The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-21 00:00:00

All D L GUAND JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
COnnectiniihe Great Western, London and Birmingham, aad Direct
Manchester. From Reading via Henley-on-Thames, Aylesbury,
Buckingham, and Northampton.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,250,0001. in 50,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Jelin Anderson, Esq., Princes-park, Liverpool, Direstor of the East-
ern Counties and Southend Railway
William Ashcroft, Esq., Bury, Director of the Lancashire, Cheshire,
and Staffordshire Railway
Lieutenant-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.H., Montague-places
Montague-square
George Alfred Beardmore, 'Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Hull
and Lincoln Direct Railway, and Nottingham and Peterborough
Railway .
Charles R. Bigge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square, Director of the York
and Lancaster Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq.' Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the
Licensed rctuallers'Assurance Company
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London
Docks
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Chairman of the
Direct Western Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and Man-
chester Railway
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director of the New Ross,
Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway
Henry B:Bright, Esq , Hull, Director of the Durham and Sunderland
'and Direct Western Railway
G. A. Brown, Esq., Broad-street, Director of the Callao and Lima
Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries
Railway
Pierce Somerset Butler, Esq., M.P., Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Win. Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham District, the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead, York and Lancaster, and Cheltenham,
Oxford, and London Railways
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the York and Lancaster,
Rugby, Derby and Manchester, Staffordshire Potteries Railways
John Chauntler, Esq., Friday-street, Director of the York and Lan-
caster Railway
Richard Clay, Esq., 1, Winchester-bulldlngs, London, Director of the
Huddersfield and Eastern Coast Railway
John Clampitt, Esq., Sercombe, Exeter, Director of the Exeter and
Crediton Railway
Ephraim Cocker, Esq., White Coppice, Chorley, Direstor of the Black-
burn, Chorley, and Liverpool Railway
W. H. Collis, Esq., Handsworth, Staffordshire, Director of the South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Eastern Counties
Junction and Southend Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Nathaniel Cumberledge, Esq., 3, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Direc-
of the Leeds and Huddersfield Railway, &c. &c.
Newton Crouch, Esq., 13, Southampton-place, Easton-square, Di-
rector of the Mauritius, and the York and Lancaster Railways
Thomas Ferrand Dearden, Esq., Rochdale, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Peregrine Royds Dearden, Esq., Birkenhead, Liverpool
J. W. De Wolf, Esq., Liverpool
Miles Dormer, Esq., Hans-place, Sloane-street, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
Richard Davis, Esq., Knaresborough, Director of the Wilts, Somerset,
and Southampton Railway
Colonel Lothian Sheffield Inekson, Curzon-street, May-fair, Director
of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct Railway, the York and Lancaster, Staffordshire Potteries,
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railways
A. D. Ewes. Esq., Knaresborough
Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq., Alder House, near Tamworth, Direc-
tor of the Leicester and Northampton Railway.
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square, Director of the South
Midland Railway
The lion. Percy Evans Freke, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Bandon and Bantry Railway
William Garrow, Esq., Great George's-square, Liverpool, Director of
the Eastern Counties and Southend Junction Railway
William Gibb, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Joseph Gillharn, Esq., Hargreaves-house, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Huddersfield, and East and West
• Coasts Railways
James Glover, Esq., Longton, Director of the South Union alma Bir-
mingham Junction Railway
Captain Twisleton Graves, Director of the Leicester and Teem and
DOV 3 Valley Railway
Charles Haigh, Esq., Broadley Wood, Rochdale and Manchester,
Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
F. W. Hamilton, Leg., 59, Gloucester-place, Portman-square, Director
°a the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
John Lawrence Harris, Esq., 4, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry,
Director of the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
John George Hammock, Esq., Essen-house, Bow-road, Director of
the Direct Western Railway
Chas. Harrisson, Esq., 31, York-terrace, Regent's-park
John Hawkins, Esq., St. James's-place, New-cross
Theophilus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park, Director of
the London, Hounslow, and Western Railway
John Holford, Esq., Rusholm-hall, Manchester, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
William Holiday, Esq., Chad-valley, Edgbaston, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Charles Holland, Esq., of Liseard Vale, Cheshire, and Liverpool
John Holmes, Esq., St. James's-street, Westminster, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and Southend, and the Direct Western
Railways
George Holt, Esq., Willow-hill, Crumpsall, Director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England Junction, Direct Western, and Reading, Guildford., and
Reigate Railways
Adderly Howard, Esq., Long Sutton, Wisbeach, Direetor of the East
Coast, and Direct Western Railways
William Bielteley Hughes, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Welsh Mid-
land Railway
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Avon and Severn
Valley, and the Great Western Direct Railways
Herbert Ingram, Esq., Director of the Eastern Counties Junction
and Southend Railway
John. Charles Jack, Esq., Liverpool
C. ll_ Jagger, Esq., Handsworth, Director of the" Great Western,
Southern and Eastern Counties, and Ipswich, and Ipswiah and
Southampton Railways
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart.
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon, Director of the Direct
Western Railway '
Richard Kelly, Esq., Cleveland-row, St. James's, Chairman of the
New Ross, Carlow, and Kilkenny Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South and
Midlands Junction Railway
William Kempe, Esq., Teign Villa, Teignmouth, Director of the
Eastern Co idles Junction Railway, and the Leeds, Fleetwood,
and Liverpool Railway
Thomas Kidley, Esq. M.D. Sheffield, director of the Eastern Coun-
ties and Southend Junction and Direct Western Railways
-George Lawrie, Esq. Manchester, director of the Eastern Counties
Junction and Southend Railway
Peter Thomas Legh, Esq., Ridge-hall, county Dublin, tirector of the
Isle of Man Railway
Job Lockyer Seale, Esq., M.D., Director of the Direct London, Hest-
logs, and Rye Railway, and Great Northern and Southern Direct
Railway from Huddersfield to Derby
William Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool, director of the Lancashire,
Cheshire and Staffordshire Junction Railway.
Joins Lord, Esq. Standish Hall, Lancashire, director of the Stafford-
shire Potteries, the Liverpool and Manchester Direct, and Lanca-
shire, Cheshire and Stafford Junction Railways.
Jas. APDougall, Esq., Fir-grove, North Brixton
Janice Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway .
A. M. Macmoran, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, Director of the
East and West Junction Railway
Major-General Sir Love Parry, Mardyn, Carnarvonehire Director of
the North Wales Railway.
William !Harriett, Esq., Ottereliffesterrace, Director of the Direct
Western and the Isle of Ely, and Wisbeach and Lincolnshire
Junction Railway
heiltsJames Mason, Esq.. Fenton
ham EsMiller, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Richard MortimOre, Esq., Collumpton, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Edward Norris, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
M. Norton, Esq., Mont-house, Brentwood
James • Ogden, Esq., M.D., Marlborough-square, Manchester,:director,
of the Chester and Manchester Direct, and Direct Western Rail-
ways
Nathaniel Ogle, Esq., Heath-lane-lodge, Twickenham, Director of
the York and Lancaster Railway
John Parkinson, Esq., F.R.S., Cambridge Terrace, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Direct Western Railway
Richard William Perry, Esq., Barham Wood, near Elstree, Harts
William S. Potter, Esq.' Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, Director of the
Oxesei, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
John Pratt, jun., Esq., Fenton -
Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seymour House, Old Strofford, Manchee;
ter, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries, and the Liverpool-,
Preston, and North Union Railways .
Cornelius, Randall, Esq., Manchester, Chairman of the Birkenhead
and Holyhead Junction, and Director of the Sheffield and Man-
chester Railway, Re.
James Renshaw, Esq., West Heath House, Kent, Director of the
Direct Western, and South Staffordshire Jnection Railways
.1. Reginald Riddell. Esq., Eyelash-house, Enfield, Director of the
Direct Western Railway
It. A. Riddell, Esq., Director of the Great Western Extension Railway
A. Macdonald Ritchie, Esq., Middle Temple, London, Director of the
Eastern Counties Junction and. Southend Railway
Jan Robson, Esq., Hittoti•in-Hole, Durham, Director of the Direct
Western Railway
Richard Rowe, Esq., Beauvoir-terrace, Maida Vale
Hu Bey Sagan, Esq., Ball Grove, Cottle, Director of the East Lan-
cashire and Andale Junction Railway.
Edward Scard, Esq , Kaw..2.Tee„
C .J. Selwyn, Major Royal Engineers, Directorof the Direct Western
Railway
William Sidebotliam, Esq., Glossop, J.P. for Derbyshire, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
James Shaw, Esq., Salford, Director of the Manchester and Rugby
Direct Railway
Edward Smith, Esq., Barnsbury Park, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
Williarii medley-, Esq., North Brixton, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
Henry Taylor, Esq , Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the Liverpool, Preston, and North Union and Oxford, Chel-
tenham and London Railway s
Joseph Taylor, Esq., Clements-lane
John Thompson, Esq., Wigs ii, Director of the Birkenhead and Ho-
lyhead, Manchester and V,rigan, and Liverpool, Preston, and North
Union Railways
Joseph Thompson, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton Railway
Charles F. Thornley, Esa., Eastfleld House, Westbury, near Bristol,
Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Manchester, Settle, and
Car isle Railways
Thomas Tebbutt, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Edward' Trelfall, Manchester, Director of the Eastern Counties Junc-
tion and Southend Railway
James Troup, Esq., Basting, Director of the Direct Western and
Direct Hastings
Jzts. Tracy, Esq.. Great Winchester-street, City, London
Sir Walker Twisden, Bart., Cavendish-street, Cavendish-square
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leeds and Carlisle
Railway, and Director of the Commercial Bank of London.
George Walker, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Upfill, Esq., Edgbaston, Director of the Wolverhampton,
Birkenhead and Chester Railway
8. I'. Ward, Esq., Birkenhead, Director of the Eastern Counties
.Tunetion and Southend Railway
Edward. Westlake, Esq., Southampton. Director of the Direct Western
Railway
William Ayscough Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Downs, Director of
the Waveney Valley Railway
Robert Wynne Williams, Esq., 29, Bedford-place,Rassell-square
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire. Director of the Leeds
anti Carlisle, and South Union and Birmingham Junction Railways
Sir William Wynne, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North
Wales Railway
Sampson Bridgwood, Esq., Loughton
Thomas Bollinan Upfill, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Bristol
and Myer Railway
fleerge sercombe, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
John Win. Yerbury, Esq., Bellomb-house, Bredford
(With power to add to their number),
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Benjamin Smart Fowler, Esq. William Kempe, Esq.
The Rev. 11. R Fowler, R. A. Riddell, Esq.
William Garrote, Esq. Henry Taylor, Esq.
('apt. Twisleton Graves J. Underwood, Esq.
John Holmes, Esq. i M. A. Wilkinson' Esq.
Itichatd Kelly, Esq. Thomas Wynne, Esq.
. (With power to add to their number.)
CONSCLTING ENGINEER—T. Urpeth Rastrick. Esq.
. ACTING ENGINEER.—OIiver Byrne, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
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Messrs. Ehnen° anti Preston, Moorgate-street .
J. E. Beales, Esq., 7, John-street, Adelphi
William Burdett, Esq., Manchester.
. . LOCAL AGENTS.
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Messrs. Christian and Jones, Liverpool.
- Saunders Nash, Esq.' High Wycombe
Mews. Prickert and Watson, Aylesbury
Messrs. King and Son, Buckingham
BANKERS.
ton-ion—The Commercial Bank of London
.Manchester—The National Provincial Bank of England.
SECRETARY—Niche. J. Kempe, Esq.
Company's Offices, Palace-chambers, St. James's.
This railway will form, as nearly as may be practicable, a direct
tine from Reading, in Berkshire—one of the s ost important and
•raeldly improving towns in the kingdom—to the large and populous
s.owu of Northampton, where it will form a junction with the
Itortampton and Peterborough Railway
VS lin,e will proceed from the Reading station of the Great Western
lit'ailwaYt and by the way of Henley-on-Thames, Great Marlow
West Wycombe, Aylesbury, and Buckingham, through some of the
.etellest and most fertile districts of England, from whence vast
.supplies of live stock and agricultural produce' are constantly fur-
nished to the metropolis; and from Buckingham it will be continued
direct to Blisworth and Northampton.
From Ellsworth a line proceeds to Wellingborough, and forms a
Junction with the Direct Manchester Railway;c and it is intended
that a branch shall be formed from West Wy
Slough, on the Great Western Railway ombe to the station at
The pro w ed line with the branch will be about seventy-five miles
t.vt.
. i irk
..! t has been ascertained that it may be constructed
r 4 yaw ~ .: .: cility, whilst, by means of the intended junctions with
Wes - i Railway at Slough and Reading, with the London
4,,,,,--Aitd jxrrnitighstirkßail way at Blisworth, and the Direct Manchester
.., ' t ..... Medway it Wellibgborough, an uninterrupted and most desirable
4; rosesay communication will be opened between Portsmouth, else
at" the -Bier of Melt, Aouthampton, Bedford, Huntingdon, the
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