The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-17 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAYEVENING, SEPTEMBER 17. 1845.

tricts, with packet stations, and with sea-port towns. The more
easterly of these, which is also the longest, originating at Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and passing through York, Peterborough, and earnbridge,
may be said to terminate int elltlon, whence all places are accessible.
The second lirie, `cekiriting westward, is more tortuous, and has also
a common notthern terminus with the preceding, by which its ad.
vast +.,s are materially restricted. This lino,
.d ding the tee-
*ash Vale, and passing through Rugby Ittri ',ld, becomes a South-
ampton line by falling Into th Sltith-Western Railway at Ba:sing--
stoke. _ .

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The hlrii
htfiludinal line, or the most westgly, is more de-
ftctiVe in design than the preceding; efuployttit the steep and narrow
railway called the Birmingham rtd Gloucester as its first link, it
traverses nearly in a !let iine the least populous and most undulating
parts of Olonttger, Berks, Wilts, and Hants ; and, properly speaking,
has independent terminus.

A large longitudinal section Of Bit itett Miditaid
district—a district Inviting it thiiitti iitties of accomrpodatka
concentrated local adValitaireel Still remains unproyidW with I chief
trunk line And tt iS Otliemplated to remeft tllTh tEficiency by the
present undqtakilig, or a fourth longiffedlial line.
Adoptlikg Birmingham as a thithern terminus of the West Mid,
land, Manchester. and Sirthampton Railway, it is proposed to, taitY
a line through et bear to Stratford-on-Avon, Moreton., Stb*', North-
Cricklade, and Swintinti, 'where it *ill Merge in the
Booth and Midlands Junction Railway.
The length of the proposed line will be **Mt sixty miles, and the
district traversed by it Is gently unchtlating and densely peopled. At
its southern terminus, Swindon, it becomes identical with the South
and Midlands, by means of which it opens a most direct communica-
tion hitherto suggested with the harbours of Weymouth, Christ-
church, Poole, and Southampton. At its northern terminus, Bir-
mingham, it communicated with a series of lines, projected, in pro-
gress, or completed, which will form the most direct line that can
ever be constructed between the southern ports of England and the
great manufacturing districts.
In the alliance of lines forming the West Midland, Manchester,
and Southampton Railway project, a combination of advantages pre-
sents itself—the result of a design, to a great extent, but of contin-
gencies also. If it be desirable that the terminus of every railway
should be situated at some commercial or populous place, in this re-
spect the present project is peculiarly ibrtunate. If Government
resolved on countenancing the shortest and most direct lid, it
will be seen, by laying a rule on the map of England from Salisbury
to Manchester, that a course due north and south between these
places will pass very nearly through the towns mentioned in this
prospectus, as being on the DwSpesed line ; and actual measurement
has shown this line tf, be the shortest between Southampton and
Manchester by '2f,miles.
By the construction' therefore, of little more than 60 miles of
rail, as here proposed, the shortest, most direct, and convenient
communication between Manchester and Southampton will be es-
tablished—a line, also, however superior in position to others pro-
mising similar advantages. may yet be considered as competing
with none, but as an independent work, originating at Birmingham
and terminating in the seaports of Weymouth, Christchurch, Poole,
and Southampton.
In the allotment of shares in this Company the Directors propose
to give a preference to the original shareholders of the South and
Midlands Junction Railway Company.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of application for shares had, at the Office of W. B. James, Esq.,
Solicitor, 5, Basinghall-street ; and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 9, Old Broad-street; Mr.
J. B. Harrison, 8, Bank Chambers ; Mr. Thomas Hanbury, 4,
Angel-court.
Liverpool—Messrs. Mills and Co., and Messrs. Neilson.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William

Marshall.
Hull—Messrs. Collinet and Flint.
Leeds--Messrs. Watson and Co.
Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton.
Exeter —Mr. Thomas Sanford.

Plymouth—Messrs. Heyward and Fulmer.
Birmingham—Mr. Collis, and Mr. John Wright.

Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.

Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co., and Meßore. DrCallum
and Co.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES,

To the Provisional Committee of the West Midland, ifancheSter,
and Southampton Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot tome
Shares of 201. each in this Company, and I tirldertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or Upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ; and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers'•Agreement when required.
same (in full). •• •
Trade or Profession
Address of Referee— • .. •
Date

THE LEEDS and CARLISLE or NORTHERN
TRUNK RAILWAY of ENGLAND,
With a Branch from Otley to Bradford, being the completion of a di-
rect communication from the Midland, Southern, Eastern,. and
Western Counties of England to the Northern and Scottish lines.
(Provisionally registered.)
Capital 2,000,0001., in 80,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMIBTTEE.
The Right lion. Lord Charles Beauclerk, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square, and the Riding, Northumberland
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., Director of the Cork and Water-
ford Railroad
Sir John E. de Beauvoir, Bart., Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension Railway
Major William Beresford, Fall-mall, London
Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place, Bryan-
ston-square, Director of the London and Manchester Direct Rail-
way, Liverpool and Leeds
John Yarde Buller Yarde Buller, Esq., of Holme-park, Devonshire
Captain Beare, Porchester-place, Hyde-park, Deputy Chairman of

the Great Munster Railroad
B. Oliveira, Esq., Upper. Hyde-park-street, Director of the London
and Manchester Direct Railway
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the
General Maritime Insurance-office
C. Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull
Edward H. Barwell, Esq.' Mayor of Northampton, and Director of
the South Midland, and Direct Western Railways
Thomas Caney, Esq., Claremont-square, London
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedford
Railway
W. R. Collett, Esq. M.P., Chairman of the Chester and Holyhead
Railway, and Esq.,
of the Manchester and Southampton
Railway
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Great Western
G. Colquhoun, Esq. Walmer Lodge, Regent's Park, 'London, Chair-
man of the Asturian Mining Company, and Director of the Man-
chester and Southampton Railway
Henry C omfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, London, Director of the Com-

mercial Bank of London
J. Charretle, Esq., Park Village East, Regent's Park
James Clay, Esq., Director of the Furness, and of the Birmingham,
Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railways
C. Cuningham, Esq., 4, Clarges-street, Piccadilly
George Faith, Esq., Mincing-lane, Director of the London, Hounslow,
and Western Railway
John Griffiths Frith, Esq., 11, Austin Friars, and Director of the
Londonderry and Coleraine Railway
Captain S. N. Fisher, Junior United Service Club, and Regent's
Park, Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Direct Con-
tinuation Railroad
B. B. Williams, Esq., Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the London and Manchester Direct Railway, and Liverpool and
and Leeds
Sir Andrew Pellet Green, R.N., James's-place, Buckingham-gate
Henry Plumptree Gipps, Esq., Montagu-street, Russell-square, Di-
rector of the London, Oxford, and Cheltenham Railway, &c.
Edmund Gwyer, Esq., merchant, Bristol
Captain Hodges, Connaught-terrace, Regent's Park, Director of the
London and Hounslow Railway
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London, Director of the London
and Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds, and Direct Western
Railways
Francis Kiplin, Esq., Darlington
John Knill, Esq., London-bridge-wharf; London, Director of the Wor-
cester, Shrewsbury, and Crewe, the Worcester and South Wales
Junction Railroad, &c.
Thomas Laurence, Esq., Leadenhall-street, London, Director of the
Direct Western Railway
Edwin Cadman, Esq„ of Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
James Steele, Esq.. the Mayor of Carlisle
Lumsdon Mackeson, Esq., Lincoln's Inn, Director of the Reading and
Reigate Junction Railway
Captain James Macdougal, the Grove, North Brixton
Joseph Madin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Michael Middleton, Esq., Darlington
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordrill House , Retfbrd
George Parbury, Erg., Russell-square, Director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Portsmouth, and Goeport Railway
Archibald Paull, jun., Esq., Devonshire-place, Portman-square, Di-
rector of the London and York Railway
William Simpson Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director
of the Oxford and Witney Railway
Colonel Edward Stopford, Director of the Asturian Mining Company
Martin Stately, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director of
the Dublin, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railway
William Tanner, Esq., 84, Great Surrey-street, Blackfriars, Provi-
sional Committee of the Direct Western Railroad
W. Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director
of the South Midland and Northampton, Banbury, and Chelten-
ham Railways.
J. Wightman, E'sq., Director of the Cheltenham and Oxford Railway
W. Alining, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Yeovil, and Dor-
(tester Railway
Thomas Sanger, Esq., Exeter
William Hammond Ambler, Esq., Bishop Auckland,
William Hawthorn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Robert Hawthorn, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
Thomas Peacock, Esq., Bishop Auckland,
Edward Railton, Esq., Broome Hall, Durham,
Samuel Sharp, Es 1., Quarry House, llarperley Park, 4
Durham,
Villiers Charles Villiers Sartees, Esq., Newcastle-upon- 1:3,

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James Atkinson West, Esq., Western Lodge, Durham
W. Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester Railway, of the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Railway, and the Direct Western Railway,
Edward Cadman, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Direct Western
-Railway,
William Henry Horne, Esq., Blackburn, Chairman of the
Blackburn, Darwen, and Bolton Railway, and Director of
the Blackbnrn, Clitheroe, and North Western Railway, and
of the Manchester and Wigan Railway.
Arthur Mann, Esq., Woburn-square, London, Director of the
Great Eastern and Western, and Canterbury, and Dover
Railways,
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pniteney, Parliament-street,
Whitehall, London,
John Rawson, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the West Riding of
Yorkshire, and J.P., Stoney Royd, Halifax, Director of Ro-
Bamel's Great Northern of France Railway, of the Man-
chester, Liverpool, and Groat North of England Union
Railway, and of the National Bank of Ireland,
Thomas Sidney, Esq., Alderman and Sheriff of London, Leyton
House, Essex, Director of the Direct London and Man-
chester Railway,
Henry Smith Bright, Esq., Director of the Hull and Selby
Railway,
Thomas Eastham, Esq., Kirkby Lonsdale, Yorkshire,
William Thomas Jackson, Esq., Tadcaster, Director of the
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway,
Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hall, Halifax, Director of the
East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-street, Bedford-row, London,
Director of the London and Brighton Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., London, Director of the Commercial
Bank of London
Sir William Young, Bart., London, Director of the Hon. East
India Company, and of the Leicester and Tamworth Junc-
tion Railway
Robert Stansfield, jun., the Breck, near Halifax,'
Director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway,
Christopher Linsdale Bradley, Esq., Richmond,
Yorkshire,
William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Yorkshire,
John Harland, Esq., Marrick, Richmond, York-

shire, .
Francis Morley, Esq., Marrick Park, Richmond,
Yorkshire,

Directors of the
Manchester,
Liverpool, and
Great North of
England Junc-
tion Railway.

(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITORS.
S. P. Hook, EM., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury
Messrs. Redden, Baker, and Grant, 24, Lime-street.
The object of this Company is to shortern the present railway com-
munication between London and Edinburgh, and to open up a direct
railway communication through the populous and wealthy counties
of Yorkshire, Westmore'and, and Cumberland, between the impor-
tant towns of Leeds and Carlisle.
This railway will connect the lines south of Leeds with those de-
parting from Carlisle, thus forming the shortest route between Scot-
land and the midland counties, and the only remaining link to the
midland
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upwards of forty miles in the distance between the capitals of
England and Scotland.
In addition to this it presents the important consideration of a di-
rect line between the Solway Firth and Hull, the chief shipping port
in the north-east of England.
g. mineral. and an agricul-
tural district,
will traverse
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considerable towns, to those of Wakefield, Keighley, ilunfleet,
ley, Otley, Birstall, PudseY, Knaresborough, Skipton, Allendale,
Appleby, Richmond, Dalton, Kirby Stephen, Hawes, Ripley, Bingley,
Brough, Aldstone, Kirby-Malzeard, Aysgarth, Morley, Eceleshill,
Silsden, Bedale, Masham, Brampton, Grinton, Carleton, Harrogate,
Whiteley, Bewerley, Fewston, Reath, Botoughbridge, Wetherhy,
Aberford, Featherstone, Sawley, l'annale, Morten, Thorner, llesket,
Linton, Bolton, Kirby-Thore, Grassington, Burnsale, Addingham,
Ikley, &c., besides very numerous manufacturing villages scattered
along the line, comprising an aggregate population (including the ter-
mini) of more than 700,000 persons.
There are no engineering difficulties, and the line will be one of
easy and inexpensive construction, probably considerably under the
average cost per mile of railways.

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facturing, mineral, and agricultural products will ensure it a highly
!enumerative revenue.
The Leeds and Carlisle or Northern Trunk Railway of England
will form a junction with the protected Liverpool and Leeds Direct
Railway at Leeds, and by means of the proposed branch line from
OBey to Bradford, it will unite with the Huddersfield, Halifax, and
Bradford Union Railway.
As this line will effect a saving so considerable in transit to North
Britain, it may safely be assumed that her Majesty's mails will be en-
trusted to it.
Applications for Shares to be addressed to the Solicitors, S. P.
Hook, Esq., 11, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury, and Messrs. Keddell,
Baker, an Grant, 34, Lime-street ; Messrs Shewell, Stockbrokers,
Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs. Taunton and Bush, Austin-friars, Lon-
don ; Mr. J. N. Balme, King-street, Gloucester ; and Messrs. Wil-
million, and Sons, North-street, Hoxton.

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D IRECT WESTERN RAILWAY,
(Updn the Broad Gauge),
Front London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater t espectivft
~M)ol;tlOhtklit RbiAreßed*.),
tiplutt, t,099,0007.; id 120;009 ShareS of 2M. each.
Deposit; 2Z 155: pi i Share.
fitiVidIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Wit, thanes Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. Jam'.o- -•-• '
Sir Francis Dugdale Aso-- .
sartAVlrly Ileum Pewtol wilts
Sir Henn?, .;Abbe, Raft;; it I.roltan
Fredoiit4 ilokigabik ?;•:i hy4rnit4ic,,i. Carltoß. Cleat&
' 1,14-.; Eatliiilit!it'C% Loaddi
2-calph- foi sor, Berkeley-square
haric,l Barr BildiVin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
MA; reicy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 323 Itirosvettor:plAce, London
William Bradley, Esq.', Mannr Caks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchatel and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
S Bart 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., Griiiin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
Ster Rank, 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 Mandl, 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 the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester•read, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and

South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean. 11'4., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chlikman 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
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George-street, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jonand, Esq., Holderness House, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., 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-fliers, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addle, EN., Rotherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
tire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the south Staffordshire

Rawer
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembe Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
IL G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq.' 127, Seymoar-street, Portman-square
Frederick Sony 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 tke Li-

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censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of tke
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Frac Jehaston, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the Lenden and
Blaqkwall Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.SA., 17, Ckarlee-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Catchbert Woodstock, Eeq., Grove-road, North-read, North Brixtea
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Brysuistone-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Eitensien

Railways , .
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., SO, Pall-mall, London, Assistant

Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Len-
• don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., 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 Wards, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and

httibil Woo, Bedfordshire -
George Payne, Esq., Sutby 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 Baker, Esq., Lypplat 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., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 34

Light Dragoons _
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Homsey
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Berks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the
County
Rey. Chas. Fres. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near Bath
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the Bristol and firming-.
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham-

shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingsmill, Collumpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumptou
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 Collumpton
Wm. H. Macomb, 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., Tanaton
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dahell, Esq., Wallingford, Berke
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Kerle Ilabertleld, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Morford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Direetor
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Esq., Leieester, 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 Bart, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairviile, Manchester, Director of the Direct

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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, M.D., Salford
Sir William Lowthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of Tork
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 Hall, Manchester
C. H. Jones, Esq., Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the Hudders-
field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford

Union Railway
Charles Bamford, Jun., lisq., Mull, Director of the Null and Barnsley

Junction
John Lillie,- Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Iletton-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
BNewbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and

Iron Bridge Railway Company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Salisbury and Swindon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office
Wm. Thompson, Esq.. Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the

Huddersfield and Slieffiela Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, Director of tke East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowyer, R.N., Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., 1101
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Mester of the East and West
of England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq. Attercliff-terraee, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rey. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull 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 House, Brentwood, Essex
William John M'Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. I'. Macdougall, Grove, north Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefevre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leicester Railway
Captain Tringhana, 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).
BAxgras—Messrs. Curries and Co., Cornhlll, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodriek, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards 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.
SECEET.ARY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
ASSISTANT-SzczyrAtur--Charles J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Trouhridge and Bradford, Messrs.. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth _

The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.

Ina 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 as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably increased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been
set 'on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by
railway.

The object of this prospectus le to show that no other 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."

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The present project is distinguished by this--that it is direst. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded
by them will now contribute to the great national object of a direct
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, Sheptun 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. From 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 miles.
With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
about 32 miles that it will traverse rich and populous agricultural

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and manufacturing districts, and receive a large amount of traffic as
well from railways now in course of construction as from others pro-
jected with every chante of success.
tit% Afosiesco.tplptcli• of the liiie; it ig"
rest jittrtztt niefchreit vessels contlnpaiiy detained in the '
Channel by adverse winds, would effect an immense saving both in
insurance and time, by discharging their cargoes at Falmouth, and at
once e- inetr desUnation meang-of this iallwar;
andthtreansiiibmisett_ transmitting.'
wit.m.huo-utto
gooletting
nn eithet did' nt.the greet ototivetoi* of the Extd me', 1#
tie' 3 bttlll3. Pfigttil
oti the tXtont to the puns
iili
S&AliiirintWicitiltti *fiat eitetit the
lif C9itiWedt, and thniklfiled agricultural fegaticei of lieionitilib
tillaY be • 005,04,!._,14t, the genial dentate of PeOtince dud
mounci aontpeniet of Engtatid;" outset >i irget otopOr-
potj.of *inter idsitatitA—it •is Ndvidua Pith ihig
Udine both in goods and passengers, from its western terminus, the
amount of which may be - said to be without limit. A glance at the
map will make it manifest that no competing trunk line can ever be
established between Tiverton and the Land's End. As between
Taunton and Reading, an inspection of the map will show a vast ex-
rtaiencirsetroaoftdshmairicdie, accommodation.
Recurring comprising rich and populous parts of So-
ni e, and Wiltshire, now altogether destitute of
Recurring to the features of this project as a national work, one of
the greatest in point of magnitude, of vital importance in the event of
war, and of almost Incalculable advantage to the general and packet
commerce of the kingdom; it !may not be out of place to quote here
the following expressions of Sir Robert Peel. Speaking of the project
of a direct line from London to Liverpool through the Trent Valley,
which bore much the same relation to the Birmingham and Grand
Junction that this bears to the Great Western and Bristol and Exeter
Railway); he is reported to have said :—"I consider that the corn-
munieation between the metropolis and the great outports to he not
a question of hours, but a question of minutes." Of the necessity of this
particular line, Parliament has already expressed an opinion ; for in the
report of the Committee on the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth
line, which was promoted by the Great Western Railway Company,
it was stated that that Company had been required to pledge itself
not hereafter to oppose a direct line to Fahnouth ; and it may be
further observed, that a Proposed line from Plymouth to Fahnouth
was last session rejected, on the ground that it might be supposed
to interfere with that great national object.
The survey of the line has been to a great extent completed, and
correct estimates of the expenditure and returns are in a state of for-
wardness, and the whole will be ready for the next session of Par-
liament. _ . .

It is sufficient, as to these points, here to state that there are no
engineering difficulties in any part of the line which have not been
repeatedly surmounted in other cases ; that the first portion will be
constructed at an unusually small expense; that the undertaking
will meet with the cordial support, concurrence, an co-operation of
the landowners, and that the Directors are justified in asserting that
this will prove to be one of the most remunerative railways in the
kingdom.
Powers will be taken in the Act of Parliament to allow interest at
our pounds per centum per annum (sl the deposits, and preference
in the allotment of shares will be given to the proprietors of the land
through which the line will pass, and to the shareholders in the
Great Western, the Bristol and Exeter, and other railways connected
with the Direct Western district.
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Appl cat ons or shares, in the form subjoined, to be addressed to
the solicitors to the Company or to the Secretary.
London, September 11, 1845.

FORM OF APPLICATION.

TO the Provisional Committee of the Direct Western Railway

Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you:will allot me shares of 251. each
in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21. 15s.
per Aare thereon, or on any less number you may appropriate to me,
and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Con-
tract when required.
Dated 1845.
Name in full ........ ..... ......... „
Residence • • • • • • . ....... • • • • .• .•
Trade or Profession ..................
Place of Business (if any) .... • .......
Reference . • • • ...... • • • • • • .. • • • .

THE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
. _ .

Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's
Office, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, London, between the hours
of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed,
the Banker's Receipt will be exchanged fer Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT. Secretary.
Sept. 12. 1845.

HROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
1 3 forn'ing, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct communication between Liverpool, Manchester, Shef-
field, York, and Hall, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,000/., in 35,000 Shares of 201. sash.
Deposit, V. 2s. per Share.

(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
of Commons.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Di-
rector of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longuevllle, near Church Stretton
Beamisk, Captain, Kensington-square
litiauforls Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tatbury, Suffolk
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Worki, Shropshire and Manchester
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the

,
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolverhampton
Cox, George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davies, Captain, J.P., Brynglass, Montgomeryshire
Davies, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill, near Ironwoods
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munsiow, near Ludlow /
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Chin, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffnall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, nightields Works, Bil-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilaton, Staffordshire
Fourdrenier, George 11., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Giiffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, Westbromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Stadholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Word, Essex, Director of

the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Xsq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq:, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire-
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev. Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, Henry, Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Elm, Staffordshire
Marston, Francis, Esq., J.P., Aston, Ilopesay, Salop
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., ironmaster, Sammerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire

Minton, John, Esq., Cloebury North, Shropshire
Newcombe, J. W., Esq., Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-flelds
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Rotherwas, near Hereford, 7.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company
Pulteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rigg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T. Esq., Ironmaster, Millneld Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton .Willlam, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
aid Life Assurance Company ; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways •
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, fihiffnal
&Wester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, West Bromwich
Slade, the Rev. H. R., D.D., Wolverhampton
Smalman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Bridgnerth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi-
mation Railways
Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
SteLadiv,e
SummerT,oesla: Thomas,nEd'Lgeed EM.,s Railway Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eceleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elford-hill, Eeeleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Req., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., UPPer Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Hendon, Middlesex
Turner, Henry, Esq., lirevrood Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironntaster, Wolverhampton"
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., SEtamnw.,aLiCreocutrotr, CofhuthrcehNSetrewtßtoihrer
Com.
Esq., Ironmaster, Mosley Steel Works
Esq Purslo
Weyntan, Thomas, , NY Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, Me ors.
Wells,lV
pe ab tye rariann,tbkriDdg.eßnulolocuske:
James and Co., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron
Works, near Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Piccadilly
and Llanfylln, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of.
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth,
Salop (With power to add to their lumber.)

as/fawn.
Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co., Lothbury,
Messrs. Cockburns and Co. 4, Whitehad London
Messrs. Adams, Warren, and Co., Shrewsbury and Market Drayton
The Bilston District Banking Company, Wolverhampton
-The Shropshire Banking
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king
HmsamCompany,F_ and its
Clegg,Branches.its Eog
.
EriG C.E.
ACTING ENENZER.—Francis Briscoe, Esq.
SOLICITOES.
Messrs. Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's lan-Melds, London
E. Garbctt, Esq., Wellington, Salop,
Local. AGXNTS.
Messrs. G. and R. Anderson, Ludlow
Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow
John William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall
Thomas Bernard Baddeley, Esq., Jun., Newport
Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretten
Gilbert Brown, Esq., Shiffnal
Charles G. Brown, Esq., Bilston, Staffordshire
Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle
Thomas Griffiths, Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle
Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton
T. R. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham
William Harding, Esq., Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries
Sacarreav—George Bond, Esq.
Offices, Royal Exchange-buildings, London.

The line of Railway intended to be constructed by this Company
will commence at or near Norton Bridge (a station of the Grand
Junction Railway), in the county of Stafford, and proceed from
thence by Eceleshall, Offiey, Norbury, Forton, Newport, Donnington
Wood, Oaken Gates, Priors Lee, Stirchley, Dawley, Madeley, aid
Iron Bridge, to Coalbrook-dale; there, crossing the proposed " Wor-
cester and Crewe Railway," it will pass along the slope of Wenlock-
edge, by Rushbury and Eaton-under-Haywood, to Wistanstow, in
the county of Salop, where it will run into, and form a junction with
the " Shrewsbury, Hereford, and North Wales Railway."
The line will traverse a rich mineral district, and will have a secure
and extensive traffic by the carriage of coal from the Shropshire
coal-field, to a dep6t proposed to be formed at Wistanstow, for the
supply of South Shropshire, part of Radnorshire and Herefordshire,
and also from whence it will be conveyed by the " Hereford, Shrews-
bury, and North Wales Railway," into Montgomeryshire and the
neighbouring counties, where coal does not exist. It is impossible to
calculate the extent to which this traffic may be carried, as by the
direct railway communication thus opened between the Shropshire
coal-field, and the important manufacturing towns of Newtown
and Llanfdloes, the price per ton will be reduced one-half at
those places, and the flannel manufacturers, now depend-
ing upon water power, will, by the cheapness of coal, be
I enabled to employ steam, and to extend their trade in proportion to
the great demand which exists for the Welsh flannels, in preference
to any other. The importance of this subject will have its due weight
with those who so often witness the bad effects upon the trade, caused
by the stoppage of the mills from an insufficiency of water.
A considerable amount of tonnage is now incurred by the Shrop-
shire ironmastsrg,f or the conveyance of lime-stone from the neigh-
bourhood of Much Wenlock to the furnaces, by several transits of
land and water carriage, whereas the proposed railway will convey
it direct into the heart of the works, and at one-third of the expense.
By its junction with the " Grand Junction" and the " Hereford
and Shrewsbury" Railways, this line will form a direct communica-
tion between Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Tork and Hull, and
Swansea and South Wales.
As a junction line alone (connecting as it will inch important rail.
ways), s large passenger traffic may be depended upon, but when it
is considered that the centre of the line passes through a densely-
populated mining district, and the remainder through a thriving
agricultural neighbourhood, it will be obvious that a sufficient local
traffic exists to pay a highly remunerative interest on the amount of
capital required to be embarked.
The line, which will not interfere with any property of an orna
mental or costly character, will not exceed 46 miles in length, and
will be constructed at much less than the average cost.
Such important local co-operation has been secured, that no oppo-
sition is anticipated or can be sustained against the measure.
of tic line ; and the lint
The liability of the Shareholders whl be limited, by the Act, to the
date of each payment until the opening
amount of their subscription to the capnitalthsetocrukrt;haerndcpazerrrowmillt:
Parliamentdmelpeoymsito bnldnsghcapola.ii traefeubel-rteeolnluertrob, call will not be made until the Act e
oapuptlhieedutroutontalolofwtheindteerpeosstita,tatuldte
upon
of four per cent. per annual
Maps of the line, prospectuses.
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Messrs,k
London r brokers Messes.
soo
am, are to be obtained from the
Secretary, the solicitors, the local agrennoßtftil
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to whom applications
ham, Manchester
cChazesetnerov. eN,
;Nathaniel
Taunton,
LteozELsgiv.e,rpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
sanhdemTerildpTlßtoorisstrsol:;BMruedasyraus.
dTurstlaueyifanorthd C,oolipueur; Leeds ; J. Senior, Msg.
for Shares (which must be on printed forms) may a addressed ; and
it will be necessary that reference be made to a tanker, Solicitor, or
person of rosponsibilitt.

EEXCURSION TRAINS TO CAMBRIDGE.
ASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
A .Train,, cOnststing el open Secon&clags and of Thifd-clats Car=
tinges, wui leave the El.hnreditat Ii RA; bh MBtaitiy, tah,b 22di and
Monday, :the 29th instant, at Nine o'clock, A.M., add liettford at
Half-past Nine A.M., returning from Cambridge at Half-past Six.
("clock rtia, The ;Trains will call at Tottenham, Waltham, Brox-
bourne, and Ware. rare te Cambridge and back, from any of the
al:0A nations, be.
ha§t6fn 6unties STI; Et; 1445,_
itEADING AND REIGATE ItAiLWAY)
. .
onfieplliii the till__EAT WEST RN;, SOUTH WESTERN,
LONDON arid BRIGHTON; arid SOVTI EASTERN' RAILWAYS.
fcgigtetcd, t(ttisafint to T 8i fi,Viet., di 110.
Capital, 1600;060 inp,oara Snares of 120 each.
Deposit, A 2 2e. pet Ntiftfo:
PROVISIONAL COMMITfa.
Viscount Chelsea, M.P. for Reading
Charles Barry Baldwin, Esq., M.P., 6, Parliament-street
John Humphery, Esq., M.P., and Alderman of the City of London
Sir James Carmichael, Bart., 40, Sussex-gardens
Sir William Young, Bart., Director of the East India Company
Daniel Mildred, Esq., Banker, Nicholas-lane
Colonel Robert Douglas, ILA., United Service Club, Director of the

Bideford and Tayrstoek Railway
Major Jelf Sharp, Twickenham, Deputy Chairman of the Thames
_ _

Embankment Company
Major Oliver Lindam, K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Abcrystwith,

and Central Wales Railway
Charles Dickson Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Bushland Hall, Lancashire,
Director of the Tean and Dove Valley Railway
Major Morse Cooper, Wargrave, Berks
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Carlton-terrace, and Broome Hall,

Dorking
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey
William Strahan, Esq., banker, Strand, and Ashurst, Dorking
James Garrard, Esq., Pinner, Middlesex
John Leveson Gower, Esq., Bill Hill, Wokingham, Berks
James Hartley, Esq., Leaclenhall-street, Director of the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company
James Hayward, Esq., Wokingham, Berks
Captain Hodges, Connaught terrace, Hyde Park
John Jackson, Esq., Upper Belgrave-place, Eaton-square
Charles Johnson, Esq., Hennerton House, Berks
Captain G. Evans, R.N., Headley Grove, Dorking
John Keene, Esq., Director of the National Bank of Ireland
John Weldale Knollys, Esq., Reading
William Ley, Esq., 40, Gloucester-place, Portman-squaro
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square
David Mocatta, Esq., F.S.A., 32, Brunswick-square
Peter Morrison, Esq., Managing Director of the Britannia Life-office
Edward B. Molyneux, Esq., Inner Temple, Director of the Shrews-

. • _
bury and Hereford Railway
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., 80, Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., 29, Montague-street, Russell-square
William Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, Chairman

of the Church of England Life Insurance Company
John Southgate, Esq., Pebble Coombe, Reigate
Thomas Stevenson, Esq., F.S.A., 37, Upper Grosvenor-street, Gros•

venor-squaro
James Joseph Wheble, Esq., Bulmarsh Court, Reading, Berks
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
William Lechmers Whitmore, Esq., 17, James-street, Buckingham-

gate
Henry Wright, Esq., Brunswick-square, Director of the Warwick and
Worcester Railway
(With power to add to their number).
ENGINEER—SamueI Hughes, Esq„ C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Richards and Rogers, Reading.
LOCAL ►GENTS.
Wokingham—J. L. Roberts, Esq.
Dorking—Mark Smallplece, Esq.
Reigate—Thomas Hart, Esq.
Bracknell—Charles Cave, Esq.
Bagshot—John Mears, Esq.
RANKERS.
London—Messrs. Masterman, Peters, Mildred, and Co.
Reading—Messrs. J. and C. Simonds and Co.
Tteigate—Messrs. Nash and Neale.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.
Hugh Inns Cameron and George Bain, Esqs., 18, Parliament-street.
gECRETARY (pro tem )—Digby Fowell, Esq.
Temporary Offices, No. 1, Old Jewry.
For particulars see the prospectus and map, which may be ob-
tained at the Offices of the Company, No. I, Old Jewry, or from the
Solicitors, Parliamentary or Local Agents, or the following Share-
brokers :—Messrs. Sutton and Gribble, Exchange, London; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr. T. N. Bathe, Gloucester ; Mr. Thomas
Sandford, Exeter ; Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. Neilson, Liver-
pool ; Messrs. Newmarch and Withington, Manchester ; Messrs.
Bingley, Rawson, and Bingley, Leeds ; Mr. Nightingale, Wakefield ;
Messrs. Grayson and Earle, York ; Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull ;
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby ; Mr. W. J. Eagleslield, Leicester ;
Messrs. J. Peet and Son, Nottingham ; Messrs. Mans and Home,
Edinburgh ; and Messrs. Labertouche and Stafford, Dublin.
FORM OP APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Reading and Reigate Railway

_ _
Company.
ItGentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 201. each
in this Railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or any less
number yell may appropriate to me, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s.
per share, and all future calls thereon, and to execute the Sub-
scribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of 184
Name In full ......
Profession ••••• • • • • • ........
Residence.... •.• • • .........
Refereace in fu11..................

1- FADING AND REIGATE RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that NO APPLICATIONS for
SHARES will be RECEIVED after WEDNESDAY next, the 24th inst.
—Dated 16th September, 1845.
By order of the Board.
DIGBY FOWELL, Secretary (pro tan.)
Offices, 1, Old Jewry.

JAMAICA, SOUTHERN, EASTFRN, AND
NORTHERN RAILWAY, FROM KINGSTON TO MON-
TEGO BAY.

Office, No. 43, Moorgate-street.
Capital 1,500,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 501. each.
Deposit 21. per Share.
A Reservation of Shares for the Proprietary, and others interested in

the Island.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Major-Gen. Sir Lore Parry, K.C.B. Madryn Park, Caernarronshire
Sir John Key, Bart, Alderman of London,: King's Arms-yard
Sir John J. Hansler, Bart., F.R.S., Upper Bedford-place

Sir George Rich, Bart., 43, Lowndes-areet, Belgraie-square
P. S. Butler, Esq., M.P., Queen-square, Westminster

. _
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London
Major Adair, 11.8._Cluh, Pall-mall, Director of the Church of Eng-

land Insurance Company
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Director of the Blackwell Railway
John Mint, Esq., Upper Bedford-place. Director of the London Docks
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell Hall, Worcestershire
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Copthall-court, Director of the Commercial

Bank, London
Captain Edwards, Baker-street, Portman-square
Thomas Edwards, Esq., Bethel-place, Camberwell

Lieutenant-Colonel Ganes, Cambridge-terrace

'. W. Hamilton, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Klein Grant, M.D., 73, St. James's-street, Pall-mall
D. J. Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square
D. P. Johnson, Esq., Aidermary Churchyard, Director of the London

. _ .
and Manchester Railway
Francis John Lambert, Esq., G, Kensington Gardens-terrace
Francis Lloyd, Esq., 10, Crown Office-row, Temple
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Southampton,

Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
Thomas Newte, Esq., Harley-street, Director of the Barbadoes Rail-

way
James Reeves, Esq.. Cheapside and Leyton, Director of the London

and Manchester Direct Railway
Edward Scard, Esq., Kew, Director of the Toronto and Lake Huron

Railway
B. M. Senior, Esq., Compton Lodge, Jamaica, Magistrate of St,

Elizabeth's
J. G. Senior, Esq., Leonard-place, Kensington, and Jamaica
Algernon W. B. Greville, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Barbadoes, and Groat Eastern and Western Railways
W. C. Beare, Esq., Porchester-place, Director of the Worcester,

Shrewsbury, and Crewe Railway
William Fitzgibbon, Esq., Director of the Cork and Bandon, and

Cork and Kilkenny Railways
John Joseph Keene, Esq., St. John's-wood, Director of the National

Bank of Ireland --
William King, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of tho Freemasons' In-

_ surance Company
Henry Cremer, Esq., Lime-street, and Barnes, Surrey
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, and Coalsden
Court, Surrey, Chairman of the Licensed Victuallers' General
Fire and Life Assurance Company
(With power to add to their number.)

Enonizzas--William Gra'ratt, Esq., F.R.S. ; James Plibrow, Esq.,
C.E.; Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., 31.1.C.E.
SOLlClTOW—Messrs.Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street.

BANKEILI--Sir Claude Scott, Bart.; and CO., 1, Cavendish-square;
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., 29, Clement's-lane.

The great difficulty, delay, and expense attending the transit of
passengers and goods from Kingston to Montego Bay and the inter-
mediate ports, either by sea or land, is well known to all persons
conversant with the islan I of Jamaica.
The average passage by steamer between Montego Bay and King-
ston, occupies forty-four hours ; and the costs, including expenses on
the route, amount to nearly 51. each passenger, while the quickest
Journey by land occupies three days, and the expenses, including
horse hire, reach nearly 201. By the railway the whole line will be
traversed in eight hours, at an expense not exceeding an average of
30s. per passenger.
The difference in the freights between the northern and southern
sides of the island and England is such, that independently of the
saving of time, this railway will enable proprietors on the northern
side, after payment of the costs of transit, to ship their produce at
much less expense than at present, and will afford them the advan-
tage of shipping at all times from the very excellent harbour of King-
ston, instead of being confined, as they now are, to the exposed ports
f the east and north of the Island.
The line will commence at a spacious quay, to be constructed at
Kingston Harbour, with *depth of water sufficient for vessels of the
largest tonnage employed in the export trade of the Island ; at or
near to which point it is proposed to form a junction with the King-
ston and Spanish Town Railway, and proceed thence by or near Rock
Fort, Yallahs, Morant Town, Port Morant, Plantain Garden, Man-
chioneal Harbour, Port Antonio, Buff Bay, Anotto Bay, Port Maria,
I t. Ann's, Duncan, Martha Brae, and terminate at or near Montego
I ay. By these means a line of intercommunication will be formed
b etween the most important and populous places, and facility offered
for carriage of the produce of the most productive portion of the
island. _ . _ .

Through the southern portion of the line, the physical features are
gentle elevations, almost parallel to the principal range of moun-
tains, which run east and west, nearly the length of the island ; the
eastern portion, from Port Morant to Plantain Garden, is almost
level ; while the northern runs through an exceedingly rich country,
rising into hills separate from each other by spacious vales. The
whole of the country traversed by the line abounds in the staple ar-
ticles of sugar, coffee, rmn, molasses, ginger, pimento, and other
spices, dye wood, drugs, &c. ; and as more than one-third of the
land is still uncultivated, the production of these articles will, by
the increased facility for traffic, be greatly increased ; and cotton,
indigo, cocoa, &c., and dry stuffs, at present unimported, will again
be brought into extensive cultivation. Timber of great variety
abounds along the line ; besides the pimento tree, which flourishes
spontaneously, there are mahogany, lignum vibe, ebony, Spanish
elm, fine cedar, and other trees of enormous bulk. The line will
also bring largely into use the valuable palnsetts , and various other
woods for agricultural and household purposes, and cabinet works.
The mineral wealth of the country on the line is very considerable ;
lead ore .is extremely rich and heavily impregnated with silver ;
whilst every variety of copper ore is found in abundance. Carbonate
of lime, valuable as manure, &c., of which Long Mountain is com-
posed, will form a considerable item in the tables of traffic.
The peculiarly favourable circumstances attending the construction
of this Railway render it highly probable that a considerable portion
of the capital demanded will not be required, as every material*
necessary for its formation is to be found on the line, and should the
atmospheric principle of propulsion be adopted, the necessity for cut-
tings and embankments will be generally superseded.
A gratuitous grant of the unappropriated land required for the line,
and the free use of all the timber, stone, &c., necessary for its con-
struction, will, it is expected, be ceded by the Legislative Assembly ;
—the mineral wealth, which may be developed by the construction
of the line, will accompany the grants of the land, and may be leased
to capitalists T the benefit of the Shareholders.
Of the varic-is imports, and the internal traffic, a satisfactory esti-
mate can sea cely be given—it will be sufficient to state, that Coals,
Fish, Lime and Salt, empty Puncheons, Shingles, Bricks, Hoops,
Lead, Timber, Provisions, Cattle, Flour, Tobacco, Hardwares, and
Manufactures generally, form important sources of profit.
The working expenses of the railway will require but a moderate
per centage, and from all the circumstances already stated, and care-
ful inquiries into the traffic, there can be no doubt that this line of
railway will yield a very remunerative return upon the capital re-
quired, and the speedy communication established between the
island and Great Britain, by means of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company, will tenable the Directors in this country to exercise an
efficient control over the management of the affairs of the island.
The Committee propose to make provision in the Local Act for the
payment of 4% per cent. interest upon the amount paid upon the
sharescrotn the passing of the Bill until the opening of the line.
Applications for shares in the usual form may be made to the
Provisional Committee, at the offices of the Company, 43,
Moorgatc-street ; to Messrs. Elmslie and Preston, solicitors,
47, Moorgate-street, London ; and the following Sharebrokers
Mr. S. H. Ellis, 17, Throgmorton-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans,
39, Lothbury ; Mr. D. B. Major, 27, 'Change-alley, London;
Messrs. Schroeder and Ashlin, Mr. W. A. Brown, and Messrs.
Alston and Gage, Liverpool; Mr. John Clegg, and Messrs. Green and
Oldham, Manchester ; Messrs. R. B. Watson and Co., Leeds ; Messrs.
Tate and Nash, Bristol; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Mr. F. Stamp,
Hull; Mr. James Pearson, Birmingham; Mr. Samuel Hutchinson,
Brtulford ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., and Mr. William Lee,
Cheltenham; Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby; Mr. Thomas F. Dick-
enson, Newcastle-on-Tyne; Mr. F. C. Spenser, Halifax ; Messrs.
Thomas May and Co., Exeter ; Mr. Joseph Clark, jun., Southampton ;
Mr. Samuel Clerk, Edinburgh; Mr. Wm. Gordon, Aberdeen; Messrs.
Black and Lorimer, Glasgow ; Mr. Percy Bolger, Garden-street,
Dublin ; and Mr. C. Forster, Cork ; and of whom prospectuses may
be had.
To the Provisional Committee of the Jamaica Southern, Eastern,
and Northern Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
501. each in this undertaking, and I engage to pay the deposit of 21.
per share upon the number allotted to me, and to sign such deeds as
may be necessary, in furtherance thereof, when required.—l am,
Gentlemen, your obedient servant,
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more durable. . . . .

SOUTH MID L AND, or NORTHAMPTON and
LEICESTER RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that on and after WEDNESDAY, the 17th
yist., the Offices of this Company will be at No. 3, Princes-street;
ittatinittstef, By order,
GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Secretary.
1, Gray's Inn-square, Sept. 13, 1843.

ISLE OF WIGHT RAILWAY.
Capital 300,0001., in 12,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
CIIAIRMAN—TIIO3IAs GISBORNE, Esq., M,P.
DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN—HENBY TOOTAL, Esq., The Cliffe, Wakefield
William Collins, Esq., 3f. P.
gbatieN Popham Hill, Esq., Lord of Manor of Bonchurch
Sir RayfflEttld Jarvis, Fair Oak Park, Haag
N. Harwell, Esq., East Cowes Castle
Captain Thomas Dickinson, R.N.
ThonidS Chi Mon' Esq., High Bank Cottage, Ventnor
A. J. Drewe, Esq.. Elm Grove, Ventnor
William Betts, Esq„ BMA, Mount, Southampton
James Durham, Esq., Victoria Park, Manchester, Director of the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company
George Sandars, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Trent Valley Rail-
way Company
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Lankester, Esq , Southampton
James Hibbert Wanklyn, Esq., Crumpsall Hall, Manchester, Director
of the Trent Valley Railway Company
Joseph Paxton, Esq., Chatsworth, Director of the Manchester, Bux-
ton, Matlock, and Midlands Railway Company
John Barff, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the London and York Rail-
way Company
John Lillie, Esq., Derby House, Manchester, Director of the Shrews-
bury and Trent Valley Union Railway Company
Jame= Brand, Esq., London, Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway Company
William G. Beare, Esq., Director of the Worcester, Shrewsbury, and
Crewe Railway
Charles Lyall, Esq., 33, Westbourne-terrace, Hyde Park Gardens.
ENGINEERS.
Charles Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S.A., M.R.1.A., Engineer in Chief.
Sherrard and Hall, Acting Engineers.
RANKERS.
In Newport, Cowes, and Ryde—Thc National Provincial Banking
Company.
In Southampton—Messrs. Maddison and Pearce; the Hampshire
Banking Company.
In London—The Commercial Bank.
In Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank.

In announcing that the Allotment of Shares is now made, and
that the letters will be posted this evening, the Directors regret
their inability to comply with the wishes of a very numerous and
respectable body of applicants.
JAMES WIIEELEIL Manchester.
DEACON and LONG, Southampton.
19, Great George-street. Westminster,
September 17, 1845.

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS.
(Registered Provisionally.)
THE BRISTOL, BATH, and BRIDGWATER
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY,
Connecting with the Great Western Railway on the one side, and
on the other with the Britol and Exeter Railway, the following im-
portant places—Keynsham, Burnet, Marksbury, Stanton Priory,
Farmborough, Timsbury, High Littleton, Hallatron, Paulton,Wellon,
Midsummer, Norton, Radstoke, Kilmersdon, Newberry, Coleford,
Elm, Frome, Leigh-upon-Mendip, Stoke-lane, Downside, Shepton
Mallet, Crosscombe, Dinder, the city of Wells, Coxley, Polsham,
Glastonbury, Street, Walton, Ashcot, Higher and Lower Pedwell,
Greinton, Shipwick, Catcot, Edgington, Moorllnch, Sutton Mallet,
Chedzoy, Dinwear, and Bridgwater.
It is proposed that this Grand Junction line should start from near
the station of the Great Western Railway at Keynsham, and proceed
by Burnet to Marksbury and Farmborough. Thence it will pass on
the west side of Timsbury, and g 0 on through the numerous and ex-
tensive coal works by Radford, Camerton, and Clandown, to Rad-
stoke. Thence to Kilmerdown, which it will skirt on the western
side, and thence through Babington to the eastern side of Newberry,
from which there will be a branch ling to Frome, passing by Elm on
the southern side. The main line (Dill hold its course beside the
Upper and Lower Vobster coal works and Goodeye's coal works,
through Meicombe Wood to the southern point of Leigh-upon-Mendip.
Thence it will proceed over Long Cross Bottom to the western side
of Bodden, and to die eastern side of Shepton Mallet, and the western
side of Downshire. Its course thence will be along the western sided
of Ham, Crosscombe, and Dirtier, to the southern point of the city
of Wells. From this it will hold its way between Coxley and Coxley
Pound to the western side of Southsay and the eastern side of Poi-
sham, and so on to the western side of Glastonbury, where it will
cross the North-road. Thence passing Bickworthy Mill, it will skirt
on the northern side Street and Walton, pass Ashcot on the southern
side, proceed on the north side of Higher Pedwell between Shipwick
and Greinton, and so on to the northern side of Moorlinch. Thence
to the northern side of Sutton Mallet, then over Sutton Moor to
Chedzoy, passing over Fowler's Plot, then through Dimwear to the
southern side of the Bridgwater station on the Bristol and Exeter
Railway, and thence spanning: the railway Into the borough of
Bridgwater.
The length of the main line will be about forty-three miles ; that
of the branch from Newberry to Frome, four miles seven furlongs.
The line has been carefully laid down after accurate investiga-
tions, and it presents no engineering difficulties whatsoever. There
will be no tunnel or viaduct, or other costly work, and there will be
no heavy cuttings or embankments. The line passes through a fer-
tile, rich, and populous district, and serves all the principal towns in
the county of Somerset, and brings them into connexion with all the
regions traversed by the Great Western and the Bristol and Exeter
Railways, and with the metropolis. It is so obvious that this Grand
Junction Railway must command an immense traffic in passengers,
goods, and minerals, that it would be idle to dilate on the subject.
A prospectus containing the list of the Provisional Committee, the
amount of capital required, the number of shares to be issued, and the
names of the officers, will be published in a few days, accompanied
by a map of the line and the adjacent country, laid down upon the
scale of one inch to a mile.
EDWARD LEWIS, 7, Adam-street, Adelphi.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD
RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share, in accordance with the standing ordBrs of
the Houses of Lords and Commons.
No call to be made until the Act is obtained —and no Subscriber to be
answerable beyond the Amount of his Subscription.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
Geo. Frederick 3funtz, Esq., M.P. for Birmingham
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Birmingham
John Wilks Unett, Esq., The Woodlands, Smethwick, Staffordshire
George Unett, Esq., The Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire
William Jacot, Esq., New Hall, Sutton Colfield
C. D. Archibald, Esq., F.R.S., Rusland Hall, Lancashire, and Re-
gent's Park, London
John Godfrey Hudson, Esq., St. George's-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the London Central Terminus Company
George Turner, Esq., Hunton Hill, Erdington, Warwickshire, Direc-
tor of the South Staffordshire and the Southampton and Oxford
Railways
Thomas Welch, Esq., Birmingham
Charles Machin, Esq., Blythe House, Erdington, Warvriekshire
R. Fowler, Esq., Manchester-square, London, and Fitton-park,
Bristol
Samuel Phillips, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, London, and
Levant House, St. Helen's-place, London, merchant
W. L. Whitmore, Esq., Director of the Great Western (Irish), and
the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Thos. Davies, Esq., The Austens, Handsworth, Staffordshire
David Barnett, Esq., merchant, Birmingham
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Smith Whilock, Esq., Birmingham
John Boulton, Esq., Birmingham
Bell Elcock Fletcher, Esq., M.D., Birmingham
Thomas Bollman Updl, Esq. Birmingham
Edward Rabone, Esq., Smethwick Hall, Staffordshire
Major Moore, Director of the Great Indian Railway
Henry Coe Cope, Esq., Hungerfordyark, Wilts, Military Secretary
at Hyderabad
William Holliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham
Edward Harrison Barwell, Esq., Mayor of Northampton, Director
of the South Midland ; the Northampton, Banbury and Chelten-
ham ; Leeds and Carlisle ; Manchester and Southampton, and
other Railways
T. R. Wright, Esq„ Northampton, Director of the South Midland
Railway
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Tam-
worth, Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railways
J. T. Walters, Esq., Rugeley
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square, and
Locke Park Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
John Kempe Devonshire, Esq., River Dale Villa, Hampton
William Boyden Watts, Esq., Birmingham
J. Mee Mathews, Esq., Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Manchester Railway
Theophilus Richards, Esq., Edgbaston, near Birmingham
Thomas Pemberton, Esq., Wharstone Home, near Birmingham
Capt. M'Dougal, Fir Grove, North Brixton
John Anderson, Esq., Honourable East India Company's Service,
Euston-place, Euston-square, London
Sir William White, Director of the Church of England Insurance
Company
Griffith Frith, Esq., Director of the Londonderry and Coleraine
Railway, &c., &c.
John Johnson, Captain, R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham
Hercules Hades Duncocks, Esq., Manor House, Kempsey, Glouces-
tershire
William Edwards, Esq., Aston, near Birmingham
John George Norbury, Esq., Manchester House, Atherstone, Direc-
tor of the Tean and Dove Valley and South Staffordshire Railways
Geo. Frederick Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire
James Russell, Esq., Endwood Court, Handsworth, Staffordshire
Thomas E. Davies, Esq., Benefield House, near Birmingham
John Russell, Esq., liandsworth, Staffordshire
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Director of the
Manchester, Southampton, and Oxford Junction, and Leeds and
Liverpool Railway
Joshua Horton, Esq., YEtna Iron-works, Smethwick, Staffordshire
Richard Underhill, Esq., Birmingham
R. B. Williams, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Di-
rect, the Leicester and Tamworth Junction, and the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway Companies
(With power to add to their number.)
ACTING ENGINEER.—E. J. Maude, Esq., C.E.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
J. Graham, Esq., 60, Moorgate-street, London.
Richard Ford, Esq., 28, Essex-street, Strand, London.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Birmingham—W. H. Reece, Esq., New-street ; and C. H. Jagger,
Esq., New-street.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co., London.
Messrs. Attwood, Spooner, and Co., Birmingham.

This short but very important Line of Railway will commence at
the nearest point on the Trent Valley Railway to the City of Lich-
field, and proceed through a rich and populous country, by Shenstone,
Sutton Coldfleld, and Erdington, to the town of Birmingham.
The length of the Line will be only about sixteen miles, and a
glance at the map will suffice to show the very numerous advan-
tages which this Railway offers. The projected " South Unloo Rail-
way," from Manchester, joins or falls into the Trent Valley Railway
Just below Lichfield, and, proceeding along the Trent Valley Line,
via Tamworth and Rugby, will form the shortest and most direct
route from Manchester to Landon, but will leave Birmingham on the
west, which can only be reached by the circuitous route through
Tamworth, a distance of twenty-five miles.
The proposed Birmingham and Lichfield Railway will effect an ex-
tension of the South Union, North Staffordshire, and other projected
Railways, from Lichfield in a direct Line to Birmingham, and thus
save no less than nine miles in the twenty-five, and constitute the
shortest and best line between Manchester and Birmingham yet de-
vised.
As to the returns to be expected for the capital embarked, it is
sufficient to mention, that in addition to the very large income aris-
ing from the local passenger and goods traffic (the latter of which is
very great, as most of the agricultural supplies of Birmingham, the
emporium of the Midland Counties, and its densely populated neigh-
bourhood, are derived from the vicinities of, and must pass along this
Line), every passenger direct from Manchester to Birmingham must
necessarily proceed along the projected Railway, should either of the
lines from Manchester to Lichfield be made.
This line will also form the nearest route from Derby and the
North to Birmingham.
The Capital proposed to be raised is 300,0001., in 15,000 Shares of
201. each. A deposit of 2/. 2s. per Share will be required to be paid
upon the allotment, to the credit of the Directors with the Bankers
of the Company.
No call will be made until the Act of Parliament shall be obtained,
and power will be taken in the Act to allow Interest at 41. per cent.
per annum, upon the amount of each call, from the date of payment
until the opening of the line, and Subscribers will not be answerable
beyond the amount of their Shares.
The Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, which
shall contain a clause empowering the Directors to amalgamate with
any other Railway now formed, or to be formed, to extend or make
Branch Lines, or transfer, mortgage, or dispose of the present un-
dertaking for the benefit of the Company, as they may deem proper,
will be ready on the day fixed for the payment of deposit, and will
be required to be executed when the bankers' receipts are exchanged
for certificates of Scrip ; and the shares of any Subscribers making
default in the execution of those deeds within the time limited, of
which fourteen days' notice will be given, will be absolutely forfeited.
No application for shares can he attended to, unless accompanied
by a reference to a member of the Provisional Committee, one of the
Solicitors, Agents, or a Banker.
Forms of application for shares, copies of the prospectus, and a
map of the line, may be obtained at the temporary offiees of the
Company, 600 Moorgate-street, London ; from the Solicitors ; from
Local Agents; from Mr. U. B. Williams, 17, Throgmorton-street,
London ; Mr. W. 11. Collis, 104, New-street, Birmingham ; Messrs.
Ludlow, Brothers ; and Messrs. Pownall and Worthington, Liver-
pool ; Mr. John Barlow, Manchester ; Messrs. Robinson and Farley,
Leeds ; Mr. Thomas Evans, Milsom-street, Bath ; Messrs. Ellgood
and Harrison, Leicester.

BIRMINGHAM AND LICHFIELD RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Birmingham and Lichfield
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 201.
each in the above Company; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such smaller number as may be allotted to me, and to pay the de-
posit of k/. 2s. per share thereon, mad to execute the Subscribers'
t.greement and Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name in full
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