The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 29, 1845.

NEWRY and ENNISKILLEN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given to the Holders of Scrip who have not
yet left the same for registration, that it is necessary for them to do
so immediately, with a letter signed by the holders, in the form an-
nexed. Registration is indispensable to entitle partks to the rights
told privileges of shareholders; and notice is hereby- given, that if the
holders of scrip certificates do not forward the same to the offices of
the Company, situate No. 19, Moorgate-street, London, and in
Newry, on or before the 10th day of October next, the same will be
registered in filename of the original subscribers.
NEWRY and MORNE, Chairmen.
Newry and Enniskillen Railway Offiees, 19, Moorgate-
street, London, Sept. 27, 1845.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
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Sir,--I request you will insert my name in the register of share-
holders in the Newry and Enniskillen Railway Company as a pro-
prietor of shares, the scrip certificates for which I send
you herewith.
I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
Usual signature ••.. ••••• • • • • •
Name at full length ....... • • • • • ••
Profession or trade •.••••.. • • • • • •
Residence.•
To the Secretary of the Newry and Enniskillen
Railway Company.

viTE ST MIDLAND RAILWAY.
Connecting the Eastern and Western parts of the kingdom.
(Provisionally Registered).
Capital 1,700,0001., in 68,000 shares of MI. each.
Deposit 21. 12s, 6d. per share.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Sir W. Boothby, Bart., Asbbourne-hall
Sir David Scott, Bart., Porchester-terrace, Hyde Park, London
Jedediah Strutt, Esq., Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
Edward Hyde Clerke, Esq., Leamington Priors
John Ashton, Esq., Newton Bank, Hyde, and Manchester
William Bayley, Esq., Lark-hill, Ashton-under-Lyne
The Mayer of Carnarvon, Director of the London and Holyhead
Railway
Edward Valentine Pogge Burnell, Esq., Winkburn-hall, Nottingham-
shire, Vice-Chairman of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Henry Kendall, Esq., Austin-friars, London, Director of the Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Colonel Thomas Wildman, Newstead Abbey, Nottinghamshire, Di-
rector of the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Rail-
way
John Calthorp Williams, Esq., M.D., Nottingham
Major Bilbie, Nettleworth Hail, Nottinghamindre, Direeter of the
Derby and Gainsborough Railway
James Salmond, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire,
Chairman of the Boston, Newark and Sheffield, and Director of
the Nottingham, Mansfield, and Midlands Junction Railway
Francis Hall, Esq., Chairman of the Nottingham, Mansfield, Ind
Midlands Junction Railway
The Mayor of Newark-on-Trent
Henry Boden, Esq., The Field, Derby, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
William Tinker, Esq., Hyde, Manchester
Thomas Horseley, Esq., Pyo Bridge, Derbyshire
Major Coke, Woodhouse Grove, Nottinghamshire, Vice-Chain= of
the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
John Ray, Esq., Heanor Hall, Derbyshire
George Johnson, Esq., Mansfield
Charles Allix, Esq., Willoughby Hall, Grantham, Director of the
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
John Brown, Esq., M.D., Broadfield House, Boston, ditto
John Coke Fowler, Esq., Duffield Bank, Derby, Director of the Derby
and Gainsborough Railway
John Edward Brodhurst, Esq., Crow Hill, Mansfield, Director of the
Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Thomas Fowke Andrew Burnaby, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Charles Holden, Esq., Junior United Service Club, London
David llarrison, Esq., Staleybridge
11. D. Dod, Esq., Mansfield, Woodhouse
Lewis Novelli, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Carey Willard Pierce, Esq., Manchester
Thomas Ingram Ford, Esq., Abbey-field, Sandbeach, Cheshire
H. Cave Leahy, St. James's-square, London, a Thirector of the
Sheffield, Buxton, Leek, and Potteries Railway, the Great Welsh
Central Railway, and the Grand Trunk Railway
The Rev. Dr. Cureham, Vicar of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, Di-
rector of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Richard Greenhalgh, Esq„ Car Bank, Mansfield, Director of the:Bea-
ton, Newark, and Sheffield, 'and Nottingham, Mansfield, and Mid-
lands' Junction, and Derby, anf Gainsborough Railways
William Sacheverell Cook, Esq., Langton-hall, Nottinghamshire,
Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Richard Truswell, Esq., Mandrake-house, Sheffield
Edward Dowland, Esq., Mansfield
P. R. Dearden, Esq., Birkenhead
The Rev. John Peatfield, West Bridgeford
Edmund Sykes, Esq., Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
William Sabine, Esq., Broomhill-grange, Nottinghamshire
Isaac Heywood, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Montagu David Scott, Esq., Porchester-terrace, Hyde-park, Direc-
tor of the Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway
William Heywood Paulson, Esq., Mansfield
Thomas Spragging Godfrey. Esq., Balderton-hall, Nottinghamshire,
l)irector of the Boston, Newark, and Shed' eld Railway
William Hollins, Esq., Pleasly-vale, Derbyshire
Richard Henry Wright, Esq., Mansfield
William Gething, Esq., Mansfield, Director of the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield, and Derby, and Gainsborough Railway
Sibbald Scott, Esq., 62, Gloucester-place, Portman-square
W. F. Handley, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Robert Ashton, Esq., Hyde and Manchester
Watkin Lees, Esq., Dukinfield
William Sidebottom, Esq., EthroW House, Hollingworth
Richard Wharton Myddleton,'Esq., Leasingham Hall
John Dodsley, Esq., Skegby Hall, Nottinghamshire, Director of the
Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Robert Watson, Esq., Mansfield
Thomas Burroughs, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gains-
borough Railway
John Hudson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
Henry Brodhurst, Esq., Woodhouse-place
Samuel Wright Fearn, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
Samuel Walker Cox, Esq., Breadsali, Director of the Derby and
Gainsborough Railway
General Reeve, Leadenham Hall, Director of the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield Railway
Major Taylor, Radcliffe, Nottingham
Joseph Giletrap, Esq., Newark-on-Trent
Douglas Fox, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
John Johnson, Esq., Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough
Railway
William Foster, Esq., Sleaford, Director of the Boston, Newark,
and Sheffield Railway
William Gill, Esq., M.D., Nottingham
William Houldsworth, Esq., Farnsfleld
Jonathan Hardcastle, Esq., Blidworth Dale
John Thorpe, Esq., Newark-on-Trent, Director of the Boston,
Newark, and Sheffield Railway
Captain F. Chamier, Helkin-street, Belgrave-square
Edward Newbatt, Esq., Old-place, Sleaford
Dr. Bent, Derby, Director of the Derby and Gainsborough Railway
Emanuel Howett, Esq., Farnsfield
David Bryan, Esq., Northampton, Provisional Director of :the Mid-
land and Eastern Counties Railways.
R. H. Pruce, Esq., Lothbury, and 24, Park-square, Regent's-park
William Peppercorne, Esq., Bexhill, Sussex
Admiral J. Ayscough, Southampton
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Gower-street, London
Rowland Mackenzie, Esq., Director of the Tring, Reading, and
Basingtoke, of the Cheltenham, Oxford, and Brighton Junction,
and of the Great Western Extension Railway Companies;
Thomas Ingham Rayner, Esq., Lilac Cottage, Bustal, near Leeds,
Director of the West Riding Junction, the Leeds and Liverpool
Direct, and other Railways
Solomon Foster, Esq., Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Martin Furniss, Esq., ditto
George Baden, Inner Temple, and St. George's-terrace, Kensington
TOE FOLLOWING GENTLEMNN WILL FORM TIE COMMITTER OF
DIRECTION.
Edward Thomas Coke, Esq.
Francis Hall, Esq.
William Tinker, Esq.
Montagu David Scott, Esq.
James Salmond, Esq.
Richard Greenhalgh, Esq.
Henry Kendall, Esq.
E. V. P. Burnell, Esq.
John Ray, Esq.
John Dodsley, Esq.
Lorinolt BANKM—llessrs. Denison, Heywood, Kennards, and Co..
Messrs. Jones, Leyd, and Co.
COUNTRY BANKERS.
Manchester—Messrs. Jones, Loyd, and Co.
Liverpool—Messrs. Arthur, Heywood, and Sons
Nantvrich—Liverpool and Manchester District Banking Company's
,ranch

Newcastle-under-Lyno—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking
Company's Branch
Burslem—Mancliester and Liverpool District Banking Company's
Branch
Stafford—Messrs. Stevenson, Salt, and Co.
Uttoseter—The Burton Union Bank
Cheadle—Manchester and Liverpool District Banking Company's
Branch
Leeds—Messrs. Beckett and Co.
Sheffield— The Sheffield and Rotherham Banking Company
Mansfield and Chesterfield—Messrs. Robinson and Broadhurst
Nottingham—Messrs. J. and J. C. Wright, and Messrs. Moore and
Robinson's Banking Company.
ENGINEER—Joseph Gibbs, Esq.
SOLICITORS—Messrs. Parsons, Benn, and Parsons, and Messrs. G. and
T. Walkden, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
LOCAL AGENTS.
St. G. George Smith, Esq., Derby
Newcastle-under-Lyne
Stafford
Ashhourne
PARLIAMENTARY AGENTS—Messrs. Dorrington, Hayward, Ell--
combe, and Co., 16, Parliament-street

The national object of this undertaking is to create a direct and
united communication between the eastern and western parts of the
kingdom.
On reference to a railway map of England, it will at once be seen
that Stafford and Crewe, on the Grand Junction and Derby, and
Belper, en the Midland Railway, are the centres to which a great
number of lines of railway, either already constructed or projecte"'"'d,
converge ; and between these four points no railway exists.
The West Midland Railway proposes to unite these points in the
fol!owing way :—By commencing one of its arms at Crewe station,
on the Grand Junction Railway, which will run through or lion,
on Bursham, Stoke-ipon-Trent, Lane End, and
Cheadle, to Irttoxeter, where its other arm from Stafford will meet it
and proceed thence, by Ashbourne to a point near the Belper station
on the Midland Railway, where it will take advantage of the pro-
posed Derby and Gaineborough, Nottingham and Mansfield, and
Roston, Newark, and Sheffield Railwaysopening a direct com-
munication between Holyhead and other parts of North Wales,
Cheshire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire,!en the one hand, and Sheffield,
Retford, Mansfield, Nottingham, Newark, Yorvrich, and the ports of
Gainsborough, Grimsby, Boston, Spalding, Lynn and Yarmouth, ou
the other.
Thin line will accommodate a very considerable portion of the traffic
proceedlig from the west coast of Scotland, Cumberland, and Lanca-
shire, into Lincolnshire and the south-eastern parts of the kingdom,
and by that portion of the line which is proposed to run between
Belper and Stafford, and the whole of the traffic from the out coast
of Scotland, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire,
and other populous northern counties passing to the west and south-
west, together with the opulent mineral districts of South Waled, will
be effectually served.
Passing as this line will do, through a densely-populated and ex-
tensive manufacturing district, it must be viewed, even in its local
character, as one of vast importance. The mere enumeration of the
towns affected by it would suffice to show that the traffic over it
will be immense ; but, in addition to this, when credit is taken for the
thorough traffic passing diagonally over the line from south-east to
north-west, and from north-east to southwest, as well as for the
corn and other agricultural produce front the eastern counties to the
manufacturing districts ; and a return carriage of manufactured
goods, slates from North Wales, salt front Cheshire, earthenware
from Staffordshire, and iron from Shropshire, for the eOrisuniption of
the midland counties as well as for export from the eastern ports
of Hull, Grimsby, Boston, Spalding, &c., some adequate idea may
be formed of the advantages which the temple ion of this
comprehensive scheme will naturally develop. All these objects
have been deeply and seriously considered, and deemed of such para-
mount importance to local interests, that the fullest and Most in-
fluential support and co-operation have been obtained to effectually
carry out and insure the various objects of this undertaking.
Surveys of the district have been made with much care, and the
result is highly favourable in an engineering point of view.
The Committee in the allotment of shares will give a preference to
parties locally interested, and in all cases satisfactory reference will
be required to some person of known respectability.
Power will be taken in the act to allow interest, at the rate of 4/.
per cont. per annum, on the deposits, as well as on all fhture calls,
from the date of each payment, till the opening of the whole line, or
until a dividend be declared ; and the liability of subscribers will be
limited by the Act of Parliament to the amount of their respective
shares.
The shares and all payments made thereon will be forfeited with-
out notice, should the holders thereof not sign the Subscribers' Agree-
ment and Parliamentary Contract as soon as required.
Applications for shares in the form annexed may barna& to the So-
licitors, or the undermentioned Sharebrokers :
J. S. Yeates, Esq., Bank Chambers, London
Roger Mortimer, Esq., Throginorton-street, ditto
J. W. Scott, Esq., Bartholomew-lane, ditto
Messrs. Bradley, Ford, and Parker, Manchester
John Duncuft, Esq., ditto
Messrs. S. It. Healey, Liverpool
Thomas, Forsyth, Esq., ditto
Messrs. Eyre and Shaw, Derby
Messrs. Flint and Tootal, Hull
Messrs. Brady and Staniforth, Hull
James Thompson,Esq., ditto.
Francis Wakefield, Esq., Nottingham.
J. It. Lane, Esq., Birmingham.
Messrs. Edwards and Son, Bristol.
h
William Lee, Esq., Celtenham
Robert Allan, Esq., Edinburgh.
Messrs. Mein and Cunningham, Glasgow.
Messrs. M'Ewen and Auld, ditto.
FORM OF APPLICATION.
To the Committee of Direction of the West Midland Railway
Company.
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Gentlemen—l request you will allot me Shares
each in this Company, and I hereby undertake to accept the same, to
pay the deposit thereon. or on any less number that may be aliened
to me, and to execute the Parliamentary contract and subscribers'
agreement in respect thereof when thereunto required.
Dated this day of 1845.
Trade or Profession . ..... ....................
Address
Name or Referee
Adding Of Rettirel., ►„ " „ "
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MANCHESTER and ItUGBY DIRECT
RULWAY, vlit MACCLESFIELD.
Provisionally Registered.)
ORpital, 1,700,0001., in n 5,00 Sharos of 20/. evil.
I)eposit, 21. 2s. per Share.

PROVISIONAL COMM I TTEr

The lion.llowe Browne, liintirinrjn .of the anchester and

Birmingham Continuation Railway
John Attwood, Esq., M.P., Park-lane, Hyde Park
John Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, banker
Sir John Pirie, Bart., Alderman of the City of London, Di-
rector of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Packet Com-
pany
William Hughes Hughes, E.sq., Alderman of the City of
London, late M.P. for Oxford, and late high Sheriff for
blunts
James Henry Attwood, Esq., Seymour-street, Portman-square
goorge Adam, Esq., White Lion-court, Cornhill
Johnßagshaw, Esq., Direetor of the Northern and Baste=

Railway
Toseph Brown, Esq , Director of the East and West of Eng-
land Junction
William Chadwick, Esq., Chairman of the Richmond Railway
William Henry Forman, Esq., Upper Thames-street
Capt. George Frabyn, Bryanstou-square
Robert Watkins, Esq., Director of the East and West of Bag-
laud Railway
Josh. Underwood, Esq., Director of the Commercial Bank of

London
William Langley Popc, Esq., Woodford, Essex
The Hon. Geo Browne, Lowndes-square, Belgrave-square
Sir Geo. Rich, 43, Lowndes-street, BelgTave-square
Sir Henry Richardson, Chessel House, Southampton
lir William Wynne, 5, Suffolk-street, Pall-mall, Ch Orman of the
Berth Wales Railway, and Director of the Oxford, Sorthampten.
and Portsmouth Railway
Sir G. A. Lewin, Upper Harley-street, London
Sir John Hare, Langham-place
The Mayor of Newbury, Director • the Oxford, Southampton. and
Portsmouth Railway
John Addis. Esq., of Rotherhithe, Surrey, Director of the Central
Terminus, and of the Licensed Victuallers' Fire aid Life Office
The Rev. J. Harvey Amt. worth, Nev bury
M. W. C. Alston, Esq., Birmingham
W. C. Alston, Esq., f.lindon Bail
Samuel Ashton, Esq., Wood Hill, Prestwich
James Atty, Esq., Rugby
Jamee Bancroft, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manchester
Henry Barlow, Esq., Highfield, Rockport
Samuel Barton, Esq., Didsbury, Director of the Chester aid Man-
chester Direct Railway
Hugh Beaver, Esq., Alauchester
William Fechnez Black, Esq., 19, Wilton-place, Belgrave-square,
Director of the Italian and Austrian Railway Company
Joseph Browne, Esq., Bedford
Captain Burney, R.N., Gosport
William Bardgett, Esq., Old Broad-street and Carehalten, Surrey,
Director of the Italian and Austrian 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
William 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, Director of the Hut 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., 79, Mark-lane, London
H. Burney, Esq., LL.D., Gosport
Joseph Beech, Esq., 15, Grosvenor-place
George Bovill, Esq., Mill-wall, Poplar
Louis Buckland, Esq., Lloyd's, and Avenue-read, St. Julia's-wood
Robert Beinan, Esq., Donnington Howie, Stow-on-the-Weld, Glenn
castershire
W. Bailey, Esq., Wolverhampton
Thomas Challis, Esq., Alderman of London, Director of the Wor-
eester and Oxford Railway
F. F. Clossman, Esq., Mincing-lane
John Chapman, Esq., Leadenhall-street, Director of the Devon and
Cornwall Railway
S. J. Capper, Esq., Adelaide-place, London-bridge
Edward Chapman, Esq., Strand, London, Director of the Richmond
Railway
Sheldon Cradock, Esq., Leicester
Philip Warner Courtenay, Esq., 26, Capel-street, Belgrave-square
Edwin Cadman, Esq., Sheffield, Director of the Direct Western
Railway
Francis Carleton, Esq.
James Clint, Esq., Bloomsbury-square
John Churchill, Esq., Bayswater, Directorof the Manchester and Bir-
mingham Continuation Railway
Robert Charles, Esq., 23, Endsleigh-street, Tavistock-square
G. Colquhoun, Esq., Walmer Lodge, Avenue-road, Regent's-park,
Director of the Worcester and South Wales Railway
James Consterdine, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Cragg, Esq., Queen-square, Bloomsbury
Colonel George Disbrowe, Chester-square, Loudon
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 Dixon, 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. Fitzwilliam, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director of the Essex and
Suffolk Railway
F. B. Freer, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
William Tulloch Fraser, Esq., 5, Manchester-square
John Fawcett, Esq., Broom Hall, Sheffield, Director of the Great
Western Railway
J . P. Firmstone, Esq., of Highfields, Wolverhampton
George Firmstone, Esq., Lays Iron Works, Steurbridge
W. E. Gray, Esq., Newbury
Samuel Giles, Esq., Manchester
Joseph Gill, Esq., Leeds
H. P. Gipps, Esq., Moutaffue-place, Bryan.stone-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, Edgbaston, near Birmingham,
Director of the East and West :Ltd Birmingham and South Stafford-
shire Railways
Joseph Hopgood, Esq., Exeter, Director of the But and West of
England Railway
W. 11. Hornby, Esq.,Blaekbarn
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D., Sheffield
John Newington Hughes, Esq. St. Michael's, Wineheater
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 Maisekester and
Birmingham and Cheshire Junction Railway
T. Hodges, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde-park. Director of the Leeds
and Carlisle Railway
James Horne, Esq., Clapham Common, Director of the North Lon-
don Railway Company
John Hemming, Esq., North Bank, Regent's Park, Director of the
Worcester and South Wales Railway
T. A. Hall, Esq., Ashfield House, Newcastle, Staffordshire
Frederick Hewitt, Esq., Clapham, Surrey
J. H. Higson, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Chester and Man-
chester Railway
George Calvert Holland, Esq., M.D.. Sheffield
John Hyde, Esq., Manchester
William Jacomb, Esq., Huddersfield, Director of the East and West
of England Railway
William Jenkinson, Esq., Marlborough-square, Salibrd
George Jones, Esq., Redland, Bristol
V. Clarke Kemball, Esq., 8, Cheater-plum, Hyde-park
J. Kinloch, Esq., Gloucester-read, Hyde-park, Director of the North
Wales Railway
John Knill, Esq., Thames-street, Director of the Woreeetar aid
South Wales Junction Railway
Gharles Pelson, Esq., Teignmouth, Devon, Director of the Best and
West of England Railway
William Knott, Esq., 4, Adelaide-plau, Director of the Richmond
Railway
M. W. King, Esq., Amblieote Hall, Stourbridge
Edward Lomer, Esq., Southampton
Lechmere Whitmore, Esq., lames-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-
mond Railway
James Lees, Esq., Brockville, near Manchester
Joseph Liggins, Esq., Kensington, Director of the ilentharepton Dock
Company
Captaid.J. H Leckie, Richmond, Surrey
stephen Lewis, Esq., Director of the South Wales Railway
James Lamb, Esq., 25, Hyde Park-square, Director of the Tring,
Reading, and Basinstoke Railway
Samuel Lovell, ESQ., Bedford
F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-place, Regent's-park
William Mills, Esq., Newbury
Joseph Maunder, Esq., Ashford-house, Staines
John Matteson, Esq., Wimbledon, Director of the Bleat Indian
Peninsular Railway
W. Matins, Egg., Mansion-house-place, London, Director of tin
South Staffordshire Railway
William Robert Mesham, Esq., M.D., Redford
George Miller, Req., Director of the Central Railway Terminus
Charles Mann, Esq., Leamington
Charles Musgrave, Esq., Melverton-hill, Leamington
It. F. Mullet, Esq., Birchin -hum, and Coleford
John Marshall, Esq., Hornforth near Leeds, late Mayor V
Norwich
John Macfarlane, Esq., Director of the Sheffield Railway
Thomas Markland, Esq., Hatfield, Manchester
James Marshall, Esq., Brinnuigton Mount, Stockport
Robert Millington, Esq., Ordsall House, Retford, Nottinghamshire
G. Moore, Esq., St. John's Priory, Banbury
Nicholas DPCann, Esq., 50, Parliament-street
William Nash, 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 Nader, Esq., Dudley
Edward Norris, Esq. Manchester
Robert Ogden, Esq., The Oaks, Manchester
James Ogden, Esq., M.D., Salford, Director of the Cheater and Man-
chester Direct Railway
P. Oldfield, Req., Manchester, Director of the Manchester and Liver-
pool Railway
George Parbury, Esq., Russell-square, Director of the Bast 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 perk, Di-
rector of the Oxford, Whitney, and Cheltenham Independent
Railway
Charles Potter, Esq., Darwen. Direstor of the Blaokbura, Darwen,
and Bolton Railway
James Paxton, Esq., Rugby
Richard N. Philippe. Esq. Sheffield
John Perks, Esq., Wolverhampton
Richard Burton Phillipson, Esq., Rugby
N. M. resift, Esq., South Western Steam-packet Company,
Southampton
Stephen Phillips, Efols Director of the Whitehaven and Farness
Railway
Charles Phillips, BM., Camberwell, Surrey
John Thomas Price, Esq., Heald Grove, Manchester
William Raines, Esq., Temple, Director of the Manchester and Car-
lisle Railway
Richard Ricketts, tag, Bristol
Esq 9, Cheater-terrace
George Rougemont, —sets. Moe, Regent's Park. Director
of the North London s
Junction
inßgailway
Thomas Rolls, Esq.,
Charles-stree
Thomas Robinson, Xsci t, Middlesex Hospital
David Roxburgh, Esq., Bank, Norton
Bloomfield-road, Maids Hill
Hartley Sager,
Esq.. Ball Grove, Colne, Yorkshire
Samuel Sangster,
Esq., Brixton-hill, Director of the City Gas Com-
pany Selwyn, of the Royal Engineers, Exeter, Director
Major Charles T.
Kest of England Junction
of the East and
Salford
James Shaw, Esq.,
John Sidebottom, Esq., Halewood Lodge, Cheshire
William Sidebottons, Esq., Etheron-house, Cheshire
David Siltzer, ESsi,, Rhodes, near Manchester
Charles Slocoek, Esq., Newbury
Esq., Newbury
Edmund Slocoek,
Christopher Shapland, Esq., linked, Director of the Bristol and
Gloucester, south Devon, and Cornwall Railway Companies
Joseph Stocks, Esq., Shibden Hull, near Halifax, Director of the
Li-
verpool and Leeds Direct Railway
W. Senhouse, Esq., Daventry
T. Bridge Simpson, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the Richmond Railway
Walter Shairp, Rea., Sussex-gardens, Hyde Park
John Stewart, Esq., H.P. for Lymingson, Director of the East and
West of Englfuld Railway
Esq. Tovrcester
T. H. Sheppard, ,
Esq., Huddersfield
Joseph Shaw,
Esq., Strangeways
Horatio Smith, , Manchester
W. Tebbutt, Esq., afancliester
Esq. John-street
Joseph Thompson, Bedford-row, Director of the
London and Brighton Railway
Thomas Thomson, Esq., Stratford-on-Avon
W. Tinker, Esq., Manchester, and Hyde, Cheshire
Matthew Uzielli, Esq., 62, King William-street, Director of the Lon-
don and South Western Railway
Charles B. Tripp, Esq., Bristol, Director of the Jersey Railway
Thomas Valley, Esq., Shorsten Hall, Mahon
s
Edward Westlake, E q., Southampton
Charles Fenton Whiting, Esq., Beaufort House, Strand, Director of
the Richmond Railway
Benjamin Williams, Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall
Hantsville, Torquay
IL M. Wilcox, Esq.,
John Ward, Esq.,Machin Bank, Sheffield, Director of the Sheffield
Fire and Life Insurance Company
George Whitmore, Esq., Austin-friars, Deputy Chairman of the North
Kent Railway
Thomas Woodham, Esq., Winchester
Director of the :Yarmouth and Wavesley
W. A. Wilkinson, Esq.,
Valley RailwaY
Esq, distiller, Wandsworth, Surrey
Daniel WatneY,
Walsall
W. F. Wennington, Esgs
, Birmingham
Smith Willoek, Esq.
W. D. Wills, Esq., Bristol
A. H. Wylie, Esq., Liverpool
Edmund M.Wavell, Esq., Halifhl
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Charles James Stanley Walker, Esq., Longford House, Stretford'
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and Bury Railway.
John Yorke, Esq., hauler, Thrapson, Northamptonshire
George Turner, Esq., Ilunton Hill, Director of the South Stafford,
Oxford, and Southampton Railways
William Halliday, Esq., Chad Valley, Edgbaston, Birmingham, Di-
rector of the Binning,ham and Lichfield Railway
Captain James Johnston, R.N., Director of the Birmingham and
Lichfield Railway
William Jameson, Esq., Shelton, Staffordshire, Director of the Staf-
fordshire Potteries Railway
Charles Goldsmith, Esq., Friday-street, Diretor of the Great Leeds
and London Railway
Williams Banks, Esq., Honey-lane Market, Director of the Great
Leeds and London Railway
Thomas Challis, Esq., Enfield, Alderman of the City of London
Charles Higgins, Esq., Bedford, Director of the Manchester, Bedford,
and Cambridge Railway
The Hon. M. W. B. Nugent, Higham Grange, Leicestershire
John Gardner, Esq., Southampton, Provisional Director of the Bir-
mingham and Oxford Junction Railway
Edward Waddilove, Esq., Leamington, Director of the Reading,
Guildford, and Reigate Railways
Edward Welch, Esq., Leamington Provisional Directors of
William Hunter, Esq., Leamington the Rugby, Warwick,
Captain George James Hunter, Leamington and Worcester Rail-
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington way
James Weld, Esq., Archers Lodge, Southampton
Chance Greatrex, Esq., J.P., Walsall
William Halconab, Esq., Poulton House, Marlborough
Cornelius Randall, Esq., Director of the Manchester and Sheffield
Railway
R. A. Thicknesse, Esq., Beech Hill, Wigan
George Hunt, Esq., Southampton
Pierce Bevan, Esq., Frickleton Hall, near Wigan
John Lamprey, Esq., Marchwood, Southampton
Major-General Smith, Rugby
James Fearnley, Esq., Longslght-abbey, near Manchester
Joseph Brook Esq., Greenhead, Huddersfield, Director of the Leeds
and Newbury Railway
Reece Bevan, Esq., Freckleton Hall, near Wigan, Director of the
North Union Railway
George Royle Chappell, Esq., Alderman of the Borough of Manches-
ter, and Director of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway
Thomas Cross Esq., Mortfield, near Bolton
E. It. Langvrorthy, Esq., Manchester, Director of the Liverpool, Man-
chester. and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Railway.
Edmund Peel Thomson, Esq., Leigh Lodge, near Manchester, Di-
rector of the Clitheroe Junction Railway
Edward Shawcross, Esq., Meorfield House, near Manchester
- Simpson, Esq., Belgaum Villa, Bristol
Joseph Kake, Esq., Bristol
(With power to add to their utpaber.)

Eisasiums.
Messrs. Malterman and Ca., London,
The Union Bank, Manchester

ENGINEER•IN-CRIEF.
ACTING ENGINEERS.
Messrs. J. B. and E. Biroh, Westminster
Brackstone Baker, Esq.. C.E.
SOLICITORS.
John Bentell, Esq., King-William-street, L•ndoi.
Messrs. Joseph and William Heron, and Messrs. Nigsoit and Itabims,
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 moat 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-
ehester lines (Remington's and Ashurst's), the actual distance to be
constructedAerfu preliminarybeingonl 7OtoIO
the promoters of this '
railway to adopt nearly a straightline from Rugby to Macclesfield, as
only 73,
surveyinsteandaso f
determinedl
an increased expenditure of 200,0001. or 300,0001. jadiciously 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 Dy very influential parties.
Shoald it be found necessary, arrangements have been made by
which addlional 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 ef affording the
shortest and most direct route from Manchester to Southampton,
Gosport, and 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 lees 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 deviations from a perfectly straight line between Rugby and
Macclesfield to avoid high ranges of hills, ornamental parks, or
♦aluable buildings are very slight, and the line in general offers no
engineering difficulties 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 arrangements 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
mportance 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 time Offices, 71, Xing William-street, City,
London, and at 22, Cross-street, Manchester; and the following
sharebrokers :—Messrs. R. Sutton, Gribble, and Sutton, 22, Nerth-
side Royal Exchange, London ; George Burnand, Esq., Cornhill ;
:Messrs, Mackenzie and Laurence, 38, Cernhill ; Messrs. Barclay,
Allsop, and Co., Royal Exchange ; Mr. William Marshall ; Messrs.
Houghland and Leese, 51, King-street, Manchester ; John Wills, Esq.,
Royal Bank-buildings, Liverpool; Messrs. Wellboloved an.l 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., Southampton; and Messrs. Flint and Toctal, Hull.

FORM OF APPLICATION.
Te the Provisional Committee of the Manchester and I*gby Direct
Railway Company, "via Macclesfield.
I request yen will allot to me shares of 201. each ba
the capital of the above-named railway, and I will accept the same,
or any leas member and pay the deposit of 2/. 2s. per Share, and
sign the Parliamentary Contract and Subscribers' Agreement when
required.
Dated the

day of

11145.

Address .
Profession ..• • • .... • • .. ...... ..
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 satisfied 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 MANCHESTER AND RUGBY
DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLEtiFIELD.
A certain portion of the shares in this Company will be apportioned
to the Scripholders in the Oxford, Southampton, Gosport, and Ports-
mouth Railway Company, and will be allotted among those gentle-
men who apply, and who produce their scrip between the 3d and 7th
day of October next, to the persons named below, when their names
and the number of their shares will be entered, and a proportionate
number of shares in this Company allotted to them, at 7s, King
William-street, City ; or, at 22, Cross-street, Manchester ; Messrs.
Sharp and Harrison, Southampton ; Mr. Godwin, solicitor, Newbury ;
Messrs. Bailey and Wickham, solicitors, Winchester ; Messrs. Willis
and Co.,Liverpool ; Messrs. Wellbeloyed and Oastler, Leeds ; Mr. Land,
Bristol ; Messrs. Garton and "Wright, Sheffield ; Mr. Kershaw, Hud-
dersfield ; Mr. Spencer, Halifax ; Mr. Lemon, Bath ; Messrs. Flint
and Tootal, Manchester.

THE MANCHESTER rnd RUGBY DIRECT
RAILWAY COMPANY, via MACCLESFIELD.
The Directors have the utmost satisfaction In announcing to the
public that their arrangements are approaching completion, and that
by the union of this Company with the projected Liverpool and
Derby Railway, their scheme is rendered the great Trunk Line of
the kingdom, forming beyond all possibility of competition the most
direct Line from Liverpool to London, as well as from [Manchester
to London, effecting this great object with less injury to important
existing Railway interests, than any other scheme that has already
been, er is capable of, being projected.

THE MANCHESTER AND RUGBY
DIRECT RAILWAY COMPANY.
No further applications for Shares in this Company can be re-
ceived after MONDAY, the 29th September instant.

NORTHAMPTON, LINCOLN, AND HULL
RAILWAY,
commencing at Northampton, and proceeding by way of Ketter-
ing, Uppingham, Oakham. Grantham, on to Lincoln, with two ex-
tensions from that city—one to the port of Gainsisorough, and the
other to Market Raisen and the rising and important port of Great
Grimsby.

(Previsonally Registered.)
Capital 2,000,0001., in 100,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit 21. 2s. per Share.
PROVISIONAL COMISITTIR.
The Count Morel, Hereford-street, Hyde-park, London
Sir Henry Webb, Bart., rail-mall, London
Sir George William Prescott, Bart., Theobald-street
Sir Henry Bromley, Ainrich-court-garden, Great Marlow, Bucks
Sir Gregory ♦. Lewin, Recorder of Doncaster
Mr. Sergeant Clarke, Recorder of Northampton and Lincoln
Admiral Ayscough, Southampton
J. R. W. Atkinson, Esq., Elmwood House, Leeds, Director of the
Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Mr. Joseph Aduitt, merchant, Northampton
Francis Simes Alliott, Esq., Nottingham
Thomas James Arnold, Esq., Revising Barrister for the City of

London
John Richards Burbidge, Esq., Surbiton Inn, Surrey
John Brightman, Esq., Regency-square, Brighton
Mr. Alderman Brooks, Manchester
C. Busehek, Esq., merchant, 133, Fenchurch-street, London
N. F. Beadon, Esq., John-street, Berkeley-square, London
John Barnett, Esq., Cheltenham
Jonathan Burton, Esq., Nottingham, Director of the Grand Union
and Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Companies
George Buxton Esq., Northampton
J. D. Barry, Esq., London and Paris, Director of the Orleans, Tours,

and Bordeaux Railway Company
Charles Britten, Esq.' Northampton
Mr. Alderman Bean, Nottingham
John Bradley, Esq., The Park, Nottingham
Thomas Chitty, Esq., Upper Gower-street
Richard Carpenter, Esq., Lonsdale-square, London
Thos. Mortimer Cleobury, Esq., Acton, Middlesex
N. Cumberlege, Esq., York-terrace, Regent's-park
Mr. Edward Cotton, merchant, Northampton
J. M. Cottle, Esq., Leamington
Peter Coniston, jun., Esq., Husbands Bosworth, near Welford
Robert Cook, Esq., Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
John Robert Dalby, Esq., Ashbourne, Derbyshire
John Eyston, Esq., Welford and Salford Hall, Warwickshire
Benjamin Fowler, Esq., Tamworth, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
John Freeman, Esq., Director of the Northampton, Banbury, and
Cheltenham Railway Company
Major-General Greenstreet, Northampton
John Cooper Gotch, Esq., banker, Kettering
William Gambier, Esq., Sacombe Park, Hertfordshire
James Gernon, Esq., Conduit-street, Bond-street
Alexander Greig, Esq., Lowndes-street, Belgrave-square, London
Frederick William Green, Esq., shipowner, Cornhill, Loudon
The Rev. George Edward Harmer, Rector of Loddington and Over-
stone, Northampton
Frederick William Hamilton, Esq.
Henry Hensman, Esq., Pytchley, Northamptonshire
George Harper, Esq., Moss-tichls, S.ilop
William Herbert, Esq ,
Northam Nottingham
Thomas Hugger, Esq., pton, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Company
Thomas Hopkins, Exq., Nottingham
Arthur Haymes, Esq., Methuen Villa, Leamington
John Helloed Hclbert, Esq. Upper Gloucester-place, London 1
Mr. William Higgins, merchant, Northampton
Edward Hall, Esq., West Bank-house, Macclelg jd, Director of the
Northampton, Banbury, and ChcitrallikiOtiliway Company
John Baron Howe', PI., 14411.41136Y0ugh-grange,Northamptenshite
Mr. Alderman Hollis', Northampton
Richard Hooper, Esq., Upper Clapton, London, Director of the Direct
London and Manchester Railway Company
Richard Parry 4piple, E Whitchurch, 80%
William Lnycpiek, E&4., 4 ,efAeAdk Director: ok the Nottingham Auel
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F. Valentine Lee, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, London, •
Director of the Eastern Counties Railway Company
George Wortley Lovell, Esq., Great Billing, Northamptonshire
Charles Leavers, Esq., The Park, Nottingham
Christopher Markham, Esq.. Northampton
William Mackenzie, Esq., Liverpool and Paris, Director of the Or-
leans, Tours, and Bordeaux Railway Company
James Morrison, Esq., St. Mary-at-Ilia, London
G. Marshall, Esq., 4 :odalining, Surrey
E. W. Morris, Esq., Grovehurst, Pembury, Kent
Samuel Oxenham, Esq., Chester-terrace, Regent's Park, London
Samuel Percival. Esq., banker, Northampton
Mr. Alderman Porter, Northampton
The Rev. Thomas Price, Rector of Llanrothel, Herefordshire
Edwin Pell, Esq., Sywell Hall, Northamptonshire
James Watts Peppercorne, Esq., Old Broad-street, London, and Dul-
wich, Surrey
Vaughan Prause, Esq., Nether Stowey, Somersetshire
Henry Pywell, Esq., Northampton
John Phipps, Esq., Northampton
Benjamin Payne, Esq., Leicester
Mr. George Rands, merchant, Nottingham
The Rev. John Lucas Sutton, Rector of Weekly, Northamptonshire
F. Cu rwen Smith, Esq., Frognali Hall, Hampstead
Thomas Sharp, Esq., Northampton, Director of the Northampton,
Banbury, and Cheltenham Railway Companies
Henry Lenton Stockburn, Esq., J.l'., Northampton
William Spooner, Esq., Chapel-street, Belgrave-square, London
James Robert Spitler, Esq., banker, Northampton
William Strong, Esq., Northampton
George Tate, Esq., Tewkesbury
Benjamin Williams. Esq., banker, 4, Whitehall, London
Major James Waller, St. James's•street
Mr. Alderman Williams, Northampton
Mr. Thomas Woodhouse, manufacturer, Nottingham
David Wheatcroft, Esq., Buckland-hollow, Derbyshire, Director of
the Nottingham and Gainsborough Railway Company
George Willis, Esq., Hungorford, Berks
John Wheelton, Esq., Meopham Bank, Tonbridge, Kent, Director of
the Leicester and Bedford Railway Company
Charles Thomas Warde, P:sq., CloptOn House, Stratford-on-Avon,
and Luton 800, Bedfordshire
The Rev. C.F. Watkins, Vicar of Itrexworth, Northamptonshire
Mr. John Woolston, jun., merchant, Wellingborough
Mr. J seph Wykes, merchant, Northampton
Mr. Alderman Walker, Northampton
Mr. Marmaduke Wetherell, merchant, Northampton
Charles Loxdale Warren, Esq., the Lodge, Market Drayton, and
Consall Hall, Staffordshire
Allen Allicocke Young, Esq., Orlingbury, Northamptonshire
T. Borwick Yzarn, Esq., Herne Hill, Surrey.
RANKERS.
Northampton—The Union Bank
If e The Northamptonshire Banking Company
Kettering—Messrs Gotch and Sons
Stamford—The Northamptonshire Banking Company.
Errotstexit—John Urpeth Rastrick, Esq.
SOLICITORS.
London —Augustus Walter Arnold, Esq., 31, Golden-square
Kettering—Messrs. Lamb and Nettleship
Northampton and Welford—Mr. George Pell, Jun.
LOCAL AGENT—Arthur Wells, Esq., Nottingham.
PROSPECTUS.
The objects intended to be accomplished by this undertaking are—
Firstly—The supply of local railway accommodation to the impor-
tant districts embraced by the line.
Secondly—The benefit of railway communication with the metro-
polis to a district of country upwards of fifty miles in length at pre-
sent unprovided with that accommodation.
Thirdly—The completion of the chain of railway communication
between the river Severn and the southern and western counties, and
the north-eastern district of the kingdoms and the river Humber and
its ports, including that of Hull.
Commencing at the town of Northampton, in conjunction with the
London and Birmingham, and the lines of railway proposed to con-
verge at that town from Cheltenham, and the west from Worcester
and from IVarwick, the line will proceed in a direct course to the
market town of Kettering, by which place all the companies compet-
ing for the line of railway between London and Manchester propose
to pass. It will then proceed also in a direct course to the market
towns:of Uppingham, Oakham, and Grantham, on to Lincoln.
The country lying between tire towns of Northampton and Grant-
ham is wholly without existing or even proposed railway accommo-
dation, not only to the south but also to the north.
At Lincoln the line will fork, and proceed, on the one hand, in a
northerly direction to the flourishing port of Gainsborough, and, on
the other, by a north-eastern course to the market town and Market
Rasen, on to the rising port of Great Grirasby.
lily an union with the Sheffield and Great Grimsby Junction Rail-
way at Market Rosen, a direct and uninterrupted ellen of communi-
cation will be established between all the above-mentioned districts
and the town and port of Hull.
The sources of traffic which this line will secure are various and
very considerable ; some of them only can be here enumerated, viz.:—
Starting from Great Grimsby, the line will appropriate to itself the
whole of the traffic front thence to the metropolis, and also the
southern, and western districts of the kingdom, and, in addition, it
will secure the important and increasing local traffic between that
town and Market Rasen and Lincoln.
From Gainsborough, the termini of several railways from the
north and north-west, this line will carry the traffic to Lincoln, its
county town.
The traffic from Hull to the metropolis, and also to the west, will
enter upon this line at Market Rasen and proceed thereon to Lincoln.
From Lincoln the whole of the traffic passing:to the west and the
intermediate towns must pass over this line.
In tte event of the Cambridge and Lincoln Railway Company not
obtaining their Bill, then the traffic from Lincoln to the south and
west, and also the metropolis, will pass along this line of railway; the
former the whole distance, and the latter in any event to Grantham,
a distance of about twenty-five miles ; and should the London and
York Company not succeed, such traffic will proceed on to Kettering
or Northampton.
The entire district between Grantham and Kettering, a distance
of more than forty mites, *and including 'the market towns of
Oakingham and Uppingham, is without a railway or water-carriage
accommodation, and the whole of its traffic therefore will travel over
this line of railway, which will be in the direct course not only to
the west but also to London.
At Kettering this line will unite with that one of the now com-
peting schemes passing that town from Manchester and Leicester to
London, which shall be successful before Parliament.
The country is free from engineering difficulties, with one or two
exceptions only, and those are more than counterbalanced by the
very favourable gradients of by far the greater portion of the line ;
indeed for many miles the line will run upon a water level.
The line will not interfere with any ornamental property.
The landowners on the line are favourable to the undertaking.'
The: promoters reserve power to alter and vary the route, to ex-
tend the proposed line of railway, and to increase the amount of ca-
pital as may be necessary or advisable.
Prospectuses and plans will be ready for distribution in a few days.
In the meantime, applications for shares, in the undermentioned
farm, may be addressed to either of the solicitors :
roma OF APPLICATION.
To the Provisional Committee of the Northampton, Lincoln, aid
Hull Railway Company.
Gentlemen,—l request you to allot me shares
of 201. each in the above Company, and I undertake to pay the depo-
sit of 2/. 2s. on each allotted share, and to sign the necessary deeds
when required.

Dated this

day of
Usual Signature..
Name in fu11.... • • • • • . • • . •
Business or Profession • .
Place of Business
ame, Residence, and 'Business or
Profession (if any) of Referee

1845.

WELSH SOUTH MIDLAND, or CHEP-
STOW, FOREST OF DEAN, AND GLOUCESTER
JUNCTION EXTENSION RAILWAY.
(Registered Provisionally.)
Capital 900,0011/., in 45,000 Shares of 201. each.
Deposit, 21. 2s. per Share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of kLs Share.

PROVISIONAL OOMMITTEE.
The Right Hon. Lord Rossmore William Hughes Angles, Alder
The Right Hon. Col. Dawson man of London
Darner, M.P. Col. Hugh Caldwell
Tao Hon. C. Pelham Villiers, X.P. George Lawton, Esq.
The Hon. Robert Gore, m.r. W. P. Andrew, Esq.

The eon. Col. Westenia, M.P.
Sir Henry Hanlake, Bart.
Sir Henry Webb, Bart.
Sir William Torysden, Bart.
Sir William Bacon Johnson, Bart.
Sir Henry Seale, Bart
William Collins, Esq., IL?.
Edmund Franeli Dayrell, Esq.,
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
William Strahan, Esq.

C. R. Colman, Esq:
Joseph Davies, Esq.
John Wheelton Esq.
Edward Hall, ilac
Major White
Captain J. P. Macdougall
William Shelford Fitzwilliam, Esq
William Frederick Beadon, Est.
'Richard Hartley Kennedy, Esq.
IJames Beech, Esq.
!JAMES Morrison, Esq.
(With power to add to their number.)
COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT.
Edward Francis Darrell, Esq., Chairman
Edward. Hall, Esq., Deputy-Chairman
Sir William Bacon Johnston, Bart. W. 2. Andrew, Esq.
Sir William Twysden, Bart. C. I. Colman, Esq.
Major White VI. S. Fitzotillians, Esq.
Win. Hughes Hughes, Esq. W. F. Beadon, Esq.
George Lawton, Esq. James Morrison, Esq.

ENG IN RXR.
Grayatt, Eq., Y.R.S.
LONDON JUNKED&
Messrs. Glynn and Co.; and Messrs. Straltan, Pall, and Co., Strand

PROVINCIAL BANKERS.
Messrs. Bromage and Co., Chepstow
Messrs. Bailey, Greatrex, and Co., Helmond'
Messrs. Williams and Sons, Newport
The West of England Banking Company and Branches
The Monmouth and Glamorgan Banking Company and Branches
The National Provincial Banking Company and Branches
The Gloucestershire Banking Company and Branches
Tke Coanty of Gloucester Banking Company anti Braaokes.
SOLICITORS,
Mr. W. T. N. Phelps, Newport. Monmenthshlre
Messrs. A'Beckett and Sympson, 7, Golden-square, Londes
LOCAL AGENTS.
Chepstow—Messrs. Baldwin and Morgan, Solicitors
Gloucester—Messrs. Ellis, Elliott, and Co., Solicitors
Mr. William Prothero, 10, Old Jewry Chambers, London.
_ . .

This Line will join the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and G,loncester
Junction Railway at Chepstow, and extend westward near to
Piercideld, the far-famed Win&liff, and Tintern Abbey, to the towns
of Usk and Pontypool, and over the centre of the great iron and coal
field of South Wales, passing near to and thrmigk the midst of the
extensive iron works and collieries of Monmouthshire and Glamor-
ganshiro, to join the Aberdare branch of the Taff Yale Railway,
which connects Merthyr Tydvll and Aberdare with Cardiff—thus
forming a much more direct and almost straight Line—by means of
the railways already made and projected between those immensely
populous districts, and the centre of the kingdom and London, by
means of which the journey by land will be shortened between the
metropolis and this great seat of industry to four and a half, and
between Newport and Cardiff to No hours, which at present, even by
the aid of existing railways, cannot he performed in less than from
ten to twelve hours.
It will be found by reference to the official MUM of 1631 and

1141, that the average Increase of population of the county of Mon-
mouth exceeded that of any other county in England or Wales ; this
fact is referred to as illustrative of the rising importance of the
country through which this railway is intended to pass, and of
the very large passenger traria which may reasonably be calculated
upon.

The town of Usk, with Ragland, and the rich agricultural district
fur many miles around, are supplied by carts from the vicinity of
Pontypool with coal aid lime, which are there obtained at a cheap
rate, and in return tattle and provisions of all kinds, hay, corn, and
pit timber to an enormous extent, are sent to the iron works and
collieries, where the consumption is immense. This traffic alone
must neetaisarily ensure a considerable revenue to the Company, in-
dependent of the great traffic front the manufactured iron, fire
bricks, and paving atone, which is of superior quality, and in great
abundance. The present cost of conveying and delivering iron and
tin plates irom the works to London, including transit to the port,
shipping charges, freight, and insurance, amounts I. little leas than
20s. per ton, whilst by this railway, and those it is intended to join,
the average cost at the rate usually charged for such goods en rail-
ways will effect a saving of at least 25 per cent., and he conveyed
within twenty-four hours, instead of the average voyage round the
Land's Eud of three, and not unfrequently six weeks, and with the
very important advantage of delivering the iron free from rose,
which is unavoidable on a sea voyage, in small bars more particu-
larly, causing a deterioration of front 153. to 20a, per ton at least.
This railway, by weans of the Chepstow, Forest of Dean, and
Gloucester Junction, and the Birmingham and Gloucester Railways,
will open Birmingham as a market for the manufactured iron of
South Wales, from which it has teen in a measure excluded, from
the cll.:Suet and expensive transit by the River Severn and Canals.
Large quantities of iron Oro, known as" Dientatete ore," is imported
into Wales, *rem Lancashire, Cumberland, Devon, and Cornwall; whilst
ore of a similar quality, and equal productiveness for iron making,
exists iu abundance in the Forest of Dean, and may be raised and
delivered from thence by moans of this And the Chepstow, Forest of
Dean, and Gloucester Junction Railway to the different iron works
in Momnouthsldrit and Cdamorganshire at an average of from 25 to 30
per cent. leas than it costs at present, and at the same time leave a
Itandsonie remuneration to the Railway Companies.
The Committee of-Management have gone very carefully into
estimates of the goods traffic especially, and they feel justified in
expressing a decided opinion that the revenue front this source aloxito
will yield 6 per cent, au the proposed capital of the Company, n
addition to the revenue to be derived from the other traffic.
This Railway will pass close to, and within a few miles of, all the
the principal part of
iron and tin works of Monmouthshire, a
those in Ohniorganshire ; and the
ski
short statistic of the
illiggive an idea of the vast
extent of those stupendous undertak ny,
importance of the present project. The iron end tin works COM-
licence at Pontypool, and aro— r k
•
1. 'rue Pontymoile Tin and Iron or s
2. The Blaendi!ro iron and Coal V,' orks
3. The extort
she Tin Works at Pont hir aillidotn:ttle\rrlos and Rolling
Mills
4. The Pentwyn, Golonoe, and Varteg
Mills
5. The British Iron Company
6. The Illaenavon Iron Company
7. The Nantylylo
8. The Coalbrooke Vale
9. The Cwu Celyn and Marla Company
10. The Beaufort
11. The Ebbw VitV,
12. The Vieto,',j. Obmpany
13. The Aberearne, l'ontnnister, acid Tydee Tin Works,
14, 'The TreNlogm. Iron Company •
15. The 4'4lllltAvty
16. Int IthyMney and Bate Coin tu
17. The Dowlads Iron Works CI
lY
18. Carfartha.
Added to which, In the vicinity, are the extensive works and
collieries in the Aberdare Valley, and on either side of the intended
railway gxo collieries raising and vending about one million und a
litaVi tone of coal per annum, which it is not unreasonable to ex-
pect will be greatly extended, by the Mcilitios offered through the
intended railway.
In the districts of Merthyr, Aberdare, and westward, there exists
an inexhaustible abundance of a peculiar description of coal, which,
thellgh inharumable, is nearly smokeless, and is found to be superior
vality for steam purposes to any yet known. In the Loudon