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London, England, 1845-09-23 00:00:00

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER,

The Hon. F. H. F Berkeley, M.P., Chairman, iiireetor of the London,

Hounslow, and Western Railway Company
William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy-Chairman, also Deputy-Chairman
of the Oxford, Witney, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Sir John Osborne, Bart., Director of the Tring, Reading, and Basing-
stoke Railway Company
Sir Henry Richardson, Knight, Chessell, near Southampton, Lord of

the Manor o: Chipping Barnet and East Barnet -
The Right Hon. Lord Dunboyne, Belle Hatch House, Henley
William Wilberforce, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate, and
Highwood House, Highwood Hill, Hendon
Lieut.-Colonel Gil Hes, Dorchester House, Bayswater
William F. Black, Esq., Wilton-place, Director of the Italian and
Austrian Railway
Josiah Heale, Esq., Gray's Inn
Major Linden'', K.H., Chairman of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and
Central Wales Railway Company
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., F.S.A., Director of the Colchester,
Cambridge, and Harwich Junction Railway
Rowland Hill Mackenzie, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-street, Carendish-

square
Henry Chaytor, Esq., Clervaux Castle, Darlington, Director of the
Warwick and Worcester Railway
Thomas Hemming Johnson, Esq., Older's Hall, Hendon, Middlesex
Thomas Priestley, Esq., Principal of Mill Hill Grammar School,
-Hendon, Middlesex
The Rev. H. J. Crump, Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex •
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Captain Grover, R.N.
Captain John Inns, H.C.S., Wentworth House, Mill Hill, Hendon,
Middlesex
The Rev. Bartholomew Nicholls, M.A., Incumbent of St. Paul's,
Mill Hill, Hendon, Middlesex
Mr. William Ward, Underhill, Barnet
Mr. Bruce Johnson, Finchley
Williara Christopher Daniel Deighton, Esq., Fellow of Queen's College,
Comb-ridge, Holloway
Ralph Allen Frogley, Esq., Hounslow, Director of the London,
Houuslow, and Western Railway
Colonel Taylor White, Hadley-green, Barnet
Abraham Scott, Esq., Hadley Priory, Barnet
W. J. M`Gwire, Esq., 74, St. James's-street
W. Prosser, jun., Esq., 36, New Broad-street, City
James Berington, Esq., East-street, Hoxton
George Freeman, Esq., Grange House, Leeds
Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq., Director of the London, Hounslow, and

Western Railway Company
George Godfrey, Esq., The Elms, Hutton, Essex
Robert Wright Wood, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and

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Basingstoke Railway Company
Alexander Prince, Esq., Director of the Tring, BAloulige..cr&Basing-
stoke Railway "'met.
Peter Graham, Esq., Angelo Villa, Gloucester-read, ane. Park
William Henry Halpin, Esq., 23, Grafton-street, Fit4,,,,-7.7ffare
Thomas Reginald Kemp, Esq., Director of the Trim Reading, and

Basingstoke Railway Company
Charles Green, Esq., Director of the Gloucester, Aberystwith, and

Central Wales Railway Company
J. N. Nicholay, Esq., Oxford-street
John Godfrey B. Hudson, Esq., Director of the Central Terminus

Railway dompany
Thg Rev. G. A. Walker, Alvisthorpe Parsonage. Wakefield, Diree
tor of the Wakefield and Bradford Railway Company
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
The Hon. F. H. F. Berkeley, M.P., W. H. Halpin, Esq.
Chairman Richard Cowley Polhill, Esq.
William Alfred Hill, Esq., Deputy- Alexander Prince, Esq.
Chairman George Freeman, Esq.
Major Lindam, K.H. George Godfrey, Esq.
Henry Beckley Richardson, Esq., Robert Wright Wood, Esq.
F.S.A. Charles Green, Esq.
CONSULTING ENGINEER—Francis Wishaw, Esq., C.E., Brook Lodge,
Hendon. _ _ _

ACTING ENGINEER—J. Bailey Denton, Esq., 10, Gray's Inn-square.
BANkEas--Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths,
JOINT SOLICITOUS.
• Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street
G. P. Hid, Esq., 21A, Soho-square.
LOCAL AGENTS.
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Henry Hammond, Esq., solicitor, Wentworth Lodge, Finchley
John Hughes, Esq., solicitor, Whetstone.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)—A. Doull, Esq.

This railway will connect the important and hitherto neglected
town of Barnet with the London and Birmingham and the Great
Western Railways, at or near Holsdon-green ; with the Northern
and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railway, at or near Totten-
ham ; and the proposed Direct London and Manchester, and the Lon-
don and York Railways.
The line, in its course, will unite the town of Barnet with Whet-
stone, Totteridge, Highwood Hill, Mill Hill, Finchley, Holder's Hill,
Hendon, Burrows, Golder's Hill, Gutterhedge, Kingsbury, Neesdon,
Wilsdon, Wilsdon Green, Holsdon Green, Kensall Green, Westbourne
Heaton, Homerton,
Green, Maida Hill, Kilburn, Hampstead, West End, Highgate, Crouch
I. Pancras, Shoreditch,
End, Homsey, Muswell Hill, West Green, Tottenham, Edmonton,
Chinford, Stamford Hill, Stoke Newington, Newington Green, Clap-
ton, llighbury, Holloway, Kingsland, Layton, Stratford, West Ham,
BBow,lck Hackney,,B a
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k,t Bethnalenw_sEuston-square,
aDe Green,to
Paddington,
Brompton, Fulham; Chelsea, Sec. ; connecting those places with the
various railways named, and all those south of the river Thames.
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The distance from the town of Barnet to the station of the London
and Birmingham Railway, at Euston-square, by this route, will bo
15 miles.'
The length of the main line, from the point of junction at Totten-
ham to the London and Birmingham Railway, will be 11 miles ; and
the length of the branch line to Barnet, will be 4% miles. From the
junction with the Birmingham Railway to Chipping Barnet, 9%
miles ; from the Decoy (near Brent-street, Hendon), on the proposed
Barnet and North Metropolitan Junction Railway, to the Northern
and Eastern Counties Railway, by Stamford-hill, 6 miles.
There are no engineering difficulties throughout the entire distance.
The line will proceed beyond the range of the Highgate and Hamp-
stead Hills, and the branch from the main line to Barnet will follow
the valley of tile river Brent to the intended station at Barnet ; thus
the expense of construction will be less than any other metropolitan
line of railway, for the above reason, and because it will pass through
an agricultural district, avoiding all ornamental property and large
collections of houses and buildings.
Upon the completion of this railway, a large and daily-increasing
population, resident beyond the limits of the metropolitan omnibuses,
will be largely benefited, and MO and agricultural produce, hitherto
affording an inadequate return to their cultivators, will be quad-
rupled in value.
The ancient, populous, and once-flourishing town of Barnet, too,
will now have a railway communication of its own, without depend-
ing upon the caprice or uncertain goodnature of any company who
may hold out a prospect of a branch, in future times, from some of
the trunk lines now contemplated.
An ample return of profit to the investments of shareholders may
be safely anticipated, and will arise from the following sources,
amongst others :-
1. From the conveyance of passengers.
2. From the carriage of goods and merchandise from the City and
Docks, &c., to the several railways which are intersected by this
line, avoiding the delay and excessive cast of co nveyance through
London •, also from the conveyance of cattle, Sac., more particularly
during the period of the large Barnet fairs.
3d. From the conveyance of coal, both inland and seaborne fuel,
and other commodities of general consumption, the great expense
of which has long been felt by all classes as a most grieve" ev
The Committee of Management reserve to themselves the power
of adopting, upon this line, locomotive power, or Presser's Railway
guide and safety wheels, as may be deemed expedient.
Applications for Shares in the form annexed (and communi-
cations from persons desirous of promoting the objects of the Com-
pany), may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provisional Office*
of the Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street; to the Joint
Solicitors, Edward Elkins, Esq., 59, Newman-street, and G. P
Hill, Esq., 21A, Soho-square.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To the Provisional Committee of the Barnet and North Metropolitan
Junction Railway, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street, London.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me Shares of
20/. each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the
same, and to pay the deposit thereon, or upon any less number that
may be allotted to me ' • and I undertake also to execute the Parlia-
mentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when required.
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Name, Residence, and. Profession or Trade of Referee..

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.
SALISBURY and SWINDON EXTENSION
of the WILTS, SOMERSET, and SOUTHAMPTON JUNC-
TION RAILWAY, on the Broad Gauge, from Salisbury, by Ames-
bury, the Vale of Avon, and Marlborough, to Swindon, forming a
direct line of railway through Cheltenham and Gloucester, to Bir-
mingham, Manchester, and Liverpool.
Capital 700,000/., in 28,000 Shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 2/. 12e. Gd. per share.

COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
John Bagshaw, Esq., Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and Director of the Northern and
Eastern and Eastern Counties Railway Companies, London.
William Bradley, Esq., Deputy-Chairman of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, and Director of the Sheffield and
Manchester, and Huddersfield and Sheffield Railway Companies,
Manor Oaks, Sheffield
William Bardgett, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and the Italian and Austrian Railway
Companies, London.
George Hunt, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, banker, Southampton
W. J. Le Feuvre, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, alderman and magistrate,
Southampton
Edward Lomer, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, merchant, Southampton
W. J. M'wire, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset
London , and South-
W.
Junction Railway Company, Hampton Court,
Richard Harris Purcell, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway Company, London
George Rougemont, Esq., Director of the Wilts,
and Caen,.
Rail-
and
Southampton Junction Railway, and of the Paris
way Companies, London
J. Stewart, Esq., M.P., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and of the Paris and Caen and Northern
of France Railway Companies, London
John Ridgway, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway, and of the Trent Valley Railway Com-
pany, Staffordshire Potteries
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Director of the Wilts, Somerset, and South-
ampton Junction Railway Company, Westbourna House, Sheffield
Augustus Bosanquet, Esq., Lombard-street, London.
BANKERS.

Messrs. Roberts, Curtis, anSdCo., Lond
ton.on ; the Hampshire Bank,
Co.,
JOINT SOLICITORS.
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James' Coppsek, Esq., 3, Cleveland-row, St. James's; John Bell,
Esq., Craven-street, London ; W.H.Moberley, Esq., Southampton,
ACTING ENGINEERS COSSTS. Birch, Cannon_ro w,
London.
COUNTRY AGENTS.

C. W. Squarey, Esq., Salisbury ; John Pyke, Esq., Marlborough ;
Messrs. Crowdy, Swindon
The Directors of the Wilts, Somerset,
anda Southampton Junction
Railway Company having completed hho of their arrange-
ments, and having been compelled to refuse at least three-fourths of
the applications for shares in the line, have had their attention
forcibly and repeatedly called to the necessity of a direct communi-
cation between Salisbury and Swindon, the station on the Great
Western Railway, by which the most direct and remunerative
connexion will be formed between Southampton and Mall-
chster. fter most mature delieation, they hae resoved
toe recommAend to their shareholderbsr and the public the imme-
diate carrying out of a railway to effect this object, which 'will be most
desirable, as a completion to their own line, and highly advantage-
ous in a pecuniary sense and on public grounds. They have directed
all the necessary surveys to be made, so as to apply to Parliament in
the ensuing session, at the same time as the Wilts, Somerset, and
Southampton Junction Railway, with a view to the ultimate arnal-
gation of both lines under one management.
Besides forming a direct communication with the great manfactur-
ing towns in the north, the Salisbury and Swindon Extension will
make a complete line of railway between Southampton, Salisbury,
and all parts of North and South Wales.
In the allotment of shares, preference will be given to the holders
of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway shares,
and parties locally interested, with due regard to public interest,
and every original shareholder in that line may, on production of his
Serip Certificate, receive an allotment of a similar number of Salis-
bury and Swindon Extension shares. The holders of Great Western,
and of Wilts, Somerset, and Weymouth shares will also have a pre-
ference.
Applications may be made in the following form to the provisional
Committee, at the Offices of the Company, 26, Gresham-street; the
or to the principal Brokers in town and
Solicitors, the Local Agents,
country.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Salisbury and Swindon Exten-
sion of the Wilts, Somerset, and Southampton Junction Railway.
Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot me
shares in the above railway, and I agree to accept that or any less
number that you may please to allot me, and I undertake to pay the
deposit of 2/. 12s. 6d. per share on the same, and to sign the subscrib-
ers' agreement, and the Parliamentary contract when required.
Dated this day of
Name in fa1i18,45

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Nos.• • Fives Scrip (if any) held by me
Nos.• • Tens —the Wilts, Somerset,
Nos••Twentic s and Southampton Junc-
tion Railway.
U. B, SiLERIDAN, Secretary.
LOUR, WM MOO, 1543. 11, Gresham-greet, citY•

In consequence of the accession of a large body of gentlemen of
great local influence to the Provisiohal Committee of this Railway,
and also of certain important alterations in the route, it has been de-
termined to postpone the allotment of the Shares for a few days.
Afresh Prospectus will be immediately issued, and in the meantime
parties who have already applied for Shares, and who may wish to
withdraw such applications, are requested to notify their views to the
Provisional Committee ; they will otherwise be considered as wishing
to remain on the list of applicants.
CHARLES M. CHATFIELD, / Joint
RICHARD W. SMITH, s Secretaries.
10, Old Jewry Chambers, Sept. 22, 1845.

LYNN and ELY RAILWAY COMPANY.
FIRST CALL OF £2 lOs PER SHARE.
Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 21. 10s. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, viz. :—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co., or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., London; Messrs. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 51. per cent per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
WM. BROWNE FOLKES, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3, 1845.

LYNN and DEREHAM. RAILWAY
COMPANY.
FIRST CALL of Si. 12s. 6d. PER SHARE.
Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 3/. 12s. 6d. PER SHARE on their
respective Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of. the undermentioned Bankers, viz. :—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co., or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare, and Co., London ; Messrs. Moss and Co.,
Liverpool ; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 5/. per cent. per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman.
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk, Sept. 3, 1845.

ELY and HUNTINGDON RAILWAY COM-
PANY.

FIRST CALL of 3/. 15s. PER SHARE.

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Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance of a resolution of the
Board of Directors, the Proprietors of Shares in this Company are
hereby required to pay a CALL of 3/. 15s. PER SHARE on their
'respeltive Shares, on or before the First day of October next, to
either of the undermentioned Bankers, vie.—Messrs. Gurneys and
Co., or Messrs. Everards and Co., Lynn ; Messrs. Barclay and Co.,
or Messrs. Barnett, Hoare and Co., London ; or Messrs. Moss and
Co., Liverpool;; or the Manchester and Salford Bank, Manchester.
Interest at the rate of 5/. per Cent. per annum will be charged on
all Calls remaining unpaid after the First day of October next.
HENRY C. LACY, Chairman,
W. W. WILLIAMS, Secretary.

Company's Offices, Lynn, Norfolk,
September 3rd, 1845.

MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK,
and MIDLANDS JUNCTION RAILWAY.

Company's Offices, 27, George-street, Manchester, Sept. 8, 1854.
The Committee of Management give notice that they have this day
resolved, in exercise of the powers vested in them by the subscribers'
agreement, to INCREASE the CAPITAL of this Company by the
sum of 600,0001., for the purpose of carrying out certain branches
and 'extensions of their original undertaking ; and that they haxe
further resolved to increase the deposit upon the shares of this Com-
pany to 21. 25., in obedience to the new requirements of the House of
Lords.
New capital, upon which a like deposit of 21. 2s. per share will be
payable, will be allotted in the proportion of one new for every two
exifting share, to those parties who shall, on or before the 30th
September instant, deposit at the Company's offices, for registry and
exchange, the scrip now held by them, with a statement and ap-
plication in the annexed form, and (in the case of parties not being
original allottees of shares) a satisfactory reference to some party of
known respectability.
The requisite order to one of the Company's bankers to receive the
Increased deposit, and a letter of allotment of new shares will be
issued, in the case of original allottees within two days after registry
of the scrip, and in the case of other parties so soon as the Committee
shall be satisfied of their sufficiency.

Scrip, in respect of which the holders shall fall to take the neces-
sary steps for payment of the required deposit, within the specified
6eriod, will be forfeited.
Forms of applidation for registry of scrip may be obtained on appli-
cation to the Secretary, at the offices of the Company.
HENRY TOOTAL. Deputy Chairman.
FRED. WRAGGE, Secretary.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR REGISTRY OF SCRIP.

To the Committee of Management of the Manchester, Buxton, Mat

lock, and ➢lidlands Junction Railway.

Gentlemen,—Herewith are scrip for shares in the Man-
chester, Buxton, Matlock, and Midlands Junction Railway Com-
pany, in respect of which I request you to issue me new scrip ; and I
agree to pay such deposit, and to execute such deeds and agreements
as you may require.
I further request you to allot me new shares in the Com-
pany, in respect of which, or of such number as may be allotted to
me, I agree to pay the deposit, and to execute the Parliamentary
contract and subscribers' agreement, as and when I may be required.
Name in flrll
Description ............
Address in full . • • .... .
• This form must be filled up in the hand-writing of the applicant.

QIIROPSHIRE MINERAL RAILWAY,
forging, in conjunction with other existing and projected
lines, a direct comniunication between Liverpool ,Manchester, Shef-
field, York and Hull, and Swansea and South Wales.
(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 700,0001., in 35,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21.25. per Share.
(The Deposit is in accordance with the Standing Order of the House
of Commons.)

PROVISIONAL COMMITTER.
Adams, Mr. Sergeant, Stanhope-place, Hyde-park
Ask ey, John, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire Potteries
Baddeley, Thomas Bernard, Esq., Newport, Salop
Barker, Joseph, Esq., Macclesfield
Batson, James, Esq., IronmaSter, Great Bridge, Tipton, Stafford
shire, Director of the South Staffordshire Railway
Beddoes, Thomas, Esq., Cheney Longueville, near Church Stretton
Beamish, Captain, Kensington-square
Blanton], Wm., Esq., Chairman of the Thames Plate Glass Company
Bloor, John, Esq., Merchant, Tutbury, Staffordshire
Boothby, Sir William, Bart., Ashbonrne Hall, Derbyshire, Receiver.
General of Customs, London
Bull, Joseph, Esq., Snedshill Iron Works, Shropshire and Manchester,
Director of the Staffordshire Potteries and Liverpool and Man-
chester Direct Railways
Burroughs, Captain, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Burdett, W., Esq., Manchester
Chance, W., Esq., Spring-grove, Birmingham
Clarke, Jeremiah, Esq., Macclesfield and London, Director of the
Direct London and Manchester Railway
Clemson, John, Esq., Red Bank, Manchester
Cochrane, A. 8., Jun., Esq., Ironmaster, Woodside Works, Wolver-
hampton
Cox. George, Esq., Wolverhampton
Davis, Thomas, Esq., Ironmaster, Goldshill New Iron Works, near
West Bromwich
Deakin, Addison, Esq., Eccleshall
Downes, Thomas R. C., Esq., Munslow, near Ludlow
Edwards, Edward, Esq., Iron-bridge, Shropshire
Evans, Thomas, Esq., Clun, Shropshire
Ewbank, Captain, Junior United Service Club
Eyke, William, Esq., Stanton, Shiffhall, Shropshire
Firmstone, John Parsons, Esq., Ironmaster, Hightlelds Works, BR-
ston, Director of the South Staffordshire, Worcester, and Shrews-
bury Junction
Fisher, James, Esq., Ironmaster, Bilaton, Staffordshire
Fourdrinier, George H., Esq., Hanley, Staffordshire Potteries
Frith, John Griffith, Esq., Chairman of the Coleraine and London-
derry Railway
Gaunt, Matthew, Esq., J. P., Highfield House, Leek
George, William, Esq., Weston, near Much Wenlock
Griffiths, Samuel, Esq.. Wolverhampton
Gregory, T. Esq., Ironmaster, West Bromwich, Staffordshire
Hall, Joseph, Esq., Ironmaster, Bloomfield, Tipton, Staffordshire
Hodgson, Lieutenant-Colonel, Studholme, Welbeck-street, Caven-
dish-square
Holcombe, Charles T., Esq., Valentines, Ilford, Essex, Director of
the Anglo-Belgian Railway
Humphreys, William, Esq., the Rectory, Berriew, Welsh Pool, Mont-
gomeryshire
Humphreys, John, Esq., Berriew, Welsh Pool, Montgomeryshire
Humphreys, Rev. Thos., Bishop's Castle
Johnson, John, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gains-
borough Railway
Jones, Robert, Esq., Strefford, near Church Stretton
Lambert, Richard, Esq., Lyston Hall, near Sudbury, Suffolk
Law, William, Esq., Woburn-place, Russell-square
Leicester, Rev ;Charles, J.P., Whitton Hall, Salop
Loveridge, HerrrY; Esq., Wolverhampton
Luckock, the Rev. T. G. M., Parsonage, Great Barr, Staffordshfre
MarstonYFrimels, Esq., J.P., Aston, Hopesay, Salop
M`Dermott, George A., Esq., Director of the Staffordshire Potteries
and Liverpool and Manchester Direct Railway
Miller, Ambrose, Esq., Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxford,
Witney, and Cheltenham Railway
Millington, William, Esq., Ironmaster, Sammerhill Works, Tipton,
Staffordshire
Minton, John, Esq., Cleobury North, Shropshire
Minton, J., Esq., Clifton, Bristol, Director of the Goole and Doncas-
ter Railway
Newcombe, J. W., Esq.. Upper Gloucester-place, and Langley-fields
Ironworks, Dawley, Salop
Plowden, William, Esq., Plowden-hall, near Bishop's Castle, and
Retherwas, near Hereford, J.P., Shropshire
Potter, William Simpson, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park, and
Lower Thames-street, Director of the Oxffird, Witney, and Chel-
tenham, and of the South and Midlands Junction Railways
Price, Francis Lysons, Esq., William-street, Blackfriars, Director of
the Chartered Gae Light and Coke Company
Polteney, Captain Douglas Kinnaird, Parliament-street, Director of
the Direct London and Manchester Railway
Rateliff, John, Esq., Liverpool
Rawson, John, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant of Yorkshire, Director of the
Manchester, Liverpool and Great North of England Railway, and
of the Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Read, J. Offley Crewe, Esq., Wern Northop, Flintshire
Ridge, Joseph Charles, Esq., merchant, Manchester
Rieg, Charles M., Esq., York-place, Portman-square
Riley, W. T., Esq., Ironmaster, Millfleld Works, Bilston, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Junction Railway
Ryton, William, Esq., Wolverhampton
Shaw, William, Esq., Managing Director of the Royal Farmers' Fire
and Life Assurance Comoany ; Director of the London and Bir-
mingham Extension, and Warwick and Worcester Railways
Simms, William, Esq., Snedshill Ironworks, Shiffnal
Silvester and Jackson, Messrs., Ironmasters, Westbromwich
Steelman, John, Esq., J.P., Quatford Castle, Brldgnorth, Director
of the Worcester and Crewe Railway
Smith, J., Esq., M.D., North-street, Leeds
Spicer, Charles W., Esq , Portman-square, Director of the Armagh,
Coleraine, and Portrush, and Grand London and Dublin Approxi-
mation Railways
Stead, James, Esq , Bradford, Yorkshire, Provisional Director of the
Liverpool and Leeds Railway
Summers, Thomas, Esq., Much Wenlock
Swift, Henry, Esq., Eceleshall and Wootton
Swift, George, Esq., Elibrd-hill, Eccleshall
Thacker, Robert, Esq., Wolverhampton
Tildesley, James, Esq., Merchant, Willenhall, Staffordshire
Tudor, Samuel, Esq., Upper Thames-street, and Hull, Director of
the Derby, Stafford, and Uttoxeter Railway
Turner, Henry, Esq., Brewood Hall, Staffordshire
Underhill, George Lees, Esq., Ironmaster, Wolverhampton
Wainwright, Richard, Esq., Stanway Court, Church Stretton
Webster, Frank D. Bullock, Esq., Director of the New River Com-
pany, Brentbridge House, Hendon, Middlesex
Wells, Thos., Esq., Ironmaster, Moxley Steel Works
Weyman, Thomas, Esq , Purslow Hall, near Clun, Shropshire
Williams, James Esq., Ironmasters, Whittington Iron Works,
near Stourbridge
Wilson, Lieut.-General Sir John, K.C.8., Bolton-street, Plceerlilly
and Llanfyllin, Montgomeryshire
Wood, Peter, Esq , merchant, Manchester
Wood, William, Esq., Chetwynd House, Newport, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway
Wolryche, Stephen, Esq., J.P., Quatford Villa, near Bridgnorth, Salop
Wynne, Thomas, Esq., Langton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the South tin! on and Birmingham Junction Railway
(With power to add to their number).

Applications for shares in this Company will not be received after
Monday, the 29th instant. All applications must be made upon printed
forms, which, together with copies of the prospectus and maps of the
line, may be obtained from the secretary ; also the solicitors, Messrs.
Yarborough and Adams, Lincoln's Inn-fields, London, and Edmund
Garbett, .Esq., Wellington, Salop ; from the local agents—Messrs. G.
and IL Anderson, Ludlow ; Thomas Weyman, Esq., Ludlow ; John
William Butterton, Esq., Eccleshall ; Thomas Bernard Baddeley, jun.,
Esq., Newport ; Edward Edwards, Esq., Church Stretton ; Gilbert
Brown, Esq., Shiffnal ; Charles G. Brown, Bilston, Stafford-
shire ; Philip Octavius Jervis, Esq., Bishop's Castle; Thomas Griffiths,
Esq., Clun and Bishop's Castle ; Thomas Walker, Esq., Wolverhamp-
ton; T. It. T. Hodgson, Esq., Birmingham; William Harding, Esq.,
Burslem, Staffordshire Potteries ; and from the brokers—Messrs.
Mieville and Co., Angel-court, Throgmorton-street, London ; Messrs.
Cameron, Cazenove, and Taunton, Liverpool ; Messrs. Green and Old-
ham, Manchester ; Nathaniel Lea, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Sohmes
and Tripp, Bristol ; Messrs. Turley and Cooper, Leeds ; J. Senior, Esq.
Sheffield; and Messrs. Brady
dand Staniforth, Hull.
Ily orer,

GEORGZ

Boyal Exchange-buildings, Emden, Sept. 22, 114.5.

The COMMITTEE of MANAGEMENT hereby give notice that
one part of the PARLIAMENTARY CONTRACT and SUB-
SCRIBERS' AGREEMENT will LIE for EXECUTION, and
Scrip Certificates will be issued to the Subscribers in exchange for
the Bankers' Receipts, at the places and times mentioned below:—
Bath—At the York Hotel, on Tuesday, the 23d day of September
instant.

Bristol—At the Bush Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Worcester—At the Star Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Birmingham—At Dee's Royal Hotel, on Saturday, the 27th day of
September instant.
Lichflcld—At the Swan Inn, on Monday, the 29th day of September
instant.

Leicester—At the Three Crowns Inn, on Tuesday, the 30th day of
September instant.

Bedford—At the Company's Office in the High-street, on Thursday,
the 2d day of October next.
Uttoxeter—At the Offices of William Arnold Bainbridge, Esq., Soli-
citor, en Tuesday, the 23d day of September instant.
Burton-upon-Trent—At the Offices of Messrs. Bass and Sweting,
Solicitors, on Wednesday, the 24th day of September instant.
Ashby-de-la-Zouch—At the Offices of Edward M. Green, Esq., So-
licitor, on Thursday, the 25th day of September instant.
Cheadle—At the Offices of Richard Lowe, Esq., Solicitor, on Satur-
day, the 27th day of September instant.
Leek—At the Offices of Thomas Redfern, Esq., Solicitor, on Monday,
the 29th day of September instant.
Macclesfield—At the Offices of Messrs. Parrott, Colville, and May,
Solicitors, on Tuesday, the 30th day of September instant, and
Wednesday-, the Ist day of October next.
Manchester—At the Offices of the Company, St. Ann's-square, on
Thursday and Friday, the 2d and 3d days of October next.
Derby—At the Offices of Henry Mosley, Esq., Solicitor, on Tuesday,
the 23d day of September instant.
Leeds—At the Royal Hotel, on Wednesday, the 24th day of Septem-
ber instant.
Hull —At the Victoria Hotel, on Friday, the 26th day of September
instant.
Edinburgh—At the London Hotel, on Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-
tember instant.
Glasgow—At the London Hotel, on Thursday, the 2d day of Oc-
tober next. .

Liverpool—At the Adelphi Hotel, on Monday, the 6th day of October
next. By order,

11. W. MATTIIEWS, Secretary.

ISLE OF AXHOLME, GAINSBOROUGH,
and GOOLE RAILWAY, WITH EXTENSION TO SELBY.

(Provisionally Registered.)
The Letters of Allotment having been issued, the Subscribers are
requested to pay their deposits on or before SATURDAY, the 27th
instant, to any of the following bankers, by whom a printed receipt
will be given, in exchange for which scrip will be afterwards deli-
vered (as mentioned in the letters of allotment), on production of the
oQrtiflcate of execution of the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement, which may be signed at the times and places
mentioned in the letters.

BANKERS.
London—The London and Westminster Bank, and its Branches
Lincoln and Gainsborough—The Lincoln and Lindsey Bank
Goole—The York City and County Bank
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Moss and Co.
Doncaster—Sir W. Cooke, Bart., and Co.
Manchester—The Manchester and Salford Bank
Hull—Messrs. Harrison, Watson, and Co.
The rrovisional Committee beg respectively to inform the nume-
rous applicants who have not received letters of allotment, that the
great demand for shares in this Company, and the necessity of a due
regard to the claims of parties locally interested, have rendered it
impossible to comply with their applications.
SCOTT and TAHOURDIN, 25, Lincoln's Inn-fields,/ solicitors.
R. A. DWSON, Epsworth,
Dated 18th Sept., 1845.

GLASGOW AND MONKLAND DIRECT
RAILWAY.
At a Meeting of the Provisional Committee of this Company, held
in Carricks Royal Hotel, Glasgow, on the 17th instant, the Marquis
of Idreadalbane in the chair; it was unanimosly resolved, that this
Company might be advantageously for both, conjoined with the
Lanarkshire and Lothians Direct Railway, and this proposition
having been favourably entertained by the latter Company, was con-
firmed at a Meeting of Provisional Committee held at Glasgow, on
the 18th instant. The Provisional Committee of the Lanarkshire
and Lothians Railway Company will proceed, on the 24th instant, to
make the allotment to the applicants in both Companies, and parties
applying for shares in the Glasgow and Monkland Direct Railway
shall be held as acquiescing in this arrangement, who do not beforo
that date give intimation to the undersigned to the contrary.
JAS. FRASER GALBRAITH.
48, Queen-street, Glasgow, Sept. 18, 1845.

TANARKSHIRE and LOTHIANS DIRECT
4 RAILWAY.
Excript from the Minutes of Meeting of the Provisional Com-
mittee, held at the Royal Hotel, Glasgow, on Thursday, the 18th
inst., at One o'clock, P. 24, :

. _
" PRESENT.
The Marquis of Breadalbane
• The Earl of Eglinton and Winton
Tile Lord Belhaven and Stenton
P. M. Stewart, Esq., M.P.
Edward Horsman, Esq., M.P.
Wm. Campbell, Esq., of Tillichewan
Alexander Hunter, Esq., W.S.
Matthew Dick, Esq., of Meikle Ernock
John Hamilton, Esq., of Dunfllland
John Kerr, Esq., of Shields
Christopher Saltmarshe, Esq.. Middleton Lodge, Leeds
Graham Menzies, Esq., Distiller, Paisley
Wm. Genamill, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
B. E. Crum, Esq., merchant, Glasgow
James Graham, Esq., of Ferreneze.
" Upon the motion of the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of
Eglinton was called to the chair.
" The minutes of the Meeting of the Glasgow and Monkland Direct
Railway Company of the 17th inst., containing a suggestion for an
amalgamation of the two Companies, were read.
" It was moved by Mr. HUNTER and seconded by Mr.
CAMPBELL,

" That the Glasgow and Monkland Direct Railway Company, and
the Lanarkshire and Loth ails Direct Railway Company, be amalga-
mated.
" Which, having been put from the chair, was carried unanimously.
(Signed) " EGLINTON AND WINTON, Chairman."
Intimation is now made that the stock of this Company will be allo-
cated in accordance with the preceding resolution ; and parties who
do not withdraw their applications on or before the 24th current, will
be held to acquiesce in this arrangement.
JAS. FltAlfat GALBRAITH, Secretary.
CAMPBELIT and TENNENTS, Solicitors.
Glasgow, Sept. 18, 1845.

LANARKSHIRE and LOTHIANS
RAILWAY.
The Most Noble the Marquis of BREADALBANE, Chairman.
The Lord BELHAVEN and STENTON, Deputy Chirman.
In pursuance of the minutes of Meetings of the Provisional Com-
mittee of the Glasgow and Monkland Direct Railway Company, held
on the 17th inst., and of the Lanarkshire and Lothian Direct Rail-
way Company, held on the 18th inst., the capital stock of the con-
joined Company has been fixed at 800,0001., in 32,000 Shares of 251.
each; and the allocation will take place immediately after the 24th
inst. amongst applicants for stock in these Railways, as specified in
Advertisements of this date.
By order of the Committee,
JAMES FRASER GALBRAITH, Secretary.
CAMPBELL and TENNENTS, Solicitors.
Glasgow, Sept. 18, 1845.

In RID GW ATER and MINE HEAD JUNG-
', TION RAILWAY COMPANY, uniting the Bristol and Eng-
lish Channels, and forming a direct communication between the
South of Ireland and Wales, with Bristol and London, and also with
the South-Eastern and Western Coasts of England, Paris, and the
Channel Islands.

(Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 500,0001. in 25,000 shares of 201. each.
Deposit 2/. 2s. per Share.
Liability expressly limited to the amount of subscription ; and it
s intended to make no further call until the Act of Parliament is
obtained.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. the Lord Sherborne, Sherborne, Gloucestershire
Sir Henry Seale, Bart., Mount Boom, Dartmouth
Sir John Hansler, F.R.S., Walton, near Saffron Waldron, Deputy.

Lieutenant of the county of Essex
Colonel Luttrell, 'Clive Court, near Minehead
Edward Aysford Sandford, Esq., Nynehead-court, near Taunton
George William Blaythwaite, Esq., Dyrham Park, Gloucestershire
John Halliday, Esq., Chapel Cleeve, near Minehead,Magistrate of the

county of Somerset
John Cridland, Esq., Spring-grove Park, near Wiviliscombe. Magis-
trate for the county of Somerset
Henry William Chichester, Esq., Rose House, Hampton, Devon
Charles Bailey, Esq., 5, Stratford-place, London
R. Beaden Buller, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somerset
Edwin Ley, Esq., Penzance, Cornwall
The Mayor of the Town and County of Poole
Richard Pinney, Esq., shipowner, Poole
E. F. Dayrell, Esq., of Lillingstone Dayrell, and 15, Old CaVendish-
street, London, High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Pinner's Hall, Broad-street, merchant
W. Revell Vigers, Esq., 50, Russell-square, and Alderman's-walk,
merchant
W. S. Potter, Esq., Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park
James Morrison, Esq., 28, St. Mary-at-hill, merchant
James Colhoun, Esq., 5, Half-moon-street, Piccadilly, and St. Peter's
chambers, Cornhill, merchant
Samuel Pocock, Esq., Bloomsbury-square, and St. Bride's-wharf
Anthony Mervyn Storey Maskelyne, Esq., Glanusk House, Brecon•
shire
F. W. Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill
W. F. Beadon, Esq., 11, John-street, Berkeley-square
W. Strahaa, Esq., Banker, Strand.
Office-3, Alderman's-walk, New Broad-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, & Sympson, 7, Golden-square.
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater.
MANAGING DIRECTORS.
E. F. DAYRELL, Esq., Chairman.
Charles Bailey, Esq. James Colhoun, Esq.
W. S. Fitzwilliam, Esq. W. S. Potter, Esq.
W. F. Beadon, Esq. Samuel Pocock, Esq.
F. W. Green, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.
W. R. VIGERS, Esq., Deputy Chairman
SECRETARY—Mr. Edward Parrett.
BAN

Messrs. Strahan and Co.; and
Messrs. Stuckey and Co., Brist4

LLAI,
riessrs. Robarts and Co., London.
I, Bridgwater, and Taunton.

In consequence of the favourable reception of this measure by
many important landowners and others locally interested, a number
of whom have become Members of the Provisional Committee, and
the additional evidence of the great traffic, the Managing Directors
have resolvad upon adopting a Double, instead of a Single Line, and
increasing the capital to 500,0001., in 25,000 Shares, of 201. each, and
all applications for Shares received up to the present tie will be
treatedi in the allotment as made upon the present capimtal, unless
recalled before the 27th instant.
Applications for Shares, plans, prospectuses, and detailed
dermaninforora-
tion, may be made at the Offices of the Company, No. 3, Al'
walk, City, London ; at the Offices of the Company's Solicitors,
Messrs. A'Beckett, Son, and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, London ;
Mr. Vaughan Prance, Nether Stowey and Bridgwater ; and of the
Local Agents—Mr. William Woodland, solicitor, Taunton ; Mr. N.
Pearce, solicitor, Wivillscombe ; Mr. James arsns, solicitor, Lang-
port ; Messrs. Stone and Symonds, solicitPors,o Dorchester ; Mr.
Thomas Phippard, solicitor, Wareham; Mr. M. K. Welch, solicitor,
Poole ; Mr. Henry Poole, solicitor, Bristol ; and of the following
Stock and Share-brokers—Messrs. Tucker, Barnett, and Ellis, 11,
Birchin-lane ; and Messrs. Huggings and Lang, Loudon; Messrs.
Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Mr. John Morcom, Bristol ;
Mr. Thomas Evans, Bath ; Mr. Charles O'Neil, Manchester ; Messrs.
H. Davies and Co., Liverpool ; Messrs. Chantrell and Boys, Leeds ;
Me i
ssrs. Wilknson and Earle, Hull ; Messrs. Labertouche and Staf-
ford, Dublin Mr. Lilly, Bridgwater ; Mr. R. Ball, Taunton and Mr.
Richard Neville Parker, solicitor, Cork

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
and Ifluchead
fTo the Managing Directors of the Bridgwater
Junction Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me shares of £2O
each in the above undertaking ; and I hereby undertake eto accept the
terms of the
same, or any less number you may allot to me, onrth
and all future
prospectus, and to pay the deposit of 2/. 2s.
calls thereon, and to sign the Parliamentary cpoeiritsrlaciatetind subscribers'
agreement, and other deeds, when required so to do.
Dated this day of , 1845.
Name in full ...... . ........... .. • • • • • • • •
Place of business . •
•
Profession or business • • . . • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Usual signature .. • •
Name, residence, &c., of referee in full•-

lipir RID GWATER and MINE HE AD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.
. . _ . .

Notice is hereby given, that no Application for Shares will be en-
tertained, unless tile same be made in the form prescribed by the
Managing Directors ; and the applicants must also refer either to one
of the Provisional Committee, or to some person of known respecta-
bility.—Dated September 12, 1845. By order,
Messrs. A'BECKETT, SON, and STMPSON; and
VAUGHAN PRANCE, Solicitors to the Company.
Office, 3, Alderman's-walk, Old Broad--street.

BRIDGWATER and MENEHEAD JUNC-
TION RAILWAY COMPANY.
Notice is hereby given, that no further Application for Shares in
this Company can be received after SATURDAY, the 27th inst.
By order, EDWARD PARRA.TT, SZatta y.
°Oleos, $, Alderman's-walk. Old. Broad-street,
September 20, 040.

This important line, commencing at the terminus of the Man_,•
cheater and Sheffield Railway, in the populous manufacturing town
of Sheffield, will proceed in a direct course by or through Hope.
Hathersage, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, and Whaley (the great•,
canal-port of the Potteries), to the terminus of the projected Man-,
chester and Macclesfield Railway, at Macclesdeld, the total lengthof,
the line being nearly thirty miles.
This junction stands in the very centre of the entire railway us—.
tem of England, and will complete the chain of railway communi-
cation between the river Humber, the towns of Sheffield and Mac-,
eltlifield, the Staffordshire Potteries, the Salt Wiches of Cheshire, the
City of Chester, Liverpool, and Birkenhead, Bangor-Ferry, and the,
Harbour of Holyhead. All the necessary arrangements are in pro-
gress to proceed to Parliament at the ensuing session.
A detailed prospectus, containing the names of an influential Pro-
visional Committee, &c., will be published in a few days.
Meantime applications may be made to the Solicitors, Messrs.
lattarns and Fry, 62, ➢lark•lane, London ; and G. A. Coleman, Esq.,
t, New Inu, Strand. By order,

GEORGE F. HIRE, Secretary,

GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY,
Forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand
Junction Railway., with a Branch from Ashby-de-la-Zoaeh to
Derby.

(Proilsienally Registered.)
Capital 1,000,0001., in 50,000 Shares of 201. cub.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir John Edmund Dc Beauvoir, Bart., Connaught-terrace, Hyde'
Park
Francis Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's Park, Director
of the Eastern Counties Railway
William Simpson Potter, Esq., 7, Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, DI-.
rector of the Oxford, Gosport, and Southampton Railway
Andrew Spottisvvoode, Esq., Carlton House-terrace, Chairman of the,
Irish North Midland Railway
James Beech, Esq., the Shawe, Staffordshire, and Brandon Hall,.
Warwickshire
Barnet Laurence Phillips, Esq., Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park.
Director of the Direct Western Railway
George Hammond Whaley, Esq., Pall-mall, Director of the Direct

Western Railway
Valentine Knight, Esq., 3, Cornwall-terrace, Regent's Park, Director

of the Dendre Valley Railway _
Henry Garrett Key, Esq., Director of the Newport and ibergavenny
Railway
Hugh Henshall Williamson, Esq., Greenway Bank, Newcastle-ender.
Lyne, Deputy Lieutenant for the county of Stafford
John Robinson, Esq., Silcoats Cottage, Wakefield, Director of the
Bradford, Wakefield, and Midland Railway, and of the Leeds, York,
and Midland Junction Railway
• Stephen Hutchison, Esq., London Gas Works, Vatlahall
Henry Cave Leahy, Esq., 5, St. James's-square, Director ,of the
Great Welch Junction Railway
John Shaw, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the South Stafford-.
shire Junction Railway
Daniel Ill'hfahon, Esq.. :Wolverhampton, Director of the DerhySWXlk.
'Staffordshire, and Worcestershire Railway -
Samuel Walker, Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of the &Mb Ste&
fordshire Junction Railway
Thomas Timmiur, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thorns., Randle Andrews., Esq., Wolverhampton, Director of. the
Shrewsbury and Grand Junction Railway
William Griffiths, Esq. Park House, Wellington, Salop, Director of
the Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Worcestershire Railway •
Herbert Broom, Esq., Kidderminster, and Essex-court, Temple
Caleb Norris, Esq., Lancaster-place, Strand, Director of the Exeter,
Dorchester, and Weymouth Railway
John Hayes, Esq., South-fields, Leicester
Charles J. Mason, Esq., Fenton, Staffordshire Potteries, Director of
the North Staffordshire Railway
Joseph Henry, Esq., South-street, Finsbury, Director of the London,
Hounslow, and Western Railway
Edmund Gulson, Esq., Clonmel, Ireland, Director of the Coveatry,
Nuneaton, and Leicester Railway
William B. Costello, Esq., Wyke House, Middlesex, Director of the
Direct London and Exeter Railway
Martin Stutly, Esq., 6, Cambridge-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the Direct Western, Dublin and Belfast, and London and South

Essex Railways.
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Brembo Iron Works, Wrexham, North
Wales, and Cannon-street, Director of the Oxford, South-
ampton, Gosport and Portsmouth, and Direct Western Railways.
Thomas Wynne, Esq., Longton, Staffordshire, Director of the South
uulon and Birmingham Junction Railway
henry Dodson, Esq., Suffolk House, Upper Tulse-hill, Director of the
Grand Junction, Great Western, and South-Western Junction
Railways
Joseph Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and Con-
sail Hall, near Cheadle, Director of the Manchester and Liverpool'
District Bank, and Director of the Cambrian and Grand Junction.
Railway
Alfred Brodie, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Montagu-square
Robert Chaplin, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Edward Mammatt, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
John iieavington, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zoucla
T. S. Kirkland, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Thomas Cantrell, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
William Mathew, Esq., Staunton Harold, Lessee of the Staunton
Harold Coal, Lead, and Lime Works
Joseph Bostock, Esq., Breedon-on-Hill, Lessee of the Breedon Lime •
Works
James Reeves, Esq., 150, Cheapside, Director of the Direct London
and Manchester Railway
Harvey Wyatt, Esq., Acton-hill, Stafford, Director of the Trent
Valley, Midlands and Grand Junction Railways, and or the Dudley,
Madeley, Brossely, and Iron Bridge Railway
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester, Director of the Rugby, Warwick,
and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and .Birmingham Direct
Railway
Thomas Farmer Cooke, Esq:, Leicester. Director of the Rugby, 'War,•
wick, and Worcester Railway, and the Leicester and Birmingham'
Direct Railway
John Carter, Esq., F.R.A.S., Park Lodge, Stockwell, Director of the
Exeter, Dorchester, and Weymouth Junction Coastßailway •
Joseph Carrington Ridgway, Esq., Roehampton Lodge
Edward Tylecote, Esq., Great Heywood, Staffordshire
William Field, Esq., Rugeleyi Staffordshire
Samuel Ginders, Esq., ingestre, Staffordshire, Land Agent to Lord

Talbot _
R. S. J. Winterton, Esq., Sketchley Hall, near Hinckley, a Magis- •
trate of the County, Director of the Coventry, Nuneaton, and
Leicester Railway
Captain Macdougall, Fir Grove, Northßrixton,DirectOr of the Direct
Western Railway
James Lamb, Esq., Hyde Park-square
James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-hill, Director of the Bridgewater
and Minehead Railway
C. 11. Rogers Harrison, Esq., Upper Montagu-street, Portman-square
George Augustus M`Dermott, Esq., Chesterton Hall, near Newcastle-
under-Lyne
Tulloh Fraser, Esq., Gloucester-place, Portman-square
Wm. Clode Braddon, Esq, Regeney-square, Brighton
George Parbury, Esq., Mansfield House, Russell-Square, Director of
the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
John Lowe, Esq., Norfolk-crescent, Hyde Park
John Griffith Frith, Esq., Chairman of the Londonderry and Cole-
raine Railway
Major-General Parlby, C. 8., Rutland-gate, Director of the London,
Bristol, and South Wales Railway, and Manchester and Rugby
Railway
BANKERS—The Union Bank of London.
STANDING COUNSEL.
Charles Howard Whitehuret, Esq., Q.C.
J. Mee Mathew, Esq., F.S.A.
ENGINEER—J. U. Rastrick, Esq.
_ _

SOLICITORS—Messrs. Watts, Oa!swarthy, and Gidswortliy, 19, Ely.
place, Holborn
SEclarAar —Samuel Stanway, Esq.

The first line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Loughborough station on the Midland Counties line, and pro-.
ceed through the Vale of Shecpshead, to Pegs Green Colliery,
near to the terminus of the Leicester and Swannington
Rail-
way, and from thence through the coal-fields of Swannington
and Cole-Orton to Ashby-dc-la-ZoUch. It will thence proceed across
the Moira Coal-field and through the rich agricultural districts of
Seal,CliftonCampville, and Edingale, to the Birmingham and Derby
Railway, which it will cross near to Elford Park Farm, and thence
traverse the Valley of the Tame until it reaches Alrewas, where it
will form a junction with the branch of the Trent Valley line now iu
progress of making. At this point it also meets the proposed South
Staffordshire line, by which means it reaches Lichfield, and by means
of one of the proposed lines it will afford communication with Bir-
mingham.
By means of its juuction with the Trent Valley line at Alrewas the
Grand Trunk reaches Colwich, and there meets the proposed North
Staffordshire line, which proceeds through the heart of the Potteries
to Newcastle-under-Line, Leek, and Macclesfield. By means also
of the same Trent Valley line at Alrewas the Grand Trunk pro-
ceeds through Rugeley to Stafford, thus completing its route, and
forming a connecting line between the Midland and Grand Junction
Railways. This braneh of the line was formerly surveyed by Mr.
Rastrick, and approved of by him as a canal communication, so that
no engineering difficulties exist.
The second line of the Grand Trunk Railway will commence at the
Derby station, and taking the course of the Derby Canal preceed to
Chellaston, where there are extensive plaster-works, and thence
by Swarkestone to the river Trent, which it will cross near to
the ferry at Weston Cliffe, and so proceed to Kings Newton
and Melbourne. From the latter place it will pass by the
village of Wilson to Breedon-on-the-Hill, where there are extensive
lime-works, and thence proceed by Staunton Harold, communicate
ing by a branch line with the lead, lime, and coal works there ;
thence by the Lount Colliery to Worthington Rough, where it will
follow the line of the Cole-Orton and Swarmington Railway until its
junction with the first line of the Grand Trunk at or near the Pegs-
green Colliery, and so proceed from thence to Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
At Ashby-de-la-Zouch the Grand Trunk forms a junction with the
proposed Nottingham and Birmingham, and with the proposed Great
Manchester, Rugby, and Southampton Railways. Its importance as
a line for passengers is too obvious for comment, forming as it does a
complete junction between those two great thoroughfares, the Mid-
land and Grand Junction Railways, and by its branch from Derby to
Ashby-de-la-Zouch another complete junction between the Great
Northern and Southern lines now in progress, thus opening a direct
line of communication to all parts of the kingdom.
As a line for traffic, the Grand Trunk will form the most direct
transit to the Leicestershire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire iron and
coal fields, to the Burton breweries, to North and South Wales, and
Ireland to Scotland, and all parts of the north, and to the eastern,
southern, and western parts of the empire.
The mineral resources are of the very highest order. The Moira
coal-field is inexhaustible, whilst the coal-beds at Staunton Harold
alone comprise the finest quality of Kennel to a depth of sen feet,
with a super stratum of main coal to a depth of six feet. The sub -
stratum is yet to he worked. There are beds of Kennel and main
coal at Cole Orton of equal quality, though net of equal depth with
those of Staunton Harold, whilst the main coal at Swannington is un-
rivalled, being, in fact, the bowl of the Leicestershire and Derbyshire
coal strata. It is needless to describe the beneficial results which
must arise from this opening of the midland coal district to the Lon-
don and southern markets.
At Staunton Ilarold and Calke exist rich veins of lead ore, now in
full course of working.
The properties of the Breeden, Staunton Harold, and Tieknall lime
are so well known to agriculturists and others, that an extension of
traffic for so valuable a commodity into mare remote districts must
be of the utmost importance to the practical farmer.
In approaching the Trent, on leaving the lime district, the Grand
Trunk will fall in with most valuable quarries of millstone grit, ser-
viceable for paving and building purposes, and far which a ready
market would be found along the line. The country also abounds
in gypsum, of which immense quantities are used in Birming-
ham and elsewhere : these markets will thus become opened for the
quarries at Chellaston.
A new and extensive outlet will also be opened for the earthenware
of Wooden Box and Griesley Potteries.
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LOCAL SOLICITOUS.
lkiessre, Keen and Hand, Stafford
Thomas Bolton, Esq., Wolverhampton
E. Kern Jarvis, Esq., Hinckley
Messrs. Kcary and Sheppard, Stoke-upon-Trent
Thomas Piddock, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
F. J. Hamel, Esq., Tamworth
John Perks, Esq., Burton-upon-Trent
Beauvoir Brock, Esq., Loughborough
Charles friesley, Esq., Lichfield
Messrs. Moore and Gregory, Leicester.
Also to the following :

snimintoxEns.
London—Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, Threadneedle-street
Messrs. Harris and Sons, 'Change-alley
Mr. A. Sym, Tokenhouse-yard
Liverpool—Messrs. Townley and Whitehead
Bristol—Messrs. Tate and Nash
Leeds—Mr. James Jamieson and Mr. W. Cronhelrn
Messrs. Weatherburn and Jennings
Birmingham—Mr. J. R. Lane
Newcastle—Mr. W. W. Dickinson
Bradford—Mr. William Mason
Sheffield—Messrs. Bardwell and Sena
Hun—Mr. Francis Stamp
Wakefield—Mr. S.M. Armitage
Nottingham—Mr. C. Spenc2r
Worcester—Mr. W. Miles
York—Messrs. Grayston and Erie .
Blackburn—Mr. Thomas Boardman
Southampton—Mr. Joseph Clark, jun.
Exeter—Messrs. H. Beaumont and Co.
Edinburgh—Mr. Charles Couper, 30, St. Andrew's-square
Cheltenham—Mr. James Stokes
Leicester—Messrs. Williams and ilanderiand ; Mew's. Zeiiletivid
and Co.

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MANCHESTER and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
_Provisionally Registered.)
Capital, 1,700,0001., In 85,000 Shales of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
The lion. Howe Browne, Chairman of the Manchester ruid
Birmingham Continuation Railway i
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park a
M
John asterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pirie. Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di- 0
rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com- ar

PanY
William Hughes Hughes, Esq., Alderman of the City of
London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late High Sheriff for
Monts
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-Square
Odeerge Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
John Bagshaw, Esq., Director of the Northern and Eastern
Railway
Joseph Brown, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-

land Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., tipper Thames-street
Capt. George Probyn, Bryanston-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Eng-
.

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land Railway • • •
Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of
London

William Langley Pope, Esq., Woodford, Essex
The Hon. Geo. Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton
Sir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Chairman of the
North Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Southampton,
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
Sir John Hare, Langham-place
The Mayor of Newbury, Director of the Oxford, Southampton, and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis. Esq., of Rotkerhithe, Surrey, Director of the Centra
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire and Life Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Alit worth, Nei. bury
M. W. C. Alston, Egg., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq, Elmdon Hall
Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill. Prestwich
James Atty, Esq., Rugby
James Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester
Henry Barlow, Esq., Hightleld, Stockport
Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester
William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-tiquare,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
Captain Burney, Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carshalten, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Ausirian Railway Company
Samuel Swann Brittair, , Esq., Sheffield
Charles Baker, Esq., Southampton
William Bland, Esq., Brixton, Director of the North Wales Railway
Thomas Brittain, Esq., Manchester
George Burnand, Esq., Sussex-square, Hyde Park
1111111 am Bevan, Esq., 48, Conduit-street. Bond-street, Director of the
North Wales Mineral Railway
Jacob Bell, Esq.' Langham-place, London
W. E. Boyes, Esq„ Alkerton, Banbury, Direetor of the East and
West of England Railway
Henry Brown, Esq., Ashby-de-la-Zouch
Robert Bramwell, Esq., Upper Thames-street
William Bradley, Esq., Manor Oaks, Sheffield, Director of the Shef-
field and Manchester Railway, and Chairman of the Direct West-
ern Railway
George Borrett, Esq., Southampton
Lieutenant-Colonel Burslem, North Hants
Charles Bailey, Esq., Winchester
Henry Baker, Esq., Mark-lane, London
E. Burney, Esq., Gosport
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar
Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-road, St. Joha'S-wood
Robert Beman, Esq., Donnington House, Stow-on-the-Wold, Glou-
cestershire
W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Wor-
cester and Oxford Railway
F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mb-Acing-lane
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
S. X. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester
Philip Warner Courteney, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square
Edwin Cadman. Esq., Sheffield. Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Clift, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
Robert Cruickshank, Esq., Gosport
John Churchill Esq., Bayswater, Director of the Manchester and Bir-
• —_

mingham Contimmtlen Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-squire
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Director of the Worcester and South Wales
Railway
James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, London
William Dredge, Esq., Newbury
James Denis Devitre, Esq., 7, Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square,
Director of the North-Western Railway
George Dunlop, Esq., Southampton
George Dawson, Esq., Sheffield
Richard Dyott, Esq., Freeford
_ _

John Alcock Dizor.-Esq., Burnley, Director of the Liverpool and
Leeds Direct Railway
Capt. Farrington, R.N., West Cowes, Isle of Wight
E. S. Farrow, Esq., Newbury
W. S. Fitzvrilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railway
P. B. Freer, Esq., Stratfbrd-on-Avon
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square
Jahn Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great
Western Railway
J. P. Fernistone, Esq., of Highfields, Wolverhampton
George Fernistone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Stourbridge
W. E. Gray, Esq„ Newbury
Samuel Giles, 'Esq., Manchester
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Mootague-place, Bryanstene -square
William Gibb, Esq., Manchester
John Gould, Esq., Ardwick, Manchester
Captain Augustus Heyman, Cadogan-square
Thomas Charles Higgins, Esq., Turvey House, Bedfordshire
Samuel Haines, Esq., Chad House, Edgsbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and Weat and Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
404091111014100 d, Esq., Exeter, Director of the East and West of
England Railway
W. H. Hornby, Esq.,Blackburn
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield'
John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Winchester
William Hill, Esq., Manchester
John Haddon, Esq., Director of the East and West of England Rail-
way Company
Joseph Haden, Esq., iron master, Dudley
David Harrison, Esq., Staley-bridge, Director of the Manchester and
Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway
I'. Hodges, Esq., Director of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
James Home, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
John Memming, Es-4., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashtleld House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick Fltwitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. H. Micron, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Theopiallus Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park, Director
Of the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D.. Sheffield
John Hyde, Esq., Manchester
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and Wart
of England
William Jenkinson, Esq., Marlborongh-sqUare, Salford
George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol
V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 6, Chester-place, Hyde-park
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-road, Hyde-park, Director of the Forth
Wales Railway
John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Worcester and
South Wales Junction Railway
Charles 'Cason, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the East and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-place, Director of the Richmond
Railway
M. W. King, Esq.. Amblicote Hall, Stourbridge
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
William Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., James-street, Buckingham-gate.
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
Henry Ledgard, Esq., Wood-street
John Dawson Lowden, Esq., Doughty-street, Director of the Rich-

_
mood Railway
James Lees, Esq., Brockville, near Manchester
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the Southampton Dock

Company
Captain J. II Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
Stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
James Lamb, Esq., 23, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring,
Reading, and Basinstoke Railway
Samuel Lovell, Esq., Bedford
_ _

F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-plaee, Regent's-park
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines
John Alalleson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Great Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Malins, Esq., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of the
South Staffordshire 'Railway
William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford
George Miller, F.sq., Director of the Centre Railway TerminnS
Charles Mani:, Esq., Leamington
Charles Mtregrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
11. Y. Musliet, Esq., Birchln•lane, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth Hall, near Leeds, late Mayor of
Norwich
John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
Thomas Markland, Esq., Malfield, Manchester
James Marshall, Esq., Brinnulgton Mount, Stockport
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford,Nottinghfunshire
O.!Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury
Nicholas AP-Cann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
Villliarn I; ash, Esq., Chairman of the Brighton, Lewes, and Hastings
Railway
Cornelius Nicholson, Esq., Cowan Head, Kendal, Deputy-Chairman
of the York and Carlisle Railway
Captain Alexander Nairne, Director of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Company
Joseph Naden, Esq., Dudley
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester
James Ogden, Esq. M.D., Salford, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Direct Railway
P. Oldfield, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver-
pool Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the East and.
West of England Railway
Apsley Pellatt, Esq., Director of the Staines and Richmond Railway
Thomas Parker, Esq., Spring-gardens, London
John Clarke Prescott, Esq., Manchester
William Simpson Potter, Esq., of Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen, Director of the Blackburn, Darwens
and Bolton Hallway
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard N. Philipps, L'sq., Sheffield
John Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton
Richard Burton Philllpson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. Prianix, Req., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Phillips, Esq., Director of the Whitehaven and FurnesS
Railway
Charles Phillips, Esq., Camberwell, Surrey
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car.
lisle Railway
• Richard Ricketts, Esq., Bristol

George Rougemont, E'eq., 9, Cheater-terrace, Regent's Park, Director
of the North London Junction Railway
Thomas Rolls, Esq.,
Bank, Chipping Morten
Thomas Robinson, Esq., Charles-street, Md
David Roxburgh, Esq., Bloomfield-road, Maids Hill
Hartley Sager, Esq.. Ball Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Samuel Sangster, Esq.,
- pany Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
dajor Charles T. Selwyn, of the Royal Engineer'', Exeter, Director
of the East and West of England Junction
James Shaw, Esq., Salford
John Sidebottorn, Esq., Etheron-house. Cheshire
William Sldebottom, Esq., Etheron House, Cheshire
David Silzer, Esq., Rhodes, near Manchester
Charles Slocock, Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocock, Esq, Newbury
Christopher Shapland,
sq , Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, South Devon,and Cornwall Railway Companies
Joseph Stocks, Esq., Seen.
verpool and Leeds Direct itaitaltit, near Halifax, Director of the La-
W. Senhouse, Esq., Daven*.ry w Y
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairmanii of the Richmond
Walter Shairp,s,,,,scx_garden
E. Shaweross, Esq., xanchester
Esq.. for Lymington,
, yde Park
John Stewart,
Director of the East and
West of England Iti.ilway
T. 11. Sheppard. Esc._ Toweester
Joseph Shaw, Esq., Huddersfield
Horatio Smith, Req., strangewck ,
irs
hall, Manchester
W. Tebbutt, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Thompson, Esq., John-sr
London and Brighton Railway
eet, Bedford-row, Dir
of the
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire
Charles B. Fripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
Thomas Varley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Melton
Edward Westlake, Tr,sq., Southampton
Charles
Ric Fen hmond ton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Railway
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
B. M. Wilcox, Esq., Hantsville, Torquay
John Ward, Esq., Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Firs and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-Wars, Deputy Chairman of the North
Kent Railway
Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq., Director of the .Yarmouth and Wavarley
rk
Valley Railway
: Daniel Watney, Esq., distiller, Wandsworth, Surrey
N. F. Wennington, Esq., Walsall
Smith Willock, Esq., Birmingham
W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol
A. X. Wylie, Esq. Liverpool7.7e— Edmtual Waveil, Haft
jrntking, Eag., Fvrrel Bul, near Wiirksrp

Paul Ferdinand Willert, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Man-
chester
Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford House, Stretford,
Alderman of Manchester, and Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
Morris Were, Esq., Moorlands, Southampton
John Woodcock, Esq.' banker, The Elms, Wigan, Director of the
Liverpool and Bury Railway
John Yorke, Esq., banker, Thrapson, Northamptonshire
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Messrs. 3lasterman and Co., London.
The Union Bank, Manchester
ENGINZER•IN-CHIEF.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Birch, Westminster
Braekstone Baker, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
John Bethel, Esq., King William-street, London.
Messrs. Joseph and William Heron, and Messrs. Hlgson and Robins,
Manchester
That another and a more direct line of railway is necessary between
the metropolis and the manufacturing districts around Manchester, is
now fully admitted, and the question is, which is the best line to be
adopted.
The above proposed railway will form the shortest and most di-
rect route from London to Manchester, and will therefore complete
the direct communication with the metropolis at a much less expen-
diture of capital than by either of the projected London and Man-
chester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be
constructed being only 73, instead of 170 to 180 miles.
A careful preliminary survey has determined the promoters of this
railway to adopt nearly a straight line from Rugby to Macclesfield, s
an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,0001. judicially applied in
the present perfected state of civil engineering, and at the reduced cost
of the execution of earth works, will prove in the end a far greater
real economy, both to the Company Itself in the saving effected in
the annual expense of working, and also, what is of more importance,
to the country in general, by accomplishing, at a much less cost, the
same end proposed by an entire and distinct line from London to
Manchester.
These considerations have not been sufficiently kept in view by
other parties who have also proposed to make a railway from Rugby
to Macclesfield, but who, by deviating from the direct tract to pursue
valleys and to avoid the irregularities of the face of the country,
obviously lose the advantages proposed by this Company.
The Parliamentary decision on the choice of the London and Brighton
Railway is a parallel case, the direct line, although presenting more
difficulties to overcome, and Involving a greater outlay, having been
adopted by Parliament in preference to the many competing projects,
in a more or less sinuous direction, which were at that time supported
in the House by very influential parties.
Should it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by
which additional lines of rails will be laid between Rugby and Lon-
don on the London and Birmingham Railway, whereby the surplus
traffic northwards will be abundantly provided for.
This line also possesses the singular advantage of affording the
shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
Gosportaid Portsmouth, a feature presented by no other proposed
railway. .
By adopting the Rugby and Oxford branch of the Great
Western as far as Didcot, and thence the proposed Oxford, Southamp-
ton, Gosport, and Portsmouth line, the distance from Manchester to
Southampton will be twenty-three miles less than by any other route,
and on this account the project has been warmly supported by the
Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Portsmouth Railway Company.
The de zdations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and
Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or
valuable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no
engineering difficcdties of any magnitude. The towns more directly
interested as a local line are Nuneaton, Hinckley, Atherstone, Market
Bosworth, Burton-upon-Trent, Tutbury, Ashbourne, and Leek.
The Company has made arrangerbents with the North London
Junction Railway Company, whereby it has secured the use of their
station (of the extent of six acres) in the centre of the City of London,
at the bottom of Moorgate-street, which will prove of the utmost
importance to this line.
Amidst the many railway projects that now occupy the public
mind, and involve a vast outlay of capital, it will readily be conceded
that a line that will attain such important results at so small an
outlay of capital, and the time required for its construction, and
without interfering with any existing vested interests, must meet
with general approbation, and at the same time offer a very excellent
investment for capital
The shareholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth, in the London and Birmingham, and in the Manchester and
Birmingham Railways, will have a preference in the allotment of
the shares.
The deeds will provide that no call shall be made on the share-
holders beyond the deposit now paid, until the Act of Parliament is
obtained, and power will be taken in the Act to allow 41. per cent.
interest in all calls.
Application for detailed prospectus, maps, and shares, may be
made to the Secretary, at tie Offices, 78, King William-street, City,
London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the following
sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, North-
side Royal Exchange, London ; George Bumand, Esq., Comhill;
Messrs. Barclay, Alison, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Messrs. Hough-
land and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester; John Wills, Esq.,
Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloved an I Oastler,
Leeds ; Messrs. Edwards and Son, and W. H. Land, Esq., Bristol ;
J. R. Lane, Esq., Birmingham ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef-
field ; J. G. Kershaw, Esq., Huddersfield ; F. C. Spencer, Esq.,
Halifax ; Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co., Cheltenham ; Henry
Beaumont and Co., Exeter ; R. P. Lemon, Esq., Bath ; Joseph
Clark, Esq., SouthamM
pton ; andAPPLICATIO Messrs. and Tootal, Hull.
FOR OF N.
To the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and Rugby Direct
Railway Company, via Macclesfield.
I request you will allot to me shares of 201. each in
the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same,
or any less number and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per Share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated the

day of

Name ••• 000000 ••••••••••
Address . •••• . • • .••••• • • • • .
Profession .OO
Reference •. • ... •• .. .......... .

! MANCHESTER. and RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY, via MACCLESFIELD.
The Provisional Committee beg to announce, that practical Engi-
neers of great experience have gone over the proposed Line, and
have setisiled the Committee that the country is perfectly practi-
cable for railway purposes. They have likewise the satisfaction to
state, that Contractors of known respectability are willing to execute
the whole of the works within the estimate in eighteen months, thus
putting the matter of time and money beyond a doubt.

THE CHESTER AND MANCHESTER
DIRECT RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that the Parliamentary Contract and Sub-
scribers' Agreement are now lying for execution at the Company's
011 lee, No. 1, Royal Exchange Buildings, Loudon, between the hours
of Ten and Five o'clock in the day, when, upon signature of the deed,
tke Banker's Receipt will be exchanged for Scrip.
By order, A. BARRETT, Secretary.
Sept. 12. 1845.

IRISH WEST COAST RAILWAY•I
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital, 2,500,0001., In 100,000 Shares of 251. each.
Deposit, 21. 12s. 6d.
WO Subscriber to be liable beyond the amount of his Shares.)
PROVISIONAL COMMITTICR.
Mark Blake, Esq., M.P., Ballinafad, Mayo
Robert Dillon Browne, Esq., M.P., Glencorrib, Mayo
John Patrick Somers, Esq., M.P., Sligo
Sir Thomas Bernard Going Dancer, Bart., Modreeny House, Clough-
jordon, county Tipperary, Director of the Galway and Kilkenny
Railway
The Hon. Geoffry Browne, D.L., Wilton-crescent, London, and Castle
M‘Garrett, Mayo
The Hon. Douglas Kinnaird Pulteney, Parliament-street, Whitehall,
Chairman of the York and Lancaster Railway
Michael Gallagher, Esq., Mayor of Sligo
John Netterville Barron, Esq., Resident Magistrate, Sanders Park,
Cork
Owen Edmond Blake, Esq., J.P., Frenchfort, Galway
William Butler, Esq., J.P., Bunnahow, Ennis (late High Sheriff of
Clare)
James F. Burke, Esq., J.P., St. Clarence, Galway
Ddminick Joseph Burke, Esq., J.P., Greenhill, Mayo
Theobald Burke, Esq., J.P., Woodville, Mayo
William Campbell, Esq., Sackville-street, and Brighton
John Carmichael, Esq., T.C., Rivertson House, Cork, Director of the
Cork and Killarney Railway
Charles Collins, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge, Director of the
Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway
Thomas Comins, Esq., Ballybrit House, Galway
Edward Deane, Esq., J.P., Curragowan, Mayo
James Dillon, Esq., J.P., Cogne, Mayo
John Dunn, Esq., M.D., M.R.C.S., L. and D., Drumsna, Leitrim
Thomas Edwards, Esq., King William-street, London, Director of the
Direct London and Dublin Railway
Robert Fiske, Esq., Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Robert Graham, Esq., J.P., Drumgoon, Fermanagh
Klein Grant, Esq., M.D., St. James's-street, Pall-mall, Director of
the Southern, Eastern, and Northern Jamaica Railway
Henry Griffith, Esq., D.L., J.P., Port Royal, Sligo, Director of the
Sligo and Shannon Railway
Dean John Hoare, Esq., Percy-street, Bedford-square
Robert Hughes, Esq., Ely House, Wexford, Director of the Provin-
cial Bank of Ireland
John Kerschner, Esq., Middle Temple
William King, Esq., Spring-gardens, and Putney, Surrey
John Knox, Esq., J.P., Greenwood Park, Mayo
Joseph Myles M‘Dennell, Esq., J.P.,Doocastle, Mayo
Capt. Charles Carden Mansergh, ngraigne, Wexford, Director of
the Wexford, Waterford, and Valentia Railway
Capt. Newton, Bruton-street, and Lugwardin, llerts
Francis R. O'Grady, Esq., Tavrane, Mayo
Richard O'Grady, Esq. Tavrane, Mayo
John O'Hara, Esq., Ratteen Gert, Treasurer, County Galway
Charles Ormsby, Esq., D.L., Cummin, Sligo
Robert Dudley Persse, Esq., Galway
Michael Perrin, Esq., Gigtvray
Bees Price, Esq., M.D.,Tyne Hall, Great Ilford, Essex
y-
Richard CowleP
Polhill, Esq , Brompton, Middlesex
Joseph Richardson, Esq., J.P. Summer-hill House, Clones
Thomas Seymour, Esq., J.P., Ballymore Castle, Ballinasloe
James Sexton, Esq., J.P., Limerick
S. W. Simcoxes, Esq., Galway
Despard Taylor, Esq., Newport, Swords
John Walsh, Esq , Castlehill, Mayo
Captain George Edward Watts, R.N., Langton Grange, Darlington
(With power to add to their number.)
CONSULTING Ennui-emu--Colonel Landmann, R.E., F.A.S.,
ENGINEER—G. M. Lewis, C.E.
BANKERS.
LondOn—Messrs. Williams, Deacon, and Co.
Scotland—Edinburgh and Glasgow Bank
Ireland—National Bank and Branches
Provincial Bank and Branches.
STANDING COUNSEL—James Monson Carrow, ESC'.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Langley and Mead, Bedford-row, London.
William Thomas Kelly, Esq., 16, Mountjoy-square North, Dublin,
and Castlebar, Mayo.

LOCAL AGENTS.

Galway—Captain F. O'Shaughnesey
Castlebar—Mr. Henry Murphy
Sligo—Mr. W. C. Tutte.
liznarrAsic—Henry T. Stuart, Esq.