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PROSPECTUS OF THE

BOSTON, GRANTHAM, LEICESTER, and
MIDLAND COUNTIES JUNCTION RAILWAY
COMPANY.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices-5, Ouildhall Chambers, Basinghall-street.
Capital, 800,0001., in 40,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Wm. Corbett Smith, Esq., Bitteswell-hlll, High Sheriff of Leices-

tershire
John Summerscales, Esq., Sheriff of Lincoln
Sir Wm. Wynn, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the North

Wales Railway
Sir George Rich, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, Director of the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway
Major-Gen. Sir Love Parry, Madryn, Caruarvonshire, Director of

the North Wales Railway
Honourable Captain Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street,
London, Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Rear-Admiral Ayscough, Southampton, Director of the Manchester
and Southampton Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Elrington, Scotch Fusilier Guards, 12, Wynd-
lam-place, Director of the Leeds and Liverpool Railway
Lieutenant-Colonel Fitch, 36, York-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the South and Midland Railway
Adamthwaite, John, Esq , Oakhill, Teen, Staffordshire
Allen, George Charles, Esq., East Shilion, Leicestershire, Director of
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Atkinson, J. 8., Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the Lei-
cester and Bedford Railway
Bell, Robert, Esq., Manor House, Chiswick, Director of the Direct
East and West Junction Railway
Blaud, William, Esi., 11, Park-terrace, Brixton-road, Director of
the Shrewsbury, Wolverhampton, and Vouth Staffordshire, and
the North Wales Railways
Betts, William, Esq„ Bovois Mount, Southampton
Browne, Joseph, Esq., Bedford, Director of the East and West of
England Junction Railway
Burd, John, Esq., Alderman, Manchester
Caldecott, William Lloyd, Esq., Laura-place, Bath
Carver, Edward Tnrst, Esq., Forest-lodge, Tulse-hill, Director of the
North Wales, and the Namur and Liege Railways
Cooke, T. F., Esq. Leicester
Piccadilly, Deputy-Chairman of
Collett, Benjamin, 'Esq., Manor House, Bromsgrove
cC etb.
Nathaniel, Esq., Director of the Direct East and West
Regentt-estreet,lway
eC3,lll:egjs'et) re, rNj a.
anth 1 'd
Junction Railway
Dalby, John, Esq., Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Eales, William, Esq., Mincing-lan?, London, Director of the Direct
Western, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Gernon, J., Esq., 12,Conduit-street,lianover-square, Vice-Chairman
of the Galwoy and Ennis Railway
Gillham, Joseph, Esq , Hargreaves House, Oldham, Director of the

Birkenheadand Holyhead Junction Railway
Hazelrigg' Grey, Esq., Carlton-hall, Leicester
Ileneage, Charles, Esq., Cadeby-house, Lincolnshire
Holmes, Isaac, Esq., Liverpool
Kebbel, W. 11., Esq., Glebe-house, Kilby, Leicester
Knight, Joseph, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Midland Counties,

Leicester, and Bedford Railways
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston•hall, Sudbury, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Laurie, George, Esq., Manchester
Macmoran, A. M., Esq., 58, Cambridge-•street, Hyde-park, Director

of the Direct East and West Junction Railway
Mann, Ar, Esq., Denver-hall, Norfolk, Director of the Liverpool,
Manchester, and Newcastle Junction Railway
Maunder, Joseph, Esq., Liverpool, Director of the Rugby and Man-

chester Direct Railway
3feteyaril, Horace Wm., Esq., 8.C.L., London, Director of Reming-

ton's London and Blanchester Railway
Millar, Thomas, jun., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Blr-

iningham and Leicester Railway
Mosse, R., Esq., Princess-street, Great George-street
Packe, C. Hussey, Esq., Keythorpe Hall, Lincolnshire
Parker, Francis, Esq., Northampton, Director of the South Midland

Railway -
Parkinson, John, Esq ' Cambridge-terrace, Regent's-park, Director
of the South Midland Railway
Payne, Benjamin, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birming-
ham and Leicester Railway
Ramsey, J., Esq., Bushey House, Bents
Rawortla, J., Esq., Leicester, Director of the Direct Birmingham
and Leicester Railway
Shaw, Joseph, Esq., York-place, Huddersfield, Director of the East
and West of England Junction Railway
Shaw, George, Esq , M.D., Leicester
Spiers, E. 1., Esq,. Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway
Stone,- Nathaniel C., Esq., Rawley-fields, near Leicester, Director of
the Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway
Sugar, Hartley, Esq., Ball's Grove, Colne, Director of the Leeds
and Carlisle, and the Manchester and Rugby Direct Railways
Threefall, Edward, Esq., Regent Road 311113, Manchester, Director of
the Eastern Counties Junction and Southend Railway
Tibbutt, Thomas, E.q., Rusholm , Manchester, Director of the
Rugby and 31 nchester, and Leeds and Carlisle Railways
Wetherall, Thomas, Esq., Director of the London and York Railway
Will'ams, B. 8., Esq., 70, Portland-place, Director of the Leeds
and Liverpool, Leicester and Tamworth Railways.
BANKE7.9.

Messrs. Rogan, Olding, al-17C—07,7C- lemenes-lane, London

Messrs. Gailit,'Clapon,and Co., Boston
Messrs. Kerney and King, Grantham
Pare's Leicestershire Banking Company, Leicester and Melton
Mowbray

ENGINEER—C. NINOR, Esq.
SOLICITOR—J. A. J. Macgregor, Esq., 26, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall,

London.
LOCAL SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Manners and Son, Grantham
Messrs. Millington and Kenrick, Boston.
SECRETARY—George Ferrer, Esq.
The object of this line of railway is to connect, by a direct route,
the important town and seaport of Boston with the centre of Eng-
land, by way of Grantham and Melton Mowbray, where it will join
the Syston and Peterborough branch of the Midland Counties Railway.
It is unnecessary to enlarge upon the advantages which will arise
from this railway, which passes through one of the richest and
most fertile parts of England. The population is dense, and a
glance at the map will show that this line is well laid ont, not
only for the direct traffic from Leicester and the intermediate
places to Boston, but also for the general traffic which will ue
brought to this line by the several railways which will be connected
with it. _ _ _ _

By this railway, which will be about forty-four miles in length,
and laid through a country nearly level, it is intended to pass by or
near Swinlshead, Donington, Folkingham, Grantham, Stoke, Roch-
ford, and Melton Mowbray. It is evident that this line will be o
great convenience and u:ility, by affording to a part of the country
at present deprived of it the advantage of railway communication
with the counties of Itutiamishire, Leicestershire, Northampton-
shire, Warwickshire, &c., and thus connecting the agricultural
districts of Lincolnshire with the manufacturing parts of England,
affording to the latter an easy and accessible means of export fur
their manufactures.
In the allotment of shares, holders in the Midland Counties Rail-
way will receive a preference, and reservation will be made for the
landed interests along the line, whose concurrence and assistance is
fully relied on by the promoters, by whom most of the influential
landholders hay,: been canvassed ; and, in order to prevent urines-
sary trouble, no other applications will be rec,:ived except those
wherein reference is made to a member of the Provisional Commit-
tee, to the Solicitors or Bankers, or the following Sharebrokers,
from whom prospectuses and plans may be obtained:—
Messrs Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange
Messrs. Preece and Evans, 39, Lothbury, London
Messrs. Townley and Whiteehead, Liverpool
Mr. Keel, 20, Atherton-bulldings, Liverpool
Messrs. Wellbeloved and Oastler, Leeds
Mr. Frederick Stamp, Hull
Mr. Geo. Clark, Bradford
Mr. Wm. Cranhelm, Halifax
Mr. Charles Spencer, Nottingham
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Grayston and Erle, York •
Mr. E. H. Armitage, Wakefield
Messrs. Tate and Nash, Br'stol
Messrs. Houghland and Leese, Manchester
Messrs. T. N. Banlwell and Sons, Sheffield
Mr. W. 11. Collis, Birmingham
Mr. L. Wetherburn, jun., Huddersfield
Mr. It. Rozzell, Leicester
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Glasgow
Messrs.Labertouche and Stafford, College-green, Dublin
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Boston, Grantham, Leicester,
and Midland Counties Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares of
201. each in the above proposed railway ; and I undertake to pay the
deposit of 21 2s. per share thereon, or any less number you may ap-
propriate to me, and to execute the Subscribers' Agreement and Par.
liamentary Contract when required.
Dated this day of

1845.

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GRAND JUNG LION, GREA'r WESTERN,
and SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY JUNCTION.
Completing the Line from London to Itirtninglutm and Liverpool ty
the shortest route.
(Provisionally- Registered.)
Capital 1,200,000/., in CO,OOO hares. of 20/. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

it W. Young, Bart., Director of the Ilonaurable east India Company
Major-General l'arlby, Rutland-ga' e, Director of the Worcester and

gouth Wales Railway
Mr. John Ayres, Princes Risborough
Congreve Banwell, Esq., Chilton-park, Brill
Rev. John Samuel Barron, Parsonage, Brill, Justice of the Peace fcr

Bucks
W. Bean, Esq., Tulse-hill, Director of tho rewash Talley Coating*

tion Railway
Charles Richard Mgge, Esq., 19, Bryanston-square, Director of the
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway, and Isle of Ely, Wis.
beach, and Lincolnshire Railway
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, 11Ilnories, Director of the Black-

wall Railway -
Wm. Bolton, Esq., Blackthorns
William W. Botterill, Esq., Swallow Bousz, Burnley
David Bayan, Esq., Northampton
William Edward B.)yes, Esq., Alkerton, near Banbury, Director of
the Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railway
James Brand, Esq., 9, New Broad-street, Director sf the Cambridge

mid Lincoln, and Great Luxemburg Railway
James Burness, Esq., Leyton, Essex, Director of the Staffordshire
Potteries, and Oxford and Worcester Extension and Chester Junc-
tion Railways .
Messrs. Butler and Son, Wycombe
Rev. George Chetwode, Chilton-house, Vicar of Chilton, and Justice
of the Peace for P.ucks and Oxon
Thomas Camplin, Esq., Hearne-bay, Director of the Argus Mee
Edward Turst Carver. Esq., Forest Lodge, Tulse-hill, Director of
the North Wales and Namur and Liege Railways
R. Chapman, Esq., Director of, the Great Manchester, Rugby and
Southampton Railways
Edward Chapman, Esq., Gibson-square, Director of the Hull, Great
Grimsby, and Southampton Direct Railway.
Rev. G. Cleobury, Parsonage, Piddington, Justice of the Peace for
Bucks
Frederick Colingridge, Esq., Tharlow-square, Brampton
William Delf, Esq., St. Mary's, Beccles
Henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Tulse-hill, Director of the Grand

Trunk Railway
Mr. Wm. Dossett, Princes Risborough
Samuel Douglass, Esq., Doctors'-commons, Director of the Hull,
Great Grimsby, and Southampton Direct Railway
Rev. Gregory Lempster Dryden, Vicarage, Ambrosden
John Edmonds, Esq., Princes Risborough
Captain Gustavus Evans, R.N., Ileadly Grove, near Dorking, Di-
rector of the Reading and Reigate Railway
Henry Farrar, Esq., Princes Risborough
Joseph Forster, Esq., Blunt's Hall, Witham, Essex. Director of the

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Maldon and Braintree Railway
Rev. H. R. Fowler, 7, Manchester-square, London, Director of the
Reading, Guildford, and Reigate Railway, and Deputy-Chairman
of the London and Nottingham Railway
James Furncss, Esq., Newland-cottage, Wycombe
John George, Esq., Bicester
Charles Goodwin, Esq., Battersea, Director of the London and Wind-

sor Railway
Rev. C. E. Gray, Rectory, Princes Risborough
Edmund Tertius Grundy, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Cam-
bridge and Lincoln, and Oxford, Newbury, Andover, Manchester,

and Southampton Railways
John Hadden, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Birmingham and

Oxford Junction Railway
Warren Stormes Hale, Esq., Gresham-street
J. G. Hammock, Esq., Essex House, Chairman of the Itatcliffe Gas
Company, and Director of the Direct Western Railway
George Harman, Esq., Alderman of Wycombe
Joseph Hunt, Esq., Mayor of Wycombe
Win. Jackson, Esq., Justice of the Peace for Wycombe
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq , 150, Piccadilly, Director of the Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railway
Thomas Kelly, Esq., Alderman of the City of Loudon, Paraws,
Streatham
Ileury Garrett Key, Esq., Tulse-hill, Director of the Hereford, New-
port, and Abergavenny Railway
Edward King, Esq., Blackthorns
Wm. King, Esq., Ambrosden
Thomas Knight, Esq.' Brill
Captain A. L. Kuper,C.B., R.N., Plymstock, Devon
W,Kuper,'Esq., Camberwell, Director of Leeds, York, and Midland.'

Junction Railway
Alfred Lane, Esq., Alderman of Wycombe
Joseph Littlehales, Esq., Shaulston
William Freeman Lord, Esq., Greve-house, Brill
Rowland 111`Kenzie, Es Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square, Direc-
tor of the Tring, Reading,., and Basingstoke, of the Cheltenham,
Oxford, and Brighton, and the Great Western Extension Railway

Companies -,
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Birmingham and

. . .
Oxford Junction Railway
Rev. Thomas Martyn, Rector of LudgershXll, Justice of the Peace for

Bucks
John Mead, Esq., Brill
Rev. Charles Palmer, Lighthorne, near glneton, Director of the

Birmingham and oxford Junction Railway
The Rev. W. E. Partridge, Horsendon-house, Wsbornigh, Rector of
Horsendon, Vicar of Illmire, and Magistrate fo: the county of
Bucks
Wm. Paxton, Esq., Langford Fttrill'

Jonas Paxton, Esq., Bicester
James Parsons, Esq., Brill
William Parsons, Esq., Brill
Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.S.A., Montague-street, Russell-sqnaret Di-
rector of the Argus Insurance Company, and the Southampton,
Manchester, and Oxford Junction Railway
G. W. K. Potter, Esq., Secondary of the City of London
Alexander Prince, Esq., Llucoln's Inn-fields
John Prestage, Eeq., 'Wycombe
W. W. Prole, Esq., Thurlow-square, Brompton, Director of the
Jersey Railway
S. H. Powell, Esq., Brixton, Director of the Leeds, York, and Mid-
lands' Junction Railway
Thomas Ragg, Esq., Boarstall
Reynolds, Esq., Ambrosden
Charles Shaw, Esq., Birmingham, Director of Birmingham and Ox-
ford Junction Railway
Robert Shedden, Esq., Torr Abbey, Devon, Director of the South-
Western Railway, and Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of
Hampshit e
E. R. Sinimends, Esq., Gloucester Lodge, Croydon
William Slack, Esq., Crickelwood, Director of the Guarantee Society
William ;clatter, Esq., Brill
Thomas Smith, Esq., Brill
John Southgate, Esq., Pebble Coombe, Dorking, Director of the
Reading and Reigate Railway
John Southgate, jun., Esq., Old Change, London, Director of Hull,
Great Grimsby, and Southampton Direct Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Broom Hall, near Dorking,' Deputy
Governor of the Union Bank of London, Chairman of the Irish
North Midland Railway
Mr. James Stratton, Princes Risborough
William 11. Terrell, Esq., Lincoln's Inn-fields
Edward Hughes Thorpe, Esq., Bicester
Win. Tredwell, Esq., Piddington
C. F. Thornley, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle, and Man-
chester, Burnley, Settle, and C arlisle Railways
John Timms, Esq., Manor house, Brill
Thomas Umfrey, Esq., Brill
Charles Frederick Thoniley, Esq., Westbury, near Bristol
William Walker, Esq., Eldon-terrace, Leeds .
Captain F. Bayly Wardroper, H.C.S., Director of the Birmingham
Extension Railway
William Mead Warner, Esq., Oxford and Thornley-hall, Bucks
Walter White, Esq., Fitzroy-square, Director of the Loudon and
Windsor Railway
Wm. White, Esq., Blackheath, Director of the Central Kent County
Railway
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Woodbury Down, Director of the Waveney
Valley and Great Yarmouth Railway
Robert Winslow, Esq., Princes Risborough
Robert Winslow, jun., Esq., Princes Risborough
(With power to add to their number.)
MANAQIXG COMMITTEE.
James Brand, Esq. H. Garrett Key, ESC
E. Chapman, Esq. W. Kuper, Esq.
Henry Dodson, Esq. S. H. Powell, Esq.
Samuel Douglas, Esq. Lewis Pocock, Esq., F.B.A.
E. T. Grundy, Esq. John Southgate, Esq.
John Inglis Jerdein, Esq. Walter White, Esq.
(With limited power to add to their number.)

ENGINEERS.
Sir John Macneill, LL.D., F.R.S.
James Thomson, Esq., F.R.S.E.,
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Ploy, Blunt, and Johnstone. Lothbury
George Smith, Esq., 24, Golden-square.
BANKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith, Lombard-street
The Union Bank of London
Messrs. Cockburn and Co., Whitehall
Maidenhead—Messrs. Stephens, Blandy and CO.
Wycombe—Messrs. Wheeler and Bon's
Ilicester—Messrs. Tubb
Thame—Thomas Stone, Esq.
Leamington—Leamington, Priors, and Warwickshire Banking
Company.

LOCAL AGENTS.
Maidenhead—James Smith, Esq.
High Wycombe and Princes Risborough—Ckaries Harman, Esq.
Uicester —Richard Maley, Esq.
Oxford and Brill—John Looker, Esq.
Windsor—C. S. Voules, Esq.
Banbury—Thomas Guliver Judge, Esq.
Hoxoseity SECRETARY, pro. tem.—John Southgate, jun., Esq.
Offices of the Company-2, Charlotte-row, Mansion House.

The great importance of the above line of railway, not exceeding
64 miles in length, will be immediately seen by referring to the map.
It commences at the Farnborough station of the South-Western Rail-
way, crossing the Great Western line between Slough and Maiden-
head, and terminates on the Oxford and Rugby line of railway at
Heyford, beyond Oxford, on the route to Birmingham, accommo-
dating in its course, Bracknell, Sunning-hill, Bagshot, Ascot, Windsor,
Great Marlow, High Wycombe, Princes Risborough. Theme,
Bicester, and many other places at present without railway com-
munication.

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It will form the most direct route from London to Banbury, War-
wick, and Birmingham, and by the Grand Junction Railway to Man-
chester, Liverpool, Lancaster, and Carlisle, and by the Caledonian
Railway to Glasgow and Edinburgh ; also from Crewe to Chester,
Birkenhead, and Holyhead, thus opening the most direct communica-
tion with Dublin.

It will also by the branch to Oxford, in connexion with the
Cheltenham and Oxford line, form the most direct roate to South
Wales, Waterford, and the south of Ireland, as well as by the Ox-
ford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton line to Worcester, and conse-
quently to all the central portion of Wales, thus forming the shortest
route to all Wales and Ireland.

The length of this line will not exceed 64 miles, and it will save an
average distance of 14 miles to each of the before-mentioned places,
as compared with the route now traversed by the Great Wester'
Railway. It is satisfactory to state that there are no enghieering
difficulties, and that the land is the least valuable of any it the coun-
ties through which this line is intended to pass, avoiding, es it does,
parks and ornamental property.
To the advantages offered to the above places, by saving about
fourteen miles in the transits to London, must be added that of con-
necting them with the South-Western and the Rsading and Reigate
lines, affording passengers an opportunity of proceeding to South-
ampton, Portsmouth, Isle of Wight, Dover, Brighton, and all adja-
cent places, without the necessity of passing through the metropolis,
thereby saving much time and inconvenience.
It will be seen from the foregoing facts that the formation of this
line will afford very great advantages to nearly all parts of England,
Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, as it will materially facilitate the de-
livery of their many marketable products by opening another and
more direct route to London. It is not, therefore, too much to ex-
pect that, independently of a great local traffic, there will be also an
immense through traffic brought on this line, which roust pay at
least 10 per cent. on the capital required. This is manifest, as the
construction of the line will not cost 20,0001. per mile, while the
London and Birmingham Railway cost 53,0001. per mile, upon which
enormous outlay it continues to lay 15 per cent.
Shareholders in the Grand Junction, Great Western, south
Western, Oxford and Rugby, Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhamp-
ton, and Birmingham and Oxford Junction Railways will have a pre-
ference in the allotment of shares after parties locally interested.
The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament
shall be obtained; and power will be taken in the Act to allow four
per cent. interest on all calls until the line be completed, which,
from the nature of the ground to be gone over, is not expected to
exceed two years.
The Committee have decided, in compliance with the suggestions
of landowners of great influence, to form branches from the Thame
station on the proposed main line to Oxford and Aylesbury, thereby
establishing a direct communication between those important
places.
Application for shares may be made, in the annexed form, to the
following shareOrokers :—London : Mr. W. West, Capel-court ;
Mr. Benjamin Rankin, Tokenhouse-yard ; Mr. M. L. Pritchard,
and Mr. Branckner, Liverpool ; Messrs. Cardwell and Sons, Messrs.
Green and Oldham, and Messrs. Gardiner and Heap, Manchester ;
Messrs. Potter and Smith, Leeds ; Mr. Andrew Moffat, Edinburgh ;
Mr. A. Brand, Glasgow ; Messrs. Bruce and Symes, Dublin ; Messrs.
Graystone and Earle, York ; Messrs. Shomes and Tripp, Bristol; Messrs.
Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth; Mr. T. Sandford, Exeter; Mr.
J. Wright, Birmingham; Messrs. Sibary and Simpson, ; Mr.
Isaac Ironside, Sheffield ; Messrs. Mann and Son, Norwich ; Mr.
Joseph Ivey Baker, Cheltenham ; to the Secretary, at the offices of
the Company ; Messrs. Roy, Blunt, and Johnstone, Lothbury
George Smith, Esq., solicitor, No. 24, Golden-square.
To the Provisional Committee of the Grand Junction, Great Wester*
and South-Western Railway Junction Company.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me shares in
the above Company, and I agree to take all such shares, or so many
as may be allotted to me, and to pay the dep•sit thereon, and to exe-
cute the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required so to do.

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GRAND JUNCTION, GREAT WESTERN,
and SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY JUNCTION.—At a
Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Bicester, held Oct. 3, 1845,
the following Resolutions were passed :
" That a line of Railway through Bicester, connecting that town
with the Great Western line at Slough, and the Oxford and Rugby
line at Hayford, is, in the opinion of this meeting, highly desirable,
and would tend greatly to benefit the town and its vicinity."
" That the line of railway to be called the Grand Junction, Great
Western, and South-Western Railway Junction, appears to this
meeting the most comprehensive scheme, and as affording to the
town of Bicester and its neighbourhood every facility required. This
meeting cordially co-operates with the Provisional Committee of the
above Railway."

(Por full report,-see " Iron Times," Oct. 7, 1845.)

GREAT WESTERN, BRENTFORD, and
CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY, from
the vicinity of West Drayton, through Hounslow, Brentford, Ham-
mersmith, Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster, to a Central
Terminus, near Charing-Cross.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Offices, 53, Charing-cross.
Capital, 850,1,001., in 42,500 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

The Earl of Devon
Vernon Abbott, Esq., 70, Gower-street
Philip Anstruther, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment
Railway Junction Company
Benjamin John Armstrong, Esq., Southall, Magistrate for Middlesex
John Auldjo, Esq., Noel House, Kensington
Henry Pratt Barlow, Esq., 24, Kensington-square
Edward Oliver Benson, Esq., Hounslow
William Sprott Boyd, Esq., Director of the Thames Embankment
Railway Junction Company
Thomas Bramall, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Leicester and Tam*
worth Railway
Sir John Macpherson Brackenbury
Sir Archer Denman Crott, Bart., Director of the Thames Embank-

meat Railway Junction Company
Major John T. Croft, Deputy Chairman of the Chester and Manches-
ter Railway
John Chevalier Cobbeld, Esq., Chairman of the Eastern Union Rail
way
William Cumming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park
George Cooper, Esq., Brentford
George James Stredwick Camden, Esq., Hounslow
Charles Downes, Esq., Director of the South Midland Railway
J. Fisher, Esq., Isleworth
Major David Fitzgerald, VaLetitia, county of Kerry
Captain Forbes, R.N., Forest, Windsor
Sir Andrew PeRAU Green, R.N., K C.H.
James Montgomery, Esq., Brentford
John Bowyer Nichols, Esq., Hammersmith
The lion. Colonel Phipps, Norwood-groan
William Simpson. Pt-tter, Esq., Director of the South and Midl and

Railway
Henry Pownall, Esq.; Spring-:rove, Hounslow, Magistrate for
Middlesex
John F. Pownall, Esq., Spying-grove, Hounslow
Colonel Reid (2d Life Guards), Buistrode Park
Thomas Berry Rowe, Esq., Breutford
John Coyagarne Sim, Esq., No. 9, Clifton-place, Hyde Park-mans
Major Jeif Sharp, Magistrate and Deputy-Lieutenant for Middlesex,
Deputy-Chairman of the Thames Embankment Railway Janetlon
Company
Henry Webb Smith, Esq., Hounslow
William Spooner, Esq., Director of the Liverpool, Manchester, and
Newcastle Railway
Andrew Spottiswoode, Esq., Chairman of the Irish North Midland

Railway
John Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Frederick Thompson, Esq., 20, Kensington-square
Robert Richard Tighe, Esq., Bank, Windsor
Henry Tuffnell, Esq., M.P.
(With power to add to their number.)
ENGINEER—Thomas Page, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Wilkinson and Cobbohi, 7, Lincoln's Ins-lields
William Sim, Esq., 8, King's Bench-walk, Temple.
BANKERS.
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS.

Messrs. Hugh Innes Cameron and George Bain, 18, Parliament-stree
SECRETARY—Henry Moreing, Esq.

Applications for shares, in the subjoined form, may be made,
addressed to the Provisional Committee, at the Oflices of the Com-
pany, 53, Charing-cross, to the Solicitors and Parliamentary Agents,
and to the following agents and sharebrokers :--Messrs. Carden and
Whitehead, 6 PA, Threadneedle-street ; Mr. 21. J. Williams, 80, Old
Broad-street, London ; Messrs. Bradley and Co„ Manchester ; Mr. B.
It. Pemberton, and Messrs. H. Davis and Co., Liverpool ; Mr. Lake
Arnold, Bristol; Messrs. Chantrell and Boyce, Leeds ; Messrs. IVII-
- and Earle, Hull; Messrs. Buchanan and Aitken, Glasgow;
and Messrs. Grayston and Earle, York, of whom prospectuses may
be obtained.

No applications for Shares in this Company will be received which
do not contain a reference to one of the Provisional Committee, the
Sharebrokors, Officers of the Company, or a Banker.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Directors of the Great Western, Brentibrd. an
Central Terminus Junction Railway.

Gentlemen,—ii;;;W;;;;;lll allot me shares of 201. each
in the above Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same,
or any lesser number that may he allotted to me, to pay the deposit of
21. 2s. per share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers' Agreement and
Parliamentary Contract when required.
Name in full
Trade or Profession
. .
Reference in full ........ „

GREATG
WESTERN, BRENTFOI'W, and
CENTRAL TERMINUS JUNCTION RAILWAY.
Offices, 53, Charing•cross.
CHAIRMAN—The EARL of DEVON.
Notice is hereby given that no further Applications for Shares in
this Company will be received atter SATURDAY, October 18.
By order,

HENRY 310RELNG, Secretary.

THE EASTERN COUNTIES EXTENSION
and CAMBRIDGE and WORCESTER DIRECT RAILWAY,
from ambridge through Bedford, Blisworth,Yenny-Compton, Strat-
ford-on-Avon, to Worcester, connecting the Eastern and North-
Eastern Counties with North and Soutk Wales, South Staffordshire,
Cheshire, Shropshire, Gloucestershire, Bristol, the West of England,
sod t e Midland Counties.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital Looo,oopz., in 50,008 Shares of 201. sash.
Deposit 21.25. per Share.

PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS.

Samuel Anderson, Esq
I Directors of the Eastern Counties Railway
F. Valentine Lee, Esq.,
• Sir Henry Webb, Bart., Pall-mall, London
Major-General Sir Love Jones Love Parry, Bart., 1C.C.8.,
Madryn-park, Caernarvonshire
William Hughes Hughes, Esq , F.S.A. F.L.S., &c., Alderman
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-
don-lodge, Warwickshire, Director of the South Midland
Railway Company
Robert Rising, Esq., The Shrubbery, Worcestershire
James Morrison, Esq., Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, Pro-
visional Director of the Bridgewater and Minehead Railway
Company
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Captain Chamfer, lialkin -street West., Belgrave-square, London
Thomas Chitty, E3q., 8, Upper Gower-street, London
Thomas E eury Evans, Esq., 30, Lotlibury, and Mayor of Caer-

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Alexander Grelg, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square,

London
John Helbert Helbert, Esq., Upper Gloucester-street, London
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, and Du:
Surrey,
Sir William Boothby, Bart., Ashby-hall, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derby 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
s Major, Esq , Director of the Church of England Assurance
Company
Atkinson, J. R. W., Esq., Leeds
Andersen, James, Esq., Bridge-street, City
Barry, D., Esq., Paris and London
Brindley, Thomas, Esq., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Direct East and
West Junction Railways
Brooks, John, Esq., Alderman of Manchester, Director of Reminz-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Brown, Thomas, Esq., Silsoo
Brown, Joseph, Esq., Alderman of Bedford
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve, St. James's-square, Manchester,
Director of Remington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Burnett, John, Esq., Cheltenham
Burgess, John, Esq., Boroughreeve of Manchester
Buschek, C., Esq., 133, Fenchurch-street
Cockburn; Sir Frauds, Dover
Cainberiedge, 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 Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield,
and South Staffordshire Railways
Cleobury, Thomas Mortimer, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
Cooper, John Douglas, Esq., Home-cottage, 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, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of tire Leeds, Rudders-
, field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Direct East and West
Junction Railways
Cooke, John, Esq., Macclesfield, Director of Remington's Direct
Landon and Manchester Railway
Carpenter, R., Esq.
Coape, Henry Coe, Esq., Goidhangers, Mallon, Essex, Director of the
Oxford, Manchester, and Southampton Junction Railway
Cottle, J. M., Esq., Leamington, Director of the Coventry and Lel-
, cester Railway
Dawson Darner, the Right Hon., M.P., Tilney-street, Park-lane
Dawson Darner, the Hon. Wm., Parkstone-lodge, Poole
Dalby, John Robert, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire, Director of the
Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of
tke Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Rail-
ways
Dale, Major Thurston, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds, Hudders-
field, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway
Dayrell, E. Francis, Esq., Lffingstone Dayrell, Bucks, High Sherif
for Bucks
Eames, John, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Ekin, Win., Esq., Cambridge
Erskine, Henry D., Esq., Mount-street, Grosvenor-square
Freke, the lion. Percy Evans, 3, Beigrave-square
Fitch, Colonel George, 3G, 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 Tainworth, 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 Derby shire, Staffordshire, and Worcester
Junction Railways
Gambier, William, Esq., Salcombe-park, Bedfordshire
Gernon, James, Esq., Conduit-street
Hutchinson, The Hon. Colonel, Weston-house, Towceeter
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
Radon, Joseph, Esq., ironma'ter, Dudley, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Holfo-:d, 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
Howard, John, Esq., Britannia Foundry, Bedford, Director of lie-

[with,

raingt.on's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Jerningham' tho Hon. Edward
Jones, Rev. J. P., Alton Vicarage, Cheadle, Staffordshire, Director of
Remington's Direct London and Manchester, and of the_Leeds,

Huddeistield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Direct Junction Railways
King, William, Esq., Waterloo-place, Director of Freemasons' Life As-

surance-office
Keene, John Joseph, Esq., St. John's Wood, Regent's-park, Director
of the National Bank of Ireland, and Chester and Manchester
Direct Railway
Kilpin and ion, Bedford
Knight, Edward, Esq., M.D., Stafford, Director of the Derbyshire,
Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Hud-
.

derstield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Lassetter, Richard, Esq., Uttoseter, 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 Derby-shire, 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 Reming-
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, Samuel T. Esq., 16, George-street, Hanover-square, Director
of the National Loan assurance Company
Montefiore, Joseph, Esq., Stanhope-street, May.fair
Marshall, G., Esq., Godalming, Surrey
Newman, Henry W., Esq., Clifton, Deputy-Lieutenant of the County
of Gloucester
Nugent, the Hon, M. W. 8., Higham Grange, 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's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
The Lord Rossmore, the Dell, Windsor
Riley, Wm. T., Esq., Pendeford-house, Wolverhampton, and :mimed
Ironworks, B lston, Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction, and of the Shropshire Mineral Railways
Robinson, John, Esq., Silcoates-cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midlands ; of the Stockton, North, and
Leeds ; Leeds, York, and Midlands' Junction; Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Seymour, Fred., Esq., St. James's-square
Sanders, John, Esq., Royal Foundry, Bedford, Director of Reming-
ton's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Sharpe, George Henry, Esq., Bedford, Director of Remington's Direct
London and Manchester Railway
Skene, George R., Esq., F.R.M. and C.S. Bedford, Proprietor of the
Bedford Mercury, Director of Remingtou's Direct London and
Manchester Railway
Urine, Julian, Esq., Cambridge, Director of the Cambridge and Lin-
Wiltshire Railway
Smith, William, Esq., Clifton, near Ashboun;e, Director of the Teats
and Dove Valley allway ;of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and
Worcestershire Junction Railway; of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railway; and of the Direct East
anti West Junction Railway
Smith, Thomas, Esq., More Hail, Ashbourne, Director of the Leeds,
Sheffield, Hudderstlell, and South Staffordshire, and of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Sp hers, Edmund John, Esq., Carlton Villas, Maida Vale, Paddington,
Director of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire
Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Star-
fJrdshire Railways
Smith, F. Curven, Esq., Frognall Hall
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 G., Esq., banker, Bedford, Director of Remington's
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Tyler, George, Esq., Holloway-place, London, Director of the Derby-
shire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction, of the Leeds,
. Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Staffordshire, and of the Direct
East and West Junction Railways
Tyleeote, 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., Traro
Westenra, The Hon. J. C:, M.P.
Wailer, Major, St. James's-square
Willis, George, Esq., Hungerford-park
Welch, Edward, Esq., Leamington
Walter, James Smith, Esq., Director of the Hayes, Bakewell, 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
Wheelton, John, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbrldge, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford, and Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and Glou-
cester Junction Railways
Williams, Benj., Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
Williams, William, Req., Royal Foundry, Bedford, Director of Re-
mington's Direct London and Manchester Railway
Wood, John. Esq., Wednesbury, Director of the Derbyshire, Staf-
fordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Weston, Thomas, Esq., Tean, Staffordshire, Director of the Leeds,
Huddersfield, Sheffield, and South Ste ffordshlre, and of the Der-
byshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railways
Wood, William, Esq., M.D., Chetwynd-house, Newport, Salop, Di-
rector of the Shropshire Mineral, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Wood, Charles, 11,q., Uttoxeter, Director of the Derbyshire, Stafford-
shire, and Worcestershire Junction, and of the Leeds, Huddersfield,
Sheffield, and South Staffordshire Railways
Warde, C. Thomas, Esq., Clopton-house, Stratford-on-Avon,rand
Luton Hoe, Bedfordshire
Yzani, J. Borwick, Herne-hill, Surrey. •

ENGINEERS.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., and
George Remington, Esq., C.B.

BANKERS.

Bedford—
Cambridge—Messrs. Foster
N rthampton—The Northamptonshire Banking Company.
Leamington, Warwick, and Southam—The Leamington Prh.rs a'nd
Warwickshire Banking Company.
SOLICITORS.
Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square
John Owens, Esq., 35, Moorgate-street
leorge Pell, Esq., jun., Northampton.
LOCAL AGENTS.
Worcester—Messrs. Gilham and Sons

Leamington, Warwick, and Southam—Messrs. Patterson, llaymeg,

Banbury, and Gardner
London—Messrs. Barnard, Diinsdale, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs.
Cockburn and Co., Whitehall; Messrs. Hopkinson and Co., Wa.
terloo-place

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