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

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY 111()RNING OCTOBER 10 1845.

DIRECT BIRMINGHAM, LEICESTER,
AND BOSTON RAILWAY COMPANY, WITH A
BRANCH TO STAMFORD AND PETERBOROUGH, AND
JOINING THE LONDON AND YORK AND CAMBRIDGE AND
LINCOLN.

(Provisionally Registered. )
Capital, 1,000,0301., of 50,000 Shares, of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 28. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Prospect-house, Southampton, Director of
the Birmingham and Leicester, and South Midland Railways
Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square, Director of the
Isle of Man Railway
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Mid-
dlesex, and Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Sir Jacob Hensler, Bart., Director of the Oxford and Brighton Junc-
tion Railway
William Irarie, Esq., Director of the Metropolitan Railway Junction
James Wy lie, Esq., Burton-crescent, Director of the Shrewsbury
and Wolverhampton, and Dudley and Birmingham Railways
William Bousfield, Esq., St. Mary-at-Hill, Director of the Bristol.
Bath, anclDevou Railway
Thomas Braman, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the Leicester and
Tamworth, and Coventry and Birmingham Railways
John Thomas Raworth, Leicester, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Captain Twistleton Graves, Duke-street, St. James's, Director of the
Leicester and Tean Dove Valley Railway, and of the British
Life-office
Major Sir Warwick Hall Toukin, George-street, Hanover-square
Joseph Turniey, Esq., merchant, Custom-house Quay, and 22, Sa-
vage-gardena
William Wood, Esq., M.D., Chetwyn-house, Newport, Salop, Direc-
tor of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railways
John Tearsley, Esq. merchant, 157, Fencharch-street, Director of
the Southern Counties Union Railway
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—George Bulmer, Esq., Parliament-street.
J. B. Baukhead, Esq., Eustace-street, Dublin, Director of the Bir-
mingham and Oxford, and Great County Dover Railways
W. Downing Bruce. Esq., 18, Charles-street, St. James's-square,
Director of the Direct estern and Barbadoes Railway
B. Webster, Esq., Old Brompton, Director of the Brighton, Lewis,
and Tunbridge-Wells Railway
Francis Davies, Esq., Pershore, near Worcester, Director of the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton, Worcester, Warwick, and
Rugby, and Worcester and Leominster Railways.

BANKERS.
London Joint-Stock Bank, Princes-street
The Union Bank of Sheffield
Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank
Messrs. Gee and Co., Boston
Joint-Stock Bank, Stamford
Simpson and White, Peterborough
Joint-Stock Bank, Spalding.
SOLICITORS.
Thomas Foster Gaunt, Esq., No. lit, Skinner- street, Snow-hill
George Parsons, Esq., 4, Manchester-butldings, Parliament-street.
SEcurrsar—Charles Stephen Treppass, Esq.
ExotsEzu—Samuel Hughes, Esq., Civil Engineer, Duke-street, Weel

minster

PROSPECTUS.
The object of this Company is to establish the most direct railway
communication between Birmingham and Boston. It will commence
at Leicester, accovmodating, at the same time, the important lowa@
of Stamford and I)eterborough, in conjunction with the projected line
from Birmingham to Leicester, will proceed thence in a direct line
through Melton Mowbray, Edenharn, Corby, Folkenham, Donnlngton,
and Swineshead, to Boston, so as to form one grand chain to the whole
of the manufacturing districts.
At Boston it will join the projected line to Great Grimsby, thus
opening out the extensive a.lvAntages of a direct communication with
Hull, Leeds, Manchester, and otlr‘r important districts conaected
with the railways in that locality.
At Edenham it will cross the London and York line, or the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln at Folkenlistm, thus affording the inhabitants of
Leicester and its neighbourhood the readiest communication to York
and the north, and bringing Boston and its vicinity on the London
and York Junction at Edenham, in the shortest direct communica-
tion with the latter capital.
The distance from Leicester to Boston is 63 miles, and from Lei-
cester to Birmingham 41 miles—making a total of 104 miles. The
route of line now proposed is from Leicester to Boston, a distance of
42 miles, and from Leicester to Birmingham, 20 miles—making a
total of 62 miles, effecting a saving of 42 miles. By this project, the
merchandise of Birmingham, Coventry, and Leicester will be con-
veyed to Boston in one hour and thirty minutes ; and thus the im-
portant shipping interests from Boston to Russia, Petereburgh, Nor-
way, and Denmark, and the whole of the Baltic, will be immensely
benefited.

Boston is the nearest port to Birmingham, and It may be justly
stated, is yet in its infancy as regards its great commercial resources
and facilities.

The statistical accounts of the Customs at Boston show a most
extensive increase of imports from all the northern ports of Europe,
viz., timber, deals, fir, flax, and tallow.
To the shipping interests of Boston and the manufacturing dis-
tricts before mentioned, the facilities afforded by this line will be of
the greatest importance, and the benefits arising from such an inter-
course will be incalculable. _

The supporters of thus great enterprise confidently assert that this
undertaking is one replete with every facility and advantage to the
counties and districts before named ; and as a channel for the safe
investment of capital, it may confidently challenge competition with
any other line yet projected.
The Directors feel confident that an undertaking embracing so
many advantages will meet with the support of all those locally in-
terested ; and they have great pleasure in being enabled to announce
that the encouragement and support already received, and from par-
ties who, from a local knowledge of the country, are best able to
form a sound judgment of the result of the proposed line, inspire
them with the fullest confidence in their application to Parliament in
the ensuing session.

The Directors are assured by persons acquainted with the country
that there are no engineering dfficulties to encounter, and that the
line will not interfere with any ornamental or desirable property.
The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest of four
per cent. per annum, after passing the Act, on the amount of the
subscription paid up ; and that no subscriber shall be answerable for
more than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and
then not beyond the amount of his subscription.
In the allotment 6f shares a preference will be given to those
locally interested.

The survey of the line is in active progress, and will be completed
for the ensuing session.

Prospectuses and forms of application may be had at the offices of
the Company, No. 18, Skinner-street, Snow-bill; of the Solicitors, and
of the following stock and sharebrokers, and local agents, to all of
whom application may be made, accompanied by a reference to a
banker, or solicitor, or one of the Provisional Committee, without
which none can possibly be attended to :
London—Messrs. Boyd, Bank-buildings; Mr. J. A. Joseph, 7, Bank-
chambers; Messrs. Pulley, Brothers, 8, Shorter's-court, Throg-
morton-street
Liverpool—Messrs. Hetcher and Sharpe; and Messrs. Coleman and
Todd
Manchester—Mr. Fielding, St. Anne's-place
Birmingham—Mr. Lane
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Bristol—Messrs Tate and Nash
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Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison

Leeds—Mr. William Miles

Edinburgh—Messrs. Stewart and Murray
Glasgow—Mr. J. R. Finlay
Dublin—Mr. Corbett, College-green.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham, Leicester, and
Boston Direct Railway.
I request you will apportion me shares of 201. each' in
the Birmingham, Leicester, and Boston Direct Railway Coihpany ;
and I do hereby undertake to accept the same. or any less number
you may allot to me. and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. 6d. per share,
and all future calls thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con-
tract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated th:s day of 1845.
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EEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
a As Applications for Shares in this Company continue to
arrive, the Committee of Management inform the public that the
limits for receiving Applications having expired, such Applications
cannot be noticed.

Jones Paxton, Esq., Bicester
James Parsons, Esq., Brill
William Parsons, Esq., Brill
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S. A., Mentague•street, Russell-square, Di-
rector of the Argus Insurance Company, and the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
G. W. K. Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
Alexander Prince, Esq., Ltieoln's Inn-fields
John Prestage, Esq., Wycombe
W. W. Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of blue
Jersey Railway
S. H. Powell, Esq., Brixton, Director of the Leeds, York, and Mid-
lands' Junction Railway
Thomas Ragg, Esq., Boarstail
Wm. Reynolds, Esq., Ambrosden
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham, Director of Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction Railway
Robert Shedden, Esq., Torr Abbey, Devon, Director of the South-
Western Railway, and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of
Hampshire
E. R. Simmonds, Esq., Gloucester Lodge, Croydon
William Slack, Esq., Crickelwood, Director of the Guarantee Society
William Matter, Esq., Brill
Thomas Smith, Esq., Brill
John Southgate, Esq., Pebble Coombe, Dorking, Director of the
Reading and Reigate Railway
John Southgate, jun., Esq., Old Change, London, Director of Hull,
Great Grimsby, and Southampton Direct Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Broom Hall, snear Dorking, Deputy
Governor of the Union ank of London, Chairman of the Irish
North Midland Railway
Mr. James Stratton, Princes Risborough
William H. Terrell, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Edward Hughes Thorpe, Esq., Bicester
Wm. Tredwell, Esq., Piddingto3
C. F. Thornley, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Man-
chester, Burnley, Settle, and Carlisle Railways
John Timms, Esq., Manor•house, Brill
Thomas Umfrey, Esq., Brill
Charles Frederick Thomicy. Esq., Westbury, near Bristol
William Walker, Esq., Eldon-terrace, Leeds
Captain F. Bayly Wardroper, H.C.S., Director of the Birmingham
Extension Railway
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford and Thornley-hal!, Bucks
Walter White, Esq., Fitzroy-square, Director of the London and
Windsor Railway
Woe. White, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the Central Kent County
Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Down, Director of the Waveney
Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway
Robert Winslow, Esq., Princes Risborough
Robert Winslow, jun., Esq., Princes Risborough
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAGING COMMITTEE.

James Brand, Esq.
E: Chapman, Esq.
Henry Dodson, Esq.
Samuel Douglas, Esq.
E. T. Grundy, Esq.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq.

H. Garrett Key, Esq.
W. Kuper, Esq.
S. H. Powell, Esq.
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.5..11
John Southgate, Esq.
Walter White, Esq.

(With limited power to add to their number.)

ENGINEERS.
Sir John Macneill, LL.D., F.R.S.
James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E., M.R.I.A.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Johnstone, Lotkbury
George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square.

BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, Lombard-street
The Union Bank of London
Messrs. Cockburn and Co., Whitehall
Maidenhead— Messrs. Stephens, Blandy and Co.
Wycombe—Messrs. Wheeler and Sons
Ilicester—Messrs. Tubb
Thame—Thomas Stone, Esq.
Leamington—Leamington, Priors, and Warwickshire Banking
Company.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Maidenhead—James Smith, Esq.
High Wycombe and Princes Risborough—Charles Harman, Esq.
Rlcester—Richard Maley, Esq.
Oxford and Brill—John Looker, Esq.
Windsor—C. S. Voules, Esq.
Banbury—Thomas Guliver Judge, Esq.
HONORARY SECRETARY, pro. tem.—John Southgate, jun., ESC!.
Offices of the Company-2, Charlotte-row, Mansion House.

The great importance of the above line of railway, not exceeding
64 miles in length, will he immediately seen by referring to the map.

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It commences at the Faniborough station of the South-Western Rail-
way, crossing the Great IVestern li^e between Slough and Maiden-
head, and terminates on the Oxford and Rugby line of railway at
Heyford, beyond Oxford, on the route to Birmingham, accommo-
dating in its course, Bracknell, Sunning-hill,Bagsbot, Ascot, Windsor,
Great Marlow, , High Wycombe, Princes Risborough. Thame,
Bicester, and many other places at present without railway com-
munication.

It will form the most direct route from London to Banbury, War-
wick, and Birmingham, and by the Grand Junction Railway to Man-
chester, Liverpool, Lancaster, and Carlisle, and by the Caledonia'
Railway to Glasgow and Edinburgh ; also from Crewe to Chester,
Birkenhead, and Holyhead, thus opening the most direct communica-
tion with Dublin.

It will also by the branch to Oxford, in connexion with the
Cheltenham and Oxford line, form the most direct route to South
Wales, Waterford, and the south of Ireland, as well as by the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line to Worcester, and conse-
quently to all the central portion of Wales, thus forming the shortest
route to all Wales and Ireland.

The length of this line will not exceed 64 miles, and it will save an
average distance of 14 miles to etch of the before-mentioned places,
as compared with the route now traversed by the Great Western
Railway. It is satisfactory to state that there are no engineering
difficulties, and that the land is the least valuable of any In the coun-
ties through which this line is intended to pass, avoiding, as it does,
parks and ornamental property.

To the advantages offered to the above places, by saving about
fourteen miles in the transits to London, must be added that of con-
necting them with the South-Western and the Reading and Reigate
lines, affording passengers an opportunity of proceeding to South-
ampton, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Dover, Brighten, and all adja-
cent places, without the necessity of passing through the metropolis,
thereby saving much time and i*oonvenicnce.
It will be seen from the ftegoing facts that the formation of this

line will afford very great advantages to nearly all parts of England,
Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, as it will materially facilitate the de-
livery of their many marketable products by opening another and
more direct route to London. It is not, therefore, too much te ex-
pect that, independently of a great local traffic, there will be also an
immense through traffic brought on this line, which must pay at
least 10 per cent. on the capital required. This is manifest, as the
construction of the line will not cost 20,000/. per mile, while the
London and Birmingham Railway cost 53,000/. per mile, upon which
enormous outlay it continues to pat), 15 per cent.
Shareholders in the Grand Junction, Great Western, South
Western, Oxford and Rugby, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton, and Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railways will have a pre-
ference in the allotment of shares after parties locally interested.
The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now- paid, until the Act of Parliament
shall be obtained ; and power will be taken in the Act to allow four
per cent. interest on all calls until the line be completed, which,
from the nature of the ground to be gone over, is not expected to
exceed two years.

The Committee have decided, lin complian^e with the suggestions
of landowners of great influence, to form branches from the Thanse
station on the proposed main line to Oxford and Aylesbury, thereby
establishing a direct communication between those important
places.

- Application fbr shares may be made, in the annexed form, to the
following sharebrokers :—Londien : Mr. W. West, Capel-court ;
Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. M. L. Pritchard,
and Mr. Branckncr, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Messrs.
Green and Oldham and Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Manchester ;
Messrs. Potter and :Smith, Leeds ; Mr. Andrew Moffat, Edinburgh ;
Mr. A. Brand, Glasgow ; Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin ; Messrs.
Graystone and Earle, York ; Messrs.. Shomes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs.
Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth ; Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter; Mr.
J. Wright, Birmingham ; Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, Hull ; Mr.
Isaac Ironside, Sheffield ; Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich ; Mr.
Joseph Ivey Baker, Cheltenham ; to the Secretary, at the offices of
the Company ; Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Johnstone, Lothbury ;
George Smith, Esq., solicitor, No. 24, Golden-square.
To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Junction, Great Western,

and South-Western Railway Junction Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares in
the above Company, and I agree to take all such shares, or so many
as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon, and to exe-
cute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required so to do.

Description
Residence ....
Reference to

GRAND JUNCTION, GREAT WESTERN,
and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY JUNCTION. At a
Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Bicester, held Oct. 3, 1845,
the following Resolutions were passed :
" That a line of Railway throng it Bicester, connecting that town
with the Great Western line at 514.11411, and the Oxford and Rugby
line at Hayford, is, in the opinion of this meeting, highly desirable,
and would tend greatly to benefit the town and its vicinity."
" That the line of railway to be called the Grand Junction, Great
Western, and South-Western Railway Junction, appears to this
meeting the most comprehensive scheme, and as affording to the
t•wn of Bicester and its neighbouthood every facility required. This
meetieg cordially co-operates with the Provisional Committee of the
above Railway."

MITE EASTERN COUNTIES BXTENSION
aul CAMBRIDGE and WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY,
from ambridge through Bedford, Illisworth, Fenny-Compton, Strat-
ford-on-Avon, to Worcester, connecting the Eastern and North-
Eastern Counties with North and South Wales, South Staffordshire,
Cheshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, the West of England,
and Le Midland Counties.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.

PROVISIONAL DIRECTOR{.

Samuel Anderson, Esq.]
Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway
F. Valentine Lee, Esq.,
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
31ajmeGeneral Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., K.C.8., eee.
.
Madryn-park, Caernarvonshire
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A. F.L.S., &c., Alderman oof London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead
Continuation Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster ci
Railways
James Beach, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, London, and Bran-
don-lodge, Warwickshire, Director of the South Midland
Railway Company
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Worcestershire
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Pro- eeee
visional Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway le
Company
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Captain Chamfer, Halkin -street West, Beigrave-square, London e
Thomas Ckitty, Esq., 8, Upper Gower-street, London cThomas Henry Evans, Esq., 30, Lothbury, and Mayor of Caer-
narvon
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square,
John Heibert Heibert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwieh,
Surrey,
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashby-hall, Derbyshire, Director of thl
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
William Lowthrop, Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Director
of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railways
r Major, Esq , Director of the Church of England Assurance
Company
Atkinson, J. R. W., Esq., Leeds
Anderson, James, Esq., Bridge street, City
Barry, D., Esq., Paris and London
Brindley, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Direct East and
West Junction Railways
Brooks, John, Esq., Aldermen of Manchester, Director of Reminee
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoe
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve, St. James's-square, Manchester,
Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buschek, C., Esq., 133, Fenchurch-street
Cockburn, Sir Francis, Dover
Cumberledge, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington'e Lon-
don and Manchester, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junceori, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Railways
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Home-cottage, Ashbournc, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way
Croft, John T., Major, 15, Regent-street, Piccadilly, Deputy Chair-
man of the Chester and Manchester Railway, and Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the
Direct East and West Junction Railways
Crocket, Thomas. Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, iludderseeld,
Sheffiel 1, and South Staffordshire Railways
Cooke, Rev. John, Uttoxeter, Director o. the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, awl of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct East and West
Junction Railways
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Carpenter, R., Esq.
Coape, Henry Coe, Esq., Goldhangers, Maldon, Essex, Director of the
Oxford, Manchester, and Southaineton Junction Railway
Cottle, J. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei-
cester Railway
Dawson Damen the Right Hon., M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane
Dawson Darner, tile Hon. Wm., Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Mabee John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Director of tire
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of
the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Rail-
ways
Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Liliugstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff
for Bucks
Eames, John, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ekin, Wm., Esq., Cambridge
Erskine, Henry D. Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
Freke, the Hon. Percy Evans, 3, Belgrave-square
Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Gore, the Hon. Robert, M.P.
Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire,
Leicester and Tamworth, and Derby and Crewe, Macclesfield and
Lichfield Railways
Gutch, John Matthew, banker, Worcester, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester, of the Direct East and West
Junction, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester
Junction Railways
Gambier, William, Eq. Salcombe-park, Bedfordshire
Gernon, James, Esq., Esq.,
Hutchinson, The Hon. Colonel, Weston-house, Towcester
Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Hume, Fitzwilliam, Esq., Park-place, St. James's
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Di-
rect East and West Junction Railways
Haden, Joseph, Esq., ironmaster, Dudley, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Holford, John, Esq., Manchester, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester, of the Direct East and West Junction,
and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railways
Hamer, S., Esq., General Post-office, and Southampton-row, Rus-
sell-square, Director of Remington's Direct London and Man-
chester Railway
Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Potteries
Railway
Hill, John, Esq., Derby. Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and
South Staffordshire Railways
Hurst, George, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Hall, the Rev. J. V., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
Howard, John, Esq., Britannia Foundry, Bedford, Director of Re-
mington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Jerningham, the lion. Edward
Jones, Rev. J. P., Alton Vicarage, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Director of
Remington's Direct London and Manchester, and of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Direct Junction Railways
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of Freemasons' Life As-
surance-office
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's-park, Director
of the National Bank f Ireland, and Chester and Manchester
Direct Railway
Kilpin and Son, Bedford
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Hud-
dersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Lassetter, Richard, Req., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lees, David, Esq., Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway-house, Cheadle, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester, of the Leeds, fluddersfle,d,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
M'Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the
Indian Peninsular Ralway
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester, of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire. of the Direct East and West
Junction, and of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railways
Miner, Wm., Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds, Hud-
dersfield, Sheffied, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railways
Murray, Samuel T. Esq., 16, George-street, Hanover-square, Director
of the National Loan Assurance Company
Montefiore, Joseph, Esq., Stanhope-street, May fair
Marshall, G., Esq., Godaiming, Surrey
Newman, Henry W., Esq., Clifton, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County
of Gloucester
Nugent, the Hon. M: W. 8., Ingham Grange, Leicestershire
Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville, Director of Remington's Direct Lon-
don and Manchester itailwsv
Prescott, Sir George, Bart., Theobald's, Herts
Price, Thomas, Rev., Llarothel, Herefordshire
Filkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
Riley, Wm. T., Esq., Pendeford-house, Wolverhampton, and Milled
Ironworks, B Iston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railways
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midlands ; of the Stockton, North, and
Leeds ; Leeds, York, and Midlands' Junction ; Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Seymour, Fred., Esq., St. James's-square
Sanders, John, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Sharpe, George Henry, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Skene, George R., Esq., F.R.M. and C.S., Bedford, Proprietor of the
Bedford Mercury, Director of Remington's Direct London and
Manchester Railway
Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and Lin-
colnshire Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbourne, Director of the Tean
and Dove Valley Railway ; of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway ; of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway; and of the Direct East
and West Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., More Hall, Ashbonrne, Director of the Leeds,
Sh3ffield, Huddersfield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Splers, Edmund John, Esq., Canton Villas, Maida Vale, Paddington,
Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire
Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staf-
fordshire Railways
Smith, F. Curven, Esq., Frognall Hall
The Sheriff of York, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railways
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq., banker, Bedford, • Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Trapp, Thomas S., Esq., banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire. and Worcestershire Junction, of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Direct
East and West Junction Railways
Tyleeote, Edward, Esq., Great Haywood, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and
the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Rail-
ways
Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truro
NVestenra, The Hon. J. C., M.P.
Waller, Major, St. James's-square
Willis, George, Esq., Hungerford-park
Welch, Edward, Esq., Leamington
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Director of the Hayes, Bakewell, Der-
byshire, Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire
Railways
Wardle, Henry, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester, and Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor-
cestershire Junction Railways
Wheelton, John, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbridge, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford, and Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glou-
cester Junction Railways
Williams, Benj., Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
Williams, William, Eq., Royal Foundry, Bedford, Director of Re-
mington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Wood, John, Esq., Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South St . ffordshire, arid of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd• house, Newport, Salop, De
rector of the Shropshire Mineral, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Wood, Charles, E.g., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Warde, C. Thomas, Esq., Clopton.house, Stratford-on-Avoineeand
Luton HOD Bedfordshire
Yzarn, J. Bo;evick, Herne-hill, Surrey.

ENGINR ER9.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., and
George Remington, Eeq.,

BANKERS.

Bedford—
Cambridge—Messrs. Foster
Northampton—The Not thamptotishire Banking Company.
Leamington. Warwick, and Southam—The Learniutton Brit rs at d
Warwickshire 'hutting Company.

SOLICITORS.
Augustus Walter Arnold, Es 4., 31, Golden-square
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street
George Pell, Esq., jun., Xorthampton.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Worcester—Messrs. Gilliam and Sons
&earnington, Warwick, and Southam—Messrs. Patterson, Ha.rines,
Hanbury, and Gardner

London—Messrs. Barnard, Dinisdare,Ld7O., 50, Cornhill ; Messr4.
Cockburn and Co., Whitehall; Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., Wa-
terloo-place

Offices of the Company, No. 34, Ifoorgate-street.