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London, England, 1845-10-17 00:00:00

FORM OF APPLICATION.

7e the Provisionl Committee of the Regetti'a Canal Railway

Company.
I request )2u will allot to me shares of 201. each in
the cLpi al of the above-named Railway, and I agree to accept the
same, or any less number, to pay the deposit of 21. 2s. per share,
nd t execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agree-
ment whr n required.
Dated the

day of October, 1845.
Name in full
Address
Profession or Business
Reference

Da; )i,N • ASO NOR'r HAMPTON RAIL-
ju Iv AY (originally registered as the Hull, Great Grimsby
and South ,mliton Railway, connecting Great Grimsby with the
South Railway), forming a direct communication between
the ports of 110 and Southampton.
Cipi::al 1,500,0001., in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
(Provisionally Regis!ered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.)

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
.—,Esq. M.D., Hull
wander, Abraham, Esq. Lullington-house, Leamington
Acton, Jos, ph, Esq. Wigan
Addison, George. Wilson, Esq. Hall-field, Bradford, director of the
West Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
A ckroyd, Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Leeds and

Carlisle RAilway, &c.
Wileant Hurst, Esq. No. I I, Clement's-lane, Lombard-
street, magistrate for the cconty of Middlesex
,Bradley, Wiiikm, Esq. Manor Oaks, Sheffield, director of the
Sheffield anA-Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Rail-

way Companies
Brittain, Samilel Swan, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Oxford,
Southampton Gosport, and Portsmouth, the East and West of
Eng'and, arithe Ely and Wisbeach Railway Companies
)2!irge.,, John;, boroughreeve of Manchester, director of the
London and- Man..thester Direct Railway Company, &c.
Zetteridge, Atyiabam, Esq. London, director of the Metropolitan
Junc:ion Railway Company, &c.
Bicknell, J. AIYEsq. Bristol, director of the Stafford and Shrews-

bury Itai:w4 Company
sa) row, WiMato Esq. Oldham, director of the York and Lancaster

Railway Company, &c.
Byrom, Thomas, Eq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Chelten-

ham, Oxford, and London Railway Company
Brown, Joseph, Esq. Bedford
Burrows, Josia,b, Esq. Castle House, Oomersal, Leeds
litalivant, Job, Esq. East Retford, director of the Sheffield and
Lincolnshire Railway Company
Bateman, Samuel Esq., Croft_house, near Bradford, Yorkshire,
director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Company,
&c.
Btamall, Thomas, Esq. Tamworth
Butterfield, John, Esq. Keighley
Brook, Joseph, jun., Esq., Greenhead, near Huddersfield
Bryan, David, Esq Northampton, director of the Sheffield and
Nottingham Railway Company, &c.
Beverley, William, Esq. Potter Newton, near Leeds, director of
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company, &c.
ileioley, Joseph, Esq. 14, Stanhope.stroet, Regent's-park
Me wick, E. It , Esq. Barsham-house, near Beccles, director of the
Leicest,r and Bedford Railway Company, &c.
Betts, William; Esq. Bevis Mount, Southampton
Bentley. Nathan, Esq. Horton, near Leeds, director of the Leeds
and We.t Riding Junction Railway
Burgiss, Jot,,, Eq. St. James'e-square, Manchester
313arn6by, Thomas, Esq., °aneroid
Aorta-a, \\/tinatn, Esq. Nut thampton. Member of the Town Council,
and director of the Eastern and Midland Railway
Calmar, Edwin, Esq. Westbourne.house, Sheffield, director of the
Ely, Wisheach, and Lincolnshire Railway Company
Cameron, J., E.-q. Wakefield, director of the Leeds, York, and
Midland Railway Company
Caldwell, \valiant, Esq. alderman, Wigan, director of the Liver-
pool and Lee's Direct Railway Company, &c. &c.
Crowdson, William, E-q. Wigan
Clark, Jeremiah, Esq. I , Union-court, Broad-street, London,
director of the Direct London and Manchester Railway Company
CO' entry, Millis, Esq. White Hart-court, Lombard-straet, London,
director of the Britannia Life Assurance Company
Cook, -, Esq. Gainsborcugh
Carlisle, Thomas, Esq. Clifton, Bristol ;6, Hyde Park-place West,
chairman of the Tonbridge Wells and Hastings Railway Company
Chapman, E., Esq. Gibson-square, director of the Grand Junction,
Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction
COupland, Edward, Esq. Boston
Collinson, William, E,q. Hull
Chapman. R. Esq. director of the Manchester, Rugby, and South.
ampton Railway

Cooke, Thomas Farmer, Esq. Peasling-hall and Leicester
Darlington, John, Esq. banker, Bradford, Yorkshire, director and
treasurer of the Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company, &c.
Duffield, Francis, Esq. Bo'tom-house, Bradford, Yorkshire, director
of the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Dickinson, Jonathan, Esq. Scarrot.lodge, Leeds, director of the
Keighly, Halifax, and Huddersfield Railway Company
Daykene, the Rev. J. 0., Lincoln, rector of South Hykeham, &c
&c., magistrate of the county
Douglas, Samuel, Esq. Doctors'-commons, director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway Junction
Downes, C. Esq. Warwick-street, Golden-square, London, director
of the South Midland and Northampton and Banbury Rail-
way Company
Dixon, John Alcock, Esq. Burnley, South Lancashire Assurance
Company
Dickins, Esq. Ripon, Yorkshire
Dodson, Henry, Esq. Suffolk-house, Tulse-hill, director
.of the
Grand Trunk Railway Company, &c.
Driffield, William, Esq. Bondbud.house, Knaresborough
Eccles, William, Esq., 50, Old Broad-street, London, director of
the Great Grimsby and Midlands Railway Company, &c.
Eaton, James, Cleckbeaton, York
Elsworth, E. Esq. Sandford-house, Kirkstall, near Leeds
Edens, Joel, Esq. Northampton
Etheredge, F. W. Esq. Park-street, director of the Liverpool and
Derby Railway Company, &c.
Farrar, Timothy, jun. Esq. Wragley-house, Wakefield
Fitch, Colonel, York-terrace, Regent's-park, director of the York
and Manchester Railway
Gordon, Esq. M.D. Hull
Green, George, Esq. Pontefract, director of the Great Leeds and
London Direct Railway Company
Goldsmith, Charles, Esq. Friday-street, London, director of the
Manchester and Rugby Railway Company
Gal ty, F. B. Esq. Chepstow-place, Camberwell, director of the
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway Company 4
Greaves, A. G. Esq. Dsrby
Gibson, William, Esq. Nottingham
Graves, Henry Swan, Esq. Exley Bank Ledge, Halifax, director of
the Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c,
Hattersley, Frederick, Esq. Bradford, Yorkshire
Heeles, Thomas, Esq. Skipton Castle, director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Hillyard, Clark, Esq. Thorpelands, near Northampton, president of
the Northamptonshire Farming Society
Hewlett, T. B. Esq. Northampton
Holmes, Isaac, Esq Liverpool
Hare, Sir John, 11, Langham.plaee, London, director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Railway Company
Halford, John, Esq. Rusholm-house, near Manchester
Hannah, John, Esq. Huddersfield,direetor ofthe Manchester, Hud •
dersfield, and Great Grimsby Railway Company
Haigh, Thomas, Esq. Newlay, near Leeds, director of the Midland
and Thirsk Railway Company
Hislop, Hardy, Captain, Duke-street, St. James's, director of Mid-
land Counties and Birmingham Railway Companies
Heyeate. R. 8., Esq. Market Harborough
Hollingworth, James, Esq. London-terrace, Derby
Isaacson, Rev. Stephen, Berners-street, Director of the Chelten-
ham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction Railway Company, &c.
Jameson, John, Esq. St. George's-place, Brixton, director of the
Great Leeds and London Railway Company, &c.
Johnson, Samuel, Esq. Halifax, director of the Leeds, York, and
Midland Railway
Key, Sir John, Bart. Alderman, London, director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company
Kelly, Richard, Esq. London, Chairman of the New Ross and
Kilkenny Company, &c.
Kidley, Thomas, Esq. Sheffield
Kuper, William, E,q. Camberwell, director of the London and
Windsor, and Leeds and York Railway Companies
Lowtkrop, Sir William, Hull, Chairman of the Hull and Barnsley,
and director of the Liverpool and Leeds Direct Railway Com-
panies,
Lord, John, Esq. Standish-hall, Wigan
Morton, F. Esq. Bootle, near Liverpool, director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company
Morton, H. J. Esq. C.E. Bradford, Yorkshire, director of the Hull,
Melton, and Northern Union Railway
M'Crea, H. 0. Esq. The Haugh, Halifax
Mesham, W. R. Esq. St. Loyes, Bedford, director of the North-
ampton, Bedford, and Cambridge Railway Company
Milligan, Walter, Bingley, York, director of the Leeds, York, and
Midland Railway Company
Magnay, Sir William, Bart. alderman, London
M'Swinney, Joseph James, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Leeds,
York, sad Midland Railway Company, &c.
Newen, George, Esq. Hyde Park-terrace
Needham, the Hon. Francis, Fairfield-lodge, Kensington
Pollock, Robert, Esq. Leeds, provisional director of the Leeds,
York, and Midland Railway Company
Pacey, Jeptha, Esq. Manchester, director of the Staffordshire and
Liverpool Railway Company
Purcell, R. H. Esq. Cambridge-street, Hyde-park, director of the
Direct Western Railway Company
Parkinson, John F. Esq. Hardwick, near Manchester
Powell, S. H. Esq. Foxley-cottages, North Brixton, director of the
Leeds, York, and Midland Railway Company
Preston, Thomas B. Skipton
Paxton, James, M.D. Rugby
Reyno:ds, James, Esq. merchant, Manchester
Robinson, George, Esq. Hull, director of the Leeds and Barnsley
Junction Railway Company, &c.
Richardson, John, Esq. Harrogate, director of the East and West
Yorkshire Railway Company, &c.
Ross, Colonel, Astley-hall, chairman of the Manchester, Wigan,
and Southampton Railway Company
Riddell, J. R. Esq. Enfield, director of the York and Lancaster
Railway
Riddell, R. A. Esq. 23, Bryanstone-street, Portman-square, chair-
man of the Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Rail-
way Company
Russell, James, Esq. 57, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Rayner, Thomas Ingham, Esq. Bristol near Leeds, director of the
Great Leeds anti London Railway Company, &c.
Richards, T. S. Esq. 59, Baker-street, London, director of the
Great Western and Southern and Eastern Railway Company
Ramsden, Thomas, Esq. Cothingley, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Renshaw, James, Esq. Lombard-street, London, and West Heath.
house, Erith, Kent, director of the Direct Western and South
Staffordshire Junction Railway
Robinson, John, Esq. Wakefield, director of the Sheffield, Wortley,
Silkstone, and Wakefield Railway Company
Rogers, Thomas, Esq. Bradford, director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway Company, &c.
Rich, Sir George, 45, Lowndes-street, Belgrave- square
Sharp, William, Esq. Scarthing Moore.house, near Tuxford, Notts
Sharp, George, Esq. merchant, Lincoln
Sloane, W., Esq. 57, Wimpole-street
Scriven, J. W., Esq. Otley, Yorkshire, director of the Great Leeds
and London Railway Company
Sykes, Frank, Esq. Liversedge, near Leeds
Smith, George Walker, Esq. Horbury.hall, Sheffield, director of
the Sheffield, Nottingham, and London Direct Railway Company
Sykes, William, Esq. Heckmonsburgh, Yorkshire, director of the
Great Northern and Southern Railway Company
Stocks, Joseph, Esq. Shiliber-hall, Halifax
Southgate, John, Esq. Pebble Coombe, near Dorking
Southgate, John, jun. Esq. Old Change, London, director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Railway
Company
Savage, H. Esq. Dorset.place, Dorset-square
Swiney, J. James, Esq Sandal-view, near Wakefield, director of
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, London and Liverpool,
Leeds, York, and Midland, Bristol andiDover, Sheffield, Silkstone,
and Wakefield, Hull and Holyhead Railway Companies
Scott, William, Esq. Heworth, New York, a provisional director of
the Leeds, York, and Midland Junction Railway
Thomson, James, Esq. Wray, Lancaster, director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Company
Taylor, Peter, Esq. Knaresborough
Whittington, Peter, Esq. Tuxford, Notts
Wright, Major-General, R.E. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Whitehead, William Deese, Esq. Derby-house, Chetwood, Man-
cheater
Wilson, William, Esq. 3, Devonport-street, Sussex-square
Womersley, W. Esq. Rawdon, Yorkshire
Wigglesworth, Joseph, Esq. Halifax
Wright, T. S. Esq. Northampton
Ward, Thomas Aaline, Esq. Sheffield, director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Wilkinson, Henry, Esq. Endcliffe.hall, Sheffield'
White, W. Esq. Fitzroy-square, director of the London and Wind-
sor Railway
Witham, James, Eeq. Eaton. square, director of the Direct London
and Liverpool
Whitby, James, Esq. Morton, near Bradford, Yorkshire
Wale, Edwin, Esq. York, a provisional director of the York,
Leeds, and Midland Junction Railway
Yates, George, Esq. Halifax
ENGINEERS—Francis Giles, Esq., Alfred Giles, Esq.
BANKERS—London : Messrs. Cox and Co.
Somme—London : George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square,
and No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall.street.
Offices, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall.street.

This company is formed for the purpose of establishing direct
railway communication between the important ports of Hull,
Great Grim►by, and Southampton.

It is intended to effect this desirable object by the construction
of a line of railway, commencing at Lincoln, passing Grantham,
Oakham, Uppingham, near to Rockingham and Rothwell, and
joining the South Midland Railway between Market Harborough
and Northampton ; thus forming, in connexion with projected
lines of railway from Hull and Grimsby to Lincoln, and front
Northampton to Southampton the connecting link in one uninter.
rupted chain of railway communication from Hull and Grimsby
to Southampton, Gosport, and Poole, and the whole of the south-
western coast of England.

It will also form the most direct route from Hull Great
Grimsby, and the whole of Lincolnshire, Rutlandshire, North
amp.
and pall of Leicestershire, to Oxford, Banbury, Chel.amP
tenham, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter, and the South and West of
England.
An inspection of the map will at once show the importance of
this undertaking, whether considered in a local or national point of
view, forming as it will an intimate connexion between London
and the South generally, with the fertile districts of Lincolnshire
and the adjacent counties, at present without railway accomino.,
datien; while its value to the South Midland, the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham, the London and Birmingham Railway
Companies, and the projected lines south of Northampton (to which
it will form a most profitable adjunct) must be obvious.
This line will also form junctions at Lincoln with the projected
line from London to York, also with the Leicester, Louth, and
Grimsby, the Nottingham and Lincoln, and the other proposed
lines running to Lincoln ; at Grantham with the Nottingham,
Vale of Belvoir and Grantham, and the Grand Union ; at Oakham
with the Syston and Peterborough ; also with the Boston, Stamford,
and Birmingham and Landon, and Manchester Direct.
One great and important feature in this railway is, that it does
not run parallel with, or in opposition to, any existing line of
railway.

The ground has been surveyed, and found to be practicable, pre.
renting for the most part no engineering difficulties.
Satisfactory communications for mutual co-operation have been
opened with the several companies, whose interests will be affected
by the proposed line. In the meantime the Committee of Manage-
ment reserve power to amalgamate with any other company, or
deviate from the proposed line, or make such extensions and
branches as they may hereafter deem advisable.
The Subscribers will b., held liable only to the amount of their
subscriptions, and power will be taken in the Act of Parliament to
allow interest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum on all calls from
the passing of the Act. _ _

In consequence of a great portion of the Shares having been
already applied for, the period for application must necessarily be
very limited. _ _

Applications for Shares may be made in the annexed form to the
following Sharehrokers :—London : Mr. W. West, Capcl.court,
Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. Morton, 14, Ex-
change-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. E. C. Hopps and Co., Leeds;
Messrs. Gibson and Dover, Manchester ; Messrs. John Pollock and
Co.. Bradford, Yorkshire; Messrs. Potter and Smith, York; Messrs.
Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Ply..
mouth ; Mr. T. Sandford Exeter; Mr. J. Wright, Birmingham ;
Messrs. Silizry and Simpson, Hull ; Messrs. Ironside, Sheffield ;
Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich; Mr. Joseph Ivey Baker, Chelten-
ham ; to the Secretary, No. 2, Guildhall-chambers; and to George
Smith, Esq., solicitor, 24, Golden-square, and No. 2, Guildhall-
chambers, Basinghall-street.

To the Provisional. Committee of the Lincoln and Northampton
Railway Company.

. . _
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares in
the above Company, and I agree to take all such shares, or so many
as may be allotted to me, and to pay the deposit thereon; and to
execute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement,
when required so to do.

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BRISTOL AND ENGLTSH CHANNELS
DIRECT JUNCTION RAILWAY; with a Branch to
Wiveliscombe ; in Continuation of the North Devon, Bristol and
Exeter, and Great Western Railways.
(Registered Pi oc,sionally.)
Capital, 1,000,0001, in 40,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 123 6d. per Share.
No other Call is intended to be made until the Act has been ob-
tained. Parties' liabilities will be limited to the extent of their
Shares.

f2OVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Hon. William Dawson, Parkstone, Dorset
Sir Robert George Throckmorton, Bart., Buckland,
near Farringdon, Barks I Directors of
Sir John Trevelyan, Bart, Nettlecombe Court, near
the North
Watchet, Somerset, and Wallington, Northum. Devon
berland Railway
Lieut. General Sir George Pownell Adams, K,C.H., I
Ockington House, near Wiveliscombe
Lieut. Colonel Sir Henry Bayly, K.H., Burley-villa, Lyme Regis,

Dorset
Henry John Reuben Dawson Darner, Eq., Milton Abbey, Dorset
Edward Ayshford Sanford, Esq., Nynehead Court, Somerset, di-

rector of the North Devon Railway
Humphry Weld, Esq., Chidcock House, near Bridport, Commie.

signer of Bridport Harbour
Walter C.tlverly Trevelyan, Esq., Nettlecombe Court
John Knight, Esq., Wolverley-hal , Worcestershire, and Simons-
bath, Somerset, director or the North Devon Railway
Frederick Wynn Knight, Esq., M.P , Wolverly-hall, director of

the North Devon Railway
'Thomas Alel2.nder Mitchel, Esq., M.P. for Bridpert
Lieutenant. Colonel Bragge, Sadborrow.houA. near Chard
Robert Aitchison, Esq., Captain, R. N., Maperton-house, near

Bridport
Alexander Ramsay, Esq., Beaminster, near Bridport
John Dorrien Magens, Esq., 29, Cornhili, London
Joseph Barrow Montefiore, Esq., York- str.er, Portman-square
Thomas Laurence, Esq., St. Mary Axe, London, director of the

Leeds and Carlisle Railway
John Charritie, Esq., Park-village East, Regent's-park, director

of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Thomas Wetherell, Esq., Lincoln, Director of the London and

York and East Lincolnshire Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, director of the Liver-
pool and Derby Railway
John Knill, Esq., London Bridge-wharf, London, director of the

Worcester, Shrewsbury and Crewe Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, director of the Liver-
pool and Derby and East and West of England Railways
Henry M. Kemshead, Esq., Westbourne-house, Paddington
Cnarles Bamford, jun., Esq., Hull; director of the Leeds and
Carlisle, and Hull and Barnsley Junction Railway
William Tanner, Esq., 84, Great Surrey-street, director of the
Leeds and Carlisle Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James street, Buckingham-
gate, director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
The Hon. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P. for Wolverhampton
William Gordon Thompson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, Hyde.
park, director of the South Midland, and Northampton, Ban-
bury and Cheltenham Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, director
of the Dub'in, Belfast, and Coleraine, and South Essex Railways
Henry Rendell Wotton, F.:.q„ Fitzroy-square, London
rA devisee in trust of
the late Earl of Egre.
Lawrence Walker, Esq., King's-road, wont, owner of the
Gray's Inn, London Harbour of Watchet,
and extensive adjacent
manors and estates

William Eales, Eq., Mincing-lane
Frederick William Drewe, Esq., Woodlands.house, near Stowe),,
Somerset
Joseph Gundry, Esq., Hyde-house, near Bridport, merchant and ship-

owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Robert Longhorn, Lq., CiAtesbrooke, Northampton
John Hill, Esq., Fairfield- house, Lyme Regis, Dorset, merchant
William Tucker, Esq. Coryton.park, near Axminster, Devon
Thomas Hoskins, Esq., Haselbury, Plucknett, near Crcwkerne,
Somerset
Thomas Fox, Esq., Beaminster, Dorset, Commissioner of Bridport
Harbour
William Loveridge, Esq., Paradise lodge, near Chard
Charles Warre Loveridge, Esq., Crewkerne, banker
Benjamin Pearkes Gundry, E q., Bridport, merohant
William Trevelyan Cox, Esq., Cheddington.court, near Beaminster
R. Walter, Esq., Coombe.hsad, near Chard
William Colfox, Esq., Rax.house, Bridport, merchant and ship.
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Stephen Whetham, Esq., Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Corn..
missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Pike Stephens, Esq., Bridport, merchant and shipowner, Com.
missioner of Bridport Harbour
John Kenway, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Thomas Colfox, Esql, Rax-house, Bridport, merchant
William Kinglake, Esq., Wilton.house, Taunton
William Beadon, Esq., Gotton-house, near Taunton
James Bunter, Esq., Taunton, banker
Henry Hooper, Esq. (late Mayor of Exeter), architect, director of
the North Devon Railway, and Deputy Chairman of the Exeter
and Crediton Railway
Richard Carver, Esq., Taunton, architect, county surveyor for So-
mersetshire
James Carrol Wilcocks, Esq., Exeter, director of the North Devon
Railway, and of the Exeter and Crediton Railway
James Marsh, Esq., Alphington, Exeter, director of the North
Devon Railway
John Hancock, Esq., Halse, near Taunton
Henry Daubney Harvey, Esq., Wiveliscombe, director of the
North Devon Railway
Phillip Hancock, Esq., Ford.house, near Wiveliscombe
James Thomas Benedictus Notley, Esq., Coombe, Sydenham-house,
near Watchet
George Notley, Esq., Chillington, Somerset
Joseph Hitchcock, Esq., The Grove, Taunton
H. D. King, Esq., Taunton
Stephen William Whetham, Esq., Bridport, merchant and ship-
owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Walter Eustace Gundry, Esq., Bridport, banker and merchant
Alfred Nicholetts, Esq., Woaderwell, near Bridport
William Battiscombe, Esq., East Cottage, near Bridport, brewer,
Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
Thomas Ewens, Esq., Allington, near Bridport, merchant and ship-

owner, Commissioner of Bridport Harbour
William Hounsell, Esq., Wykes•court, near Bridport, merchant
Richard Hayward, Esq., West Chinnock, Somerset, merchant and
flax-mill owner
John Hounsell, Esq., Bridport
Theophilus Miller Gunn, Esq., Bridport
James Brown, Esq., Burton, Bradstock, near Bridport
Joseph Hounsell, Esq., Bridport, merchant
Richard Tucker, Esq., Bridport, merchant
William Tucker, Esq., Allington.villa, near Bridport
Richard Turle, Esq., Taunton, merchant
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton, merchant
Thomas Powell, Esq., The Gaer, near Newport, Monmouthshire,
coal proprietor; a director of the Taff Vale Railway
Thomas Hughes, Esq., Kingshill, Newport
Franklin Meager, Esq., Swansea, Glamorganshire, of the firm of
M. I. Michael and F. Meager
George Bucknell, Esq., Crowcombe, near Watchet
John Southcomb Ling, Esq., Stogumber near Watchet
Henry Foote Ling, Esq., Stogumber, near Watchet
George Elers, Eal., Stogumber, director of the North Devon Rail-

way
John Williams, Esq., Buckland, near Farringdon, Berks
William Cockburn, Esq., Minehead, Somerset
Robert Hole, Esq., Alcombe, near Minehead
Henry Cadell, Esq , Stampford Brett, near Watchet
Frederick William Rossiter, , Esq., Williton, near Watchet
William Avery, Esq., Barnstaple, member of the Provisional Com.

mittee of the North Devon Railway
Alfred Marriott, Esq , Broadlands- lodge, Taunton
John William Marriott, Esq., Taunton
Henry Alford, Esq., Taunton
John Eales White, Esq., Taunton, brewer
Jonathan Payne, Esq., Norton, near Taunton, corn.factor and

mill-owner
William Middleton, Esq , Chard, brewer
Silvanus Stephens, Esq., Bridport
William Manley, Esq., Bridport
James Haydon, Esq. ' Flax-manufacturers,
Robert Turner, Esq. J Greenham mills, Crewkerne
James
Thomas
L wEe slql; Ch
Er; rdq ~ Taunton
Thomas Stoate, Esq., Washford•mills and Watchet, merchant
and ship-owner
William Stoate, Esq., Watchet-mills, merchant and ship-owner
William Gimblett, Esq., merchant and shipowner, Watchet
William G. Hole, Esq., merchant and shipowner, Watcbet
J. Wansbrough, Esq., j Paper-makers, Paper-mills, Watchet
John Date, Esq., and Bristol
William James, Esq., Doniford, near Watchet
Henry George Hole, Esq„ merchant andship.owner, Watchet
Joseph Williams, Esq., banker, Williton, near Watchet
Thomas Hawkes, Esq., land agent and surveyor, Williton, near
Watchet

(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING ENGINEER—C. B. Vignoles, Esq., F.R.S.A.
ENGINEERS W. C. M}lne, Esq., F.R.S., Principal Engineer to the
New River Company; R. W. Mylne, Esq.
LONDON RANKERS.
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph and Biddulph, 43, Charing—cross
Messrs. Currie and Co., 29, Cornhill.

COUNTRY BANKERS.
Stuckey's Banking Company, at their various branches
The West of England and South Wales' District Bank, at their
various branches
Messrs. Williams and Co., Bridport, Dorchester, and at their ♦ariou
branches
Messrs. S. and W. E. Gundry, Bridport, and at their various
branch es
Messrs. H. R. and 1. Badcock, jun., Taunton.
STANDING COUNSEL—A. W. Kinglake, Esq., 24, Old-square,

Lincoln's Inn.
SECRETARY—Mr. Charles P. 111cryon,
SOLICITORS IN LONDON—Messrs. Keddell, Baker, and Grant, 34,

Lime-street.
PARLIAMIGNTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Sudlow and Kingdon,
Palace-yard.

Mr.
Samuel Walter,
,rricdrephoTa
Chard
E COUNTRY.
T
Mr. Baruch Fox, Beamister
Messrs. Rowcliffe and Son, Stogumber, near Watchet.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Mr. Woodland, Taunton
Mr.iu W. Bridge, Dorchester
. F. Napier Bower,
Bridport on the
Wiveliscombe
Mr. J. F. Knight, Axminster.
The object of this Company is toestablish
rail-
way for passengers, goods, and Commercial, a direct line of
by thealining, and agricul-
turalE ngl
produce between the harbour
Watchetishonthe Channel,
andßristol
Channel, and the harbour of
provide means of inland transit for a large
proportion of the pro-
duce at present necessarily sentdangerous and uncertain
passage round the Land's End, and at the same time afford to the
intermediate rich and populous districts ready and convenient rail-
way communication.
The direct line will be 48 miles in length, and will proceed from
Watchet to Taunton, and thence by Hatch Beauchamp, and by
Ilminster to Chard, and by Crewkerne and Beaminster to Bridport
harbour. A branch will proceed out of the line, about midway
between Watchet and Taunton, directly to Wiveliscombe. All
these towns and their neighbourhoods are populous and opulent,
and many of them very much so, and the localities are remarkable
for their richness, fertility, beauty, and numerous resident gentry.
At Wiveliscombe this line will avail itself of the North Devon
Railway to Taunton, and also westward; at Taunton it will
enter the station of the Bristol and Exeter Railway, and thence
proceed to Mangert,n, tour miles short of Bridport, where it will
unite with the Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth, one of the
Great Western lines of Railway, and thence proceed on that line
to Bridport Harbour.
It will also cross the proposed line from Yeovil to Exeter
about two miles west of Crewkerne. •
The junction of the two Channels was long since deemed an im-
portsnt object. To effect it, surveys were successively made for a
ship canal by the late Mr. Rennie, Mr. Telford, and other scientific
men, who concurred in the importance of such a work in a na-
tional point of view ; the design was matured, and in 1824 an Act
of Parliament was passed ; and it stands recorded as the opinions of
Mr. Telford and Captain Nichols, that the canal would afford a
remuneration to the subscribers of 1634 per cent, on a capital of
1,712,8441.
The sum required for this work, being so much less than that
for the Ship canal ; the increased demand of a greatly increased
population, and the present vast commercial energies of the
country, make it manifest that goods may be conveyed by this
railway at far less than half the charge upon which Mr. Telford
and Captain Nichols formed their opinion.
The intended line from Minehead to Bridgewater, will meet
and cross this line near Watchet.