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• sources, trade, and commerce, to none in the empire, bringing them
more nearly and immediately in contact with London and Dublin
than has hitherto been thought possible. This project is wholly in-
dependent of any other Use already before the publie, and as it pos-
sesses national advantages which none can surpass, must, when
carried out, become, without exception, the most important railway
in Great Britain.
One of the first objects of this Company will he to obtain a mcst
central and accessible terminus in London, and Farringdon-street has
been fixed upon for that purpose.
It is proposed to make a tunnel from that point to the Great West-
ern station, from whence the line will be continued in as direct a
course as possible to llolyhead.
In its progress it will pass through or near to the following towns :
Rlckmansworth, Chesham, Wendover, and Aylesbury ; it will then
proceed to within a short distance of Bleat ter itml.Deddington, and
from thence to Banbury ; it will touch upon Kineton or Kingtown,
thence proceed onwards to Stratford-on• Avon, approach within a
short distance from Warwick, Alcester, and Worcester, where it will
cross the Birmingham and Gloucester Railroad near to Bromsgrove,
and proceeding thence to Kids'erminster, Rridgnorth, and Wenlock,
near to Broseley and Coalbrookdale, will enter the vale of the Severn,
which it will traverse to Shrewsbury ; it will thence continue its
route up the course of the Severn, and passing into the vale of the
river Vyrnwy, will proceed to Llan-y-mynech, Llanrhaladr, and
Mochnant, accommodating Welchpool, Oswestry, and Llangollen.
At this point there are three passes, which have been inspected, and
it remains for the Engineer to select one as an entrance or passage
into the vale of the river Dec, when the line will proceed round by
Corwin into the vale of the river Alwen, from whence it will runt
nearly pa,,allel with the great Holyhead mail-coach road, by Pentre-
voelas to Capel Cerrig, it will then descend the vale of Nant Francon
to Bangor and Hothead.
This line will in its progress feed, and be also fed by the most
considerable railroads of the kingdom, particularly those of the Great
Western ; the Birmingham, Gloucester, and Bristol ; the Oxford,
Worcester, and Wolverhampton; the London and Birmingham;
and the South Staffordshire Railway. As this last line will connect
Dudley, hllston, Wednesbury, Walsall, and Litchfield with the
Derby Railway and the Grand Junction Railway, (see the accom-
panying snap), it would be superfluous to expatiate on the advan-
tages et bringing all these most important centres of the coal and
iron trade and other traffic, and the vast coal and iron fields of
Shropshire, into close intercourse, and thus establishing the
cheapest and quickest means of transit between the minerals of
Shropshire and the furnaces of Staffordshire, and the markets of
Dublin, London, and Birmingham. The success of the un-
dertaking is secured beyond a doubt, by the obvious fact that
it will not only bring he richest mineral and manufacturing
portions of England much nearer to the two capitals, but
It will open for the carriage of the valuable produce of these
districts the intermediate country not at present possessed of
any direct line of railway communication. On the other hand, the
Grand London and Dublin Approximation Railway will give to
London and the neighbourhood of Birmingham a route to Dublin
shorter by nearly seventy miles than that of any other existing rail-
road; and finally, enable travellers to complete the entire distance
in tell hours.
It will also ensure two mail deliveries in the day.

Up to the point where the line approaches Corwen, no engineering
difficulties are presented. At Corwen a deviation from the straight
line may by requisite to avoid tunnelling, after which a straight line
will be resumed to Bangor, where that already in construction will
be adopted for the rest of the route to Holyhead ; or, If found, de-
sirable, power will be taken in the Bill to continue an independent
line by Beaumaris to Holyhead.
After a careful investigation of the traffic arising from passengers,
the conveyance of mineral and agricultural produce, and the direct
transmission of the mails, the Directors feel warranted in anticipating
a return of at least 10 per cent.% the capital invested.
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A treaty is in progress with a Steam Navigation Company to run
powerful steamers between the harbours of Holyhead and Kingston
on the arrival of the trains, so that passengers and merchandise may
be booked throughout, from London to Dnblin, including all the inter-
mediate stations, and he thus enabled to complete the entire distance
in ten honrs, without the inconvenience so painfully felt, of changing
from the conveyance of one proprietary to that of another. The
Railways now in active progress in Ireland, running from Dublin,
north and south throughout the heart of the island, render it self-
evident that the chain of communication between the sister coun-
tries Is, by this present undertaking, rendered at once complete
and intimate to the last degree. As the leading aim of this
company is to save time and distance, every attention of the
Directors, and every advancement in science, will be made avail-
able to gain the utmost possible amount of speed, compatible with
safety, the lines being formed expressly for this end ' • while, finally,
the very lowest rate of fares will be adopted for both passengers and
traffic, and the public will find in the improvement of the interior
carriages, and some additional comforts for those of the first-class,
that the Grand London and Dnblin Approximation Railway will be
placed in advance of any other now existing, and In all its details will
be rendered worthy an enterprise so national in its character.

Application will be made for a Bill to incorporate the Company
early in the next session. The usual power will he taken by the Act
to allow interest at 4/. per cent. per annum on the amount of the
subscriptions paid up ; and no subscriber will be answerable for more
than the amount of his deposit until the Act be obtained, and then
not beyond the amount of his subscription.
Applications ier Shares may be made in the subjoined form to,
the following Solicitors, Brokers, and Agents :—Messrs. Cameron
and Bains, 18, r:Alament-street, and Mr. Roder Mortimer,
Throgmorton-street, London; B. R. Pemberton, Esq., Atherton-
buildings, Wm. Kerl, Esq., and Messrs. Schultz and Carr, Liverpool;
Mr. J. R. Lane, Birmingham ; James Jamieson, Esq., Leeds ; Messrs.
Cardwell and Sons, Manchester; Mr. James Butchart, Huddersfield;
Messrs. J. and J. ICimpster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Mr. Hervey,
Halifax; Wir. Lee, Esq., Cheltenham; R. P. Clark, Esq., Bristol;
Messrs. Graystone and Earl, York; Honry Beaumont, Esq., Exeter ;
Messrs. 3lunro and Co., 44, George-street, Edinburgh; Charles
Jouper, Esq., 1, Parkside-street, Edinburgh James Jardine, Esq.,
Glasgow; Wm. Oliphait, Esq., Perth; and Messrs. Labertouche
and Stafford IMblin.
FORM OF APPLICATION.

To the Provisional Directors of the Giand London and Dublin Ap-
proximation Railway Company.
Gentlemen,— I request you will allot me shares of 501.
each in the above undertaking, and I hereby agree to accept the
same, or any less number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the
deposit thereon, and sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers'
Agreement when required

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THE OGMORES and GARW VALES and
PORT of CARDIFF UNION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 360,0001., in 18,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Viscount Adare, M.P. Dunraven-park, Glamorganshire
Viscount Ingestre, M.P. Brompton-park, and Ingestre-park, Staf-
fordshire
The Hen. William Gore, Wilton-crescent
The Hon. Henry Gage, Whitehall, and Firle, Sussex
Richard Price, Esq. M.P., Radnorshire
Sir John Osborn, Bart. Fulham
Sir George Prescott, Batt Theobald's, Herts
Henry A. Bruce, Esq. Duffryn-house, Cardiff
William Bradley, Esq. Manor-oaks, Sheffield
Edward Cotton, Esq. Keppell-street, Russell-square
Major Morse Cooper, Henley-on-Thames
John Whitlock Nichol Came, Esq. D.C.L. Diralands-house, Glamor-
ganshire
Richard Dutton, Esq. Herne-hill, Camberwell
Captain Dawson, R.N. Barnes
Rev. H. R. Fowler, Manchester-square, London
Rev. Thomas Gronow, Brompton-square, and Court Herbert, Gla-
morganshire
John James, Esq. Brunswick-square
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. director of the Great Manchester, Rugby,
and Southampton Railway
Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq. Manchester-square, London
Richard Kelly, Esq. Cleveland-row, St. James's
Griffith Llewellyn, Esq. Baglan-hall, Glamorganshire
James Morrison, Esq, St. Mary-at. hill, London
F. Meymott, Esq. Inner Temple
Evan Pritchard, Esq. Collena, Glamorganshire
William S. Potter, Esq, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
John Randall, Esq. Old Castle, Bridgend, Glamorganshire
Richard Lewis Reece, Esq. Cardiff
Major Jelf Sharpe, Twickenham
George Skelton, Esq. Hyde-park-street, London
Archibald Spens, Esq. Manor-house, Invereske, N.B.
Philip Vauthan, Esq. Brecon
Major Waller, St, James's-square
William Gilbertson, Esq. Baglan, Glamorganshire
Captain Hewett, Tyr Ma Ellis, Glamorganshire
(With power to add to their number).
STANDING COUNSEL—E. L. Richards, Esq.
SOLICITOR—W. B. James, Esq. 5, Basinghall-street, London.
BANKERS.

Messrs. Weston and Young
Glamorganshire Banking Company, Neath and Swansea
Messrs. Toogood and Co. Cardiff
National Provincial Bank, Bridgend and Cardiff.
Acripto ENGINEER—CharIes Edward Bernard, Esq.
SECRETARY, pro tem.—W. D. Logic, Esq.
The vales of the Ogwr or Ogmore Fawr, and of the Garw, lying
near and nearly parallel to each other, abound in minerals of the
most valuable description, but owing to their secluded situation, and,
above all, to the want of a cheap and easy communication with the
sea, have been hitherto wholly neglected.
In order to supply this deficiency, and to open to the various
markets the vast resources which these valleys afford, the above
connecting lines of railway have been projected, and by them com-
munication with the port of Cardiff, Port Talbot, Porthcawl, and
every other port in the Bristol Channel, will be effected.
The length of the main line of this railway will be about IS miles,
and the branches up the three valleys will be 16 miles in addition,
making in the whole about 34 miles.
The branches will commence from Rlaenogwr, In the vale of Ogwr
Fawr, from Blaenogwr, in that of the Gawr, from Blaenogwr, in the
vale of the Ogwr, and will concentrate at Bryn Cethin ; from
thence the main line formed by thisjunctionwill pass by Llanharren,
and join the South Wales Railway near to the port of Cardiff.
The whole district of country thnugla which the lines will pass has
already been surveyed by highly competent parties, and affords gra-
dients and levels of the most favourable kind. No heavy cutting,
expensive bridges, or embankments, will be required, so that the
cheap execution of the proposed lines is perfectly certain. There is
on the spot abundance of materials for the proper execution of the
works. The project is supported by powerful local interests, and all
the landowners who have yet been consulted have given their sanc-
tion and approval.
The rising town of Bridgend and its neighbourhood must necessa-
rily be greatly benefited by the completion of this undertaking, and a
cheap and ready market be afforded for all their manufacturing and
agricultural produce. It is intended to form a junction with the
South Wales Railway near that town.
The vales present sites for ironworks ; and the establishment of
colleries on a large scale will Immediately succeed the formation of
the road. Twenty-five miles of this railway will pass through pro-
perty abounding in coal, ironstone, blackband, and limestone, all
which products have not at present any means of transit to any mar-
ket whatever.
It Is confidently anticipated that the investments in this under-
taking will give a handsome return to the shareholders.
No subscriber will be answerable beyond the amount of his deposit
until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond the amount of his sub-
scription.
Until an Act of Parliament shall be obtained the affairs of this
Company shall be under the control of the Managing Committee, to
whom power is given to allot the shares, and to apply the funds of
the Company in payment of all the expenses incurred In its forma-
tion, and in the preparation of the plans and sections to be submitted
to Parliament.
Power will be applied for in the Act to raise any additional capi-
tal, to extend or abandon any part of the line, to make branch lines,
or enter into any arrangements, by amalgamation or otherwise,
with any otht r Company ; and power is hereby given to the regis-
tered promoters to nominate the Managing Committee of the
Company.
In the allotment of shares a preference will be given to landowners
on the line, and to other parties locally interested.
Prospectuses and maps may be had of, and applications for shares
may be addressed, in the form annexed, to W. 13. James, Esq. soli-
citor, 5, Basinghall-street, London, at the temporary Offices of the
Company; anti at those of the undermentioned brokers; but no ap-
plications for shares will receive the attention of the Committee
unless accompanied by a reference to one or more of the Provisional
Committee or solicitor:—
London—Messrs. John Shewell and Son, 25, Tokenhouse-yard ;
Messrs. J. Peppercorne and Co., 2, Old Broad-street.
Liverpool—Messrs. Boult and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese
Leeds—Messrs. John Young and Co.
Bristol—Luke Arnold, Esq. ; Messrs. Tate and Nash
Birmingham—Mr. Collis
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sons
Glasgow—Messrs. Cockburn and Co.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHIRES:
To the Provisional
Port Commofittee of the Ogmores and Garw Vales and
Cardiff Union Railway.
Gentlemen,—I request that you will allot to me shares of
201. each in this Company, and I undertake to accept the same, and
to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be al •
lotted to me ; and I hereby undertake to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and Subscribers' Agreement
inthll when required.
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dr RE AT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and
ENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RA
COMPANY.
Offices, 53, Charing-cross, Oct. 20, 1845.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Chairman—The Earl of Devon.
Deputy-Chairmen—Henry Pownall, Major Jelf Sharp
Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq. Geo. Jas. Stredwick Camden, Esq.
William Sprott Boyd, E. Charles Downes, Esq.
Thomas Bramall, Esq. James Montgomery, Esq.
John Chevallier Cobbold, Esq. The Hon. Colonel Phipps
George Cooper, ,Esq.
Frederick Thompson, Esq.
Notice is hereby given, that the lists are closed, and that no further
applications for shares in this Company can be received. The al-
lotment is being proceeded with, and the letters will be issued as
early as possible.
By order,

ENRY MOREING, Secretary.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
3IIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
From Nottingham to Syston.
(Provisionally Registered.)
A-prospectus, with the names of a most influential Committee, and
other detall9, will appear in a few days. The line will connect the
Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mansfield Junction, with the
South Midland Railway.

SOLICITORS.
William Unwin, Esq, ; William Bickley, Esq. Sheffield.
LONDON AGENTS.
Messrs. Thompon and Debenham, Salters'-hall, St. Swithin's-lane

THE AVON and SEVERN VALLEY RAIL-
WAY, from RUGBY to GLOUCESTER,
Connecting Leamington and the whole of the Midland and North
Eastern Counties with Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the
South of England.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit, 2/. 28. per Share.
No further call will be made until an Act of Parliament is obtained,
and no party will lie liable beyond the amount of his shares.
__PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Right lion. the Lord Beauclerc,-8, Chesham-place, Belgrave-
square
The lion. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Belgrave-square
The Hon. Captain E. Freke, Life Guards, 3, Belgrave-square
Sir Montague John Cholmeley, Bart., Easton-hall, Lincolnshire
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart., Director of the Chepstow, Forest
of Dean, and Gloucester, and the South and Midland Junction
Railway
Sir Robert H. Schomburgk, New Kensington, Surrey, Chairman of
the Barbadoes General Railway
Joseph Yorke, Esq. Forthampton Court, Tewkesbury, late High
Sheriff of Gloucestershire, and magistrate far the counties of Wor-
cester and Gloucester
John Williams Martin, Esq. Twyning, near Tewkesbury, Magistrate
for the counties of Worcester and Gloucester
Colonel J. Taylor, Cheltenham, Magistrate for the counties of Wor-
cester and Gloucester
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Alderman of Lou-
don, late M.P. for Oxford, Chairman of the Erewash Valley Ex-
tension, the Leek and Macclesfield, the Great Western, Southern
and Eastern Counties, and of the, Birkenhead, Chester, Mold,
Rhaubon, and Vale of Llangollen Railways
William Bradley, Esq., Manor-oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln Extension, and the Lincoln, York, and Leeds

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Juneßon Railways
Bonjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hydwark-street, and
Brookes' Club, St. James's, Director of tke West Midland, and
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Manchester and Southampton Railways
Villiers C. Vibiers Surtees, Esq., Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Director of

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the Newcastle, Durham, and Lancashire Railway
William Lloyd Caldecot, Esq., 6, Laura-place, Bath
William Breynton, Esq., Montpellier, Cheltenham, and Temple,
London, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth, and other
Railways
H. IL Dancocks, Esq., the Manor-house, Kempley, Gleucestershir,
Director of the Birmingham, West Bromwich, and Wednesbury,
and Walsall Junction Railways
James Maurice Shipton, Esq., R.N., Walmer-hall, near Tewkesbury,
Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce at Gloucester, and Vice-
Consul of Russia at that port
Richard Hodges Carter, Esq., Gloucester, late Mayor ef the City of
Gloucester, and Deputy-Chairman of the Gloucester and Forest of
Dean Railway
Samuel Hitch, Esq., M.D., Gloucester
Charles F. Thornley, Esq., merchant, Bristol
Corsellus Brady, Esq., Aston-house, Erdington, Warwickshire
Paris Dick, Esq., M.D., Forthampton, Tewkesbury
George Smith, Esq., Prestbury, near Cheltenham
Thomas C. Avery, Esq., Gloucester
Caleb Trotter, Esq., ditto
Arthur H. Jenkins, Esq., Alderman of Gloucester
W. H. Evans, Esq., merchant, Gloucester Directors of the
Charles F. Cliffe, sq., Gloucester Worcester, Here-
Edward L. Kendall, Esq., merchant, ditto r ford, and Glouees-
Robert Beane, Esq., merchant, ditto 1 ter Railway
Charles Walker, Esq., merchant, ditto
Henry Fox, Esq., merchant, ditto
Edward J. Woodhouse, Esq., merchant, ditto,
John Sadds, Esq., Abbot'a-court, Twyning and Tewkesbury
Aaron Goold Bilsome, Esq., Forest ef Dean, Director of the East and
Wcst of England, and the Worcester and South Wales Railways
Wm. Monsley, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Medlicott, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
John George Norbury, Esq., Great Cumberland-street, Hyde-park,
and Mancetter-house, Atherstone, Director of the Teen and Dove
Valley, South Staffordshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
William Horatio Harrison, Esq., Sunbury, Director of the Leicester
and Tamworth, and South Staffordshire Junction Railways
George Frederic Gregory, Esq., Seacombe, Cheshire, Director of the
Staffordshire and Shropshire, the Grand Junction and Midlands
Union, and Dover and Bristol Railways
John Campbell Dickers, Esq., Newhall, Cheshire, Director of the
Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction, and the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Junction Railways
George Unett, Esq., the Laurels, Handsworth, Staffordshire,
Director of the Birmingham, Lichfield, and Manchester, and
Dover and Bristol Railways
Major White, Pall-mall, London, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway
Lewis Hoffmann, Esq., Reading, Berkshire, and Inner Temple,
London, Director of the Nottingham and South Staffordshire, and
the Dover and Bristol Railways
Walter Unett, Esq., Captain 3d Light Dragoons, Director of the
Dover and Bristol; and Grand Trunk Railways
Thomas Wakefield, Esq., London, Director of the Dover and Bristol
Railway
Edward Augustus Lamb, Esq., Westfield, Battle, Sussex, Director of
the Staffordshire, and Shropshire, and Dover and Bristol Railways
William Byrom, Esq., Oldham, Director of the Oldham Districts, the
London, Bristol, and South Wales Direct, the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London, the Birkenhead and Holyhead, and the Liverpool,
Preston, and North Union Railways
William Caldwell, Esq., Ince-hall, Wigan, Director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, the Lancaster and York, and the Staffordshire
Potteries Railways
henry Taylor, Esq., Alderman of Wigan, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Direct, and the York and Lancaster, and other Railways
Charles Collins, Esq., Caldwell-hall, Worcesterehire, and Adelaide-
place, London-bridge, Director of the Southern and Eastern, and
Northern Jamaica, and the Irish West Coast Railways
John Bird, Esq., Dines Mowddy, North Wales
W. R. Watts, Esq., M.D., Birmingham, Director of the Lincoln and
Great Grimsby, the Dover and Bristol, and the Birmingham, West
Bromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction Railways
Edward Shilton, Esq., Bath-cottage, Handsworth, Staffordshire
George Edwards, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Birmingham,
Lichfield, and Manchester, and the Birmingham, Westbromwich,
Wednesbury, and Walsall Railways
Thomas Byrom, Esq., Wigan, Director of the Liverpool and Leeds
Direct, the York ad Lancaster, the Liverpool and Bolton Direct,
and the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield Junction Railways

Henry Spicer, Escr.; 28, Portman -square, Director of the London and

Exeter, and other Railways
W. Drury Holden, Esq., 10, Green-street, Grosvenor-square. and
Locko-park, Derbyshire, Director of the Lichfield and Macclesfield
Railway
Capt. Gould, Charles-street, St. James's
Samuel Kempson, Esq., Little Sutton, near Birmingham, Director of

the Birminghani, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Railway
Edwin Smith, Esq., 51, Great Ormond-street, London, Director of the
Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peterborough Railway
Robert Grove, Esq., Edgbaston, Birmingham, Director of the Bir-
mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction
Railway.
Edward Canning, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Thomas Ashmead Perry, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Hayward, Esq. Newtoun-cottage, Stratford-upon-Avon
William Hunter, Esq. Leamington, director of the Direct Western,
and the Rugby and Manchester Railways
John Burgess, Esq. St. James's-square, Manchester
James Beech, Esq. Brandon-lodge, near Coventry
Henry Scott, Esq. 17, Pall-mall, London
Thomas Henry Starr, Esq. M.D. Leamington
I►. W. Griffith, Esq. Bodegroes, Carnarvonshire, late High Sheriff of
the County of Merioneth, and director of the Cheltenham, Oxford,
and London Junction, and other Railways
William Fenton, Esq. Chatham-place, Blackfriars, director of the
Hull, Sheffield, and Midland Direct Railway
John James Rippon, Esq., Ealing, Middle-ex, director of the Bir-
mingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction

Railway
Lodge Morres Murray Prior, Esq. Coventry, director of the Dublin,
Tullamore, and Parsonstown, Dover and Bristol, Dundalk and

Sligo, and other railways
C. H. Jagger, Esq. Handsworth, Staffordshire, director of the Ips-
wich and Southampton, and the Lynn, Wisbeach, and Peter-

borough Railways
Captain Thomas Ross, 58, Porchester-terrace, director of the Dover

and Bristol Railway
dames Up/111, Esq. the Green, Bromyard, director of the Dover
and Bristol, Staffordshire and Shropshire, and other Railways
John Johnson, Esq. R.N., Edgbaston, Birmingham, director of the
Birmingham, Westbromwich, Wednesbury, and Walsall Junction,
and the Dudley, Madeley, Brosely, and Ironbridge Railway
William Henry Collis, Esq. llandsworth, Staffordshire -
George Worgan, Esq. director of the Goote and Doncaster Railway
Joseph Turner, Esq. Stratford-upon-Avon
Samuel Haines, Esq. Edgbaston, near Birmingham, director of the
Dover and Bristol, and other Railways
William Spooner, Esq., London, director of the South Staffordshire

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Junction Railway
Thomas Spencer, Esq., Earl Milton, director of the Wolverhampton,
Walsall, and Atherstone Railway
ENGINEER.
William Henry Smith, Esq., C.E.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Lewis and Ford, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London
W. 11. Reece, Esq., Birmingham.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Benn, Rugby
William Tibbits, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
Anthony Sproule, Esq., Tewkesbury
Edwin Pollard, Esq., Gloucester
Messrs. Russell, Leamington.
BANKERS—Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., element's-lane, London.
SECRETARY—Iienry Brookes, Esq.

The proposed railway will commence at Rugby, on the London
and Birmingham Railway, the terminus of the Midland Counties
and Trent Valley Railways, and the paint to which several other
projected railways converge, and will proceed through er near to
Leamington, Warwick, Stratford-on-Avon, Evesham, Tewkesbury,
and Cheltenham, to Gloucester. The length of the line will be
about 56 miles.
The advantages that will result from the construction of this line
are numerous and highly important, and such as cannot fail to secure
a very large amount of local and through traffic, and a highly-re-
munerative return upon the capital invested. By means of existing
and proposed railways, it will form a complete chain of railway com-
munication between the whole of
sea midland and north-eastern
counties ofEngland, the populous citi nd towns before-named, and
the southern aad western districts, and thus bring Leicester Not-
tingham, Newark, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Great Grimsby, and Hull,
into direct communication with the favourite and fashionable spas of
Leamington and Cheltenham, the richly-productive and far-famed
Vale of Evesham, and the seaports of Gloucester, Bristol, Plymouth,
and Falmouth, and those of South Wales.
The inhabitants and visitors of the much-frequented watering-
places of Leamington and Cheltenham will thus obtain a direct line
between those resorts, instead of the present circuitous route through
Birmingham, affording that facility of intercommunication which
has long been ardently desired; and it will also afford the utmost fa-
cility of access to the innumerable visitors who, attracted as well by
the beauty of the scenery as the memory of Shakspeaa*e, annually
resort to Stratford-on-Avon.
To those passengers from the east and north-east, direct to
Gloucester, the line from Tewkesbury, cutting off the angle of the
Birmingham and Gloucester Railway to Cheltenham, will afford a
great accommodation, and a saving in distance of at least eight miles,
besides the delay of the stoppage at Cheltenham.
At Tewkesbury it will also form a junction with the proposed line
from that place to Malvern, affording the most direct communication
to the numerous visitors to the magnificent scenery and invigorating
atmosphere of the celebrated Malvern-hills.
To the inhabitants of the ancient and populous borough of Tewkes •
bury this portion of the proposed line will prove immensely advan-
tageous ; situated within ten miles of the important city and port of
Gloucester, they have nevertheless to travel by the present railway
route nearly twice that distance, an inconvenience which has
already materially affected the trade, and prejudiced the interests of
the town. The proposed line, running close to the town, will remove
this great inconvenience, and restore its trade to its former state of
prosperity.
The value of this line to the city and port of Gloucester cannot
be too highly estimated, as it will not only open to it immense
sources of traffic from the whole of the eastern and north-eastern
counties, but will very materially lessen the distance between it
and Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and South Staffordshire, making
Gloucester still more securely the nearest and most accessible outlet
for the whole of that immensely productive manufacturing region,
and it is impossible to conceive any project better calculated to
advance the interests of Gloucester, than one capable of effecting
that object.
Ths line will also form an important junction between the London
and Birmingham and Midlands Railways, and the Bristol and
Gloucester Railway, and constitute the highway for the traffic of the
former, and of all the north-eastern railways, to the proposed Man-
chester and Southampton Railway at Cheltenham ; and the through
traffic from the latter source alone is expected to be very great.
It will thus have the effect of connecting the ports of the eastern
and north-eastern with those of the western and southern coasts ;
of affording the most direct and convenient access from the north
and east to the vast mineral regions of South Wales, and of opening
new markets for the rich products of the fertile valleys of the Avon
and Severn, and the agricultural districts of Warwickshire and Wor•
cestershire, in the manufacturing towns and ports of the north.
the line will be easy of construction, traversing, as it does, through
nearly its whole length, the valleys of the Avon and Severn. The
towns through which it will run are very populous, and the country
of the richest description ' • and the local traffic will consequently be
very great in addition to the through traffic, which on such a line
must necessarily be very extensive.
The Provisional Committee reserve to themselves the power to
amalgamate with any other company as to the whole or any part of
the line, and to vary or extend the line, and to increase or diminish
the capital accordingly, if deemed expedient.
The capital proposed to he raised is 1,000,000!., in shares of 201.,
each, upon which a deposit of 2!. 2s. per share must be paid upon
allotment.
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be required: to be duly executed when the bankers' receipts are ex-
changed for certificates of scrip, of which due notice will be given
and the deposits paid by persons making default in due execution of
the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamentary Contract within the
time to be limited by such notice, will be absolutely forfeited.
Forms of application for shares, prospectuses, and a map of the
line, may be obtained from the Solicitors, or the Secretary, at the
Offices of the Company, 28, Essex-street, Strand, London, or item
any of the undermentioned Sharebrokers ; but no application will be
attended to unless accompanied by a reference to one of the Provi-
sional Committee, the Solicitors, or a Banker :
London—Mr. A. Syria, Tokeuhouse-yard
~irmingham—Mr. Duncan Smith
neon Mr Eliezer Edwards, Bedford-street
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Bat •T. E. Bath—Mr. Mr E Evans, MilsoM-street
Gloucester—Mr. J. N. Hearne, King-street
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash and Mr. W, 11, Land
Stratford-on-Avon -lie.
William Bolton
Liverpool—Messrs. Pownal and Worthington, and Mr. William Kerl
Manchester—Mr. John Barlow, Messrs. Cardwell and Son, and Henry
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Woodhouse
Leeds-418ii1 , Robinson and Furley

Leicester—Messrs. Elgood and Harrison.
Hull—Mr. S. Phillips
Glasgow—Mr. J. D. Sheppari, Buchanan-street
Cheltenham—Mr. Lea
Wolverhampton—Mr. Bannister.
THE AVON AND SEVERN VALLEY RAILWAY.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Avon and Severn Valley

Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l reqUest that you will allot to me shares
of 201. each in the above Company; and I hereby undertake to ac-
cept the same, or any smaller number, and to pay the deposit of
21. 2s. per share thereon, and to execute the Parliamentary Con-
tract and the Subscribers' Agreement.when required, •
Dated this day of r , 1845.

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GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY OF
. FRANCE.
'S COP
The holders of En(gIishLAFFITE allotments MwhoANY. hav) e not received the
Circular Report of the Directors, dated 17th instant, may receive a
copy of it by applying at the office, No. 62, King William-street,
City. The forms are ready, which require to be signed for the pur-
pose of receiving the constituted shares, together with the amount of
the surplus of the deposits.
18th October, 1845. ED. AIME, Sec.

NORTHERN RAILWAY OF FRANCE.
DECAY-LEBE (IF'S COMPANY.
The holders of the Certificates of Detan-Lebeufs Company are re-
quested to bring them to this office on or after FRIDAY next, the 24th
inst., between the hours of ten and three o'clock. in order that a
further return of 2/. per share may be made, and their signature ob-
tained to the transfers prescribed by the United Company, to whom
the concession has been made.

These transfer paicrs;lllihen be transmitted to Paris, and ex-
changed for the certificates of the constituted shares of Rothschild's
Company, of the issue of which due notice will be given.

By order,
EDWARD FILDER, Secretary.
7, Tokenhonse-yard, Landon, Oct. 18, 1845.

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
ATHLONE AND SLIGO JUNCTION
RAILWAY.
(Being an Extension of the DnWin and Galway Railway.)
FIRST DIVISION—ATHLONE TO ROSCO3IMON.
Capital 200,000/, in 10,000 Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21. per Share.
(No Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.)
MANAGING COMMITTEE.
Fltzstephen French, Esq. M.P. Chairman
Right Hon. Lord De Freyne
William Ormsby Gore, Esq. M.P.
The Dean of Elphin
Hugh Barten, Esq. Straffen, county Kildare
Sir Joseph Burke, Bart. Fairfield
John Vance, Esq. Merrion-square, Dublin
Robert Henry French, Esq. Rutland-square, Dublin
Hamilton Gorges, Esq. Leeson-street
Henry Maunsell, Esq. Landsend, county Dublin
Richard Burton, Esq. county Dublin
John Parkinson, Esq. F.1%.8. 80, Cambridge-terrae4 Hyde-park
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq. the Grove, Stanmore, Middleiiex
Patrick A'exander Reynolds, Esq. 23, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park,
and 16, Cornhill
John Campbell, Esq. Danesfield, county Dublin Directors of the
Daniel H. Ferrall, Esq. Beechwood
Irish Great Western
R. Pennefather Lloyd, Esq. Herbert-place, (Dublin to Galway).
Dublin,

ENGINEER—Sir John Macneill, LL.D. F.R.S.
BANKERS.
The London Joint-Stock Bank, Princess-street, London
Messrs. Barred and Co., Liverpool
The Bank of Ireland, and the National Bank of Ireland, and their
branches.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Barrington, Sen, and Co. 10, Ely-place, Dublin
Mr. Peter M`Keogh, 5, Belvidere-place, Dublin
Messrs. Fladgate, Young, and Jackson, 12, Essex-street, Strand,
London.

PARLIAMENTARY AGENT.
William Bryden, Esq. 4, New Palace-yard, Westminster.
SECRETARY—Robert Plunkett, 48, Dame-street. Dublin.
LoNnos: AGENT—James Bryden, Esq. 19, Moorgate-street, London.

The many and important commercial advantages presented by a
junction line of railway between the north and south of Ireland, give
the promoters of the projected line from Athlone to Sligo, with a
branch to Balm', the most unqualified confidence in its success.

The proposed line, as regards both public interest and private
speculation, will very much surpass any other that has been pro-
jected from Sligo to Dublin—first uniting with the Dublin and Galway
at Athlone, it will pass in a direct line to Sligo, having a branch to
Ballina, thereby affording railway communication to the great fair
and market towns in the counties of Roscommon, Mayo, and Sligo,
and terminating at the important seaport and garrison town of Sligo,
where it will also unite with the line to Enniskillen, and thus form a
junction between the northern, southern, and western lines, opening
a continuous and the most direct railway communication between
the great commercial and manufacturing towns of the province of
Ulster, and the cities of Cork, Limerick, Waterford, and Kilkenny,
and with Galway, and the other large towns and seaports in the
south-east and west of Ireland, and also giving to the counties of
Sligo, Mayo, and Roscommon. a line of railway to the metropolis.
The Athlone and Sligo Junction will receive the Rill support of the
Directors of the Great Southern and Western, and the Dublin and
Galway Railway Companies. Forty miles of the Great Southern and
Western Railway from Dublin to Portarlington are nearly completed,
and will be opened to the public in June next.

At this advanced period of the year the difficulty of complying
strictly with the standing orders of rarliament renders it advisable
to undertake, in the first instance, but one division of the line, viz.,
that from Athlone to Roscommon, being a distance of twenty English
miles • for which purpose a capital of no more than 200,0001. will be
required.

The line from Athlone to Sligo is but seventy-twe miles in length.
It will pass through or near the towns of Knockeroghery (at which
the second largest sheep fair in Ireland is held), Athleague, Mount
Talbot, Itathgar, Roscommon (one of the largest inland markets in
Ireland), Lanesborough, Elphin, Croghan (celebrated fair town),
Freuchpark, Boyle, Castlerea, Ballaghadereen, Ballymote, Tabber-
corry, Colooney, Ballisodere, to Sligo. The preliminary surveys
have been made, and the engineer, Sir John Macneill, reports very
favourably upon the gradients and facilities of construction.

Advantages so important as those referred to cannot fail of giving
the greatest encouragement to a line of railway which must, from
passenger traffic alone, return an ample per centage on the outlay of
capital.

It should also be borne in mind that the proposed junction line
will not only give to the north of Ireland direct and immediate rail-
way communication with the south, east, and west, but will like-
wise open to the great manufacturing towns of Scotland similar ac-
commodation.

Railways having the advantage of foreign traffic as an auxiliary,
are always the most profitable—no projected line could be more op •
portunely circumstanced in that respect than the proposed Grand
Junction, forming, as it will, a link between the northern and
southern railways, It must, independently of local resources, have a
constant stream of passenger traffic from the parent lines at either
end, and eventually be found one of the most profitable, as well as
the most useful, undertakings in Ireland.

Few lines of railway are possessed of greater local advantages.
Sligo, a considerable and rising seaport town on the N. W. coast at

the one extreme, supplies the whole of the interior, as far as Athlone,
with the products of the western world. Its fisheries and that of
the neighbouring coast are amoig the best in Ireland. The salmon
fishery at Ballina, and the deep sea-fishing of Sligo and Inver Bays
would alone yield considerable revenue. .Athlone, at the other
terminus, is a garrison town of the greatest importance, in the very
centre of Ireland, from whence it must be an object to have railway
communication with the garrisons of Boyle and Sligo; there cannot
therefore be a doubt of the line obtaining the entire support of the
Government. _ _

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Roscommon is one of the most fertile counties in Ireland ; it
abounds in agricultural and mineral produce, and has a population of
253,591 inhabitants. Its great fairs are well known—their staple,
the finest horses, horned cattle, sheep, and pigs, in the United King-
dom, will be conveyed by this line to the Dublin and English mar-
kets ; and while the farmers will thus have a ready and cheap means
of transport for his stock to the best markets, he will, in like manner,
be enabled to supply himself with young stock from the fairs of the
quantities of bacon are cured annually
e Roscommon,'of railway
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eCastlerea, Boyle, &c., and it only re-
quires communication to develop the many
industrial resources of the county.
Application for shares to be made to the secretary, 48, Dame-
street, Dublin ; and Messrs. Laurence, Cazenove, and Pearce, Auc-
tion Mart, London.
insouth,
the towns
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FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
ATHLONE AND SLIGO JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital, 200,0001., in Shares of 201. each. First Deposit, 21. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his shares.
Gentlemen,—I request you will allot to me shares in this
undertaking ; and I agree to take the same, or such of them as may
be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit of 21. per share thereon, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated this day of 1845.

Name •• •• •• • •• • •
Residence ••• • • •
Profession or Occupation...— •• • •
Reference Name
Address •• •••••• • • • •
To the Provisional Committee,
48, Dame-street, Dublin.

THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 750,0001., in 37,500 Shares of 2fil. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. each.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington
Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley-on-Thames
Lord A. Cunningham, Mickleham-hall, Dorking
The Hon. Robert Gore, M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Sir James Anticsley, Bart., Albany
Sir llenr. Lambert, Bart. Aston Rowant, Oxon
Sir William Drummond Stewart, hart., illurthley-castle
William Hughes Hughes, Esq. Alderman of London
The Hon. W. M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham, 44, Brookstree
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 150, Piccadilly
Charles Heneage, Esq. Cadley House, Lincolnshire
Major Moore, director of the London and Nottingham Railway
Wood, Esq. Lodge-place, St. John's-wood
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq. Grand Tully Castle
William Stark, Esq. director of the Guarantee Society, Cricklewood,

Middlesex
Benjamin Swan, Esq.
James Macmillan, Esq. Southampton, director of the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Railway
William Pritchard, Esq. High Bailiff of Southwark
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Wyndham-place
Major Jelf Sharpe, Twickenham
Major-General Brooks Parlby, C.B. Rutland-gate, Hyde-park
The Hon. George Dawson Darner, M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane
James Reeves, Esq., Leyton, Essex
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—W.Rider, Eeq.
_ _

Somcirroas—Messrs. Potter and Collingridge, 5, Basinghall-street.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—C. E. Waddy, Esq.
SECKETARy —Charles C. Sanderson, Esq.
BANKERS—The London Joint-Stock Bank.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Windsor .
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Staines ...• ........
Epsom ............
Reigate—George Morrison, Esq.

The Southern Junction Railway is intended to form a communica-
tion between the Great Western Railway at Slough, and the South-
Eastern at Reigate.
It will afford the most easy access through the medium of the
Great Western Railway to the inhabitants of Reading, Maidenhead,
Windsor, Staines, Kingston, Epsom, and the principal intermediate
towns, to Dover, Brighton, Hastings, and the other watering-places
on the coast of Kent and Sussex.
Ireland, Wales, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, and the manu-
facturing districts in the West of England will thus obtain a more
direct, less tedious and expensive communication with the Continent
than by the way of London.
The length of line as proposed will be twenty-seven miles ; and,
after a careffil examination, no engineering difficulty presents itself,
as it runs for more than half the distance on a level, and traverses a
country that must be greatly benefited by this project.
The Company will be in a situation to deposit the Parliamentary
plans and sections in ample time for complying with the standing
orders, and enabling them to apply for an Act in the ensuing
session.

The shortness of the line, and the quantity of passenger and mer-
cantile traffic that the line will command, leaves no doubt of an
ample return for the investment of capital.
Applications for prospectuses and plans may be made, and forms
of applications for shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
Collingridge, solicitors, 5, Basinghall-street ; of the Local Agents;
and of the following gentlemen :
London—Messrs. Peppercome, 2, Old Broad-street

Liverpool—Messrs. Alston and Gage
Manchester—Messrs. Houghland and Leese, and Mr. William Mar.
shall

Hull—Messrs. CoHinson and Flint, and Mr. James Bowden
Leeds—Messrs. Smith and Perfect, and J. Young and Co.

Stratford-on-Avon—Mr. William Bolton
Exeter—Mr. Thomas Sanford

Plymouth—Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer
Binningham—Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright

Glasgow—Messrs. Tassie and Co.
Edinburgh—Messrs. Robertson and Co. and Messrs. Wean=
and Co.

Huddersfield—Messrs. Wilson and liellawell

Worcester—Mr. Thomas Henry Wheeler

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
THE SOUTHERN JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Capital, 750,0101., in 37,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
To the Provisional Committee of the Southern Junction Railway.
Gentlemen.—l request that you will allot to me shares
of 201. ea h in this Company, and I 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 Parliamen-
tary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Name (in fall) ........
Trade or Profession - . • • • • • • • •
Reference .• • ..... . ••• • • • •• • • • •• .•
Address of Referee.. ...... • • ...•

THE DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, and
DEVONPORT RAILWAY.

By Chudleigh, Ashburton, and Buckfastleigh.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110.
Capital, 1,000,0004, in 40,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. Lord Graves, Thanckes, Plymouth
The Right Worshipful the Mayor of Exeter
The Hon. F. H. Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P.
John Stewart, Esq. M.P.
Lieutenant-Colonel Ellis, C.B. Exeter
Lieutenant-Colonel Newell, E.I.C.S. Seaton
William Hole, Esq. Park, Bovey Tracey, Devon
J. B. Dickenson, Esq. 55, Curzon-street, London
Colonel Sir H. Bayly, Burley Villa, Lyme
James Rens Tanner, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter
Edward Spencer Curling, Esq. George-yard, Lombard-street
George Thomas, Esq. Winchester-house, Broad-street, director of
the London and Hounslow Railway Company
Joseph Henry, Esq. South-street, Finsbury, director of the London
and Hounslow Railway Company
Francis Chambers, Esq. St. Dunstan's-hill, director of the London
and Hounslow Railway Company
Major Durban, Newport-house, near Exeter
Sir William Twysden, Esq. Bart. director of the Chepstow and
Forest of Dean Railway Company
Charles Tanner, Esq. Plymouth
Major Selwyn, R.E. Exeter
William H. Tanner, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
John Eyre Kingdom, Esq. Elm Cottage, Exeter
Benjamin Salter, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
Captain Edward Foord, E.LC.S. London
George Pearse, Esq. Bradninch, Devon
Major Arden, E.I.C.S Hill's- court, Exeter
William Curling, Esq. Hunsdon •house, Herts
Samuel Burford, Esq. merchant, Poultry-chambers, London
Joseph Sayell, Esq. Exeter
George Watts, Esq. Mount Radford, Exeter
George Lewis Hollingsworth, Esq. Winchester-house, Broad-street
and Godstane, Surrey
Jonathan Duncan Dow, Esq. merchant, Cornhill, London
George Parbury, Esq. Russell .square, director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway Company
Richard Gray, E'q. 5, Adam's-court, Broad-street, merchant, di.
rector of the Wisbeach and Peterborough Railway Company
Robert Arscott, Esq. Southernhay, Exeter
Thomas Worthy, Esq. Exeter
Joseph Thompson, Esq. director of the London and Brighton Rail-
way Company
Edwin Williams, Esq. Exeter
Francis Thomas Rodd, Esq. Doddiscombsleigh, Devon
John Brightman, Esq. Regency-square, Brighton, chairman of the
General Maritime Assurance Company
William Lambert, Esq. Exeter
William George Harrison, Esq. merchant, Hill-house, Tooting, and
Bucklersbury
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. 153, Piccadilly, director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company
E. Hunt Roberts, Esq. St. Leonard's, Exeter
Robert J. Trewman, Esq. Weir Clifflcottage, near Exeter
George Braund, Esq. Exeter
Captain Tanner, 1.N., Exeter
Thomas Western Snell, Esq. Southernhay, director of the Exeter,
Yeovil, and Dorchester Railway Company
Edwin Force, Esq. Exeter
Major Williams, R. M., Mount Radford, Exeter
Charles Hubbard, Esq. Exeter
Captain Berkeley, Dix's. field, Exeter
Joseph Hopgood, Esq. Exeter, director of the Liverpool and Derby
Direct Railway Company
Jonas Levy, Esq. 15, Tavistock- square, London
James Henry Toswill, Esq. Pitt-house, Chudleigh
S. T. Shairp, Esq. banker, Totnes
Samuel Maunder, Esq. 3, Mont-le-Grand, Exeter
Sir John Osborn, Bart. Kensington
William Gambier, Esq. Sacomb-park, Herts, director of the Chat-
ham and Portsmouth Railway
George R. Peppercorne, Esq. Bexhill, Sussex, director of the Chat-
ham and Portsmouth Railway
Major William Snow, Old Cavendish-street, Cavendish.aquare
R. M. Preece, Esq. Park-square west, Regent's.park
Captain F. Chamier, Esq. R N., Halkin-street, director of the
Fampoux Railway
J. M. Cottle, Esq, Leamington
John Blackburn, Esq. Leeds, director of the Oxford and Chester
Railway
John H. Herbert, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Thomas Shcpperson, Esq. Cheapside, London
Major Thomas Eales Soady, Emma-place, Stonehouse
Samuel Segar Bastard, Esq. Higher Summerland, Exeter
Themes Neale, Esq. Browne's Lodge, Reigate
Thomas Besley, Esq. Exeter
John N. Hall, Esq. Clifton-place, Exeter
J. S. Dewdney, Esq. Bedford-circus, Exeter
R. T. Abraham, Esq. Heavitree
W. Watson, Esq. Leamington
Charles Richards, Esq. Exeter
Samuel Davies, Esq. Exeter
J. D. Osborn, Esq. St. Sidwells, Exeter
N. W. Besley, Esq., Southernhay, Exeter
Charles Justice, Esq. Collumpton
R. Richards, Esq. merchant, Chudleigh
Capt. John Davies, R.N., Seaton
William Eales, Esq. Mincing-lane, London
George Henry Drake, Esq. Exeter
(With power to add to their number.)
SOLICITQRS.
London—Messrs. Fyson and Curling, 3, Frederick's-place, Old
Jewry
Exeter—Thomas Flood, Esq. 5, Bedford-circus
Plymouth—Messrs. Woolcomb, Square, Stephens, and Prance
Devonport—Messrs. Beer and Rundle
ENGINEERS—John Baldry Redman and A. H. Bampten, Esqrs.
SECRETARY (pro tem)—F. G. Farrant, Esq.
Local. AGENT—Chudleigh—Charles Langley, Esq.
BANKERS.
London Messrs. Currie and Co. Cornhill
Exeter Messrs. Sanders and Co. Exeter Bank
Messrs. Milford and Co. City Bank
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
West of England and South Wales Dictlict Bank
National Provincial Bank
Totnes Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank
Plymouth —Naval Bank
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank
Devonport Messrs. Hodge and Norman
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
National Provincial Bank.
The Direct Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway will
commence at the Exeter station of the projected Exeter, Yeovil,
and Dorchester line, and proceed direct to Chudleigh and the
river Teign, where it will join the Brixham and Torbay line, thus
opening a direct communication with Newton, Torquay, Paign-
ton, and Brixham. From the Teign it will proceed over Bovey
Heathfield near the Potteries, passing the rail of the Haytor
Granite Works to Ashburton and Buckfastleigh; at the latter
place it will join the proposed Totnes, Buckfastleigh, and Ashbur-
ton Railway, and will then continue its course by South Brent,
Iry.bridge, and Plympton, to Plymouth and Devonport, bringing
these important towns within five hours of London.
The advantages offered by this line of railway are, that it is the
most direct ; it will bring Chudleigh within nine miles of Exeter,
and by joining, in the valley of the Teign, the Dartmouth and Tor-
bay Railway, will afford that very important line the shortest pos-
sible communication with Exeter and the metropolis. It is the
nearest and most direct route to the important manufacturing
towns of Ashburton and Buckfastleigh; and whilst affording to
this large and populous manufacturing district the greatest accom.
modation will also open a desirable road, for either exporting or
conveying into the interior the valuable slate, lime, and minerals
found so abundantly around Chudleigh, Ashburton, Staverton, and
Buckfastleigh.
The promoters of this company, however, consider its most im-
portant feature to be the direct access it affords to the Royal
Arsenal and the ports of Plymouth and Devonport from the me-
tropolis, the city of Exeter, and the north of England, saving a
distance of not less than twelve miles between Exeter and Devon-
port; and by the connexion of this line with the Exeter and Yeo-
vil Railway, effecting a further saving of thirty miles in the direc.
tion of London and the counties of the eastern coast. This junc-
tion affords a still stronger point, it will put Plymouth and
Portsmouth, the two great naval arsenals of the kingdom, in direct
communication with each other, an advantage which cannot be
overrated, and which no other line can offer.
The engineering difficulties which have beset the South Devon
Atmospheric line are confirmed by daily experience, and thus
render more necessary this direct communication.
The promoters of this direct bee, therefore, looking at all its
features, its national importance, the accommodation It affords to
the Admiralty, the fertile, densely-populated agricultural districts
it will traverse, the manufactures it will revive and support, the
quick access it presents to Plymouth and Devonport, with a popu.
latien exceeding 130,000, confidently anticipate the favourable de-
cision of the public, and the earnest and vigorous support of the
Government.
It is evident this line embraces all the desiderata of a grand
trunk line—viz., great public accommodation combined with safety
economy, and speed.
The Committee have much pleasure in stating that they have
received a report from their engineers which is in all respects
most satisfactory, and that the fullest arrangements have been
made for applying to Parliament in the ensuing session.
Offices, 5, Bedford-circus, Exeter.
Applications for shares may be made to Mr. Goulding, Warn-
ford-court, and through all respectable brokers, in the annexed
form, to the solicitors of the Company, and to the secretary.
To the Provisional Committee of Management of the Direct
Exeter, Plymouth, and Devonport Railway.
I request you will allot to me shares of 25/. each in
the above railway, and I undertake to accept the same, or such
number as you may appropriate to me, subject to the regulations
of the Company ; also to sign the necessary legal documents, and
to pay, when required, the deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share.
Name (in full)
Profession, if any, and Professional Re.
sidence, in full
Residence (in full)
Date

Signature of Applicant .
Reference, with Name and Address of
Referee
Witness to Applicant's Signature
Residence, &c., of Witness

DIRECT EXETER, PLYMOUTH, AND
DEVONPORT RAILWAY.
No Application for Shares in the above Railway will be received
after MONDAY, the 31st instant.
By order of the Committee,
F. G. FARRANT, Secretary, pro tem.
5, Bedford-circus, Exeter, Oct. 15, 1845.

THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS, BRIGHTON,
and HASTINGS JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,
From Tunbridge Wells direct to Hastings, with a Branch Line
from the same place to join the Brighton Line at Lewes.
(BLUNT'S LINE.)
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 750,0001., in 30,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. A. F. Berkeley, Berkeley-house, Spring-gardens -
Major James Oliver Lindham, K.H., New-street, Dorset.square,
Chairman of the Gloucester and Aberystwith and Central Wales
Railway, and Director of the South and Midlands' Junction
Railway
William Cory, Esq., Commercial-road, Lambeth, Director of the
London and County Joint-Stock Bank
The Mayor of Hastings
Francis Smith, Esq., banker, Hastings
Henry Weston, Esq., Newick, Sussex
Lieutenant-Colonel Coffin, Landford, Wilts
P. Bennett Lucas, Esq., Manchester-street, Manchester-square,
Director of the Leeds and London Direct, and Ipswich and
Southampton Railways
Frederick Harrison, Esq., Beaufoy.terrace, Maids Vale, Director
of the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Life Assurance Company
Joseph Barker, Esq., Macclesfield, Cheshire
Alexander Prince, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields, Director of the
Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
Samuel Griffiths, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the Shrop-
shire Mineral, and of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railways
William Case, Esq., Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
W. Bulkeley asse, Esq., 10, New-square, Lincoln's Inn, and
South-crescent, Bedford-square
The Rev. Lewis Evans, Fellow of Wadharn College, Oxford, and
Southwood-terrace, Highgate
Stephen Hutchison, Esq., Bromley, Kent, sole Proprietor of the
Bromley Gas Works

THE LEICESTER, MELTON MOWBRAY,
and SPALDINC: JUNCTION RAILWAY, giving, with other
formed and projected lines, the nearest route front Birmingham,
::oventry, and Leicester to the Eastern Coast, and a communication
from Birmingham, via Nuneaton, Leicester, and Melton Mowbray,
to Spalding.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 4, Trafalgar-square, Charing-cross.
Capital 500,000/., in 25,000 Shares of 29/. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Wynn Ellis, Esq. M.P. tor Leicester, director of the Brandon and

Spalding Railway
William Corbet Smith, Esq. Bittleswel-hall, High Sheriff of Leices

tershire
The Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Chairman of the Northampton, Ban-
bury, and Cheltenham Railway
The Hon. Major C. Napier, Rugby, director of the Peterborcugh and

Nottingham Railway
General Johnson, M.P.
William Collins, Esq. M.P.
Ralph Etwall, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Wakefield, Esq. Nottingham, director of the Brandon and

Spalding Railway
Matthew Gisborne, Esq. Walton-hall, Derbyshire
Joseph Ellis, Esq. Glenfleld-lodge, Leicester
Sir Richard Jenkins, G.C.B. director of the East India Company
Sir Edwin Pearson, F.R.S. Gloucester-terrace, Regent's-park
Ambrose Moore, Esq. Milk-street, Cheapside
Josiah Wilson, Esq. Stamford-hill
George Meek, Esq. Russell-square
Jobu Clement Ruding, Esq. director of the National Bank of Ireland
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq. director of the Eastern Counties Railway
Richard Heaviside, Esq. Brighton
William Ettwall, Esq. Longstock-down, near Stockbridge, director
of the Southampton and Manchester Railway
William Shadbolt, Esq. chairman of the Greenwich Railway Com-

pany
T. E. Bigge, Esq. Bryanstone-square
Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N. Headley-grove, Surrey, director of the
Nottingham. Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq. Cornwall-terrace, Regent's-park
Samuel Kempson, Esq. Little Sutton, Sutton Coldfleld, Warwick-
shire
Frederick Pearson, ;Esq. Piccadilly
Fraser B. Henshaw, Esq. Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square,
director of the Great Manchester, Rugby, and Manchester
Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq. Woodberry Down, Stoke Newington, director
of the Erewash. Valley Railway
Herbert Ingrarn; Esq. Swiushead-abbey, Lincolnshire
John Tathan Banks, Esq. warden and magis-
trate of Louth, Lincolnshire
William Gresham, Esq. Aderman of Lin- Provisional Directors

coin
Samuel Trought, Esq. Louth, Lincolnshire
William Ward, Esq. M.D. Horncastle
Edwin Cadman, Esq. Westbourne-house,
Sheffield, director of the Isle of Ely, Wis-
beach, and Lincoln Railway
The Rev. I. B. Hildebrand, rector of Saxby, near Melton-Mowbray,

of the Great Grims-
by, Louth, and Lin-
coln Railway.

Leicestershire
John Thomas Raworth, Esq. Leicester, provisional director of the
South Union Railway
Nathaniel C. Stone, Esq. Rowley-fields, near Leicester
John Eames, Esq. Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire
Frederick Cayley Worsley, Esq. Imberhonie-house, Sussex, director
of the Nottingham, Birmingham, and Coventry Railway
John Smith Mansfield, Esq. Essex-court, Temple
Charles Hance, Esq. Alexander-square, Brompton
Thomas Bridges, Esq. 31arwood-hill, Devonshire
Thomas Bent, Esq. M.D. Derby
Douglas Fox, Esq. Derby
John D. Cooper, Esq. Ashbourne, Derbyshire, director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Henry F. Gisborne, Esq. Derby, director of the Tamworth and Lei-
cester, Coventry and Nuneaton Railway
John Hamp, Esq. Cotton, Derbyshire
Joshua Harding, Esq. Rosiiston, Derbyshire
Nathaniel /Coffin, Esq. Stapenhill, Derbyshire
J. Nadin, coal proprietor, Newhall and Swadlincote Collieries, Derby-
shire
R. Sherratt Tomlinson, Esq. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Charles James Mason, Esq. Fenton, Staffordshire
Joseph Nunneley, Esq. Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire
William Little, Esq. Peterborough, director of the Peterborough and
Nottingham Railway
I. I'. Bainbrigge, Esq. Derby, director of the Derby and Crewe
Railway
J. C. Williams, Esq. M.D. Nottingham
Henry Smith, Esq. Galnsborough
William Lister Sharp, Esq. Gainsborough, director of the Derby and
Great Grimsby, and of the Cambridge and Lincoln Extension
Railway