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sources, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire, bringing them
more nearly and immediatciy in contact with London and Dublin
than has hitherto been thought ,osilble. This project is wholly to-

THE AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAIL-
WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER,
Connecting Leamington and the whole of the Midland and North
Eastern Counties with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the
South of England.

Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison
Hull—Mr. S. Phillips
Glasgew—Mr. J. D. Shopparl. Buchanan street
Cheltenham—Mr. Lea
Wolverhampton—Mr. Bannister.

rraE DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, mad
DEVONPORT RAILWAY.
By Chudleigh, Ashburton, and Buckfastleigh.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.
Capital, 1,000,000/., in 40,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. Lord Graves, Thanckes, Plymouth
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Exeter
The Hon. F. H. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P.
John Stewart, Esq. M.P.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis, C.B. Exeter
Lieutenant-Colonel Newell, Seaton
William Hole, Esq. Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon
J. B. Dickenson, Esq. 55, Curzon-street, London
Colonel Sir H. Bayly, Burley Villa, Lyme
James Jones Tanner, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter
Edward Spencer Curling, Esq. George-yard, Lombard-street
George Thomas, Esq. Winchester.house, Broad-street, director of
the London and Hounslow Railway Company
Joseph Henry, Esq. South-street, Finsbury, director of the London
and Hounslow Railway Company
Francis Chambers, Esq. St. Dunstan's-hill, director of the London
and Hounslow Railway Company
Major Durban, Newport-house, near Exeter
Sir William Twysden, Esq. Bart. director of the Chepstow and
Forest of Dean Railway Company
Charles Tanner, Esq. Plymouth
111aj.ir Selwyn, R.E. Exeter
William H. Tanner, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
John Eyre Kingdom, Esq. Elm Cottage, Exeter
Benjamin Salter, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
Captain Edward Foord, E.LC.S. London
George Pearse, Esq. Bradninch, Devon
Major Arden, E.I. C.S Hill's-court, Exeter
William Curling, Esq. Hunsdon-house, Herts
Samuel Burford, Esq. merchant, Poultry-chambers, London
Joseph Sayell, Esq. Exeter
George Watts, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
George Lewis Hollingsworth, Esq. Winchester.house, Broad-street
and Gadstene, Surrey
Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq. merchant, Cornhill, London
George Parbury, Esq. Russell-square, director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway Company
Richard Gray, E'q. 5, Adam's-court, Broad street, merchant, di-
rector of the Wisbeach and Peterborough Railway Company
Robert Arscott, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter
Thomas Worthy, Esq. Exeter •
Joseph Thompson, Esq. director of the London and Brighton Rail-
way Company
Edwin Williams, Esq. Exeter
Francis Thomas Rodd, Esq. Doddiscombsleigh, Devon
John Brightman, Esq. Regency-square, Brighton, chairman of the
General Maritime Assurance Company
Wigiam Lambert, Esq. Exeter
William George Harrison, Esq. met chant, Hillhouse, Tooting, and
Bucklersbury
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 153, Piccadilly, director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company
E. Hunt Roberts, Esq. St. Leonard's, Exeter
Robert J. Trewman, Esq. Weir Cliff-cottage, near Exeter
George Braund, Esq. Exeter
Captain Tanner, I. N., Exeter
Thomas Western Stall, Esq. Southernhay, director of the Exeter,
Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company
Edwin Force, Esq. Exeter
Major Williams, II M., Mount Radford, Exeter
Charles Hubbard, Esq. Exeter
Captain Berkeley, Dix's-field, Exeter
Joseph Hopgood, Esq. Exeter, director of the Liverpool and Derby
Direct Railway Company
Jonas Levy, Esq. 15, Tavistock square, London
James Henry Toswill, Esq. Pitt-house, Chudleigh
S. T. Shairp, Esq. banker, Totnes
Samuel Maunder, Esq 3, Mont-le-Grand, Exeter
Sir John Osborn, Bart. Kensington
William Gambier, Esq. Sacomb-park, Herts, director of the Chat-
ham and Portsmouth Railway
George R. Peppercorne, F-sq. Bexhill, Sussex, director of the Chat..
ham and Portsmouth Railway
Major William Snow, Old Cavendish. street, Cavendish-square
R. M. Preece, Esq. Park-square west, Regent's.park
Captain F. Chamier, Esq. R.N., Halkin.street, director of the
Fampoux Railway
J. M. Coale, Esq. Leamington
John Blackburn, Esq. Leeds, director of the Oxford and Chester
Railway
John H. Herbert, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Thomas Shepperson, Esq. Cheapside, London
Major Thomas Eales Soady, Emma-place, Stonebouse
Samuel Segar Bastard, Esq. Higher Summerland, Exeter
Themes Neale, Esq. Browne's Lodge, Reigate
Thomas Begley, Esq. Exeter
John N. Hall, Esq. Cliften-place, Exeter
J. S. Dewdney, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
R. T. Abraham, Esq. Heavitree
W. Watson, Esq. Leamington
Charles Richards, Esq. Exeter
Samuel Davies, Esq. Exeter
J. D. Osborn, Esq. St. Sidwells, Exeter
N. W. Begley, Esq., Southernhay, Exeter
Charles Justice, Esq. Collumpton
R. Richards, Esq. merchant, Chudleigh
Capt. John Davies, R.N., Seaton
William Eales, Esq. Mincing-lane, London
George Henry Drake, Esq. Exeter
( With power to addle their number.)
SOLICITQRS.
London—Messrs. Fyson and Curling, 3, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry
Exeter—Thomas Flood, Esq. 5, Bedford-circus
Plymouth—Messrs. Woolcomb, Square, Stephens, and Prance
Devonport—Messrs. Beer and Rundle
ENGINEERS—John Baldry Redman and A. H. Bampten, Esqrs.
SECRETARY (pro tem)—F. G. Farrant, Esq.
Loc AL AcENT—Chudleigh—Charles Langley, Esq.
BANKERS.
London Messrs. Currie and Co. Cornhill
Exeter Messrs. Sanders and Co. Exeter Bank
Messrs. Milford and Ce. City Bank
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
West of England and South Wales Dictrict Bank
National Provincial Bank
Totnes Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank
Plymouth ...Naval Bank
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank
Devonport Messrs. Hodge and Norman
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank.
The Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway will
commence at the Exeter station of the projected Exeter, Yeovil,
and Dorchester line, and proceed direct to Chudleigh and the
river Teign, where it will join the Brixham and Torbay line, thus
opening a direct communication with Newton, Torquay, Paign.
ton, and Brixham. From the Teign it will proceed over Bovey
HeathEeld near the Potteries, passing the rail of the Haytor
Granite Works to Ashburton and Buckfastleigh; at the latter
place it will join the proposed Totnes, Buckfastleigh, and Ashbur-
ton Railway, and will then continue its course by South Brent,
Ivy.bridge, and Plympton, to Plymouth and Devonport, bringing
these important tswns within five hours of London.
The advantages offered by this line of railway are, that it is the
most direct ; it will bring Chudleigh within nine miles of Exeter,
and by joining, in the valley of the Teign, the Dartmouth and Tor-
bay Railway, will afford that very important line the shortest pos.
sible communication with Exeter and the metropolis. It is the
nearest and most direct route to the important manufacturing
towns of Ashburton and Buckfastleigh; and whilst affording to
this large and populous manufacturing district the greatest accom-
modation will also open a desirable road, for either exporting or
conveying into the interior the valuable slate, lime, and minerals
found so abundantly around Chudleigh, Ashburton, Staverton, and
Buckfastleigh.
The promoters of this company, however, consider its most im-
portant feature to be the direct access it affords to the Royal
Arsenal and the ports of Plymouth and Devonport from the me-
tropolis, the city of Exeter, and the north of England, saving a
distance of not less than twelve miles between Exeter and Devon-
port; and by the connexion of this line with the Exeter and Yeo.
vii Railway, effecting a further saving of thirty miles in the direct
tion of London and the counties of the eastern coast. This junc-
tion affords a still stronger point, it wilt put Plymouth and
Portsmouth, the two great naval arsenals of the kingdom, in direct
communication with each other, an advantage which cannot be
overrated, and which no other line can offer.
The engineering difficulties which have beset the South Devon
Atmospheric line are confirmed by daily experience, and thus
render more necessary this direct communication.
The promoters of this direct lice, therefore, looking at all its
features, its national importance, the accommodation it affords to
the Admiralty, the fertile, densely-populated agricultural districts
it will traverse, the manufactures it will revive and support, the
quick access it presents to Plymouth and Devonport, with a popu.
!Mien exceeding 130,000, confidently anticipate the favourable de.
cision of the public, and the earnest and vigorous support of the
Government.
It is evident this line embraces all the desiderata of a grand
trunk line—viz., great public accommodation combined with safety
economy, and speed.
The Committee have much pleasure in stating that they have
received a report tram their engineers which is in all respects
most satisfactory, and that the fullest arrangements have been
made for applying to Parliament in the ensuing session.
Offices, 5, Bedford-circus, Exeter.
Applications for shares may be made to Mr. Goulding, Warn.
ford-court, and through all respectable brokers, in the annexed
form, to the solicitors of the Company, and to the secretary.
To the Provisional Committee of Management of the Direct
Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway.
I request you will allot to me shares of 251. each in
the above railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or such
number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company ; also to sign the necessary legal documents, and
to pay, when required, the deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share.
Name (in full)

The Rev. George Kendrick, Battle, Sussex, and Regent's-square,
London
Captain George Lind, Waterloo-place, Brighton
R. Ladell, Esq., Director of the Chelmsford and Bury Railway
Henry Wardle, Esq., London and Macclesfield, Director of Re-
mington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Director of the Direct Western, and the
Leeds and Carlisle Direct Railways. Waterloo Villa, Clifton,
Bristol, and 6, Hyde Park.place, West, London
George Clement, Esq., Hastings.
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq., Union.court, Broad-street, and Maccles-
field, Cheshire, Director of Remington's Direct London and
Manchester Railway
Captain Charles M. M. Wright, R.N.
Edward Holttum, magistrate of the City of Canterbury
Thomas Robinson Williams, Esq., Director of the Patent Woollen
Cloth Company
Reginald Read, Esq., M D., St. John's-square, London
The Rev. Samuel Andrew, Lineoln College, Oxford, and Highgate
John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple
Augustus L. Lobach, Esq., Brook-street, Grosvenor.square, and
Sidmouth, Devon
William Eccles, Esq., Old Broad-street, London
Lewis Name, Esq., Bury St. Edmund's, Suffolk
William Downing Bruce, Esq., 18, Charles-street, St. James's_
square, Director of the Leeds, Fleetwood, and Liverpool, and
Direct Western Railways
Abraham Betteridge, Esq., Devonshire-terrace, Camden-villas,
Director of the Great Grimsby, Lincoln, and Midland Junction
Railway
Edward Whitfield, Esq., M.D., Marine-parade, Brighton
George Simpson, Esq., Bedford.street, Bedford-square, Director el
the Sligo, Donegal, Tyrone, Londonderry, and Belfast Junction
Railway
Captain C. H. Whitfield, Arundel-street, London, Director of the
South London Suburban Railway
James Renshaw, Esq., Erith, Kent, Merchant, 3, White Hart..
court, Lombard-street, Director of the South Stafford Railway
John Britten, Esq., Basinghall-street, Member of the Corporation
of London
Dr. William Wilson, 3, Devonport-street, Sussex-square
Rees Price, Esq., Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex, Director of the
Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway
Robert Hancorne, Esq., 4, Euston-square, Director of the Hereford
and Merthyr Tydvil Railway.
Henry Kirk, Esq , Gloucester-place, Dorset-square.
Henry James Meller, Esq., Clifford's Inn.
James Cockell, Esq., Bernard-street, Russell-square.
Aldborough Henniker, Esq.. Gray's Inn and Copporne Bank,
Sussex
Willoughby Marshall Smithson, Esq., Canterbury, Director of the
Dover and Canterbury, and Bristol and Dover Railways
Edward Wootton, Esq., Magistrate of the City of Canterbury
Nathaniel Jonas Maynard, Esq., Magistrate of the City of Canter-
bury
John Pont, Esq., Canterbury, Director of the Bristol and Dover
Railway
David Wheatcroft, Buckland.holiow, Derbyshire
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsdon-court, Surrey
Quintin Burns Hair, Esq., Tunbridge Wells
Andrew Clark, Esq., Southwark
Dr. William Birmingham Costello
A. A. Fry, E,q., Temple, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester Railway
Edward Horatio Day, Esq., Brixton-hill
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
CHAIRMAN—Thomas Carlisle, Esq.
DEPUTY-Ct:AtemaN—Frederick Harrison, Esq.
A. Betteridge, Esq. I P. Bennett Lucas, Esq.
William Case, Esq. Alexander Prince, Esq.
Stephen Hutchinson, Esq. I Reginald Read, Esq.
R. Ladell, Esq. Francis Smith, Esq.
Major James 0. Lindham, K.H. Henry Wardle, Esq.
ENGINEER—CharIes Blunt, Esq.. C.E.
STANDING COUNSEL—John M'Oubrey, ESQ.
SOLICITOR—G. J. Lloyd, Esq., 49, Doughty-street, Bedford.row,
London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Scrivens and Young, Hastings
Messrs. Martin and Sons, Battle
Messrs. Barclay and King, Mayfield
W. D. Cooper, Esq., Lewes
Robert Walker, Esq., Canterbury
Messrs. Carnell and,Gorham, Tunbridge.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—MUSTS. Jones and Walmsley.
RANKERS IN LONDON.
The London and County Joint-Stock Bank
Sir John William Lubbock, part., and CO.
DISTRICT BANKERS.
The Branches of the London and County Joint-Stock Bank at
Tunbridge, Tunbridge Wells, Lewes, and Brighton.
At Hasting—Messrs. Smith, Hilder, and Co.
SECRETARY—Henry L. Freund, Esq.

dependent of any other already before the public, and as it pos-
sesses national advantages which none can surpass, must, when
carried out, become, without exception, the most important railway
in Great Britain.
One of the first objects of this Company will be to obtain a meat
central and accessible terminus In London, and Farringdou-street has
been fixed upon for that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great West-
ern station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a
course as possible to Holyhead.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 2/. 2s. per Share.
No further call will he made until an Act of Parliament is cbtained,
and no party will be liable beyond the amount of his shares.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Holt. the Lord Beauclerc, 8, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square
The Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Tile Hon. Captain E. Freke, Life Guards, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir Montague John Cholmeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, Forest
of Dean, and Gloucester, and the South and Midland Junction
Railway
Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, New Kensington, Surrey, Chairman of
the Barbadoes General Railway
Joseph Yorke, Esq. Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, late High
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and magistrate for the counties of Wor-
cester and Gloucester
John Williams Martin, Esq. Twyning, near Tewkesbury, Magistrate
for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Colonel J. Taylor, Cheltenham, Magistrate for the counties of Wor-
cester and Gloucester
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of Lon-
don, late 31. P. for Oxford, Chairman of the Erewash Valley Ex-
tension, the Leek and :Macclesfield, the Great Western, Southern
and Eastern Counties, and of the Birkenhead, Chester, Mold,
Rhaubon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
Wiliam Bradley, Esq., Manor-oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln Extension, and the Lincoln, York, and Leeds
Junction Railways
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde -park-street, and
Brookes' Club, St. James's, Director of the West Midland, and
MancLcsier and Southampton Railwaye
Villiers C. 'Sliders Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Director of
the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Railway
William Lloyd Caldecot, Esq., 6, Laura-place, Bath
William Breynten, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple,
Lendon, Director of the Leicester and Tamwortle and other
Railways
11. 11. Dancocks, Esq., the Manor-house. Kempley, Gloucestershir,
Director of the Birmingham, West Bromwich, and Wednesbury,
and Walsall Junction Railways
James Maurice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Walmer-hall, near Tewkesbury,
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice-
Consul of Russia at thet port
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq., Gloucester, late Mayor of the City of
Gloucester, and Deputy-Chairman of the Gloucester and Forest of
Dean Railway
Samuel Hitch, Esq., M.D., Gloucester
Charles F. Thornlce-, Esq., merchant, Bristol
Cornelius Brady, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwickshire
Pares D: -k, Esq., M.D., Forthampton, Tewkesbury
George Smith, Esq., Prestbury, near Cheltenham
Thomas C. Avery, Esq., Gloucester
Caleb Trotter, Esq., ditto
Arthur H. Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester
W. H. Evans, Esq., merchant, Gloucester 1 Directors of the.
Charles F. Cliffe, Esq., Gloucester L Worcester, Here-
Edward L. Kendall, Esq., merchant, ditto r ford,andGlouces-
Robert Beane, Esq., merchant, ditto ter Railway
Charles Walker, Esq., merchant, ditto
Henry Fox, Esq., merchant, ditto
Edward J. Woodhouse, Esq., merchant, ditto,
John Steles, Esq., Abbot's-court, Twyning and Tewkesbury
Aaron Gould Bilsome, Esq., Forest of Dean, Director of the East and
W et of England, and the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Wm. eloueley, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Medlicott, Esq. Stratford-upon- Avon
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park,
and 11am:otter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Teen and Dove
Valley, south Staffordshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leicester
and Taniwortle and South Staffordshire Junction Railways
George Frederic Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire, tile Grand Junction and Midlands
Union, and Dover and Bristol Railways
John Campbell Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Junction Railways
George Unett. Esq., the Laurels, Handsworth Staffordshire,
Director of the Birmingham, Manchester, Lichfield, andHandsworth,
and
Dover and Bristol Railways
Major White, Pall-mall, London, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Lewis Hoffmann, Esq., Reading, Berkshire, and Inner Temple,
London, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire, and
the Dover and Bristol Railways
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Director of the
Dover and Bristol, and Grand Trunk Railways
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London, Director of the Dover and Bristol
Railway
Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of
the Staffordshire, and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the
London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct, the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London, the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Liverpool,
Preston, and North Union Railways
William Caldwell, Esq , Ince-hall, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, the Lancaster and York, and the Staffordshire
Potteries Railways
Henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Direct, and the York and Lancaster, and other Railways
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell-hall, Worcestershire, and Adelaide-
place, London-bridge, Director of the Southern Mad Eastern, and
Northern Jamaica, and the Irish West Coast Railways
John Bird, Esq., Dines 3lowddy, North Wales
W. It. Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln and
Great Grimsby, the Dover and Bristol, and the Birmingham, West
Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction Railways
Edward Shilton, Esq., Bath-cottage, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham,
Lichfield, and Manchester, and the Birmingham, IVestbromwich,
Wednesbury, and Walsall Railways
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the York and Lancaster, the Liverpool and Bolton Direct,
and the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways
Henry Spicer, Esq., 28, Portman -square, Director of the London and
Exeter, and other Railways
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locko-park,.Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and 31acelesfield
Railway
Capt. Goald, Charles-street, St. James's
Samuel Kempson, Esq., Little Sutton, near Birmingham, Director of
the Birmingham, Westbromwich, IVednesbury, and Walsall Railway
Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, London, Director of the
Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railway
Robert Grove, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director of the Bir-
mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and 'Walsall Junction
Railway.
Edward C mein& Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Hayward, Esq. Newtoun-cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hunter, Esq. Leamington, director of the Direct Western,
and the Rugby and Manchester Railways
John Burgess, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-lodge, near Coventry
Henry Scott, Esq. 17, Pall-mall, London
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq. M.D. Leamington
D. W. Griffith, Esq. Bodegrocs, Carnaryoushire, late High Sheriff of
the County of Merioneth, and director of the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Junction, and other Railways
William Fenton, Esq. Chatham-place, Blackfriars, director of the
Hull, Sheffield, and Midland Direct Railway
John James Ilippon, Esq. Ealing, Middle ex, director of the Bir-
mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction
Railway
Lodge 31orres Murray Prior, Esq. Coventry, director of the Dublin,
Tullamore, and Parsonstown, Dover and Bristol, Dundalk and
Sligo, and other railways
C. 11. Jagger, Esq. llandsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Ips-
wich and Southampton, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peter-
borough Railways
Captain Thomas Ross, se, Porchester-terrace, director of the Dover
and Bristol Railway
James Upllll, Esq. the Green, Bromyard, director of the Dover
and Bristol, Stailordshire and Shropshire, and other Railways
John Johnson, Esq. R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham, director of the
Birmingham, Westbrorowich, Wednesbury, and Walsall. Junction,
and the Dudley, 3ladeley, Brosely, and Ironbridge Railway
William Henry Collis, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire
Gsorge Worgan, Esq. director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway
Joseph Turner, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Haines, Esq. Edgbaston, near Birmingham, director of the
Dover and Bristol, end other Railways
William Spooner, Esq., Loudon, director of the South Staffordshire
Junction Railway
Thomas Spencer, Esq., Earl Shilton, director of the Wolverhampton,
Walsall, and Atherstone Railway
ENGINEER.
William Henry Smith, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London
W. H. Reece, Esq., Birmingham.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Berm, Rugby
William Tibbits, Esq., Stratford-ou-Avon
Anthony Sproule, Esq., Tewkesbury
Edwin Pollard, Esq., Gloucester
Messrs. Russell, Leamington.
BANKERS—Messrs. Rogers, Oldlng, and Co., Clement's-lane, London.
SECRETARY—Henry Brookes, Esq.

THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY,
FORM or APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the ProvisiottaloMlltie;Oi the Avon and Severn Valley

Railway Company.
Geutlemen,—l request that you win allot to me shares
of 201. each in the above Company; and I hereby undertake to ac-
cept the earns, or any smaller number, and to pay the deposit of
2/. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con-
tract and the Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.
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In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns :
Rlckmansworth, Chesharu, Wenlover, and Aylesbury ; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bluster and Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onwards to Stratford-on. Avon, approach within a
short distance from Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Bromsgrove,
and pritceeding thence 10 Kideenninster, Rridgnorth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and ',.:oalbrookdale, will enter the vale of the Severn,
which it will tre.trerse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence continue its
route up the covise of the Severn, and passing into the vale of the
river ITyrnw:i, will proceed to Llan-y-m3awch, Llanrhaladr, and
Mochnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen.
At this pcmt there arc three passes, which have been inspected, and
it rem ins for the Engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into ;,he vale of the river Dee, when the line will proceed round by
Corwen into the vale of the river Alwen, from whence it will run
pa,allel with the great Holyhead inail-coach road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Geri**, it will then descend the vale of Nant Francon
to Bangor and Holyhead.
This lino will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most
considerable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western; the Tlirmingliam, Gloucester, and Bristol; the Oxlisrd,
Worcester, and Wolvrrliampton ; the London and Birmingham ;
and the South Staffordshire Railway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, liilston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Litchfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Jnnctton Railway, (see the accom-
panying mar)), it would be superfluous to expatiate on the advan-
tages (..t bringing all these most important centres of the coal and
iron trade and other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of
Shropshire, into close intercourse, and thus establishing the
cheapest and quickest means of transit between the minerals of
Shropshire and the furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of
Dublin, London, and Birmingham. The success of the un-
dertaking is secured beyond a doubt, by the obvious fact that
it will not only bring he richest mineral and manufacturing
portions of England much nearer to the two capitals, but
it will open for the carriage of the valuable produce of these
districts the intermediate country not at present possessed of
any direct line of railway communication. On the other hand, the
Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will give to
London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to Dublin
shorter by nearly seventy nilles than that of any other existing rail-
road ; anti finally, enable travellers to complete the entire distance
in ten hours.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF
FRANCE.
(LAFFITE'S COMPANY.)
The holders of English allotments who have not received the
Circular Report of the Directors, dated 17th instant, may receive a
copy of it by applying at the office, No. 62, King William-street,
City. The forms are ready, Ivhich require to be signed for the pur-
pose of receiving the constituted shares, together with the amount of
the surplus of the deposits.
18th October, 1845. ED. AIME, Sec.

It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day.
Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may by requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, if found, de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by Itcaumaris to Holyhead. •
After a careful investigation of ne traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agitcultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors feel warranted in anticipating
a return of at least 10 per cent. on the capital invested.
A treaty is in progress with a Strain Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the ha-hours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that paasengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout, from London. to Dnblin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and be thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten bons, without the inconvenience so painfully felt, of changing
from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The
Railways now in active progress in Ireland, running from Dublin,
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister coun-
tries is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of this
company is to save. time and distance, every attention of the
Directors, and every advancement fin science, will be made avail-
able to gain the utmost possible spars unt of speed, compatible with
safety, the lines bear formed expran sly for this end ; while, finally,
the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both passengers and
traffic, and the public will find in the improvement of the inferior
carriages, and some additional coltarts for those of the first-class,
that the Grand London and Dnblin Approximation Railway will be
placed in advance of any other now existing, and in all its details will
be rendered worthy an enterprise so i national in its character.

Application will be made for a BUJ to incorpc:::.-!.! the Company
early in the next session. The usual :power nil 4 ken by the Act
to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per annum te amount of the
subscriptions paid up ; and no subscrVier will be. rable for more
than the amount or his deposit until The Act be obtained, and then
not beyond the amount of Ws subscription.
Applications for Shares may be made in the subjoined form to,
the following Solicitors, Brokers, .azal Agents:—Messrs. Ca.neron
and Brine, 18, Parliament-street, and Mr. lto,;er Mortimer,
Throgrnorton-street, London ; B. P— Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Wos. Berl, Esq., and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. It. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Mlaiehester ; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. Kiumster, lc ewtattlle-upon-Tyne ; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax; Wm. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham ; It. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol;
Messrs. Graystorie and Earl, York; Y.I. airy Beaumont, Esq., Exeter;
messrs. Munro and Co., 44, Georg-street, Edinburgh; Charles
ouper, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edinburgh James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Was. Oliphant, Esq., L'eath; and Messrs. Labertouche
snd Stafford Dublin.

THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON,
AND HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.
At a very numerous Meeting of the Inhabitants of Hastings con-
vened by his worship the Mayor, held in the Town-ball, on Thurs-
day the 16th October instant, for the purpose of meeting a deputation
from the above-named Company. George Scrivens, Esq., the
Mayor of Hastings, in the chair. There were present the following
gentlemen, viz. :

W. D. L. Shadwell, Esq.
Francis Smith, Esq. Banker
Strickland, Esq.
M. Ranking, Esq.
Walter Duke, Esq.
J. Ticehurst, Esq.
J. Dunk, Esq.
Mr. J. S. Cooper
Mr. F. Harmau
Mr. Baykett Breeds
Mr. George Clement
Mr. George Hickes
Mr. Hugh Penfold
Mr. George Thwaites
Mr. Townsend,
and other gentlemen of local influence.
It was moved by M. RANKING, Esq., and seconded by Mr. J. S.
COOPER, and carried by acclamation,—
" That, in the opinion of this meeting, a direct and independent
line from Tunbridge Wells to Hastings, opening a direct communica-
tion with the Metropolis and Mid Kent, would be of great import-
tance to the towns of Hastings and St. Leonards, and that the Tun-
bridge Wells, Brighton, and Hastings Junction Railway Company,
which proposes to carry out these objects, deserves the support of
this meeting and of the inhabitants of those towns."
It was moved by Werrsa DUKE, Esq., and seconded by J. DUNK,.
Esq., and carried by acclamation,—
' " That the thanks of this meeting be given to his worship the
Mayor, Or his able and impartial conduct in the chair."

The proposed railway will commence at Rugby, on the London
and Birmingham Railway, the terminus of the Midland Counties
and Trent Valley Railways, and the point to which several other
projected railways converge, and will proceed through or near to
Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury,
and Cheltenham, to Gloucester. The length of the line will be
about 56 miles.
The advantages that will result from the construction of this line
are numerous and highly important, and such as cannot fail to secure
a very large amount of local and through traffic, and a highly-re-
munerative return upon the capital invested. By means of existing
and proposed railways, it will form a complete chain of railway com-
munication between the whole of the midland and north-eastern
counties of England, the populous cities and towns before-named, and
the southern and western districts, and thus bring Leicester, Not-
tingham, Newark, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and Hull,
into direct communication with the favourite and fashionable spas of
Leamington and Cheltenham, the richly-productive and far-famed
Vale of Evesham, and the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth,
and Falmouth, and those of South Wales.
The inhabitants and visitors of the much-frequented watering-
places of Leamington and Cheltenham will thus obtain a direct line
between those resorts, instead of the present circuitous route through
Birmingham, affording that facility of intercommunication which
has long been ardently desired; and it will also afford the utmost fa-
cility of access to the innumerable visitors who, attracted as well by
the beauty of the scenery as the memory of Shakspearo, annually
resort to Stratford-on-Avon. .

To those passengers from the east and north-east, direct to
Gloucester, the line from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Cheltenham, will afford a
great accommodation, and a saving in distance of at least eight miles,
besides the delay of the stoppage at Cheltenham.
At Tewkesbury it will also form a junction with the proposed line
from that place to Malvern, affording the most direct communication
to the numerous visitors to the magnificent scenery and invigorating
atmosphere of the celebrated Malvern-hills.
To the inhabitants of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes-
bury this portion of the proposed line will prove immensely advan-
tageous ; situated within ten miles of the important city and 'port of
Gloucester, they have nevertheless to travel by the present railway
route nearly twice that distance, an inconvenience which has
already materially affected the trade, and prejudiced the interests of
the town. The proposed line, running close to the town, will remove
this great !mom enience, and restore its trade to its former state of
prosperity.
The value of this line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot
be too highly estimated, as it will not only open to it immense
sources of traffic from the whole of the eastern and north-eastern
counties, but will very materially lessen the distance between it
and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, making
Gloucester still more securely the nearest and most accessible outlet
for the whole of that immensely productive manufacturing region;
and it is impossible to conceive any project better calculated to
advance the interests of Gloucester, than one capable of effecting
that object.
Ths line will also form an important junction between the London
and Birmingham and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and
Gloucester Railway, and constitute the highway for the traffic of the
former, and of all the north-eastern railways, to thd proposed Man-
chester and Southampton Railway at Cheltenham ; and the through
traffic from the latter source alone is expected to be very great.
It will thus have the effect of connecting the ports of the eastern
and north-eattern with those of the western and southern coasts ;
of affording the most direct and convenient access from the north
and east to the vast mineral regions of South Wales, and of opening
new markets for the rich products of the fertile valleys of the Avon
and Severs, and the agricultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor-
cestershire, in the manufacturing towns and ports of the north.
The line will be easy of construction, traversing, as it does, through
nearly its whole length, the valleys of the Avon and Severn. The
towns through which it will nut are very populous, and the country
of the richest description ; and the local traffic will consequently be
very great in addition to the through traffic, which on such a line
must necessarily be very extensive.

Profusion, if any, and Professional Re.
sidence, in full
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Residence (in full)
Date

Signettire of Applicant
Reference, with Name and Address of
Referee
Witness to Applicant's Signature ......
Residence, &c., of Witness

DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND
DEVONPORT RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in the above Railway will be received
after MONDAY, the 31st instant.
By order of the Committee,
F. G. FA RRANr, Secretary, pro tem.
5, Bedford.circus, Exeter, Oct. 15, 1845.

The Provisional Coqunittee reserve to themselves the power to
amalgamate with any other company as to the whole or any part of
the line, and to vary or extend the line, and to increase or diminish
the capital accordingly, if deemed expedient.
The capital proposed to be raised is 1,000,0001., in shares of 201.,
each, upon which a deposit of 21. 2s. per stare must be paid upon
allotment.
The liability of the subscribers will be limited by the Aet to the
amount of their respective subscriptions to the capital stock, and
power will be applied for in the Act to allow interest at the rate of
41. per cent.per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon the re-
spective calls, from the date of each payment until the opening of the
line.
The Subscribers' Agreement and the Parliamentary Contract will
be required, to be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are ex-
changed for certificates of scrip, of which due notice will be given ;
and tht deposits paid by persons making default in due execution of
the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary- Contract within the
time to be limited by such notice, will be absolutely forfeited.
Forms of application for shares, prospectuses, and a map of the
line, may be obtained from the Solicitors, or the Secretary, at tin
Offices of the Company, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London, or from
any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers ; but no application will be
attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one of the Provi-
sional Committee, the Solicitors, or a Banker :
London—Mr. A. Byrn, Tokenhouse-yard

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Birmingham—Mr. Duncan Smith
Leamington—Mr. Ellezer Edwards, Bedford-street

Bath—Mr. T. E. Evans, Milsom-street
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Balme, King-street
triatol—Messrs. Tate and Nash and Air. W. H. Land

Stratford-on-Avon

Ale. William l3oltoa

Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, and Mr. William Kee,
Manchester—Mr. John Barlow, Messrs. Cardwell and Son, and Henry

Woodhouse
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r supply from the north at high prices : it will also Sectire the advan-
tages of an unlimited supply of lime from the Leicestershire works,
to the agricultural districts of Lincoln, which are at present only
supplied at very high rates; and, in return traffic, the midland dis-
tricts will °Main the advantage of a direct transit for the stock and
agricultural produce of Lincolnshire and Norfolk.
Several proposed lines of railway converge at Spalding, which is
the nearest point on the eastern coast for the midland counties, and
connected by the River Welland with the German Ocean.
The proposed capital will be sufficient for the construction of the
necessary works and every subsequent expense ; and the income
derivable from the traffic in passengers between Birmingham, Co-
ventry, Leicester, Derby, Melton, Spalding, and Boston, the trans-
port of corn, cattle, and other produce of the great agricultural
districts through which the line passes to the principal consuming
districts, and of coals, lime, and staple commodities for the inland
districts, will be sufficiently ample to warrant the outlay.
The Parliamentary surveys have been commenced, and are now
in active progress, and contracts have been entered into which en-
sure sufficient time for compliance with the standing orders.
Forms of application for shares, plans, and prospectuses may be
had of the Solicitors ; also at the offices of the Company, 4, Tra-
falgar-square, Charing-cross, where applications for shares, accom-
panied by respectable references, may be addressed to the Provi-
sional Committee.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Leicester, Melton Mowbray,

and Spalding Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares of 201.
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 re-
gulations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to
pay when required the deposit thereon of 21.25. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845.

Name In full .... ••••••••• • • • • • • • • •
Profession and Professional Residence
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Reference.... • •

SOUTHERN COUNTIES UNION, AND
BRISTOL, BATH, and DOVER DIRECT RAILWAY,
70, King William-street, City (Entrance in Clement's-lane).
Capital 1,500,0001., In 60,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d.
COMMITTEE OF DIRECTION.
Sir RICHARD JENKINS, G.C.B. E.1.D., Chairman
WILLIAM lIUGIIES HUGHES, Esq. F.A.S. F.L.S. Alderman,
Deputy Chairman
R. Hopkins Allnatt, Esq. M.D. I George Harrison, Esq.
William Bradley, Esq. Frederic Hewitt, Esq.
George Augustus Brown, Esq. P. Bennett Lucas, Esq.
James Clift, EBll. Colonel Nicolls
Griffin Curtis Galt, Esq. Thomas S. Richards, Esq.
The Committee have the gratification to announce the accession of
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. E.1.D., as Chairman of the Company,
and of William Bradley, Esq. of Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of
the Direct Western Railway Company as a member of their Direction.
They have also to state, the Engineer and Surveyor of the Com-
pany, in their reports, furnished by order twice a week, continue to
give the most satisfactory assurances, which place it beyond a doubt
that they will be in every respect prepared to go to Parliament in the
ensuing session. .
NOTICE.—The Share-list closed on the 16th inst.

In consequence of the extraordinary numberOf applications for
shares in this Company, and the anxiety of the Committee to render
an impartial and fair allotment, some days must necessarily elapse
before their laborions duties can be completed, immediately after
which notice will by given, by advertisement, of the day on which
Letters of Allotment will be Issued.
By order of the Board,
It. H. HADESDEN, Secretary.

rrHE GREAT GRIMSBY, LOUTH, HORN-
CASTLE, LINCOLN, AND MIDLANDJUNCTION RAIL-
WAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
The Allotment of Shares being in course of issue, the Committee
take this opportunity of informing parties who do not receive letters
of allotment, that, owing to the unprecedented demand for shares
beyond the number at their disposal, they have been compelled t 4
overlook the wishes of a very numerous and highly respectable c'ass
of applicants, who are requested to accept this notice as a reply to
their individual letters.

By order,
THOMAS COXHEAD, Secretary.
Offices, 6, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street,
20th Oct., 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
rrHE LIVERPOOL and HULL DIRECT
1. CONNECTING RAILWAY, via BLACKBURN, BURN-
LEY, and LEEDS.

(Provisionally Registered.)
;Capital 1,200,0001., in 60,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. 6d. per Share.
This line has been projected for the purpose of forming the shortest
and most direct route between the ports of Liverpool and Hull, and
giving to the important towns of North Lancashire and the West
Riding of Yorkshire a direct railway communication with those ports
and each other.

The line, in conjunction with projected railways fi om Liverpool to
Blackburn, will proceed thence by Burnley across the extensive flag-
stone fields of Worsthorn to Shipley or Bradford, where it will unite
with lines now in existence, including the Leeds and Selby line.
A highly influential local and other Committee is in the course of
formation for carrying out the above object, and a detailed prospec-
tus will shortly appear ; In the meantime, all communication, includ-
ing applications for shares, in the usual form (accompanied by a re-
ference), may be made to Charles William Cobby, of No. 22, Pater-
noster-row, London, the Solicitor to the Company, or to the follow-
ing brokers :—Mr. Thomas Rayson, 32, Coleman-street, London.
Messrs. Neilson, Mr. Gillow, and Messrs Fletcher and Sharp, Liverpool.
Messrs. Ridsdale and Co., Messrs. 3l'Leanand Dinwoodle, and Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester. Messrs. Ridsdale and Co., Mr.
Richard Blaney, Mr. J.M. France, and Messrs. Hicks and Co., Leeds.
Mr. Thomas Bordman, Mr. John Radcliffe, Mr. G. F. Booth, and
Mr. W. 11. Morrice, Blackburn. Mr. Thomas Wren, Preston. Ai-
Welch, Lancaster. Messrs. Collinson and Flint, Hull. Measr
Knowles and Cooke, and Mr. William Mason, Bradford. Mr. Frede•
rick Turner, Huddersfield, and Mr. Gorton, Bolton ; of all of whom
forms of application for shares may be obtained.
This project being the same in every respect to the one before ad-
vertised under this title, parties who had applied for shares, and de-
sirous of obtaining an allotment in the present scheme, must renew
their applications at an early period.

CHARLES WILLIAM COBBY, Solicitor to the Company.
22, Paternoster-row.