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co-operate with the North London Junction Railway C om yany, a.
the perfection of a project of no ordinary magnitude and importance
will be realised throughout the whole of this short but very valuab:e
ltr.?, of railway. •
A. lithographic sketch new publishing will accurately define the
entire district throLgh which this Company proposes to run this line;
by this means the most casual observer will be enabled to ascertain
that the environs of London, north of the Thames, will be placed in
in.mediate communication with the City ; while the dense popu-
lation of the City will enjoy a faci•ity of connexion with its suburban
localities, necessarily affording it the greatest accommodation.
With such important local resources, therefore, together with the
vait traffic on which the shareholders of this Company have a right
to rely for profit, a large amount of revenue may be fairly and justly
anticipated, fully commensurate with the outlay of the proposed
calltal. That revenue will be derived thus :
he daily passenger traffic on the Great Western amounts to
3," 15, one-half of which reaches the City. The London and
4ham amounts to 4,322 daily, two-thirds of which reach the
C.ty. The Eastem Counties amounts to 2,400 persons daily, half
of whom pass to the West-end of London. The omnibus traffic daily
is 33,894 passengers, two-thirds of which may be given to the City.
Paisengars from the suburban districts reaching the City, now un-
a by any railway, are estimated at 4,000 daily.
irom these sources the following products are derived:—
Per Ann.

12,06

iwiU form a portion of the consolidated capital (the remainder being
contributed by the Midland Railway Company), and in order to com-
ply with the Standing Orders of the House of Lords, as recently
altered, it is necessary that the deposit of 11. 2s. already paid on the
South Midland shares should be increased to 2/. 2s. It is also neces-
sary that the scrip should be called in and re-issued, and new Parlia-
mentary deeds executed.

The shareholders in the South Midland Company are therefore re-
quired to pay, on or before the 25th day of October next, the further
sum of 11. per share on the shares respectively held by them, and for
this purpose to deposit with the Secretary, at the Company's °Mites,
Leicester, the scrip now held by them, together with an application
for registry and exchange in the annexed form, on or before the 18th
day of October next.
The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to rece've the
increased deposit will be issued within three days after the registry
of the scrip, and on the production of the bankers' receipt and the
execution of the new Parliamentary contract, the new scrip cer-
tificates will be issued.

All scrip in respect of which the shareholders shall fail to take the
necessary steps for payment of the required deposit within the
specified period will be forfeited.
Forms of application for registry and exchange of scrip may be ob-
tained by applying to the Secretary, at the Company's offices.
GEORGE HUDSON, Chairman,
G. N. BROWNE, Secretary.

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Leicester, Sept. 30, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRY AND EXCHANGE

Or SCRIP.

To the Committee of Direction of the South Midland, or Leicester,

Northampton, Bedford, and Huntindon Railway Company.
Gentiersien,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the
above Company, in respect of which I request jou to Issue me new
scrip, an 1 I agree to pay the further deposit of 11. per share on or
before the 25th day of October instant, and to execute the new Par-
liamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
Dated this day of , 1845.

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Name in full .. ••••• • • • •
Description
Address is full •• .... •
This form must be tilled up in the handwriting of the applicant,

THE LIVERPOOL and DERBY RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Victoria, cap. 110.:
Capital 1,500,000/.. in 75,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
Offices of the Company, 28, Moorgate-street.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.

Lord Stephen Chichester, Ormead, Antrim, Ireland, and St. Alban'
place, Regent's-park
The Hon. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester and-
Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park, Director
of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Masten-nan, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pine, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Director
of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Company
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of London,
late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for Hants
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
George Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of England
Junction
William Cliadwiek,MlVhflimailcgas,P4'bra""
Captain George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Railway
Joseph Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London,
Henry Broadwood, Esq.; M.P., Whitehall
The Hon. George Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
S.r Wm. Wynne, 5, Suffolk street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the .1
Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton,
Portsmouth Railway
Sir James Eyre, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square
Colonel George Disbro we, Chester-square, London
Capt. Burney, R.N., Gosport
11. C. Burney, LL.D., Gosport, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby Direct Railway
Lsule Buckland. Ewa , Avenue-road, Regent's Park
George Bovill, Esq., Millwall, Pop:ar
John Barnes, Eaq., Charley Wood, Bucks
James Brand, Esq., Tulse-hill
Joseph Brook, Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Dewsbury Railway
W. Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, and Italian and Austrian
Railway Company
W. Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
W. Bevan, Esq.. 48, Conduit-street, Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield
Josiah Brunt, Esq., Leek
William Edward Boyes, Esq., Alkerton, Blanbury
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square, Direc-
tor of the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
J. Chapman, Esq., Leadenhali-street, Director of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham Continuation Railway
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director et the Worcester and South Wales
Railway
E. Chapman, Esq., Strand, Director of the Richmond Railway
James ,:onstantine, Esq., Manchester
P. W. Courtenay, Esq., Temple
Thomas Chadwick, Esq , Bedford-lodge, Harlington
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
George Dunssus, Esq., Sheffield
John Davenport, Esq., Westwood Hall. near Leek
James D. De Vitre, Esq., Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square
Samuel Davies, Esq., Exeter, Director of the Exeter, Yeovil and
Dorchester, Exeter and Exmouth, and the Taw Vale Railways
James Fearnley, Esq., Longsight Abbey, near Manchester
J. P. limestone, Esq.
H. V. Firnestone, Esq., Lass ironworks, Stourbridge
Tulloch Fraser, Esq., Manchester-square, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West of England, and Birmingham and
South Staffordshire Railways
Trophimus Hodges, Esq., 6.5, Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
James Horne, Esq., Clapham-common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
William Halliday, Esq., merchant, Chad-valley, Edgbaaten, Director
of the Lichfield and Birmingham Railway
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
John IJadland, Esq., Banbury •
John Newington Hughes, Esq. Winchester.
William Harrington, Esq., Woodvale House, West Cowes
Richard Heaviside, Esq., Director of the London and Brighton
Railway
John Humphrey, Esq., M.P., Alderman of the City of London
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Jerdine, Esq., Piccadilly
Charles Kelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
T. Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the 'Worcester and South
Wales Railway
W. Knott, Esq.. 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond Railway
Thomas Ridley, Esq., M.D., Sheffield, Director of the Great Western
Railway Company
John Kinlock, Req., 21, Gloucester road, Hyde Park-gardens, Director
of the Newry and Enniskillen Railway, and the Great Britain Life
Assurance Company
Sir Gregory A. Lewin, 32, Upper Harley-street
Captain J. H. Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
J. D. Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Richmond
Railway
William Morley, nig.. Blackhead-park, Deputy Chairman of the
Manchester and Birkenhead Continuation Railway
Robert 3futrie, Esq., merchant, 93, Watling-street,
John Malleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Surrey
G. Miller, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
N. 3PCann, Esq., 50. Parliament-street, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
Wm. Nash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Win. Nicholson, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt. Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
S. Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness Railway
Frederick Ramsden, Esq., Seyrnore House, Manchester. Director
of the Birkenhead and Holyhead Junction Railway
Geo. Rougemont, Esq., 9, Chester-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rogers, Esq., Laura-place, Bradford, Director of the Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway, and the Keighley, Huddersfield and
Halifax Junction Railway
Christopher Shapland, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon and Cornwall Railway
Walter Shairp, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Director of the
Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond
Railway
The Rev. John Sneyd, Basford Hall. near Leek
John Sqtfre, Esq , Leek
Samuel Sangster, Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pany, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P. for Lymington, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
J
street, Bedford-row, Director of the
jrsollhenld.
London and Brighton Railway
Josepho ep h Shaw,
Thompson, Esq.,
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shoratin Hall, Malton
Daniel Watney, Esq., Wandsworth, Surrey, Distiller
Andrew Jukes Worthington, Esq., Leek
William Walker. Esq., Lea Wood Mattock, Derbyshire
a. Watkins, Esq. Forrest Hill. near Worksop
Charles Fenton Whiting,7 Esq., Beaufort-house, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director cf the F.rewaah Valley Railway
B. Williams, Tag., banker, 4, Whitehall, Director of the Manchester
and Rugby Direct Railway
major Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Railway
W. H. Richardson, Esq., Chepel, Southampton
John Bloor, Esq , Tutbury, Director of the Derby, Gains! orough, and
Great Grimsby Junction and several other Railways
R. !tertian, Esq., Donnington
Robert Cook, Esq., M.D., Gainaborough
John Vaughan, Esq, 26, Austin-friars
C. D. W. Westlake, Southampton
W. S. Pother, Esq., Gresham Club
Sydney, Esq., Alderman of the City of London
Frederick Jolly Flood, Esq., barrister-at-law, St. John's-lodge, Al-
pha-road, Regent's-park
James Atkinson West, Esq., Western-lodge, Durham, Director of the
Northumberland and Lancashire Junction Railway
Edward Alderson Fawcett, Esq., I, Huggin-lane, Wood-street
J. I). Cooper, jun., Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Director ofthe Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction, and the Nottingham, Bir-
mingham and County Junction
Colonel Fitch, Managing Director of the York and Lancashire
Henry Judson, Esq., Richmond-villa

(With power to aid to their number),

V`orth
and

BANKERS.
Mesfrs. 3fasterman and Co., London
The Union Bank, Manchester
SOLICITOR—John Bethell, Esq., 78, King William-street, London.

CONSULTING ENGINEER.
ENGINEERS.
Messrs. Rice and Thomas Hopkins, M I C E
and John Belcher, Esq.
This C.mpany is formed for making
a a
railway from Liverpool to
Derby, and will,
proceed along the Liverpool in conjunctionei with the Manchester and Rugby
short distaace of tyhedire Whistont Inclined Plane, l adPine, Railways,and thence
er form
ce thebra
nriceha roeisrt,
Direct, and London
willt
Manchester commenceß a i
lawt
eLyi Liverpool, and
within
ad
Congleton to Leek
route from Liverpool to London.
Rail-
way), and from thence through (theerc ion, through Warrington, Knutsford, and
joining the Manchester and Rugby in a south-ea
posed
line
willro Ashbourne to Derby. The whole
seen by reference to the map that be about sixty-six miles. It will be
s 4
route frothe'twmerhpool to London, and effect a direct
fo rm length
theof
shortestthe pr
Liviat this Important line of railway will
Liverpool and Derby, and will
tchheanhete,obfycommemanuenoicfatthioenwidlende
and
other railways, open an unin-
terrupted route to the more easternhecounties, and afford a complete
the
railway is is that it forms the
eezttern and western parts of
'unites'
e mr
na,inruafna ce teubr iynt gt , districts.
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the
.dtinilig a saving midlandTh einest communicationimportant
featurebetw ee between
in
the kingdom and the importantintermhff;
g of 22 miles ix
,weihlldb,yonthlye
b:natt,:le.as'"t
shortest road from Liverpool to London.
188 miles, whereas by the present route it is 21flogmh
oneiTrent
And Manchestere,iiis
Valley
.st ailrcege,aaßnar
and
dsilßugby,Lwli2sberp 0
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n mai
miles
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miles
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iteshe;te
Derby,
the whole distance
Liverpool and Derby will be reduced by this line to about 7
miles,
46 miles; an advantage which carries in Itself the conviction thus decreasing the distance by any present existing rauway,
necessity there is for the proposed railway, in order to connect r the
immediately two such important towns, especially when these tontweire
are but the foci, as it wore, for other railways from still more distailet
localities, as before adverted to.
The distance also tram Manchester to Leek (where the proposed
railway will unite with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway)
will be about 30 miles, and from Leek to Derby about 26% ulnas,
making the whole distance from Manchester to Derby only 56%
miles ; and thus diminishing the distance by any present communi-
cation between those important towns by about 28 miles, an object
most desirable to be attained, and of itself quite sufficient to recom-
mend a line of railway embracing such beneficial results.
But great as these results most certainly will be, they are far out-
weighed by the very important consideration that, in emlunction
with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway, it will also be the
most direct route from Liverpool to London.

The distance from Liverpool to Leek (the proposed point of Junc-
tion with the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway) is 47% miles;
from Leek to Rugby, according to the line as proposed by the Man-
chester and Rugby Direct Railway, 58 miles, and from Rugby to
London 83 miles; thus making the whole distance tram Liverpool to
London 188)4 miles, instead of 210, by the present route.
With regard to the traffic and other details connected with the
working of the line, it seems only necessary to revert to the great
importance of the towns proposed to be brought into communication
with each other, in order to convince the minds of all that the source
of revenue thus derived will be immense.

There are no engineering difficulties connected with the forming of
the line.

The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid until the Act of Parliament is

cbtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent
interest on all

Applications fur detailed prospectuses, maps, and shares, may
be insde to the Secretary, at the offices, 28, Moorgate-street,
at Mr. Bethel's Offices, 78, King William street, City, London ;
and at 22. Cross-street, Manchester, and the following Share-
brokers:—Messrs. It. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North
Side, Royal Exchange, London; George Burnanl, Esq., Cornhill ;
Messrs. Baleley, Alisop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Mac-
kenzie and Lawrence, 38, Cornhill ; Messrs. Houghland and Leese,
51, King street, Manchester; Messrs. Marshall, Town-hall-buildings,
Manchester ; John Wills, Esq., Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ;
Messrs. Weilbeloved and Gestic'', Leeds; Messrs. Edwards and Son,
and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol; J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham;
Messrs. Garton and Wright, Sheffield; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Hud-
dF. C. Spencer, Esq., Halifax; Messrs. Hall, Brothers; an
CEeos
.fl,e
Bath
Cheltenham
h Henry
; Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lencon,
Joseph Clark, Esq., Southampton ; and Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Hull.

FORM OF APPLICATIOI

To the Provisional Committee of the Liverpool and Derby Railway

Company. .
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each In the
capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same or
any less number, and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per share, and sign
the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when re-
quired.
Dated the day of , 1845.

Name •••••••• •• • • •
Address ..... • • • .
Profession .• • .
Reference •• •••• •• •

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ON I'EFRACT, DONCASTER, WORKSOP,
and MANSFIELD JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 900,0001., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 28. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right lion. Lord Thomas Pelham Clinton
The lion. Francis Henry Fitzhardinge Berkeley, M.P.
Railway
C.W.
Barry Chairman of the Paris and Strasburg
The Hon. A. F. Berkeley, M.P.
Thomas Bateson, Esq., H.P.,
Albany, and Belvoir-park, county
Devon
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., High Sheriff of Bucks, Lillingstone Dayrell,
.Buikei lleyaldZ, Hughes,
Esq.,sq m.,
Chairman of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Railway
Wynn Ellis, Esti., M.P.
Hon. Robert Gore, H.P.
Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq., The Hall, Atherstone, Chairman of
the
mingham Railways
Sir Andrew , and Boston, Stamford and Bir-
Green, K.C.11., Director of the Australasian, lonian,
and Canadian Banks
The Hon. Stafford Jerningham
L Leicester
and
ildrnlingham
The Hen. Cecil Lawless, Lyons-castle, Kildare, Director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
William Chance, Esq., Birmingham, Deputy-Chairman of the Leices-
ter and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford and Birmingham
Railways
Henry John Enthoven, 3foorgate-street, Director of the Dutch and
Rhenish Railway
Sir William Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grantelly Castle
Director of the Midland Union, and Great Grimsby, Glainsborough,
and Derby Railways
Frederick Ricketts, Esq., Director ()Slim Great Westerntßallway,&c.
Robert Ramsden, Esq., Carlton-hall, Worksop
John Joseph Sliuttieworth, Esq., Hodsock-park, Notts
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Director of the Huddersfield and
Manchester, and Great Grimsby and Sheffield Railways, and De-
puty Chairman of the Wakefield and Harrowgate Railway
John Brearly Payn, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leicester
and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford, and Birmingham
Railways
John Phillips, Esq., Mayor of Pontefract
Major Bilbee, Nettleworth-hall, Mansfield, Magistrate of the County
of Derby. and Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railways
Samuel Haines, Esq., Birmingham, Director of the Leicester and
Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railways
Edward Middleton, Esq., Birmingham, Director of tile Leicester
and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford and Birmingham
Railways
William Freer, Esq., Atherstone, Director of the Leicester and Bir
mingham, and Boston, Stamford and Birmingham Railways
Frederick Wollaston, Esq., Sheepy, near Atherstone, Director of
the Leicester and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford and Bir-
mingham Railways
Richard Burton Philllpson, Esq., Director of the Rugby, Leamington,
and Warwick Railway
Rev. W. S Cur ham, Mansfield
Charles Lindley, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham and
Mansfield Railway
John George Norbury, Esq., 3fancetter-house, Atherstone, Director
of the Leicester and Birmingham, and Boston, Stamford and Bir•
mingham Railways
Martin Furniss, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Nottingham and
Mansfield Railway
Samuel Watkins, Esq., Forest-hill, Worksop, Director of the Man-
chester and Rugby Railway
I. W. Spurr, Esq., Wigthorpe, Worksop
Robert Newbold, Esq. (firm Joseph Rodgers and Sons), Sheffield
It. P. Harwood, Eiq., M.D., Director of the Wakefield and Harrow-
gate Railway
John Rodgers, jun., Esq. (firm Joseph Rodgers and Sons), Sheffield
John Ward, Esq., Machon Bank, Sheffield
Sidney Roberts, Esq., Dial-house, Loxley, Sheffield
Robert Mitchell, Esq., merchant, Sheffield
Henry Unwin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester, Hudders
field, and Great Grimsby Railway
Frederick Hunt, Esq., (firm Robert Hunt and Co., terriers), Sheffield
Richard Truswell, Esq., brewer, Sheffield
The Hon. Major Napier, Rugby
Samuel Hurt, Esq., Mansfield
William Chambers, Esq., corn-merchant, Doncaster
Dr. James H. Simpson, magistrate for i he borough of Pontefract
Edwin Unwin, Esq., Managing Director of the Sheffield Gas Com-
pany
Thomas Sands, Esq., late Mayor of Liverpool
William Leech, Esq.. Manchester
Henry Francis Gisborne, Esq., Derby, Director of the South Staf-
fordshire Junction, Leicester and Tamworth, Tring and Reading
and Basingstoke, and Derby and Crewe Railways
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Leeds and
Carlisle Railway
A. Betteridge, Esq., 4, Devonshire-terrace, Director of the Great
Grimsby, Louth, and Horncastle Railways
Thomas Mark Carter, Esq., Woolgreeves-house, Sandall, Magna
Pontefract

Joshua Skidmore, Esq., Wakefield
Henry May, Esq. (arm Smith and May, brewers), Oldcoatf.
Worksop
John Gulley, Esq., Ackworth-park, Pontefract
Joseph Birley, Esq., Alderman, Doncaster

Abraham Wheatcroft, Esq., Cromford, Derbyshire
Wm. Green Armytage, Esq., Lockwood, Huddersfield
Joseph Brooke, jun., sq., Green-head, Huddersfield
Phineas Franklin, Esq., Shantilla, Galway
Charles Fitzwilliam Hannam, Esq., Clixby Manor-house, Caistor
Lincolnshire
Johu Jephson Rowley, Esq., Rowthorne, Mansfield
Robert Smith, Esq., (firm Smith and May, brewers), Oldcoats,
Worksop
James Scott, Esq., Worksop
Samuel Sketchley, Esq., merchant, Worksop
John Miller, coal merchant and maltster, Worksop
John Durham, Esq., miller and merchant, Worksop
William Shadbolt, Esq., Chairman of the Greenwich Railway, and
Director of the London Joint-stock Bank
Henry Erskine, Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square, Director of
the Great Manchester Railway
William Rothery, Esq., 10, Stratford-place, Director of the Leeds and
Liverpool Railway
James Reeves, Esq., Cheapside, and Leyton, Essex, Director of the
Great Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways
William Morley, Esq., Director of the Goode and Doncaster Railway
Rev. G. A. Walker, Huddersfield, Director of the Goole and Don-
caster Railway
W. Wood, Esq., Director of the Goole and Doncaster Railway
Charles James Heath, Esq., London-street, Fenchurch-street, Director
the Great Manchester Railway
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate-wharf, London, Director of
the Goole and Doncaster Railway
David 3fountague, Esq., Regent's-park, Director of the Great Man-
chester Rail way
Benjamin Franklin, Esq., Earley-street, Director of the Great Man-
chester Railway
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq., Beesthope-hall, Newark, Director of the
Grand Junction and Midland Union Railway
Herbert Ingram, Esq.. Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Amalgamated Railway
" Boroughreeve of Manchester, and Director of
ottingham, and Boston Amalgamated Railway
Johnthe BAuntrbegergss
N
Nathaniel Cooke, Esq., Director of the Ambergate, Nottingham, and
Boston Amalgamated Railway
James Gernan, Esq., Vice-Chairman of the Galway and Ennis
Grand Junction Railway
Lieut.-Col. Eirington, Wyndham-place, Bryanston-square, Director
of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Jacob 3fonteflore, Esq., Chester-terrace, Belgrave-square
Jolla Parkinson, Esq., F.It.S.. Cambridge-terrace, Hyde-park, Di-
rector of the South Midland and Northampton and Banbury
Rail way
Edward Baxter, Esq., merchant, Worksop
Henry Hese, Esq., Worksop
Robert Carr, Esq., Worksop
James Drabble, timber-merchant and builder, Carlton, Worksop
William Hepworth, Esq., Pontefract, Deputy-Lieutenant and Ma-
gistrate of the West Riding of Yorkshire
William Moorhouse, Esq., Knottingley, Pontefract, Director of th e
Sheffield, Barnsley, and Wakefield Railway
John Carter, Esq., Knoftingley, Pontefract
Thomas Rout ledge, Esq., Alderman, Pontefract
George Green, Esq., Pontefract
Thomas Carter, Esq., J.P. of the Borough of Pontefract
James Robson, Esq., J.P. of the Borough of Pontefract
Adam Jessop, Esq., Castle Ford, Pontefract
William Clarke, Esq., Ackworth, Pontefract
Major-General Wright, R.E., Director of the Great London and

Dublin Railway
hdr , Berwickshire, Director of
James Russell, Esq., 57, Gloucester-place, Portmap-square, Director
of the Great London and Dublin Railway
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple
and Midlandington-house Jnion Railway
JotithnAnthonye
Grand
r Weston.and Dick,uEnseq t
.10
ns
of the Great Manchester and South.q
Director '

ampton Railway
Frederick Clarkson, Esq., Doctors' Commons, Director of the Grai.d
Junction and Midland Union Railway
W. W. Prole, Esq:, Director of the Grand Junction and Midland Union
Railway
Robert Chapman, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction and Midland

Union Ralway
William Watson, Esq., Director of the Grand Junction and Midland

Union Railway
James Macmillan, EM., Director of the Southampton and Oxford

Junction Railway
Captain J. P. Macdougall, Director of the Southamption and Oxford

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Junction Railway
Peter Henry Edlin, Esq., Temple, Director of the Warwick and Wor-

cester Rai way
Thomas Hawker, Esq., Gloucester and Aberystwith Railway
W. Tulloch Frazer, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Rugby Di•

rect Railway
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq., 150, Piccadilly, Director of the Grand
Junction, Great Western, and South4Vestern Junction Railway
P. Ridout Downman, Esq., Director of the Cambrian and Grand
Junction Railway
Samuel Barwick Bruce, Esq., 31. D., Ripon, Yorkshire, Director of the

Barbadoes General Railway
T. R. Thelluson, Esq.. Hyde Park-street
James Simpson, Esq., Foxhill Bank, Accrinton, late Director of the
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Manchester and Leeds Railway
Joseph Snowe, Esq., Barrister-at-law, Hanover Cottages, Regent's

Park _
Alderman Hughes Hughes, Director of the various Railways
Simeon Musgrave, Esq., Kirkstall, near Leeds, Director of the Mid•

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land and Thirsk Railway
Benjamin flardwicke Teale, Esq., Leeds, Director of the Manchester

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Southampton, and Poole Railway
Christopher Reinhold Meltzer, Esq., Leeds
John Jessop, Esq., Lockwood, Huddersfield.

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MANAGING COMMITTEE.
Lord THOMAS PELHAM CLINTON.
W. Bulkeley Hughes, Esq., M.P.
Frederick Ricketts, Esq. Henry John Enthoven, Esq.
Hon. Cecil Lawless W. W. Prole, Esq.
G. Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D. Benjamin Franklin, Esq.
Robert Newbold, Esq. Joseph Snowe, Esq.
Henry ITnwin, Esq. Jacob Monteflore, Esq.
Henry P. Harwood, Esq., M.D. T. R. Thelluvon, Esq.
Samuel Ellis Bristowe, Esq. I. 1.. Jerdeln, Esq.
HONORARY SCRETARY—J. N. Spellen, Esq..
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Rogers, Olding and Co.
Pont:4ract and Doncaster—Messrs. Leatham, Tew, and Co.
Worksop, Mansfield, and Nottingham—The Nottingham and Not-

tinghamshire Banking Company
Sheffield—The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company.
ENGINEERS—Sir John Macneill and James Thompson, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
William Unwin,
Esq. I Sheffield.
WIIBxm Rickley Esq.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Deans, Dunlop, and Hope,
Fludycr-street, Westminster.
LONDON AGENTS—Messrs. Thomson and Dcbenham, Salters' Hall.
St. Swithen's-lane, London.
LOCAL LAW AGENTS.
W. E. Carter, Esq., Pontefract
William Marratt, Esq., Doncaster
John Wkall, Esq., Worksop
Temporary Offices, No. Roy
Arthur John Cursham, Esq., Mansfield.
Royal Exchange Buildings.
This undertaking it projected by influential local interests to supply
the requirements of the above important district; and a reference to
the map will show that it will also complete the communication be-
tween York, Leeds, and the intermediate towns in the most direct
course with London. The surveys have been made by Sir John Mac-
neill and James 'Thompson, Esq., and the country is found to be fa-
vourable to the construction of a railway ; and there is, perhaps, no
line of such importance which could be constructed at comparatively
so small an expense as the sum named in the estimate.
The length of the line will be but about thirty-nine miles ; and by
means of this short link, in connexion with existing projects from
Nottingham, a saving will be effected between Leeds and the metro-
polis exceeding twenty-five miles.
It will commence at the projected terminus of the Wakefield, Pon-
tefract, and Goole Railway, at Pontefract, and from thence proceed
through Doncaster, Tickhill, and Worksop, to the terminus of the
Nottibghatn, Mansfield, and Midland Counties Railway, at Mansfield ;
thereby completing, by means of the York and North Midland Rail-
way, the shortest route from York to Nottingham and London. It
will also, by the proposed extension line of the Wakefield, Pontefract
and Goole, from the York and North Midland, pear Methley, form
the nearest line between Leeds, Nottingham, the Midland and South-

ern Counties, and by the Goole and Doncaster line, an uninterrupted
communication with Goole and the shipping ports of the Humber.
It will also form a means of communication with the several!' ro-
jected lines, to the rising port of Great Grimsby.
It is a remarkable feature in this line, that there is no competing
scheme, nor does it at all interfere with any ornamental or residen-
tial property.
It is not considered essential to enter into the details of traffic ; the
value of the lines In the district, in that respect, is a sufficient test of
its extent, in addition townie'', the railway will become the recipient
of much of the northern traffic, arising from the numerous branches
with which it :is connected, and must also become the Grand Trunk
Line to London from the Western part of Yorkshire.
By the Subscribers' Agreement, authority will be given to the Di-
rectors to euter into such arrangements with existing Companies
as may tippet& to-thenvexpedient,
A preference will be given in the allotniehtto.tha shareholders in
the adjacent lines, which fact, with particulars, must be stated in
their applications.
Application for shares may be made in the usual form, to the Se-
cretary ; solicitors ; Messrs. Thompson and Debenham, Salters'-hall,
London, and to the local agents, and the following brokers : —London,
Taunton and Bush, Austin-friars ; Mr. H. Pritchett, 74, Old Broad-
street ; and Mr.T.C. Munday, I7,Royal Exchange (eastern entrance),
Messrs. Price and Brown, Change-alley. Sheffield—George Eadon,
jun. Manchester—Messrs. Hope and Rostrum. Liverpool—Messrs.
Schultz and Carr ; Messrs. Stubbs Brothers. Leeds—Messrs. Rids.
dale, Myers, and Ridsdale. Hull—Messrs Wilkinson and Earl
Wakefield—Messrs. Ridsdale and Rogers ; Nottingham —Mr. Wake.
Acid ; and Pontefract—Mr. Frith.
ANNE
la/IIDLAND JUNCTION
From Nottingham to Syston.

PRELIMINARY

ANNOUNCEMENT.

(Provisionally Registered.)

RAILWAY,.

,
Prospeens, ith the names of a most influential Committee, and
other details, will appear in a few days. The line will connect the
Pontefract, Doncaster, Worksop, and Mahsfleld Junction with the
South Midland Railway.

SOLICITORS.
William Unwin, Esq.
I Sheffield.
William Hinkley, Esq.
Losnox AGENTS—Messrs. Thompson and Dabenham, Salters'-ha
Swithin's-lane.

BOSTON, STAMFORD, AND BLR,MING-
HXM RAILWAY.

(Provisionally Registered.)

17th April, 1845,

The Directors have the satisfaction of stating for the information
of the Shareholders that the Surveys of this important line are in a
state of forwardness, and will be perfected In time for the ensuing
Session of Parliament, and that arrangements are in progress which,
when completed, will materially advance tile interests of the Share-
holders. The report of the Company's engineer, Chas. Vignoles,
Esq., on the merits of the line, both as regards construction and cor-
rectness, is of the most satisfactory nature.

(By order) EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary.
41, Chancery-lane, 3d October, 1845.

LEICESTER AND BIRMINGHAM RAIL.
WAY, WITH BRANCH TO COVENTRY.
(Provisionally Registered.)

10th April, 180.
The Committee of Directors of this important line have the plea-
sure of announcing to the Shareholders that the Surveys are on the
point of completion ; that the line as chosen by their eminent
enn-
isiaem, dlle-metWeeateTastei and Birmingham, and free from
'engineering difficalties.
The whole scheme will be perfected in full time to be proceeded
with on the meeting of Parliament, and the important arrangements
now being made are such as warrant the Committee in confidently
stating that the expectations of the Shareholders will be fully rea-
lised in the success of the line.
(By order) EDWARD DANIEL, Secretary.
41, Chancery-lane, 344 October, 1845.

WORCESTER AND MERTHYR TYDVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital, 800,000/., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir William Wynn, Maesynewydd, Chairman of the North Wales- a
Railway
William Chadwick, Esq., Montagu-square, Director of the North
Wales Railway, and Chairman of the Worcester and South
Wales Junction
Gideon Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer-lodge, Avenue-road, Re- g
gent's-park, Director of the Manchester and Southampton 0
Railway
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Alderman of London
John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester, 73
Shrewsbury, and Crewe Union Railway
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., 19, James-street, Bucking- u
ham-gate
Henry Pluintre Gipps, Esq., Montagu-place, Bryanston-square,
Director of the Trent Valley and Holyhead Junction Railways
Major-General Parlby, CIL, Rutland-gate
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of London
Thomas B. Simpson, Esq., Rutland-lodge, Brixton, Director o
of the North Wales Railway, and Deputy-Chairman of the
Worcester and South Wales Junction
John Purchas, Esq., Upton Bishop, near Ross
John Tanner, Esq., M.D., Ledbury
William Barnes, Esq., Foregate-street, Worcester
George Alfred Ellis Wall, Esq., Cross-house, near Worcester, tl
and Worthy park, Hampshire
John Hemming, Esq., North-bank, Regent's-park. -
John Crawford, Esq., Blackbrook, Abergavenny
Philip Matthews, Esq., Burton Court, near Ross
Samuel Higgins, Esq., Berrow Court, Worcestershire
William Nichoslson. Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and
Rugby Railway
William Bland, Esq., I I, Park-terrace, Brixton-road, Director of the
North Wales Railway
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and Furness
Railway
James Brand, Esq., New Broad-street, Director of the Monmouth-
shire Railway
Thomas Baylis, Esq., F.S.A., Pryors-bank, Fulham
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse-hill, Brixton, Director of the Mon-
mouthshire Railway
Joseph Gillman Barratt, Esq., Ross
James Upflll, Esq., The Green, Bromyard, Herefordshire
William Candlar, Esq., Newland Court, near Worcester
James Chamberlain, Esq., Green-hill, Worcester
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., 8, Upper Hyde-park-street, Director
of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle, and Leeds and
Liverpool Direct Railways
Charles Grant, Esq., Fitzroy-square
John Jennings, Esq., Elm-grove, Hammersmith, Director of the
Southampton, Manchester, and Oxford Railways
Paul Prosser, Esq., Galway, Herefordshire, Ross
William Dew, Esq., Southwell Court, Ross
Thomas Wathen, Esq., Trevase, Ross
William Cary Cox, Esq., Ross
D. A. It. Saunders, Esq., Hill-house, Ledbury and Watford, Here-
fordshire
Matthew Stephens White, Esq., Trepenkennett, Ross
Ellis Lee Sanders, E.q., Ross, Director of the Worcester and South
Wales Junction Railway
Thomas Woodall, Esq., Rollin, near Ross, Director of the Worcester
and South Wales Junction Railway
John Hall, Esq., iron merchant, Worcester, Direetor of the Worcester
and South Wales Junction Railway
Thomas Whittiesey Purchas, Esq., Ross
Lawson Cape, Esq., M.D., Drook-street, Hanover-square, Director of
the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway
Lieut.-General Sir Robert Barton, K.C.B. 2, Montague-place, Bry-
anstone-square, Director of the York and Lancaster Railway
James Vickers, Esq., Mark-lane, Director of the York and Lancaster
and Armagh, Coleraine, and Kilrush Railways
William Farmer, Esq., Worcester
George Williams, Esq., Longdon, near Tewkesbury
Samuel Homfray, Esq., Bedwelty-house, Tredegar Ironworks
William Thomas, Esq., Court, Merthyr Tydvil, Director of the Vale
of Neath Railway
Thomas Evans, Esq., Dowlais Ironworks, Director of the Taft' Vale
Railway
Thomas Brown, Esq., Ebbw Vale and Sirhowy Ironworks
David William James, Esq., Merthyr Tydvil
Benjamin Martin, Esq., Pen-y-Darren iron works, Merthyr Tydvil
Morgan Morgan, Esq., Bodweigad, Merthyr Tydvil, Director of the
Vale of Neath Railway
William Meyrick, jun., Esq., Merthyr Tydvil
Edward Purchas, Esq., Yuls-y-gored, Aberdare.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—CharIes Vignolles, Esq., M.R.1.A., F.R.A.S.
ENGINEERS—Messrs. S. and T. Hopkins, M.I.C.E.
BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury
Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, Biddulph, and Co., Charing-Cross
Messrs. Webb and Co., Ledbury
Messrs. Morgan, Hoskins, and Co., Ross
Messrs. Berwick, Lechmere, and Co., Worcester
The National Provincial Bank, Gloucester
Messrs. Baileys, Graterex, and Williams, Abergavenny
Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company, Tredegar
Messrs. Wilkins and Co., Merthyr Tydvil.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Gilbert, Hooke, Street, and Gutteres, Philpot-lane, London
Charles G. Jones, Esq., I I, Grays's Inn-square
Messrs. J. and F. Higgins and Chamberlain, Ledbury.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Messrs. Hydes and Tymbs, Worcester
Messrs. Edwards, Ross
Messrs, Gabb and Secretan, Abergavenny.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—William Borrow, Esq.
Offices of the Company, 7, Walbrook.
This railway will commence at the station of the Monmouth and
Hereford and Worcester and South Wales Junction at Ross, pro-
ceeding through a rich agricultural district, now devoid of railway
accommodation, to Abergavenny, and from thence by Llanelly,
Nant-y-Glo, Tredegar, Ebbw Vale, Rumney, and Dowlais to Merthyr
Tydvil, at which place it will join the Taff Yale Railway. The dis-
tance will not exceed 40 miles.
On reference to the map it will be seen that this line, in conjunc-
tion with the proposed Worcester and South Wales Junction, via
Ledbury, Malvern, and Ross, will perfect a continuous and direct
communication from Merthyr Tydvil to London, Gloucester, Bir-
mingham, South Staffordshire, and the north.
The population of Merthyr, and ;he surrounding mineral districts
exceeds 120,000, and this line will place it in direct connexion with
the agricultural counties of Monmouth, Hereford, and Worcester.
The line will be laid down so as to render the greatest accommo-
dation to tho principal Ironworks in the district through which it
will pass, and a saving of ten miles over any other line will be
effected between Merthyr and Worcester, and other places north
and east of that city.
Arrangements are in progress with the Worcester and South Wales
Junction Railway Company, for the mutual advantage of both
Companies.
Applicants for shares who are personally known to members of
the Provisional Committee, are requested to refer to one of such
Committee ; all other applicants will be required to give a reference
to some banker, or other person of known respectability, in London,
or the town from which the application is made.
Holders of scrip in the Worcester and South Wales Junction Rail-
way will be entitled to an equal number of shares in this Company,
upon making application in the usual form, and within a time to be
hereafter specified ; subject, however, in the cases of holders to whom
the shares were not originally allotted, to the approbation of the Pro-
visional Committee, and all such persons must therefore give a refe-
rence according to the form below.
The usual power will be taken by the Act to allow interest at 4
percent. per annum on the amount of subscription paid up, and no
Subscriber will be answerable for more than the amount of his de-
posit until the Act is obtained, and then not beyond his sub-
scription.
Prospectuses and plans may be obtained of the solicitors and local
agents, and of the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. Aston and
Scott, Throgmorton-street, London; John Sanford, Esq., Exeter;
Messrs. Ridsdale, Myers, and Bailey, Leeds; Messrs. Cameron, Caze-
nove, and Taunton, Liverpooel ; Messrs. Green and Oldham, Man-
chester ; Messra. Sohmes and Tripp, Bristol; Nathaniel Lea, Esq.,
Birmingham ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester; Mr. Andrew Bland,
Glasgow ; and Mr. Italme, Gloucester.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil
Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of 20/.
each in the proposed Worcester and Merthyr Tydvil Junction Rail-
way, and I undertake to accept the same, and pay the deposit
thereon, or upon any lesser number that may be allotted to me, such
payment to be made within the time limited and prescribed by you
and I undertake to execute the Agreement and Parliamentary Con.
tract when required.
Dated this

day of

Name
Residence
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Reference
Usual Signature

1,345.

WORCESTER AND MERTHYR TYDVIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
At a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of the Town and
neighbourhood of Merthyr, held pursuant to Advertisement, at the
Castle Hotel, this 3d day of ,October, 1845, at which a deputation
from the Worcester and South Wales Junction Railway attended,
DAVID W. JAMES, Req., having been unanimously called to the
Chair,
It was moved by WILLIAM THOMAS, Esq., Magistrate for the County
of Glamorgan, and seconded by Titostss EVANS, Esq., of Dowlais
ironworks—

'• That in the opinion of this Meeting, the construction of a Rail-
way from Mertkyr-Tydfil to join the Worcester and South Wales
Junction Railwa♦ at Ross, as set forth in the Prospectus of the Wor-
cester and Merthyr-Tyddl Junction Railway, is calculated essentially
to promote the prosperity of this town and neighbourhood, inasmuch
as it will perfect a main trunk line of railway to Worcester, Bir-
mingham, London, and the north of England, and thus afford an
advantageous outlet for the minerals of this district, and an inlet for
the agricultural productions of the counties of Monmouth, Hereford,
and `Worcester; therefore this Meeting will give such undertaking
Its strenuous support."—Carried unanimously.
It was moved by rHOMAS BROWN, Esq., of Ebbw Vale and Slrhowy
Ironworks, and seconded by BENJAMIN MARTIN, Esq., of Peny-
darran Ironworks—

" That the thanks of this Meeting be given to William Chadwick,
Esq., and the Gentlemen of the Deputation from the London Com-
mittee, for their attendance at this Meeting, and for the satisfactory
infimnation they have afforded to the Meeting respecting the pro-
posed Worcester and Merthyr-Tydfil Junction Railway."—Carried
unanimously.
The Chairman having vacated the Chair,
It was moved by THOMAS B. SIMPSON, Esq., and seconded by
WILLIAM DAviEs, Esq., of Merthyr,
" That the thanks of this Meeting he given to the Chairman for his
able and impartial conduct in the Chair."—Carried by acclamation.

WORCESTER AND MERTHYR TYDFIL
JUNCTION RAILWAY.
The Provisional Committee give notice that no application for
Shares in this Company can he received after TUESDAY, the 14th of
Octol.,er. By order,
W. BORROW, Seereti.r.r.

7, Walbrook, October 4, 1845.

•THE EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION
„11. and CAMBRIDGE and WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY,
from Cambridge through Bedford, Blisworth;Fenny-Compton, Strat-
ford-on-Avon, to Worcester, connecting the Eastern and North-
Eastern Counties with North and South Wales, South Staffordshire,
Cheshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, the West of England,
and t!:e Midland Counties.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.