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London, England, 1845-09-16 00:00:00

VONN OF APPLICATION FOit SHARES.
To tho Pro' Isional Committee of tho Worcester and Chaster

Railway,

Gentlemen, I request that yon will allot to me pares of
M. each fu fills Company, and I undertak's to aceept the same, an
to pay the e mom' t thereon, or upon any less number that may be al-
lotted to nc a; an I undertake also to execute the Parliamentary
Contract inaLklubi cribers' Agrdement when required.
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IRECT WtSTER_N 'RAILWAY,
(Upon the Broad Gauge),
From London to the Land's-end ; with Diverging Lines to Bath and
Bridgewater t espectively. •
• (Provisionally Registered.) •
Capital, 3,000,000/., in 120,000 Sharea_of 251. each.
Deposit, 2/. 15s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMXITTEE.
The lion. Charles Pelham Villiers, M.P., Director of. ths Scuth
land Railway, Brookes' Club, St. James's-street
Sir Francis Dugditle Astley, Bart., Everly House, Pewsey, Wilts
Sir Henry Webbe, Bart., 105, Pall-mall
Frederick Hodgson, Esq., M.P. for Barnstaple, 3, Carlton Gardens
Howard Elphinstone, Esq., M.P., 10, Eaton-place, London
Ralph Neville, Esq , M.P. for Windsor, Hill-street,•Berkelev-square
Charles Barry Baldwin, M.P. for Totness, 6, Parliament-street
Hon. Percy Evans Freke, 3, Relgrave-square
Thomas Nugent Vaughan, Esq., 32, Grosvenor-place, London
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield,' Director of the
Sheffield and Manchester and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway
Companies.
Sir John Key,,Bart , 9, King's Arms-yard, Alderman of the City of
London, Director of the Direct Manchester and Loudon and Direct
Liverpool and Leeds Railway Company
Thomas Farncomb, Esq., Griffin's Wharf, Tooley-street, Alderman
of the City of London, and Director of the London and WesUnin-
ster Rank, and of the London, Warwick, Leamington, and Kidder-
minster Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., 32, Wilson-street, Finsbury, Alderman of the
City of London •
Edward Harrisson Barweil. Esq., Deputy Chitirnian of the North-
ampton. Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway, and Director of the
south Midland Railway
Joseph Armitage, Esq., Milli's Bridge House, Huddersfield, vJeputy
Lieutenant and a Magistrate for the West Riding of Yorkshire,
Chairman of the Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway. ~
William Gordon Thomson, Esq., 33, Gloucester-road, 113-de Parl:,
Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and Cheltenham, and

South Midland Railways
Donald Maclean, Esq., 37, Brunswick-square, London, Deputy
Chairman of the Trent Valley Continuation R.ail‘x ay
Thomas Lawrence, Esq., 3, St. Mary Axe
Philip W. Courtnay, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-fiquiue, London
Millis Coventry, Esq., Whitehart-court, Lombard-street
Barnet L. tPhilips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, and

George-sheet, Mansion House
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tunbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway
Boswell Middleton Jolland, Esq., Holdemess louse, near Hull,
Deputy Lieutenant and Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire
Charles Robert Coleman, Esq., Irongate Wharf
William Eales, Esq., Mincing lane, London, late Director of the
Devon and Cornwall Banking Company
Charles Downes, Esq., Warwick-street, Charing-cross, Director of

the South Midland Railway
Martin Stutely, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, London,
Director of the Dublin, ,Belfast, and Coleraine, and the South
Essex Railways
Francis Ede, Esq., 34, Great Winchester-street
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Austin-friars, Director of theiLondonderry
and Coleraine and the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railways
John Addis, Esq., Rotherhithe ant Mark-lane. London, Director of
the Central Terminus Railway, and of the Licensed Victuallers'
Fire and Life Insurance Company
James Renshaw, Esq., Whitelaart-court, Lombard-street, and West
Heath House, Erith, Kent, Director of the. South Staffordshire
Railway
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Ironworks, Wrexham, and Cannon-
street, London
H. G. Atkinson, Req., Upper Gloucester-place, Regent's Park
George M'lntosh, Esq., 127, Seymour-street, Portman-spare
Frederick Soily Flood, Esq., Alpha-road, Regent's Park, London
Major White, 105, Pall-mall, London, Director of the South Midland
Railway
Charles Bieaden, Eiq., Coulsden-court, Surrey, Chairman of the Li-
censed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
J. G. Hammack, Esq., Essex House, Mile-end-road, Director of the
Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Assurance Company
Patrick Fres. Johnston, Esq., Great Cumberiand•plsce'
Joseph Bishop, Esq., Crescent, Minories, Director of the London and
Blackwell Railway Company
W. D. Bruce, Esq., F.S.A., 17, Charles-street, St. James's, and Ripon
Catchbert Woodstock, Esq., Grove-road, North-road, North Brixton
Robert Andrew Riddell, Esq., 23, Bryanstene-street, Portman-
square, Director of Tring, Reading, and Basignstoke, the Exe-
ter, Dorchester, and Weymouth, and the Great Western Extension
Railways
George Hammond Whalley, Esq., 30, Pall-mall, London, Assistant
Tithe Commissioner
William Hagan, Esq., 60, Baker-street, Portman-square
William Breynton, Esq., Montpelier, Cheltenham, and Temple, Lon-
don, Director of the Leicester and Tamworth Railway
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Cambridge-street, Hyde Park, Lon-
don, Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Railway
Company
Philip Baker, Esq., Euston-square, London, Auditor of the London
and Blackwell Railway Company
Charles James Heath, Esq., 6, London-street, Mark-lane
Captain E. N. Trowbridge, R.N., 11, Eaton-square
Anthony Ridley, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury, a Director of the
St. Katherine's Dock Company
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Belgrave-square
Charles Thomas Warde, Esq., Clopton House, Warwickshire, and
Luton Ho°, Bedfordshire
George Payne, Esq., Sulby Hall, Northamptonshire, and Charles-
street, Berkeley-square
James Beech, Esq., Brandon Hall, Warwickshire, and Grosvenor-
place, London
Nicholas Philpot Leader, Esq., Dromagh Castle, county Cork, Union
Club, Trafalgar-square, Director of the Killarney Junction Rail-
way Company
Samuel Baker, Esq., Lypplat Park, Gloucestershire, and London
William Congreve Russell, Esq., Leamington, Warwickatitro, Di-
rector of the Warwickshire and London Railway
Henry Bradley, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire
John William Yerbary, Esq., Belcombe House, Wiltshire, Captain 3d
Light Dragoons
Robert Main, Esq., Ravensbourne Park, Lewisham, and Trinity-
square, London
I Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
John Gillyatt Booth, Esq., Crouch Hall, Hornsey -
Major-Gen. Martin White, Marlborough-buildings, Bath
Rev. T. Harvey Ashworth, Burlyns House, near Newbury, Burks
Col. Burslem, Harwood Lodge, Newbury, Berke
Major Kirwan, Great Pulteney-street, Bath •
Rev. Dr. Godfrey, Grosvenor-place, Bath
Edward Cooper, Esq., Stavertoo, Wilts, Magistrate of the County
Henry Toogood Davis, Esq., Waterhouse, Wilts, Magistrate of the

County
Rev. Chas. Free. Bamfylde, Rector of Dunkerton, near. Bath
Richard Mortimer°, Esq., Chippenham, Wilts
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury, Director of the'Bristol and Birming!
ham Railway Company
R. Wootten, jun., Esq., Banker, Oxford, Director of the Buckingham
shire Railway and Wolverton Junction
Richard Mortimore, Esq., Kingemill, Collumpton •
Rev. John Sydenham, Collumpton
Rev. R. A. Roberts, Rector of Kentisbere, Collumpton
Charles Justice, Esq., Collumpton, Devon --
Richard Marker, Esq., Urculm-Cottage, Tiverton
Colonel Henry Aunties Campbell, North End House, Portsmouth
George Pearce, Esq., Bradninch House, near Collumpton
Wm. 11. Holcomb, Esq., Chilton, Hungerford, Chairman of the Berks
Union Banking Company
William Haleomb, Esq., Marlborough, Manager o Wilts and
Dorset Bank
Captain W. G. Maclean, R.N., Taunton • - -
Robert Parsons, Esq., Taunton
• •
John Dalzell, Req., Wallingford, Iterks
Thomas Carlisle, Esq., Clifton, Bristol .
John Kerle Haberfleid, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
.... Troup, Esq., Hastings
John Robson, Esq., Clifton, Bristol
John Xorford Cottle, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington, Director
of Coventry and Leicester Railway
Joseph Knight, Eaq., Leicester, Director of South Midland and North-
ampton, Banbury and Cheltenham Railways
John Newton Mappin, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Manchester,
Sheffield, and Midland Railway Company
John Ridgeway, rsq., Cauldon-Place, the Potteries, Staffordshire,
Director of the Manchester and Southampton Railway
James Burt, jun., Esq., Manchester, Director of Manchester and
Southampton Railway •
Edward Norris, Esq., Clairville, Manchester, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester, and North Cheshire Railway Companies
Joseph Naclin, Esq., Manchester, Director or the Manchester and
Wigan, and Manchester and Southampton Railways
James Ogden, 31,D., Belford
Sir William LowthrOp, Hull, Magistrate for the East Riding of York
and for the borough of Hull, Chairman of the " Hall and Barnsley"
Committee, and Member of the acting Comnitit aof e " Liver-
pool and Leeds Direct Railway Companies"
John Holford, Eeq., Rusboim Hall, Manchester
C. 11. Jones, Esq,, findderstield, Deputy Chairman of the Iludders-
nets and Sheffield, end Director of the Halifax and Bradford
Union IIa!IWAY
i Charles Bamford, jun., Vet, Hell, Director of the Hull and Barnsley
Junction
John Lillie, Esq., Manchester, DireCtOr Of Manchester and South-
ampton Railway .
•
'John Robson, Esq., Hetton4p,Hole, Durham
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Chairman of the Manchester, Birkenhead, and
Midland Iliglway Companies
~
Isaac Holmes, Esq., Liverpool . •
Win. B. Newberg, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Dudley and
Iron Bridge Railway' company
C. Appleby, Esq., Broomidli, Sheffield,' Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester Railway Company
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Isle of Ely, Wisbeach,
and Lincolnshire Medway, And Salisbury and Swindonthe Railfiwlays
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of letlield, .
Rotherham, and Chesterfield Life Assurance-office •
Wm. Thompson, Esq. Upper/4990, near Sheffield, Director of the
Huddersfield and Sheffield Ralltvey
Adderley Howard, Esq., Sutton Wisbech, DirOetor of the East Coast
Railway Company
Captain Bowker, R.N. Devonport
H. S. Bright, Esq., Hull
Samuel Swann Brittain, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the East and West
or England Railway Company
John Fawcett, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Wakefield and liar-
rowgate Railway Company
William Marriott, Esq., Attseellff-terraee, Sheffield, Director of the
Isle of Ely, Wisbeach, and Lineolnehire Junction Railway.
Thomas Wetherell, Esq,, Lincoln, Director of the London and York
and East Lincolnshire Railways
John Johnstone Hamilton, Esq., Liverpool •
David Price, Esq., Manchester
William. Hunter, Esq., Clarendon-square, Leamington
Rev. Charles Cottle, Rector of Walton, Northamptonshire
Major Wornum, Clarence-square, Cheltenham •
Edward Hall, Esq., Westbank House, 3laccleelield, Director of the
South Midland and the Northampton and Cheltenham Itailvcays
Henry Hubbersty, Esq., Hull
John Ostler, Esq., Hull, Director of the Hull and Barnsley Junction
Henry Shaw, Esq., Fetter-lane
Henry Sayer, Esq., Commercial-road, Limehouse, merchant
John Mee Mathew, Esq., Gray's Inn-square, Assistant Tithe Com-
missioner
John Norton, Esq., Moat House, Brentwood, Essex
William John M'Guire, Eaq., Hampton Court
John Gray Wilson, Esq., Oxford-terrace
Capt. J. P. Macdougall, Fir Grove, North Brixton; Surrey
W. J. Lefevre, Esq., Alderman and Magistrate of Southampton
Thomas Chas. Harrison, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's l'ark
G. B. Bunbur,y, Esq., Leamington, Warwickshire, Director of the
Coventry and Leieester Railway
Captain Tringhans, R.N., Solyhull, Warwickshire
William Jonson Neale, Esq., King's Bench-walk, Temple
James Whitney, Esq., Shrewsbury
Henry Paul Harwood, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
(With power to add to their number).
BA.Nitses-fessrs. Cut ries and Co., Cornhill, London.
JOINT, SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bell, Brodrick, and Bell, Bow Churchyard, London
Messrs. Rickards and Walker. 29, Lincoln's Inn-fields, Loudon
Messrs. Haynes and Moore, Warwick and London
Messrs. J. V. and J. T. Harting, 94, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London.
SECRETAEY—Thomas Hosier Saunders, Esq.
Asstmorr-Seemrraar—Charles J. Whalley, Esq.
LOCAL SOLICITORS ALREADY APPOINTED.
At Devizes, Henry Gilbert, Esq.
At Troubridge and Bradford, Messrs. Stone and Rodway
At Bath, Messrs. Batehellor, Harford, and Staunton
At Bridgewater, Messrs. G. S. and J. R. Poole
At Tiverton
At Truro
At Penzance
At Falmouth
The object of this line is to effect a direct communication between
London and the Land's End.
In a national point of view such a line is indispensable. With
the advantage of a direct railroad, Falmouth, from it, position at the
western extremity of the kingdom, would undoubtedly long since
have been the principal port on that coast. With the advantage of
at least 280 miles of heavy road, that place has attained its high po-
sition as a Packet Station. Southampton, with fer less natural ad-
vantages, has, since the opening of the Routh-Western Railway, in-
creased its imports from 200,0001. to 3,000,0001. per annum. At Bris-
tol, before the opening of the Great Western Railway, the imports
were declining ; since then they have very considerably inereaw4,
The merits of a line to the Land's End as an investment for ea-
pital, it was not left to the present Company to discover. Thu Great
Western and Bristol and Exeter Railways having already reached
Exeter, it has been in contemplation to extend _that line to Fal-
mouth by way of Plymouth ; and various other projects have been
set •on foot on the conviction that Falmouth must be reached by
railway.
The object of this prospectus is to show that no other line than the
! present can ultimately satisfy the exigencies of the eountry in regard
to this, its most important outport—" the natural Packet Station of
' the empire."
The present project is distinguished by this—that it is direct. It is
as nearly as possible a straight line from London to, the Land's End.
The London, Bath, and Bridgewater Company having alnallea"
mated with this Company, the immense local influence cointatehole4
by them will no* contribute to the great national object of a direct
line ; while means have been taken for securing the traffic anti afford-
ing all the accommodation contemplated by that Company.
The Direct Western availing itself of the Great Western Railway
so far as Reading, pursues its course by or near Newbury, Hunger-
ford, Great Bedwin, Marlborough, Devizes, the manufacturing dis-
trictßradfoofr
Bradford
Trowbridge
direct
to
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projected railways between aGolyasetoltburying
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these points; and without
a tunnel. From Taunton the Bristol and Exeter Railway (now
being shorter by about sixty mil tit th
leased to the Great Western) is traversed to Tiverton, whence it is
proposediycarry this line direct to the Land's End, FaiLliOntii, St.
es au 4
a t°Pensanee,
lately proposed line by way of Plymouth, and effecting, in the whole
distant* from London to Falmouth, a saving of about ninety miles.
With respect to the traffic between London and Tiverton, it is
needless to say more than that there is already thorough traffic suffi-
cient to justify the construction of this portion of the Direct Wes-
tern ; that it will shorten the distance from London to Tiverton
abou:11 it :•. . ; rim rich and populous agricultural