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► LIE OXFORD AND SALISBURY DIRECT
JIL RAILWAY, via ABINGDON, WANTAGE, lIIINGERFORD,
anti LUDGERSHALL.

(Provisionally Registered.) •
Capital 1,200,00 W.. in 46,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit 21. Its. Gd. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Portarlington
The Right lion. Lori Viscount Dillon, Ditchley-park, Oxon
The. Right Hon. Lord Sullied Gunton-park, North Walsham
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
The Right Hon. Lord Dimboyne, Belle Hatch-house, Henley
The nos. Robert Gore, R.N., M.P., 21, Wilton-crescent
Lieut.-Col. the Hon. J. C. Westenra, 31.1'. 13, Conduit-street, Di-
rector of the East and West Junction Railway
The lion. William M. Dawson, Parksteme-lodge, Poole, Director of
the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railway
The Hon. Edward Stafford Jerningham, Director of the London and
Nottingham Railway
Sir Wiliam Drummond Stewart, Bart.
Sir Jolla Key, Bart., King's Arms-yard, Alderman of London,
Director of the Direct Manchester and London Railway
Brigadier-General Sir Henry Pynn, United Service Club
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., Lillingson Dayrell, high Sheriff of Buckingham-
shire, Chairman of the Minehead and Bridgewater Railway
Lieut.-Colonel Elringion, 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 Willi un Seymour, Esq., Carlton-gardens, Director of the
'Dover and Bristol Railway
Henry D. Erskine, Esq , Moant-street, Grosvenor-square, and Kirby
Dale, Yorkshire, Director of the Brighton and Cheltenham Railway
Major Moore, Queen Anne-street, Director of the Brighton and
Cheltenham Direct Railway
Major Graham, late Scots Greys,l6, Grove, Clapham
G. 'B.- Muth:try, Esq., Leamington, 'Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry anti Manchester Railway
The Rev. 11. R. Fowler, Felton, near Bristol, and 7, Manchester-
square, Director of the Rhondda and Ely Valleys Junction
Railway
James (lemon, Esq., 13, Conduit-street, Vice-Chairman of the Gal-
', way and Ennis Grand Junction Railway
Archibald Douglas Stewart, Esq., Grandtully Castle • - -
Robert Bell, Esq., Manor-house, Chiswick, Director of the Dover
and Bristol Railway
josepli Bull, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ferranti Deaden, Esq., Rochdale
Charle Ai. 4, Esq., Rochdale
ch. - ,elland, Esq., Liverpool
Jamett-Shas;',. Esq., Pendleton, Manchester ••
The Rey. F. X. hall, D.D., Rector of Fulborne, C
Thomas Dowgias,e, Esq., Marlborough-place, St.'
JAin's-wood Directors of the
E.• S. Blundell, Esq.. IS, Lower Seymour-street Direct Lon-
W. L. Pope, EFq.. Woodford, Fs,ex don and Exe-
G. W. Evans, Esq., Milbury-ter:ace, Regent's-park ter Railway
Walter Shlirp, Esq., Sassex-gardens, Ilyde-nark,
Joins Allen, Esq. 12, Gloucester-terrace, Kensington
Francis loose, Esq., Upper Montague-street, Montague-square
Francis Ewart, Esq., Temple, Director of the Equity and Law
I,,fe• Assurance Company, and. of the Exeter, Dorchester, and
Weymouth Railway
William Gambler, Esq., Sacombe-park, Herts
Benjamin. Swan, Esq., Jermyn-street, St. James's
-Nehemiah John Reed, Esq., R.N., Marlborough, Director of the
London and South Wales Direct Railway
Raw Coo'4, Esq., Gainsboroug,h
T. W. liter Botterill, Esq., Burnley
James Paxton, Esq.. :et. ; s., 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 Railway- •- •
Major Henry Luster, 9, Spring-terrace, Wandsworth-road, Drector
of the Lincolnshire and Eastern Counties Railway
J Russell, Esq. Gloucester-place, Portman-square
William Doe Belcher, Req., Mayor of Abingdon
John Hyde, Esq., jun., Alderman of Abingdon
Joint Tomkins, Esq.
John Harris, Esq. Members of the Town Council, Abing-
Thomas Copeland, Esq. don
Edwin James Trendell, Esq ,
.Tohn K'ng, Esq., Abingdon ai
George Cox, Esq., Abingdon
George Jackson, Esq., Abingdon
John Knight, Esq., Abingdon
Mr. Thomas Payne, jun., Abingdon
•
John Aldworth, Esq., Frilford, Berks
William Candwell, Esq., Drayton, near Abingdon
William Dewe, Esq., Stonehill, near Abingdon
John Towle, Esq.
•
Charles Hickman. Esq.
Members of the City Council, Oxford
John Weaving, Esq.,
R. C. Godfrey, Esq.. .
James Morrell, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Oxford,
Director of the Londo • and Cheltenham Direct Railway
Captain M. Strong, Oxford, Director of the Oxford and Worcester
Extension Railway
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford
Daniel Hanley, Esq., Oxford
William Seekham, Esq., Kidlington, Oxon
Charles Shillingford, Esq., Somer Town, Oxon •
Adin Williams, Esq., Somer Town, Oxen
Mr. Thomas Hyde, Oxford
Mr. Wm. Thompson, Oxford
James Wickens, E •q., Oxford
John Brightman, Esq , Regency-square, Brighton, Chairman of the
Hounslow Railway
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Eastern and
Midland Counties Railway
Capt. James Edward Carnegie, Somerset-street, Portman-square,
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, Berke
William Stone, Esq. Charlton, Berks
Richard Barnard, Esq. Charlton, Berke
Henry Hayward, Esq. Stirlings, Wantage
James Staley. Esq. Wantage
Thomas Brown, Esq. Wantage
Mr. Charles Hart, foundry, Wantage
Mr. William Beesley, Wantage
John William Palmer, Esq. Letcombe Regis, Berks
Mr. J. Fottinger Palmer, Letcombe Regis, Berks
John Blunt, Esq., Upper Bedford-place; Director of the London
Docks
William Bastow, Esq., Surrey-place, Kent-road, Director of the
Commercial and General Life Assurance Association
Robert Bestow, Esq., Surrey-place, Director of the Great Eastern
and Western Railway
John King, Esq., St. John's-wood, London, Director of the Somer.
setsbire Midland Railway _ - . ..• •
Henry Stock, Esq., Beddgelert, North Wales, Director of the Great
}.astern and Western Railway
D. T. Johnson, Esq., Aldemary-churchyard, 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 Holyhetel Junction, and South Staffordshire and Pot-
teries Railways
Charles 'Johnston, Esq., Aldersgate-street, Director of the Lynn,
Thetford, and Ipswich Railway
Admiral Ayscouch, Southampton, Director of the Birmingham and
Leicester Railway
Frederick Chamier, Esq., R.N., Halkin-street, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Northampton and Cambridge Railway
George It. Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex, Director of the Rugby
and Warwick Railway
'Rhomas 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, and of the Bristol, Bath, and Poole
Railways
General Wright, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
(With power to add to their number).
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
William Bestow, Esq. Robert Bell, EN.
William Doe Belcher, Esq. W. L. Pope, ESq.
E. S. Blundell, Esq. M.D. Brigadier-General Sir Henry
Thomas Dowglasse, Esq. Pynn
Francis Ewart, Esq. Francis loose, 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 Brees, Esq.
Soracrroas—Messrs. Eltnslie and Preston, 47, Moorgate-street,
London.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENT—Cadwallader F. Waddy, Est

kbridgeshire

BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank.
Oxford—The London and County Bank.
Salisbury—The Wilts and Dorset County Bank.
Abingdon—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co. ; and the County
Bank
Wantage—Messrs. Henry Knapp and Co.
Newbury—The Berkshire Union Bank
Hungertbrd—Messrs. Tanner and Pinckney.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Oxford—John Francis Wilde, Esq.
Salisbury—Stephen 11111, Esq.
Abingdon—Messrs. Graham and Son
Wantage—William Ormond, Esq.
Hungerford and Marlborough—John Halcomb,
SECRETARY—Z. Hubbersty, Esq.

The imrortance of connecting remote parts of E,:gland by rail-
ways, with the advantages thereby conferred upon intermediate towns
and districts, can scarcely be beter exemplified than by the line
which is tow proposed to form a short and direct channel ofinter-
course between Oxford and Salisbury. Numerous projected lines
now before the public will make Oxford at the north, and Salisbury
at the south of the intended railroad, the central points from which
various radii will diverge to the northwest, north, and north-east of
the former, and to the south and west of the latter • and the
proposed line from Cambridge to Oxford, continuing to that city the
course of railway front the north-eastern parts of the island, requires
the appliance now suggested to effect a complete means of transit to
the western and south-western counties.

The Oxford and :-alisbury Direct Railway, in addition to
the benefits which will be conferred upon the nation at
large, by perfecting a direct line of commun'cation be-
tween the north-eastern and western and south-western
parts of England, will afford to the borouch of Abingdon,
the market towns of Wantage, Hungerford, and Ludgershall, and
the adjace-it villages, an important railway accommodation, of which
the agricultural districts in which they are seated stand in much
need, a'id will provide a facility for the interchange of produce be-
tween the rural, manufacturing, and commercial population of the
kingdwn. The projected line will bring the Cathedral City of Salis-
bury Into immediate connexion with the City and University of
Oxford, combining also the advantage of a direct communication
with the sister University of Cambridge; thus strengthening the
eceVsiastical and academical relations of the whole, whilst the com-
mercial prosperity of the two terminal cities must of necessity be
ess,mtially enhanced.

The want of railway accommodation has long been felt to press
trafairly 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 severe'v crippled. The same remark
applies in some degree to the market town of Wantage, which, as
well as Ilungerford and Ludgershall, claims a share of the profits
and advantages produced 143- railway traffic.
it has therefore been determined to commence the proposed line at
Oxford, and to proceed through Abingdon to the station of the Great
Western Railway at Steventon, thus giving to Abingdon a direct rail-
road to London. By continuing the projected railway to Wantage, the
same facility of transit to London will be afforded to that place; and
a perfect line of road from the north-eastern counties will, by a junc-
tion with the projection from Cambridge to Oxford, be produced,
through the towns which have been named, Ifungerforcl and Lodgers-
hall, to Salisbury, and thence to the south and western ports and dis-
tricts.

The survey is in a state of great forwardness, and will be corn..
pleted in suit:Went time to enable the Company to apply to . Parlia-
ment in the next session ; and the promoters having receivedgeneral
and most satisfactory assurances of support from the local gentry,
landowners, traders, 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, and to the following
Brokers:—.Messrs. I'eppercorne, 2, Old Broad-street, Messrs. We
and D. EWart, 13, Finch-lane, and Messrs. Preece and Evans,
LothiairY, 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.
Welibelaved and Co., Leeds ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Mr.
James Pearson, Birmingham ; Messrs. Samuel Hutchinson and Co.,
Bradford ; Mr. Wm. Miles, Worcester ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and
Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. Thomas Sandford, Exeter ; Messrs. Easty and
Sons, Southampton; Mr. Robert Allan, Edinburgh; Messrs. Black
and Co., and Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow; Mr. Wm,
Gordon, Aberdeen ; ana Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin.

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE DIRECT LINCOLN, GRANTHAIV,
AND NORTHAMPTON RAILWAY, by way of Oakham
and Market Harborough, and thence to Northampton, by the pro •
j eted South Midland, with extension to Gainshorough.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,000,000/., in 50,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
(With power to increase the capital.)
Liability limited to Subscription.
This line Will be a feeder to tite projected lines to Great Grimsby
and Ilull. A detailed prospectus will shortly be published.
Communications may be addressed to the Secretary, J. Browne,
Esq., 7, Whiteliall.place, Lon-':on.

pill.: EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION
IL an CAMBRIDGE and WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY,
from ainhridge through Bedford, Blisworth, Fenny-Compton, Strat-
ford-on-Avon, to Worcester, connecting the Eastern and North-
Eastern Comities 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.
PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.
Samuel Anderson, Directors of the Eastern Conntles Railwa
F. Valentine Lee, Esq.,
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Major• General Sir Love Jones LOre Parry, Bart., R.C.8.,
Madry n-park, Caernarvonshire
William Hughes Hughes, Esq , F.S.A., F.L.S., &c., Alderman t
of London, Chairman of the Manchester and Birkenhead
Continuation Railway Company
Captain William Cousins, Director of the Goole and Doncaster
Railways •
James Beach, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place, London, and Bran- .c`?
derf-lodge,- Warwickshire, Director of the South Midland '
a il way Company
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Worcestershire
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-,ndlding,s, Gray's Inn, Pro- >7.
visional Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway I
Company
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Captain Chamfer, Balkh' •street West, Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Cr Itty, Esq., 8, tipper Gower-street, London
Thomas Peery Evans, Esq., 30, Lothhury, and Mayor of Caer-
narvon

street, Belgrave-square,

John Helbert Hebert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Dulwich,
Surrey, -
Sir William Poothby, Bart., Ashby-hall, Derbyshire. Director of the
Der}, shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
William Lowthrop, Hull, and Alga-house, Scarborough, Director
of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and
of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railways
Major, Esq , Director of the Church of England Assurance
Company
Atkinson, J. R. W , Esq., Leeds' •
Anderson, James, Esq.,. Bridge street, City
Barry, D., Esq.; Paris and London
Brindlev, Thomas, Esq., ifttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Rs&
fordslre, and Worcestershire Jusiction, and of the Direct East and
West Junction Railways
Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester, Director of Remiag-
ton's Direct London and !Manchester Railway
Brown, Thornas,..Esq., Silsoo
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve, St. James's-square, Manchester,
Director of Remington's Direct Loudon and Maneliester Railway
Burnett. John, Esq , Cheltenham
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buschek,. C., Esq., 133, Fenchurch-street
Cockburn, Sir Francis, Darer
Curaberledge, N., Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Lon-
don and Manchester, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junc.ion,,and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Railways
'Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq. Horne-eottage, Ashbourne, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Rail-
way • •
Croft, John T., Major, 15, Regent-street, Piccadilly, Deputy Chair-
man of the Chester and Manchester Railway, and Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the
Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the
Direct East and West Junction Railways
Crocket, Thomas, Esq., Cannock, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds; Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Cooke, Rev. John, Uttoxeter, Direetor the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct East and West
Junction Railways
Cooke', John, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington', Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Carpenter, R., Esq.
Coape, Henry Coe, Esq., Goldhangers, Maldon, Essex, Director of the
Oxford, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway
Cottle, J. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lei-
cester Railway
Dawson Damns the Right lion., M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane
Dawson Darner, the Hon. Win., Parkstone-lodee, Poole
Dolby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of
the Leeds, Iluddersfied, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Rail-
ways
Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Dwell, E. Francis, Esq., Lilingstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sheriff
for Bucks
Eames, John, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zoueh
Edinton, Harvey, Esq., Worcester
Ekin, Win., Esq., Cambridge
Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
Freke, the Hon. Percy Evans, 3, Belgrave-squaro
Fitch, Colonel George, 36, York-terrace, London, Director of the
York and Lancaster Railway
Gore, the Hon. Robert, M.P.
Gisborne, Henry Francis, Esq., Derby, Director of the Staffordshire,
Leicester and Tamwortli, and Derby and Crewe, Macclesfield and
Lichfield Railways
Gutch, John Matthew, banker, Worcester, Director of Remington's
' Direct London and Manchester, of the Direct East and West
Junction, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcester
Junction Railways
Gambier, Wilffam, Esq., Salcombe-park, Bedfordshire
Gernon, James, Esq., Conduit-street
Hutchinson, The Hon. Colonel, Weston-house, Towcester
Heneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Hume, Fitzwilliam, Esq., Park-place. St. James's
Haines, Samuel, Esq., Chad-house, Edgbaston, Director of the Di-
rect East and West Junction Railways
Hadon, Joseph, Esq., ironma,ter, Dudley, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Holford, John, Esq., Manchester, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester, of the Direct East and West Junction,
and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction
Railways
Hamer, S., Esq., General Post-office, and Southampton-row, Rus-
sell-square, Director of Remington's Direct London and Man-
chester Railway
Hale, Thomas, Esq., Director of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Potteries
Railway
Hill, John, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and
South Staffordshire Railways
Hurst, George, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Hall, the Rev. J. V., Rector of Fulbourne, Cambridge
Hooke, Benjamin, Esq., Norton-hall, near Worcester
Howard, John, Esq., Britannia Foundry, Bedford, Director of Re-
mington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Jerningham, the Hon. Edward
Jones, Rev. J. I'., Alton Vicarage, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Director of
Remington's Direct London and Manchester, and of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire,reons Junctionu
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surance-office
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's-park, Director
of the National Dank of Ireland, and Chester and Manchester
Direct Railway
Kilpin and Son, Bedford
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
St a ffordshsirhee,martelddl,Vaonrdcess,,tteirthshsirteaffJouricticsthilorn, elatanidlwoaf3t.hse Leeds, Hud-
dersfield,Knight. James, Esq., Woreseter
Lade* William, Esq., Abberton-hall, near Worcester
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Lees, David, Esq., Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Langley, Henry, Esq., Rakeway-house, Cheadle, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester, of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
M`Cann, Nicholas, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Moore, Major, Queen Ann-street, Cavendish-square, Director of the
Indian Peninsular Railway
Meteyard, Horace William, Esq., Chatham-place, Director of limning-
ton's Direct London and Manchester, of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire. of the Direct East and West
Junction, and of the Chester and Manchester Direct Railways
Milner, Wm., Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds, Hud-
dersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcester Junction Railways
Murray, SainuA T. Esq., 16, George-street, Hanover-square, Director
of the National Loan Assurance Company
Monteflore, Joseph, Esq., Stanhope-street, Mayfair
Marshall, G., Esq., Godalming, Surrey
Newman, Henry W., Esq., Clifton, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County
of Gloucester
Nugent, the Hon. M. W. 8., Higham orange, Leicestershire
Neracher, Thomas Henry, Esq., Dudley
Norris, Edward, Esq., Clairville, Director of Remington's Direct Lon.
don and Manchester Railway
Prescott, Sir George, Bart., Theobald's, Herts
Price, Thomas, Rev., Llarothel, Herefordshire
Pilkington, Henry, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Director of Remington'
Direct London and Manchester Railway
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
Riley, W.m. T.. Esq., Pendetbrd-house, Wolrerhampton,and Millfield
Ironworks, Illston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railways
Robertson, James, Esq., Worcester, Director of the Worcester and
Leominster, and Bristol, Bath, and Dover Direct Railway
Robinson, John, Esq., Sileoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midlands; of the Stockton, North, and
Leeds ; Leeds, York, and Midlands' Junction; Leeds, Husidersfieki,
itieflield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Seymour, Fred., Esq., St. James's-square
Sanders, John, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford, Directs! of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Sharpe, George Henry, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Sheppard, .James Pook, Esq., Worcester
Sheppard, Edgar, Esq., Worcester
Skene, George R., Esq.,.F.R.M. and C.S., Bedford, Proprietor of the
Bedford Mercury, Director of Remington's Direct London and
Manchesterßailway
Skrine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and Lin-
colnshire Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashbonrne, Director of the Tean
and Dove Valley ailway ; of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway ; of the Le- ds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway; and of the Direct East
and West Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., Blore Hall, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds,
Sheffield, Huddersfield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Spiers, Edmund John, Esq., Carlton Villas. Maids Tide, Paddington,
Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire
Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staf-
fordshire Railways
Smith, F. Curren, Esq., Frognall Hall
Stephenson, Thomas, Esq., Worcester
The Sheriff of York, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield.
and South Staffordshire, and of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railways •
Trapp, Benjamin, Esq.. banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Trapp, Thomas S., Req., banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Tyler, George, Earl., Holloway-place, London, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire. and Worcestershire Junctiorn, of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Direct
East and West Junction Railways
Tylecote, Edward, Esq., Great Haywood, Staffordshire, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and
the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Rail-
ways:
Turner, J., Esq., M.P., Truce
Westenra, The Hon. J. C., M.P.
Waller, Major, St. James's-square
Willis, George, Esq., Hungerforti-park
Welch, Edward, Esq., Leamington
Walker, George James Alexander, Esq., Norton Villa, near Worcester
Walsh, John Henry, Esq., Worcester •
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Director of the Hayes, Bakewoll, Der-
byshire, Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire
Railways
Wardle, Henry, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester, and Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Wor-
cestershire Junction Railways
'Warde, C. Thomas, Esq., Clopton-house, Stratford-on-Avon, and
Luton Hoe, Bedfordshire
Wheelton, John, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbridge' Director of the
Leicester and Bedford, and Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glou-
cester Junction Railways
Williams, Benj., Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
Williams, William, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford, Director of Re
mington's Direct London an Manchester Railway Williams, Phillip •
Hewn Esq., M.D., Worcester

Wood, John. Esq., Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, Sta
fordshire, and NVorcestershire Junction Railways
Weston, Thoma., Esq., Tean, Staffordshire. Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South St. flordshire, and of the Der-
byshire, Stafilirdshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-homse,
Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Shropshire Mineral, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Wood, Charles, E,q., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and Sbuth StallOrdshire Railways
Woodward, John, Esq., Worcester
Yzarn, J. Borwick, Herne-bill, Surrey.
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, 1.R.5., and
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
RANKERS.

Bedford
Cambridge—Messrs. Foster
Northampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company.
Leamington, Warwl.:l, and Southarn—The Leamington Priors and
Warwickshire Banking Company.
Augustus Walter Arnold,
Esq ~
SOLICITORS.3I, Golden-square
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moo-gate-street
3eorge Pell, Esq., jun., Northampton.
Leen, AGENTS.
Worcester—Messrs Gilliam and Sons
:-.eamington, Warwick, and Southam--Messrs. Patterson,
Banbury, anti Gardner
Lo don—MessrA. 'laniard, 'Musa.'le, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs.
Cockburn and Co., 'Whitehall;
Messrs. Ilopkinson and Co., Wa-
terloo-place

SECRETARY—D. C. Higgs, Esq.
•
Offices of the Company, No. 34, Moorgate-street.
PROSwPECTUS.
Commencing at Cambridge,which has now become the traffic-
centre of the Eastern Counties, by the line of railway intended to he
y., formed by that Company, this line will
proceed to Bedford, there
passing near Olney it will cross at or rear the Blisworth Station of the
.i.; London and Birmingham Railway, where it will communicate with
the Northampton and Peterborough line; it will then pre—eed west-
,, ward, crossing the Oxford and Rugby line at or near Fenny-Compton
to Strafford-on-Avon, there joining the proposed hue from Warwick
suid,Leamington to Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bristol, and the West of
England; continuing its course through Alcester, the line will go di-
rdet to Worcester, and thus terminate at the great centre of traffic
fir the mineral and manufactoring districts of South Staffordshire,
Shropshire, and North and South Wales. This proposed lino does
not Interfere with any existing railways, and preseming, as it does,
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an unbroken line belween tsviAekt centtes ,aftle;the imporksce,
of the undertaking needs no tbalieftEomniett •
Negotiations have been entered into with the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway Company, by which their support and co-operation will
be ensured for ohtaining the line now proposed.
An arrangement has also been male with the proposed Rugby,
Warwick, and Worcester Company, which this line will join at Al-
cester, and by means of which the Eastern Counties' traffic will pro-
ceed to Worcester.
Power will be reserved to the Directors to amalgamate with any
other existing or projecting Compaidea, or to vary the line.
Appli.:ation for shares only be made to the Secretary, and to the tbi-
lowing Sharebrokers, of whom prospectuses, with maps of the line.
may be obtained :—London—Messrs. I'eppercorne and Co., 2, Ohl
Broad-street ; Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury ; Messrs.
Boyd. Birmingham—Mr. W. 11. Collis. Blackburn—Mr. Thomas
Boardman, . Bradford Mr. G. Clark ; Messrs. Tate and
Nash.. Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes. Coventry—Mr. J. S.
7L9a, be rt
Princes-streetouehe d Holland. Derby—Messrs. Eyre and Shaw. Publin—Messrs.
Edinburgh—James Pringle, Esq.,
e
aumont and Langworthy.
Stafford.
Glasgow—Messrs. Duncan and Hutchinson. II alifax—Mr.W.Cronhelm.
HuMerstield—Messrs. Everard and Co. Hull—Mr. Frederick Stamp.
Leeds—Messrs Wellbeloved and Oastler. LeioesterMessrs. Payne
a u
; Messrs. p
and Freer. Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and 'Whitehead ; Messrs.
Cameron and Co. ; Mr. Morris Reynolds. Macclesfield—Mr. Richard
E. Hine. Manchester Messrs. Cardwell and Sons; Messrs. A.
Birchall and Co. ; Mr. Cbarles O'Neil. Nottingham—Mr. Charles
Spencer, Sheffied—Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons. South-
ampton:—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun. Wakefield—Mr. E. H. Armitage.
Worcester—Mr.Miles. York—Messrs. Grayston and Earle.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Eastern Comities Extension.
and Cambridge and Worcester Direct Railway. "
Gentlemen,:—l request you to allot me shares, of 201.
each in the above railway; and I undertake to accept the same, or
such less number as you'may appropriate to me, subject to the regu-
lations of the Company, and to sign the necessary deeds, and to pay
when required the deposit thereon of 21. 2s. per share.
Dated this day of , 1845,
Name, in full .. • • • • • .
Profession and Professional Reside/leo is full.
Private Residence in full .. ~"Usual Signature.. ..
Residence • • • ~
And Profession of Referee
Offices, 34, Moorgate-street,