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

THE SUN LONDON FRIDAY EVENING OCTOBER 17, 1845.

11111UNTINGDON, WISBEACH, AND ST. '
IVES UNION RAILWAY.
Being an extension of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire
Juneeon Railway, from March to Huntingdon and St. Ives.
Capital 200,0001. in 8,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Isle of Ely, Wis
beach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway :
Resolved—That an extension of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and
Lincolnshire Junction Railway from March to Huntingdon, with a
branch to St. Ives, would be profitable as an investment of capital,
and useful to the public.
'1 hat the Directors of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire
Junction Railway take measures to carry out the project, under the
name of the Huntingdon, St. Ivey, and Wisbeach Union Railway.
That the capital be two hundred thousand pounds, in eight thou-
sand Shares of twenty-five pounds each.
That Messrs. Spooner, Attwood, and Co. be the bankers in London;
Messrs. Rust and Veasey, at Huntingdon ; and the National Pro-
vincial Bank of England, at March, Wisbeach, and Sutton.
The Directors of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire
Junction Railway, having been urgently requested, have upon mature
deliberation, determined to add to the value and to the public utility
of their much approved line the railway now announced.
This short but important line of railway will proceed Isle
of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire Junction Railway, at March,
through or near Wimblington, Doddington, Benwick, Broughton,
King's Lipton, Hartford, Chatter's, Ramsey, Warboys, and Hurst,
to Huntingdon.
The placing of Wisbeach, the natural port of this rich and exten-
sive agricultural district, in immediate connexion with Huntingdon,
the focus of six railways, must be a great accommodation, and of
paramount importance to that port ; added to which, it kas long been
desired by the mercantile community of both towns.
It also gives Wisbeach and its vicinity, and the other populous
places which it will traverse, the choice of two routes to the metro-
polis en the completion of that portion of the London and York Rail-
s ay which joins Huntingdon, giving the railway communication by
St. Ives to Wisbeach, an object which the inhabitants of tke town
have publicly te•tifiedAtheir desire to accomplish.
~rPower will be applied for in the Act of Parliament to amalgamate
this Company with the Isle of Ely, Wisbeacb, and Lincolnshire Junc-
tion Railway under one management.
Holders of shares in the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lincolnshire
Junction Railway may have shares in the present Company, in the
proportion of one share for every two, by transmitting a letter
stating the fact to the Secretary, or either of the Solicitors, on or
before the 15th of October instant. Application for shares may also
be made in the accompanying form. No application can be received
after time 18th of October, and the shares will be allotted without
dela,

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Huntingdon, St. Ives, and
Wisbeach Union Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 251.
each in the above company, and I undertake to pay the deposit of 21.
12s. Gd. per share thereon, or any less number you may appropriate
to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Parliamen-
tary Contract when required
Dated this

day of October, 1845.

Name •••••• • • • • . • • ..... •••• • • • •• • •
Residence •••••• • • • • . •
Trade or Profession • • • • • ..... .
Place of Business (if any) ... • • • • •••• • • • •
Refprence • •
JOINT SOLICITORS—James Coppock, Esq., 3, Cleveland- row ; John
Bell, Esq., 28, Craven-street.
LOCAL SOLICIIORS—Thomas Steed Watson, Esq. Wisbeach ;
all Esq
WILLIAM WILDE, secretary.
Offices, 243, Gresham•s`.reet, London, Oct. 9, 1845.

LUNTINGDON, WISBECH, and ST. IVES
UNION RAILWAY.
No Applications for Shares in this Company will be received after
12 o'clock at noon on SATURDAY, the 15th instant. The Letters of Al-
lotment will be posted as early as possible.
Those applicants who do not receive ktters of allotment, must at-
tribute it to the vast number of applications, and the limited number
of shares

WILLIAM WILDE, Secretary
2G, Gresham-street, 15th Oct., 1845.

NORTH UNION, TRENT VALLEY, AND
MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION, AND MACCLES-
FIELD, WARRINGTON, AND LIVERPOOL DIRECT RAIL-
WAY COMPANY

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 400,0001., in 20,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
James Lawrence, Esq. mayor of Liverpool, and director of the Liver-
pool, Warrington, btockport, and Manchester Direct
Charles Mann, Esq. Manchester, and Laurel Villa, Leamington,
director of the Oxford and Birmingham Junction, the East and
West of England, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct, and pro-
prietor of the Victoria Bashi, Manchester
John liolford, Esq. Rushohne-hall, Manchester
Edward Morris, Esq. West-cottage, Chorley, director of the Black-
burn, Chorley, and Liverpool, the Liverpool and Leeds Direct, the
Great Western, Southern, and Eastern, or Ipswich and Southamp-
ton, and the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield] .
Jasper Fletcher, Esq. Manchester
Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan, director of the London and Liverpool
Direct, the Staffordshire Potteries, the York and Lancaster, the
Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, and other railways
Gervasc Cressy Hall, Esq. Alfreton, Derbyshire
William Byron, Esq. Oldham, a director of the Liverpool, Preston,
and North Union, the Dover and Bristol, and the London and
Liverpool Direct
William Walker, Esq. Lea Wood. Derbyshire, director of the Liver-
pool and Derby, and the Northampton, Lincolnshire, and Hull

Railways
Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan, director of the York and Lancaster,
the Rugby, Derby, and Manchester, the Keighley, Halifax, and
Huddersfield Junction, and the London and Liverpool Direct
Railway
William Caldwell, Esq. Ince, alderman of the borough of Wigan, and
director of the Leeds and Liverpool Direct, and Keighley, Halifax,
and Huddersfield Railway
James Middleton, Esq. merchant, Everton, Liverpool
Arthur Henderson, Esq. merchant, member of the select vestry,
Liverpool
William Alexander Dow, Esq. Inner Temple, London, member of the
Hon. Society of Lincoln's Inn, London
John Bridge Aspinall, Esq. barrister-at-law, London and Liverpool,
director of the Huddersfield, Manchester, and Great Grimsby, and
the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Radvvay
Widiam Dossa Whitehead, Esq. merchant, Cheetwood, Manchester,
director of the Hull, Great Grimsby, and Southampton, and the
Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railways
Joseph Lockett, Esq. Marlborough Villa, Higher Broughton, Man-
chester
Robert Ryder, Esq. Ardwick-place, Manchester
John Formby, Esq. J.P. Liverpool and Cheshire, director of the Holy-

head Junction Railwry
Peter Marrow, Esq. corn merchant, Liverpool
John Rawlins Postlethwaite, Esq. cotton spinner, Ribblesdale-place,
Preston
Proctor Walker, Esq. Moor-park, Preston, director of the Liverpool
and Leeds Direct, and the Keighley, Halifax, and Huddersfield

hallways
Henry Edwards, Esq. Audley Villa, Everton, Liverpool
Samuel Routledge, Esq. Huddersfield, director of the East and West
Coast Railway, the Manchester and Great Grimsby Direct, and
other railways
Thomas Robson. Esq. Darlington Cottage, Pendleton, Manchester
William Melville Lomas, EN. merchant, Liverpool, director of the
London and Holyhead, the Lancashire, Cheshire, and Staffordshire
J unction, the North Western Trunk, the Midland Grand Junction,
and several other railways
William Atkinson Gardiner, Esq. Cecil-street, London, vice-chair-
man of the Midland Union, director of the Boston, Stamford, and
Birmingham, the Oxford, Newbury, and Andover, the Manchester
aid Southampton, and the Direct Liverpool and London Railways
Edward Ward Jackson, Esq. Clare-terrace, Edge-hill, Liverpool,
director of the London and Edinburgh Direct, the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Manchester and Liverpool Direct, the Direct Shef-
field and Macclesfield, and several other railways
W. W. Prole, Esq. Thurloe-square, London, director of the Cambrian

!irze,r

e nd Grand J unction Railway
John Webster, Esq. director of the Great Grimsby and Lincoln
Railway, 35, Mecklenburgh-square, Landon
Richard Chapman, Esq. Park-place, Regent's-park, London, director
of the Great Manchester and Southampton Railways
John Downes, Esq. 6, Bedford-place, Russell-square, London
M. 11. Williams, Esq. Bridgnorth
Jas. Peard Ley, Esq. Seyton Ironworks, Whitehaven, and Reform
Club, London, director of the Nottingham, Birmingham, Gains-
borough, and Hull Railway
David Montague, Esq. Baddington, London, director of the Ports-
mouth and Chatham Railway
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq. the Grange, Kendal, director of the Cale-
donian, Kendal, and Windermere, and the Lancaster and Carlisle
Railways
Edward Robinson, Esq. Hull, director of the Rugby, Derby, and
Manchester, and the Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield Railways
John Den hurst, Esq. Preston, director of the North Union Junction
Railway
George Carry, Esq. merchant, Fenwortham House, near Preston,
director of the Fleetwood and West hiding Railway
George Smith, Esq. cotton spinner, Beech Grove, Moor Park,Preston
John Lord, Esq. Standish Hall, director upon the Dover and Bristol,
the Eastern and Western, the Southern, or Ipswich and Southamp-
ton, and the Staffordshire Potteries
Joseph Plinlott Oates, Esq. Sutton-Coldfield, director of the Leicester
and Birmingham Direct, Midland and South Junction, and several
other railways
William Jones, Esq. Liverpool.
Reddish, Esq. Sharston, near Warrington
William Cantrell, Esq. Wirksworth, Derbyshire, director of the Am-
bergate and Nottingham, the London and Nottingham, Liverpool
and Derby Direct, and the Staffordshire and North Midland Junc-
tion itailwa‘s
Jonathan Dunn, Esq. merchant, Liverpool, director of the Lancaster
and Preston, Rugby, Warwick, and Worcester, and other Railways
Thomas Bailey, Esq. merchant, Aigburth Old Hall, Liverpool
Join Grant Morris, Esq. coal merchant, Liverpool, director of the
Liverpool and Bolton Direct Railway
Thomas Ward, Esq. Macclesfield, provisional director of the Man-
chester, Ashton-under-Lynn, Stalybridge, and North Derbyshire
Railway
John Cooke, Esq. Macclesfield, provisional director of the Sheffield,
Nottingham, and London Direct Railway •
Jeremiah Clarke, Esq. Macclesfield, provisional director of the
London and Manchester Direct (Remington's)
John Massey, Esq. merchant, Manchester
(With power to add to their number).
ACTING COMMITTEE.
James Lawrence, Esq. Mayor of Liverpool
Charles Mann, Esq. Manchester and Leamington
W. A. 1)ow, Esq. Inner Temple, Lend=
Edward Morris, Esq. Chorley
Henry Taylor, Esq. Wigan
Thomas Byrom, Esq. Wigan
Joseph Lockett, Esq. Manchester
Jolm Lord, Esq. Standish Hall
H. Edwards, Esq. Everton, Liverpool
Samuel Routledge, Esq. Huddersfield
Proctor Walker, Esq. Preston
William Byrom, Esq. Oldham
William Melville Lomas, Esq. Liverpool
William Jones, Esq. Liverpool
(With power to add to their number).
ACTING ENGINEER—Henry TUrneVine Edwards, Esq.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
Manchester
Liverpool
Macclesfield The Manchester and Liverpool District
"C% arrinton Banking Company
Wigan
Preston,
Leeds—The Yorkshire Banking Company
Birmingham—The Birmingham Banking Company
SOLICITORS TO THE COMPANY—J. and W. Andrew, Manchester
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Liverpool—Messrs Avison and Pritt ; and John Greatly, En.
Macclesfield—Richard Wormald, Esq.
Preston—George Todd, Esq.
Wigan— Henry Gaskell, Esq.
SECRETARY—Mr. W. F. Westall
The great objects of this company are twofold. The first is to esta-
blish •he most direct line of railway communication between all th-
midlagd and southern and northern counties of
_England ; and also
with Scotland, by a short juncion line of about 22 miles in length
from the North Union Railway, at or near Parkside, to apoint on the
M anchester and Birmingham Railway, at or near Prestbury, and
thence to Macclesfield, there uniting with some one or more of such
of the undermentioned proposed lines, to or near that place, as maybe
sanctioueu by Parliament, and effect a junction with the Trent Val-
ley, London and Birmingham, and Midland Counties Railways
Birmingham and Manchester Direct Railway
Churnet and Blyth, or Macclesfield and Lichfield Junction
Railway
Tean and Dove Valley
North Staffordshire
London and Manchester Direct (Remington's and Rastrick's
Amalgamated)
North Cheshire
South Union
Rugby, Derby, and Manchester
Manchester and Rugby Direct
Direct Sheffield and Macclesfield.
A continuous line of railway communication will thus be formed
from Landon, Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and the Potteries,
with Wigan, Preston, the ports of Fleetwood and Lancaster, and
with Carlisle; and from that place, by the Caledonian Railway,
to Edinburgh and Glasgow, and all the important cities and towns
in Scotland, thus establishing the most important and uninter-
rupted, and at the same time the shortest and most expeditious line
of communication between the metropolis of England and that of
Scotland, and all the intermediate places. In conjunction with the
p, oposed line t'rom Sheffield to Macclesfield, the most direct commu-
nication between Liverpool and Sheffield will be effected.
The second object of this Company is by the proposed branch to
Warrington, there uniting with the contemplated line of the Grand
Junction Railway Company from that place to the Liverpool and
and Manchester Railway, at Huyton, to effect the shortest and Most
convenient line of communication between Macclesfield, Warrington,
aid Liverpool.
When it is considered that Macclesfield and its environs, with a
population of 50,000, must become so important a centre of railway
communication from the midland, western, and southern counties of
England, and that there is not at present any direct railway from
thence, connecting it with all the important manufacturing, coal,
and otherinineral districts, in the direct line to Scotland, and that
this line wZuld meet the existing deficiency, and form the most di-
.. . •- •• • , • : comßfunt,
rect route, by effecting a saving of sixteen miles in the distance from
Macclesfield to Parkside and also to Warrington, over any esta-
blisheri or proposed line In a northern "—the desireableness of
this project, in a no knell e, _r is pr, stinted, be ad-

wilted „, ,
mineral, and the manufacturiug• produce would pa*,, than any other
line of the same length In the kingdom. The -advantage which this
project offers to the public Will be sufficiently apparent, without fur-
ther comment.
The iiahuity of each shareholder rill De reatrlctod to the amount

of the shares taken; and power will be applied for in the Bill to
allow interest, at the rate of 4/. per cent. per annum, on all calls
made from the time of payment to the opening of the line.
The survey of the line is now in progress, and, with other neces-
sary arrangements, will be completed without delay, in order to go
to Parliament in the e issuing session.
Plans of the line, and copies of the prospectus, and forms of ap-
plication for shares, may be had from the Company's solicitors; or
from the following sharebrokers :—Mr. T. C. Munday, 17, Royal
Exchange, London ; Messrs.. Wells Westropp, and Princep, 75, Old
Broad-street, London ; Mr. Davit' Kinnear, 46, Hanover-street,
Edinburgh; Messrs. Houghland and:Leese, King-street, Manchester;
Messrs. Alston and Cage, Rumford-place, Liverpool; Mr. IL W,
Lucas, 5, Sweeting-street, Liverpool; Mr. William Pearson, Wigan.
Mr. Collis, Birmingham ; Messrs. Grierson, Swift, and Company,
Glasgow ; Mr. E. Wilson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers,
and Bailey, Leeds ; Messrs. Wellbeloved, Barwick, and Company,
Leeds; Messrs. Wake, Stainforth, and Company, Hull; 3lr. Samuel
Collinson, Nottingham ; Messrs Daily and Hodgson, Burton-on-
Trent ; Messrs. Earpe and Son, Derby ; Mr. Wren, Fishergate,
Presto

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the North Union, Trent Valley,
and Midland Counties Junction, and Macclesfield, Warrington,

and Liverpool Direct Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me' shares of 201.
each, in the above proposed railway ; and I agree to accept the
same, or any hers number ; and I undertake to pay the deposit of
21. 2s. per share on the same, and to sign the Parliamentary Con-
tract and the Subscribers' Agreement, and all usual and necessary
deeds, when required.
Dated this day of

1845.
Name in full • • • • •• •• " • • "
Residence ...• ....... ••••'• • •
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Usual Signature.. • • ....... • • •

Nolan UNION, TRENT VALLEY, AND
MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION, AND MACCLES-
FIELD, WARRINGTON, AND LIVERPOOL DIRECT RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
At a meeting, !held at the Spread Eacrle Hotel, Hanging Ditch,
Manchester, on the 14th day of October, 1845,

_
It was resolved—
That it is the opinion of this meeting, at which there are resi-
dents of Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, Wigan, Chorley, and
various parts of Lancashire and Cheshire, that the railway an-
nounced as " The North Union, Trent Valley, and the Midland Coun-
ties Junction, and Macclesfield, Warrington, and Liverpool Direct
Railway, is an excellent line, and one strongly to be recommended,
and highly beneficial as a necessary connecting link between the
northern and southern, and: midland counties of this kingdom ; and
that this meeting pledges itself to use every exertion to carry the
same forward, so as to go before Parliament in the ensuing session.
WILLIAM BYROM, Chairman.
W. F. WESTALL, Secretary.

r trHE OXFORD AND SAA,ISBURY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, lIIINGERFORD,
:ttid LUDGERSHALL. _

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,200,0001., in 41,1,009 :glares of 251. tuoit•
Deposit 2/. 12s. 6d. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington
The Right lion. Lord Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park, Oxen
The Right Hon. Lord Suffield, Gunton-park, North Wit ham=
The Right lion. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley
The Hoe. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, M.P., 13, Conduit-street, De
rector of the East and West Junction Railway
The lion. William M. Dawson, Parkstone-lodge, Poole, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerninghand, Director of the London and
Nottingham Railway
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir John Key, Bart., King's Anna-yard, Alderman of London,
Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, United Service Club
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingston Dayrell, !lief Sheriff of Buckingham-
shire, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Lieut.-Colonel Ellington, Scots Fusilier Guards, Wyndham-place,
Bryanston-square, Director of the Great Western Extension
Atmospheric Railway
James Macmillan, Esq., Southampton, Director of the Worcester,
Warwick, and Rugby Railway
Frederick William Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director of the
Dover and Bristol Railway
Henry D. Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby
Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighten and
Cheltenham Direct Railway
Major Graham, late Scots Grey x,16, Grove, Clapham
G. B. Bunbury, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Manchester Railway
The Rev. H. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester-
square, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction
Railway
James Gernon Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal-
way and Enills Grand Junction Railway
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully Castle
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Dover
and Bristol Railway
Joseph Bull, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ferrand Deaden, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Haigh, Esq., Rochdale
Charles Welland, Esq., Liverpool
James Shaw, Esq., Pendleton, Manchester
The Rev. F. K. Hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, Cambridgeshire
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq., Marlborough-place, St. •
Directors of the
John's-wood
E. S. Blundell, Esq., 18, Lower Seymour-street Direct
Exe-
W.Lon-
L. Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex don and
G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-terrace, Regent j ter Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hypark,
John Allen, Esq. 12, Gloucester-terse
, Msington
Francis loose, Esq., Upper Montague-streontague-square
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equity and Law
Life Assurance Company, and of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Railway
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe-park, Hats
Benjamin Swan, E Marlboro
sq., Jermyn-street, St. James's
Director of the
h
Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., RS., ug ,
London and South Wales Direct Railway
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough
F. Walker Botterill, Esq., Burnley
James Paxton, Esq.. M. 0., Director of the Rugby and Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby Railways
Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac-cottage, Birstal, near Leeds, Di-
rector of the Great Leeds, and London, Midland, and Thirsk, and
other Railways
Major Henry Lyster, 9, Spring-terrace, Wandsworth-road, Director
of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
J. Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
William Doe Belcher, Esq., Mayor of Abingdon
John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alderman of Abingdon
John Tomkins, Esq.
John Harris, Esq. Members of the Town Council, Abing-
Thomas Copeland, Esq. don
Edwin James Trendell, Esq ,
John King, Esq., Ahingden
George Cox, Esq., Abingdon
George Jackson, Esq., Abingdon
John Knight, Esq., Abingdon
Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon
John Aldworth, Esq.,Frilford, Halts
William Caudwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon
John Towle, Esq.
i Charles Hickman, Esq. Members of the City Council, Oxford
I John Weaving, Esq.,
R. C. Godfrey, Esq.,
James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford,
Director of the Lon do , and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Captain H. Strong, Oxford, Director of the Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railway
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford
Seckham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
Charles Shillingford, Esq., Sourer Town, Oxon
Adin Williams, Esq., Sourer Town, Oxon
Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford
Mr. Win. Thompson, Oxford
James Wickens, E-q., Oxford
d Ilryan,
John Brightman, Esq , Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the
David
Hounslow RaiEsq., Northampton, Directorlway
ef the Eastern and
Midland Counties Railway re
Capt. James Edward C;:rnegie, Somerset-street, Portman-squa,
and Bower-hall, Inverness, Director of the Reading and Reigate
Railway
Charles Liddiard, Esq., Wantage
Mr. Henry James Palmer, Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. West Lockinge, Berks
William Stone, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Richard Barnard, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Henry Hayward, Esq. Stirlings, \Vantage
James Staley. Esq. Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. Wantage
Mr. Charles Hart, foundry, \Vantage
Mr. William Beesley, Wantage
John William Palmer, Esq. Letcombe Regis, Perks
Mr. J. Pottinger Palmer, Letcombe Regis, Berks
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place, Director of the London

Docks
Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the
Commercial and General Life Assurance Association
Robert Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place,
Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
Director of the Somer-
John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London,
setshire Midland Railway
Henry Stock, Esq., drl
--gelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
It—
e
Eastern and Western Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary-churchyarl, Director of the Direct
Independent London and Manchester Railway
John Moor, Esq., Tutbury, Director of the Rugby, Derby, and Man-
chester Railway
T. A. Dale, Esq., Malvern-house, Cheltenham, Director of the Bir-
kenhead and Holyhead Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot-
teries Railways
Charles Johnston, Esq., Alders,gate-street,
Director of the Lynn,
Thetford, and Ipswich Railway
Admiral Ayscottah, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Railway
Frederick Chamier, Esq., RN., Halkin-street, Belg-rave-square,
Director of the Northampton and Cambri(lge Railwa
of the Rugby
y
George It. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director
and 'Warwick Railway
Thomas Salkeld, Esq. Huddersfield, Director of the Manchester,
Huddersfield, and Great Grimsby, and Huddersfield and Liverpool
Direct Railway
Charles Finch, Esq., Fisherton, Salisbury
James Scott, M.D., Grove End-lodge, St. John's-wood, Director
of the Hull and Holyhead, mid of the Bristol, Bath, and Poole
Railways
General 'Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-squaro
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
William
Be, Esq. Robert Bell, Esq.
William 1)00 elcher, Esq. w. L. Pepe, Esq.
E. S. Blundell, Esq. M.D. Brigadier General Sir Henry
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq. Pynn
Francis Ewart, Esq. Francis 110050, Esq.
Charles Liddiard, Esq. Walter Shairp, Esq.
James Macmillan, Esq. Henry Stock, Esq.
(With limited power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER-IN-CHlEF—Samuel Charles Boor Esq.
Soucrrons—Messrs. Elmslio and Preston, 47,gate-street,
London.
PAIMANENTARY Aura—Cadwallader F. Waddy, Req.
BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, and the Com-
mercial Bank of London
Oxford—The London and County Bank
Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank
Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. ; and the County
Bank
Wautage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Cc
Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank
Hungerford—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Oxford—John Francis Wilde, Esq.
Salisbury—Stephen Hill, Esq.
Abingdon —Messrs. Graham and Son
\Vantage-I\llllam Ormond, Esq.
llungerford and Marlborough—John Haleoinb Esq
SECEETAUT—Z. illarbeESty, Esq.

tricts.
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SUITOY in a Mt, of great tbrwardneeh and will be CCM.

The imrortance of connecting remote parts of E:.gland by ran
ways with the advantag,es thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be better exemplified than by the line
which is row proposed to form a,
,short and direct channel of :titer-
course between Oxford foull Salsbury, Numerous projected lines
now before the po,lle will make Oxford at the north, and Sali,:bary
at the south of the intended rlroad, the central points from which
north, anti north-east et'
various radii will di, erge to thaie north-west,
the former, and to the south and west of the latter ; and the
proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing is that city the
couse of railway from the north-eastern parts of the island. requires
the appliance now suggested to eilecta complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.,
The Oxford and ealisbury ll.rect Railway, in addition to
the h3oefita which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by perfecting a direct line of commun'eation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borowth of Abingdon,
the market towns of 11 antage., Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjacent villages,
an inipm atilt railway accenamodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
l i
need, and will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
twee the rural, manufacturing,.. and commercial population of the
kingdom. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis-
bury intocombining also the immediate connexion with the City and University of
Oxford,
of a direct communication
advantaga
with the sister University of
Cambridge ; thus strengthening the
ecclesiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com-
mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be
essentially enhanced.
The want of radway accommodation has long been felt to press
itufairly upon the inhabitants of the important and thriving town of
Abingdon. Their means and opportunities of competing with the more
fortunate traders of those towns which are already provided with di-
rect channels of transit, are thus severely crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Ilungerford and Lodge/shall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced by railway traffic.
It has therefore been determined. to commence the proposed line at
Oxford, and to proceed. through Abniodon to the station of the Great
Re.fty at af to Aldogdon a dirraa rail-
no ~1 to 1.,,,td0ii. 1,.0,a,t0.1 railway to Wantao7c, the
tron,lt to Lo.iooti Ili 1:.?, to that place ; and
, theo will,'); a rune
li•out Canitzitige to s) ~ln`: ti In prottuce,ti,
through the towns which have been named, Ilungerford and Lodgers-
hall, to Salisbury, and thence to tke south and western ports and dis-

pleted in sufficient time to enable the Company to apply to Parlia-
ment in the next session; and the promoters having received general
and most satisfactory assurances of support from the local gentry,
landowners, tradeis, and influential inhabitants, have reasonable
ground to anticipate the unobstructed passing of the necessary Act
for the formation of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct Railway during
the ensuing session. _ .

Applications for shares and prospectuses to be made to Messrs.
Elmslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street ; to the Secretary, at the
offices of the Company, 37, Gresham-street; and to the following
Brokers :—Messrs. Peppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street, Messrs. W.
and D. Ewart, 13, Finch-lane, and Messrs. Preece and Evans,
Lothbary, London ; Messrs. Alston and Gage, and Messrs.
Reynolds and Son, Liverpool ; Mr. John Duncuft, and Mr.
John O'Neil, Manchester; Messrs. A. and C. Bradshaw' and Messrs.
Wellbeloveci and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr.
James Pearson, Birmingham • Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
Bradford; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester; Messrs. Hail, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Easty and
Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allot, Edinburgh; Messrs. Black
and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm.
Gordon, Aberdeen ; ana Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin.

FORM OF APPLICA rioN.

To the ProTisional Committee of the Oxford and Salisbury Direct

Railway.

Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares in the
above undertaking; and I hereby agree to accept the same, or any
less number which may be allotted to me, and also to pay the de-
posits thereon, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement, Parlia-
mentary Contract, and all other necessary instruments, when re-
quired so to do.

I am, Gentlemen, your obedient Servant,
Name ix full • •
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Post Town • • • • • • • •
Occupation
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Usual Signature • • • • • • •
Dated
Elmslie and Preston 47, Mooruatc-street,•LAudon.

LONDON CENTRAL