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London, England, 1845-09-17 00:00:00

COVENTRY, NUNEATON, BIRMINGHAM,
AID LEICESTER RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 840,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
This Railway will connect Leicester, Birmingham, and Coventry,
by the nearest practicable route; and was provisionally registered
and capital subscribed long before any other scheme Was projected
tor supplying railway accommodation to the district.
COMPARATIVE TABLE OF DISTANCES.
Present Proposed Distance
distance. distance. saved.
Leicester to Birmingham.... 49 .... 37 ........ 12
Leicester to Coventry ••• • • • 31 •••• • • • • 24
This line will commence at or near the Wigston station
of the Midland Counties Railway, will pass by or near
the manufacturing localities of Narborough, Sapcote, Earl
Shilton, Burbage, and :Hinckley, through a district most favourable
for engineering purposes, to a junction with the Trent Valley at Nun-
eaton. thence it continues nearly due west to the Whitacre station of
the Birmingham and Derby Railway, and south-west by Bedworth
to the Coventry station of the London and Birmingham Company.
The line will communicate with the Swanaington Railway either by
means of the proposed Broughton Astley branch of the Midlands, or
of a separate branch to be formed by this Company ; thereby opening
the entire of the Leicestershire coal-field to the counties south-east
•f Leicester.
The Directors, for the last few months, having used their best
exertions for the interests of the Company, feel it their duty, now
that the surveys, plans, and other arrangements are so far advanced,
to acquaint their shareholders with the position and prospects of the
undertaking.
The Coventry, Bedworth, and Nuneaton line, which received the
favourable report of the Board of Trade, and was before Parliament
last session, forms part of the present projected plan for connecting
Leicester, Coventry, and Birmingham.
The Directors have, by personal inspection, accompanied by their
engineer, satisfied themselves of the remarkable facilities presented
by the district for executing the greater part of the line ; and from
careful investigation the Directors have the pleasure of informing the
shareholders that this undertaking eannot fail to prove a profitable
investment if supported by local traffic only, and with the certainty
that a through traffic from the eastern and western lines, combined i
with the great advantages afforded by the junction with the Trent
Valley for the transit of goods to and from Liverpool, Scotland, Ire-
land, and the United States, its importance cannot be over estimated.
From the extent of population accommodated by this railway
—from the convenience afforded to the trade and manufactures of
the Midland Counties—from the vast mineral resources of the dis-
tricts traversed, and from Its position in regard to other important,
established, and projected railways, the Directors feel confident that
It will be amply remunerative to the Shareholder, and highly advan-
tageous to the public.
The capital has been subscribed, and the Parliamentary deeds have
been executed, and the preliminary survey completed.
A list of a new and highly influential local direction, and a nap of
the line, will be published in a few days.
By order, H. CASSIN, Secretary pro tern
Offices, 3, Church-court, Old Jewry, London, Sept. 10, 1845.

THE WEST MIDLAND, MANCHESTER,
AND SOUTHAMPTON RAILWAY, AND SWINDON AND
BIRMINGHAM JUNCTION,
Being an extension of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,200,0001., in 60,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
Major Beresford, M.P.
William Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
, land, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Richard Price, Esq., M.P., Director of the Welsh Midland, and
Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
David R. Ross, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Belfast, Director of the
London and Manchester, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
ways
Sir John E. De Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart., Hilton, Aberdeenshire, Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobalds, Herts, Director of
the Chester and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewadd, Chairman of the North Wales,
And Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Sir William Twysden, Bait, Director of the Chepstow and Forest of
Dean Railway
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation,
and London and Greenwich Railways, &c. &c.
Thomas Sydney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Director of
the London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
Thomas Famcomb, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, and Namur and Liege, and South and
Midlands' Junction Railways
John Kinnersley Hooper, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and
Midlands' Junction Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Trent Valley Con-
tinuation, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberys-
twith, and Central Wales, and Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
Major-General Parlby, C. 13., Rutland-gate, Director of the Worces-
ter and Crewe, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Captain James Patrick Macdougal, late Bengal Royal General Staff,
Fir-grove, North Brixton, Director of the Chester and Forest of
Dean, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways, &c.
Captain Alexander Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club
John James, Esq., Secondary of the City of London, Director of the
Legal and Commercial Insurance Company, the Great Western of
Bengal, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Robert Henry Lyndam, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment
Railway
Richard William Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Man-
chester, and Derbyshire and South Staffordshire Railways
William Fechney Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Direc-
tor of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life Insu-
rance Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
James Clay, Esq., Brompton, Director of the Furness and White-
haven, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Col. Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension, and South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
ways
William Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment, Manag-
ing Director of the Farmers' Life Insurance Company, and Di-
rector of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Carpenter, Esq Magistrate of the County of Middlesex,
Deputy-Chairman of the London and Birmingham Extension, Di-
rector of the Leicester and Bedford, and South and Midlands'
Junction Railways
G. W. Killett Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
Lieut.-General Sir Lewis Grant, K.C.8., 31, Harley-street
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street
John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith
William S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxford, Witney and Cheltenham, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
William Singleton, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Erasmus Forster, Esq., Director of the Britannia Life Insurance
Company, and Derby and Stafford, and South and Midlands' Junc-
tion Railways
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Manchester
and Birmingham Railway
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and Manches-
ter Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., }lank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Wordsley, near Stourbridge, Staffordshire
John Anderson, Esq., E.1.C.5., Director of the Church of England
L.fe Insurance, and South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Henry Lewis Smile, Esq., Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London end Dover, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Cash, Esq.
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick
and Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Castendick, Esq., Lewisham .
Robert Richards, Esq., Inner Temple, London, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
George R. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junc-
tion, and Northampton and Banbury Railways
William Paxton, Esq., Langford, near, Bicester, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
William Bardgett, Esq., Winchester House, Broad-street, Director
of the Italian and Austrian, and South and Midlands' Junction
Railways
W. S. Cross, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Con-
tinuation Railway
John Blackburn, Esq., Leeds
Peter Fairbairne, Egg., Leeds, Chairman of the Lincoln, York, and
Lee's Railway
J. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Birmingham Extension Railway
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palate, Richmond
James Durness, Esq., Leytonstone, Essex
G. N. Wright, M.A., Coed Celyn, Denbighshire, and Lonsdale-sqUare,
Islington
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
Martin Furness, Esq. Director of the Newark and Sheffield Railway
William Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Lincoln, York and
Leeds Railway
Edmund Phillips, Esq., Avon House, Melksham, Wilts, Director of
the South and Midlands Junction Railway
Charles Thomas Ward, Esq., Luton Hoo, Beds, and Clopton House,
Stratford-on-Avon, Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds,
Dewsbury, and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield junc-
tion, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
George Henry Brook, Esq., Edgulin-lodge, Huddersfield, Provisional
Director of the Huddersfield, Halifax and Bradford Union Rail-
way, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Captain Hitching, H.E.1.C.5., Queen Anne-street, Cavendish-square,
Director of the Birmingham and Oxford, and South Midlands'
Junction Railways
James Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, and Brandon Lodge, near
Coventry, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Rail-
way
William Watson Prole, Esq., Thurloe-square, Brampton, Director of
the Jersey, and South and 3lidlands' Junction Railway's
Thomas Cleobury, Esq., Saekville-street
Major Walker, K.H., Director of the London and Manchester Direct,
and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Frederick James Hall, Esq , Torrington-square, and Alfreton, Derby,
Director of the Trent Valley Continuation, and South and Mid-
lands' Junction Railways
J. W. R. Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford, and
South and Midlands' Junction Railways
Colonel Fitch, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of the South

and Midlands' Junction Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., The Hall, Blackheath, Director of the Me-
tropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Director of the London
and Birmingham Extension Company, and Director of the South
And Midlands' Junction Railway
W. A. Hill, Esq., Director of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and
Central Wales, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
'William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman
of the Church of England Life Insurance Company, and Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Richard Dutton, Esq., Director of the Lincoln, York. and Leeds
Railway, Direstor of the Legal and Commercial Life Insurance
Company, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndale, Director of the South-Eastern and South
and Midlands' Junction Railways
Frederick Jones, Esq.. Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester, and South and Midlands' Junction Railways
John Englis Jerdein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester,
Rugby and Southampton Railway
William Morley, Esq., Blackheath
William Lee, Esq., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and
Essex and Suffolk Railways
Thomas Gooch, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'

Junction _Railway
I. Harvey, Esq., Bush-hill, Surrey
John Wheelton, sq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Thomas Collingridge, Esq., Highgate, Middlesex
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the South and Midlands' Junction

Railway
C. Waite, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
R. W. Wood, Esq., Lodge-place, St. John's Wood, Director of the
North Metropolitan Railway
William Slark, Esq., Director of the Guarantee Society
Frederick Collingridge, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton
Warren Sitormes Hale, Esq. Gresham-street, Director of the Oxford
and Worcester Extension
Khsgsmill Grove Key, Esq.
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., Braden, near Birmingham
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leech', Director of the West Riding Junction, and
south Midlands' Junction Railways
ue, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Robert Power, Esq Queen-street, May-fair
Admiral .1% Ayscough, Prospect-place House, Southampton; Director
of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton, and
south and Midlands' Junction Railways
major Grubbe, Eastwell House, Potterne, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction Railway
Captain Seth N. Fisher, Director of the Warwick and Worcester, and
South and :Midlands' Junction Railways
T. G. Norbury, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford Railway
henry Gerard Ohrly, Esq., Director of the Trent Valley Continua-
and Comme
tion, and Sou
rcthial Life Insua
ance Company nds' Junction Railways, and of the Legal
William Hallett, Esq., Kemp Town, Brighton, Director of the South
and Midlands' Junction Railway
John Brocke Walbancke Esq., Director of the South and Midlands'
Junction Railway
Captain Hamilton Earle, Royal Artillery
WiiMlsut Lee, r Director of the Reading Railway
Elia Dorset-place, Dorset-square
Henry garage, --''
William T. Thornton, Esq., Berkeley-street, Portman-square
John Dennis, Esq., Director of the Erewash Valley Extension Railway
(With power to add to their number.)
BaNgEas--The Commercial Bank of London.
CONSULTING
rigoiNEEE—Sir John Macneil, LL.D., F.R.S.
Mullillgar Higgins, Esq., C.E.
ACTING ENGINEER— Bas
inghau-street.
SOLICITOR—W. R. James, zsq•
LOCAL AGENTS.
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