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Effecting a Saving in distance of • • • • • . • • 37 miles
To enable the manufacturers of Witney to introduce steam power
into their factories by opening a communication with the Forest
of Dean and Staffordshire coal-fields.
7th. As to traffic,—

1. This Railway forms a through trunk line, commanding the
inter-communication and traffic between the south and south-east
parts of England, South Wales and Ireland, and to a great extent of
America; also on the formation of the intended lines from Dublin
and Galway, and Wexford and Valontia.
2. A large traffic from the carrying of coal from the Staffordshire
and Forest of Dean coal-fields not now existing will be created.
3. Witney, a manufacturing town in the centre of the line, is of
considerable extent and trade, and pays annually a very large sum
for haulage and tonnage, which must necessarily be increased.

4. In other respects-Much traffic will flow ttom the carriage of
timber, salt, slates, cattle, and other commercial and agricultural
commodities.

Applications for Prospectuses containing fuller details, and for Shares,
In the annexed form (accompanied by a banker's or other satisfactory
reference), may be addressed to the Provisional Committee, at the
offices of the Solicitor, 3, Abchttrch-lane, L',mbard-street, London,
or any of the local agents ; or to the following Sharebrokers :—Messrs.
Shewell and Sons, Tokenhouse-yard, London ; Messrs. Lyon, 2,
Birchin-lane, London ; Mr. Lee, and Messrs. Hall, Brothers, and Co.,
Cheltenham ; Messrs. Tate and Nash, Bristol ; Messrs. Potter and
Harrison, Leeds ; Messrs. Foulds and Cockburn, Glasgow ; Mr. J. Ni-
cholson, and Mr. Pringle, Edinburgh ; Mr. J. Doming, and Messrs.
Fletcher and Sharpe, Liverpool ; Messrs. Knoles and Cooke, Brad-
ford ; Mr. Duncuft, Manchester ; Messrs. Garton and Wright, Shef-
field ; Mr. Francis Stamp, Hull ; Mr. F. C. Spencer, Halifax ;
Mr. J. Bannchr, Exetl* ; Messrs. O'Dwyer and Robinson, Wake-
field ; Messrs. Hopwood and Palmer, Plymouth.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

To the Provisional Committee of the Oxford, Witney, Chelten-
ham, and Gloucester Independent Railway.

Gentlemen,—l request you will allot me Shares of 251.
each in the above Company; and I hereby undertake to accept the
same or any less number that may be allotted to me„ to pay the de-
posit of 11. 7s. 6d. per Share thereon, and to sign the Subscribers'
Agreement and Parliamentary Contract when required.

Residence . . ..
Profession and Professional Residence • • • •
Reference (in fall). • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

ITALIAN and A
COM.
DIRE
William Jackson,
Thomas Alexander, Esq.
William Bardgett, Esq.
William Betts, Esq.
W. T. Black, Esq.
Ralph Bondi, Esq.

STRIAN RAILWAY
'ANY.
;TORS.
, Esq., Chairman.
Joseph Hegan, Esq.
Robert W. Kennard, Esq.
William Reed, Esq.
F. J. Vamteller, Esq.

RANKERS Ii
Messrs. Denison, Heywood,
Messrs. Arthur Heywood, S
BANKERS

!,1 ENGLAND.
, Kennards, and Co. London.
ions, and Co., Liverpool.
IN ITALY.

Messrs, Torlonia, and Co., Rome
Pizzard, and Co., 130-
logna
„ Fenzl, and Co., Florence
„ Carlo di Tommaso, • and
Co., Milan
ENGINEER—J. R. I
SOLIC ITOR—WIE

Messrs. Dupre pere et file, Turin
Almagia, Brothers, and
Dantele Barrette and
Ce., Ancona
„ Morpurgo7and Tedeschl,
Leghorn.
Simnel, Esq., F.R.S.
iam Bevan, Esqq._ .

The Drectors have much pleasure in informing the Proprietors that
a coalition with Messrs. Torlenia and Co., of Borne, who have interest
with the Bank of Rome. and the Marchese di Pizzardi, of Bologna,
has been formed, and that other arrangements highly advantageous
to the Company have been made by the Chairman and Deputation
in Italy.
It is expected that Stock applicable to the Papal and other States
in Italy will shortly have to be created, a rateable proportion of
which will be given to each. Proprietor of the Italian and Austrian
Railway Company, who shall pay, on or before the 21st July next, to
the credit of the Company, with their respective Bankers, a further
instalment of 2/. per share on the stock held by them in that Com-
pany ; such call is necessary to meet the demand fof the deposit of
caution-money, which will be required by the respective Govern-
ments. Parties not paying Such call will be excluded from all ad-
vantages arising from the creation of new stork.
The Directors have further to announce that the direction for the
management of the Railways formed IR the Papal States will con-
sist of

PRINCE ALEXANDER TORLONIA, as Chairman,

with four others appointed by the Italian interest, and six to be ap-
pointed by the Italian and Austrian Company. Two-thirds of the
stock will be divided among the Proprietors of the Italian and Aus-
trian Company, and the remaining one-third to ➢lesers. Torlonia
and Co., who will supply the Bank of Rorae, and Messrs. Pizzardi
and Co., of Bologna, and other Influential parties in Italy.
By order of the Board, 0. H. D. LAURENCE, Secretary.
112, Bishopsgate-street, London, July, 1845.