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London, England, 1845-08-23 00:00:00

Provisionally Registered.
WILTS, SOMERSET, ANDASOUTHAIIP-
Connecting the Englibh w;th the Bristol Channel, and forming a
omplete communication, on the broad g uge, between Southampton,
Salisbury, Rath, Bristol, and every other town in the West of Eng-
land and South Wales.

Bankers' Receipts may now he exchanged for Script Certificates, and
the Deeds now lie for Signature at the Company's Office, 26, Gre-
sham street, City.
The Deeds will shortly be removed into the country, of which du
notice will be given. _ . .

London, August 21, 1845.

H. B. SHERIDAN, 2ecretary.

LEICESTER and TAMWORTH JUNCTION
R tILWAY.

.No further Applications for Shares in this Company can be re-
celvi,d, except from parties locally interested, or Shareholders In the
Trent Valley Railway, who must apply on or before Monday, the
25th day of August instant.

J. E. RATHBONE, Secretary.
4, Coleusau-street, London, August 18,1845.

OLT TII WALES RAILWAY.
LY The royal assent having been given to the South Wales Rail-
way Bill, holders of Scrip in that undertaking are desired to iorward
the same to this office ou or before MoNDAY, the Bth of September
next, with a letter requesting to be registered for their respective
Shares, a form of which letter will be furnished oif application to
me. The receipt of the Scrip will be duly acknowledged, and sealed
certificates prepared for exchange as soon as possible, of which due
notice will be given.
Shares, in respect of which no application for registry shall be
made on or before the above date, will be registered in the names of
the original Subscribers, after which no Shares can be passed other-
wise tkan by formal transfer under the Act.—By order,
N. ARMSTDONG, Secretary.
South Wale4ltailway Office, 449, West Strand,
London, August 8, 1845.

C HESTER and MANCHESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.
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With a Branch to Birkenhead.
(Provis onally Registered).
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. cash.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.

Colonel the Hon. LEICESTER STANHOPE, Ashburnham House,

Lon, on, Chairman
Major JOHN T. CROFT, Regent-street, London, Deputy Chairman
David Ainsworth, Esq , Manchester
Samuel Barton, Esq., Dldsbury, Manchester

lFlughßeaver, Esq., iManebesier, and Gly t Gartb, Anglesey

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John Burgess, Esq., Boroughreeve of Mauchester
James Far sh, Esq., I.anca.ster-place, London
31..j0r Ford, of liodlondet, Carnarvonshire

Licht.-Colonel Henry Hanmer, Bear-place, Berks, and 7, Devon-

shire-place, London
Fraser B. Renshaw, Esq., Lower Seymour-street, Portman-square,
London, a Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle
Junction Railway
Captain Sir John R. Hilton, R.N., Isle of Wight
J. Harney Iligson, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Lieutenant-Colonel Hutchinson, 8.E.F.R.5., Director of the College

of Civil Engineers
T. 1). Johnson, Esq., Aldermary Churchyard, London

John Joseph iteene,-Esq., St. John's Wood, London, Director of the

National Provincial Bank of Ireland
W. King, Esq., Director of the Freemasons' Life Assurance Com-

pany
George Peter Livius, Esq:, the Grove house, St. Cuthbert's, and
Cauldwell Priory, Bedford
Horace W. Meteyard, Esq., 8.C.L., Middle Temple, and Chatham-
place
Benjamin Oliveira, Esq., F.R.S., Upper Hyde Park-street, London, ft'
Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle Junction
RallwAy
James Omit Esq., Cuicheth Hall, Kenyon
James Oglen, Esq., M.D., Manchester
David Price, Esq , Manchester
Major James Waller, K.H., St. James's-square
C. J. S. Walker, Esq., Longford, near Manchester
Sir George William Presc.,tt, Bart., of Theobalds, Herts.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S.
George Remington, Esq., C.E.
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BANKERS.
Messrs. Rogers, Olding, and Co., London
National Provincial Bank of England, Manchester
SOLICITORS.

London—bizssrs. Sir George Stephen and Hutchinson, 29, Moorgate-

street.
Manchester—Messrs. Higson and Robinson, Cross-street R. B. B.
Cobbett, Esq., Marsden-street.
LOCAL AGENT—Chester—John Walker, Esq.
The promoters of this Railway, encpuraged by the favourable sup-
port which has been given to the project, and In compliance with
various reconitnendations they have received, ha—e determined upo❑
the addition of a branch to Birkenhead, which, although it will
manifestly tend to the advantage of the Shareholders and the public,
will be attended with comuaratively little additional outlay. The
project will still retain its chief characteristic of a direct railway,
and by its connexion, near Warrington, with the Grand Junction
Company, is sufficiently comprehensive, without resorting to a com-
plicated system of branch lines, or materially conflicting with the in-
terests of existing companies.
The line will commence at the city of Chester, and proceed by way
of Trafford, Frodsh4m, and Preston Brook, to Warrington, thence
by ',rum and Stretford direct to Manchester. From a point on the
main line, near Frodsham, a branch will be taken to join the Chester
and Birkenhead Railway, so as to unite Manchester in the most
direct manner possible, with the docks now being formed at Bir•
ke.i! ead.

As Manchester, from its geographical position, is the centre of rail-
way communication between Svotlind and the most populous dis-
tricts of England, so Chester, from a like cause, is the great centre of
railway communication between the capitals of Ireland and of Eng-
land. To con..ect these two points by a direct and independent line
of railway must, therefb 13, be of the utmost importance, not only in
a local point of view, but to the whole commercial intercourse of the
eocntry.

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This line will be the most direct route, by Holyhead, to Ireland,
and will be. in all respects, by far the preferable channel of inter-
course and transit between Ireland and the great manufactu, ing dis-
tricts of Engl incl. liy the railways connecting Chester with Wrex-
ham, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Hereford, Gloucester, and South Wales,
this will -ho the nearest route from Manchester to the south-
western parts of England, and to the minerals of Monmouth and
Glamorganshlre The communication with Bristol, Gloucester, and
Exeter will be speedy and direct. On reference to the map, it will
be seen that a very considerable distance will be saved by this line,
as compared with the present circuitous routes by Cri we and by
Birkenhead ; the former being 52 miles, and the latter 46 miles,
while the proposed line is only 34 miles, saving in the one case 18
miles, and in the other 12 miles, besides the serious inconvenience, loss
of Vine, and expense of passing through Liverpool, and grossing the
water at that place. _

It is confidently expected that this line wilt be the precursor 01
another scheme, of no ordinary ImporLance—namely, to render
'heater an efficient port for large vessels.

This subject was entertained by Sir John Rennie in 1835, and sub-
emu. ntly, in the same yea*, by the late Mr. Chapman, who wrote an
able report upon the capabilities of the raver Dee. It was again
nvcstigated, in 1837, by Sir John Rennie and Mr. George Remington,
and the practic bility of forming a good navigable channel for vessels
of large burden, together with docks at Chestsr, was then fully and
clearly, established.

- The entrance channel would commence at DawpCol. which Is easy
of access (ant infinitely preferab e, in point of access and safety, to
the docks at Liverpool or Birkenhead), for vessels of large burden,
during .eight hours every tide, both at springs and neaps; and the
till of the lock Ivo ild be sufficiently low to admit vessels drawing 20
feet watPr to enter at all tides.

This; railway, therefore, in connexion with the rroposed docks,
will render to Chester and Manchester incalculable advantages. To
the former it will restore the proper position natural to so important
a city ; to the latter it will give another outlet, by sea, to the ma-
nufacqiring districts, free of the heavy port charges, dues, and
risks to which the produce is now subject. It has not been thought
advisable to combine the two objects in one company at present,
but should it be found requisite, the two may hereafter be amalga-
mated.

31c•its of no ordinary degree, therefore, may fairly be claimed for
this railway, whether taken in connexion with the proposed docks,
tray standing alone, combining as it does all the advantages of any
other lines, with this great addition, that it will be the high road to
the most convenient outport of Manchester, and will be quite inde-
pendent of any associations or influences that might tend to oppose
the growing desire for a moans of direct and independent communi-
cation between Manchester and the port of Chester.
The line has been carefUlly examined. There are no difficult
earth-works to be encountered ; on the contrary it will be cheap,
and of ,a;), formation. Power is reserved to the Committee to de-
viate from the proposed line in the vicinity of Manchester, should
ulterior arrangemeuts render it expedient.
Application• for shares in the subjoined form, and for maps and
prospectuses to be made to the Solicitors, and to the following Share-
orokers :—Messrs. Shewell and San, 25,Tokenhouse-yard ; Messrs.
Preece and Evans, 8, Cornhill ; and Messrs. Taunton and Bush, 2d,
Austin-friars. London; Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Mr. Locke,
Messrs. A. Blrchall and Co., Thomas Leeds and Son, Henry Bents n,
J. B. 'Lo k, and Samuel Slater, Manchester ; Mes:rs. .Neilsons,
Messrs. Healer, Mr. C,lsp, and Mr. Morris Reynolds; Liver-
pool ; Messrs. T. N. Bardwell and Sons, Sheffield; Mess, s.
Welliseloved and Oastler, Leeds ; Mr. E. A. Armitage, Wake-
fled ; Grayston and Earle, York ; Mr. Thomas Board-
man, Blackburn ' • Mr. W. H. Collis, Birmingham ; Mr. Francis
Stamp, Hull ; Mr. L. Weatherburn, Huddersfield ; Mr. Wm.
eronhetn., ; Mr. Charles Speue: r, Nottingham ; Mr.
Samuel Eyre, Derby ; Mr. James Stokes, Cheltenham ; Mr. Joseph
Clark, jun., Southampton ; Mr. Jo n Thomas Hot and, Coventry;
Mr. William M s,on. Bradfm-d, Yorkshire ; Messrs. I'ayne and Freer,
Leicester ; Mr. Wm. Tomkinson, Newcastle-under-Lyne ; Mr.
Richard E. Hine, Macele•fleld ; Mr. Lea, Cheltenham ; Mem.
Tate and Nas,., Bristol ; Mr. William Miles, Worcester ; M assts
Read ind Nicholson, Ed nburgh ; Messrs. R..ss, Perth, NAL: and
Messrs. H. and W. A. Tassie, Ulasgow.

Ap lications for shares mu's be accompanied by a reference to the
Sol citors of the Com,any, the sharebrokers, or Some other respon-
alb e pfrsen.

FORM OF APPLICATION r. OR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Chester acid Manchester
Direct Railway
Gentlemen,—l request von to *Het me Shares of 201. each
In the above Railway, and I. undertake to accept the same, or such
less number as you may a-ppropriate to me, subject to the Regula-
tions of the t ompany, and to sign the necessary Deeds, and to pay,
when required, the deposit thereon of 2/. 2s. per Share.
Dated this day of 1845.
Name and Residence in full ................
Profession and professional residence intuit..

C HESTER and MANCHESTER DIRECT
RAILWAY.

a meeting of the Committee of Management of this under-
taking, held this day, it was resolved that, in order to comply with
the standing orders of the House of Lords, as recently altered, it is
expedient to reduce the amount of each share to 201., and to extend
the number to 50,000, and that the deposit required be 21. 2s. on each
share, and that, in consequence of this alteration in the amount and
number of shares and the deposit required, the period within which
shares must be applied for be extended to the 28th instant for the
London applications, and to the 30th Instant for country applications.
By order,
A. 2O, Moorgate-street, August 14, 1845 BARRETT, Secretary,

TUE MIDLAND and EASTERN COUNTIES
I..ILWAY, from CAMBRIDGE, by NORTHAMPTON to
WORCES
(Provisionally Registered, pursuant to 7 and 8 Viet., cap. 110.)
Capital 1,500,0001., in Shares of 251. each.
Deposit I/. 7s. 6d. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Alington, Rev. John, Little Barford, Bedfordshire, and Letchworth,
Hertfordshire
Booth, Williamson, Esq., Woodbury Hall, Cambridgeshire
Banbury, G. 8., Esq., Leamington, a Director of the Warwick and
Cheltenham Railway
Burman, William, Esq., Stratford-upon-Avon
Carrington, John, Eat., St. Neots
Cochrane, Hon. Horatio William Bernardo, Little S..anghton
Cottle, J. M., Esry„ Leamington,} Directors of the Warwick and
Curtis, J. E. 13„ Esq., London, Cheltenham Railway
Dabbs, Thomas William, Esq , The Newarke, Leicester
Day, John Hill, Esq , St. Neots
Day, Thomas, Esq., Wornditch, near Kimbolton
Ellgnod, Thomas, Esq., St. Neots
Falconer, Robert, Esq., Goldington IL-ill, Bedfordshire
Gee, William, Esq., Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire
Hewlett, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Northampton, a Director of the
South Midland Railway
Bumbley. Captain, Waterloo Cottage, Eynesbury, near St. Neot
lipuga, T. F. J., Esq., 11.igliton
Kerr's, Rev. Frederick, Little Gransden
Onslow, Denzill, Esq., Staughton House, near St. Neots
Page, Captain, Charlton House, Somerton, a Director of the Warwick
and Cheltenham Railway
Parker, Francis, Esq., Albion-place, Northampton, a Director of the
South Midland Railway
Simpson, Richard IL, Esq., Long Stow Hall, Cambridgeshire •
St. John, the Right Hon. ord, Melchbourne Park, Bedfordshire
Sitiney, Georga Deane, Esq , Orford Cluney, Huntingdonshire
Webb, Dr., Master of Clare Hall, Cambridge
Webb, Theodore Vincent, Esq., Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire
Welstead, Benjamin, Esq., Kimbolton
Welstead, 31., Esq., Stoneey Hall, Kimbolton
(With power to add to their number.)
13ANItEas—Messrs. Glyn, Halllfax, 31111 s, and Co., London.
SOLICITORS.

John Chinery, Esq., Lean:dui4;n; a 7113, Church-conrt, Old Jewry
Messrs. Day, St. Neots
.Messrs. Harrizi and Sumpter, Cambridge
Messrs. timbers arid Sowdon, Stratford-upon-Avon
Charles Jones, Es 4., Alcestor.

No further Applications for Shares in this Railway will be received
after Tuesday Next, the 26th of August instant, except from Land-
owners, or parties living in the country, or locally interested, who
must apply on or before Saturday, the 30th instant.

In the meantime applications for prospectuses and shares may be
made to the Solicitors, or to the following Sharebrokers, viz. :
Messrs. P. W. Thomas and Son, 50, Threadneedle-street, London ;
Forsyth anti Pritchard, or T. Crewdson, Liverpool; Johnstone and
BraX,2y, or S. W. Graves, Manchester ; E. Wilson, or W. Collis, Bir-
igh ; White and Son, Leamington ; George Edwards and Son, or
Luke Arnold, Bristol; W. Lee, or Hall Brothers and Co., Chelten-
ham ; Kirk and Co., or Scott and Co., Leeds; John Doy, or Ell :t
and Tootal, Hull; Eaglestield, Leicester; Freeman and Son,
Northampton; John Langworthy, Exeter; Wm. Bolton, Stratford-
upon-Avon , Wm. Miles, Worcester; Hugh Munro and Co., Edin-
burgh ;,George Brown, Glasgow; Bruce and Symes, Dublin; Brown
tins Clarke Coventry ; and Peet and Son, Xottlnghani.