The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-20 00:00:00

DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater respectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, V. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMXITTRE.

The non. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director cf the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club. st..Tames'F-street
Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vatuffistn, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks. Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies
Sir John Key, Bert., 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Bank. and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London
Edward Harrisson Barwell, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of Me Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtney, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq.; Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. !Philips, Esq.. Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and
George-street, Mansion House
John Wheelton, EstdlffeoPhani Bank, Tunbridge, Kent. Director of
the Leicester and ord Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull.
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, MI., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of
the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin. Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus ,Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Wititehart-court. Lombard-street, and West '
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire
Railway

Thomas Drane, Esq., Pall-mall, and St. Mary Church, Devon, Dimes
tor of the Brtdport and Exeter, and Goole and Doncaster Railways
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George 3Plntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-square
Frederick Solly Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the Louden and
Illackwall Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Cethhert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London, Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Req., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwall Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor.
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Raker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq. Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbury, Esq., Beicorabe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravenabourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Najor-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T, Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Bursienl, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berks
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Staverton, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rev. Chas. Fras. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
Georg.t Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and Birming-
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., KingsMUl, Colhlmpton •
Rev. John Sydenham, Collnuipton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Cellumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Richard Marker, Esq., Ufculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Coilumpton
Win. H. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Halcomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of the Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Berke
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Haberfield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
James Troup, Esq., Hastings •
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North.
ampton, Banbury- and Cheltenham Railways
John .Newton Mappin, Esq. Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, Esq., Cauldon-place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, Jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, 31. D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the "Hull and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Committee of the " Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm Hail, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradtbrd
Union Railway
Charles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hall, Director of the Hall and 'Barnsley
Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South.
ampton Railway
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., Liverpool
Win. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron-Bridge Railway Company
C„tppleby, 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 Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, R.N., Devonport
H. al. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Ssvann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and Har-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Elul., Attercliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Eel., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamiltanonchester, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., M
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. H. tV. Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of ithe
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hnbhersty, Esq., Hull
John 0-tier, Rag., Hull, Director of the Hall and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat Hoase,,Brentwood, Essex
William John M'Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefenvre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent'i Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringham, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
BA/mess—Messrs. Cut ries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Ricis/trds and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-BECRETARY—CharIes J. Whalley, Esq„
LOCAL AGENTS.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton •
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton; T. L. T. Bendel], Esq., and J, A. Toms, Esq.
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth

The object of this line is to effect A direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad,
Falmouth, from its position at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition
,a,essi,ahPl:4l,c, ksient,Setathti:n. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
creasiid . Opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased
beforets themp4erti frongulorrhe°°r, I to 3 000 0001 per annUnt. At Brie-
'were declining ;since then they
The merits of a line to the IYtna7
Great Weste'rn Railway, the imports
e very considerably increased.
pm:, it was not left. to the present
End as an investment for ca-
Western, and Bristol and Exeter Railway
to discover. The Great
Exeter, it has been in coemplati:, lw"
having already reached
,anr.to extend that line to Fal-
irrnallstho, the, r projects have. been
•Annall by way of Plymouth. and
set on foot on the conviction that
railway. nita Inner 1
fc.li•liM by
The object of this prospectus is to show that no ether line than the
present can ultimately satisfy' the exigencies of the country in regard
to this, its most important outport .. the natural Packet Station of
the empire."
The present proJeet is distinguished by this—that it Is direct. It is
AS nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End,
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalgam
mated with this Company, the immense local influence comm
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a adnirdeecdt
line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic and afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing Itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trict of Trowbridge (from which a diverging line will be carried by
Bradford direct to Bath), Westbury, Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
'(from which another diverging line will be taken to Bridgewater),
Glastonbury to Taunton, being shorter by about thirty-two miles than
any existing or projected railways between these points, and without
a tunnel. rom Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposed to carry this line direct to the Land's End, Falmouth, St.
Ives, and Penzance, being shorter by about sixty miles than the
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miler,
With respoct to the trete between London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that there is already thorough j)tratilir
te•y°d-
in/l-
ee
cleat to justify the construction of this portion of it