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SOUTH MIDLAND, or NORTHAMPTON and
LEICESTER RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given-' that on and after WEDNESDAY, the 17th
nst., the Offices of this Company _will be at No. 3, Princes-ttreet,
Westminster. By order,
GEORGE NEWTON BROWNE, Secretary.
1. Gray's Inll.llqUare, Sept. 16, 1843.

CIiEPSTOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND
GLOUCISSTRR JUNCTION RAILWAY,
An extension of this line is under survey, to connect it with the
heart of the mineral district of South Wales. The project has been
registered, Hill particulars of which will appear in a few days.
WILLIAM PROTHEROZ, Secretary.
10, Old Jewry Chambers.

T. OXFORD and WORCESTER EXTEN-
SION and CHESTER JUNCTION RAILWAY, with
Brandies to Shrewitairy and Northwiteli: On the Broad Gate.

(froyiaionally registered.)
Capital 2,250,000 Z., in 125,010 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2a. per Share.

PitovisloNAL COMMITTEE.
Lord George Paget, Uxbridge House
The lion. Douglas Kinnaird Poultney, 4, Parliament-street. Director
et the Nottingham and Roston Railway
Major Beresford. M.P.
Sir William Eaaen Johnson, Bart., Hilton, Aherdeenehire, Director
of the Cheater and Forest of Dean Railways
Sir Win. Wynn, Maesynevrard, Chairman of the North Wales Railway
Sir Samuel Brown, Director of the Worcester and Warwick Railway
Sir John Edward de Beauvoir, Chairman of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Rare, Langham-place, Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension
Sir John Key, Bert., Alderman of London, Director of the Louden
arid Manchester and Leeds and Liverpool Railways
Colonel Robert Douglas, Royal Artillery, Director of the London and
Birmingham Railway
Colonel ?nib. 26, Tork-terrace, Director of the South and Midland
Admiral J. Ayeeough. Prospect-place, Southampton, Director of the
South And Midland
Major Croft, lb, Regent-etreet, Deputy Chairman of the Manchester
and Cheater Railway
Major Chase, 31, Nottingham-place
Captain S. M. Fisher, jun., Director of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Captain Hitehens, H.R.LC.S., Director of the Birmingham sal Ox-
tbrd Railway
Captain F. Chemist', Halkin-street, Belgrave-equare, Director of the
Great Paris and Lyons Railway.
Wm. Hughes Hughes, Esq., F.S.A., F.L.S., Re., Alderman of Lon-
don, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation.
Chairman of the London and Greenwich Railways, Re., he,
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the South
Midland Railway
John Kinnereley Hooper, Req., Alderman of London, Director of the
London and Manchester Direct Railway, and South Midland
Thos. Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London, 'Director of the Beath
Midland Railway
Thee. Challis, Esq., Alderman of Louden, Wilson-itrest, Pinebary
Thos. Sidney, Esq.. Alderman of London. :Sheriff of London sad
Middlesex
Captain Alex. Hamilton Carle, Royal Artillery, Reform Club.
'John Inglis Jardein, Esq., Director of the Great Manchester, Rsgby
and Southampton Railway
Wm. Morley, Esq„ Blackheath
Wm. Lee, Req., Director of the Gravesend and Rochester, and Essex
and Suffolk Railways
Rd. Carpenter, Esq., Director of the Laleester and Bedford Railway
Chao. Robt. Colman, Esq., Director of the South and Midland Rail-
way
Jerry Wright, Early Director of the South and Midland Junction
Railway, Re.
John Wheeltait, Esq., Director of the Leicester and Bedinrd
Thomas Collinrridge, Highgate, Middlesex
W. A. Wilkinson. req., Director of the South Midland Railway
John Brooke Walbancks, Esq.;Director of the South Midland Railway
Rd. Wm. Johnson, Esq., Director of the Londenaind Manchester and
Derbyshire and South Stallbrdshlre Railways
Frans tt Valentine Lee, Esq., Temple. Director of the Eastern Counties
Rail Way
Major Jett Sharp, Deputy Chairman' of the Thames Embankment
Railway
Major-General Brooks Pariby, C. 8., 18, Rutland-place
W. Simpson Potter, Esq., Director of the Oxford, Witney, and
Cheltenham Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the London and Ifansheater
Direct and Liverpool and Leeds Railways
Peter -Morrison, Esq., Director of the London and Birmingham
Railway
W. F. Black. Eng., Wilton-place, Belgrays-square, Director of the
Italian and Austrian Railway
W. G. Obrly, Eeq., Director of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway
John James, Req., Secondary of London ,
Robert Henry Lyndam, Rock, Director of the Exeter and Weymouth
Railway
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 2S, Bryan/ton-street, Portram-square,
Director at the Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke Railway
J. B. Richardson., Esq., Director of the Colchester and Cambridge
Railway
Julian Skreene, Bsq., Director of the Cambridge and Lincoln
Railway
Frederick James Hall, Esq., Torrington-square, Director of the Bide-
ford and Tavistoek Railway
Captain C. W. Tyndall. Director of the South-Eastern Railway
Frederick Jones, Esq., Director .of the Warwick and Worcester
Railway
Henry Lewis Smais, Esq, Willoughby House, Tottenham, Director
of the London and Dover Railway
C. yfaitS, Esq., Willesden, Middlesex
R. W. Wood, Elm., Lodge-pare, St. Jobn'e_Wood, .Director of the
• North MetropollWaiwaY
George Parbury, -Esq., Russell-square, Direcitor,if the Manchester
and liirminsham Railway
Wm. Shaw, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment Railway,
Wm. Alfred Hill, Esq., Director of the Glonceatar and Aberystwith
Railway
Richard Dutton, PAq., Direetor of the Lincoln, York, and Leeds

- Rally/ay
Wm. Stark, Fasq., Director of the Guarantee Society
James Reeves, Esq., Director of the London and Manchester Railway
Frederick Colllngridge, Esq., Thurlow-square,Brompton _
Warren 5. mat, Esq., GreeshamTetreet
Robert Richard', Esq-., Temple, Director of the Birrainiintra awl Lon-
don Extension Railway
Eingsmill Grove Key, Esq., Wandsworth CononOn
The Rev. F. S. Hall, D.D., Rector of Falbeurne, Cambridge
Daniel Penton Johnson, Esq., Director of the London and. Manches-
ter Railway
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester aid Aberystwith
Railway
John Barber, Reg., Director of the Gloucester aced Aberyetwith
Railway
Rev. Thomas Pzies, Rector of Llanrothel, Hereford
E. R. Foster, Req., Director of the Derby, Uttoreter, and Staftbrd-
shire Railway
Martin Farnis, Nog, Director ot the Nottingham, Newark, and
Boston Railway
W. M. 'Cross, Esq., Director of the BlrMinglutra aid Manchester
Rxtensien Railway
W. Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway
Richard Parish, Esq., Bank House, Wordsley, Staffordshire
Samuel Parish, Esq., Worealey, near Stourbridge, Staffoldshire
Alexander Greg, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrame-sqiuure, Director of
the Leicester ant Birmingham Railway
Thomas Yates Hunt, Esq., tirades, near Birmingham
William Singleton, Nag, Leeds, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Win. Cadman, lCsq, Leeds, Director of the Lincoht. Tork, and. Leeds
Railway
James Museroft, Esq.. POntefract
David William Nell, Esq., Leeds, J.P., Director of the Leeds aid
Thirst Railway
Joseph Robert Wilkie Atkinson, Esq., Director of the Leicester and
Bedford, and York and Lancaster Railways
John Fagan, Bin, Gloucester-road, Old Brompton
Charles Holden, Esq., Director of the Great Grimsby and Sheffield
Railway
d. D. Hopkins, Esq., Bedford-square, Director of the London and
Blrrainghttm Extension Railway
Joseph Lulll, Esq., Leeds, Director of the West Riding Janction
Railway
Peter Fairbairne, Fag., Leeds, Chairmar of the Lincoln. York and
Leeds Railway
John Itlitokburn, E.sq., Leeds
J. M. Deuglas, Esq., Director of the Exeter and Weymoath
Railway
W. Sloane, Esq., Wimpole-street
John Anderson, Esq„ Director of the South and Midlard Railway
W. Ley, Eon., Gloucester-place, Pertman-square
Robert Power. Esq., M.D., Queen-street, May Fair . -
Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Riehmond
W. Pastow,'L'sq.. Surrey-place
James Barnes., Req., Layton. Essex
0. N. Wright, M.A.
John Alexander Bicknell, Esq., Brandon Cottage, Bristol, Director of
the South and Midlands' Junction Extension Railway
James Lees, Esq., Delph, Saddleworth, near Manchester, Director of
the Manchester Banking Company
(With power to add to their number.)

The names of ai influential Committee formed at Worcester and
heeler will be published in a few days.
BA NIMES.
The Commercial Bank of London
ENuiNsza—William Ifullingar Higgins, Esq.
SOLICITOUS.

Potter Autt Coffingridge., 5, Basinghall-street ; W. B. James. Esq.,
, • . 5, Basinghall-street.
filscsinAiv--1111ton Thomas Jahkins, Esq.
waif AGENTS.
Whitehurch—dames Bromfield, Esq.
WeStligton—George Marty, Esq.
Shreirabury—W. Cooper, Esq.

The geographical position of Worcester has caused its adoption as
the point where the broad guage trunk lines of the west are to have a
)bininon terminus. From Oxford the Great Western Company have
iceided on constructing a line of rall:—another project ander the pa-
tronage of the same poWerful direction is 'now before the public,
uniting Worcester with Warwick ; and, that the broad gauge will be
ea Zvi from Worcester into Wales, and to the Irish packet stations
on that coast, is now no longer doubtfel. This undertaking will com-
plete a series of great avenues of iron-road, whose ramification
from Worcester will render every part of the kingdom directly
teesssible from that city. Passing up the Severn Vale, where
t will disclose a succession of picturesque scenes, it reaches
Stourport, and proceeding thence through Kidderminster, arrives at
Bewdloy. This district is one of the chief seats of our carpet manu-
factures, anti in the towns here named, exclusive of the intervening
Betides, upwards of 30,000 persons are located. Leaving Stourbridge
little to the east, the line is taken to Rridgenorth, a town enjoying
an active inland trade, and possessing woollen manufaCtUres and iron
works, that gives employment to a population of about 19,000. pass-
ing through or near to Much Weulock, Broseley, and Medellin from
which place there will be a branch to Shrewsbury, the 'hie ascends
Colebrook Dale, and approaching in its course Wellington and Were,
enters Whitchurch. From this central place a branch will be formed
to Norwich via Stoke, forming a junction with the Liverpool and
Crewe Railway. 'The trunk line will continue from Whitchurch, and
pelting through or near Ifalpas, have its northern terminus in the
cifrof Chester.
In estimating the probable amount of revenue Which the Worces-
ter and Chester Railway may be expected to yield, many sources of
profit present themselves, suctt are the dense population located along
the length of the Severn Yale, and the enriching works of industry
in Which they are engaged. Amongst the latter may be mentioned
the China manufactories of Worcester; the iron, coal, and earthen-
ware works at Broseley and other places ; the agricultural produce
brought to Stourport market ; the inexhaustible fields of coal and
mines of iron ore in the vicinity of Colebrook Dale, Ironbridgs, and
the districts to the east of Shrewsbury generally.
In calculating the cost of construction unusual advantages are also
obvious. The line traverses a district affording levels of several
tulles In extent, and with a surface peculiarly favourable. The resi-
dent population, disappointed by the postponement of promised pro-
Stec*, have warmly espoused the present, and the labouring popula-
tion being ihmillar with mining operations, will be found better
qualified for the execution of railway works here than in many other
localities.
As a link in the railway network of England, or as auxiliary
to existing or projected lines paseing variOUS directions, few
schemes hitherto proposed appear to afford greater inducement
for investment, or a wider range of accommodation for truffle and
hened link in the chain
travelling. This project constitutes a lengt
that will connect Liverpool with Bristol, the grand trunk of the
West of England ;—its southern terminus, Worcester, is the half-
way station of the London and Port Dynnllaen broad gauge line :
by projected lines it direst oommunication will be afforded west-
'ward to Swansea and Aberystwith, and, eastward, to Warwick and
:Northampton, Cambridge, Peterborough, Harwich, Lynn, Lincoln,
Asti hull.

The line has been repeatedly and carefully examined by the Com-
pany's acting engineer, who reports that the rail for many miles may
be laid on the natural level—that the gradients are in every in-
stance favourable—that the geological structure of the districts to
.be traversed is equally so, and that the want of such a line of com-
,munication is aoknowledged by the interests seated en its proposed
wourse.

Appleattens for prospeetnsas and plane may le made, and trms
or Application ibr shares had at the offices of Messrs. Potter and
,co!ijagridge, solicitors, 5, Bashighall-street ; also of W. B. Jamee,
E.g., /elicitor, 8, Basinghall-street ; of the iota' agents ; and of the
fonowinf gentlemen :
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dos an bun, 4. Angel-ootrrt,
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and
..miztpopenlilston Poreewrnell.,,C2c:potlhdallire:adur_t.treet :
and Gage.
mancbeetar [MiessiaLls.milaorinhauhlan. d and Leese, and Mr.
Wil-
Messrs. Coninson and Flint.
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erd-tria-Avon..Mr. William Bolton.
lEsete
.. Mr. Thomas Sanford.
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tunseath Neely'. Hayward and reamer.
• • •• . Mr. Collis and Mr. John Wright.
lArnalaghant
Messrs. TUSill and Co.
Mee" Robertson and Cs., and Messrs. M'Cal.
Edinburgh ••" " • • lum and Co.

Huddersfield
woraest,x • • Mr. Thames Henry Wheeler,

looßir OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
rrovoiwai Cionunittoe of the Worcester and Chester
' Railway.
Gentletreet,—l reqtteot that you will allot to me Shares of
110/. Isch in this CompanY. End undertake to accept the $lllll6, an
to p. the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that may be al-
lotted to
me ; aro / undertake also to execute the Parliamentary
Contract and elubOtlribette Agreement when required.
Nam* (II fhll) . ...........•••••

ittsilknoi• • • •
TratAo or Profession ..

Reference.. • . ••
Add:vs of &Ares. •• •• ...• ...• .• ••

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DIRECT WESTERN RAILWAY,
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater t espectively.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 3,000,0001., in 120,000 Shares of 231. sack.
Deposit, 21. 15s. per Share. .
nrtrrimiltt comaorran. -
The IToff:rEitrielPilham Villiers, M.P., Director of the South
Mid-
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's.street
Sir Fran* Dngdale Astley, Bart., Everly Reuse, Pewsey, Wilts
, Sir Henrjalrebbetßart., 105,^Psdl-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. tbr Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10,Raton-pLuce, -London
Ralph Neville, Esq., M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street, Berkeley-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totems, 6, Parllarnent-street •
Hon. Percy Evans Preke, 3, Belgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies.
Sir John Key, Bart., 9, King's Arms-yard, Aiderxrfan of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and London and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Fiuncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderin.an
of the City of London, and Director of the London and Westmin-
ster Rank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the

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City of LindOn
Edward Harrisson Ilarwell. Esq., Deputy Chairman of the North-
anipton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway. and Director of the
South Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Miln's Bridge House, Huddersfield, Deputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., U, Glottcoster-road, Hyde Park,
Director of the Northampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham, and
South Midland Railways • • - • ,
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation Railway.
Thema Lawrence, Esq:, 3, St. Mary Axe • -
Philip-W:Couttnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
Millis Coventry, Esq.; Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. [Philips, Esq., Cornwall-terrac(4 Regent's Park, and

deorge-stieet, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Esq., Ifeepham Bank, Tuabridge, Kent, Director of
_ _

the Leleesterand Bedford Railway
Bowen Middleton jolland, Esq., Holderness }louse, near Bull,
Deputy Lieutenant aid Magistrate for the East Elting of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
Wiliam Bales, Esq., Minelng lane, London. late Direetor of the

Devon and doninall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Encl., Warwick-street, Charing-cross. Director at

the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, 3elfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., E 4. Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of the Londonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Reitherhithe and Mark-lane, London, Director of
the Central Terminus ;Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Yire and Litla Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitelaart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the South Staffordshire

Railway
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brernbo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-

street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Esq., Upper Gloucester-plaes, Regent's Park
George Wintosh, Esq., 197, Seymour-street, POrtman4qeare
Frederick Solly Flood, Req., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London. Director 'of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bleaden, Esq., Ceulsden-eourt, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-

eensed Victuallers' Fire end Life Ameuranee Company
J. Hammack, Elul., Essex House, 'Mile-end-road„. Director of the

LiCensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance ,Conipany
Patrick-Fres. Jehluaton, Esq., Great Cumberland-place
Josehh Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director .f the London and
Blackwell Railway Company
W. A. Bruce, Esq., F.5.A.., 17, Charice-striet, St. James's, and Ripon
Catchbert Woodstock, Beq., Grove-road, North-read, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Direetor of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Weetirn Extension
Railways .
George Hammond- Whalley, Esq., 28, Pall-mall, Landon, Assistant
• Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq.; 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William'Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
doo;Dire)zter- cif the Leicester and•Tsunworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lour
dou,-Diriator Of the Wilts, Esq.,
and Southampton Railway
Company'.
Philip Baker, Esq., Ruston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackviall Railway Company
Charles Jantei Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E: N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, BloomMury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq.,. Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles/Thomas Ward., Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Hoo, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street,Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and. Grosvenor-
place, LoridoW •
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samyel Baker, Esq., Lyppiat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congrsve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
"John William .Yerbnry, Esq., Belcorabe House; Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey
Major-Gen. Martin' White, Miiilborongh-buildingi, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyne House, near Newbury, Berks
._ Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath
' Rev.
nr{) r. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
' Edw rd CoOpar, Esq., 'Stivertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
He Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

Ginty
Rev. Chas. Pres. Belaylde, Rector of Dunksrton, near Bath
Richard MortimOrs, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director ef the Bristol and Birming-
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ham Railway Company •
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buokinghaut-
._

shire Railway incilWolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Klngsmill, Colinlnpton
Rev. John Sydenham, Collmnpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Cellampton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon
Rich rd Marker, Esq., Ilfculm Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Dundas Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George PeareeJßAß., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. H. Holcomb, Rog., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Barks

'Union Rankling Company
William Macomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager of tie Wilta and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, Bac, Taunton •
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
John Dalzell, Esq., Wallingford, Barks
Thomas Carlisle, Eq.,' Clifton, Bristol
John'Kerle Haberlield, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
Troup, Esq., Hastings _
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John ][oxford Cottle, Esq.; Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director

of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Jo.er4h Knight, Esq., Leisester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,

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Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John' Ridgesray," Esq., Cauldon•place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., :Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and

Southampton Railway•
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairvilts, Manchester, Director of the Direot
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Nadin, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, M.D., Salford
Sir William Loitthrop, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of Tort
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hull and Barnsley"
Committee. and Member'of the acting Conimittee of the '"Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Hblford, Esq., Rushohn Hall, Manchester
C.'H. Jones, Esq, Huddersfield, Deputy Chairman of the !Judders-
- field and Sheffield, and Director of the Halifax and Bradford

Union Railway
Charles Bamford. Jun.. ➢cq.. Hull. Director of the Hull and Barnsley

Janet!On,
john Lillie, Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway
John Robson, Esq., Hetton-le-Hole,Durhani,
Cornelius Randall,'Esq.; Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Railway Companies •
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool
Wm. B. Newbery, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge RallwaYConipany
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomhill, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield and
Maneheeterßailway.Conipany
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, birector of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Railway, and Sallibury and.Syriadon Railways
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield,
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office -
Wm. Thompson, Esq., Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbeeh, Director of the East Coast

Rativiay Company
Captain Bowker, DeTonport
H. S.'Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Swann Brittain, 19m., Sheffield, Direstor of the East and West

' of England Railway Company
John Yaweistt,l.Eiq., Sheflield, Director of the Wakefield and liar

roWgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attareliff-terrace, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director a the Loudon and York

and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq„ Liverpool
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William Hunter; Esq., Clarendon-square, Learning-ton
Rey. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Majo; Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham
Edward Hall, EAq., Weetbank House, Macclesfield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Railways
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director Of the Hull and Barusley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, 'merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe, Com-

missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, 13rentwood, Essex
William John M'Guire, Esq., Hampton Court
Jahn Gray Wilson, Esq., Qxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. 3facdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton, Surrey
W. J. Lefevre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's Park
G. B. Banbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leisester Railway •
Captain Tringhant, Solyhnll, Warwickshire
William Jenson Neale, Esq., King's Bench.vralk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, E5q.,11.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
BArrlzas—Messrs. Citifies and Co., Cotnhill, London.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodriek, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickardi and Walker, 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and Londe'
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 24, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SzcagrAßY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, F.sq.
AssurrAwr-Sicarrzav-'—Charles J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALIZADT APPOII(TSD.
At Devises, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodvtay
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R.,Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth
The Object of this line Is to effect a direct eommunication between
Lerkion andlhe Land's End.

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Ina national point or view such a line is . indispenaable With
the advantage _of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from its position at the
western extremity; of the kingdom, would undoubtedlY long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high
po-
sition. as a Packet Station. Southampton, with far less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the South-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,0001, to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Rallsiray, the imports
were declining ; since then they have'very considerably increased.
The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ca-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. The Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached
Exeter, it has been' in 'contemplation' to extend' that line to Fal-
mouth by wy of Plymouthvarious Other projects have been
set *on foota on, the conviction that Fahnouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the-
present can ultimately satisfy the exigeneies of the country In regard
to this, its most important outport—" the natural Patket Station of
the empire."
The present projeet is diatinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to the Land's End.
mThe London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having amalga-
mated with this Company, the immense local influence commanded
;ewmhwill now contribute to the great national object of a direct
l.lanae
.. ile meanshave been taken for securing the t?affie and afford-'
so
omfar
as
iDißrezidt Wiztvernu
i _lle' the_accommodation contemplated by that Company.
availing itself of the Great Western Railway
Great Bedwin, icf es its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ibrd,
of Trowbridge (froarmlborough, Devises, the manufacturing dis-
trictl, whichigmt a diverging line will bee carried by
being shorter 11-1, be
taken
to
Bradthrd direct to Vieth Frome, Shepton Mallet, Wells
(from whieh, in:other diverging Westbury Tlridgewatei),
between
about thirty-two miles than
Glastonbury to Taunton,
any existing or projected railways
to
Tiverton,
Railway (now
ociatirtoavrelhe Land's eßnm,
ilamlmtointh, St.
,rwnence it is
a tunnel. From: Taunton the Bristol their points, and without
proposed
to
tothecaGrryroatthillsirleisntee
rndir)
Tree, .and. Penance,' being shorter by about sixty,
lately proposedline by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in thelanwhione
distance from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
a
With respect to the traffic betereen London and Tiverton, it is
needle to say.more.than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient fustify.the . eoustruction of this' portion of the Direct WC--
tern i that It will shorten. the :distance from London 'to Tiverton.
abou;32 rsa rich and popt4ous agricultural