l'ark, JOINT SOLICITORS. Maskery, Thomas, ClayE ton West Norbury, Derbyshire
, Huddersfield
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London Not th, Joseph', Esq.,
South Midland Railways Messrs. Rickards and Walker, 23, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London Norton, George, Esq.. Clayton West, Muddersfield,Director cif the Li-
Donall Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
Chairman of the Trent Valey Continuation Rata ay Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London. Orion, James, Esq,, Woodford, near Uttoxeter, Director of the Der-
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe SECRETARY—MOH:IAS Hosier Saunders, Esq. byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London ASSISTANT-SRCRETARY--ChaTICS J. Whalley, ESQ. Parkinson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Camhridge-terrace, alyde-park, Di-
Main Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street LOCAL SOLICITORS. Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham Rail-
Banta L. Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and At Newbury—Messrs. Godwin and Gray, and B. Finnigan Esq. way, &c.
George-street, Mansion Mouse At Remsaury—William Rowland, Esq. Phillips, William, E Springfield House, Uttoxeter. Director of the
Boswell Middleton Jalland, Esq., Holclerness House, near Hull, At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq., and John Edwards Hayward, Esq. Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rselway Roberts, Thomas, Esq., Manchester
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riaing of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Ebel., Irongate Wharf At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Mefferd, and Staunton Robinson. John, Esq., Silcoatus, Cottage, Wakefield
William Eales, Esq., 31incing.lane, London, late Director of the At Shepton alallett—Francis Isaac Nalder, Esq. Roden, Thomas Clarke, Esq., Birmingham
Devon and Cornwal Banking Company At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. It. Poole Richardson, Joseph, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
At Exeter—William Denis Moore, Esq. Railway •
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of
the South Midland Railway , . At Tiverton, T. L. T. Rendell, Esq , and J. A. Toms, Esq. Sant, Edward, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshiree Stafford-
3lartin Stutely, Esq. 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London, At Launceston—Messrs. Lawrence and Pattison shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Director of the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South At Bodmin
Shipton, Robert, Esq., Seromon, ieerbyshire, Director of the Derby-
At Tram
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Essex .Railways
Francis Ede, Esq. 34, Great Winchester-street At Penzance
John Addis, resq.;Rothethithe and Mark-lane, London, Direetor of At Falmouth—Messrs. Tresidder and Son shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed 'Victuallers' The object of this line is to effect a direct eommunheatdon between Smith, Thomae, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and York
Fire and Life Insurance Company London and the Land's End. Railway
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore-hall, Staffordshire, Director of the Der-
Heath House, Er.th, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from ite situation at the byshire, Stafford-hire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Rail way western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since Smith, William, Esq., Sedsall, Derbyshire, Director of the
Thomas Drane, Esq., Pallonall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Direr-. have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of shire, Stafibrdshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway Derby-
tor of the Briciport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways at least 230 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po- Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, Derbyshire, Director of Tean and Dove
RO!„!rt Bramwell, Esq., Bretabo Ironworks, Wrexham, tied Cannon- sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with Mr less natural ad- Valley Railway
street, Yometon vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in- Smith, John, Req., Barton House, Derbyshire
H. G. Atkieson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,6001. per annum. At Brie- Smythe, John Vere, Leq:. Kensington, Middlesex, Director of the
George aPftetinsh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-ennare tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports eDerbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Frederick Soily Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London were declining,; since.then they have very considerably increased. Sidney, Thomas, Esq.,. Alderman and Sheriff, City of London, Dime-
Major-White, 103, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ea- tor of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct Railways
Railway phial, it was not left to the present Company
to discover. The Great Spiers, E. J., Req., Carlton 'Villas, London, Director of the East and
Clnialearrilendehn Esq., Cou/sden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li- Western and Bristol and Exeter Railway having already reached West Junction Railway
enlace Vic ale:lens' Fire and Life Assurance Company Exeter, it has been in colitemplation to extend that line to Fal- Stephenson. 'Moines, Esq., Director of the Agriculturist Cattle As-
J. G. liarnmack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the month by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been suratice Company
teem:sea Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company set on foot on the conviction that Fahuoutla must be reached by Terry, Benjamin, Esq., Mayor of Walsall, Director of the Derby-
) lane: Free. Johnston, Esq,, Great Cumberland-place railway.
shire, Staffordshire, line Worcestershire Railway, Re.
ea' Welter', Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and The object of this prospectus is to show thattno other lino than the Tibbits, Thomas, Esq., .e.erton Manor-house, Leicester
Leeenvell Railway- Company resent can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the country in regard Tomlinson, Thomas, Esq. iandley Pastures, Ashbourne
Willinn Downing Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, to this, sits most important sapert—" the natural Packet Station of Toogood, Rupert, Esq , A'slibourne
ami ilieme the empire."
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., surgeon, Great Heywood, Staffordshire
Cuthbert Woodcock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton Tee present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, Holloway, London, Director of
Robert- Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman- as nearly as pos,sible a straight 11110 from London to the Land's End. the East and West Junction Railway, Re.
square, Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga- Waller, Major, K.H., St. James's-square, Director of the Chester and
the Great Western Extension Railways mated with this Company, the Jinn-tense local influence commanded Manchester Railway, fee,
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London by them :rill now contribute, to the great national object of a direct Walter, James Smith, Esq., Bakewell, Derbyshire 00, Baker-street, Portman-square
Willia Heeen, EstV.line; while menus have been taken for securing the traffic and afford- Walters, J. T., Esq., Rugsley
en :,'
Willioni Ilreynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
lug all the accommodation contemplate by that Company. Watts, William Royde, Esq., Birming
don, Director of fhe Leicester and Tamworth Railway ham The Direct Western. availing itself of the Great Western Railway Weston, Samuel, Esq., Leeds
so far as Reading, pursiies its course by or near Newbury, Hunger- Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Derby-
Rielesiel ilarls Purcell, Eel., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
.ford, Great Bedw.in, Marlborough, Deviz.es, the manufacturing die. shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
tract of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by Willes, George,Thagerd-park, Berkshire
Company
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury,. Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells Williamson, Hugh Henshall, Req., Greenway Bank, Staffordshire
Philip Baker, Eon, Easton-square, London, Auditor of the London
(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater), Potteries
and Blackwell Railway Company
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two Williamson , Robert, Esq., Ramsdell-hall, Staffordshire Potteries
miles than any existing railways between these points, and without Wise, Thomas,Sr, Esq., Ashbourne
t 1. From Taunton the Bristol anti •
Anthon Ridley, Esq.
,Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the a -althe Exeter Railway (now Witham, John, Esq., Ashbourne
St. Katherine Docks Company, and of the General Shipowner., leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is Woolrich, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staf-
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth,Society St. fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the Wood, C '
harles, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stan
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire iistance from-London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles. 1
Vood William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Di-
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles- With resreet to the traffic on the upper portion of the line it is rector of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire June-
. , .
street, Berkeley-square needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi- tion Railway
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor- (dent to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes- Wood, William Hurl, Esq , Ashbourne
place-, London. tern : that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton Wilkinson J a Eo m sq., Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Nicholas Phllpet Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union about 32 miles, that It will traverse rich and populous agricultural Direct Railway
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail- ' and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as Wright, Thomas, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsbo.
way Company - well from railways now in course of construction as from ethers pro.. rough Railway.
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lypplat Park, Gloucestershire, and London jected, with every chance of success.
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, 1)1- As to the traffic on the lower portion of the line, it is evident that
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway the vast number of merchant vessels continually detained in the
Henry leradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
John William Yerbury, Esq., Belcombo House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
Light Dragoons once transmitting them to their destination by means of this railway;
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity- and therefore—without speculating on the extent to which the pony
square, London on either side of the great promontory of the Land's Eud by Robert Millinnton, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire means of this railroad, attract the commerce respectively ofßrixtol John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey and Southampton ;t o what extent the inexhaustible mineral wealth
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath of Cornwall, and the unrivalled agricultural resources of Devonshire
Rev. T. Harvey Aehworth,Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks may be further developed, or the genial climate of Penzance and Col. Brirsiem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks Mount's Bay, " the Montpellier of England," attract a larger proper-
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath tion of winter visitants—it is obvious that this line will command a
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath traffic both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County amount of which may be said to be without limit. A glance at the
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the map will make it manifest that no competing trunk lino can ever be Couety established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Rev Chas. Fras. Bamffyide, Rector of Dtmkerton, near Bath, Magis- Taunton and Reading, an impaction of the map will show a vast ex-
trate for Somerset tent of midland district, comprising rich and populous parts of So-
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts mersetshire, Dorsetehire, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Binning- railroad accommodation.
ham Railway Company Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Hanker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham- the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction war, and of almost incalculable advantage to the general and packet
Richard Mortimore, Esq„ Kingsmill, Collumpton commerce of the kingdom; it may not be out of place to quote here
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Treat Valley,
Charles Justiee, Esq., Collumpton, Devon which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufctilm Cottage, Tiverton Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth Railways, he is reported to hive said :—"I consider that the cont-
George Pearce, Esq., Bratininch House, near Collumpton munication between the metropolis and the great outperts to be not
Wm. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
Union Banking Company particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion; for in the
William Heicomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and report of the* Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
Dorset Bank line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunten it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
Relied Parsons, Esq., Taunton neet hereafter to oppose a direct line to Falmouth ; and it may be
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berks farther observed, that a proposed line from Plymouth to Falmouth
Thomas Carlisle, Esq.,
Esq., Clifton, Bristol Clifton, Bristol was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
John Kerte Habertield
to interfere with that great national object.
James Troup, Esq., Hastings The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
John Mefferd Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director wariness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
of Coventry and Leicester Railway liament.
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North- It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
aumton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
John Newton 3lappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will tie
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking
John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire, will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, and co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
Birkenhead, and Manchester and Southampton Railways kingdom.
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
.and
• four pounds per centum per annum on the deposits, preference
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
proprietors of the land
Joseph Nadirs, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and in the allotmentutisef sltinireesznilllptsgivac
thenntltoto the shareholders in
Wigen, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
throughwhichthe Bristolandandother railways Great Western, Exeter,
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York with the Direct Western district.
Applications for shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
the solicitors to the Company, or to the Secretary, at the Company's
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the Liver-
Offices, 20, Poultry, London, or to the local solicitors, or to a
y re-
pool amid Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
spectable broker in town or country
John Belford, Esq., Rusbelm Hall, Manchester
20, Poultry, London, September, 1845.
Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Rudders-
C. It. Jones, Esq.,
FORM 01' APPLICATION.
Ina and nhetlield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Inane Railway To the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway
Chines Bamford, jun,, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Company.
Junction Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251. each in
the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.125. 6d.
per satire thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con.
tract when required.
Dated

OXFORD, NEWBURY, ANDOVER, MAN-
CHESTER, AND SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY.

Southampton, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 1945.
At a meeting of the Hirough Council, held this day at tha Audit
House, or Council Chamber, in Southampton,
WILLIAM HOOKE STEE TIE, Esq., Alderman, is the Chair;
It was moved by FRANCIS COOPER, Esq. ; seconded 'by A. AB3Ail AM,
Esq., and resolved
That the proposed Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester, and
Southampton Junction Railway, is calculated essentially to benefit
the town and port of Southampton, as well as to be of great public
advantage ; and that in the opinion of this Cout.cil the proposed un-
dertaking is deserv.ng their utmost support.
It was moved by R. Minsox, Esq.; seconded by JOSEPH BALL, Esq.,
Sheriff, and resolved—
That the Committee. appointed at the meeting of the Council
on the 30th July last, to secure the particular interest of the town
of Southampton, be requested to promote the same object with
respect to the proposed railways, viz.:—
The Mayer Mr. Stebbing
Mr. Le leuvre Mr. J. Lankcster
Mr. Bernard Mr. F. Cooper
Mr. Mabson Mr. Spooner
Mr. Davies • Mr. Tucker.
Mr. Cosw.-11
it was moved by HENRY Woo:Limnos, Esq. ; seconded by Dr. ORE,
and resolved—
That the thanks of this Committee are due, and are hereby pre-
sented, to Ralph Etwall, Esq., M.P., Chairman to the Oxford, New-
bury, Andover, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway
Company, for the manner in which he has explained the objects of
the Company.

CHARLES E. DEACON, Town Clerk,

rrilE OXFORD, NEWBURY, ANDOVER,
lL MANCHESTER, AND SOUTHAMPTON JUNCTION
RAILWAY COMPANY.
• (Provisionally
00
Registered.)
Capital, 600,000/. in 30,0 Ahares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
CO3IMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Chairman—Ralph Etwall, Esq., M.P. for Andover
Deputy-Chairman—Richard liirley, Esq., Manchester
George Peel, Esq. William Lankester, Esq.
John Thomas Price, E.g. Richard Jorlan, Esq.
George Royle Chappell, EN. Henry Buchan, Esq.
George Laishley, Esq. Jolla Reeves, Esq.
Robert Ogden, Esq. Henry Clark, Esq., M.D.
Thomas Hamilton, Esq. John Parsons, Esq.
Jonathan Beaver, Esq. William Etwail, Esq.
Notice is hereby given, that no further applications for shares in this
Company will be received after TUESDAY next, the 7th October.
By order of the Committee of Management,
L. FERNANDEY, Secretary.
Rh Sept., 1845.

I I, Bridg6-street, W6stminster:

THE EASTERN COUNTIES JUNCTION
AND SOUTIIEND RAILWAY,
Forming a Direct Communication between Dngland and Belgium,
and Holland, and the Rhine, from the Essex coast, with a Branch
via Tilbury, to Gravesend.
(Registered Provisionally, pursuant to the Act of Parliament.)
Capital, 550,8001., ill 22.000 Shares of MI. each.

3d. The traffic arising from the carriage of coal from the coast to
,be distributed on the course of-the line.
4th. The carriage of the celebrated lime of Purfleet for agricalthra
and for building purposes, along the course of the line, and through-
, out the eastern counties.
Besides the traffic of passengers and merchandise which will be de-
rived from the local population, it is certr.in that cheap and expedi-
tions travelling to and from Southend will estabish it as a place of
recreation and resort for the population of the rnetropo'is, scarcely
second to Gravesend, and form a source of revenue almost Incalculable.
The estimated traffic, as shown in the annexed table, from the
above sources, shows a clear profit of more than ten per cent. upon
' the capital, and the payment of Interest at four per cent. upon the
calls between the passing of the Act and the construction of the rail-
way will form one of the clauses of the Bill.
Applications for shares may be addressed to the Provisional Com-
mittee, at the tempsrary offices of the Company, 6, Laurence Pount-
ney-place, London, the Solicitors, or through any of the Brokers un-
dermentioned, viz.:—Messrs. Thomas and Sons, 50, Threadneedle-
street, London; Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York ; Mr. Thackray,
Harrogate; Mr. Joseph Nelson, Settle; Mr. W. Welch, Lancaster;
Mr. Anthony Laurie, and Mr. May, Liverpool ; Mr. Peter Leicester,
Messrs. Cardwell and Co., and Messrs. Houghland :11 I Leese,
Manchester; Mr. Jams Pearson, Birmingham; Messrs. Joshua
Wood and Son, Messrs. Watson and Co., and Messrs. E. King and
CO., Leeds; Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull; Mr. J. A. Butchart,
Huddersfield ; Mr. J. W. Carr, Culver-street, Colchester ; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and
Co., Bradford ; Mr. Luke Arnold, and Mr. George Edwards, Bristol ;
Mr. G. R. Gliddon, and Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter; Messrs. Hall,
Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply-
mouth ; Mr. Robert Allan, Messrs. Hugh Munro and Co., Mr. David
Kinnear, and Mr. James Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. W. Pringle,
Leith; Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, Glasgow; Mr. William Gordon,
Aberdeen; Mr. S. A. Gloag, Perth; of whom prospectuses, plans,
and forms of application may be obtained.

Deposit 21. 12s. Gd. per Share,

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTNE.
and Director t,f the Rugby,.
,
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., 103, Pall-mall, London, Vice-Chairman of
the York and Lancaster
Railwa.9
Warwick, and Worcester liallway
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton,
John Anderson, Esq., Princes Park and South Castle
William Ashcroft, Esq., The Willows, Bury, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and Staffordshire Potteries, and Liverpool and
Manchester Railway
Charles Richard Bigg, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the
Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man-
chester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies
Edwin Cadwin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Great Western and
Isle of Ely Railways
Captain Carnegie, Director of the London and Hounslow Railway
Company
John James Cavan, Esq., 7, Charles-street, St. James's-square
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, London, Director of the Chelms-
ford and Bury Railway
Frederick George Cox, Esq., Doctors'-commons, and Stockwell
Gideon Colqultoun,'Esq., Wilmer Lodge, Regent's Park, Director of
the Mattel-tester and• Southampton Railway Company
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Ladbrook-terrace, Bayswater
Mdt.; Dormer, Esq., 51, Hans-place, Sloane-street, Chelsea, Director
~f the Larn, Belfast, and Ballymena Railway Company
Colonel Itolvtat Douglas, C. 8., Royal Artillery, Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistock Railway
Joint iwards, Esq.,!Chester
Coloael George Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's Park
David Fitzgerald, Esq., Travellers' Club
Rev. II: IL.. Fowls 7; Manchester-square
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Bandon and Bantry Railway
William Carron, Esq., merchant, Great George-square, Liverpool
Matthew Gill, Esq., Kuaresaororgh, Yorkshire
Captain Twlsleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the
Leicester and Teen and Dove. Valley Railway, and of the British
Mutual Life Office
F. W. Ilamiltonasq., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director
of the Sheffield, Nottingham and London Direct, and the Burton-
on-Trent, Stafford, Shrewsbury, t.nd Newtown Railway
John Lawrence Harris, Escf.; 4,'Frederick's-place, Old Jewry
William George Harrison, Esq., ey.
Hill House, Upper Tooting, Surr
T. Charles Harrison, Esq., F.R.S., 31, York-terrace, Regent's Park
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam-
worth Rail Way Company
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Director of the Chelmsford
and Bury Rail ,vay
John Holmes, Esq., 88, St. James's-street, Director of the Isle of
Man and Direct Western Railways
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., 3f.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land Railway
Herbert Ingram, Esq., Swinshead Abbey, Lincolnshire, Director of
the Ambergate, Nottingham, and Boston Hallway Company
William Jackson; Esq.,' Sheffield, Director of the Goole and Don-
caster Railway
Richard Kelly, ESQ., Chairman of the New Ross, Carlow, and Kil-
kenny Railway
William Kemp,-Esq., Teign Villa, Teignmouth
George Laurie, Esq., Talavera-place, Broughton, near Manchester
John Manwaring, Esq., Eagle Hall, Pately Bridge, Yorkshire, Direc-
tor of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
John Nixon, Esq., Lloyd's
Edward Norris, Esq:, Clairville, near Manchester, Director of the
Direct Western, and Direct London and Manchester
The Mayor of Nottingham
Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane Lodge, Twickenham
Apsley Pellatt, Esq.o Holland-street, Blackfriars, and Staines, Direc-
tor of the Richmond and Staines Railway
William. Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Direc-
tor of the Oxford, Witney, Cheltenham, and Gloucester Railway
Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Chairman of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
George Richard Pye, Esq., Lavenham, Suffolk
J. Reginald Riddell, Esq., Director of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth, the Direct Western and Tring, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railways
Robert A. Riddell, Esq., Bryanston-street, Bryanston-square, Di-
rector of the Direct Western Railway
T. Ridley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Lincoln and North-
ampton Railway
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Director of the York and Lancaster
Railway
Henry Savage, Esq., Dorset-place, Dorset-square, Director of the
Tring, Reading, and Baslngstolce Railway
Julian Skrhia, Dag., Lensileld •Hou.se, Cambridge; Director of the
Cambridge and Lincoln Railway
Timothy Steward, Esq., Heigham Lodge, near Norwich
Thomas Tebbutt, Esq., Plate-terrace, Rushohn, near Manchester,
Director of the Rugby and Manchester Direct Railway
William Alexander Thomas, Esq., Maunden, Essex
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Edward Threlfall, Esq., cotton-manufacturer, Manchester
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Blackheath Park, Director of the Leeds
and Liverpool and Direct Manchester Railways, and the Com-
mercial Bank
S. P. Wald, Esq., Birkenhead, Cheshire
Robert Watkins, Esq., Augusta House, Worthing, and Lower Brook-
street, Grosvenor-square
Major White, Pall-mall, Director of the Soulh Midland Railway
Robert Vaughan Wynne Williams, Esq., 29, Bedford-place, Russell.
square
W. A. Wilkinson, EN.
11. Woodhead, Esq., 1, Jameastreet, Adelphi, London
William Wright, Esq., 8.A., Great Portland-street, Portland-place
Sir William Wynne, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTER OF MANAGEMENT.
Sir Henry Webb, Bart. John Holmes, Esq.
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., Herbert Ingram
M.P. John Nixon, Esq.
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq.
Robert A. Riddell, Esq.
W. Alexander Thomas, Esq.
Joseph Underwood, Esq.
William Wright, Esq.

PliovisiellAL COMMITTEE.
CHAIRMAN—Sir JOHN ED.MCND DE BEAUVOIR, Bart., Con-

naught-terrace, Hyde Park.
DEFT:TT-CHAIRMAN—WILLIAM SIMPSON POTTER, Esq., 7, Sus-
sex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the Oxford, Gosport, and
Southampton Railway
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director
of the Eastern Counties !Wiwi),
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the
Irish North Midland Railway
Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park,
Director of the Direct Western Railway
George Hammond Whalley, 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 o:lrrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and Abergavenny
Railway
Hugh Henshall Williamson, Esq., Green way Bank, Neweastle-under-
Lyne, Deputy Lieutenant for tile county of Statibrd
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York,
and al idland Junction Railway
Stephen Hutchison, Esq., London Gas Works, Vauxhall
Henry Cave Leary, 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 M'Mahon, Esq., 'Wolverhampton, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Timmins, 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, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter,
Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Hayes, Esq., South-fields, Leicester
Charles J. Mason, Esq., Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the South Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Joseph Henry, Esq., South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway
Edward Gulson, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coveatry,
Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway
William B. Costello. Esq., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director of the
Direct Lond. n and Exeter Railway
Martin Stutly, Est., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the Direct 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-
ampton, Gosport and rortsmoutle and Direct Western Railways.
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South
Union and Birmingham Junction Railway
Henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill, Director of the
Grand Junctioa, Great Western, and South-Western Junction
Railways
Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con-
seil Hall, near Cheadle, Director of the 31anehegter and Liverpool
District Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction
Railway
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
Robert Chaplin, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Edward Mammatt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
John lleavington, 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, Chcapside, Dlrectier 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 Bridge Railway
Benjamin 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, azsl 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 Ridgyray, Esq., Roehampton Lodge
Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
William Field, Esq., Rugeloy, Staffordshire
Samuel Ginders; Esq., Ingestre, Staffordshire, Agent to the Right
lion. the Earl of Talbot, K.G.
R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley-Hall, near Hinckley, a Magis-
trate of the County, Director of the Ceyentry, Nuneaton, and
Leicester Railway
James Morrison, Esq., St. Marysat-hill, Director of the Bridgewater
and Minehead Railway
C. JI. Rogers Harrison, Leg., Upper Montagu •street, Montagu-square
George Augustus M'Dermott, Esq.; Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle-
under-LYn
Captain Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde Park-square
Wm. Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Wm. Clode Braddon, Esq, Regeney-square, Brighton
Ge,rge Parhury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-square
John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk-en scent, Hyde Park
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole-
raine Railway
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the London,
Bristol, and South Wales Railway, and Manchester and Rugby
Railway
John Thompson, Esq., Great St. Helens, Broad-street
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain of 3d Light Dragoons, Director of the
Dover and Bristol, Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough, Notting-
ham, and-South Staffordshire Railways
George Unett, :Esq., Hundsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the Bir-
mingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, and Dovor, and Bristol
Railways
George Augustus Browne, Esq., 20, Gower-street,
Francis Ewart, Esq., Brick-court, Temple
William Cremer, Esq., Barnes, Surrey, Director of the Northern and
Southern Railway
Jeremiah Evans, Esq., St. John's Lodge, Clapham Rye, and King
William-street
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Director of the Rugby, Leamington,
and Warwick Railway
William Gambier Esq., Sacombe Park, Herta
Admiral Asycon;h, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
James W. Peppercorne, Esq., Dulwich, Surrey, Director of the Rugby
and Worcester Railway
Rev. J. K. Hall, Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridgeshire
Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothes, Herefordshire
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Alfred Brodie, Esq. Edward Mammatt, Esq.
Hubert Broom, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
John Carter, Esq. Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq
Henry Garrett Key, Esq. William Simpson Potter, Esq.
Valentine Knight, Esq. C. H. Rogers, Esq.
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. Martin Stutly, Esq.
Daniel M'Mahon, Esq. John Thompson Esq.
Basczas—The Union Bank of London.
STANDING COUNSEL.
• Charles Howard Whitehuret, Esq., Q.C.
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A.

ESTIMATE OF TRAFFIC.
The number of passengers travelling by steam-vessels
to and from the port of London to Southend, Sheer-
ness,Herne-bay, Margate, and Ramsgate, amounted
in the year 1844 to 282,332 ; and being the average
of three former years, it is estimated that tiro-thirds
will travel to Southend by the proposed railway,
and embark from thence, at Id. per mile per pas-
senger will produce... ••• • . •••• •••••• • • .. • .
The number of passengers embarking and landing at
Southend from 23 coasting and Irish steamers, and
those embarking and landing from 22 Continental
steamers, averaged at 10 passengers each vessel,
passing to and from London and the Eastern Coun-
ties via Romferd by the proposed railway, at Id. per
mile per pa55enger............ •• . .....
From official Custom house returns obtained fors the.
years 1843 and 1844, ft appears that in the year
1844, 47,469 British and foreign ships proceeded
from and entered the mouth of the Thames: it is
estimated that one passenger only per ship will be
derived from this source at Id. per mile per pas-
senger ..
In the year 1843 upwards of 1,500,000 persons landed
at Gravesend, and in 1844, 2,000,000 ; it is estimated
that one-sixteenth of that number go and return by
the proposed railway to Southend in preference to
Gravesend, Id. per mile per passenger will produce 25,000 0 0
The number of passengers travelling by coach between
the Eastern Counties Railway anti Southend, ave-
rage 12 miles, estimated to amount to 6,570, at Id.
per mile per passenger.. •• • • • • • • • • •• • •
Of the average number of persons who visit Graves-
end, It Is estimated that live per cent. of that num-
ber will go and return to Gravesend by the route of
this line via Tilbury, Id. per mile per passenger will
produce .........• • • ....... .
Passengers from the Eastern Counties to and from
Gravesend via Tilbury, estimated at 11,250 Id. per
mile per passenger will pr0duce............
Five per cent. on the amount of passenger traffic for
parcels and luggage (only one-half the usual
alloWance) will produce ••• • • •••••• • • • .. 3,297 18 0
An annual average of 5,000 voyages of vessels engaged
in fisheries supply the London markets through the
medium of the Thames, estimated to convey 200,000
tons of fish, one-fourth only of that amount of ton-
nage, at 2d. per ton per mile, will produoe .
The carriage of 100,000 tons of coal and lime, .an
average of 12 miles, at 134 d. per ton per mile, will
The county of Essex sends to the London market on
an average 800,000 quarters of grain. Potatoes are
likewise extensively cultivated for the London
markets ; it is estimated that 50,000 tons only from
the above sources will be carried on the proposed
railway, an average of 12 miles, at I).A. per nele,
:will produce ...
In the foregoing statement, no Estimate of Revenue
is shown from the following sources of traffic :-
1. The carriage of the Mails ..
2. The carriage of Troops and Government Stores....
3. The carriage of Merchandise and Luggage that will
he put on board and landed at Southend, from ships
proceeding from and entering the mouth of the
Thames . ..
4. The carriage of Live Stock from the Southern part
of Essex and Kent to the London and Romford
Markets . . • .... •• • • .....
5. The carriage of Purfleet Lime for building purposes

4,680 0 0

William Bradley, Esq.
Frederick George Cox, Esq.
Gideon Colquiloun, Esq.
Nutlnudel Cooke, Esq.
John James Cavan, Esq.
Miles Dormer, Esq.

S NG I NIERS.
Arthur Dean, Esq.
BArixEns.
London—The Commercial Batik, Lothbury, and Henrietta-street
Romford—London and County,Bank.
ilatcyroas.

John Gibbs, Esq.

Causton,E Esq.
Messrs. Pering, Mlnet, anet•smith, Laurence Pountney-place
AGENT—northA.i.rn—lt.
Eastern Counties
Messrs. Chauntler and IM.twood, Gray's Inn-square
Sq, ROEllford.
5, Laurence Pountney-place, London.
This
Temporary
r ai LOCALIaw
siol
lEfficßeformeE:
rway, near the important market town of Romford, in Essex, and
proceed from thence, by way of the populous agricultural district 4 of
Hornchurch, 17mninster, Cranham, North and South Ockenden,
Langdon, Bulnham, Hornden, Stanford, Basilden, Pitsey, South Ben-
fleet, Thundereley, Raleigh, Hasley, Leigh, Eastwood, Rochfort, and
PritUewell, to the agreeable and much-frequented watering-place of
Southend.
Independently of its numerous local advantages, it will open a
nearly direct communication between the Essex coast and many of
the most important places in Holland and Belgium, and more par-
ticularly with Hamburgh, the Rhine, Ostend, Middleburgh, Antwerp,
Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. ' •
- The extraordinary facilities of intercourse and communication
which will thus be provided will form a most important source of
revenue; and it is intended that a branch line shall be hereafter
formed from Orsett, by Baker's-street, Chadwell, Thurrock, and
Little Thurrock, via Tilbury, to Gravesend, which cannot fall to pro-
cure a large amount of traffic, and will enable parties to proceed
from London to Gravesend in less than an hour I
Southend is situated at " the mouth of the Thames," and by
means of a pier, is accessible to steam-vessels, at all times, for land-
ing and embarking passengers and general merchandise, and the
construction of this railway cannot fail to establish it as a packet-
station of the highest importance to Belgium and Holland as well as
to England.
The value of this line to the shipping interests of the City ofLon-
don can scarcely be overrated ; it will afford a ready communication
with all vessels entering or departing from the mouth of the Thames ;
and by enabling persons to travel between the metropolis and South-
end in one hour only, will expedite the delivery of the foreign mails
by the space of three hours, and enable passengers to avoid the
tedious navigation of the river, and the numerous inconveniences
attendant thereupon.
The advantages which the Government must derive from the for-
_ oration of this railway are obvious, and the proposed line is warmly
supported by the principal landowners, it being an established fact,
that railway communication considerably enhances the va!ue of land.
The distribution of coal throughout the southern portions of the
county of Essex and other localities more inland will form an im-
portant item of revenue, as will the carriage of Purfleet lime for
building and agricultural purposes. The great fisheries on the Essex
ooast will also form a considerable source of profit, and an immense
number of persons will avail themselves of the means of this railway
to go to and from the metropolis and the following places, viz.,
Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness, Herne Bay, Margate, and Rams-
gate. It is also important to observe that by the aid of the Graves-
end and Rochester, and the proposed Rochester and Maidstone Rail-
ways, this line will also provide a valuable medium of communica
tion between the centre of Kent and London and the eastern coml.
ties

657 0 0

[0,833 6 8

,218 15 0

0,000 0 0

7,500 0 0

3,750 0 0

ENGINEE—. U. ck, Es
Sorairrens—Messrs. Watts, GaJlsworthßasty,rl and Gaq.
lsworthy, 19, sly.
place, Holborn
SECRETARY-84E311E1 Stanway, ESQ.

The engineers of the line have reported " that neither tunnels
nor heavy embankments, nor large excavations will require to be
made on any portion of the proposed line ; that it is wholly free
from engineering difficulties, and may be constructed at a compa-
ratively small cost." The promoters of this railway have great
pleasure in stating that" The Eastern Counties Railway Company,"
in a letkr to the Solicitors of this Company, dated 9th June, 1845,
have signified " that, in the event of the proposed line being con-
structed, they will be very happy to co-operate in affording it all
the usual facilities." The Chelmsford anti Bury Railway Company,
have also expressed their willingness to co-operate in the under-
taking.
A comparative statement of the distances of the following places
from London, and the time required for transit under the present
mode of travelling by steam-vessels, and of that by the proposed
railway, is subjoined :
PRESENT MODE, ST STEAM-VESSIMS.

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 Sheepohead, 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-Zouch. It will thence proceed across
the Moira Coal-field and through the rich agricultural districts of
Seal, Clifton Campville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby
Railway, which it will cross near 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 line 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.
By means of its junction with the Trent Valley line at Alrawas, the
Grand Trunk reaches Colwich, and there meets the proposed North
Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potterita
to Newcastle-under-Lyre, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also
of the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro-
ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford, time completing its route, and
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction
Railways. This branch of the lh,e was formerly surveyed by Mr.
Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that
no engineering difficulties exist.
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 arc extensive plaster-works, and thence
by Swarkestone to the river Trent, which it will cross near to
the ferry at Weston Cliffe, and so 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-Orion and Swannington Railway until its
junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs
Green Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Grand 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, forming 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 form the most direct
transit to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire, 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 from 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 resources are of the very highest order. The Moira
coal- field is inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Harold
alone comprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of seven feet,
with a super stratum of main coal to a depth of six feet. The sub-
stratum is yet to be worked. There are beds of Kennel and main
coal at Cole Orton of equal quality, though not 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 Calke exist rich veins of lead ore, now in
fill] course of working.
The nroperties of the Rreedon, Staunton Harold, and Ticknall lime
are so well known to agriculturists and others, that an extension of
traffic for so valuable a commodity into mare remote districts must
be of the utmost importance to the practical farmer.
In approaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand
Trunk will fall In with most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser-
viceable for paving 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 : these markets will thus become opened for the
quarries at Chellaston.

A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware
of Wooden Box and Griesley Potteries.

Until the Act of Parliament be obtained, the affairs will be under
the control of the Committee of Management, to whoixt 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.

Power 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.

From London to Southend . ......... 15 .. 44 Dittos. Hours
" Sheerness ........ ..... 50 5
64
Herne Bay ............ 65 .. 61A
" Margate .............. 75 .. 71,0
" Ramsgate 85 .. 834
BY THE PROPOSED RAILWAY.

Application for shares mast be made in the usual term to the soli-
citors to the Company, Messrs, Watts, Galsworthy, and Galsworthy,
19, Ely-place, Holborn, Loudon ; to the Secretary, at tho Offices of
the Company, 3, Adelaide-place, London-bridge ; and to the fol-
lowing

LOCAL SOLICITOES.
*Messrs, Keen and Hand, Stafford
Thomas Bolton, Esq., Wolvethampton
E. Kern Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
Messrs. Keary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Piddock, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth
John Perks, Esq., Barton-upon-Trent
Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough
Charles 2riesley, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

Miles. Hours.
From London to Southend ••• • • 35 • • 1
44 Sheerness .............. 40 134
" Herne Bay ............ 55 .. 3
Si Margate .............. 65 .. 4
14 "
Ramsgate .............. 75 .. 5
" Gravesend, via Tilbury .. 25 .. 1
And a summary of the chief sources from which the trade will be
derived.

SHAREBROKERS.
London—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street
Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change-alley
Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash
Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson end Mr. W. Cronhelm
Messrs. Weatuerburn and Jennings
Birmingham —Mr. J. It. Lane
Newcastle—Mr. W. W. Dickinson
Bradford—Mr. William Masoa
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sens
Hull—Mr. Francis Stamp
Wakefield—Mr. S. 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. Eaglofleld
and Co

lst. From passengers proceeding to and from the port of London
to the Continent and all parts of the world. • ,
2d. From passengers proceeding by steam and other vessels, to
or from the port of London to all the eastern and northern pore of
the kingdom.
3d. From passengers now proceeding by steam-vessels to and
from the port of London to Gravesend, Southend, Sheerness, Berne
Bay, Margate, and Ramsgate.
4th. The carriage of the mails, merchandise, luggage, and agricul-
tural produce.ll

Besides these sources of traffic, a direct communication will be
opened between the north-eastern counties and llerne Bay, Margate,
Rantsgate, and the ports of Ostend, Rotterdam, and the Rhine.
The local advantages, from which a large source of revenue Must
also arise, are as follow:

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the List for receiving Shares
will be closed on the following days, viz. :—for London, SATURDAY,
October 4th, for the Country, MONDAY, October 6th.
By order, _

Ist. The opening to the agriculturists of the districts which this
railway will traverse, of a cheap and direct communication with the
most important markets of the county of Essex.
3d. The carriage of flak to the London market and elagtrhere.

S. STANWA.Y, Secretary,

8, Adidaide-plia, Loudon-bridge.

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY,
Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction Railways, with a Branch from Ashby-de-la •touch to
Derby

Norton, Joseph, Esq., Clayton West, near HtfdderSlll Of °l°
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union .fluecter
Parkingson, John, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge-terrace,
Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham stailwaY
Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
toe
Price, the Rev. Thomas, Llarothel
Thrio til
Proctor, the Rev. Dr., Chichester-house, Kemp-town,,..ector
Robinson, John, Esq.; Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, .u."
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway
Sleigh, Lieut.-Gen., C. 8., Shirley-house, Southami.4oll of the
Seymour, Frederick, Esq., St. James's-square, Director
don and Nottingham Railway Caromfdie
Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of tlue
Lincolnshire Railway
Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro field
Waddington, J. Horsey, Esq., Langrush-house, Peon-4 usots
Whitchurch, James, Esq., South-cliff, Nettley Abbe)",
Williams, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Whitehall
West, Thomas, Esq., Banker, Brighton sale,
Wood, William, Esq., M.D , Chetwynd-house, IsTeWPA"
rector of the Shropshire Mineral Railway
Yearn, J. Borwick, Esq., Herne-hill, Surrey.
ENGINEERS. ,
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S. ; George Remington,
ASSISTANT ENGINEER—Henry Wrigg, Esq'
SOLICITGRS. London ;
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-Square'
Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street, LOM103:00011*
LOCAL SOLICITORS-6lessrs. Attree, Clarke, aild
Brighton.
LOCAL AGENTS.
William Mitchell, Esq., Petersfield
Messrs. Bailey and Wickham,
BANKERS. A Cora'
London—Messrs. Barnard, Dimsdale, and Col.
Or/
Messrs. Cockburn, and Co., Whitehco•
d County Brighton—Me Union Bank ; Branch of London An- utod,
Stock Banking Company. Bank of ing,iver
Cheltenham—Branch of the National Provincial ra
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT— Cadwallader F. Watl4o
street.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.—Mr. Frederick rennY'
PROSPECTUS. flocl
This important line will commence at Brighton,
_,--wartb,,
through or contiguous to the 'towns of Steyning, Itocu
hurst, Petorsfield and Alresford) will join at the Andan-ntilara"
tion of the South-Western Railway, the proposed c'"
ill
Manchester and Oxford Junction. ColiWifelf
Winchester. ;
A negotiation has been entered into with the latter ~hat ,
lens', I. ar
and it is proposed by means of their projected
Brighton and Cheltenham Railway shall proceed thr°"" ston
ford to Swindon.
From Petersfield a short branch will be made
to
and ro
where, nearly at the same point of junction, the Lorldc.noth•
mouth direct will intersect the line in its way to Portsmcboter
sad
From Swindon it is proposed to proceed by the M„,an
Southampton 'Railway to Chelt Wham, and the lsrorta
Tuocticin
by the Derbyshire, Wercestershire and StafforOshiro
.c$
other existing and contemplated lines. elder/.
_Ala°bi to
On reference to the map, it will be seen that the Pie tottn_a
to be obtained by the formation of this line will be fulnn,-ast
._ the
connexion of the northern, western, and the who. „.atkern `""oitl
turing counties, and North and South Wales, with the "..,-,01015,
and the populous and fashionable towns of Brighton,
Dover. be";-to
It is unnecessary to observe on the daily increasing —A
off
Brighton and Dieppe, which the railroad from the lc.— by 11,!..0
thtls, site
Rouen, and thence to Paris, must greatly augment; Fr cow
_„„tieo
of the projected line, a direct communication will, *-*
from Brighton or Dover, will be opened with the northern
eee°-
of England. most 1t
„or
It is obvious that with these advantages theOf
sarily be large, the line passing through the centre of ore.
alines taming a population of about 300,000, at present
railway accommodation. the C/IP ebe°
Power will he applied for in the Act to increase or brio_,'
necessary, to alter the line, or to make such deviation,' 0rn,,0.
urpo,
therefrom as may be deemed necessary ; also for the P a des or
gamation with other Companies, should the same be Lbuitite broadpl
The Company reserves to itself the option of adopting refora Act
narrow gauge, or the principle ofatmospheric traction, ,i2to the
No further call beyond the deposit will be mad' tfei
traffic giisso,si,
shall be obtained.
en
In the allotment of shares, preference will be .2', witt°h 111/1")
locally interested, and to the shareholders in the lines Oa
this Company will be connected. c,crtAff.toffP.
Application for shares may be made to the with „nd
to the following Sharebrokers, of whom prospectuses,orwrao
of the line, may be obtained:—London—Messrs. Dotbb_.4-
Co., 2,2, Old Broad-street ; Thom Messrs. Preece and Evans, 13g
ntas
Birmingham—Mr. W. H. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. 13ris,
man. Braord—Mr. eorge Clark Mr. Wiliam Co-
';'4o.
Messrs Tate and Nash.G Cheltenham— ; Mr. Jamesl SteNes" c;
Mr. J. S. Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Du l, pg., an
Labertouche and Stafford. Edinburgh—James Fri„lautoorli ata
Princes-street ; Mr. Nicholson. Exeter—Messrs. so.
Langworthy ; Mr. Thomas Sandford. Glasgow—niaddeo„,,ll
and Hutchinson. Halifax—Mr. William Cronhelni. sisfo-c.by
Br. L. Weatherburn, jun. ; Messrs. Everard and Co. Wee__
Frederick Stamp. Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson 15.;
loved and Oastler. Leicester-3lessrs. Payne and Freer'atotitae
pool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead ; Messrs. Cameron
e •on • ~ co.•
Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard E. ail O.
chester—Messrs. Cardwell and Sons ; Messrs. A. Ditch ,beale It
er. clef
Mr. Charles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles Spenc Joseph gr
Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. SouthamptonMr' -. Mlles;
jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage. Worcester—M.; Bole.
Thomas Henry Wheeler. York—Messrs. Grayoton and
Offices of the Company, I, Moorgate.

TrES.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SIIA—
,, cheitenliglia
To the Provisional Committee of the Brighton and iu
of 0/ e3ell
Direct Railway
• shares -- 2 " such -, f
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me
the above railway ; and I undertake to accept the sacaer,eg%rfsttiiol.:.
number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the
...,, wheo
the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to P 4/
quired, the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share. ..•
Dated this day of ,••••• .•
rXramofeessiinonfalland Plofes' ssiloSn4al..ll :Idcnc.e. !j111:1.•
Private Residence in full ...... •• • "• • •••• . •
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Usual Signature. ..... • • • • • • ••
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Reference ..... ....... •• • • ....
Offices.l, Moorgate.