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THE SUN, LoN DON, SATU'RDA Y EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1845.

It is proposed to establish at Birkenhead a steam ferry gratis to
Liverpool ac. oss the Mersey, so as to unite both towns into one.
This railway has the advantage of passing through the towns on
its route, without materally increasing the distance. _ _

The principle of the Direct London and Liverpool Railway, as in
the case of the Rugby, Derby and Manchester Railway, is to obtain a
direct through line between some of the most populous districts hi
the kingdom, with the least possible, and consequently the smallest
expenditure of capital,
The Direct London and Liverpool Railway opens up an entirely
new district, at the same time that it interferes but slightly with ex-
isting railway interests.
The maps, plans, estimates, and other documents required by the
standing orders of Parliament, will be lodged with the parish clerks.
the clerks of the peace for the counties, and the Parliamentary
offices, on the 24th day of November, being six days within the time
required by the regulations of Parliament.
A preference in the allotment of shares will be given to the extent
of 15,000, to the original shareholders in the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester Railway Company, on their sending in their applications
for the same.
A proper reservation of shares will be made for the London and
Birmingham, Chester and Birkenhead. and Warwickshire Railways,
being the railways by means of which the project now submitted to
the public is the most direct London and Liverpool railway that can
be made.
As the applications are exceedingly numerous, a very early day
will be made for closing the lists.
In the meantime, applications for shares may be addressed to the
Solicitors, or any of the agents of the• Company in the following
form :

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
Direct London and Liverpool Railway.
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Direct London and Liverpool
Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares,
in the above proposed Railway, and I agree to accept that, or any less
number that you may please to allot to me, and I undertake to pay
the deposit of 21. 2s. per share on the same, and to sign the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement, and all usual and
necessary deeds when required
Dated this day of

1845.

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NOTICE,

DIRECT LONDON AND LIVERPOOL
RAILWAY.

In consequence of the numerous Applications for Shares in the
above Railway already reeeived, no further applieations can be re-
ceived after FRIDAY NEXT, the 10th of October instanOwhen the Lists
will be finally closed for Allotment,
T. G. BREWER, Solicitor,
13, Gray's-inn-square, London.
3rd October, 1845.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.

THE HUDDERSFIELD and LWERPOOL
DIRECT RAILWAY.

By Rochdale, Bury, and Bolton, forming the shortest practicable
route from Liverpool to Leeds, Hull, and Goole.
(Provisionally'Registered.)
Capital 1,250,0001., in 62,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21.:25. per Share.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, snd Co.

Huddersfield—The Halifax and'Huddersfleld Union Banking CM-

pant.
SOLICITORS,

Mr. William Barker, I New-street, Huddersfield
Messrs. Brook and Freeman,

The object of this undertaking is to form a continuous line of rail-
way from Leeds to Liverpool, by extending the lines already made,
or sanctioned by Parliament, from their respective termini at Hud-
dersfield, in Yorkshire, and Bury, in Lancashire, through the inter-
vening country between Huddersfield and Bury, for which extension
a line of railway only 25 miles in length is requisite. The proposed
line will commence at the Huddersfield station, between which place
and Leeds Parliament has already sanctioned the formation of rail-
ways, and from Huddersfield the proposed line will proceed by way
of Hillhouse, Birchencliffe, and Lindley, and thence along the valley
between Stainland and Greetland, through Bark!sland, the Vale of
Ripponden, and by Rochdale to Bury, in Lancashire, where it will
join the terminus of the Liverpool and Bury line of railway.
In addition to completing a direct communication from Liverpool
to Leeds, Hull, and Goole by the shortest practicable route, and by a
much smaller outlay of capital„than bfany other proposed line, it will
provide for a large and important manufacturing population, hitherto
without the advantage of railway accommodation, an outlet to the
south by means of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railway,
and to Manchester and North and South Lancashire by the railways
above mentioned, and by the Leeds and Manchester Railway, by a
proposed junction therewith at Rochdale.
This line when completed will, in addition to the advantages which
it presents as a through line, pass through a succession of valleys
thickly studded with mills and manufactories, consuming a large
quantity of raw materials and coal, all of which are brought from
distance, and transmitting to other districts the produce of their in-
dustry, for which purposes a line of railway has become absolutely
necessary, and there can be no doubt that an ample return will be
realised for the outlay of capital required.
The distance between Huddersfield and Rochdale by the present
line of railway is thirty miles, which by the proposed railway will
be reduced to seventeen miles.

The Provisional Committee reserve to themselves the right of en-
tering into any arrangements with existing railway companies that
may appear desirable. And power will be taken by the Act of Par-
liament to allow interest to the shareholders at the rate of 4/. per
cent. per annum on the amounts paid on their shares from the
respective times of payment to the times of opening the railway.
Applications for shares may be addressed, in the subjoined form, to
any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers, viz.—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett
and Hill, Threadneedle-street, London ; Mr. David Kinnear, Edin-
burgh ; Messrs. W. Moore and Co., Messrs. J. GatiliT and Co., Messrs.
Wilson and Hellawell, Mr. Thomas Parrett, Mr. Frederick Turner,
Messrs. John Atkinson and Co., Messrs. Tempest and Co., Messrs.
Mooney and Hickes, Huddersfield ; Messrs. John Young and Co.,
Mr. C. B. Langdon, Leeds ; Mr. Hervey, Mr. Charles Clay, Messrs.
Crowther and Brook, Halifax; Mr. John Brooke, Dewsbury; Messrs.
Cameron, Bagenove, and Taunton, Messrs. Lloyd and Price, Liver-
pool r Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, and Messrs. Lynnill and Berlyn,
Manchester ; or to the Solicitors to the Company.
The names of a highly-respectable and influential Provisional
Committee will be published in a few days.

Huddersfield. Oct. 1, 1545.
FORM OF 'APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Huddersfield and Liverpool

Direct Railway Company.

Gentlemen,—l request that you Will allot me shares of 201.
each in this undertaking, and I engage to accept the same or any
less number that you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of 21.
2s. per share, and to sign the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement when required.
Dated the day of , 1845.
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ELY and BURY ST. EDMUNDS RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Liability limited to the amount of the Subscription.
Capital 200,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 201.
Deposit (to comply with the standing orders of Parliament) 21. 2s.
per Share.
Length of line, twenty-four miles.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir W. Browne Folkes, Bart., Hillington-hall, Norfolk, Chairman of
the Lynn and Ely Railway Company
Francis Cresswell, Esq., Lynn, Director of the Lynn and Ely Rail-
way Company
William Hverard, Esq., Lynn, ditto
William Seppings, Esq , Lynn, ditto
Henry C. Lacy, Esq., Kenyon-house, Manchester, Chairman "of the
Ely and Huntingdon Railway Company
Frederick Ingle, Esq., ;.Lynn, Director of the Ely and Huntingdon
Railway Company
Henry Champion Partridge, Esq., Snare-hill House, Norfolk, ditto
Edward Self, Esq., Lynn, ditto
Henry C. Lacy, Esq., Kenyon-house, Manchester, Chairman of the
Lynn and Dereham Railway Company
Thomas Neville Abdy, Esq., Albyns, Essex, Director of the Lynn
and Dereham Railway Cpmpany
Sir H. Roddam Calder, Bart., Sussex-place, Regent's-park, ditto
Joseph Bridgwell Whiting, Esq., Lynn, ditto
Sir H. E. Bunbury, Bart., Barton, near Bury
William D. Christie, Esq., 31. P., Ecclestone-street, Chester-square
The Worshipful the Mayor of Lynn
Joseph Andrews, Esq., Mildenhall, Suffolk
Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde, Manchester
Wyrley Birch, Esq., Wretham-hall, Norfolk
James Bowker, Esq., Lynn
Charles Burckam, Esq., Lynn
Thomas A. Carter, Esq., Lynn
William Clifton, Esq., Lynn
Frederick Edwards, Esq., Barnham, Suffolk
William Edwards, Esq., Framlingham, Suffolk
Mr. Thomas Ellington, merchant, Barton, Suffolk
Mr. Richard Ellington, merchant, Barton, Suffolk
Mr. Philip Fuller, merchant, Barton-mills, Suffolk
John Turner Hales, Esq., Herringswell, Suffolk
George Gataker, Esq., Mildenhall, Suffolk
William Lowten Jones, Esq., Woodhall, Hilgay, Norfolk
E. B. Manning, Esq., Lynn
Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester
Charles Neville-Rolfe, Esq., Sedgeferd-hall, Norfolk
William Ship, Esq., Lynn
Mr. Philip Smith, merchant, Soham, Ely
Mr. Thomas Steel, Tuddenham, Suffolk
John Teather, Esq., Alstonby, Cumberland
John Wayte, Esq., M.D., Lynn
William Layton, Esq., Wood House, Ely
William Tinker, Esq., Hyde, Manchester
Thomas Waller, Esq., The Rookery, Eyke, Suffolk.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Henry Charles Lacy, Esq., Chairman
Sir Henry Roddam Calder, Bart.
Thomas Neville, Abdy, Esq.
William Everard, Esq.
Frederick Ingle, Esq.
Henry Champion Partridge, Esq.
J. B. Whiting, Esq.

ENGINEERS.
J. 11. Itastriek, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., C.E.
J. S. Valentine, Esq., C.E.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Goodwin, Partridge, and Williams, Lynn
Messrs. Isaacson and Son, Mildenhall
Messrs. Itooper, Birch, and Ingram, 68, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London,

BANKERS.
Messrs. Curries and Co., Cernhill
Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn
Messrs. Gurneys and Co., Lynn
Messrs. Oakes, Bevan, and Co., Bury St. Edmunds
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—L. F. Edwards, Esq.

PROSPECTUS.

This railway will commence by a junction with the lines of the
Eastern Counties, the Lynn and Ely, and the Ely and Huntingdon,
Railways, at the city of Ely, and proceed thence, via Mildenhall, to
Bury St. Edmunds, forming there a junction with the railway from
that town to Ipswich, now in course of construction.
The town of Bury St. Edmunds and the adjacent districts, and all
the country through which the line will pass, have for generations
drawn their supply of coals, timber, deals, wine, oil-cake, tar, flag-
stones, and other general merchandise, from the port of Lynn, and
have transmitted thither their own corn, flour. wool, fruit, and
other agricultural produce, for shipment to the northern markets.
While the proposed line will affect the local object of preserving
the mercantile connexion that has so long subsisted between the
coanty of Suffolk and the port of Lynn, it will effcet the national
one of affording to the ports of Ipswich and Harwich, and the im-
portant towns of Colchester and Bury St. Edmunds, a direct com-
munication with Lancashire, Yorkshire, and the north, and, by
means of the Ely and Huntingdon, and the proposed Rugby and
Huntingdon Railways, with Birmingham and the west. From
these sources a most ample return on the capital required for the
undertaking may be confidently relied on.
The line is singularly easy of construction, the estimated cost, in-
cluding every contingency, being little above 8,0001. per mile ; it
will not interfere with ornamental grounds of any kind, and it is not
anticipated that any opposition will be offered by the landowners.
The Provisional Directors are to be at liberty to take all such
measures as they may deem requisite for obtaining the necessary
powers to construct the line or any part thereof, with such branches.
extensions, or alterations, as they shall be advised to adopt ; and for
such powers, or any of them, they are to have power to increase the
amount of the capital, to lease or sell the line to, or amalgamate the
same with, the Lynn and Ely, Ely and Huntingdon, and Lynn and
Dereham Railway Companies, or any or either of them, or any other
company or companies.

It is proposed 'to raise the capital by issuing 10,000 shares of 201.
each, a deposit of 21. 2s. per share (in compliance with the Standing
Orders of Parliament) to be paid on allotment.
There will be an interval of two months between the calls, and not
more than 51. per share will be called for at one time.
A Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract, in such
form and with such clauses as the Provisional Directors may think
right, will lie for signature at the offices of the Solicitors, in London
and Lynn, on payment of the deposit. Arrangements will be made
for transmitting the deeds to the principal provincial towns in or
near which the shareholders may reside, due notice whereof will be
sent to every shareholder by post.
As under arrangements entered into with the Lynn and Ely, Ely
and Huntingdon, and Lynn and Dereham, Railway Companies,
a large proportion of the capital has been appropriated to the holders
of shares in those companies, a very limited number of shares only
is at rile disposal of the Provisional Directors, and no application for
shares, therefore, can be attended to, except from parties locally
interested and of the highest respectability, by whom applica-
tions may be made, in the annexed form, on or before the
13th October, 1845, to the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, Lynn,
Norfolk, or to the respective solicitors ; no application, however, can
in any case be attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one
of the Provisional Committee, or to the Solicitors or Bankers of the
Company.
To the Provisional Committee of the Ely and Bury
St. Edmunds Railway.

I request you to allot me shares of 201. each in the above
undertaking, and I hereby engage to accept the same, or any less
number which may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon
and to execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree
meat when required.
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1845.

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NVWOLVERHAMPTON, CHESTER, AND
,- BIRKENHEAD JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.

:Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, c. 110.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
• PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
• • - -

The great principle on which the projectors eithis important
scheme have acted, is the establishment of a direct line of communi-
cation between Birmingham and Birkenhead, by the nearest possible
route, and at the smallest possible outlay. To effect this object, it is
proposed to make use either of the Grand Junction, or the Birming-
ham, Dudley, and Wolverhampton Railway, as far as Wolverhamp-
ton, and thence to throw out a new line in as straight a direction as
possible to Chester, where a junction will be formed with the railway
already existing between that city and Birkenhead.. A most impor-
tant saving of distance will thus be effected.
It is obvious that such a scheme is fraught with consequences of
the highest possible import to the commercial interests of the respec-
tive districts. The growing prosperity of Birkenhead even now
demands a more direct communication with the Midland, Southern,
Western, and Eastern Counties ; and when her magnificent docks
shall ire completed, and the town itself shall have arrived at its des-
tined greatness, this line will take a prominent position among the
most lucrative of these undertakings.
The Directors, therefore, conscious of the great. traffic which will
flow from the densely populated termini, propose to construct this
line in as straight a direction as possible, and thereby secure the im-
mense through traffic which will resort to this railway for shortness
and expedition, from the great manufacturing and agricultural ditg
tricts of South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Worces-
tershire, Herefordshire, Monmouthshire, Leicestershire, Nottingham-
shire, Northamptonshire, and in fact the whole of tjie Eastern
Counties, as well as from London and the important districtkto the
South, East, and West of the Metropolis.
Irrespective of the immense population of the termini, it is evident
that this projected line commends itself to the entire inhabitants of
the counties already referred to. The scheme also possesses this
further and great advantage—that it will, in reality, form a shorter
and more direct line to the neighbourhood of Liverpool and the dis-
trict adjacent, than any which has hitherto been projected ; and by
means of the contemplated line from Chester to Holyhead, it will
open the shortest possible route from London to Ireland, and thereby
avoid the delay and inconvenience of a protracted sea voyage. A
cursory inspection of the map of England and a reference to the
plan of this line will also show that the Trent Valley, London and
Birmingham, Birmingham and Gloucester, Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton, as w.ll as the projected Staffordshire and Shrop-
shire Railways, will necessarily be valuable tributaries to this im-
portant line gif railway.
The line to be constructed by this Cempany will commence at
Wolverhampton, and proceed through an agricultural district, by
way of Market Drayton to Chester, and alt hough in its direct course
it may not pass through many towns of importance, the engineering
difficulties of every other route will be avoided, and powerful local in-
fluence brought into co-operation with this Company.
In the formation of this ine the extensive iron district of Lilles-
hail has bevn especially regarded ; and by means of the facilities of
transit afforded by this Company, the iron-masters of South Stafford-
shire will be enabled to compete with the Scotch market, which they
have hitherto been unable to do in consequence of the heavy charges
for freight.

The Provisional and Managing Committee are in the course of se-
lection, and will be published in a few days, with other particulars.
Applications for Shares to be made to Mr. W. S. Vardy, solicitor, 18,
Finsbury-place, Finsbury-square, London ; or Mr. John Smith or Mr.
C J. Noble, solicitors, Birmingham.

MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY, via BARNS-
LEY AND DONCASTER.

(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit V. 2s. per Share.
(In compliance with the Standing Orders of Parliament.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Lord William Paget, Uxbridge House, London, M.P.
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire
Sir John P. Milbanke, Bart , Halidane Hall, Yorkshire
Sir William Twysden, Bart., Dorset-street, Dorset-square
Sir John Key, Bart., Alderman of London
The Mayor of Doncaster
William Brook, Esq., Gledholdt, Huddersfield, J.P.
John Sutcliffe, Esq., Huddersfield, J.P.
John Harpin, Esq., Birks House, Holmfirth, J.P.
John Rawson, Esq., Stoney Rhoyd, Halifax, J.P.
The Rev. Richard Whitelock, M.A., Saddleworth, J.P.
James Lees, fleq., Delph Lodge, Saddleworth, J.P.
William Alexander, Esq., Halifax, M.D., Director of the Midland and
Thirsk, and other Railways
James George Atkinson, Esq., Wakefield, M.D.
Richard Armitage, Esq., Fenny Lodge, Huddersfield, timber merchant
Joseph ..Allin, Esq., Wakefield
John Allison, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Atkinson, Esq., Lake Lodge, Wakefield
William Green Armytage, Esq., Spring-gardens, Huddersfield
George Addison, Esq., Hall Field, Bradford
Spencer Cook Ashline, Esq., Sandtoft Grove, near Epworth
Thomas Ayre, Esq., Barnsley
Joseph Birley, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster, late Mayor of Doncaster
The Rev. John Birkett, M.A., Laceby Rectory, near Brigg
John Berwick, Esq., Scawby-grove, near Brigg
William Bealby, Esq., Kelfield, near Epworth
William Charles Boden, Esq., Apsley Hall,•Nottingham, Director of
the Nottingham and Bedford, and Nottingham and Gainsborough
Railways
Thomas Beaumont, Esq., Bradford, Deputy-Chairntan of the Mid-
land and Thrisk Junction Railway
William Bayley, Esq., Lark Hall, near Ashton-under-Lyne
Benjamin Bradshaw, Esq., Upperthong,Hohnfirth
George Bann, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham and
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GainaboroUgh Railways
John Fillinghouse Bishop, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand
Union, Nottingham and Mansfield, and Nottingham and Gainabo-
rough Railways
George Bacon, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle

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Railway
Joseph Beaumont, jun., Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield
Griffith Briscoe, Esq., Doncaster
William Bent, Esq.,leyd-house, Huddersfield, merchant
John Bennett, Esq., Belgrave-terrace, Huddersfield, merchant'
James Bates, Esq., Winney Bank, Holmfirth
Benjamin Beeley, Esq., Holmfirth
Richard Battye, Esq., Holmfirth, drysalter
John Bellingham, Esq., Wakefield
Joseph Brook, Esq., Stamp-office, Huddersfield
Edward Lennox Boyd, Esq., Pall-mall, London, Director of the

United Kingdom Assurance-office
Robert Blow, Esq., Grimsby, merchant
John Blow, Esq., Grimsby, merchant
William Cooper, Esq., Doncaster
Samuel Cartledge, Esq., Mapperley, near Nottingham, Deputy-
Chairman of the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway
William Cartledge, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Nottingham
#nd Ambergate, Nottingham and Mansfield, Nottingham and
Gainsborough, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
T. M. Carter, Woolgreaves, Wakefield
John Cowbum, Esq., Settle, Director of the Staffordshire Potteries,

and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway
William James Clarke, Esq., Huddersfield
William Carter, Esq„ Kirkburton, manufacturer
William Chambers, Esq., Doncaster, corn-factor
Henry Dalton, Esq., Hull and Grimsby, merchant
William Dawson, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Sheffield, Wort-
ley, Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway
Henry Dunn, Esq., Wakefield
William Dryden, Esq., Hull
Joseph Dransfield, Esq., Mold Green, Huddersfield, merchant
Richard Dransfleld, Esq., West-place, Dalton, Huddersfield, mer-
chant, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and the

Liverpool and Leeds Railways -
Thomas Dyson, Esq., Wellhouse, Holmfirth, manufacturer
John Dent,Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
John Dougill, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, Director of the
rover and Bristol Railway
Edward Dent, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
George Dyson, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant
Richard Dewhirst, Esq., Apsley House, Huddersfield
Thomas Dowse, Esq., Skelmanthorpe, near Penistone
Isaac Dewhirst, Mount Pleasant, Ovenden, near Halifax, worsted

spinner
John Dean, Esq., Spring-gardens, Manchester, merchant
Peter East, Esq., West Carr-house, near Epworth
Joshua Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner
John Elliott, Esq., Town Head-house, Rochdale
Edward Ellis, Esq., Kirkbnrton, manufacturer
John Edwards, Esq., Chester, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds,
and Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railways
Joseph Eastwood, Esq., Meltham, near Huddersfield, cotton spinner
Mark•Faviel, Esq., Amcotts Lodge, Lincolnshire
Frederick Fisher, Esq., Westfield-house, Doncaster
J. L. Fernandez, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Wakefield and
Harrogate Railway
Charles Gervas, Esq., Wroot, near Epworth _ . _

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Directors of the
Nottingham and
Francis Gamble, Esq., Gainsborongh, merchant South Stafford-
shire Junction,
George Gamble, Esq., GainSborough, merchant, 1
and Nottingham
and Gainsbo-
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L rough Railway*
Joseph Gillham, Esq., Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the
Staffordshire Potteries, and Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction
Railways
A. G. Greaves, Esq., Derby, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway
William Gill, Esq., Richmond, Director of the Leeds and Carlisle,
and Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railways
Joseph Gill, Esq., Potternewton Mount, near Leeds, merchant, Di-
rector of the Liverpool and Leeds, and Keighley, Halifax, and
Huddersfield Railways
William Greenwood, Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer
William Gartside, Esq., Ossett, near Wakefield, dyer
Abraham Hirst, Esq., York House, Huddersfield, wool merchant
John Hannah, Esq., Finthorpe, Huddersfield, merchant, Director of
the Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bradford Union Railway
Samuel Hall Esq., Doncaster, merchant
William Harrison, Esq., Stanningley, near Leeds, merchant
Edward Holgate, Esq., Stnrton, near Brigg
H. P. Harwood, Esq., Sheffield, M.D., Director of the Wakefield and
Harrogate Railway
John Haigh, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Manchester,
Southampton, and Poole Railway
John Hardcastle, Esq., West Field House, Wakefield, Director of the
Wakefield and Barnsley Union Banking Company
Captain John L. Hulme, R.E., Director of the Yeovil and Dorchester,
and of the Cornwall and Devon Central Railway
Thomas Anderson Hanson, Esq., stuff merchant, Bradford
Wm. Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, J.P.
John Horsfall, Esq., Wakefield
George Hinchllffe, Esq., Nab, Holmflrth, merchant
John Holdsworth, Esq., Shaw Lodge, Halifax, merchant
David Hinchclifr, Esq., Marble Hall, Holmflrth, merchant
Edward Lake Hesp, Esq., Huddersfield
George Hirst, Esq., Higley Mills, Holmflrth, manufacturer
Joseph Hirst, Esq., Wilshaw Cottage, Meltham, woollen manufac-
tnier
John Haigh, Esq., Wood Royd House, near Huddersfield, coal mer-
chant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway
George Armitage Haigh, Esq., Gynn View, near Huddersfield, coal
merchant, Director of the Midland and Thirsk Railway
Charles Hirst, Esq., Clare Hill, Huddersfield, woodstapler
Thomas Haigh, Esq., Royds Hall, near Huddersfield
William Hinchcliff, Esq., Holmflrth, merchant
John Haigh, Esq., Shelley Hill Top, near Penistone
William Haigh, Esq., Gynn Cottage, near Huddersfield, merchant
T. Hastings Ingham, Esq., Marton-house, neer Shipton, J.P., Di-
rector of the Clitheroe Junction, and Lancashire and North York-
shire Railways
James Ingliss, Esq.. Halifax, M.D., Director of the North and South
Junction, and London, Holyhead, and Portdynllaen Railways
Thomas Ingleby, Esq., Lawkland-hall, near Settle, Director of the
Northumberland and Lancashire'Junction, North Western, Clitheroe
Junction, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
Thomas Ibbetson, Esq., Bent's-house, Huddersfield
Thomas Iveson, Esq., Holmfirth
Charles Jackson, Esq., Doncaster, banker
Thomas Johnson, Esq., Alderman of Doncaster
Joseph Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Huddersfield and
Sheffield Junction Railway
Jere Kaye, Esq., Huddersfield, timber-merchant
Thomas Kilner, Esq., Carr-house, Huddersfield, merchant
William Kilner, Esq., Belgrave-house, Huddersfield, oil merchant
John Knowles, jun., Esq., Trafford Bank-house, Manchester,
merchant
John Lancaster, Esq., Huddersfield
James Campey Laycock, Esq., Huddersfield
Wm. Livingstone, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
Julies Lowenthal, Esq., Huddersfield, wool merchant
Charles Locke, Esq., Snapethorpe House, Wakefield, Director of the
Wakefield and Harrogate Railway
Joseph Lambert, Esq., Leeds, merchant, Director of the Leeds and
York, and Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
William Lockwood, Esq., Spring Villa, Holmfirth, woollen manufac-
turer
Charles Lockwood, Esq., Doncaster
uddersfield
Joshua Littlewood, Esq., Dam-house, Holmflrth
Ludolph, Esq.. Headingley, near Leeds, wool merchant
Edward Lees, Esq., Honley, near H
Henry F. Lockwood, Esq., F.S.A., Hull
Edward Lancaster, Esq., Barnsley
Frederic Marsland, Esq., Birch-hall, near Manchester
Sidney Morehouse, Esq., Morecroft, Holmflrth, Director of the Hali-
fax, Huddersfield, and Bradford Railway
Joshua Moorhouse, Esq., Holmflrth, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
William Heywood Morris, Esq., Doncaster, merchant
Robert Milner, Esq., Doncaster
John Morley, Esq., Eastoft Hall, near Crowle
Luke Marsden, Esq., Huddersfield
Rowland Hill M'Kenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Cavendish.
square, Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke, Chelten.
ham, Oxford, and other Railways
Henry James Morehouse, Esq., Stoney Bank, Holmflrth
Chairman of the Not-
Thomas Mellor, Esq., Spring Cottage, Holmflrth, manufacturer
Joseph Moorhouse, sq., Hohnfirth
John Maw, Esq., Doncaster, Director of the Doncaster and Goole
Railway
William Micklesthwait, Esq., Keresforth, near Barnsley
TlttoiimigashamNolh
h Railway
John Nall, Esq., Ashby, near Brigg
GRaglins.
Edward Nicholson, Esq., Doncaster
Esq., Ma} of
.Nottingham,
Robert Norfolk, Esq., Louth, Lincolnshire
John Nowell, Esq., Fernley-
wood, near Huddersfield,
Thomas Nowell, Esq., Dalton, near Huddersfield, merchant
George Peel, Esq., Horbury, near Wakefield, Director of the Wake-
field and Harrogate Railway
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montagu-street, Russell-square, London
Albert Pilling, Esq., Wheat House, Huddersfield, merchant
Charles Pitchforth, Esq., Boothroyd Park, Halifax
Captain William Rawson, Doncaster
Thomas Redmaine, Esq., Taitlands, near Settle, Director of the
North Western, Clitheroe Junction, and Manchester, Liverpool, and
Great North of England Railways
Henry Rolling, Esq., Oxspring, near Penistone
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director 91 the
Wakefield, Bradford, and Midland, and other Railways
George Robinson, En., Huddersfield

Wright Rhodes, Esq., Sprhigfield-hou,e, Kirkburton
Samuel Rodledge, Esq., Huddersfield, dyer
J. W. Roberts, Esq., Fernley Tyas, near Huddersfield
The Rev. Thomas Skipworth, Belton Rectory, near Epsworth
William Skpworth, Esq.. South Kelsal-house, near Prigg
Robert Stors, Esq., Doncaster
William St<ekit, Esq., Doncaster
Bentley Slew, Esq., Woodfield-house, Huddersfield
William Slew, Esq., Wentbridge, near Pontefract
Kdmund Snitb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the Yorkshire and
Glasgowßailway
William Satter, Esq., Wakefield, Director of the Bradford, Wake-
field, ant Midlands, Wakefield and Harrogate, and York, Hull, and
East ant West Yorkshire Junction Railways
William Sarkey, Esq.. Wakefield, Director of the Leeds, York, and
Midlands, and Sheffield, Wortley, and Silkstone Railways
Matthew Sykes, Esq., Miln-row, near Huddersfield
William Etursy,Esq.,Bottom-hall, near Huddersfield, merchant"
Benjamin Ledger Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
Thomas talkeld, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
John Shaw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
William 'haw, Esq., Lockwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
S. E. Siclel, Esq., Bradford, merchant, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpol. and the Leeds, York, and Midland Railways
Foster Slaw, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
James Slaw, Esq., Priest Royd House, Huddersfield, merchant
David Sikes, Esq., Marsh, near Huddersfield, merchant
David Snirthwaite, Esq., Wakefield
Robert lOrr, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster
William Taylor, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand "Union, and

Nottirgham and Gainsboro-u,gh Railways
WilliamTurnbull, Esq., Huddersfield, M.D.
Edwin Inwin, Esq., Leavy Greave, Sheffield, Managing Director of

the Sleflield Gas Company
Henry linwin, Esq., Orchard-place, Sheffield
Charles Vickers, Esq., Pontefract
John Miley Wrigley,Esq.,CroftHouse,Netherton, near Huddersfield
Thomas Cockhill Wrigley, Esq., Huddersfield, merchant
Robert Welsh, Esq., H.uddersileld, merchant, Director of the. Leeds

and Test Riding Junction Railway
The Itcv. Eldred Woodland, Holme-bridge Parsonage, near Hohnfirth
George Hudswell Westerman, Esq., Sandal-grove, Wakefield. wool
merchant, Director of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway
David Wheateroft, Esq., Buckland Hollow, Helper, Director of the
. .

Birningham and Leicester, and other Railways
J. Web3ter, Esq., Doncaster
French Wragg, Esq., Doncaster
Abraham Wood, Esq., Rochdale
WiMau Ward, Esq., Welton, near Hull, merchant
Willia n Roden Watts, Esq., St. Phillip's-square, Birmingham, M.D.
Smith Wormald, Esq., Tipton-Grange, Beverley, Director of the Leeds
and York Railway
Edward Woolmer, Esq., Mayor of Exeter, Chairman of the Exeter
and Dorchester Railway
Wm. Walker, Esq., Longwood, near Huddersfield, merchant
Mesas. Arthur William Goodwin,
John Hutchinson,
Members of the Corpora-
Francis Ingram, tion of Doncaster
Jonathan Allison,
J. Rogerson,
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

J. E. Morey, Esq., Mayor of Don-
caster
John SutcliffP,
John Hatpin, Esq.
Abraham llirst, Esq.
John Hannah, Esq.
Sidney Morehouse, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.

Joshua Moorhouse, Esq
Joseph Burley, Esq.
Frederick Fisher, Esq.
W. B. .Morris, Esq.
Edmund Smith, Esq.
Bentley Shaw, Esq.

Loudon—Messrs. Glyn, Halifax, Mills, and Co.
Huddersfield—The Halifax and Huddersfield Banking Company
Doncaster—Sir W. Cooke, Bart., and Co.
Wakefield—Messrs. Latham, Tew, and Co.
ENGINEERS.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Si* John L.L.D., F.R.S.
ACTING ENGINEER--W. Billington, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Floyd and Booth, Huddersfield.
LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlow, Sons, and Torr,
20, Chancery-lane.
PARLIAMENTARY A GENTS —MCSSTS. Sudlow and Kingdon,
6, New Palace-yard.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Edward Sheardown, Esq., Doncaster
C. T. Mence, Esq., Barnsley
John Drainsfield, Esq., Penistone
G. H. Capes, Esq., Epsworth
Robert Owston, Esq., Brigg.
The object of the proposed undertaking is to complete a. direct
chain of railway communication between the western and eastern
coasts ; and by means of the Liverpool and Manchester, and part of
the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railways, with
the contemplated new line of forty-six miles in length, or there-
abouts, passing immediately through the town of Doncaster, will
form one grand trunk line direct from Liverpool to Great Grimsby.
It is intended to commence the present line at or near the junc-
tion of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway with the Sheffield,
Ashton-under-L3 ne, and Manchester, near Penistone, in the West
Riding of Yorkshire. and to proceed in a direct eastern line through
or near the extensive and inexhaustible coal-fields of Silkstone, Dod-
worth, Worsbrough-dale, and others in the Barnsley district, thence
to the south of and near to the town of Barnsley, thence to continue
in adirect course through or near to Wombwell, Darfield (where it
will cross the Midland Railway),'Billingley and its coal fields, Gold-
thorpe, Hickleton, Barnborough, Marr, and their extensive limestone
field, Cusworth,, h ; he town of Doncaster, where it is intended to
cross the London and York Railway on the level, and thence
will proceed through or near to A rmthorpe, Cantley, Brampton,
Wroot, where it will enter and cross the Isle of Axholme, and pass
through or near to the town of Epworth, -Belton, East and West
Butterwick, Messingham Mill, Scawby, and then finally terminate

in a junction with the Great Grimsby and Sheffield Rail;vay, which
was sanctioned by the Legislature during the last session of Parlia-
ment, at or near to the town of Glanford Brigg, in the county of Lin-
coln ; thus connecting the great manufacturing, mineral, agricultu-
ral, and populous districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire with Lincoln-
shire and its rapidly improving port of Great Grimsby, so as to afford
the products of the several counties a most direct and speedy course
of transit ; thereby also greatly facilitating the latroduction of fo-
reign merchandise, and by this means perfecting the channel of
communication between the Irish Sea and the German Ocean.

The existing routes from Manchester to Great Grimsby are very
circuitous ; so much so, that the proposed line will effect a saving of
about twenty miles, when compared with the Manchester and Leeds,
the Wakefield, Pontefract, and Goole, and the proposed Goole and
Great Grimsby Railways ; and of about fifteen miles compared with
the Sheffield and Manchester, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
and Lincolnshire Railways, and the relative distances from other
places will be proportionally shortened ; even from Sheffield, via the
Midland, with a branch from Swinton, on to the proposed line, the
distance would be less by five or six miles than by the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire, and the Great Grimsby and Sheffield lines. The saving
of distance is most material, when it is considered that the proposed
shorter and more direct line will, in addition, accommodate the
towns of Barnsley, Doncaster, Epworth, and Brigg, and afford ex-
tended markets for their staple commodities.
To show the advantage of this line of transit, wools and other
merchandise landed at the port of Great Grimsby, and forwarded by
the proposed line of railway, would be delivered in the manufacturing
districts of Yorkshire and Lancashire before they could be landed at
Hull, and the great loss of time, and the dangerous navigation of
the river to Goole, besides the extra expense, would be thus entirely
obviated, and passengers by this line, in conjunction with the steam-
packets from New Holland to Hull, would also be conveyed from
Manchester and other places, in less time than by any other route.
Several railway schemes are now before the public, to connect, in
the best practicable manner, Keighley, Halifax, and Bradford, with

Hudderdield ; and there are also the contemplated lines from Ash-
ford-under-Lyne to Stockport, and from Chester to Manchester, the
latter by means of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railway, with
a branch to Birkenhead. When these desiderata shall be accom-
plished, the proposed line will open facilities for the shipment of
merchandise at Great Grimsby, from Manchester, Huddersfield,
Halifax, and the places northwards, Ashton-under-Lyne, Stayley-
bridge, Hyde, Stockport, Chester, Birkenhead, Liverpool, and the in-
termediate places to Germany, Holland, Belgium, the Baltic, and
the north of Europe ; added to which the increased traffic brought
to bear upon the proposed line to and from the contemplated new
Staffordshire and Derbyshire lines, by uniting with the Huddersfield
and Sheffield Railway at or near Holmflrth, must considerably en-
hance the value of the undertaking.

Independently of the above, and of the superior advantages af-
forded by the proposed line for the shipping of coal from the rich
coal fields of Silkstone and Barnsley to the London and other mar-
kets, a considerable augmentation of passengers and traffic may be
expected from the Midland and the London and York Railways ; and
particular benefit will be rendered to the agricultural districts o
Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Lincolnshire, by the opening of the ex-
tensive limestone districts in the neighbourhood of Doncaster,
through which the line is intended to pass ; and by the cheap transit
of corn and cattle to the manufacturing districts of Sheffield, Rother-
ham, Wakefield, Leeds, Huddersfield, and Manchester, the im-
mense agricultural produce of Lincolnshire (including the Isle of
Axholme), together with that of Doncaster, being by this project
thrown open to the great consumers of the west.
Again, from the recent reduction of the duty on Baltic timber,
there is no doubt the consumption of that article (superseding the
inferior Canadian timber) will be greatly increased in Lancashire and
Cheshire. From coal, lime, and timber, therefore, a large and 'very
remunerative traffic may justly be calculated upon ; and even the
internal resources of the country through which the line will pass,
in coal and lime alone, would be sufficient to justify the present
undertaking,

The important agricultural town of Doncaster, hitherto compara-
tively isolated and its market crippled for want of proper railway
communication, will, by the proposed line, become the principal
corn mart for the manufacturing districts of Lancashire and
Cheshire ; and also, with the aid of the London and York Railway,
both lines passing direct through the town, be at once brought in
connexion with all the main railway arteries in the Kingdom.
Doncaster has long felt the want and desirableness of a direct west
communication, and this is the only line hitherto projected that is
essentially calculates to servo the interests of that town,
The value of the stock in all the above-mentioned lines to which
a favourable reference has been made, must necessarily be greatly
enhanced by the proposed line, whilst the increased facilities given
for the transit of goods from Liverpool and Manchester, and from
Huddersfield, northwards, and other manufacturing and agricultural
places, to Great Grimsby, must especially most materially add to the
importance and benefit of the Sheffield and Manchester and the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Junction Railways.
The large manufacturing district of Holmtirth will receive the ut-
most advantage from a constant and cheap supply of coal, whilst
the agricultural portion of that district, equally with Lincolnshire,
will prove a ready market for the valuable limestone in the
neighbourhood of Doncaster.

The country through NVltiCh the lino will pass is well adapted for
carrying out the design of the promoters, and a great portion of the
land will be greatly improved by the construction of this line of
railway.
Nothing beyond ordinary engineering difficulties is to be met with.
A very satisfactory survey of the entire line, by the acting engineer,
has already been made, and the necessary sections are nearly com-
pleted, so as to leave no doubt that the scheme will be fully perfected
in due time for the approaching session of Parliament.
The line, for about three-fourths of its whole length, is nearly level.
The whole tunnelling required will only be about 1,800 yards. The
prevailing gradient is about 1 in 380, and very favourable for work-
ing of locomotive power. •
The navigation of the river Trent will not be interfered with, nor
the residence of any nobleman or gentleman, and very little altera-
tion will be required in any drains or Turnpike roads.
The expense of constructing the line, it is considered, will be less
than the engineer's estimate.
The success attending the project has been unexampled since its
first very recent announcement, and before even the names of the
Provisional Committee appeared, many times the number of Shares
required have been subscribed for ; the Committee do not, therefore, feel
Justified in continuing the application of shares open beyond a very
limited time. In the allotment of shares, a preference will be given
to parties locally interested in the line.
The promoters,have it in contemplation, at a future time, to form
some very desireable branches in connection with their main line,
for which purpose power will be reserved to raise increased capital
to meet the requirements.
The favourable opinions so generally expressed as to the eligibility
of the line, and its perfect adaptation to the wants of the important
district which it will traverse, together with the gratifying assurances
of support received from parties locally interested, leave no room to
doubt of the success of the undertaking. And, unlike many railway
schemes of the present day, this undertaking has no really competing
line to contend with, inasmuch as It extends from point to point en
ground neither pre-occupied nor contemplated by any other Com-
pany ; and is, unquestionably what it purports to be, the most direct
route possible from west to east. A reference to the Map will at once
conclusively establish this fact.
Power will be applied for in the Act, to allow interest at the rate
of 4/. per cent. per annum on the amount of the deposit, and upon
the further calls, until the line shall be completed.
Prospectuses with plans of the line, and any further information,
may be obtained on application, at the offices of the solicitors, and
of their London and local agents ; and applications for shares (for a
limited time only), in the form annexed, accompanied with satisfac-
tory references, may also be addressed to them, or to any of the
following Brokers, viz.—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett and Hill, Thread-
needle-street, London; David Kinnear, Edinburgh; Lloyd and
Price, Liverpool ; Cardwell and Sons, Manchester ; I. N. Balme,
Gloucester ; Wellbeloved and Go., Bell and Ledger, Leeds ; Garton
and Wright, Sheffield ; J. Crawshaw, Doncaster ; J. Tee, Jun.,
Barnsley; George Bowlby, Hull; Charles Claye, Halifax; John
Cragg, Skipton ; John Gibbons, Settle ; F. G. and C. C. Crossley,
Bradford ; Henry Bellingham, Wakefield ; George Tinker, Holm-
firth ; Wilson and Hellawell, Wi'liam Moore and Co., John Gatliff
and Co., Fred. Turner, B. Casson, Chas. Fitton, J. H. Taylor. and
Thomas Parratt and Co., Huddersfield.
Huddersfield, 30th September, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the ➢ianchester, Hudderfield, and
Great Grimsby Direct Railway Company. _ _

I request that you will allot to me
shares of 20/.each in the
above undertaking ; and I agree to accept the same, or any less
number that may he allotted to me, and also to pay the deposit of
2/. 2s. per share thereon ; and to sign the Parliamentary Contract
and Subscribers' Agreement, when required.
Dated the day of 1845
Name (in full). . • • • • •
Trade or Profession • • ........ .......

MANCHESTER, HUDDERSFIELD, AND
GREAT GRIMSBY DIRECT RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Notice is hereby given, that in consequence of the immense
number of Applications for Shares already received, no further Ap-
plications will be entertained, except from landowners, after
SATURDAY, the 11th day of October instant.
FLOYD and BOOTIE, Solicitors.
Thalderstleld, Ist October, 1845.

EXETER, DORCHESTER, AND WEY-
MOUTH JUNCTION COAST RAILWAY.
The Committee of Management beg to inform the public that the
shares in this Company are now in course of allotment, and that they
(the Committee) Intend issuing the Letters and Allotments as soon as
the requisite examination has taken place into the application for
By order,
Oct. 2, 1845. FRAIWIS MEW, Secretary,

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.)
Capital, 400,000/., In 20,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his Subscription

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER

The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, Director of the London,

Hounslow, and Western Railway Company
William Alfred.lllll, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman
of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway Company
Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Cheese!, near Southampton Lord of
the Manors of Chipping Barnet and East Barnet
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley
William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, and
Highwood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon
Samuel Dendy, Esq., Montague-street, Russell-square, Lord of the
Manor of Hendon
Lieut.-Colonel Gillies, Porchester House, Bayswater
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and
Austrian Railway
Josiah Ifeale, Esq., Grayi Inn

K_
Major Lindam, 11., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central Wales Railway Company

[enry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester,
Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway

Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, CaTenclish-

square
Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway

Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School,

Hendon, Middlesex -
The Rev. H. J. Cramp, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex

Captain Grover, R.N.
Captain John limes, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon,
I IMlddlesex . _ _

4;7W Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's
Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex
Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet

_ .
Mr. Bruce Johnson, Finchley
William Christopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College

Cambridge, Holloway
Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway
Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet
Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet
W. J. 31`Gwire, Esq, 74, St. James's-street
W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City
James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton
George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and
Western Railway Company
George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, Essex
Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and

Basingstoke Railway Company
Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing-

stoke Railway
Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-road, Regent's Park
William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fitzroy-square
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and
Basingstoke Railway Company
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and

Central Wales Railway Company
J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street
John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus

Railway Company
The Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe Parsonage, Wakefield, Direc

tor of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company
John Thomas Raworth, Esq., Leicester, Director of the South Union

and Leicester ar.d Birmingham Rt :way
Thomas Francis Justice, Esq., Berner's-street, Oxford-street
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield-street, Russell-square, Director of

the Grand Trunk Railway
John D. Hopkins, Esq., 25, Bedford-square
J. H. Lister, Esq., Director of the south and Midland Junction

Railway
J. I'. Wright, Esq., Edinburgh
W. 81ark, Esq., Rockhalls, Lodge, Crieklewood,

Charles Waite, Esq., Willesden-

•• a.
Thomas Cope, Esq., Cricklewood
Captain F. N. Fisher, United Service Club, Whitehall
George Howell, Esq., Finchley-common
George Hayes, Esq., Vincent-villa, Finchley-common
Robert Henry Lindham, Esq., 8, New-street, Dorset-square
Alexander James Geddes, Esq., Parade, Thames Bank.
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. Halpin, Esq.
Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq.
William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq.
Chairman George Freeman, Esq.
Major Lindam, R.H. George Godfrey, Esq.
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq.
F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Whishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook T.odge

_
Hendon, and Adelphi. -
ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, Esq., 10, Gray's Ins-square.
BANKERS—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths,
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street
G. P. Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square.
LOCAL AGENTS. _ _

Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Fine,hley
John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone.
Messrs. Tatham and Son, solicitors, Highgate

Thomas Weeks, Esq., solicitor, Tottenham

This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected
town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great
Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern
and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten-
ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon-
don and York Railways.
The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet-
stone, Totteridge, llighwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finchley, Holder's Hill,
Hendon, Burrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon,
Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green. Holsdon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne
Green, Maida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch
End, Hornsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton,
Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap-
ton, Highbury, Holloway, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham,
Bow, Bromley, Bethnal Green, Limehouse, Heston, Homerton,
Hackney, Shacklewell, Dalston, Islington, St. Pancras, Shoreditch,
Blackwall, Euston-square, Paddington, Kensington, Hammersmith,
Brompton, Fulham, Chelsea, Scc. ; connecting those places with the
varjous railways named, and all those south of the river Thames.
The distance frona the town of Barnet to the station of the London
and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will be
15 miles.

The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten-
ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be I I miles ; and
the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 494 miles. From the
junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 934
miles • from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Hendon), on the proposed
Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern
and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 6% miles.
There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance.
The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp-
stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow
the valley of the river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus
the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan
line of railway, for thAbove reason, and because it will pass through
an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large
collections of houses and buildings.
" •

Upon the completion of this railway, a large and daily-increasing
population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses,
will be largely benefited, and land and agricultural produce, hitherto
afiording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad-
rupled in value.
The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too,
will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend-
ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who
may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of
the trunk lincs now contemplated.

An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may
be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following sources,
amongst others :-
1. From the conveyance of passengers.
2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise Prom the City and
Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this
line, avoiding the delay and excessive cost of conveyance through
London ; also from the conveyance of cattle, &c., more particularly
during the period of the large Barnet fairs.
3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fuel,
and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense
of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grieve,. evi..
The Committee el Management receive to themselves the power
of adopting, upon t his line, locomotive power, or Presser's Railway
guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed erpedicnt.
Applications for Shares in the form annexed ;aril, oremuni-
cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Care
pany), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Offices
of the Company, 69, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to the Joint
Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, and G. P
Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square; or to Messrs. Sparks and Clark,
3, Bartholomew-lane ; Messrs. W. and H. R. Cox, Share-brokers,
16, Throgmorton-street ; I. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham; Charles
0. Net . Esq., 15, St. Ann's-square, Manchester; Mr. Landford,
Exeter; John Wells, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; and
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oaster, Leeds.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
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To the Previsional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of
201. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake 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.
Name in full . ••••••••••••••••••••. 000000 •••
Residence ••••
Trade or Profession .. • • ...... ......... .........
Name, Residence, and Profession or Trade of Referee..

Date :.

BARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a public meeting of the inhabitants of Barnet and Its vicinity,
convened by a requisition, numerously signed and duly published,
held at the Victoria Hall, Union-street, Barnet, the 17th day of
September instant,
JOHN HEY PUGET, Esq., of Totterldge, in the Chair ;
It was proposed by J. SPENCER, Esq , seconded by the Rev. J. D.
THOMPSON, and carried unanimously—
That it is the opinion of this meeting that a direct railway commu-
nication between the northern districts of the Metropolis and the
town of Barnet is of vital importance to its prosperity, and is now
imperatively called for.
It was proposed by BENJAMIN Sams, Esq., and seconded by
Mr. JonN HOPEWELL, and resolved unanimously-
2. That this meeting having duly considered the prospectus and
map of the line of the proposed Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, and on comparing ,the same with the other pro-
jected lines, does most unhesitatingly declare that the proposed Barnet
and North Metropolitan Junction Railway will afford to the town
greater advantages than any line of railway hitherto proposed to
come in the vicinity of Barnet, it being the only one which will afford
to the residents of the town the advantage of a station, and that it
deserves the support of the inhabitants and all others having an in-
terest in Barnet and its vicinity ; and that a petition be presented in
favour of the line immediately upon the assembling of the Houses of
Parliament ; and this meeting pledges itself to further the views of
the Company, and resolves that a Committee be appointed to promote
the object and secure the interest of the town of Barnet.
That the Committee consist of
Benjamin Smith Esq.
Mr. John Hopewell
Mr. George Bower
Mr. James Hill
Mr. James Cooper
With power to add to their number.
It was proposed by the Rev. ALEXANDER STUART, and sliconded by
J. SPENCER, Esq., and resolved unanimously-
3. That the thanks of the meeting be tendered to the Hon. F. H. F.
Berkeley, the Chairman, and the Deputy-Chairman, and the other
members of the deputation from the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway Company, for the able manner in which they
have laid before the meeting the project of the Company.
It was proposed by WILLIAM HILL, Esq., and seconded by W. W.
lIOLPEN, Esq., and carried unanimously-
4. That a vote of thanks be tendered to John Hey Puget, Esq., for
his impartial and able conduct in the chair.

Mr. Brunt
Mr. Spencer
Rev. Alexander Stuart
Rev. John Dawson Thompson

BARNET and NORTH METROPOLITAN
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Applications for Shares in
this undertaking will be received after SATURDAY, the 4th October
next

By order of the Committee of Management,
EDWARD ELKINS,
G. P. HILL, 1 Joint Solicitors.
59 Newman-street. Sept. 25, 1845.

PORT of WISBECH, PETERBOROUGH
BIRMINGHAM, and MIDLAND COUNTIES UNION
RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 300,0001., in Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. ss. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription.