The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-10 00:00:00

Orricits—The Midland Railway Station, Leicester.

The shareholders of the South Midland Railway Company are In
formed that arrangements have been made by the Committee of
Management with the Board of Directors of the Midland Railway
Company for carrying out the original South Midland line with the
important additions of a line to Bedford and a branch to Huntingdon,
the whole being consolidated in one undertaking, and placed under
the management of a joint Board of Direction composed of members
of the Boards of the two Companies.

The objects, therefore, embraced by the present undertaking are-
1. A direct line from Leicester by way of Market Harborough to
Northampton, being ;he original South Midland
2. A line diverging therefrom at Market Harborough, and passing
by way of Kettering to Bedford ; and
3. A branch from the last-mentioned line, at or near Kettering, to
Huntingdon.
The capital at present belonging to the South Midland Company
will 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 shires should be increased to 2/. 2s. It is also neces-
sary that th• 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 ofidees,
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. _ . .

ilia 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.

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

OF SCRIP.

To the Committee of Direction of the South Midland, or Leicester,
Northampton, Redford, and Huntindon Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l herewith transmit scrip for shares in the
South Midland, Northampton, and Leicester Railway Company, in
respect of which I request you to issue me new scrip in the above
Company, an I 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.
Name in full .. ••.•• • • • • •
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Address in full • • • • .. • • • • • •
This ibrm must be filled up in the handwriting of the applicant.

SALISBURY and SWINDON EXTENSION
of the WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON JUNC-
TION RAILWAY. _ _

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(On the Broad Gauge.)
From Salisbury, by Amesbury, the Vale of Avon, and Marlborough,
to Swindon, forming a direct line of railway through Cheltenham
and Gloucester, to Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 700,0001., in 28,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per Share.
LOCAL COMMITTEE.
Ambrose Goddard, Esq., The Lawn, Swindon
John Browne, Esq., Chisledon, Swindon
Rev. Edward Duke, Lake-house, near Amesbury
Edward Parnell, Esq., Amesbury
Charles Dew, Esq., Salisbury
Robert Squarey, Esq., magistrate, Salisbury
George Bracher, Esq., Salisbury
Newell Vicary Squarey, Esq., Salisbury
William Blackmore, Esq., Town Councillor, city of Salisbury

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Ilagsbaw, Esq., Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, and Director of the Northern and
Eastern, and Eastern Counties Railway Companies, London
William Bradley, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset,
and Southampton Junction Railway, and Director of the Sheffield
and Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Compa-
nies, Manor Oaks, Sheffield
William Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and the Italian and Austrian Railway
Companies, London.
George Hunt, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southamp-
ton Junction Railway Company, banker, Southampton
William James Le Feuvre, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset,
and Southampton Junction Railway Company, Alderman and
Magistrate, Southampton
Edward Lomer, Esq., Direct& of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, merchant, Southampton
William John M‘Gwire, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, Illimpton Court,
London
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, London
George Rougemont, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, and of the Paris and Caen
Railway Companies, London
J. Stewart, Esq. M.P., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and of the Paris and Caen and Northern
of France Railway Companies, London
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, Rad South-

ampton Junction Railway Company, Westhounie-house, Sheffield
Millis Coventry, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southamp
ton Junction Railway Company, White Hart-court, Lombard-street
London.

BANKERS.
Messrs. Robarts, Curtis, and Co., London
The Hampshire Bank, Southampton.
JOINT SOLICITORS.
James Coppock, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's
John Bell, Esq., Craven-street, London
W. H. Moberley, Esq., Southampton.
ACTIN` ENGINEERS—Messrs. Birch, Cannon-row, London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
C. W. Squarey, Esq., Salisbury
John Pyke, Esq., Marlborough
Messrs. Crowdy, Swindon. _

The Directors of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction
Railway Company, having completed the whole of their arrange-
ments, and having been compelled to refuse at least three-fourths of
the applications for shares in their line, have had their attention
forcibly and repeatedly called to the necessity of a direct communi-
cation between Salisbury and Swindon, the station on the Great
Western Railway, by which the most direct and remunerative con-
nexion will be formed between Southampton and Manchester.
The advantages, in point of speed, to be derived from the broad
gauge, as also the superiority of the gradients obtained by the route
of the Valley of the Avon, together with the importance of placing the
city of Salisbury on the main trunk line from the north to South-
ampton, must insure to this undertaking the sanction of the Legis-
lature and the local support of the towns and districts through which
the line will pass.
Besides forming a direct communication with the great manufac-
turing towns in the north, the Salisbury and Swindon Extension will
make a complete line of railway between Southampton, Salisbury,
and all parts of North and South Wales.
After most mature deliberation, the Directors have resolved to re-
coiamend to their shareholders and the public the immediate carry-
ing out of a railway to effect the above object, which will be most
desirable as a completion to their own line, and highly advantageous
in a pecuniary sense and on public grounds. They have directed all
the necessary surveys to be made, so as to apply to Parliament in
the ensuing session, at the same time as the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, with a view to the ultimate amal-
gamation of both lines under one management.
In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to the holders
of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway shares.
as also to parties locally interested, due regard being at the same
time had to public interest; and every original shareholder in that
line may, on production of his scrip certificate, receive an allotment
of a similar number of Salisbury and Swindon Extension shares.
The holders of Great Western, and of Wilts, Somerset, and Wey-
mouth shares, will also have a preference.
Applicationsmay be made, in the following form, to the Provisional
Committee, at the Offices of the Company, 26, Gresham-street, the
solicitors, the local agents, or to the principal brokers in tows and
country.

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